I Do Not Own Naruto

Chapter 25

Naruto and Hinata arrived in the village after two weeks of 'missing' and Naruto had to admit he had never felt as smugly proud of himself as he did then.

The faces of the other shinobi staring at him holding Uzumaki Hinata's hand, and their wedding bands on display. He felt very smug and very pleased with himself as he pulled her into him and kissed her temple then and smiled at her.

She blushed prettily and he kept her close as they walked.

"Naruto, everyone is staring," she whispered shyly as they walked.

"Yeah, because you're gorgeous," he mused.

"WHERE HAVE YOU TWO BEEN!?" a voice roared behind them and he turned to see Kakashi, a pissed off Kiba, a furious Ino, and terrifying Hyūga Hiashi staring at them. "AND WHY ARE YOU TOUCHING MY DAUGHTER!?" Hiashi shouted.

"She's my wife, we eloped," Naruto said nervously as he tried to play it cool.

"WHAT!?" everyone roared.

"I don't see what the big deal is," Naruto admitted.

"Sasuke didn't want to marry me," Hinata muttered.

"We're looking for him too, any idea where he disappeared?" Kakashi asked coldly.

"No… what's going on? you can't be that mad about the elopement, and why's Ino here; I thought she was on a topsecret medical-nin mission," Naruto blurted out as he registered the presence of the blonde.

"Ugh!" Ino sighed.

"Sasuke and Sakura are missing," Kakashi filled him in. Naruto released Hinata then as they started walking to the Hokage's office.

"Missing?"

"Sakura was taken and shortly after that Sasuke disappeared from the village; we thought he was on a mission with you tht we didn't know about, but then Hinata was missing," Kakashi said.

"I didn't know the teme was leaving." Naruto avowed.

"We figured," Ino rolled her eyes as she glared at him.

"What the hell am I supposed to do about this!?" Naruto snapped. "The teme paid for Hinata and I's wedding, inn, and honeymoon, he didn't say anything about leaving!"

"He did what!?" Hiashi roared.

"That was sweet of him," Hinata mused quietly, he winked at his wife then.

"But he didn't leave with you two?"

"No, he insisted we go, he didn't seem inclined to follow us," Naruto admitted as they entered the office.

"This isn't good," Kakashi sighed.

"Who took Sakura?" he asked.

"We don't know, I didn't sense any enemies in the area," Ino said swiftly and a cold shiver of fear slid down Naruto's spine. This was not good.

"Hey! Here's a message from the gate keepers!" Kiba shouted as a hawk dove down and landed on Kakashi's shoulder.

Pulling the missive out Naruto tried to peek at it before Kakahsi moved out of his view. There was nothing he caught though. A hand slipped into his as he anxiously awaited the news when everyone was running to the gates again. Naruto didn't slow as he chased after them. What the hell!?

Where was Sakura and the teme! The worry filling him was mind numbing.

Sakura woke to her husband sliding into bed with her. Yesterday, after three days of nonstop running they had made it to a small village. They had gotten married promptly upon arrival, filing legal documents and everything; stating they were shinobi and in a rush because it was their last chance to be together; which moved the civilian and they had expedited the papers.

Before the end of yesterday afternoon she was officially Uchiha Sakura, with a kiss sealing their marriage.

It wasn't romantic, but Sasuke assured her that once they got back to the village she could plan a collosal wedding if that was what she desired; and she did want the huge wedding. But he wanted them bound so the council couldn't undo what he wanted for a change.

Sighing she rolled to see him.

"Mmm… send the missive!?" she yawned as she moved a bit, and he lay beside her.

"Aa, to the gate," he murmured as he kissed the base of her neck. She sighed in bliss then; they hadn't had sex yet; as a married couple, because of the exhaustion the running had been.

"Good, think they'll be pissed?" she muttered as she turned onto her back so his arm rested under her breasts. It felt good to not have those hormones ruling her body now. Though she still wanted Sasuke's touch.

"No, dobe will be loud about not being here, but your parents will be relieved," he sighed as he closed his eyes. She smiled.

"When are we going back?"

"A week, give it time to cool off," he grumbled sleepily, she snuggled into his chest then and sighed in contentment. She didn't think this news was going to cool down anytime soon, but she felt really content.

Even just sleeping beside Sasuke was satisfying to her as she pressed closer in on him.

"Sakura?" he whispered.

"Hmm," she hummed.

"We're not living at the Uchiha compound; I'm burning it to the ground," he whispered with a yawn. She sighed.

"Wherever you want," she mumbled as she felt her exhaustion dragging her down for sleep again. He just grunted and she smiled as she enjoyed the feeling of his warmth. She could live in a barn with him and be happy, and that was a fact of her life. She just wanted to be with Sasuke, no matter where they were.

She woke to his mouth on her pulse, his hands sliding over her body as he teased her slit. Moaning lowly she arched into his touch and decided she could get used to this life as she gasped and grabbed his bisceps as he settled between her legs.

