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Naruto could only look dumbly at the goddess in front of him
He could not register what she had said. His mind was simply blank, unable to digest anything
All he had in his mind was her captivating beauty. She was clad in a beautiful white wedding gown hugging her unearthly figure. Her visage held amusement and mirth probably because seeing his dumb expression. Her feral smile gave her a taste of spicy naughty devil contrasting the pure and innocent aura her delicate dress gave
"Do you like what you see?" her mischievous voice broke him out of his stupor
Naruto coughed in embarrassment trying to hide his blush
"Ye-Yea, you look pretty in that" the blond Jounin silently cursed himself for the lame remark
Hana's chuckled and proceeded to seat at the piano's chair. She then patted at the spot beside her
"You don't need to be that nervous, you know"
Naruto sat besides her before replying
"Well, anyone will be nervous if he is to be married to a beautiful angel" he said and finished with his patented foxy grin
This time it was the brunette's turn to sport a healthy shade of red
Naruto's grin widened seeing this before continuing
"But... I bet it is a sad day in heaven though" he said in fake sadness
Hana turned to look at him questioningly
"What do you mean?"
He looked at her straight in her eyes. Deep azure into sweet chocolate
"It's because Kami will lose his most beautiful angel tomorrow"
His answer caught her off guard. She never expected him to say that and as a result, her blush increased
Naruto could only smirk seeing her reaction
"Shut up, playboy" she retorted though her blush was still there
The Blond replied in indignant tone
"Hey, I resent that, I'm not a playboy. Blame Ero-sennin for making this way. You did not just learn from the super pervert without picking a few things and judging by your reaction, I guess it's still work ne?" he smirked
"Whatever" she rolled her eyes playfully
The two continued their playful banter for the next 30 minutes. Flirting at every chances they had
How they laughed at one'sjoke or how they argued about something, anyone would guess that they had been in relationship for a long time or a cute couple in girl's definition
Naruto would never expect that Hana would be this fun. It was like Baa-chan said, her personality suited him perfectly. She was everything he was looking in woman; loyal, honest, fun to be with and confidence with herself. The fact that she was drop dead gorgeous was a bonus
Now, the thought of his wedding was not as bad as before
"... and after the girl beat Ero-sennin to pulp, they snatched his note book and burned it in front of him. You should see his look of horror. Till now, I can't forget that expression" he told her with barely control laughter
"So... so you mean, Jiraiya, one of the legendary Sannin cried like a girl... ha..ha, I can't imagine that" his counterpart replied while wiping her tears of laughter
Naruto looked at her laughing figure, taking in every detail of hers
Then he absentmindedly weaved his hand at her hair and took off her hair band making her lovely hair flowed down like a waterfall
The brown orbs looked at him in surprise
"I think you look nice with your hair down"
A rosy blush painted both of their cheeks at his sudden action
"Well... well, you two get along great" a tone of amusement made them look at the source
"I guess they are, Tsunade-sama" Kiba smirked while Akamaru howled in approval
Tsunade walked down the stair with Kiba followed behind
"Come you two, we'll start the rehearsal in five minutes" the Hokage said
The hall soon filled with Tsume and Kiba sat on left side while Teuchi, Ayame and Iruka filled the seat on the right side. Tsunade was act as the leader of the rehearsal. The rehearsal itself ran along smoothly only an occasional cough from the sick Teuchi interrupted the event but nothing major
All in all everything was ran along nicely.
