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Chapter 25

Sakura's POV

With all the things ready we start to head out towards the ceremony site. We leapt up into the tree lines and I started to follow my friends. We got to a very familiar clearing and then I see our field come into view.

I stop suddenly right before entering the field and I take in the scene before me.

I believe that Yamato-taichou had built a platform around the tree that Kakashi first confessed his love to me… the tree where he proposed to me… our tree… our field.

Ino looked back and saw that I had stopped in my tracks and she jogged back to me.

"Forehead is there something wrong?"
"No Ino, I'm just touched that he managed to get everyone to have the ceremony here."
She raised a questioning eyebrow and then I said, "This is our field. He proposed to me here. This is where he confessed his love to me and this is where he first kissed me."

Ino's jaw gaped open and she was at a complete loss for words. When she managed to form some words she said, "No wonder he was so set on having it in this particular field."

My heart swelled at the thought of having Kakashi plan some of this himself to add a personal touch. It was clear that many didn't know the reason why he wanted this particular spot.

Ino takes my hand and gives it a squeeze, "You know Sakura, I really am happy for you and Kakashi-senpai. You both deserve happiness."

We start heading towards the designated bride's tent and before I go in, I see a flash of silver spiky hair flash from the tree lines and I know that he is finally here.

Shizune peeks her head out of the tent and when she sees where I am looking towards, she grabs my shoulders and pulls me into the tent, "You'll see him soon enough, now let's get you dressed up."

Kakashi's POV

As soon as we cleared the treeline, I could feel Sakura flare her chakra and I know exactly where to look.

I see her pink hair.

I know that since Tsunade-sama wont let me near her until the actual ceremony, this is her way of letting me know that she misses me.

Genma and the rest of the guys finally catch up and he says, "Kakashi, I have known you for many years and I have never seen you actually want to arrive earlier than usual to any ceremonial occasion."

"Come on Genma this is my wedding that we are talking about, it isn't just any ceremonial occasion, give me some credit. I'm always on time when it counts."

"Yeah, yeah, now let's go and get you ready so you can finally see Sakura and we can all get drunk afterwards."

Once we get to my tent we unseal all of our scrolls and start to get ready.

My kimono is the traditional black but the Hatake clan red triangles are sewn into the sleeves and along the back. I kept my mask on and began placing the various weapons in some strategic spots along the kimono. I kept the twin long katanas that Neji gave me in the scroll, but I placed Sasuke's sword along my back and I kept my father's tanto on the front to my side.

Genma looks at me and then starts to chuckle, "You know Kakashi, you look like you are preparing for battle instead of you wedding." I just shake my head and continue to get ready.

My hair is a mess but I can't do anything about it, that's just how it has always been and probably ever will be.

Genma and I head towards the ceremonial platform and we take our place, waiting for my bride.

The only people who will be there for the actual ceremony are our close friends. They stand around the ceremonial platform and begin to settle down.

Gaara-sama is next to Kankuro and Tamari.

Right behind them is Shikamaru, Choji and Ino.

Gai is standing right behind me across the aisle from Tamari.

His group stands next to him. Lee already has tears in his eyes and Gai looks like he might start crying, or worse… break into song.

Neji and Tenten almost facepalm at the sight of their former sensei and teammate.

Hinata, Shino and Kurenai stand right behind them.

Right behind Kurenai, Sasuke is flanked by two ANBU guards.

He hasn't received complete clearance from the Hokage to go about as he wishes in the camp, but he didn't seem to fight the conditions of constantly being guarded.

He had been away from Konoha for so long that I think that the ANBU was to put everyone else more at ease than anything else.

I don't think anyone other than Team 7 would ever understand our inner dynamics, or understand why we forgave him after he almost effectively killed me a little over a week ago.

Shizune begins to walk up the aisle and when she reaches the table in front of us she begins to place the three ceremonial sake cups. Just then, Genma brought the sake from the bag he had been carrying and put it on the table in front of us.

Once he finished, I notice that everyone quieted down and Tsunade-sama walks down the aisle towards us. As she passes by, everyone bows to her.

Then I see Naruto and Yamato walk up the aisle shoulder to shoulder.

I can't see Sakura yet, but I see flashes of pink and white as she is effectively being covered by the height of her brothers.

Kiba and Sai stand right behind her.

They form a protective barrier between her and everyone else.

It's as if no one will be able to see her until she comes up to the platform.

My heart is beating faster and I can feel my white chakra start to form at my center.

