A/N: Hey everyone! I came up with this idea earlier this week, and decided to write a story about it; I don't know if this will be a one-shot or a multi chapter story, but we'll see how this first 'chapter' goes ;)
Let me know what you guys think in the comments section, and enjoy!
Update #2: I updated this first chapter…again!
Don't worry, I'm actually going to post new chapters next time lol. And quite soon, I might add! I just needed to add a couple of things to make sure it all plays out smoothly.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto whatsoever!
Uchiha Queen
"I'm sorry Sasuke", the sixth Hokage sighed defeatedly to the disgruntled Uchiha, who stood silently in front of his desk. He crosses his arms over the smooth, light-brown wood and, noticing Sasuke's despondent disposition, closed his eyes.
"Look", the silver-haired man started, "We've been over this before. I've tried talking with the feudal lords about it, and you know what they want, Sasuke."
The tall Uchiha rolled his eyes and gave an irritated huff, his pale visage looking up to face his former-sensei, "I don't understand how that has anything to do with my clan's restoration" he said angrily, visibly agitated.
You see, many things had happened after the Fourth Great Shinobi War, especially in regards to Sasuke. First, he was briefly imprisoned; a punishment that he, at the time, felt was much too lenient after all the damage and suffering that he had caused.
To his utmost surprise, however, he was promptly set free no more than a week after imprisonment. Confused, and a little disoriented at first, he remembered stumbling out of his cell as fast as he could, his parched throat desperate for water.
Sasuke knew for a fact that he wasn't let out for 'good behaviour', but because of the influence his former classmates had, which made a huge impact towards the final verdict. However, what he didn't realize was that his freedom had come at a price.
Because of the extensive damage caused by the Uchiha clan during the war, the only way for the former Hokage, Lady Tsunade, to release Sasuke from prison was to comply with the feudal lord's difficult conditions.
In exchange for Sasuke's release, the feudal lords demanded the dissolution of the Uchiha clan for a minimum of two years before reviving, to test Sasuke's loyalty to the country.
As he wasn't planning a post-war revolution any time soon, he believed that not much difficulty would arise from this generous offer, but oh how wrong he was.
In agreement to the deal there were two major conditions. Firstly, if he were to perish, Sasuke was absolutely prohibited from transplanting his Sharingan or Rinnegan into anyone else.
The next condition, one he thought was also set into place to personally slight him, was that he was forbidden from visiting the Uchiha burial grounds to prevent him from resurrecting his deceased family members.
Though the need for such conditions seemed ridiculous to him at the time, he complied to the terms and decided to go on his way, albeit with some reluctance due to his pride. The only thing he seemed to lose was his family name, but even that was only temporary, right?
As of the day he left the village, the Uchiha clan officially no longer existed.
However, the difficulties that would soon come his way never seemed to cross his mind before he left shortly after signing the contract.
Looking back now, he knew all along that the offer had been too good to be true, he was simply too hasty to start his life over again after so much time lost in darkness, to deeply think over his decision.
After the two years of travelling were up, Sasuke decided to return, but he soon realized that, while it was easy to disband a clan, reassembling it was not as straight-forward.
Contrary to the agreement, when Sasuke requested the restoration of the clan after the two - year interval, much to his enmity and confusion, he was denied.
The Feudal Lords ignorantly failed to realize the significance of Sasuke being the only member populating the clan. Sometime after the agreement had been officiated, they had finally noticed their fatal error, and manipulated the deal for their own convenience.
Deciding that it was not worth their time, money, or energy to rebuild a clan for only one individual; the only way that they would agree to officiate the Uchiha clan was if Sasuke accepted their one final condition.
A condition that somehow made Sasuke feel uneasy, a little embarrassed even.
He closed his eyes in humiliation, as he remembered Kakashi's straight face cracking whilst he read out the most recent letter from the feudal lords to the lone-Uchiha, detailing how Sasuke had to marry and produce at least one heir before the clan was made official once again, for the sole purpose of ensuring the continuation of the Uchiha bloodline
Sasuke had absolutely no idea where to start. He didn't have much experience with women, and had the romantic experience equal to that of a cardboard box. And to top it off, he was still considered an enemy and a traitor to the village by many. Even if he did manage to find someone, how would he ever find a way to woo her if she held contempt towards him?
Over the past couple of days since he received the letter, Sasuke had been listing the possible candidates in his head, trying to narrow it down to one or two possible women. While he had tried to picture himself with different women, his mind kept on wandering over to one certain individual, although he didn't really know the reason why.
The mere thought of him trying to go after her made his ears burn, and his cheeks flush brightly.
