With Your Half-Wired Broken Jaw
Epilogue

AuthorNotes: Okay ladies. This is THE final chapter of the series. I had a lot of fun making this series and loved all the messages. It was quite a treat to work with Kurama who's expressive enough to be inventive with, unlike cold-hearted Hiei who you can't do a simple 30 chapter story because it takes too long for him to fall in love, lol. But anywho, I'm glad most of you stayed with me through the end on this one since it was my first Kurama series. Thank you all. Love you. See you next time.

Ardelia was real different after a couple years of being one of the groupies to the Spirit Detectives of Koenma. She spent a lot of time with Yukina, who lived with the infamous Genkai. She was currently in a field behind Genkai's dojo, sitting on a rock as she weaved wild flowers into a bracelet. She didn't get to see Kurama as often nowadays since Koenma sent them out on a mission almost every week and the mission would last a week before they'd come home and two days later, they'd go on another mission. Ardelia knew it was because some yokai lord was trying to command all of the Makai and create a massive war between the worlds, which would lead to another World War, like the last two. She kept to herself mostly since she didn't particularly like hanging out with Keiko all the time; she was too much a worry wart and it made Ardelia freak out more often, when she knew Kurama was just fine. So she veers away from hanging out with Keiko too often.

Ardelia finished her bracelet and slipped it onto her wrist, which already had four wild flower bracelets on it already. The one at the top was made by Kurama and it had wild flowers of every color weaved together, making a rainbow. He had said he made it for her in the downtime of the mission during that time. It was Ardelia's favorite, even though the flowers were beginning to wilt and die off. It wasn't as pretty as it was when he first gave it to her but she can't seem to take it off so she keeps making one everyday and just making bangles with wild flower bracelets. She sighed as she toyed with the one she just made. It consisted of only blue wild flowers; the ones above it were the same except the one Kurama gave her. She liked to color coordinate things. She tucked her hands in her lap as she looked toward the mountains. Dark clouds were rolling over them slowly, degrading the beautiful blue sky above her.

Ardelia stood and dusted herself off before heading toward Genkai's dojo. It was another home for her. It was where she spent most of her days. Hanging around the house of the boys was too lonely and quiet. She did that in the beginning of this long, spread out mission and cried herself to sleep most of the nights. It was real hard getting used to Kurama's arms around her practically every night and then suddenly, not having them around her for long periods of time and then for a couple nights and she was left cold at night again. Given, their relationship was one of the strongest. They never argued. They never fought. They kept their love fresh even through the cold nights.

Genkai's dojo loomed closer as she kept walking through the field with the wind that slowly began picking up. The air cooled in temperature and the clouds moved closer toward the middle of the sky so she hurried her step and met the dojo in little time. "Oh, Ardelia, glad you came back in," Yukina greeted, smiling. "You have someone waiting for you in the resting area." Ardelia nodded, smiling and heading toward the resting area. She grew disappointed when it was just her mother, Jessibelle sitting there along with Natsumi, who grinned and waved.

"My daughter," Jessibelle stated, standing and walking over to her. Ardelia allowed the woman to embrace her, feeling the heaviness of her mother's clothes pressing against her own. Jessibelle stood back and smiled. "What do you do out there, Evergreen? You are always outside when I come to visit." Ardelia shrugged.

"It keeps me from moping around," she answered before hugging Natsumi in greeting, who grinned widely. Ardelia could feel her heavy clothes as well. Ardelia sat and sighed, watching her mother sit down once more. "What are you doing here, Jessibelle?" Ardelia asked. Jessibelle rolled her eyes with a scoff.

"How many times do I have to tell you? Call me mom," Jessibelle stated. Ardelia stayed silent, which was her biggest trait since she was mute for almost half her life. Jessibelle cleared her throat and smiled. "Honey, as you know you are my daughter and I am the chief of the clan of Sirens. Lord knows I won't be around forever and only the daughter of the chief of the clan can be next in line or it's the duke that gets the chief, and heaven knows we don't want a male ruler," Jessibelle stated. Ardelia sighed and pushed a hand against her forehead. Her mother came every couple of weeks and tried to get Ardelia to move to the clan and take leadership but to be honest, Ardelia didn't give a frap about the clan that abandoned her when she was young. Why would she want to rule it?

"As I've told you before, Jessibelle," Ardelia stated.

