~And here is the epilogue! Seriously, I really apologize for this late (though final) update. College started and it got very hard to manage the time and type down this piece of beauty right here. Though as compensation, I give you the longest chapter yet. This is the last chapter and I sincerely want to thank each and every one of you out there who has read my story and suffered alongside me. I THANK YOU ALL for being there, for reviewing, for following and for waiting throughout this story. This is my first ever story which is complete, and I couldn't have done this without you all. I will try to type out some one-shots or start another story in the future. Oh and I did notice that many of you haven't noticed what I did back there. Go and take a look at the title of this story, then look at the title of the first chapter, then the title of the last chapter. BAM! My way of saying that it was the last chapter. Anyways, thank you once again. Now on with the story, CHEERS!~

The seasons change, snowflakes of winter are bound to be replaced by refreshing winds of the spring. Just like the seasons, the world changed, people changed and so did time. It's Nature, people grow up, times pass and subjects evolve. That were the same case with our Hinata.

After everything had happened, people had gradually grown onto the fact that Naruto never had a girlfriend and Hinata was not a heart-broken or a depressed kunoichi. Hiashi was happy with his daughter, seemingly Hanabi was happy for her sister. Knowing that she wasn't a wrecked, lovesick, depressed girl but instead a successful women who still had the chance to achieve her fantasy of getting the attention of her ideal, was blissful news.

It was the same case with the girls, most happy was Sakura, who had taken a sigh of relief when she found out that the idiot hadn't hooked up with a random girl for real. Though they were all adamant on getting them both together this time, since none of them knew that they were already mushy for each other.

But both of them had to answer a lot of questions, and by a lot, I mean A LOT!

Fairly easy to fool civilians, but the others were not quite taken in by Naruto's story. Of course Naruto knew he had it coming, and he was able to make all of them believe it somehow by stating that any further information was all classified. And Hinata was right behind him, saying the same to everyone who tried to interrogate them.

Kakashi soon got down from the seat of Hokage. He had passed his title onto the deserving candidate. Just like before, Naruto had undergone training and missions in order to achieve his dream. Kakashi was proud of his students, all of them were able to achieve their dreams, Naruto was Hokage, Sasuke had made his place in the Village and taken a step to restore his clan, and Sakura? Well let's just say that she was the one helping the Uchiha.

That's how things with everyone had changed over the years. Although, that isn't our million dollar question now, is it? What impact did the ending of the task had on the lives of our couple? Did Hinata have to move out after all that? Even if she had to, had it changed anything? Were they even a couple?

Well to be realistic, it was quite the obvious option to move out from the Uzumaki compound and continue living the old life. That was how it was supposed to be when the mission, or so what people thought, was over. Heck, no one even knew she was in the village all the time. It was a heavy decision, and they were unstable times. The thing which had kept Hinata going then were Naruto's words and his promise to be by her side and love her forever. Naruto on the other hand was quite busy since he knew that he will be becoming Hokage in some months. But it was all temporary. Naruto wanted to turn things around again and he never let anything to become a hurdle in his way to get together with Hinata on official terms.

Starting from the scratch, he had formally taken permission from Hiashi to court his daughter, knowing his status and personality. Hiashi surprisingly had no objections to the blond's request after he had judged the blond in his own way.

Being together but staying away for a couple of more months had been heavy, but both of them knew that they couldn't just rush things. Naruto's aim had been altered. He now wanted to become the Hokage and continue to cherish his relationship with the Hyuga forever. And he took every step to ensure that.

When Naruto and Hinata started going out in their own forms, people would often stop them and joke around stating that maybe this was all for a mission too. Their friends were very happy for them both, the boys would often warn him to better not be pretending this time since it was Hinata, whereas the girls would tease the Hyuga for finally getting some sense into the blond during their mission. That was the plus point which they had, they showed as if they both got closer during the month long mission so people won't doubt anything.

Things were going well, they would be best when Naruto and Hinata would be put on the same team on missions, considering they could spend more time with each other. It was on very rare cases that either Hinata would find a chance to spend time in Naruto's house or Naruto would in the Hyuga compound. Even eyes have walls and they were more than familiar with the saying.

