Epilogue:

Yes, it's finally here. The epilogue for what is probably my longest Naruto story ever, and what is surely one of my best. One last time, I ask you to please read and review. So, without further ado, enjoy the epilogue!

Ah yes, epilogue time. It has reached midnight on what is (supposedly) Sakura's last day. She is prepared for anything, or at least so she thinks. Gabriel the angel, who first broke the news to her 24 hours ago, had more recently told her that her "fate" might be changed. It was but a matter of seconds before she knew for sure.

"Hello." Sakura said back to Gabriel. It was obvious that she was a little tense.

"Well, I have talked with my Lord, and sadly he has decided not to change his decision."

Sakura lowered her head in sadness.

"Well, at least I had a good last day…for the most part." She said.

"I'm really sorry Sakura. If it were up to me, I'd let you live."

Gabriel was completely honest. He did, in fact, want her to stay alive.

"Well then," Gabriel began. "Are you ready to come home?"

"Yes." Sakura said with her head down. Gabriel reached out and grabbed her hand.

"I hope you don't mind flying." He said as they stepped out through her window and flew off into the night.

"What's that light?" Sakura asked, noticing a glimmering light high up in the sky.

"That, Sakura, is our destination." Gabriel said as he led her higher and higher through the night sky. As they approached the light, Sakura felt scared.

"Gabriel, I'm scared." She said to him.

"Why is that? Heaven isn't something to be scared about." Gabriel reassured her. As they got really close to the light, Sakura again spoke up.

"I just wish I had been able to spend more time on Earth, with my friends." She said, tearing up a little.

"Don't worry. Heaven is a wonderful place."

Sakura looked happy when he said this. They were now just about to the light, when Gabriel turned to Sakura.

"Alright, Sakura, we're almost there." He said. "I have one last thing to say to you."

"What's that?" Sakura asked.

"It's time to get up!"

Sakura was utterly baffled.

"Wh…what?" She asked.

"Sakura, didn't you hear me? It's time to get up!"

There was a flash of light. Sakura awoke and found herself in her bed.

"Wait, where am I?" Sakura sounded hysterical. "I was just flying, and there was the angel, and he was holding my hand, and…"

Sakura looked up and saw her mom standing over her (A/N: Sorry about her not being mentioned up until now). She looked confused.

"Sakura, honey, what in the world are you talking about?"

"You mean this whole thing…was a dream?"

"It must've been." Sakura's mom said. Sakura looked over at her clock, which read 8:05 A.M.

"Then it was…"

Sakura gasped very loudly.

"Are you alright?" Her mom asked. Sakura jumped out of bed and hugged her mom.

"I love you mom." She said, burying her head in her mom's shoulder.

"What's this all about?"

"I'll tell you later." Sakura said, running into the bathroom. Her mom heard a flush and then running water, and Sakura ran out of the bathroom.

"I'm glad you got me up." Sakura said before she went downstairs. "I have training with my team at 8:30. I'll have to grab a quick breakfast, though."

Before her mom could say anything, Sakura flew down the stairs. She followed her daughter down, and found her eating a power bar.

"A power bar?" She asked. "It's been a while since you've eaten one of those."

"Yeah." Sakura smiled as she ate her power bar. When she finished it, she threw the wrapper in the trash and again ran upstairs. About 5 minutes later, she came back down in her everyday clothes.

"Bye mom." She said, kissing her mom on the cheek. "I'll see you later."

"Bye dear." Her mom said. "Don't train too hard."

"Mom, do I ever train too hard?"

Sakura headed out the door. Her mom watched her leave and sighed.

"Well, I guess I must have been dreaming." Sakura said, quite happy that she was alive. It was a beautiful day out, and she was ready to get some training done.

"And maybe Sasuke will go on a date with me!" She happily exclaimed. Now she had a jump in her step as she approached the training grounds. When she arrived there, she was confused. Well, first of all, Kakashi was there!

"What…the…freak?"

And second of all, Naruto wasn't.

"Kakashi-Sensei, where's Naruto?" She asked.

"Huh?" Kakashi said, looking up from his book. "I don't know."

"The idiot must be late." Sasuke said.

"My God! Sasuke actually said something?"

Kakashi and Sakura burst out laughing. For Sakura, it felt good to laugh, even at Sasuke's expense, because she knew that she wasn't dying.

"I hope Naruto gets here soon." Sakura said. "I wanna talk to him."

"Why?" Kakashi asked.

"Oh, because."

