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Illuminated:5/ I didn't read this story, what's the title? 6/ Poor Naruto was drunk as well, but I think Sakura liked it quite a bit ;) 17/ Kakashi is very close to them and care for them, it was natural for him to visit. 21/ I understand your point, mine is I feel, if I didn't ask, people just think that they don't need to. When in all honesty, I suffer from doubt and it is the real cause of my writing block. 26/ I doubt Sakura would have share anything from her man to any other woman. She would just have punched to death the priestess XD. 28/ Thank you very much to have give me you point of you throuhough the story, It was very nice! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! i hope you will continue to like it.

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Guest007: I think the indian flag came by itself as I connected from India. I would love to go there, it is on my plan to visit, but I begin first my spiritual journey through yoga and mediation (on my path to become a toad sage ;) )

Troa95: Thank you very much! Yeah I though it was time for Sakura to begin to rethink her way of acting with Naruto. But she still have her temper. I hope you will like this chapter, it's just a connecting chapter before the big event

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TheReader234: Thank you! This chapter will be a little less emotional as it is more of a connecting chapter. But I hope you will still like it

Touken: Thank you so so much! You don't know how much your words mean to me! Don't worry the story is completly written and except if my reader abandon me (or I broke my computer), the story will be delivered. I think most of the people insist on Sakura's jealousy to show the change of heart that she had with Naruto, and Sakura to me is the jealous type. But don't worry, Naruto will have his moments too, very soon in fact (hehe). For Hikaru, there will be again a slight mention of him here, but he will have a bigger role in the sequel of this story, that I will write one day... maybe if I don't give up on writing. So the wedding is coming soon! Thank you for your review and I will be waiting anxiously for your opinion. Thank you very very much!

CHAP 29:

Life had been hectic ever since the date of their wedding had been officially announced. They had been running around between their duty, the preparation for their wedding and the chaos that have followed with unexpected love rivals. The chain of dramatic events may have begun with Shion, but it hadn't been the only one and Sakura wondered amazed how many girls more were waiting in the shadow? Her man had been a womanizer without knowing it himself.

Even a little girl got her heart broken by the news. This one had been the hardest on Naruto. One afternoon, the Hokage had received a report from the orphanage that a kid had run away and was nowhere to be found. Reading Myu's name on the report, the leader had immediately sent out a ninja team before heading out to search for her too. In his sage-mode, the blond had been able to locate the familiar chakra of the child, but it was already too late. The kid had been hurt falling into a trap surrounding the village.

Sakura remembered clearly his pained face when her fiancé walked into the hospital with the small body against his chest. He had already done most of the healing in his sage-of-six-path mode but he insisted for Sakura to check on the child. Naruto stayed the whole time of the examination, straight in his white Hokage robe stained with blood, hands covered with the same red liquid clenched in tight fists, face marked with guilt. The head medic had tried to reassure him to lift up his mood. But his eyes never had left the small body lying in the bed. There were no enemies to fight against; he had been the cause of the disaster. No words could pass the barrier of his guilty conscience, so Sakura just hugged him when she finished her examination. The pinkette remembered how she had wanted to cry when she had heard his trembling voice declare that it was all his fault.

The child woke up one hour later and jumped on Naruto's chest in tears. The blond had held her close to his heart, hearing out the child's whimpers and reassuring her with gentle words. It have been enough to close the problem. But Sakura knew that night when Naruto went to bed with her that he wasn't in his usual mood. She cuddled against him and they had stayed silent in each other's embrace, his head resting on her hair and his hand absentmindedly caressing her back. Naruto didn't know how to share his pain, even with her.

As if the mess created by Naruto's admirers wasn't enough to add to her trouble, Sakura had to deal with psychotic jerks that wanted to control everything about her wedding. She hadn't been able to decide anything from the ritual ceremony to the reception. Most of the organization had been taken of by Konoha council as 'politically critical'. Even their vow had to be approved by the council. How many meetings were held with them standing mute as simple bit-player?

The passing days had been wearing with those constants discussions. But to be honest, except for their guest list, they both didn't care much about the color of flowers or the priest that would do the ritual. They didn't have the time either. Naruto would at each subjects check with a glance if Sakura was bothered by either of the suggestion. The head medic would usually grant him a smile with the subtitle 'whatever-is-good-with-me' and the young Hokage would mostly let the old geezers debate to the point from coming to blow without involving himself unnecessarily. Honestly as long as he had the bride of his choice, he would let them deal with the frills and the official matter at hand.

However, the pinkette remembered how her fiancé apologized to her one night before going to sleep to have robbed her the joy to prepare herself her own wedding. Sakura had laughed at him, reassuring him. Like him, she didn't have the time to deal with all those things necessary for a wedding and the only thing that she really cared for was to marry him. And in a very practical point, it was quite good that Konoha organized everything as they took care of the cost as well as the decisions. The Hokage marriage was a political event after all. Her easy smile warmed up his heart, and then Naruto demonstrated how much he loved her for the largest part of the night.

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Sakura entered her room exhausted. The day had been spent with her understandably excited parents. Tonight was her last night as a Haruno and for that occasion, she had a dinner with her whole family, grandmother included, at her parent's house. The atmosphere had been excessive and she was a little vexed that her grandmother had praised her to be the 'Hokage's fiancée'. The pinkette strangely had been hurt by that comment. She was proud that Naruto was the Hokage, it had always been his dream, but she wasn't with him for his title.

