A/N: Here is the last chapter before the epilogue! Please enjoy!

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Chapter 9

"Naru?"

"Hmm?"

"How much longer do we have here?" Slowly Naru rolls over to her side to look at Sasuke, who had also rolled over to look at her. They had escaped from the village for a few moments of peace and soon they found themselves lying in an open field.

"Not much longer I suppose…seeing how we accomplished everything we wanted to. I figure the jutsu will end here in a day or so."

"What will happen to us when it ends?"

"I don't really know what will happen. The place we come from technically doesn't exist anymore seeing how we changed the past, so I guess technically we don't exist anymore either. So we'll probably just disappear."

"Then I want to spend every moment I have left with you," Sasuke says softly as he grabs both of Naru's hands and pulls her closer, making her giggle and him smile.

"I think that's the first time I have ever seen you smile teme."

"I finally have something to smile about. It feels like this enormous weight has been erased from my soul and I can finally be happy, even if it is for a little while. Naru…Naruko I love you."

"I love you too Sasuke." The two share a deep and passionate kiss before Sasuke pulls his love into his arms where they stay like that until the sun goes down and the stars and moon begin their reign. "We should probably be getting back. There is one more thing I want to do before our time is up."

"Yeah me too, come on let's go."

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"Sasuke, where are we going? It's too early, normal people should still be sleeping," Naruko grumbles as future Sasuke carries her on his back.

"You'll see, I promise that we're almost there," he says back with a smile. And just has he had promised, Sasuke stops walking and lets Naruko off his back.

"Nice of you to join us," Naru's sing song voice says, making Naruko open her eyes to see her older self and a half asleep Sasuke.

"What's going on?" said Uchiha asks with a yawn. "The sun isn't even over the horizon yet."

"Sasuke, Naruko…our time here is up so we gathered you both here to say goodbye," Naru says as she crouches down and lightly pokes Sasuke in the forehead before standing back up. "We came here to change the future, to stop it from becoming filled with hatred, anger and death…"

"And to atone for certain things we have done," Sasuke interrupts. "Sasuke," he says as he walks over to his younger self and puts his hand on his shoulder. "I have done many things that I am not proud of and that I will always regret, and I hope that by coming here I have stopped you from walking down the same path that I was on. A path filled with hatred and vengeance that only leads to pain and death. I hope that you will be able to do what I was not, to protect what is most important to you."

"Don't worry, I made a promise to protect Naruko and an Uchiha never breaks a promise," the younger Sasuke says as he looks over to Naruko who blushes when she sees him looking over at her.

"Naruko I want you to do something for me," Naru says, doing the same and placing her hands on Naruko's shoulders.

"What is it?" she asks innocently.

"I don't know exactly what is going to happen in the future but there will be moments when things are rough and it might seem like the pain will never end… but all you have to do is just look to your friends and let them give you the strength to believe that everything will be okay and that better times are ahead. Never lose faith in your friends and never stop believing in yourself, especially Sasuke. He is stubborn and thinks he is always right, but deep inside he is a good person that will hopefully always be there for you. You two are made for each other and together you two can change the world and make it a better place, so never give up on him or anything else. Got it?"

"I think so, but do you really have to leave?"

"Yes, this isn't where we belong anymore," Naru says as she steps away from her younger self and takes Sasuke's hand in hers. "The future we came from and the past we use to know no longer exists. It is time for you two to take over and create a new future. You don't need us anymore." And with that, both her and Sasuke begin to glow with a soft light, both of them smiling.

"Wait! Don't you want to say goodbye to everyone else?" Naruko yells out as the two begin to glow even brighter.

"This isn't goodbye," Naru says back only to be interrupted again by Sasuke.

"We are you after all, so in a way there is no need to say goodbye to everyone else."

"If you ever need us just look deep inside of yourselves. It's time for us to go." A sudden flash of light fills the area as the sun breaks over the horizon and spills its life giving light onto the land. Both Naruko and Sasuke cover their eyes and once the light finally dims they both blink furiously to accustom their eyes only to see that they were alone.

"They're gone," Naruko says sadly.

"No they aren't, they are a part of us and will always be here. Come on dobe let's go," Sasuke says as he grabs Naruko's hand, both of them blushing instantly.

"Wh-where are we going?" Naruko stutters.

"I'm hungry."

"Can we get ramen?" she asks enthusiastically.

"It's only just past sunrise and Ichiraku's isn't open yet…dobe. Just follow me and stop complaining." Without saying anything else Naruko allows herself to be led away by Sasuke, holding hands the entire way.

A/N: Okay I lied, there will be an epilogue and the Sand/Sound invasion will be explained in there. Thanks for all the wonderful reviews I got for the previous chapter and it's because of them I am updating a lot sooner than I had planned. I'm in a writing mood so the epilogue will be posted shortly after this one. Please enjoy!