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Epilogue: Three years later

May

The thirtieth

Saturday

3:04

P.M.

Tenten's PoV

Why the hell was I so friggin' nervous? It wasn't like this wasn't the happiest day of my life, right?

I stared into the mirror in front of me with wide eyes. I was wearing a long, beautiful, off-the-shoulders white dress, my hair was up in an elegant bun, and to that bun a long veil was attached with a tiny, golden tiara, flowing out behind me. I wore one piece of jewelry: a very thin golden chain around my neck, and the charm was a golden heart with a tiny sapphire in the upper corner. I'd borrowed the charm from Hinata. It was my 'something borrowed' and 'something blue' in one.

I bit my lip tightly and turned away from the frightening image of myself looking white. Jeez, wasn't it the guy who was supposed to be panicking before a wedding?

"We're back!" Temari announced, waltzing through the door together with the other three cute little bridesmaids.

…Well, at least Hinata was a cute little bridesmaid.

"I'm telling you, you got overboard with the flowers!"

"I did not go overboard with the flowers, okay? You can simply not have too many flowers on a wedding!"

"No, in case there are not so many flowers that the guests have nowhere to sit!"

"Oh, please, they have somewhere to sit. And if it gets cramped inside, they can always get out on the porch or something."

"Still! The smell in there is suffocating! And what if someone's allergic?"

"Then they should come to a wedding! There're always lots of flowers on weddings!"

Sakura opened her mouth to reply, but Temari cut her off:

"Cut it out, you two", she snapped. "There's nothing to do about the flowers anymore, okay?"

Sakura scowled, but Ino grinned and nodded in agreement.

"You look beautiful, Tennie-chan!" Ino told me, smiling warmly at me. I smiled back but didn't say anything.

"Nervous?" Hinata asked, smiling gently.

"Uuh… A bit."

"Don't worry", Sakura reassured me, putting my bouquet of flowers on a table. "I'm sure Neji's freaking out completely."

I snorted. "I really doubt that."

XxXxX

Neji's PoV

'Breath in… Breath out… Breath in… Breath out…'

I stood next to a wall, leaning my forehead against it. My eyes were closed and I was concentrating very hard not to start panicking.

This far I wasn't doing too great.

I opened my eyes and glared at the wall. What was I even nervous about? I was about to marry the most beautiful, wonderful, perfect woman in the entire world! The woman I loved more than anything! Why was I acting like a geeky fifteen-year-old before his first date with a hot college-girl?

I heaved a sigh and pushed myself off the wall, adjusting my tux. Okay. Time to be a man.

"Hey, Hyuuga! Ready to sell your soul yet?"

I slowly turned around slowly to face Kankuro, Naruto, Shikamaru and Sasuke.

"Thanks for that", I stated and walked past them up to the window, staring out at the most beautiful day I could remember ever seeing. Talk about luck with the weather.

"Hope you didn't get too much to drink yesterday", Naruto snickered, referring to my bachelor party the night before. I just grimaced. I was pretty sure the rest of them had enjoyed that a bit more than I did, and that only because they got to watch me suffer. See, Kiba and Kankuro had dragged me with them to this strip club. Let's just hope to god none of the girls would find out…

"Five more minutes", Sasuke announced. "We should get ready."

I gave a short nod. "Right. I'm ready."

XxXxX

Tenten's PoV

I stared as the others entered the hall Neji and I were going to be wed in. I was nervous, nervous, nervous, NERVOUS GODDAMMIT!

Not that I let it show.

Hinata shot me a reassuring smile over her shoulder as she entered together with Naruto, and I answered it weakly. It was gonna go well. I wasn't gonna screw up.

Probably.

…Hopefully.

I took a deep breath and closed my eyes. Hinata and Naruto had disappeared. It was time for me to go in.

And so I stepped into the room.

Everyone's eyes were glued to me as I slowly walked down the aisle. I wasn't quite sure what my face showed, but I didn't think it looked secure and confident, exactly.

I tried not to stare anyone in the eyes, since that would make me even more nervous.

So I looked ahead of me, and my eyes fell on the most gorgeous man in the world. Neji was standing there, looking like at least a god in his elegant tux. He had a look of wonder on his handsome face as he watched me, but when our eyes met, he suddenly broke into a smile. It was literally breathtaking, and my heart made an odd little jump at the sight of him. I couldn't help but smile brightly back at him, and suddenly every single little feeling of nervousness was gone. I felt more secure than ever as I stared into those warm, loving, gorgeous eyes.

