MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! Here's the final part! To quote the movie, Despicable Me, "It's so fluffy I'm gonna die! It's so fluffy!" Prepare yourself for Christmasy fluffiness :D

Before I start with the review thanking and what not... I posted a mini story by one of my wonderful reviewers, Serenity Namikaze, onto the end of chapter 2. I found it pretty amusing, and with her permission posted it. So go back and check it out for a quick laugh =)

As always, I appreciate the reviews/follows/favorites =)

Thanks to everyone who reviewed since last time: bankai777, Serenity Namikaze, Nani-Rez, Gold Testament, Cloud Ex-SOLDIER,Toasty Warrior, wind797, holydemon90, Gundam27, Blazing CobaltX

bankai777: There will not be a lemon scene. Lemons aren't my forte. I may eventually do a lemon sequel to this for Valentine's Day. MAYBE. We shall see...

Serenity Namikaze: I hate Twilight with a passion, sparkles and vampires don't mix... Just seemed to be a funny and random gift idea for a Sasuke who loves reading =P And you know Naruto, when ramen is involved he starts acting like a little 12 year old boy again! Glad you enjoyed the story so far and hopefully you enjoy the oh so fluffy conclusion! Thanks again for your mini story, it is now posted onto the end of chapter 2 :D

Nani-Rez: Thanks! :D I hope you enjoy the conclusion =)

Gold Testament: Hehe, glad you enjoyed it :D I had a lot of fun writing the gift exchanges!

Cloud Ex-SOLDIER: I dunno, Sasuke is the Kakashi of Team 7 when comparing Team 7 to Kakashi's genin team. Cool, calm, quiet, mysterious. Add in the Sasuke in this story's love of reading books (especially Icha Icha books) and I don't see it as that big of a stretch =) I'm glad you've enjoyed the story so far and I hope you like the conclusion!

Toasty Warrior: Minor spoiler alert- Lots of fluffiness.

Echo Uchiha: -_- (anime smilie)

wind797: I was tempted to have Sakura take the panties... but I went with the ramen booklet as it was just too cute for me to pass up! Twilight was more of a random "lol, Sasuke likes Twilight. What's up with that?" kind of gift =P

holydemon90: Thanks! Oh, and speaking of fluffieness... /e looks down at the last chapter

Gundam27: Thanks! I hope you enjoy the conclusion =)

Blazing CobaltX: Thanks =)

And now,without further ado, the conclusion.

Please do enjoy "All I Want For Christmas- Dec 25"


Sakura slowly stirred with a smile present on her face. She lazily lifted her head off Naruto's chest to see if he was awake yet, but he was not. God he looks so cute when he sleeps. Her warm smile didn't leave her face as she once again laid her head back down on his chest, tightening the embrace she had him wrapped in. He subconsciously tightened his hold on her in response.

This was all still a little hard to believe for Sakura. Three days ago she had not seen or talked to the baka for two long years, yet here she was, in his bed holding him tight on Christmas morning. Looks like my Christmas wish came true. She thought as she closed her eyes and listened to his calm heartbeat. It was so soothing.

"Ramen..no Chouji… That's my ramen. You can't have it, I'm hokage and the ramen is all mine…" Naruto muttered in his sleep, causing his girlfriend to giggle. Leave it to Naruto to dream about ramen…

"What? Sakura-chan? No! Of course I love you more than ramen. Ramen's great, but it's not even close to being in your league, believe it!" Sakura turned her head so she could smile at her baka. Even in his sleep he's sweet.

"No Sakura-chan I'm not lying. Here, you can have the ramen. I don't need it. I'll give ramen up if that's what it takes!" Naruto continued mumbling.

Sakura couldn't take it anymore, and gently pressed her lips into his. Still asleep Naruto returned the kiss, before realizing what exactly was going on, his sapphire eyes shot open with a look of pleasant surprise. Sakura broke the kiss.

"Merry Christmas Naruto."

"Merry Christmas Sakura-chan! That was the best way I've ever woken up!" he said shooting her a foxy grin.

"Consider it one of your Christmas gifts then."

The two returned to cuddling, enjoying the warmth the other provided, neither really wanting to get out of bed.

"Sakura-chan?"

"Yes Naruto?"

"Thanks for not giving up on me. Having you here like this… that's the best Christmas present I could ever ask for. I'm…"

He was cut off by Sakura attacking his lips, this time their tongues waged war and after minutes of furious kissing they both pulled back gasping.

