This is the epilogue. I have to say, I had a lot of fun writing this. I think I might make another Sasusaku high school fic (with no OC's. Aren't you happy?). It'll be your run of the mill Sasuke/Sakura fic, but you guys know my humor, so you'll see some differences. Well, keep an eye out for that and here we go.
Also, in keeping with the original, Arashi shall stay Arashi because I only found out he was Minato after everything was written.
Song: Michael Buble's Everything
Epilogue: A Slice of Heaven
Really, after Megumi got Kakashi, she really didn't think it could get any better, but that was before he pulled out the ring.
Flashback
Megumi smiled as people in the crowd chanted the famed words 'Kiss! Kiss!' Idly, she wondered when she stepped into the weddings she remembered in her childhood where the friends would ask for the newlyweds to kiss. Really, she wasn't married (though she wouldn't mind it). Right now, she was happy with Kakashi loving her. She turned to flash him a smile when he gave her an eye-crease and slid onto one knee.
"What are you doing?" she asked with a laugh.
He simply reached behind him and pulled out a small black box from behind his back. Bringing it before her, he opened it and her eyes widened at what sat inside. A heart-cut diamond with two small round-cut rubies, one on each side, set into platinum, the word 'Itsumo' engraved in the metal.
She could only stare, dumbfounded, as he slid the ring onto her finger before kissing the back of her hand and standing before her. She stared at him, tears stinging her eyes as she saw the unspoken question in his eyes and her mind swam and spun. Distantly, she heard the club in an uproar once more as she fought to articulate. She wanted to form sentences, yell 'what took you so long?' to him, shout to the world in glee and excitement, but all that came out was a timid, quavering, "Forever?"
"Or however long you want it to be," he smiled as he tucked a strand behind her ear.
She couldn't contain herself anymore. She launched herself at him, falling against his chest and kissing him deeply as her leg flipped up like they did in the movies and she smiled against his lips as Kyo screamed free drinks for the night before kissing him again.
Once again, he'd proved her wrong. First was the conversation earlier in the school year, when he told her there was someone out for her and she looked at him skeptically. Second was when he knew Sasori wasn't good for her when she stubbornly denied it and now, just when she thought fairytales didn't have engagement-ring endings, he'd proven her wrong once again. They did…or at least, hers did.
The traditional fairytale didn't include an engagement ring, but then again, their fairytale wasn't traditional. It didn't have dragons and evil family-relations intentionally bent on making her life hell. No, it was just the story of two incredibly dense people, one a teacher, the other, his student, and their long-winded love story. While it probably wouldn't be turned into a classic bedtime story, they could really care less. Their fairytale wasn't classical, it was contemporary, and it didn't matter if no one else knew about it because it was all theirs.
End flashback
After all that, it wasn't a huge surprise to their friends that a wedding followed two months later. They didn't need the preliminary dating to find out if this was the person for them. They'd already been doing that for years and they knew each other pretty damn well. So much so that the only thing they had to figure out was the wedding location and the small details.
Even with designers clambering to make the dress, in the end, Ino and Temari made the dress. Megumi trusted them because they had both gotten degrees in fashion and who knew her tastes better than her cousin and her high school pal?
It was decided that Kakashi would move into the FFG mansion. They didn't really care either way (the decision had been made with a coin toss), so the Sharingan mansion would be left for Sasuke and Sakura since they had asked. The others didn't really mind, they had been in the process of buying places around the neighborhood and it was the next day that he moved in.
Time flew by and soon, it came time for the wedding. The wedding had been small, only 250 people attended. Though it seemed like a lot, seeing how many people they each knew, it was a small group. To name a few faces were Genma, Mikoto, Fugaku, Itachi, Kiba, Anko, Chieko, Shiori, Lee, Gaara, and Kyo. Some of Megumi's American friends came also and her family, and though her father had not come, he gave them a nod of approval.