Soon came the time when Naruto finally got to wear the Kage robe. To say that Naruto was the most happy human then was an understatement, it was a life long achievement and he got to share it with his girlfriend. Hinata was happy for him, even though she knew that now he won't be able to give much time towards themselves, but she knew Naruto will make the best out of the little time they had.

Shikamaru, being Naruto's PA, knew better than anyone else that how restless the blond would be to get off work and visit her girlfriend. Time wasn't even an issue that big, what annoyed them both was the lack of privacy. Being the Hokage and being the Hokage's girlfriend just attracted too much unwanted attention. It often happened that Naruto would order a parcel and go to somewhere private to enjoy the meal, usually the waterfall. It was a place where they never had to struggle with a private and beautiful atmosphere, plus, it was also the very place where it all had started.

It kind of became a routine, work all day and spend the nights in each other's presence. Time flew like that and soon, 4 years and many events later, I take you to this day, a day which was quite special for our hero, a day which was going to bring our couple closer, a day where everyone will gather to present themselves, as an audience to the eternal union of two souls. Today, was the day when Naruto and Hinata, were to get married.

"There is nothing wrong with the suit bastard! Just leave it be!"

"Shut up dobe, being your best man, I have to make sure everything is ok" replied Sasuke.

Apparently, Sasuke was being paranoid and un-reasonable. Ever since Naruto had asked him to be his best man, the Uchiha had been doing stupid things like putting clones around him and Naruto within the range of every 10 meters, making sure that they aren't being followed, or in this case, checking Naruto's suit with his sharingan in order to ensure that there isn't any threat.

"Listen to me Sasuke, if you don't stop doing stuff like that, I'll take Shikamaru as my best man and you'll have to smile at every guest entering the village"

Sasuke's eyes dilated as he managed to fight back a cough. He placed the suit back, shot a glare at the blond and went in the corner to take a seat. Naruto had been nervous already and stuff like this was just not getting things done.

Soon, there was a knock on the door and Shikamaru entered inside to see a standing sasuke, holding a kunai in his hands who was looking straight towards the shadow user, and clones who were holding back a Naruto who somehow looked as if he is about to commit suicide.

"My brother in law has arrived along with the other troublesome kages. We will soon need to start the ceremony, temari just told me that Hinata is ready. We gotta patch you up" stated Shikamaru.

Naruto was going to wear his father's suit, who himself had worn it on his marriage. Naruto was able to get a hold of it during his little search session in the kage's tower. He found many old things which belonged to the previous kages, most amusing of them being Tsunade's private liquor stash, which was enough to last a century.

Hinata on the other hand was getting her final touches. It was very unusual for Naruto, he kept on asking everyone as to why would Hinata need make up or get ready for the ceremony, he said that she was beautiful already and putting chemicals on her face wasn't even worth it. Though the last time he tried to speak his mind, he got pummeled into a wall by Sakura's punch. He wanted to get married in one piece and to ensure that, he never spoke of his reasoning around her ever since.

Hinata was surrounded by so many girls at once that it was getting hard to breathe. Temari was doing her hair, making it in little braids on the sides while spreading out the rest of it at the back. Sakura was the one doing the final adjustments to her dress while Ino was ensuring that every amount of make-up she had put on her face remains there, until and unless Naruto himself gets it all off.

Hanabi was decorating the different flowers Ino had brought into a single bouquet.

"Naruto's gonna faint the chakra out of himself once he lies his eyes on you" stated Sakura.

If it wasn't for all the makeup, Hinata's blush had gotten so evident that you'd see all the red from miles away.

"I'm sure that Sasuke will keep him awake on the aisle, we don't want our Hokage fainting on his marriage now do we?" said Ino as she applied a little more perfume on Hinata's dress.

"Well, if Naruto Kun is planning to faint even before the vows, what will he do in the night?" that did it. Hanabi had thrown the final punch, and Hinata in her reply, snatched the bottle of perfume from Ino's hands and threw it towards the Heiress.

Everyone in the room started laughing, excluding Hinata who was already putting in a lot of effort in order to not explode from the burning sensations her whole body was emanating. It all came to a halt when there was a knock on the door. Hanabi went to answer it, only to bow and open the door wide to let the person in. It was Hiashi.

