Rin

I stormed into my room and slammed my door shut. Falling on my bed, I buried my face into the closest pillow and screamed as loud as I could. My eyes stung and my throat was dry. How long had it been since I cried? I didn't even remember.

I flopped onto my back and stared at the ceiling. What do I do now? My mind was blank. I just felt so tired of everything. Should I continue with my revenge and kill Sasuke? To be honest I still felt that he deserved it, but my mind just didn't see a point in it anymore. After I killed him what would I do?

Frustrated, I got up and went to the bathroom to wash my face. I glanced at the mirror and saw that my cheek was still red. I huffed, he really didn't hold back did he? Gingerly, I cooled it off with some cold water to reduce the redness.

Returning back to my room I sat on the windowsill, you couldn't really see anything since it was night, but you could hear the waves gently hitting the boat as we moved. I sighed and leaned my forehead against the window. At best, I have a week, maybe two, before I die. Every time I used my chakra it caused my life force to deplete faster. If I had stayed in my curse mark state for even a minute more, who knows how much life force I would've wasted.

I didn't know what to do anymore. I just felt so…defeated. What was I suppost to do? Why was I alive? At this point it didn't really matter if I was dead or not. I'm so tired of this. My body felt weak, all I wanted to do was sleep.

A knock at the door interrupted my thoughts.

"Rin, it's Kakashi."

I sighed, "Go away." I mumbled softly.

"C'mon Rin, open the door."

I turned away from the window, but didn't move. I forgot to lock the door when I came in. Oh well, Kakashi thinks it's locked anyway, so he won't try to—

Click

Never mind.

Kakashi slowly opened the door and poked his head in. I stared at him blankly.

"Can we please talk?"

"Why?" I asked softly, "We have nothing to talk about. Just leave me alone already."

"Rin, " he sighed, "Would you just listen to me then?"

I crossed my arms, but said nothing.

He sat on my bed, and turned to face me. "I know your angry about everything, and you have a right to be, but revenge isn't the answer."

"I know."

He looked at me confused, "If you know then why…"

"Relax sensei. I gave up on my revenge on Sasuke. Your oh-so-precious pupil will be fine." I rolled my eyes. "I don't want anything to do with him."

Kakashi sighed again, "Rin, that's not what I'm talking about. I mean, well, why can't you just let go of everything? Forget about the past already, you've got a future."

I stood up, but turned my back on him to once again look out the window, it was strange though, my legs felt a little shaky. "You don't get it. I can never have a future."

"What are you talking about? Stop being so pessimistic and—"

"I'm not being pessimistic!" I spun around to face him and realized I was once again crying. Anger and frustration caused adrenaline to pump through my veins once more. I quickly tried to wipe my tears away, but Kakashi had already seen them. Standing up, he knelt in front of me.

"Rin, what's wrong? What aren't you telling us?"

For a second I actually considered telling him the truth….but—I wiped the rest of my tears away and took a deep breath. "It doesn't matter."

Kakashi looked disappointed, "Why do you keep saying that?"

"Because, even if I tell you, it won't change anything." I tried to calm myself, there was no reason to get upset anymore, there's nothing they can do.

"How do you know? We can help you Rin, but you have to let us."

I looked away from him, "I stopped asking for help a long time ago."

He ran a hand through his hair, "Rin, I don't know why you're being so obstinate, but please try to trust us, even a little."

This conversation was making my head hurt. I rubbed the impeding migraine forming and sighed, "Please, just go. I'm tired already."

"Alright, we'll continue this tomorrow." He said pointedly.

I was beginning to feel lightheaded so I just mumbled a yes. Satisfied, he left.

I began to walk toward my bed, hopefully a rest would shake off my tiredness, but before I could get there my knees gave out and I crashed onto the floor. Huh? That's weird. My mind was so foggy, and I couldn't really process anything. My eyes started to close, but I saw Kakashi kneel down in front of me saying something I couldn't make out. Maybe after a nap I'd feel better, yeah, that's gotta be it. Before I knew it, I was already dreaming.

Kakashi

"Rin!" I knelt in front of her, "Rin! Can you hear me?" Her eyes were looking at me, but they seemed so unfocused. What happened? When we left the Land of Snow, the doctor said she was fine. This wasn't suppost to happen.

"Rin! Are you okay?" it was no use her eyes were already closing. Damn it.

