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This is when Sakura's pride took over and she charged over towards Naruto like she was going to murder him and didn't care what casualties came with him.

Ino stopped laughing long enough to see that Sakura was stomping towards Naruto and she was releasing a very dangerous aura from her body. 'I better stop her before she gets herself killed.' Was Ino's first thought before chasing after the girl.

And now:

Hinata couldn't resist a giggle due to her boyfriend's, for almost a month, antics, who was currently acting the same way Akamaru does whenever somebody starts scratching him in just the right places. "You know, for somebody who contains the strongest of all the demons, you can be quite the softy sometimes." She said, while hearing a slight moan coming from the blonde.

"Containing him is easy. The only problem is that we share the other senses so right now he's feeling this too, and he tends to let his emotions get the best of me." He said, between moans.

Both were too caught up with each other, they didn't even bother to notice the huge killer intent heading their way, until *bam* a fist came down on them. When the dust settled, the only thing that was left were two logs, one of them shattered. "You know, I was actually enjoying my day off before you decided to ruin it." Came Naruto's voice to her right, who was standing next to Hinata, with his arms crossed in front of his chest, and both with angry glares.

"You can't possibly be blaming Naruto for Sasuke dumping you, Sakura? Or are you just looking for somebody to be your personal punching bag?" Hinata asked. Ever since she and Naruto hooked up, she was less nervous, even her stuttering got snuffed out, and she became a much stronger person thanks to all of Naruto's encouragements and love.

Sakura was fuming, because not only was Naruto showing his true abilities, but he has also moved on with Hinata and she wasn't going to take it anymore, "You, you're suppose to be the dead last, and yet even Sasuke acknowledges that you are the strongest. You were suppose to be worshiping the ground that I walk on; instead you decided to be with this tramp!" She yelled out, while pointing her finger.

Hinata looked like she was getting ready to knock the block off of the pink-haired bitch before she felt Naruto placing a comforting hand on her shoulder, "Call her that again and I'll do worse than pound you to the ground, even if we were teammates." Naruto said, while releasing enough killer intent to prove his point, "Right now, I don't understand why you would just forget everything that we've been through just so you can relive the past. All you've done is tried to follow the example of those old fools who just wouldn't let go, and now here you are trying to blame me for all of the messes you've made for yourself. Now that Sasuke has decided to cut you off, you think that I would drop everything and be at your beacon. Time for a reality check, I've moved on, Sasuke has moved on, even most of the village has moved on, everything is not my fault, so pull your head out of ass and start taking responsibility for your own actions, you ungrateful whelp."

This did it, Sakura has finally snapped since the blonde just talked back to her and she was going to make him pay, "That's it, Uzumaki. I'm going to make you pay for that." Sakura yelled out as she charged towards him, with a chakra-enhance fist at the ready.

Naruto just stood there, not even budging. When Sakura came in close enough to take a swing at him, he caught the fist with his bare hand, absorbing Sakura's chakra in the process, "That's Namikaze if you would please." He said before redirecting her chakra to his other fist, and sent her flying straight up into the air with a punch of his own. He turned to greet the rest of his friends, who were just enjoying the day, "Hey guys, what's up?"

The rest of the rookie twelve, plus a few new additions, returned the greeting as Ino went up to Chouji to give him a peck on the lips. Everyone has already hooked up with somebody, either each other or someone outside the group. Shikamaru is currently holding Temari's hand; Neji has his arm around Tenten's shoulder; Kiba is currently dating one of the nurse's from the ninja hospital; Lee actually found somebody who can not only calm him down enough, but also slap him upside the head whenever he started to go into one of his 'Powers of Youth' speeches; Even Shino was able to find a fellow ninja who wasn't afraid of either him or his bugs. What surprised Naruto somewhat was that Sasuke has actually hooked up with somebody, his old Team Hawk teammate Karin.

"Man Sasuke, I see you move fast." Naruto said, "I guess you finally took my advice on following your heart for once."

