Before, I said "every other day" in terms of posting the final chapters, but as usual, life happens. But now the wait was officially worth it in terms of THIS.

The end is not near - it's HERE. Episodes 62-65 of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations comes in. Also, "Age of Wonders" in the title is the instrumental mentioned in the previous chapter.

Today also marks SARADA'S BIRTHDAY (even though she's not in this story, but let's wish her one anyways). :3

Read and review, and thank you so much for the support. :'D

Chapter Seventeen

End of the Age of Wonders

She looked overhead and saw them then and there: only two of them. And she did sense Kaguya was here, though hidden from everyone's plain sight.

Those two - they're who Kaguya talked about. They're from her clan, but how much worse can they be compared to her?

Naru's rage tripled as she knew Hinata's had, for both of them were pissed up to an eleven that the biggest day of their lives had to be the day these two new parasites arrived. Especially with what Kaguya briefed them on the day the truce was settled.

They were overhead in the skies, partially blocking the sun as a small speck. But as they drew closer and closer...

She couldn't believe it, but there were FEATHERS falling from the sky as the two descended. It was a really interesting sight - but then something felt off, as she developed greater sensory ever since gaining Six Paths' powers. She transmitted the message to everyone else: it's going to put everyone under, so quickly protect yourselves!

Sasuke had the power to dispel genjutsu before and after it took place, so all four looked into his eyes and allowed themselves to be awashed over by the chakra which rose around them like curtains even as the feathers continued to float. All around them, the wedding guests fell off their feet and into the most ridiculous of positions, avoiding anything dangerous in the process, thank goodness.

The guests included Jiraiya and Orochimaru, but for some reason, Tsunade was unaffected, though Naru figured it was due to not having a human system.

"Damn, we gotta get them away from here so that everyone isn't hurt," Sasuke hissed, turning his attention to Neji who gently laid down an unconscious Tenten onto the ground. He brushed her hair out of her face, some of which had come undone from her right bun. "I'm ready to finish them both off for ruining the best day of our lives."

"That's right; I'm ready to make them rue the day," Hinata snarled, and right then and there, everyone saw the red mark in the middle of her forehead blaze to life in the brightest shade of purple ever, before thick, black lines which intertwined into each other burst all over and traveled the rest of the way down her face and body. She's ready to give it all; this is one of the few times she is allowed to break the Hundredth Seal. If she speeds up using it after today, she won't live long.

All the more reason Naru worried for her friend, as did Gaara the new husband and cousin Neji.

Tsunade came to be behind them after they bunched together, Itachi jumping right on in as he had the same jutsu-cancelling gift as his brother. Now all of them were together - oh, yeah, Kaguya was up there but chose not to show yet - as the pair descended from the skies above to be before them.

Both of them had the same pale skin as Kaguya, though the biggest guy had spiky blue-gray hair interrupted with a long horn which went above his left eye, complete with a full beard. Man, those hands are so huge they'll have no problem having me and Hinata in each! Add that he was so tall he stood well over Jiraiya and Orochimaru together. His clothes were icy blue with black cuffs and a high collar, the pants gray, and the black shoes were toed upwards. And as for his companion, that one was dainty and feminine in comparison, and so slight that he sat on the other's shoulder upon arrival. His light blue hair he kept in a ponytail, resting underneath a sheer veil which flowed in every direction. His horns resembled a bull's, his eyebrows also making them think of nobility in the old days. He was in more traditional attire: a white hunting garment and baggy trousers, the high-wedged sandals, and for some weird reason, a single dark glove on his left hand.

"These seven resisted the sleep spell - ah, yes, one of them doesn't have the same internal structure as the rest." The slight one had his Byakugan activated to assess just what he captured of Tsunade, whose lip curled in response.

"You're the ones related to Kaguya Oosutsuki," Neji stated. "We knew you were coming."

