A/N: Here we are, the Epilogue, the final chapter of Secrets and Surprises. Excuse me while I go cry. But seriously, it's been an adventure, my writing skills have obviously improved a lot since the first chapter, and I don't plan to stop improving any time soon. Firstly, I have to thank everyone for staying with me long enough to get here, I know this fic is not the best, there are a lot of errors, but I am proud to have made it this far. Thank you, everyone who read, favorited, followed, and reviewed. I'm not sure what else I can say, so I'll just go right into replying to the reviews left on the last chapter.

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"Oh! Where did I put that bouquet?"

Lorena's heart nearly stopped beating. "Elena?!"

"I got it!" Elena handed Lorena the bouquet of red roses with a sheepish smile, "Didn't mean to scare you."

"Well you did," Lorena stuck her tongue out at her older sister. She turned at looked at herself in the large mirror once again, smoothing her dress for the tenth time in five minutes, "I think I'm gonna pass out."

"Lorena, stop it, you look absolutely gorgeous." Haruhi chided her as she entered the room, closing the door behind her.

"Haruhi, you'll catch me if I pass out, right?"

"No, but I'll help you up once I'm done laughing."

"Haruhi!"

She laughed at her nervous friend as she did one last walk around to make sure everything was in order, "Lorena, you are one of the bravest people I know, you'll be fine, I promise." Haruhi stood in front of Lorena, making sure her hair and makeup were perfect, "And just in case you don't believe me Takashi is coming to talk to you."

Lorena gasped, "What?! No, it's bad luck!"

Haruhi shrugged, "Just talk to him through the door." She was clearly done with her friend's high-strung nerves and panicky behavior.

Knock knock.

"Perfect timing!"

Lorena nearly leapt off the small platform area and rushed to the door. She stood as close as she could, her nose brushing the white paint, "Takashi?"

"Lorena." She smiled at the sound of his voice, "I'm really nervous."

Lorena laughed loudly, "Yeah, me too. But we can do it."

"Yeah." She could hear the smile in his voice.

"You know, the sooner you get out there, the sooner we can see each other again."

He chuckled, "Alright, I'm going." There was a pause, "I love you."

"Well I hope so by this point," she laughed, "but seriously, I love you too. I'll see you in a couple of minutes."

"Okay." She heard footsteps getting fainter and fainter as he walked to the chapel.

Lorena turned around and faced the two most important girls in her life, a smile still playing on her lips, "I'm okay now."

She pushed herself off the door and went to hug them, "Thank you so much, both of you."

Together they made their way to the chapel. Michael was waiting for them at the chapel doors, he would be the one to walk Lorena down the aisle. Haruhi went in first with Honey as the best man, then Elena went with Satoshi, Takashi's younger brother.

"If you cry, Lorena, I'm gonna cry even harder." Michael whispered to her, she laughed at him. He sighed, "You are not the same girl I met in the hospital all those years ago. You're all grown up now, next thing you know I'll be walking Emma down the aisle."

Lorena poked his ribs, "Old man."

The music changed, and they heard the shuffling of everyone standing up. The doors swung open and Lorena gulped at the expectant faces. But when she saw Takashi at the end of that aisle, nothing else mattered.

The rest of the night flew by for Lorena, and by two hours in her face was numb from smiling so much.

The actual wedding was fairly small, the only people invited were family and close friends. They had had a celebration for business partners and colleagues beforehand, a highly political and exhausting affair.

Emma was the flower girl, skipping down the aisle with her basket swinging in her hand, and Adam was the ring bearer, trailing behind Lorena and Michael.

Takashi was wearing a dark blue vest and tie under his black suit, a matching blue handkerchief tucked neatly into his breast pocket.

Lorena was wearing a strapless wedding dress that flared out at her hips, the soft material trailing behind her. Her blonde hair was woven into an updo that kept her hair off her neck and shoulders. Her angel wing necklace, as per usual, rested on her chest.

The only people in the crowd Lorena was worried about was her father. The only reason she had allowed him to be here was because Elena told her that she wouldn't come if he couldn't, and Lorena needed her sister to be here. So, she agreed, and now that she was an adult, she could tell Theresa to go fuck herself and not have any consequences for doing so. Needless to say, Theresa was not present.

After the wedding, Lorena was emotionally exhausted from all the laughing and crying and talking, but she wouldn't trade it for the world.

Lorena was rudely awoken by a ray of sunlight, groaning, she turned her head away from it. The arm around her waist pulled her closer, allowing her to bury her face in his chest.

She hummed and snuggled up to her husband. She kissed his collarbone, "Mornin', Takashi."

He kissed her forehead, then between her eyebrows, then on her nose, and finally on her lips.

Next thing they knew, footsteps came bounding down the hallway, the door burst open, and the voices of squealing children filled the room. The two kids jumped on their father, making sure not to jump on or hit their mother.

Takashi shot up and grabbed the two bouncing children, holding them prisoner against his chest. They squealed and kicked uselessly, and when he started tickling them they only squealed more.

After another minute of torture, he released them and set them back down on the ground. "Alright guys, help mommy up." Lorena held her arms out and swung her legs over the edge of the bed. The two children ran over and grabbed her hands, their meager strength not really doing much until Takashi made his way over and pulled her up onto her feet.

She kissed him again and felt the two children, twin boys, placing their ears against her swollen stomach. "Can you hear her?" Takashi asked amusedly.

"No..." They sounded disappointed, they had been looking forward to the arrival of their new sister for a while now, and with each passing day they got more and more excited.

"Well, you'll get to meet her soon enough. Now who wants pancakes?!" They cheered and ran off to the kitchen, ready to "assist" in making breakfast.

Takashi chuckled at them and bent down to kiss his unborn child, "They aren't the only ones who are excited."

