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~Niyo's POV~

I scrolled once again through the list of items that were to be arranged for the wedding, it was a lot. My eyes went over the clothing and I nodded to myself in approval that my dress was green which was perfect, but the shoes...

"Traditional shoes are better." Tobirama said reading my mind. He was sitting across me with Hashirama-sama and bacchan was sitting with me.

"Yeah but how would you feel when people talk that your wife is taller than you? Frankly I have no problem with that but just imagine..." Tobirama and I were of very similar heights so the traditional shoes worn on weddings would make me half a head taller than him and I used that as a base for my argument because I simply did not want to wear high shoes.

"Alright, have it your way."

"YES!"

"Anything else that is not to your liking?" I thought hard about it going through the list and nothing came to mind. However...

"Keep your hair back. Just that." Bacchan sighed and Hashirama-sama laughed at my request, Tobirama was a little embarrassed but didn't look like it was getting to him much. Well, he was the one who asked so I had to answer of course.

Once I agreed to everything on the list and after bacchan and Hashirama-sama had come to some sort of agreement as well and after bacchan's teasing to both the brothers, it was time for them to leave till the wedding day. Both the elders walked out before and in the front and us both to-be-wedded hung in the back.

"See you in a week."

"Yes. Take care." Tobirama said and gestured to my still healing bruise. "Don't train too much." I rolled my eyes.

"Yeah ok." I hugged him briefly before letting him go. "Bye."

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With the exchange of gold bands, we were man and wife.

The wedding ceremony was uneventful save for the shocking loud cheers from some of the women who were my friends and students. The venue was the forest because the village could not have possibly been able to accommodate all these women so we chose the forest, and because I wanted to have some peace leaving. Some of the Senju and other clan heads were invited to witness the wedding since Tobirama was going to be Hokage soon and since I was the wife of the soon-to-be Hokage, they all wanted to see.

Tobirama did keep his hair back and gave me a most excellent view of his marvelous forehead. Even with flat shoes, our heights almost matched and that gave the various clan heads something to talk about apart from the other things like why was my dress green, why was one streak of hair red, why did Tobirama agree to be wed to a Tanogata, why were his hair back, why did he agree to marry such an older woman, how would this woman bear lots of heir, why this, why that.

I was getting really annoyed by the constant whispering among the clan heads and it became obvious to Tobirama when I clenched my fist hard enough to dent my metal chopsticks.

"It's at times like these that I wish I was able to use water style jutsu..." I whispered to Tobirama.

"I can, what will you have me do?"

"Drench them all of course." He chuckled.

"Fun as that would be, we cannot do that." I pouted.

"There must be something!"

"About that...I did arrange for something, should be here in a bit-" Tobirama was still speaking when there was a sudden puff of smoke in the clearing where we were all having lunch after the wedding ceremony. When it dispersed, my smile widened to a big childish grin and everybody went quiet at the strong roaring howl.

"VARG!" I literally jumped over the table and dashed to my wolf, hugging him. "Hey baby! You came!" I ruffled his hair under his neck, he liked it.

"Of course I did! And stop calling me a baby!" he growled again.

"Not a chance." I kissed his nose and he almost bit my face off in retaliation. He never liked affection but I couldn't stop showering him with it.

"Is there a possibility that you have kissed me before him, especially on this day?" Varg whisper-growled in my ear, pointing his nose at Tobirama. It took just seconds for my face to go as red as the lonely streak in my hair. "I will take that as a yes."

"Yea yeah take it as a yes all you want-" He laughed before I could finish and to everyone who had never heard Varg laughing, they were all terrified now. He laughed like a maniac.

"Look they all went quiet." I looked around to see all the clan heads quiet now from fear most likely. Maybe they had never seen a woman with a giant wolf summon.

The rest of the meal was very quiet and I enjoyed the peace. I found out that Hashirama-sama was very bad at holding his liquor, while Mito-san was very good at it – maybe it had something to do with her being a jinchuuriki. I didn't drink and neither did Tobirama. Varg sat beside me all the time until it was time to leave.

Bacchan and my students wished me well, Miyori made some faces. It was bittersweet because I knew in my heart this was one marriage that would work. My wolf buddy walked on my left side and Tobirama walked on my right. Everyone expected me to be shy and stuff but I was really normal all the way to the village, carrying out casual conversations with Tobirama and Varg as time allowed it.

On the gradual path to the Senju compound, clan heads dispersed to their respective settlements until there were just the Senju, me and Varg left, on whose thought I felt a certain wetness on my palm. I looked at my wolf and he had his head bowed, a gesture of respect.

"I will take my leave now, don't forget to kiss him." Varg said and laughed again at my flushed face.

"Don't worry, I have all night." I whispered bending to his level.

"Heh, acting all tough now." I was grinning when he put his head under my neck and nuzzled in my shoulder. "Take care Niyo."

I put my arms around his gigantic neck in an attempt to hug him, trying not to tear up. This was the first time in many years that I had been this close to Varg and he had used my name. All of this reminded me of his age and... "Thank you for everything, Varg. I will miss you baby."

"Not unless you get a new baby!" He roared loudly, laughing and disappearing in smoke.

"Very funny..." I mumbled under my breath standing up and facing Tobirama who was giving me odd looks. "Varg's old and has finally gone senile." This was my excuse.

"I see." We walked to the compound, Mito-san apologized and dragged a really sleepy drunk Hashirama-sama away, leaving us two alone in a long hallway. Tobirama wasn't budging so I figured I had to be the one to make the first move. I took his hand in mind and pulled him the general direction I assumed his room would be.

"Come one, don't go all shy on me." This brought his senses back and he now led me to his room. Once we were there, I closed the door behind me and breathed in relief. "Now I can finally take off these tight-ass clothes."

"Should I help?" My eyes darted to Tobirama who to my surprise was smiling, seated on his bed.

"Before that, let me thank you for persuading Varg to attend. He never likes being in big gatherings so his presence made a huge difference. Also, thank you for allowing me time with him."

"You need to stop thanking me over every little thing." I walked to him and seated myself on the ground, my hands and chin on his knees.

"It's not little to me." He took my hands in his and pulled me up to sit beside him. I looked in his eyes and smiled, content with having married him. I didn't know how long we were staring in each other's eyes but when the sun went down and the room got darker, I knew what I had to do. I breathed and took Tobirama's haori in my hands and without delay, pulled him to me, connecting our lips in the dark.

Many people had wished to see us kiss during the wedding ceremony but we had the kind where exchanging bands was enough, anything and everything else was strictly private. This kiss, although not my first was in a sense more real than anything before. Tobirama's lips were slightly on the rough side but his touch was light and feather and sincere.

We were both trained fighters, therefore both our stamina were amazingly high, we didn't part for breaths till we absolutely had to and when we did, we were lost in each other's eyes again. An unasked question lingered in the air and I knew it was my consent that would further it and so I did.

In a bare whisper, I voiced a, "yes."

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