Kakashi smiled at Sasuke, bringing him back to reality, and chuckled softly, "Look, I know that flirting is not your area of expertise", the Hokage stated, his smile visible over his mask, "but there's nothing else that I can do. I'm sure that if you look hard enough, you'll find someone who'll want to be with you," he said giving the annoyed Uchiha a wink, "I promise", the Hokage added before promptly dismissing him.
Sasuke cast his head to his feet solemnly, turned toward the door and left silently. As the Uchiha walked down the stairs to the exit, not even his thoughts knew quite what to say, so he walked in total silence, allowing the events of the past week really sink in, listening to the echoing sound of his steps against the marble stairs.
When he was finally at the small front-foyer, he cursed under his breath noticing that it was raining out.
'Of course…' he muttered grumpily to himself and, with an irritated sigh, pulled his thin, brown hood over his head and stepped out into the darkened streets of Konoha.
As he hastily walked through the crowds of people with colourful umbrellas, he progressively slowed to a leisurely walk. Despite his futile efforts to keep dry, his body was already drenched, his thin cloak unable to fight against the countless droplets of rain that seemed to target him specifically.
It didn't matter to the tall Uchiha though; countless thoughts were swimming around his mind, distracting him from the cold water bombarding him. Understandably, there was an unfamiliar weight dragging down on his conscience since he's returned last week, a lot of questions he wasn't sure the answer to.
He wondered if his father was gazing at him in disappointment from the skies. He lost the clan, the one thing that his father dedicated his life to, and what his brother had died for. He felt like a disgrace and, because of that, was determined to put things right again regardless of his own preferences.
This was where his panic started to set in.
Let alone marry him, would anyone even really be willing to be with him? He knew that he didn't have the greatest reputation in the world, it was undoubtedly the farthest thing from it, in his mind.
Even despite what happened with the war, many viewed him as curt and unfeeling anyways. Although this wasn't really true, him being a strong and silent type of guy, he knew that his reputation would undoubtedly make this a lot more difficult.
There was also another part of him that questioned if his marriage would be based on total professionality or on love, if he ever managed to find a suitable companion, that is.
Of course, he wanted to get along with whoever she was, and while the idea of love was not unappealing to him, in his mind this was a mission.
From what he knew based on his friends' experience, romance took much too long, and business would inevitably take precedence in their relationship, he told himself, a part of him feeling inexplicably disappointed.
He let out a deep sigh; why did this all have to be so complicated?
He picked up his step as he hurriedly shuffled his way through the last of the crowd, into the lonely street that led to his home. Although the rain had stopped minutes ago, the sun was almost completely vanished underneath the horizon line, and the sky was nearly totally overwhelmed by the dark night.
He was totally drained from the day's activities, and was beginning to feel a headache forming. The troubled Uchiha, who was deeply lost in thought only moments ago, now wanted nothing more than to collapse on his bed and rest. To forget this whole ordeal, even for a mere couple of hours.
He quickly approached the Uchiha compound, which was decorated with moss and overgrowth, and entered through the front door. He took off his drenched shoes, which squelched as he came in the door, and brown cloak in the entry way. However, he stopped before walking up into the main hall, staring into his silent dark home.
Only the sound of a clock's soft ticking could be heard, as he gazed at doors to rooms along the long corridor that he knew were completely empty.
The truth was that this house was simply too big for him to be all alone. A truth that had always secretly made him feel lonely when he was a child.
He couldn't help but picture how different it would be if he wasn't the only one here. What it would be like if he had a family of his own to live here with him.
Running his hand through his dark hair, he walked into the darkness, slowly gliding down the smooth wooden floors of the corridor to his bedroom at the end of the hall. He promptly replaced his soaked clothes with a warm, white cotton t-shirt and grey pants, and collapsed into his bed.
However, he didn't fall asleep immediately like he had wanted to.
He was restless; after his first visit with the Hokage when he'd first officially come back to the village, he had thought about who he would try to form as much of a relationship as he could with.
He had tried to deny the lingering feeling of certainty in the back of his mind, but in the end, knew that she was the only one person that was openly willing to be with him, even after everything he did.
He wasn't familiar with this tight, restless feeling in his chest, and was confused as to why it was there all of a sudden.
Laying in his bed, he shifted from side to side uncomfortably. Unable to find sleep due to his nerves, the Uchiha got up to look out his window. He gazed out upon the new world which he had just recently rediscovered.
He had made up his mind: tomorrow he was going after his pink-haired, emerald-eyed teammate and he was determined to make her his, for the sake of the entire Uchiha clan.
A/N: Hello again! How did I do? I wasn't so sure about this one, so please leave a review on how I did and if you'd like for me to continue this story, I'd really appreciate it! :)
Have a wonderful day everyone!
TheCuriousCashew