Just a shot piece of epilogue. Enjoy this.

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Epilogue

The delegation that returned from Mist was greeted with sombreness. Six dead bodies were carried through the large gates. The Hokage stood to let them pass the entrance first. A small gesture of respect that seemed so ridiculously insignificant in comparison to the sacrifice each of the dead gave to their village.

Then Sakura and Sasuke followed the caskets, the girl carrying a photography of Naruto.

Sarutobi's heart constricted in sadness. He lost his girl. And now Konoha was on the brink of war.

Forgive me, Minato, Kushina, the old man thought. His bones ached and it was not because of the dark clouds looming overhead. How can things be fixed now?

In another place a man weary of war put his cloak down to go where he was needed. Life was developing a new path for him. Around him lay the bodies of others, too firm in their beliefs.

A woman approached him.

"What will we do now?"

"Akatsuki does not exist any longer. We must eliminate this new threat."

Gaara stared at the piles of rubble, where he knew Naruto Uzumaki was buried beneath. His sand snaked from his gourd, gripping a larger boulder and lifting it away.

This would take forever, he knew, but he would not be able to rest before the girl was found.

Naruto.

His heart.

Elsewhere, a man stood in the opening of a cave, chakra swirling around him. A small girl, barely nine years old, sat at his feet, the dark brown hair in untidy curls. She wore a white dress that was smudged with dirt and her feet were coated with mud.

"I'm bored, let's play some more!"

The man nodded.

Th-thump.

Th-thump.

Th-thump.

This was Frozen Tears. Please leave a review to ell me what you think about it. Thank you to those who stuck with me all the way from 2010. It took a long time to finish this, I know.

Now please go to my profile or just click on this link

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to read the prologue of 'Decisive Tears' - the last part of my tears triology. Credit for the title goes to my beta.

Anyways, thank you for reading my story, I hope to see you soon in the next part :)

Love, Tears of the Cold Moon