The ceremony was held in the park during summer. The day had, surprisingly, been cloudy, but it only made the ceremony more beautiful. They'd decided a traditional white-wedding, (though Megumi was sorely tempted to wear the black and red gown Temari designed and had to bite her lip to stop her gothic tastes from getting the better of her). The chairs were white and a white carpet marked the aisle. The bridesmaids were going to be dressed in white spaghetti-strap dresses with a red sash around their waist. When people questioned Megumi about them later, she just quoted an episode of CSI and told them the original purpose of bridesmaids were to dress up as the bride and keep her from harm.
"Besides, they're going to get married anyway. I just wanted to give the boys a taste of what they're in for."
Kakashi tugged nervously at his tuxedo. Why did these things have to itch so damn much?
"Nervous?" Sasuke asked as he fixed his cuffs.
"Yeah."
Naruto bounded over to his foster father and slung an arm around his shoulder. "Come on, Kakashi. It isn't that bad."
"Just wait until you get married," Kakashi snapped as he tried to fix his tie and began to pace. Just then, the door to their dressing room (or rather, dressing tent) opened and in came Genma. "Hey everyone, just thought I'd drop by to give the groom a few tips for the honeymoon."
"Genma, I don't need your help there and would you cut it out with the stupid jokes?" Kakashi snapped before pacing once more. Genma simply walked over to Neji and asked, "What crawled up his ass?"
"Wedding jitters," Neji answered before taking apart his ponytail and redoing it. Genma grinned.
"Another reason why I'm here," he said and pulled out a tiny flask and chucked it to Kakashi. "Here."
"Genma…" he growled.
"Hatake, trust me. You need this."
Kakashi turned away. He really didn't have time for this. He was getting married today! In less than an hour and—oh Kami-sama, he couldn't do this! And as soon as he thought that, Genma shot him a knowing smile. "I wouldn't do that if I were you."
"Why not?" he asked hurriedly, anxiety leaking into his tone.
"Because we'll gut you like a fish if you run out on her," Sasuke threatened.
"Actually, the girls would go first since Megumi wouldn't have the heart to do it and would probably be too busy crying or being stunned, and then we get the leftovers," Shikamaru interjected.
"Which is why you should calm the fuck down and drink some liquid courage," Genma grinned.
Kakashi looked at the flask unsurely. "I don't know, Genma…"
"Hey Shikamaru, just how many people are going to—"
"Fine. One drink and that's it." Genma watched as Kakashi unscrewed the cap and tore down his mask before drinking it. Genma grinned.
"You know you're probably not going to get that back, right?" Sasuke asked leaning to the grinning man. Genma smiled.
"I know."
Kakashi paced in the green grass of the park before looking out over the seated audience and pacing again.
He really didn't know what to do. The bridesmaids and the groomsmen had already gone up the aisle. First Naruto and Hinata, then Gaara and Jessica, then Neji and Tenten, then Shikamaru and Temari, and then the best man and maid-of-honor, Sasuke and Sakura, and now he was waiting for the bride.
It was nerve-wracking. You'd think that this wasn't so terrifying until you were actually in front of everyone waiting for that one person that would flip your world forever. Try as he might, nothing he had ever faced before was ever as terrifying as this. Not when he accidentally overdosed on drugs in his younger years and almost died had Arashi not found him, or the time he'd been walking on the street one day when an army of fangirls chased after him and he had to run into the street to avoid capture, avoiding almost being hit by a car three times. No, this was nothing like that. This was breathing difficulty, cold sweat, paralyzing, vomit-inducing fear.
Kakashi continued to pace, wringing his hands as he waited anxiously. A throat was cleared in the audience and he saw Tsunade frown disapprovingly at him and he immediately stopped and offered an apologetic smile before standing in his assigned spot, settling to shift his weight every now and again as he thought out worst case scenarios.