"You were more than worth the wait Naruto." The pink-haired girl said softly before resuming cuddling with her happy boyfriend.


Sakura and Naruto stayed in bed for a good two hours before reluctantly dragging themselves out. Surprisingly, it was Naruto who convinced Sakura to get up.

"I have to give you your gift Sakura-chan, you're going to love it!"

"Fine, let's get up then. But I need a shower, I'm not going to do Christmas with you when I'm looking like this!"

"Looking like what? Sakura-chan you look amazing!"

"That's sweet Naruto. But my hair's a mess and greasy, I have gunk in my eyes, and my morning breath isn't exactly the greatest right now…"

"Sakura-chan it's impossible for you to NOT look amazing. You are the most beautiful woman in the world, whether or not you just woke up."

Sakura melted at the compliment, and rewarded Naruto for his sweet words with another kiss. "Fine, so I'm "beautiful" right now," Sakura said making sure to use finger quotations when she said the word beautiful. "But I still want a shower. I feel gross!"

"Ok Sakura-chan. I'll make breakfast then!"

She simply nodded with a smile and went off to his bathroom. Stripping from her underwear she got in the shower, loving the feel of the warm water on her skin, before a thought came into her head.

"Naruto!" No response. "NARUTO!" Still no response. Jeeze, his apartment is small, he should be able to hear me… Sakura jumped out of the shower, quickly toweling off before wrapping the towel around her body and walking out into the kitchen.

Naruto tried his best to feign surprise when he saw her walk in, but he had heard her, and he knew what she was going to say. So he decided to play dumb and act like he never heard her.

"No ramen for breakfast!" She snapped with a playful smile on her face.

"But Sakura-chaaaan, it's closer to lunch time than breakfast time anyways…"

"NO RAMEN!"

"…Fine Sakura-chan." The blonde grumbled muttering something about his dreams. Satisfied, Sakura returned to the shower. 20 minutes later she emerged from the bathroom, wearing one of Naruto's orange robes, which was a little big on her, and her hair was tied back in a ponytail.

She was pleasantly surprised when Naruto greeted her with eggs, toast, sausage, bacon, pancakes and waffles; she had half expected ramen still.

"How… did you do all of this in such a short amount of time?" She asked. Her boyfriend just smirked at her.

"Kage-bunshins!"

The couple leaned against each other as they enjoyed their Christmas breakfast.

"That was delicious Naruto! I'm stuffed! I never knew you were such a good cook!"

"Well… breakfast food is really easy to make Sakura-chan." Naruto sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "And besides, when you live by yourself all your life you just sorta pick up cooking."

"Speaking of that…" Sakura said shyly. "I know we've only been officially dating for 2 days now… But I was wondering about something."

"Wondering about what Sakura-chan?" the blonde clearly had no clue where this was going.

"I know you like this apartment and all, but it's so small. Why don't you move in with me? I have plenty of room..."

"You're asking me to move in with you?" Naruto sputtered.

"What's so hard to believe about that? I love you and I want to be with you. Don't tell me you still think this is a dream or…"

Naruto waved his hands in front of her. "No, it's nothing like that Sakura-chan! I just… I don't know. This is just like out of one of my dreams. I'm just a little surprised that's all…"

"You still haven't given me a response baka."

"Of course I will Sakura-chan!" Naruto was rewarded with one of his girlfriend's beautiful smiles, before he thanked her with a kiss.

"Want to open presents now?" The excited blonde asked.

"I don't have yours with me. Let's do presents at our place."

Both boyfriend and girlfriend's smile widened at the mention of "our" place.

"Ok! Let me just grab your present then we can go!"


Naruto and Sakura sat on the couch in Saku…their living room, heads leaning together and one arm around each other.

"You first Naruto." Sakura said handing him a small package wrapped in orange wrapping paper with bowls of ramen on it.

Naruto carefully unwrapped the paper, and stared at a small black box with Naruto written on it in kanji. He removed the lid and gasped.

"That's… that's just like..."

Naruto stared down at a rope necklace, just like the one Tsunade gave him that was destroyed in his fight with Pain. Well, not exactly like it. The two metal studs on either side of the gem were a sapphire blue, and the gem itself was pink, perfectly matching Sakura's hair.

