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Six chapters until Part Two, which is focused on young ninja Walter!
Thirty-four chapters written and counting...
He's been jittery all Day. And it's definitely a Day, capitalization intended. It's a Day to remember, to archive in memory, something to pull out to warm oneself on bad days. He's thought of it being in the future for so long that Eddie can't believe it's really here.
He's just gotten back from a mission, the new scar on his cheek twisting his mouth into a permanent sneer. The young Hidden Rock kunoichi had been good enough to hit him, but not good enough to kill, and that was a difference that mattered. She's dead now, shame. Pretty girl, nice hair, brown eyes, small. Pity that.
Jiraiya nudges him in the side, and Eddie looks up from where he's standing at the altar, uncomfortable in his suit – the shoulders are a little too tight.
She's there at the end of the aisle, brown hair twisted and shining, white dress hugging her figure, beading sparkling in the partly-cloudy sunlight. Sally hangs on the arm of her father, who's never really approved of Eddie, but gave his blessing anyway.
Their eyes meet. Sally smiles, and it's like pulling away a silk curtain and filling the room with sunlight. Her smile takes that face from flawless to warm and alive and his.
Just like that, his tension is gone, replaced by a relieved sort of giddiness.
The priest opens his mouth and begins.
"Dearly beloved…"
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