Kon'wa! Here is the final part of my fic. I hope
that you have all enjoyed it! I had fun writing it. Thaks
goes to my beta team in the AIM chatrooms, and the smrff
list. 

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Forest Walker
Epilouge
by:Lazuli
<jupiterlightning@yahoo.com>

	Usagi was so happy to be with Mamoru again. She
had spent so much time with Unmei, who had healed her.
Unmei...who had died because of Usagi, or so Usagi had
believed at first. Then she had heard Mamoru talking, 
telling her of the story of the young girl. She began to
understand more. She also realized, with a start, that
she must be...dead. She swallowed uneasily. Mamoru 
wouldn't be crying and talking to a grave for nothing.
	"Mamoru...what are we going to do now? I mean...
I've never been dead before...so..." Mamoru tried to keep
from laughing at that. "Usagi....I hope that you have 
never been dead before! It will be just the same as before
for you, love, except that you will see nobody, save me,
unless more people come through the forest. I hate to
say this though, Usagi. Ever since you were found in the
forest, people claimed it was a place that breeded madness
into people, and they will not go near it anymore. We
might be alone with eachother for quite some time, love."
	Usagi snuggled further into his embrace. "I spent
almost a year trying to get back to you, to this forest.
I do not want to leave it anytime soon. I don't want to 
be around anyone but you for a long time, Mamoru." 
	Mamoru smiled and kissed the top of her head. He
at last had Usagi.

	The years seemed to be filled with love for Usagi.
She didn't realize the reason why she stayed here with 
Mamoru, why they stayed in the forest at all, but she 
supposed there was some reason. Mamoru's house had been 
destroyed. He had saved everything that he could, but his
purpose for staying in the forest was gone. There was 
nothing more of his family's to guard. Perhaps it was to
wait until there was life brought into the forest once
more.

	One day, Usagi happened to spot a girl in the 
forest, and she ran to tell Mamoru that there were people
in the forest once again. She wanted to greet her. Usagi
had gotten used to the silence of everything but Mamoru
and nature quickly, but the thought of seeing someone else
filled her heart with happiness. She and Mamoru watched
her carefully, and were surprised when another group of
people came up.
	"Mama! This is the perfect place to settle! I'm 
sure of it!" The couple nodded. "It is fine. We could 
settle in this empty spot...not have to worry about 
clearing away any trees at all. Have the Miyasaki's come
yet?" The woman asked. The man shook his head. "Not yet.
I'm sure they will be here soon, though." 
	Usagi leaned her head aganist Mamoru's shoulder
and smiled. After almost a hundred years, life was being
brought back into the forest.
	A sudden tap on Usagi's shoulder made her turn 
around quickly to see Unmei there. Usagi turned around,
surprised. She had not seen Unmei since that day when
she had brought her back to Mamoru. 
	"Usagi, Mamoru...I have a deal for you. How would
you like to experience life again? You have that chance
now that the forest is finally freed of the old nightmares
of the past."
	Usagi and Mamoru could only stare in shock. Have
the chance to be reborn? Mamoru looked at Usagi. He didn't
want to lose her. He held on to her fiercely. "I don't
want to be reborn if it means leaving Usagi behind. I 
want to be with her in our new lives."
	Unmei nodded. "You would be. That is why I come
to you while you are together, so that you can go at the
same time. Mamoru, you would be born into the Yumenei
family, while Usagi would be reborn into the Miyasaki
family. You will find eachother again in life. I promise
you." 
	Usagi looked up at Mamoru, who still had a 
protective hold on her. "I will do it, if it means I can
live out my life with Mamoru." She whispered. Mamoru 
nodded his consent also. Unmei smiled. "Good-bye, Usagi.
Good-bye, Mamoru."

Sixteen Years Later

	Usagi Miyasaki swung higher in the swingset that
her papa had set up for her when she had just been a 
little girl. She loved the feeling of flying, like she 
was free as a bird. She went up as high as she could go, 
and then to her utter terror, her grip loosened, and she 
felt herself truly flying off the swing. She closed her 
eyes and waited for the unforgiving ground to slam into 
her, but instead she was caught in a strong pair of arms. 
She looked up to see a pair of dark blue eyes of Mamoru
Yumenei.
	"Hello, Usagi. So we meet again." 

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