Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ A Tail of Two Bijus ❯ The Final Year ( Chapter 32 )

A/N: Yo! Sorry I'm late, a black cat crossed my path, and-

 

Readers: YOU'VE ALREADY USED THAT ONE!!

 

I have? Oh, my appologies. Well, let's get onto the vote/comments/reviews:

 

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Keep Writing Tail of Two Bijus: 6/20

 

Start Naruto x Female Kyubi Story (Living Behind a Mask): 4/20

 

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Comments/Reviews:

Ookami Mononoke: Lol! Yay, another person who believes me!

Solar Guardian: Thanks for the concern. Now that I'm on holidays with practically no assignments or anything, seems I have a lot of free time and not much to do with it... Which is good for you guys :P

Kyubi-Sama: /Bow. Well, Gaara's obviously not going to return to Konoha, he's got to see if Temari and Kankuro have actually been doing their work. If not, it's off the the prisons for some good old torture. If they have, he;ll let them live.... For now... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Anyways, they will all return to the east after Naruto and Yukiko's next birthday. To tell you the truth, there are two ways I can see the story going. Naruto and co go to war, meaning I have to drag the story out further, or they just do what they were brought here to do, ie, diplomatic relations. I'm hoping I can wrap up a whole year into one chapter, even if I have to do a juggernaught chapter. Oh btw, if this is the final chapter, prepare for a bombshell at the end. One person knows what it is, but she's been sworn to secrecy. If she breaks it, I'll have to hurt her... Or something... Anyways....

WintersMourning: Ok, vote counted. Legend of Uzumaki Naruto... I used to be into WoW, so this should be fun. I had a look at the chapter names and saw Darkmoon Faire. Oh god, that'll be absolutely hilarious. For once, Naruto finds someone older than him who's actually shorter than him, namely, the gnome who runs it.... LOL.

Naruto's-Shandow: meh, we all make mistakes. Catch you round!

Skuld's Sentaro 6: We'll see. I'm a few centemetres off Itachi's height and have long hair. I look forward to seeing you there.

White Alchemist Taya: Thank you.

Solar Guadian: Yeah, I'm trying to finish it off this chapter, however, I may do a very short and sweet chapter following this one, the perfect conclusion to the story. As for the rating and theme, probably M again for a lot of sexual innuendo and sexual topics. The genre will be Romance/Angst. Catch you round.

Hikaru1: Yo! Ok vote counted. As for the time skips, I've been timing them perfectly. Kept track of the time to within half a week. Trust me, I'm not going to let a flaw that size exist in my story. Still have time to read after that? Wow, go you, seriously.

Conceptor: Yes! Another 'GOD' chapter! Lol. Seriously, how could they kill her? According to the map and what the guy who looks kind of like kisame said, Naruto's the only one left. HE MUST AVENGE HIS BROTHERS AND SISTER!!!!!

DarkKyuubi: How exactly did you 'download' Itachi on Sims 2? Pray, do tell. :P

SABBOTH: Thanks for the comments. As for you story, I left a review after reading it. It's vague, but then again, so is the first chapter of your story. I need to see what happens next before I can make any comments on what's good and not so good, as not enough of the plot has developed yet.

Robby Cartwright: I've decided to not involve them in the war, as it would take up too many chapters. Frankly, I want to get this story out of the way, hopefully with this chapter.

God in a box: Ah, I see. I'm not sure if it's possible, but the idea I have is that susano-wo might actually be a shinjutsu, hence why Itachi hasn't used it yet. If it really is an ability of the Mangekyo Sharingan, I'd say Itachi will pull it out when he's about to die. That's just my idea of what the most logical reason he hasn't used it yet was. The other thing I can think up is that like Kakashi, Sasuke might activate his own unique Sharingan, giving him the susano-wo instead of the other two abilities. Apart from that, I have no idea.

Everyone else who voted: Votes counted.

I'm hoping I can wrap this story up with this chapter. If not, I'll definitely do it with the next one, which will be short and sweet.

Rokudaime quote for the chapter: ITACHI: And so, like, I had to, like, totally kill them all, because they were just so icky! Ugh! Gag me with a spoon!

Onto the story! As always, I hope this gives you some semblance of pleasure to read.

