"FINALLY FOUND YOU"

Written by: riyuna16

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

Summary:Hyuuga Hiashi is expecting Hinata to get married at 18! Of course, she desires for her beloved Naruto-kun. Then again, she sees that her father would never accept him---whether the blonde knows her love for him or not. Now who is going to walk up to the altar with her? Or will be there a surprise on her wedding day...? (NaruHina; SasuSaku; NejiTen; ShikaTema/Ino; Kaka/Iru)

A/N: I just can't get them out of my system. I mean, I just HAVE to make a fic about this cute couple, don't you think? They're just so adorable together! XD. Anyway, the story takes place after six years. The guys are no longer genins but teenage chuunins! Hope you'll like it. By the way, please review. If you don't know, even ONE nice review means SO MUCH to me. I feel like I can sleep so soundly through the night! And it completes my day and life here in this site. Yeah, I'm THAT sensitive. Criticism is absolutely fine; just DON'T rub it in---please. Ahm... oh well, that wraps up the blah-blah. Here's the story. Enjoy... :D!

"FINALLY FOUND YOU"

Written by: riyuna16


Chapter 1

A young lady sat in the bed in her room. Her midnight blue hair bobbed over her small shoulders as she shrugged. Her pasty face was subtle and peaceful while her soft, puffy cheeks were tinted in cherry red. Her full lips were quite pale but rose in shade. Beneath her soft, comfy jacket was a fully-developed chest of a lenient lass and her fitted jeans showed her exquisitely-curved hips. She crossed her legs timidly as she held a small book to read.

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"Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret."

- Aphra Behn

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Her placid snowy eyes closed into thought. "That's not true." she uttered. "Naruto-kun still doesn't know I like him and that's not a pleasure..."

The eighteen-year-old chuunin was currently sitting on her bed. It was 8:30 in the morning, still early for her meeting with the Fifth Hokage. She remained silent for a while, reminiscing the her old years' encounters with the blonde... as a genin.

Ninja Academy's first day. The Chuunin Exam. Her letting him copy her answers. The preliminaries. Her fight with Neji. His fight with Neji. And his admirable determination---one thing any ninja cannot take away from the kyuubi boy.

She smiled. No one liked Naruto... except her, who was still the same. Still shy, quiet and quite unchanged in time. Except her long dark hair touching her shoulders, granting elegance to her plain face naturally. She, the Hyuuga heiress, successor of the advanced bloodline Byakugan, the lady belonging to the strongest clan of all Konohakagure no Sato... what was she thinking? Couldn't she just stayed with someone with so much honor and admiration? Why, of all people, the brash Naruto?

"It's the way he smiles.

The way he cries.

The way he laughs.

And the way he fights with all his heart."

She broke into a petty smile. She was so happy. Even more now that he was in the same age as her. Though the blonde looked the same, except that he had grown taller, shoulders broader and now handsomely lively... he was still the same, old Naruto. He looked so blithe, now that he was slowly climbing up to achieve his dreams. And she was so happy for him. So happy.

Then she remembered something... and gasped.

"12th!" she exclaimed. "One more day till Valentines!" She rushed to the calendar posted to her room and flipped the pages to February. "Monday... Tuesday..." Hinata mumbled as she looked when Valentine's Day would fall. Her eyes grew wide, and she smiled ever so cheerfully.

"It's a SATURDAY!" she declared and went around her room, dancing merrily. "Naruto-kun doesn't have missions during weekends!" she exclaimed. "Actually, everyone don't have things to do on weekends." she uttered. "Hmm... I think 'll go to Ichiraku and see if Naruto-kun is there!" she decided, then looked down. "But I don't think I have the courage to do that," she said and wandered in her room. "He might turn me down..."

"Hinata-sama?"

Hinata turned around and quickly hid her Guide for Life and Love book behind her back. "Yes, Hanabi-chan?"

