Reviewers;

Logan Locke: You...you don't just like her knockers?...Same. For me, I like a firm girl set in her beliefs and with blonde hair blue eyes. That, and she would always know how to comfort me. She would know me so well! Anyways, the atmosphere sounded serene to me as well, and then there was that moment like a roller coaster before the final drop before you hit the blissful and satisfying end. I am ready for you Logan, so here is the end chapter. P.S. PM me for ideas, and just general stuff as I'll be off the posting line, writing out the next story.

PoeticFire: Yes, yes I have. I almost named it the Painter and the Goddess, but when I read it over, I had subconsciously added in her symptoms all over the place.

Killer Husky: Glad to be as unexpected as Naruto. The tone was a more physical aspect as Sakura can't achieve the fine arts such as playing an instrument or painting like in high school. Hope you try your own story, and just PM me when you post it.

Czar Joseph: Yep, mental trauma. Thought it would be a 'head case.'

OGKushLand: Sakura not able to have kids may be in the future, but just didn't fit into this story. But I will continue to surprise you.

Ghostpoet: mmmm...dead last baka teme...

XxAshishxX: Well, she'll have a great memory with the syndrome and all, and she does have the one and only Naruto at her side.

Duh Bomb: Beautiful...

Mundane Beast: I try...I try.

AN: Well you guys and girls, I have done my best and this is the result for the last chapter. I hope you have enjoyed my story. I will be taking the rest of the year, until till Febuary to write out my next story, so read other stories for a small while.

AN2: If you would like me to PM you when I start my next story, just say so in your review.

AN3: Happy Hanukah, Felis Navedah, Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Wonderful Winter!

Tone and Stroke

Chapter 30: Goddess and Painter Forevermore

Six months passed and for one Sakura Haruno, she was for once in her life, as nervous as she had ever been. And right now, she was walking into a wedding boutique with her mother and Ino standing beside her. And now, Ino and her mother were outside the dressing stall as Sakura tried on her sixth dress of the day.

Sakura pulled back the curtain and walked out and instantly, her eyes moved back and forth between her best friend and mother, waiting for their approval and dissapproval.

"Oh Sakura, you look beautiful." Ms. Haruno cooed and Sakura blushed.

"Moommm, you say that about all of them."

"Because they all are, sweetheart."

"Well, I don't know if feathers are right for you, Sakura." Ino suggested, and Sakura nodded in agreement as she looked in the mirror at her reflection. The feathers looked like they were falling all around her and she grimaced. Definitely not her.

Sakura nodded to Ino and made her way back inside the booth before Ino reached in and gave her the next dress. Sakura took five full minutes to step out ofthe dress previous before placing it precariously on the now filled rack in the room and turned to the seventh dress in question.

Sakura huffed before she unzipped the bag and began to place it on her body. She didn't know why but she could tell that this one was different. For one, it fit her body pretty well. Sakura's sizes were kind of rare and in between others, so she didn't like shopping too much, but this one fit her like a glove.

Sakura pulled the zipper up from her side and pulled the curtain once more and for the first time today, her mother did not comment and Ino did not coo. Instead, they simply widened their eyes and smiled as Sakura walked up to the floor length mirror.

Sakura's wedding dress was form fitting and sculpted along her body perfectly, showing all of her curves and was covered in intricate petal designs of white lace and satin. There was rivets of silver woven into the dress that moved down below her knees and casted a radiant glow about her. Finally a fresh stream of tears flowed down Sakura's face at the image that she was seeing before her.

"Sakura..." Yuki began.

"You look…" Ino began.

"…beautiful...I love it." Sakura smiled and moved to hug her friend and mother in the white dress, and looked to the smiling girl at the entrance to the boutique. "How much?"

One month later, Sakura and Ino were in a large cathedral inside the bridal suite, waiting for the wedding to commence. For Sakura, she was nervous but did so while sitting in a lounge chair as her best friend forever kept pacing back and forth in her pink and purple blended bridesmaid dress, listing off instructions from a headset wrapped around her ear and in her hair.

"Is the lighting perfect?…good. Next is the choir…good…then we have-"

"Ino! Stop!" Sakura screamed at her best friend, and Ino paused in her mental checklist and looked to her soon to be former roommate.

It was surprising for Ino in her opinion. She didn't know why, but she imagined that Sakura and Naruto would still swap between their houses or that they would share Sakura's room in the shared apartment. But after today, Sakura would be living not at her apartment, nor at Naruto's, but instead they had picked out a house near Konoha Lake, a nice area to live in with great schools.

Ino wanted them to share with her, but she was glad that they were buying a house of their own. It showed that they were ready to be together, but now Ino looked at Sakura who was showing everything that showed how nervous she was. Sakura was sweating profusely, and had already had deodorant applied onto her body three times. Her palms were sweaty, her lips were bitten raw and her dress was becoming crinkled. Ino was simply here to make sure that Sakura did not run out on the wedding.

