And here we are at the conclusion! Warning: Lots of fluff below.

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Naruto slowly stirred awake as morning sunlight streamed through their window. He couldn't help the giant grin that overtook his face when he realized his naked wife was wrapped tightly around him. He had only been married for about a year and a half, but he would never understand how some men complained about getting to only have sex with their wife for the rest of their lives. Naruto couldn't ever foresee a future where he was tired of what they did last night, nor could he imagine a future when he would want to do that with anyone except for his beautiful goddess.

"Kami I love trying to have kids." Naruto whispered quietly to himself, so not to disturb his sleeping wife.

"Agreed..." Sakura sleepily murmered. Her eyes timidly cracked open, as if testing the light, before opening fully. "Morning."

"Sorry I woke you." Naruto apologized. "Go back to sleep Sakura-chan."

"I want to..." Sakura muttered. "But we're doing lunch with my parents today since Tsunade-sama is holding a Christmas party tonight."

"It's only 9:30, we don't have to be at your parents' house until noon and they have one of my special kunai there we can flash to instantly. We can stay here for a couple more hours."

"If we lay in bed naked together any longer we will inevitably have sex." Sakura pointed out.

"I fail to see the problem." Naruto countered, his grin widening.

"We're going to be doing Christmas with my parents soon! I do not want to go over there with sex hair or reeking of sex."

"That's why showers were invented!"

"You just can't get enough can you?" Sakura giggled.

"I will never be able to get enough of you Sakura. You're perfect."

Sakura smiled at her husband and gave him a quick, soft kiss. "As tempted as I am to give in to that flattery... we really shouldn't. We have to do our own Christmas and have to get ready for lunch."

"You know what I want for Christmas..." Naruto murmured as he nuzzled into Sakura.

"You don't want me for Christmas, you want me for everything." Sakura teased.

"That's beside the point." Naruto countered. He began kissing softly kissing Sakura's neck.

"Naruto..." Sakura moaned. "Stop. We really should be good for now, we have a lot to do today!"

"But..."

"We'll make up for it tonight." Sakura promised, laying a kiss on his forehead.

"Fine." Naruto huffed. "No clothes though!"

"We are not doing naked Christmas..." Sakura said with a roll of her eyes.

"Oh come on!"

"What do you think is going to happen if you and I stay naked?"

"I'm sure nothing will happen." Naruto said in an innocent tone.

"You're tricky." Sakura smiled, easily seeing through his plan. "We're wearing clothes, end of story."

"You are no fun Sakura-chan." Naruto whined.

Sakura gave him one final kiss before getting out of bed. She made no effort to cover herself and swayed her hips to make sure Naruto's eyes were firmly glued to her; nothing wrong with teasing her husband a little. She loved the power she held over him, and loved how gorgeous he made her feel just by looking at her.

She bent over and slowly started rifling through their dresser for something to wear.

"Oh come on, this isn't even fair!" Naruto groaned.

"What isn't fair?" Sakura flashed Naruto an innocent smile over her shoulder. "I'm just trying to find something to wear."

"You are pure evil Sakura Uzumaki." She could tell by the sound of Naruto's voice that he wanted nothing more than to jump on her this very second. But he was being good, he never would force himself on her. Not that she really protest much if he did.

"Just enjoy the show and get ready for tonight." Sakura hummed. She swayed her hips slowly side to side to further tease her poor husband.

"You're so gorgeous..." Naruto breathed.

"Flattery will get you know where... for now, Hokage-sama."

Deciding she had toyed with Naruto enough, Sakura finally grabbed a pair of panties, a matching bra, sweat pants and a tank top. She turned around and stared straight into Naruto's eyes as she slowly dressed herself.

"Have fun?" Sakura smirked.

"I don't suppose I can get any more of your help, like yesterday?"

"Maybe tonight, if that's what you want." Sakura walked to the bed and leaned down to give Naruto a deep kiss. Instead of pulling away when they broke the kiss, Sakura put her mouth over Naruto's ear.

"Your good behavior will definitely be rewarded tonight, Na-ru-to."