"Sakura-chan… this is..." tears formed in Naruto's eyes. He remembered mentioning it briefly to Sakura once after the fight with Pain how much he missed the necklace. "I can't believe…" Naruto was struggling to find words.

She shushed him with a finger to his lips, and took the necklace from his hand and put it around his neck. It just felt so right to Naruto, feeling the necklace hanging on his neck and laying on his chest.

"Where did you find this? It's… perfect."

"I made it! After you told me you missed your necklace, I went and asked Tsunade-shishou if she knew where her grandfather had gotten his necklace. She told me about a jeweler in the hidden waterfall village, and after he told me what to do I started making it."

"Thank you Sakura-chan, thank you so much." Naruto said as he kissed his girlfriend.

"I'm glad you like it! Now it's my turn, ne?" Naruto responded by giving her a curious look, and giving her his full and undivided attention while handing her a small box wrapped in white paper with cherry blossoms on it.

She began unwrapping and was a little curious as to why Naruto slipped from her embrace, but was too distracted by a small black box to notice. Naruto at this point, had gotten on one knee in front of Sakura, and had her hand in his, as he opened the lid. Tears began pooling in Sakura's eyes.

"Sakura-chan… I know we've only been dating for a short time. But I've always loved you, and I always will. So Sakura Haruno… will you marry me?"

"YES, OF COURSE NARUTO!" she yelled as she pounced on him and began furiously kissing him, tears falling from her eyes. She looked at Naruto's face and her entire heart was warmed when she saw his face was tugged into the largest and happiest grin she had ever seen.

"As much as I enjoy this Sakura-chan, I'm pretty sure I'm supposed to put the ring on you." Sakura giggled and got off her boyfriend as she examined the ring.

It had a gold band with cherry blossoms imprinted into it, and housed a large flawless diamond that was surrounded by alternating emeralds and sapphires. She noticed there were some sort of strange markings on the inside of the band, looking closer she could see, "I'll love you forever, promise of a lifetime." Written in a strange calligraphy… It sort of looked like a weird looking seal.

"What's that Naruto?" she asked as she pointed to the inside of the ring. Naruto grinned at her proudly.

"I modified my father's seal." Sakura gasped. "So now you won't need to carry around that bulky kunai, I can flash to you instantly whenever you're wearing this ring. And if you ever want to see me, all you have to do is pump a little bit of chakra into the seal and I will know that you're calling. Now you never have to be alone and I can always protect you."

Fresh tears spilled from her eyes, "Oh Naruto…" she wrapped her boyfriend…fiancé in a tight embrace.

"Sakura-chan, I still haven't put the ring on your finger…"

Sakura snapped back and held her hand out to Naruto with an excited smile on her face. She nearly squealed with joy as he slipped the beautiful ring onto her finger, officially binding the two together.

Now that Naruto had finally put the ring back onto her finger, Sakura was free to get back to what she was doing earlier. She once again pounced on Naruto and claimed his lips. After sharing their most passionate kiss thus far, they sat back, breathing heavily.

"I've always belonged to you Sakura. But now it's official. I'm yours, now and forever." The future hokage whispered.

Sakura leaned down into his ear and whispered, "And I'm yours, now and forever."

Sakura suddenly hoisted her fiancé off the ground using her chakra enhanced strength. A confused Naruto just stared at her wide-eyed as she hoisted him over her shoulder. His face was dangerously close to her butt, and Naruto started getting a nose bleed as he stared at her perfection.

"It's 1:00 right now, we don't have to be at my parents until 7:00, and they have one of your kunai there." Sakura said in seductive tone as she tossed her boyfriend onto the bed. "That gives us almost 6 full hours." Sakura then walked to their closet, while a still confused Naruto simply watched.

Sakura grabbed some sort of hidden box. "Now you just wait here Naruto-kun." The pinkette cooed before walking out of the room. A few minutes later, Sakura re-entered the bedroom. Naruto's eyes nearly bulged out of his skull and he couldn't stop himself from drooling a little.

Looks like you were right shishou. WE will be getting some good use out of your gift after all.

"Sa… Sakura-chan… you're so…" Sakura leaned over, to give him a better view of her bosom as she waited for him to finish. "You're so gorgeous. You must be an angel, it's the only explanation!" Naruto stammered.

"Thanks Naruto-kun. You look pretty good yourself." Sakura lovingly replied, crawling toward him and capturing his attention with a seductive smile.

