Author's note: Here we go, I suppose many of you spotted the reference to a character in the sequel in chapter eleven, Spawn of Demons will be greatly revised, and yes Yuu, Yoshiro, and even Kiyoshi will be included.

Chapter 13: Death of the fathers, and birth of the sons

Naruto crawled over to Gaara, who was slumped against a tree, "Is he dead?" Gaara murmured.

"I think so" replied Naruto getting to his feet, "Those guys will be here any minute…" he sighed.

Gaara was silent, but got to his feet as well.

"What do we want to do?" asked Gaara

"What do you mean?" said Naruto confused

"Do we want to go back to our villages?"

Naruto was silent but his answer was apparent.

Gaara sighed, and started to gather sand….

Shortly after

Sasuke arrived with Sakura on the scene to find Naruto on his knees, and Gaara against a tree with his head hung. Neither was moving.

Sasuke went to Gaara as Sakura rushed to Naruto's side.

Sakura flung her arms around Naruto, when Naruto didn't respond; she put her ear to his chest, nothing.

She looked into his eyes, cold, no live in them.

Naruto Uzumaki had died with a smirk of satisfaction upon his face, Gaara died with a pained expression on his face.

Sasuke took no notice of either; He walked slowly to a body in the middle of the clearing, and crouched over it, "Now you die" he stated to Itachi

Itachi opened his eyes slowly, "Foolish little brother"

"Any final words?"

"Oh, am I entitled to that?"

"Yes, I am no monster, speak!"

Itachi turned his head to view Sakura, "Don't lose her, and remember this, the Uchiha bloodline doesn't end with me or you"

Sasuke's eyes widened, "You…you don't mean…you didn't?!"

Itachi gave a small grin, "you can expect him in a decade or two, your final test"

Sasuke gritted his teeth, "Is that all?"

"…Sasuke…tell him I'm sorry"

Itachi Uchiha died seconds afterwards…

Miles away

A three year old boy sat quietly among the corpses of two men, he brushed his white hair out of his ice like eyes, he smiled with satisfaction at the crime he had committed.

Village Hidden in the leafs

"Naruto Uzumaki and Gaara of the desert, both hoped to help the people they loved by disappearing, though in their last moments they both sacrificed themselves in order to bring down the infamous murderer, Itachi Uchiha, we should embrace their sacrifice for their sake, and ours" concluded Lady Hokage as stood over the bodies of our two heroes.

One by one, friends of both made their way to the altar to pay their last respects.

Sasuke came last; he looked upon Naruto's face with a grim smile, he then performed a fire jutsu and set the corpses ablaze.

As everyone filled out, Sakura and Sasuke embraced each other in front of the raging inferno that engulfed their former teammate, and had they stopped to examine the scene, they may had noticed that the ashes were not really ashes, but Sand charred black.

The End

Author's note: I thank you for reading my story, please review. I will be writing an epilogue.