Okay, at last it's done. I know I haven't updated in a while so I'm gonna make this short. Here's Chappie 13!

*Though I have a Japanese blood, sadly I don't own Naruto xD (I mean Kishimoto-sensei does!)

CHAPTER 13

A week after that night...

Naruto was quite the morning person lately. He was starting his recent days bright and early though he's always been this energetic, his friends can tell a 'difference' and were having their own suspicions. Though he said that it was nothing they still wouldn't believe him. The morning sun was peeking and the clear skies were also up as he was scouting around the village with a smile and humming a tune as he walked. He picked up the pace as he was nearing his destination, the Hyuga compound. Hinata headed back for a while so that they can tell the news to Hiashi-sama without the 'others' hearing it, but of course more or less, Konoha 12 will be the next to hear. He was on his all-black jounin outfit though without the vest and a usual black open-toed shoes with bandages to his ankles. His smile was up as he turned to knock and open the door.

"Ojamashimas!" he shouted as he came in, removing his shoes. A servant came rushing to the door and entertain their morning guest.

"Ah! Naruto-san, Hinata-sama and Hiashi-sama are in the dining room" he said, closing the door.

"I see... So may I?"

"Yes" the servant said as he led Naruto to the dining room. The servant knocked on the sliding door and opened it as soon as Hiashi uttered 'Dozo' from the other side.

"Ohayou, Hiashi-sama, Hina-chan" Naruto said, greeting the two Hyugas who were having breakfast.

"Ah, N-Naruto-kun, ohayou" Hinata greeted with a sweet smile.

"Come on in, join us if you want" Hiashi offered as he signaled to the young man to enter.

"Arigatou" the blonde said as he sat beside Hinata. Hiashi was sipping his tea when he noticed something about the couple before him. As soon as he laid the glass down, Naruto turned to Hinata who nodded in response.

"Otosan," she began, with all respect visible in her soft voice, "we're... W-we're engaged" as she said those words, she began to blush hard and silence covered them for a few seconds before Hiashi spoke up.

"Well, I told Naruto that I wouldn't be against this any longer. He fought for your hand so it's natural that the next step is eminent" he said in a knowing tone as he sipped his tea again.

"Take care of her" he continued.

"Hai, arigato Hiashi-sama" the blonde said, slightly bowing from his sitting position.

"So have you began preparations yet? It's early June and the rainy season's coming in fast... Have you decided on a date yet?" he asked. (Note! Okay so I'll only use a rain or shine weather/season here 'cause I'm not particular of the four seasons since I live in a tropical country. Sumimasen! *bow*)

"Not yet Hiashi-sama. We decided that we'd tell you first before we got ahead" Naruto explained, putting his hands on the floor a few inches behind then leaning his weight on it.

"Please Naruto, you could call me Otosan. You are afterall marrying my daughter, that makes you my son" the Hyuga head said with a smile. Naruto rubbed the back of his head with his usual grin on at what his soon to be father-in-law said.

"T-Then we should start telling our friends," Hinata suggested, "I could tell that they're having suspicions by now"

"Yeah, we could gather at the usual place tonight! I haven't been there in a while dattebayo!" the blonde said excitedly while Hinata couldn't help but smile at her fiancé's always cheery attitude.

"I will spread the news. You just stay here and I'll fetch you at 6 okay? I don't want anyone interviewing you with a lot of questions" he said as he stood up. He was really tall and Hinata was practically looking up to him.

"Okay, see you at 6 then" she said with a sweet smile. Naruto bent down just to kiss her forehead.

"Yeah" he said then nodded at Hiashi before he left.

"A fine young man for a beatiful delicate lady. A perfect match" Hiashi remarked to his daughter who smiled sweetly at the compliment.

After Naruto left the Hyuga compound, he made his way towards the Hokage Monument. He climbed at the top of one of the rock faces there and sat on top of it. He placed a flower just above where his feet was resting and the winds blew through his blonde locks, obviously ruffling it.