Naruto melted like putty under that smile. This really is the best Christmas ever…The lucky blonde thought.


Five hours and fifty-five minutes later, a freshly showered Naruto and Sakura sat cuddled together. Naruto was wearing a red sweater, with the Haruno symbol on the back in white, a pair of tan khacki pants, and a pair of brown dress shoes. His new necklace was hanging over the sweater of course.

His fiancé had unsealed the clothes from a scroll saying she bought them yesterday because he needed more nice clothes.

Sakura was wearing a red dress that matched Naruto's sweater perfectly, and she had a red Christmas bow tied in her hair. She was also proudly wearing her ring.

"We should probably get going, I don't think it would be a good idea to make my mom and dad wait on the day we tell them we're engaged." Sakura said softly.

Naruto's grin got bigger when he heard the word engaged. He still could hardly believe it.

"I sure was a baka wasn't I…" he muttered, not realizing he said it out loud.

His fiancé gave him a quick peck on the cheek. "You sure were. And you still are. You've always been a baka and you always will be my baka. Now let's go!"

A pink and yellow blur left Sakura's apartment and instantly appeared in the Haruno household.

"Sakura, Naruto! You're just in time!" Kaori Haruno called out, hugging Naruto. As she hugged Sakura, she felt something a little strange touching her back. She pulled back from Sakura and gasped and grinned simultaneously.

"Sakura, is this what I think it is?"

"Yep! Naruto and I are officially engaged!"

"NANI?" Makoto Haruno gasped as he greeted the couple. He grabbed Sakura's hand and whistled. "Dang Naruto. Looks you know how to spoil my little girl!"

The future hokage smiled sheepishly and scratched the back of his head.

"I'm so happy for the two of you! Congratulations!" Kaori said hugging both of them once again.

"So… when am I getting grandchildren?"

WHAM WHAM!

Both mother and daughter stood over the Haruno patriarch with annoyed looks on their faces, although Sakura's face was also tinted pink. Naruto was also blushing.

"What? I'm not getting any younger damnit! I want grandkids!"

WHAM WHAM!

"Well excuse me for asking!"

WHAM WHAM!

Naruto felt bad for his future father-in-law. He was now seeing where Sakura got her tendency to hit first, and ask questions later from as he stared at the huffing older Haruno woman.

"Ne, Haruno-san we'll…" Naruto gulped as Sakura faced him with a look that said 'if you egg him on I will kill you, revive you, kill you, revive you then beat you within an inch of your life.' "We'll get around to it when Sakura-chan is ready!" Naruto closed his eyes and prepared himself for a beating.

When none came he slowly peaked one eye open to see both Sakura and her mother giving him a warm smile.

"Fine just…" It was Sakura's father's turn to gulp as his wife fixed him with a glare that said 'drop it if you value your life in the slightest.' "Just focus on you two being happy for now. I'm sure you'll have children when you're both ready!" He sputtered hoping that appeased his wife.

Now both Haruno women were fixing their men with a soft smile.

Whew both Naruto and Makato exhaled in relief.


Christmas dinner at the Haruno household consisted of succulent honey glaze ham, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes, green bean casserole, corn, deviled eggs, rolls, salad (which at Sakura's "request" aka order, Naruto ate a lot of), and apple and cherry pie for desert.

The Harunos, and the soon to be Uzumaki's, pleasantly conversed as they ate, with Naruto boasting about his plans for becoming hokage. The elder Harunos were a little surprised when he became serious and actually told them his plans for strengthening the bonds between villages in hopes of stopping the chain of hatred that plagued the ninja world.

After dinner, they were all sitting in front of a roaring fire.

"Ok, it's time to open presents!" Sakura said excitedly. Her eyes widened and she turned towards Naruto with an embarrassed look on her angelic face. "CRAP! Naruto I forgot my parents' presents, can we flash back to our apartment real quick?"

"No need Sakura-chan." Naruto chuckled as he pulled out a small scroll and unsealed the presents. Sakura noticed two presents marked, "To: Kaori" and "To: Makato" on them. She smiled. He even got my parents something, even though he only had part of a day to go shopping.

Sakura tore into her presents and was now the thrilled owner of a new pair of black battle gloves, a new pair of boots, and a new winter coat that looked a lot like her normal red dress she used to wear as a genin in pea coat form.

