KC: Hey everyone! So sorry for my sudden disapearance! (Oh, for those of you who are new to this story can skip this part! Enjoy!) To my followers, so this is the rewirte of the first chapter to help the story to make sense. Heh, I was going to rewrite the whole thing, but in the end rewriting the first chapter turned out best. Life hit me hard with a nice brick of suckery, but things are getting better now and I will hopefully be updating more regularly. Enjoy the new first chapter! Until next time!

Disclaimer: I own none of the characters of Naruto. Everything belongs to the mind of Masashi Kishimoto.

Wedding Bliss

CH 1

This is it. The day I marry her.

A tall blond looked himself over in a full length mirror, while his best friend and groomsman adjusted his jacket. "You're starting to look nervous, Naruto," his friend joked, patting Naruto on the shoulder.

Naruto chuckled at this, as he adjusted his tie. "Have you heard from Sasuke, Shikamaru?" he asked, looking at his other groomsman, who sat in one of the plush chairs staring at the ceiling.

Shikamaru looked at the blond and heaved a rather long sigh. "Well… he's not coming." he stated bluntly.

Slowly Naruto turned to face the brunette, "What?"

Scratching the back of his head, Shikamaru sighed again. "He said something about how 'you're not you anymore and that harpy, yakuza to be leader, stalker has brainwashed you'."

Naruto rubbed his forehead and frowned as he turned to his friend, "Kiba, what am I supposed to do?"

Kiba shook his head, while giving him a look of warning. "You know you need to keep quiet," he stated a little harsh. "You can explain everything once it's over."

Licking his lips, Naruto shifted and looked between both men, "Alright, yes, I know. It just was going to be safer here..."

A commotion in the hall outside the door had Shikamaru up and by the door, slowly opening it to see what was going on. A few men were outside looking worried as they waited for something. Then Shikamaru heard what the commotion was about, "I can't believe he's a fucking pig! That lying sack of shit!"

Carefully, Shikamaru closed the door. "Covers blown, Naruto. We need to get out of here fast, Hinata's father is coming this way."

Naruto groaned at this, as he took out an envelope addressed to Hinata and placed it on the table by the plush couch. Kiba quickly started collecting all of their belongings, while Naruto opened the window for them to all crawl out of. One by one, they jumped out the window and onto the soft grass below before taking off for their car. Naruto stopped in mid run and turned to start down the street.

"Where the hell are you going?" Kiba hissed, reaching for Naruto's arm. "We need to get to the damn safe house. Hiashi Hyuga is not someone to fuck with. Not only did you sneak into his mafia, you fucked with his daughters feelings! He's going to kill you for sure!"

Naruto puffed out his cheeks in frustration, "I know all of that, Kiba. But I have to make sure Sasuke stays out of the spotlight too. He needs to be safe."

Kiba growled at this, "Fine, I'm sure he's at the usual training grounds; though I'm sure you already figured that…"

"Thanks, Kib's. Pick me up there in thirty." Naruto smiled, before taking off again. As he started down the block he huffed, running in dress shoes was not easy or comfortable. While he ran the few blocks to the training grounds he realized that driving would of been faster, but taking off on foot was less conspicuous-ish.

As he rounded the corner, coming around the backway to their training grounds, he could hear Sasuke hitting the practice dummies. He took a deep breath before coming into view of his best friend. The glare he received instantly did not surprise him.

"Shouldn't you be getting married right now?" Sasuke growled, spin kicking the dummy before him, before coming face to face with Naruto.

Naruto licked his lips and glanced away, he was more nervous then he thought he'd be. Though, one thing was for sure, he knew that this was going to go ary fast. The look of murder on Sasuke's face softened slightly as the dark haired man watched Naruto. He fidgeted under the dark gaze.

"I couldn't go through with it…" he answered, scratching the back of his neck; a nervous tick he'd had since he was a child.

Sasuke scoffed at this, "I didn't know the ever so bold Naruto, could run like a coward so many times," he stated, crossing his arms over his chest. "First running from your dreams of becoming a police officer and now running from marriage. What happened to you?"

