Final chapter already! Wow-sers! Okay, time for Orochimaru to fight for his man! Enjoy! Oh, and there'll be a bonus chapter later on, but it's a lemon.

"So, are you ready to confess?" Kiba asks Naruto as he gets ready to go and meet Sasuke in the dining hall for supper.

"I'm not sure that I'm ready," Naruto admits.

"But you have to! Just look at the rose!" Naruto's blue eyes look over to the wilting rose, who in turn yells at him.

"Yeah, confess your feelings already! I only have three petals left!" it screams just as one falls. "TWO! TWO LEFT, DAMMIT!"

"Sorry Tenten! I promise I'll hurry up!"

"You better or else I'll kick your ass!" Can't you just picture that? A rose beating up Naruto? Oh, well Sasuke would save him, but that's not the point! Anyway, continuing on.

"But what if laughs at me? I mean, what if he's not like that." Tenten and Kiba look at one another.

"Trust us, he's like that," the say in unison.

"But how can you be sure?"

"Trust us, we know. We've seen how he looks at you."

"H-How?"

"Not like that! With love!"

"Oh…so, can you stop that whole unison, it's a bit creepy."

"Yeah, it is…stop that! QUIT!" Both sigh and just give up on talking.

"E-Excuse me, but S-Sasuke is ready," Hinata says as she peeks her head inside the room. Naruto nods, takes one last look at himself in his magical mirror and leaves to go and join the raven for dinner, which goes quite well. Just as the finish their meal, music floats in from the ballroom.

"Care to dance?" Sasuke asks, (no, he's not in a dress! He's in a tux like Naruto).

"I-I'd love to," Naruto says and takes the raven's offered hand. They walk slowly into the ballroom and begin to slow dance, Sasuke leading. "You know, I always thought that you need a massive crowd in order to make this place feel full."

"And you don't anymore?"

"No, I don't."

"What made you change your mind?"

"You did, because ever since you've been here it hasn't felt empty at all." Unsure of what to say to that, Sasuke stops dancing and tips Naruto's chin up, kissing him lightly on the lips. "S-Sasuke!" The raven smiles at the blond and resumes dancing.

"Did you see that?" Iruka asks the group of onlookers excitedly.

"Yeah, they kissed!" Sakura says.

"Finally, it's been almost four whole months!" Shikamaru points out.

"Hey, it takes time to fall in love," Sakura defends.

"Yeah, but now we only have a number of days for them to admit it."

"But now that they've kissed it won't take too long. Maybe it'll even happen tonight!" Sakura says and then looks back t the dancing couple, which is now walking outside to go and look at the stars. "Oh, they're leaving!"

"It's alright, they can be alone," Iruka says. "Besides, if Naruto thinks we're listening, he won't be able to admit his feelings."

"Yes, but what if he's too afraid to admit them at all?" Kiba asks.

"Wow, it's so beautiful out," Naruto comments as they enter the balcony over looking one of the castle gardens.

"Yes, it is," Sasuke agrees. He gently places his arm around the blond as they sit on a bench to gaze at the stars. "Naruto, there's something I need to tell you." Is this it? Will Sasuke reveal his true feelings for Naruto? Will this story end now? Will I stop asking you questions? Okay, I'll stop. "I-" An explosion at the front gate interrupts the two lovebirds, startlingly them and all the castle inhabitants. They all rush to the windows facing the front of the building to see and angry mob led by Orochimaru attacking the castle's front door.

"NO! YOU'LL NEVER ENTER!" Gaara yells at them, spitting sand everywhere, but it is not very effective and the intruders are able to open the door as easily as Sasuke had, entering the domain.

"Find the beast! Kill him! Kill him, so I may marry Sasuke!" Orochimaru commands the angry mob.

"What? When did this happen?" Naruto asks.

"Well you see Naruto, while you two were having a fun little montage, Orochimaru asked your brother where you were and he told him you were living here with the Kyuubi, so Orochimaru decided in his own mind that it must mean you're evil holding Sasuke captive and wants to kill you," a narrator's voice says.