'Maybe she had gotten cold feet and ran? Maybe she got into a terrible accident? Maybe she'd been kidnapped? Maybe she had met someone else and ran off with him instead? Maybe she was having second thoughts? Or maybe—'
Just then, Ino came running down the grassy field towards the ceremony. "She's coming! She's coming! The bride is coming!"
The wedding march struck up once more and emerging from the greenery were Kyo and Megumi in her wedding gown. The white gown was sleeveless, made from satin with a bodice, a beaded pattern near her breasts. She wore no gloves, only an elbow-length veil that covered her face and in her arms was a large bouquet of lush red roses and as Kakashi's breath caught in his throat, he thought he'd never seen a more beautiful woman in his life.
After Kyo gave Megumi away and they were pronounced husband and wife, Kakashi smiled at Megumi who smiled from under her veil. As he moved his hands, he prayed to anyone who was listening up there to not make his hands shake and lifted the veil, only to be floored. Despite only light make-up and some lipstick, she seemed to glow. Then again, people had always said that nothing was more beautiful than a woman in love.
Looking down, he noticed that she was wearing the ruby necklace he'd given her years before, that same red painting her lips that started as a nervous and giddy grin and curled into a smile that complimented the tinge of pink on her face, being every bit the blushing bride.
"Kiss her already!" shouted Naruto and while the crowd chuckled and Megumi blushed further, Kakashi blinked and tinged pink under his mask. His fingers grasped the fabric of his mask and just as everyone hung on the edge of their seats to see the long-awaited face of Hatake Kakashi, Megumi whipped up her bouquet, shielding their faces and eliciting disappointed and frustrated groans from their friends as the two smiled into their kiss.
The two separated, the minister smiling at the two before slipping the camera Megumi had given him earlier to Sakura. Megumi stared up at his face and reached up to fix his mask, Kakashi helping her before she put down the bouquet and the two ran down the aisle.
When they hopped into the limo, the lingering feelings of ecstasy and adrenaline still fresh in their minds and their veins, the two turned to each other and kissed each other once more.
"Why did you do that?" Kakashi asked, his mask pooling around his neck as he panted from the run and the kiss.
"I wanted to keep you for myself just a bit longer," she said smiling at him.
"You do realize that they'll just see it later at the reception, right?"
"I know, but it just adds to the anticipation," she said with a saucy smile. Kakashi laughed and leaned back in his seat. "So what took you so long? I was getting worried when you didn't show up on the aisle."
Megumi's face fell slightly. "Oh. Sorry about that. My garter wasn't agreeing with me."
Kakashi blinked. "Garter? Where?" he asked lifting her dress and she screamed. "Kakashi! You pervert! You know where it is! Save it for our honeymoon."
Kakashi pouted. "But I can't wait that long." And his smile became predatory. "And besides, don't you want to know what you're getting into?"
Megumi saw the hungry look in his eye and watched him lick his lips and she subconsciously backed up, her escape hindered by the limo seat. "Kakashi…remember we still have the reception. I still need my hair to be straight and my dress not crumpled."
Kakashi simply held her wrists and leaned forward, their noses touching. "Don't worry, I'll be gentle…"
Luckily for her, he didn't get as far as he wanted and she arrived at the reception in the same condition everyone saw at the wedding, though she was decidedly more flushed. As for the actual reception, it was a blast and the guests loved it all, but the memories were the best. Everyone had pictures to show for it.
One of the favorites showed the happy couple at the reception table in the middle of a kiss, only made better by the fact Kakashi's mask was gone. Another showed the two of them in their first dance as a couple. Another showed the bridal toss and the stunned expression of Sakura as she stared at the bouquet in her hands. Another showed the garter toss and Genma as he licked the garter for the camera and the unimpressed glare from the groom, but the absolute favorite had to be the cutting of the cake.
Flashback
Megumi stared up at her husband as cameras flashed out of the corners of her eyes, capturing the smile on their faces. Her fingers moved under his hand as they held the knife. "Ready?" he asked. She nodded at him and she watched the blade cut into the cake.
