Sup, dudes. Last chapter for this fic. I hope y'all liked it. I'm ready to start another here pretty soon. If you have any questions over anything in this whole fic, PM me or ask in a review. Thanks for reading!

- Nate-Dawgg73

P.S. - Naruto does not belong to me. He never has and probably never will, darn the bad luck.

It had been a few days since the announcement. Unfortunately, Itachi wasn't "fit" to have a funeral, according to the council.

"Damn! I have them old geezers!" Sasuke exclaimed. He scowled at the ground, walking down the street with Naruto. Naruto kept noticing all the stares they were getting.

"Ha! You hate them? Grandma Tsunade said they nearly chose not to make me Hokage! You believe the nerve of them?" Naruto and Sasuke both continued to walk, Sasuke with his hands in his pockets, Naruto with his hands behind his back. "I see you have gone back to your old look."

"No, dobe. My last one was dark blue with white sleeves. Now its all black. Fool."

"And your still as annoying as I remember you." Naruto had a thought that made his suspicion rise a bit. 'I wonder...does Sasuke still have that curse mark?' He glance at his neck, but couldn't see, because of Sasuke's new BLACK shirt.

"Don't you have to hang out with Gaara or go kiss Hinata or something?" Sasuke said, irritated.

"Hn," mumbled Naruto.

"Hey, that's my thing punk!"

"Oh, you wanna go, dweeb!" They faced each other, lightning passing between them. The fire in their eyes, the anger in their growls, the...

"Boys, cut it out!" They both turned to see Tsunade herself standing their with her hands on her hips and her face in a scowl. "Gosh, you haven't hung out together in years and the first time you do, you want to fight again. Seriously, is that all you to will ever do?"

Sakura walked up from behind her and said, "Oh, Lady Tsunade, you have no idea."

Sasuke looked at Sakura intently, making her blush, which made Naruto role his eyes. He switched his attention back to the Hokage. "Sorry. I just...was always fighting when I was with..."

Tsunade cut him short. "Don't say his name! He was evil and his name must not be repeated for a good, long time. Or have you realized that."

Sasuke had a blank look about him. He glanced from Sakura to Naruto then back to Tsunade. "I only planned on getting stronger. I never trusted him in the least, even if it might've seen that way."

Tsunade shrugged and walked up to them. "Eh, well let's just forget the ol' snake and go get some breakfast. I think its still breakfast time, isn't it?"

Tenten was sitting in a shop by herself, drinking some coffee. "Ah, finally some peace." Neji and Lee were on a mission. They would have normally been hanging out with her, but not today. 'Hmm, I wonder where Hinata is?'

Hinata, however, was in the best mood of her life. After she was Naruto's girlfriend. She was Naruto Uzumaki's girlfriend. The thought made her shiver with delight. She walked in the same shop Tenten was in. She walked over and sat down next to Tenten, who jumped, startled at her sudden appearance. "Whoa, where'd you come from?"

She sighed then said, "my mom." She propped up her chin with her hands.

"Ah, I see. Still a little starstruck at your wildest dream coming true?"

"Yeah. Isn't he amazing, wonderful, handsome, caring, loving."

"Ha. Looks like your addicted to Naruto's foxy love. You're his vixen, ya know."

"His what?"

"Vixen. Its a female fox. Haha, kinda bad. Sorry."

"No no. It's fine. It really is cute how you put it. It's just unbelievable that he's mine now. No offense to Sakura, but I was always jealous of how close she and Naruto were."

"Oh, please! You had dudes lining up all across the village. I've heard on more than one occasion Kiba mention your 'bodacious curves.' "

"My w-what?"

"Hehe, your luscious, delicious, tasty, soft, round curves. Mmm mm mmmmmm."

"S-stop it, Tenten!"

She laughed and looked at her blushing friend. "Seriously though. You are beautiful. You shouldn't even think about being jealous of Sakura. I will kill to have your looks. Oh, by the way, a creep is staring you through the window."

She turned around to see a creep in all his glory. Shang Liwanu stood there, looking at her lustfully. His buds were all behind him, giggling like a bunch of pansies. "Hey, fellas. Do I go in or do I stay out here?"

"I don't know. But man, you gotta get her good. Naruto kissed her in front of everyone!"

"Yeah, I know, Jano. Y'all bitches just shut up and what me work!" He slicked his long hair back, sprayed some breath spray in his mouth, and started to walk to the shop. He looked in the window, but Hinata wasn't there. Her and Tenten sprang out of there the first chance they got without being seen.

"Damn it! They got away. Come on, let's find 'em!"

They were already at Tenten's parents' weapon shop by the time they started looking. "You know that creep, don't you?"

"Huh?"

"When I said, 'there's a creep staring at you,' you turned and you looked kinda shocked. So start talking of why he's stalking."

Hinata told her about the incident with Shikamaru and Naruto, putting emphasis on how brave and courageous her Naruto was. She laughed and waited for a reply from her friend. "So he was hitting on you and Naruto was about to do something, but before he did, Shikamaru warned him?"

"Yeah, th-that's right."

"I know you've had some guys hung up pretty bad, but to put his arm over you and expect you just to fall for him right then and there? BAH! Guys these days."

"Speaking of guys, how are you and Neji?"

Tenten looked up with a small blush on her face. "How do you know about that?"