"Kakashi?" a voice asked. I turned around to see Sakura standing wide-eyed in the doorway.

"Sakura! Perfect timing. Can you take a look at Rin? She suddenly collapsed."

Sakura's eyes turned serious as I picked Rin up and placed her on the bed. Sakura immediately went to work while I stepped off to the side to give her some room.

"It's very strange," Sakura explained as her hands glowed green, "Her body itself is fine, but her vitals are weaker than normal."

"Is there something that could've caused this?"

She shook her head, "It's hard to say really. It often happens when someone uses a lot of chakra or energy, but usually the effects happen immediately after. Rin was already in the hospital two days prior to this so I don't see a reason that over-exertion should have caused this." Sakura put hand to her chin in thought, "It's like her body suddenly…broke down you could say. Tsunade should look at her when we get back. Her life isn't in any danger, but she is really weak as of right now. It's very strange. Maybe the fight with Sasuke was to much for her emotions to handle."

I shook my head, "Rin isn't the type of person to be shaken up that much to the point of collapse. It might've surprised her, but I don't think it's the cause."

Sakura nodded, "That's what I thought, but I really don't know what else it could be."

I patted her head to ease her troubled expression, "It's fine, don't worry about it. Rin's not in any danger right? She'll probably tell us the reason when she wakes up."

Sakura gave a light smile, "Cause she always tells us what's bothering her." She said sarcastically, "I'll monitor her condition until we get home, just to be on the safe side."

"Thank you" I turned to leave, but Sakura stopped me.

"I think you should talk to Sasuke." She told me.

I smiled gently, "Where did you think I was going?"

She simply waved me off before turning her attention back to Rin.

I made my way to the deck as the sun began to rise. We'd be home in the next hour. When I got to the top I saw Sasuke leaning over the railing looking at the horizon, the land of fire looked like a small boat floating on the ocean. Standing beside him I put my hand on his shoulder.

"What do you want?" he asked coldly.

"You Uchiha's, and your greetings are so welcoming."

He scoffed, but didn't say anything else.

"Don't you want to talk to her?"

"Why would I do that?"

"Well she is one of the only family members you have left, you should sort things out." I leaned my back against the ships rail and crossed my arms, "Besides, you didn't seem happy with how things went down there."

"Yeah well, you've seen how well my family gets along." He said pointedly.

"You guys need to get a new way to express yourselves."

"Like what? Knitting?"

"No, by talking." I turned to him, "I'm serious, both of you need to talk everything out."

"Why, are you so concerned about this?" he asked irritated.

"She's hiding something Sasuke, you need to—"

"I need to what? Dig up dirt on her? Find out what she's hiding? Well guess what? I already found out! She wants to kill me! She's mad at what I did to her all those years ago! I abandoned her, just like Itachi did to me, guess that runs in the family too! I want to kill Itachi, and she wants to kill me!" he looked down at the ground, "And maybe I deserve it."

My eyes widened slightly, "What are you talking about?"

He buried his face in his hands, "She was right, I knew what was happening the whole time, but I didn't want father to be angry with me, so I ignored her." He laughed mournfully, a smile full of regret, "I used to hear her screaming at night for help when father would hit her, but I would always pretend I was sleeping." His fist hit the railing as he shook, "Despite what happened she would always act like she was fine, and when Itachi trained us, she picked up things faster than I did…. I just….got irritated. When she got the sharingan, despite the fact that she was a girl and too young, it just made me so… mad. That night…when she was taken, I knew about the plan, but I just let it happen. I was just so jealous and fed up, I did something I shouldn't have."

I stared at him, "I thought you didn't remember anything."

"Father had put a sealing jutsu on me. He didn't want me telling anyone what had happened. The seal broke shortly after we fought Itachi, I thought I could rebuild what happened with her, but I guess you can't erase your past. I should know that more than anyone."

I was speechless to say the least. He gripped the rail as his hands shook with anger.

"These are the things you should tell your sister."

His head whipped to me in shock, I've never seen him look so baffled.

"What if she gets angry all over again?"

"Then at least she knows the whole story. You guys will fight, and make up again. It's how families work, remember?"

He scoffed, but smiled none-the-less, "Yeah, but I don't know if I can make it up to her this time."

I looked out to the sea where the land of fire began to get closer, "There's no way of knowing until you try."

The captain called over the intercom that 'd we be at port soon. Sasuke made his way to the door, but before he could open it Sakura came bursting through.