Legend:

'...Thoughts...'

“...Japanese...”

“...English...”

“...TWO PEOPLE CASTING THE SAME JUTSU...”

'...Biju Thoughts...'

“...Biju Talking...”

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A Tail of Two Bijus:

Chapter 25:

End of the Mission, And a New Beginning:

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Nearly a Year Later:

Both Sora's and Gaara's birthdays came and went and they had both gotten a message from the professor, which turned out to be the invitation to recive their armour pieces. It was approaching Naruto and Yukiko's birthday now. The university students were having their mid term holidays. Haido had apparently been paving the ground so that Naruto and his group could meet in the council and discuss the terms for which they were originally brought here. Haido appeared personally before them one day during a 'research lesson', as they had dubbed it a long time ago. They were in the palace library when the door opened and Haido walked in. They stood up and smiled at him th moment he walked in the door. Haido stood in front of them and held out a piece of paper to Naruto before explaining what his visit was for.

“As I'm sure you are aware of, I have been preparing the council to talk with you. This is the agenda of what will be discussed during the meetings that I have set up. There will be three meetings. One to discuss each of the three points. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me. The council are unafraid to oppose you or question you, so please be prepared.”

They nodded, clearly haviing no questions at this point in time. Haido left them to continue with their study, however, they had other plans now. Namely, discussing what they were going to talk about during the council sessions. They chatted well into the night, finally calling it a night at about 3 am.

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Nex Morning, 11am ish:

Haido had come to collect Naruto and his group after they had finished breakfast, which was significantly later than usual, due to their late night last night. Haido led them through many corridors, until they got to a large set of double doors, which was flanked by two royal guards. They both saluted Haido and opened the door for him and the others. Once the doors were fully open, Naruto and co were fully awear of the masses of eyes that were glaring at them with something that could only be described as pure distaste. Everyone took a quick trip down memory lane to their own prospective childhoods. They shook it off quickly however, and focused themselves for the arduous task ahead. Haido led them into the room that was roughly semi circular, with the benches following the rooms shape, leading down the levels to where 6 chairs were located near the middle, on one side of the bench that went up the middle of the room. Haido indicated them to the seats and took a seat at the head of the centre table. Haido decleared the discussion open and people began throwing questions at the eaterners, hoping to catch them in their word traps, however, they dodged every single one of them or got their friends out of ones that they were about to get caught in. Through out the questioning, they were awear of a large amount of hatred directed at them from a specific corner of the room on numerous occasions. Sure everyone was glaring at them, but it was a cool, calculated glance, with no intent to kill and only the faintest touch of anger in the most heated questioners. Eventually they narrowed it down to one particular man, and they looked at each other before Naruto stood up and looked at the man.

“Is there a reason you're directing such hatred and killing intent at us?”

Everyone stopped their questioning and looked at the man, who they could clearly see was not one of the usual members of the council. The man sighed and snapped his fingers. This was obviously some kind of signal to his team. As soon as the sound echoed through out the room, several other 'council' members discarded their robes to reveal members of the Militia. Before the real council members could call the guards, the Militia charged and clamped their arms around the necks of a few very important people, such as Haido and other council members at the top of the political pecking order. The man who had given the signal stood up and chuckled. Naruto looked at his face, and his eyes opened wide in disbelif.

“You! You're...”

The man raised his eyebrow in mock interest.

“I'm?”

Naruto smirked and pointed at him.

“You're that guy who I knocked sensless along with 100 other guys on the mobile command centre. How the hell did you get free? Looking for another beating?”

The man snickered, which turned into a full blown laugh. He looked at Naruto with a very sadistic smile that woul but Orochimaru to shame.

“No, that wasn't me. That was my younger brother. I have to commend you for taking out such a large group by yourself, however, the outcome will be different this time. Very different.”

Naruto growled, and took a step forward. However, the leader raised his hand in a gesture that told him to stop.

“One wrong move, and we'll start killing them. We know you're fast, but do you think you can stop all of us before we kill at least one of them?”

Naruto stopped his advance and stepped back, trying deperately to form a plan that would allow him to save everyone. He needed to stall for more time, so he enguaged in conversation.

