*Disclaimer! I do not own Naruto, Bolt and Hinata obviously do. I mean to say Kishimoto-sensei does! xD Ghad I missed doing this! And yes, I'm BAAAAAAAACK!

And a quick announcement to all,

Because it is said in the finale of the manga that Kakashi became the Sixth Hokage, I will be editing some of those parts in Something Precious and of course the succeeding chapters will follow that set-up. THIS WILL BE A FAN-MADE EPILOGUE OF THE MANGA. BE CAREFUL OF SPOILERS!

Okay, so here goes the Chapter you've been waiting for!

CHAPTER 12

After 2 years…

*knock knock*

"Naruto-kun!" Hinata called out to her husband. They both had their day-offs today so their having their family time with the now two year old Bolt. Hinata was cooking for lunch as Naruto was looking after their little one.

"I got it!" He responded and she heard his footsteps and the door creaking open. "Sakura-chan! Sasuke! Why the sudden visit?" He asked as they welcomed the two plus their two year old daughter, Sarada Uchiha. "Hello there Saa-chan." Then the little girl smiled.

"Oh, Sakura, Sasuke…" Hinata said as they emerged to the living room carrying Bolt. "Hello Sarada-chan." Then placed Bolt next to the Uchiha's little girl and they began to play.

"So what's up?" Naruto asked as they sat down. "I know you're not here just to visit us."

"It's no big deal actually…" Sasuke said.

"Oh come on Sasuke-kun. It is a big deal; we haven't done it in a while." Then looked the the Uzumaki couple. "Shikamaru said there's a get-together tonight at the Nara's. Tema-chan also said that we could stay there till tomorrow morning since we haven't been together in a while…" Yeah. It's been a while since everyone was busy for the past months… no years… A lot of them have been busy because of the Cold Siege two years ago then a came a threat to the Uzumaki's but when that calmed down everyone went back to their personal lives. The Uchiha couple had Sarada. Neji and Tenten got married a year after then followed by Ino's marriage to Sai. (A/N: Yup! I'd like them to be together, they're cute *o*) They have get-togethers but not as often as before. Maybe just one every two months? Or even less since they are the village's top shinobis.

"Oh yeah? Then its sake time isn't it?" Naruto grinned a mischievous grin followed by Sasuke's smirk of approval.

"Oh no you don't!" Sakura exclaimed to Sasuke.

"What?" Sasuke complained. "Just this once? I haven't had one in a while!" The Uzumaki's laughed at them. Sasuke has been opening up really well and his coldness is slowly melting although some would still remain that's for sure.

"Soooo, my lady, can I have one later tonight?" Naruto said to Hinata as he sneaked up his arm to his wife's waist pulled her up close to his face. His face still had his chesire cat grin.

"You may. But please, not too much?" She said then he leaned closer to kiss her but was stopped by her finger. "Not now, love. We have kids here."

"Too much for lover boy here." Sasuke mouthed.

"Teme! Whaddya say?!"

"Calm down you two!"

"Dada!" Bolt said, pulling at the pants of his Daddy.

"What is it Bolt?" The little boy reached out for Naruto who quickly carried him. He really had his mother's looks and his father's flaming blond hair.

"My my, look at that. Never thought Naruto would have a soft spot for his son." Sakura said, eyeing the two.

"Like Sasuke doesn't have one for Sarada." Naruto said and found Sasuke snuggling his daughter. Sakura joined the two.

"Hey hey! Like you're the only ones!" Naruto said and hugged Hinata and Bolt. The group laughed at their hug-your-family competition.

"Okay okay. We'll be going then. Say goodbye now Sarada." Sakura said as the little boy waved a hand and quickly hid behind her father's shoulders. Maybe he inherited some his mom's shyness.

"Mama!" The little boy called as he wobbly walked towards his mum. Naruto couldn't help but smile at his son thinking, he's so cute.

"My my! You're getting the hang of it Bolt-kun!" Hinata said as she swooped down and hugged the little boy who in turn, giggled.

At the Nara Compound later that night…

"Os!" Naruto greeted everyone as they entered the compound. Unlike this morning, Hinata held Bolt tightly as the little boy wore a hoodie jacket.

"Os." "Yo!" "Heya!"

