A/N: Hey! I'm sure you weren't expecting an epilogue, but here it is (about a month after the last chapter was finished)! And of course, thank you to CuteLikeMomiji for giving me support and wonderful ideas!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or it's characters. I only own the plot of my story.

Orange and White

Epilogue

Kakashi was thinking. Kakashi was thinking very hard. He never imagined this day would come, but when it did, it came with an odd feeling of destiny. Kakashi wasn't even surprised when the elders had asked. And ask they did. So what to do? True, he was a bit laid back for the job, but he was definitely skilled enough, and determined enough. He'd be a good role model for the village.

Kakashi pondered this, and thought of Team 7: Sasuke, who had gone off to Orochimaru. Naruto, who had run away with Hinata somewhere. Sakura, who was crushed by their disappearances. And himself. Kakashi. Kakashi what? What had happened to him while the others were affected? Nothing. Sure, he'd been physically hurt more than a few times because of these guys, and Naruto's obsession with returning Sasuke to the village hadn't helped at all, but emotionally, mentally, he hadn't been altered that much. He guessed that it was because the loss of his original team members had changed him already.

Obito. Rin. The Fourth Hokage... Obito. Obito, Obito, Obito. He had taught him so many things, important things. And what better way to honour him than to try to teach the entire village what Obito taught him?

"Well, Kakashi? Hurry up."

"I'm prepared for the job. I guess I'm 6th Hokage now."


Kakashi stood on the rooftop, looking over a sea of people. His people now. The thought made him think twice about being Hokage. He was responsible for the safety and welfare of all these people. If only Naruto could see me now. He thought.

As it happened, Naruto was coming. Being the #1 hyperactive knuckle-headed ninja that he was, he was determined to return to the village dramatically. Epicly. Or, as most other people would see it, obnoxiously. Anyways, Naruto was returning to the village, with Hinata... dramatically.

It started with a huge swarm of shadow clones of Naruto. They leapt over the rooftops of the village, ran through the streets, all managing to come at Kakashi at the same time. They lifted him up over their heads and passed him down the crowd, while everybody was too shocked to react. Naruto? Back?

Let's take a look at all of the Rookies' (including Neji's team's) thoughts...

Sakura: Naruto! When...?!?! Is Hinata with you? Is Sasuke...?

Rock Lee: Yes! Let Kakashi feel the power of youth through crowd surfing! Well done, Naruto!

Ten Ten: Naruto's back! Of course he would put himself in the center of attention though... *sweatdrop*

Neji: Naruto's back. Hmm. He better have Hinata with him, or else... (o.0 scary)

Kiba: Hey, look who's back! If he doesn't have Hinata with him, I swear I'm going to kick his butt! Just like old times! (Akamaru barks in his head: "Arf!")

Shino: Naruto. Do you recognize me?

Ino: It's... It's Naruto! Oh, if Hinata's with him then I can finally find out what Hinata meant way back! And maybe get some nice juicy gossip!

Choji: Naruto!!! This is just great! We can go hang out and have some BBQ pork to celebrate!

Shikamaru: Naruto...! I'm willing to bet he has Hinata with him. And Sasuke, probably, or else he wouldn't be back at all.

Of course, Shikamaru was right. Once Kakashi had been passed along to the villagers and out of the hands of the shadow clones, they all huddled then jumped amazingly high into the air at the same time. While still in the air, an explosive tag flew into the middle of the group and made all the clones poof into nothing. It all looked like a smoky fireworks display with only one huge explosion.

When everybody looked in the direction the explosive tag came from, they saw Naruto and (guess who?) Hinata. Hinata looked much stronger now, and she wasn't blushing nearly as much as she would have been while being in front of the entire village. But there was something new about her expression. What was it? She looked... satisfied. And thinking of her past, that was something.

After examining the Hyuuga Heiress, the Konoha people noticed something (or someone) slung over Naruto's shoulder. Was it a person? Yes, it was a person, an unconscious person. An unconscious person with a distinctive chicken-butt hairstyle.

Sasuke.