Epilogue: Hope

After Hinata's walk in the park and stroll down Memory Lane, she went home. Hanabi was there waiting for her.

"Neesan! Finally you're back! Now I don't have to look after Neji-niisan anymore!"

"Hai. How is Neji-niisan?"

"He's recovering pretty fast. He should be up and out in a day or two."

"That's good," Hinata said with a smile.

When Hinata woke up from that night, she learned that Neji, Naruto, Kiba, Shikamaru, and Chouji were on a mission to recover Sasuke. Hinata merely smiled. She knew that Sasuke wouldn't get caught that easily.

'Sasuke,' Hinata though to herself, 'I will wait for you. After all, I am your wife.'

Meanwhile... in a location unknown to Konoha shinobi...

"Fuufuufuu... welcome Uchiha Sasuke," said Orochimaru in his new body.

"..." replied Sasuke. 'Hinata,' he thought, 'I will come back to you. If this freak thinks he can control me, then he doesn't know how strong my will is. I don't expect you to want me when I return, but I will always love you.'

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And so ends this story... I'm probably going to move on to that KakaHina that I was talking about in the previous chapter. I'd like to thank all my readers and reviewers, sorry I didn't make the chapters longer. You know what? This is also the first story I completed so w00t to me! Sorry about the narcissism, but please read my next fic when it comes out!

- AoI