"Hey Dad, I'm engaged. Mom should have met her and you know she's beautiful just like her though without her temper dattebayo... How I wish you were here... " he said as he trailed off and as his smile faded to his sad emotions, "but knowing that you died for me and this village I know that you and Mom really loved me" he continued as he smiled at the heavens, wiping his glassy eyes before his tears spilled.

"I'm going then" he said smiling as he took off the Yondaime's head. Next thing he was heading to was the Hokage's office. Naruto wondered why he was heading to Lady Tsunade's office but remembering how she hated knowing in the last minute was worst. Soon enough he reached the door and knocked.

*Knock knock*

"Ne, Tsunade-baachan, you in?" at that moment, Tsunade knew who was at the door. There was only one person who calls her 'baachan', because even Sasuke calls her 'Tsunade-sama'

"Sigh... Come in"

"Whoa what's with the sigh about, you in a lazy mood today?" Naruto said bringing his hands at the back of his head, leisurely walking up to her desk. Tsunade raised a brow towards his 'extra' cheeriness today.

"You look happy today" she commented.

"Is it that obvious?"

"Yes"

"Then I better get to it" Naruto remarked, putting his hands down. 'What does this kid want?' Tsunade mentally asked.

"Don't tell anyone okay? Hinata and I are engaged" he whispered with a grin. Tsunade smiled. The next generation's taking over smoothly and surely.

"Hmp, have you told Hiashi about this?" she inquired.

"Yeah, just this morning"

"So I take it I'm the second to know?"

"Yes"

"Good. Then how about Konoha 12?"

"We'll meet them tonight" Tsunade nodded at him before she continued.

"You have my support gaki, well, run along now I still got work to do" massaging her temples to her ever piled up paperwork.

"Don't overdo it! Ja ne, Tsunade-baachan" he said with a wink as he made his way out and as the Lady Hokage waved him goodbye. Tsunade was left to her thoughts, 'How fast kids grow, right?' she thought as she stood up and began to rummage through the shelves. A lot of scrolls written by the First to the Fourth Hokage was seen there and a lot were really old and the new ones were of hers. And of all the scrolls she reached her hand for one. It wasn't a note for being Hokage it was currently a letter.

"What is this one about? Did it got mixed up?... It's the handwriting of the Fourth" she said and a visible smile decorated her tired face as she read through the scroll. 'Perfect timing' she thought as she kept it safe.

Meanwhile Naruto was walking down the streets. It began to get crowded as the day began to progress. He was walking towards the market street where the Uchiha compound was located. And when he arrived there he saw Sasuke, lounging at his balcony.

"Oy Sasuke!" he greeted the Uchiha with a smile which he sighed to.

"Hey, don't give me that sigh and open the door" he complained.

"Open it yourself, dobe"

"Whatever. I'm coming in then" the blonde said as he entered and Sasuke also started to head downstairs.

"When I heard the yelling I knew who it was" a feminine voice coming from the living room said.

"Perfect timing! Sakura-chan's also here!" Naruto said as he entered the living room, followed by Sasuke who came from upstairs.

"Oh yeah, why are you here Sa-ku-ra-chan~?" he said in a teasing tone and a sly grin. And because of that the pinkette felt the urge to hit him on the head.

"Itte! I was just asking" Naruto said, wincing on the pain.

"I should be asking the same thing, baka! Anyway, I'm here because I checked up on Atsuko" she explained.

"How's her condition then?" Sasuke inquired as Naruto also lend an ear. Sakura shook her head.

"Her condition is slowly worsening" she said.

"I... See..." was the only words uttered by the Uchiha and an awkward silence covered the three till Sakura broke it.

"So Naruto, what takes you here?"

"Ah right! I wanna invite you tonight" he said with a grin.

"Tonight? What for?" Sasuke asked like he didn't know anything about the proposal.

