A/N: Hello kiddies! Well this is it! The final installment of Easter is a Pagan Holiday. Thank you so much for sticking with me. I enjoyed writing this a lot and I'm glad you all enjoyed reading it.

To my sweet wonderful reviewers, I mean all of you and not just the one who reviewed for chapter ten, Thank you and I love you all. All of your funny reviews made it worth writing this.

Ichi-desu: I'm sorry I'd make it longer….but it'd be crap! I love ya and thanks for stickin' round.

GhostInTheDark: I'm sorry I'm ending it! Look above. Lol.

Steven Kodaly: You're always interrogating me…and I never answer. I'm a horrible person. Lol. I hope this answers your questions.

Dark-Hopeless-Romantic: I'd kick my friend in the shin. Of course I don't like my friends…jk. Lol.

SAW: Hi. I didn't rush. But I did get it up super fast for me. This stories impending doom has kicked me into gear. I hope you like it.

Thank you to Ichi-desu, my newfound slaveImean…beta. You honestly don't sound like a bitch, but you know, you're beta-ing my story so I love ya!

Anyways, here's the epilogue.

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Cloud and Aerith decided to hold the wedding in early December, when there was a frosty beauty to everything in Hollow Bastion. So, a year and a half after Naminé's operation, the biggest, most beautiful church was decorated in lights, and had lilac-blue accents held up on corners and pews, with little silver holly hanging on long ropes from the cathedral style ceiling.

Naminé had been the flower girl, walking down the isle in her pale blue dress. Tifa, who had flown from the kingdom, with even a gift from the king in her bag paying in full for their honeymoon to anywhere in the world and care for their daughter, came down next in a violet with silver accented dressThen Yuffie, who had finally come back from country hopping, and was now living with Sora and Leon, came down, her dress only lilac with violet accents, still a little big from her baby fat, and then Aerith, in her long flowing dress, holding just one small white tulip to stand by Cloud. Roxas was last, bearing the rings and trying to shake his head without anyone noticing him to try and get his hair to its rightful place. Cid didn't come to the wedding.

Sora smiled, holding Yuffie's small nearly year-old girl, Rumor, in his lap. He smiled and waved indiscreetly to Leon, Cloud's best man. He nodded back, almost unnoticeably and had Sora not been watching for it, he'd have never seen it. He bounced Rumor gently, keeping her entertained until the ceremony was finished, which he hoped was soon, because the moment Rumor wasn't happy the entire church filled with people would know. Sora passed the bright blue-eyed girl to Vincent Valentine (1), Yuffie's boyfriend of seven months, who had moved the Hollow Bastion when he had found his old friend, Cloud. He often didn't know what to do with Rumor, but Sora had to give him points; he tried his damndest with her.

Vincent Valentine was a good man, despite his oddities. His first one being he was allergic to sunlight. His house was basically a square box and he slept during the day. Not only this exceedingly odd quality, but he also had a mechanical hand on his left arm. No one really knew what happened to him, not even Yuffie. Cloud had the vaguest of ideas, but both he and Vincent were tight lipped about the subject. But most of all, Sora was pretty sure he didn't know how to show emotion, not like Leon and Cloud, who just didn't. He was pretty sure Vincent was uncomfortable with the entire idea of emotions.

Vincent set the little girl on his lap, rubbing back with hid right hand.

The wedding was closing, signaled when the preacher asked, "The rings?" Roxas stepped forward and gave them the rings like he had been rehearsed to do. When the vows were said and the rings were slipped on the preacher announced the entire church. "I now pronounce these two, after many years of praying, a few long nights of discussion of the subject, one car wreck, and a daughter's operation of waiting, man and wife." Aerith and Cloud both smiled, as he wrapped his hand around her waist, and pulled her to him, her hands resting gently on his chest, and they finally kissed. The entire church burst into applause, completely upsetting Rumor who had to be taken out of the room immediately by Vincent.

Sora stood up, clapping and whistling as the newlyweds ran down the isle. He checked his watch quickly, noticing that it was about seven-thirty pm. The reception would start at Unc's in half an hour.

