Chapter Fourteen: Here Comes The Bride?

Disclaimer: NARUTO SHALL NEVER BE OWNED BY ME… And am still getting over the fact that Dattebayo has stopped subbing Shippuuden DX.

Manami's Point Of View

"WHAT?!" I yelped. "How?! WHY?!"

Hinata bowed a million times. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry!"

Even Sasuke had tensed up. "Why did your father arrange such a thing without even my permission?"

"I don't know why, honestly! My father went up to me this morning saying, 'I'm arranging a marriage between you and Uchiha Sasuke,'" Hinata answered quickly.

"Did you ask why?" I questioned.

"N-No… Because I didn't know what to say! I left the house to tell you, Oneesan!" Hinata replied.

I frowned, and then sighed. "Bring me to your house and I'll talk with your father,"

"A-Are you sure? He can get a little intimidating when he gets angry," She hesitated.

"Hinata-sama," I looked at her. "Would feel comfortable if Naruto were to have an arranged marriage with me?"

"No! O-Of course not," She answered.

"So take me to your father," I said sternly.

"Yes, Manami-oneesan," Hinata obeyed quietly.

-x-x-x-x-

Hinata opened the front door gently and whispered. "I'm back,"

Of course, her father wasn't to be underestimated. He could hear Hinata's small voice.

"Hinata. Explain to me why you left the house suddenly," Her father scolded. "I was getting worried,"

"Well uhm—" Hinata began.

"She came to tell me about this arranged marriage you told her about," I interrupted.

"Manami? What are you doing here? With Uchiha Sasuke too?" Hinata's father asked.

"I'd like to talk to you alone, Hyuga-sama," I didn't answer his question.

He sighed, glanced at Hinata, and then looked at me. "Very well. Follow me,"

So I did, leaving Sasuke and Hinata behind.

Hinata's father brought to a room which was familiar to me.

The room I played in with Hinata when we were little.

He sat at a nearby table and gestured me to join him. I complied and did.

"What is it you wanted to talk about, Manami?" He asked.

"Why did you bring this marriage up? What made you want to hold it?" I asked back.

He hesitated before telling me his answer. "To tell you the truth. I don't approve of my daughter going out with… the Nine-tails fox boy,"

I scoffed in disgust. "That's what this is about? Hinata-sama going out with Naruto-kun?"

He nodded. "I thought I would stop that relationship by making her marry Uchiha Sasuke. The Hyuga and the Uchiha clan are both powerful in the Hidden Leaf, and it would be best if Sasuke married soon, to revive the Uchiha clan,"

I pressed my lips together. "…Did you ever wonder about how Sasuke would think about this?"

"I was sure he would understand. He wants to revive the Uchiha clan, I'm sure,"

"But he would want to do that with someone he loves,"

"He could learn to love Hinata,"

I squeezed my fists tight in my lap. "…Did you ever think that he would already be in love with someone else?"

My uncle stared at me. "You mean… he's already with another girl?"

I looked up at him. "Stop this marriage,"

"Whoever that girl is, she would be no competition for my Hinata. She's the heiress of the Hyuga clan. She's in a well-known family,"

"How would you feel if your wife was taken away from you, to be married to another man?"

"I… wouldn't like that at all,"

"So how do you think I feel right now? Finding out that my lover is going to be married to my cousin?!"

His eyes widened. "You mean… You're with…"

I stood up before I got angry. "I want you to think about this marriage carefully. Consider how Hinata-sama feels. Consider how Sasuke would feel. Consider how this would affect people around you,"

And so I left the room and began to exit the manor.

"Oneesan!" Hinata called after me.

I continued walking out the door, until I felt a hand grab my arm. I turned to see Sasuke.

"What did he say to you?" He was frowning.

"It's about Hinata-sama's relationship with Naruto-kun," I muttered. "He apparently doesn't like him,"

Hinata cried. "I knew he wouldn't approve of Naruto-kun!"

I sighed. "Just… try to talk this out with your father, Hinata-sama. I'm leaving,"

Sasuke ran after me and he grabbed my arm.

