Epilogue: This Is It

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto© or characters thereof. Naruto© was created by Masashi Kishimoto.

A/N: The winner…the person who gets to write the sequel is…oOoAleXandRiAoOo!! Everyone clap! And keep an eye out for her sequel to this story because I'm sure it will be good. : )

I apologize for the shortness of not only the epilogue but also this story. I regret that I lost interest in it otherwise, I'm sure, I would have made it longer and I would have worked harder on it. But I hope you enjoyed it and I hope you'll like the epilogue.

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Deidara and Sasori waited patiently outside the movie theater, watching for the girls and their dates. Deidara was smiling at the redhead who looked grumpy – as usual. "Jeez, Master Sasori, I know you're a little wary about them dating because they're so 'young' but that's why we decided on the group date, yeah! Loosen up or else tonight will suck," he told him playfully.

Sasori gave him a weary look. "It's not that they're young it's that I feel old…" he mumbled, glancing away with a blush. "I've never had to worry about my age until now. I mean, I feel…I don't even know! It's not fair!"

"You're not old, yeah," Deidara snapped, putting his hands on his hips. "If you were old, I wouldn't be here with you right now!" The redhead gave him a horrified look. "I'm kidding, Master 'Sori! I'll be here forever, yeah…"

"It's like one of those princess movies we watched when we were little!" Hinata squealed, walking up and giggling happily. Shikamaru sighed from behind her.

"It's about time you got here," Sasori huffed, trying to cover the blush on his face from his sisters. "I was beginning to fear that we'd have to wait even longer for the next showing…"

Ten-Ten laughed loudly. "Whatever. You're the most impatient person I know, Sasori." He sent her a venomous glare. "Let's get in there, then." She took Neji's hand and led him into the movie theater. They bought their tickets and were walking to their movie when Hinata and Sakura both stopped. Their friends turned to look at them, curious.

"Hey," Kiba murmured, walking up. Sasuke glared at him.

"Hi…" Hinata whispered, shifting a little.

"So," he started, glancing at the group. "You found your friends, huh?"

"Kiba…" she muttered, making it sound almost like a warning.

"I'm glad. You know, maybe someday I'll find my friends." He grinned. "And I don't blame you for your choices…Just be careful, alright?" Hinata smiled and nodded. He playfully punched her shoulder as he walked past. "Have fun…"

"But I still want to be your friend," she protested, turning and catching him before he could get too far.

Kiba smiled sadly at her. "I'm afraid that it doesn't work like that…" She stared at him, curious. "I don't get along well with your new friends – I would've thought that you'd figured that out by now. It was fun and I'm glad that you managed to make these friends." He bowed partially and when he stood straight again, he was grinning lightheartedly. "Until we meet again, fair lady…" He turned and left the theater, leaving Hinata staring after him.

"Jeez, what was that about? What century does he think we live in?" Sakura asked as her sister turned back around. Hinata didn't say anything but instead skipped to Naruto's side and gave her brother the biggest smile she could manage. Sasori laughed at her attempts.

"Please, can we go in now? I'd like to be in there before the movie ends," he said, exasperated. "You've had your closure now I'd like to have some fun…"

Deidara sighed. "You're so uptight, Master Sasori! Seriously, you need to loosen up, yeah!"

"I did loosen up!" the redhead snapped and walked brusquely to their theater.

"No you didn't but…whatever, yeah," the blonde murmured and motioned for the others to follow. And, snickering, they did.

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A woman with blue hair knocked on a door. Without waiting for an answer, she slid the door open and slipped into the room, quietly shutting the door behind her. "Sir?" A man stood in front of a glass wall, staring out at the busy streets below him. "We've located Deidara and Sasori." He turned and smiled at her.

"Wonderful," he whispered. "But I'll be sure to take care of them later. I've got other things to worry about. Like how to get Hidan and Kakuzu out of jail and then what I'm going to do to them when I do…" He sighed angrily. "Have you heard anything from Zetsu?"

"No, sir," the woman reported in her soft voice. "However, Kisame called earlier and confirmed that he'd gotten Itachi out of jail. After that, nothing has been heard from anyone else."

The man nodded and turned back to the window wall. "Sometimes that's a good thing…"

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(THE NEXT DAY)

"Hey, Gaara," Ten-Ten greeted happily. It was about noon when she'd heard someone knocking on the front door. When she'd seen Gaara, she'd felt kind of guilty because she hadn't really been thinking about him since before the accident. "What's up? Want to come inside?" She swung her arm out and sidestepped but he didn't move.

"No, thank-you," he murmured. "I haven't really seen you since your accident so I wanted to make sure that you're alright." She nodded and smiled. "I know that you're seeing Neji – and I don't really mind, that's your decision. But I wanted to make sure that we'll still be friends."

"Yeah…Of course," she told him, wondering why he would ever think that they wouldn't be. "In fact, I was going to ask if you wanted to go somewhere later today."

Gaara smiled slightly and nodded. "Yes, that sounds fun…" While they talked, all he could think about was how glad he was that they were still going to be friends. He would still have a friend – no matter what had happened to either of them. He was really happy. He had a real friend and he'd do anything to make sure that she was going to be okay.

But they both had the feeling that everything would be all right for awhile.

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A/N: Hey, I finally finished the story. It took me two years but it's done! :D

oOoAleXandRiAoOo, I hope you don't mind that I put in that bit with Pein and Konan. I thought that it might give you something more to work with since I didn't give much else…

Thanks for your support, oOoAleXandRiAoOo and Tentenperson-Kshikamarugal. You guys stuck around and finished reading the story and I appreciate it so, so much. I hope I didn't disappoint you too much.