Author's Note-… … … … … …OK! I'm crying GOSH! Haha this is the FINAL chap I will write for the Assassin's Apprentice and through the whole story there have been Dearhearts and Jerks…mostly Dearhearts. Please enjoy my last chap of the Assassin's Apprentice.

Chapter 34-Ending the Beginning

"There is a cycle of life and death to the world. On the day that many are born many die, and this is a never ending circle for all who inhabit the earth. Here in P.A.C.T. we have a cycle too."

"Yeah? How does it work?"

"One is "born" as a level one assassin, and must live their "life" by gaining ranks and making a name for themselves. This "life" could be ended at any time and unless they had gotten far and become well known then their works become like dust in the wind."

"Well what happens if they don't die? What if they get right at the prime of their "life?"

"The the Master Assassin must take that one in as their apprentice…"

"Like you've done with me?"

"Like I've done with you…Naruto."...

"Naruto!" The day was bright and cheerful; a complete opposite of the night from two years ago. I turned just in time to have Narelle fly into my arms and wrap her arms around my neck to pull me close for a molten kiss. "Are you heading for some ramen?"

"Yes, wanna come Hime?" She smiled in that sexy cute way that made me want her close all the time. "I'll take that precious smile as a yes." I swept her off her feet in a bridal form and started walking. She was quiet for a few minutes stroking my cheek until she started looking around at the people around us.

"They're all smiling and giving you and me little winks and thumbs up Naruto."

"Hm, so they are." I was so nervous as we neared our destination. "Wonder what's going on?"

"…I haven't seen Kixur since you and him went on that camping trip two days ago…or Sasuke…or Choji…or Shikamaru…or Sai…or Kakashi…or J-How long do I have to keep going?"

"You could've stopped at your brother."

"You've been terribly quiet for the past two months Naruto…What's wrong?" I looked down at her and smiled weakly,

"Nothing is wrong my love." She was quiet but looked down and then straight ahead,

"I hate it when you lie to me."

"I'm not-"

"You're nervous and all edgy with me. Why?" she pierced my heart with her eyes…I did the only thing I could think of…I kissed her. She pulled back after, breathing deeply she studied my face and smiled.

"I just need to ask you something soon." She snuggled closer and breathed slow and even as I walked slowly towards Ichiraku's become more and more nervous. One villager came up to me with his wife and daughter and smiled; Narelle was asleep and didn't mutter or give any acknowledgement of being agitated from her slumber. One of the children tugged on my shirt hem and I looked down and smiled. Her small pudgy hand held up the purest white lily I've ever seen. The little girl had brown hair and shockingly blue eyes, she smiled up with a few missing teeth as I took the flower and put in Narelle's hair.

"Good luck Son." The father put a weathered hand on my shoulder and gave it a fatherly squeeze and the wife stepped forward.

"You'll protect with all your heart now Little One. Make sure you tell her you love her every day and say she's beautiful when she gets up in the morning with her hair all messy and the imprint of the pillow and sheets on her face." She kissed my forehead and left her hand on my cheek; their daughter hugged my leg and tugged on my shirt again.

"Do you wove hewr?" my eyes widened, she was so young and innocent…but that was probably why she was asking, her innocence didn't hesitate for anyone.

"I love her so much and I don't want anyone else to have her." The girl smiled and poked her heart.

"Make suwr she knows zat you wove her wif youwr whowe heart!" and with that her parents motioned to her and, each taking one of her hands, they walked back the way they came. I had no idea who they were.

"Why are we not moving?" her voice was soft and I looked down, her hair was perfect but the imprint of my shirt was on her cheek.

"How was your sleep Beautiful?" She blushed as I started walking again.

POV CHANGE (Kixur)

We were all there waiting at the ramen shop, poor Jiriya was having a nervous meltdown over in his chair over Naruto's decision…if that was just Naruto's sensei then how is Naruto himself holding up?

Teuchi welcomed said blonde in and a few moments later we saw the manger hold back the curtain that divided this private area from the public one. Naruto stepped in with Narelle in his arms and she looked like she was enjoying it. She looked towards us and frowned slightly, Naruto let her down as she surveyed the group of us all here and the fact that we were all waiting for just them. She turned her heels and glared at Naruto, but he just smirked and stepped forward to pull out a seat for her.

"What are you planning Naruto?" He said nothing but his eyes flickered from her to the chair and back again. She swayed to one side and put her hands on her hips,

"I'm offering you a chair." His voice was so quiet, but none of us laughed or snickered…he had good reason to be afraid…this was a very hard thing for him to do.

"What did you need to ask me?" her expression of stern glaring changed to one of surprise as Naruto knelt before her,

"Narelle Inazinski," he took her hand in his own, "Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime; say you'll want me with you here beside you." He pulled a beautiful ruby ring from his pocket, "Anywhere you go, let me go too!" Narelle was crying, my sister was crying tears of pure joy as she nodded with a smile. Naruto's smile split his face as he slipped the ring on her finger and pulled her in close, "Narelle, that's all I ask of you." She threw her arms around his neck and kissed him for the longest time before pulling back and whispering something in his ear.