XxXxX

Neji's PoV

I couldn't almost believe it. She looked like… no, not even an angel would be as beautiful as she was now. Yes, of course she was always beautiful, but there was just this… glow around her. She looked like a goddess. At the very least.

How could I have been nervous? What could go wrong when I had a woman like that by my side?

Her face broke into a dazzling smile when our eyes met. How could someone be that perfect? She was way too good for me.

She was by my side then. I reached out a hand towards her, and she took it, her eyes never leaving mine.

You know, some moments lately, I had been vaguely thinking if I was ready for this, after all. But as I looked at her, I felt like I could just kill myself for thinking something so ridiculous.

With her, I was ready for anything.

XxXxX

Tenten's PoV

"Aww, Sakura", I said, hugging my pink-haired friend tightly. "You're like a mom."

"Shut up", she sobbed. "I am not like a mom!"

Sasuke smiled and but a hand around her shoulders. "Hopefully you won't dissolve in tears at our wedding", he commented. "It would make me feel somewhat… uncomfortable."

Sakura hit him lightly on the back of his head, but then smiled through the tears and kissed his cheek. "If you continue like that, there may not even be a wedding", she said softly. He just rolled her eyes before he kissed her.

I grimaced and turned away. You'd think that after three years of watching those two and their love for public show of affection you'd get used to it, but nooo. The mere thought of Chicky-chan kissing someone just made me slightly ill.

I grinned suddenly and hugged Neji, leaning my head against his shoulder. "Where were we going for our honeymoon again?" I asked, trying to sound uninterested.

"Not a chance", he told me, smirking. "You'll find out in a few hours."

I pouted and got off him, folding my arms over my chest. I was really regretting allowing him to take care of the whole honeymoon thing and keeping it all as a secret from me. It had just seemed like a fun idea at the time! But now everyone else knew except for me, and that was really annoying.

I stuck my tongue out at him. "You're a big old jerk!" I told him, and turned away, raising my chin stubbornly.

"You know, Tenten", Temari said from across the table. "You're married now. Shouldn't you start showing a bit of dignity?"

I raised an eyebrow at her. "Dignity? What the hell are you talking about?"

"Well, you know", she said, shrugging. "You're supposed to be grown up now."

I rolled my eyes. "Temari, did you seriously think I would change just cuz I got married?" I asked skeptically. "Please! The only reason I got married in the first place was so I'd have someone to pay for all my stuff!If it wouldn't have been for his money I'd had laughed in Neji's face when he proposed to me." I heard Neji glower at me, and I turned to grin at him. "Aww, did I hurt your feelings?" I asked teasingly, and then pecked him on the lips. That made him smile, and he captured my lips in a proper kiss.

I heard Temari grimace, and I smirked against Neji's lip, deepening the kiss.

After five minutes or so she snapped.

"Get a room, would you!" she said angrily. I just laughed lightly, pulling away from him. I couldn't help but feel slightly empty when his lips weren't touching mine anymore; he just kind of was like a… drug.

Literally.

I'm completely serious here, folks! I'm thinking about going to rehab.

"What are you thinking about?" he asked, whispering in my ear as he wrapped an arm around my waist.

…I may have to lie here.

"About which one is more dangerous, a rattlesnake or a pissed off rhino."

Silence.

Well, at least I came up with something.

"…Should it worry me that you're thinking about rhinos when we're but a few hours away from our honeymoon?" Neji asked, surprising me at bit. I laughed and kissed him again.

"Okay, okay!" Sasuke suddenly said, standing up. Everyone's eyes turned to him. "I might as well get this over with before those two get way too excited", he said, giving us both a look that somehow managed to look dry.

"You're one to talk!" I told him, sticking my tongue out.

Ugh. That had really come be an annoying habit. But what do you do, when you practically live with Hyuuga Neji? (Even though we didn't exactly share an apartment, I don't think we'd been apart for a single night during the last half year.) After a while you run out of good comebacks, and so you have to settle for physical insults, and it kinda gets etched to your brain after a while…

Wow. Just imagine that, literally.

Anyway, back to Chicky-chan.

"So, since I'm the best man", he said, "I'm expected to have a speech."

"Woo, go Baby-Uchiha!" a voice that I recognized as Kisame's called from somewhere in the room. Sasuke closed his eyes for a brief moment, took a deep breath and then calmly opened his eyes again.

That nickname really got to him.

