Chapter 22 : Family Drama
It was morning. Sakura was still sleeping on the bed. Since her nightly alcohol consumption episode, her sleeping rhythm went to chaos. She couldn't sleep at night and she could only sleep for few hours in the morning. Sasuke was out to buy their household needs because he knew that his wife was in her worst condition and she needed rest.
Sakura was asleep in the house until she heard voice of someone hitting the door. Not knocking, but hitting the door. She immediately woke up and opened the door, she was stunned when she saw her child and Naruto in front of her. Tears erupted out of her eyes as she was staring at her child's face, she looked scared.
"Sarada! I've been looking for you everywhere! Where were you?" Sakura immediately hugged her child. She was crying. Sarada felt guilty. Her mother became even thinner than the last time she saw her in the hospital. She hugged her mother tighter, she could feel her bony torso.
She had been a bad daughter.
"Mama, i'm sorry," Sarada said. She was surprised that her mother didn't immediately slap her for all the things she did.
"Let's go inside," Sakura said after she's done hugging her lost daughter.
Both Naruto and Sarada were waiting in the living room. They were sitting on the sofa side to side, Sakura was serving matcha for them while she was eating biscuit for herself.
Sakura was happy having her daughter coming back to her but then she saw how Sarada's fingers were intertwined with Naruto's and she saw her ring in the ring finger.
"So, you two are still together," Sakura sighed, her eyes couldn't even look in their eyes. She wanted to be angry at both of them, she wanted to slap both of them but she knew that it would only drive them away from her.
"Sakura, i'm sorry ... but we're married already," Naruto stuttered. Sakura could feel like she's being choked and the air felt as if it suffocated her. She couldn't contain her tears. She felt like a failure, she felt like she's the worst mother in the world. How could see not prevent her daughter from being swayed by a married man and turning into this disgraceful second wife?
Both Naruto and Sarada stayed silent while gazing at Sakura's crying. Suddenly, Sasuke appeared in front of them, he was very swift, they didn't realize that the Uchiha patriarch was inside the house.
"I see, now both of you are married already," Sarada could feel bloodlust radiating from her father. His eye was red and they were glaring at both of them with the intent to destroy both of them.
"Naruto, all this time my judgment about you was wrong, the all righteous Hokage was just a facade of this dirty old man who likes to fuck around with teenage girl, my teenage girl," Sasuke said. Naruto could only gulp his saliva. "Sasuke, i'm sorry but Sarada and i love each other," Naruto said unapologetically. They could see how Sasuke's hand had already started forming purple matter. Sarada immediately stood up. "Papa! I love Naruto and i'm no longer your little girl! It's me who chose to marry him and be his second wife!" She said to him with her Uchiha eyes gleaming red. "Now, please let me and Naruto reunite with our child," Sarada pleaded.
"I'm not giving my grandchild back," Sasuke immediately said to Sarada. He really was using the baby as leverage.
"Sasuke, this is a crime," Naruto said sternly. "I'd rather rot in jail than seeing my teenage daughter being married as a second wife to a dirty old man like you," Sasuke's susanoo got even bigger so sudden that it immediately attacked Naruto. Naruto stood up and shielded himself with Kurama's chakra. "Sasuke! Stop!" Sakura interrupted his attack towards Naruto.
"It's no use to fight," Sakura said. She has calmed down herself though her eyes were still red and swollen.
"I will give the baby in exchange of you divorcing Hinata or just give Sarada to us and you can continue your life with Hinata, " Sakura said.
"Papa!Mama! How come you offer something like that as if i'm just a property you own!? Why are you becoming like grandpa and grandma who blocked someone's love for their own ego?" Sarada yelled at Sasuke. It's true that Sasuke's and Sakura's marriage didn't get Sakura's parents approval. But, they were a single man and a single woman, none of them was in a committed relationship with someone else. Sasuke could feel anger burning inside of him. He stood up and slapped his daughter until it left a red mark on her cheek. It surprised all of them.
