DAY 28 CONTINUATION

...and when I opened my eyes..

I was standing in a very plain, empty place.
It's very clear in here,
there aren't any walls,
and it seemed to be endless.

The floor..
it reflects the skies.
It's somehow breath taking in here..

Algaia: Wow, is this heaven?
It's kinda far from what I have imagined.

I saw a waterfall, flowing endlessly.
But the water.. it falls into.. nothing?
It doesn't flood the fragile, clear floor.

I walked up to it and..
by the moment I touched the water,

It stopped flowing.

When I looked up,
the clouds stopped.
The world stopped.

Again.

And then.. the world rotated.

When I turned around,
I found myself in a
a really pretty room.

Algaia: It's like a Princess' room...

While I admire the pretty room,
someone suddenly covered
my eyes from behind me.

Algaia: W-Who are you..?

France: How does it feel like..
..to die?

Algaia: F-France!

France: *chuckles*

He did not remove his hands.
Then he gently lead me somewhere..
and asked me to sit, so I did.

France: When I remove my hands,
I want you to look closely and tell
me what you will see.

Algaia: O-Okay..

France gently removed his hands,
and I blinked a few times to clear
my vision.

When it's finally normal,
I faced a mirror.

I looked closely..
But the person I saw..

was not me.

but my past self.

Algaia: !!!! W-What?!

I touched my face and all over my body.
I checked if I was still my current self.
But I'm not.. it seemed that I've been..
in my past self's body.. ALL THIS TIME.

France: Shh. Look down.

Algaia: Eh?!

When I looked down,
the room around us
vanished completely.

and we returned
to the endless
breathtaking place.

I can see Naruto
and the others from below.

Algaia: N-Naruto-kun!!

France: You wanna go back to them,
don't you?

Algaia: B-But.. I'm dead!!??

I saw Naruto holding my dead body
in his arms. Everyone looked sad
and they were crying.

France: I can do something about that ;)

Algaia: What do you mean..?!

France just smiled at me.
And I was blinded by
the bright light again.

Neji: Algaia-hime!

Shikamaru: Hime..

Lee: Nooooo! T^T *sniff*

Kakashi: .... *pats Naruto's back*

Sasuke: My love..

Naruto: *sobs*

I felt something warm that was holding me.
And then it seemed to be Naruto's hands.

Choji: N-N-Naruto!!! L-Look! *points at Algaia*

Naruto: *wipes off his tears* H-Huh??

I blinked my eyes a few times,
trying to get over with that
blinding light again.

Algaia: N-Naruto-kun..

Naruto: :OOOO!!!! Y-You're!!

Sasuke: SHE'S ALIVEE!!! *runs up to Algaia*

Gaara: But.. how?

Algaia: France.. he helped me.

Naruto: F-France?

Bee: Was he the one who attacked me??

Algaia: *nods*

Bee: Oh, I thought all he ever does is fight,
little did I know he can do something right, yo!

Naruto: *laughs* Octopops, you're really the best.

Algaia: W-Where is.. the Akatsuki?

Naruto: They're gone.. they vanished
along with the light that appeared
when you screamed.

Algaia: Then.. it's.. over?

Naruto: *smiles and nods* YES!

Algaia: *cries tears of joy* I'm.. glad..

Sasuke: You did it.. How can you be so powerful?
You are amazing..

Algaia: *pokes Sasuke in the forehead*
I only become powerful for the people I care about.

France: Do you have any idea how awesome
you sound like, right now?

Everyone went frozen.
Only I and France could move..
France seems amazing..
and why is he so powerful?

Could Morpheus be the one
giving him those abilities?

Algaia: You know it's creepy when
everyone else is not moving. CREEPY.

France: *chuckles* I just forgot
to tell you. Since you died,
the time you are using right now,
is only borrowed. You will
have to leave soon enough.

Algaia: I thought so...

The world revolved again as France vanished.
I'm going to leave again. Just when I am
finally finding myself 'awesome.'

Algaia: Everyone, thank you!!

They smiled at me as a response.