Ino looked at the clock and smiled, before a buzzing told her that they were all set to go. "Come on, Sakura. It's time to become Mrs. Uzumaki."

Sakura smiled brighter at that and allowed Ino to pull her up. Together they made their way to the area behind the main chapel doors and got ready for the song to begin.

Up at the front of the church, Naruto breathed deeply and pulled on his tux collar below looking down at himself and checking his black vest that he thought was bulging on his stomach. But Ino had assured him that he looked dashing and that Sakura would stumble at one look. Naruto didn't think so; Sakura didn't stumble.

Naruto couldn't think right now though. His mind was on everything after the ceremony. He had called the limousine company, he had made sure the catering had arrived already, he had called Sakura to wish her a happy day.

And there his mind went again to worrying about Sakura. He hadn't seen her in two days now. Ino had insisted on keeping tradition of not seeing the bride until the big day. And when he had called Sakura, she had sounded…nervous, fluttery, and her mind elsewhere.

Naruto breathed deep and looked down the aisle, looking past the cameras, various celebrities, and past and current family and friends, to the back of the aisle hoping to see through the red doors at the end and seeing the white gown of his soon to be wife.

He just wanted to see her so bad. He wanted to know that she was here, behind those oak doors, waiting to walk down that aisle to see him standing here. He wanted her to be here, just like that. Naruto shook his head and tried to think of tonight…what would happen…tonight.

Naruto blushed. Sakura's mother had handled their honeymoon reservations and five hours after the service, the two of them, hopefully the two of them, would be on a charter flight to the land of Hot Springs, to a small resort town called Mizu Huki.

Naruto jumped at the sound of the organ sounding and looked towards the doors once more.

Sakura heard the sound of the organ and immediately lost it. She spun around and began to flee, only to run into Ino's knowing arms. Ino smiled and slowly turned her around.

"Ino, I-I can't do it."

"You can Sakura."

"I can't. There's so many people!"

"Don't focus on them. Focus on just Naruto."

"Naruto…right." Sakura gulped and nodded her head as the doors opened.

Sakura began to walk forward, her eyes straight ahead and muttered to herself as she walked up the aisle, the people looking at her stuttering figure and smiling at her as she walked further down the aisle. For some unknown reason, there was some laughter in the chapel, and Sakura looked forward wondering why.

On either side of the aisle was…no one. Where were her bridesmaids and Naruto's groomsmen? A click of heels sounded and Sakura blushed redder than what she felt was the most in her life. The sound was coming from behind her. She had gone before everyone else!

Sakura laughed quietly at her own actions, but held her bouquet in her hands and continued forward before her right foot caught in her left and she stumbled at the sight of her future husband before her.

She saw Naruto smirk at her while his eyes took in her face covered by the vail that was covered in petal designs. Sakura smiled back and Naruto walked down the steps to stand beside her. Sakura began to link her arms with his when the bouquet of flowers took notice.

Sakura began to look around for where she could place it when Ino appeared at her side and took them off her hands and sent her a smile. Sakura smiled back and turned to Naruto, before she nodded and they made their way to the alter above them.

Once they reached the top, they parted and Naruto reached forward and slowly lifted up the vail. As the vail lifted, the two of them smiled brighter and brighter before they leaned forward and kissed for a second, before the priest cleared his throat and they smiled and face forward, ready to begin.

Around them, the girls and boys created a diagonal line at their sides and the service began.

"Now, we will proceed with the vows." The priest spoke before nodding to Naruto, who smiled and breathed in before looking into Sakura's eyes and began his vow with his ring in his hand.

"Sakura-Chan…I want this to be short and sweet, because I can't truly express my feelings for you. When I first met you, I painted you as if I was trying to paint your soul so that I could keep a part of you with me. And now that I know you, I know that I will take care of you for the rest of my life. I can't simply have a piece of your heart, Sakura. I need to have all of it to survive. I need the heart of my Goddess."

Naruto ended his vow by placing the ring on Sakura's finger and looked at her crying eyes, and Sakura struggled to continue the ceremony.

"I…I promised I wouldn't cry and yet I am. Geez, I am so weak in the knees around you, Naruto. And yet, I know that I can be as weak in the knees as can be, and you will take care of me. You don't see me as weak. You think I am strong, and you are my pillar of strength. Y-you have my heart, my soul, and my love, Naruto-Kun. And I need my Painter to live as well."

Sakura placed the ring on Naruto's finger and saw the water pooling in his eyes and giggled as she knew that tears were streaking down her face. Their bodies were rigged and ready and looked towards the priest who smiled at the couple.

"By the powers vested in me, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride." The two moved forward and kissed with all the passion that had been building inside them since the first time they spoke to the other.

Now, in anime history, there are said to be a hundred top kisses of all time…this one simply blew them all away. After a minute of cheering and clapping, the audience started giggling as the lovers leaned into the other and their hands moved to buttons and zippers. The priest cleared his throat awkwardly and poked their shoulders.

