Disclaimer; Me don't own Naruto because if I did, everyone would be doomed, doooooooooomed I tell you.

Warnings; umm, nothing really too bad. Mentions of MxM sex. Temari being Temari. Possessive Gaara, sneaky Gaara. And a slightly subdued Riku.

A/N; *gasps* shock horror! an epilogue. Dun dun duuuuuuun. This will be the last of Remember Me. Boo. But it's been fun writing this and I'm soooooo glad people liked my Oc, because I was seriously beginning to worry that his mood swings would be a little weird. I kind of wish my Oc was real 'cos he'd be AWESOME! But he will forever be in my head DX. *starts making voodoo doll* Hee heee heee.

Gaara: Dear heavens, she has finally lost it...Wait, where are my cookies?
ESB: Hehehehe, he will never find them *pushes cookie packet under the bed*
Gaara; what did you say? *glares*
ESB: Hmm? Oh I said "there's nothing to fear my precious". *smiles cutely*
Gaara: I'm watching you. ¬.¬
ESB..*laughs nervously* Well, time for the story!

ENJOY!

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Epilogue
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"Temari, c'mon! You are going to be late for your own wedding!"

Riku glared at the wooden door before turning his glower on an unresponsive Gaara who hid behind his older sisters couch, his gaze conveying that he wasn't going to get involved. Huffing in anger and silently promising revenge against his suddenly wimpy red haired lover, he turned back to the door, raising his fist to start pounding on the abused door when suddenly a shield of sand appeared in front of him, the sound of metal hitting the small grains reverbarated though his skull. When the sand disappeared there was six dented shurikens lying innocently on the floor.

Sighing with exasperation, Riku thought of what he could try next. Ice cream hadn't worked, neither had chocolates, or Naruto (that had gone terribly, terribly wrong). Kankuro had vanished from the face of the planet and he had a feeling the other Subaku was hiding until Temari had gone on her honeymoon and to escape from becoming involved in the hetic situation.

It had happened so quickly, he and Gaara had been sitting on the couch in the red heads office eating cookies, naturally, when Sakura had punched the door in and dragged him off before Gaara had chance of even blinking.

Now he was stuck with a nervous Temari while everyone took cover in the hallway. They were lucky Riku was more worried about the blond bride to be and not them, or they would have Gaara on their pathetic asses by now.

"Temari..." Riku gave up, rubbing his temples as a headache threatened to blossom there. "Shikamaru-san loves you and he is waiting for you, if he didn't he wouldn't have asked you to marry him after three months, now would he?"

There was silence, a deathly and slightly awkward quiet that had Riku fearing for the worst. Temari had been viscious with work, poor Gaara had been worked to the bone, forced to finish the paperwork on his desk before the blond had dumped even more on him. Often then not, Riku had fallen asleep on the couch in the very early mornings while the Kazekage had become an insomniac again.

Riku had begun to think he was never getting a reply when the door creaked open and out stepped Temari, dressed in a white Kimono that had a intricate design of flowers along the bottom that twined it's way up the left side and down the left sleeve. Her hair was left down with a white rose placed delicatly among the blond strands. She looked beautiful and gentle which was an illusion, she was anything but gentle and Riku was surprised Shikamaru was still alive.

Temari looked stressed and nervous and she eyed the room warily as if a member of the Akatsuki was about to jump out and attack her. She glanced at Gaara, who met her gaze calmly if not tiredly. It was then the old Temari appeared, she scowled darkly, and by some miracle, whipped out her fan.

"Why aren't you sorting out your paperwork! Go and do it now!" She summoned a wind jutsu and sent it hurtling towards the shocked red head. Of course his ultimate shield protected him but he soon disappeared in a swirl of sand, leaving Riku on his own with a pissed Temari.

Oh Gaara was going to be in so much trouble.

Riku sat in a corner, watching as Shikamaru made Temari dance which she didn't look that pleased at and he was sure the intelligent brunette was going to get hurt later on. Just like a certain Kazekage, when he decided to show up that is.

He could feel his anger simmering away, slowly boiling into an unforgiving rage. How dare his lover, his lover, abandon him to deal with his sister while he took cover in his office. Riku growled angrily, his fists clenching and he had a sudden urge to kill something, or more like someone. He sighed, getting all worked up wouldn't help anything, Gaara was still in his office, and he was at Temari's weddings reception, watching as the happy...ish couple danced. Shikamaru gazed adoringly at his wife who glared back.

"Hey, Riku!" Said brunette glanced over, seeing Naruto bounce over happily. He sighed and went back to his boring 'couple watching'. Besides Shikamaru and Temari, there was Hinata and Naruto, to which the blonds girlfriend was shyly standing near Sakura. Sakura had, quite shockingly, partnered up with Sai, who really creeped Riku out. Gaara didn't like him all that much either, for some reason he became very protective over Riku when the artist was in the room.

