“I can’t believe you waited all this time to get married!” Temari burst, slamming her hand on the red table cloth. It wasn’t a white wedding because Hannah threatened to change her answer and they decided upon Gaara’s favorite color.

“About seven months to be exact,” Kankuro smirked, one arm slung around a pregnant Maite.

“How did you beat Rin though?” Shikamaru asked.

“Yeah,” Maite suddenly spoke up. “I mean, she’s much more experienced than you are. How did you do it?”

“I should write a book titled that although I would probably be violating some copyright rule,” Hannah grinned from her place beside Gaara. They held hands under the table…thumb wrestling. The American’s smile broadened as her thumb pinned her husband’s.

“An insanity jutsu…well, actually more of a double genjutsu combination with the Mangekyo Sharingan effect,” she amended, frowning as the red head’s sweaty thumb escaped. “The user gathers chakra quickly in one place- it doesn’t matter where- and subtly sucks the victim into another dimension during the first genjutsu where you mess with their mind.”

“That sounds rather complicated,” Maite blinked, confused.

“Well, I created this technique myself, but I plan to write it down in a scroll to make it easier,” the newly wed bride shrugged. “The ninja dispels the first jutsu, but the second takes double the chakra to dispel. Compared to it, hell is pleasant.”

“Is it automatic?” Kankuro inquired.

“No, but I created the jutsu because I know people fear losing their sanity. I believe it’s one of the most things feared besides death. The jutsu is only automatic if the user has been storing chakra in a certain point like Tsunade-sama,” Hannah explained, concealing her displeasure as her thumb was pinned. “After training for a long time, the jutsu delves into the opponent’s mind and I have a few minutes to search for what they hate or loathe and pull their strings. I’m a master mental manipulator.”

“What if you don’t know the person?” Temari frowned slightly, forking a piece of cake and sticking it into her mouth.

“I’ll just overwhelm their brain with images and scenes from horror movies I’ve seen or have a bunch of random things play in their mind until they can’t handle the randomness,” the American chortled. “If neither of those works, ‘The Hampster Dance’ replaying constantly should suffice.”

Gaara chuckled, having heard the queer yet annoyingly infectious song. “That would do it.”

“So are you two going to leave yet?” Maite suddenly piped up, offering a mischievous grin.

“Uh…” Hannah glanced awkwardly at Gaara.

“What do you mean?” he asked, although his darkening cheeks implied he guessed the reason.

“You know, troublesome,” Shikamaru sighed, ignoring the baby twins as they pulled on his spiky hair and his shirt.

The newly weds’ faces glowed brilliant red. “But it’s our wedding,” Hannah hissed. “That would be rude!”

“You wouldn’t want to disappoint the gossipers, now would you?” Temari smirked, swirling a glass of white wine before sipping it delicately.

Both the Kazekage and American looked at the villagers at the tables, then at each person at their table, before each other.

“Ah, screw it,” Hannah sighed, smiling, standing and tossing her napkin onto the table.

“Definitely,” Gaara replied, returning the smile as he followed after.

“Heh,” his companion chuckled. “Kids can never wait, can they?”

This tale has ended, but do stories ever really end? In medias res, you came into your parents’ lives. In the middle of your story, your child’s story shall begin and continue after your story. Make your tale a good one and may ninja be ever in your dreams.

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Author’s note: Originally when I first began this story about…a year or two ago, I couldn’t come up with a name for the story so I nicknamed it ‘Hairless Monkeys and Bald, Wrinkly Raisins’ as a nickname for babies because I planned on having some in the story until I was half way through and changed it...You can stop laughing now.

I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels rather awkward and remorseful now that the story has ended...but I am glad that I actually finished it. -insert cheers- This is actually one the first few long stories that I have written and actually completed. Yay me! For now I'll be taking a break from Naruto fanfics until further notice. (This one took a lot out of me)