"Mom," Jessibelle mumbled, dangerously. Ardelia narrowed her eyes at the woman before taking a deep breath in and waiting for her mother to speak. She didn't deserve another repetitive lecture about why Ardelia didn't want to join that clan. "Ardelia, this is your home clan. Would you just sit by and watch it crumble?" Jessibelle stated, staring at her daughter pathetically.

"I'm sorry, mother. I have other things to worry about. Kurama and I are planning to get married in the near future and start a family. I can't be sauntering about in a dreamland of sirens," Ardelia snapped. Jessibelle's face grew dark as she stared at her daughter.

"You will not be marrying that boy," Jessibelle whispered. Ardelia glared at her mother. "That boy is rotten blood. A siren doesn't mate with a fox. It's unheard of."

"Well, hear of it, mother because it's going to happen one day whether you like it or not. You have no jurisdiction in my life. You lost that power when you abandoned my father and me," Ardelia stated, very calmly and assertively. Kurama taught her how to keep her voice monotone even if she was flaming mad. Jessibelle's lips grew tight as she eyed her daughter.

"You are naïve, child. Do you honestly think the marriage between you and that boy will survive? Your voice attracts every living creature and I can tell you haven't mastered your voice yet. It's premature and toxic with siren magic," Jessibelle stated, making a face as if she smelt something nasty. Ardelia rolled her eyes and stood.

"I think it's time you leave now, Jessibelle. I'm expecting Kurama's arrival tonight and I wouldn't want my night ruined because of you," Ardelia stated, lying through her teeth. She didn't expect Kurama home tonight. He had just left with the others three days ago. They weren't due to come back home for another four days, at least. Jessibelle stood and stared down at her daughter, fixing her robe before pivoting and heading out the door. Natsumi came up to Ardelia with a sad look before she hugged her.

"I'm sorry," Natsumi stated. "I'm happy for you, Ardelia I really am but think hard about marrying someone like Kurama." Ardelia sighed heavily but nodded to make Natsumi happy before watching her leave as well. Ardelia turned around and began heading toward her bedroom before shutting the door behind her and plopping face down onto the bed with a heavy mumble of curse words. She cuddled up to her pillow and eventually fell asleep as the rain began pouring down to the ground from the migrating black clouds.

Ardelia woke up by an arm circling around her waist. She yelled out and jumped from the bed, turning around abruptly and about to take a blow but some light chuckling caught her attention as she concentrated and saw a head of red hair falling onto her pillow as two emerald green eyes stared up at her as his head was perched up. "I was trying not to wake you," Kurama stated and Ardelia's eyes lit up with tears as she flung herself back to the bed and wrapped her arms around Kurama's warm body. "I can tell you missed me. I'm sorry."

"It's ok. As long as you're healthy and back," Ardelia stated, snuggling into his chest. Kurama chuckled lightly while smoothing her hair. "What are you doing back so early?" she asked. She couldn't help but ask.

"We caught that guy finally," Kurama stated. "Turns out he was a teleporter and kept teleporting, which was why we had a hard time catching him. Good thing Hiei's fast or he would've slipped away this time as well." Ardelia nodded while breathing in his scent and smiling widely. "I can tell you've been practicing your weaving," Kurama stated, lifting her arm up that had the bracelets on it. Ardelia blushed and quickly slid them all off to place them on the nightstand. "Surely you weren't that bored," he mumbled.

"I was," Ardelia stated, laughing. Kurama circled his arms around her, tightly as Ardelia pulled the covers back over them, shivering a little. Being in his arms was very comforting. It made her feel so safe and warm.

"Ardelia," Kurama stated. She tilted her head so she was staring at the bottom of his jaw before he titled his head down. "Know what I was thinking…" Ardelia shook her head. "I think we should try again." Instantly, Ardelia tilted her head down and frowned. Kurama and she were keen on having a family and they've been trying to create a baby since Kurama promised to marry her. But every time Ardelia got pregnant, it'd either be a miscarriage or a still born, which was the worse situation Ardelia has ever been in. It took months for Ardelia to recuperate and Koenma put Kurama on leave from the missions, scared that Ardelia would become suicidal like lots of women who experienced a still born. Ardelia could live with a miscarriage but a still born was horrible and traumatizing. Giving birth to a baby's who's already dead is not something she wants to repeat.