A chuckle was drawn from the effeminate one. "Vulgar creatures such as yourselves seeing it before it happens...assuming you were warned by Kaguya herself." Then his expression hardened just as the veins around his eyes vanished from sight. "You're all going to tell us everything we want to know, but I suppose introductions are in order. I am Momoshiki Oosutsuki, and this is my guardian, Kinshiki."

~o~

Seeing them here had prompted her arrival in a heartbeat as soon as the introductions were made. She left the trees and floated down to stand a good distance behind the pair.

She intended to take them all to one of the other dimensions, since all these people's lives didn't deserve to be endangered as they had no involvement and awareness. Just like last time.

We need to do it, Zetsu, she said mentally to her child within her sleeve. We take it to the coldest of the lot...

And that meant the space where it was difficult to move - the pyramid-floored gravitational terrain - was out of the question, along with the equally inhibiting desert landscape, and risky acid sea; the Knights had all been to the lava world and didn't deserve to return. Which left the root time space where she would return and amass more chakra to recover, for it would be a burden on the young ones the most.

Ah, to the Realm of Ice - yes, Mother. Where there are plenty of places for sneak attacks.

And here they were all now, just before Kinshiki could unleash the malleable red claws he produced with his own chakra onto the ground, thereby devastating the earth and threatening the lives of the humans under the influence of the Nirvana Temple. She teleported everyone directly to their new surroundings, composed entirely of misshapen, sharp mountains and canyons, snow never-ending and falling atop their beings. It was a beautiful, pristine sight, but deadly.

The snowy earth ruptured and trembled without breaking apart like a quake, but here the eight of them were against those two - herself, Tsunade, Itachi Uchiha and the Knights - but the numbers were nothing compared to strengths and wits.

"Kaguya...there you are." Momoshiki clicked his tongue and shook his head. "My, my, you've sunken so low to be guardian and protector of these pitiful pieces of scum, haven't you? This proves you're the traitor we thought you were, when you ceased supplying us with chakra fruit." His attention once more roamed over the seven. "These fools...if we harvest from them, then we can have a new Divine Tree -"

"There is no more tree for you both," Kaguya snarled. "I've already done the job, so there is no need for you to waste your time here. There are plenty of other worlds to choose from; you must have kept busy during my millennia-long absence, haven't you?" No doubt they'd witnessed the failure to report the substantial growth of the planet Earth, and thus had reason to believe she'd either transgressed or was taken down by the "inferior seedlings" who lived on the planet, the latter of which was true, but she admitted she did take from the tree willingly only to protect herself. And here they were now.

Momoshiki, who was like a brother to her and competition over the supplying of their vital sources, curled his lip. "Indeed, but this abundant world is evidence you committed the great sin, so here we are to deal with you justly and accordingly." He glared in Hinata's direction when she raised her voice, interest piqued when he examined the dark markings covering her face as well as going down her entire body.

"Just what do you want with the tree which nearly eradicated our entire home that isn't your right to steal from?" Her demand only made him laugh with amusement.

"Isn't it obvious? We intend to create pills from all the chakra we gather - a kind of medicine, if you want to call it that in your tongue. And as long as we have them..."

In Kaguya's mind: we all remain young, immortal and invincible - no efforts done, unlike you and your friends, Hinata. She narrowed her eyes when one of the pills was produced, being a couple widths in size, and held between Momoshiki's thumb and forefinger for all to see. The wind picked up and blew his veil over his eyes.

"With these, we acquire true power."

Naru seethed. "You cowards are just doping yourselves up until you run out, then go to another well to dry up until nothing remains. Using that shit as a crutch is NOT true power at all. We got power here, but we didn't want it in the beginning - although, we did work it off and earned it." Kaguya turned her face halfway and gave the girl a slight smile of pride in spite of herself. It was returned, though forced.

