"Welcome baaaack!"
The newlyweds were immediately surrounded by their friends right as they walked through the Konoha gates. It had already been a week away from home and they were somewhat tired and ready to settle down into the home they picked out.
They looked at each other and sighed, knowing they wouldn't get to make their way home without being forced to play 20 questions with each individual in the crowd that surrounded them.
"So how was it?" (Sasuke)
"Was there anything awesome going on where you were?" (Naruto)
"How was your first week of being officially married?" (Sakura)
"Did you guys stay in a hotel?" (Ino)
"I heard there was a festival!" (Lee)
"I'm surprised you look perfectly fine." (Kakashi)
"Did you guys consummate the marriage?" (Sai)
Everyone stopped and looked at the ANBU member. "Well probably, but that's kinda rude to ask," Sakura glared before punching him.
"ANYWAYS," Sasuke said, changing the subject. "Do you guys need help moving or is everything all set?"
"I have a few more things at my Kaa-san's house that I need but it's easy enough for me to do it alone," Ameji smiled, "But thanks anyways."
Naruto leaned in close to Itachi. "So do you feel trapped yet?"
"Excuse me?!" The brunette turned sharply towards him, her purple eyes blazing slightly. "Why would he feel trapped Naruto? Are you implying that I forced him into this or that I'm a bad wife already!?"
"N-no... I was just joking Ame-chan..." the blond mumbled, looking down to avoid his friend's eyes.
"Well technically you guys would've been forced anyways by our parents but," Sasuke shrugged, "let's ignore that."
A semi-awkward silence followed before Kakashi got fed up with just standing there. "I have a mission that I had to start a few hours ago, so I'm off. See ya!" He walked away into the forest casually with hands in his pockets.
"Wait up! You're our team leader for this!" Ino and Lee ran after him leaving the rest of the group behind.
"I swear he just doesn't care about anything at all," Sakura laughed. "While you guys were gone for months, he suggested to all of us that I should swim naked with him and some walrus and then heal him with love if anyone beat him up."
"No way. Why didn't you tell us before?" Amejisuto laughed.
"It just didn't come up I guess," the medic giggled at the memory.
"If you think that's funny, this one time, we were on a mission and there was a bunch of ducks flying over us and one tried to mate with Sasuke's hair," Naruto pointed at his boyfriend for a few moments before landing on the ground, laughing at the memory until he cried.
Even Itachi chuckled slightly at the tale, earning a betrayed look from his brother. "You have to admit the only difference between the appearance of a duck and your hair is the colour," he smirked.
"Oh and remember the time Sasuke-kun thought a garbage bag hanging from a tree branch was an enemy? I didn't know he could activate his chidori so quickly," Sakura grinned.
"It was dark and we were all paranoid," the subject of their teasing started turning red from embarrassment.
"And that one time Sasuke attacked a skunk was kinda scary because it was so mad..."
"Alright! The last things have been teleported to our new home so it's time for us to go sleep," the new Uchiha smiled, putting one hand on her hip and the other was raised, clenched with determination. "We well now have normal married shinobi lives!"
"Let's pray neither of us get killed," Itachi put his hand on her shoulder. They soon left the Ishi district after saying goodbye to whatever relatives popped up, and eventually ended up back in the Uchiha community.
Once they arrived, the whole clan was gathered together near the front gates, awaiting them with smirks/smiles planted on their faces. A few looked annoyed (this is the Uchiha clan after all) but it was mainly from being dragged out of their homes by the leader's youngest son, who was standing in front of the crowd with his parents.
"Oh, I almost forgot about this part," Itachi mumbled.
"What's happening," Ameji looked around, stepping back slightly as the large group of people moved to surround her.
"A proper Uchiha orientation that they do when people marry into the clan," Sasuke was the first to reach her.
"We insert a small amount of every individual's chakra into you so people, especially the clansmen of animal clans like the Inuzuka clan, can sense that you're an Uchiha," Mikoto chimed in with a kind smile, reaching out to her. "Itachi most likely did that to you already, but just in case, he should do it again."
"Hold out your non-dominant arm," Itachi instructed. Amejisuto did as told, and he was the first to reach out, visibly gather chakra on his thumb, and press the finger into her wrist. She felt a cold surge of energy flow into her chakra stream and mix with her own. There was soon a lineup in front of her with Sasuke at the front, followed by Mikoto, Fugaku, the old couple who ran the bakery, some cousins and a lot of other people that the former Ishi was embarrassed to encounter since she forgot most of their names.
After what seemed like a day, though in reality it was only under an hour, she was finally allowed to put her arm down. "I feel dizzy," she groaned, holding her head.
"Well you did just get like 50 new types of chakra in you so it's understandable," Sasuke smirked.
"You guys should go home now. You'll need some rest to let your body adjust to new energy," Mikoto pushed the two lightly toward the gate, and the rest of the clan followed behind.
Once they got to their new home, Itachi had to catch his wife as she fell backwards from dizziness and exhaustion, and carried her to their room where they prepared to get some rest and lay in bed for the rest of the day.
"It's time to start heading towards Konoha," Madara announced, grabbing the attention from the remaining Akatsuki members.
"Do you think we'll be able to destroy it all on our own? Shouldn't we get a bit more help?" Konan asked.
"If we needed more help, we would've gathered people up in these past few months. We can rely primarily on the six paths of Pain," the leader replied.
"Zetsu, are you positive they aren't going anywhere?" Pain asked the plant-man.
"The Uchiha's just transferred some of their chakra into the female and the results are her being dizzy and almost unconscious. Tomorrow or the day after will not have them moving around too much," the odd creature replied.
"Good. Then it's settled: two days from now, we will attack!" The Uchiha announced.
"Why not attack tomorrow? Amejisuto will be immobile, so wouldn't it be easier to attack then?" Pain questioned.
"That makes it boring, since it would be less of an already-easy challenge," Madara smirked, his visible sharingan burning with amusement and eagerness to finally destroy the village he hated the most. Konohagakure.