Chapter 9: Endgame

"That's what she said?" Emily asked Spencer. Apparently, their parents still thought they had had to have that pity prom that was originally proposed by Hackett.

"Oh, no. There was more. She said something about hanging twinkly lights on Melissa's shower curtain. But by that time, I was already halfway up the stairs." Spencer said.

"I guess it could be worse." Aria said, kind of wondering what Naruto was doing and if he took care of that problem.

"Really? How?" Hanna asked.

"I'm thinking." Aria said.

"Ali, are you okay?" Emily asked, always concerned about Ali.

"Yeah, I'm fine. Even if we went to the real prom who would we hang out with besides each other?" She asked, not really seeing the point.

"That's true. Everyone would just stare at us like we were in some fishbowl." Hanna lamented.

"Have you spoken to Clark?" Emily asked Aria.

"No, I've left him, like, five messages." Aria said.

"Did you mention who we saw him meet up with?" Spencer asked her.

"You didn't give me a name." Aria mentioned.

"What about Charles?" Hanna asked, talking about the dude she and Spencer met at Carissimi Group.

"He goes by Rhys." Spence corrected.

It was at that moment that Naruto walked into the shop, carrying a manilla envelope in one hand. He scanned the shop until he found them. Naruto took a deep breath to keep himself under control when he saw Allison amongst them, and simply pretended like she was not there.

Naruto walked up to the group and placed the envelope down on the glass table between. "Good news, Ladies." Naruto said, "Hackett and the school board have been taken care of, so you can all go to prom. In that envelope are official letters for each of your parents, since I'm sure they will want some actual."

"Thank you for this, Naruto. You really didn't to do this for us." Spencer thanked as she inspected one of the letters and found it was genuine.

"But of course I did. You have all been through enough with this A nonsense. And soon enough, it's all gonna be over. You might as well start enjoying life again now, instead of later." Naruto said with a smile. "Well, I would love to stay and chat, but I have some other business to take care of so I will see you all later." It was total BS, but he needed to get away from Alison before he lost it. He smiled at both Aria and Spencer, nodded at Emily and Hanna. But Naruto couldn't stop himself from glaring hatefully at Alison, clenching his hand into a fist, which the others noticed. How could he not still hate her? Here was the girl who ruined his only friendship once upon a time. Naruto forced himself to turn away, so nobody but Aria saw his vampire veins around his eyes flash briefly before he walked out the door.

"Don't sweat it, Ali. He'll forgive you." Emily tried to reassure Alison.

"You're talking about someone whose life actually was ruined by Alison, Em. If someone like Lucas or Mona can't forgive Alison for what she did to them, what makes you think Naruto could either?" Aria questioned Emily as Aria got up for another coffee.

"I gotta go to the bathroom." Ali said before she got a text from telling her to come to prom and not tell anyone, as A was not yet aware of what Naruto had done.

*At Naruto's house*

Naruto gulped down a whole glass o-negative blood mixed with alcohol, trying to calm himself down after seeing Alison again for the first time in forever. Seeing her again had reawakened his old feelings of anger and hatred for her. Naruto was just going to let the police take care of Charlotte and let her rot in prison but he changed his mind about her. Prison was not a permanent solution. He needed Charlotte dealt with. Permanently. The side benefit being that it would be real revenge against Alison, since it was not good enough anymore that Naruto simply sent her to prison. No, the little bitch took his beloved from him once and now Naruto was going to take Alison's brother/sister from her. So, with that in mind, he sped out of his house in Rosewood.

*A's lair*

Charlotte was in her hidden lair with Sara. Both were in their respective black hoodie and red hooded coat. It was time for Charlotte's endgame to happen.

Suddenly, Naruto sped and backhanded Sara, knocking her out and causing her to fall unconscious. Naruto then turned and relished the fear on Charlotte's stupid face.

"Ah, doing that a second time feels really good." Naruto sighed and then stalked closer to Charlotte, the man-turned-woman slowly backing up.

"It was you. You wiped my hard drive and erased all my blackmail on everyone." Charlotte said in fear.

"Yep. Your smarter than I gave you credit for." Naruto smiled as he stalked closer. "Now, I was not planning to come back here, but I forgot something last time." Naruto then gripped her by the mouth so she could not scream and delved deep into her memories.

'Hm, so her real mother is actually Mary Drake and Charlotte has a sister that looks like Spencer. I'll have to fix that.' Naruto thought as he compelled her with a specific set of orders, wiped Charlotte's memories again, and knocked her out, before wiping Sara's memories.

Naruto concentrated as his eyes glowed golden and the aura moved from him and 2 versions of himself appeared. "Hunt down and kill Mary Drake and Alex Drake. Let me know when the job is done."

"Yes boss," The clones saluted to Naruto as he walked out the lair as his clones sped away.

'No more loose ends. This 'A' horseshit ends with their deaths.' Naruto thought darkly as he went back to his house.

*Later*

Naruto came back to the coffee shop and found Aria sitting by herself, probably still trying to reach Clark, the under-cover cop. Naruto got his own coffee and came up to her. "You know, most people would let the police handle trying to reach suspicious characters." Naruto mentioned as he sat down. "I don't think he's related to this whole A business."

"I thought a lot of my friends were connected. Well, just look at what happened with Andrew Campbell. He can barely say my name without spitting." Aria said. Aria then looked at him. "You almost lost control earlier."

"I know," Naruto sighed. "And I'm sorry about that. It's just…seeing her again, brought those old feelings of resentment and hatred back to the surface. When I saw the girl who ruined my life after mom died, all I wanted to do was tear out her throat."

Aria held his hand in hers, causing him to turn to her. "She ruined all our lives. The entire reason we are in this mess is because she just couldn't play nice and had to be a manipulative bitch to everyone."

Naruto looked at her and smiled knowingly. "You've been practicing some, haven't you?" Naruto said.

"Some. Haven't been able to stay focused on it with Charles still running around." Aria said, as the little bit of practicing she had done had to be kept to a minimum. A was always finding a way to but his way into her private life. "I can barely look forward to that internship in LA."

"Aria," Naruto said as he gave her a quick kiss on the lips. "All this A nonsense is gonna be over soon."

"What do you know, Naruto?" Aria wondered as she figured he had done something, based on what he said the other night about how everything was gonna be over soon, but she didn't know what yet.

"All you really need to know, Aria, is that I've taken care of everything." Naruto said with a smile. "So, I say, lets enjoy prom tomorrow night, before the A excitement begins."

"Hmm, now that is something I can get behind." Aria smiled at Naruto as she kissed him this time.

*Allison's house*

A blocked ID came up on Allison's phone. Allison walked over to her phone and answered it. "Hello?"

A long silence followed her question. She wondered so she asked, "Charles, is that you?"

She turned away from the window and said, "I can't go to that school prom. I'm not gonna be there." She did not want to antagonize Naruto any further. After Aria exploded on her, she looked him up to find out what had happened to him after he left Rosewood. Suffice to say, she didn't want to get on the bad side of a rich billionaire with his own private militia.

