AN: OK, last instalment. I have enjoyed writing this fic very much! I go back to school tomorrow afternoon, so I will hopefully post this just in time. Thankyou to everyone who has reviewed. It means a lot to me! This is the Epilogue so there's a time skip, hope you don't mind. Please read and tell me what you think!

AN: This is the first Epilogue I've ever written… so if it's bad I'm sorry! Gomen nasai

First Rain

Epilogue: A Winter Past

The air was as chilled as it had been on those few days, one whole, long, eventful year ago. Yuki could see the mist in front of his face. He smiled. He remembered wondering what that had meant a year ago. Finally he could say that he had memories that weren't conversations, or just days that meant nothing. He now considered it a strange thing to spend whole days or weeks without saying a word. A year ago, that was his reality.

A strange cold feeling suddenly went through him. He felt it start on the tip of his nose, and then it shuddered through him like a bruise. He looked down at his nose. There was something white on it. Cold and white. It slowly got smaller and disappeared. Strange… He took a few more steps on the gravel path of the Palace gardens. He looked around. This white stuff was floating down pretty much everywhere. OK… Don't panic… Surely there's some reasonable explanation… "Tohru!" Spotting her he ran over to her, skidding on the icy ground. "There's… Stuff! It's… Weird... I think it might be an apocal-"

"It's not an apocalypse honey. It's snow." Tohru laughed. She tilted back her head and stuck out her tongue. Some snow landed on it and she smiled, her tongue still protruding from her mouth. You're so cute it's unfair. Yuki smiled. The winter sun poked out from behind a cloud. A shaft of light fell on her and her face seemed to glow. Angel… She held out her hand. The wedding ring glinted on her finger in the sunlight. He took her warm hand, and they walked on together.

-

"I think it'll snow today." Said Kyo quietly. He smiled. Kagura sat next to him.

"Does Keiko know what snow is yet?" She asked.

"I don't think so." Said Kyo, the image of his daughter fondly cropping up in his head. "We should tell her."

"Let's wait till it snows." Said Kagura. They watched the weather from the window, both secretly hoping it would snow. There was so much still to see.

-

Momiji and Haru walked through the forest together, letting the snow land softly on their heads.

"Why did you have to make us go out when it's so cold?" Momiji said, grimacing.

Haru smiled. "Just glad it's not raining."

"I hate the rain." Said Momiji.

"I wouldn't say I hated it, it's just a pain." Haru smiled again. " Like you."

"Aw, you don't hate me?" Momiji laughed. "Isn't that cute."

"You'd better watch it. Rain suddenly doesn't seem so great after all!"

"Hey!"

-

Tohru smiled. Her hand was still laced with Yuki's and that's the only way she wanted it. As the snow fell on their heads, she leant hers on Yuki's shoulder, and they stood still for a moment. Their Palace was in sight, and the snow was softly falling on that too.

Yuki squeezed her hand gently, a signal that perhaps it was getting a little too cold.

"Come on then, 'King Yuki'."

"Oh be quiet."