This gave some of the others a reason to give a little chuckle, while causing the new couple to give a slight blush, "Yeah well she kind of talked me into it." Sasuke said.

Karin decided to change the subject a little, "Hey Naruto, do you know where Sakura is?" She asked, just as said person crash landed onto the ground between them.

"Oh she just decided to drop in." Naruto answered, "By the way, are we still up for lunch?" He asked.

"Yeah we thought we come by and see if you want to try out that new all-you-can-eat place that just opened up last week?" Kiba answered.

"Definitely, although I hope Chouji saves some food for the rest of us this time." Naruto said as he, with Hinata hanging on to his arm, walked towards the group.

"Where do you think you're going, Demon?" Sakura asked, causing most of the group to give a mixture of gasps and glares, "You think I'll just let you walk away from me after ruining my life?"

Naruto didn't even turn to face her, "Clean out your ears because I'm only going to say this once: what you're going through is your own doing, and compared to what I had to grow up with, it means nothing. All of these years, instead of giving me a kind praise, even a simple thank you, you just forget everything you've accomplish with everyone just for your own selfish reasons. That's why I ended my pursuit for a spoiled brat who refuses to grow up!"

Sakura was steaming because once again this blonde just wouldn't take any of her punishment, "That's it Namikaze, you and me right now!" She yelled out, not thinking this whole thing through.

"Considering the condition you're in, forget it." Naruto said, before he and the rest of the group started to walk away.

Sakura just stood there, not believing that the same boy who never turns down a challenge has just shot her down. She was snapped out of her thoughts when she heard a conversation going on involving Naruto.

"Hey Naruto, last week when I was walking past your place, I heard a loud moaning coming out of your window. Care to explain what was going on" Kiba started to ask.

"Well let's just say that it started off when I was giving Hinata a little massage after her training session, and one thing led to another . . ." Naruto trailed off.

"Wait you mean that you actually took it to the next level? I didn't know you had it in you Naruto." Ino said, not resisting the urge to put her two since in.

"Actually all I did was given her the massage. As for the rest, well you know what they say about the quiet ones."

That was when I finally learned that Naruto was far beyond my reach. If Naruto was anything like fox, when they mate, they mate for life, and Naruto would never abandon those he care about.

Since that day, I was no longer apart of the gang since Sasuke and Naruto explained what happened, and to say that they were mad was an understatement, they were furious. Even my parents turned on me since that day. At first they were proud of my treatment of Naruto, since they still considered him a demon, but when I told him that he was the son of the Fourth, they then changed their tune and started to berate me for treating him the way I did, and for letting him getaway, like he was another version of Sasuke or something.

Even the Hokage was ticked off at me for treating somebody that was suppose to like her godson like the other villagers, so she did to me what she usually does to her teammate by tossing me out the window. I wasn't too fond of the landing since it was onto a cart full of garlic and tomatoes.

Now I'm looking through the window to see that everyone was truly happy. The whole gang has gotten married to their loved ones. Naruto and Hinata were holding their one and a half year old twins, a boy and a girl. The boy had his mother's blue hair, and his father's blue eyes, while the girl has blonde hair and her mother's eyes, both giving the same smile Naruto always wears. Sasuke was talking to Naruto while Karin was holding a bundle in her arms. The rest were either holding their kid, expecting one, or just waiting patiently for their turn.

Seeing all this makes me realize how much I have been missing out on. If I wasn't acting like a selfish bitch to everyone, than I would at least have a chance to be happy, instead I'm all alone, with everyone giving me the same treatment that Naruto used to receive. The one thing that a lot of people have said about me is that I might be the smartest kunoichi when it comes to book smarts, yet I was a major idiot when it comes to people and now I'm finally paying the price.

I'll stop here for now since I'm running out of ideas for the moment. I'll try to squeeze out about another chapter or two before I call it quits. Should I end it as a NaruHinaSaku, or a NaruHina Saku/OC? Read and Review, and give me your answer.