“I highly doubt you'd pull something like this without a motive. What do you want?”

The man formed half a smile before he turned to each of his men, and then back to Naruto.

“Simple. Relinquish control of Antioch, or they die.”

Council members gasped. Abondon Antioch? They wouldn't do that... Would they? Naruto had gone through all the ideas he could think of, leaving him with one last one. He didn't like it, but he could see no other way. He turned to his friends to see what they thought. The look in their eyes told them they had nothing, so Naruto switched back to Japanese, making it look like a curse.

“Kawarimi...”

They stared at him in disbelief. Replace themselves with the officials? Naruto turned to them and smiled sadly.

“Got a better idea?”

They sighed, getting out of their stances. The leader of the group smiled wickedly.

“So, you've agreed?”

Naruto looked up, with a single hand seal formed a regretful smiled playing across his face.

“Nope.”

The officals closed their eyes as the Militia group leader snarled and snapped his fingers. The other militia members plunged their swords towards the other officials, but a cloud of smoke surrounded each of the hostages. They kept their strikes going, and the vibro blades met with flesh that was not their own. They took this as a good sign, and kept the strike going, until the tips of the swords came out of the smoke. They waited for the smoke to clear. When it did, they were surprised to see not a group of dead officials, but the easterners had taken their places. They looked around wildly to see the officials standing where they had been near the center of the room staring in disbelief at the sudden change of places. The leader of the militia stared at them in disbelief. The council had been grilling them for almost 2 hours and at the drop of a hat, these easterners had exchanged their lives for their own? Unbeliveable. Naruto looked up slowly at the leader, who could see the disbelief in his eyes. He smiled weakly at him.

“They may have been treating us harshly, but as Chunin... No, as ninja, we are required to defend those who can't protect themselves with everything we have. Those who do not follow orders are scum, however, those who do not protect their friends and important people are lower than that. This is what we are taught, our nindo.”

The Militia looked at their leader fopr orders, and he nodded at them. The Militia soldiers drew their swords out of the easterners, and watch as they slumped forward. Even Gaara's sand did not have enough time to defend him. The leader of the militia chuckled which turned into a full blown manical laugh.

“You may have been able to switch them with yourselves, but you can't even stand! How are you going to defend the rest of them? It seems that the ninja of the east aren't so great after all! Why don't you die with your pathetic friends and make our job easier! You!”

He pointed to the man hovering over Yukiko.

“Kill the girl. Let's see how he reacts when we start killing his friends!”

Just as the man was about to plunge his sword into Yukiko he stopped and froze. The Militia group leader stared at him.

“What are you doing?! Kill her!”

Everyone in the room froze when they heard Naruto's voice. A few may have even wet their pants, however, that was the furthest thing from Naruto's mind at the moment.

“Don't. You. DARE. Lay a finger on her. She's too good to be touched by scum like you.”

The man looked at Naruto. His featured had become far more feral than they were before, and his voice was terrifying to say the least. Using the last bit of his resolve, he smiled manically at the boy.

“Oh? Is she your girlfriend?”

“No.”

Naruto's friends looked at him in horror. Had he just dumped her? Naruto smiled a very toothy grin at the man.

“To me, she's something far more than a girlfriend. The word 'girlfriend' doesn't do her justice. You lay a finger on her, and I'll make sure you're paid back ten thousand fold. I dare you. If you're a man, try it.”

His friend's smiled at him. He was still the number one suprising ninja they had all grown to love. The Militia leader rushed forward, having his pride as a man insulted and tried to slice the girl in half. However, he was met there by Naruto, who had punched the man so hard in the gut that a sickening snapping sound of organs and bone under extreme stress could be heard. Finally, Naruto put a large amount of chakra into his hand and gave a final push, which sent the man spiraling through the air to smash into the far wall trialing a large amount of blood which he had coughed up, causing a huge crater. Naruto picked out a cluster of shuriken and threw them at him.

“Shuriken Kage Bunshin no Jutsu.”

The shuriken multiplied before lodging themselves into the area around the man, with a lot of them lodging into the mans vital areas, keeping him from sliding down the wall. The man looked up as the last of his life faded away. He managed to utter a final question.

“Who... Are... You?”