"Did you just say it's not real power?" Kinshiki almost roared, fixating his vengeance on Hinata who took a step back, then was sided by her husband. "You wretches - you're talking when you are just fodder compared to our people. And you, Kaguya, since we can't kill you ourselves, I'll settle on calling you the same since you've stooped to their level."

Unspoken was that actions spoke louder than words. Perhaps that was true, but she was more justified than they ever would be. She'd been living amongst humans too long to figure that conclusion.

"All of you, prepare," Kaguya told them, watching as Momoshiki and Kinshiki both rose into the air, and she did the same, coming to the same level as them if remaining a great many feet away. "If the two of you want the chakra fruit, then go through these seedlings I have come to see as my own children, regardless of what I've done to them and their planet. I believe in their strengths more than I'll ever trust in others'...including yours."

Her declaration enraged Momoshiki, but it didn't affect her heart as much as she would have expected. He forced his gritted teeth apart to pop the red-purple pill into his mouth, and that was the sign for the Avenger Knights to assume the position, weaving their signs to change into their garb and weapons.

Itachi and Tsunade didn't have this ability, but they were born ready to fight.

~o~

That jutsu...it exceeded all of theirs combined, composed entirely of Fire, Wind, Water, Earth and Lightning natures, visibly seen around the great black-purple ball which originated from Momoshiki's left palm, growing bigger and bigger, standing out amid the icy blue surrounding them.

Naru is right: they're just like crack addicts relying on drugs without effort. These guys are the ones Kaguya readied for with the White Zetsu.

Also, this world - it's just like the lava one we'd been through. She has others, but she chose this of all places for the fight. She didn't want to further endanger the lives of Jiraiya, Orochimaru and the others.

"Momoshiki can absorb the chakra into his right hand, then release it through his left," Kaguya told all of them. "Both palms have the Rinnegan, only you can see it is just like the Infinite Tsukuyomi..." Except it was without the tomoe of the Sharingan.

By the looks of it, this power could grow as much as its user wanted.

Despite her obvious fear, Hinata didn't let it show. She didn't so much as back into her husband and cousin, or one of them. She stayed where she was, perfectly in the middle. Just as Naru remained by his side. They wouldn't let these two intimidate them.

And just as the ball grew to the size of a swimming pool, the number of each element was tripled.

Fire is coming our way first. If we can just end it all here and now, attack at once and then go back home to deal with Kaguya now that these two -

He spoke too soon, for when the fire flew its way towards the group, Gaara wasted no time enveloping them with sand just as Sasuke bellowed for all of them to join him in the full Susano'o.

Momoshiki seemed to be enjoying himself way too much as he unleashed the full force of great water waves and hard rocks towards them, causing the snowy landscape to shift beneath their feet. "Just how long can all of you hold out, huh?" he sneered down while releasing a lightning bolt towards them...

...only for it to become a great spread of blinding light that found its way deflecting back towards its owner, by an arrow. Sasuke let a tooth-baring grin stretch across his face, matching Naru's, as they knew Hinata had fired from her bow, releasing chakra to coat it so that the desired effect would take place. Momoshiki Oosutsuki didn't stand a chance as he and his jutsu were subjected to the backfire.

The electrical force shocked its own user and disrupted the spell, causing a garish burst of light, making everyone shield their eyes to avoid getting headaches and agonizing retina.

"He's disoriented, but not for long," Neji stated when all were composed again. "This is our time to strike." He grinned just like a devil at the thought of going all out, despite knowing this was no game. But Sasuke had to agree and smirk.

~o~

If this had kept up any longer, Sasuke's Susano'o would have been blown to pieces, along with much of this landscape thus far. Hinata outdid herself, and Gaara was proud of his wife.

"Don't even think about it," he told both male Oosutsuki. Momoshiki scowled at him and raised his left hand, revealing the glowing red Rinnegan. And he calls us vulgar. "Everyone, let's get him!"

The battle to follow was just as fierce as it had been against Kaguya, except on everyone's watches, no one was going to die today.