"That's it... I'm going to create a time travel jutsu. Screw the Christmas parties." Naruto practically moaned. Sakura had really gotten him worked up.

"Don't you dare! I'm looking forward to them, and you know that good things come to those who wait."

"Fine, fine." Naruto sighed. "Alright, my turn. Two can play this game Sakura-chan!" Naruto tried to walk his naked body to their dresser in a sexy way like she did, but it wasn't exactly something he was good at, so it ended up being a little awkward.

"How do you like it Sakura?" Naruto asked as he grinned over his shoulder. His eyes widened when he realized he was alone in their bedroom. "Hey! Sakura get back in here!"

"Nope!" She called from what sounded like the living room. "No one ever said you had to stay there and watch while I teased you!"

"It was impossible for me not to! You're gorgeous!"

"I know." Sakura giggled. "Unfortunately for you, I have more willpower than you."

"You play dirty Sakura-chan." Naruto sighed in defeat. He quickly threw on some boxers, a pair of orange pants and a blue t-shirt before joining Sakura in the living room and sat down next to her with a pout on his face.

"Oh I'm sorry Naruto." Sakura apologized in a sarcastic voice. "Next time I won't let you stare at me completely naked."

"WHAT?! NO!"

"But you seem so sad right now..."

"I'm never going to win am I?" Naruto sighed with a small smile tugging at the corners of his pouting lips.

"As long as you can't resist me, nope." Sakura chuckled.

"I can resist you!" Naruto protested.

"If I told you to strip at the snap of my fingers you'd be naked and ready for sex in three seconds."

"Bullshit. I would do the responsible thing."

"You're right, you would. To reward you Naruto, I'm going to snap my fingers. Once I do, I want you to strip and we can do what you wanted to do earlier." Sakura cooed, causing an excited look to overtake Naruto's face.

She snapped her fingers and smirked as her husband quickly disrobed.

"Case and point." Sakura chuckled. "Too easy."

"Wait... aww crap! I thought you were serious!"

"You can be such an idiot."

"Ok fine... so maybe I can't resist you... But one day..."

"Don't." Sakura grabbed Naruto's hands and gave them a squeeze. "I love it. I promise everything will be worth it tonight. Now put those clothes back on so we can do Christmas."

"You promise?"

"Believe it!"

"Fine." Naruto sighed and quickly put his clothes back on.

"Now sit down." Sakura patted the spot on her couch which Naruto retook. She got up and grabbed the presents under their modest Christmas, brought them back and handed Naruto his gifts.

"Open your gifts first Sakura-chan!" Naruto said with an excited grin on his face.

Sakura obliged her husband's request and opened a small box first to reveal a small, circular aquamarine framed by silver.

"What's this?" Sakura asked.

"It's for your birth month. Keep opening." Naruto urged. Sakura nodded and opened another small package to reveal a small, circular opal framed by silver.

"This is for your birth month." Sakura noted. She grabbed opened another small package to reveal a small, silver number seven. Then opened another to reveal a small, silver medical symbol.

"What am I supposed to do with these?" Sakura asked as she started opening another small gift.

"Good things come to those who wait Sakura." Naruto teased. She rolled her eyes, but focused her attention on the newest small charm, which was a small, silver kanji for "copy." She opened another to reveal a small, silver kanji for "gamble."

Now there was only one slender package left, that was different from the rest. She opened it to reveal an elegant, rectangular, black box. She flashed Naruto a warm smile.

"Jewelry huh? The last time I got jewelry from you on Christmas it was an engagement ring."

"This isn't quite that monumental, but I think you'll like it."

Sakura popped the small box open and admired a sparkly, silver bracelet.

"It's called a charm bracelet." Naruto explained. "The jeweler I bought this from said these are really popular in some faraway land that he had traveled from. All those little things I gave you are charms that you put on the bracelet, and they represent important things in your life. You have your and my birth stones to represent each of our lives, a seven to represent Team Seven, a medical symbol to represent your medic nin talents, the copy kanji to represent your first sensei, Kakashi, and a gamble kanji to represent your second sensei, Tsunade."