"Please, Charles, talk to me." She pleaded and Charlotte hung up, before stepping on a twig outside, making her sister take the bait.

*Limo*

"Am I supposed to know any of these people?" Toby asked as the girls were on their cellphones as they made their way to prom. Naruto had picked them up at their houses, as they decided to go a little later to prom. Make an entrance and all that. Toby was sitting with Spencer, Naruto sat next to Aria, and Hanna and Emily did not have their dates present, so they sat together.

"No," Emily said with a smile, "Your just supposed to be looking at their outfits."

"I'm really confused here. Is that supposed to be her hair? It looks like a jack o' lantern." Naruto said, pointing a picture on Aria's phone.

"No, that's definitely her hair." Aria said.

"Wait, Lucas took Jenna to prom? Seriously?" Hanna said in bewilderment.

"No, they're just standing next to each other." Aria said as she saw the picture.

"Yeah holding hands." Hanna pointed out.

Spencer looked at the picture and said, "She's tipping him. She probably thinks he Uber-ed her there." Both Toby and Naruto thought that was funny.

Emily flipped through a few more pictures when she saw Alison. This was bad, because as far as the girls were aware, Allison had no intention of going to prom. "Oh my god. Did you guys-"

"Yeah," Spencer told her.

"Wait, what's wrong?" Toby asked.

"Allison went to prom." Aria said.

"He must have lured her there." Spencer said.

"Who did? Why is she there?" Toby asked.

"She's hoping to meet Charles," Spencer said.

Naruto opened the window to his limo driver and said, "Step on it. We need to get there now." While privately, he thought, 'Everything is falling into place.'

*High school*

The girls and their dates all arrived at prom and scanned the room for Allison. They didn't see her, so they crossed the prop bridge and spread out. Aria saw Clark and walked over to him, Naruto trailing behind.

"Clark." Aria said as she got his attention, making him turn to her.

"Hey. You are here." The undercover cop said, under the impression that she was not supposed to be here.

"Yeah, it's my prom." Aria said, "What are you doing here? Taking pictures. You don't go to school here, Clark. You're in college. Who hired you?"

"Someone on the prom committee saw my pictures at the contest. Look, I...I didn't wanna rub it in your face when I found out you were off the guest list. I'm sorry." Clark said.

"My friends saw you, Clark. At that old doll factory. What were you doing there? Who were you meeting?" Aria pressed and Clark was getting nervous, even though he didn't show it.

"I don't think you wanna be photographing her. Get one of the ice sculpture before it melts." Said a really rude teacher as Clark walked away. The teacher then turned to Aria and decided to be a bitch. "And I suggest you and your pals find the exit. Voluntarily."

Naruto would not have that bull shit so he walked up and compelled her. "And I suggest you immediately go home and drown yourself in your bathtub, you fucking waste of oxygen. Voluntarily."

The teacher walked off robotically. Aria turned to Naruto, a little weirded out to see him compel someone and turned at the same time, though she would not admit that. "You didn't have to do that. I'm used to it."

"Nobody insults you in my presence, Aria. Nobody." Naruto said. He then held out his hand. "Now, may I have this dance?"

"You may," Aria teased as she let him lead her onto the dance floor.

The other girls were still looking for Allison, who got a text from A to hurry up and find her. The girls saw her and tried to make their way to her, but Allison gave them the slip.

The other 3 eventually caught up to her, stopping Ali in her tracks.

"Ali, why are you here? You said you weren't coming," Hanna demanded. "Did you hear from Charles? Did he text you?"

"So what if he did?" Ali demanded, "I didn't ask you guys to follow me around! You're gonna scare him away just like the arcade."

"Alison..." Spencer pleaded with Ali to no be an idiot.

"Please... let me go. Just leave me alone. I know what I'm doing." Ali turned and tried to get away from them, though Sara showed up, so Emily started dancing with her.

*Later*

By this point, Caleb had shown up as well, so every one of the girls were dancing with their dates.

"What's she doing now?" Aria asked Naruto.

"Sipping." He said, "What about him?"

"Shooting Mindy and Cindy." Aria said, talking about Clark.

"You know, maybe he's telling the truth." Naruto said.

"Or he's here because he texted Alison for his boss." Aria said.

"Well, he is a legitimate photographer." Naruto said, though he knew Clark was undercover.

"Well, he must've tricked her into this. He's seriously freaking me out." Aria said.

"Hey, relax. I'm here." Naruto said while they continued dancing. Clark continued to take pictures while he kept his eye on Alison.

"Why would she say that? Why would she say that I never even liked her?" Spencer said to Toby as they danced.

"Well, because she hasn't always been the easiest person to like." Toby offered.

"Yeah, but we are trying to protect her. That's all any of us have been trying to do for weeks. Years. We basically missed out on our high school experience trying to solve the mystery that is Alison. The only reason we survived is because we had each other." Spencer said.

"Is that what your speech is about? For commencement?" Toby asked.

"Oh, my God." Spencer groaned. "Just forget about the stupid speech. Nobody's ever gonna hear it."

Aria was still dancing with Naruto when he said, "I wanted to apologize, Aria."

"For what?" She asked as they switched to a slow dance.

"For dyeing your hair without your permission." He said, making her sigh as she was over it.

"It's okay. You had to give A something, right?" She said in an understanding way.

"That still didn't give me the right do it, especially after how scared you must have been immediately after I did it." Naruto said.

"It's okay Naruto. I'm over it. I kinda like how it looks in my hair now." Aria reassured him with a smile.

They dance a little more before Aria says to Naruto, her head resting on his chest, "This, this is how it should have been from the beginning."

"I'll make sure it stays that way." Naruto said and they kiss each other, Aria wrapping her arms around Naruto's neck.

*With Toby and Spencer*

"Did you write about your friends?" Toby asked about his girlfriend's speech again.

"I wrote about what it means to support someone unconditionally even when they haven't been entirely honest with you. And how everybody needs somebody to be inspired by. Somebody who sets the bar really high. Somebody who'll put someone else's needs before their own...and then not resent them for it. Somebody who always expects you to do the right thing...and then forgives you when you don't." Spencer admitted.

"Wow. I think your mother would be pretty moved by that." Toby said, impressed.

"Yeah, she might be. But I wrote it about you." Spencer said and they kissed as the song ended, allowing Allison to give them the slip again.

"Crap" Spencer said when she saw this.

"What?" Toby wondered.

"We lost her." Spencer said.

As Allison gave them the slip, she finally say A and went after him. Clark saw her and followed after her, putting his camera down. They saw Clark and managed to corner him.

"What's the rush, Clark? We know who hired you for this party. Where is he? Where's Charles?" Aria demanded while Naruto put a hand on his face.

"Look, get out of the way. You guys are totally off base." Clark said as he tried to force his way past them but Caleb stopped him and Toby grabbed Clark's gun.

"Whose photo did you plan on shooting with this?" Toby demanded.

