This is the final chapter, my friends, and thus it's a long one. There's a lot I want to say, but I will see you at the end :) For now, read and enjoy.

When All is Said and Done

Near the entrance of the village, Naruto felt Sasuke stir in his arms. He thumbed his black hair gently as Sasuke's red-rimmed eyes found his. "I fucked up," were the first words he said.

The blonde gave a wavering smile. "It'll be alright, nobody here will tell about what happened." Though even he couldn't help but to notice that he skirted saying the words, the fact that Sasuke had used the Sharingan on him to control the Nine Tails.

However, Sasuke shook his head, grabbing the front of Naruto's shirt to keep his attention focused on him. "Not even that. I destroyed them both…the eyes. I destroyed their eyes—"

"Nobody needs to know. Not even Kakashi," Naruto cut him off grimly. "He wasn't aware his kids were going to have a Rinnegan and Sharingan anyways. We still have a hearing to go to about all of this but it's going to be impossible for me to keep you out of jail a second time if you go on a guilt trip in front of the council. Let me do the talking; I'll take as much responsibility as I can." He gave his boyfriend a hard stare to let it be known that he wouldn't take any objections and Sasuke fell quiet.

He landed on the ground once inside the gates and set Sasuke down. The Uchiha took a moment to look at the others, noticing that everyone not part of Konoha had departed. His eyes met Kakashi's for a moment before the shame made him look away.

"It's alright, Sasuke," the jonin said, putting a hand on his shoulder that made him tremble. "I had a talk with the others and they've all agreed to alter the last part of the battle in their report summaries. Instead, it'll read that Naruto willingly used Kurama to finish things off. We understand you've been under an immense amount of stress and sometimes…things just come to a head. It's not your fault."

His kindness and that of the other nations was almost too cruel. Sasuke only nodded his head with a mumbled "Thank you."

Sakura stepped forward and for a moment, she glanced at her hands as though wanting to activate her medical chakra. Respectfully though, she withheld from touching him. "Now that we're in Konoha, are you sure you don't want to go to the hospital for that?" She gestured lightly to his left side.

He looked at it, noticing it was rather red with the skin jaggedly covering the bone. It would need to be cut evenly with full surgery to ensure it healed better. "I will, but I think I'll go see Tsunade first. Hinata's healed it enough to keep me from dying for the moment," he said dryly.

Hinata blushed and Sakura beamed a smile of pride at her.

"I'll join you," Naruto declared. The two started for the Hokage's tower but he paused a moment to look at Kakashi. "We'll handle most of everything. You should…get back to Iruka-sensei and the kids," he said, trying to hide his own guilt as well.

His teacher nodded warily, rubbing the eye for the Sharingan. "Yeah, I think I'll do that. These two days have worn me out! I'll stop by her office later to give her my half of the report. Sakura, Hinata, Kiba, I don't think it'll be necessary for you guys to also give a report so you three are free to go rest up."

For a moment, Kiba stared intently at Sasuke before averting his eyes to look at the Team 7 leader. Giving a slightly forced shrug and a yawn, he said "Yeah, sure thing. C'mon, Akamaru, let's get you a bath and hit the sack." The dog gave a compliant bark and trotted away beside him.

"Guess we'll…see you later then," Sakura said and pulled Hinata away with her. Both cast a last look over their shoulders before putting their heads together to quietly converse.

Once out of earshot, Kakashi gave another sympathetic look to Sasuke. "They're still shaken up, but none of them will say anything either. It'll be alright. But for now, let me get home and let Iruka know I'm alright. I'm pretty sure he's been worried sick about everyone." He nodded farewell to the remaining two before vanishing out of sight in only the way a jonin could.

With a heavy sigh, the Uchiha again started towards the Hokage's tower. "Let's get this over with."

Naruto walked beside him, taking his right hand in his left. He said nothing, only rubbing a thumb over the other to ease their anxiety.

~.~.~

"…And after we beat Takami, I used Kurama to finish off the last of them," Naruto said as he sat before Tsunade. "I can't guarantee if that's all of them though."

Tsunade bridged her hands together, resting her arms on the desk. "All of you have my immense thanks. And…my utmost apologies. I turned my back on especially you, Sasuke, when you needed me. Perhaps some of this could've even been avoided." She looked at his missing arm, to which the Uchiha self-consciously shifted in his seat to hide it from view. The woman blushed from having stared and turned to gaze out the window.

