Night Walker

Night Walker

Disclaimer: DO NOT OWN NARUTO. My OCs are Yoru, Niiro, Mei, and Rokku. Just for the record, he is the tall dark-haired man from the prologue…oh and Sasuke doesn't like him very much.

Intro: This is the next to last chapter. Afterwards, there will be an epilogue and you will definitely want to see how this story ends, hehehe. This chapter takes place after a three year time-skip. Well, I won't leave you waiting, here ya' go!

Chapter 18

August 25, 3 years later

…Yoru's POV…

"I can't believe it! I'm getting married tomorrow!" I exclaimed to Sakura and Hinata, who were sitting on my bed with me. We were all dressed in our pajamas and they were here to make sure that Sasuke and I didn't see each other at all today. It had worked pretty good so far, except for the fact that Sasuke kept calling my cell phone. Eventually Sakura took it and answered.

"Hey, Sasuke. This is Sakura. Stop calling Yoru's phone!" she had screamed at him before hanging up and confiscating the phone from me.

It was currently 9 o' clock at night and we were trying to find things to occupy ourselves with. So, we had started talking about how the wedding ceremony was going to be.

"I can't believe that I'm going to be the maid of honor!" Sakura said bouncing up and down. "Thank you so much, Yoru!"

"Yeah, well it was a hard choice, you know. I could have chosen Hinata too, but she said that she didn't want everyone's attention on her."

"Why not, Hinata-chan?" Sakura asked looking at the Hyuuga, who looked down. I could tell that she was blushing.

"I-I'm p-pregnant," she stuttered out. That was the first time she'd stuttered for three whole years and we knew that she was telling the truth.

My jaw dropped as did Sakura's before we both screamed and hugged Hinata. "How far along are you?" Sakura asked and I nodded my head.

"Almost three months," she said. We looked at her: you couldn't even tell.

"Girl, you are good. I can't believe you were able to hide that from me," Sakura said looking at Hinata's form. Sakura had a baby only two years ago. Currently he was with his father Gaara in Naruto's room in my palace along with the blonde himself and my fiancé.

…Sasuke's POV…

"Dude, why do you have to babysit?" Naruto asked Gaara who was currently feeding his red-headed bundle of joy.

"Sakura and Hinata are supposed to be having fun with Yoru before her big day so I'm taking care of Shin. And technically, it's not really babysitting since he's my son."

The one-year-old looked over at Naruto and scowled. "Okay, he's been spending too much time with you," Naruto said shaking his head.

"Just wait until you're a father Naruto. I'm going to have the camera running for the first time you change a diaper," Gaara said putting Shin down on the floor. He crawled over to me. He made baby-noises and reached up to me. I smirked before picking the little tike up and playing with him.

"Um…well," Naruto was saying as his face started turning really red.

I stopped and put Shin down. "What is it Naruto?" I asked.

"Hinata's pregnant!" he exclaimed looking really scared at the thought of parenting. "What am I going to do Gaara? I don't know anything about parenting, I'm basically a kid myself! I knew I should have used a condom."

Gaara and I had to stop ourselves from laughing. "Naruto, just chill out. It'll come to you naturally."

"What will, a condom?" he asked seriously. I couldn't help it, I had to laugh. I started rolling on the bed laughing. I held my stomach, it hurt so much.

"No, dobe, parenting!" Gaara replied before Shin came crawling up to him with a cute baby giggle. He probably didn't know what we were laughing at though.

"Oh," Naruto said.

"Oh," Shin copied him.

"We better watch what we say around him," Gaara said and Shin giggled again before hiding his head in his dad's chest.

…The Next Day…

…Yoru's POV…

I woke up and looked over to my right. Sakura was still asleep and on my left, so was Hinata. Looking closer, I could tell that she did have a slight bulge on her stomach. Thinking about Sakura's son and Hinata's baby got me kind of depressed. I wanted a baby, too. I was the only one that hadn't been pregnant yet, and I was wondering if that's how my mom might have felt. Niiro had told me that all of the other women had children when they were in their teens but that my mom didn't have me until she was already twenty and that it had really depressed her when none of the other women were pregnant. He said that she was afraid of me growing up without any friends.

If only she could be here now, I thought to myself. It was my wedding day and I didn't have my mom or my dad there for me. Even Hinata's strict father, who had hated the very thought of his daughter marrying a fox demon, had come to her wedding to Naruto a year ago.

Sakura and Hinata were beginning to stir in their sleep when there was a knock on the door. I made a move to go to the door but a hand on both of my arms stopped me.

"Don't you dare, Yoru," Sakura said.

"It might be Sasuke," Hinata said. Okay, they're not talking in sleepy voices. I've been hoodwinked.

"I'll get it," Sakura said as she stood up and fixed her clothes before opening the door. "Hi, Niiro," she said with a warm smile.

I got out of the bed and walked to the door. Niiro was looking at me with anticipation. "My lady, can you get dressed? There is something that I want to show you before the wedding."

Curious, I nodded my head and got dressed before going back to the door. I walked outside, led by Niiro. He took my arm and led me down the corridors. We went passed the boys' room and took a left turn. There was another hallway but smaller. At the end, there was a red oak door with silver handles, just like the one to my room but different from all of the others. How had I not recognized that before?

Niiro took out a silver key with an opal in the center and unlocked the door. When it opened, I found that it was a dark unlit room with hundreds of dusty picture frames. Niiro let go of my arm and walked up to one of them. It was very large and majestic-looking. Using his sleeve he wiped off the dust so that I could see the faces of the people in the picture and the little package that one of them was holding.