"I'm still your father, you ungrateful shameless child! I didn't marry a married woman, you dumbfuck! You think i can stay silent with you acting like a fucking whore!?" Sasuke screamed at Sarada. He tried really hard to save his daughter's reputation. Her life. Her future. But, she chose to live her life to be branded as this whore who "stole" the Hokage from his first wife.
Sakura pulled Sasuke's back, preventing him to do something even crazier out of anger. Naruto immediately hugged Sarada who's sobbing on his chest.
"First, you have no right to call my wife a whore," Naruto was looking at Sasuke with the intention of attacking him. "Second, she might be your daughter but she is also my wife, who is an adult who can choose whatever she wanted to do with her life," Naruto added. "Third, you have no right to hold our baby, i will definitely inform anbu to capture you if you choose to hold our baby," Naruto said.
"Isn't the rule of polygamous marriage is the same treatment to all the wives? That means you will give the exact same treatment you had given to your first wife to your second wife, no?" Sakura scoffed. Naruto could see what she's insinuating but he stayed quiet.
"If you truly love Sarada, you will give her the reception at least as big as you had with Hinata, you will show the world that you're incredibly in love with Sarada the way how you had done with Hinata," Sakura spoke up. She knew her child was too headstrong, too uncontrollable, it was the least thing she could do to save Sarada's reputation.
"You will also tell the public that it was your responsibility to marry her since you had forced her to be in the relationship since she had became a Gonchato believer and you chose to respect her belief," Sasuke had done his studies before, that one of the ways to solve a rape case in Gonchato was to marry off the victim to the rapist. But, he never expected Sarada's plan to succeed.
The idea of exposing his relationship to people gave Naruto more headache. He hadn't even came out to Hinata and the children yet and they wanted him to expose to the public, letting Hinata to know it from the news, just like when his affair broke out in public.
"Will you do it, nanadaime?" Sasuke asked him, with mocking tone. He had never called Naruto nanadaime before. The Uchiha couple were glaring at Naruto.
He gazed at Sarada's eyes. Those bambi eyes were staring at him, begging for him to agree to Sakura's and Sasuke's request.
All of the Uchiha were looking at him. Waiting for his answer. Naruto gulped his saliva. "Alright, i will fulfill your wish," he said. "After all, the world needs a proper introduction of my Sarada Uzumaki," he added, the word Uzumaki surely caused Sasuke to twitch. But, with Sakura holding his arm with all her power surely reminded him that he shouldn't do anything reckless.
It didn't take long for the news of the Hokage's second marriage to spread around Naruto's friends and family. Even though the wedding was done secretly, with Konohamaru already knowing it, he was sure that telling the Hyugas and the Uzumaki children were the right thing to do.
Hyuga Residence. 8 PM.
"Hinata nee-san, when will you divorce Naruto?" Hanabi asked her sister. She was leaning at the door while staring at her crying sister who was sitting on the tatami.
"If i choose to divorce Naruto, will i give pleasure for both of them?" Hanabi replied her with "Eh?" towards her sister's question.
"Hello?!Your disgusting piece of shit husband had chosen to marry his mistress! Behind you, big sister!BEHIND YOU!" Hanabi moved closer to her big sister and sat beside her.
"What pleasure can you get for staying married to him? So you can annoy those disgusting newlyweds? Do you still want to win that shitty man back?" Hanabi scoffed.
"Boruto and Himawari would understand why you chose to divorce him, anyone would!" She was so fed up with Hinata not taking any move.
"Would father understand?" Hinata asked. She remembered that Hiashi was the one who told her to accept Sarada as Naruto's second wife.
"For fuck's sake! Who the fuck cares what father thinks!?This time, he married her behind you! BEHIND YOU! You can practically sue them or something and call the wedding not legit or whatever!" Hanabi commented. She looked like she was more pissed off than her sister was.
"Mom! Have you heard the news?" Boruto suddenly barged inside the living room. Hanabi could see anger in his face.
Boruto who saw her mother crying immediately hugged her. "Mom ... it's okay if you want to divorce that stupid old man," Boruto said to her. "You can do it ... nobody is going to blame you," Boruto reassured his mother.
"I can't ... i can't divorce him ... i can't live with the idea that i am losing your father forever," Hinata hugged her son tighter. Hanabi's eyes rolled when she heard about it.