"I'M SO PROUD OF YOU BAKA!" Sasuke ran up to him and lifted him off the ground with a hug.

"DOBE! I CANT BREATHE!" The Uchiha dropped him but Choji got him next. My sister was having her hair played with by Sakura, Ino was all flowers and Hinata was talking all about what colors and foods they should have for the wedding.

"NARELLLLLLEEE!" Leanna burst through the curtains and caught up my sister in a hug along with the other girls. They were all squealing and giggling with excitement. Kakashi and Jiraiya had managed to get the others to stop trying to kill Naruto and plopped him down in a chair. He couldn't stop smiling and every second he was glancing over to Narelle and her to him…they were perfect for each other. Naruto looked over at me and smiled wider,

"Hey guess what!" he strode over and slapped my back, "You're my new brother!" I mocked horror,

"I'M GONNA DIE!" they all just laughed as I hugged Uzamaki and smiled at him,

"You'd better take care of her."

"I haven't done anything stupid yet?" he looked to her, "I'd better try harder."

TIME SKIP 1 WEEK/POV CHANGE (Naruto)

I'm still flying high with the fact that I'm marrying the love of my life in a few more weeks!...Although the feeling I had THAT night still hasn't left and had been getting stronger is worrying me greatly. I decided to head to our favorite hangout and talk this over. I really hated to put a damper on this but it won't leave me alone and I know they have probably noticed it by now.

"Naruto!" I turned to see Sakura and the others running up to me I started my greeting and almost missed the fact that they weren't smiling, "Naruto! Watch out!" I didn't register her warning fast enough; a deafening explosion blasted me to the left, and I collided with the building that used to be about fifty feet away and fell to the ground with numerous cracks and pops from my ribs. Sasuke was above me and try to support me as I tried to rise and I think he was saying something but I couldn't hear anything, just ringing in my ears. He started raising me up and I think I yelped because I felt the sharp grip of pain and he abruptly stopped moving my body and his mouth moved.

"What did you say?" my own voice in my head let me know that I had spoken but again his words were lost to my ears. "I can't hear you." Now his brow furrowed and he turned my head from side to side and looked back to Sakura and yelled something to her. She approached and I felt her cool touch to both of my ears and suddenly the blessed gift of sound returned to me, more explosions all around and civilians were screaming as they ran from the center of town.

Biting my lip against the pain from my chest, I rose up and looked around to those around me. They watched with expectant glances, they were all here; every one of my friends had arrived including my senseis, Kakashi, Jiraiya, and Iruka, all of them. Even Tsunade was here with that stern glare of hers watching me closely, with her arms crossed over her…chest.

His scent reached me and I looked around,

"Where's..?"

"Where's who Naruto?" Kixur looked confused as I felt my eyes widen with the realization of our major enemy was. I swallowed hard and felt the anger welling up within me at the betrayal I felt. "Naruto?"

"M.A." they all took a step back.

"MASTER?" Narelle looked into my eyes with such a shocked expression, "He's the one who..?" movement behind her caught my eye and I moved as fast I could. Pulling her behind myself and putting my palm up, I let the kunai pierce through my flesh and my own blood splatter my face. Ripping it out without a thought as the adrenaline fueled my system, someone began clapping from above our heads…and there he stood.

"Hello, Uzamaki." He smiled…a smile I used to trust. "Seems that you have let yourself slip there a bit, I thought I trained you better than this." He made that disappointed clicking noise with his tongue and leapt down right in front of me, I placed myself firmly between him and my friends. He twirled a kunai and I growled as I felt my eyes change color, teeth and nails grow, and stance change to something more animalistic.

"I never thought it would be you M.A." I spoke with a harsh snarling voice. "Why would you do this?"

"Aaah, Naruto, you were never able to not trust me." He smiled and laughed lightly as he shook his head, "I was the one who found you, hoping you would serve me in a submissive way and take a good long time to progress. That way if it didn't work out, having do missions for my earnings, then I would have plenty of time to kill you off like the others." I snarled this time at the thought of all of the one's who "didn't make it back" from their missions.

"And like the others, you willingly began to trust me with everything about you only…you progressed much too fast." I don't know why I wasn't striking yet…I guess I wanted to know what he had to say. "So when we got to the final tests, who do you think it was that made sure you heard Narelle's voice with the wolves and allow for you to hit that tree just right. And when you survived that, who do you think sent Tiesha after you? But it just WASN'T ENOUGH!" he lunged and instinctively my first thought was to dodge but there were loved ones behind me…I took the blade to the chest…remaining emotionless and not budging an inch even when he twisted it closer to my heart.