It is a feeling that I can't describe… but I feel a sort of peace knowing that she is here and we will finally be husband and wife in just a few minutes.

Before they come up to the platform, they stop right by Kurenai and Naruto leans back to listen to whatever Sakura just said.

His eyes widen by a fraction and he begins to smile.

He suddenly grabs Sasuke by the collar and places him in the spot that he was just standing in, effectively covering Sakura before I could see her.

Naruto tells the ANBU to stand down.

Sasuke's eyes widen and is about to say something when I see that someone is pulling on his sleeve and he leans a little so he could hear whatever Sakura was saying to him.

Once she is done he nods slightly and then looks on ahead, but with a different look in his eyes, something close to acceptance.

Naruto is now at the front of the group and is the first one to walk up the platform.

He looks at me and then bows to Tsunade-sama, she returns his gesture with a slight nod.

"Kaka-sensei, we are entrusting you with our little sister, Sakura is loved by all the people present here and we want you to love and protect her like you have done so far. Make her happy."

He then gives me a slight hug and then whispers, "I can't say that I can kill you now that you have that seal on you, but if you hurt her you will have to answer to all of us."

I nod at him and look intently towards the small group of guys that are covering the sight of my bride.

They start to walk up on the platform and then Yamato and Sasuke bow to Tsunade-sama and then step to the side.

It is as if I was seeing her for the first time.

Her elegance was unmatched and she had an ethereal look about her.

Her face was looking down so that I could appreciate what she was wearing first.

Her kimono was the purest white but had a pattern of cherry blossoms along the length, it was breathtaking.

That was just about the only thing traditional about what she wore.

The colors that she wore popped out and I immediately was able to tell our story through them. The obi had the Hatake clan symbols along the edge.

It felt right seeing her with my clan's symbol on her clothing.

The obiage peeked out of the obi and I caught shades of pink and silver, the exact shade of our unique hair color.

The obijime was the same color of the Sharingan that I once had.

I had asked Shizune not to get her a hooded headdress or the ceremonial horns that the brides wear underneath the headdress.

I would never give Sakura a reason to feel jealous, and I would never expect my wife to be obedient to me.

She was independent and fiery and I would never want to tame her wild spirit, she is perfect the way she is now.

She is my equal, my support, and everything that is right in my life.

With that I brought my hand to her chin and lifted her face ever so gently.

Her eyes trailed up to finally meet my own and I was lost in a sea of green.

I melted into those eyes and I would not be able to ever stop thanking Kami for giving me this precious gift.

She wore very little makeup because she didn't need it. Her lips wore a slight gloss that gave her perfect pink shade a shine that made them look delicious.

Genma actually had to put a hand on my shoulder so that I could face the Hokage. Tsunade-sama had seemed to say something, but I wasn't really paying attention because I was captivated by the angel beside me.

I take her hands and release the breath that I had held and whisper, "I am honored that you have chosen to spend the rest of your life with me and I swear that I will make you feel cherished everyday of your life."

Her eyes mist over and she gives me a beautiful smile.

I then do something that I never thought that I would do in public… I pull down my mask and smile in her direction.

There are no masks when I am around with her, she is marrying me, just plain Hatake Kakashi, not 'Kakashi, Shinobi of the Leaf'.

The only thing that we hear are a couple of gasps in the crowd, someone actually falling to the ground and a "pay up dobe" but we both pay them no attention.

We both turn to the Hokage and after she regains her senses, stops gaping at me, and blinks a couple of times in my direction, she begins the ceremony.

The sake is poured and we complete San San Ku Do ceremony.

After we give our offerings to Kami we turn to each other and I pull out the scroll that holds my father's wedding band.

I release the scroll and she takes the wedding band into her hands.

I take her hand that already holds the wedding band that I had given her and I tell her, "Sakura, I promise to protect you and your heart for the rest of my life. I will give you my all and I will make sure that if we are blessed with children, I will provide for our family. My heart and my life are yours for all eternity, in this life and in the next."

I close my eyes and I breathe some of my white chakra into her ring and it begins to shine with a white light that is emanating from it. The emotions that I feel right now will always be emanating from her ring, and when she is not near me she will be able to feel my love for her just by touching her ring.

She smiles again but I see a tear escape from her left eye. Her hand goes up to my cheek and brushes away the tear that formed on my left eye as well.

This seal is binding us in more ways that we could imagine.

She takes the larger wedding band in her hand and infuses some of her chakra into it and it glows green.