"Just go okay? Whoever misses it, will miss loads of things! Oh Sakura, can you tell the others to come? It's at our usual hangout and I still have to make reservations" he explained as he turned to her.

"Okay. This better be something, if not..."

"Yeah yeah, this is something 'big' that's why I'm inviting everyone"

"Good point"

"Yeah? Well, I gotta go, ja!" he said, running off. Sakura turned to Sasuke who had been emiting a knowing aura. She began to observe him.

"What?" he asked with a trace of irritation.

"Nothing. You sure that you don't know anything about this?" she asked with a brow raised. Sasuke shook his head 'No'.

"That better be true or else–" she was disrupted as the Uchiha bent over to peck her lips.

"Let's just say I know a little. And you must wait for tonight" he said as his face were still a few inches from hers.

"Fine" she pouted as she moved a little bit backward and left then as soon as her back faced the Uchiha, a sweet smile was seen on her face.

Naruto ran towards their usual hangout. The usual nice and smug bar that kept a lot of their nights full of memories. One of those were when he took Hinata to dance which led to his full confession and started everything. It was still empty and the booths were being cleaned as well as the wooden tables. He made his way to the counter to make the reservation.

"Hey Mister! I'd like a reservation for two booths tonight" the blonde said.

"Sure. Glad to serve a usual costumer" the bartender said and with that Naruto took care of it and left soon enough. 'Now, what can I do?' he said as he walked around town. The sun was at its highest point and it was quite hot. He began to look for a nearby tree to take shade and as soon as he found one, he sat down and his eyes began to get drowsy by the second.

Next thing he knew he was standing on top of water. Small puddles formed from his feet then outstreching then fading into the calm waters. A growl was also heard from deep within the darkness.

"Oho, I got a visitor" a sinister voice said. 'Oh great, I'm with my little fluffy fox' he mentally said as he slowly opened his eyes just to see the Kyuubi in front of him.

"Hey there kid" he said as his smile looked like jaws ready to rip him piece by piece. He was crouching as he greated his jinchuriki.

"Kurama did you call me here?" Naruto asked.

"No. Not really" the Kyuubi said as he lied down, his nose meeting his tails also closing his eyes.

"Then why Am I here? No offense though" he said as his arms crossed.

"None taken... But eats me kid, I was also surprised you'd come visit" the Kyuubi said as he opened an eye while Naruto sat down.

"Really? Well I'm tired, mind if I stay for bit?" he said yawning. The past week was just too exciting, too exciting for him to get much sleep and now it was taking its toll.

"Don't think so"

"Urgh, why? What now?" he pouted.

"A kid of yours is approaching" Kurama remarked.

"A kid? Of mine?" Naruto said as he was puzzled at the Kyuubi's choice of words.

"Just wake up, then you'll understand"

"Okay okay..." he said sluggishly as his consciousness from Kurama's cage drifted away. The kitsune's(meaning fox in Jap) sleeping figure was the last thing he saw before he was taken back to the real world. Definately, a kid was really standing before him. He was standing before Naruto who was leaning against the tree. The sun was shining in a way that it was blinding for someone who just opened his eyes.

"Oy Sensei, what are you loafing around for?" the kid said and Naruto knew that familiar voice. He rubbed his blue eyes, making them focus on the boy.

"What? Is it banned to loaf around ha, Ryoko?" he said as he stood up and ruffled the boy's brown hair, earning a giggle.

"Ne Sensei! Could you teach me THAT jutsu?" he asked with pleading eyes.

"You mean the Rasengan? Hmm. Wait, before you ask me that. How's training with Bushy Brows?" his sensei asked as Ryoko had been training with Lee for a few weeks now because of Naruto's recommendation.

"I like his guts! The guts to never give up!" he said imitating Lee's moves complete with the fists and crying action.

"I see" Naruto said as he sweatdropped. 'Wow, quite a good one, sheesh!'