Ardelia didn't say anything as she turned around, turning her back to Kurama who frowned. Her eyes began to burn as she forced them shut, trying to go back to sleep but the memory of her still born burned in her head now that it was brought up. "Ardelia," Kurama whispered, noticing the dark feeling she was radiating. "Please don't get upset. I just thought it'd be a good idea," Kurama mumbled, kissing the back of her neck and desperately wanting her to be happy again.

"I can't try again," Ardelia whispered. Her voice was uncontrollable and shook as she talked. Kurama tightened his grip around her, pushing her back into his torso. "Kurama, you have no idea how traumatizing it was to hear the doctor's argue about how to break it to me about my baby being born dead." Kurama sucked in a breath as he nuzzled the back of her neck.

"I know, Ardelia but this time, it could be different. Koenma's been looking around for tonics to help pregnancies," Kurama muttered. Ardelia's eyes opened as she thought about that. If Koenma found something that could make her have a healthy pregnancy and push out a healthy baby that's alive, then Ardelia could be happy once more. "Ardelia?"

"Has he found something?" she asked.

"Yes."

"What is it?"

"It's a tonic that was created for interracial couple, like you and me."

"Interracial? Kurama, we're both white." Kurama laughed.

"No. I'm a kitsune and you're a siren. Siren's blood works differently than normal human beings and animal yokai. So our mixture together is probably failing," Kurama stated. It hit her afterwards, about what her mother said about their couple being unheard of. She instantly began sobbing, which confused Kurama. "What's wrong, Ardelia?" Kurama asked, lifting up to stare at her.

"My mother knew we were trying to have a baby," Ardelia stated. "She came here today and preached about how we'd never work and this is what she meant." Kurama sighed and turned her arm, hugging her hard against his chest. Ardelia gripped his shirt and sobbing uncontrollably into it. She couldn't even stop it; her mother was right and it irked her.

"Well, you know what, Ardelia?" Kurama stated. "I'll get this tonic from Koenma and we'll prove your mother wrong." Ardelia thought about that as she laid there with tears streaming her face. Proving her mother wrong would be the biggest accomplishment in her life nowadays. And getting pregnant by a non-siren yokai would make the clan disown her and she wouldn't be able to be in line for the next chief. It was under strict rules that no siren was to mate with another yokai, which is odd about Jessibelle since she mated with a sorcerer. Ardelia sniffled and reached up to wipe at her eyes before smiling up at Kurama. "Is that an agreement?" Kurama asked, smiling devilishly. Ardelia nodded and his lips were on hers. She giggled against the kiss as he moved her under him and their night began…

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Many nights, weeks, and months went by and once again, Kurama was away on another mission but Koenma promised it wasn't as pressing and would be a short mission so Ardelia was sitting in the boys' house, watching television while pigging down on a box of cheez-its as she watched the late night show, which was currently playing comedians. Ardelia kept glancing at the doorway every commercial break and frowned. She knew the boys had just left a couple days ago but she wanted them to be home already. She was told they'd be home either tonight or tomorrow afternoon. It was getting close to midnight and Ardelia was getting tired. She threw her box of cheez-its down and flicked the television off before heading upstairs to go to bed. Yukina was here as well but she had gone to bed earlier than Ardelia and was sleeping in Kuwabara's bedroom since the house hasn't been refurbished yet to having a spare bedroom.

Ardelia changed into some pajamas and walked to the bed, to sit down. She brushed her fingers through her hair and started humming a song in the silent room. She started to peel the covers back but a hand was slapped over her mouth and she whipped her head back, slamming it into the face of the person before she went to turn around but an arm gripped her waist, hard, and her back hit a chest as she thrashed about but the captor quickly held her arms down as she went to scream but a cloth was pushed up against her mouth and nose. She held her breath quickly as she screamed through her throat as loud as she could but she was losing air and finally, her body subconsciously took a breath and her mind went fuzzy…

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"Ardelia?" Yukina asked, knocking softly on the door. She had heard some weird noises and wanted to make sure her friend was okay. She knocked again and didn't hear a noise so she pushed the door open to darkness. She walked in and flicked the lights on, revealing two men holding Ardelia. "Hey, let her go!" Yukina screamed and grabbed one of the many candle sticks Ardelia had in Kurama's bedroom and went to rush forward but one of the captors was real quick and had his hand on Yukina's wrist, shoving the candlestick away and spinning her around to push the cloth against her mouth as well and shocked as she was, she took a breath without thinking and her mind was fuzzy as well…

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"Man, it's good to be home," Yusuke stated, pushing the door open. It was dawn and the house had the golden glow to it. Kuwabara walked in after him and straight to the couch to plop down a content sigh. Kurama walked in next and smiled, chuckling as Yusuke shoved Kuwabara's feet off and plopped down on the couch himself. He looked around and frowned, noticing Ardelia hadn't come downstairs. She knew they were coming home soon and she was always waiting for them.