She holds up my hand and places the ring on my ring finger and says, "Kakashi, you and I will always be bound by the love that we share, I promise to love you and support you in any way that I can. We will raise our family and pass on all the lessons that our parents passed to us. You have my love, my heart, my soul for all eternity."

Tsunade then says to us, "Hatake, you know what to do."

She stands back a bit and motions for other to do the same.

I take Sakura's hand and I tell her to get ready, "Love, give me your hand and place it on my heart." She does what I ask her to and I place my hand over hers. I then smile at her and lean our bodies so that our rings touch as our chests collide together when I seal our marriage with a kiss.

The white chakra that had grown while I waited for my bride erupted and effectively enveloped both of our hearts and then shrouded us in white chakra.

As Sakura deepened the kiss, the white chakra got brighter and was almost blinding to anyone that hadn't closed their eyes. I flexed my chakra as I felt for Sakura's and when she infused her green chakra into my white, it wrapped itself around everyone that was present and sent out a soothing, gentle aura into the surrounding fields.

As we break the kiss, the shining light dimmed around us and then Tsunade-sama said in a booming voice to everyone, "I present to you, Hatake Kakashi and his bride Hatake Sakura, new clan heads of the Hatake Clan of Konohagakure."

Our friends erupted into cheers and then we felt the chakras of the shinobi from the Allied Shinobi Forces flare in response to the white chakra that had just passed through the field around us, followed by their cheers as well.

Sakura's POV

There is absolutely no words to express what I felt when our chakras met and our rings touched over our hearts. The only thing I could remotely describe it was a feeling of pure bliss. His kiss was soft and full of emotion.

Kami- I love this man so much.

Tsunade announce us as husband and wife and I could feel exactly what Kakashi felt when she said 'Hatake Sakura' my husband was proud, he was happy, he was filled with peace in his heart.

When we turn to see our friends, Kakashi is smiling at me and then out of the corner of my eye I see most of the girls blush, or nearly faint at the sight of his uncovered face, some of the guys won't ever admit it but I caught a couple with their mouths gaping open. I kiss him again but then I pull his mask back into place. His eyebrow rises a bit but I whisper, "Love, you are distracting most of the shinobi population. I know that he is smirking underneath the mask and he just chuckles and says, "Just tell them that they were under a high level genjutsu that lifted after we were pronounced man and wife."

"Very funny." I whisper, "I think that the Hyuga's and Sasuke had activated their kekkei genkai, so it might be hard to get them to forget."

"Ah don't worry about it… I just didn't want any barriers between us when we got married."

"You are right, I'm marrying the man not the mask, so good job husband of mine, you are gaining some points for that. I might have to reward you later on."

He had a playful gleam in his eye.

Genma-san brought out the Hokage's wedding registry and we placed our signatures in the designated places. Tsunade-sama signed her name and then Hinata and Naruto signed the Hokage's wedding registry.

We all posed together and a picture was taken.

Before Genma-san put the scroll away I asked Sasuke to come up and see something. I gave my shishou a knowing look and she unrolled the scroll to Kakashi's parents wedding picture.

Sasuke immediately recognized his parents and activated his Sharingan so he could memorize every detail. Tsunade then rolled it back up a little but then stopped at his own parents wedding picture. He had his fingers over their picture just like Kakashi had.

He didn't cry at that moment but he suddenly turned around and hugged me.

"Thank you Sakura… I will repay your kindness one day and earn your forgiveness. I wish you happiness."

As he pulled away I noticed a single tear escape his eye, but he managed to wipe it away before anyone else noticed.

Kakashi came up to us and looked at Sasuke, "Thank you for your gift Sasuke, I will be looking forward to the day that I can return it."

"Hn" he nods and then moves to the side as he notices a group of our friends walk up the platform.

Our friends then came up to us to congratulate us once again. Once all the other teams had passed, they went out into the field where the rest of the shinobi that we had fought together with in the war had started the party. Our team was the last left on the ceremonial platform.

Naruto gives Hinata a kiss on her cheek and she blushes but goes off to catch up with Kurenai.

We all look at each other and smile… and I remember what I said to Sasuke when I asked Naruto to have him join us in the aisle, "We are finally all back together, we have grown and made close bonds with new teammates but we will never leave anyone behind."

A/N: Don't worry this is not the last chapter, I still have some more stuff that I want to clear up in Konoha before I finish this story. I want to thank all the people who review, it truly motivates me to keep writing. I love you guys, that is why I have posted everyday! Please review!