"Look, get your hands off of me, alright? You guys have no idea what you're doing." Clark said.

"Actually, I do. I'm an officer." Toby told him.

"So am I." Clark said with a sigh, pulling his badge out.

"Wait. W-what's going on here?" Hanna asked as she didn't get it.

"Is it true? Is that real?" Emily demanded but Clark paid her no mind.

"Wait a minute. That whole time in the dark room when I met you at Hollis.. How?" Aria asked.

"Undercover, Aria. Now, please let me go do my job. It's probably already too late." Clark said. Toby handed him his gun back and Clark marched off to try to find Ali. By now though, it was already too late.

*With Ali*

"Where are you taking me? Where are we going?" Ali questioned as Charles took her out into the alley.

"Please... Charles. Talk to me." Ali asked of him as she was finally able to see him. Charles reached up and pulled the black mask off so Alison could see her face. "Oh, my God!"

That didn't last for long as Ali was knocked out.

Episode 10 Game Over, Charles

*With the girls*

"No answer." Hanna said as she tried to call the DiLaurentis house.

"Okay. Try again." Emily said and Hanna tried again. When the answer machine kicked in, Hanna hung up. "Nobody's home."

"Ali could be on the roof. Did anybody check the roof?" Emily said.

"Guys, we promised Toby that we would stay here until he escorted us out, remember?" Spencer said.

"The guys are talking to Clark and Tanner. She's got a lot of questions, for all of us." Sara said.

"Okay, well, how long do we have to stay here? We could be out there looking for her." Emily said.

"Em, look, we have to believe that Charles isn't gonna hurt Alison. She's his sister." Aria tried to calm Emily down.

"Charles drove his car through my house, Aria, okay? I believe he'll hurt anybody who gets in his way." Emily snapped at Aria.

That was when Aria heard clinking and saw something in the mirror. "Guys... we're not alone in here." Aria said.

"Are you sure that you saw somebody?" Spencer said after they walked around a few props.

"Yeah, I'm sure." Aria said.

"Hey, Aria, there's no way out of here." Hanna said.

It was then that they heard creaking. They turned to see a fence prop move aside and a light shine from the tunnel it revealed. It took them out into the back alley behind the building they were in.

Then they saw a shadow slowly moving from the corner. The girls backed up a bit but relaxed when they saw it was Naruto.

"God, Naruto, you scared the crap out of us." Aria chastised him.

"Sheesh, if that's how you greet the guy trying to help you." Naruto teased when his cellphone went off.

"What is that?" Spencer asked.

"I've been tracking A for weeks, trying to find his other hideout. A never told me everything and is a slippery little bastard, so I made a program to decrypt the signal source and it took a while but I found it. A has his own cellular network and the servers are located at..."

"The Carissimi Group." Spencer finished for Naruto as she looked at his phone.

"I knew it. Rhys is Charles." Hanna said.

"Em, where are you going?" Aria asked Emily as she started walking away.

"I'm going to get Ali." Emily said.

"I'm calling Tanner." Sara said, though that was not really was she was doing.

"Fine, but I'm not waiting around to answer a million questions." Emily said as they all went to the Limo Naruto had brought and his driver drove them to the Carissimi Group.

*Carissimi Group*

They arrived at the Carissimi Group. They saw a couple workers carrying out some bags.

"Wait, you don't think that's Ali's chopped-up body in those bags, is it?" Hanna wondered.

"Hanna." Spence chastised.

"What? Isn't that what we we're all thinking?" Hanna asked.

"No." Everyone said.

"What is in those bags? And why are they moving them in the middle of the night?" Emily wondered.

"Doesn't matter." Naruto said as he got out. As he did, the girls heard the police sirens in the distance.

"Here comes the cavalry." Emily said.

"Let's go." Spencer said.

Inside

Spencer was trying to get past the passcode locked door but was having no luck.

"Here. I got this." Naruto said as he started to hack into it with his phone.

A few seconds later, the door unlocked. "Got it," Naruto said as he stood up.

"Wow, you really good with computers" Hanna commented.

"Did you think those 6 bachelor's I have are just for show?" Naruto asked rhetorically as he opened the door. They stepped into what seemed like an empty room.

"It's just a stupid room." Hanna complained.

"Yeah, but A's not stupid." Spencer said as she moved to a wall and before she could do anything, it parted, revealing it was a door, and it showed a futuristic looking room that they walked into.

"Did we just walk inside A's brain?" Hanna asked.

"Yeah, Hanna. I think we did." Spencer said.

"I think he knows we're here." Aria mentioned as she saw the camera.

"Sara? You okay?" Emily asked as she noticed Sara standing outside, while Naruto rolled his eyes at her naivety.

"I'm gonna wait out here. It's a little tight in there." Sara said as the door closed.

"Sara!" Emily said as she tried to reach her but the door closed and blocked her way.

It was then that the machine in the room powered up and a holographic projection screen appeared on the one wall.

"What is that?" Hanna wondered as she put her hand through the holo-screen.

"It's a holographic projection." Naruto told her. "This is a live feed. Give me a second." He pressed a few keys and changed the camera angle at Radley to show Allison.

The girls stared at the hologram in shock, wondering what was going on with Alison, why Jason and Mr. D looked as though they were dead, and how in the hell A or Charles or whatever the hell his name was could afford all of this?

"We're family!" Alison shouted.

"Who is she talking to?" Spencer wondered, eyes glued to the screen.

The camera shifted from Alison to a slim figure dressed in black from head to toe, the hologram quivering as the girls' frightened gasps filled the crowded room.

"Oh, my god!" Aria exclaimed. "Ali's with Charles."

The hooded figure straightened up. Ever so slowly, she turned around, her beautiful hood-framed face now fully exposed, facing Alison, facing the girls whose eyes had gotten so wide they their eyes might have fallen out of their sockets.

"Don't be so dramatic, Ali," she said. "They aren't dead. Yet."

"Cece!?" Aria muttered. The word fell silent behind a series of gasps coming from her friends.

"How could you do this? My friends trusted you. I risked everything to help you," Alison said, horrified.

"You gave me a passport and a plane ticket. I would hardly call that everything." Charlotte said dryly.

"It was all I had.' Alison said.

"If you keep making this about you Ali, it's gonna be a long night. And we don't have that much time." Charlotte said as she walked closer.

"What is she planning?" Aria wondered.

As if hearing what she said, Charlotte turned to the camera and sung "Lord help the mister, Who comes between me and my sister."

"Does she think we came between her and Ali?" Spencer spat, her shock and horror now turned into full blown anger. "Is that what this has all been about?"

"Whatever Charlotte says next, don't let her rope you in. One thing you need to remember is that Charlotte has always been a bit of a psychopath. Her time at Radley merely magnified that trait." Naruto said.

"Wait, so CeCe is Charles?" Hanna asked.

"Sh-she is a she, right?" Emily asked, looking to Naruto.