"I'm going to go see what Ardelia's up to," Kurama stated and went to walk upstairs but he gasped as he stared up the stairs. Two men were standing there clad in all black with masks on, holding both Yukina and Ardelia. Yukina was wide away with a gag whilst Ardelia was unconscious. Kurama went to go for his rose, causing the others to go on alert.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you, Kurama," one of them said, flicking his wrist upwards, toward Ardelia's throat, revealing a twisted thorn. Kurama's blood boiled but he let his arm fall down as the guys walked downstairs with the girls. "Back up, fox or I'll kill her before we start this game!" the man said again. Kurama backed away, to the front door as the others looked over confused until they saw the scene and Yusuke pointed his finger at them, glaring as Kuwabara gasped at Yukina, yelling his name slightly. Hiei had drawn his sword, ready to attack when he had opportunity.

"As we can tell, these two girls are a prize possession, brother," the second one stated. The first one nodded, smirking under his mask as Yukina looked over at Ardelia, who was still unconscious. "You know, it's amazing how much bait we have." He lowered his head and sniffed hard against Yukina's face, who cringed away.

"Don't you dare touch her, you asshole!" Kuwabara yelled, getting angry. He and Yukina were just about to go serious and now she was kidnapped, again. Kurama kept his eyes on the first man who had Ardelia. He wasn't too happy but as he stared at the situation, he evaluated what the best way was to get the girls freed.

"I wouldn't do anything rash, Kurama," the first man stated. "You wouldn't want to hurt the baby." Kurama gasped as his eyes widened. The man's hand raced down Ardelia's chest and to her stomach where he rubbed gently before patting it with a superior air to him. "Its heart feels so strong already for a tadpole."

"Don't you hurt her," Kurama stated, dangerously low. The man chuckled as Yusuke looked at Kurama, surprised. His voice sounded a lot like Yoko's at that moment with the calm, angry assertiveness. Yusuke went back to the strangers before trying to think how he could kill them without them harming the girls.

"Now, we're going to play a little game and if you win, you can have your females back but if you lose, these two girls lose their lives," the man stated, keeping his gaze on Kurama who's eyes started to narrow more and more. "It'll be a scavenger hunt, almost. We tell you to go get something and you bring it back. Is that easy enough for you?" the man stated. Kurama nodded.

"Your first item would be to go to the National Bank and remove what's in the security deposit box number 784," the second guy stated. Kurama narrowed his eyes more.

"How do we get into the security deposit box?" Kurama asked.

"You'll figure it out," the guy stated. Slowly, Ardelia's eyes started to flicker open, catching Kurama's gaze. She smiled and went to move but couldn't and looked up to see her captor, who stared down at her. "Oh, the siren's awake."

"Don't think about talking, wench," the guy holding Ardelia stated. Ardelia looked over at Kurama, blankly. She didn't like being held hostage, especially after the one with the banshee. She was not going to let these mother fuckers do this to her. Her body began to raise in temperature slowly as she stared at Kurama who was watching her. "What the…?" the guy stated before Ardelia's skin grew so hot, it burned the latex of his suit.

"Get down!" Yusuke yelled, firing up his gun. Ardelia fell to the ground and covered her head as Yusuke yelled out, "Spirit gun!" and the familiar blue beam shot out and slammed into the guy, knocking him through the kitchen walls and then out back. The second guy yelled out in shock as a blade slid across his neck, dropping him as Yukina squealed through the gag, rushing forward as he let her go. Hiei appeared behind him with his katana dripping with blood. Kurama instantly ran to Ardelia and pulled her up to sit on her knees as she started to breathe heavily.

"How'd you do that with your skin?" Kurama asked, kissing her face all over. Ardelia sighed.

