I am back! Bet ya all thought I was dead that I'd never write a sequel to Inevitable, huh? Well you were wrong (mwahaha)
I've been posting it on Quotev like once a month or two and I finally just finished, so my plan is to upload this once a day just to give the slight suspense. That, and I won't remember if it's a once-a-week thing. I barely even remembered posting on my favourite day of the month - the 8th!
But anyways, here's the sequel: Indestructible. It's obviously starting a few months later xD Enjoy!
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Excited murmurs flooded the ceremonial hall as the seated people talked amongst themselves. They were split into two main groups: on one side of the hall sat the proud and ecstatic family and friends, and the other side consisted of interested fellow shinobi and highly exclusive attendees that wanted to witness one of the most talked about and anticipated events that was announced months ago.
The hall was decorated in silky fabrics that were elegantly dyed blue, purple and silver. The Hokage herself was standing at the front of the hall, dressed in official-looking black robes, holding a bottle of sake, which, to everyone's surprise, she didn't start drinking.
The guests were surprised and impressed on how Western and Eastern styles could be blended together so seemingly effortlessly. The two usually didn't go well together, but the people who set it up did a wonderful job.
The doors opened and everyone turned to watch as Sora Ishi and Sasuke Uchiha walked through the doors, Sora in a violet dress and Sasuke in a dark blue-black suit, smiling at the guests as they walked past them and to where Tsunade was standing. Then came Itachi Uchiha, dressed in a black and white kimono with a white sash.
Sasuke smirked slightly, finding it amusing how his normally calm and collected brother was obviously nervous and barely preventing himself from letting it show to those who didn't know him so well. He stood in front of the Hokage and turned, anxiously staring at the doors and shooting glances to his brother every once in a while. After a few minutes, the awaited woman walked through the door, stunning everyone into breathlessness, especially Itachi.
Grinning and shaking with happiness and excitement, Amejisuto Ishi walked down the ceremony hall wearing an elegant white kimono, arm-in-arm with Kakashi, the man she chose to be her father-figure. She refused to wear the traditional headwear and chose a western veil instead. Both she and Itachi laughed inwardly a bit at the reactions to not only her beautiful but odd style, but to her now neck-length hair.
She reached the front of the hall and Kakashi let her go to stand next to her groom and face the leader of Konoha. Tsunade smiled warmly and took a deep breath. "We are all gathered together today to witness the wedding ceremony of these two Konoha shinobi, Amejisuto Ishi and Itachi Uchiha," she started.
The ceremony was boring for a few minutes as the Hokage droned on about the events, symbols and special extras that made most of the guests shuffle in their seats.
Then came the speeches.
Amejisuto was up first. Nervously, she grabbed a paper that Tsunade held out to her and unfolded it. Licking her lips, her eyes wandered down the page and she took a deep breath. "I think I mistook this task as writing a love letter," she joked slightly, giggling a bit to calm her nerves. She then looked up to make eye contact with her other half.
"I only found out in the past year that I was in love with you, but ever since we met when we were young, I always knew there was something about you that would make you very dear to me. Looking back, I noticed that whatever I felt was more powerful than just friendship with my close friend/teammate's older brother, and I think it was the red string of fate that brought us together," she blushed. "That mission we were on for those long months was brutal, and I couldn't have made it without you. Even if this wasn't an arranged marriage, I would still want this to be happening because I really do love you. I promise that I will stay by your side no matter what happens, and I'll support you and help whenever I can."
"I suppose it's my turn," Itachi smiled after a few seconds of silence. Ameji felt slightly embarrassed due to having needed a paper while the Uchiha clearly didn't.
"I decided to love and care for you since the first time I met you when we were young; I have always loved you and will continue to love you for the rest of my life. You are the most important thing in my life and I will do anything to protect and care for you. I promise to always stay by your side no matter what happens. These past couple of months only served to strengthen my love for you, and I would live through it as many times as I'd have to to protect you. My only wish is that you will be happy in our marriage even though it was planned without your knowledge for some time. Finally, I promise to give myself to you and be your caring husband for the rest of our new lives together."
Tsunade smiled warmly and poured some sake into a cup, handing it over to Itachi. He took a sip and handed the alcohol to Amejisuto. She stared down at it for a second before lifting it to her lips and accidentally taking a large mouthful. She choked slightly and her eyes got a bit watery as she swallowed and coughed, earning a few chuckles from the others in the audience.
"You are now husband and wife. You can kiss her now," the Hokage winked to the groom.
Itachi lifted the veil and placed his hand on the back of her head, swooping down slightly for a kiss. The guests instantly jumped up and started clapping and cheering (except for the stoic clans and special official attendees).
"Congrats you guys, it's now time to celebrate," Tsunade grabbed the rest of the sake and chugged it down, like most people expected she would. The newlyweds laughed and walked out of the ceremonial hall with the others following. The reception was going to be held in the Ishi Clan district and they didn't want to miss that.
'I'm so proud of you,' Sirami Ishi said through the wind to her daughter. 'I know you haven't lived here in over a year, but it feels like now there will be less of a reason to come visit...'
"Don't worry, I'll come see you at least once a week," Amejisuto eased her mother's worrying. "Well, unless I'm on a mission, but I'll try to keep them short." She looked around at all the people that had arrived at the reception. The spacious courtyard-like area that was nestled in the middle of the Ishi district was almost packed; quite a few people who weren't at the ceremony had shown up.
