A/N: Alright, so this is one of the bonus chapters that I have been completely BUGGED about. All of the e-mails you guys sent me say that I MUST place the chapter to where Hinata marries Naruto. Well, here you have it.

Enjoy. :)

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Catch Me

000

"I'm so nervous." Hinata whispered, tugging on her dress to adjust it for the thirtieth time.

Sakura popped her best friend's wandering hands and she yelped. Hinata was driving her crazy! It was bad enough that she had to be the Maid of Honor; required to wear the pinkest dress imaginable, that, of course, totally clashed with her hair color, but she was also the first one to be seen by the crowd of thousands waiting in the next room. Hinata was just making the suspense worse by reciting all of the things that could possibly go wrong with the situation.

"What if he isn't there?" She squealed, fiddling with her bouquet.

Sakura peeked around the curtain, observing the bouncing blonde idiot that stood at the altar.

"He is there, Hinata. I can see him from here." She assured.

"OH GOD HE IS? Oh my god, my god, my god!"

Sigh.

"Calm down," She whispered, straightening the jewelry and making last minute touch ups to Hinata's lipstick and eyeliner. "Everything is going according to plan."

Ino dashed into the room, spraying them both with a lavender scented perfume and trying to organize all of the flowers at once. "We're on in five." She said, looking to Sakura who coughed.

"I can't do this!" Hinata cried, her cheeks burning a shade of purple. She clutched her chest. "What if I trip?"

"Then the guests won't be surprised." Ino said lightly, shaking a bottle of hairspray that she pulled out of thin air before covering Hinata's perfect blue curls with a layer of it.

Frankly, Hinata looked as if she was about to pass out.

"Ino," Sakura growled, seeing the tears begin to form in the bride's eyes. "You are going to cause her make-up to run."

Ino scowled and handed the hair care products off to Hinabi who had just entered the area.

"Don't cry," Sakura murmured to Hinata. "Everything is going to be fine; Tenten and I worked very hard on your face, so try not to make it shed, okay?"

Hinata took a deep breath. "Okay, okay. I can do this. I love Naruto."

Ino snorted. "Though I don't see why."

Sakura grit her teeth. "INO-PIG."

The blonde shrugged. "What?"

Sakura let out a huff and turned to Hinata. "Listen to me," She began, placing her hands on Hinata's shoulders lovingly. "You love Naruto. Naruto loves you more than anything on this Earth. You two have always been meant for each other and that will never change."

Her eyes flashed to Ino. "No matter what stupid people say."

"Hey!" Ino yelled, sticking her lip out.

"Shut up, it's not your day!" Hinabi exclaimed, walking back into the room with her hands on her hips. "And quit handing me things! I'm not your maid!"

Ino set her eyes upon the young shinobi. "Why you-"

"Guys!" Sakura called harshly, hearing the music begin to play from the other room. "It's almost time!"

"Thank you Sakura." Hinata spoke lightly, a smile beginning to form on her lips. "What you said, I mean. It really helped."

Sakura grinned. "Well, it's the truth."

"You look absolutely beautiful, cousin." Came the familiar tone of Neji Hyuuga.

He slowly limped into the room, holding himself up with a cane. His smile found Hinata's blushing face.

"Thank you Neji-kun."

Neji's gaze went from Hinata's eyes to Sakura's. She swallowed nervously from the intensity of his gaze.

"And you look stunning as well, Sakura." He murmured.

"Thank you." She whispered. She hadn't expected a compliment from him. The last time she had spoken to the Hyuuga was when he was bed ridden seven months ago. She hoped he had forgiven her.

Ino stared boringly at the two of them.

"Okay, well it's time to start the wedding now." She declared.

000

"You look fine." Sasuke repeated for the eightieth time as Naruto manhandled his tie.

"No, no, no, it's crooked! Can't you tell? Can't you see?" The blonde shrieked and pointed into the mirror opposite of them, urging Sasuke to take a look.

Sasuke glared into the mirror, studying a perfectly straight, but now wrinkled tie.

"Your tie is fine Naruto, and if you touch it one more time, you're not going to have the hand your ring finger goes on." Sasuke warned.

Naruto threw his hands into the air. "But so many things are going wrong!"

Sasuke couldn't help but chuckle at his best friend's melodramatic stance. "Like what?"

Ignoring the question, Naruto began to methodically pace the room. "What if she has cold feet? What if she decides that she doesn't want to marry me at all?"

