Disclaimer: I don't own nor have I contributed to Naruto in any way! Nope! None!
Sky-eyed Kitsune: Bwahahaha!.
Gomi-kun: --groans—
Sky-eyed Kitsune: Oh shut up. -- SASUNARU! There is lots of one-sidedness on Sasuke and Naruto's part (mostly Naru's) but they are our main couple:D
Fic Summary: Humans know that they're flawed, that they're not perfect, because they say it all the time. But they also know is that there is an even more flawed life form- that of the Analiax.
The Analiax are a deadly race of demons that take on the traits and appearances of animals crossed with humans, with the ability to fully turn into their demon animal form at any given moment. They used to be loners or run in small packs, but 300 years ago they were united under a fox demon called Kyuubi. She brought all of the Analiax together and created the largest kingdom in the land of Konoha. For once they weren't being hunted for their fur or used as weapons or even as pets. They felt free together…or they did.
Humans are naturally scared of what is unknown to them, and this was no exception to the humans and trained warriors known as shinobi of Konoha. The only rival to the vast Uchiha Dynasty was that of the Analiax, the power hungry demons that soiled the land and wilted the trees with their presence. The Analiax were animalistic demons, and that was all they needed to start a war.
It started off as a debate over land for the two powerful kingdoms, nothing special. But as the years flew by and progressed, so did the topic of quarrel. It wasn't really about land anymore. It was about annihilating the "disgusting demons" and the "wretched humans". For 200 years the war has been raging, terrible and bloodthirsty, just for the sake of killing off a "tainted" species.
Enter 18 year old Naruto Uzumaki, last of Kyuubi Analiax bloodline killed off by the humans, and heir to the Analiax throne. His whole life was about preparing to fight the greedy humans, tear them to shreds, to utilize his animal powers to the max for destruction…and it was as boring as shit. Now next to recover the throne, he's being forced to find a mate, go through more royal behavior crap, and learn what to do when approached by a human. Bla, bla, bla! Just for one day he wants to get away from it all! So he does.
Enter 18 year old Sasuke Uchiha, next heir to the Uchiha Dynasty that his brother Itachi currently controls. Sasuke and Itachi never got along since the murder of their parents by an "unknown individual", but Sasuke knows deep down it was his brother. He had been craving the throne for years. Sasuke never associated much with anyone except his professor, Kakashi Hatake, and his horse Kuro. His main hobby? Study, study, study! He never has time for anything else! His only freedom during the day from his lessons, brother, and nagging teacher are his romps through the forest on his black stallion.
When two enemy worlds collide, hate, betrayal, war, and most of all love, will blossom.
A withered flower can bloom in the snow if it never gives up.
Chapter One: Pheromone Overload
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"PRINCE NARUTOOOOOO-SAMA!"
"Prince Naruto-sama! Come out!"
"Come Prince Naruto-sama! Let's go out on a walk together!"
The loud voices of the prince's suitors outside of his castle balcony crashed through the early morning air, and a mass of bodies collected together, all shouting and pleading.
Inside the castle three female Analiax fought outside of a magnificent burled walnut door. One had small grey mouse ears, blonde hair and a thin tail. Another had black cat ears, a shining onyx tail dropping from her red dress, and black hair tied back into a braid. The last had long red hair, crimson sparrow feathers lined in rows down her arms.
"I want to wake up Prince Naruto-sama!" the mouse girl cried, blinking her bright pink eyes.
"I should be the one to wake him up! Neither of you deserve to look upon his beautiful face!" the cat replied, swishing her tail defiantly.
"You take that back you lump of coal!"
"I'm waking Prince Naruto-sama!"
"Shut it rat!"
In a matter of seconds the quarrel turned into large cat-fight, fingers grappling hair and tongues spouting profanities.
"I AM SO WAKING HIM!"
"FILTHY BIRD, I AM!"
"SHUT IT CAT BITCH!"
"I'll wake him up," a new masculine voice said as a man with spiked brown hair, a long brown and black dappled tail, brown pointed dog ears and a scar over his nose parted through the quarreling women, pushing them aside as nicely as possible.
"Naruto-sama!" the man said, rapping on the door with his knuckles. "Are you up Naruto-sama?"
The man was met with no reply, and he sighed.
"Iruka-san, please may we wake up Prince Naruto-sama?" the cat demon asked, her ten-second enemies behind her and backing up her plea.
"No ladies, I'm sorry," the man named Iruka said. "Naruto-sama is hard to wake up this early in the morning."
"Pllllllleaseeee?" they all cried in unison, and a vein throbbed on Iruka's forehead.
"I said no. Now please, return to your tasks!"
Iruka turned back to the door as the girls left, whining quietly.
"Naruto-sama, I'm coming in," Iruka said, and he opened the door, shutting it behind him quickly to avoid any suitors such as the girls sneaking in.