As it turned out, Kinshiki's powers included most notably the creation of tools: a special, glowing red chakra which he manipulated into various forms, like Naru and Lord Hagoromo's truth-seeking orbs. Tools included the studded and spiked kanabō club - also what samurai used back in the days - which came into contact with Neji and Sasuke's swords as the two went head-on against him, even leaping out of his way when parries and offensive strikes proved futile.

"You honestly do move fast for someone of your size!" Hinata taunted, choosing then to be the open target herself. She grimaced and cried out in pain when Kinshiki's weapon shifted into a great battle axe and sliced at her right shoulder. Blood splattered out and landed into the pristine snow, coloring it malevolently. She fell right into it then, sliding across and leaving behind the deep carpet and streaks of dark pink.

Kinshiki sneered back. "And you shall regret that insolence, you inconsequential - WHAT?!" His eyes grew large enough to resemble softballs when the opened gash of her shoulder and neck steamed and closed back together as if it were never there. "What in the name of the divine -?!"

She grinned at him. The diamond-shape in the middle of her forehead glowed a brilliant purple, the markings the rest of the way down dark and secure. "Say hello to the technique of any of you. Cut away at me all you want, but you won't kill me. Just like reincarnation," Hinata declared, standing up and swiping away at her exposed shoulder bone, where it was without a scar and bore drying blood.

Above, Kaguya smirked at the show but said nothing. Momoshiki's lip curled like a feral cat. But everyone else was grim, knowing just what Gaara was thinking: but you can't tell the truth, that if you keep using the Hundred Healings, you'll shorten your lifespan. Be careful, love...

It was right here and now that the opening was for Naru to deliver the blow and sucker punch him in the face, sending him back into Sasuke's direction just as the Uchiha unleashed another one of his greatest, secret techniques not yet released in battle until today: the heavenly, flat black flames which could only be controlled by himself and his brother who was behind them and battling it out with Momoshiki, so far holding it well for the time being.

Unfortunately, when Itachi tried to send Amaterasu - the name of the flames, befittingly so - onto the effeminate Oosutsuki, it was absorbed through the right palm.

Kinshiki knew he was alone for the moment, at the mercy of the flames which would incinerate him into nothing - but they instead reduced his battle axe into the intended nonexistence. This was enough to disarm its user, but it also set him further off. He roared and formed a fist of his own to come the way of either Sasuke or Naru, but not before Gaara's binding sand had anything to say about it. Enormous quantities to envelope the target for capture, just like trapping an animal in its cage, no matter if in the air or on the ground. It can be tailored for the opponent's size...

Kinshiki entrapped was the cue for Neji to release the doubled version of his Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Technique; his palms aimed for the most vulnerable, exposed area that was the throat, without snapping the bones and nerves to kill him. No, he found the chakra point to cut off the flow throughout the rest of the body.

Eight Trigrams One Hundred Twenty-Eight Palms - he wouldn't move for a good while, leaving the other for all of them. "You guys sure have bad luck, even with the nerve to crash the end to a well-deserved wedding!" Neji sneered, landing right behind Gaara who continued to hold the big guy in place with everything he had. "Sasuke, Naru, you get the other!"

They could all use ninjutsu against this one, but Momoshiki would just absorb everything, so hand-to-hand was what they had to do, and Gaara wasn't skilled in that area. So he was tasked with keeping an eye out on the one imprisoned by his hand.

~o~

He ain't going nowhere, now that I've halted his points.

Naru and Sasuke were up against the other now, though it meant direct physical attacks with their bodies and limbs, since Momoshiki took in their chakra only to amplify and fire it back. But then...

But then that ammunition is all gone. So, what will he use next? He's now cornered and vulnerable. He heard Sasuke loud and clear, as did Gaara and Hinata as they guarded Kinshiki: "We've taken care of your friend, Momoshiki; now you can surrender to us."

