Chapter 10: The Nara vow
"Hey Sasuke why did I have to come here?" Shikamaru groaned
The guys had gone out for the evening with Sakura,Tenten,Hinata and Ino although Shikamaru stayed quiet for most of the time he had dragged Sasuke away from the others
"Because Sakura wanted to see everyone and I need you here or Ino would go crazy, for some reason when you are around she seems to focus on you"
"Whatever, anyway how are things going with Sakura and her being...pregnant"
"Everything is fine and you know the upcoming festival, with the firework display"
"Yeah what about it?"
"I've got something big planned for when the fireworks start"
"That's wierd Naruto said almost the same thing"
"Well we should go back inside or they are going to wonder where we are"
Sasuke walked back inside the restaurant followed by Shikamaru and Inos eyes became fixed on the lazy ninja
"So you and Hinata are a couple now" Neji was staring at Naruto as he spoke
"Yeah and I've got something ready for the big festival next week"
"Just make sure you don't hurt Hinata or I will hurt you"
Naruto started to sweat at hearing the threatning words
"Hey Neji leave him alone I'm sure he'd never do anything to hurt Hinata" Tenten had walked over behind Neji and was now leaning over him
The group all sat down and enjoyed a large meal occasionaly talking to each other. Naruto was sat next to Hinata and was opposite Sasuke, Neji was opposite Shikamaru with Tenten on his left, Sakura was between Shikamaru and Sasuke while Ino was on the end.
"I bet choji would like the food here" Shikamaru sighed
"Hey where is choji?" Ino was now facing shikamaru
"He was sent on a mission to the hidden stone village a few days ago, I think he said it was to recover some stolen information"
When everyone had finished they started talking about what happened after the rain invasion, the conversation went on for what seemed like hours
"It's getting late so I better be going" Sakura interrupted
"I'm going to head home aswell" Sasuke added
"I guess I'll see you tomorow Sasuke"
"Yeah, goodnight Naruto"
After thirty minutes Naruto, Hinata, Neji and Tenten had all left leaving only Shikamaru and Ino alone in the resturaunt
"Ino It's late so If you want I will walk you home"
"Alright that would be nice"
Shikamaru and Ino walked outside and headed towards The blond girls house
"Shikamaru thank you, I mean for walking me home"
"Not a problem, actually now I can ask you something"
"What is it?"
"The fire festival next week, I was wondering If you wanted to watch the fireworks with me"
"I would like that Shikamaru, well goodnight"
"Goodnight Ino"
Three days later
The guys had met at the training grounds and were sparring against each other
"Hey Naruto how are things going with Hinata?"
"It is great what about you and Sakura?"
"Well the other night after we left the resturaunt I asked her to move into the Uchiha mansion with me"
"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY!"
Flashback:
"Yeah, goodnight Naruto"
The two teens walked out of the resturaunt and stayed silent until they arrived at Sakuras house.
"Sakura can I ask you something"
"Sure"
"You and I have been a couple for almost a year and now you're pregnant I want to take things a bit further"
"What do you mean?"
"What I mean is Sakura I would like you to move into the Uchiha mansion"
"Sasuke are you sure?"
"Yes, Sakura I love you and I want to be there for you"
"I love you too but give me tonight to think about it and then tomorow I will give you my answer"
"Alright, goodnight Sakura"
Sasuke pushed the hairs in sakuras face behind her ear and kissed her gently
"Goodnight Sasuke"
End of flashback
"What was her answer, yes or no?"
"The next morning I went over to her house to ask her and I found her packing things into boxes"
"So that means..."
"I'm helping her move the last of her stuff later"
"Well now I know that lets get back to training"
"You guys can stay here but I've got something to do"
"Shikamaru I always thought you tried to do as little as possible" Neji had made his way over to the others as they were speaking
"That is true most of the time but this is something important"
"I guess I will see you later" Sasuke sighed
"Yeah, see you later Neji, Naruto"
"Whatever, come on Sasuke I want to train some more"
Shikamaru dissapeared into the trees and began running back to the village
Two hours later
Shikamaru was standing in his bedroom with his father staring at him with a concerned look on his face
"Shikamaru are you sure about this?"
"I thought about everything and what Sasuke said at the resturaunt just reassured me, this is what I want"
"Alright then take this"
Shikaku handed his son a necklace which shined in the light
"Thank you dad"
"Just hope the answer is yes"
The fire festival
"Hey Sasuke when did you get here" Naruto ran over to his raven haired friend
"Me and Sakura have been here for about five minutes"
"Hello Hinata" Sakura walked over to the hyuga girl
"Oh hello Sakura how are things living with Sasuke"
"It's strange but I'm still adjusting to things, what about you and Naruto?"