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He went out to his and Leon's vehicle, stopping only to get Rumor from Vincent. Roxas would go with Leon and Yuffie. He unlocked the doors of the, otherwise, closed diner. He turned on all the lights, putting Rumor in a small roll around chair he kept there for her, and put up some more decorations that he and Leon hadn't quite had time for. Usually Unc's would be loaded with people by now, but he had shut it down for the reception tonight.

Leon had agreed to help him with the diner when Tifa had told everyone she was leaving two days after Naminé got out of the hospital. It had been hard at first but Sora had hired an assortment of managers that made it easy for him to work a regular day shift and he could trust them to work a nightshift. It was stressful at times, and Leon wasn't always helpful, but it always worked out in the end and Sora wouldn't have it any other way.

Rumor squealed in delight bouncing in her chair.

"What? You want mommy?" He cooed at her, putting the last of the silver dove centerpieces on the table. "She'll be here in a few minutes. Just you wait." He said to the little girl.

Yuffie had come back in her six month of pregnancy, and after being yelled at for being so careless as to travel while pregnant (She still didn't get the big deal; it was a freaking train!), she had agreed to live with Leon and Sora. They had only been home for a minute before she had immediately told them everything ever! Like she had only been waiting to get home to spill every secret she ever held. She told them she left the day after she found out she was pregnant, and that it was Cid's child, though he would never know that if anyone had any say in it. When they asked why she had decided to leave Cid without a word she answered in a shaky voice, "Because I'm fine with Easter being the revival of Christ." Leon didn't get it, but Sora did. She told them that she stayed away for so long to understand herself, to know whether or not she was ready to be mommy dearest, to realize she was fine by herself. Rumor had been born three months later, and Sora had been named as her godfather.

Rumor was one of his newfound delights in the world as well as Yuffie and Leon's safeguard. When Sora was upset or angry Rumor would suddenly start crying, or she would giggle. It would suddenly deflate Sora long enough for the others to escape off without harm.

He picked his godchild up from her bouncy chair, looking over his handy work. The deep purple he and Tifa had picked out all those months ago had played right into the colour scheme. The tables were covered with royal purple, and over that was a lilac lace clothe. The centerpieces were silver doves, set in bouquets of an assortment of light blue and purple flowers. Above them, several opal-like globes filled with candles were settles, creating a look of bubbles all over the restaurant.

"You like that?" He asked her. She made some odd unintelligible noise that he took for a yes. "Good."

Leon showed up a few minutes before the crowd, Roxas and Yuffie in tow. Then everyone was there, fumbling over each other to get in from the cold weather.

Axel and Larxene, who, to everyone's surprise, had made it through, arrived. Axel had finally applied for that job on the outside of town, and bought a house close to the factory. The divorce had been finalized four months after, Axel not having anything to fight over, and Kairi just wanting to get it over with quickly. Larxene had moved in with Axel just two months before today's wedding. Sora laughed at the two of them. Larxene, as usual, upset at something Axel had said, and punching him viciously. Their relationship was odd, they were so abusive to each other, but it was in a very loving way. Even Yuffie would lean back everyone once and a while and agree that the two just weren't right. But they were happy, and silently Axel had kind of been thinking about asking her to marry him. Sora would make great squeals of delight every time Axel said this, and tell him that they made a cute love story. Sora's life had recently been under severe threats from the red haired man.

Tifa came in next still alone but happy nonetheless. She had made a huge splash in the Kingdom and now had two more stores in Twilight Town, and, surprisingly enough, Destiny Islands, and was now one of Kairi's favorite places to eat. But none of them were as successful as the original.

An entire rush of people came in after that, before finally Cloud and Aerith arrived, Naminé bouncing in behind them. The entire building cheered again as they took a bow.

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Mingling began soon after the bride and groom arrive, seemingly okay now that the stars of the party had arrived. Sora ran around all over the place, making sure everyone was okay; everyone was enjoying the refreshments and dinners that he had slaved over by making his head chef cook. Tifa laughed at him and told him it was his friends wedding and that if someone had a problem they wouldn't dare be vocal about it today. Leon had agreed and made him sit down at the table with him, Aerith, Cloud and the rest of their circle.

"So what's next on your agenda?" Yuffie asked jubilantly.

Aerith and Cloud both shared a look of bliss and said, "Sleep!" There was a small round of chuckles around the table. "Then Christmas, a cruise maybe, and then who knows…?" Aerith said. "There has been a small discussion of more children. Maybe one or two. I think Mina would like that."