She knew that Hinata had loved him since she was a child but what kind a woman let herself to be stepped down by her husband at this extent? Does she have any pride? If she were in Hinata's position, she'd definitely divorce Naruto ... wait ... if she were in her position ... she would already divorce Naruto when she found out that he's cheating on her ... She didn't care whether he's the Hokage or even the Daimyo ... a cheating man moreover the one who got married behind your back is never worth keeping.
"You're so stupid," Hinabi muttered, almost inaudibly.
"Mom, i heard from brother what happened," Himawari showed up, the girl knelt down and hugged her mother, along with her brother. She also cried.
"What does this mean? I don't understand this! How come a man get married to another woman when he's still married to his wife?" Himawari sobbed.
"If mother doesn't divorce father, this means that ... Sarada is going to be our other step mother and perhaps we have to live with her and her child," Boruto explained to Himawari. She was appalled.
"No, we are not going to live in the same house with them, i will never allow it to happen," Hinata calmed her children.
"Lady Hinata, Nanadaime is outside and he wants to see you," a female maid suddenly came in front of the sliding door.
Hinata didn't even invite her husband inside the mansion. She just spoke outside on the garden with Naruto.
"Are you happy now that you're married to a fertile young woman?" Hinata's eyes were red because she was crying all the time and Naruto could see it. He tried to reach her shoulder but she slapped his hand away.
"Hinata, let's go home," Naruto pleaded. "No, i can't," Hinata said. "I can't stay in one house with that slut," Hinata added, she was glaring at her husband with all her anger.
"I promise you that you will never have to live in the same house with Sarada," Naruto tried to touch her again but she pushed him away.
"Hinata, please, i beg you," Naruto's knees fell to the ground. His hands were grabbing his wife's.
It was the same old dramatic begging. She thought. She was fed up.
"Okay," Hinata responded. "Every single property that you had acquired during our marriage must be under my name," Hinata requested. She felt that she needed to be compensated for the things she had been facing because of his fault. Naruto stood up, he was surprised at his wife's request. It was the first time his wife actually showed her "fangs" to him.
He closed his eyes, his expression changed, it was calmer. He gazed at his wife with his blue eyes and nodded "Alright then." Because he couldn't let Hinata go, he couldn't let those eighteen years of marriage being wasted.
"But, please exclude my old apartment from your wishes," Naruto could feel the slight change in Hinata's expression. There was a faint lift at the edge of her lips. "Okay," she said. Her approval correlates with how the size of her apartment perhaps was the same with the size of love Naruto had for Sarada. It wasn't a nice place as well, maybe she would fight a lot with Naruto because of the stress pent up for living in that ugly small old apartment. Making love there was something but living there was surely a different thing.
"Hinata, thank you," suddenly Naruto hugged Hinata. He hugged her tight, the way she wanted.
"And me and my children will not come to your reception, if there's any," Hinata added, her expression didn't change.
Naruto's Old Apartment. 10 PM.
It was the night after she got her child, Karuto back. She was alone with Karuto in that small old apartment, while Naruto was seeing Hinata. She felt jealousy.
The girl was already lying on the bed, ready to sleep but every time she closed her eyes, all she could imagine was Naruto having sex with Hinata. That he came inside of her, that he moaned her name. She shouldn't feel jealous of her since she was his first wife and she had the right of a portion of Naruto. But, she did.
"Why did he leave me alone during Karuto's first year!? That old woman Hinata could take care of things by herself!" Sarada muttered to herself. She walked around her room and she stopped at Karuto inside the baby bed, a peaceful sleeping face. His face certainly calmed her.
She loved Karuto. She knew it and when she saw his face, she was calmed down. Karuto was the child of her and Naruto. He would never leave Sarada with her being his child's mother. Naruto loved his children so much and that included Karuto.
Naruto's Office. 8 AM.
Everything came back to normal. No more Gonchato protest. Just a hokage sitting on the hokage seat, signing papers and planning for visits for new establishment of Konoha. Shikamaru came there a little late, usually he would come earlier than Naruto but he deliberately came late that morning, somehow he was too fed up to look at Naruto's face. He wanted to quit but Temari prevented him from doing so.