To cover for it, Sasuke said, "I was also ambushed by the ANBU for the Fire Lord. You told me that so long as I went back, they wouldn't attack me. Looks like they didn't care about upholding their end of the deal," he curled his fist.

Tsunade gasped and then put a hand on the bridge of her nose, shaking her head. "Damnit, that's my fault as well. When you two were attacked in the Land of Snow by Takami's group, I was so concerned with sending out a team to find out what happened that I didn't get back in touch with the Fire Lord. I suppose he took my silence as a failed mission from our ANBU and sent out his own. But still…"

She suddenly pounded the desk, causing everything on it to jump a few inches, including the two shinobi across from her. "He jumped to conclusions and he'll be getting an earful from me about that! I've never liked that man anyways, a complete coward that lets others make decisions for him. He never takes action when it's needed and the one time I need restraint, he's swift to sick the dogs on you. I won't be letting him forget this anytime soon!"

Naruto agreed completely with her, but kept that to himself. It was fine if she bad-mouthed the Fire Lord but it'd likely be crossing the line if he did it.

"Anyways, Sasuke," she continued, settling down. "I…don't deserve it, but maybe one day you can forgive me."

"I already have," he said automatically. He meant it as well; after everything that had happened, he had no right to hold animosity towards her.

"And…I'm sorry as well," Naruto added, bowing very low to her, hanging his head. "I shouldn't have run away like that, making you go all the way to the Land of Snow just to find us. The village already had one crisis on its hands and I didn't make things any better."

"Indeed, we weren't expecting that curveball," she said with a slight laugh. "I'm glad you've found someone you love so much but don't become so blinded by that love that you fail to see all the other people that love and depend on you too. There are a lot of people that'd miss both of you if you weren't in the village anymore."

At their humbled expressions, she gave another laugh and nodded towards the door. "Go get healed up now. I'll send a notification to you once the Council has settled on a hearing date and like I promised, I'll do whatever I can to stand up for you."

~.~.~

A month later, Sasuke was in his kitchen, pondering the means of doing dishes with one hand. He'd already had surgery and had been recommended a prosthetic but had declined. His bare-bones insurance wouldn't cover it, not to mention the frequent maintenance and exchanges over the years as he grew. However, as a bowl slipped away for the fourth time as he attempted to wash it, he was tempted to go back to the hospital and accept the offer, debt be damned.

The doorbell rang, providing a much-needed distraction from his cleaning woes. Drying his hand on a towel, he went to open it and found Naruto on the other side carrying two large bags of take-out food. "Figured I'd bring home dinner," he greeted the Uchiha, kissing him on the cheek and breezing past him into the house. Sasuke fought down the immense grin he felt rising and followed him back inside.

Naruto was setting up the food on the coffee table, revealing cartons of western-style "Chinese" food. He popped the tops on multiple items before adding and removing contents from each one. "I don't have a mission for the next few days, so I figured I'd keep you company," he said while he worked, counting out some crab ragoons to place on napkins for each of them. He paused to glance behind him at Sasuke, his eyes lowering to a black device on his ankle. "You know, since you're still on house arrest."

"Mn," Sasuke intoned, also looking at the bracelet. No amount of pleas from Naruto or Tsunade was able to dissuade the Council from letting him off completely free as with the first trial after the war. For his severe threat against a civilian, he'd been put on house arrest for a month. The hearing had been held two weeks after their return so he still had another couple of weeks to go. Just as well though as he was still coping with phantom pains in his missing arm, training his body to no longer try to pick things up with two hands.

Finished with the food, Naruto held out one of the paper cartons which had been mixed with some of everything available. "Come on, let's eat! And…I'll do the dishes for you afterwards, if you'd like," he offered cautiously.

Sasuke took the food, setting the carton between his knees as he sat on the couch. He whispered grace quietly before responding, "No, let me handle the dishes. I'll figure out something eventually."

This didn't sound very inspiring to Naruto, but he held his tongue, focusing on his dinner.

Once finished eating, Sasuke continued with the dishes and Naruto checked the fridge and cabinets for things to get from the store. He wouldn't worry about shopping for his apartment for now as he spent so little time there these days that sometimes he all but forgot that Sasuke's home wasn't his own. The idea of moving in together flitted across his mind but he still felt it was too soon and didn't want to impose himself.

