Demons Dawn

-Epilogue-

It had been hours since they had cleared the village.

It was now that Itachi spoke to Naruto since they had left the village.

"What do you have in your hand," it was a soft-spoken question. One that Naruto could choose to acknowledge or ignore. Naruto opened his hand and looked in surprise at the small piece of folded paper. The blood had already darkened and dried up, and when he unfolded it the words written on it were unreadable.

Naruto eyes were misting over, "I'll never know what she wrote."

"Does it matter?" Itachi said. Naruto looked surprised at Itachi, wide eyed with wonder. Naruto looked at the piece of bloody paper, stained with her blood.

She was dead and gone, now nothing but the husk of a body made of flesh and bone. "No, I suppose not." However he did not toss it away.

"You didn't get the headband," the statement was so unexpected that Naruto didn't know what to say. "Here." Naruto was speechless as Itachi took of his headband and tied it around Naruto's forehead. "Granted it's a missing shinobi's hitai-ate, but it will do for now."

Naruto smiled happily at Itachi, the dead look in his eyes fading if not completely gone, "then I guess I did get what I wanted."

End Epilogue

So, everything is done. I know I left it vague but it was on purpose, something's turn out just like that in real life.

Once again, thank-you for reading and reviewing. It really helped me keep on writing. :)