The Prince's room was large, containing bookshelves filled to the brim with novels on the history of the Analiax to all of the plants in Konoha. The Prince always made a fit of studying, but in truth loved to read when he could find a book that sparked his interest. The room also contained comfy chairs, a royal blue couch, and a large black and dark orange bed. Iruka personally disliked the color of the bed, but it was the Prince's favorite color combination. The ceiling for the room, like most in the Analiax region, was made of an enormous bubble-like window, letting the sun naturally lighten or darken the room. Candles to the Analiax were a human comfort, unneeded by them. Their ancestral instincts still ran through their veins, which told them to fall with the moon and rise with the sun, not to use a fake light like a candle to try and suppress the dark.
To far side of the room was a large balcony, able to be covered by the transparent red curtains that separated the door to it. Other than this, the room didn't seem to express much, being neat, orderly, and most importantly, regal. Iruka wasn't fooled though- Naruto grew up doing nothing but studying and training to fight and utilize his powers, but this had not morphed him into royal drone.
Actually, it was quite the contrary.
"Naruto-sama, it's time to wake up," Iruka said, drawing back the curtains that enclosed the prince's bed.
What was revealed there could have made the coldest heart beat three times faster.
There among the covers lay a young man of 18, sleeping soundly. His head rested on the black pillow under him comfortably, his golden blonde hair spilling over it like liquid sun against the midnight sky. His eyes were shut softly, supple lips parted slightly as his chest rose up and down with the rhythmic motion of his breathing.
His skin was a flawless tan, sun-kissed to perfection that made the sunlight itself seem jealous. Under his mat of spiked golden hair, two fox ears poked out, drooping slightly. On each of his cheeks were three black whisker marks. They clashed against his skin brilliantly, making him seem to glow all the more.
He was shorter than average, but his body was lithe and firm, arms slightly muscular and chest toned. He wore only a pair of dark orange boxers, the covers spilling down his chest to let his golden skin shine in the light. From his boxers a long silky golden fox tail dipped in white poked out, wrapping around his body.
He was the epitome of beautiful; a walking sex god reincarnated.
This was exactly the reason Iruka didn't want anyone else to wake Naruto up but himself. If any other person did, they would jump Naruto in a second, especially since he was looking for a mate.
Yes, as much as the Prince despised it, he was the throne's successor and had to find a mate. He had too many suitors to count, male and female, but he would only be allowed to mate with the approved nobilities.
Today was the day he would meet them all, hence his waking up so early.
As the next Analiax ruler, he also needed to study more in depth about humans, since along with the throne he would also be taking on the war between humans and Analixes. Personally he didn't give a shit. To the Prince, all he needed to know was that humans had killed his kin and were cruel, despicable creatures.
"Prince Naruto-sama, please wake up," Iruka said, shaking the gorgeous prince by the shoulder gently.
Iruka knew that shouting and screaming for him to awaken was number one, disrespectful to royalty, and number two, only made Naruto cranky when he woke up. Naruto was an orphan, his nobility recognized by his fox bloodline alone, and any history of his parents was long lost. So Naruto had been adopted by the queen of the Analiax, Tsunade-sama. In reality, Naruto was mostly raised by Iruka, who was also his mentor for all of his nonviolence (training) related teachings. At the time taking care of Naruto for the queen while she was busy was the least he could do.
Iruka had also been an orphan; a mutt brought to Tsunade for thievery, skirmishing in public places, and ignoring authority figures. Tsunade's punishment for him, since no other authority could restrain him, was to work in the castle as a servant for one week. Tsunade overworked him on purpose, as she was actually very kind to all her castle help; a trait inherited by the Prince. Iruka straightened out, and since he was not allowed to leave the castle, spent his time in the library there reading. He found a great passion for learning there, and after some pleading on his part to Tsunade, he was permitted to stay at the castle and was trained under the current professor. When the old professor died, Iruka took his position, his attitude sculpted wonderfully, befitting that of a noble.
"Naruto-sama," Iruka said a bit more loudly now.
"Neh…" Naruto whined and yawned, revealing glistening white canines. He flipped over onto his other side and flicked his tail, mumbling something as he continued to bask in his sweet sleep.
Iruka rolled his eyes as he went to open the curtains, and the sunlight spilled into the room.
Naruto dug his currently dull claws into his mattress, smothering his face in his pillow.
Iruka sighed and his ears pulled back in frustration; Naruto was being extra unbreakable today.
"Naruto-sama, you missed the morning hunt," Iruka said, crossing his arms. Naruto waved a hand haphazardly in the air and groaned before letting it flop back to the silk sheets.
"Ok, you win," Iruka said, making his footsteps loud as he walked to the door.