"Then you would be very sad I'm sure." Sasuke stated bluntly. Naruto gasped.

"Are you saying that she doesn't love me?"

Sasuke blinked. "Uh, no, I was saying-"

"Oh my god, this is the worst day of my life!" He bawled.

Sasuke's fists clenched and just as he was about to knock Naruto into next week, Shikamaru came trotting into the room. Oddly, he was in a hurry. The usually bored and lazy countenance of Shikamaru was now one that was in hyper drive. This was yet another hilarious sight to Sasuke.

"Are we almost done here?" He asked with a terrified expression. He glanced nervously to his watch. "Because if we don't get him out there in thirty seven seconds, Ino is going to kill me!"

Naruto squeaked. "Me?" He looked to Sasuke. "Thirty seven seconds?"

"Thirty one now." Shikamaru chimed in.

Sasuke grabbed Naruto's arm. "Time for your big moment."

Naruto was going nuts. "I can't do this, Sasuke I shouldn't be out here! Oh my god look at all of those people! WHAT if-"

Sasuke reared back and punched Naruto in the arm. The blonde screamed, hand shooting to his wound.

"Ow, Sasuke what the-"

"Do you love Hinata?" Sasuke hissed.

Naruto drew a blank. "Wha-?"

"Do you love her?" Sasuke questioned again, this time louder.

Naruto made a face. "Of course I love her!"

Sasuke leaned inwards, squeezing his best friends shoulder. "Then shut the fuck up, and go make her the one of the happiest girls in the world."

Naruto paused, silent. Shikamaru fidgeted. Sasuke waited to let his words sink in. He knew the dork loved her. Sometimes, all Naruto needed was a little push.

A huge grin spread across his best friend's face. "Thank you for that hit, Sasuke."

Sasuke smiled, sighing with relief. "No problem."

Naruto straightened his suit and his tie one last time. He took a deep breath and held his head high as he parted the curtains and walked out in front of the crowd.

000

Naruto's calm and brave exterior didn't last long, and Sasuke could now understand why.

There were thousands of white eyes packed tightly into the building, each pair focused solely on the blonde fool that their Hyuuga relative had chosen to wed. They were all scrutinizing him; not a sound in the room was made. There was no chatter, no shuffling of feet; even the children were quiet. Naruto was the show for all to see and Sasuke was extremely glad that he was standing behind him and not in front.

The curtains on the other side of the room swished and Sasuke's eyes caught a glimpse of pink. He smiled.

"Why are they all staring at me Sasuke?" Naruto muttered through thin lips. Sasuke reddened; the entire room must have heard the question.

"Stop hopping around." Sasuke chided, noticing that Naruto's knees were visibly quaking. "I think we're about to start."

Naruto let out a short breath. "What if I faint?"

"What?" Sasuke blurted. He couldn't believe what he was hearing. They were standing on the altar, the wedding moments from beginning, and Naruto was thinking about fainting now?

Naruto's breath shuddered. "I said-"

"I heard you, you idiot!" He growled lowly. "And if you do then I'm not going to catch you, do you understand? You already have Hinata's entire family here, watching to see if your worthy of her, so if you faint you're on your own, do you hear me?"

He didn't have enough time to receive an answer, because the music began to play, and out came the parade.

First, his lovely Sakura.

She looked stunning. He remembered all the nights before the wedding; oh how she complained about the pink dress clashing with her pink hair!

Her nervous eyes found his, and he winked. "You look beautiful." He mouthed.

A smile bloomed on her face and she walked with more confidence, greeting the thousands of people she passed with the beam on her lips.

More girls in pink appeared, including Ino and Hinata's sister, Hinabi. Sasuke was able to see that even for such a wealthy family, the wedding was still quite simple and classy.

Then, a loud orchestra began to play, the tune turning into one of pure anxiety.

The curtains lifted.

And out came the bride.

Thousands stood, thousands oohed and aahed, exclaiming over the Hyuuga princess' splendor.

And escorting her, Neji Hyuuga.

Sasuke watched as he lumbered alongside her, his walking stick moving twice as fast so that he could keep up with her steady strides. Sasuke took a moment, finding that he was admiring Neji's courage and strength through his adversity. She would slow and he shook his head, chastising her silently for taking pity upon him. But Hinata did so anyhow, nothing but smiles the entire way down the carpet.

Even Sasuke was able to see her beauty. She looked astonishing to say the least, but although the room was focused intently on the blushing bride, he on the other hand was focusing on his best friend, the groom.

