A/N: To let you guys know, this story is pretty close to reaching it's end. I've had a blast writing this and reading all the reviews and I'm so grateful to al of you for sticking with me thus far. Though I am a little sad right now because my dad's in the hospital with a deadly form of staph infection calle MRSA and goes into surgery tomorrow. So I've turned to the one outlet I have for emotions, writing. Please read and review and keep my dad in your thoughts cause I know he'll be in mine. Much love,

-Kit

-Fayre-

I groaned as I opened my eyes. I tried to roll over, but stopped when I felt someone's arm around my waist. I could feel Gaara's even breathing on the back of my neck and smiled before lacing my fingers with his and going back to sleep. We'd won and we were both alive.

I opened my eyes again some time later and frowned when I noticed I was alone in bed. I sat up and looked around. I could see the moon was out and the window was open. I could feel the chakras of several other people in the house. I could tell that Naruto and the others were in the other guest rooms and smiled. We'd all made it out. I didn't sense Gaara anywhere inside the house so I searched for his chakra and smiled when I sensed he was on the roof. I got to my feet and silently climbed up to the roof. I saw him sitting in his usual spot and silently laughed to myself as I walked over to him.

"You're awake."

He said turning to look at me and I nodded.

"Yeah."

I said as I looked up at the moon. I just realized it was a full moon. I looked at the vast expanse of the desert bathed in the moon's light and couldn't help but be in awe.

"It's beautiful isn't it?"

I asked, still staring out at the desert.

"Yes, you are."

Gaara said and I turned to look at him and blushed as he got to his feet and looked me in the eye.

"Where'd you go? I woke up and you weren't there."

I said and he smiled at me apologetically.

"Sorry, but I had something really important I had to get."

He said and I looked at him confused.

"What was so important that you had to-"

I stopped as I saw him get down on one knee and pull something out of the sash around his waist. He took one of my hands and I smiled down at him.

"Didn't we already do this once?"

I asked and he smiled up at me.

"Yeah, but we didn't do it properly."

He said and I couldn't help but laugh a bit.

"Fayre, will you marry me?"

He asked as he opened the small black box in his hand. I gasped when I saw the ring. It was a silver banded ring with a small cut garnet set in the middle with a mix of turquoise and teal colored diamonds surrounding it.

"You already know the answer to that question you dope."

I said with a smile, but he still waited for me to answer him.

"Of course I will."

I said and he smiled at me as he took the ring out of the box and slid it onto my finger. He stood up and wrapped his arms around my waist as I slid my arms around his neck and pulled him close to me.

"Good, I thought you might have changed your mind now that we're not in the middle of a battle."

He said and I frowned at him.

"Gaara, you're the only person in the world that I would ever want to be with from now on until the rest of eternity. You should know that."

I said and before he could say anything in response I leaned up and kissed him. I felt him smile against my lips before he kissed me back. We pulled apart and he smiled down at me and laughed when I yawned.

"You should go back to bed."

He said and I frowned.

"Not without you I'm not."

I said and he chuckled before I saw his sand swirl around us and we were suddenly back in his room. He released my waist and I climbed into bed and turned to him when he didn't immediately join me. I smiled as I saw him pull his shirt up over his head and let it fall to the floor before climbing onto the bed behind me and draping his arm over my side. I laced my fingers with him and smiled when I felt him bury his face into the crook of my neck before closing my eyes and going back to sleep.

-TWO DAYS LATER-

-Temari-

"Come on, come on, come on!"

I said as I pulled on Shikamaru's arm trying to pull him down the hall of the Kazekage building to Gaara's office. Everyone had spent the first day resting, then the second one was spent getting ready for Gaara and Fayre's wedding. It had been decided that they'd have a public ceremony so that all of Suna could see as well as all of their friends.

"Hurry up Shika."

I whined and heard him sigh.

"This is such a drag."

He said in response as I hauled him into the room. Everyone turned to look at us with excited looks on their faces.

"Relax, it's just us."

I said and they all sighed and looked away. It had been a pain to get Shikamaru into a tux, but he looked really good in it. I looked around and saw Naruto, Kiba, Gaara, and even Kankuro in similar tuxes. Hinata was in a lilac colored dress much like her eyes. Sakura was in a pink dress trimmed in dark green. Kiyomi was in a lavender colored dress and I was in a dark blue kimono-dress. Naruto was wearing a tux that was a little fancier than Kiba's and Shikamaru's, but they were all had Konoha's colors. Kankuro was wearing a Suna colored tux as was Gaara, though his was slightly more detailed considering he was the Kazekage. I looked over at Kiyomi and she looked at me before nodding. We both left the room and headed for the room next door where Fayre was.

"You ready?"

I asked as Kiyomi opened the door.

"Yeah."

Fayre said as she stepped out. She was wearing a pure white kimono that hugged her barely expanded waist, you wouldn't be able to tell she was pregnant unless she wore clothes like this all the time. No one else could tell a difference, but I could. It was trimmed in a dark red and had a red sash that wrapped snugly around her waist. Her hair was pulled back and bits of it hang down to frame her face. She looked gorgeous.