It was all irritation plastered in Shikamaru's face. The guy was awfully quiet that day. "I apologize for all the things i had done that caused you to be involved," Naruto broke the silence between them. "Yeah, whatever," Shikamaru replied the Hokage, didn't even bother to look at Naruto's face. "I promise i won't let you get involved in my family issue again," Naruto said. "That's good of you realizing your fault," Shikamaru replied to Naruto. "Guess we can go back to work professionally again," Shikamaru muttered. "Thank you, Shikamaru," Naruto sighed.
Though their schedule somehow came back fo normal. Shikamaru's attitude towards Naruto didn't come back to normal and it lasted for few months. Naruto couldn't help it, Shikamaru was angry at him, he had done so much during the whole mistress drama.
One day, Naruto dropped an invitation in red to Shikamaru's desk. Shikamaru who was sitting on the chair of his desk picked the invitation envelope. He opened the invitation, also in red and warm orangey gold, he saw Naruto's and Sarada's names on it.
Oh. He's throwing a huge wedding for his second wife. Poor Hinata.
Shikamaru put the invitation in his bag. He was going to discuss about the Nara family attendance to Temari.
Kazekage Office. 5 PM.
Gaara was in his office. The sky was already quite orange. He was looking st files that had just sent to him that day. He was surprised when he saw a red colored letter in very peculiar size. He certainly knew what it was. A wedding invitation. He was surprised when he read what's inside it.
Naruto Uzumaki and Uchiha Sarada.
Is Naruto inviting him for his bronze wedding anniversary party? He certainly likes festivity.
Gaara thought. He didn't remember the name of Naruto's wife. Gaara put the invitation back into the letter and called Temari.
"Temari, have you gotten the invitation from Naruto?" Gaara asked.
"Yes, i had," Temari replied, she was busy cooking for her family.
"Will you come to the party?" Gaara asked.
"Yes, perhaps," She replied.
"Do you know what's a proper gift for Naruto's wedding anniversary?" Gaara asked Temari.
"Let's see ...," Temari said while setting the timer of her rice cooker.
"Wait!" She was startled. "So, the news hasn't reached our place yet?" Temari asked.
"What news?" Gaara was confused.
"Naruto is marrying again!" Temari answered.
"Marrying again? Did his first wife die or something? I never hear such news," Gaara was still in his confusion.
"Hinata, his first wife is still healthily alive but Naruto is marrying for a second wife," Gaara was startled to hear the news. A second wife was a foreign concept him. He was silent for a moment. "I will come ... so, do you have any idea to give as a wedding present?" He asked. "Are you not curious about how that could happen?" Temari shrieked. "I don't think i should question Naruto's choice when it comes to his personal marriage life, i don't think anyone likes it when someone who isn't a family prying around in their romance," Gaara replied. He himself felt incredibly pissed at first when people question why he's not married when he's a man who's desired by many many women. "It's been crazy lately for him, he had an affair with this girl and then somehow they ended up marrying each other now," Temari explained. "The girl is Sasuke's and Sakura's child, his former teammate, it's a crazy situation for his family ...," She added. "You've probably seen her during jonin exam, black hair, black eyes that turned red when needed, red glasses, slender figure, oval face with pointy chin, overall she's a pretty young girl," Temari said. "Ah i see," Gaara was actually still pretty confused with the situation but he knew he shouldn't bother much in someone's family issue. "So, what gift should i give to Naruto?" Gaara diverted the topic.
Hot spring. 9 PM.
Both of the older men were having their time bathing in a public hot spring. It was surprisingly quiet that night. No one bathed in the hot spring beside the two of them.