Naruto took the bracelet from her hand and began putting all the charms on it. Sakura held out her wrist with a soft smile on her face that widened when Naruto hooked the beautiful bracelet around her slender wrist.

"This is beautiful... It's perfect." Sakura finally said, admiring her beautiful bracelet and all the things it represented. "So I keep adding to it as I go on?"

"Yep. Once we have our baby I'll get you a birthstone of his or her month for it."

Sakura leaned forward and crashed her lips into Naruto's. Unlike her earlier kisses this morning, she wasn't content with just kissing and pressed her tongue against his lips. Naruto quickly granted her tongue access and she let him lay her down on the couch as they began to make out. She was surprised when he pulled back, panting just as heavy as she was.

"Hah... I can resist you." Naruto chuckled.

"Oh come on." Sakura pouted. "Come back down here."

"Don't you want to do our Christmas and then go to your parents without having sex?"

"Why don't you come back down here and find out?"

"Everything will be worth it tonight." Naruto smirked, using more of Sakura's own words against her.

"Touche..." Sakura sighed. She sat back up once Naruto got off her. "Since when have you been able to resist me?"

"Since always!"

"I had you naked with the snap of my finger earlier." Sakura pointed out with a smirk on her face.

"I thought you were serious then!"

"I hope our child has my intelligence." Sakura chuckled. "Your turn to open your gifts baka."

Naruto opened his first gift to reveal a book on nutrition, and quirked an eyebrow at his wife.

"If we're going to have a child together you will have to learn about nutrition so you can help me ensure our baby eats healthy."

"Ramen has vegetables Sakura-chan. It's plenty healthy."

"After you read that book you'll learn why that was such a stupid statement."

"IF I read this book."

"There may be a reward for you if you read it." Sakura said as she flashed Naruto a flirtatious smile.

"Reward?"

"Mmhmm. One you'll love."

"What kind of reward?"

"You'll just have to read the book and find out." Sakura winked. "But I guarantee you will be happy you read the book afterwards."

"If you're just messing with me Sakura..."

"I'm not." Sakura grinned. "I know full well how hard it is to get you to read a book."

"Fine. I'll read it, even if I already know that ramen is all our child will need."

Naruto picked up another package and opened it to reveal an orange t-shirt with a ramen bowl on it that had the words, "ramen lover" stitched on in an elegant script.

"This is like that onesie!" Naruto yelled in excitement. He quickly threw his shirt off and put the new one on.

"I went back and had them make you a t-shirt version of it. It'll be absolutely adorable when daddy and baby match."

"You are the best Sakura!" Naruto wrapped Sakura in a bone-crushing hug, causing her to start laughing.

"Only you would get this excited for a t-shirt. It's not even your best gift!"

Naruto only had one gift remaining; a large, thin, square package wrapped neatly in red wrapping paper. He tore it open to reveal a painting in a golden frame. Naruto wasn't normally someone who was a big fan of paintings, but this particular painting left him speechless.

He stood in the center of the painting, clad in his Hokage garb, and Sakura was directly at his side. His father was in the top left corner, his mother in the top middle, and Jiraiya in the top right corner. All three of them were beaming down at him with proud looks on their faces. Sasuke stood a few feet away from him, on the opposite side of Sakura, and Iruka, Kakashi and Tsunade stood below him looking up with proud looks on their faces.

The rest of his friends were drawn in the background, with Sai, Yamato, Gaara and Bee at the forefront. But what really made this painting so perfect was the script written over the entire scene.

I'm Not Going to Run Away and I Will Never Go Back on My Word. That is My Ninja Way.

"This is... amazing." Naruto finally spoke up. "Sakura, how did you..."

"It looks like we both thought of gifts that symbolized our lives so far." Sakura smiled. "I commissioned Sai to paint this."

"And you thought of all of this? Or did Sai come up with some of this?"

"It was all me." Sakura confirmed with a proud smile. "Sai and I argued about where to place your nindo, but I thought it was more appropriate to go over the entire picture, because your nindo guides you through your entire life."