"I'm sorry, but can you two not make a baby next to the alter?"

Two hours later, Naruto and Sakura were sitting together at the front of a small reception hall, with just family and friends before them. The two of them were smiling and listening as their friends told the worst stories about them, but they were all in good spirit and the newlyweds laughed at all the forgotten stories that were told.

"And now! For the newlyweds' first dance as man and wife!"

Naruto smiled and got up before holding his hand out to his wife of two hours. "Well, Mrs. Uzumaki, shall we dance?"

Sakura smiled and got up, her emerald evening dress shimmering as she did. "Of course, Mr. Uzumaki." Sakura teased lovingly as they walked out to the center of the dance floor and Sakura and Naruto began to move as their song began to play. Sakura smiled as Naruto moved rather well.

"I didn't know you could dance so well."

Naruto smiled before spinning them around and dropping Sakura's body to the floor, holding her up with his arms and covering her body with his. Sakura's eyes widened and she smiled brightly as Naruto smiled down at her lewdly.

"You will find that I have many surprises for you in this marriage."

Sakura saw the coloring in her husband's eyes and smiled as she asked knowingly. "You want me so bad, don't you?" Naruto leaned Sakura back up and as others joined them, and moved her head to his shoulder, making Sakura giggle into his ear. "You are truly unpredictable."

Naruto moaned lightly as Sakura leaned forward and nibbled on his ear, "but so am I…I want you so bad as well," Sakura breathed.

"I could take you right here, in the middle of this dance floor if you'd like."

"You are making my feet feel like jelly."

"Just wait till I'm through with you by the end of the honeymoon." Naruto smiled into Sakura's hair as they just swayed back and forth, dancing to the soft music.

Lights flashed as the couple posed for pictures and cut the cake, their movements fluid with the other, hot to the touch, like a fire was waiting to be started and explode with amazing force. And finally, after sunset had arrived, the couple got into the limousine and made their way to their plane which set off in the sunset making its way to Mizu Huki.

Once the plane landed, the couple grabbed their luggage and grabbed a taxi the first chance they got. The taxi driver kept looking back at them in the rearview mirror to see the two of them planting repetitive kisses on the others' lips in a game that had started on the plane.

Finally, after another hour of driving, the taxi pulled into a hotel driveway where the door opened by the help of a valet while another grabbed their luggage and put it on a luggage cart. Naruto grabbed Sakura out of the taxi and paid the driver before making their way to the lobby and the desk where the keys were located.

"Hello. Mr. and Mrs. Uzumaki?"

"Passports please?"

"Of course," Naruto passed the passports over and the lady at the counter smiled before giving them their keys. Naruto nodded and pulled Sakura along, who kept insisting on kissing his neck the entire time.

They took the elevator to the top floor which held the bridal suites and as the doors opened, Naruto bent down and picked Sakura up in bridal fashion, and Sakura smiled hysterically as he rushed to the door and opened it.

Inside, their luggage was already waiting for them, due to the valet knowing the secret passages and so while Naruto put the luggage case on the dresser, Sakura grabbed one of the small packages from the wedding and disappeared into the bathroom.

Naruto moved to the balcony doors and looked out. He had everything he could ever want in his life. He had the greatest life imaginable. He could die happily, in Sakura's heavenly arms. A knocking on the bedroom door caught Naruto's attention and so he turned back and dropped his jaw.

"Like it, Mr. Uzumaki?" Sakura smiled lovingly as she stood in the bedroom doorway, her hair still curled from the wedding, flowing down her frame, as she stood before Naruto in a red nightie that was made of lace and half the fabric as the one Naruto had given her five years ago. On her legs were pink stockings, her skin covered in slightly redder petals, with white gloves from her hands to her elbows.

"I love it, Sakura-Chan." Naruto muttered and Sakura smiled brighter before she moved into the moonlight. Naruto moaned a bit as the moonlight casted the glow around her body and made his wife shine so bright.

Sakura reached forward and cupped Naruto's head in her hands, and kissed him passionately. "You know, Naruto. I found out that I'm in heat yesterday."

"It's okay. We don't have to do anything now."

"No, I want to." Sakura smiled brighter.

"Well," Naruto chuckled. "At least you're on the pill."

"…Naruto…"

"…Yeah?"

Sakura smiled lewdly and whispered seductively. "I stopped taking my pills two weeks ago." And as they stared deeply into the others eyes, they smiled together that matched as only a loving couple would and Sakura kissed Naruto deeply.

"Naruto...let's make a baby."

AN4: I just want to thank all my reviewers and readers for inspiration; Logan Locke: Mundane Beast, XxAshishxX, Duh Bomb, Ghostpoet, Killer Husky, Poetic Fire, DizzGirlJess, Czar Joseph, Czar Ryno, and all the others! Thanks!