"Come on," she tugged him along behind her, "we have two starving children in the kitchen."

"Mommy, can we go to the pet store with daddy and get a fish?"

"Sure, baby. Be safe." Lorena didn't even have to look up from her paper work to know her three children were running back to their father with huge smiles on their faces.

An hour later the car pulled up to the front of the house, a fully-grown Percival running to the door to greet them.

Lorena too got up to greet them, she waited inside the open door to see her three kids and Takashi carrying a covered cage emerge from the car.

"That doesn't look like a fish..." Lorena knelt down to be face-to-face with her daughter.

"H-he looked so sad, mommy! We had to get him!"

Lorena hummed as she stood to face her husband who was smiling rather sheepishly at her. He kissed her quickly before uncovering the cage, revealing a gray fuzzy bunny rabbit. "Awww," she cooed at the small animal, "he is pretty cute..." The three kids cheered, they knew that they had won her over. "What's his name?"

"Fish." Takashi smirked at her.

Click click click. The sound of claws on wood floors sounded from behind them. Lorena turned and smiled, "Creature! There's my beautiful boy!"

He slowly but surely made his way to her, and with some difficultly, sat at her feet. She knelt once again and showered his head with kisses and pets. His white dappled snout twitched as he caught the scent of the new animal.

Takashi set the cage on the ground and unlatched the gate. At first, the bunny did not leave the cage for fear of the dog before him, but once he sensed no threat from the old beast, he hopped out and sniffed around his new home.

Lorena was working at her desk when Creature stood from his spot next to her and nudged her leg with a paw. She pat his head and went back to work. He whined and nudged her again, more insistent this time.

She stopped and faced him, "Can't fall asleep, bud?" He looked up at her with pitiful eyes. He'd been trying to get to sleep for a couple hours now, but his arthritis wouldn't let him. "Alright, let me change."

She went and changed into a tank top and shorts, returned to her office where he was still waiting, carefully picked him up, and took him into the backyard where their large swimming pool was waiting.

First she stood in the shallower part, allowing him to get adjusted to the water temperature, then moved to the deeper end. In her arms, she kept his head and shoulders above water and let the cool water to soothe his aching bones and joints.

For a half an hour she stood there, stroking his fur, lulling him to sleep. Only when his eyes closed and soft snores escaped him did she allow herself to weep.

"Lorena." Takashi, standing at the edge of the pool called, his eyes brimming with sadness for her.

She sobbed, squeezing Creature to her chest, but not too hard. "My oldest friend. My beautiful boy." He was an old dog. In pain.

She lifted her head when she heard Takashi lowering himself into the water. He approached her and drew her into his arms, "He's all I have left of her." She sobbed into his shoulder. Takashi let her cry, not saying anything, only rubbing comforting circles on her back.

Minutes passed like this, but when she was done, and the tears had all been shed, she sobered up. "I have to let her go. Let him go." Hiccups occasionally sputtered out of her throat, but she managed to choke down most of them.

"Yeah." He kissed her head, "You're not alone, Lorena." He tilted her head up, making her look him in the eyes, "You're not alone."

"Mom... I'm bisexual."

Lorena blinked at her son before her, his hands wringing his sleeves nervously, head bowed to the ground in fear, "I see." He took a shaky breath, tears threatening to spill from his eyes, "You know your sexual orientation doesn't affect my love for you, right?"

He looked up at her, half shocked and half hopeful, "What?"

Lorena laughed, "Didn't you know? Your uncle Michael is bisexual too."

"O-oh." He blushed, "I thought he and Uncle Nate were both gay."

Lorena laughed again and hugged her son, she wiped the tears from his eyes and brushed his dark hair away from his face. "I speak for both myself and your father when I say, we love you, no matter what. I'm happy you could trust me enough to tell me."

He smiled and hugged her again, "Thanks, mom."

Lorena pulled back after a moment, "Since we're on the subject, what other orientations are there?"

"You don't know?"

"Well," Lorena shrugged sheepishly, "I've always wanted to know, but was always too afraid I'd offend someone to ask."

Her son laughed and happily began explaining to her the orientations that he knew the most on and referring her to credible sources.

Later that night, Lorena lay next to her husband, unable to sleep. She rolled over and poked him in the shoulder. "Takashi." A grunt replied, then he rolled over to face her, rubbing his eyes. "Did you talk to our son today?" He nodded. "Did he tell you he was..."

"Bisexual?"

She smiled, "Yeah." She paused for a moment, considering her next words, "He told me about some other sexual orientations and I came to realize... I think I'm pansexual."

Takashi blinked, "Okay."

She shoved him lightly, "Seriously, Takashi!"

He grabbed her hand and held it gently in his own, "Seriously, it doesn't change anything." He kissed her fingers, "You're still my Lorena. You're still my beautiful wife." He tapped her wedding ring for emphasis, pulling her closer as he did so.

Lorena rolled her eyes at her husband's tired words, she pecked his lips, "You're right. I don't know why I was so worried about your reaction."

"I love you."

She blushed, "I love you too. You can go back to sleep now."

He shook his head, "I don't want to miss a second with you."

Lorena giggled and shoved him again, "Shut up and go to sleep, you big doof."

He managed to snag another kiss before she settled down, tucking her head under his chin and tangling their legs together.

In each other's arms, they fell asleep once again, happy and contented.

A/N: What can I say? I'm a sucker for happy endings. As I said before, this is the last chapter. I will miss Lorena...

I will still write other fanfictions, though. I know for sure right now that I will write for Teen Wolf, Stargate: Atlantis, BBC's Merlin, and Marvel's Avengers. They will be posted on here, if any of you guys would be interested in reading those :) I more than likely will not be writing another anime fic, though.

Best of wishes to you all!

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