"She…used to be a guy. She-" Naruto was saying slowly but was interrupted by Spencer, who connected the dots right before Aria did.

"-Is a transgender." Spencer said, as she kicked herself for not getting Naruto's clues earlier as he had been hinting at it for days.

"Shouldn't the cops be here right now?" Aria asked, feeling stupid for not seeing the hints earlier.

"They aren't coming," Naruto said. The girls looked at him and he sighed. "None of you found it suspicious that Sara refused to step foot into this room. She didn't even call Tanner."

"Sara wouldn't do that!" Emily argued, a bit insulted at the insinuation.

Naruto rolled his eyes. "Does the term Stockholm Syndrome mean anything to you?"

"So Sara wants to go to Stockholm? That's why she's helping Charlotte?" Hanna wondered aloud, clearly confused.

Her friends shot her a glare that would have killed her had looks been deadly. Naruto slapped his forehead, the sound ringing through the air at her stupidity.

"Stockholm Syndrome is–" Spencer started, but was cut off by Naruto, who offered a simpler, less time consuming explanation.

"She's been brainwashed into being A's loyal lapdog. Trust me, I would know. I watched it happen." Naruto said.

"I still don't get it," the blonde girl admitted. "But whatever."

"They never understood how much I loved you," Charlotte mused, her eyes scanning the picture in her hand. A picture of happier, simpler times and innocence that was now lost forever. "From the moment mom brought you home. I never left your side. You were like my very own living doll. Playing with you meant the world to me. You were always mine. More than a sister. More than a friend. My possession, if you will."

"I never meant to hurt you, you know. I just wanted you to be quiet. But you wouldn't. You just wouldn't stop crying!" Suddenly, anger overcame Charlotte. Her breathing fastened and her hands balled into furious fists.

Ali backed away against the wall, her instincts telling her to get away from the psycho but she just stood frozen. Frozen in fear.

"I filled the tub and put you in the water, and you cried even more. I just wanted you to stop!" Charlotte snarled. "So, I put your head under the water. And finally, you were silent. It was wonderful." For a moment, her expression softened to bliss but then came back with anger. "Then dad came back up. And he…he took you from me, Ali. He took my dolly from me. And he yelled at me, asking me what was wrong with me. And then mom came up and it was just a mess. I just wanted it to stop. But they didn't. They said I couldn't stay with you anymore."

"You tried to murder me!" Alison exclaimed. She knew it was dangerous to confront this unstable woman, but she couldn't hold it in. Not anymore. She wanted to believe there was good in her sister, but hope was one thing, and reality something completely different. She was the popular high school IT girl, not a miracle worker. The woman she called her sister was dangerous. She couldn't blame their parents now for locking her up.

"It was your fault! Why couldn't you just be quiet?!" Charlotte screamed.

"I was a baby!" she pointed out.

"It doesn't matter! You were my doll! You're supposed to do what I want!" Charlotte shouted.

"She's demented," Aria commented.

"Like I said," Naruto said as the girls looked at him. "She's a psychopath." The girls looked away and Naruto allowed himself a small smirk. His compulsion on Charlotte was working perfectly. In place of Charlotte telling the real story, which was that the incident with Ali was actually an accident, and Charlotte was heavily misunderstood and just really a victim of circumstance and didn't know better; Charlotte was instead compelled to act like a psychopath, like she was always a psycho, which would horrify Ali forever, it was gonna be so sweet when he finally killed the little bitch. He still had some other compulsion's on her, but those come into play later.

"Mom still said that she loved me. Like that's supposed to make everything better." Charlotte laughed at the memory. "I just wanted you to be what you were supposed to be. My doll. And they left me in that place all alone like I was nothing."

Charlotte walked over to the bars, looking over the two still individuals, her brother and father, who looked more dead than alive. "They can hear us. They just can't move," she said, her gaze laying on her father. "You never visited me, not even once. No phone calls. Not even a card. Are you sorry, daddy? I bet you are. I would be."

"Mom, on the other hand, came to visit me as often as she could," Charlotte spoke. "Aunt Carol came a couple times. But even with them there, I felt completely alone. They brought dolls. Mom said they were mine, but they weren't you. Not even close."

"That must've been awful," Alison said in mock sympathy.

Her brother shot her a sarcastic glare. "You think?"

She glanced at one of the mannequins. "For as long as I can remember... I asked mom to buy me dresses. But he wouldn't let her so I'd just play dress up in her closet. When I turned twelve... mom bought me this beautiful yellow dress for Christmas. And after that, every time she would buy you clothes...she would buy me the same outfit. Almost like we were twins. Even more so when I got my sex changed. I was never meant to be a man, but God cursed me with a male body. So finally, the inside reflected the out."

"It was around the time that I got my sex changed that I met Bethany," she clarified. "She was beautiful, like you. She let me play with her, braid her hair and pick her clothes for the day. She was, in a way, my new sister. My second best doll. If I couldn't have you, I figured I could at least have her. No one could take her from me. But they sure as hell tried."

"What are you talking about?" Alison questioned.

"Marion Cavanaugh," she replied. "I begged mom to help Bethany. I couldn't let them take my dolly from me again. Finally, mom agreed to bribe Wilden to have Marion's death was ruled as a suicide."

"Oh, my god," Emily gasped. "She let Toby think his mother killed herself."

"All this time he thought she chose to leave him," Spencer murmured teary-eyed. "That changed him."

"Mrs. D sacrificed Toby for Charlotte," Hanna said.

"Now we know who taught A how to treat people like dolls," Aria commented.

"Mr. D abandoned him. Mrs. D taught Charles how to be A," Emily said.

"More like helped her polish her act," Naruto added.

"It didn't take long for the drugs to make Mona spill everything. She told me all the secrets, every little thing she knew about each and every one of your friends. And there was a lot of dirt on those girls." Charlotte grinned madly.

"But why? What did they ever do to you?" Alison questioned.

Charlotte glared at her. "It all goes back to that night you ran away. The night Bethany died. Mom called me and said that Bethany escaped from Radley, so I came to Rosewood to find her. Only, when I did find her, she was already dead. Killed by your friends."

"What?" Alison gasped.

"yeah, what? We were all drunk and out cold. Who killed Bethany?" Hanna asked.

"It was Mona." Naruto said, getting their attention. "She had been sending Alison threats. She found Alison all alone in her yard and the shovel was right there and it all happened so fast."

"She hated Ali that much?" Emily asked. "Enough to kill her?"

"Apparently," Naruto shrugged, "Even so, all Mona ended up doing was knocking her out cold. Melissa was the one that actually killed Bethany."

"Melissa just buried her," Spencer argued.

"Yeah, while she was still alive," Hanna pointed out.

"Guys, let's just focus on the story," Aria hushed them.

"They killed her. They took my dolly from me," Charlotte said. "In a moment she was gone, just like you."

"It wasn't them," Alison said.

"Yes, it was. Who else could it have been? They were the only ones there!" Charlotte argued.

"They were out cold. And what about me? Who hit me?" Alison demanded.