"More children," Yuffie made a face and looked over her shoulder to where she could see Vincent doing magic tricks for Rumor, Naminé, and Roxas. "I suppose it wouldn't hurt." She agreed, with a slight smile.

"I vote me godfather!" Sora said, waving his hand in the air madly.

Leon rolled his eyes. "Between the two of us Sora, if the three of them decide to participate in group keeling-over, we're going to need to buy another apartment complex for children."

Sora patted his hand. "Hope they don't decide to participate in group keeling-over." He said sympathetically.

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The night went on, and was over quickly. Midnight strolled around far faster than any of them realized, the children had all passed out in the private rooms, and Rumor was clinging angrily to Yuffie. Aerith finally gathered all the girls, though they had to wake Naminé to do so, and threw the bouquet. There was a slight scuffle, which all the guys laughed at, but in the end Yuffie had come out with the bushel of flowers, glancing sheepishly at Vincent who was even paler than normal, looking much like a deer caught in the headlights.

Aerith and Cloud ran for the getaway car, Naminé right behind them. The entire congregation followed after them excitedly, yelling well wishes, and good hopes. Sora and Leon stayed in the back, along with Vincent who honestly didn't do the group-time thing, packing up a few things before they left. They gathered up all of Rumor and Roxas' things that they had left around and stashing a few precious goods that people had left behind in a box behind the counter. Leon went to the private section, picking up Roxas from his place on the table.

Yuffie came back, her ride being with any of the three men that had stayed inside the warm building. She went to Sora's office, where he kept a crib for Rumor and picked her up, resting her over her shoulder. "Are we almost ready to go?" She asked, bouncing Rumor lightly.

"Yeah, I'll take the decorations down tomorrow." Sora said. "Are you still coming in with me?" He asked her.

Yuffie smiled and nodded, "Yeah."

Yuffie didn't exactly work for them, but she did things around both the complex and the diner. They told her she didn't have to but she always smiled and said, "Might as well slave away. After all you let me and Rumor stay with you guys for free." Soshe mostly came to work with Sora, the two of them having grown closer over the time she had lived with them, which was why Sora had a crib in his office.

"Okay, we'll have to go in early." He warned grabbing the bag of decorations he had already disassembled.

She nodded, picking up the centerpiece she had decided to keep. Leon came out with Roxas clinging to his neck. "You need a ride home Vincent?"

He shook his head. "No, I'll walk."

"Come on, Vinnie." She said using her pet name only she could get away with. "I'll ride with you." She said.

"Do you want to take Rumor? I've got her car seat."

"Would you mind taking her Sora? I don't have to move the car seat twice."

"Yeah, hand her here." Sora said.

Yuffie kissed the side of her daughter's head. She handed her over to Sora, and he made for 'his' car, Leon behind him to strap Roxas in for him, while Yuffie and Vincent went to wait in Leon's car. Leon set Roxas gently in the car, buckling him into the front seat, while Sora set Rumor in the back seat.

They met at the front of the car. "Love you." Leon said, pressing a quick kiss to Sora's lips.

"Love you too." He replied, mirroring Leon and kissing his lips just as quickly. "See you at home."

He smirked and nodded, moving off a few feet away to where he had parked. Sora got into his own vehicle, checking on the passengers briefly and then starting the car. The drive home was much quicker with a car to drive him, and he was actually there within ten minutes now instead of an hour, or half an hour if he were on foot.

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He pulled into the driveway, waking up his little brother gently, telling him they were home, before opening the door to go fish out the younger of the two children with him.

Once the girl was out of the car he turned around to face his home.

He didn't live in the apartment complex anymore. Not a month after Sora had been told about Riku, Leon had come up to him with a proposition. If Sora agreed to let Leon buy them a house, Leon would hire movers so they wouldn't have to do anything. Sora had laughed so hard he cried.

"Some choice there," he had gasped out after fits of laughter.

"Well, yeah, I don't want you to say no."

"Why?"

"Because I kinda already bought it."

"Y-You did what?" Sora had stuttered.

"Well, an apartment really isn't fitting for Roxas, is it?"

"And…a-and,"

"And I want you to stay with me." Leon had said quietly. "Forever, if I can possibly get away with it."