"Manami!" He shouted.

"What?!" I snapped.

"What's wrong?" Sasuke asked slowly.

"What's wrong?! What's wrong?!?! I just found out today that my lover is going to be married to my cousin, and I can't stop the marriage because they're part of the higher family than I am! And I have absolutely no idea how you feel about this ordeal, I mean who knows?! Maybe you might secretly want to marry Hinata-sama and revive the Uchiha clan with her instead of me!" I shrieked.

Sasuke exhaled slowly and wrapped his arms around my waist, bringing his lips against mine softly. He let go of the kiss and brought his mouth to my ear.

"You should know I'd never want to marry anyone but you," He whispered.

My eyes widened. "You… don't want to marry Hinata-sama? You… want to marry me?"

"And I want to revive the Uchiha clan with you only," He continued.

I felt the blood rush up to my cheeks. "R-Really?"

He smirked and looked at me.

"So you have absolutely nothing to worry about because I have no one to marry," Sasuke did one move that made my heart skip two beats.

He kneeled on one knee.

"…But you,"

My breathing became quick.

"I still have to get a ring but…" Sasuke mumbled. He took my hand and kissed it gently. "Hyuga Manami…"

I sure hoped he couldn't hear my heart beating.

"…Yes?"

"Will you marry me?"

-x-x-x-x-

How Sakura found about Sasuke proposing confused me greatly at the time.

"CONRATULATIONS, MANAMI!!!!!!" She screamed as I entered my house.

"Sakura?! What are you doing in my house?! And how?!" I yelped.

"I let her in, Oneesan," Hinata said, coming out of the kitchen with cold water. She gave the glass to me. "You still must be in shock with the question he asked you,"

"But you… How did you know he asked me 'that question'? And how did you get the keys to the house?" I asked, taking a long sip of water.

"One, this manor is still a part of the Hyuga property, so I have all the keys of every door in this ground. And two, Sasuke and I talked about this marriage thing and Sasuke came up with the idea of proposing to you so he wouldn't have to marry me," Hinata smiled.

I sighed. "What about your father? What did he say about this?"

She shrugged. "He didn't say much when I told him you were getting married with Sasuke…"

"Is that a good thing or bad?" Sakura wondered.

"I really don't know," Hinata answered.

"Hold on," I eyed Hinata. "How come you were so sure about me saying yes to Sasuke?"

Sakura and Hinata rolled their eyes at the same time.

Freaky.

"Manami-oneesan. Do you think you would say no to Sasuke if he did propose to you?"

"Uh… No, I guess not,"

"So you said yes?!" Sakura squealed.

I nodded slowly.

"OH MY GOD! WE HAVE TO GO SHOPPING FOR YOUR WEDDING DRESS! OH MY GOD!" Sakura screamed at the top of her lungs.

I quickly covered her mouth. "Shut up Sakura! My brother will hear and---"

Too late.

"WHAT'S THIS ABOUT A WEDDING DRESS?!" Neji screamed from upstairs.

I saw my brother running down the stairs, glaring intensely at me. "Well?!"

"Oh crap," I whispered under my breath.

"Oh, well uhm…" Hinata began.

As much as I hated to admit this fact, I had to tell my brother eventually.

"Sasuke and I are… engaged," I murmured.

"WHAT?!" Neji yelled.

And so, let us skip this part where my brother rages at me.

-x-x-x-x-

Neji was lying down on the couch, tired from all his screaming.

Fortunately, he lost his voice so he's not able to scream at me for a while.

I handed him some hot chocolate to calm him down.

I sat on the floor next to his head on the couch. "Sorry, Neji-nii,"

Neji pouted and sipped his chocolate.

I sighed and looked at Sakura and Hinata. They shrugged.

"I'm really sorry, Neji-nii, but you're going to have to accept it," I said whilst standing up. "Sasuke and I are going to get… married. There's just no stopping it,"

Neji looked at me.