"Bethany. She was angry. She thought you were stealing her life, that you stole my life. She wanted to make you pay." Charlotte said.

"Weren't you angry?" Alison asked, playing on the sympathy card.

"I was, initially. But I couldn't stay mad at her forever. She was my doll. She was all I had left. So I convinced mom to help me once again." Charlotte said madly.

"And she buried me just like that," the blonde stated, shocked.

"I was her child, too! She said she loved me!" Charlotte snarled. "She just wanted me to be happy. She couldn't hurt me like she did before, not again! As mom was burying you, I didn't see Bethany wander off, and when I noticed I went searching for her. Next time I saw her, she was dead, and you seemed pretty much alive judging by the open grave. It was then that I knew she didn't really kill you. But someone did kill her. It was then that I swore vengeance."

"You did all of this because of a hunch?" Ali asked.

"It had to have been them!" Charlotte said insanely.

"And what about me? You attacked and choked me in my own living room!" Alison reminded her.

"You were gonna leave and I couldn't lose you again," Charlotte said softly, walking up to Alison and cupping her face. The girl froze at the monster's touch, but said nothing, did nothing, just stared into the eyes of the insane woman, "I couldn't lose you after I just found you again. I'm not a bad person. Not really,"

"You almost froze Aria and Spencer to death!" Alison said, making Naruto growl at the notion.

"Almost!" Charlotte pointed out.

"You drove a car through Emily's house!" Ali shouted.

"Yeah, and I almost chopped her in half too! But is she hurt? No. Is her mommy hurt? No. I only got mad when you didn't do what I told you and didn't play by the rules." Charlotte said insanely, as if what she said justified what she did.

"You can't steal people from their families and lock them up and play with them like they're your toys," Alison tried to reason.

Charlotte turned to the camera. "Yes I can. And I did," she said, her eyes staring directly into the girls eyes, sending chills of anguish down their spines. "I know you won't believe me. But I love all of my dolls. That's why you're still alive."

"Okay, watching Charlotte unravel is fascinating and all but we need to get out of here and end this." Naruto said as he shut the feed off.

"A always has an escape plan." Spencer said as she looked at the blinking lights on the glass panels and pointed to the one that was different. "The lights, they aren't randomly blinking on that one. It's a constant pattern."

Naruto pulled out a fully loaded Colt 1911. "Wait, were you carrying that the whole time?" Hanna asked.

"I like to come prepared." Naruto said as he fired a shot, shattering the glass and revealing the hidden the door.

"Come on," Naruto said as he opened the door and helped the girls out. They all got back in his limo and Naruto said to the driver. "Radley Sanitarium."

As the limo drove there, Naruto pulled out his phone and hacked back into the feed, wondering what Charlotte was saying about him, letting the girls listen in as well.

"Once Shana was dealt with, I took a short vacation in Europe, to relax, come up with some new ideas to torment you all, and give you guys a break. And oh boy, did I have plans. But even with the Carissimi Group, I didn't have the resources to pull the dollhouse on my own. I needed someone. Someone with the financial means, the skill, and most importantly, the grudge against your bitch friends. Well, really it was just against you, Ali, which doesn't surprise me. You are not good at making friends." Charlotte chided insanely.

"Anyway, that person was Naruto Uzumaki. He didn't like how you forced Aria to end their friendship and wanted you to suffer, so he helped me with the dollhouse. He used one of his company's old testing bunkers and refashioned it for my purposes, on the condition that he managed it. Oh, that was a mistake on my part. From the moment he saw Aria again, he started to rebel. He already got his revenge when he helped me send you to jail. He didn't hurt his 'beloved little pixie' or her friends, especially not if there was a chance he could still get everything he wanted. Namely, Aria." Charlotte said.

"Anyway, I knew after he took care of Ezra, exposing that creep for what he was, I knew that he was going to betray me, so I planned to release my blackmail and take him down. He got to me first though, attacking me in my lair. I don't remember what happened exactly, but he had to be the one. Nobody else besides me and Sara knew were my hideout was, and all my blackmail was gone, my computers all wiped clean. I knew for sure he had turned against me when he stopped me from ruining Aria's night at the gallery."

"Boss, we are here." The driver said as he pulled up to Radley. They got out and headed in.

*Inside Radley*

The minute Naruto walked in, he tripped an alarm.

"Ali! Ali!" the girls shouted, desperately hoping their callings would reach their friend. "Ali, where–"

They then came upon Sara in her red coat, arming the bomb. Although, there was no explosive chemicals in the containers, it was just water. But she didn't know that, because Naruto had compelled Sara to fill the containers with water, and then forget about it, thinking she had filled them with explosive chemicals.

"Get out of here!" Sara barked. "All of you. Now!" Sara then pressed a button and finished arming the bomb.

Aria, in desperation to stop her, thrust her hands out, speaking the spell in her mind, and shouted "No!" Aria's eyes glowed gold as she unleashed a powerful telekinetic blast. On purpose this time, as opposed to when she accidently did it to Naruto. Problem is, she had a little training and put too much power into her spell. Not only did her blast destroy the arming mechanism for the bomb, the entire hallway between Aria and the wall behind Sara cracked under the pressure, leaving large cracks all throughout the hallway. Finally, the top half of Sara's body exploded in blood and guts.

Aria looked at her hands in horror, falling to her knee's staring at her, "No, I- I didn't to-"

"Aria, what was th-"Spencer meant to ask, but she, Hanna, and Emily, made the mistake of looking into Naruto's eyes.

"Forget what you just saw. What you saw was the bomb malfunctioning and exploding, killing Sara. You did not see Aria do anything." Naruto compelled them and the compulsion took effect as he knelt next to his love and wrapped his arms around her, comforting the sobbing girl.

"I d-didn't mean to-" She sobbed. This wasn't like when she accidently killed Shana to protect her friends. She had some familiarity with death. But this was far more gruesome then Shana's death.

"I know, Aria." Naruto whispered softly as held her, comforting her. He would have preferred to wait a little longer before getting Aria used to killing. She was gonna need that to survive in the harsh world of the supernatural. But now, he'd have to step up his plans.

For one reason. Merlin probably felt that blast of energy.

*Somewhere is Russia*

An old man with a long white beard stood before a calm lake in the Russian countryside. He had been taking a break from trekking around the countryside of England as Arthur had not yet come again, and he thought perhaps a little traveling would do.

The old man stretched his free hand towards the lake, speaking in an ancient tongue that had not been heard in these lands for centuries, his eyes morphing from a pale blue to a dazzling gold.

An arm leaped out from the once still waters, tossing a strange and ancient object form the lake: A sword with a golden hilt and a razor sharp blade. The old man caught the sword as it flew through the air, hefting the weight of it in his hand. It had been many years since he wielded this blade. The old man scowled. "I'm coming for you, blood of Morgana."

*Back in Rosewood*

'So yeah, he'll be here in a week. Note to self, up her training once all that's done.' Naruto thought.