Sora had been so shocked he had barely known what to do, andfor a few moments he had only gaped at Leon with wide eyes. It was only when Leon had made to take the entire thing back that Sora had unthinkingly blurted. "When can I see it?"

It was a nice. Two stories, four bedroom, two and a half baths, and it sat on an acre of land. It was perfect for the weird little family that they had. Leon and Sora had a room on the second floor with Roxas and the guest bed where Naminé stayed in when she stayed the night, and Yuffie had the downstairs bedroom, which was nice when Yuffie brought Vincent home. They were rough, and it was just not something to go to bed to, or wake to. Rumor slept in the living room where they played music for her so she wouldn't wake every ten minutes.

"Roxas? Come here." He told his sleep-ridden brother who was toddling off to lawn, the first available flat surface, to go lay down. Roxas did a 360-degree turn and stumbled back over to Sora and took his hand, letting Sora lead him as they went inside. He let Roxas stumble up the stairs by himself, assured that he could find his way to his own bed. He then went to the living room and turned the radio to a station that was playing Christmas carols, and laid Rumor down in her crib, pulling her blanket over her shoulders and rubbing her black curls away from her face.

"I'm really glad Yuffie didn't tell Cid about you." He told her quietly, thinking not for the first time about the hell Cid would have gone through to keep her away from Yuffie and everyone she was associated with. She sighed in her sleep, throwing her arm over her eyes and twisting her little body into an 's' shape.

He smiled, taking off his over coat and rolling up his sleeves to his dress shirt. He then wandered into the kitchen to pour some eggnog and rum, feeling more than festive, after the wedding had died down.

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"Hey, Sora?" A small voice asked from the door way five minutes after he had lain Rumor down for bed.

He set his glass down, turning to see Roxas in the doorway, "Yeah?"

"Come read me a story."

He nodded, taking his brother's hand even though he honestly really didn't need to anymore; it just made them both feel a little bit better. Roxas picked out a chapter book; Carry on, Mr. Bowditch (2). And Sora read the first chapter to him, deciding to make this a chapter by night book, and then snapping it shut. Roxas snuggled further into his blankets, his room being a little colder than he liked it.

"You want me to get you another blanket?" He asked.

The blonde nodded, and Sora left the room, coming back just moments later with one of the blankets Leon had collected. He tucked the blanket in on top of his other one, tucking it in so Roxas got as much warmth as possible.

"Sora, how'd you get those scars?" Roxas asked, wiggling his arm free to trace one of the scars on his arms.

Sora's face darkened, as he tugged his sleeve's down. He usually wore long sleeved shirts everywhere, more than ashamed of what he had done to himself a year ago. Even in summer he had taken to wearing Leon's long sleeved shirts around the house, and at work he always wore his blazer. He frowned. "Don't worry about it Roxas." He said stroking Roxas' hair back and re-tucking his arm in.

He persisted. "What are they?" He asked, fighting off the sleep that was creeping over him.

Sora glared mildly at Roxas, "Reasons to live." He replied, surprising himself with how apposite that was of the truth.

Roxas however was just fine with it, and asked. "Which one am I?" He yawned.

Sora snorted at the idea that Roxas had bought that load of bull, but he smiled regardless. "All of them."

Roxas looked at his now covered arm. "Well then which one is Leon?"

Sora lifted his sleeve a little, exposing one of his longer, deeper scars. "That one, but the rest are you."

"Kay." He said, the day finally wearing on his tired mind. "Night, Sora."

Sora stood up and left the room, turning the light off, and then exiting into the hall. He took a step off the first stair, turning to look at all the pictures they had hung on the light beige walls.

The most recent picture was at the top, one of the largest ones in the house. It was of the entire group, right after Rumor had been born, and the entire group had gathered into a small park and had a professional take a picture of them all. Of course this was before Vincent had moved there so he wasn't in the picture, and Yuffie and Sora were talking seriously of amending this. As he went further down the stairs he had school pictures of Roxas that he had collected over the last five years. A few of Naminé's were mixed in as well. He turned into the living room, feeling a wave of nostalgia wash over him, and he felt the need to look over all of the pictures Sora had been sent from Kairi, that he had taken, and that Leon had kept and collected over the years. He smiled at all of them running over his favorite snapshots of Yuffie with Rumor, or just Rumor being a goober.