"Your mouth is agape, Naruto." He chuckled lightly.

Naruto looked like he had been struck deaf and dumb.

The crowds of people sat back down.

Only when Hinata was brought mere inches away from his face was when the dorky smile kicked in, and he was somehow revived.

"You look amazing." He whispered to her. "Better than amazing."

Hinata turned purple in her cousin's grasp. In truth, Sasuke was slightly frightened by her sudden change in color.

Neji shakily placed Hinata's hand in Naruto's. He leaned in, kissing his cousin gently on the cheek before reaching his free hand to Naruto. Sasuke watched as they shook hands, Neji smiling weakly.

"You know how much a love my cousin, Naruto." Neji began. "I love her like my own sister, and I know that you will care for her. Therefore, I thank you, as a brother. Welcome to the family, Naruto."

Naruto was speechless. "Neji, you have...no clue what that means to me."

Sasuke's eyebrows rose. Was that a tear in Hinata's eyes?

And then suddenly Sasuke eyes shot to Naruto. Was that a tear in his eyes too?

You better not cry. Sasuke's subconscious radiated out towards his best friend. Oh my god Naruto, you better not cry.

Somehow, although Sasuke knew he would hear about it later, Naruto held it together, shook his brother-in-laws hand and let go.

It was almost going perfect.

Until Neji collapsed.

The crowd erupted in gasps as the cane slide from his fingers and he toppled to the ground.

Sasuke had no clue what overcame him, but for some reason, he was the first one to move and was helping Neji up before anyone else could panic. He helped him to the front row, seating him down and reaching back for his cane. The crowd was murmuring with worry as Naruto and the pastor tried to calm everyone down.

"Thank you, Sasuke Uchiha." Neji muttered as Sasuke stood from the ground, handing the cane to its rightful owner.

Their eyes met.

"Uh, you're welcome." He mumbled in return, ready to walk back up to the altar.

"You've changed." He said, taking Sasuke off guard.

"Excuse me?"

"You're different." Neji repeated, this time softer. Sasuke watched as Neji looked from him, to Sakura, who was watching their conversation intently from the other side of the altar. She seemed to be trying to read the Hyuuga's lips.

"I couldn't make her happy." He muttered sadly. "But I know now, that you will."

Sasuke blinked. It was the last thing he ever expected to hear from the man.

"Thank you, Sasuke." This time with a smile.

000

The rest of the wedding went along smoothly.

"To have and to hold, as long as you both shall live?"

Hinata smiled. "I do."

Naruto was quiet for a moment, the entire room expecting his answer. Sasuke's eyebrows furrowed. What was he thinking?

Then a grin.

Oh no.

"YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT, HINATA-CHAN!"

The pastor chuckled. "I'll take that as a, 'I do'?"

Naruto smiled. "I do!"

"Well then," The bible was closed. "You may now kiss the bride."

Sasuke sighed.

000

Sakura didn't want to do this.

"No, no, EVERYONE gather around!"

Sakura really didn't want to do this.

"You too, Sakura-chan!"

Sigh.

Sakura never understood this whole, catch the bouquet fiasco. All it consisted of was a huge horde of crazy females ripping into each other's flesh just to get a thing of flowers that would supposedly tell them they were next to be married. It was such a silly tradition.

Sakura inched her way to the back after seeing Ino tie back her hair and get into a stance.

This was a dangerous tradition too.

She lifted her hands, just for Hinata's sake. As soon as she threw the thing, the sooner she and Sasuke could leave.

The bouquet was tossed, and Sakura hummed to herself, listening to all of the shrieks and screams of the desperate girls trying to catch the flowers. She on the other hand was standing perfectly still, watching the chaos unfold before her.

And then the unthinkable.

Sakura jolted, and looked up.

But...

How?

Ino spun around, smiling blooming on her face.

"Sakura, you caught it!"

Everyone cheered.

She glanced to the bouquet and then to Sasuke who was waiting for her outside of the crowd.

He was staring at the flowers as well, perplexity on his features.

And then the moment came, through all of the cheering their eyes connected and silently they exchanged thoughts. Sasuke smirked at her.

She blushed.

She looked to the flowers again. What did this mean? And through the laughter and cheers of delight, through the tears as the bride and groom departed for their honeymoon, Sasuke mouthed, "I love you."

And her heart started hammering.

000

A/N: And that's the last bonus chapter! And next, the Epilogue! :) Thanks for the patience, and please review!

Love, Charlie.