An unprecedented wedding

A week passed.

Early in the morning, Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi appeared in person at the entrance to the Uchiha Clan Compound, alone and wearing his Hokage hat.

In his hand was a red wedding invitation.

It had been sent by the Uchiha Clan.

[Invitation:

I, Uchiha Xia Yu, will hold my wedding banquet at the Uchiha Clan Compound and respectfully invite the esteemed Third Generation Lord Hokage to witness our happy, big family.

Cordially invited by Uchiha Xia Yu, and so on and so forth.]

At that very moment...

Hiruzen Sarutobi's feelings were complicated.

Envy, jealousy, hatred...

And a trace of helplessness.

"Who would have thought you'd be the biggest beneficiary of the Uchiha Clan's massacre, Uchiha Xia Yu... Nobody in history has ever put on a wedding as grand as yours."

Before long, representatives of Konoha's prominent ninja clans arrived one after another.

After all, the Uchiha Clan had been a distinguished clan ever since Konoha's founding. No matter how far it had fallen now, the other clans still had to show it due respect.

The clan heads wore expressions much like Hiruzen Sarutobi's, filled with mixed feelings.

Shikaku Nara, head of the Nara Clan:

"Women are troublesome creatures, but Uchiha Xia Yu really isn't afraid of trouble... He's certainly paying a hefty price to revive the Uchiha Clan. I couldn't do this if I were him."

Inoichi Yamanaka, head of the Yamanaka Clan:

"Lord Hokage, is this really all right? Every time my daughter Ino comes home from school, she keeps saying she wants to marry Sasuke when she grows up. You know I dote on my daughter. I can't stand to see her suffer. If Ino really marries Sasuke someday, what if Sasuke pulls this too? Even if she doesn't mind, I do..."

Choza Akimichi, head of the Akimichi Clan:

"I don't have any objections to the rest, but why have my favorite barbecue restaurant and dumpling shop both moved into the Uchiha Clan Compound? Fine, the proprietresses are getting married, but did they have to move their shops too?"

Hizashi Hyuga, head of the Hyuga Clan:

"Count yourselves lucky. At least your clans have relatively few women involved. A few days ago, I discovered that two women from our branch family had actually come here without permission to sign up for interviews, hoping to become Uchiha Xia Yu's wives. Fortunately, I reacted quickly and caught them in time, or the consequences would have been unthinkable!"

Hearing this, Danzo, head of the Shimura Clan and Konoha's Senior Advisor, spoke with interest:

"A union of the Uchiha and Hyuga bloodlines? Heh, what kind of eyes would their children have? Interesting..."

Hizashi Hyuga's face darkened. "Lord Danzo, that is a dangerous idea. I won't let anything like that happen!"

"Hmph." Danzo offered no reply, merely snorting coldly, but he had already firmly committed that interesting idea to memory.

Hana Inuzuka, head of the Inuzuka Clan, sighed deeply. "Alas, Uchiha Xia Yu has already lured away one of our clan's talented women..."

After seeing Xia Yu's good looks up close that day, Hana Inuzuka had actually entertained the same idea herself. But she was a clan head, after all. Between personal desire and her clan's honor, Hana Inuzuka, keeping the bigger picture in mind, could only choose the latter.

Shibi Aburame, head of the Aburame Clan, stood silently by himself at the edge of the crowd with his hands in his pockets. He said nothing, only repeating one thought endlessly in his mind: Why isn't anyone complaining to me? Can they not see me?

Just then, two figures, one tall and one short, slowly approached the entrance from within the Uchiha Clan Compound.

They were the compound's only two remaining masters, Uchiha Xia Yu and Sasuke Uchiha.

"Lord Hokage, clan heads, welcome to my wedding. With all your blessings, I'm sure I'll only grow stronger as tonight's battle goes on."

"Ahem... ahem..."

At those words, the Third Hokage and the clan heads all gave a few awkward coughs. They were disgusted by Xia Yu's frivolous attitude.

Alas... with Xia Yu's generation, the Uchiha Clan was probably finished for good.

That was what every clan head thought.

Only Danzo thought otherwise. He had his own plan:

Go wild. Go as wild as you like, Xia Yu, you useless fool who only thinks with his lower half. Once most of these wives of yours have given birth, your death won't be far off...

After you die, I, Danzo, will take over all these newborn Uchiha! I'll brainwash and train them from childhood, make them kill one another, and awaken their eyes. They'll become my endless Sharingan reserve army and help me become the greatest ninja of this age!

Then I'll make Konoha unite the world! Hehehe...

While Danzo stood alone at the entrance to the Uchiha Clan Compound, reveling in his fantasies, the wedding had already begun inside.

The number of brides was staggering.

They filled an entire street!

Just shaking hands with Xia Yu's brides one by one and offering their congratulations took the arriving guests over an hour.

After making the rounds, the clan heads all sighed:

"How is attending a wedding more exhausting than going on a mission..."

"You all sit down first. I'm going to talk to Sasuke. For my daughter's future, I need to see whether Xia Yu has corrupted his thinking!"

"I'm not sitting down. Let's go. This wedding is such a hassle... We've shown our faces and demonstrated our sincerity. There's no need to stay any longer."

"Shikaku, wait a little longer. The banquet is about to start. After using up so much energy, we should at least eat before leaving!"

"Choza, are you sure you want to stay and eat? When it's time for the toasts, even if each person only offers you one cup, you'll be drinking for at least three hours..."

"..."

At those words, everyone broke into a cold sweat and hurried to make excuses to leave, even the Third Hokage.

"Xia Yu, I have countless duties to attend to, and there are still many documents in my office awaiting review. I'll be heading back."

"I need to go home and play chess with my son, so I won't trouble you any longer."

"I just remembered I forgot to water the flowers in my daughter's shop..."

"It's my son's birthday today. I promised to take him to the neighboring village for barbecue..."

"Hinata and Hanabi have a match shortly, and they need my personal guidance..."

Xia Yu smiled. "I understand. You're all working for the village and your clans. Since you're all so busy, I won't insist you stay. I need to start working hard too, so the Uchiha Clan can prosper again as soon as possible!"

His wives chorused, "Don't worry, Xia Yu. We'll work hard too~"

With the guests leaving, the thousand-person wedding ended after just one morning.

In the days that followed, Xia Yu's officially sanctioned life of toiling day and night formally began.

In the blink of an eye, more than half a year passed.

Early one morning, outside the delivery room at Konoha Hospital.

Xia Yu, Sasuke, and a group of wives with bulging bellies waited anxiously.

Today was an important day. Xia Yu's first batch of children was about to be born.

Suddenly, as babies' cries rang out from behind the door, a series of voices sounded in Xia Yu's mind at the same time.

[Ding! Uchiha Clan members +1. This clan member's overall potential rating is B. Reward: the host's own chakra is doubled.]

[Ding! Uchiha Clan members +1. This clan member's overall potential rating is C. Reward: Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique.]

[Ding! Uchiha Clan members +1. This clan member's overall potential rating is SS. Special reward: both your eyes evolve into Three-Tomoe Sharingan!!!]