If you took in the way the Oosutsuki looked at him and Naru, then at Kaguya, Tsunade and Itachi together, finally Hinata, Gaara and Neji himself, you'd assume he'd unwillingly and begrudgingly cave in - but they were all wrong. And then the former matriarch herself relayed it to all of them: he's about to do the stuff nightmares are made of, no more or less than the Infinite Tsukuyomi's purpose. Once it's complete and the process taken shape, you have to perform the surprise that he never would have expected. It was then and there that she smirked to one corner of her mouth so that they all knew what she was hinting at.

Neji swallowed a chuckle as he saw the expressions of Sasuke and Gaara, both catching on with him. This jutsu - or should he say, this joke of one? - was something the three of them practiced together just as much as they did their separate powers. Momoshiki would never see it coming, as she said.

The man's left hand then extended in the direction of the other whom he called his guardian, and the most horrific thing rushed before their eyes: Kinshiki, by invisible force, was yanked out of Gaara's sand prison and in the direction of the one responsible. In the process, the immense pressure of the sand and the pull itself caused the sleeves AND the flesh of Kinshiki's arms to rip, leaving behind exposed red sinew and gore. It was sickening without enough words.

His shouts reached all their ears.

"Do it now, Lord Momoshiki! Just as in the past when my guardian entrusted me to take in his chakra - do it with mine NOW! And do not waver!"

The tooth-baring smile was that of a slasher. "Don't worry, I won't."

The screams of Kinshiki Oosutsuki would haunt their dreams for a long time, undoubtedly, as much as the visual: he shrank and shrank until all that he ended up being was a red thing which resembled a hand-held fruit - similarly to the chakra fruit. And then it was gone from Momoshiki's palm in moments, in the way Naru lost her wits over.

"Oh, God, you disgusting son of a bitch," she shouted, enflaming into Six Paths Sage Mode at once, "you ate him - your own kin!"

"You monster," Sasuke growled, his sword blade gleaming dangerously.

Hinata hissed through her teeth, Gaara baring his. As for Neji, enough was enough. "We have to move -"

He was cut off upon seeing the transformation take place before them, and it didn't do the western Devil justice. A great gust of smoke engulfed from around the Oosutsuki, clouding their visions. Taking this in herself, Kaguya's lips curled above and below; she knew it was coming, showing no deception whatsoever. She loathed the sight as much as they did. Her kinsman - after eating his own guardian - had become much lighter in appearance, features radically altering and expanding: his entire body from top to bottom was covered with midnight markings which resembled bursts of the sun's rays, his horns much larger than Kaguya's, even curving backwards. His claws were noticeable if not monstrous like the female's. His teeth he exposed were fangs, like any wild beast in humankind.

And finally, the Rinnegan in both palms - and the one which appeared in the middle of his forehead - were golden yellow.

If they'd thought Kaguya was a demon before, this one surely was.

And Momoshiki had no shame in boasting, holding out both hands on either side of himself. "Kinshiki's wish to be of use in the transfer of power, as his guardian before him. Someday, I'm prepared to take that role on." His gaze hardened when he locked it with Kaguya; his Byakugan was now the same shade of yellow. "It's the law of our clan, as you knew good and well, Kaguya."

"Children," she said to all of them, ignoring him altogether, "there are laws against defying a god, but give it all now. You said it yourself that we are all just parasites who take and give nothing in return. I'm giving to you now."

Everything happened so fast that they were all sent in every direction: the Rinnegan in his forehead and palms transformed into the ominous red, ultra-powered waves of chakra severing rocks they came into contact with, as well as sending the Knights, Itachi and Tsunade into the air.