"You're the best. You know that right? You're the best wife in the world?"

"You're a pretty good husband too." Sakura smiled. She leaned into Naruto and kissed him again, and this time, she pushed him down onto the couch. She proceeded to press herself tightly against him just as their tongues met for the second time in the day.

"Mmm, mmm!"

Sakura sighed into the kiss and pulled away with an annoyed look on her face. "What?"

"We don't want to smell of sex or have sex hair for Christmas lunch with your parents." Naruto reminded.

"Screw that." Sakura took her tanktop off and quickly unhooked her bra. Naruto's newfound willpower would be completely useless against her girls. She smirked at the lustful look in his wide eyes. "That's why showers were invented."

A happy grin adorned Naruto's face as she leaned back down to resume their kiss.


"So I told Mrs. Tagachi that I hoped you two would think about starting a family soon." Sakura's mom prattled on. After profusely "thanking" each other for their gifts, Naruto and Sakura found themselves sitting in the Haruno's living room with damp hair. Other than a raised eyebrow from Sakura's father, they weren't questioned for their appearance and both were thankful for showers; they had certainly needed it by the time they were finished.

"Sakura, Naruto, are you two even listening?" Sakura's mom huffed.

"They're very important people, I'm sure they have more pressing things to concern themselves with then listening to you prattling on Kaori." Sakura's father said, coming to the couple's aid. "Although I agree that you should definitely start a family soon. I'm another year older and still am only a father."

"Oh I'm so sorry Daddy. I can't imagine just how horrible it must be for you to only be the father of the Hokage's wife, assistant and co-head of the Konoha hospital."

"I'm glad you're starting to understand." Sakura's father teased.

"Oh be nice Makoto." Kaori chided. "But seriously you two, we heard about your teammate Sai and his wife. You're the only two who aren't starting a family."

"You two... it's always about grandkids with you." Sakura chuckled. She reached out and grabbed Naruto's hand, gave it a squeeze and then looked at her parents with a soft smile on her face.

"But for your information, we are now officially trying for a baby."

"WHAT?!" Kaori yelled with a surprised look on her face.

"About damn time!" Makoto grinned. "Do you know how badly I want grandchildren?!"

"We've got an idea Makoto." Naruto deadpanned. "You've been on us about that since we first got together."

"Oh this is so exciting! Have you thought about names? Or..."

"No mom." Sakura cut Kaori off before she could start rambling too much. "We'll think about that stuff once we actually get pregnant."

"So are you going to resign from your post once you have your baby?" Kaori asked.

"What? Why would I do that?" Sakura sputtered with a flabbergasted look on her face.

"Well someone has to stay home to take care of the baby..."

"I would never ask that of Sakura. Her career is very important to her." Naruto spoke up. "I'm having a sound-proof baby room built off of my office so we'll be able to take our baby boy or girl into work with us. It will be difficult, but we'll work together to make sure that child gets all the attention he or she could ever want."

"You do realize how much work goes into taking care of a baby right?" Kaori asked.

"Kaori, don't try to scare them away from their decision!" Makoto chided. "What she meant to say was that we will help in any way we can, and we are glad you two have already talked about this and come up with a solution that makes both of you happy."

"We understand how difficult it will be mom." Sakura smiled. "But this is what we both want, and we will make it work."

"Well good then." Kaori returned her daughter's smile. "I'd say you got a keeper Sakura. I don't know how many men would be open to such an arrangement."

"You'd be surprised. None of my kunoichi friends are retiring. Ino, Hinata and Tenten all are going to stay on the active roster and take missions regularly just as they always have after they have their kids."

"I forgot how different your generation is sometimes." Kaori chuckled. "Now let's eat!"


As always, the Haruno Christmas dinner (lunch in this case) was fantastic, and both the Harunos and Uzumakis ate until they could eat no more. After helping Kaori wash the dishes, they gathered around the Christmas tree and began opening gifts.