"It's time Hinata, but I want to talk to you for a moment"

Every girl hurried out of the room closing the door behind them respecting every second of privacy they needed. Hinata motioned for Hiashi to take a seat. Both of them sat in silence for a couple of minutes. When the air started to grow thick, Hinata broke the silence.

"Is everything okay father?"

"I wish your mother was here with me on situations as pressing as these" replied Hiashi.

Hinata smiled and went to sit with her father. She knew that he maybe strict at times, but he cared for her and Hanabi, no matter how much he tried to hide it.

"I want you to be happy for your future, be obedient and caring towards Naruto, although I don't have to tell you that"

Hinata giggled on his comment and nodded back. But Hiashi wasn't done. Hinata could see him trying to manage his thoughts out. And she was going to wait as long as she had to.

"I know Naruto is going to take great care of you. He's a wise and a brave man. And Hinata, it's not only me. I want you to know that your mother would have been equally proud at you today" muttered Hiashi.

Hinata fought back a cry as she stood up and hugged her father, who replied back with equal affection. Hinata used to struggle so hard during her childhood just so that her father would appreciate her efforts and tell her how proud he was with her. Now no matter how many times he said it, it never got old for her. Patting on her head, he broke the hug and took out his elbow which she gladly took and both of them then started walking towards the ceremony.

The said place was crowded. The few front rows were all filled with important personalities including the lords, kages and important family figures. Then started the site of every citizen and visitors who had come to participate in today's ceremony. Naruto either kept on looking at the watch, which was mocking by ticking slowly and slowly, or he was glaring at Sasuke, warning him to not do anything stupid. That's when the sirens from the other side blew and everyone saw two servants with Hanabi in the middle enter who was carrying a box, which had two rings neatly placed on their designated positions. When she was standing with Kakashi, who was going to carry out the formalities, the music started again and in walked Hiashi, with his daughter by his side.

People started climbing on top of each other as they tried to take a glance at the bride of the evening. Everyone was so busy trying to look at Hinata that they missed it when Naruto caught Sasuke in order to steady himself. Hinata – was looking beautiful.

Hinata walked up towards Naruto, who kept on staring at her, making her blush an enormous shade of pink. It was then Hanabi who reached out and closed the blond's open mouth that he came back to reality. The crowd started laughing at the scene. Hiashi's brow twitched who was now thinking on his comment which he made to his daughter a while back. Well at least he hadn't fainted!

Naruto smiled as he mouthed her the words 'you look beautiful'. Maybe he was an idiot, unknowingly attempting to make her lose her senses. Kakashi looked at them both before raising his hand, silencing the crowd.

"We are gathered here today, for the union of two souls. Many of us have taken out time from our busy routines, in order to participate in today's ceremony. I, Hatake Kakashi welcome you all, on behalf of Konoha" the whole crowd started to clap. The ceremony had finally begun.

"We will start with the speeches which the Bride and Groom have written for each other. Naruto, if you please" stated Kakashi as he motioned towards Naruto.

The blond reached in and quickly got out little cards, swapping through each of them one by one dropping a few in the hurry. He was clearly nervous. The crowd started to laugh on his efforts. Naruto looked towards the crowd, then towards Hinata who was also giggling, pouting, he threw the cards away. Who needed them anyway. Naruto cleared his throat as he began to speak.

"We know very well about my past. That how lonely I used to be. We know that why how lonely how I used to be. I was mostly looked down, hated or ignored by the majority. Still, there was this one girl, who would follow me around to the corners of the world, who would be there when I trained, watch me when I cried, even if because of her shyness she never approached me, she was still there, watching me. In all that loneliness, I was not alone. You Hinata, were there for me when I had lost all hope. I still remember that day when I saw you for the very first time. There were these three kids who were bullying you. I got so angry for some unknown reason that I approached them even though it wasn't my matter to interfere. They laughed when I told them I would become Hokage, well boo you guys! I did become Hokage!"

People started to laugh as he said that. In between all those people, three men blushed and hid away, trying not to be spotted. God, there leader was such a child.

