Yuu Yuu Hakusho Fanfiction BookstoreArmageddon: World's End
epilogue
by Kristin Huntsman



Armageddon: Worlds' End epilogue

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"Touchan, touchan!" 

I turn at the sound of my daughter's voice and smile, sweeping her up into my 
arms. She laughs delightedly, a sound that I once thought I would never hear 
again. 

"Kuwa-chan!" Botan says indignantly. "What do you think you're doing with Keiko? 
She's supposed to be having a bath!" 

"Don't want to!" Keiko objects, clutching my neck fiercely and sticking her 
tongue out at Botan. "Touchan loves me!" 

"Of course I do, sweetheart," I reassure her. "But your mother's right. You need 
a bath for your party." 

"Don't want to!" Keiko objects again, as I loosen her arms. "Don't make me, 
Touchan!" 

"If you take a bath, then you'll be all nice and pretty for your party," I point 
out. "And maybe I'll teach you some more fighting afterwards." 

"Promise, Touchan?" she inquires dubiously. 

"I promise, sweetheart," I say, setting her on the ground. "Now run along and 
take your bath." 

"'Kay!" she chirps brightly, then scampers off to the bathhouse. I sigh and step 
next to Botan, watching as Hatanaka-san escorts Keiko into the women's baths. I 
can't help but look around the village as I place my arm around Botan's 
shoulders. 

"I wonder how many of our friends are reborn as our children?" I ask quietly. 

"All of them, I hope," my wife answers quietly. I look down at her and smile. It 
has been six years since I freed everyone from the concentration camps, and we 
built our village in the wilderness. Here, we have built a haven of peace. The 
Makai has sealed itself off from the Ningenkai, and those few youkai who remain 
here are at peace with us. Many of the children that run barefoot about the 
village, mine included, are halfbreeds. I am proud of my children, who inherit 
both my powers and their mother's. Three sons and two daughters, named after 
dead friends in the hope that their spirits will be drawn to the bodies that 
carry their names. Yuusuke, our twins Hiei and Yukina, Keiko, and our youngest, 
Kurama. 

I still dream of them, sometimes, and I'm not sure if I truly dream, or if they 
visit me in my sleep. But I know things from the dreams that are true enough in 
waking life. Shortly before Kurama's death, he spoke of the legend of the 
Peacemakers. Visiting Genkai's temple, two years later, I found a book there 
which spoke of the legend, and confirmed my dreams. 

"In the time of the greatest darkness, four warriors shall fight for the freedom 
of all, though they come from both sides of the war. One shall die for love, one 
for longing, and one for friendship, yet all shall survive in the heart of the 
fourth, and bring the world once again into peace." 

"Once again into peace," I echo, as I look at my friends and family, playing and 
working in the golden light of the early summer sun. Yes, once again into peace. 


I hold my wife against my side, and watch the remainder of the human race as we 
rebuild our world, leaving behind the scars of the past. What happened once will 
never be repeated. Never again will the human race have to endure the tortures 
of another world. We carry the memories within us, and they are our children's 
to inherit and learn from. 
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Author's Message: Yes, a philosophical ending. But it seemed appropriate. As for 
Kuwabara ending up with Botan... well, he did propose to her the first time they 
met. Anyhow, this is my happy ending after killing most of the cast off. As I am 
not up here (and able to post from this account) too often, I'll probably ask my 
friend Roy Rim (who you may know as the author of Ranma 1/2: Split 
Personalities) to post my stories to r.a.a.s. I hope you've enjoyed this story. 
And if my style seems familiar to any of you, my old UCSC account was named 
ranmafan. You may have read one of my postings from there. My new account is 
71411.1046@compuserve.com. Please send your comments there. 
 
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