DISCLAIMER: Ranma and co. are property of Rumiko Takahashi. Sasha and the others are my own creations. Aside from Usagi and the senshi, they're not mine either, nor do they actually appear within this chapter. But I just wanted to avoid being sued. n.n

A/N: Wow, either the wait for chapters has caused me to lose readers or no one actually cares enough to review anymore...wow my generation is lazy... Anywho, I'm gonna answer the few reviews I received at the bottom of the chapter. Until then enjoy the story.

Epilogue - With Marriage Comes Many Surprises

Hey, Sasha here. I'll be finishing up the series since Ryuu's currently busy with...well, I'll get to that later. But I'll be your narrator for today. Hope that's okay with you.

Last Ryuu left you; you had all seen the beginning of our honeymoon. During our honeymoon we both took the time to...experiment and learn things about each other. Ryuu enjoyed the many sets of lingerie I had brought for the occasion and was always happy to know I had plenty more waiting at home. (Sly smile) Who said he was the only one who could be perverted? Of course, I didn't truly know how flexible Ryuu was until our honeymoon. I'd say more, but I'm sure that that sentence alone is self-explanatory.

Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. As was the case of our honeymoon once the week was over. Though it really didn't come to end, since, to tell you the truth, our experimenting continued well through the first year of our marriage.

(Grin) Ryuu looks forward to each visit to lingerie store, which makes many of the women there jealous. I think he's the only guy in Jersey, aside from the gay ones, who can walk into a lingerie store without passing out with a nosebleed and with a smile that isn't 100 percent perverted.

But I digress. As I was saying, once our week alone was over we headed home to find a couple guests. (Pauses) Now how did he say those flashbacks were done? (Shuffling papers) Ah, here it is...

(-)

Ryuu laughed as he chased his wife to the house. She spun around and he pinned her against door, sensually kissing the side of her neck.

"Ryuu...please...wait until we're at least in the house," Sasha tried to reason.

Of course Ryuu was known for being unreasonable, "Why? I don't sense anyone outside...and besides there are people inside..." He mumbled against her neck.

Sasha blinked and forcibly removed his lips from her neck; "We have people in our house?"

Ryuu nodded then paused, "Yeah...Mom, Nabiki, Kasumi, and...hey, Tofu's here," He said the last with a wider smile.

She sighed and placed her hands on his shoulders, "You go get our suitcase, I'll go in and see what they're up to."

Ryuu leaned down and kissed her again before shaking his head, "Nope, I'm gonna get the suitcase and then we'll both go in and see what they're up to."

Sasha would've refused but he was staring at her with those puppy dog eyes and was tracing patterns on the sides of her stomach with his thumbs, the latter was driving her insane with desire. She sighed again, "Fine. But you owe me mister."

He grinned widely, "Of course," And then he went to grab their suitcase from the back of the taxi that was still parked on the side of the road. After paying the cab driver it drove off and Ryuu walked towards the door again, this time with their suitcase in his hand.

Sasha smiled at him and moved to unlock the door; only it was already unlocked, "Looks like they were expecting us."

He shrugged and pushed the door open with his free hand. Letting Sasha walk in first, he followed shortly after. As soon as they cleared the doorway and Ryuu had put their luggage on the ground they were engulfed in a huge hug, courtesy Ryuu's mother.

As they both returned the hug Sasha gave him a look that clearly said, "Why didn't you see this coming?" His reply was, "Even I can't see my mother's glomps coming."

Nodoka laughed and smiled at the two as she released them from her hug/glomp, "So? How was the honeymoon? Should I expect any grandchildren within the next several months?"

They both sweat dropped as they answered, "Not this year, Mom."

"Maybe next year."

Nodoka looked a bit crestfallen but brightened up. They hadn't completely rejected the idea of children, so there was still hope...

"Oh, such delicious smells," Ryuu said as he wandered around the half wall that separated the dining room from the kitchen. As he walked into the kitchen he gave Kasumi a big hug from behind, "Kami, I've missed your cooking."

Kasumi smiled and her gentle laughter filled the air, "Why thank you, Ryuu-kun. The food will be ready in a couple minutes," She turned her smiling visage to Sasha, "It's good to see you again, Sasha."

Sasha was a bit bitter at the fact that Kasumi cooked better than her, but she had to admit, Kasumi was a damn good cook. A master of the kitchen if there ever was one. And that bright smile just made it so hard to be mad at her...