Naruto stared coldly at the man.

“Uzumaki Naruto, the future Hokage of Konoha. Tell Shinigami, or Satan as you know him, I said hi and I might have use for him in the future.”

The man looked at the boy in horror as the last bit of his life faded from him and he slumped his head and stopped breathing. Naruto's blood red aura slowly ebbed away and he stumbled over to Yukiko, slumping to his knees beside her.

“Yukiko-Chan... Are you ok?”

She looked at him and nodded.

“Naruto-Kun... Did you really mean that?”

Naruto smiled as he put his forehead against hers and whispered just loud enough for her to hear.

“Yes. Every bit of it.”

She sobbed and put her arms around him, squeezing him.

“I love you, Naruto-Kun.”

Naruto kissed her tenderly before looking into her eyes.

“I love you too.”

They both fell to the floor, unconcious. Everyone was staring at them in pure disbelief. Hiado was the first to snap out of it, and slammed a hand onto a nearby alarm, causing the two guards stationed outside the door to burst in, blades drawn. Haido turned to them.

“We've delt with the problem, but we have severely wounded in here! Get the medical teams here and have the army scout the entire city for Militia. NOW!”

The both saluted and ran out the door in different directions. Shortly after, a group of men and women in dress that appareared very simmilar to medical nins back in the east ran into the room and surveyed the damage. The one who was obviously in charge split the teams up to take care of the ninjas. They put them onto stretchers and rushed them out of the room to the palace infirmary. Once things had settled down, Haido turned to the still shocked council members and sighed.

“I suppose we should put the negotiations on hold until they recover. Session has now closed.”

Haido walked out of the room followed by the other council members. Haido went directly to the infirmary, followed by Jiraiya to see how they were doing. When they got their, they saw that they were still concious, although barely. Naruto was weakly telling the doctors and nurses that he just needed a night's rest and he'd be fine. Jiraiya turned to them and smiled.

“Trust me, it's better if you didn't waste medical treatment on them. They'll heal naturally overnight. I wouldn't have belived it myself, but I've seen one of them come back with a hole through his chest which healed in under a minute.”

Every doctor and nurse stared at him in disbelief. That was physically impossible for humans to do, even with medical treatment. Naruto glad for some respite felt his wound, and saw that the last traces of it were just sealing. He smiled at them.

“Good as new.”

They stared in something that bordered on horror to see that the wound in Naruto's chest had indeed closed completely, not even leaving a scar. Naruto smiled as he slumped back on the bed, unconcious. Jiraiya smiled at them.

“That's the only downside. After healing a major wound like that, they tend to have to sleep to recover their strength. They'll be ready for discharge tomorrow morning.”

After seeing Naruto's wound close before their eyes, they were severely doubting what their minds were trianed to think of recovery times for a wound like that. The doctors did some final tests to see that they were sleeping peacefully, with no danger of entering a coma. They begrudgingly stepped back and left the patients with Haido and Jiraiya, who looked over them while they slept, disturbed only by regular reports from the search parties Haido had sent out.

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The Next Morning:

Naruto awoke groggily to see sunlight streaming in from the window at the back of the room. He turned to the other side to see Jiraiya snoring and a tendril of drool running down his chin. Naruto wondered what Jiraiya was dreaming about before the corner of Jiraiya's lips turned upwards in a smile and a trickle of blood came down from his nose. Naruto growled and jumped out of bed, his grogginess forgotten, and punched Jiraiya in the head, making the perverted hermit yelp, causing the others to awaken in time to see Jiraiya fall of his seat crashing into the floor. This commotion caused the guard outside the door to burst in. Unknown to him, Jiraiya's head happened to be in the way of the door, and Jiraiya copped the door full in the face, eliciting a moan of agony from the man. The others however, found this extremly funny. Naruto fell to the floor holding his sides as he howled in laughter. The guard wondered what was so funny, and where the moan had come from, so he looked down to see a very beaten Jiraiya laying on the floor in front of him. The man sweat dropped and started forming an incoherent appology. Naruto managed to recover enough to answer for Jiraiya.

“Don't worry, he was having one of his perverted dreams, it serves him right.”