Kakashi shook his head. Naruto arrived a few minutes later.

"I'm ready to train, you guys!" He exclaimed. Kakashi laughed, Sakura smiled and Sasuke turned his head.

"Wow, I'm not the last one here." Kakashi chuckled. "Alright, let's train!"

All four of them drew their kunai. Two hours of training almost nonstop later, they were all quite worn out. That is, except for Kakashi.

"Good training, you guys. I have another place to be, so I'll be leaving." Kakashi said, disappearing.

"Yeah, I guess I'll be going too." Sasuke said in a low voice. Surprisingly, Sakura didn't follow him. Maybe she was still mad at him for something he didn't do.

"Bye Sakura!" Naruto exclaimed.

"Wait up, Naruto!" Sakura yelled. He turned back around.

"What's up?"

Sakura looked around for a second, and then focused her attention on her blonde-haired teammate.

"Um, well Naruto, it may seem like I'm always talking about Sasuke…"

Naruto rudely cut her off.

"Gee, you actually noticed that too?" Naruto frowned.

"Well, yes, I wasn't like, high on him or anything." Sakura said.

"Well what would you call it then? Were you stalking, hounding, following, trailing or anything term for following him?"

"Not…quite. But I was obsessed with him."

Naruto rolled his eyes.

"The point is, I really feel like I haven't focused much on you since we became a team. You're my teammate, and I care about you."

Naruto brightened up.

"You really do Sakura?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, I do." Sakura responded. "I had a very long and detailed dream last night, and in it…well, I gave you your first kiss."

Naruto almost fell over at hearing this. He had a crush on Sakura, and hearing her say that they kissed in her dream almost killed him.

"Are you alright, Naruto?" Sakura asked, concerned about her friend.

"No, I'm fine." Naruto said, looking down.

"Are you sure? Something seems to be bothering you."

In her dream, everyone (especially Naruto) was concerned about Sakura. This time, it was a reversal of roles.

"Well, something is bothering me." Naruto began, looking back up at Sakura. "But it's kinda hard for me to say."

"Naruto," Sakura said, hugging him. "I'm sad that something is bothering you."

"Do you want to know what it is?"

"Yeah."

"Well, you see." Naruto began, struggling to find the right words. "Um, well…"

Naruto twiddled his thumbs. Sakura looked right in his eyes.

"Sakura, I love you!" Naruto suddenly exclaimed, catching Sakura completely off guard.

"You…what?" Sakura asked. "What did you say?"

"Sakura, I'm in love with you! I've been in love with since we became part of team seven. I just figured that since I have the Kyuubi inside of me, and since Sasuke's on our team, you wouldn't care about me."

Sakura instinctively looked at her watch, and then remembered that this wasn't her dream anymore. It was 10:35 in the morning, but really it didn't matter.

"Naruto, you fool, of course I care about you. We're teammates and we're friends."

Naruto looked at her.

"You wanna know something?" She asked.

"What?" Naruto asked back.

"I'm in love with you too."

Naruto collapsed to the ground, probably due to complete and utter shock.

"Naruto?"

No response.

"Naruto!"

Naruto suddenly stood back up.

"Hehe, I'm just fooling with ya, Sakura!" He laughed. Sakura playfully smacked him, and then hugged him.

"Wait." Naruto began. "Since we're in love with each other, doesn't that mean we…"

Before Naruto could finish his sentence, Sakura kissed him. Now he really got his first kiss from Sakura!

"I love you Naruto." Sakura said softly into his ear.

"I love you too, Sakura." Naruto responded. As the two kissed again, the view zoomed up into a tree, and standing in the tree watching the two kiss was none other than Gabriel the angel!

"All a part of your plan!" He laughed, looking upward. "All a part of your plan!"

As Gabriel floated up towards Heaven, he couldn't help but laughing. Of course, this was happy laughter. So it seems this whole thing was God's plan to get Naruto and Sakura to fall in love, and maybe, just maybe, to show Sakura a few things: The fact that Naruto really is a nice guy, the fact that Sasuke is (or might be) a total jerk, and one last thing…

You never know when you'll have just one day to live!

The end!

Well, this surely is a weight off my shoulders. Now that this is finished, I only have one more Naruto story to finish. After that, who knows? Maybe I'll write one or two more Naruto stories, or maybe I'll write some more Eureka Seven stories, or maybe I'll stop writing altogether. We'll see in the very near future.

So, I say to you all, goodnight, and thank you for reading my story. Keep on writing!

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