To Naruto and Sakura's surprise, Sakura's mother had made him a cloak that was orange with black flames at the bottom. It had the kanji for Uzumaki on its back, also in black.

"How did you make this in a matter of 2 days mom?"

"I didn't. I've had this made for a while. I remember how Naruto used to look at you when you two were growing up, and I could see that you weren't giving up on him, so I figured it was only a matter of time before the two of you got together."

"Thank you so much Haru…Kaori!" Naruto said as he hugged the woman.

"Ne, Naruto, you missed one." Said Sakura's father handing him a bag. "I didn't have time to wrap it."

Naruto gasped as he pulled two beautiful long daggers out of the bag. Both had golden hilts and pure white blades. One dagger had cherry blossoms imprinted in the hilt, while the other had a kitsune.

"These are amazing! How did you…"

"A friend of mine is a master weaponsmith, and he owed me a favor. I heard from the village that your element is wind, which I'm told is good for close ranged fighting. So I figured if you were going to be the one officially protecting my little girl it wouldn't hurt for you to have two of the finest chakra blades in all of fire country!"

Happy tears were falling down the smiling face of Naruto as he hugged Sakura's father. "Thank you so much Makato. I will put these to good use."

The only gifts left wrapped were the ones from Naruto to Sakura's parents. Both Harunos opened their gifts at the same time, and it was their turn to gasp as they stared down at beautiful, ornate, three-pronged kunais.

"Since you two aren't ninja and can't mold chakra, I couldn't put this seal on anything else. But if you ever need me, all you have to do is throw these kunai and I will be alerted immediately. You two are now my family, and I will always be there to protect my family."

Tears streamed down the faces of the two Haruno women, while Sakura's father looked at Naruto with a shocked, touched and proud expression.

"Thank you… son" Makoto thanked.

Kaori elected to hug Naruto instead of saying anything, which Sakura joined in on.


Sakura and Naruto were back home after spending another hour conversing with her parents. They were wrapped together on the couch, watching a Christmas movie.

"That was really sweet Naruto. Thank you... this has been the best Christmas I've ever had." Sakura said softly, turning to face her fiancé.

"I meant every word Sakura-chan. You're my family, and your parents are my family; I will protect you all with every ounce of strength I have." Naruto's strong words filled Sakura with a sense of warmth and security.

"It's not like I need protecting you know, I'm pretty strong myself!"

"I know you are. But I also know you secretly like it when I come to the rescue." The future hokage teased.

"Shut it…" Sakura growled with a smile tugging at her lips.

A knock on the door interrupted any further teasing. Sighing, Naruto stood up and got the door.

"Baa-chan?"

"Hey brat, let me in. I've come to give you your present." Tsunade said brashly walking past Naruto, while Shizune and Iruka apologized for her.

Naruto motioned for the parents-to-be to come in.

"Naruto, I have two presents for you this year." Naruto looked at the hokage curiously, she didn't have any presents on her.

"Well… actually the second present is for both of you." She said as Sakura now fixed her master with a look similar to Naruto's.

"Naruto Uzumaki, I hereby declare you Rokudaime Hokage! Your coronation will be tomorrow night at 7, don't be late."

"THAT'S GREAT! CONGRATULATIONS NARUTO!" yelled Sakura wrapping her arms around her fiancé with a large smile. Naruto for his part, just stood there dumbfounded. He knew he was going to be hokage soon, but now that he was here… it just felt so surreal.

"And now for your second gift. I've chosen your assistant. She's a real firecracker. I'm sure she'll be able to…"

"SHE?" Sakura interrupted with a venomous voice and shooting Tsunade a glare that said, 'I don't care if you trained me, I will beat you within an inch of your life for this betrayal!'

"Yes, SHE Sakura." Tsunade continued unfazed by the non-verbal threat. "She will be able to keep you in line Naruto, and with her by your side I'm sure you'll be the greatest hokage to ever live. Your assistant…"

Sakura was fuming. How dare shishou find some hussy to be Naruto's assistant. And then she has the gall to say that he'll be the greatest Hokage ever with that tramp by his side? NO WAY. He'll be the greatest Hokage with ME by his side SHANAROO!

"Is going to be Sakura Haruno, although judging by that ring on her finger, she'll be Sakura Uzumaki soon."

Naruto and Sakura had completely opposite reactions.