"I guess I'll just have to let in the maids that are making such a fuss outside the door-"
Iruka stopped, his hand an inch from the doorknob as a kunai knife whizzed through the air and sunk into the door only a millimeter from his head.
"That's a dirty trick," Naruto growled, sitting up in his bed. Iruka grinned.
"It works, doesn't it?" he said, pulling the kunai from the door. Naruto rolled his eyes and threw the covers off of himself.
"Ok girls, come in and do your jobs," Iruka said, opening the door.
The three young maids came bustling in, bowed to Naruto and blushed at his perfect body, and went about making his bed.
Iruka wasn't worried. As long as Naruto was awake, the girls were too submissive to approach him.
Naruto's sensitive ears perked up, and he looked toward his balcony door.
"What's all the noise?" he said, and moved to open the door as the girls ogled his ass.
"Naruto-sama, wait!" Iruka said, and Naruto flung open the door.
"NARUTO-SAMA!"
"OH MY GOD! HE'S GORGEOUS!"
"NARUTO-SAMA, I LOVE YOU!"
Naruto shut the door again, blushing hard.
"I'm sorry Naruto-sama," Iruka said. "But you're very popular."
Naruto scoffed.
"I never asked for this many suitors."
Iruka shrugged as Naruto went into his drawers and pulled out a black dress shirt and pants, and a long red robe trimmed with gold.
Iruka ushered the girls out with him as he let Naruto change, and he reappeared outside of his room two minutes later looking gorgeous as ever.
Iruka turned as a servant walked down the hall, carrying a pillow with a golden crown on it, ruby and sapphires framing it beautifully.
Iruka took it and placed it on Naruto's head. Naruto sighed.
"Prince Naruto-sama?" Iruka asked, dismissing the servant.
"Iruka-sensei…why do I have to do this?" Naruto asked. "Why do I need a mate?"
Iruka smiled and shook his head as he began walking down the hall with Naruto.
"You must produce an heir for us Naruto-sama," Iruka said. "Especially with your bloodline. You are, after all, the last Kyuubi heir."
Naruto sighed again as he and Iruka opened two massive doors leading to the throne room.
Naruto had a seat at his throne, his golden and white dipped tail swishing by him as he crossed his legs and rested his chin on his palm in a bored manner.
"Prince," Iruka scolded, and Naruto's fox ears pulled back at his tone of voice. "At least act like you care. These are your potential mates you know."
Naruto mumbled something, when suddenly there was a chirp, and an Analiax with the wings of a hawk walked in through two large double doors.
"Your highness," he said, bowing. "Please allow me to introduce the noble families whom wish to be your mate." The man let out another chirp, and the doors opened to let a group of Analiax, male and female, stride in purposefully. They all gathered in a line in front of Naruto, and his eyes widened.
"Iruka-sensei…most of these people are my friends," he said, and Iruka nodded.
"They would like to be more than friends Naruto," Iruka said. "Their families are not pushing any of them into this, so they are doing it of their own accord. You are a person to get easily attached to, Naruto-sama."
From left to right were five people- two female and three male. The first one was a shy blue-haired girl with drooping white bunny ears that matched her crystal eyes wearing a navy kimono. Naruto knew her as his friend Hinata from the Hyuuga Clan. Their bloodline was rare and healthy.
Next was another Analiax with similar white eyes. His hair was a long chestnut brown tied back into a loose ponytail, his skin pale. From his back a pair of beautiful white bird wings were folded, and his tail feather stuck out a bit beneath his shirt. Naruto knew that he was Hinata's cousin, but he hadn't gotten to know him well. He may have just been a branch from the Hyuuga clan and not a main one, but he was stronger than any branch member living.
Then there was a pink-haired girl with white cat ears and a fluffy white tail with a pink bow tied to the end. She blinked her emerald eyes playfully at Naruto and swished her tail. Her name was Sakura, and Naruto had known her since he was very young. She was from the Haruno clan, known for their beauty more than anything.
Next was a brown spiky-haired young man with red triangle markings under his eyes, the mark of his clan. His name was Kiba, another best friend of Naruto's he was tall with black eyes and brown wolf ears perked up from his head. Behind him a russet wolf tail curled in and out and swished expectantly. He winked at Naruto. His clan was known for their heavy canine bloodlines.
Finally there was a young man with ruby red hair and the Japanese kanji symbol for love on his forehead. His hair fell around his face and framed it beautifully, and his eyes were a light emerald. A bit beneath his hair were a pair of black raccoon ears, and a black and white striped fluffy raccoon tail rested by his feet. Naruto knew that his name was Gaara no Sabaku and that his clan was a strong a beautiful bloodline, but he knew nothing else about him.
"Alright Naruto-sama, which one pleases you the most?" Iruka asked, flourishing a hand at all of them, who perked up considerably, and Naruto felt the testosterone and pheromone level in the room bounce.
