THE UCHIHA WEDDING
SasuSaku
You are cordially invited to the wedding of the last Uchiha…
Her hand began to shake uncontrollably and it suddenly became very difficult to breathe.Sasuke is… getting married? To whom?Only one person came to her mind:
'Amira-san…'
Disclaimer: I do not own any characters on this story and anything I wrote with reference to the manga /anime.
The day Sakura dreads the most has come... Today is Sasuke Uchiha's wedding and she has not even seen Sasuke's shadow for the past two weeks. It is really sad, the thought of seeing the only person you loved all your life to be wedded with another woman. But more painful is the fact that you will never have a closure from the person you love so you are doomed to love him for all your life. Imagine that; dying with the picture of your beloved clutched to your heart. And most painful is that every day you will know that he is happy with someone else and you are miserable on your own.
'He could have been happier with me,' Sakura thought as she looks at herself in the mirror. She starts fixing her hair and putting make-up for the wedding. 'I could've loved him more, I would've.'
She almost cried, almost, but the thought of how she painstaikingly applied her make-up prevents her to do so. She looks beautiful in her opinion. She wants to be beautiful on his wedding so he will regret not choosing her. She will not cry she will plaster that smile on her face even if it is difficult, to show him that she is strong. That even though he, again, chose something else—somebody else in this case—she will accept it like the strong woman he failed to recognize. She will go to his wedding as a strong kunoichi and not only as a bridesmaid she knows she will be after reading a book from the west entitled Weddings of the West. She tried to know more about the peculiar wedding; of course, so many things have intrigued her that she went to the rare books section of the Konoha library for research.
Once happy with how her make-up and hair looks she put on a light pink kimono with cherry blossoms design of darker shade. She got a small purse; in it she put her comb and other make-up and also her gift for the couple. She got them two pins; one for Amira to be put on her hair and the other for Sasuke to adorn his kimono, when he wears one. With everything ready she cast one final look to her reflection on the mirror. Happy with what she saw she went on her way.
Walking towards the temple is not most comfortable for Sakura even amidst the blooming of the cherry blossoms for it is a beautiful morning in April. Maybe it is because of the glances people are giving her while walking towards the temple where the wedding will be held. 'No, they will never see the heartbroken Sakura; I will not show them the weak Sakura.' So she just smiled at them and continues to walk.
It did not take her more than 20 minutes and she was already at the temple. The place is full of people from all over Konoha and other prominent people from different elemental nations. She can see the Sabaku siblings with some jounins as Shikamaru is indisposable at the moment. The Raikage has his own set of bodyguards as well and she can see Chouji greet them and she cannot help noticing him halt and blatantly stares at Karui before running into a tent labeled "Men's Changing Tent" lightning-fast, 'Looks like some people aren't that miserable like me...'
Sakura then sees the "Ladies' Changing Tent" situated just beside the temple. Rio made it a point that they are only to wear their dresses there so as to avoid making it dirty when they walk towards the temple. Once inside, she notices that all the other girls are already there and are already done changing to a beautiful white tube dresses that reached the ankles. The dresses were adorned by cherry blossom patterned pink lace and there is also a pink satin ribbon tied at the waist.
"Oh Sakura-san, you're already here, Rio is waiting for you she'll be back any minute now. She just went to see how things are going on the men's changing tent," says Hinata looking really embarrased with the dress.
"Hinata, you look so beautiful in that dress. Naruto's eyes will surely pop out when he sees you," Sakura says and gives her a smile to which Hinata blushes at the mention of her husband's name. She has not changed that much.
"Ano, thank you Sakura-san."
"Hey, Forehead, don't forget us!" Sakura turned to see Ino in all her gorgeousness in a simple dress. Her hair flowed like a platinum river on her back. There is also Temari who looks equally stunning yet somewhat irritated.
"You never fail to impress, Ino. And Temari you look stunning in that dress."
"Ugh, this dress is very itchy and it feels very hot. I don't like it!" Temari says scratching her neck and arms alternately.
"Temari-san, please don't scratch it because your skin will redden and it will become more itchy. Here, let me put some balm."
"Ahhh... thanks Hinata," says Temari, relief evident on her face as Hinata nods and continues to apply the balm.
"Don't worry Temari, once Shikamaru sees you it will be all worth it," teases Ino and Temari just snorts in response.
