A/N: So hi! Been awhile but I'm back!


Chapter 12

Marriage...A sacred moment where two people connect in an eternal bond stating to the whole word that their love is strong enough for such a commitment. Marriage should never be taken lightly or played around as if it is nothing. Marriage is a connection, an eternal contract between two people stating that they would never live without them. Through thick and thin, through sickness and in health, through heaven and hell.

"Okay you can open your eyes now!" Hinata slowly removed her hands from her eyes and looked around at her now decorated living room with streamers and balloons filling the room as gifts were scattered in a corner and a banner hung up with "CONGRATULATIONS" written in large blue letters. Hinata gasped as her female friends were grinning at her shocked expression.

"W-What is this?"

Tenten grinned. "IT'S YOUR BACHELORETTE PARTY!" She threw a sash over Hinata spelling 'Bachelorette'. She had read about such events and blushed at the thought of what might be planned. Tenten, sensing Hinata's uneasiness, chuckled. "Don't worry Hinata you're too young for any of that stuff! It's all clean and innocent fun here!" Hinata let out a sigh of relief before smiling at her friends.

"T-Thank you..." She said softly. Ino jumped from behind Sakura and grinned.

"Come on Hinata lets party!" The music suddenly started blasting from the speakers and Hinata was quickly pulled by Ino and forced dancing, or in Hinata's case being swung around by her blonde friend as if she was some rag doll. Sakura and Tenten watched with smiles on their faces, admiring Ino's cheerfulness.

"She certainly is a cheerful one." Temari said from behind them.

"Yep that's Ino..." Sakura sighed. "But she has the right idea." Sakura giggled before joining them in their dance, swinging fest. Soon everyone, including Temari was dancing around the living room as if they had no care in the word. Hinata had never really danced before but she had to admit, she was having fun. She had never felt so free and her body had never moved around so much. She watched Sakura and Ino dancing wildly while Tenten and Temari were sort of battling each other with Hanabi instigating. She smiled brightly but couldn't help thinking about Kankuro at the moment. What could he be possibly be doing at the moment...?

This is Love

"So where's Naruto?" Shikamaru asked the brunette as they walked amongst the riverside. Kankuro was more than surprised to find the men of Hinata's group of friends outside of his apartment insisting that he needed to have a bachelor party since Hinata was having one of her own. Truthfully he really wasn't in the mood but figured he had no other male friends around him besides Gaara, if you can truly count him as a friend, so this was a lot better than being alone while his future wife was having the time of her life. So here he was with a bunch of teenage boys, empty boxes of pizza, cans of soda and chips scattered across his floor and a somewhat amused expression on his face.

"I told him no spouses so I made him go to Hinata's house." Kiba grinned.

"How'd you manage in making him go there?" Sasuke said, slightly amused.

"I have my ways." Kiba stated before walking over to get another can of soda. Sasuke, not wanting to know exactly what 'ways' Kiba was mentioning, decided to squash the subject.

"Better him being a headache over their than over here." Shikamaru yawned. "Lord knows what kind of mess he would cause." Kankuro did not know Naruto well but from what he has seen...he most likely would.

"So dude hows it feel to be getting married tomorrow?" Choji asked as he stuffed his face with his own personal bag of chips."

Kankuro looked thoughtful for a moment. He honestly had no idea how to answer. Sure he was excited to be marrying her but...he was still a bit unnerved that he was about to get married at such a young age. Did he feel pressured? Rush? He honestly didn't know. Most people in such a position would probably answer yes but...he just didn't know.

"Pretty cool I guess."

"You better feel fucking lucky." Kiba grinned. "You're marrying probably the best thing that could ever happen to you!" Kankuro couldn't help but agree. "But don't think just cuz you guys are married that we ain't gonna check up on you guys." Kankuro saw the determination in Kiba's eyes before moving away slowly. 'Geez I hope Hinata is having more fun than me.'

