Candy Canes & Mistletoe

Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I decided to post the epilogue early because I'm sure that it's Christmas Eve by now somewhere in the world. Anyway, I hope that you all enjoy the grand finale of Candy Canes & Mistletoe. Oh and if you're interested, please feel free to check out some of my other stories. Happy reading.

Chapter Notation: This takes place ten years after the last chapter.

Chapter 20

Ten years had passed since the North Pole Wedding and Naruto couldn't be happier. Not only was he married to the love of his life, but had also had two children. Yukiko and Aurora.

"Naruto, are you sure that it's a good idea to bring the kids to the office party?" Sasuke raises an eyebrow.

They were identical twins and both five years old. One's name meant Snow Child and the other was named after the scientific name for the Northern Lights. Aurora Borealis. (Obviously, they had nixed the Borealis part because neither of them were cruel enough to saddle a kid with that name).

The blonde just grins at his husband. "Of course, I am." Their little girls were angels now. They had eventually grown out of their Terrible Twos.

"I'm not really sure that an office party is something that two five year olds would enjoy." Sasuke sighs as they walk into the building with their twins in tow. "They'll get bored and lash out."

Sasuke was worrying way too much. Aurora and Yukiko would be just fine. Believe it!

"We'll be good, Daddy." Aurora smiles up at Sasuke sweetly as she brushes a long strand of sunshine colored hair behind her ear. "We promise." Her blue eyes shining up at him innocently.

Yeah. Both of their daughter's had blonde hair and blue eyes. Much to Sasuke's chagrin at first. His sexy bastard had been rather distraught to realize that he had started a new branch in the Uchiha Family tree. A blonde branch.

Sasuke smiles and obviously melts. "Good." Who could resist those bubble eyes? No one. That's who.

"Yep!" Yukiko giggles. "Grandma Kushina said that we'd get extra cookies, fi we were good at the party."

Naturally, their younger daughter had to go and say that. That made the whole promising to behave thing, well less sincere. Though Naruto certainly couldn't argue with the effectiveness of bribery as a technique. It could work wonders.

Sasuke sighs and shakes his head. "I guess that we should have seen that coming." He smiles and leads them through the hallway. "Come on."

Thanks to a little Christmas Magic, they had been able to combine their 'genetic contributions' into a surrogate. So the twins were biologically both of theirs and well Anko. The crazy lady had really stepped up to the plate to help them, especially since the twins looked nothing like her.

They looked nothing like their biological mother and everything like Sasuke, minus their hair and eye color. Yeah. Their daughters were going to be real heartbreakers when they grew up. Naruto just knew it.

"Yes, Daddy." Both of their girls smile as they follow Sasuke towards the party.

Damn. That was still a great ass, Naruto thinks to himself. Even after all these years, he was more than willing to end up on the Naughty List for Sasuke. Both because of his exceptional posterior and other reasons, of course!

"Naruto, could you not stare at the end of my sleigh that much when the kids are around?" Sasuke shakes his head in disbelief.

Damn. What the Hell? Did Sasuke have eyes in the back of his head or something? That was just creepy.

"I know that you got a lot of new power ups after marrying me and all, but that's creepy." Naruto blinks. "Do you really have like 360 degree vision?"

Their daughters naturally giggle at that. They were used to their fathers' banter. Well they should be used to it by now anyway. It wasn't like they didn't hear it every single day.

Sasuke rolls his eyes. "The whole not aging unless I want to look older and being semi immortal thing is cool." He smirks at him. "So is the ability to make those badass cookies and read that list of yours. Not to mention the Christmas Magic in general, but no." He shakes his head quickly. "I don't actually have eyes in the back of my head or 360 degree vision."

Mercifully, the security cameras didn't pick up audio. Otherwise, they would have to take drastic measures after that list of Claus Powers that Sasuke just rattled off like it was nobody's business.

"Well that's good to know." Naruto grins. "We should probably hurry though. I mean, it would suck if we were late for the Christmas Party."

Yeah. They'd never live that down. Like ever. As far as most of the employees of Sharingan were concerned at this office party, he and Sasuke had a North Pole themed wedding. So Christmas was 'their thing.'

A select few knew the truth though. Sasuke's family and Gaara. They had all been given the gift of 'eternal youth.' Which had a few clauses that people really should read before signing up for.

"Yes, yes, it would." Sasuke smiles as they step into the lobby.