"You're gonna be okay." Naruto whispered and he made her look at him.

"I know it's just-" "Your scared of not being able to control it." Naruto whispered. Aria was not afraid of killing. She figured out after reading some of the book on mythological creatures that Naruto gave her, that she would have to get used to violence. But what scared her right now was her power, and how she still couldn't control.

"Aria, you're still new to this. You've done remarkably well for someone who is still new at this, but you need to give it time. It takes time to learn control. One day, you'll be able to do exactly what you mean to do with your magic and not what just happened." Naruto said to her and her breathing calmed, and she calmed down, unwinding herself from Naruto.

All of a sudden Alison ran in, her expression pained, frantic. "She's headed to the roof!" she exclaimed. "Please, help me!"

The five girls headed for the roof, their overly large dresses and ridiculously high heels making it hard for them to run faster than the speed of a snail. Still, somehow they made it, all in one piece.

Naruto followed in right after them.

Charlotte stood on the very edge, her arms spread wide, her eyes glued to the cold, hard road directly underneath her. The game was up, she realized. It was either death or capture.

"NO!" Alison's friends shouted in unison, more for Alison's sake than the monster. It if was up to them, they'd push the bitch over themselves.

"Charlotte, please don't do this," Alison begged. "I know there's good in you. Please, just let me help you!"

"Game over," Charlotte said, winding up and preparing to jump.

But as she started to lift up to jump, an arm wrapped around her neck and she was thrown back into the ground. Charlotte groaned as her eyes opened as she saw Naruto stalk toward her lazily.

"Hey, Charlotte. Remember me?" Naruto asked.

"You! I should never have made that deal with you! You've ruined everything!" Charlotte shouted in anger at the man she once thought of as her ally but had now ruined the game.

Naruto smirked at her then looked at the girls, compelling all of them but Aria. "Stay quiet and don't move a muscle." Spencer, Alison, Hanna and Emily all obeyed.

"Did you just compel them again?" Aria asked him, wondering why he was compelling her friends again.

"I don't want them running off and I'm going to have to alter their memories again after this." Naruto said as he gripped Charlotte's throat and pulled her to her feet.

"Wh-What are you?" Charlotte asked as her fear from before returned to her.

"Me?" Naruto asked as he allowed his terrifying true face to show. A pulsing net of veins under his eyes that extended that extended all the way to his jawline. Every single tooth a razor sharp fang that could rip through an elephants hide. Red irises the same color as blood. And slit pupils like foxes thanks to his Kitsune Nature. "I'm the devil." Naruto opened his mouth and bit down hard of Charlotte's throat, causing her to scream as he consumed her blood. Within several moments, her screams became whimpers as her strength and life slowly her. Naruto then let her go, tossing her to the ground.

"Why'd you stop?" Aria asked.

"She's not mine to kill. She's yours." Naruto said, shocking Aria.

"Why me?" She asked.

"I could kill her in a thousand different ways, but she tormented you. She made your life and the lives of your friends miserable and played with your lives like you and your friends were all puppets on a string. She's never going to stop and she needs to die, but you should be the one to do it. You're in the supernatural world, and you need to get used to the idea of killing your enemies, Aria." Naruto said as he walked to stand next to her.

"Naruto, I've been slowly coming around to that idea ever since I started reading the Bestiary but I can't control it." Aria was slowly getting used to the idea of killing someone, but she feared not being able to control her great latent power, especially after her last display.

"That's what you've been doing wrong. Don't fear it. Embrace it." Naruto whispered in her ear as he comfortingly put his hands on her shoulders. "You can close your eyes if you want. You don't have to see it."

"No," Aria told him, her voice then shifting to a darker tone that promised violence, "I need to see it. You're right. She did torment me. Made my life a living hell, and if she had her way, our torment would never end. She deserves to die, and it's only fitting that her former puppet be the one to do it."

Aria raised her hand at Charlotte as the half-dead girl rose to her feet, Aria's fingers forming into a claw. "A-mach a cridhe," Aria incanted her spell. Suddenly, Charlotte's chest bulged toward Aria's hand and a split second later, Charlotte's heart flew out of her chest, towards Aria's hand only for Naruto to catch it. Charlotte feel to her knees, a gaping hole to be seen in her chest, looking in shock, horror, and despair at Aria as she wheezed her final breath and collapsed to the ground, as dead as her real mother and sister soon would be.

"Game over, bitch," Aria growled at Charlotte, causing Naruto to smile with pride at how his girlfriend was adapting to life as a supernatural. Aria turned to him and said, "You didn't have to catch the heart."

Naruto tossed it behind him and said, "Didn't want to dirty those pretty hands just yet." He planted a kiss on her hands, causing her to smile at the corniness of his words.

5 days later

*Naruto's house*

Aria got out of her car and closed the door. Walking into to Naruto's Rosewood home. "Naruto, I'm here. What did you want to talk about?" Looking around the house, Aria could not find him, but then she heard loud rock music coming from the basement.

'He must be working out again.' Aria thought. She went back down to his basement and found him lifting heavy weights without his shirt again. She leaned against the wall, eyeing her boyfriend appreciatively. He was so hot, and she wasn't gonna interrupt him this time.

Naruto did his set on the bench press and put the bar back and saw her. "Hey Aria, you're here." He said.

"Yeah, I didn't want to interrupt you again." Aria said.

"And I'm sure that had nothing to do with missing your free show." Naruto said knowingly, teasing his girlfriend.

"Not that I don't love seeing that, but you're a vampire and a Kitsune. Shouldn't super strength come with the package?" Aria asked as she walked closer.

"While my strength does increase naturally with age, I like to grow even stronger and push past my limits." Naruto said, knowing he could take advantage of his advanced healing factor to get even stronger.

"Uh huh, and 500 pounds is the strength limit for a vampire?" Aria asked as she eyed the weight on the bar.

"Not exactly. Come here." Naruto beckoned with a handheld out. Aria took his hand and she was pulled down to him and spun around so she was lying on the bench with him, her back against his chest. "See that rune in middle?"

Aria saw the Norse rune in the middle of the bar glowing a dim blue. "Does that say Gravity?" She asked as she was able to translate it.

"Yep, the bar and all the weights on it have their gravity increased by a factor of 40." Naruto said and Aria looked at him in astonishment.

"How are you not Arnold Schwarzenegger buff by now?" She wondered as she sat up, not that she was complaining. Naruto shrugged as he was not sure about that either.

"So, what is it you wanted to talk about?" Aria asks as Naruto put his shirt on.

"We've got a problem. You remember when you accidentally killed Sara?" Naruto asked.

"Yeah, I haven't exactly forgotten." Aria said.

"Well, apparently Merlin felt it, and now he's coming here to kill you. He'll be here in two days." Naruto said as he took a swig of water, his words shocking Aria.

"What!? Merlin, as in the great wizard from Camelot? That Merlin!?" Aria asked.

"Yes, that same one," Naruto said.

