Epilogue: It's All Over
Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha walked through the gates of Konoha, hand in hand. There was no-one around.
"Naruto, what if they don't want me back?" Sasuke asked suddenly, looking nervous.
"Suke, if there's one thing I know about Konoha it's that they always accept their children. No matter where they've been or what they've done, if they're sorry then they're welcomed with open arms." Naruto said confidently.
"'Suke'?" Sasuke said, raising an eyebrow.
"Yep." Naruto said, grinning. It was a real grin too, the first in three years.
"Okay then…Ruto." Sasuke said, also grinning. The first since the Uchiha massacre.
"'Ruto'? Nice one." Naruto said.
Meanwhile, at the training grounds…
The Konoha Thirteen (minus two, Naruto and Sasuke) were training. Kakashi stood by at the end of the training ground. Pakkun was at his feet.
Suddenly Pakkun yelped. Kakashi stared at him.
"Naruto! He's back!"
"What!?" Kakashi yelled, surprising those near him. Everyone ran over.
"What is it, Kakashi?" Sakura asked.
"Pakkun says Naruto's back." Kakashi said.
Kiba sniffed the air. His eyes widened.
"He is back. And he's got Sasuke with him." Kiba said slowly. There was a moment of silence. Then Kiba started running, the rest of the group following him.
Back with Naruto and Sasuke…
Naruto and Sasuke stood in the middle of the street. Sasuke was staring around at everything, breathing deeply. "I had no idea how much I missed this place." he said.
Suddenly a large blur appeared at the end of the street. Naruto grinned.
"Shinobi Stampede!" he yelled. Sasuke laughed.
The blur came to a stop in front of them, and was suddenly a lot less blurry.
"Wow. You all came." Naruto said, genuinely surprised.
"You're popular here, Ruto, remember? Pft. I can't believe you were going to off yourself. You would've had the biggest funeral ever." Sasuke told him.
"Probably. Still, I had my reason."
"What a stupid reason though. If you had told me any of that stuff before, I would've come back. You know that, right?"
"Yeah, I know that, Suke."
Kakashi and the Konoha Thirteen (minus two) were staring at them throughout this exchange.
"WHERE THE HELL HAVE YOU TWO BEEN!?!?! I'VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT YOU FOR THREE YEARS, SASUKE, AND YOU, NARUTO! YOU LEFT A SUICIDE NOTE!" Kakashi screamed.
"It wasn't a suicide note! It could've been a suicide note if I had been forced to take that option. But I wasn't. And Sasuke's given up on the Itachi hate revenge thingy."
"He what!?"
"Yeah. Not worth the hassle." Sasuke said.
"You sound like Shikamaru, you realise." Ino said.
"Do you want me to sound like Shikamaru?" Sasuke said, raising a eyebrow. She gaped at him. Sakura snorted, then turned to look at her boys.
"So, I have no chance then, huh?" she asked. Sasuke and Naruto nodded slowly. She grinned.
"Good. Me and Sai are kinda together now." she said.
"What!?" Naruto exclaimed.
"Yeah. Lots of other stuff happened while you were gone. Come on, we'll tell you about it at lunch."
"Cool." Sasuke said.
And so, Sasuke was welcomed back to Konoha with open arms (even if it was only to relieve certain people of depression).
A/N: And there you have it!! I will make a sequel if anyone wants one :)
Oh, and for the people who haven't noticed: there are Three Days Grace references EVERYWHERE in this fic. Lol.
Lufflez to all!!!
Talon