Kakashi was leaning on the stone of the hot spring. "I can't believe that Naruto blew his wedding in this proportion, he told me that he wanted to keep this as a secret," Kakashi started the conversation. "Heck! I even agreed in becoming their witness in their secret wedding on the temple! Turns out he chose blow this off as a big news," Kakashi dipped his body even deeper in the warm water. Guy didn't say a thing. His jaw dropped when he heard it from Kakashi. "Honestly, i never thought that Naruto would do things like ... marrying another wife when he had a Hyuga princess in his arm," Guy commented. "People changed, he certainly changed, no one would expect him to have a sex scandal and followed with him marrying the girl he had scandal with," Kakashi sighed. "Will you come to the wedding?" Guy asked. "Will you?" Instead of answering, Kakashi asked him back. "Honestly, i will ,"Guy said. "However, the kid was a hero and he's helped Konoha in many ways," Guy added. "How are your other students? I heard that Naruto's new wife is your other students' child?" Guy asked again. "Sakura told me that they had no choice but to agree," Kakashi answered. Guy stayed silent. He didn't reply Kakashi. "I won't come though, it's too bothersome, they're married already, Naruto doesn't need anymore witness, they're just there to celebrate the reception," Kakashi replied while he was coming out of the water.
Konoha Burger Spot. 3 PM.
The trio had just finished practicing and they chose to eat burger after practice. It was raining that day right after they entered the burger spot.
Chocho surely had slimmed down since they were practicing very hard lately and since she got a celebrity boyfriend. The three were sitting on the same table. Chocho had only ordered a burger, a fries and a coke.
"Oi, pig, why aren't you eating like usual?" Inojin asked her. "I want to watch my weight for my boyfriend, sometimes fans like to take pictures of us when we were hanging out" she said, mentioning the name of his actor boyfriend. "Having a boyfriend who is a celebrity is definitely a pain in the ass," Inojin sighed, as he ate his burger.
"Inojin, Chocho, have you gotten the invitation from Sarada?" Shikadai suddenly diverted the topic. "Invitation?" Inojin mused. "Oh! Do you mean the wedding invitation?" Inojin blurted. "Yes, what's else?" Shikadai said. "I can't believe Sarada is the first one to get married among us, she used to be this ambitious girl blabbering about wanting to be a Hokage bla bla bla," Shikadai added. "She was ambitious ... when she accused Nanadaime of raping her and from that way, she managed to marry Nanadaime, right?" Inojin commented with a fries in his mouth. "Why did she want to marry Nanadaime so badly though? Is it still connected with her ambition to be Hokage? Well, if look at history, almost all Hokage had blood relation with the previous Hokage, Nanadaime himself was a son Yondaime, Godaime was a granddaughter of Ichidaime and Nidaime was the brother of Ichidaime ... it just creates this theory that is it perhaps easier to be Hokage when you're the previous Hokage's family member?" Shikadai shared his analysis. "Duh," Chocho interrupted the boys. "Didn't we have this conversation before? Sarada had always liked Nanadaime and i'm certain that she loves him," Chocho rolled her eyes. "Are you sure that's love? That's more like an obsession for me?" Inojin blurted. "I agree, there is a thin line between love and obsession," Shikadai added. "You guys should stop gossiping about her," Chocho replied the boys. "Well, but we are invited to her wedding and i'm pretty sure we need to give her a gift," Shikadai folded his arm. "Maybe we need to give her cooking books, she's never the girly type right? She will have to "compete" with Lady Hinata who is definitely a good cook," Inojin replied. "Errrr ... You boys are so quick to judge ... Sarada can cook just fine," Chocho commented. "What will you give her then?" Inojin asked her. "It's actually Nanadaime's and Sarada's wedding, not only Sarada, we have to give items for both of them, not only Sarada," Chocho replied. "Anyway, will your father come to the wedding? You told us that he's incredibly pissed off by Nanadaime's action," Inojin asked to Shikadai. "I don't think he is willing to come but there will be so many important guests so he will probably come for the sake of lobbying," Shikadai said. "My parents will come to the wedding though, it was aunt Sakura who gave the invitation to my mother, seems like despite everything that's happening, their daughter's wedding is still important for them," Inojin said. Chocho's expression changed. She was reminded by her own relationship with her current boyfriend, her parents strongly disagree with her current relationship. Would they come to her wedding if she ended up marrying him?
"Chocho, how about you?" Shikadai asked.