"Hi..."

"Gaara still not here?"

"No, good thing too. He would be dead by now." Naruto laughed, not believing that for a second, and grabbed a near by chair. He flopped himself down, swinging an arm round Riku's shoulders, giving them a squeeze for comfort.

"Hey, it's his loss, right? He should be here, twirling you round the floor-"

"You make it sound like me and him were the ones getting married." Riku sighed at the blonds mischievious smile, wondering if he could still escape from getting caught up in his inane plans that would probably end up with a lot of people getting hurt. Naruto made up the most weirdest plans and more often than not, Riku was left defending himself from some angry people.

"Besides, Gaara doesn't dance. Shikamaru-san tried to get him to but nearly ended up getting Sand-Buried." Naruto winced and rubbed the back of his head, wondering if Gaara was ever going to get over his violence phase.

The party continued and Riku was shrinking further and further into the background. Naruto had tried for ten minutes to drag Riku away but Riku decided to glue himself to his seat and refused to be moved. Even Kiba had tried to get him to enjoy himself but soon toddled off to playfully flirt with Hinata to get on Naruto's nerves.

Riku sipped at his water, pondering why he wasn't drinking sake like the rest of them. He would probably be in a better mood if he did but something was telling him that he needed to be sober, Temari was even more dangerous when drunk and Shikamaru, if possible, got even more smarter.

Someone had to be sensible enough to stop Temari when she got bored of her new husbands' lectures.

A few hours later Riku was supporting Shikamaru on the way out of the party, Temari had decided she had enough of her guests and she was currently kicking them all out. She had ordered him to get Sikamaru to the carriage.

"Jeez, you're heavy." Which isn't surprising with the size of your brain...Bad thoughts Riku. Riku hauled Shikmaru into the carriage, sending a silent apology to the horse when it neighed and stamped its foot.

Shikamaru had passed out by the time Temari arrived, she looked at him and clicked her tongue and Riku was ready to bolt just in case she decided to kill her husband. Instead she turned to him and placed her hand on her hip, looking him over before frowning.

"Why are you still here? Go home already, and tell that boneheaded brother of mine that he is in big trouble for leaving you at my party."

Riku nodded, biting the inside of his lip to stop himself from pointing out that she was the one who sent him off to the office. The idea of scaring Gaara near to death was too good to miss. No sex was a good threat too, though Gaara wouldn't be getting any of that anyway.

The man needed to get a braver backbone.

Suna was quiet, many people were in bed, sleeping peacefully just like he would be doing when he got home. His bed was calling him, he couldn't wait to flop out on that soft matress and let the stress of the day disappear. Ah, he really couldn't wait. Though he couldn't help but think that his bed would be even better if Gaara was there to share it with him.

Sighing deeply, Riku trudged home, staying away from the dark alley ways. He knew he was overly cautious but it was just something that was ingrained in him, he hated going out alone especially at night and he didn't like walking down alleys on his own. Of course, he wouldn't have to take the long way home if Gaara could say no to his sister... Just stop thinking about it, it only makes you angry if you do and you don't like being angry, being angry is bad and utterly useless. Repeating this to himself, it helped to distract him for a little while. He only became aware of his surroundings when he realized the sand beneath his feet was moving in the oppisite direction he was. There was only one person who had the power to do that.

Before he could say or do anything he felt the familier grasp of sand round his ankle and he was lifted into the air effortlessly. He growled under his breath, glaring at his red haired lover.

"Gaara, put me down, damnit!" All he got in return was a smirk and then Gaara was walking away in the direction of the Kage Tower, Riku unwillingly floating along behind him.

"Where are we going? Home is back that way!" Riku whined, crossing his arms over his chest. He could honestly say that he needed to sort out Gaara's sneakiness because one day the Kage was going to give him a heart attack.

"We aren't going home."

"You may not be, but I am! Now put me down! I'm angry at you..." Riku exclaimed, hating it when he voice broke a little at the end. Gaara went tense at the mention of his younger lover angry at him but he carried on walking, tightening the grip round Riku's ankle when the brunette tried to get free.

Riku winced when the sand got a little too tight plus all his blood was rushing to his head and it was making him a little woozy and dizzy.

"Ow, Gaara stop it! And put me down, I'm not feeling very well." The sand loosened its hold but it refused to put him down. Riku could see that they were near the Kazekage Tower but from his upside down state it was more like the scenery was spinning and he was being to feel really nausous with Vertigo.

In the next second, everything was the right way up but now he was near cocooned in sand. He glared harder at the back of Gaara's head, hoping he would magically combust into flames. It didn't happen and Riku slumped, letting himself be floated along. He had no idea why Gaara was being in a prissy mood. It wasn't like Riku had gone gallivanting around at Temari's party, flirting with guy there. Wait...