"Well, I haven't really prepared for anything, since you're never able to have a moment's peace with a pregnant girlfriend and a best friend freaking out because he's getting married, so I'm just going to make this up as I go", Sasuke continued, and the audience laughed.

You wouldn't believe it when you saw him, but Sasuke's good at holding speeches. I know, shocking right?

"Well, I first met Neji when we were… twelve, I think? To put it simply, I hated him. And he hated me. And probably will return to doing that after this party."

I laughed with the rest, but caught the suspicious look on Neji's face. I just gave him a reassuring smile. Always as paranoid.

"But, well, due to some events – that include some homicidal crazy bastards and a whole lot of blood – we came to be friends. There are days when I really regret that ever happened."

"The feeling is mutual", Neji assured him, a smile tugging on his lips. But the suspicious – even slightly wary – look was left in his eyes.

Sasuke ignored the comment. "Either way, there was no way out of it, and after a few years we were stuck as roommates at Konoha Boarding School. As if that wouldn't have been bad enough as it was, that little… creature appeared after a couple of years." He nodded towards me, and I smiled brightly, waving and blowing kisses to the audience as if I was a movie star.

No, wait.

As if I was a parodized (well, it's a word now!) version of Paris Hilton.

"Due to some odd cause – some call it fate, but I call it computer-failure – she ended up our third roommate. And yes, you are allowed to pity me. That's what I do every single day. And after that, Hyuuga here started becoming softer and softer for every day that passed." He paused. "Towards her, that is", he then added. "Towards me he was the same old asshole as always."

There was laughter again. Even the elder Hyuugas were laughing!

I glanced at Neji, and to my surprise and utter amusement, he seemed almost embarrassed.

Aww, that's soooooo cute! Don't I have the cutestest husband in the world?

"Well, their relationship grew stronger", Sasuke continued, "and I must say that it was very entertaining to watch as Hyuuga made these pathetic attempts on her, and without even seeing that she liked him back."

Neji was almost blushing now, glaring at Sasuke, so I decided to help him out a bit.

"You really have the guts to call someone else pathetic?" I asked sweetly, putting my elbows on the table and leaning my chin in my hands. "Cuz I remember this one chicken-ass-haired guy who came to me of all people and convinced me to help him woo a certain bubble-gum-pink-haired girl. And watching his attempts in trying to succeed, that if something was entertaining."

I smiled innocently up at him as the Akatsukies roared in laughter and he gave me the best of his death-glares. His ears were bright red.

Suddenly his expression changed. And the change wasn't pleasant.

A devious smirk.

"Speaking of watching something entertaining…" Sasuke said slowly, raising his voice so that he made sure everyone could hear him clearly, "Ino, Temari and my own fiancée Sakura have a little surprise for you."

I felt my face pale. There was an odd feeling of terror washing over me. I had a feeling I wouldn't like this, and Neji seemed to have the same thought, since he wasn't looking much happier than me.

Sakura smiled sweetly and stood up more quickly than most people that were pregnant on the sixth month would.

"Exactly", she said. "Ino has actually been running this project for whole three years now, isn't that amazing? We have really waited for this day to come so that we could finally show it to everyone. I assure you all will be highly amused." Then she paused and looked at Neji and me, her nice expression changing into a fuckingly scary one. "Well, at least almost all of you."

I gulped.

"We're all set!" Temari announced, and I looked in the direction of her voice to see that she and Ino were standing by a huge, white wall. Temari was doing something with a computer on a table next to it.

I suddenly noticed this weird camera-like thing that was directed towards the wall, and I recognized these as a few of those things teachers use to show what the students are supposed to write down when they're too lazy to do it themselves on the blackboard.

Ino stepped up, a huge smile on her face.

"As Sakura told you, I've been working on this for three years", she said. "In short, I've – and later on, Temari and Sakura have started helping - been taking photos and short video-clips from different moments of Neji's and Tenten's relationship. Enjoy!"

Okay. My intuition had been right. I wouldn't like this.

"I don't think this is necessary", Neji said, his voice calm but his eyes nervous. I couldn't blame him; this was mostly his family that we were surrounded by.

"Not necessary, no", Ino replied, shooting him a dazzling smile. "But highly entertaining. First picture, please, Temari!"

Temari put on the first picture, and I immediately understood where and when it was taken.

"Oh, yes", Ino said, smiling. "Neji being strangled by Tenten after he bought her the much beloved panda-bear Ten. Tennie here is acting like a sugar-high five-year-old, as usual, but I think Neji's more behaving like the hormone-crazed teenager he was at the time." She paused before she added: "Still is, I think, although he's hit twenty."