"What a surprise," Sakura deadpanned with a sweat drop as she held up her most recent gift. "A baby bib." She set it down with the rest of her gifts, all of which were either baby clothes or materials, or books about the joys of raising children.

"Did you two think Sakura was pregnant before we came here?" Naruto asked with a quirked eyebrow. He opened his present to reveal a book about the bond between a father and his child.

"We thought we would push you guys in the right direction with your Christmas gifts this year." Kaori explained with a sheepish smile on her face.

"And considering you two are trying to start a family, it was a damn good choice on our part!" Makoto added.

"We're not even pregnant, and we have no way of knowing what the gender of our baby will be." Sakura laughed. "Half of this stuff is going to be useless if we have a girl, and the other half will be useless if we only have a boy!"

"Well you'll just have to make sure you have both then." Makoto grinned.

"We're only planning on two, MAYBE three children." Sakura countered. "There's a chance we could have all girls or all boys."

"Then you will have plenty of stuff to give away at baby showers then." Kaori said.

"I guess..." Sakura muttered as she opened yet another baby gift. Her parents were many things, but they certainly weren't subtle.


"Your parents really laid it on this time." Naruto chuckled as he walked back to their apartment with his wife. A single scroll contained the excess of baby gifts they had both received for Christmas.

"Tell me about it." Sakura sighed. "But hey, we don't have to buy baby clothes... ever."

"Nothing we got today beats my onesie though."

"I would disagree." Sakura chuckled. "Mom found some really cute outfits. I'm sorry about my parents by the way, I hope that wasn't too unbearable."

"Are you kidding? Yeah, they were a bit much, but we were still talking about our baby. I will never complain when talking about starting a family with the woman of my dreams."

"Yeah... me neither." Sakura agreed with a soft smile.

The pair walked hand in hand back towards their home.


Tsunade's first ever Christmas party was officially underway. What had originally been planned as just a small gathering of people close to Tsunade had quickly evolved into what Naruto and Sakura found themselves in now; one of the largest social gatherings in all of Konoha. Tsunade wanted it that way of course, claiming now that she was retired and Naruto had his feet under him, she had nothing better to do than plan a giant party.

Sakura was wearing the kimono she wore when she and Naruto first attended Ino's Christmas party two years ago. It was one of her favorite things she owned. She loved the way the green fabric perfectly matched her eyes, she loved how the kimono hugged her body to accentuate all of her curves, and she loved the cherry blossom design traveling from the top of the left sleeve and trailing all the way down the side. She happened to know that Naruto loved this kimono too. With only one left sleeve, her right shoulder was completely exposed, and the kimono had a large opening to proudly display her bust. To top it all off, it was relatively short, stopping just past her thighs. She could tell that Naruto was clearly entranced by her in this kimono just as he had been two years ago during Ino's party.

She smiled fondly at the memory of that night. She had been so happy to have finally broken through Naruto's stubborn defenses and spend some time with him for the first time in years after claiming him the night before.

Sakura glanced at her date from the corner of her eye. He probably was partly to blame for her taking a walk down memory lane and thinking about Ino's party two years ago. Like her, Naruto was wearing the outfit he had all those nights ago.

She had gotten him many more nice clothes since they got together, and her mother even made him some very nice outfits as well, but the simplicity of this outfit and the nostalgia it evoked in her made it one of he favorites.

His black dress pants with a sapphire stripe going down their sides still fit him just as well as they did two years ago, and the sapphire tie he wore stood out over top his white button up shirt. The black overcoat he was wearing over his shirt that reached his knees still made him look kind of cool in Sakura's opinion, and she loved the way the Uzumaki kanji was proudly displayed on the back.

It was still funny for Sakura to think about, that just three years ago, their lives didn't involve each other in the slightest. Naruto avoided Sakura and all information about her like the plague. Now, she doubted either one of them could imagine life without the other like that. She managed to enjoy her life still when he was avoiding her, but she would be absolutely miserable if that were the case now.

In a short two-year timeframe, their relationship had blossomed into something completely new and wonderful. They weren't just best friends, and they weren't just lovers... In two short years they had become part of each other. Neither of them could be whole without the other ever again.