"Enough about Lee-sensei! Come on Naruto-sensei, please please please teach me!" he pleaded repeatedly. Naruto rubbed the back of his head with a hand, thinking whether or not he'll teach him.

"Well, first we'll see if your up for the job" he said and he began to rummaging through his ninja kit. He brought out two pieces of paper and he gave Ryoko one.

"What's this?" said the curious kid who was observing the paper.

"It's a litmus paper and when you let chakra flow to it," he paused and concentrated chakra to it and was ripped in half, "it will detect you're chakra nature, in my case Fuuton. I hope you know all about it."

"Yeah, I know. But how do you know that yours is wind? And how's this test connected to Rasengan?"

"Well, if you're chakra type is wind it will tear apart like what you saw. If earth it will crumble. If fire it will burn. If water it will be soaked. If lightning it will crumple. Well, if you don't have a wind chakra nature you wont be able to use Rasengan" he explained.

"Eh?! No fair!" Ryoko complained.

"Yeah? Then goodluck" Naruto remarked, patting the kid's shoulder as Ryoko gulped then concentrated. It tear apart.

It was nearly sunset as Naruto paced back to his apartment. He had been training Ryoko since afterlunch and its time to freshen up a bit. He had no problem with the training as the boy was a fast learner. Naruto left him to practice and told him every kind of excuse but more or less he got away without any sense of suspicion. As he neared his apartment he paced double time, opened the door and went to the shower as quickly as posible.

"Now how do I tell those people.." he began to think as water was dripping to his body. He began to be lost in thought, almost daydreaming as the atmosphere was too quiet and was quite relaxing indeed. He slapped his face and tried to knock those thoughts off and reached for the towel as he began to dry himself off. Putting on an orange sweatshirt with a hoodie, black pants and usual shoes he started walking towards the Hyuga compound. The night was starting to get packed as he decided to make a run for it through the roofs and in a few minutes he reached it. Knocking at the door, the blonde was greeted by his soon to be bride. She was in a light purple dress and her long hair was tied in a loose braid. Though simple, simplicity suited her best.

"H-Hey" Naruto greeted as he made sure that this time he won't jaw drop. Hinata smiled sweetly.

"Shall we? They're gonna complain if we got late dattebayo" he said as he reached for her hand and as soon as he held it he pulled her close, hugging her in a way that their foreheads meet.

"Hina-chan, I love you so much you know that? And whenever you smile like that I feel so calm and happy" Naruto whispered. Hinata giggled.

"And I love you too, Naruto-kun" she said as Naruto pecked her lips and releasing his arms after.

"Now, lets go" he said with a smile as they went on their way. The night came to its climax as a full moon decorated the night sky. A faint breeze was also up, countering the heat of the crowd at this hour. Soon, they reached the place without delay with their hands clasped with each other. Of course they were the first ones to arrive and decided to take orders of the cocktails and snacks they'd treat to their friends. A man with a dark tied up hair was in his usual jounin attire as a blond kunoichi tailed behind him. The couple stood up to greet their first visitors.

"Good evening you two" Temari greeted.

"Same goes to you," Naruto said with a smile, "so is a little Nara on the way now?" he teased. Shikamaru uttered his usual 'Menduksei' as he turned his head to the topic.

"Were currently working on it" Temari joked sticking his tongue out to her husband and they took their seats. After a few minutes after the two came, Sasuke and Sakura arrived. And as usual the knucklehead came to 'greet' them or should I say tease them.

"Partners for today?" the blonde joked.

"Hn"

"You still owe me so cut that out" Sakura said.

"Whoa, easy Sakura-chan! I promise this is worth it dattebayo!" Naruto said as he gave her a thumbs up. When he came back to their booth, Hinata was also chatting with Shikamaru and Temari and soon enough Konoha 12 and with the addition of Sai, they were complete.