There was a sharp crack by the sink and the same bowl Sasuke had been struggling over previously shot out his grasp and fractured on the side devoid of water. Swiftly, the Uchiha grabbed it and slammed it down to completely shatter the glass. As shards flew, he knelt over the counter with his hand against his face, breathing heavily.

Without thinking, Naruto came over to him, arms already open and a consoling word on his tongue. He was rewarded with a hard shove in the chest as Sasuke blew past him and a moment later, he heard the bedroom door slam. In the resulting silence, Naruto bit his lip and stared up at the lights, willing himself to not cry, that Sasuke was understandably upset and it was unrealistic to think he could just hug and kiss his struggles away.

Meticulously, he gathered up the pieces of the bowl and threw them away, then finished up the dishes. All of it only took twenty minutes but he wanted to give Sasuke some more time to cool off so he went into the living room and watched some kind of late night political comedy show but paid little attention to it. He ended up dozing on the couch and when he woke up, the guide on the TV told him it was past one.

He shut it off and finally made his way to the bedroom. He peeked open the door and saw Sasuke bundled under the covers, the way he would sleep if he was distraught about something, as though if he burrowed down far enough, he could shut his worries out. It looked innocent and vulnerable and Naruto again combated the urge to be protective of him.

Slipping out of everything except his boxers, he crawled into the bed, shivering at the cool sheets until he touched Sasuke's skin. Mimicking the other, he pulled himself under the blanket as well and slowly wrapped an arm around Sasuke, pulling him closer so that he was spooning him from behind. He breathed in the scent of him from the nape of his neck and felt his body begin to relax, quickly getting close to falling asleep again.

In what felt like a dream though, his arm was pulled more securely by Sasuke, with his right hand now on top of Naruto's. The blonde didn't move, only relieved that the gesture meant his boyfriend wasn't mad at him. He tried to go to sleep once more, but then he felt his hand being pulled even more, starting with a caress against the ridges of Sasuke's stomach, grazing every muscle. With no resistance, he continued to let himself be led down further, the fingers brushing Sasuke's waistband. Slowly, very slowly, they dived underneath, being tickled by the coarse hair before his hand found the semi-erection hidden within.

Naruto gave up the gig of pretending to be asleep and complied with the unspoken request. He slowly rubbed Sasuke in his palm, loving when he felt the body lean back against him, arching his hips. As he continued the steady stroking, Sasuke took a moment to suck his fingers before bringing the arm back around, lightly fingering himself. Naruto pulled back just slightly to give him more room which also gave him more of a view of the digits disappearing inside. He gave him an encouraging lick on the neck and began to move his hand faster which rewarded him with a surprised moan from his lover.

Hearing it made his own cock jump but he didn't want to ruin what he'd started. Instead, he unwrapped his hand and gently pulled Sasuke's fingers out of him. Rolling him onto his back, Naruto got off the bed to pull him closer, causing Sasuke to exclaim, "What are you—" before he was dragged to the very edge by his legs. Naruto grabbed a pillow and placed it on the floor before getting down on his knees to spread him apart. He took Sasuke into his mouth, realizing this was the first time he'd done so and determined to make it memorable. As he pulled him in deep, he slipped his own fingers inside, burrowing until he found the sensitive area he'd read about.

He never knew Sasuke could make such indecent sounds, alternating between frantic gasps and relenting mewls of pleasure. With his hand, Sasuke rubbed his chest, his body arching all the more. Naruto sucked him down further, sometimes pulling off to stroke roughly before putting him back in, going down hard enough to hit the back of his throat with little gag. He heard his name being called and felt his hair being pulled tightly as a flow of pre-cum filled his mouth. At the same time, he pressed harder on the prostate and the sinful noise that resulted almost made him cum without touching himself.

Naruto pulled his mouth away to lick sloppy circles around the lower entrance, sucking on the skin which again caused his hair to be tugged. For every half a dozen licks or so, he would again swallow Sasuke down to his base, ensuring he didn't neglect the sacs either. Returning back to using his fingers, he continued to take his cock all the way down, knowing that it was getting close. Sasuke's body had stopped writhing and was completely taut, every nerve standing at attention. The only movement from him was a tense tremor that hummed over his body like an electrical current.

Sasuke reached a hand out as though to touch him again before letting it fall to his chest, rubbing determinedly at his right nipple. Naruto only had the warning of his choked cry before he felt a continuous torrent of liquid hit the back of his throat. Sasuke's eyes flashed with the Sharingan and met his briefly and Naruto felt his excited body pulse with anticipation of being taken to a plane of pleasure, to be there with Sasuke as he rode this incredible climax.

