Author's Note: Don't expect this chapter to be much. Just an epilogue or something. Very horrible. Don't read. DX Anyway, the whole story's done. WHOOPEE. Now I can feel happy and label this as finished. Hoorays. Yeah, I decided to kill her off too. Yue's not one to just sit back and die without drama. XD

Unmei's Future

By: biacebaolck

I really don't have a future, do I? I just died.

And I just realized.

I didn't have any flashbacks of my life. And I really can't do anything but watch them.

I'm not in heaven, and I'm not in hell. I, Yami Unmei, am in probation. Great. I have a trial. Because, I'm both just barely out of hell and obviously out of heaven for killing. But all shinobi kill, right? So does that mean everyone else is on probation too if they're a shinobi?

And for some reason, everyone dies a lot easier. There are so many people coming in, second after second. Souls are floating around and me? I'm just bored. Time passes a lot quicker down on earth, I figured that out when I looked down on earth.

It was three years later…

…everyone's changed, but they're still the same them…

"Alright, team, let's go!" Kurenai said.

"OI!" Kiba called. "Hinata, you coming?"

"Hai!" She looked determined.

"…" Shino smiled, satisfied, behind his collar. They had all changed, but for the most part, Hinata had changed the most. It was probably Uzumaki Naruto's influence, he decided. And, possibly, because of that, Hyuuga Hiashi now looked upon his daughter as, not a failure, but, as a possible clan head who would one day fight Hanabi for the title.

And Hinata would be sure to keep Hanabi on her toes.

"CHOUJI! Would you stop eating?!" Ino shouted out.

"…sorry." Chouji shrugged, grinning as he helped himself to some beef. "But I can't let anyone else take the beef!"

"At least leave some for me!" Asuma ordered some more, and it came, steaming hot. He licked his lips and reached out with his chopsticks for some, but Chouji greedily took them away. "Hey…"

"Off your diet, Ino?" Shikamaru asked as he easily swiped some of the new beef that Asuma tried to get too.

"Well, not exactly…"

"So you're becoming a stick for life?"

"Well, I don't—hey, what are you saying?"

"Nothing, troublesome woman."

"It'd better be nothing!" She growled warningly.

"Trust me, it's nothing."

"Good."

"Not good." Chouji whispered out of the side of his mouth to Asuma who sat beside him. "Because it's Ino."

"What are you guys talking about?"

"NOTHING." Chouji said innocently, helping himself to a bowl of soup that had just come around, having trouble swallowing. Shikamaru snorted into his soup, and Asuma coughed into it nervously. Ino glared, before looking curiously at the soup.

"It's not poisoned…is it? Sure, it's full of fat…but…"

Times never do change.

"Neji! My eternal rival! How is the young Hinata-san doing?!"

"…she is training."

"Is that it? Well, my eternal rival, I have heard from sources that say that she thoroughly beat you in a duel! Now! YOSH! Let us fight!"

"Lee, stop wasting your energy!"

"But, Tenten! By dodging your thrown projectiles and enthusiastically talking and encouraging a battle with my rival, Hyuuga Neji, I can further improve my training!"

"Lee, you make me proud!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"Lee!"

"Gai-sensei!"

"I'll be leaving." Neji walked away.

"Okay, see you tomorrow!" Tenten shouted as she turned back determined to strike Gai and Lee while they were hugging for her training. And for some reason, they kept on dodging. Muttering slight words of encouragement for herself, she opened the huge scroll a bit further, before bringing out a mime, sighing. "I really need to get to know how to hit them."

She threw it at them.

They dodged.

It exploded and they came out, coughing in black, before shaking away the soot. "That is a wonderful blow of youthfulness!" Gai-sensei cried, drowning away all the dirt and muck. "Lee, follow her example!"

"Yes, Gai-sensei!"

"No…" Tenten fell back down in the dumps. "Can't anything faze them?"

"Yue!" Yume screamed. "YUE!"

"Nee-san…?" Yue's voice was weak and Yume ran to her. "Nee…san…?" It seemed as though every word, every breath she took…and made…was a huge effort. A very huge effort to…stay alive. "Can you…sing…?"

"Sing?"

"Sing…" Yue seemed calm and happy, like a small child. "Sing…" Her mouth wobbled into a weak grin. "Sing…remember the promise? Sing…sing…"

"Sing…" Yume seemed to shake futher as it dawned upon her. "Sing little bird…sing to me…" Her voice was hushed as she softly hummed, her voice cracked and dry, yet still forced. She still continued. "Sing little bird…when death flies free…" She hummed again, and Yue grinned like a child, happy and content with just this one. "Sing little bird…goodbye, goodbye…" Her shoulders shook but she stubbornly continued. "Sing…little bird…I…I…" She burst into tears.

Yue smiled sadly and used the most of her strength to tug on her shirt. Yume looked down, tears pouring down her face like an open faucet. "Sing little bird…" Yue's voice was hoarse, but sounded just like it was meant to sing those words. "I…long…to meet you again in death…goodbye."

"Goodbye. Goodbye." Yume echoed, singing softly back.

"But not forever…forever gone…"

"Gone…"

"Kai?" Yue shakily raised her hands.

"Kai." Yume nodded and clasped her own hands over them.

"Not gone forever…not gone for good…" Both chanted softly. "Be back together…back together for good!" A big breath escaped from both of them as determination flashed. "Kaijin! Ash, embers, complete destruction!"