"Okay, so why are we herd in the first place? I know Sakura told me that it's Naruto's treat but why?" Ino said, sounding impatient.

"Oh, aren't you itching to hear new gossips Ino-pig?" Sakura smirked while her best friend gave her a glare.

"Gossips you say? So is it something worth gossiping?" she asked, sipping her drink.

"Dunno. Naruto said it's something big," the pinkette said as she cooled down beside her, "so? Tell us already!" she complained.

"I guess we really should tell them. Ne, Hina-chan?" Naruto said as he turned to her, earning everyone's curiosity.

"Y-yes" Hinata said as she nodded. A few brows were starting to risd and a few already have an idea, but still no one wants to assume.

"Okay... We invited everyone to let you know that we're... We're engaged!" he said smiling as he held Hinata's hand as her face became flushed with redness.

"What?!" said those who didn't even have a clue. A 'Hn' and a 'Heh' was also heard in the chorus.

"See? Got my revenge soon enough" Shikamaru smirked turning to the blonde who rolled his eyes.

"Hey, Uchiha! You next?" Kiba teased.

"Hn. Maybe you are" he shot back.

"Don't think so. Maybe Neji is" the Inuzuka said showing a sly grin towards the other Hyuga prodigy who silently turned his head to let the topic sink.

"Congratulations to the both of you" Temari said, grinning at the newly engaged couple.

"Yeah. Congrats Naruto. Glad I came here tonight" Ino said as she winked at Sakura.

"Congratulations you knucklehead. Better take care of Hinata okay?," Sakura said as he smiled back at her then to Sasuke, "So you said you know a little, how 'little'?" she asked.

"The ring. The proposal. That's all I knew. He said he doesn't want anyone to know... Yet" Sasuke explained. Sakura sighed as she sipped her drink again. The rest of the night was full of smiles and music. They danced till they got tired. Drank and ate to their fills. They teased one another just like when they were kids. It even seemed like nothing really changed. Not even Sasuke's disappearance or the recent war mattered. They had happiness and they were content in a way that they were all together. The night progressed fast like time didn't give them enough to enjoy themselves out. Sasuke offered to bring Sakura home as it was nearing midnight when they started walking home.

"You didn't have to bother taking me home. I can take care of myself" she said. Sasuke remained silent as he walked beside her. She reached her apartment soon enough.

"You wanna have tea? You look like you're gonna pass out on your way home" she said as the Uchiha's eyes looked kinda sleepy. Being adults, they we're having their own 'sake time' sometimes and this is one of those cases.

"Yeah. I think I'll have one" he said, rubbing his eyes. Her hands crept to his arms, preventing them to rub his eyes any further. They walked in and Sasuke sat down at the couch as Sakura went to the kitchen to make tea.

"So what do you want?"

"Anything.." he said lazily and with that Sakura began making a usual green tea. She was waiting for it to heat up when she walked up to him. She found him already asleep.

"Drank too much? I think?" she giggled a little as she observed his peaceful, resting face. She made him lay down at the couch rather than in that sitting position. Sakura also paced to her room to grab a blanket and covered the Uchiha's sleeping figure. He was too asleep to be awakened. 'It wouldn't hurt to have him here for the night' she thought as she kneeled in front of the couch where he was sleeping and standing up as she turned the stove off.

"Guess you'll have your tea tomorrow" she whispered as she went to bed. A lot of thoughts had crossed her mind since one by one their group began to settle down. They we're moving forward, faster than anyone could have thought.

~End of Chapter 13~

-So sorry for a late update! School came again and it's just our third day and I'm saying sorry in advance if I will not be able to update as fast as back then :( Okay, so how's that? It's 3,700+ words! (Whole chapter, without my notes okay?) Next is the last and their wedding! Oh my gosh! I feel giddy! xD Don't worry a prequel is up so hakuna matata minna! :3 Give me reviews okay? Thanks to those past reviews, favorites and follows! Ja ne~! ;*