Slipping the two small pieces onto the white plate, they each took a piece in their hand. Kakashi slid his piece in between her ruby lips, quelling a shiver as her lips wrapped around his fingers, sucking gently, and opened his mouth for her to feed him when he felt something cold and sticky coat his face.
The styrofoam plate slid off his face and he coughed out a piece of cake as frosting covered his face, the sound of her laughter and a click sounding in his mind.
End flashback
They honeymooned in Europe, backpacking through the countries, staying in Italy the longest.
From atop the hill, they could see the gently slopping green hills around them melding with the rustic Italian cottages. Behind them, the sun shined brightly in the sky and the couple smiled at the camera.
Click.
An image of Megumi smiling indulgently at the camera. The background scenery belonged to a riverside restaurant and her hair was up in a messy bun. She was wearing a black dress and a gold necklace sat around her neck, gold bangles on her left wrist as the ghost of a giggle appeared on her face.
Click.
"And this is a picture of me and mommy in France. Look at mommy's white dress, isn't she pretty?" Kakashi asked with a smile only to be met with silence. Kakashi simply shook his head when he heard moaning. He looked up and saw Megumi on the screen once more, but this time was different. Like some of the other images with her, her shoulders were bare, but her skin was flushed and her eyes were glazed with lust.
She arched back, exposing her neck and the tops of her creamy round flesh to the video camera as a throaty moan left her lips. "Kakashi, I—ah!" she cried out as she looked into the camera and—
Kakashi swiftly blocked the television with his body. "Oops, too old for you guys," he said laughing sheepishly as his two 3-yr-olds. Shin and Aika stared up at him, blinking at their flustered father who wouldn't stop laughing weirdly.
The two exchanged a look, both nodding in agreement on something.
Dad's finally lost it.
"Kakashi."
Kakashi, Shin, and Aika looked up to see Megumi peering from behind the room entrance. "Kakashi, what was that I just heard?"
"Oh, nothing," he said, a small bead of sweat beginning to appear on his skin.
Megumi blinked in return. "But I thought I heard moaning."
"Really, it's fine and are you sure you heard moaning? I mean—"
And as if on cue, a moan was heard from behind his back and Megumi sent him a disapproving look. Kakashi just looked around the room.
"Now where did that come from?" Megumi asked sarcastically and Kakashi shrugged.
Megumi rolled her eyes and looked to her two-month-old son, Takeshi. "Daddy's a big pervert, isn't he? Yes, he is. Yes, he is," she cooed as she gave her son Eskimo kisses and brushed the wisps of black hair that sprouted from his head. He squealed happily and squirmed in her arms as he looked upon her with his charcoal gaze. If she didn't know better, she would've mistaken him for Sasuke's kid, but she did know better.
'Though Sakura is pregnant with their…third child, is it?'
Suddenly, the 29-year-old felt arms wrap around her waist and looked over her shoulder to see her husband away from the television. "I'm going to guess you burned the home movie?"
"Oh, so close, but thank you for playing," he replied.
Megumi sent him a saucy look. "Then what did you do?"
"I told Shin and Aika to play outside while I put the home movie on pause."
Megumi just laughed and looked down at their son. "Told you your father was a pervert."
"Yes, but so is he," Kakashi commented and she looked at him with a raised brow. "Oh really?"
"Of course. You flash him on a daily basis and he enjoys it."
"Kakashi, I have to feed our son," she said rolling her eyes.
"Hai hai," he smiled and leaned down to kiss her when he paused. Megumi blinked at him and watched as he covered their child's eyes. He smiled. "Okay, now we can do it," he said before he covered her lips with his own.
Pulling away, he steered her towards the couch where they sat. Kakashi turned off the television, making a mental note to watch it later, before turning to his wife who was pushing the shirt from her left shoulder and lifting Takeshi to feed. She shifted the baby to a more comfortable position and felt eyes not where they were supposed to be.