This is Love

"Soooooo how do you feel?" Ino nudged the shorter female. After what seemed like a eternity of random dancing the girls decided to calm down and simply sit and chat for a bit while binging on junk food and bad movies.

"H-How does what feel?" Hinata asked innocently.

"Duh your getting married tomorrow!" Sakura giggled. "How does it feel to almost be a married woman?"

"Oh..." Hinata blushed. "I-It's alright I suppose, still a bit overwhelming." Hinata said honestly. She truly was starting to feel the pressure of sharing her life with a man she had only met so long ago coming down on her. She's excited but also scared. She wished there was some way to see how their marriage will play out. Sure they liked each other now but what in a year? She would love it if this would be her one and only marriage but she just didn't know...

"I'm be freaking out!" Tenten grinned. "In just a few hours you'll be a married woman...that's heavy."

"I suppose but..." Hinata pondered for a moment. "...I'm really looking forward to it." She smiled.

"Just to let you know dealing with my brother on a daily basis is like dealing with a child." Temari shook her head before grabbing another slice of pizza. "I can barely stand him now and I've lived with him my entire life."

"But you if you truly love someone than you can handle all there flaws." Ino said with a dream like sigh. "Walking down the dark and gloomy path called life together...Embracing the positive with a negative...that's what true love is."

Sakura shook her head. "Ino you seriously need to stop reading those romance novels." Sakura quickly dodged a pillow that was hurled towards her by the bleach blond teen.

"Shut it forehead I was being poetic."

"More like the reason for my lunch to be on the floor." Sakura muttered. "But she does have a point. I'm sure you can accept his flaws just as much as he can accept yours."

"Princess here has flaws?" Temari said in a confused tone.

"Oh boy does she!" Hanabi jumped over to Temari with a huge grin.

"First of all she sucks at conversation."

"And she has a tendency to space out."

"And she's so quiet!"

"And she sheds like a dog."

"HANABI!" Hinata blushed at her sister for saying something so personal.

"What?" Hanabi snickered. "I'm just telling the truth! Geez you leave so much hair in the bath I swear I can make about two more of you." Surprising everyone, including Hinata, Hanabi was thrown down by a pillow shot right at her face. They all turned and saw Hinata standing with a face as red as Gaara's hair.

"I-I...um..." Hanabi stood up with the pillow in her right hand. Hanabi smirked underneath her hair before throwing the pillow back at Hinata, who quickly dodged the attack only for it to hit Tenten.

"Oh you're dead!" Tenten quickly grabbed another pillow and tossed it over to Hanabi, thus beginning a large and laughter filled pillow fight.

This is Love

"Dude she's freaking hot!" Kiba shouted at Shikamaru. Kankuro watched the group of guys bicker over what star was more attractive and smirked. 'This guys are something else...'

"Kaguya is not hotter than Ino." Shikamaru said in a blunt tone. "What would you even care? Aren't you dating Naruto?"

"Hey just cuz I'm dating a guy doesn't mean I don't know a hot chick when I see em." Kiba crossed his arms. "Now you're telling me that Ino is hotter than Kaguya?"

"Kaguya is old." Sasuke pointed out.

"So?" Kiba argued. "Haven't you ever heard of a Milf?"

Sasuke shook his head. "This conversation is pointless." he stated before sitting down.

"Everything to you is pointless." Neji smirked. Sasuke opened his mouth to say something but closed it quickly. "Exactly."

"Ugh you guys wouldn't know hot if it slapped you across the face." Kiba pouted.

"Are you stating that by their inability to know what is considered attractive that their significant others, who they find attractive, are in fact unattractive." Shino stated in a matter of fact tone, though mild amusement could be heard in his tone.

"Yea Kiba..." Shikamaru narrowed his eyes at Kiba. "What's wrong with Ino?"

"And Sakura..."

"And Tenten..."

"And Hinata?!" Kiba gulped as he stepped back nervously.

"N-Nothing is wrong with-." He stopped as laughter started the fill the room.

