LC; Alright! Time for more Naru-chan!

Naruto; Man, when will this fic end?

Sasuke; That's actually a very good question.

LC; As sad as I am to report, this story has almost come to a close.

Naruto; Could it be true?

LC; You see, all those fillers are just too much for me to handle.

Sasuke; Is it possible?

LC; And so it is with great ceremony and proudness that I announce to you, the readers!...

Naruto; Here it comes!

LC; That I shall be writing a sequel!

Both; NOOOOO!

LC; This shall be the final chapter. It takes place right before Naruto would leave for his training mission thingy.

Disclaimer; I do not own Naruto. And I never will. But it doesn't matter, because I totally own this version of Naruto!

Chapter 24; Goodbye and Goodluck.

She always kind of expected this to happen. But after so long, after finally gaining the village's acceptance, she had let her guard down. She'd begun to believe things were looking up.

She had worse luck than Tsunade.

"Naru, I'm so sorry!" Tsunade wept sadly, looking at the girl from her spot on the council.

"Danzo over rode my vote. I'm so sorry." She bowed her head as the tears stained her face.

After saving the village a couple hundred times, you'd think they'd appreciate her a bit more.

"You have a choice to either be executed or be exiled from the village." Danzo announced, his smirk distorting the X-shaped scar on his chin.

"Decide now." In all of her years of being who she was, and carrying what she did, she thought it couldn't hurt any worse. She always thought it was true that it was better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.

"I choose exile." She was always so impulsive, but this time she hesitated in her answer. Would death have been better. No, not if the entire village, her loved ones, had to watch.

"You are to leave within five hours." Homura told her.

"If you haven't left by then, we will have ANBU attack and kill you." She said it with such finalty. They really hated her, didn't they?

"Turn in your headband." Danzo ordered her. As soon as she left the village, his ROOT would go after and capture her. Then he would turn her into his personal weapon.

Naru slowly walked to Tsunade and untied her headband from around her forehead. Before she left, she also removed her necklace.

"I guess I won't be keeping my promises grandma." She said sadly.

"I promised to change the way of the Hyuga for Neji, make them stop enslaving their family members. I promised to be a great hogake. Try to keep my promises for me, please?" She walked out, and as soon as the door had closed, faced her friends.

The tears were so unexpected, that all of her friends could only stand in shock. It was Kiba who finally reacted. He ran forward and gathered her up into his arms.

"Naru what's wrong?" He asked his lover. Ever since before the chunin exmas they had been together, and not once had he seen Naru cry. It was disturbing.

"I've been banished." She sobbed, clutching his shirt with all her strength as her tears stained his chest. Akamaru whined and bowed his head in respect.

The remaining Konoha 12 stood there, as though they had the intention of becoming a part of the scenery. As though they'd never move again because their world had just been flipped upside down.

"I have to leave in five hours." She said calmly.

They came with her to her apartment. They helped her pack, tried to cheer her up, even offered to pay for one last trip to Ichiraku's.

It wasn't enough. Hadn't she done enough! What more did those imbeciles on the council want from her! Why couldn't they be satisfied that she was herself and not a demon! Why couldn't she make her dream come true?

Four hours later, everyone was walking through the village towards the gate. Word had spread and the entire village was there to pay their respects.

She wasn't dead or being executed. But if felt as though they were walking to her funeral.

The council was there as well and watched as she paused before taking that last step off of Konoha soil. They watched her turn around with icy cold eyes, so unlike herself, and they froze in fear.

"Good bye and good luck, your going to need it." Without another good bye, she left. Many tears were shed that day as the sunshine of the village was forced away.

Kiba was the last to leave. Akamaru gently nudged his master away from the gate and on home where his mother and sister tried to console him for his loss. He knew he'd never feel complete again. Because the woman he had been planning to ask to be his mate was gone.

Maybe forever.

It was with a weary heart that he put the velvet box in a place of honor. On his nightstand, next to a picture of him, Naru, and Akamaru at the Kyubi festival. It had been just a few weeks ago to. It had been that night he decided he loved her. The next day he'd bought the ring and was waiting for Naru to return from her mission so he could pop the question.

Now, she would never know how deeply he felt for her. And it was because of the council.

Outside the village, a thirteen year old Naru walked slowly down the dirt paved road. Her long blond locks billowed in the breeze.

Her blue eyes were hidden by her bangs, without the headband to hold them back. She wore an orange jacket with a red spiral on the back, and red fur lining. It was her signature piece of clothing. That kill-me-neon orange.

She wore standard blue ninja pants and sandals. Her whisker marks were finer than they had been when she was a child, looking almost as though someone had penciled them on with their faintest brush.

"What do I do now?" She asked herself hopelessly. Now, she didn't even have Kyu to talk to. He had been absorbed into her after all. She was alone.

She stopped walking and ran through seals. The genjutsu covering her ears and tail vanished and her eyes grew slitted. Her nails grew longer, into claws. Her canines elongated.

This was Naru Uzumaki-Namikaze in all her glory. She was saddened though, to know she would never be Naru Inuzuka-Namikaze.

She'd never see Kiba again.

But some say that the end of one adventure, can be the start of another. Her eyes filled with new determination, she set her sights on the unexplored horizon.

Taking a deep breath of the free night air, she smiled. It was small, broken, but it was strong. No more tears. From then on out, she vowed, she would prevent them instead.

She'd make them see who she was. If she could not be future hogake, then she would take on a new dream.

Being the best didn't sound like a bad plan.

Taking her first step into her new life, Naru felt the old excitment returning. Sure, she was alone. But Naru knew she had a village full of people who cared about her.

And maybe even one man who loved her. And that was enough. Even if she wasn't allowed to see them anymore. It was enough to let her continue living.

With each step taking her further and further from the pain of her past, she made a new promise.

"I'm making a vow of pain, that I will keep moving forward!" She swore, bursting into a full on sprint.

"I'll help those like me! I'll travel and become strong, truly strong!" Great bouts of laughter shook her body but she kept running. Even after her lungs felt fit to implode she ran on. Even when she began to stumble, she ran on.

Only when she reached a large clearing did she stop. Spreading her arms out, she sighed in relief.

"I promise to come back stronger than ever! That is the promise of a life time!"

Trees passed in blurs, sights, smells, and sounds blending together into a jumble of senses. She used the hiraishin to go as far as she could.

Faster and faster, until she reached the ocean's edge. With a new burst of energy, she sent chakra to her feet and began the trek across the water. She was on a new adventure now. She would see them all again. But first she'd get stronger!

Strong enough to never fear another being. Strong enough to make her enemies tremble in fear if she so much as sneezed in their direction!

Days passed as she continued her mad run to a new place. Her legs felt like dead weights, but she had never before felt like this.

She felt so strange, and she couldn't identify this feeling. It was something she had never felt before. It was a wonderful feeling. Like she had done something right.

It took a while to figure it out. By then she had finally reached the other side and collapsed on the sand. The edges of her vision was beginning to darken.

She finally understood what had been told to her, so long ago. She finally understood what this felt like. She'd always wondered, and now she knew.

Naru Uzumaki-Namikaze felt free.

THE END OF A GREAT TALE OF AWESOMENESS AND ALL THAT IT IS! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S OVER!

LC; Alright, this is the end of A Kunoichi's Tail!

Naruto; Finally! I'm free!

LC; Nonsense, now we get to work on the sequel!

Sasuke; You can't be serious.

Naruto; Oh no. What's it called.

LC; Naru Uzumaki, A Vixen's Yarn.

Sasuke; *Sigh* Be on the look out for it.

Naruto; Why aren't you satisfied yet!

LC; Because your to awesome to finish like this!