Sakura-chan is going to be my assistant? Crap! She's not going to let me get out of paperwork… And she can always figure out whether or not I'm a kage-bunshin. AND I've already told her most of my plans to get out of paperwork. CRAP!

I'm the woman who's going to help make Naruto the greatest Hokage ever? DAMN RIGHT I AM! WITH ME BEHIND HIM NARUTO WILL GO DOWN AS THE HOKAGE WHO NEVER ONCE SLACKED OFF! SHANAROO!

Future husband and wife looked at each other with a smile. Naruto was actually quite happy, sure he was now doomed to a life filled with mountains of paperwork and no possible escape, but his Sakura would always be there by his side, so it was all worth it.

"Thank you Tsunade-sama…" they both said softly.

Tsunade nodded happily at the couple. Iruka was beaming with pride, and Shizune stood back watching the scene with a smile. Suddenly there was a soft knocking on the door. Before anyone could get to the door, Kakashi, Sasuke and Sai walked into the apartment.

"Oh it looks like we're a little late. Sorry, I got lost on the…"

"You got distracted by the adult section of the book store Kakashi-sensei…" Sasuke grunted.

"I didn't hear you complaining Sasuke, and I seem to remember you purchasing the newest Icha Icha book that came out today."

Sakura shot Naruto a death glare. Naruto in turn shot Kakashi a death glare of his own. Catching Naruto's glare, Kakashi realized his mistake.

"Oh… right. Sorry about that Naruto. Well, since I've already gotten you in trouble, let me just say that the book is fantastic, and I dare say you are even better than Jiraiya was. And that's quite the compliment."

This set Sakura over the edge. "NA-RU-TO! YOU ERO-BAKA!" She growled as she stalked towards her fiancé, cracking her knuckles fully intending to pound his pervy'ness right out of him.

"Wait Sakura-chan!" Naruto pleaded. "Look at it this way, if the book is good, then I will get more money from its sales, which I will DEFINITELY use to buy you new stuff like jewelry and shoes!" Sakura stopped, and had a thoughtful look on her face.

"I never thought about it like that… Fine. But if I EVER find out you're using that money for something else, or if I ever find you writing that stuff again…" Sakura cracked her knuckles to get her threat across.

"I will never write anything like that again Sakura-chan, that's a promise!" Naruto replied as relief flooded through his entire body. Whew, I thought I was a goner there for a minute.

Everyone in the room started laughing. "Well, it's Christmas, Naruto and Sakura just got engaged, and Naruto's the new hokage. There's only one place to celebrate. TO THE BAR!" Tsunade yelled excitedly.

Everyone else in the room just stared at her with a sweat drop. The sannin however turned a glare upon them. "Don't forget I'm still the hokage until 7 tomorrow night. Now everyone, to the bar!"

Naruto, Sakura, Iruka, Shizune, Sasuke, and Sai all followed their Hokage with a chuckle to an impromptu Christmas party.


The impromptu Christmas party had been going on for an hour. Tsunade, Iruka, Kakashi and surprisingly both Sasuke and Sai were well on their way to getting drunk. Sakura and Naruto didn't want to get too drunk, because they wanted to be able to remember their entire day.

"I knew *hic* from the first time I saw you Narutooo, you were definitely going to be hokage!" Tsunade drunkenly stammered.

"Baa-chan… you said I was the weakest and dumbest of all Jiraiya's apprentices, goaded me into a fight where I stood no chance, then called me a silly kid who has a joke of a dream to become Hokage…" Naruto pointed out which got a chuckle out of everyone in the bar.

"Well… *hic* I meant afterrrr that of course. After that I knew you were going to be hokage…" Tsunade replied with a drunken grin. "Now you, me, drinking contest NOW! Godaime vs. Rokudaime!"

"Baa-chan, I already told you I'm not drinking much tonight. This is a big day for me and Sakura-chan and I want to remember every single detail." Naruto replied, which earned him a soft smile and a kiss on the cheek from his fiancé/assistant.

"Tch, I win then! Victoryyy for the Godaime Hokage!" Tsunade boasted.

"Tsunade-sama… you might want to slow down a little." Shizune cautioned with a worried voice.

"Nonsense! Alright, I'm 1 and 0. Kakashi, Sasuke, Sai… you three vs. me!" The drunken Hokage ordered.


An hour later, the bar was getting ready to close and Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sai were passed out while Tsunade was drunkenly boasting that she was the greatest hokage ever. Naruto summoned kage bunshins to take all the drunkards home.