"My parents are coming too," Chocho said while slurping her soda drink, still with less enthusiastic face.
Akamichi Household. 7 PM.
Karui and Choji were both already at home that time with Choji watching the television and Karui on the phone at the living room.
"Yes," Karui nodded. "Hmm, yea," She nodded again. "Yes, we will come to their wedding as well," Karui added. "Alright then," she then turned off the red colored phone and slouched on the sofa with her husband.
"That's Chocho's boyfriend on the soda advertisement," Choji said while looking at the blue dominated tv screen with a guy with silver hair and hair being part in the middle holding a can of soda in his hand, his skin was fair and he had delicate face with grey eyes, a very pretty boy. "Do you think Chocho's in serious relationship with that soap opera actor?" Karui also looked worried. They were expecting their daughter to marry a shinobi, not some soap opera actor with questionable future. "I hope they're not serious," Choji replied. "Anyway, what did the people from Kumo say about Naruto's second wedding?" Choji slung his arm on his wife's shoulder while looking at her face. "They said they were surprised but they will certainly come to the wedding to respect the Hokage," Karui sighed. "This time is really a different time compared to our era back then," Choji said to his wife.
Haruno household. 4:40 PM.
The sun had turned red, Sakura covered in a red qipao dress with Uchiha symbol on her back was sitting on the dining room, drinking a rosella tea prepared by her mother.
She was waiting with an invitation letter on the table. It took her father few minutes to appear in front of her. He had stroke since few years ago, the man couldn't talk and he couldn't walk, he was on a wheelchair being pushed by her mother.
Mebuki sat down and glared after her daughter, while Kizashi was being positioned closer to Sakura. Kizashi's eyes moved to the invitation letter. "Open it," Mebuki commanded her daughter. Sakura complied to her request and opened the letter. "Read it," Mebuki commanded with her arms folded. "Naruto Uzumaki and Sarada Uchiha invited you to our wedding," Sakura said, with sadness in her voice. Kizashi and Mebuki were silent for a minute, they were gazing at their daughter with cynically.
"That's what you get for marrying a criminal from a rotten clan, luckily for you that child with bad blood managed to be wedded by the married man even though only as a second wife," Mebuki commented. Kizashi nodded at what Mebuki was saying. Sakura didn't say a thing. She was sad enough for what had happened to her and Sasuke. She didn't even have the audacity to look Kizashi and Mebuki in their eyes. She had promised herself that she would make Sarada a great woman, a woman that's successful and would make everyone who disliked her for Uchiha blood not being able to call names anymore. But, Sakura failed.
"What? Do you want to cry now? Do you regret marrying Sasuke Uchiha and have his rotten blood ran through your child's vein?" Mebuki scoffed with her high pitched voice. Sakura's grip towards her own qipao became harder, she tried hard to control her emotion in front of her parents. She just stayed silent with tears welling on the back of her eyes.
"Karma exists! She did exactly what you and your beloved husband had done, right? She got pregnant so Nanadaime would marry her, right? Same with you who got pregnant with that criminal Uchiha so you could earn our approval! Oh! And she's even worse! She got pregnant by a married man!" Mebuki yelled at her daughter. She voice what could be her and Kizashi's opinion.
"Mother, father, i do not regret my marriage with Sasuke ... i am only here to drop the invitation and to ask whether you'd come or not to your grandchild's wedding," Sakura said in a stern voice, she kept on inhaling and exhaling her breath, trying to control her own emotion. Kizashi was glaring at his daughter. Mebuki could only sigh. Their daughter never listened to them anyway, she thought.
"I will come but only because her groom was The Hokage, if it was some random man, i wouldn't come, remember that," Mebuki said to her with her index finger pointed at Sakura's face.
The Wedding Day.
It was a big luxe morning garden wedding, even bigger than Naruto's first wedding. It had beautiful decoration made out of grass and ice, an Uzumaki household symbol and buffet of expensive foods such as lobster and shark fin.