"I guess I should tell you"
"Tell me what?" Sakura interrupted her friend
"Yesterday Naruto and me were walking to ichiraku when he stopped in the street and asked me if I wanted to move into his new house"
"What new house?"
"Narutos father the fourth hokage had left everything to him including his house"
"Well did you yes"
"It took me a while to decide but I said yes"
"So when are you moving in?"
"He's going to come over tomorow to help me take my things to his"
"Sasuke said he wants to go to the team seven training grounds to watch the fireworks and he has something to ask me"
"Naruto told me he wants to go to the roof of the academy to watch them and he wants to ask me something important"
"They might be planning something"
"Hinata do you want to go and look around the festival before the fireworks start"
"Alright Naruto, I will see you tomorow Sakura"
"Goodbye Hinata"
Shikamaru & Ino
"Ino I was thinking we could go to the top of the hokage monuments to watch the fireworks"
"Sure, Shikamaru why are being so nice to me"
"Why, can't I be nice to my friends"
"Never mind, lets get moving or we will miss the entire festival"
"Fine but I'm still wondering where Neji and Tenten are"
"I don't know she said she was going to meet us here"
"I guess he's here somewhere"
"Do you want to go and look for him"
"No like you said we better get moving"
Twenty minutes later
Sasuke and Sakura were standing in the team seven training grounds waiting for the fireworks to start when Sasuke broke the silence between them
"Sakura there is something important I want to ask you"
"What is it"
"Your what brought me back to konoha, you are the best thing to happen to me, after Itachi killed my family, my clan I lost everything all the people I loved and now you and our child are everything to me, so..."
Sasuke reached into his pocket and pulled out a dark blue velvet box then knelt down on one knee
"Sakura Haruno will you marry me"
Sakura couldn't believe what was happening, she stood in front of her raven haired boyfriend for almost two minutes before finally saying one word...
"Yes"
Sasuke smiled while standing up to kiss Sakura passionately, as their lips met the fireworks exploded and lit up the sky above them
Academy rooftop
"Hinata I was always alone at the academy and until I met you, Shikamaru, Tenten and everyone else I thought I would be alone for the rest of my life" Naruto clenched his fists as the words filled the air
"What is it Naruto?" Hinata looked at her boyfriend with worry in her eyes
"Hinata I love you and I never want to be alone again"
Naruto put his hand into his pocket and pulled out a red velvet box while kneeling down on his left knee
"Hinata hyuga will you marry me"
Hinata felt like she was going to faint, she imagined this many times and always knew what she would say when the day came...
"Yes"
Naruto had jumped to his feet and kissed Hinata just like when he first admitted his feelings for her.
As they enjoyed the kiss the sky above them lighted up with the colours of a dozen fireworks
Hokage monument
"What's wrong Shikamaru you seem focused on something"
"The reason I've been acting like I have is because there is something Important I need to ask you"
"Well what is it?"
Shikamaru grabbed something from his pocket and knelt down on his knee
"Shikamaru what the hell are you doing?" Ino said angrily
"Ino I've been thinking about this for a while and I noticed ever since the rain invasion whenever I'm around you focus on me"
"Yeah so what?"
"You and I have been close for a long time now and you can't deny you feel the same way"
"What if I do?" Ino was getting annoyed
"I'm usually a lazy guy so I guess the only thing I can say is I love you Ino"
Inos mind raced with different thoughts until she finally considered everything he had said and he was right but they had not even had a date although like he said shikamaru was a lazy guy, she noticed Shikamaru was holding out a black velvet box In his right hand
"Ino Yamanaka will you marry me"
Thinking about everything that had happened she decided on her answer...
"Yes"
Shikamaru stood up to look into Inos blue eyes and before he leaned in to kiss her he remembered something else
"I've got another thing to give to you"
"What do you mean"
Shikamaru pulled out the necklace his father gave him and held it up between them
"Where did you get that"
"It was my grandmothers" Shikamaru had moved around Ino to help her put the necklace on
"It's beautiful, thank you Shikamaru"
"My dad said I should only give you the necklace if my feelings were certain"
"I love you too Shikamaru"
As the sky around them lit up Shikamaru pushed some stray hairs from Inos face and the two shared a romantic kiss
"Ino I vow to protect you with my life"
Authors Note: I hope this chapter was a suprise for people, the next chapter will be mostly NejiTen but maybe some of the other pairings and I am planning something big concerning all the couples. Oh please review this