"With this hand, I will lift your sorrow. Your cup will never empty for I will be your wine. With this candle..." Naruto's lift the candle and light it up with the candle on the podium
"... I will light your way in darkness and with this ring..." he picked the wedding ring from his pocket and turned to Hana
"... I ask you to be my wife" he ended his vow
Both Naruto and Hana had a soft smile on their faces. That was until someone entered the Hokage tower and clapped
Naruto scowled when he saw the man. All other occupants shared the same expression as his
Uchiha Sasuke, the traitor. After the Akatsuki war ended, he came back to Konoha asking, no demanding to being reinstated as Konoha shinobi. The civilian council was all too happy at his return giving him only 1 year of probation before he could return into full mission
He still had his stuck up attitude thinking that himself as Kami's gift to humanity. His arrogance attitude was why he was hated by most of Konoha populace and his demand for access to another clan's secret did not help his popularity though most of the council still pampered him
"Why's the scowl, Naruto. I thought I am your best friend" he said with arrogance smirk
"You're just not welcome in here, Teme" Naruto snarled
Sasuke shook his head
"Such a barbaric language. I'm sure I'm more a man than this dobe, Hana. How about you ditch him and marry me" he turned his attention at the brunette. His smirk was full force. It was no secret that Sasuke was interested with Hana and already attempted several tries to court her
"When the hell freezes over. Naruto is more a man than you ever hope, shit stain. I warn to get out of her less you want to know what's like to lose the thing that make you man" she retorted
The triplet growled and snarled their teeth at the traitor, ready to attack at moment notice
Sasuke just shook his head again and pointed his finger at Hana
"Remember Hana, you are mine and I will always get what is my right" he said before exiting
The hall soon was filled with the massive killer intent courtesy of Naruto making them hard to breathe
"Naruto!!! Enough!!!" Tsunade shouted
The thick air soon vanished. Almost all of them was panting
"Don't worry, brat. I'll make sure that he won't do anything. Remember tomorrow 12 o'clock sharp. Don't be late"
Naruto nodded
"Sure, Baa-chan" he then felt a comforting hand on his shoulder
"Are you okay?" Hana said to him. Worry filled her voice
Naruto turned to her
"Don't worry, Hana-chan. I'm okay. A bit training will blow away the steam"
"Just don't excess your body, tomorrow is our wedding" she said softly
Naruto smirked before replying
"Well if that what you worry about, I'm sure I will not excess my body for tomorrow, Hana-chan"
A tint of red made its way to her cheeks. Hana then glared playfully at him and bashed his head
"Pervert"
Naruto panted slightly after he finished the spar with his shadow clones. He then lied himself in the floor of the Forest of Death
He had been using this training ground for a while now. The usual training ground could not handle the amount of destruction he produced and besides, although the forest was slightly creepy, it gave him the privacy
No one bothered him here. No wonder Anko liked this place so much
He shifted his eyes to the hair band at his right wrist.
'Hana' he thought
A smile unconsciously painted his whiskered face. He never felt like this before, it was as if she was his entire world
Weird really, he only known her for approximately half a day and she already made him feel this way
He wondered if this was what it felt to be fell in love at the first sight
The blond Shinobi then took out the wedding ring. It was made of gold with a red diamond adored it as its crown
He played the ring for a while before standing up and reciting his wedding vow again
"With this hand, I will lift your sorrow. Your cup will never empty for I will be your wine..." he twirled the ring playfully and then picked the small branch at his side
"... with this candle, I will light your way in darkness..." he jogged a bit
"... and with this ring, I ask you to be mine"
Naruto kneeled and put the ring into the small branch at the ground
Suddenly, the air shifted. He could feel the cold breeze creeping up his spine. The hair of her back stood up
The blue eyed nin looked around from his position. The strange amount of crows filled the branch up at the tree. All of them deadly silent as if they were waiting for something. The moon illuminated the forest eerily
The Forest of the Death turned from his solace into an unknown territory in the span of second. The chill along his spine was not helping
His fear of anything superstitious especially anything ghost related was a known fact though he would never admit it
Out of nowhere, something burst out from the ground and grabbed his right hand. That something procedeed to pull his entire arm into the soil of the forest
The army of crows was now flying above him and croaking noisily like they were celebrating
He gasped as he struggled to pull his arm out but the grip was too strong
He pulled and pulled....
He then stumbled backward when he succeeded and breathed in relief... for a brief second
The force at his right arm was still there... A skeleton arm gripped his hand tightly
He flailed his arm wildly trying to release his limb from the skeletal... It worked
However...
The ground started to shake and slowly something crawled out
First a hand came, the head followed and soon the entire body
He was both in awe and terrified as he watched the resurrection
At last, a woman wearing a tattered and bloodied wedding gown stood at about 5.6 before him. Her dirty blond hair swayed gently in the night breeze. A veil shadowed her face. The lunar goddess made her visage terrifyingly beautiful
The woman then slowly opened her face revealing a lovely face with a pair of light azure bored at him. Her skin was sickly pale white. Too pale in fact
Like she was... dead
She then said in hushed voice
"I do"
He shivered at the cold tone
The pale woman approached him. Her step was so light that she almost looked like floating
Approaching him... slowly
Naruto, in his state of panic, did the only thing came up on his mind
He ran...
He could not think of anything except running
Running as fast as he could...
Running like his life depended on it...
The sound of the crow croaking echoed around him as he ran. He paid no mind, all he wanted was getting out from there
He jumped the gate that separating the training ground 44 and Konoha
Soon after he landed at Konoha, the croaking stopped. The clearing was now dead silent
Not a single sound... not even the sound of whistling wind
Naruto stopped and turned to look at the deadly forest
His breath was erratic. Sweat drenching his body. There was nothing, the woman was not there. The forest was the same as usual
Was it only an illusion?
He slowly walked backward away from the forest
He turned around...
Her pale visage greeted him as cold as death. The crow started to croaking around once more
Naruto stumbled backward and could only stared in horror as the corpse bride neared her face
She was only an inch from his face when she whispered softly, gently as if the word contained her very soul
"You may kiss the bride"
To be continue...
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See you in chapter 3