However, just as soon as it had appeared, the Sharingan was gone and Sasuke only closed his eyes, whimpering keenly at his orgasm's intensity. Naruto was severely disappointed but he dutifully kept sucking Sasuke in, extracting over a dozen thick spurts from his body before the boy finally collapsed back to the bed. Naruto swallowed it all with a hidden grimace before giving a final lick to the cock and crawling back up on the mattress.

He kissed his boyfriend lightly before slowly deepening it with his tongue, allowing Sasuke to taste himself. His own hand was busy stroking the erection he had hoped to relieve by way of the Sharingan and it wasn't long before he felt the warning signs that he was about to come. Sasuke though put a hand on his to stop him, pulling away from their kissing. "Give me…just a moment. I'll do it," he huffed, still trying to catch his breath.

Stopping when so close to the edge was torturous but the wait would pay off in the end. They passed the time with lighter kisses until the Uchiha's breathing returned close to normal and even Naruto had become slightly flaccid. Sasuke signaled he was ready by slowly deepening their kisses again, dipping his tongue into Naruto's mouth and applying a slight suction. Naruto was unable to stop the moan that was drawn out and he felt his arousal return full-force.

Sasuke took his earlier position on the floor and Naruto happily obliged him by spreading his legs, relaxing his body in anticipation for a wonderful massage by Sasuke's mouth. His cock was picked up and rimmed around the head several times, already making him shiver and curl his toes. He sighed blissfully when he felt the tongue lap at his entrance and began to pant when attention was given to the sensitive spot between his hole and sacs and he returned the favor of a hair tug when the raven enveloped the latter into his mouth as well.

The first time his cock was pulled completely into the wet heat, he nearly came. His sexual frustration from before was now doubled and he wanted to just paint the inside of Sasuke's mouth in white, but no sooner had the thought crossed his mind that Sasuke stopped. "Heey…don't tease me. I'm too fucking horny for that," he protested.

"I have something else in mind. Scoot back some," Sasuke nudged him with his hand. Naruto complied only so he could feel some sort of stimulation again but really, what was better than an intense blowjob?

He found out quickly when he felt Sasuke begin to slip his dick inside him. He didn't protest the intrusion though he'd thankfully prepared over time for this eventual day, plus Sasuke's tongue made his hole rather willing for penetration. There was a brief moment of discomfort before the sensation of being filled caused him to inadvertently cry out. It was new and intense and his body loved it. He enveloped Sasuke in his arms, careful to ensure he didn't lose his balance and began a languid kiss while starting to press against him.

Sasuke responded by dipping his body further inside and moving slowly. Even that was enough to make Naruto moan, the sensation so much stronger when it was someone else, a movement he had no control over. His hand began to stroke himself, begging for release.

Once again though, Sasuke slowed down and Naruto was ready to hurl a fleet of swears his way but instead, Sasuke gave him a new directive. "If you can reach the bottom drawer of the bedside table, you'll find a bottle of lube and something else. Pull those out for me. Or, well…for you," he instructed with quite the grin.

Sasuke was still inside of him, but Naruto managed to reach a hand down to the drawer and sifted under the clothes. There, he indeed did find a bottle of lube that promised a tingling sensation but it took him a little more searching without being able to turn and look before he found the other item. It was rather heavy but when he pulled it out and saw what it was, he could only laugh in delight.

"I never had the guts to order one of these," he admitted, looking at the clear Fleshlight. "I'm always worried the post office guy will know what's inside the box." He didn't need to be told what to do with it, already beginning to squeeze a bit of lube in.

Sasuke shrugged, grinning more despite himself. "Well, I'm on house arrest and you've been gone making sure Takami's cult doesn't pop up again so I figured why not treat myself." He kissed Naruto playfully before helping to guide the toy over his erection. "I'll admit, it's not a perfect replacement for a blowjob…especially yours," he winked. "But it's a decent substitute."

Unfortunately for Sasuke, "decent" was subjective. For Naruto, it was heavenly. Once warmed up, its design did a great job mimicking oral sex and each time he thrust fully inside, it was like he was hitting the back of the throat without having to worry about a gag reflex. Combined with Sasuke again moving inside him and he was moaning and seeing stars only moments after starting again.