"I…" Naruto started, and flicked his gorgeous tail in annoyance.
"I don't know," he sighed. "They're all great candidates I suppose…"
It really didn't matter whether or not Naruto chose a male or a female, for in the Analiax world, as long as there was a submissive and dominant gene couple even of the same gender, offspring could still be produced. Naruto would be dominant in the case of females, but since his gene was submissive, for the same gender he would also be submissive, which is why the current potential male mates in the room were all dominant.
"Naruto-sama, please choose," Iruka said, sighing. He knew it was tough for Naruto to do this since Analiax mated for life, and it was difficult to mate with a best friend.
Naruto put his head in his hands and groaned.
"Can't you just pick for me?" he asked.
"No Prince. You need to choose your own mate."
Naruto groaned again.
"Fine, fine, we'll do this differently," Iruka said.
Naruto blinked up at the library doors, his head tilted to one side.
"Iruka-sensei, what're we doing at the library?" he asked.
"You'll see Naruto-sama. Go ahead in," said Iruka next to him, and opening the door he gave the boy a push and shut the door quickly again.
Naruto's ears pulled down as he looked before him and saw his potential mates scattered about in the room.
Just him and his mates.
Alone.
In one room.
With Iruka keeping the door shut.
Naruto's inner self panicked as he backed up to a corner of the library, Sakura approaching him seductively.
"Hey hottie," Sakura said, smiling and showing off her white feline teeth. She pulled her ears back and let her clawed-hands crawl up Naruto's chest, purring. Suddenly Sakura was pushed away and Kiba grinned at Naruto.
"Naruto-sama doesn't need a bitch like you Sakura," he said, looking back at the cat, who hissed.
Kiba wrapped his tail around Naruto's and nuzzled his neck. Then Kiba was tossed aside and replaced by Neji.
"Hello Naruto-sama," he said. He captured Naruto's chin in his hands and stroked one of his cheeks.
"Hey! Claws off!" Kiba said, giving Neji a swift kick. Sakura approached again, but soon found herself engaged in a fight with Neji and Kiba.
Naruto edged his way along the wall away from the group and towards the door, his face red and flushed. Half was from embarrassment, and the other half was his own personal problem.
Naruto didn't like too many people near him; and made him feel suffocated and almost hard to breathe when they were all crowding around him and smothering him. Iruka knew this, so why did he use the seclusion mating method!?
Naruto slid down the wall, his breath becoming hitched as the shouting continued. Suddenly he saw Hinata come into view.
"Naruto-sama, are you feeling unwell?" she said. Naruto put his head in his hands".
"Hinata-chan, I'll take care of it," an unfamiliar voice said.
"H-hai Gaara-san!" Hinata said, standing up.
Naruto suddenly felt a pair of strong arms lift him up as he closed his eyes.
"Gaara-san?"
Naruto gripped the front of Gaara's black shirt and buried his head in his chest, lowering his ears as he tried to block out the noise as it grew louder.
Naruto sensed Gaara move, then felt a small whoosh of air, and the noise was shut out.
"Naruto-sama?"
Naruto turned his head and opened his eyes slowly, and saw Iruka's face come into view.
"Iruka-sensei…?" Naruto said, and then blinked as his vision fully cleared.
"BAKA!" he shouted, hitting Iruka over the head. "Why did you do that!? You know I have a relapse when I'm around that many people!"
"Gomen Naruto-sama," Iruka said, rubbing his head and smiling sheepishly. "I knew, yes, but that was why I did this. The person who wouldn't immediately approach you and be more concerned with you yourself rather than fighting to gain mating ownership over you would care about you the most. And it worked."
Iruka nodded up, and Naruto lifted his head up to stare directly into Gaara's light jade eyes.
"G-Gaara-san!" Naruto stuttered, embarrassed, and Iruka smiled.
"Naruto-sama, would you like Gaara-sama to be your mate?" Iruka asked.
Naruto blinked at Gaara's calm face, then nodded slowly.
"Excellent!" Iruka cried, clapping his hands together. "You may spend the rest of the day together to get to know each other better. And Gaara-sama, you may spend the night here."
"Arigatou," Gaara said, placing Naruto down, and Iruka went off down the hall happily.
Naruto looked up at Gaara and smiled, when he suddenly felt his head become dizzy and he fell forward. Gaara caught him swiftly, and Naruto landed against his firm, warm chest.
"Are you still feeling ill?" Gaara asked, his voice smooth and level. Naruto nodded.
"Gomen…" he said, and Gaara smiled softly and held him close.
"Let me help you to your room," he said. "You should rest."
Sky-eyed Kitsune: Yay! Chappie one of my weird sasunaru fantasy fic done! O.o Some gaanaru thrown in for spice! ;3
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