Shizune made Iruka slow down so he was alert enough to make it home with her assistance. Naruto snaked his arm around Sakura's waist and the two began walking towards their apartment.

"I'm not really tired, and I don't want this day to end yet. Want to go for a night stroll?" Sakura asked in a hopeful tone.

"Of course Sakura-chan." Naruto shot his fiancé a smile and pulled her tighter against him. The husband and wife to be started walking towards Naruto's favorite spot in the entire village, the Hokage monument.

The two walked in pleasant silence, reveling in the warmth the other was emitting.

"I can't believe this is all real." Naruto's soft voice rang out, breaking the silence. Sakura's loving emerald eyes caught his as she gave him a soft smile.

"I've always said I was going to be hokage someday, but there were times when I began to doubt it. And I never thought that I would have your love. And yet here I am, I've achieved both of my most precious dreams…"

"I've known for a long time that you would achieve all of your dreams Naruto." Sakura replied in a matching soft voice, before giving her fiancé a quick kiss on the lips.

"I honestly don't think I could've gotten here without you Sakura… You motivated me to become stronger, and you motivated me to keep fighting. Thank you Sakura-chan. Thank you for having faith in me."

"Anytime Naruto-kun…" Sakura whispered, as she kissed her fiancé's cheek for the hundredth time that day. Naruto began slowly moving his lips to hers, but just before their lips could connect, Naruto pulled back with an annoyed look on his face.

"Damn Baa-chan… She just destroyed the kage bunshin that was taking her home…" Naruto groaned.

Sakura giggled. "Well we better go get her before something happens to shishou during her last night as hokage!"

"Ya… I guess." Naruto replied, before he picked Sakura up, and began carrying her bridal style.

"Naruto, what are you doing? I can walk!" Sakura huffed.

"I know Sakura-chan… But I can move faster than you, and we should get to Baa-chan fast."

"Fine… but don't make this a habit." Sakura ordered as she wrapped her arms around her fiancé's neck and buried her face in the crook of his neck.

Naruto took off sprinting in the direction where his clone was forcibly dispelled. His body shivering in delight each time he felt Sakura's warm breath exhale on his neck.

Sakura suddenly found herself starting to doze off. I don't want to go to sleep yet… Today was so perfect… But this is pretty comfortable… Sakura thought as she fell asleep in Naruto's arms. Just before she fell asleep she felt Naruto's lips softly brush against her forehead.

Naruto smiled at the sleeping pink-haired woman asleep in his arms. Words just could not describe how happy the Yondaime's son was at the moment. He finally spotted Tsunade, and managed to form the familiar cross seal even with Sakura in his arms.

"Kage bunshin no-jutsu." Naruto whispered. Tsunade had completely passed out. The clone picked the Godaime up, and it and Naruto walked to Tsunade's residence. The duo managed to make it to the Hokage's residence without any further troubles, and after clone Naruto layed the last sannin in her bed, it dispelled itself, and Naruto slowly began walking back to his and Sakura's apartment.

I could easily hirashin back, but it's so nice having Sakura asleep in my arms like this… The soon to be Hokage walked silently for 10 minutes until he reached their apartment. As he opened the door, the pink-haired goddess in his arms stirred awake.

Bleary emerald eyes looked into his stunning sapphire eyes with a happy smile on her face. "Home already?"

"Ya. Baa-chan was passed out in the street, but she's in her own bed now."

Sakura kissed her fiancé's neck, sending a warm feeling throughout Naruto's entire body. "I think we should get in our own bed as well."


Naruto and Sakura lay in bad, softly smiling and staring into each others' eyes.

"Merry Christmas Naruto-kun."

"Merry Christmas Sakura-chan."

The Hokage and his assistant snuggled together and drifted off into a peaceful slumber. Both thinking,

This was the best Christmas ever.


Annnnnd fin! Merry Christmas everyone, I hope you enjoyed this little story. Please review and let me know your thoughts on this chapter/the story as a whole! Thanks again for reading and may your day be filled with family, friends, presents and wonderfully delicious food :D To those of you not celebrating Christmas, Happy Holidays and may your holiday be filled with the same good stuff!

Until the next story!

-NaruDeeds

Update- I made a New Year's one shot sequel titled, "The Sakura Ball." Follow the link on my profile page!