"Awww! Bolt's so cute!" Tenten and Temari squealed as they took the boy away. Good thing Bolt has gotten the hang of his aunts.

"You bet! Of course he got that from me." Naruto grinned.

"Ugh. Man aren't you doting!" Shikamaru teased as a sound laugh came from Kiba.

"Ah shut it you guys!"

"Naruto-kun, I'll be inside with Bolt okay? So you better control your sake time alright?" Hinata said as she kissed him lightly on the cheeks. He sat down the wooden ledge with the other guys as they drank.

"Oy, the Uchihas aren't here yet?"

"Os."

"Speak of the devil and they're here."

"Yo Sasuke." The Uchiha nodded at the guys' greetings. "Hello, Sarada-chan! Ichirou-kun" they said as the little girl smiled slightly. "Yo, ojii-san!" The eleven year-old prodigy greeted.

"Better behave yourself…" Sakura said to Sasuke as the Uchiha smirked. Although he has grown his hair longer, his smirk is still his trademark. "So, I'll be inside with the ladies. And Sai, is Ino inside?" The pinkette asked her best friend's husband.

"Yes. She's with Jii-kun." Sai remarked with a smile as Sakura went inside excitedly.

"Ohohoho, you got off the hook! Congrats on having a sake time today." Kiba teased. At long last the lost friendship is getting reborn little by little for the past two years.

"Yeah right. Just pour me one already." The Uchiha remarked with a huff of impatience. "Ichirou, why don't you go inside?" he asked his nephew and he went inside.

"Hai hai, dozo, Uchiha-sama." Neji remarked with a smirk. But it's no match for his smirk.

"Oy oy! Easy with it Uchiha!" Kiba joked as Sasuke silently asked for his second with glaring eyes.

"Nah, let him be. He's suppressed it long enough." Naruto told the group as they lightly chuckled and enjoyed the silence for a few moments.

"Oy Naruto, pass me the pork will ya." Choji said as he was grilling the meat. Naruto shook his head but still obliged. "You never change Choji." He remarked.

"Like he will. But anyway, I've heard Hokage-sama's planning to pass the title already." Shikamaru said and all their eyes locked to Naruto's direction. "Is the rumor true?" The shadow wielder continued and neither one of them looked at anywhere else.

"I… uhh… I guess?" Naruto weakly smiled.

"Oh c'mon on! Spill it!" Kiba nudged him. 'How could I not tell them now?'

"Fine fine! Kakashi-sensei's planning to step down. But I don't know when…" He ended his remark by drinking his sake.

"Eh… So Kakashi-sensei's stepping down… Looks like someone's excited." Sai remarked, looking at his teammate.

"Tch. I have to admit, I am excited. But there's no need to rush things…" He said as he played with the liquid in his cup. The gentlemen agreed in unison.

Meanwhile inside the compound, the ladies were having quite the mommy time and of course, their kids were having their playtime as their mother's talked like the usual things.

"Hello ladies!" Sakura greeted as she emerged to the living room. "Aww, the kids are all here!"

"Sakura!" "Sakura-chan!"

"Oh look, Sarada-chan too!" Tenten remarked and grabbed the little girl out of her mother's arms.

"Silent as her father isn't she? Although she's definitely got your forehead." Ino said as she examined the little Uchiha.

"That's my trademark, Ino-pig so what do you expect! Jii-kun looks so much like Sai though, although his hair is yours…" Remarked the pinkette.

"But lookie here Sakura, we got a new recruit." Temari remarked, holding Shikadai, as Sakura noticed the tanned woman enjoying the sight of the group of kids.

"Yeah. Os, pinkette!" She greeted Sakura with a grin as she held little Chocho.

"Hello there Karui-san." She scanned the room and saw Hinata with little Boruto trying to play with his Mum's purple strands.

"The little Uzumaki's getting a little naughty isn't he Hina-chan?" Sakura said as she sat beside her.

"A little." The purple kunoichi remarked as she smiled. "Naruto-kun enjoys this side of him though. He says he can see himself in Boruto when he was little. And I have to agree with him with that." Sakura laughed remembering how much of a prankster his teammate was when they were little. Everyone said he was annoying but now, he's the hero of the era.

"Ah!"