"But that day was special Hinata, even if it wasn't new for me to see people laugh at me. I still saw something new that day, something unique. They were your eyes Hinata. I could see my own reflection in those orbs. I could see someone who is looked down by his own people. I saw struggle Hinata, I saw questions, I saw so many things I could relate to when that guy took you away. Time passed and by fate we met again. We went into the academy, we went on missions, we grew up together. You kept following me, still never approached me, but all that wasn't annoying to me somehow. And then one day, you saved my life Hinata. That day with pein. That day Hinata, when you had jumped to my rescue. That day Hinata, when I looked into your eyes, they had changed. They had life in it, they were livelier. It was very amusing to me Hinata, that how can one person grow so much in so less time. How can they shine when someone knows that they are about to die? You had a gift Hinata, and I literally envied that"

People were silent, no clapping, no cheering. No one dared interrupting the speech.

"When pein struck those rods in you, that's when I made a promise to myself. I am never going to let that life out of those eyes, I will die struggling Hinata, but never let those eyes shed a tear of disappointment, to go back to those old eyes which were full of hurt. I am always going to protect you Hinata, and believe me when I say it, because I, Uzumaki Naruto, Never goes back on his word"

For a total of 5 seconds, there was nothing but silence in the atmosphere. People started clapping slowly, which soon changed into whistles and cheers. Who would have thought? Believing that, this idiot would say something like this without a novel or a script was truly amusing. Hinata was holding back tears and smiling brightly at her love. Naruto flashed her his classic foxy smile and nodded towards Kakashi.

"Now if the bride would want to say something in return" stated Kakashi.

Hinata took a deep breath and brought all of her confidence to one place, as she made an effort to say what she had planned for the blond. It was evident from her behavior that she was nervous too, maybe even more than Naruto. But there was no way in hell she was going to mess anything up, not today.

"There are two types of people in this world, one type are those who believe solely in power, strength and will. They train and work hard to achieve that. The other type of people are those who aren't fighters, but lovers. They tend to solve things using speech, by spreading love and spending their whole lives trying to create harmony. As such were my father and my mother. Whenever I looked at my father, I'd see courage, strength, discipline and command. But whenever I saw my mother, I'd see that carefree, loving and kind personality which will make your heart melt. People often ask children to choose between their father and mother, or who the child would follow between the two. Something similar was asked from me, that's the very reason I used to say that I want to be as strong as my father, and as kind as my mother"

Hinata took a pause to see if Naruto was following her so far. And indeed he was. Naruto was always curious whenever Hinata opened up to him, he would always want to learn more and more about her, as if it was a competition that who knows each other better among themselves. Hinata took a deep breath and continued to speak her mind.

"But things changed, since I was the first daughter, I had to be the heiress. Even if I was strong, it was all neglected since I was more kind. A leader wasn't meant to show emotions, a leader was meant to be strict, be disciplined and pursue power above all things. That was the reason that I was looked down by my own family, the reason that I was struck from my title of being the heiress, the reason why I lost hope, lost hope in combining power and love in one single person. To me, it was impossible, until the day I met you Naruto kun"

Naruto straightened up when he saw where this was going. Naruto believed that women had a natural talent, an ability of sorts. A power which will send these bursts of feelings all at once down your body via mere words. That was exactly which was happening right now. Hinata had grown a habit of making Naruto blush now, and it was quite annoying, he just couldn't control that!

"I saw, Naruto kun. I saw when those people abused you, beat you, called you names and things. I saw when you weren't accepted anywhere, when your own people called you an outcast. I saw how heartbroken and helpless you were. I saw myself in you too. But there was a difference Naruto kun, unlike me, whenever you went down, you'd get up, whenever you would fail something, you'd try harder on it. All that to achieve one thing, the attention of the people of Konoha. Attention of those people, who mocked you. You could have done so many things to them, but whenever I followed you Naruto kun, I always saw that you'd pretend to be strong even though you were hurt, you'd smile even though you wanted to cry. That power Naruto kun, that was what I felt power really was. Still today, you would sacrifice your own self for your loved ones, you had the trait of a lover, and a fighter in one Naruto Kun. That's what pushed me too"

The crowd was going wild, people were so moved by her story that no one even noticed the few drops of tears which fell down from their leader's face. This was a new one. Naruto had indeed heard her talk about how she had admired him before, but this was the first time she was going into vivid detail. Hinata brought up her hand and rubbed off the tears from his face. Kakashi was getting scared, they gotta wait until the vows if they want to go lovey-dovey on each other.