"Father summons for you." the youngest Hyuuga answered. "Said it's important."

"Oh." she said, feeling a little tensed. "What could it be?" Hanabi, only a few years younger than Hinata, caught a glimpse of something behind her sister's back.

"What is that?" she inquired as she leaned her head to the side, getting a better look at whatever her sister was concealing. "What is that you're hiding?"

Hinata trembled as she sought for an answer in her panicking mind. "Oh, this...?" she looked behind her. "AH! T-this is nothing! Not important, Hanabi-chan!" she explained chuckling. She's never going to tell her clan members that she's reading a guide book for life. They might think she's going crazy!

"It's all right if you don't want to tell me, Hinata-sama." said Hanabi firmly as if rolling her eyes. "Hm, it is truly none of my concern."

She sweatdropped and managed to nod silently. It seemedlike her sister knew and acted more of being a Hyuuga than she is. She, indeed, did not change. "Ah... right."

"See you around, Hinata-sama." spoke Hanabi as she turned away.

"S-surely," answered the lady chuunin as she watched her sister step out of her room. She sighed with serene eyes as she slid her little book inside her drawer. Needless to say,Hanabi left her disappointed in result of her actions and anxious with the sudden call of her father, Hiashi. The call is definitely not for a family reunion.

A tall, young man stood leaning outside the Ninja Academy building. His piercing jet black eyes talked to the passing people without releasing a singe word from his sonorous lips. His raven hair swayed with the soft breeze as his clear masculine face remained cold amidst the busy society around him. And whenever they saw at him, they would look at him from head to toe. In awe, in bewilderment... he didn't care. He had business to do and that's why he was there. He scanned the surroundings, hands buried under his pockets.

"Sasuke!"

The eighteen-year-old jounin turned his head and feasted his tedious eyes to the person who had called his name.

"You're late," he stated as he looked sharply at the man in front of him. "Ten minutes."

"Oh, sorry. I... had to run some errands," replied his former teacher, Umino Iruka, as he scratched his head and made an apologetic smile. "Shall we?" he asked the lad he gestured his hand to the Hokage Office. Slowly, the Uchiha pulled himself together from leaning to the building. His feet brushed on the pavements of Konoha as he and the chuunin walked to show their faces to the Fifth Hokage.

The forest. In the very thick of it was the presence of a slender, young man with long nut-brown hair and skin pale as the silver moon. His enticing face exhibited the most striking features and had deep purplish-blue eyes as a mix of lavender that went well with his pallid cerise lips. His hard, dense muscles are slightly visible through the jounin vest he wore as he moved through the forest in an incredible speed.

"Byakugan!"

His frosty eyes searched for the target. His eyes widened as he spotted it.

"The targert is running," he stated as he pressed a finger to his ear piece. "Mutilation." As the word left his lips, he lunged at the creature in full speed and in less than a second, threw a shuriken straight at the victim's shoulder.

"ARGH!" screamed the culprit as he fell to the ground and grasped his bloody shoulder in pain, dropping a small buckskin suitcase.

The nineteen-year-old jounin broke into a smirk. "Bulls-eye." he muttered with conceit.

"Good job, Neji." said an authoritative voice through his ear piece. "Mission accomplished. Retrieve the possessions and be back in the headquarters on the double."

"Got it." he answered as he took the suitcase from the thief in a flash. Swiftly, he leaped to the tree branches and made his way back to the Konoha HQ where everyone was waiting.

A/N: The first chapter is basically the introduction of the story. It tells how are some of the characters after the years and the next chapter is going to be something like that too---an intro to some of our favorite guys and gals. But I would have to add some story now... ANYWAY, I include Kakshi here since I am one of his fans and everything. He's just so cute without his mask, don't you think? Please review if you want me to continue this stuff because I'm really interested with people's comments on my stories. They really mean so much to even though it's just a word or two... Flames are good, as long as they'll improve my work and not discourage me to write more. :D