"Kakashi…"
"Hm?"
"What are you doing?"
"Enjoying the view," he replied calmly as he blatantly stared at her chest. The faint muttering of 'pervert' not lost on him and he smirked proudly before shifting in his seat and watched his wife smile serenely as she feed their child.
It really was a nice view.
Kakashi walked into the music room. It was still on the first floor and he looked out the window to see his two children playing tag outside while his wife stood watch, smiling before lifting Takeshi to see his siblings play. The child blinked and pulled on the neckline of his mother's shirt, exposing her bra. She rolled her eyes and shifted the baby while Kakashi chuckled to himself.
He walked over to the middle of the room and sat on the piano bench before looking around. The place was still white, but they put in a bookshelf so they had a place for all the music and notebooks. The instruments in the room hadn't changed either.
He reached for the guitar that was stationed by the piano bench he sat on and strummed the chords. He smiled. The guitar was always something of comfort to him. He remembered his father playing it for him when he was a child and now…now he could do the same for his children.
Strumming the chords once more, he started to tap his foot and play a new song he wrote.
You're a falling star; you're the get away car.
You're the line in the sand when I go too far.
You're the swimming pool, on an August day.
And you're the perfect thing to see.
Footsteps could be heard coming towards him in the hall and he looked up to see his family looking at him. He flashed them a smile and Shin and Aika ran to sit on the bench by the window as his wife walked in with the baby in her arms, her body swaying to the music.
And you play it coy, but it's kinda cute.
Ah, when you smile at me you know exactly what you do.
Baby, don't pretend, that you don't know it's true.
Cause you can see it when I look at you.
Kakashi watched as Megumi began to dance around the room, the baby laughing as she swayed side to side. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the twins dancing together by the window.
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
Megumi smiled and watched as Aika hopped up onto the bench. Moving towards her, she put Takeshi into her lap, completely trusting her daughter as she bent down and danced with Shin, making it a point to act like she rang a bell when the line came and smiled at the laughing response she got.
You're a carousel, you're a wishing well,
And you light me up, when you ring my bell.
You're a mystery, you're from outer space,
You're every minute of my everyday.
Walking over, she gave her husband a light peck before scooping up the baby and waving their kids over. Moving to her right, she grabbed Shin's hand while his other hand grabbed his sister's and Aika grabbed her mother's dress. Smiling down at the twins, she shifted the baby and the four began to dance in a circle.
And I can't believe, uh that I'm your man,
And I get to kiss you baby just because I can.
Whatever comes our way, ah we'll see it through,
And you know that's what our love can do.
Shin steered the group to the window bench and hopped on, followed by his sister. His mother smiled at the two and he saw his father doing the same over his mother's shoulder. Aika motioned for the baby and their mother let them watch over him and let Aika hold her brother before she spun to where their father was, dancing all the way and more.
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, You make me sing
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
Kakashi locked eyes with his wife as he played, the smile under his mask never leaving his face as he watched her raise her arms and spin around, her dress twirling in a circle around her hips.
And in this crazy life, and through these crazy times
It's you, it's you, you make me sing.
You're every line, you're every word, you're everything.
You're every song, and I sing along.
Cause you're my everything.
yeah, yeah
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
So, La, La, La, La, La, La, La
The song slowed and Kakashi realized just how close the two of them were. With half-lidded gazes and slightly winded breath, their lips met for a tender kiss and their children screamed.
"Ew-w-w-w-w-w!!!!"
A bird twittered outside the window in the afternoon sun. It was two p.m. and the house was quiet. Shin and Aika were down for their nap and Kakashi kissed his son's forehead as he sat him down for his nap. A hand stroked the sleeping babe; he really was precious. Though all his children were, babies always had the ability to make him into an absolute softie.