A blueish aura surrounded Yue's body and the bright light shown brighter and brigher. It was too bright, so every looked away, and when the light had finally dispersed…Yue slumped against Yume's lap, eyes closed and the slight trickle of blood that had been flowing down her chin from her mouth still flowing, until Yume wiped it away with her bare hands. She hugged Yue's limp body, and her face showed such a calming sadness that I couldn't help but realize that tears had been dripping down my face. But I'm dead. I can't…

"Think she'll rejoin with Unme—I mean, Yami?" Sakura asked.

"Probably." Yume sighed, wiping the tears away, but they just wouldn't stop. "We'll all die sooner or later, I know that."

"I do too. But…" Sakura looked off in the distance. "I hate the way she dissed me back then even though she barely knew anything about me."

"Yeah. I'm sorry too."

"Forgiven." Sakura whispered as she stared at Yue's calm façade. "She looks…almost…happy, you know?"

"Yeah." Naruto smiled. "Another reason to bring Sasuke back, eh?"

"Right." Sakura nodded. "Sasuke-kun got away this time," She bit her lip but looked determined. "We'll bring him back!"

"Right, Sakura-chan!" He grinned. "Yume, are you coming?"

"Hai." She nodded and placed a gentle hand on Yue's forehead, the girl dissolving. "I just…thought, Yue wouldn't like to be buried with flowers on her stomach, right? She's more of a jump into action person."

"I wouldn't have thought she'd have died in bed!" Naruto joked, bringing a smile onto Yume's lips. "Okay, so, Interrogation Specialist," He joked. "Tell me why you decided not to become a medic nin."

"Number one, because I'm already one of the best." Sakura grinned.

"Number two, because Yue needed a partner, because it was the rules." Yume smiled, nodding, and standing up, joining her fellow shinobi.

"Number three, because Yue wouldn't have it any other way!" They all chorused, and laughed.

"Okay, let's go." Naruto grinned. "Let's bring Sasuke back to Konoha!"

"One thing." Yume said. Sakura and Naruto looked at her curiously. "Burn my body if I die."

"HUH?!"

"Yue wouldn't have it any other way." She laughed.

"Sadistic, scary and Yue number two." Naruto murmured.

"Hey, Naruto, let's go! Don't be slow like Kakashi-sensei or we'll leave you behind!"

"ACK! Coming, Sakura-chan!"

"HACHOO!" Kakashi sneezed.

"You sneezed in your mask." Anko pointed out.

"Yes? Your point?"

"…shouldn't you take it off…" She edged. "You know…to change it."

"Yeah, but I have a mission. I'll change on the way."

ZIP!

"Damn him." She glowered at the empty spot at the dango shop where he had been standing, reading his perverted book. "NOW what do I have to do? Without my team, I'm practically just a Special Jounin!"

"Honorable grandson, come back here with the lady's cat!"

"NO WAY! This guy's gonna be the one to help me with my latest prank development: Killer cat behind the door ready to strike!"

Sniff. "Eh, Konohamaru? Reporting!"

"? What's up, Udon?"

"Moegi's been detained!"

"Captured?! We must get her back by performing a prank worthy of the Konohamaru Corps! A jutsu created by Naruto-nii-chan himself!"

Sniff. "Right!"

"Eerr, blow your nose before we go…okay?"

"Shouldn't we calculate—"

"Leave math behind, Udon! This is SHINOBI life! The real world! It's strike first with a prank or be the victim of one!"

"But isn't it 'Kill or Be Killed'?"

"No way! My way's better, isn't it? Now let's go save Moegi!"

SNIFF. "Okay."

"Oh, so you're on probation, Yami?" Yue's familiar voice asked from the side.

"HI." I grinned, before she hit me over the head and gave me introduction to the hard substance of cloud and wetness of rainwater. "BLEH." I spat out bacteria.

"…so, whatcha watching?"

"Everyone."

"Cool. Like a 'tee-vee'."

"Yup."

"…"

"…"

"…"

"I'm hungry."

"But you're dead."

"Exactly! There's something wrong with me."

"Has there NEVER been?"

BONK!

"Say again?"

"Nothing."

So I'm dead. Yeah, I know that. My life was a lot more interesting than it is right now, but, heck, I like this. There's no dying, or anything, everything's peaceful, you're not forced to do much—

In short, Shikamaru's haven.

See Yue snort with laughter when I tell her that.

Y'know what?

Death isn't too bad. It's not as bad as I thought it was.

I thought once I've died I can't speak, hear, touch, taste or see, but, in death, wow, instead of feeling detached from my body and seeing black forever, I'm like, WOWZA, check me out, it's like a new body in a new life!

It's awesome.

I hope everyone else came come, because, I'd be damned if they don't deserve it.

So this is my future, and it's awfully peaceful. And you know what? I got my wish after all.

Grandma's here.

And I can visit her once I get into heaven.

"You mean we can actually get there?" Yue looked so much in disbelief. "DA-AMN, I should've believed in Kami-sama!"

"You're already here," I replied. "So…yeah."

"Yeah."

"…"

"...I'm bored."

"Good for you."

"…you're annoying."

"Great for me."

"…I want to kill you right now."

"Too bad."

"You're really getting on my nerves, you know that?"

"And life goes on."

As we stared at the lives of the living down below, she said, "I'm glad."

And you know what?

"I'm too."