"Why does he want to kill me?" Aria said as she sat down, her body anxious as she thought she was done with the nonsense she had dealt with for 2 years.

"To understand why he's coming after you, you need to understand him as a person." Naruto said.

"Know thy enemy," Aria muttered and Naruto heard it.

"Indeed," Naruto nodded and continued, "Anyway, Merlin and Morgana were born 1500 years ago in Camelot, during the time of King Uther, when he was doing his purges. Merlin was born as a country boy and grew up in the countryside of Camelot. Merlin was special though, because was born with so much raw power, that he was considered to be born of magic, a creature of the Old Religion. As you know, the Old Religion is an extremely powerful form of Magic that was heavily practiced in England back then when the Druids were still around. Anyway, Merlin could not control his powers without guidance, so he was sent to Gaius, the court physician at Camelot, and a secret sorcerer, who had the knowledge to help Merlin control his powers. Merlin meets the future King Arthur there and after saving his life, ends up becoming his man servant."

"Whoa, back up. Merlin was a servant?" Aria asked as she didn't expect that.

"Yeah, I don't quite get that either, but being Arthur's servant allowed Merlin to stay close and protect him, because all magic users pretty much hated Uther for his persecution of Magic, and Arthur's life was in constant danger as a result. Merlin ended up saving Arthur at least a hundred times. Merlin initially did not want to, because Arthur was kind of a douche when the two first met, but Merlin became convinced that Arthur was the one who could end the persecution of magic in Camelot once he took the throne, that it was destiny. He got this idea in his head by listening to a dragon, the last of its kind. At least in England."

"He let himself believe in prophecy?" Aria asked. Personally, she did not believe in prophecy. Her path in life was not pre-determined and she refused to believe that her future could not be made better. It already was, since she and Naruto were finally together, as they should have been from the beginning.

"Magic users put a lot more stock in that shit back then." Naruto said. "Anyway, a lot of what goes on in Merlin's early life is not important to the story. Except that it was through Arthur that Merlin met Morgana." Naruto told Aria everything. How Morgana could never sleep and how the court physician knew what was going on with her and never told her. How Morgana was terrified when her magic manifested and Merlin chose not to help her, like a coward. How she met her half-sister Morgause and how she helped her sleep peacefully for the first time in years with a simple spell. How Merlin cruelly poisoned her with Hemlock, forcing her to slowly die as she gasped for air while her throat constricted. How she excelled under her sister's hand and went back to Camelot to get revenge on Merlin for killing her and Uther for persecuting her kind. How Merlin almost killed her again and she learned that Uther was her father, which gave her a legitimate claim on the throne. How she conquered Camelot, only to lose it within days, and lost her sister in the process. How she tired countless times to kill Uther before finally succeeding. How she conquered Camelot again, only to lose it again and nearly die escaping, and would have had it not been for the young dragon, Aithusa. How she and the dragon were captured by a magic hating warlord and buried in a living grave. How the mystery of Emrys and the final battle. How she died, after losing the last person that meant anything to her, besides the secret child she had safely hidden away from Merlin.

"So, that's Merlin's story." Naruto said.

"That doesn't explain why he's coming after me, though." Aria pointed out.

"Merlin hates the descendants of Morgana. He has come to believe that if one of her descendants awakens their magic, they will become as 'evil' as Morgana was. So, when one awakens their magic, he hunts them down and kills them."

"Can you lure him into a trap?" Aria asked.

"Not without using you as bait. He's locked onto your magic signature, so I won't be able to fool him." Naruto said.

"Then how can he be stopped? With Excalibur?" Aria asked, which Naruto nodded.

"Excalibur is the one weapon that can kill him. Problem is, he has it. And if he stabs you with it, it's over. No resurrection, no reincarnation. You will be dead, for good." Naruto said solemnly.

"Then what can we do?" Aria said in fear. She didn't have the training and skill yet to take on Merlin.

"We can't hide you from him and having you with me is super risky, given Excalibur. So there is only one thing that can be done. We make it so you can't die." Naruto said, as he waved his hand and a goblet filled with a glowing blue, viscous liquid appeared.

"What is that?" Aria asked in wonder as she could feel the magic energy emanating from it.

"I was going to hold off on this, but with Merlin coming after you, I need to make sure you can't die." Naruto said. "This elixir is for creating a Super Immortal, a creation of my own. I basically combined Qetsiyah and Esther Mikaelson's immortality spells together. You would be as fast and strong as an Original, like me, while having the immortality and mental powers of one of Qetsiyah's Immortals, and you would be able to keep your magic. You would not have to die to transition, so you could still have children one day if you want. Most importantly, you would be unkillable. Even Excalibur could not kill you."

"Super Immortal? Nerdy much" Aria asked with a raised eyebrow. That sounded like something you might see in a comic book or something.

"Yeah, the names a bit on the nose, but it's an apt description." Naruto shrugged.

"How do you know this will work?" Aria asked.

"Let's just say I've tested it on someone else." Naruto said, as he and only he could unmake a Super Immortal. But he would not do that to Aria. "When the battle with Merlin happens, I won't be able to fight him and protect you at the same time, so at least this way, he can't take your life away like he has done with so many of your ancestors."

He pushed the goblet closer to her. "I wanted to wait at least a year to give you this, but Merlin's appearance has drastically forced up my timetable. I don't want to lose you to this madman's vendetta."

"Do you trust me?" He asked.

"With my life," Aria said, without any hesitation.

"Then drink it, become a Super Immortal, and once Merlin is dealt with, we will be together forever." Naruto said to her with love present in his eyes.

Aria slowly grasped the goblet and brought it to her lips. Aria slowly drank the entire goblet. But something felt off.

"I…don't feel any different." She told him.

"Well, you're in transition. There is one more step to take." Naruto said as he kissed her, pushing his magic into her body. A bright white light emanated from the two, which would have blinded anyone that looked upon them. The light died down and Naruto withdrew his lips from hers.

Aria now felt changed. Every cell in her body was exploding with power. "Whoa, what a rush." Aria said as she looked at her hand and felt how much stronger she was, and still sensed her magic. "Is this how you feel all the time?"

"More or less." Naruto smiled as Aria accidentally super sped into the wall. Naruto reappeared next her and held her shoulders. "We will have to get you used to this new body of yours. Luckily, we have a few days."

2 days later

Naruto's old bunker

Merlin slowly walked into the clearing of Naruto's old bunker. He had tracked Morgana's descendant here.

"I see you made it, Merlin." Aria said as she came out from behind the trees.

"Hello, Blood of Morgana," Merlin greeted though his was filled with disdain. "I am sorry this must happen. But no descendant of Morgana can be allowed to have magic. You'll end up just like her." Merlin cast a wordless spell to send her flying, but Aria held out her hand and dispelled it.

"It's not going to be that easy. I've learned some new tricks since finding out about you, old man." Aria said as she steadied her breathing before continuing. "Honestly, leave me alone, you creep. I had to deal with 2 different cyber-stalkers that made my life a living hell, and my life is getting back on track finally. Why don't you go back to waiting for Arthur to come back or something, like the good slave you are?"