Sakura walked to her closet and ran her hand along the soft silk of her wedding kimono. It was such a beautiful piece; a white kimono with a sea of pink flower at the bottom dancing on the garment as if carried with a gust of wind, some golden embroidery were enhancing the petal to give a particular radiance as if the sun shined on it. The obi accompanying it was pink adorned with small delicate carmine flowers, a real piece of art. The kunoichi was sure she'd never had been able to afford it had the council not paid for it. It was something from a fairy tale, simple but astonishingly elegant. Sakura had to admit, as much as those old geezers were annoying, the work they had done for Naruto's wedding were amazing. People loved him so much that nobody would have accepted less than the best for their beloved Hokage.

The future bride went to sit on her bed and looked around at her childhood room. It will be my last night here, she thought nostalgic and exhilarated at the same time. She let herself flop on the mattress. The same small bed I had always slept in. She smiled for herself. Not always... Since she had begin to date Naruto, Sakura realized that she had spent more nights in his bed than in hers. Their relationship could be defined of as 'whirlwind'; everything had been so fast it was scary. The scariest part was her complete addiction to him and it seemed to getting worse at each passing day. I can't believe that tomorrow we will be married...

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Naruto left his office at ten pm and quickly ran to Ichiraku. All the customers came to congratulate him for his impending wedding. The blond heartily thanked them while looking apologetically at his former teacher who was waiting for him at least half an hour. Once he passed the barrier of people, Naruto came to sit at the stool near the man he considered his father figure.

"Sorry to be so late Iruka-sensei, I have been stuck at the office to deal with the Kages."

Iruka waved his hand to make the blond stop apologizing. "I can understand Lord Hokage and you don't have to call me sensei."

Naruto pouted. "I never have been a man of title... You will always be Iruka-sensei to me and out of the office, I am Naruto for you... After all, I would never have been where I am without you."

Iruka blushed and tears swelled up in his eyes. His cute little student have grown up so much. Now Naruto was Hokage and tomorrow he would be married. The teacher turned his head the other side to keep his pride by not showing his emotion. "It's on me tonight! You can have any topping you want!" offered Iruka.

Naruto chuckled and patted his teacher on the shoulder. "No, it's on me... I have a lifetime worth of ramen to pay back," the blonde smiled, returning the favor.

The two men ate bowls of ramen, exchanging old time stories and laughing together at Naruto's old pranks. Before midnight, Iruka checked his watch and rose to leave. "You should go home and get some rest, you've got a big day ahead of you,'' the former teacher advised with a goodbye wave. "I'll see you at your home tomorrow morning!"

Instead of going back home, Naruto jumped gracefully on the rooftop and went to visit the other important people to him. In few leaps, the young man arrived at the tomb of Fourth Hokage and his wife. He knelt down and brushed the stone with his hand. It was cold under his hand, but he still felt a warm feeling surging in his chest thinking about his dead parents. A faint smile came to his face.

"Hello Mom! Dad! It's been a while now... So many things have changed... The biggest of all, I'm gonna get married tomorrow." Naruto chuckled to himself at the fast turnover in his life. "You know her, dad. You met her during the war. She was the girl who was healing me... She finally returned my feelings." Emotion flushed over him thinking of all those long years of unrequited love. His lips trembled. "finally!" He got a grip on himself and exhaled loudly. "I never have talked about her to you mom, but I'm sure that you would love her. She's sometime violent with me and she nags me a lot, but I know that it's for my own good." He smiled again thinking of his beloved Sakura. "She always pushes me forward and takes good care of me. She also tries to make me eat more healthily..." His smile broadened. "And most of all... When I'm with her, I'm filled with love. I think that from now on, I will never feel empty!" He let his palm rest on their name. "You don't have to worry for me. I found love!"

He stayed silent few seconds before turning his head abruptly to the dark shadow leaning against a tree. The Hokage had thought first that the presence he felt would have been an ANBU disobeying him and following him for his safety, he didn't expect it to be his former teacher. "Kakashi-sensei! What are you doing here so late?"

The gray haired man stepped forward in the moon's dim light. "I saw you jump fast at night on the rooftop outside the village before your wedding and I thought you were running away," Kakashi teased.

Naruto lifted an incredulous eyebrow at the excuse. "Why would I run away from Sakura? You do know how many years I ran after her..."

Kakashi laughed and patted the blond shoulder seeing his expression. "I know. I was joking! It was just the perfect moment to meet you alone. It's incredible how surrounded you are. You really are popular!" Kakashi came crouching near Naruto and glanced at the tomb of his late teacher before looking at his former student with a smile. "I wanted to give you two a little something special."

The gray-haired man pulled out of his pocket a small red box. Naruto's brow furrowed tried to guess what was inside. "Kakashi-sensei... I already have our wedding rings."

Kakashi didn't know if he wanted to cry or burst out laughing. Was the village really safe in Naruto's hand? "It's not rings!" The gray-haired ninja said.

The older man opened the box and revealed two bells connected by two red threads knotted together at the top. Naruto smiled touched by the kindness. The gift was perfect. It was such a good reminder of their bond. If they hadn't managed to pass the teammate test, the story would have been completely different. Their fates had been connected by this test somehow.

Kakashi continued his explanation. "It was your father, who taught me this test and I wanted to give them to you for a long time as you were my only students... It's the best opportunity to do it."

Naruto accepted the box and thanked him. Kakashi patted again Naruto shoulder and placed a sly comment before leaving. "Go rest! It will be a shame if you can't honor your bride tomorrow night just because you are too tired..."