But, the situation wasn't as happy and genuine compared to his first wedding. People came only to respect Naruto simply because he's The Hokage. Sakura was dressing up in burgundy Tomesode Kimono, Sasuke was also wearing burgundy, the color of Uchiha's symbol. It looked certainly awkward for them to see Sasuke walking Sarada and gave her away to Naruto, especially with Sasuke's flat expression. Naruto was wearing his black shiromoku dan Sarada was wearing her white shiromoku with prettier red makeup compared to her wedding at the temple.
After the ceremony, they cut the big cake with dolls of the bride and groom and poured champagne to the glasses. After that was over, the audience was eating the buffet while the bride and groom were handshaking the guests.
The youngsters were hanging out together while eating the buffet. All of Sarada's friends were coming. They surely talked about her and Nanadaime. Shikadai, Inojin, Iwabe, Denki and Metal were hanging out together. All of them were wearing semi-formal outfits, only Shikadai who was wearing a black suit without tie. Inojin was wearing a baby blue blazer and pants, with white turtle neck inside, Iwabe was wearing a dark green kimono top and pants, Denki was wearing a shirt with a vest on top of it in dark blue color with black pants, while Metal was wearing a structured dark green taffeta changshan. "So, all those news about Nanadaime raping Sarada was false, right?" Iwabe questioned. "Perhaps ... we never know for sure what happened between them," Inojin said while eating his tiramisu dessert, he tried to be as diplomatic as possible. "No! I don't think it's false! I believe Nanadaime was paying homage to the Gonchato rule," the sudden interruption from Metal surprised the others, their attention suddenly shifted to Metal Lee. "One who rapes must marry one who is raped by them for their sin shall be forgiven," Metal recited the verse from the Gonchato book. Such an obsessive cultist,what a drag. Shikadai thought while judging his friend.
While Mitsuki was hanging out with the girls, Sumire, Namida, Wasabi, and Tsubaki. He was wearing a soft-blue kimono while Sumire was wearing a sleeveless white jumpsuit with a silver clutch, Namida was wearing a mini yellow dress with matching mary-jane heels, while Wasabi was wearing a vest as a top and a trouser in the color grey, Tsubaki chose to wear a pink kimono with sakura pattern on it. "I want to get married as well," Namida said while looking at Sarada and Naruto handshaking the guests. "Just ask Iwabe to marry you," Mitsuki commented. They all knew that she's dating Iwabe. "You know he's too young for marriage," Namida sighed. "Oops, i think we all know who will marry after Sarada," Sumire said with a champagne in her hand diverting their friends' attention to someone who was passing them by.
Their attention was shifted when Chocho passed them wearing a tight dark orange dress that fell on her calves, that showed her curves, her small waist, with a hole around her chest, exposing her cleavage, she was wearing a shapewear so her waist looked really small and her body looked smooth with no fat rolls. But, what really caught their attention(and the attention of the young girls around them) was Chocho's boyfriend, the actor and teenage heartthrob, Yue. He was wearing a black suit without tie, just like Shikadai. But, it was certain that he looked better than Shikadai in it, his silver hair and grey eyes stood out in the crowd, along with his incredibly handsome facial features. Some people actually stopped them to take pictures with Yue.
What surprised the guests was the attendance of Hinata, Boruto and Himawari during the wedding. The three of them were sitting on the family table along with Iruka, who surprisingly also came that day. Hinata was wearing a pink kimono, Himawari wore the same kimono and Boruto was wearing an orange kimono. All of them had the Uzumaki clan symbol behind their kimono.
People were shamelessly gossiping during the party while the bride and groom were handshaking the guests. Sakura and Sasuke didn't mingle a lot, they just hung out with Ino and Sai. They couldn't stand those two faced people who congratulated them in front of their faces and talked about them behind their backs with those "so, they are the girl's parents, they must have neglected her" "were they trying to make their daughter to be a Hokage's wife so badly that they let their daughter seduced Nanadaime?" "Did they raise their daughter to be golddigger?" and many more.