The first one was that you weren't actually immortal. You just couldn't die of old age. Things like injuries and disease could still get you.

Fortunately, you could adjust your physical appearance to blend in. So he and Sasuke actually looked about thirty-five today. Which was frankly a relief because it would have been hard to explain why they hadn't aged a day in ten years otherwise.

"Pretty!" Yukiko giggles as she points to the massive Christmas tree.

This year it was designed to look like a pine tree that was covered in snow. It was also draped in red and green tinsel with colorful lights mixed in as well. Not to mention the candy canes, bulbs, and other ornaments that had been artfully arranged onto it and the treetopper. The golden angel in this case.

Aurora nods and smiles. "Very pretty." Yep. That summed it up rather nicely.

What was even more nice though was seeing everyone. Sasuke's parents were in the corner under the mistletoe and Itachi was twirling Gaara around the dance floor. Yes, twirling.

Naruto blinks at that. "Your brother has some serious game, if he's getting away with that." Hell, Sasuke wouldn't even let Naruto do that. Then again, his sexy bastard had always been a lot more stubborn than Gaara. (Which was saying something because that was one stubborn red head).

"It's an Uchiha thing." Sasuke smirks at that.

Jugo and Kimimaro were by the punch bowl. It was nice to see that those two hadn't split up. They'd stood the test of time.

"Hey, guys." Naruto beams as he and his family make their way over to them. "How's it going?"

Jugo smiles at him. "Well Fluffy, just had some puppies." Oh that was cool. "We're probably gonna keep four of the eight and train them how to be therapy dogs. Anymore than that and well it'd be hard to handle that many."

Right. Those two had started raising and breeding therapy dogs as a side hobby while they continued their successful careers at Sharingan.

"Puppies!" Aurora smiles at Sasuke and Naruto.

Oh boy. He knew exactly where this was going and it wasn't anywhere good. One would think talking reindeer would be enough to keep their attention, but apparently not.

"I imagine that you'll be getting some golden retrievers soon." Orochimaru chuckles as he walks over to them with Kabuto following him.

It was so creepy how those two were still stuck like glue to each other. Jugo and Kimimaro were cute. Kabuto and Orochimaru were just creepy.

Naruto rolls his eyes at him. "I imagine that you should shut up soon." Honestly, how was this guy even still around? You'd think the Uchihas would have found a reason to fire him a long time ago.

"Now, now." Orochimaru chuckles. "That wasn't very nice. You wouldn't want to end up on Santa's Naughty List."

Their daughters were about to say something, but luckily Sasuke manages to cover both their mouths in the nick of time. They might have been able to come up with some kind of excuse, but Naruto was relieved that they didn't have to do so.

"It's not smart to harass the husband of the boss's son." Sasuke shakes his head. "Give us an excuse to fire you, Orochimaru. Please make my day." That was apparently all that had to be said because Kabuto and Orochimaru both slink off together.

"They're so damn creepy." Naruto shakes his head in disbelief.

Sasuke nods and the blonde sighs. Oh well. There was something kinda comforting about that. Without bad guys, there could be no good guys.

"I wanna dance too." A little red headed boy darts over to Itachi and Gaara, a few minutes later…much to Sasuke's amusement

His name was Kenji and he was Sasuke's nephew. Gaara's and Itachi's son looked exactly like his older brother. Save for his brilliant red hair.

Itachi smiles as he scoops Kenji up and puts the boy on his back. "Of course, you can dance any time that you like." Which the boy did by swaying on one of his father's backs.

It was frankly adorable. Sasuke didn't use that word lightly, but it was true. What was perhaps even more amusing was Fugaku showing Mikoto a picture after kissing her and the Uchiha Matriarch giving him a dirty look.

It didn't take a genius to realize what his father had done. "I can't believe he kept that." Sasuke blinks. There were times when the CEO truly did surprise him.

"Kept what?" Naruto looks at him in confusion.

Sasuke just smiles at his husband. The blonde obviously hadn't seen what he had. Which was fine. He didn't mind filling Naruto in.

Well, between laughter anyway. "That picture of them at the Super Bowl." The one where his mother had been wearing a ridiculously small cheerleader outfit during winter.

"Oh that." Naruto blinks. "Your father is a really brave man." That was damn true. "I don't think that I'd really push my luck against someone like your mother. She's pretty tough."

That was putting it mildly. Sasuke smirks as he remembers Naruto's ex. Haku had learned quickly what happened to people who messed with Mikoto Uchiha.

