"Ano, Raikou-kun?" Fuumi leaned closer to her future husband.
"Hmm?"
"What are you thinking about?" Fuumi asked. It really wasn't like Raikou to be spacing out like this.
"Nothing much." Raikou answered.
"Come on, you can tell me."
"It would probably only worry you."
" What will?" Fuumi was now VERY curious.
"Well..." Raikou seemed to hesitate a little, but then shrugged it off. "Well, I don't know for sure, but it seems like the Oda are coming this way."
"The Oda?" Fuumi was surprised.
"U-huh." Briefly, Raikou recalled the meeting with the Elders and other clan ninjas.
"Is everybody here?" The Elder Kino asked the group of ninjas before him. He had called several of the clan ninjas for a meeting.
"Hai, Kino-sama." A chorus of answers greeted him back.
"The reason that I wanted everyone to gather today..." Kino took out a piece of paper from his sleeve. "...is because the scouts have reported that the Oda seems to have been spotted heading over towards our direction. It seems that they are coming up from the south."
Kino went on with the report that the scouts had written up, but Raikou was now lost in thought. Why was the Oda coming? They were on peaceful terms with the Hokage, at least for the moment. Had there been a provocation, Raikou would have found out sooner. He was, after all, always the first to receive any information of all sorts.
When the boys were dismissed from the meeting an hour later, they were under strict order to be set for any attack at all terms.
"And that's all I know." Raikou finished, brushing the grass ( Which he had been picking) off his clothes.
Fuumi frowned. "I don't see why they should be coming this way. Like you said, there hasn't been any sort of provocation whatsoever."
"No," Raikou agreed. "But I guess that we should stand guard for a while, at least until this whole thing blows over."
And the news DID blow over, after a couple of weeks. The clan ninjas eventually took the news the scouts had sent as a false alarm. Everything was back to the way they were.
Raikou and Fuumi were busy these days. Their wedding was in the next month, and the parents were planning out the last bits of the ceremony right now.
"So the wedding will be indoors, with a couple of tables for the people to sit around?" Raikou asked. He was currently on the job of writing down all of the arrangements.
"Mm-hmm. Oh, and lest I forget, we need to put separate tables for the Elders." Ameni said, trying to think up of anything else that needed planning. None.
"Anything else?" Raikou asked.
"No----- I guess that should be it for now. We have most of the process planned out, and otherthan sending out the invitations, I think we're all set."
"All right then." Raikou put the brush down. "Kaa-san, Setsu-san, may I ask you something?"
"Yes Raikou?" The two mothers answered in unison.
"When the Elders told you that Fuumi and I would be wed, what did you think about the idea?"
"We were overjoyed." Again, the mothers answered in unison.
Setsu gave a smile. "Honestly, it would be a delight to have a fine young man like you for a son-in-law, Raikou."
"Setsu says Fuumi won't stop talking about you these days." Ameni said. She too was enjoying the wedding plans.
"Are Tou-san and Hirogi-san happy about this too?"Raikou asked.
"Of course! I'd say they are more happy about this than even you two!" Ameni answered.
"^_^;"
When Raikou told the story to Fuumi later, she burst into pales of laughter.
"You have got to be kidding! They were really that excited over OUR marriage?!"
"I am most definitely not!" Raikou said in mock defense.Then he smiled. "I still can't believe we'll be married in less than a month!" He laughed softly, a sound that Fuumi would never tire hearing of. She laughed along with him.
"I know. I still have to pinch myself every morning to be sure that this isn't a dream! Oh Raikou, our lives would be perfect!"
"It already is, koi. I am content right now, just being able to hold your hands or look at your face as long as I want to..." With that, Raikou leaned down and kissed Fuumi.