Gaara was the first to stand no chance as his sand was thwarted by every super-speed movement, breaking as though it were nothing more than paper; his hair then elongated as Kaguya's would, coiling around all of Neji's cousin-in-law's throat and limbs, nearly choking him to the unconscious brink but intending to stun him and throw him away. Growling, Neji unsheathed his twin swords, shouting at Hinata to get her bow and arrow ready. She fired first, planning to be the first to stun from a distance, but the bastard caught on quick and fractured the ya stick as though it were just simply a tree branch in a terrible windstorm. She gasped in horror, realizing with him that they were going to be finished if they remained sitting ducks -

"Guys, we're gonna hit it now," Sasuke shouted, teleporting to be behind him, and Gaara forcing himself together to join with. "The three of us take him off-guard as she said. He's never gonna expect it, and it's clear direct and surprise attacks as we're doing now will not stand a chance." His lips stretched to either side of his face.

Ohhh, yes...THAT jutsu.

At once, the three of them lurched forward, weaving the single sign and then being puffed around by smoke...before it cleared away and revealed the greatest shocker which caused the "god" himself to float in mortified stun.

The others' reactions were priceless: Kaguya had been horrified when she first caught this, wondering how the hell HER chakra could ever be used for something like this; Black Zetsu no doubt sniggered from somewhere in her confides. Itachi's eyes grew so wide they almost popped out of his head. Tsunade jerked back a bit, her eyes becoming white balls. Hinata and Naru both had a little blood down their noses before snapping to alertness as their part to play would come in no time.

"Sexy Jutsu: Harem Jutsu!"

~o~

This was the first time she and Naru were seeing THIS - those damned men, and my own husband! Using a jutsu like that in this situation?! Hinata could feel the vein protruding from her forehead while Naru fought not to cackle and covered her nose which was bleeding as much as the newly married Sabaku's.

Damn it, that thing would work on anyone else, but not a - OH, IT WORKED?!

It just so happened that her and Naru's husbands and her cousin formulated what the biggest gentleman would call the greatest scandal ever to be seen: the Sexy Jutsu. Or rather, the Harem, since it was the three of them in female form. Features more girly, hair longer, and bodies more voluptuous albeit covered by censoring smoke - notably over the breasts and groin areas. As much as it made Hinata's face heat to unbearable levels, she began to wonder if her best friend was scheming that they themselves should learn to do this one.

Her brain just about exploded in many forms when Momoshiki appeared to be rendered immobile with dismay and baffle at what he was seeing. Was this what Kaguya meant when she said "what he would never expect"?! If so, this was the most genius thing to ever witness!

Oh, this was it, was it then? The boys got Momoshiki where they wanted him, so this was the finishing point for the girls. Grinning, Hinata summed up the greatest form of her Twin Lion Fists ever...in the form of being amethyst purple and ready to do more than just bruise and halt the chakra points, much more than break bones -

"EIGHT TRIGRAMS: TWIN LION SURGING SHOTS!"

She was sure that with how she looked in this moment - her Hundred Healings markings, these new lion fists - she scared the hell out of people, but God knew Gaara couldn't get enough of it. And now that this is done, let's go home so we can get right into bed for the first time as husband and wife. That alone made her deliver both of them right into Momoshiki's face head on, left and right.

Naru's grand finale came out from the rear. "WIND STYLE: RASENSHURIKEN!" she roared, sending it in Momoshiki's direction as he had been sent flying from Hinata's assault position.

The whirlwind from the blonde's technique broke through his body, and light engulfed him in a burst like the sun's rays. His screams were murder as he had it handed to him first by a bloody shocker from three men and then the forceful killing blow of two women. He disintegrated into nothing in no time at all, what was left of his essence shooting towards the heavens of Kaguya's element.

When the light was gone, everyone was dazed at what they'd done and seen.

"Talk about...salt to the burn," Naru said, bursting out laughing after the pressure faded away. Hinata felt the dam release before squealing with her and bending forward at the knees.

