Welcome to the epilogue of Dan and Runo's love life, also known as DARLL (Thank you to a certain someone ) There have been a lot of ups and downs in this story, and I will admit that the story took a different turn than what I had in mind, but I guess...it was okay. My SA2 is coming up, and the portions are huge. I will update a bit faster than I usually do, but from sixth March to eighth March, my typing speed will increase. Enjoy the epilogue!

10 years later

Dan's POV

I looked at a photo album, of ten years earlier. All the Abysse and Mortar fight had happened during the time. Well, things have settled down now, but no one can forget the past.

I turned the page and saw a photo of Billy and Julie in the hospital with a baby girl in Billy's arms. Julie had given birth to a girl a few months after her wedding. The naming ceremony was fun, though. Billy wanted to name his daughter Priscilla, and Julie wanted to name her Petunia. In the end, it was Joe who decided a good name - Lila Gilbert. The two had agreed on that.

Lila was EXACTLY like her mom. The two were driving Billy crazy. I laughed in my mind for that. The picture below that one was a picture of Lila when she was four. She had her mom's silver hair, and her aunt's purple eyes. Everything in her wardrobe was pink and purple. I had a recent photo of her taken on her tenth birthday. She had short silver hair, and was now half of Julie's height. She was pretty tall for a ten year old.

The next page had a picture of Joe and Chan on their wedding day. They got married just two years back. Right now, Chan's pregnant. Joe was the happiest guy in the world when she broke the news. I still remembered that when Chan threw the bouquet during their wedding, Naenae was the one who caught it. The girls (Runo, Alice, Mira, and Chan) started going over to Marucho and I swore, on that day, I could hear Runo urging him to propose.

Speaking of which, Marucho and Naenae had been dating for a long time now, and Naenae moved to Marucho's huge mansion two years ago, and I'm pretty sure she uses the hot tub every day. Marucho's been texting me about my opinion on whether he should propose to Naenae, and the first time he told it to me and Shun, he was stammering, with his face all red, it was hilarious! I honestly think he should go for it.

On the other hand of things, Shun and Alice moved to the dojo a few days after Julie got pregnant, and they got married seven years ago. Shun was now a well-known doctor in the state, that he had started his own clinic. Alice is his secretary, and works full time as a science teacher in the Wardington elementary school. The two have twins now, a girl named Mio and a boy named Mijo. The two have got their looks from Shun, I swear I can't tell Shun and Mijo apart. Mijo looks exactly like Shun when he was seven. Mio's the elder one by six seconds, though. She's got her hair color from her dad, but inherited her mom's brown eyes. In everything, Mio is like her father, and is very proud of her ninja family. Mio, however...is more like Alice. He's very sweet, and loves to read books. Especially history books.

The next photo was of Mira and Ace. When Alice and Runo told us about Mira's situation, the poor girl was really sad, but Keith and Ace were supporting her as if it was the only thing they were born to do. Keith even went to an extent to call doctors from other dimensions to see if there was any way. His effort didn't fail, and that isn't the best part. It turned out Mira's womb was just slightly infected, but the infection was cured. She's now a famous scientist like her dad, and also the proud mother of a ten year old girl Caramel Grit. She has her father's grey eyes, but her uncle's hair.

Ace was a famous detective at Vestal, and every case he took was solved some way or the other. Ever since they caught Abysse and Mortar, Ace had been working under the police force, and all his hard work paid off. Ace, Mira and Caramel always came over during the weekends to visit. Also, Caramel, Mio, Mijo and Lila loved playing with each other.

Everything worked out fine for all of us. Especially for Runo. During her parents' divorce, she was keeping it all together, but then after that, she was a mess for almost two months. The cafe's run by Runo's dad now. She goes to visit him and her mom back at her hometown once a month. She's used to seeing her parents seperate, so she's okay with it. Besides, I would never let my kid face any problem alone.

Oh, and as for me, Mr. Minon stepped down, and I'm the company manager at the current. Joe's

in charge of my previous position now, and to be honest, it's not easy to manage your personal and business life at the same time.

I closed the album, and sighed. I had another file to review and send to Joe. Before I could get to my laptop, I heard the doorbell ring. I opened the door, and saw Runo, and Aidan.

"Ready to go dad?" he asked me, with his iPod and earphones in hand. His taste in music was exactly like Runo's. I nodded. I could finish off those files later. My two kids were more important.

"I'm done with groceries." Runo told me. "Just drop me at Julie's and you two can go." I nodded, and kissed her forehead. "As long as we two get loin tips for dinner."

"Score! Yay, loin tips!" Aidan cheered. Luckily, he had the same taste in food as me.

I guess this is what I forgot to mention, me and Runo got married only a few months after Julie and Billy, and on the same month as Julie, Runo gave birth to Aidan, only thing that he's actually three months early. All of the gang said that Aidan looked like me since he had the same shade of brown hair as mine. He has blue eyes though, I think they're from my father.

"Let's go, kid. Grandad and Grandmom would be waiting." I told him, and took his hand. I held Runo's too. Together, the three of us walked to my car. As I drove to my old house (Miyoko and Shirijo's house) I looked over at the park where me and Runo met when we were kids.

"Runo?" I called out, as she was in the front seat with me. Runo looked at me. "Yeah, doofus?"

"I have a feeling that Aidan's going to meet his future wife at this park."

Runo looked surprised, but nodded. "It's where it all started." she said. "You met Shun there, and we saw each other there."

"That's where we shared our first kiss too, when we were seventeen."

"Oh, shut up." Runo said, and I saw a tint of pink forming on her cheeks.

"You two started again with the cheesiness?" Aidan asked. Runo and I laughed. "Free advice, son, it's called love." I stated. "And you're already in love."

Aidan blushed. "Dad, mom, you are NOT telling Mio about this." he said to us, lying down on the backseat. Runo laughed. "I have a feeling that your love story has just begun."

And that's the end of it! I hope you guys liked it!

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