It seemed that I was able to heal and revive
everyone who got wounded and who died.

We all went back to Konoha to celebrate.
It was an instant festival.. the families
that were waiting for their loved ones
cried tears of joy as the warriors returned.

It's like as if there was no war that occured.
Everyone is smiling, laughing and enjoying.
We were having so much fan with everyone.

Until my time is almost up...

France showed up with Morpheus.

Naruto: Y-You!! The weird guy who
advanced the time after I defeated Pain!!!

Morpheus: HOHOHOHO! B{D Hello there,
young man.

Algaia: M-Morpheus?! I-Is that you?!
YOU LOOKED TEN TIMES YOUNGER

Morpheus: Ohohoho, I am young.

Bee: Oi, you're the one who helped
the princess, right? HOW?

Bee walked over to France
and asked as he poked him.

France: *chuckles and eats his icecream*
Yes I am. There is no other explanation,
but like what I said, I can make the
IMPOSSIBLE, POSSIBLE.

Morpheus: Ooooh France, you
sure do enjoy confusing people.

France: *laughs* It's my specialty.

Sasuke: .................Why are you guys here?!

Morpheus: We're here for her.

Morpheus glanced at me as
he said their intentions.

Naruto: WHAT?! ANOTHER ENEMY?!

I immediately ran up and cover
France and Morpheus.
To clear any misunderstanding
right away and to explain.

Algaia: No, no. They're not enemies!

Kakashi: You sure do know them.
Would you tell us who they are?

Algaia: They're here to pick me up..

Sasuke: What do you mean?

Algaia: You know, back there.
I'm supposed to be dead.

Naruto: What?!

Algaia: They only gave me a few
more hours to stay with you guys..

Lee: WHAT?! SO WE'VE BEEN WITH
A GHOST PRINCESS ALL THIS TIME?! *panics*

Algaia: Oh Lee...

Gaara: So.. you're really gone..

Algaia: *smiles apologetically*

While everyone just stood there,
staring at us in such surprise.
Not being able to believe
what I have said right away.

Naruto looks up to me and
gives me his brightest smile,
and then his thumbs up.

Naruto: In that case, I will just
see you again someday!

Sasuke: N-Naruto.. you..

Algaia: *cries happy tears and nods*Yes, we'll definitely meet again!

Group hug.
It's like the most dramatic
day I've ever had so far.

It's time...

I turned around and walked
up to France. However,
it seemed that Morpheus
had already left, so it's
just the two of us now.

For the last time,
I faced everyone.
They were looking
at me so sadly..
But they eventually
smiled at me.

Algaia: *waves* See you again someday, everyone!

They waved back at me,
saying goodbye and
believing we would
meet again someday.

We slowly faded into the light.
And now again..

I'm in another dimension.
Along with this mysterious man,
who I thought I knew,
but I clearly didn't.

Algaia: Can you explain all those
weird happenings in that world?

France: Fine.

We stopped walking and talked.

France: I even bothered to
find the Goddess, Athena,
to help you and grant you
a bit of her powers. However,
you did not fully use it.

Algaia: What's the connection o.O

France: Morpheus and I were
dying to see her in action.
Since you have a bit of
her power within you,
you can fight like her.

Algaia: You psychos..

France: Also the twisted-times.
Morpheus did it. He kept
twisting the time. With only
selected people. Which is
why it did not affect the others.

Algaia: WOW, AMAZING.

France: ..and.. that's all.

Algaia: Okay..
Now that I'm dead,
what will happen to me now?

France: You still have 72 days left.
You can't afford to die yet, can you?

Algaia: NO WAY!! And oh!
What about this.. my body..
why am I in my past self's??

France: What do you mean?
Look in the mirror.

 A mirror suddenly appeared,
floating right in front of me.
As I faced it..

I am no longer
in my past self's body.

How did that happen?
But I guess.. It's just..

A part of this long dream.

DAY 28 - Happy Tears

END OF THE WORLD OF NARUTO..

..THE NEXT WORLD DRAWS NEAR.............