"Enough! I am not here to debate with you and I will not be insulted! You are the seed of evil and you will die here!" Emrys shouted.

"I think you'll find our will to see you dead, equal to yours," Aria said as her eyes glowed golden and stayed that way. Emrys was confused.

"Our?" He asked. Naruto then vamp-speed in and punched him hard in the gut, sending Merlin flying through a brick wall. Aria generated two fireballs and sent them at Merlin, creating a fiery explosion when they hit him. Naruto then generated a massive Chinese dragon made of his white fox-fire and sent it to where Merlin, was generating a massive explosion.

"Did that do anything?" She asked.

"Not really! We have to get Excalibur away from him!" Naruto shouted as the flames parted to reveal Emrys was fine, who roared and transmuted them into a swarm of bats that he sent at Aria, who disintegrated them after incanting a lightning spell.

A thick tree root rising from the earth, caused by Naruto hit him in the face as he stumbled and he recovered to raise Excalibur to block a sword strike from Naruto, who had vamp-speed behind him and had brought his mother's katana to the fight.

"Challenging me to a sword fight, child? I was trained by Arthur himself and had 1000 years to better myself." Emrys said as he forced Naruto off of him, while he blasted a lightning bolt toward the Tribrid, only for Aria to absorb it and Naruto to fire his own bolt, hitting him in the chest. He got up and blocked a dozen strikes from Naruto, before he shouted as Naruto cut through Merlin's stomach.

"Time not spent well, apparently." Naruto said mockingly as he raised his hands and blasted Merlin with a powerful non-verbal telekinetic blast which sent the old man flying.

Naruto rushed him, but Merlin raised his hand as he got up and Naruto was stopped in his tracks.

"Insect," He muttered in anger as Naruto kept getting in his way of killing Aria. He raised Excalibur to strike at him but he was sent flying by another telekinetic blast by Aria.

Naruto sent a stream of his white fox flames at Emrys, who conjured a shield bubble of light, while Aria blasted him with lightning.

"Enough!" Emrys shouted as he sent out an omni-directional blast of lightning that hit them both and left them stunned. He telekinetically pulled Aria toward him. He pulled her into the path of his sword, intending for it to pierce her heart as she flew towards him.

Emrys smiled when he felt the sword pierce her heart, blood dribbling down her chin. "I am sorry it has to be this way. But I will never allow another Morgana to rise again." That was when he noticed something was off. He couldn't feel her life force fading.

"what is this?" Merlin wondered. He didn't get to ponder long as Naruto vamp speed back in and snapped Merlin neck, killing him temporarily.

"Aria," Naruto said. He quickly pulled out Excalibur and both were relieved when her wound healed itself.

Merlin then began to come back to life. "You were right. Only that blade can kill him," Aria said in disappointment.

"He's a creature of magic. Only the magic of this sword can unmake him." Naruto said as he held Excalibur in his grip. "Put up a barrier. I will handle this."

Aria pressed her hands together, speaking her spell for the strongest spell she knew, before extending them and a large transparent barrier rose around the area Naruto and Merlin occupied, with Aria being on the outside.

Inside the barrier, Merlin rose to his feet and felt out with his magic. He then sensed a familiarity with Naruto.

"Impossible! Inconceivable! My own descendant siding against me for Morgana's!?" Emrys demanded as he sent a telekinetic blast that knocked Naruto off his feet and broke some of his bones.

"I don't give two fucks if I am your descendant! I won't let you harm her. You're not gonna hurt Aria!" Naruto shouted as he blasted Merlin with Fox-Fire, burning him severely.

"Morgana was a monster! One who took pleasure in the torture of innocents!" Emrys shouted back as his magic healed him from the burns. "I watched her take men of honor and twist them to her will! She slaughtered kings and destroyed kingdoms! I will not allow another like her to rise again!"

"You turned her into that monster you speak of! Morgana was just a frightened young woman when her magic manifested! But instead of helping her, you let her deal with it on her own like a coward and when she was the key to the sleeping spell that would ensure a bloodless end to Uther's reign of terror, you poisoned her with Hemlock, betraying your friend and leaving her vulnerable to Morgause's manipulations! I may be a blood-sucking vampire, but I don't kill the people I love! You are a traitor to your own kind, killing them whenever they tried to get vengeance for their families, and protected Uther, the same man who slaughtered them by the thousands! The only monster here is you!" Naruto shouted as he used his magic to cause Lava to rise from the earth underneath Merlin and wrap around him. Merlin used his own magic to cancel it out and fired a blast of light that Naruto dodged but destroyed the barrier.

"I'm done with you!" Merlin shouted in anger as he fired a blast of purple energy that destroyed Naruto's arm that was holding Excalibur. Merlin spoke a spell that summoned Excalibur to him.

Aria seeing an opening, used her new speed to get inside Merlin's guard and punched him to the ground, breaking his skull. Merlin, despite being in pain, used his magic to make Excalibur fly at Aria, though Naruto caught it with his good arm while the other regrew and looked at Merlin with hatred.

"Your time has passed. Now you die, you little shit!" Naruto growled as he sped over to Merlin before he could speak another a spell and stabbed downward with Excalibur, piercing his chest and ending the life of the legendary Sorcerer forever.

*Labor Day Weekend*

The girls were gathered at Allison's, saying their good-byes.

"Wow, you bring enough flip-flops, Em?" Hanna asked Emily.

"It's Malibu." Em said and the two chuckled.

"Okay, well, you better not come back from Savannah talking like a southerner. You hear?" Spencer teased Aria.

"Hey, you better not come back from Georgetown talking like a politician." Aria said to Spencer and Spencer laughed at that.

"You guys... I can't believe we're all actually leaving." Hanna said, though she was sad because had gone back to the way she looked before she got her makeover.

"Well, saying goodbye is a lot harder than I thought it would be. "How lucky am I to have something" "that makes saying goodbye so hard." Spencer said

"What brilliant scholar said that?" Hanna asked.

"Winnie the Pooh." Spencer said and everyone.

"You gonna be okay?" Emily asked Allison.

"Yeah... I spent my whole life dreaming about getting away from here. But right now, this is the only place I wanna be." Allison said.

The girls all hugged each other and said their goodbye's. Afterwards, Aria joined Naruto by his car.

"You ready to go?" Naruto asked as he wrapped his arms around Aria's waist.

"Yeah. I'm ready to start living the life I was meant to live with you." Aria said as she kissed Naruto full on the lips. They didn't know what the future held for them, but they would face it together.

So, what did you think, good. Yep, A is officially dead along Naruto tying up the loose ends in the form of Mary and Alex Drake. Aria is now a Super Immortal, Merlin is dead, and now Naruto and Aria are getting out of Rosewood to further their relationship. But we'll see how long it lasts, when Naruto's family comes calling, taking Naruto and Aria straight to New Orleans.