Qingyun held Kushina's soft hand as they walked through the Uchiha Clan Compound, ignoring the looks others cast their way and heading straight for Uchiha Fugaku's home.
Both Qingyun and Kushina had long since grown used to those looks. Qingyun was powerful, but more importantly, he had developed many Taijutsu and Ninjutsu techniques, which naturally made Konoha's ninja very curious about him.
However, Qingyun treated outsiders so coldly that none of them dared approach him.
Before long, Qingyun arrived at Uchiha Fugaku's home with Kushina. Many ninja from the various Shinobi Clans had already gathered there. When they saw Qingyun and Kushina arrive, they came over with smiles to greet him.
Qingyun glanced over the gathered ninja. The only ones he really knew were this generation's Ino-Shika-Cho and the Hyuga Brothers. He could not name any of the others.
Unused to their enthusiasm, Qingyun nodded to them without expression, then took Kushina to a quiet spot and waited for Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto's wedding to begin.
Time passed, and Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Fugaku emerged hand in hand, making their way toward the restricted grounds of the Uchiha Clan Compound. The ninja attending the ceremony followed them. As Kushina looked at Uchiha Mikoto's white kimono, envy shone in her beautiful eyes.
In Japan, white symbolized the sun and represented purity and spotlessness, so brides there wore white kimonos at their weddings.
The men, meanwhile, wore black kimonos embroidered with various patterns. A suit and wedding dress would have looked perfectly normal to Qingyun, but these kimonos brought a strange expression to his face.
Japanese weddings were extremely complicated. First came the ceremonial procession, with the shrine priest who managed the shrine in the Uchiha's restricted grounds opening its doors for Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Mikoto.
As Uchiha Fugaku and