I downloaded the Pokemon theme song! Hoorays for me…
Chapter 22- Wedding Rehearsal
It was only a day before the big event! Aside from that, it was also going to be a rather hasty, troublesome one! As soon as the sun was up, Ino and Shikamaru woke up with Sakura and Choji screaming at them on their beds.
In Shikamaru's room…
"WAAAAKE UUUP!!!" Choji yelled, "Get up or you'll be late!!!"
"Late?" Shikamaru yawned, "Late for what? Work!? Awww, geez…"
"No, not for work, silly!" Choji replied, opening up the curtains, "You've got a big wedding rehearsal planned for the day!"
"Aren't wedding rehearsals supposed to be held weeks before the actual wedding!?" Shikamaru said, "If ours is gonna be a day before the wedding, those people are insane! Now leave me in peace…"
"You wanna marry Ino, don'tcha?" Choji told him, "You can't marry her tomorrow unless you attend the rehearsal today! Otherwise, we're gonna have to reschedule the rehearsal and the wedding… It'll take months to wait if we do that…"
Getting up, Shikamaru rubbed his eyes and said, "Then tell me why didn't we do this weeks before the wedding?"
"Um… The church people were really busy these past few weeks, you see…" Choji replied, "Just two months ago, it was December and they were holding a huge Christmas event to baptize young children for free! It went on 'til January…"
"I see." Shikamaru said. "Is Ino awake?"
"Sakura's taking care of that for now!" Choji answered him. "She's in the other room doing the same as me! Hopefully she gets up as well!"
"What time is the rehearsal?" Shikamaru asked.
"Five in the afternoon." Choji replied, "But you still have to get ready. Like, get your hair done, your clothes… Everything…"
"How troublesome." Shikamaru answered, "And I thought my last day of being single was going to be a rather peaceful one! Sheesh."
"I'm really sorry, buddy!" Choji laughed nervously, "Heheh…"
In Ino's room…
"Sakura! Gimme ten more minutes!"
"Oh no. That's not gonna work on me!" Sakura yelled as she pulled Ino out of bed, "Now… GET UP OR ELSE!!!"
"I don't wanna get up yet!" Ino replied, "I slept really late last night you know!"
"Well," Sakura grunted, "Then it's your fault you're still sleepy! But you must get out of bed this instant! Seriously! You'll regret it if you don't, sleepyhead!"
"And why exactly will I regret getting out of bed on this perfectly warm and sunny day? Huh?" Ino asked her, "Tell me why!"
"Today… Is… Your… Wedding… Rehearsal!" Sakura said as she tugged Ino's foot, "Now! Let go of the bed!"
"But wasn't the wedding rehearsal supposed to be weeks ago!?" Ino said, "They get me out of bed for that and it's their fault they were too busy to even hold our wedding rehearsal weeks ago!"
"If you don't get up, your wedding with Shikamaru will be delayed by months…" Sakura told her, "You wouldn't want that, would you?"
Then, the door suddenly banged open and in came Inoichi with a big hose.
"WAKE UP, INO!!!" he yelled. Then, he washed Ino up with the hose he was holding in his hand.
"AAAAH!" Ino screamed, "DAD! THAT WATER'S FRIGGIN' DEAD COLD!!! I HATE YOU!!!"
"You'll hate it even more if you miss this, you know." He said, "Come on. Be a good girl and get moving! Shikamaru's already having breakfast downstairs. If you keep him waiting, he'll surely get all cranky!"
"Oh fine…"
Finally, Ino got out of bed and went down to have some breakfast. Shikamaru was already eating the fresh batch of pancakes their dads made for them, just the way they liked it when they were still children.
"G'morning." Shikamaru said, "I see we had problems in getting you out of bed,"
"Tell me about it!" Sakura replied, "But don't worry! She's up now!"
Ino yawned as she poured juice into her glass. "Man… This is just so wrong… To have our wedding rehearsal a day before the big day itself…"
"I know, I know. We're all kinda upset about it." Shikamaru told her, "But it can't be helped. If we really want to get married tomorrow, then we're gonna have to make a few sacrifices today!
"Now, Ino. Let me ask you again…
"Are you ready for this? Are you really sure you want to get married?"
"Yes. Yes, I'm quite sure of it." Ino replied, "I won't regret it. I'm not backing-out."
"Okay. That's good."
Hours later, everyone was finally ready to get out to look their best for the wedding rehearsal. Ino wore a short purple dress and stilettos. While Ino and the girls were at the parlor busy getting their hair and makeup done, Shikamaru and the guys went out to look around and have fun while waiting. When it was finally five in the afternoon, they all met at the Ino-Shika-Cho restaurant. Then, they went off to the cathedral to rehearse.
That was Ino and Shikamaru's last day as a single person…
Tomorrow, they will get married and start living together as husband and wife and eventually have kids of their own.
I am so excited.