"The same goes for me, Kasumi-san," Sasha replied with a smile. Well, she didn't have to mad at Kasumi, she just had to get back at Ryuu.

Ryuu had walked into the den to see Nabiki and Tofu sitting on the larger of their two couches and flipping through the channels. He plopped himself in between the two and snuggled into the cushions behind him.

"I missed this couch. Many good memories made here," Ryuu had the satisfaction of seeing both Nabiki jump off the couch with a slightly bewildered look and Tofu look at her reaction with a confused expression.

"Don't worry, Nabiki, we saved all that for our honeymoon," Sasha said as she walked into the room.

"Aw, you're no fun, Sasha," Ryuu said, ignoring Nabiki's glare and raising an eyebrow at Sasha as she stuck her tongue out at him, "Unless you plan on using that tongue I suggest you keep it in your mouth, love."

Sasha's tongue disappeared back into her mouth and Ryuu's smile took on a slightly smug look. Sasha walked over to him and sat down heavily on his lap; she was treated with the sight of Ryuu's eyes crossing for a brief moment before they stopped dilating.

"That was mean," Of course the fact that his eyes weren't crossed or dilated didn't remove the slight shift in octaves from his voice. His reply was a giggle as his wife leaned back and used him as a chair.

(-)

Turns out Kasumi and Tofu had begun dating a few days after the wedding reception. It's been almost two years since then and we're expecting the good doctor to propose to Kasumi soon.

Nabiki got a bit bored with Japan and moved to Jersey, she actually lives two blocks down from us now. She started dating this nice young man...(starts laughing)...sorry, sorry, I just wanted to see how well I could keep a straight face saying that. Yes, Nabiki found a boyfriend. But this boy just happened to be Mike. Yes, our Mike.

It was a shock to all of us when we found out. I mean, Nabiki and Mike, it was...unbelievable at the time. But we eventually got used to it. I guess Mike's been on his best behavior since Ryuu's been acting like the protective older brother, despite his being a year younger.

But I have a feeling he would've behaved him self anyway. Mike really seems to like Nabiki and, even though you'd have to know her pretty well to notice, I'm quite sure she likes him a lot too.

And then there's Sam. Sam was a shock to everyone except Ryuu and me. Me, because Sam and me are best friends and we know everything about each other. Yes, that means she knows how Ryuu is in bed. But I digress; Ryuu knew about it because he guessed correctly.

(-)

It was after lunch and everyone hanging out at Uncle Dan's bar, slowly sipping their drinks and generally enjoying themselves. Sam had called a group meeting but she was late to the meeting. That in itself was weird because Sam was never late.

A few minutes later she appeared in the doorway, "Sorry, I'm late guys."

"It's about time," Mike said, "I was about to start on my 3rd drink."

"In that case I'd be early," Sam replied, referring to Mike's habit of consuming liters of soda in the course of a half hour, "Anyway, I called you all here to meet my girlfriend, Kate."

Suffice to say Mike fell off his stool and Jon simply smiled and nodded at the girl. Sasha smiled and waved at Kate, having met her before, it was no surprise to see her holding Sam's hand in her own.

Ryuu's reaction was to nod once and say, "I knew she was bi."

Sam looked at him, "How'd you know?"

Ryuu smirked, "Because you weren't attracted to me like normal girls. You simply appraised my dashing good looks and then moved on," He nodded to himself and Sasha poked the side of his head.

"Leave the ego for the bedroom, hon."

Ryuu saluted, "Yes, ma'am!"

(-)

After that Kate was welcomed into our circle easily and she got along with everyone. Especially Ryuu, for some reason sexual innuendos and perverted positions are their way of playing around. I'm fine with it since I know for a fact Kate's a lesbian.

Anyway, I'm certain you're all just dying to know how Ryuu and me have been doing for the past two years so I'll start on how our lives have gone.

Exactly one year after our wedding I found myself very much pregnant. Morning sickness, mood swings, and everything else that comes along with a pregnancy. And poor Ryuu took the brunt of it all.

He was there to comfort me when I was sick. He endured my mood swings. And helped as best he could, avoiding cooking the meals that made me sick to my stomach and preparing the snacks that made him sick to his stomach.

We went for the sonograms a month later to make sure the baby was healthy and to find out what we were having. Turns out I was two months pregnant and we were having a baby girl. It took us several days to figure out a name for the baby. But we eventually settled on Iris.

6 months after the initial sonogram, baby Iris Metsuretsu was born. Metsuretsu since Ryuu had taken my name, for a reason he still won't tell me to this very day. Damnable stubborn man he is...

