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Chapter Twenty Three

Forever With You

"Ah! Sakura, you look so beautiful!" Hinata gushed as she and Ino squealed together.

"Heh, you look decent."

Sakura rolls her eyes at Ayame. "Playing the villain again are we?"

Ayame just smirked. "I'm totally kidding that dress was made for you."

"I think Sasori will like that's easy to remove," Konan teased as she helped straighten some things out in the back. Everyone laughed.

Sakura smiled and she looked at herself in the full body mirror again. She was glowing. This was it; her wedding day. She and Sasori had stayed strong for eight years and the day Sasori proposed to her was still fresh in her mind...

"So do you want to explain why we're at Jiraiya's again?" Sakura had asked as she started to dip her spoon into her Cherry Blossom Sundae. "It's our eighth anniversary and I was thinking you'd take me somewhere a bit fancier," She teased.

Sasori just smiled. "You know if it weren't for this place, I don't think we'd have ever met the same way we did."

Sakura stuck her spoon in her mouth. "You're so corny."

"Maybe," Sasori said as he continued to grin. Sakura just looked at him with questioning eyes. It was like he knew something she didn't.

Suddenly Naruto, Jiraiya, and Sai burst into the dining area, sparklers in their hands and music blaring.

"Happy, Happy anniversary, we hope you have some fun!" Sai started as he kicked in the chorus line the three had started.

"Happy, happy anniversary, sit tight this song ain't done!" Naruto sang next as he shoved Sakura back down into her seat.

"Happy, happy anniversary, Sasori decided you were the one!" Jiraiya picked up from where Naruto left off.

"Happy, happy anniversary, now will you marry him!~" The three belted as Naruto pulled a rope and a banner appeared reading 'Sakura, will you marry me?'

Sakura's face was beet red as Sasori got down on one knee and offered the ring to her.

"How about it?" He smirked. All that Sakura could do was nod as Sasori slipped the ring onto her finger but of course the place had to be absolutely packed at the time. The customers were chanting for them to kiss but Sasori and Sakura didn't need the crowd to tell them twice.

Chiyo came in interrupting Sakura's thoughts.

"Dear are you ready?" She had asked with the biggest smile ever.

Sakura smiled at the old woman. "You know it."

As the doors swung open Sakura was amazed at the beauty of it all. The decorations were simple but just as every bit as dexterous as any other fancy decorations could have been.

All of Sasori's Akatsuki friends stood up with him. Deidara was grinning from ear to ear, happy at being chosen to be the best man.

"Sakura, I want to apologize," Mr. Haruno had suddenly whispered to her as they walked done the aisle.

"For what?" Sakura whispered back.

"Sasori really was the boy you made him out to be," he said. "I'm sorry I couldn't realize that sooner. You wouldn't believe how scared I was when you left to get him back. I couldn't live with myself if anything happened to you; it would've been my fault." He chuckled slightly. "You two remind me of your mother and I so much."

"Thanks dad," Sakura smiles as they make it to the end of the aisle.

"Now the bride and groom will share their hand-written vows."

Sasori turned to Sakura as he intertwined his fingers with hers. "Sakura, I love you doesn't even begin to sum up my feelings for you. I will admit when I first met you, I didn't even think we'd be here in the future but now that we are, I'm so happy I could die. You fixed a broken soul; I love you, I adore you, and I treasure you with all my life." He slipped the ring onto her finger. "Now please accept this ring as a token of our eternal love."

Sakura laughed lightly. "I could say the same about you too. Now when I met you, I really thought you were just a jackass." She paused at the chuckling from the audience and at Sasori's eye roll. "I'm glad that God gave me the chance to meet a person like you. When you touch me my skin burns, when you hug me, I don't want to let go, and when you kiss me, the world stops. Sasori, I love you, I adore you, and I will always treasure you." Sakura slips the ring onto his finger. "Now please accept this ring as a token of our eternal love."

"I know pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."

"I'd be happy to," Sasori pointed out as he spun Sakura around, dipped her down, and gave her the most passionate kiss of her life.

"Kay, ready?" Sakura asked as she got ready to throw her bouquet.

"Yeah!" A chorus of female voices cried. Sakura tossed it over her head and when she turned she saw a dumbfounded Ayame with flowers in her hands.

"Congrats." Sakura winked at her.

Later that night Sasuke had proposed to Ayame.

A Couple of Years Later…

"Megumi, come kiss your baby brother."

A cute little girl with crimson pig tails runs over to her mother and plants a kiss onto the bulge on her stomach. She looks up at her father with sparkly emerald green eyes—the same color as her mother's . "Daddy, what's his name?"

"You were named after my mother so he'll be named after my father." Her father smiled. "His name will be Akito."

(A/N Screw up. The uncle form the last chapter was supposed to be Akaito NOT Akito. Sorry! I fixed it though!)

That's all folks but stay tuned for other Naruto stories. I'll be doing another SasoSaku story sometime. Thanks again for everything. You guys rock! My current project will be Vocaloid story so if you're a fan take a look.