"I don't know. It just happened," Ardelia stated. "I'm not even that good at the fire element with my sorcery." Kurama smiled and kissed her forehead, bringing her into his arms as Kuwabara tended to Yukina, muttering way too many apologies.

"I have some good news for you," Kurama mumbled…

"What's that?"

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"It's a boy," the doctor announced, grinning as he held up the grayish baby up that was screaming loudly so that Ardelia could look at him. Her eyes were lit with happy tears as Kurama sat beside her, holding her hand. "We're going to clean him up and take the measurements and then he's yours." Ardelia nodded and watched as the doctors carefully cleaned the healthy baby boy that weighed nine pounded seven ounces. He had a reddish tint on his head, showing that he'd have Kurama's hair but his eyes were still shut. It didn't take long before the baby was swaddled and in Ardelia's arms.

"He's beautiful," Kurama whispered, kissing her forehead. Ardelia smiled and nodded, running her finger lovingly up and down his cheek. He had the cutest pair of pointed ears that were very subtle but thank goodness for Koenma's infirmary of yokai doctors. His complexion was starting to become that beautiful peach color instead of grey and he had Ardelia's lips that were making a sucking motion at the moment. And finally, his eyes opened to reveal a very beautiful musty green that looked like Kurama's with a mixture of brown poured in them. They were captivating. Ardelia never knew she could love someone so much after just meeting them.

"Hello, my baby," Ardelia stated, smiling. "I'm going to take good care of you and I will love you forever." Kurama chuckled and leaned up, once more to kiss her forehead and then the baby's. "What do you want to name him?" Ardelia asked. Kurama stared down at him and smiled.

"It's up to you, sweetheart."

"I want your opinion," Ardelia stated, looking over at him as the nurse walked in, smiling. The nurse instantly began breast feeding, which Ardelia wanted to do badly, and soon, Ardelia was making a weird expression as the baby fed. "Wow, that feels…weird." Kurama laughed and shook his head. Ardelia smiled and looked down at her baby as the door opened to her recovery room. Balloons piled in followed by flowers and then faces of Yusuke, Keiko, Kuwabara, Yukina, and Koenma even.

"Ah, there's the baby," Keiko stated, walking forward to stare at the baby but blushed. "Oh, sorry. He's feeding, Yusuke. Don't look." Yusuke laughed and walked forward, setting the vase of flowers down and looking at the baby.

"Well, he's going to have Kurama's red hair," Yusuke stated, reaching over to scratch the baby's head lightly. Keiko's face turned bright red and Ardelia smiled at her.

"It's ok, Keiko. It's something you better get used to because you and Yusuke are next to have a baby," Ardelia teased as the nurse quickly wrote down the recordings of the first feeding.

"How about Kotaru?" Kurama asked and everyone looked at Ardelia who smiled, nodding.

"I like that," Ardelia stated, leaning over to press her lips against Kurama's. Keiko made an "aww'ing" noise as Yukina walked forward to take a look at the baby who stopped feeding the moment Yukina walked up and Ardelia had to quickly put it away as Yukina blushed and looked away, shyly. Ardelia giggled and mumbled sorry as she lifted up her Kotaru before handing him over to Kurama.

"I think we should come back later," Yusuke stated. "Let the new family get adjusted with each other." Ardelia smiled over at Yusuke who motioned everyone out as Kurama held Kotaru, just staring down at his newborn son. Ardelia looked over and smiled.

"I hope he takes after you," Ardelia stated, leaning slightly on her side. She couldn't believe Koenma had pulled through and gotten the tonic and soon after her and Kurama's nightly ritual after he came to Genkai's that one night, she took it and she was able to get pregnant and every two weeks, she'd take another five milligrams and soon, she was giving birth. It seemed like all she needed was something to boost her own fertility but block her immunity that killed the baby.

"I hope he takes after his mother," Kurama whispered, looking up at her before leaning up to kiss her gently. Ardelia smiled and laid back, relaxing now as her body felt tired for once. Giving labor wasn't as painful as most said it was. Ardelia thought it to be quite peaceful compared to the pain she went through with that banshee lady. But now she was getting some peace after all that chaos and she had a baby and a wonderful boyfriend. Her life was perfect, she thought as she closed her eyes to Kurama's voice talking to little Kotaru…

"It's amazing when you look into the eyes of your child for the first time, you instantly fall in love."

The End

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