Neji glared at her, but I felt slightly reassured. If this was the worst they'd got, this may not be so bad after all.

"Uh-oh! Here's the next picture and I'm sorry, Hanabi, but you'd better look away; it's rated R."

The mischievous teenager just grinned and stood up to get a better look.

"The Oro-Konoha basketball match", Ino announced. "But I think these two have their thoughts quite far away from basketball."

"You cut yourself out of that picture!" I accused, trying not to look at the embarrassing picture of myself lying on the floor with Neji above me. "You pushed him, it was all your fault!"

Ino sighed and shook her head. "Denial", she said simply, and then waved Temari forward before I could reply.

"And oh yes, their very first kiss!" she gasped, clasping her hands in front of her. "How sweet, no?"

It was at the hospital. Neji and I were sitting on my bed, kissing, and I felt my cheeks flush as everyone's eyes turned to the two of us. They all seemed very amused.

"It was not our first kiss", I defended myself, folding my arms and raising my chin stubbornly. "For your information, I kissed him before I passed out, okay?"

Ino watched me for a while, but then shrugged and motioned Temari to go on.

Oh no. Oh hell no. The New Years dance.

I closed my eyes, unsuccessfully trying to block out the sound of the blonde's voice, not to mention the whistles coming from the Akatsukies' direction.

"Well, well, well", she said, smirking. "Whaddaya know? Someone is having a really good time at the dance this time, no?"

The picture showed me pressed against a wall by Neji. We were, uh… Kissing. I guess you could call it that, if you wanted to be nice to the old-fashioned or gentle-minded.

I kept my arms crossed and kept the stubborn scowl on my face, unsuccessfully trying to keep the blush off my face. I didn't even glance at Neji to see what his reaction was, but my over-sensitive hearing clearly caught the sweat dripping down his face.

I think he was trying his best not to punch something.

I was, at least.

"Weeell, goin' ooon!" Ino sang, motioning to Temari to switch pictures, swaying her arms like a wannabe conductor.

I groaned out loud, hiding my face in my hands. I could hear the arm-rest of Neji's chair creak when he clenched it.

There were whistles from different parts of the room.

Our first date. How could she?

…No, we weren't… going all the way…

But pretty close, and way too close for comfort.

The torture continued. I kept my face in my hands, only now and then peeking through my fingers to quickly groan and close my eyes. It didn't help much though since Ino kept being a bitch and saying where and when the picture was taken, so I knew exactly what they were showing whether I saw them or not.

"I'm gonna kill 'er I'm gonna kill 'er I'm gonna kill 'er…" I chanted, half to tune out the noises in the room, and half to keep from losing my temper completely right then and there.

"Not if I'm first", Neji muttered from next to me, but I ignored him.

"Well", Ino eventually said, and I could hear the grin widening even more. "We've come to the end…" I breathed a sigh of relief, slouching back in the chair, while there were complaints from the audience, "…almost."

I groaned even more loudly than before, digging my nails into my forehead. The room laughed in appreciation.

"We have this last video-clip from when lil' Neji proposed to Tenten", Ino said sweetly.

Well that wasn't so bad.

"And what happened afterwards."

…Scratch that.

"Well, only a part of it, really. We can go to pretty long lengths toembarrass our friends, but not so far as we would scar ourselves mentally." I heard her grimace and glared at her between my fingers while the room laughed.

"So, let's start!" Ino chirped.

I heard Neji's voice start streaming from somewhere, and I recognized the words. There was nothing of that night I would ever forget.

"Tenten…"

"Yeah?"

"Uuh… There's something I want to ask you."

"Aww", Ino said, referring probably to the fact that Neji was looking pretty damn nervous in the video.

"Stop it", Neji suddenly said, standing up.

Ino's smile grew even sweeter. "Why don't you try and make me?"

In response, Neji kicked the chair away and started walking up to her, but I caught his sleeve.

"You don't punch women, remember?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him.

"…I don't think they classify."

There were a few snickers around the room, and a few glares.

"Maybe not…" I agreed, "but I still think I would do a better job."

The room went silent.

"…Tenten", he said slowly, "I was just going to… teach them a lesson. Not kill them."

"Oh, I won't kill them", I said darkly, standing up and glaring at the three women that were behind this. "…Much."

"Uh, Tenten, you can't really say that, un", Deidara said. "You can't kill someone less or more, either you kill them or you don't kill them."

Everyone turned to stare at him.

"What?" he asked. "It's true… Un."