"Hey, you were there!"

"Yes."

"Why didn't you come in then? Instead of leaving me to be murdered by boredom."

"Naruto kept you occupied." Riku groaned a loud, wanting nothing more than to face-palm but his hands were being held down by sand. He was doomed, utterly and unescapably doomed. Gaara was in his possessive mood, meaning anyone who came within six feet of him was in danger of finding Gaara on their doorstep, ready to maim them.

"Gaara, he's your friend! And he was only trying to keep me company considering you abandoned me to deal with your sister!" He snapped indignately.

Gaara shook his head. "He touched you." Even from his postion Riku could probably guess that Gaara had narrowed his eyes and there would be anger in those jade depths that Riku just loved to gaze into but right at this moment, Riku kind of just wanted to claw them out so he could feel a little better.

Riku knew that when Gaara was in the touch-him-and-I'll-Sand-Burial-you-until-you die mood there was no negotiating with him. Gaara's head was full of Mine-Mine-Mine and that was it. Riku knew he had no chance of escaping and while it was nice to know that his lover cared enough to show people that he was taken and they had no right to hit on him, it was Riku's job to have the mood swings, it was what kept Gaara on his toes.

The doors to the Tower opened at the brief flick of Gaara's hand, Riku might not have been a Shinobi but even he could sense Gaara's chakra and even that screamed MINE!
"Gaara, put me down please? I have legs and I'm perfectly capable of using them. It's not like I can actually get away is it?"

"No." And that was that, Riku had little chance to say anything else before he found himself dumped on the couch near Gaara's desk. He tried to sit up but the sand was very adamant to keep him lying down. Now while this would have been fairly kinky and romantic any other time, Riku really just wanted to go to sleep, he was tired and his shoulder hurt where Shikamaru had decided to put all his weight onto him.

Gaara sat at his desk, flicking through his paperwork, ignoring the dark scowl Riku was sending him. Said brunette huffed, relaxing into the couch. He was going nowhere, not for a few days at least, though he couldn't complain completely, the couch was comfy, to which he could get sleep, and Gaara would get good food so he guessed he could like this, besides hadn't he been moaning about how Gaara had left him? At least this way, Gaara was going to be with him day and night, feeding him, probably screwing him, but the food sounded better...

Wait, the food was good, Gaara showing him attention was good, but being forced to stay put on the couch, just lying there for Gaara's viewing and touching pleasure was NOT good. By the end of those few days where Gaara was going to keep him pinned to the couch, he was going to be oh-so sore and probably unable to walk. He had a job to do! Those completed and signed papers weren't going to file themselves and their house was going to be a mess! Time to get out of this, if that was possible of course, Gaara was impossibly stubborn at times.

"Gaara, let me go, please? Pretty please?"

"No."

"But, those papers aren't going to file themselves and you know Temari will be really angry if she gets back from her honeymoon to find a fudge loads of paperwork needing to be filed because you didn't let me do my job." Usually Gaara would give in at the mention of his sister because he knew what Riku said was true. Temari would be pissed as Hell itself if there was a big backlog of paperwork and him and Riku would get the brunt of her rage.

But Gaara was not having any of it, it seemed that just by Naruto hugging Riku, the blond had somehow flipped a very dangerous switch in Gaara's brain and that switch wasn't going back anytime soon. So, fine, if Gaara wasn't going to let him go he could at least make life a little more comfortable for Riku.

"Fine, you win. But if I'm gonna be stuck here for your stupid possessive pleasure then I want my pillows from our bed and the duvet too...Oh and don't forget the half of the double chocolate, fruit and nut cake in the fridge, I wanna eat that." Riku scoffed at the delighted grin on Gaara's face now that he had given in and the red head disappeared in a swirl of sand to go and get the stuff he wanted from their house, leaving him to count the deep gouges in the ceiling from when Temari had lost her temper at Kankuro and attacked him with her fan.

Gaara better be grateful for this because if he isn't, Riku is so going to set Temari on his ass...

A/N:...Well, what do you think? I think it was pretty good for my first EVER epilogue. SO yeah, Gaara was actually at the party but he was being sneaky XD and then got uber jealous when Naruto hugged Riku, which to me is how Gaara would probably act...*sniff.* I can't believe this is the end! Booo! But never say never, ay? XD

Gaara: Shut up already! I'm trying to concentrate.*scribbles on paperwork*
ESB: *sticks out tongue while stroking Riku voodoo doll* aw you're just prissy because I hid your cookies.
Gaara: I knew it! Thief!
Naruto: *gasps* you did what! Are you mad woman!
ESB: ...Shut up Gaara... And yes. Yes I am. Got a problem with that blondie?
Gaara; *glares* Sand burial.
ESB: Damnit! x_x
Naruto: *steps over ESB* So like review and Gaara might actually leave ESB alive though there's no promises.