It was a picture of a man, a woman, and a baby. The man had dark brown hair and dark blue eyes and a handsome face. The woman had light brown hair and baby blue, almost white, eyes and a beautiful face. She had my cheekbones and lips. Even the shape of her eyes and eyebrows was almost identical to mine. In her arms, she held a baby in a pale blue dress. Around her neck was a pendant with a crescent moon shape. Looking closer, I could see the three opals in the moon. And the largest one was the exact color of my eyes.

"I-it's Mom and Dad. My parents…and me…together," I said as tears began welling up in my eyes.

"I thought that you should at least know where you get your beauty from, so if Sasuke ever asks, you know…The other vampires didn't want me to show you this room, but I thought that it was important," Niiro said as he set the picture back down.

"Oh, thank you so much Niiro!" I exclaimed between tears as I kissed him on the cheek and gave him a hug. (a/n it's in the father-daughter way) "I'm glad you did."

"I've wanted to show you ever since you got here but I never had the chance because you were always with Sasuke," Niiro said in a playful voice and I laughed as tears streamed down my cheeks into his shirt. I looked up at him and I could tell that he was truly happy for the first time I'd ever seen him.

"Getsuei and Hana would have been proud of you, Yoru."

"Huh?"

"Your parents: Getsuei and Hana Hokousha," he explained.

"My dad's name was Getsuei?" I asked.

"Yes, it means 'moon.'"

"How appropriate," I said and Niiro nodded.

…Three Hours Later: 10 AM…

I was so nervous that I couldn't even talk by now. There were just thirty minutes before I would tie the knot with Sasuke. I was currently in hair and makeup courtesy of Hinata and Sakura. Hinata was doing my hair, which I'd let grow out now to about four inches past my shoulder just for this special event. Sakura was busy giving me some mascara, eye shadow and lipstick.

"No guy could resist you, Yoru, not even Sasuke," Sakura complimented. "You have a nice complexion."

"And beautiful hair," Hinata added as she combed through my silky brown locks.

Before we knew it, it was time. I put my veil on, and Niiro took my arm as we prepared to walk down the aisle where I would meet Sasuke and we would proclaim our love in front of everyone.

(a/n I would skip to the I-do's but eh what the heck?)

As I walked down the aisle of the cathedral roofed ballroom located at the very heart of my palace, everyone turned to stare at me. I was wearing a tube-topped white dress with a long floor-length skirt with ruffles on the ends. Around the top, there were silver sequins that glittered almost as much as the jewels on the tiara that I wore, upon which was attached my veil that shielded my face from everyone else. It was a good thing too because I couldn't help but let a tear drop down my cheek. My hair was pulled up and curled. Hinata had even curled the bangs so that little curls adorned my head all over. Around my neck, I still wore my pendant necklace and on my ears I wore a pair of silver and diamond chandelier earrings that I'd borrowed from Sakura.

Sasuke could only stare at me in awe as I neared him on my slow march towards him.

…Sasuke's POV…

I can't believe that she's my bride. What did I do to be so lucky? I thought to myself as Yoru walked towards me, escorted by Niiro who was giving me an approving stare.

Before I knew it, the elder that was doing the ceremony asked me, "Do you, Sasuke Uchiha, take Yoru Hokousha to be your lawfully wedded wife?" (a/n I just know that they say something else but I can't remember so :P)

Without hesitation, I looked straight at Yoru's eyes and said, "I do."

And then he turned to Yoru. He asked her, "Do you, Yoru Hokousha, take Sasuke Uchiha to be your lawfully wedded husband?"

With a shaky voice, she answered, "I do."

"Then I now pronounce you man and wife. You may now kiss the bride," he said addressing Sasuke, who removed the veil from my face, wiped a tear from my cheek and then brought our lips closer together until they touched and everyone in the huge ballroom stood up and clapped for us. Sakura, Hinata, Naruto, and Gaara clapped, too, and soon my tears had gone away.

When we parted our lips we turned to face the crowd, with Sasuke holding my hand. "I give you, Mr. and Mrs. Uchiha!"

Everyone cheered even louder now and all I could do was smile at all of them before Sasuke turned me back to face him and he kissed me again.

When it was time for the reception, we all drank toasts of wine that were presented by Naruto, who had to toast to me, Gaara, who toasted for a merry couple with plenty of children, Sakura, who toasted to Yoru, the strongest woman she knew, and Niiro, who toasted to the fulfilling of the prophecy and the uniting of two souls that were meant to be together. Of course, through all of this, poor Hinata couldn't toast or drink anything alcoholic because she was pregnant. (a/n hehe in our world, none of them could drink legally cuz they're under age.)

After a few speeches, well more than a few, were made for Yoru and I, it was time for Yoru to throw her bouquet. All of the unmarried girls gathered around and waited. Yoru turned her back to them and then tossed the bouquet behind her head. It flew through the air and landed…right in the hands of Sakura!

Her excited pink-haired friend looked over to Gaara who was holding Shin and had a thoughtful expression on his face as he watched her catch the bouquet. I smiled to myself: I had a pretty good idea what would happen tonight. I looked back over at Yoru, who had just finished congratulating Sakura and was walking towards me.

"What do you think?" she asked looking at Sakura and Gaara who were now kissing each other, despite the fact that there were hundreds of people surrounding them.

"I'm thinking that you're thinking the same thing as me," I replied and Yoru smiled at me before bringing her lips closer to mine until we shared a passionate kiss in the middle of the ballroom.

End: I know I'm leaving hints about Sakura and Gaara but you might still be confused. That night, Gaara proposed to Sakura and guess what? She said, "Yes!" And another thing, don't flame this chap because I didn't put in all of the words in the wedding ceremony. I'm not married, so I don't know all of them okay? There is only one more chapter of this story and it is the epilogue. The first chapter of the sequel will be posted when I put out the epilogue so, everyone don't forget to read it. The title is "Flower of the Lion," and I'm sure that if you loved this story, you'll love it! R&R