We declared Sam her godmother and Jon her godfather, we would've chose Mike but we figured Jon would be a bit more responsible. Mike doesn't seem to mind simply being an uncle however.

Afterwards we took her home and placed her in her new room. We had re-designed Ryuu's room and made it into a bedroom suitable for young Iris.

As days turned to weeks we watched our little girl slowly grow. When she was just born her hair had been black, but now it was turning even darker, it was quite close to ebony black. Her eyes, which had been a light gray, slowly became blue, though they still held a tint of gray to them.

And, as do all babies, they eventually learn to crawl. Iris is working on that now, which is why Ryuu isn't writing this chapter, he's playing with Iris in the den.

Ryuu is turning out to be an excellent father to Iris. He's careful and helps out whenever he can, which, amazingly enough, includes the changing of diapers. And yes, there are many diaper changes that happen within this house. Who knew such a small child could go through so many?

Ryuu's cut down on the concerts a bit so he could spend more time with me and Iris, he still does a minimum of a concert a week at the bar and is still writing lyrics and all that. But his life centers more around Iris and I than it did before.

And, well, you get the point. Ryuu's been a big help with the baby. I guess it helps that Iris seems to enjoy music. She loves listening to Ryuu sing and play his guitar; it's how we get her to sleep most nights.

(-)

Sasha finished typing her sentence before saving the document. She turned to look at Ryuu as he laid on the floor on his back and let Iris sit on his stomach. It was cute to watch him make funny faces at her and make her laugh.

Glancing at the clock, Sasha shut off the monitor and stood from her chair, making her way towards her husband and daughter. She picked up Iris and moved to sit on the couch as she rocked the young child to sleep.

Sasha's soft smile brightened a bit more as Ryuu moved to sit beside her and wrapped his arms around her waist. She leaned back against his chest and watched as Iris' eyes were slowly lulled to sleep.

Ryuu closed his eyes and enjoyed the feel of the two most important girls in his life wrapped in his arms.

Yes, This Really Is The End.

Reviews:

ss4-link - Yeah, yeah, no need to start threatening too. I got the chapter finished and uploaded didn't I?

Ryo's destiny - Yeah, I answered all those question about a minute after you reviewed. So I've got nothing to say. n.n

ranma hibiki - Yes, messing with Tony would definitely be safer than peeping on Ryuu.

Wonderbee31 - Thank you! I'll be looking for your name on my review list for any of my other stories. n.n

Sonic 1 - Thank you!

A/N: Yes, that really was all of the reviews I got. Lazy people. I guess it doesn't really matter much anymore since the story's over. But I still would've liked to hit 200 reviews before this chapter came out...oh wells. I'll get over it.

Once I finish re-writing the first chapter here I'll be switching my focus to The Shadows Are Dancing, as per request of Ryan L. Spradling, Hell's Favorite Demon, and most likely The Story of A Prince for the Ratchet & Clank section of ffnet.

Any fictions outside of those three will be occasional chapter editing and any one-shots I may write my spare time. I'm hoping to churn out chapters for those a bit faster than I did for MS. One of my New Year's Resolutions. n.n;;

Anyway, before I go I want to give a huge thanks to Ryo's destiny for being my pre-reader. Smals, if it wasn't for youI'm sure this fic would've had three times as many errors as usual and you also helped me out when I need to make important decisions, like who the bartender would be in Ryo's club, and things like that. You were a huge help and I thank you for that.

I'd like to thank Ryan L. Spradling, who got special mentions in the last two chapters as well, for reminding me to write the last 3 chapters. If it wasn't for you, this thing probably wouldn't even be finished yet. So I thank you for your help.

And last, but never least, I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed and read this story. Mostly those of you who reviewed. By reviewing you let me know that people were actually reading my work and made me feel like I actually had a reason to write this.

So, to everyone who I've mentioned and those who I haven't... THANK YOU! You're all greatly appreciated. n.n

As per normal, reviews are welcomed and flames are used to fight the lawyers.

-Lov3the3vil

AN IMPORTANT NOTE FOR SANDMAN HAND ME A DREAM READERS: I'm going to be putting SHMAD on hiatus until further notice. I have to do some re-writing for the second chapter, as a couple of reviewers have pointed out that it seemed rushed, and I need to figure out an actual plot for the story. I have a habit of creating a story and then being clueless as to where I want to go from there. I'm hoping to rid myself of this habit...eventually.