It was a good thing that both the Ishi and Uchiha clans had contributed to the long table of food and refreshments.
Sora bounced over to her cousin and aunt, starting up a conversation. "I so predicted you would get married to him," she smirked. "Now you have to dance in front of everyone."
"Hey! I thought I was let off the hook! And the bet was only for me falling in love with him, not getting married. You only kind of predicted it by telling me to make you a part of the wedding," the brunette argued.
"Fine," Sora sighed. "I won't make you do it this time, but in our next bet, you won't have any get-out-of-bet-free cards to use. By the way, I love your kimono," she gestured to the blue kimono with the silver decorations and Uchiha crest on the back. It was the kimono she had gotten from Itachi the year before. She had realised a few months after she got it that it was for the reception part of her wedding. She was also wearing the necklace and shoes that went with it.
Amejisuto smiled and rolled her eyes and looked at the crowd, noticing Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura at the table of food. She excused herself from her close family and made her way over to the members of Team 7.
On the other side of the crowd, Itachi was cornered by his old ANBU team that consisted of Kyo Inuzuka, Mina Nohara and Korumu Yutakana. "Have fun with the ball and chain," Kyo smirked, putting his arm on the ex-captains shoulder. He was the tracker of the group, as most Inuzuka's are. "I hear that Ishi girls are more fun than most-"
"Shut up, baka," Korumu interrupted. "You're so annoying. Can't you be more polite?" He was the medic of the old team and also the one who balanced out Kyo and bothered to try to control him and his unpredictable temper.
"I think it's sweet that you ended up marrying her after all this time," Mina ignored her teammates. She was one of the only people that found out about his previously secret love for the Ishi descendant. Being the Intel part of their team, she usually knew what the others thought and felt at most times. Especially Itachi's emotions. He wasn't as unreadable as most thought.
"What do you mean 'after all this time'?" Kyo questioned. Itachi backed away from the trio as they were occupied with trying to explain why Mina wouldn't tell the Inuzuka anything that wasn't his business. He saw his wife and her old team talking at the edge of the crowd and calmly walked through the mass of people to get to them.
"No, we were just stuck in a village for a while because the citizens begged us to stay for protection for a few months. It was a good thing we stayed; the enemies came back a lot," he heard Amejisuto say. 'Oh right, our cover story for the time we were away was just chasing off some tyrant and his ninja and staying there for a while,' he thought. It's not that he forgot – it was just that no one really asked him what happened other than Sasuke. Everyone else asked his partner.
"You're so powerful now, Ame-chan!" Naruto grinned, giving a thumbs up. "You could definitely kick Sasuke-teme's butt!"
"Hey!" Sasuke objected. "I can beat her any day!"
The girls chose to ignore them, though Ameji put 'fight Sasuke Uchiha' on her mental to-do list.
"You're lucky to have been taught by Itachi-san and even luckier to marry him," Sakura commented, happy for her friend.
"I'm still surprised at all this, even though it's been a year," Sasuke said. "But I welcome you officially to our family."
"Ah, thanks," the brunette noticed Itachi suddenly appearing next to them. She linked arms with him and pulled him close, not that he minded.
"You guys are so cute," Sakura gushed. "I wish Sai and I were like that."
"Well he did draw you as a little kid. I think that's his kind of romantic thing," Ameji shrugged.
"Tsunade-sama is signalling for us to go see her," Itachi interrupted.
"Oh, we should go to her then. Bye guys," she waved to her friends before leaving with her husband.
Tsunade was waiting near the entrance to the packed courtyard. "I think it's time for you to open your gifts and then start the party," she smirked, glancing over at the alcohol station. "What do you guys think?"
"Good idea," Itachi nodded.
"The sooner we start, the more fun we'll get to have," Amejisuto agreed.
"ALRIGHT, LISTEN UP!" Tsunade yelled over the loud chattering of the guests, getting their attention. "Our newlyweds are going to get the gifts and the speeches and then we will get the band in here!"
The crowd cheered and the couple were ushered to a table of wrapped boxes. "This is weird," the male Uchiha chuckled, glancing at the sizes of the gifts.
"Well I guess people really like us getting married," the girl also laughed at the large packages. "They go overboard a bit though."
A bunch of opened gifts, drunk guests and crazy dancing people later, the crowd started to grow smaller, though the first to leave were the married couple. They were on their way to Airin for the honeymoon that Tsunade had paid for, though this time, they were transported quickly by some of Konoha's teleportation experts.
Once they reached the familiar town, a wave of nostalgia hit them. "Last year, so much was different," the ex-Ishi mumbled.
"Yes. This time, you won't have a problem taking a bath with me," Itachi joked, making his wife hit him.
"Maybe I won't even consider it," she teased as they checked in.
Itachi clutched his chest. "You wound me, Eimi-chan."
They walked up the stairs to the top floor, continuously joking to ease the tensing air, though once they reached the room, both were silent, glancing awkwardly at each other. Itachi looked down at the room key and put it in the door. "Well, here we go," he unlocked it and opened the door. "Ladies first," he smiled. Amejisuto took a deep breath and entered, followed by her husband. The door closed and locked on its own, letting the two disappear into the honeymoon suite.