"Well, Neji and I tell each other a lot and he told me he was gonna ask you out. He said he'd tell me when he did. He did indeed and I was just wondering if you two were going good."

Tenten drank the last bit of her coffee from the shop. She stopped and just shrugged. "I guess we're all right. He's on a mission with Lee, so that's why he's not here today. Besides, I like it. It's peaceful without those two claiming how better they are than the other. Hahaha, oh well. Guys. Gotta love 'em anyways. Or else they'd fall apart without us." Hinata smiled and nodded.

The ever-popular Kazekage was taking a tour around the newly rebuilt Konoha. Ino and Shikamaru were escorting him around, taking him to a few places that never existed in the old Konoha. Ino saw a dude leaning up against the window. Then she saw him go back to his clique and talk to them. While they were busy talking, she saw Tenten and Hinata come out of the shop of the window the weirdo was staring in. He started to walk back over there, but stopped when he looked in the window. Maybe he was looking at her two friends? He told his buddies to help look. They ran past Ino and the other two, one knocking shoulders with Shikamaru. "Thanks pal. Troublesome, I tell ya. Anyways, Gaar-..I mean Kazekage, are you satisfied with our tour, 'cause it was such a drag."

"Yes. I've seen enough. That boy. Was he looking for Hinata and Tenten?"

Ino looked at him in surprise, but it was short lived. Of course Gaara saw him. You don't just become the head of your village without being observant. "Well, I don't know. Should we follow?"

"I will. No one will harm a friend of mine." Gaara's fierceness when concerning his new friends was all to evident now. Naruto had put a huge influence on his life. He is the one who brought Gaara wanting to become the Kazekage in the first place. Naruto was the only one who could really know Gaara's pain growing up. They were basically the same; they were little kids with demons inside them and for that reason, they were outcast.

The three were rounding the corner the group went to find all, but the main one and another stronger one knocked out. Those two were fighting two recently united best friends. And just as quickly as it started, the Rasengan and Chidori ended it quickly.

"Never ever ever even think about Hinata again. I find out you did, you will be sorry!" Naruto shouted at the boy, Shang.

"And if you ever even look at another girl that's our friend, you'll pay. You're lucky I don't kill you for touching Sakura on her chest. Get out now!" Sasuke was still irate at them, but he figured since he was in a village now, he couldn't just kill whoever he wanted.

Hinata had ran out to Naruto and wrapped him in a big hug. "Oh, Naruto. I love you." He pushed back and gave her a peck on the lips. They intertwined their hands and walked off.

Sasuke looked at the ground, growing red in the face. Not from anger, but from embarrassment that he was feeling something for his former team mate. Naruto had Hinata now, but who did he have? No one. Except there had always been a certain pinkette that had an unflinching love for him. He looked up to see the very one he thought of walking towards him. No not walking, running. She ran up panting a little. "Have...you...seen a guy...with slick back hair. He...usually has others with him."

"I took care of that." He looked into her eyes, exploring them, getting lost in their beauty. "Sakura, can you walk with me for a minute or two?"

She looked a bit confused, but nodded all the same. They began walking down the street. Sasuke kept glancing at her and something had gotten him nervous. "Ummm, Sakura. Do you remember when I left?"

"...yes...how could I forget such and awful day..." She could almost feel the pain and hurt come up inside her just thinking about that terrible day. "Why do you ask?" she asked, a tear running down her cheek.

"I have had a long, long time to think about that day. It must have been the most heartbreaking thing you went through. Now that I feel genuinely strong, I've lost my only purpose for getting stronger with Itachi not being guilty, and no longer having a lust for more and more power. As I keep thinking about that day, that emptiness has been filled, but lacking negative meaning." He stopped and grabbed the sides of her arms and peered into her green eyes. "It was filled with love. A love for someone. A love for you..." He then closed his eyes and pressed his lips against hers. She was shocked, her face red and her eyes unimaginably big. She leaned into the kiss as if Sasuke's warm lips relaxed her. She felt so much bliss it felt like she was being put under a comatose state. They broke, looked in each others' eyes, smiled, locked hands, and walked off the way NaruHina did.

Later that day, Naruto was standing on the Hokage monument. Normally, he'd be standing on his dad's head, but now he was perched on Tsunade's. He left Hinata earlier and told her to meet him hear. He sat down and watched his village. The sun was nearing its final departure in the sky. He heard a stick crack behind him. He glanced back to see his former team mates walking his way, their hands intertwined. He smirked. 'Ha, 'bout time.'

"Naruto..." Sakura said. Sasuke and Sakura jumped to him and they sat at his side. Not much was said but Sakura broke the silence. "When is Gaara supposed to leave?"

"In a few days."

"I see."

"Did this idiot here finally let you in his mess of a life?"

"Yeah."

They heard another stick crunch. Hinata stood their in her normal clothes. She saw the three and sighed. "I'll just..."

"Wait don't go, please. You can stay, we'll leave."

"How about y'all three just stay up here with me?" Naruto said. They all nodded. Hinata sat down beside Naruto. They immediately got close.

"Naruto, why did you like me all those years?"

"I don't know. Hinata is all I'll ever need now, but I just don't know. One thing I do know is life will never be the same. When I'm Hokage, I'll prove it." He kiss Hinata's cheek and squeezed Sakura's hand. He stared at the sky, the stars beginning to show. "I love y'all and everyone here. Even if they don't love me." He smiled and closed his eyes.