A/N The final chapter. This has a time skip.

Chapter Ten: Epilogue

Naruto smiled. It had been seven years since the incident. Hinata sat beside him.

Someone knocked on the door.

"Lord Hokage!" a man cried out as he burst into the building. "It's an emergency!"

"Alright, I'm coming," Naruto replied, dashing over.

"Hurry! We've asked Wind Country to come, but they most likely won't get here for another three days! A demon has entered the village gates!" the man huffed.

"What?" Naruto gasped. After seven years, things had become as normal as possible, and Tsunade had chosen him to become Hokage after she retired. Naruto immediately saw the huge demon. What? Naruto asked himself. It can't be! There's only nine tailed demons! But this is a… He closed his eyes, trying to accept it.

The demon destroying his village was a ten-tailed wolf.

He walked boldly up to the roof of a building where he would be in front of the monster. "Get me and Hinata's daughter, Tristeza." The other ninja did so, and was back within a few minutes. Naruto took the small black-haired child, the blank Byakugan eyes shining with tears caused by fear.

"Hold her in front of me," Naruto ordered. He knew he wouldn't have enough chakra. He knew that doing the technique would kill him. Is this how the Fourth Hokage felt?

Kid, do you really want to die so young?

No, Kyuubi. Would you lend me some chakra? I must… Must make sure that Tristeza can grow up as normal as possible… My father wasn't able to make sure of that when he died.

She'll still have Hinata.

Still… He thought for a moment. I can't show Sakura and the other's my face. I can't.

Okay. Do the jutsu.

A hand seal. Naruto closed his eyes as he placed a seal mark on Tristeza, and the demon gave a screech as it fought for freedom. However, not even the Kyuubi had enough chakra to keep Naruto alive through the sealing. Life slipped from his grasp as he saw the demon disappear into Tristeza. "Treat… Tristeza… Normally…" he rasped as he fell to the ground. "Please… Respect her…" He closed his eyes. he last thing he heard was, "Get a medical squad!"

Hinata grabbed the small child. "Tristeza! You just can't put graffiti on the faces of the Hok-"

"Why not? After all, I'm going to be Hokage some day, too! In fact, I'll be the best of them all! Especially better than the sixth!"

"Tristeza, the sixth is your father!"

"Yeah, yeah. My point exactly."

Naruto walked over, hands on his hips. "Tristeza, Tristeza…" he sighed, before bursting out in a laughing fit. "Oh boy, Tsunade isn't going to like this one! She's just like I was!"

Hinata gave Naruto an annoyed stare. "Now I wish they hadn't managed to save you the day you… Erm… Killed the ten-tailed wolf! You're encouraging her!"

"Tristeza," Naruto said, grabbing Tristeza's hand. He had stopped laughing. "You're eventually going to be a strong ninja, but if you want to do it faster than I did, stop being class clown. Trust me, I know!" Multiple onlookers stared; some, like Tsunade (who still had the Genjutsu making her look young), were desperately trying to suppress a laugh.

"I don't want to be just a strong ninja! I want to be Hokage!" she replied defiantly.

"I just wish I had grown up with parents," Naruto sighed. "It might have helped me in the long run, knowing how to take care of someone as hyper as you."

Tsunade stepped out of the crowd. "In my opinion, she's your successor for that title you had way back when."

"What title?" Naruto asked, confused.

"Naruto!" Hinata laughed, knowing what she was talking about. Tristeza looked dumbfounded.

"The number one hyperactive knucklehead ninja of the village!" Tsunade laughed. Naruto looked slightly embarrassed. Tristeza smiled.

"Alright! I've earned my first title! YES!" she squealed. "Now I have to be strong!"

Most people laughed. Naruto smiled. "Yeah… How about you graduate the academy first? You've already failed four consecutive times."

A/N Okay, I may do a sequel about Naruto and Hinata raising Tristeza, but it isn't likely unless I get some reviews. I'll think about it while I write "A Tale of Tails." I'm sorry if this ended kind of oddly, but I'm bad at sad endings. I really wanted to manage a sad one, but… Well… I'll try harder some other time.

As for people who think "A Tale of Tails" is going to end sadly, maybe it will, maybe it won't. I haven't finished it yet. I'll post the first chapter as soon as I can. By the way, I don't care what you reviewers say! In case you didn't read many reviews, most people wanted Sakura dead. O.O I can't please everyone. Yeesh, what do you expect of me? And anyway, I had no idea what to do with those other characters, and I needed an excuse for Sasuke to come save the day, so yeah…

Don't worry, "A Tale of Tails" will hopefully be better. Emphasis on 'hopefully.' I was so eager to start writing it that I ended a story at chapter ten… Ah, well. Okay, I hope that explains some things. The sequel probably won't happen for awhile, though, even if I do write it. I promise that my next story is going to be much longer. I'm just obsessed with rushing stories. Sorry 'bout that. Trust me, I PROMISE.