"Yeah." He nods. "Me neither."

Yukiko and Aurora both smile as they dart over to their grandparents and uncles. "Hi, Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Itachi, Uncle Gaara, and Cousin Kenji."

That was quite the mouthful for a pair of five year olds, Sasuke muses. He was actually rather impressed.

"Hello." They were soon greeted by hugs and kisses.

Theirs was a warm family. One that he was all too eager to taunt Haku with. So he may have sent the idiot a few emails with happy family photos. So sue him. Sasuke didn't mind being on the Naughty List for a good cause.

Speaking of hugs and kisses though, Sasuke tilts his head as he watches Anko and Kisame scurf down the various goodies at the refreshment tables. Those two were quite the unlikely match to say the least.

"How does that even work?" Sasuke and Naruto wonder out loud at the same time.

Apparently, the answer was very well. Though they were far from the only unlikely couple at the Christmas Party because Suigetsu and Sai were both heading their way.

"Hey." Suigetsu grins at them. "So how is the whole toy factory thing going?"

That's what they had told everyone. That they had opened up a new division for Sharingan that specifically designed children's toys. It was true. They did manage a toy factory in their spare time besides the North Pole.

It was honestly child's play to keep it running. Nothing was nearly as taxing as delivering Christmas to the entire world. Though few things were nearly as rewarding.

"It's going great!" Naruto smiles at them.

Sai nods and beams. "That's good. I'm glad that you and Dickless are doing so well." He chuckles at Sasuke as both Clauses try their best not to twitch at his comment.

Sai was Sai. The artist had never really completely grown out of his 'Awkward Phase,' though he had made a lot of progress since becoming Suigetsu's lover and later, Suigetsu's husband.

Yeah. They had gotten married. The wedding had been extremely trippy to say the least.

"Glad you and Mr. Freudian are doing so well." Sasuke smiles back at Sai a little too sweetly.

Sai frowns at that, but it was clear Suigetus got t he reference. "Hey!" The white haired man rolls his eyes. "Has anyone ever told you that you can be a real jerk sometimes, Sassy?"

Sasuke shrugs. He had never really denied that fact. It was true. That's' all there was to it, but he was a proud jerk. Thank you very much.

Besides, he wasn't doing any actual harm and everyone was having such a great time at the party. It was amazing how so much had changed, but so much had stayed the same at the same time.

"Has anyone ever told you that I don't care?" Sasuke smirks.

Naruto laughs at that and kisses Sasuke's cheek. "Yep." He winks at Suigetsu. "This sexy bastard is all mine."

Well thank goodness that the kids were out of earshot. Sasuke really didn't want to have to explain to them why it was okay that one of their daddies had said a 'bad word.' That would just be positively headache inducing.

"Yeah. You can keep him." Suigetsu rolls his eyes. "I prefer my men to only have one big stick up their backside and I'm not referring to having an attitude problem."

Whatever. Sasuke didn't give a damn. Let Suigetsu have his stupid pun. He was Mr. Santa Claus for goodness sakes.

Speaking of goodness, Minato had officially retired awhile back and passed the title to Naruto. He was young to retire, but Naruto had just been so gong ho about the family business that Minato had bowed out gracefully.

The man now took on a supportive role. That and Kushina was certainly pleased by the fact her husband had a lot more spare time. So it had worked out well for everyone.

"Well it looks like your parents finally let go of the mistletoe." Naruto laughs as he drags Sasuke over there. "So we might as well make good use of it. Remember what I told you a long time ago?"

Sasuke smirks at the memory of how it all began. "If you like candy canes better, we'll continue this game all through December and spend Christmas underneath the mistletoe."

Naruto nods approvingly as he kisses Sasuke. It was amazing, really. After all these years, the blonde still took his breath away just by kissing him. The only difference was now they had two twin daughters who were making yucky faces at the sight of their parents kissing.

Not that Sasuke could blame them. He did the same thing when his parents did such things and he was a grown man. His daughters could be allowed their yucky faces. What wasn't yucky though was the sweet taste of Naruto's kiss.

"There's really nothing better than candy canes and mistletoe, huh?" Naruto grins at him.

Sasuke shakes his head and smiles. "You're such an idiot." That smile soon grew into a laugh. "But you're my sexy idiot and I wouldn't trade you for the world. I don't even mind getting on the Naughty List with you now and then."