"Whatcha thinking about Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked quietly. He had been watching her out of the corner of his eye and was curious what could make her look nostalgic one second, then positively glowing with happiness the next.

"Oh just walking down memory lane." Sakura hummed. "And thinking about where it led."

"Which lane?" Naruto asked. "I hope..."

"So the brat has arrived! And he brought my apprentice!" Tsunade's loud voice called, interrupting Naruto. "You are just the man I've been waiting for."

"Hey Baa-chan, pretty great party you have here." Naruto grinned.

"Of course it's great! I'm the Godaime Hokage, I would never throw a bad party!"

"Merry Christmas Tsunade-sama." Sakura greeted. "Your gift is still en route from Rice Country, but we've been told it should be arriving in the next few days."

"Rice country?" Tsunade's eyes lit up in excitement. "You two got me sake for Christmas?"

"We won't ruin the surprise Tsunade-sama." Sakura chuckled, all but confirming her Master's suspicion.

"That's why I like you kids." Tsunade grinned. "Now come on Naruto, we have a drinking contest to begin."

"Eh... I'm alright Baa-chan. Looks like you're going to be 3-0 in our contests."

"No way! I'm not accepting a third-straight cop out. You have conceded the match without even trying two years in a row. You are a man who has a reputation for never backing away from a challenge and I am challenging you. Now follow me!"

Naruto looked at Sakura with a pleading look on his face.

"Good luck honey." Sakura said with a mischievous grin, much to her husband's despair.

"Naruto! Are you coming or not?"

"Coming Baa-chan." Naruto groaned and followed Tsunade up to a stage with a table set up that was lined with bottles of sake. A large banner hung overhead that read, "Godaime vs Rokudaime Hokage Drinking Contest." Tsunade had gone all out to make this a spectacle apparently...

He caught Sasuke, Kakashi, Gai, Sai, Kiba and Hinata all giving him sympathetic looks as he walked onto the stage. Each of them had been forced to enter into a drinking contest against Tsunade in the past, and each of them knew Naruto's inevitable fate.

"ALL RIGHT EVERYONE SHUT UP!" Tsunade yelled with an excited grin. "It's time for the main event!"

"Main event? Really Baa-chan?" Naruto sighed.

"The Godaime vs. Rokudaime Hokage Drinking Contest is a time-honored tradition that your current Hokage here is yet to win!" Tsunade went on, completely ignoring Naruto.

"Time honored? I haven't been Hokage that..."

"TIME HONORED!" Tsunade yelled, cutting Naruto off, to the amusement of the crowd. "Now take your position Naruto, it's time to get your ass kicked!"

"Sakura, wherever you are out there, I want you to know that I love you!" Naruto yelled dramatically, causing the crowd to start laughing.

"Shizune! Start the contest!"

"Do I have to Tsunade-sama? This contest doesn't really set a good example..." Shizune muttered.

"As a contestant, I can't begin it. This is an important Konohan tradition. You must start the contest."

"Important my ass..." Shizune sighed. "Fine. Contestents... on your mark... get set... GO!"

Naruto grabbed his first bottle of sake and started chugging it. Thanks to all the sake he drank last year when his marriage was struggling, the first bottle was going down smoothly enough. He was half way through it when he made the mistake of glancing over at Tsunade.

An empty bottle was on the table, and Tsunade was already downing her second bottle. He returned his focus to his sake and quickly finished his bottle off. If he was going to be forced to participate in this damn contest he was going to find a way to win!

Naruto grabbed his second bottle and started chugging it. He knew that his only hope of winning was chugging as much sake as quickly as possible before it had time to take effect. Once this sake he was chugging hit him, he would be completely screwed. He slammed his second empty bottle down and picked up a third.

About halfway through the third bottle, he started to get a little light-headed as the sake began to take its course. Shit! I can't be feeling it so soon! He channeled his ramen consuming prowess into sake drinking, and gulped down the remainder of his third bottle in two giant gulps, before moving onto a fourth bottle.