"Come on then, everyone's waiting."

Kiyomi said as she held out her arm. Fayre smiled from behind her veil before hooking arms with Kiyomi and me, then we all headed back towards Gaara's office. Kiyomi and I both were Fayre's maids of honor.

We opened the door to Gaara's office and everyone turned to look at us. Kiyomi and I smiled at everyone as we walked Fayre across the room until she stood behind Gaara who turned and held out his hand. Kiyomi and I smiled at her before we each let go of her arm and walked over to our own men. She took Gaara's hand and stepped up until she stood next to him and they both turned to look at Naruto who was going to wed them, properly this time.

"Villagers of Suna!"

He cried out and they all fell silent and looked up at all of us on the balcony.

"Your Kazekage has chosen his bride and today we celebrate their union!"

He called in a surprisingly authoritative voice. What was even more surprising was the fact that he actually sounded like he knew what he was doing. He turned to look at Gaara and Fayre with a goofy smile on his face.

"You two have been through a lot to find each other and be able to stand where you do today."

He said and I could feel both of their chakras were full of nothing but happiness.

"You two specified that you wanted to exchange your own vows, yes?"

He asked and they both nodded. He motioned for them to do so and they turned to face each other.

"Fayre…."

Gaara said and I couldn't help but smile at the fact that my baby brother was getting married.

-Fayre-

I stared up at Gaara as he said my name. He reached out and moved my veil out of my face so he could look me in the eye before he continued.

"You know better than anyone that I wasn't….that I'm not the best at expressing my emotions and how I feel. For the longest time I'd thought that my only reason in living was to kill, but I met people, people I call friends, who changed me and because of that I was able to meet you as the man I am today. But even then….even then I was still hesitant to show my emotions. When I learned you were like me, with a similar past….it made it easier to be honest with you. Easier to connect with you."

He said and I couldn't help but smile at him. Even now I could tell he was having trouble expressing himself, especially with all of Suna watching, but he was and it was all because of me.

"I found myself wanting to be….closer to you the more I learned about you. Before I even knew it, I'd fallen in love with you and you showed me just how….wonderful something like that could be. I hope that I can return the favor and continue to….stay with you and love you until the day that I breath my last breath."

He said and I couldn't help the tears that threatened to spill over at his words.

"I love you Fayre, and I always will. Whether we're healthy or sick. In the good times and the bad. No matter what happens, I promise to always love you."

He said and I couldn't help it anymore, the tears spilled over at his words as he slid my ring onto my finger. He smiled at me as he lifted his hand up to my face and brushed them away as soon as they fell. Naruto turned to me, signaling that it was my turn and I couldn't help but feel that it was no fair that Gaara said something so touching, so heartfelt, and I didn't really know what to say. But one look in his teal colored eyes and I just said the first thing that came to my mind.

"It wasn't easy for me to trust anyone with the truth, especially about my past and who I am, but I'm glad….I'm glad I was able to find someone like you to be able to share that with. To share my past and not be judged. To share who and what I was and not be looked at as some kind of monster. I understood you as you did me and I'm forever grateful that I found someone I could trust in you and in time, I found someone to love. It was easier to open up to you than I would have ever thought possible and just like you, before I knew it, I'd fallen in love with you. But it was much more than just that. I found much more than just someone to love me when I met you. I found someone who understood my pain and my suffering. Someone who was my friend and my strength when I had none. Someone was willing to risk their life to save my own. When I met you Gaara, I finally found someone to spend my life with. Not just the good, but both the good and the bad. I never would have thought I'd be lucky enough to find someone like you, but I'm glad I did. You've shown me such love that I can only hope that I can return it. In both sickness and in health. During both the good times and the bad. No matter what happens to me I will always love you. I will love you until the day I draw my last breath and beyond."

I said as I slid his ring onto his finger and saw him smile at me. I could hear Sakura and Hinata crying as well as some of the people from the crowd of civilians down below.

"Right. By the powers invested in me as the sixth Hokage of Konoha, you may kiss the bride."

Naruto said and I felt Gaara wrap his arms around my waist and pull me flush against him and I blushed a bit before he pressed his lips down against mine. I smiled against his lips as I wrapped my arms around his neck and ran my fingers through his hair as I pulled him closer to deepen the kiss.

"Villagers of Suna!"

Naruto cried out and I pulled away from Gaara to breathe.

"I present to you your Kazekage and your Kazehime!"

Naruto cried out as he moved back so they could see Gaara and me and cheers erupted from the villagers. We both waved at them before we turned around and walked back into Gaara's office with the others following. As soon as everyone was inside Gaara shut the windows to the balcony with his sand and wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me against him.

"Congratulations you guys."

Kiyomi said and I smiled as I stared up at Gaara who was staring directly into my eyes.

"Riiight. Well, we'll jus-"

I heard Kankuro start to say, but I didn't hear the rest of what he was going to say because Gaara's sand suddenly surrounded us and when it fell away we were already back at the house in Gaara's room. I blushed when I saw the heated look in his eyes, but couldn't deny the fact that I felt the same way. And besides, what was a marriage if it wasn't properly consummated?