In His Arms
(The sequel to In His Shadow...FINALLY about to be finished!)
Chapter 6
Pairing: Sasu/Saku
Shika/Mari have a part, too
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto...


Sasuke knocked on the door of Shikamaru and Temari's house very angrily. "Shikamru! Open up!" Sakura went around the side of the house, so no one would see her. "Shikamaru, OPEN THE DAMN DOOR!" Sasuke yelled, still pounding on the door. The door opened, and Shikamaru and Temari were there, both expressing worry and concern. "I've had it with that woman! She's obnoxious, strong willed, and in general a pain in my ass! WHY did you EVER encourage my affections towards her?!"

"Woah, slow down a second dude. What happened? Are you talking about you and Sakura?" Shikamaru asked, extremely puzzled.

"She's the LAST person on this ENTIRE EARTH that I would EVER marry. EVER." Sasuke continued, ignoring Shikamaru's question.

"Sasuke-" Shikamaru began, but was cut off by a screaming vioce. "Sasuke! How dare you!" Sakura shouted, storming up the path to their front porch. She marched up the steps to stand in front of him.

"Me? How dare ME?!" He asked, pretty much full on raging now. "How dare you! You only wanted the sex, didn't you? Throwing yourself at me after ignoring me these last five months."

"You ass! How dare you accuse me of something like that?!" She shoved him back a little. "You're so arrogant and conceited! How could you ever say something like that?! That I'd ever want you in my bed! The nerve you have!"

"That's not what you said last night! In fact, you kept begging me for more!" Sasuke said, taunting her.

"Um, guys?" Temari said. "I'm so confused right now. You mean to tell me that you've had...sex? Don't you guys think that you should try to work this out? You never know, this could all be just a huge misunderstanding...and could easily be fixed..." Temari trailed off, not sure how to finish her sentence.

Sakura tried to be serious, but she couldn't help it. She started giggling, causing Sasuke to start laughing too.

"Why are you two laughing? Have you both gone insane? You were just ready to kill each other not even two seconds ago!" Shikamaru said, a puzzled look on his face.

"Well, you see, we thought it would be funny to get into this huge fight in front of you two, and see how long we could go before we couldn't keep it up any more." Sakura said, giggling and putting her arm around Sasuke, and he in turn wrapped his around her shoulders.

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow. "Wow, you two sure do look extremely cozy." He drawled.

"Shikamaru, guess what? I asked her to marry me." Sasuke said, looking down into Sakura's eyes, smiling.

"Let me guess? Did she say yes?" Temari asked, kind of catching on.

"Yes, yes she most definitely said yes." Sakura said, smiling back at Sasuke.

"OH MY GOSH NO WAY THAT'S SO COOL I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU TWO!" Temari yelled, running up to hug them both.

"Congrats man, it's about time!" Shikamaru said, coming up to clasp Sasuke in a brief bro hug.

"Thanks Shikamaru. It's all thanks to your encouragement!" Sasuke said, laughing at Temari and Sakura's looks of disbelief. "What? He can be kind of motivating when he wants to be!"

Temari looked at Shikamaru, and he nodded. "Well, we have news we'd like to share, too." She went over to Shikamaru and took his hand, and they both smiled tenderly at each other. "We're gonna have a baby!" They said it together.

Sakura exclaimed, "NO WAY!" She rushed over to hug them, and asked her how long she's known.

"Well, I kinda think I was pregnant just before the wedding...so I should be 3 months pregnant..." Temari trailed off when Sakura threw herself at her, and they both started laughing and crying, slurs of baby and wedding talk pouring out of their mouths.

Sasuke and Shikamaru kind of just looked at each other, not sure what was going on. "So, you're gonna be a father, eh?" Sasuke said to Shikamaru.

Shikamaru chuckled. "Looks like it." He paused, looked at Sasuke and said, "So, you're gonna be a husband?"

Sasuke turned to look at Sakura, a soft tender look coming into his eyes. "Yeah, looks like it. I'm the luckiest guy in the world to have such an amazing woman in my life, who loves me, has stayed by me no matter what even though we haven't really worked through things until just now, and who is willing to dedicate her life to me. She's given me the greatest gift ever: her love. And I'm going to spend the rest of my life proving to her that I am worthy to have it, and show her that she's my greatest treasure."

As if sensing him looking at her, Sakura turned her head towards him, and they shared a smile so loving, so gentle, Sakura's heart melted, and she looked forward to their future together. As man and wife. As partners. As best friends.


End of Story ^_^

AN: Alright, so I will beast out the next story, In His Heart, so stay tuned! I truly hope that you liked this ending. I am probably going to make In His Heart a little longer chapter wise so I can continue on with Temari and Shikamaru's life, as well as keep up with Sasuke and Sakura!