A/N: And here it is. The last part to the story, the epilogue. Standard disclaimer where I say I don’t own anything or anyone from the Narutoverse goes here.

Warning(s): Unbeta’d, mention of alcohol

Chapter 7: Epilogue

Two days later, Zabuza and Haku returned to Kirigakure. He “fired” the advisor he had hired two days before leaving to Konoha and put Haku in his place. Zabuza also made Haku a special jounin and appointed him to take charge of the ANBU’s hunter-nin division.

Kirigakure hosted the chuunin exams four months later, with Naruto participating, this time around getting his long-awaited promotion. Afterwards, Haku kept contact with him in the years that followed through an occasional letter. When he was 28, he went as Zabuza’s envoy to watch the official ceremony proclaiming Uzumaki Naruto as the Rokudaime Hokage when Tsunade retired to focus the remainder of her life on gambling, sake, hospital work, and keeping the one-armed Jiraiya a one-woman man.

Zabuza remained Mizukage until he died at the age of 77. A few days later, the 66 year old Haku followed, most likely having lost the will to live without his lover. The pair were buried side by side on the hilltop overlooking the Hidden Mist, where they were seen at least three times a week, standing together.

On the large stone grave marker they shared were their names, dates of birth and death, ranks, and a rather lengthy inscription. It read:

Here by my side, an angel

Here by my side, the devil

Never turn your back on me

Never turn your back on me again

Here by my side, it’s heaven

Here by my side, you are destruction

Here by my side, a new color to paint the world

Never turn your back on it

Never turn your back on it again

Here by my side, it’s heaven

Careful, you be careful

Careful, you be careful

This is where the world drops off

Where the world drops off

Careful, you be careful

And you breathe in and you breathe out

For it ain’t so weird

How it makes you a weapon

And you give in

And you give out

For it ain’t so weird

How it makes you a weapon

Never turn your back on it

Never turn back on it again

Careful, you be careful

Here by my side, it’s heaven

Here by my side, it’s heaven

Here by my side, it’s heaven...

End

A/N: The inscription is the lyrics to this fic’s namesake: “Weapon” by Matthew Good. Hope you enjoyed reading, and please don’t forget to review. Reviews (especially concrit) make for a happy writer. :)