The man nodded sheepishly and muttered sorry again to Jiraiya before closing the door. Jiraiya managed to sit up and started sulking.

“Did you have to do that, Naruto?”

Naruto grinned evilly at him.

“You deserve it. I don't know how anyone manages to put up with you...”

They all chuckled at this, causing Jiraiya to sulk further. At this point, Haido and a doctor came in, to see what the comotion was about. Jiraiya, having not learned his lesson from before, copped another whack from the door, although this one was much less extreme, due to the fact that that the two on the other side of the door were not in such a rush. However, Jiraiya still got another whack, causing a fresh round of laughter at the white haired man's expense. After the doctor had appologised to Jiraiya, he and Haido stepped through the door. After the doctor had checked them all to find they were indeed fit to leave, he smiled at them. They took this as a good sign and they jumped out of bed. They were luckily still in their own clothes, so they walked towards Haido to see what he had to say. He smiled at the with a look that showed a lot of pride.

“The council after yesterday's display have no doubts left that you are nothing like the last one. We would like to resume the talks as soon as possible, however, the earliest we can do it is tomorrow. Would that suit you?”

They nodded and smiled. Haido smiled warmly back at them.

“It's settled then. Please meet me at the mess hall at the same time tomorrw. Until then, enjoy yourselves.”

Haido walked out the door and towards his office. Naruto looked at his watch and saw that it was only a week until his and Yukiko's birthday. He knew exactly what he was going to get her. He smiled to himself and turned to the others.

“I'm going shopping. I'll see you guys in a while.”

Yukiko latched onto Naruto's arm, clearly indicating she wanted to come as well. Naruto shook his head.

“Yukiko-Chan, this is for your birthday present. Do you really want to have the suprise spoilt?”

Yukiko pouted at him, but let go of his arm. Naruto kissed her and then ran off, calling over his shoulder.

“Trust me, you'll love it!”

Yukiko sighed and decided she might as well go shopping for Naruto's birthday present. She followed him outside and towards the trade district. Both of them searched the district for the type of shop they were looking for. Both of them found them fairly quickly, and upon entering began discussing exactly what they needed from the owners. Little did they know they were getting almost exactly the same thing.

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October 10th, 10pm:

The week had passed since they had been discharged from the infirmary. Their group noticed that both Naruto and Yukiko got more and more tense as the day approached. They were glad for the council sessions, as it gave them a chance to forget about the upcoming day. The negotiations proceeded with barely a hitch. Setting up agreements for trade were the easiest, while the agreement for settling westerners in the east proved the most difficult, however, they were able to sort it out eventually in a way that left everyone satisfied with the results. On the morning of their final day there, Naruto and Yukiko were so nervous that the it rolled off them in waves. Naruto and Yukiko had gotten through the presents and birthday lunch, and Naruto had insisted that he be allowed the rest of the day to spend with Yukiko. He had taken her to a top of the line restraunt for dinner followed by a walk though the city's trade district where they had gotten an ice cream each. Finally they wound up in the main park, wher Naruto had been so nervous he was actually sweating. Naruto took Yukiko to a seat that looked out over the park from a hill. The almost full moon shone down on them, providing them with a strong light. The moonlight shone onto the lake that ran through the park, making the water sparkle with a dazzling light. A soft breeze blew through the trees'OMG!!!!! MY 200,000th WORD!!!!', slightly rustling Yukiko and Naruto's hair. Naruto was still wondering how to give her the gift, and so he figited nervously. Yukiko wasn't fairing much better. Naruto felt his inner demon snicker.

'Chickening out, kit?'

'Hell no! I just... Don't know how to ask her...'

The fox gave an exashperated sigh, and came up with an idea.

'Ask her if she knows what the legal age of consent is in the east.'

Naruto wondered what the damn fox was on about, before the fox finished.

'Once you have, tell her the legal age of concent is in the west. Once you have, say you waited for an extra year so that taking the relationship to the next stage would not be illegal once you got back.'

Naruto had to admit. It was far better than any of the ideas he had come up with so far. He turned to Yukiko gathering his reslove, forcing his voice to work.

“Yukiko-Chan? What is the legal age of concent in the east?”

Yukiko was not expecting this question by any stretch of the imagination. However she answered.

“16...”