The kiss he gave her had her in nothing but a puddle of putty as she hooked her legs around his hips and watched his red eyes as he slid into her. It felt so good! Moaning lowly she arched against him and gasped his name desperately as he tormented her body again.

Hinata chuckled as she sat in the house her father had bought her and Naruto. He had been furious at first, but after a few days of Naruto charming him she knew her father was happy about the union. Which was why Naruto gaped at the house.

"Holy shit!" he gasped.

"Like it?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'd have gotten us this eventually, it's nice to have it now though," he admitted, she blushed and smiled as he over and hugged her.

"Can you believe Sasuke married Sakura?" he mused.

"Yeah," she admitted. She had been hoping that it'd happen for a while if only to free herself from having to marry Sasuke. But now it didn't matter, she was married to a man she loved and Sasuke had the one who would drive him into insanity and love him and see him for him. For to Hinata Sasuke was always going to the terrifying Uchiha.

"I'm happy for them," Naruto muttered.

"Really?"

"Kind of, I'm still trying to wrap my head around it," Naruto admitted.

She giggled.

"You agreed to help me set them up though," she mused.

"I was desperate, I'd have agreed to get the moon if it kept you away from the teme," Naruto defended she smiled as she rested her brow on his chest then and sighed. She was happy, truly happy, and she didn't think she'd ever be happiest in her life than she was at this moment. This was everything she had ever wanted in her life.

A week later Sasuke found himself sitting at the Haruno kitchen table, looking at a man who he considered to be like a father to him, glaring at him. Sasuke didn't know if he wanted to leap out of the house before Kizashi chased him with a cleaver, or if he wanted to plead forgiveness.

"So…" Mebuki and Sakura appeared then and Sakura sat beside him as Mebuki took her seat beside Kizashi. "We want to know what this means for you two, and when this happened. Sakura's already explained to me that she's always loved you as more than a friend or sibling, but I want to know about you Sasuke. And you will explain or Kizashi will get the cleaver," Mebuki said sweetly with a smile.

"Uh…" he paled uncertain of what to say as he looked over Sakura's father uncertainly. He knew that nothing he could say would ever explain what and when he had fallen for Sakura. Though at this moment he was desperately wishing for his mentor's silver tongue to get him out of this mess.

Sighing he cleared his throat and looked at the people who had raised him and taken him in after he had been deemed a little monster by the council and doctors.

"I think I always loved your daughter," he admitted softly as he carefully chose his words. "I wish I could tell you what it means, and when it happened, but I can't. Your daughter snuck up on me, and I think it was always quietly there. As to what it means, it mean your daughter is an Uchiha and she will be treated as such, and I will not have another wife or mistress. She's it," Sasuke said firmly.

"Anything we should know about this? Sakura?"

"I'm not pregnant yet, so this was done out of love," Sakura said quickly.

"And your engagement to the Hyūga?" Kizashi growled lowly.

"Uzumaki Hinata is married to Uzumaki Naruto, I paid for their elopement as a wedding gift," Sasuke said. And he had because there was no need to bribe the dobe to do something stupid. He just needed the dobe to think it was his idea to have him running out the door.

"I see," Mebuki hummed. Sasuke looked at Sakura who shrugged and then he was assessing the Harunos again for physical ticks to what they were thinking and if he needed to run from a meat cleaver being chucked at his head. Any sane being feared a pissed off Haruno. And he did mean any sane being; because even he, despite all his power, would not tangle with a pissed off Haruno, civilian or not.

"Alright," Kizashi smiled and Sasuke relaxed.

"Really?" Sakura gasped.

"Yeah, kid's more than worthy of you," Kizashi grinned as Sakura hurried around the table to hug her father. Kizashi just smiled, and Sasuke felt like a weight had been lifted off his chest.

"Come here!" Kizashi snapped. Sasuke stiffened as he complied.

"You are now officially family, so I'm going to tell you, not as the man who raised you, but as the father of your wife, you fuck this up, I catch wind of you hurting my baby, and I won't care if I raised you, I will come for you, and there will be no place on this planet you can hide that I won't find you and make you suffer," Kizashi warned.

"I have no intentions of hurting your daughter," Sasuke said and then he found himself enveloped in a suffocating hug as he had the air squeezed out of him and his back popped before he was set back.

"Welcome to the family; again!" Kizashi grinned and laughed. Sasuke was seeing stars as he tried to catch his breath again as he stood there feeling a bit dizzy.

"Yay!" Sakura darted over to him and he wrapped her up in his arms so he didn't collapse as he caught his breath.

"Now, where are you two living?" Kizashi said.

"Not the Uchiha compound," Sasuke snarled.

"Live here until you figure it out, you two can have the attic, and when you figure it out we'll help you move," Mebuki suggested.

"I still have the apartment," Sakura pointed out.

"We'll stay at the apartment then, but visit here often," Sasuke decided. Sakura was loud during sex and he didn't want her parents to hear that; he'd be dead rather quickly.

"Alright, but you still have family dinners to attend," Kizashi warned.

"Aa," Sasuke nodded and rested his chin on his wife's head as he held her close. This was normal, he liked it this way.

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