"There you are, Haruno-san," Sakura looks back at the tent's entrance. She sees Rio approaching her, "Good thing you are already here, and you must know that you have one important role in this wedding, come on here and change!"
"Uh, yeah coming," Sakura follows her to the part of the tent hidded with curtains. 'Well, this is a surprise; I am the maid of honor. Good thing I read that book, if I haven't I will be totally clueless. I can't believe she actually chose me. Why not Rio, they are friends… wait, what if Sasuke was the one who chose and not Amira-san? But traditionally it should be the bride… Oh, western weddings are so complicated.'
"Okay, Haruno-san wear the dress placed on that chair, alright?" she then points the chair inside the curtain-covered portion of the tent.
"Okay, I will be out in a minute," she closes the curtain and takes her kimono off. She observes the dress on the chair. It seems much longer and poofier than what her friends are wearing, 'Yeah, maid-of-honor's dress, duh!'
After a few minutes of struggle with the dress, she is finally in it. Sakura tries to look at her in the mirror but guess what? There are no mirrors in there so that means she has to trust what her friends will say on what she looks. She then decides to go out once and for all.
Everyone inside the tent stops as she closes the curtain behind her, she faces them and sighs,"How do I look?" she asks eyeing her friends and Rio. The dressmaker is the one to react first. "You look beautiful, darling…"
"Sakura-san, you look beautiful in your dress," Hinata says with a daze look on her eyes.
"Forehead, I know for sure that, for the first time, Sai will not call you Ugly!" Ino then laughs loudly in which Temari joins her. Sakura sighs while looking at the two blonde witches in front of her. 'They are hopeless.'
"Hmp… are we still waiting for anyone?"
"Nope," Rio says. "Let's go now; they are all probably waiting already. The ceremony is about to start as well," she says as she hands them a bouquet of pink roses and cherry blossoms.
Sakura sees the groomsmen as they meet outside the temple. As predicted they were all ogling at their own girlfriends, in Naruto's case wife, as if it is their first time seeing women. Meanwhile Sakura looks at the surroundings; there are chairs lining up on both sides of the temple, the aisle is laden with a red carpet and on its sides were balls of pink roses perched on a rod over an arrangement of cherry blossoms. It is a beautiful sight, indeed. Sakura closes her eyes to keep the tears away and she forces it back, back there to where they belong.
Once she opens her eyes she is already walking down the aisle getting closer and closer to her beloved Sasuke-kun. Five steps away… four… three… two… she then sees him raising his hand as if to take hers, she raises hers to met his but another hand beats her to it. She then sees Amira as she approaches her Sasuke-kun, hand in hand walking towards the priest on the front. She swallows hard as she veers herself away from them and turns left sitting next to Ino.
Her hands are trembling, tears almost spilling from her eyes. How could everyone, even Ino and Naruto, seem to be happy about this wedding? 'Hmp. What's up with Ino, anyway? When I told her that I will forget Sasuke, she totally freaked out and now that he was to tie the knot already she seems to be okay with it, happy even. What a friend she is! Hn... Oh great, now I sound like Sasuke! And Naruto, is this his revenge on me for not reciprocating his love for me when we were young?'
No! She will not be miserable for the rest of her life while they are all happy with the person they love. She has read an interesting article on western weddings, that people like her are given a chance to fight for their love. She is just waiting for that time. Her ears perk up when she hears the priest say the words she is waiting for, "Speak now or forever hold your peace."
There is a long pause as Sakura stands up. She can feel all eyes on her back when she says, "I object to this wedding!"
Author's Notes: There you go, Chapter 7, everybody! To tell you the truth, I have written this chapter twice. When I posted Chapter 6 I was almost finished with this chapter, I just rewrote it COMPLETELY because of your reviews, especially you (you know who you are). But I can confidently tell you that this version is much better than version 1.0, anyways, I hope you enjoyed this.
I was suposed to post this Tuesday but I have watched a local TV show yesterday and I thought I ought to spread the love... And anyway, I suck at describing so if you want to have a good idea of what I'm talking about on the wedding venue, you can watch the 2nd Yakie wedding on Kalyeserye or better known as Aldub (if you're a Filipino you'll know what I'm talking about and if not don't mind me please)... hahaha but you don't have to.
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