Naruto timed his stroking with Sasuke's so that each time he pounded his core, his dick throbbed from being taken fully into the toy. He kept his eyes on his lover as the double pleasure made him breathless. He was so close, so fucking close and he wanted that Sharingan, needed Sasuke to use the Sharingan so that he could share this amazing feeling with him but even as Sasuke's breathing again became erratic, his eyes remained black and intense.

This was it, his body was melting, this was just too good and Naruto couldn't wait and—there it went. Sasuke leaned forward to angle himself to strike only his depths with his red eyes blazing and the shock of now seeing it combined with the shift finally sent Naruto over. Even with him coming, Sasuke thrusted and he made sure that with each spurt that erupted, Sasuke knew just how amazing and thankful he was to him for providing such a release.

In return, Sasuke's entire body shuddered deeply, having received his feelings. Naruto felt the orgasm like a lightning bolt, making his cock weep even more. For Sasuke's climax though, there was very little wetness and he realized that he was having a dry orgasm. The raven trembled just as much, if not more, than he had with his prior orgasm and cried out hoarsely into Naruto's neck, his thrusting finally ending in nothing but continuous spasms. For a while, Naruto held him, providing kisses and encouragement as Sasuke continued to experience multiple climaxes. He felt them as well but eventually broke the light genjutsu so as to not create an endless cycle. He took more enjoyment in watching him very slowly come back down from the high.

Finally pulling out, Sasuke rolled over beside him, his body twitching still every now and then. Naruto didn't think either of them had much energy for talking and was about to close his eyes when Sasuke looked over at him, his irises fading gently back to black. "I don't think I can walk anymore," he laughed lightly, then panted as another sweet tremor grazed over his body. "I'd t-tell you to go into the porn industry but th-then I'd get jealous."

Naruto took the compliment in stride. "It'd be pretty difficult to be Hokage and moonlight as a porn star as well but hey, there's a first for everything." While they were talking though, he figured he might as well ask the question that'd been on his mind. "Hey…at the start, you didn't used your Sharingan like usual. Why'd you hold back?"

Sasuke went still, his aftershocks suddenly subsiding. He looked away from Naruto for a moment before moving his eyes cautiously back to those blue orbs. "I figured after what I did, you wouldn't want that. Usually I just activate it without thinking but this time I was just…hyper aware that you might be on alert for them and I didn't want to scare you." He shifted around to again avoid looking at Naruto.

The blonde reached over to help him move, pulling his short arm from under him. Once he was sure Sasuke was comfortable, he gave him his reply. "I know you'd never use the Sharingan to intentionally hurt me so I'm not really scared of it. Even with Takami, you used it to finish off his group but I know you'll never use it to torture me or anything. I trust you on that. And…it's definitely fine if you use it at times like this," he prodded the raven in the side with a finger, receiving a smile back. "If it's not too much of a hassle, I don't want us to go a time without using it," he said, even sticking out a canine as he grinned.

Sasuke yawned and nodded, pulling the blanket only over their lower halves. "Sounds good to me. Now, let's get some sleep. I have a whole lot of nothing to do in the morning."

Naruto hummed in compliance and they drifted off.

~.~.~

Two weeks passed and at last, the house arrest bracelet was removed from Sasuke's ankle. Naruto insisted on accompanying him to the Hokage's office to have it taken off, though he was assured it would be "Extremely boring." Naruto didn't care though; he was happy that he could finally go outside with him again instead of constantly being sent on fetch quests.

Indeed though, the event itself was boring with Tsunade only giving a warning about not letting it come to such conditions again. Sasuke gave her his promise that it wouldn't and then they were dismissed. Still, Naruto easily saw the shift in his demeanor once they were back outside and the reality that he could move around without being tracked hit him. He broke out into a slow jog and Naruto was thrilled to follow after.

Their pace quickly picked up and soon, they were running freely through the sprawling park with the cobbled walkways. Naruto remembered that it was here that he'd restrained Sasuke the night they'd had the incident at the restaurant, but he quickly pushed that out of mind. That wasn't important right now.

As they ran, he saw up ahead Sakura sitting on a bench and was about to call out to her when he noticed Hinata beside her. While still some distance away, he saw Sakura place a hand on Hinata's and reach over and peck her on the cheek. His feet instantly slid to a stop but it was Sasuke who grabbed him and pulled him over to the side which was surrounded by trees. The two girls kissed shyly a few more times before getting up, still holding hands.

