Author's Notes

It seems a lot of you had to say something about my ambiguous ending. Although I'm glad you've gotten very in to my story, being told how to end my own stories is slightly insulting y'know? Even if a few were death threats. They were more funny than insulting. *snickers softly, sips at coffee*

But to those who shed a genuine tear, and thought of the ending as an ending I thank you very dearly, and I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Regardless, I'd been torn as to wether I'd put this in or not. I didn't want to do a definite ending. Because there are so many ways it could have gone. I hope you like this one. And please understand; this was a One Shot. I'm not saying it's impossible that I'll bring back the sci-fi. But this particular story is done and dusted.

-Some Kind of Epically Tired Wizard. Muah x

Epilogue

The floor shook gently, and a rather disgruntled looking crimson haired beauty dragged herself out of bed. She looked in the mirror, and crimson eyes stared back at her. She stroked one ear; the tip of one had been slightly clipped by an alien on the day of her escape from the Konoha. She threw on a dressing gown she had modified with a cut at the back, and nine flowing tails pushed through it, and framed her body as she picked up a brush.

"Maybe it's Kare-chan..." she muttered.

The door to her home slid open slowly, and a blond-headed figure walked in, brushing off his pants and adjusting his jacket. "I'm back!" the voice announced, and the woman walked out of her room with a smile as she brushed her flowing hair.

"Welcome back Naruto" she said with a proud grin, looking the blond up and down.

"Well, what do you think?" Naruto asked, checking himself in a small mirror. He ran his hands through his ear, grinning as it tugged at his ears, long and fox like.

The red-head smiled, placing her brush down on the side and dragging the man in to a tight embrace. "Your father would be so proud of you".

Naruto grinned, looking faintly embarrassed. "Was he really just a security guard too mum?"

The red-head smirked and tussled Naruto's hair, standing up straight. She looked over her shoulder at a framed newspaper cut out. 'Naruto Uzumaki, saviour of hundreds, consumed in the explosion of the Konoha'.

Naruto grinned "His secret partner Tsumeki is hidden out in the universe somewhere, doing great deeds such as his own" he recited. They both knew every word of that cut out by heart.

Tsumeki leant down and kissed her son on the forehead. "So help me if you pass on, I won't be pleased one bit". She looked out of her window at the decrepit pod she'd escaped the Konoha on. She'd never moved it, in seventeen long years.

Naruto watched his mother for a moment, sighing at the look of sadness in her eyes. "I know mum, I'll make it back in one piece". He walked out of the room, leaving her to her thoughts.