"Ah gomen Sakura-chan!" Hinata said as Boruto caught a few pink strands of Sakura's hair. "Not too much Boruto-kun."

The pinkette just chuckled. "Would you like to come to Sakura-baachan?" (A/N: Baachan means Aunt okay… although it sounds old right? Lol. xD) Boruto stretched out his arms to his aunt and started to gently slide his fingers to his pink locks.

"Baa-chan!" He exclaimed then went back to sliding his fingers to his hair. He face was close enough for Sakura to observe the boy face to face.w

"My, he does have your eyes Hinata. Purple-looking eyes and flaming blond locks, a perfect combination of you both." She commented. "Domo." Hinata remarked cheerfully.

"Ne ne, Sakura. Sarada really doesn't talk much does she?" Tenten asked. "No successful convos at all. She's like her Dad too."

"Sarada," Sakura started and the little girl tilted her head looking her mom's way, "make the face." She remark and the little girl smiled from ear to ear earning a very audible 'Awwwww' from the Moms.

"Ah shoot. She definitely looks like Sasuke. She's like the miniature version!" Ino exclaimed as hugged Sakura. "Your genes and that prodigy's genes are, I don't know, perfectly fits?"

"Of course it's the Uchiha we're talking about here. And it's not distant that this little girl would follow his uncle or his father's prowess." Temari remarked. It's kinda frightening for Sakura, knowing the paths that the Uchiha's took way back in the past, there might be a possibility that the little girl would be the same if she's to lose someone she loves. But her doubts vanish every time she remembers how Sasuke had changed. 'That wouldn't happen again.' She thought.

"Ojama shimasu!"

"Ichi-kun!" Sakura said as the other Uchiha came up, the miniature Itachi.

"Dinner's ready Okasan, Nara-baachan told me to tell everyone."

"Oh my gosh. Okasama did everything. I forgot to help." Temari remarked as she stood up and went to the kitchen. The ladies followed after her, either grabbing the kids or assisting them to walk by. And as usual, the gentlemen were outside the wooden ledge, either playing shogi, drinking, or just staring off to space. But those things changed when they saw them. Well, Shikamaru is already holding Shika-kun as Temari helped setting the table up and Ichirou having their own uncle/brother-sister moment. While the guys went and and sat down beside their wives.

"It's been a while, has it?" A new voice entered the room.

"Kakashi-sensei!" "Rokudaime-sama..." The group recognized his prescence as their white haired sensei wrinkled his eyes with a smile underneath his same old mask.

"Stop the formalities kids. Sensei's all right since I came here with an anouncement..." He says as he nears the blonde and pats his shoulder with a hand. "Shall we talk?" Naruto simply nodded as Hinata smiled to him as if saying 'good luck' before snatching Bolt away from him.

Kakashi led him outside the dining area to the Nara's training yard, with his hands in his pockets. The night breeze was blowing slightly against their skin as Naruto anxiously waited for him to talk. He knew it was time yet he also knew that his days of great responsibility is now going to start.

"Kakashi-sensei, ehem, I mean Rokudaime-sa–"

Naruto was silenced as Kakashi dangled two bells from his hands. He eyed them with curiousity then to back to his Sensei's serious eyes. It continued for a few seconds before he heard footsteps from behind.

"Hn. You ready dobe?" Bloody red eyes met his at the dark of the night. Just like a raven's, watching over his prey.

"What?"

"I thought about who am I gonna give the hat and I just can't decide... specially now that Sasuke here and expressed his intention of being Hokage, I planned to make this a little challenging." Kakashi said as he eyed to two gentlemen.They were just kids back then, look at them now...

"It's simple. Whoever gets a bell first, becomes Hokage."

"But Sensei–!"

But he didn't have the time to react as Sasuke started his assault on their Sensei which left him with no choice.

~End of Chapter 12

Cliff hanger! But I guess you know what will happen. I'll just add a few twists. Hmm... I've been thinking of a SasuSaku fanfic prologue a few years after the war and during Sasuke's journey add how thing got through with him and Sakura... Whaddya think? Oh, I think I'll be editing a few parts on Something Precious too(The 'Rokudaime-sama' thingy). Also! Sorry if it took a few weeks! I got stuck in the middle part, again... xD Anyway! That's all for now. Ja ne!

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