His world began to spin a little bit as he started on his fourth bottle. Apparently, consuming three bottles of sake within a few minutes of each other was not a good idea. He finished his fourth bottle with a bit of difficulty.

He grabbed his fifth bottle with a determined glint in his eye. The sake had fully taken effect now, and he managed to go from sober to drunk in a little over six minutes. He had to slow his pace considerably for the fifth bottle, but he would finish it. And he would defeat Tsunade. It took him three more minutes to finish his fifth bottle. When he went to grab a sixth bottle, his vision was so blurry he only succeeded in taking a blind swipe at thin air.

He put both of his hands on the table to steady himself; he was done. BUT he had drank five whole bottles of sake, no way could Baa-chan have beaten that. A victorious grinned appeared on Naruto's face.

"I'm *hic* soooo good at this..." Naruto drunkenly boasted. He turned to Tsunade to goad over her, but his eyes quickly widened in shock. "EYYY, how the hell did you dooo that Baaaaaaaaaa-chan?"

Tsunade finished off the bottle of sake she was chugging before placing it down to join the other nine bottles she had finished. "I'm not even done warming up Brat."

"How the...im...im... oh I'm going to be sick..." Naruto groaned. His world was spinning far too quickly now for him to be able to maintain his balance and Naruto started to fall over. A flash of pink prevented Naruto from falling all the way, as Sakura suddenly flickered to his side to keep him upright.

"Looook everyone! It's the be-best wife everrr! Let's all cheeeer for Sakura-chan!"

The crowd laughed but obliged their drunken Hokage and started to cheer for his wife.

"You're an idiot." Sakura sighed with a smile on her face. She placed a growing green hand against Naruto's chest so she could help him sober up.

"Hey! No fair!" Tsunade protested. "You can't stimulate his kidneys to remove the effects of the alcohol!"

"You already kicked his ass Master." Sakura chuckled. "And I happen to need him tonight; my plans will be ruined if he's too drunk to stand."

"Is that so?" Tsunade quirked an eyebrow, before a smirk overtook her face. "Ladies and Gentleman, our Hokage and his wife have an announcement to make!"

"We do?" Sakura asked.

"You do. Don't think you can heal my victims without consequences. So... make your announcement or stop sobering Naruto up."

"Tsunade..." Sakura whined.

"SAKURA AND I ARE TRYING TO HAVE A BABY!" Naruto yelled with an excited grin on his face... he was still kind of drunk.

There was a moment of silence as the crowd processed the information, but cheers soon followed and quickly erupted through Tsunade's home.


Sakura greedily gulped down a glass of water as she regained control of her breathing. Her and Naruto's clothes were randomly strewn about the apartment, tossed aimlessly during their passion. The cool water felt good as it traveled down her throat.

After Naruto drunkenly told everyone they were trying to have a baby and Sakura had finished sobering him up, they left the party and Naruto used the hirashin to get them home in a split second.

What had followed had been everything and more that they promised each other in the morning. She smiled, filled her glass back up with water and walked into their bedroom where her naked husband was waiting. She was pleased to see he was still trying to regain his breath.

"Here you go Naruto." Sakura watched as he gulped down the glass of water about as quickly as Tsunade chugged her sake earlier in the night.

"Seriously Sakura... we are going to be trying to have kids forever. This is awesome." Naruto grinned.

"No more tonight." Sakura returned Naruto's grin. "I'm exhausted."

"Me too. I used to think the best kind of exhaustion was after a long day of training, but this totally beats that feeling."

Sakura chuckled and slipped on a matching pair of bra and panties, and then tossed a pair of boxers at her husband.

"Awww, why are we putting these on?"

"Because if we don't put something on we're going to try to go again." Sakura smirked. "I'm gonna wash up for bed."

She walked into their bathroom, washed her face and then started to brush her teeth. As she scrubbed away, she mindlessly used her chakra to scan her body. She had been afraid to do this before she knew for sure that she was fertile. She figured it couldn't hurt now that she knew that there were no problems with her or Naruto.