He finally stopped at the entertainment center, to his second most favorite picture he had. It was one of Riku; Kairi had found it in one of the boxes that had been in her spare room. It happened to be one of Sora's all time favorites. It had Riku smirking and flipping off the camera. He had always hated pictures.

Sora unconsciously grasped the gold ring that now hung from a chain around his neck, his ring finger having been occupied with another ring. A cold, silver ring that was designed to look like Celtic braiding. It was the ring that Leon had bought them after they had been together for a year.

Then, he looked up to his favorite picture in the world. The one he had snapped while Leon was giving Roxas a piggyback ride. They were both smiling, but neither was looking at the camera. Roxas was watching Leon's face and Leon was looking ahead of him. Sora had taken it about three weeks after they had moved into the house, and they had been playing in the back yard. Those two had really grown close, almost as close as Roxas and Sora naturally were.

Sora smiled, wandering back to his kitchen where his spiked eggnog was waiting for him to come back. So he grabbed his cup, sporadically deciding to finish Leon's Christmas present. He pulled out his old journal, and opened it, grabbing another journal, newer, and not as carelessly tossed around. Only four more poems to go and a few more he had collected and it would be finished. Though before he could actually start, he heard Leon's vehicle pull up, and he had to scramble to hide the books from him.

He downed the last of his eggnog, and stood up to greet everyone home, as had become a habit these days.

Yuffie stumbled in, her eyes practically closed, and she hugged Sora and went to kiss Rumor goodnight before going to bed, too. Leon smiled as she ran into walls tiredly, using then to guide her through the house.

"I think we probably should have made her go to bed earlier than three yesterday." He said, his voice also tired.

Sora smirked. "She can't complain; we didn't even go to sleep last night."

Leon gave Sora one of those looks. "That's not for trying though. If someone hadn't been so excited…"

"Oh, you wanted it." Sora said, poking Leon's chest.

"I'm not saying I didn't. In fact, I very much love those nights. However, I was pointing out the fact you so totally started it." Leon said backing out of the kitchen and into the small dining room in between the kitchen and the living room.

"I didn't see you stopping it."

"Well, no. I love taking advantage of you when you're in those types of moods." Leon said indignantly.

Sora scoffed humorously. "You love taking advantage of me anytime."

He smirked humorously, "Yeah." Then his eyes flashed with that ever so familiar emotion, and he took off running silently through the house, Sora right behind him. They ran up the stair, making as little noise as possible. When Leon finally reached the bedroom, he waited inside the doorway, waiting for his little brunette to round the corner.

"Gotcha!" He whispered, as he close his hand over his other's mouth, and wrapping his arm around the tiny waist. He dragged the short brunette over to their bed, and laid him down, smiling when Sora wrapped his arms around Leon's neck. Leon kissed him slowly, messaging the sides that he had so viciously attacked.

Sora pulled away, giggling slightly, because that tickled. "I love you." He told Leon, softly, moving further up on the bed.

Leon smiled one of his small smiles, and stalked further up on the mattress, still giving Sora brief pecks before he came to rest fully on top of him. He then rested their foreheads together and said just as softly as Sora. "I love you too."

Andthey lived happily ever after.

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A/N: Please don't hit me! It has happy ending and lots of info and…and….and Hyperventilates Just don't kill me! WAHHHHHH!

I know ya'll wanted it to happen. Thought I give you a dream come true.

Carry on, Mr. Bowditch is an awesome book. I didn't make it up. I love that book to pieces.

Anyway, I hope you liked this story. If you want some more of Sora/Leon goodness, feel free to check out Leon doesn't, my collection of drabbles that I'm finally restarting. Also, I'm going to do shameless advertising for Rezelle's Archangel. It only has three chapters and it takes a while to update but I love it. Yum.

If you're just looking for more of my odd pairings and me I have another story due out around the beginning of the year. This one will be a Riku/Axel, Sora/Roxas (Because I'm now obsessed with that pairing) plus several other pairs. This one is set during high school, and it has so much angst and drama I almost want to squeal in delight. Plus I also have my several odd one-shots.

Feel free to contact me if you like. My e-mail is on my profile page.

I love you all!

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