"Kakashi-sensei! We have a problem!" her panicked expression made my heart drop.

"What happened?" Sasuke asked bewildered.

"Rin's vitals are dropping! I don't have the proper supplies to help her while were on the ship! We need to get her home as soon as possible."

"Wait. What's going on? What happened?" Sasuke looked back and forth from me to Sakura.

"No time to explain." I told him quickly. I dashed down to Rin's room. She looked pale, and her forehead glistened with sweat. I scooped her up, sprinted to the deck, hopped over the rail, and ran on water towards land.

"Sakura," I called over my shoulder, "Gather Naruto and meet me there!" I didn't check for conformation and jumped over a wave. Rin's breathing was labored; she shivered and clenched my vest, her hand shaking. I gripped her tighter and picked up speed.

Rin

I opened my eyes only to be assaulted by a bright, overhead light. My eyes soon adjusted, the smell of disinfectant wafted in the air. A hospital. Again? Really? Every time we come back from a mission, I'm in a hospital! I reached up to my mouth and felt an oxygen mask. I slowly took it off, and tried to sit up, but other wires and monitors kept me from moving.

I looked around the room and saw Kakashi sitting on a chair next to me, arms crossed, and his visible eye was closed. His chest moved as he took deep breaths. Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto each had their own chair around the bed, but they had fallen asleep and were using my bed as a desk to sleep on. The sight made me smile. I looked towards the window; the sun was high and shining brightly so it was probably mid-afternoon.

My brows furrowed, what happened to me? How did we get from the boat to Konoha? Last thing I remember is talking to Kakashi, and trying to go to sleep before…. Oh yeah, I passed out didn't I? Oops.

The door opened and Tsunade walked in checking the papers on a clipboard, when she looked up a smile spread across her face.

"Oh my, look at that hahaha. When did you wake up?" she whispered.

"Just now actually." I admitted.

She walked over to Naruto and whacked his head with the clipboard she had been holding. He spazzed out, sending him crashing into Sasuke, and they both fell to the floor. Soon everyone was awake.

After some shuffling around and the help of two other doctors, the machines were removed. The only thing that I was connected to was the IV.

I sat up in bed, leaning on the backboard. My body felt extremely weak, it irritated me.

"How are you feeling?" Tsunade asked.

"Tired." I mumbled unhappily.

"I see." She put a hand to her chin in thought, "Do you know how long you were asleep?"

"A couple hours?" I shrugged.

"Actually, it's almost been a week."

"What?!" I put a hand to my forehead. That isn't good. Am I getting weaker because I was dying? "I never imagined dying was so tiring." I mumbled to myself.

"What was that?" Tsunade asked.

"Nothing!" I cleared my throat, "Do you know what the cause was?" I asked nervous.

"That's the part that concerns us." She said, sitting at the foot of my bed, "For some reason your vitals have been dropping at random times. It's like your body is breaking down. We've actually had you flat line once before. You always manage to stabilize after a while, but these… fits you've been having left our doctors very perplexed. I don't see what could be the cause."

"Oh," I shifted awkwardly, "That's… weird."

"The other thing," she paused, "Each time you have one of these fits they become worse and more frequent. Your body began to get stronger after you flat lined once, and now you've even regained consciousness, which is good, but we're still concerned that you could go into a relapse at any time."

"Meaning you want me to stay here to watch me incase I have another attack?" I asked.

"Well that's a part of it, but… well how do I put this." She rubbed her neck before continuing, "Your condition has actually become a pattern, I don't know why, but after every attack you become a little stronger than the last time, which explains why your conscious now, but since every attack becomes more severe as you progress and the fact that your last attack caused your heart to stop, we're scared that your next attack will… well lets just say, it could be your last."

I stared at her for a minute as I processed everything. To be honest, I wasn't really that surprised. I knew I was dying after all, but for it to be actually happening. I didn't really know what to think.

"I see," I said slowly.

"There is something I want to ask you."

I gulped, here it comes, what did I do?

"Kakashi told me everything that happened on the mission, including Arisa."

I shrugged at that; I figured he would, so it didn't really bother me.

"He also told me what happened on the boat ride home,"

I glared at him for that, which he looked away innocently.

"After the new things I've learned, and after observing you now, I have to ask; have you known that this would happen?"

I swear the pressure in the room increased tenfold.