Her toothbrush stopped and her eyes widened as she detected something new. She quickly spit her toothpaste out and sprinted into their bedroom, where she pounced on Naruto and assaulted his face with joyous kisses.

"I thought we were done for tonight." Naruto moaned.

Sakura trailed her kisses up Naruto's jawline, past his cheek and up to his ear.

"Naruto..." She whispered in a voice overflowing with happiness. "I'm pregnant."

Naruto's eyes went wide with shock and then an excited grin overtook Naruto's face. Relief, happiness, joy and excitement all surged through his body at once.

"I'm going be a daddy... you're going to be a mommy... WE'RE GOING TO BE PARENTS! WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOO!" Naruto whooped for joy, causing Sakura to laugh. He quickly stood up, scooped her off the bed and started to spin her around while cheering.

"OH SHIT! You're pregnant!" Naruto swore and quickly put Sakura down like she was some kind of precious doll. He situated her in the bed, fluffed her pillow and tucked the covers around her.

"I'm not very far along you baka." Sakura giggled. "So don't treat me like I'm made of glass or anything."

"Right... I just... I'm so happy right now Sakura. I want to thank you by treating you like a princess. I don't want you to have to worry about a single thing!"

"I'm overjoyed too." Sakura smiled at her overenthusiastic husband. She grabbed ahold of him, dragged him under the covers and sighed in contentment when his arms wrapped around her.

"Thank you Sakura-chan." Naruto murmured. "Thank you so much for this."

"Hey you helped too." Sakura shot back with a playful smirk. "I should be thanking you too."

"I love you so much. I can't wait for this."

"I love you too Naruto."

Neither Naruto or Sakura said another word for a few minutes as they basked in the joy that Sakura's news brought them.

"Ne Sakura-chan... if us announcing that we were trying to have a baby caused everyone at the party tonight to cheer like that, what do you think the village is gonna do when we tell them we're going to be parents?"

"Throw a festival if my parents have anything to say about it." Sakura laughed.

The parents-to-be snuggled tightly together with smiles etched so firmly on their faces they couldn't remove them if the security of the world was at stake. They ended up getting what they wanted for Christmas after all.


Aaand fin. A couple hours late, but like last night, I'm totally counting this as Christmas still =P I hope everyone has had a wonderful holiday season and has a very happy new year.

This is the final "All I Want for Christmas" story. Not to say it's the last time I will be writing in this universe of course, but next year will not feature a three-part story following this format =) That being said, spinoffs are always possible (along the lines of "The Sakura Ball" for example), and there may be an epilogue to this one coming as well!

As always, please do share your thoughts via review!

Speaking of reviews... reviewer responses -

Zatheko: Thanks, I'm glad you like it and I hope you enjoyed the conclusion =) As you can see, I left the baby up to the readers imagination for now!

swagosaurus:Those be some kind words! Thanks =) I would write more if my schedule allowed it!

Gundam27:Thanks for the kind works; I'm glad you enjoy my work! Merry Christmas to you too!

I'm Not A Princess: Done!

Random:Thanks! I hope you enjoyed the conclusion over in NZ =)

bankai77: =)

The Keeper of Worlds:Merry Christmas to you as well! As you could see above, the fic ends with them finding out they're pregnant and leaves the details of the kids up to the reader's imagination for now. If Sakura was along enough to be able to have a baby in the three-day time frame this fic takes place in, neither of them would've been worrying about not being able to have kids in the beginning of the story as Sakura would have a big ol' baby belly!

SuperNeos2: Assuming you meant to include "best," then I must humbly say, thank you very much!

TheClOnE: Thanks for the encouragement and glad you liked it! Hopefully the conclusion didn't disappoint.

kidloco: I generally don't include lemons because I can't write them without making them appear to be smut. The ones I've attempted to write haven't added anything more to the story's plot, so I've stayed away from them. Good luck with your fic!

Konan-dono: Thanks! I hope you enjoyed the conclusion!

AnonymousIncognito: Thank you for the high praise! I'm glad you enjoyed the first two chapters and hope the conclusion didn't disappoint =) Merry Christmas!