Okay, so my lying streak still hasn't ended. I started the second to last chapter, except it got deleted (gah!) and I completely forgot what it was to be about, sorry about that. I had the last chapter already to be put up, so here it is: the sad conclusion to this originally one-shot fic.

Disclaimer: I defiantly don't own Naruto.

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Naruto's Reconcile

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Close friends and the family members that cared were gathered together for a private funeral by the memorial stone. An air of extreme misery consumed all who attended. None more so then a certain blond boy.

"Poor kid," was whispered by most as they watched the blond ninja lean his forehead against the stone. A pink haired kunoichi and a black haired ninja approached him.

"Naruto-kun..." the girl asked, leaning her hand on his shoulder gently. The boy looked up at them; his normally bright blue eyes seemed dark and were bloodshot.

"Sakura-chan... Sasuke..." Naruto rubbed his eyes. Sakura looked sadly at the boy. This persons death had hurt them all, but what hurt Sakura most was seeing someone she had spent so much time with so broken hearted.

"You okay, Naruto-kun?" She asked him.

"I'll... I'll be fine," Naruto muttered, looking at the stone again. The name he had been staring at for the past hour or so. Although in truth he was still in shock about the entire thing. She had died... when she had become someone very close to him; like family.

"We'll... be over there if you need us," Sasuke said, steering Sakura away from Naruto, who nodded. He continued his mourning.

'I wish... I could have at least been able to say good bye...' Emotion over came Naruto, and tears welled unwillingly in his eyes. 'No. I promised her I wouldn't cry...'

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"Neh, Naruto-kun," her white eyes stared at the sky sadly.

"Yeah?" he asked also looking up.

"Please, if I die before you do... will you promise not to cry?"

"I... I promise to try not to," he stated.

"No! Please don't cry for me," she demanded.

"That's kinda hard though..."

"Yes, I know, but please, promise me?" she begged. He looked over at her and sighed.

"Alright," he caved. "I promise."

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'I told her it was hard...'


"She wouldn't want you to cry you know," Naruto turned to face the speaker. "She wouldn't want any of us to cry."

"Shino...?"

"She admired you Naruto," Shino continued. "She wouldn't want to know she was the one that made you cry."

"I know..." Naruto admitted.

"Then, you should pay your respects and continue on. She'd be happy to know you're not crying over her; she wouldn't want you to do the same for her that she did for Kiba," Shino stated bluntly. Naruto stared intently at him for a moment, and then turned back to the stone he had become accustom to.

"You're right," the blond agreed. "I shouldn't feel bad... but... I just can't help it."

"You'll have to get over it sometime," Shino commented walking away. "Though, she'll be happy now." That's when it finally clicked in for Naruto.

'She will be happy now wont she?' Naruto felt a smile tug at his lips. He faced the sky and gave a huge smile. 'She's finally joined him...'

"She'll finally... be complete," Naruto told himself out loud. A small whimper came from beside him. Naruto pat the white dog on the head and pulled him into his lap. "Since, Hinata isn't around anymore," Naruto told the dog. "I'll be watching you." Taking the dog in his arms, Naruto ran over to see Sakura and Sasuke. Shino watched this. Taking off his sunglasses, he too faced the sky.

'I did what you asked,' he thought as he put his sunglasses back on. Stuffing his hands back into his pockets he left the small clearing, shooting a quick glance back over at team 7, seeing TenTen and Lee standing with them.

What had gone through her mind, right before Hyuuga Hinata had aloud herself to be consumed by the darkness that awaited her would be kept a secret from the world of the living forever.

'Kiba-kun... I'm finally joining you...'



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I'm sorry~~! I would have said how Hinata died, but I'm that cruel to you, and to myself. (I don't think I'd be able to do it~!!) Well, here you are the ending. I'm glad you guys stuck with me all the way through. Big hugs and large amounts of Krispy Kreme donuts and cookies to all who reviewed. And as promised, I'll be doing a fic where Kiba's alive!

Ah, and sorry about Shino's behavior. So out of character, but I've been listening to my dad and sister playing Final Fantasy, and Shino kinda reminds me of Auron. So, I tired making him kinda act like him. Failed at that though.

So until I write my next KibaHina fic, sayonara! U_U