"No! You are not objecting at the wedding!" I growled.

Neji went, "Hmph," and walked upstairs to enjoy his drink.

I turned to Sakura and Hinata. "Since you're so excited about all of this… you can both help plan the… wedding,"

Sakura giggled. "I wonder why you hesitate to say words like engaged or marriage or wedding. Sasuke's going to be your husband soon, so you'd better get used to it!"

I gulped. "He's going to be my… husband…"

"Enough of that, let's start planning!" Hinata smiled.

"Try not to make too much of a big wedding, small and simple is good enough for me," I was about to take a seat with them when the doorbell rang.

I opened the door to see Tenten and Ino.

"Tenten! Ino! Uh, hi!" I said nervously. They didn't know about the wedding too did they?

"You didn't think you would plan the wedding without us, would you?!" Tenten grinned.

"You're going to need a good florist to help get everyone nice bouquets to compliment them!" Ino chirped.

I rolled my eyes and chuckled. "Get inside," I opened the door wider to let them in.

"Yes!" They both squealed.

I closed the front door and asked them whilst they took a seat, "How'd you two find out anyway?"

"Sakura called me," Ino answered.

"Hinata called me," Tenten giggled.

I shook my head as the girls rapidly began planning.

-x-x-x-x-

A few weeks later, everything was planned out. The venue, the date, the time…

All that was left was shopping for the dresses.

I've never seen girls so excited about buying a dress that isn't even for their own wedding.

And it was ridiculous how they woke me up way too early just to get ready to go shopping…

"Manami-oneesan… oneesan…" I heard Hinata's voice.

Hinata was at my bed, softly nudging me to wake up.

"What is it, Hinata…?" I asked groggily.

"We're going shopping today," She reminded me.

"Okay, you guys go and have fun…" I mumbled.

"We can't go shopping without the bride herself!" Hinata argued faintly.

I groaned and sat up, rubbing my eyes. "Fine… Just let me get ready,"

By the time we reached the store, I was dragged by the girls into choosing a wedding dress.

It was tiring, but fun too. Trying on those dresses were nice, and the girls clapping and smiling were also a nice touch.

An assistant helped me put this one dress on… It was a wonderful dress.

The dress was empire shaped. It was all white, of course, with a light purple bow at my lower back. There were no shoulder straps, but lace instead. The gloves went up to my upper arm, lined at the top with lavender ribbon. The tiara that matched was beautiful as well; it had a light purple gem in the centre, and was decorated with small diamonds.

To top it off, I wore the necklace Sasuke gave me.

I smiled to myself as I saw my reflection in the mirror.

"Ohh!" The girls cheered and clapped. "Nice choice!"

I laughed. "You really think so?"

I looked at them at the mirror then something caught my eye.

I turned around and saw all the boys. Naruto, Kiba, Shino, Chouji, Shikamaru, Lee, My brother Neji (Wow) and last of all… Sasuke.

The boys stopped in their tracks when they saw me and I saw them clap from outside.

Sasuke looked directly at me and smirked. "You look beautiful," He mouthed.

"Thank you," I mouthed back.

He chuckled and the boys dragged him away.

I giggled and so did the girls.

"You're getting married to Uchiha Sasuke, Miss. Hyuga? Wow, you're a very lucky girl!" The assistant commented. "Somehow, we all knew you would come to this shop one day to get your own wedding dress to marry Sasuke,"

"Thank you," I smiled.

-x-x-x-x-

During that whole day, the girls spent their time choosing their dress, making sure they matched what I bought. I chose to buy that lavender / white dress.

"Hey, girls?" I called out.

"Yes?" They said at the same time.

"I'm just going to walk around Konoha for a while. You guys can keep the dress with you to keep reference," I told them.

"Sure thing!" Sakura said.

"Thanks Manami!" Ino smiled.

I waved goodbye as I exited the shop.

I walked around for the time being, trying to find something to occupy myself.

Until I was grabbed by someone near the trees.

I gasped and tried to fight back, then realizing that the person who I was trying to fight was Sasuke.

