Her head rested against his neck and shoulder as she laid against him, rubbing her soon to be swollen belly with a parental possessiveness he very much felt as well. The usual smatterings of friends were grouped around the two with smiles, awe, or surprise as the he and his Hime announced their newest addition to the Uzumaki family. Outside of Haruka being a bit of a pain, everyone was their usual selves... Which meant actually they were all being a pain in the ass.

"Hm, so hey Naruto... Shikamaru is dragging his feet again, care to help me out while Ino is... unable?" Temari quipped out, a smirky little smile alight on her face as Shikamaru frowned and Naruto blinked.

"You wouldn't dare." Ino growled out, her eyes lancing into Temari's with untold fury. Temari flinched back.

"I was just joking. Sheesh you're all over the place."

"Blame the hormones... Well, actually she was always like this..." Sakura trailed off as both Ino and Naruto gave a baleful look in her direction.

"I find this both amazing and disturbing." Sai muttered moving a bit too close to Ino's tummy. "I started reading up on this at Sakura's discretion... the photos of the required action to cause it are most disturbing as in how the pe..." Sakura covered his mouth, an angry tick as she pulled him away apologizing. Naruto sighed.

"She's still trying to fix him." Naruto murmured into his wife's ear. Ino nodded. "She doesn't seem to realize that he's not broken."

"You know Sakura, always crushing on hopeless chances." Ino snuggled closer to him. "I almost feel sorry for Sai... almost." She pulled his hand into hers. "Except he flashed my man's penis in front of the entire village." Naruto blushed. "You remember, when he was trying to explain to the other Ne why they should follow you?" Naruto chuckled uncomfortably against his pained wince.

"Please don't remind me."

"Oh come on, 'Longsword'." She laughed when he twitched from his newest addition to his bingo book entry. "The entire village bowing down to 'him' was probably the most hilarious thing me and Baa-chan have seen had since you stuck your finger in the ink well and tried to write a love letter to ramen." They both looked to the older woman who was giggling with Yamato, the 'grand-baby' song obviously running through her head.

"I was drunk." He pouted. "You also got jealous about that."

"Didn't make it any less funny." She purred a little in remembrance. "Besides, your making it up to me was … Mmm." He smiled.

"I think Ayame was upset I didn't show up for our usual lunch that day." He kissed her neck that had her groaning just above a whisper. "But I just had to taste you over and over until you realized ramen could never... ever... be above you."

"Uhn..." Her eyes flashed heatedly. "You know that is probably when our baby was conceived."

"Hehe." Naruto couldn't resist kissing her again, his joy was literally palpable in the air to the nerves of some.

"Oi lovebirds, get back in the party, it's too troublesome when you two get all touchy-feely." Grumbled a familiar pineapple haired man as he frowned at the scene just a little. "I don't want to get dragged into something similar because of it."

"Shikamaru..." Shikamaru stiffened and he turned to find an upset Temari cracking her knuckles. "You... MPH!" Suddenly the two were against each other, lips on one another.

"Huh?" Ino and Naruto looked over to find Hinata giggling into her hand with the other extended palm flat into Temari's back. Shino beside her merely shrugging. The three shared a laugh, Naruto relaxing, looking out at Konoha and his home, his friends, and the countless people who looked to him.

Something hit him then, one that filled him with a sense of understanding.

"This is right." Ino looked to see where he was looking, uncertain.

"What do you mean?" Naruto merely looked around once more, before his eyes fell to the small frame sitting on the mantel.

"That I'm happy. That this feels, right." He took her hand, giving a small squeeze she returned moments later. "That even though I've lost precious people over the years, I am so happy with those I have. That soon I'll have more. That no matter what difficulties, I've done the best I can so that it will be better for them. No matter what happens from here on... I'm... Happy."

"Idiot." She kissed him soundly. When the two finally broke away he smiled.

"I love you Hime."

"Love you too, Naruto."

The End.

I guess I had just enough left in me, just enough fluff and steam left in the old NaruIno to pull this out. But unless I begin to feel differently than I do now, after my world all but fell apart last year, this will be my final piece of not only Fakers!, but also of Naruto fanfiction. I always felt like Fakers! Was my best Naruto work, My magnum opus of Naruto in a sense. So in a very nice way I get to end my Naruto fandom with it. Like Naruto said. This feels right.

I'm sorry to have taken so long to realize that I had lost the Naruto spark, and that I'll be leaving these shores heading into a odd world of monsters and super powered girls with sniper rifle scythes and shotgun bracelets. RWBY, an oddly home state anime that has taken my interest by storm and while I'm not certain where it will lead, I can only hope I can find the same interest in writing those stories as I always did with this story. Maybe we will see one another again, in another fic, but if not, thank you for allowing me and my stories to have a place in your lives. Until we meet again. Live Long, and Prosper.

~Hibiki