Shaking his head, he walked over to his bed, the sunlight illuminating the yellow walls of the room and stood lazily as he watched his wife pant heavily on the bed. "Stop standing like that. You'll hurt your back one day."
Apparently she still had enough energy to function in nagging mother mode.
Kakashi slid into bed beside her and pulled her against him. "Tired?" She nodded against him and he pulled her hair away to kiss her neck. "Sleep."
"But I'm not sleepy," she said turning to face him with a pout.
"I can fix that," he said smiling lecherously, shielding himself when his wife started to hit him playfully. "Mou, Kakashi, you know I have to wait six months before we can do that again. I'm tempted. Really, I am, but it's only been two months," she pouted.
Kakashi pouted and she had to turn away lest she succumb to the puppy pout. "No." She snuck a glance back to see that he had doubled his efforts and he had given her those eyes. She bit her lip.
'Be strong. Be strong.'
"N-no." There, she could proudly say she resisted Kakashi's cute look, a feat in itself seeing how many times she gave in to the look (and ended up sore the next day).
Kakashi sighed, giving up for the moment before another devious plot appeared in his mind. "Oh Megumi…"
"Yes?" she asked facing him once more, only to lose her breath as he danced his sinful little fingers up her sides and along her skin. "Kakashi—Kakashi, stop!" she laughed as he sniggered and flipped her under him, not once slowing the dance his fingers did. He really enjoyed teasing her. She was always a good sport and he knew just what made her tick. Unfortunately, she knew what made him tick too. Like now, as she looked up at him with her large brown eyes and her skin flushed and mouth slightly open as she tried to regain her breath, he found himself leaning over to capture her lips and steal her breath away once more.
Megumi felt his lips press against hers and instantly opened her mouth as his tongue licked her bottom lip. Thought became impossible as he kissed her and she gave him a heady moan and felt him pull away. When she could think once more, she found herself draped across his chest as he lay on his back and she curled against him. "You know, life's been interesting since we met."
"Really?"
"Yeah. I mean, look where we are now," she said as she rested her chin on his chest and he let his mind wander. Ino was now a highly in-demand fashion designer, Sai being her artist husband after proposing and marrying earlier this year. Kiba was now engaged to his New York girlfriend and Gaara was now getting ready to take over his father's company after marrying Jessica. Anko and Orochimaru had married, surprising everyone, Neji and Tenten were married with their first child, and Sasuke and Sakura were on their third. Shikamaru ran a small software company in his free time while Temari helped Ino on their project company while balancing her husband, Shikamaru and their 1-yr-old son, but Naruto had to have been one of the few to change the most. While he wasn't the prime minister of Japan like he wanted, he had a newly born daughter along with his son and wife and he was a producer now, making all the Sharingan and FFG music videos.
Kakashi blinked. "Huh, I never noticed," he said before letting out a small groan as his wife squirmed higher up his body.
"How do you think we manage to tour and take care of our kids at the same time?"
Kakashi shrugged. They usually scheduled tours so only one parent was gone at a time and brought the kids with them when they had the annual joint concert. It was okay since they did this in the summer and the kids liked it because it was like a giant sleepover to them.
"Dunno. We just manage somehow."
Megumi nodded and looked him in the eye, a smile playing on her lips. "But you know, I kinda like this life we have. I wouldn't want it any other way." Suddenly, Takeshi began to cry and Megumi scrambled across Kakashi's chest and off the bed.
Kakashi watched as Megumi scooped up their son in her arms, rocking the crying child as she hushed him with a lullaby. As Kakashi took in the scene, memorizing the serene smile on her face and the soft look in her eyes as Takeshi's hand gripped his mother's dress, his mouth opening with a yawn before nuzzling the soft fabric and falling asleep once more. Kakashi found a warm smile on his face as he felt himself fill with pride and realized as his wife placed Takeshi back in the crib and the aging Kiku purr against his legs, that he wouldn't have it any other way either.