"You…"he looked up into my calm eyes…the storm was hidden beneath, "You…I trusted you…but…" the lightning licked my eyes and fueled them to burn with a brightened intensity that shocked him, "your treachery will help me end your life!" I sunk my claws into his arms that were twisting the blade and pumped wind chakra through them causing deep gashes to cover his body. He screeched in pain and I knew that there were gashes deep under the skin also. He leapt back and pulled another kunai that met Narelle's stomach; I heard her cry and her body hit the ground but as I turned to see her lying on the ground, hands around her stomach…it shock me anyway.

"Narelle!" I cradled her before gesturing for Kixur to hold her for me, I whispered in her ear, "I'm sorry for that pain that I'm about to cause Hime." I reached and quickly pulled the kunai from her body and she cried out again causing me to wince. "Only a little longer!" I placed my hands on both sides of the wound and pumped my chakra into her. Immediately it began to heal and her breathing evened out once again.

"Naruto?" I sighed with relief and stared lovingly at her,

"It's ok I'm he-!" Master had me by the throat and plunged a kunai into my spine.

"Naruto?" he removed the kunai and plunged it into my throat at the same time plopping me to my feet. I coughed and an explosion of blood erupted through my mouth and onto the ground below me. They all stood dumbfounded as I fell to my knees…'Is this how I will end?' I hit the ground and M.A.'s cruel laughter filled my senses.

"If it really was as simple as that then I COULDVE done it without Tiesha or Zatta!"

"Naruto! Don't die!" she rolled me over and to my dismay she was blurred…my vision was already shot. "Please! Don't leave me here!" new strength filled my body and I knew that I was going to have to use much more of the demonic chakra than I've ever used before…or would I?

As Narelle's tears hit my face, I felt something rouse inside of my memory. 'I had promised myself that I would never pull away again!' My eyes widened and she wept harder as M.A. continued to laugh,

"F-F-Fool!" they all stopped, "I WILL NOT DIE!" I raised myself off the ground and felt the energy start to rush through my body, healing the wounds and cleansing my throat of the blood. I looked to Narelle and touched her cheek to reassure her, "I feel alive when you're beside me."

"I'll have to fix that." I knew what he would do but I was faster now, I spun one foot and kicked him through the buildings that were once behind him. Eventually he scrambled back out of the rubble. One his legs was twisted completely the wrong direction and a gash across his chest.

"I was saved from my torment," I approached him, preparing a rasen-shurikan in my hand; "No one will save you from the Hell I will put you in." I growled loudly as I swung my palm towards his body; he dodged but it was futile, I whipped around and threw it. The world went in slow motion as it got closer and closer until he stuck out his arms to "protect" himself only to try and prevent the inevitable.

It collided with his body and the same affect took him just like the akatsuki member. His scream carried out long and loud, echoing throughout the whole of Konoha. Kakashi and Sasuke both used their sharingan and their jaws dropped when they noticed the twist I'd put on this one.

"Naruto Uzamaki…you are THE number one knuckle-headed maverick ninja!" Kakashi spoke with a smile on his face.

"What?" Kiba looked back and forth, "What did you do?" I smiled and looked to Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro.

"Something I've never seen in Konoha and I doubt that you three have seen in Suna also." They looked confused but Gaara smiled slowly,

"No," I smiled back at him, "No we haven't." The snow started to fall lightly. Little white flecks of purity falling gently from the grayed sky.

"How did you do this?" I just smiled…talking of death anymore then the battle that had ensued would be too much.

"Naruto?" her voiced naturally tugged my attention, and I turned to face the beauty that wanted to be mine and mine alone. She was smiling gently as she slowly moved closer and closer, I took her in my arms and she whispered the same thing she said to me that day I proposed.

"Naruto Uzamaki, you are the very air I breathe, don't you ever leave me here alone. I want to be with you wherever you go also." I pulled back and pressed my lips against hers and held her tighter against me.

"Narelle Inazinski, I love you so much that losing you would end my own life."

TIME SKIP (3 weeks)

The top of the Hokage monument was lined with flowers of the deepest purple and the brightest cerulean blue. Hinata was a genius by using the colors of our eyes to decorate our wedding, bridesmaids wearing the blue and Konohamaru and the guys wearing the dark purple. It was one of the prettiest things I've ever seen…then she was walking down the aisle, Kixur was holding her arm. My Hime, my oxygen…my Narelle.

She smiled as Kixur kissed her hand and left her standing across from me,

"I love you." She mouthed to me,

"I love you too." I mouthed back…

Author's Note- ! IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL! I LOVE IT but its over…TEARS TEARS TEARS TEARS! Thanks for all of you who supported me! ESPECIALLY HIGHLORD 24! ALL OF YOU GUYS ARE GREAT BUT SHE STUCK WITH ME TO THE END! PLEASE REVIEW THE FINAL CHAP OF ASSASSIN'S APPRENTICE! (Watch for the sequel?)