"Oh, sorry," I apologized.

"I should be the one who's sorry. I shouldn't have scared you like that," Sasuke chuckled.

"So, why'd you grab me?" I asked.

He placed his thumb under my chin. "Because I feel like kissing my fiancée,"

I smiled. "You're most welcome to, you know that." I placed my palm on his cheek. "After all, I'm yours and only yours,"

Sasuke smirked before placing his lips over mine. He wrapped his arm around my waist as he placed my hands around his neck. He rubbed my back gently as I ran my fingers through his hair. His tongue brushed against my bottom lip, asking for entrance. I complied and let him in.

He let go of the kiss and gave me a smug look. "I found a ring,"

I gasped. "Where is it? Let me see it!"

He took a small box out of his pocket and opened it, revealing a simple, yet elegant ring, lined with diamonds. The largest gem took the centre, in the color white.

"It's beautiful…" I breathed.

He held my left hand and slipped it on.

"It fits perfectly," I smiled.

Sasuke kissed my forehead. "It makes me happy to know you're going to be my wife,"

"But we're so young," I commented.

"There's no age limit in love, Manami," Sasuke pointed out.

"I'll go with what you're saying now. Age does not matter when it comes to the two of us," I admitted.

"Good. Oh and by the way, you looked really nice in your dress," Sasuke added.

"You know, you kind of broke a tradition in marriage and such… You're not supposed to see me in my bride form until the day of the wedding," I laughed.

"I couldn't wait. And besides, the boys told me to go and buy some tuxedos for the wedding with them," He shrugged.

"The boys? Wanting to go shopping? That's sounds… weird,"

He chuckled. "You should be getting back to your girls. They might be waiting for you,"

"You're right. See you," I waved.

He kissed me lightly on the lips before I walked away.

I opened the shop door and be glomped by Sakura. "Manami~!"

"Yes?" I replied.

"I saw you and Sasuke in the forest making out," She winked.

I blushed. "You guys! You shouldn't be watching other people… kiss! That's the second time that's happened,"

Hinata apologized. "We couldn't help it… Sorry,"

I shook my head. "It's okay. Did you find any dresses?"

"We did!" Ino cried.

Tenten squealed, "They're REALLY cute~"

They dragged me to the seat near the dressing booths.

"Wait for us to finish changing, and tell us how we look, okay?" Ino commanded.

"Yes ma'am," I teased.

She giggled and went inside the booth.

About five minutes later, the girls opened their doors to reveal each of their matching dresses.

"Wow," I choked. "You guys look…"

"Bad…?" Hinata guessed.

"No! No, not at all, you guys look GREAT! The dresses are fantastic!" I grinned.

"Really?" Hinata smiled.

"Really," I nodded. "I've gotta say, these dresses match perfectly with my dress, and it compliments each of your body shapes,"

Sakura blushed. "I suppose it does make my bust look bigger,"

Ino laughed. "You're right! Your boobs look bigger than usual! I mean, normally you're kind of flat,"

Sakura pouted. "I wish I could say the same to you, Ino-pig, but you are 'bigger' than me,"

"I'm not sure whether to take that as a compliment or an insult," She wondered.

-x-x-x-x-

A couple of months later, everything was prepared.

The venue was set, the décor was set up, and amazingly, the whole village was invited, although, I have no idea how. I wasn't the one who gave out the invites…

So much for wanting a small wedding.

The wedding was coming up soon, only a few hours away, and I was getting my hair and makeup done at the salon.

I breathed shakily, and squeezed Hinata's hand, who sat next to me getting her face and hair done too. The other girls were also there, with us, getting ready.

"W-What if something goes wrong? What if I fall on the aisle? Oh God, that would be embarrassing, with the whole village watching too… Oh, what if I forget what to say? What if I sneeze? If I yawn?" I blabbered.

Hinata returned the squeeze. "You'll be fine, Manami-oneesan. We already rehearsed all of this, remember?"

"But I'm so nervous! I'm about to get married, Hinata-sama!" I cried.

