In The Lap of Luxurious Love

(Author's Note: Just as a warning, this chapter deals with things that are somewhat religious and philisophical, so if you don't want to read that stuff, just skip past that part. It just adds a little more depth to the story.)

As Kurama and I made our way toward the doors of the church where the memorial was being held, I saw an elderly woman sitting on the steps, and I nearly fainted from shock.

"Master Genkai!" I cried. She looked up at me, and stood with a smile.

"Duo, it's good to see you," she said. "And Suichi, my dear boy! It's been such a long time since the last time we saw each other!"

"Far too long, Dearest," he said, standing and snatching her up for a big hug. "Come, let's go outside. If you don't mind helping, Genkai, I need to carry him down the stairs, if you'll move the chair down there with us."

"Sure," she said. When we got outside and I was safely back down in my wheelchair, Kurama took Genkai in his arms and embraced her again. "I've missed you, Kurama."

"And I you, very much, my dear," he said. "If it's not too much trouble, would you mind giving my fiance here a peek of what you looked like when you were my age?"

"Oh, don't make excuses for wanting to see me in my younger form," Genkai giggled. "I'll need to borrow some of your energy to do that, though, because I can't do it by myself anymore."

"Would you like to stay young, Master?" I asked her. "I have the power to help you do that, if that's what you want, and you'll have just as much power as you did when you were that age."

"You can certainly attempt it," she said. "I only know of one other person who can restore someone's youth, and you've probably never met him. If you can do that for me, I will help you as best I can to be able to walk again." I placed my hands on her shoulders and began chanting, invoking energy from my own body and depositing it on her. As though it was ice melting from a thawing forest, the age lines on Genkai's face began to disappear. She had shown me pictures of her at a younger age, but I had never imagined that she could be as beautiful as she was becoming. Kurama smiled as he watched this, and placed his hands on my shoulder to give me a little extra strength and spirit energy.

"Thank you, Koibito," I said. "This stuff wears me down, but it's always been worth it." I finished the spell, and lifted my hands from her shoulders. As she opened her eyes, she looked at her hands and smiled at me. I slumped in my chair, completely exhausted. Before I knew what was happening, I felt soft lips pressing to mine, and they were decisively female. "Mmmm, Genkai..." I muttered against her lips. We broke the kiss, and looked at her through half-lidded eyes. "What was that for?"

"To thank you, and to..." She stopped when I suddenly jumped, complete feeling returning to my legs. "You have helped me, so I helped you, like I said I would." I looked over at Kurama, and he looked at me hopefully. I moved my legs around a bit, but was unsure of my ability to even stand, let alone walk. Kurama took me by both hands, and slowly helped me to stand.

"Oh, God..." I said in amazement, hardly able to believe it. I took a few steps, and then realized that I was having no problems, and could do this by myself. "Let go of my hands for a minute, Koi." I tooke a few more steps, and then bent to lift the beautiful young Genkai into my arms. "Thank you so much for this, Genkai!"

"I'm a woman of my word, Duo," she said. "You should know that by now." I looked at Kurama for permission, and he nodded with a sweet smile. I looked into her eyes, asking for consent. "Yes." That word was all I needed to hear before I began to kiss her passionately, both sets of eyes closing as we let passion consume us for a few moments. Reaching out my hand for Kurama, I invited him to join us. He kissed my cheek and neck, causing me to moan, thus exerting a moan from Genkai. After a few minutes, we broke from our fun and just stood there, all three of us huddled together.

"I didn't expect to say this, but I think I'm ready to go back in," Kurama said. "Both of you have lifted my spirits, and I think I'll be able to sit through the rest of the service." I lowered Genkai to her feet, and then took Kurama's hand. As we walked back into the chapel, the entire crowd looked back at us, many of them murmuring in disbelief that I was WALKING. Our boys all stood and began to cheer and applaud, happy that I had recovered my strength and ability to walk, and that Kurama was obviously feeling better. But there was one person who was in complete disbelief, and he was sitting right next to us.

"Genkai, how did you get all young again?" said Yusuke Urameshi, who was sitting next to his wife, Keiko, with their baby daughter, Keena, in his arms.

"We'll talk about this later, Dimwit," she said, using her usual pet name for him. Yusuke tried to go back to paying attention to the funeral, but he couldn't help but noticing her intertwine her fingers in mine, placing her other hand on top of my hand.
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At the burial, I used my authority as a priest to dedicate the graves, including the individual graves of Heero, Hiei, Trowa, and Quatre, all of which had been given special places in the Masters' Cemetary. Each head of household had a place available for them, and the three Gundam Pilots were buried adjacent to each other. Several of us had thought it fitting that Trowa and Quatre be buried in the same casket, as a token of the way they had died. As I knelt before Heero's grave, Kurama knelt before Hiei's grave as well. "Lord in Heaven, give these men peace and rest in Thy sight, and keep them until we are reunited to them and Thee in the lift to come. Amen." Taking Kurama's hand, we said the Lord's Prayer together, and then stood.

"Thank you, my love," Kurama said. "It means a great deal to me that you would ask any god to take a demon such as Hiei or myself under his care. Very few demons are even remotely religious, and most of those who are worship obscure demon gods."

"You're a demon, but you're just as religious as I am," I said.

"That's because my mother taught me when I was young that it was important to believe in something, and the Christian god is what she believed in," he said. "In time, I began to believe in Him too, and now I put all of my faith and trust in Him. He may not always be pleased with my choices, but His son died for my sins."

"Do you believe that he is pleased with your choice of loving me?" I asked, and he smiled.

"He led me to you, and you to me," he said, kissing me softly. "No matter how anyone judges us, or attacks us, I will always love you with my whole heart." I melted into his arms, and kissed him with a great deal of force. "Duo... Mmmm..." As we walked away from the cemetary to join the others, I looked at him with a smile.

"Will you be all right?" I asked.

"The only way I could be better right at this moment is if we were already married," he said. He touched my left hand, kissing my ring finger above the ring.

"Oh, thank you for reminding me," I said, pulling out a small right from my pocket. "You gave me a ring when you proposed to me, and I had nothing to give you. I was looking through some of the things that my mother left me in her will, and I found a ring that my father gave her shortly before he died. They never married, but she was pregnant with me when he died." I placed the ring on his hand, and I could see his eyes mist with tears. "Kurama, will you marry me?"

"Yes, Duo, I will," he said. "Thank you."
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