"Dude we're just messing with you." Kankuro grinned. Kiba let out a sigh of relief. Kankuro is surprised at how much fun he was actually having being around these guys that Hinata calls friends. At first he was suspicious, due to his usual group of friends not being so...colorful...and he assumed that they did not take to him very well but he can see why Hinata finds comfort in this people. Sure they are...weird...but they are fun to be around and never boring, something that Kankuro was not used to.

"So how many people is supposed to be at this wedding anyway?" Kiba asked.

"Well being that this is a high class wedding of business, I can only assume that many other companies and future business partners are to be in attendance, even my father is considering attending." Shino moved his glasses closer to his face.

"My parents won't shut up about it." Sasuke said in a slightly annoyed tone. "Even Itachi is coming down." The name quickly grabbed Kankuro's attention.

"Itachi?" Kankuro questioned. "Itachi as in Itachi Uchiha?" Sasuke shook his head. "Wait...Are you his brother?"

"Duh." Shikamaru rolled his eyes. Kankuro ignored him and stared at him in complete shock. 'This emo kid is Itachi's brother?' Kankuro could definitely see the similarities but he figured all Uchihas had that same face structure.

"How do you know Itachi?" Choji asked.

"He and I are friends." Kankuro chuckled. "Damn I had no idea you were his little brother." Sasuke however did not seem as amused.

"Itachi has friends?" Sasuke finally spoke.

"Well um...yea." Kankuro felt a shiver run down his spine. 'Geez he can't be his brother! Itachi isn't this much of a loner...wait...maybe he is...' He continued to muse. '...Now that I think about it, Itachi and his brother are more similar than I thought.'

"Well enough bout Sasuke's brother!" Kiba shouted. "I wanna party bring out the beer!" Kankuro couldn't help but chuckle.

"I don't think I wanna be responsible for any drunken shit you might get into." Kiba pouted and crossed his arm.

"He has a point Kiba...you can't exactly hold your liquor." Shikamaru flashed back to a memory of them actually trying beer for the first time and...it wasn't very pleasant. "You're still banned from the library."

"Shit I never went there anyway." Kiba huffed.

"Hey Kiba be careful your queen is showing." Choji chuckled, causing a glare to be sent his way.

"Ah shut it fat boy, at least my queen doesn't weight 300 pounds." The room was silent...an icy chill ran through the air. Shikamaru watched in horror as a dark aura started to surround his large friend.

"What...did you...say?!" Choji roared.

"Oh shit..." Shikamaru muttered.

This is Love

"Naruto?" Hinata was surprised when she opened the door to see none other than her former crush. "What are you doing here?"

Naruto crossed his arms. "Kiba kicked me out of the party for Kankuro!" He said angrily. "He said no spouses and sent me here!" Hinata couldn't help but giggle at his situation before allowing him to enter. Naruto stared up at the other females who were just as surprised as Hinata was at seeing the blonde male.

"What the hell is he doing here?!" Ino shouted. "No boys allowed!"

"Kiba kicked him out of Kankuro's party." Hinata smiled. Ino stuck her tongue out.

"Hey if he wants to be one of the girls I say let him." Temari shrugged.

"Hey!" Naruto growled. "I don't wanna be one of the girls!" he argued. "I just have no where else to go!"

"Lies." Sakura said. "Naruto wants to be a laaddyyy~." She teased. "That's why he's dating the toughest guy in the group."

"N-No it's not!" He blushed.

"Naruto wants to change the bad boy, such a teenage girl." Ino chimed in. "I can change him! I know he's bad but he can change!" She really needed to stop reading those teen romance drama.

"Shut it Ino!" Naruto shouted, feeling the heat in his face increase.

"So how is it with dog boy anyway." Tenten asked.

Naruto looked away with a small frown, his silence unnerving. "...I think he's going to break up with me..." The room was filled with gasp.

"What?!" Ino asked loudly. "What makes you think something like that?"