Everyone rushed towards each other then and there even when the air grew colder and the snow continued to fall. Hinata embraced Neji, the two of them hugging Naru afterwards; she in turn threw her arms around her own man who locked a long and lingering kiss. Itachi and Tsunade, who joined in the group, shared a laugh with each other, the latter's chest heaving in sync. She then took her daughter into a hold of her own while Itachi and his otouto had a one-armed wrap.

"We saved the world," Hinata breathed against Gaara's shoulder.

"Yes, we did," he answered, laying a gentle kiss first on her forehead, then onto her lips.

And this now meant she could let the Hundredth Seal recede back towards the center of her forehead, and Kaguya had to take them back to their world so they could break that damned sleeping jutsu from everyone at the reception.

~o~

When the Knights, Tsunade and Itachi Uchiha returned to their world, back to the wedding reception, the first thing done - right after reverting back to their normal wedding clothes - was to break the Nirvana Technique which had Jiraiya, Orochimaru and the rest of the guests under its deep-sleep influence.

The only ones who knew the truth of what happened were Jiraiya and Orochimaru, whilst everyone else thought too much fun caused them to collapse from exhaustion.

The Oosutsuki threat had been extinguished, but should any more arise, the Avenger Knights would once again be ready - and a new generation if not the current.

Kaguya, from that moment on, chose then to reside on Earth's moon, with her Divine Tree remaining in its place and never to be approached again until a future crisis. It was her intention to watch over and continue making amends...but it was also where a distant relative of hers resided; she would find company with him and show him that the world needed their protection. Black Zetsu begrudgingly joined his mother up there.

Life went on in Konoha for the five friends who saved the world: Naru and Sasuke had a daughter named Mana, who had the dark mane of her father and the whiskers and bright blue eyes of her mother. Gaara and Hinata's boy with red hair and moonlit eyes was named Souta.

Itachi Uchiha eventually left the secret force and settled down to spoil his niece, as Temari Sabaku would with her nephew - not long after, they fell in love with each other and wedded. And after these two and the children's births, along with many years of waiting, Neji married Tenten.

Jiraiya, Tsunade and Orochimaru helped raise the children, until one day when both men would pass away; Tsunade was unable to die like them, although vowed to end her life on her own terms as long as her loved ones were all gone from her life, for a long time to come. The young ones needed her as much as she still needed them, until Sasuke, Naru and their daughter would one day leave the world. Until then, in terms of her never-changing outer appearance, she would shift to older and older as time went on.

Kaguya Oosutsuki, along with another who descended from her late son Hamura's line - and Hagoromo who lived on to have his purpose in guarding the world in his limbo, someday to mentor a new line of Knights - would guard Earth and its residents with her immortal life to the end of time.

And so ends the tale of ancient gods and modern man.

Momoshiki and Kinshiki don't have the Temple of Nirvana Technique (Kabuto's feather-jutsu he uses in Part One to put nearly everyone to sleep during the Chuunin Exam arc, when the destruction of the village began on Orochimaru's order) - but they do now, thanks to my guy friend's help, in order to protect the Knights' identities. :D

Kanabō are spiked clubs, one of many weapons samurai used in feudal days.

Momoshiki defeated by the Sexy Harem Jutsu - performed by Sasuke, Gaara and Neji, for once - and a front-and-back attack by the girls! TAKE THAT!

Naru and Sasuke in "Broken Hopes and Dreams" eventually had their daughter by the end, now mentioned here; I also introduce Hinata and Gaara having a son, whose name translates to mean "sudden sound of the wind". :3

There won't be a sequel, and I'm sorry to disappoint anyone who is wondering if there will be one. This is a fact: I have no inspiration for any sequel, and no matter how many I do them or what form they come in, fighting sequences eventually are dry when you're not a violent person in real life. I also refuse to make things without substance or not badass and emotional in one.

I'm uber proud of this story, so thank you all for the love. This and everything else I currently have on my profile - ALL my stories - are complete. My God, I don't mean to brag, but I am perhaps a rare author who gets every single tale completed, no matter how long it takes.