Naruto growled at this, narrowing his eyes and clenching his fists, "You don't know everything Uchiha," he hissed before closing his eyes and taking a deep breath. Now wasn't the time for a fight and he knew that better than anyone. "Look, there are reasons you don't understand and I can't explain… but there is one thing that I need to tell you." Naruto looked Sasuke in the eye, a slight look of surprise at his retort crossed the mans features before he covered it with a mask; showing absolutely no emotions. Naruto hated it when Sasuke did this, it made reading him that much more difficult; though he knew this was the point of the mask… he thought they'd gotten passed that point in their years of friendship. "One of the biggest reasons I couldn't marry, Hinata was because I have feelings for someone else… feelings stronger than the ones I have for her."

Sasuke scoffed at this, before rolling his eyes; this almost made Naruto smile, almost. "Who?" he asked sarcastically. "I've known you for years Naruto, and the only other person you've had a crush on was Sakura; but she turned you down so many times you finally gave up and became happy just being friends. There is absolutely no one-"

"You." Naruto interrupted, his voice strong in his answer. This made Sasuke pause and stare at him like he was truly going insane. "I have feelings for you, Sasuke. Ones that surpass 'best friends'. The only regret is that I didn't realize them sooner…"

Shaking his head, Sasuke held up a hand to stop Naruto's words. "You know what this is, Naruto?" he asked, his face growing dark with rage. "This is called having cold feet. I understand that, but what I don't understand is you bringing in these fake feelings. You don't like me more than friends, you're just scared to tie the knot and are looking for any way-"

"No!" Naruto screamed, getting Sasuke to stop speaking again. Naruto huffed like he was out of breath from running, "That's not it at all! I've liked you more than friends for a long time! I just couldn't bring myself to-" Naruto was unable to finish his sentence as a fist came crashing into his face. He fell to the ground, a little shocked at the turn of events; before looking up at his best friend, fury written all over Sasuke's features.

"I'm warning you right now, Naruto, to shut up." he growled, his fists clenched so tight, his nails dug into the skin where blood trickled down. "I'm not going to let you fuck with my emotions this way just because you decided to become a coward." Sasuke brought back his fist as if to hit Naruto a second time, but Naruto was ready for it this time and put up an arm to block the blow, which never came. "I'm leaving. Do not follow me." he warned, before turning away from Naruto and walking through the forest to where Naruto was sure Sasuke had parked his car.

Naruto sat on the ground watching his friend walk away. He felt like an idiot… Not that he'd expected anything less from his friend, but still it was hard to take. As if mirroring his emotions, thunder pounded above with a bright flash of lightning, before a steady rain came down from the dark clouds above. Wiping his lip he couldn't help but smile at the blood on the back of his hand. "Leave it up to Sasuke to punch me when admitting my feelings." he scoffed, tears pricking at his eyes. He blinked them away, he needed to stay strong.

A twig snapping behind Naruto, made him turn around and jump to his feet all at once. He was ready for a fight, only to sigh in relief when Kiba came passed the trees and into the clearing. Naruto followed Kiba silently to where the car was parked next to the curb and waiting for them with Shikamaru in the drivers seat. As soon as they were inside, Shikamaru peeled out and into traffic.

"You okay man?" Kiba asked, turning around in his seat to get a better look at Naruto.

Blinking, Naruto looked at his friend, "Yeah, I'm fine… why?"

Kiba had a look of concern which made Naruto shift in his place, "You're crying, man," Kiba stated, pulling out a small compact bag of kleenex. "You still good to continue? Jiraiya said that if this was too much we could-"

"I'm fine," Naruto interrupted, taking the kleenex. "Being turned down rather… harshly… hurt more than I had anticipated." he glanced away and looked out the window and at the pouring rain. "Let's just get to the safehouse, everything will be fine."

Kiba glanced at Shikamaru who was busy making his way carefully through the traffic. Even though he was concentrating, he also had a concerned look. Taking a deep breath and releasing it in a slow sigh he gave a nod, "Alright, if that's what you want, then that's what we'll do. We'll leave the captain out of this."

"Thank you…" Naruto all but whispered without looking at the others.