"Oh, AND YOU DIDN'T WARN US?!"

"Nope, you two were just too cute to interrupt!"

"W-Whatever!" Naruto says with a blush. "We have to protect the castle!" They all run downstairs and begin facing the intruder's, thoroughly kicking their asses. Through the crowd, Orochimaru spots Naruto and chases after him and the blond and Sasuke run to the West Wing to try and hide. When they enter the room containing the rose, Naruto bolts the door shut and they sit and wait. "Sasuke, you have to wait here. I can't risk you getting hurt."

"What, and you're going to fight him? No chance Naruto, I can take care of myself! He's here for mean and I'm going to face him!"

"What's going on?" Tenten asks from her spot on the nearby table.

"The castle has been invaded by some jealous bastard," Naruto explains.

"Oh, right when I thought this stupid curse would finally be broken!"

"Break the curse? You mean that's possible?" Sasuke asks.

"Yes, it can," Naruto answers just before someone begins attacking the door, trying to get in. The two boys try to go and push against it, but it breaks open before they have a chance. Orochimaru steps forward from the debris.

"Ah, Sasuke, I was wondering where you'd run off to. Oh, so this is the beast?" Orochimaru questions as he looks over Naruto. "I thought he'd be scary."

"Hey! I can be scary!" Naruto cries before remembering that this guy is the enemy and lunging at him. Orochimaru dodges the blow and makes a dive for Sasuke, who punches him away.

"Oh Sasuke, you tease, will you just give up and marry me! If you want, I'll let him join up. He's good-looking, too," that sick little bastard offers.

"No way in hell are you going near him!"

"Hey, will you guys hurry this up! That explosion made another petal come off, so I only have one left now!" Tenten screams.

"Oh, right," Naruto says. "Uh…I WILL DEFEAT YOU!" An epic battle ensues within the next five seconds, but sadly, Orochimaru manages to stab Naruto in the stomach, a fatal wound.

"NARUTO!" Sasuke cries as he runs and catches his blond as he falls from the attack. "No, I won't let you die!" He grabs the sword from beside him and faces Orochimaru. "I will kill you!" He begins running towards the snake-bastard, but he backs up, too, and ends up falling through the window and down to his fate. "Wow, that was easy…Naruto!"

"Nnh," the blond stirs as Sasuke holds him close. "Sasuke?"

"Yes, yes I'm here!"

"Sah…"

"Naruto, please, hold on! I love you!"

"FINALLY!" Tenten yells as Naruto is lifted off the ground in magical effects only Disney can make and transforms into…nope, he doesn't change back yet, but everyone else does!

"Huh?" Naruto asks as he lands softly on his feet after floating around for the 'amazingly magical' effect. "Why didn't I change back?"

"Who cares? You're alive!" Sasuke says as he pulls Naruto into a desperate kiss.

"Ah! S-Sasuke!" Naruto smiles and pants after they part. "W-Wow!"

"Yeah." Sasuke smirks.

"Sasuke, I love you, too!"

"You better, dobe!"

"Shut up, teme!" They smile at one another before kissing again.

A few months later, the two hold a grand ball in honor of their marriage, (yep, they're married now). Everyone from the castle is back to their human self and Orochimaru survived the fall, but it messed with his head, so he's a good guy now. He runs a flower shop with his fiancé, Kabuto.

"So, we're finally back to normal," Kiba remarks as his dog, Akamaru, runs circles around him and as he snakes his arm around his girlfriend's waist.

"Yes, but better," Hinata says.

"Yeah," he says as he slips a ring on her finger, "better." They smile and kiss as Sasuke leads Naruto onto the dance floor for a slow dance.

"Naruto," Sasuke says.

"Yes?"

"I love you."

"I love you, too." The two kiss and the crowd all smiles, finally happy once again.

OWARI