Sasuke didn't say anything, he looked grumpy during the whole event, while Sakura still tried to smile to other people. "How did you eventually agree for their wedding?" Sai bluntly asked Sakura. Sai and Ino knew that Sakura and Sasuke disliked Naruto's and Sarada's relationship. They also knew how Sasuke and Sakura tried to bring Sarada away from Konoha. "They're too in love, i don't think we can separate them," Sakura giggled while drinking another glass of champagne. She was lying. She knew that Naruto didn't love Sarada that much, at least not as much as she loved Naruto. Sai and Ino could see that Sakura drank so much during the wedding. She got a little flushed and Sasuke immediately pulled her glass of champagne away from her and hugged her from beside. Sasuke then helped Sakura to leave the were walking away from Ino and Sai.
When Sakura and Sasuke were walking through the garden, they had to pass the invitees. The men and women of Konoha and their chattering mouths. The socialites were hanging out together as they were passing the ladies with exotic bags.
"The mother of bride was drunk! She must be so stressed having a child like acting like a harlot," one of the guests with brown hair said to her friend while pointing to Sakura who was walking with Sasuke with h. "It's funny how she said that she was raped but she agreed in marrying her rapist," Her friend with red hair commented. "Apparently she's just a pretty face with nothing else, that's why she needed to lie in order to get Nanadaime to marry her," The other woman with blonde hair commented and laughed together with her friends. "I don't even understand how could Lady Hinata agreed in them marrying, that young girl must have pulled a trick or two to make them agree," The red haired said while looking at Lady Hinata at the family seating with her children. "That Sarada girl must be a wicked woman," the blonde one said.
When Sakura and Sasuke were close them, they immediately changed their expression, to look very warm and welcoming. The women who were also patients of Sakura approached the Uchiha couple. "Good afternoon, Sakura sensei," The woman with blonde hair said with a big smile in her face. "I would like to congratulate you and your husband for your child's wedding," the blonde woman said. The others followed with congratulatory words to the Uchiha couple. "Sarada looks very beautiful today," the red haired woman said. "Anyway, my child is healthy already, thanks to your medication, Sakura sensei," the brown haired woman said with a big smile. A face that's so different compared to the moment when they were dissing Sarada. Sakura was too drunk to even concentrate on their words, she could only say "Thank you" to all of them. Before their fake kindness made Sasuke felt like he wanted to throw up, Sasuke immediately cut the conversation "Ladies, thank you, but, my wife is not feeling well and she has to rest," Sasuke said while continuing walking.
"Seems like with the Hokage having two wives, i can also marry my Rina-chan legally as well," a man with blonde hair and a cigar in his lips laughed with his friends. "Yes, it must be nice having a cute young wife without having to leave your first wife," The other man with dark brunette hair laughed. "The Hokage really sets a very joyful rule for the husbands," Another man laughed. "I'm going to get myself my own Sarada for sure," the old man with ash green hair laughed. "Nanadaime must have felt young again with such young sexy wife," the other man laughed. "He's so lucky, he got to marry the beautiful Lady Hinata for his first wife and now he's marrying a his young mistress with tight ass and Lady Hinata doesn't seem to protest," The man with ash green hair said. "Maybe you should get your Rina-chan pregnant ... then perhaps your wife will have to agree with your decision to marry Rina-chan," The man with brunette hair said to the one with blonde hair.
"These bastards," Sasuke wanted to punch those men's faces for degrading his child only to be "the mistress turned to be second wife" but Sakura pulled Sasuke's arm, and shook her head, insinuating that he shouldn't make a scene. Those men were rich influential men of Konoha and Sakura didn't want her husband to be known as this Hokage's violent father-in-law.
When they reached the rose flower tunnel which was the entrance and the exit for the guests, they saw an unexpected figure there. She was standing there with anger perfectly shown in her face, her veins around her eyes were protruding, her hands were making fists, as if she was ready to fight. She wasn't wearing a party dress, she was wearing a lavender jacket and a white skinny jeans with flat shoes on. Sakura and Sasuke were shocked to see her in the outfit, they certainly remembered that Lady Hinata was sitting on the family seating place wearing a kimono, with her children.
Then, when they realised what was going on, they were even more shocked.
Author's Note :
It's been quite some time. This path will be very soap opera-ish and i believe that what would happen when someone is in polygamous marriage. Well, it's like slice of life with drama.
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