a/n: Finally, the last chapter is up. Thank you very much for reading this fanfiction. I hope you enjoyed it! Thank you for the reviews. It has really inspired me to write. After a fews of writing this fic, I finished it. I'm so proud of myself...Anyway, without further ado, I give you the epilogue...DOZO, mina-san...

The Epilogue

I was about to die. I have already admitted it. Death was near. I have accepted it. If only my thoughts could be heard, I would like to thank everyone for being there for me. Even if it wouldn't be like me at all, I would like to thank Oji-san, Naruto, Sakura,even Sasuke and Akiru for staying alive. I felt the Come, Come Paradise book on my chest. It was hidden in one of my tuxedo's pockets.

I wasn't meant to be alive anymore. Once again, I saw her die before my very eyes. She lied there a few meters away from me. And what's worse is that she died to protect me. All I could do was sit under these cherry blossom trees and cry. I didn't need to just stop showing my face; I did to stop living in this world. I am just a burden…

But what is this thing that drives me? It calls me and tells me to live. A voice whispers to my mind persuading me live. Is this the voice of kami-sama telling me that it is not my time to die? Or is this voice my inner voice enlightening me to fight for my life? Whatever it is, it is giving me the desire to live…

Would I meet Obito, Yondaime-sensei, Akiru, Oka-san, Oto-san and Sandaime in heaven? Would I go to hell, realize that I am truly a demon and meet Orochimaru after sometime? Or would I just simply become oblivion and be merely memories of some people? Or would I meet the five people some people say a person meets when he dies? I don't know, but I am about to find out.

Then I felt drops of water fall on my cheeks. What is this? Is this rain? It was warm. Or is this molten rock because I was already in hell? I was afraid to open my eyes but I found some courage to do so. Then to my surprise, I saw a familiar hazel haired woman a half a foot from my face. She was crying. Her tears flowed down her cheeks and on my face.

"DON'T DIE KAKASHI! NOT NOW! YOU DIDN'T LOSE ME THIRTEEN YEARS AGO!"

I'm sorry, Akiru…I'm sorry. It looks like I am the one you will be losing.

I touched her soft cheeks with my last strength and whispered to her.

"At least, I get to see you one last time…"

I heard her whispers. "Don't leave me! Please, you're the only reason why I am here."

I'm sorry…I really am…That was it…I closed my eyes…

Then, I felt something soft? Heaven, perhaps? Am I in the clouds? I tried to open my eyes again. I felt my mask was still on. So, heaven allows you to wear what you, eh? I slowly opened it. I was thinking that when I open them, I will see kami-sama.

I didn't the guy. And what I saw was an angel. She was a familiar looking angel sleeping at the foot of my bed. I looked around. I realized it wasn't heaven. The place had green curtains. The bedcovers were as white as snow. And on a side table beside me was a pot of freshly picked morning glories. It wasn't heaven. It was a hospital. The familiar woman began to wake up. And when she did, she smiled. And not just smile, the moment we had eye contact with this woman she hugged me…

"Aki-chan…" I whispered. Was I in heaven and she's dead or was I alive and back to Konoha? I responded to her hug. She kissed me in the cheek.

"Tsunade-sama said you'll be okay…" she said.

"Did you get the artifact?" I asked.

"Yup! Mission accomplished! We arrived here yesterday!" she said as cheerfully as she always did.

"Good!" I smiled as I scratched my head.

"Which reminds me," The tone of her voice changed. She brought out an orange pocketbook I'm familiar with. "I emptied the contents of your tuxedo and found this."

She raised an eyebrow. I scratched the back of my head again. "You are a pervert… Sakura-chan was right…"

Then, a knock was heard from the door. It was Naruto and Sakura.

"Come in." Aki replied.

The two gennins entered.

"Hey, Kakashi-sensei" Naruto said. "Daijobu?"

I nodded.

"One-chan," Sakura approached Akiru. "What's your name?"

Then I said. "Oh, I haven't introduced you guys formally."

The three smiled. "Akiru Amakusa, this is Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno."

Then, a blonde haired lady entered the room. It was Tsunade-sama.

"Kakashi, I went to check you up." She said. "Ah, Sakura-chan, you're here. Hurry. It's almost time to start our training!" Tsunade-sama and Sakura left after a few minutes. Then, another knock was heard from the door.

"Jiraiya-san!" I said.

My white haired uncle waved.

"Are you feeling better...? Where's Naruto?" I scanned the room. He found his apprentice 'attacking the fridge'. "Let's go, kid!" Naruto waved and walked out the door with a mouthful.

"By the way," Jiraiya-san said before leaving the room. "Yondaime was right. You two really do look together…" He slapped the door before even hearing me say, "Oji-san!"

Akiru just laughed. I smiled behind my mask…I wished again to have a satisfied life now.

I stared up the hospital ceiling thinking of what has happened. Everything that has happened to me has molded me into the person I am now. I knew everything had a purpose in life. The death of my parents, Obito, and Yondaime, all has a meaning. Though I have walked the earth for only twenty-six years, I have learned and experienced a lot. I have learned hatred, anger, fear, and love. I have learned to be merciful and cruel, to love and be loved, to hate and be hated…

Most people might have heard of a man called the 'Copy Ninja' who mastered one thousand jitsus. They also might hear a 'White Fang' who killed numerous ninjas. But will these people ever wonder or even think if why I was like that or who were the people that made me to be like that?

Perhaps after my death, my body would be buried with honor, like Yondaime-sensei or will I be just one of the many unknown deaths that happen, like Obito-san? Will I achieve my dream of being a Hokage or will I end up like my father as well? Will Sasuke come back and will Naruto bring peace to Konoha? Will Orochimaru be defeated once and for all? I don't know. I will wait for time to tell because all she can answer all my questions…

But what ever happens to me, now matter where road takes me; no matter what path I take, I will also way be guided by words given to me by my mentors a very long time ago. Though some might not understand what it means, I will still live by these wise words; we have to give way to new things, new life to come into this world; a new hope. In your case, you were given a second chance.

Every ending is not the really the end. It is a start of another beginning…