Naruto smiled, and plunged forward. There was no turning back now.

“And what is it in the west?”

Yukiko was totally confused by now, but she played along.

“15...”

Naruto sighed. This was the moment he had been waiting for for almost 4 years. He forced a smile at her before continuing on.

“I wanted to wait an extra year, so that taking our relationship to the next stage wouldn't be considered illegal once we got back home...”

Yukiko saw immediately where this was going. She forced herself to hold back her tears as Naruto got off the seat and kneeled infront of her, pulling a small box out of his shirt pocket and flipping it open to reveal a ring. The ring was made out of pure platinum. However, at the top of the ring was a large emerald, surrounded by a ring of much smaller topazes. Yukiko's breath caught in her throat, hoping this was true. She looked up at Naruto. He looked at her before whispering the words so only she could hear, despite the fact that no one was around.

“Yukiko-Chan... Will you marry me?”

Yukiko couldn't hold it in any longer. She burst out into tears, making Naruto wonder what he had done wrong. However, Yukiko flung herself at him an kissed him passionately on the lips before pulling back and staring into those endlessly deep cerulean eyes, whispering just as loud as Naruto had.

“Naruto-Kun... You're the only man I would ever even entertain the thought of marrying... I've waited for this day for so long... Yes, Naruto-Kun, I will marry you.”

Naruto slipped the ring onto her right ring finger, and she pulled back just enough to reach her hand into her pocket, pulling out another small box. She opened it, to reveal a ring as well. Obviously, she had been planning to propose if he hadn't. The ring was made of pure gold, but on top was a giant ruby surrounded by a small ring of sapphires. It seems they had been thinking exactly the same thing. Yukiko slipped the ring onto Naruto's right ring finger, before they kissed again. It felt like an eternity. Eventually, they pulled apart and sat, just staring at the sky in contented peace. To them, they wanted to make this moment last as long as possible. Eventually, Naruto's watch beeped, indicating it was 11pm. He sighed and got up, offering his hand to Yukiko, who gladly took it. He smiled at her before claiming another kiss. Once he pulled back he motioned with his head back towards the city.

“Well, Mrs. Uzumaki, shall we retire to bed?”

Yukiko's heart lifted at the title he had given her, and nodded. They walked hand in hand back to the palace, where they were greeted by their friends. Sora was the first to notice the rings on their fingers, and squealed before latching onto Yukiko. This caused the others to raise an eyebrow in both amuzement and wonder. Sora smiled at them.

“So you finally proposed? Congratulations, I'm so happy for you!”

Their eyes had widened in complete and utter shock. Hotaru was the first to recover, and hugged Yukiko and gave Naruto a kiss on the cheek.

“Congratulations you two. You make the perfect couple.”

They both blushed slightly at this. Gaara came up and shook gave Yukiko a hug, which was getting to be a much more familiar gesture. He stood infront of Naruto and shook his head in disbelief, before extending his hand. Naruto took it and shook it.

“First, you beat me in battle, then in an eating contest, and now you beat me to getting married. You are trully one of a kind, Naruto. Congratulations to both of you.”

Jiraiya stopped leaning against the wall he was next to and smiled.

“This is a big step Naruto. I must say, you've done well resisting my pervertedness rubbing off on you. To tell you the truth, you're everything I wish I was. Congratulations to both of you.”

They went inside to their rooms, too physically and emotionally drained from today's events to begin packing up. They could do that tomorrow before they left. Naruto and Yukiko smiled and went to sleep, content with the fact that they were now assured of spending the rest of their lives together.

~fin~

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A/N: OH YEAH BABY!!!!! Part 1 is offically COMPLETE! Sorry if it's a bit short, but this was as long as I wanted to make it, as I wanted the last chapter to be short and sweet. For all of you fans out there who wanted me to do both of the stories, you're in luck. I'm going to be writing both the second part to a tail of two bijus and living behind a mask at the same time. I sincerely hope you all had as much pleasure reading this as I did writing it. (I was on the verge of tears of joy when I typed out those four magical words. I think you know which ones I mean.) Anyways, look out for my new stories coming to a friendly neighbourhood near you! Later, my beloved avid readers!

Ja ne,

Specula.