"Well..." Naruto sat down. "He's been acting really weird lately. Like whenever it's just me and him he acts all quiet and shit...but when he's with Shino and the other guys he's the life of the party!" Naruto pouted. "And he never wants to go out and do anything anymore! He always just wants to stay home and watch TV."

"Kiba wants to stay home?"

"Yea..." Naruto hated feeling like this, so down and confused, but how was he supposed to feel when the guy he's been in love with is basically being a distant stranger. "...So yea I think it's gonna be over between us soon."

"Naruto I'm sure that Kiba has a reason for being so distant, don't worry so much about it." Hinata tried to assure him. "Kiba probably just has something on his mind, I'm positive that he's not going to break up with you."

Naruto really wanted to believe her. "But..."

"Naruto don't just jump to conclusions." Hanabi jumped in.

"I'm not jumping to anything!" Naruto cried out.

"Sounds like you are." Ino giggled. "I think Kiba's going to break up with me! Waahh!" She mimicked his voice.

"Shut up Ino!" Naruto pouted and turned away. "...I just..." Hinata saw the confusion in his eyes and gently touched his hand.

"Naruto...Trust us when we say that Kiba isn't going to go anywhere." Naruto looked over at her and smiled.

"Thanks Hinata..." He was really hoping that she was right, that Kiba wasn't going anywhere but he couldn't the strange feeling in his stomach that something was going to happen. But for now he was just going to hold back that feeling, hold back the fears that were slowly eating at his mind. He didn't want to cause anything to happen... "But enough bout my issues, I'm not the one getting married." He chuckled.

"Oh yea..." Hinata blushed.

"Little Hinata is growing up." Tenten chuckled. Hinata looked down nervously, obviously noticed by Tenten, and tried to avoid eye contact. "Hey don't worry Hinata..."

"I-I know but it's still scary..." Hinata confessed. "I never thought this would ever happen to me and I-I...I just don't want anything to go wrong...I don't want Kankuro to...regret me." She looked up and saw everyone staring at her with warm smiles on there faces.

"Don't worry Hinata." Temari sat down. "Trust me when I say this, Kankuro really likes you and he's really excited about this." She said in a comforting tone. "He won't stop talking about you, no matter how much I tell him to stop, and he really...really wants this to work." Hinata felt something touching at her heart and blushed, looking down at the ring on he finger. "As you can clearly see..."

"Wait Hinata...is that a ring?!" Ino shouted. Everyone suddenly surrounded the Hyuga female, examining the elegant rock on her finger. "Its so cute!"

"When did he give this to you?" Tenten asked in astonishment. She couldn't believe that Kankuro had actually...that he was this serious about the engagement...no...the arrangement. This made her suspicious...This man had just come into Hinata's life and is now suddenly so 'in love' with her that he's doing all this stuff for her...what could he want? She's can clearly see that he truly cares for her but...what if all of that is an act? What could his motives be for being so...?

"T-Two days ago..." Hinata answered softly. I wanted to tell you guys sooner but with everything going on, I never had the chance to..."

"Well he certainly has great taste this thing is so adorable!" Sakura gushed. "Man Sasuke better have this good taste when he proposes to me." The room became filled with laughter, with everyone imagining Sasuke actually purchasing such an item.

"Well I think this deserve a toast!" Temari grabbed a can of soda. Everyone stood up and held their drinks high in the air. "To Hinata and my brother, may they not fuck this up!" Everyone laughed before agreeing and clicking their cans together.

Hinata smiled at their cheerfulness and couldn't help but be optimistic with them. She had a feeling deep down that in the end...this was going to work out.

This is Love

Kankuro couldn't control his laughter at how stupid Kiba and Choji were being at the moment. First of all apparently Kiba ended up finding Kankuro's stash of beer and decided to help himself to a few, not that Kankuro really minded. Unforntely he didn't see what allowing such a thing to happen would cause...