"Why would you think that?" I asked.

"You don't seem at all surprised that I just told you that you could possibly die, and your behavior on the boat ride is very suspicious." She explained.

I winced at her words a little, "That's right, I'm a suspicious person, aren't I?"

"That's not what I meant." She said pointedly.

"I know, I know," I looked to the side, "but have you ever thought that I don't value my life as much as you value yours? You heard our conversation on the boat, to me, it doesn't matter I die or not."

Kakashi sighed, "And we're back to square one."

"I heard that you don't think your life matters, my question is why?"

I laughed sarcastically, "You of all people know my past. Yet you still ask me that question? It could be the fact that my family hated me, or maybe that I was experimented on for most of my childhood, or, oh I know, maybe it's because I've been through near-death experiences too many times to count. It could be anything really. Please, take your pick."

Tsunade interlocked her fingers together and rested her chin on them, "Those all sound like great excuses, but I'm looking for your actual reason."

I was actually taken aback for a couple seconds, Tsunade clearly didn't buy my antics and I'm guessing she wasn't gonna leave until she got some answers.

"If I did know all this was going to happen, would it really make a difference?"

Sasuke abruptly stood up from his chair, the loud clattering of his chair catching everyone's attention.

"Of coarse it matters!" he screamed angrily, "You could've told someone!"

My gaze turned blankly to his, "I've learned that asking for help, doesn't really do anything." He immediately turned ridged, but I didn't really care. "Forget about it, it's fine."

"How is it fine that you're slowly dying?" Sakura asked tears pooling in her eyes.

"Look," I said irritated, "You wanna know the reason I didn't tell anyone? Because even if I did, that wouldn't change anything. Your doctors can't figure out what's causing this, right? If that's the case then I doubt they've even come close to a possible cure. In the end we would be right where we are now. It wouldn't have made a difference."

"Wait a minute, you know what's causing this?" Tsunade asked, putting her hand up to interrupt me.

"Yes, and as far as I know there is nothing you can do about my condition."

"You don't know that yet. Tell me what's happening to you."

I laid back in bed, still feeling drowsy, "Orochimaru's experiments enabled me to gain a lot of power, but it was only for a short period of time. I was able to use all 5 elements, but the power has a short time limit. Basically, like all shinobi techniques, there is a backlash when you use its power. The backlash to mine however is too much for a body to handle so basically those fits I've been having is my chakra depleting and body breaking down, I think the reason I've been getting better is that my body is trying to fight it with some of my power, but the backlash comes once again getting me closer to death each time. Does that make sense now?"

Everyone stared at me like I had just chopped off my head.

"How could you not tell us?!" Sasuke shouted.

"Because if Kabuto couldn't figure out a cure, I doubt you can!" I screamed sitting up, making my head spin.

"But we could've tried! Why are you throwing your life away so easily?"

"Could you please just stop acting like you care?" I put a hand to my head, "Your attitude changes are making my head spin."

He clenched his teeth as he showed a troubled expression I've never seen before.

"Can I please talk to my sister alone for a while?" he asked everyone else.

Kakashi smiled and nodded, "We'll come back tonight. See you later."

"I'll have some doctors review this information and we'll do some tests later." Tsunade told me, "We'll see if there's anything we can do about his."

I nodded to her as she closed the door. I turned my attention to Sasuke, who looked scared stiff in his chair.

Eventually, he took a deep breath, "There are some things I haven't told you."

"Are you mad?" Sasuke asked fiddling with his thumbs.

I sighed from my place against the headboard, "I would be lying if I said I wasn't, but after everything that's happened lately. I just don't care anymore."

He looked at me a little stunned for a moment.

"At this point I've heard so many sides of the same story, heard so many excuses, apologies, and regrets that it's making me sick. You wanna know the reality of my life? I was born in the wrong time and the wrong place, that's all there is to it. Maybe it's the fact that I'm on deaths door, but I'm tired of all this. Right now I can honestly say that I really just don't give a shit about the past. I'm gonna die so who cares? Sorry for troubling you with all this." I apologized.

"Don't be stupid." He shook his head, "I'm still ashamed at what I did to you. So, I really am sorry."

He got up from his chair and bowed, which surprised even me. The stoic and emotionless robot known as my brother was…apologizing?

"What's wrong Sasuke? Don't tell me you're dying too? Are you feeling okay?" I asked with mock concern.