Instead of following them, Sasuke began to walk back the way they came, still keeping to the woods. Naruto quickly followed after, his thoughts swirling. He looked to Sasuke for help with piecing it all together and the Uchiha shook his head as though disappointed in something. "We really hurt them," he said softly.

"Wait, 'we'? I didn't do anything to Hinata!" Naruto protested.

"She's been in love with you since day one, idiot," Sasuke informed him though his insult carried little malice. "The fact that you've gone this long without ever noticing it must also hurt her."

Indeed, he hadn't noticed it and now he felt awful. If he had, he could've gently let her down instead of blindly stringing her along. "Well…at least now they have each other," he said with little conviction.

Sasuke sighed at the hidden implication. "They might just be a rebound for each other, two girls scorned by the ones they loved so they decided to just comfort one another since each knows how the other feels. But that doesn't necessarily make for a good relationship as it's usually formed out of convenience instead of real feelings of attachment. I just…" He again shook his head bitterly. "I hope they're actually happy together."

That was the most considerate thing he'd ever heard from Sasuke about anything related to Sakura but he whole-heartedly agreed.

Moving out of the woods, they returned back to the open streets though withheld from running this time. As they walked, Naruto noticed many people glance at the two of them and then do a double-take at Sasuke's bandaged nub. For Sasuke's part, he ignored making eye contact with them but his reddened cheeks showed that he noticed the stares. Their outright rudeness pissed Naruto off but he realized that had it been another shinobi, they likely would've given a small bow of respect, a soldier injured in the line of combat. But because it was an Uchiha, or maybe just because it was Sasuke, the sentiment wasn't as strong.

"Why don't you take a picture, it'll fucking last longer!"…was what he wanted to say. But Naruto bit his tongue, not wanting to cause any trouble for Sasuke. Instead, he removed his jacket and placed it over his shoulders. Sasuke took it wordlessly and when he pulled it self-consciously over his body, Naruto's heart nearly broke.

They continued on wordlessly for several moments until he noticed ahead a large area of construction going on. The two of them slowed down to meander past and in front of the construction site was a post reading "Konoha Mental Health Center: Coming Soon."

He froze when he saw it and was too slow in resisting the urge to glance at Sasuke. The Uchiha saw it as well and his mouth creased slightly. "I know what you're probably thinking. Either way, I've already reserved a block of appointments. I found out about the clinic after my hearing, with the Council mailing the information to me. Along with the house arrest, I have to attend at least six consecutive appointments once the clinic is finished. But I'll likely keep going even after that. You know, if I like it, that is."

For some reason, admitting that made him feel ashamed. For the Uchiha clan, they either dealt internally with their problems or they cracked and killed themselves…or each other. He'd never heard of any seeking support and for a moment, he felt weak realizing he was probably the only one.

But he was also the last one. If he ever hoped to control his aggression (and depression), he would need professional assistance. He cleared his throat and started to walk, swallowing down the cold voices that continued to beret him for being strong enough to ask for help.

Naruto quietly watched the entire conflict play out on his face and was proud when Sasuke finally lifted his head, showing he'd won the battle. Maybe now, he would also have the resources to win his internal war. Naruto took Sasuke's hand and held tightly, a gesture that promised he'd be there every step of the way.

With that, I conclude this story. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to everyone that read this, especially if you're one of the beginning people. This was my longest story ever and it certainly got rocky at times. This story has had a total of three summaries as I reconfigured specifically what it was I wanted to convey here. Add in the struggle to balance the details of the show and manga with my own events and things got a bit inconsistent at times. I understand that distanced a lot of my early readers and I hold no blame against them. It was a very powerful learning experience for me, one that I promise to carry forward.

Still, considering the timeframe I finished this in, I'm rather impressed but I'm no fool: that wouldn't be the case if it weren't for you guys, ALL of you, old and new, even going on into the future. Your comments and critique encouraged me to not give this story up, (and to not let you down ;) no matter how frustrated I got at times.

Some of you might have already noticed but my next story endeavor will switch fandoms completely as I'll be moving on to Final Fantasy XV and back to my dominate genre of writing comedy. This said, I still have a few Naruto stories in mind and I'd hate to let those ideas go, so I doubt this is the complete end for me and Naruto.

Once again, thank you! And if you're curious, enjoy the weird treat on the next "page". Keep staying awesome :)