"Y-You know how hard it is dating a d-dude?!" Kiba slurred. "F-First its all fun and s-shit but then i-it gets fucking complicated!"

"How?" Sasuke asked in amusement.

"Well you k-know the sex and all is fucking amazing!" Kiba proclaimed. "I mean fucking HOT!"

"Didn't need to know that but okay..." Gaara muttered.

"A-And I love him veby much!" Kankuro chuckled 'Veby?' "He's the love of my life but now I gotta t-tell him that the army is j-joining me!" Sasuke and the others stared at him in shock.

"The what is what?"

"I'm j-j-j-joining the army!" He said loudly with a drunken chuckle. "Yep! Good o'Kiba is g-g-gonna be an army guy!" He grinned. "B-But now I-I-I gotta tell Naruto and I'm fucking scared of telling him!" He started to cry out in frustration.

"What makes you wanna do something like that?" Choji asked.

"M-My Mom was in it and my d-dead beat Dad was in it s-s-so might as well join the t-tradition!" He fell over but quickly got back up.

"And how exactly are you even going to tell Naruto?" Sasuke couldn't help but be a little bit upset that he would make such a decision without even telling Naruto first that he was actually considering it. Naruto was like a brother to him and he knew that this was going to hurt him.

"I-I don't know Sausage!" He cried. "H-He's gonna kill me when he finds out that I'm...what am I doing again?" Sasuke was seriously holding back the fist that he so desperately wanted to throw at Kiba. 'Sausage...?'

"Joining the army." Shikamaru sighed.

"Yea that!" He wrapped his arms around Shikamaru. "H-How did you get so smart?" Shikamaru's nose cringed at the smell of the beer. "Why is the room spinning!" He asked before passing out. The Nara shook his head.

"Naruto isn't going to like this..." Sasuke rubbed his temples.

"No, he most certainly won't." Shino agreed. To tell you the truth Shino wasn't too happy about this either. "But unfortunately this is Kiba's decision so whether he likes it or not...he cannot stop him." Shino admitted. "No matter how much it would help if he could."

"Yea I kinda agree with Shino." Kankuro decided to speak. "I may not know the kid that well but he looks like someone who'd never go back on a decision, especially not something as big as this."

"And Naruto isn't someone who's gonna back out of a relationship because of this." Sasuke sighed. "Either way it's a headache."

"But lets let them handle it themselves." Gaara concluded. Everyone nodded slowly, not sure on whether this would end well or not. But just as Shino had stated, this is Kiba's decision, and just as Gaara stated, it's between Naruto and Kiba and they can't interfere.

"But now for the next topic, this guy here is marrying our friend Hinata." Choji grinned. "And frankly we're happy for you."

"Yea Hinata is a great girl." Shikamaru stood up and placed his hand on his shoulder. "So...be careful...We don't wanna hear you've done something to make her mad or hurt..." Suddenly a chill was felt in the room and Kankuro saw all the men narrow their eyes at him, even Sasuke.

"You hurt her...we hurt you..." Sasuke's voice was low and menacing, something that Kankuro had heard many times from his brother."

"I-I promise!" He grinned nervously. he truly would never do anything to hurt her, not like what he did to those other girls. He's actually glad that he's not returning to Suna, this is basically giving him a chance to start a new. A new life...with Hinata...

"Good!" They all said in unison. "Now lets watch some horror movies!" They all surrounded the tv as if nothing had happen before.

"Her male friends are scary." Gaara pointed out to his brother.

"Yea..."

"her female friends are even more frightening." Kankuro nodded. "What has Dad gotten us into."

"I don't know..." Kankuro smiled. "...But I'm happy"


A/N: THE WEDDING THE WEDDING THE WEDDING! FINALLY THE WEDDING IS HERE! I'm so excited to say the the next chapter would be the begining of the long awaited wedding, AAAAHHHHHHH! I'm so happy to finally start working on it and I know you guys are excited to read it. can't wait! till next time!