"Please hold still, Miss. Hyuga," The makeup artist said to me politely.

"Oh, I'm sorry," I sputtered as she placed blush on my cheeks.

Hinata giggled. "I can see your knees shaking, Oneesan,"

"Hnnn~" I whined, I couldn't move my lips, due to the fact that the makeup lady was putting on lipstick.

Sakura laughed as she was getting her hair done. "Stop being so nervous, Manami. This day is going to be the best day of your life,"

"At least it's supposed to be," Ino shrugged.

I sighed and as soon as the lady was finished with my lips, I said, "I appreciate the effort to try and calm me down,"

"We're glad to help," Tenten chimed in.

"I just hope nothing embarrassing happens to me," I grimaced.

-x-x-x-x-

I could seriously feel like I was going to faint as I stood at the beginning of the aisle. Or end. Whichever one.

I could see the whole village, and of course, the wedding was held outside.

I breathed quickly and gripped onto my uncle's arm. You should know, there was no father to hold.

"Manami," I heard him speak.

I looked up at him. "Y-Yes?"

"I'm sorry about wanting Hinata to marry Sasuke. I didn't realize…"

I shook my head. "No, no, it's okay, really," I squeezed his arm tighter as I tried to see past the bridesmaids in front of me, trying to find Sasuke.

"You're really nervous," My uncle pointed out.

"I know, I know. This is just so… scary," I panted.

"Do you not want this?" He asked.

"Of course I want it!" I whispered / screamed.

"Then let everything go to plan, and it'll be fine," He half smiled.

I nodded. "Right. Got it,"

The wedding march began, and the bridesmaids began walking down the aisle.

"Oh my God," I whispered. "It's starting,"

I heard my uncle chuckle softly before leading me down the aisle. "Your father would be proud to see you today,"

We were almost at the front. I let go of my uncle's arm and looked at him. He nodded once.

I gave him a small smile and walked up to Sasuke. He had his trademark smirk on, but it felt nicer than it usually did.

"You look… amazing," Sasuke whispered.

"You too. Y-You look great," I stuttered.

He smirked some more as he lifted my veil.

Then the priest began, as I tried to ignore the hundreds… no thousands of eyes that could be watching.

-x-x-x-x-

Sasuke said his vows first.

"Hyuga Manami. I knew there was always something different about you the moment I saw you. You didn't squeal over me like other girls did. You didn't try to get my attention, yet, I was drawn to you." He looked pleased. "Over that first year I met you, I eventually figured out that I loved you. I'm sorry for ever leaving you back then… Standing here, seeing you about to become my wife is going to be a memory I will cherish a lifetime. More than a lifetime. Forever. Sometimes when I'm away from you, my heart hurts. You're beautiful, smart and everything I've ever wanted. I love to have you in my arms… I love knowing that you're mine. I love you, Manami, and I'll never stop,"

I held his hand tighter as I began my vows.

"Uchiha Sasuke. I'll admit, the first time I saw you, I thought you looked handsome. More than that. You were probably the most beautiful boy I've ever seen," I giggled. "But… As I got closer to you, I somehow knew that we would love each other. I'm also glad to know that you're mine. I will trust you and respect you. When you're sad, I promise to cry with you. If you're happy, I'll laugh. If you're angry, I'll calm you down. And if you love me, I'll love you. Sasuke, I love you. I love you so much, and I wish that we'll last forever. Thank you for everything you've done,"

We said our, I do's, and the priest then said. "If there is anyone who objects, speak now, or forever hold their peace,"

I glanced at my brother. Thank goodness he had a content smile on his face.

"Then I pronounce Uchiha Sasuke and Hyuga Manami husband and---"

"I object,"

They seem so young XD

How was this chapter people ?! WAS IT GOOD ?! Haha xD I'll give you a small clue as to who might object. It's not Neji. Nor Gaara ! I hope this chapter wasn't as late as the last one ...

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW D: Tell me what you all think about the fanfic so far ! ;D