400 years ago.....

A young girl with short purple hair is running up towards a figure on the hill.

"Raikou-kun!!!!!!!!!!!"

The latter looked back to he owner of the voice. "Ah, Fuumi-chan!" A bright smile danced across his handsome face.

Fuumi produced a box lunch from under her arm.

"Anou.... You really shouldn't have..." Raikou said, smiling shyly. Tendrils of his hair blew in the wind. They were the same purple as Fuumi's, only a couple of shades lighter.

"No way! If I let you practice the raijin without even stopping to eat lunch, what will the Elders think? I'll be branded a bad wife and won't be chosen as your bride!" Fuumi countered. Nope, there was no way that she was NOT going to be Raikou's bride... Heck, she had a LOT of competition if she wanted to marry the boy in front of her. She couldn't afford to lose any points. Raikou smiled.

"Hai, hai." He pulled her towards him. " But then again, even if the Elders don't choose you, I will. There won't be another to choose from, my dear Fuumi-chan."

Fuumi blushed. "Oh, you're so sweet." They leaned closer, and closer, and yet closer still...

"Oi, Raikou!" The two teens immediately pulled away from each other, both turning an interesting shade of  red.

"Wh-what do you want, Mitsui?"

The boy named Mitsui smiled. He knew what his two friends were up to. "The Elders want to see you. I don't know any other details."

"Now?"

Mitsui noticed the box lunch that Fuumi was *still* holding.

"Oh, fine, after you eat your lunch then. But be quick." Mitsui said, plopping down on to the grass next to his two friends.
 

Later that day.....

Raikou was currently sitting down in front of the oldest Elder of the Hokage.

"Raikou."

"Yes, Koji-sama."

"What is this I hear of you and Fuumi Hariko?" Koji asked the young ninja of the clan.

Raikou's face remained as impassive as before, but he was now in a turmoil of panic inside.

"What exactly did you hear, Koji-sama?"

Koji smiled. This child always reminded him of his youthful days. But of course, he didn't let this show.

"I heard rumors among the other Hokage  that you and the Hariko girl are quite close to each other. Is this true or not?"

"..."

"Raikou?"

"...It is true, Koji-sama. I won't deny it."

Koji leaned closer to Raikou. "And did you ever think about what your future bride and her future husband might think about this....relationship?"

Raikou's head shot up. "My wife? Her husband?"

"Oh, come now, you two ARE old enough to start a family of your own, are you not? Which reminds me, we will have to start finding suitors for the both of you."

"...."

"Raikou? Are you listening?"

"...."

Koji was now worried. He had to go through other young ninjas who did not want to marry. And since Raikou was quite the stubborn type. Well, lets just say Koji didn't want to deal with it.

"Raikou, is there something that you wish to tell me? You are like a grandson to me, you know that." That got the boy's attention.

"...Koji-sama, there is no girl that I wish to marry...." The Elder drew in a sharp breath. "....That is, other than Fuumi Hariko herself. It is only Fuumi that I would want to marry, now and most likely for all eternity." Raikou's face fell. He was embarrassed. No ninja talked about THOSE topics to an Elder, much less in the way he just did. Besides, a VERY minority of the clan ninjas EVER got to marry the girl that they wanted to. He was pink from head to toe. But when he finally DID look up, he saw a brightly smiling Elder's face shining towards him.

"So. You do like the girl, now don't you, Raikou? Is this the same for Fuumi?" Koji prodded.

"Anou...She likes me too, Koji-sama. We both like each other....." Raikou's face was now redder than a ripe tomato. This was most definitely NOT what he was expecting when he first came into the room. But Koji kept at it.

"Then one more thing: Do you really, really wish to marry Fuumi Hariko? Against all odds?"

"I already said that I do, Koji-sama." Raikou replied, struggling to maintain whatever cool he had left. Koji beamed.

"Then, I believe that we Elders have reached a decision. You and Fuumi Hariko will be wed as soon as possible. Is that clear?"

"!"

"Congratulations, Raikou!" Suddenly, the whole lot of the Elders appeared from nowhere. They had been eavesdropping on the whole conversation. Raikou's mouth barely formed one word: "How?"
"We knew that you two liked each other for a long time now, Raikou. Probably even before you two noticed your feelings yourselves. And since you are both fifteen, we wished to wed you two, preferably to each other." The Elder Mizuno (Tokiya is her nephew. That is, a lllllllllloooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggg way down the family book.)

"I, personally, wanted to know if you truly wished to become my son-in-law." Fuumi's father, the Elder Hirogi, told his future "son".

"You mean....This was a test? To wed the two of us?" Raikou's face was priceless.

"Well, not exactly. We do not want a cat fight among the other clan teens, so we had to confirm the your feelings for each other. But yes, you could say that it WAS a test in a way. So how do you feel?" Koji asked.
Raikou was now laughing along with the Elders. "Very happy, thank you, my Elders. Arigatou. Doumo arigatou."