He gave me a half-hearted glare, "Shut up."

I laughed lightly before I winced at a pain in my chest. Clutching my hospital robe I waited for it to pass. Ugh, my body hurts all over. Dying sucks.

Sasuke sat next to me on my bed and gently took my hand in his, "We'll figure out how to help you." He almost whispered, "I promise."

I leaned my head against his shoulder so he wouldn't see my troubled expression, I didn't want to trouble him by saying otherwise.

We didn't really talk after that, just spent the rest of the evening together until visiting hours were over.

I watched him leave the hospital through the window. His person soon became a dot on the street as he turned the corner and disappeared. I sighed as a breeze blew through the open window.

"You seem happy." A familiar voice commented.

Unsurprised, I turned my head toward the figure sitting on the foot of my bed. His red eyes that were so much like my own seemed to cut through the darkness of the night.

"What are you doing here, Itachi?" I asked lazily.

"I heard my sister was in the hospital, I had to come and visit."

I scoffed and rolled my eyes.

"I'm sorry this had to happen to you." He said quietly.

I shrugged, "Our family is just full of misfortunate beings huh? One of us is abused while the other is forced to kill his friends and family for the sake of the village protecting his younger brother."

"You knew?" Itachi asked raising a brow.

"I figured it out along the way." I admitted, "It didn't come together until I was kidnapped by Danzo though. I had no idea there were people besides the Hokage that made big decisions like that for the village."

"It's best not to think about it." Itachi said dryly.

"When are you gonna tell Sasuke?" I asked.

"I think I'll leave it for him to figure out."

"You're planning on dying aren't you?"

He was quiet, which only confirmed my suspicions.

"You're lucky Sasuke isn't as smart as I am."

He laughed lightly at that. A coughing fit interrupted our conversation for about 4 minutes before I could get it back under control.

"How long do you have?" he asked after a while.

I shrugged, "Could be tomorrow for all I know."

"I'm sorry." He sighed, "I never imagined that this would happen."

I wiped the blood from the corner of my mouth with the back of my hand, "It's fine. Compared to me, your death won't be as peaceful."

He ruffled my hair, "What kind of thing is that to say to your older brother?"

I laughed lightly, before cringing and gripping the material above my chest. Itachi gazed at me with eyes full of sadness.

"Stop looking at me like that."

"My eyes can see your chakra essence." He spoke.

"I know that." I rolled my eyes.

"Well right now your chakra is spastic, as if it's dying out. It looks like it's short circuiting." He commented.

"Ah, well that's to be expected." I sighed, "The experiments have caused my body to break down. My chakra network is probably ebbing away as we speak." I explained.

"If only I could've protected you both." He said agitated.

"Well you couldn't. So make up for it by staying with me tonight." I pouted childishly.

He chuckled, "There you go, pretending to be strong." He moved to sit next to me, like Sasuke had done. I leaned against his chest and smiled at the warmth.

"Oh I almost forgot." I reached into my shirt and took the necklace from my 3rd birthday out. Itachi's eyes widened a bit before he smiled. I leaned over Itachi to put it on the nightstand along with a note I had written.

"Me and Sasuke had a bet." I told him absentmindedly, "Looks like he wins."

"What was the bet?" he asked.

"You don't need to know." I told him playfully.

The arm that was holding me up suddenly gave out, Itachi caught me, preventing me from smashing head first into the nightstand. He leaned me against his chest.

"You okay?" he asked.

I nodded, "My body is growing weaker." I observed as I started to shake.

Itachi peered at me with worried eyes.

"I'm fine." I worked up the strength to sit up properly on my own. I felt like jello, it was annoying.

I couldn't help the sudden gasp of pain that came out of my mouth. My heart felt like it was caving in, my body felt like it was on fire, and my lungs felt like they were full of lead. I crumbled over as Itachi jumped up.

"Should I call the nurse?" he asked picking up the call button that hung on the side of the bed.

"Don't…bother, " I said between gasps, "They…..can't do….anything." I curled up in a ball, but I felt myself getting worse. Could this be it?

Itachi put the call button in my hand, "Call them." He said, "They would want to be here for you. I'll leave."

I grasped the button to show him I understood, he kissed my forehead once more, before heading over to the window.

"Bye Rin." He said sofly.

I pressed the button in my hand, "Bye Nii-san." I smiled.