Kisame punched him and turned back to us, a huge grin on his face. Guess he was enjoying himself somewhat.

"Okay gals", I said then, turning back to les bitches. "Three seconds' head start."

Temari looked a bit nervous, but Ino rolled her eyes, folding her arms over her chest. "She won't do anything", she assured her fellow blond.

"Three…"

"…You sure?" Temari asked, taking in my murderous face.

"Two…" I said.

"Of course!"

"One…"

"She don't have the guts."

"Zero."

Ino smirked. So did I.

"Time's up, Piggy", I hissed. "Here I come."

And, well… I did.

"Oh my god!" Ino screeched, leaping out of my way. "She's crazy!"

"People keep saying that", I agreed, lounging out to grab her. She skipped out of the way.

"Aaah!"

"Why don't you stop right there, Piglet?" I asked sweetly. Heh, it was a while since I'd done this…

"I don't think so!" she said, and then started running.

"STOP RIGHT THERE, BITCH!"

"C'MON! IT WAS JUST A JOKE!"

"AND A FUCKING TASTELESS ONE IN THAT! GET YA MOTHERFUCKING ASS HERE!"

"NOOOOOO WAY!"

Neji's PoV

I watched as the two of them ran into the hallway, screaming and cussing for all they were worth, and I couldn't help but smile.

"Uuh… Neji?" I turned to look at my uncle who also was watching the door where they'd disappeared.

"Yes?"

"…Look, I know she's a… um… nice girl and all…" he said slowly, furrowing his eyebrows, "but she doesn't seem quite… your type. Are you absolutely sure you did the right thing?"

I looked at him for a moment, and then turned back to the door, listening to my wife threatening the blond at the top of her lungs. My smile transformed into a full out grin.

"Uncle", I said, "I have never been so sure about anything in my entire life."

He looked at me for a moment, and then sighed and turned away, muttering something that sounded suspiciously much like, "He got it from his mother's side".

From what I've heard my mother was an interesting woman.

XxXxX

Tenten's PoV

People who say I just wasted my wedding-day completely are…

Absolutely right.

It was sunset, and I was still stalking around the garden of the Hyuuga compound, looking for that blond bitch. I knew I should've stopped ages ago, but I would not let her win.

I frowned and leaned down to check a rosebush. When I stood up straight again someone's arms encircled my waist.

I almost hit whoever it was on instinct, when Neji whispered, "Find her?" into my ear.

I smiled and leaned back into his chest, turning my head to kiss his jaw lightly. He smiled and leaned down to kiss me properly.

I got out of his embrace and stalked further down the path.

"Nope, but I know she's here somewhere…" I glared suspiciously at a cherry-blossom tree, thinking she may hide somewhere in there.

Neji sighed from behind me, and I heard as he followed me.

"So, what, you're going to spend both our wedding-day and our wedding-night to search for some bitch whose greatest thrill is to make her friends' life a living hell?" he asked, and I smiled at how he said that like he meant our lives were one and the same. "Fine by me. As long as you're happy."

He was standing right behind me now, practically breathing in neck. He would have if he wasn't too tall for that.

I stood there, silent for a moment, before I smiled gently.

"Nah", I eventually sighed. "I think I can come up with a better way to spend my wedding night."

I heard him smirk as he put his hands on my shoulders.

"As for example…?" he whispered. I smiled.

"Well, there's this really nice new bar downtown-"

He let out an annoyed sound and spun me around, and before I could react he was kissing me. I smiled against his lips, wrapping my arms around his neck.

When we broke apart after a moment I looked up at him with a smirk.

"Always as impatient", I teased. He smirked, too.

"Guess you've rubbed off on me", he replied, and kissed me again, more passionate this time.

I opened my eyes for just a second while he was kissing me, and looked at the ring on my left hand. The last rays of sunlight made the diamond glitter in the most beautiful way.

I smiled again, and closed my eyes. Finally I was complete.

XxXxX

A couple hundred meters from there a certain blond was cackling silently as she zoomed in on the couple, using a high-tech camera that her pink-haired friend's boyfriend certainly had paid for.

"Uuuh, Ino?" said pink-haired friend asked her. "Are you sure this is a good idea?"

"Yeah", Temari agreed, raising an eyebrow and folding her arms across her chest. "They didn't exactly take it in the best way possible today."

"Oh, shut up", Ino said impatiently. "You worry too much."

She paused, and then grinned. "After all, we have to have something to show at their anniversary, don't we?"

The End

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