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Epilogue: Future.

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A little girl walked up to a hill where the palace used to stand five years ago. The ruins of the palace were all still there, including burnt trees and grey ashes that would once in a while get blown away by the wind. But there was too much of the ashes that five years of wind wasn't able to blow all of them away.

The girl walked to the place where the secret garden of the Princess once stood. She looked around and then her eyes stopped at two tombstones standing tall in the middle of the ashes and burnt trees.

"Go and pay respect, Natsu," Ino stood behind the girl, pushing the girl's back softly.

"Would the Princess really be reborn, mama?" Natsu looked up at her mother.

Ino smiled and walked up to the tombstones.

"I really believe so," she said as she knelt down in front of the stones.

"Where are the Gods, mama?" Natsu asked as she prayed in front of the stones.

"They're not far at all, Natsu-chan," blond hair popped up behind the burnt trees, clear blue warm eyes stared at the little blond girl.

"Really?" Natsu looked up at Naruto who grinned at her. "You know everything, huh?"

"And why is that wrong?" Naruto frowned. "You make it sound bad."

"Mama said you're not that good of a guy," Natsu turned her head around and continued her prayer.

"You said that?" Naruto cried fake tears as he looked at Ino who stuck her tongue out.

"Let's just pray, dear," Ino smiled at her daughter warmly. "You're here to do that too, aren't you?" she turned to Naruto who grinned widely. He nodded and knelt down next to the girls.

"The others are coming as well," he said.

"We're here," Neji jumped down from the remains of the tall wall. "Lee, hurry up! Where the hell is Gaara?"

"Eits!" Naruto covered Natsu's ears. "Such word, not suitable for someone as young as our 'summer' here."

"Shush!" Ten-ten appeared suddenly next to Ino. "We're here to pray for her and her mother, you guys better not make such big noises."

"He's not here?" Gaara looked around.

"He'll come on his own," Naruto smiled as he looked at the tombstone on the right.

The others nodded and started praying for the Princess named Haruno Sakura and her mother, the Queen; Tsunade.

At the same time, they told her stories about their life so far and how they believed a better future would come to the country and to the world; her sacrifice, in the end, wasn't such a waste.

The High Gods didn't even want to bother to help them out when they begged them to revive her, then they asked if they would allow her to reincarnate, and they refused as well. Sasuke seemed to lose his will to live for a few months after Sakura's death and the Gods' rejection, all he did was eat and drink and sleep.

Then, the Keepers begged them to let her reincarnate in the same time with Sasuke once he died. The price was that they weren't allowed to return to Heaven and their immortality was taken. But they didn't mind, because they all knew they'd be reborn together with the one girl they all love.

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Naruto: Sakura-chan, we're all okay here. You don't have to worry about the future because we'd all be okay. The peace must be coming so there's nothing to worry about. Just enjoy your time floating around in the space and we'll be with you as soon as we die.

I love you and I miss you.

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Neji: Hey Sakura. Life's fine here. I wish you enjoy your time being the star up there and not get too bored. I miss you but I'm sure we'll meet again soon enough.

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Gaara: I miss you and I love you. We'll see each other again soon. Don't worry, Sakura, the future is out there and peace is somewhere in there.

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Lee: Sakura-san, all is okay down here. Everyone is hanging on and Fire Country is doing okay. We'll see each other again soon. I love you.

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Ino: Pig, I got nothing to say really, just I miss you and I'll see you soon enough.

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Night came and the stars shone like fireflies in a dark field. Uchiha Sasuke walked through the field of ashes and then sat down in front of the tombstones, brushing his hand against the one on the right.

"Life has been good, Sakura," he said. "We'll see each other soon, so don't worry."

He looked up and smiled at a face smiling back at him whose face was carved with a fusion of different emotions. She stretched out her slim, white hand and stroked his cheek with love.

"I love you," Sasuke smiled, reaching out to her. She took his hand and nodded. Transparent tears rolled down both of her pale cheeks, those tears dropped toward the ground but disappeared before it hit the grey ashes. He looked at her sad face for a second and then looked up at the stars.

"I'll wait for you,"

Sasuke smiled and nodded. He then let go of her hand and stepped back once. She nodded back at her and then looked up at the dark sky dotted white with the stars. Her green eyes closed and her body disappeared.

I'll see you next life. I love you.

Sasuke smiled again and then he turned around, walking away without looking back.

The stars, that day, smiled down on him and her, somehow knowing their story was yet to end.

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In a Fire Country, there was a story of a Princess loved by the people and loved by the Gods, a Princess with Gods as her Keepers and a Princess who received the love of a cold-hearted assassin.

Then, she died and he lived. The Keepers stayed as mortals, exchanging their immortalities for her sake and for a wish.

A wish that in the distant future, they would all be reincarnated together at the same time, hoping they'd find an ending better than this.

The Princess, the Assassin, and the Keepers would all be together again and suddenly, the future didn't seem to be that far away.

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I love you Sasuke-kun. We'll see each other again soon.

I love you, too, Sakura. And we will.

Hey, what about us?!

Shut up Dobe, of course you'll be there too.

A promise to meet again in the future, let's make it.

Scared that you'll get left behind, Lee?

Don't be mean, Neji.

Let's just make the promise.

Thanks, Gaara.

NEXT TIME WE MEET, WE'LL HAVE A BETTER LIFE AND A BETTER EVERYTHING. WE'LL SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN, IT'S A PROMISE!

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The sky smiled on them.

Finally,

It's the end.

And a new start will begin…

Soon.

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This is the end of Heaven's Gate: Princess, guys.

I hope more reviews would come.

I think I'll make a sequel but I'm not sure.

Thank you for all that has gone through the story with me and coping with all the bad grammars and kinda lame story line.

I love you all and I thank you.

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Day-Dreamer Dango.

And all the other penname I had changed :)