It didn't take long before a nurse came into the room. When she saw me she immediately called for help. My hand let go of the button and it fell to the floor. I felt myself being pushed onto my back as a flashlight was shown into my eyes. I couldn't really hear anything anymore. My vision began to fade, but I just managed to see the door as Tsunade ran into the room with a frightened expression on her face.

Is this what it felt like to know people cared about you. Tsunade was trying to talk to me, but I didn't get any of it. I think her lips were telling me it was going to be okay. I managed to smile, dying with this kind of life wasn't actually so bad.

Sasuke

I burst through the doors of the hospital and headed to the emergency room. Luckily it was late so the hospital wasn't very crowded. I got the call about Rin a few minutes ago and didn't waste any time getting here, which is why I was still in my pajamas.

When I got to the ICU I sat on the benches outside the door. The red light was on, meaning she was still in there. I wouldn't be able to go in no matter how much I tried.

I buried my face in my hands, why did this have to happen? I was just with her in the evening and I didn't think her condition could worsen this quick. Frustrated, I bounced my leg up and down. What do I do?

A hand on my shoulder made me jump, and I found that it was Kakashi.

"They called you too?" I asked.

"They called all of us." A voice said. I looked behind Kakashi to see all of the Rookie 9, plus team guy. Everyone was in their pajamas and looked pretty breathless.

"H-how is she?" Hinata asked timidly.

My eyebrows furrowed, "I don't know."

Everyone lounged around in the waiting room for what felt like hours. When the red light for the ICU turned off everyone jolted awake. The doors opened, and 7 or 8 exhausted doctors walked out, Tsunade at the head.

As she made her way towards us everyone seemed to hold their breath.

"Tsunade?" Kakashi asked, standing behind me.

Her solemn expression and the fact she didn't look me in the eyes answered my unspoken question. I stumbled back before Kakashi caught me. I ripped myself out of his grasp and ran into the room, despite Tsuande's protest.

When I approached the bed, it looked as if she were sleeping. Her eyes looked at peace, but her skin was pale and glistened with sweat.

"She fought until the end." Tsunade said from behind me.

Most of the girls gasped upon seeing Rin's body, the others just simply looked away. I couldn't stop starring. My heart clenched painfully as I fell to my knees.

"Damn it!" I cursed. Why didn't I stay with her? Why did we fight for so long? None of this would've happened if I had just been there for her from the start!

"This was left for you, Sasuke." Tsunade said handing me a note. "It was left on her nightstand."

I opened the letter and saw a necklace. It was the one Itachi and I had given her for her 3rd birthday. She had it all this time? I turned back to the note.

Hey Sasuke,

If you're reading this, I guess that means I kicked the can, huh? Even as I'm writing this, it feels weird. I can't imagine myself dead hahaha. I'm actually struggling to even hold this damn pen, but I wanted to write this. I bet you're blaming yourself right at this moment. Please don't. I've known for a while now that I would die. I'm just glad we were able to make up before I left. I feel a little scared about dying, but I don't think I have any regrets. I don't think you should either. We fought, we got angry, it's what a family does right? It might've been a little extreme compared to a normal family, but hey, we Uchiha's aren't normal are we? I don't know if you remember the bet we made when I was three, my locket over your keychain. If you did, then shame on you hahaha. If you do remember then great! We did agree that if I died on one of our...what were your words again…"petty genin ninja missions that's an automatic forfeit". Either way I died so I guess you're the better ninja, right? Congrats big bro. I don't know why you wanted something this girly, but since I'm dead, I have no use for it. Don't mourn over me too long now; go have fun with the friends we managed to make. You have to realize my dream of becoming the best ninja in the world. I'm leaving it to you. Have fun, nii-chan.

Love,

Rin

P.S. If you join me before you grow old and restore our clan, I'll kick your ass.

Tears dripped onto the note as I laughed and cried. I stared at the necklace that she had left me.

"How am I the better ninja?" I asked myself, "We didn't even get to finish a proper duel."

I took out my keychain and opened Rin's hand. Gently placing the keychain into her palm I closed her fingers around it before kissing her hand.

"Let's call it a draw."

Thank you all for sticking with my story, but I just don't find writing Naruto to be my passion so I tried to wrap it up for all of you who were still curious. It was cut shorter than I intended, but I did plan on killing her from the moment I started this story. Sorry for disappointing you all, but thank you for reading.