"That's when I promised myself to get stronger Naruto kun, I wanted to get your attention while you ran after the world's. I wanted to get strong enough and prove that yes, you can be strong and kind at the same time. I have achieved it today Naruto kun, and I am moments away from achieving my true dream, my dream to become yours forever. I have loved you for a long time Naruto kun, I still do, and I promise to keep on loving you, because you do know that we both share the same nindo, and there's no way that I am going back on my word"

The situation was so intense and dangerous that Kakashi had to practically stand in between the couple. He kept on asking himself, that why he had agreed to deliver the vows in the first place. Kakashi wanted to do it now and do it fast. And without wasting any time, he somehow managed to read out the vows.

"You, Uzumaki Naruto, do you accept Hyuga Hinata to be your wife and your soul mate. Do you agree to take care of her in health or in sickness, to support her regardless of happiness or sorrow? To be with her in times of danger and ill? Do you take the responsibility of bringing up her children, and do you agree for her to take your surname, and become a part of you forever and after?"

Even though the answer was quite obvious, but formalities were to be fulfilled and Naruto nodded, muttering an 'I do'.

"And you, Hyuga Hinata, do you accept Uzumaki Naruto to be your husband and your soul mate. Do you agree to take care of him in health or in sickness, to support him regardless of happiness or sorrow? To be with him in times of danger and ill? Do you take the responsibility of bringing up his children, and do you agree to take up his surname, and become a part of him forever and after?"

"I DO!" replied Hinata.

Kakashi thanked the God in heavens, took a step back, took a big deep breath and muttered the last words.

"So with the power which I have received from the law, I, Hatake Kakashi, pronounce you, Uzumaki Naruto and Uzumaki Hinata as Husband and wife. You may now kiss the bride!"

Or more like you may now kiss the groom. Without wasting anytime, Hinata claimed their first kiss as a married couple, while the crowd cheered on. Some of them were sniveling, some were clapping like mad while the others, they were more interested in taking selfies while the couple behind them showed their passion for each other in front of the whole world.

(Nine months, three days and a couple of hours later)

The doors of the hospital room banged into the walls besides them when Naruto came in rushing towards the reception. He saw Sakura standing there talking to Sasuke when he approached her.

"Sakura Chan! Where is she now!?" shouted Naruto.

But he forgot something, this was sakura, you have to be always careful when you approach her. Sakura is dangerous. Stay away from Sakura. Naruto was so nervous that he didn't even see the blow which came into his face, sending his whole body flying through the corridor, into a wall.

"What the hell! What did I do?!" asked Naruto as he came out of the new hole he just created.

"Nothing, just making sure you're not a clone. Follow me, she is this way" replied the pinkette.

Naruto had no time to argue, and just wanted to go see Hinata. He had been in the middle of some very important paper signing when Shikamaru had told him about Hinata going into labour. Naruto had left everything and rushed towards the hospital, how the hell would he have created clones in all that rushing!

Naruto saw Sakura entering inside a ward, he hesitated, being a Hokage was different, but being a father, that was somehow scary. Naruto gulped down the slump which had settled in his neck and took a step inside the ward. Naruto could clearly see tsunade and shizune standing, while Hinata lying down on her bed, with a small figure besides her. Hinata started to smile weakly when she saw Naruto enter the ward.

"That Naruto, is your child. Congratulations, it's a boy!" exclaimed Sakura.

Naruto was shocked to say the least. He and Hinata had created that! That looked like an actual human child! Naruto attempted to say something, he failed. He then smiled, then his face suddenly changed into a blank expression, then he raised his finger trying to point at something, but then, slowly and gradually, he went towards his south and into the ground as his head created the noise of a thud with the floor.

"Um, did our Hokage just faint?" asked Sakura.

"Well we better make sure that he gets used to that, because I want more than one grandchild" replied Tsunade.

Everyone in the room started laughing, including the blushing Hinata. But this was just the start, there was more happiness to come in the future, and they would always be equally overwhelming, as this one.

THE END! THANKS FOR READING!