Title: The Night Life
Genre: Romance, Drama, Friendship, and Psychological
Warning: OOC Characters
Summary: A business deal led Naruto and Sasuke together. A few incidents along the way and things start getting complicated. One mistake and everything may just go wrong. But let's focus on Naruto and Sasuke. After all, what an Uchiha wants, an Uchiha gets... eventually. SASUNARUSASU.
Author Comments: Hey Readers, been a while, huh? I've actually had this story for a while. In fact, it's up on ygal for more than this chapter. The thing is, though, even if I have a lot of chapters for this story already... I haven't added the number in a while. I upload this in the hopes that your encouragement and comments will help me find my motivation to write more. Lastly, please enjoy the first chapter to The Night Life~!
CHAPTER ONE
Sasuke Uchiha
Two Years before Meeting Naruto
Wind blew softly against the dark blue drapes hanging on silver rods, ruffling it and creating a calming feel. The light filtered in through the gap made and reflected on the mahogany floor, warming it. Inside the room, two males were present, talking but apart from each other. One lay down vertically on his back on the midnight blue bed in the middle of a large furry red carpet, his head hanging down the end of it, the bangs on each side of his face hanging out and away awkwardly. The other sat down on a large bean bag that could seat two but was filled in any case by the way he spread himself out.
The door next to the bean bag swung open slowly, and two men entered, one looked strikingly similar, but older, as the boy who lay down on the bed and the other looked significantly strange with the tattoo he had on each side of his upper cheeks. The former man strode up to the boy on the bed and tapped the lad's chest with his right pointer finger in a silent reprimand on the way he was positioned before sitting down beside him. In answer, the boy struggled upright and sat down properly beside the older male.
The other older male sauntered over to the bean bag, waited until the boy on it moved over, and then sat down. As soon as the man was seated, he looked up at the boy on the bed with an air of discussion about to be started.
He spoke, "Sasuke, we're here to talk about Akatsuki Affiliates." The three distinctive tattoo marks on each of his cheek that looked like boomerangs cupping his eyes moved fascinatingly as the older male continued speaking.
The only information Sasuke knew about Akatsuki Affiliates prior to the current discussion was that it was created by his brother, the older male beside him, and his friends and the title was only to be used for business accepted by the group or is owned by a member of the group although exceptions, of course, can be made by unanimous decision of all members. It all started four years ago and since then, the title flourished beautifully; acknowledged with impressive force by the world and had gained such importance that it could rival big shots in the business industry because of the power that each member had as a whole which backed it.
As the strange looking man kept going on and on telling Sasuke that he was to be officially and formally accepted on the day of his seventeenth birthday a week from then, he was informed of the duties that came with it. His duties would be the same as with the current members which are living up to and keeping in mind the purposes of the company's name as well as the exclusivity of it. Because it involved such important people in it, Sasuke concluded that the title was even more troublesome to care for than the Uchiha name he had to uphold already. None the less, he nodded his head sombrely and accepted the invitation with grace and steel determination.
When the man was done, he stood up and shared a look with Sasuke's brother who also stood up from his position on the bed, ruffling the younger boy's head as he did so. "Well, Sasuke, Itachi and I shall take our leave." With that, they walked out of the room.
"Bye, bro," Sasuke waved and the nodded at the other. "Kisame,"
"So... Akatsuki Affiliates, eh?" The boy on the bean bag said, waggling his eyebrows.
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Suigetsu, it is not what it should seem to be." He gestured randomly in the air, trying to contain his doubts and suppress his worries. "As the Uchiha name has its own past and secrets, so will Akatsuki Affiliates especially when you take note of the members behind it. It has to have a past—a past, a number of secrets and a rulebook."
*~*~*SASUKE*~*~*
"No matter the fuck ups, no matter what seems to be and seems not to be, any personality that may come up in any of the members, I can attest in the future that my swearing here is true: the secrets of Akatsuki, the secrets of the members, the secrets of the individuals, the secrets of past, present, and future, I regard all with my utmost respect and am prepared to keep all within the confines of my mind and no more." Sasuke swore, his right hand up to the level of his shoulder, palm open.
And so he was inducted to be one of the Akatsuki and was given membership and credible hold over all the businesses under Akatsuki Affiliates. As he would learn later on, the pressure is big when members disappear for moments and the burden is even bigger when regarding himself as an Akatsuki with full power to manoeuvre the business when the owner is gone.
Alarmed, he of course took the liberty of storming into his brother's office to bother him. Then he was consequently told that the rules were skewered in his understanding and there are certain limitations put on every member by each other and by no means or reason will they be ignored or risk expulsion and consequence by the wrath of the other members or specifically, their death reaper.
Although the information Sasuke absorbed is not at all complete, by the time Sasuke turned eighteen, no one could question his understanding, knowledge and prowess at slipping through holes in the system made. Sasuke turned legal and when he did, he understood the game perfectly and was as adept as the others in it. They were all equals by that time and his friendship with the rest were unquestionable as were their allegiance to each other.
But to sum it up in order for others to understand exactly who Sasuke became in the time that already passed when he was involved with the Akatsuki and the overall personality of the people he hung out with the most the following information will be given.
Sasuke's companions ultimately zeroed in on Deidara, Sasori, and Hidan. As such is the case after he spent most of his time in the Akatsuki Club owned by Deidara and Sasori. Deidara is a well-known playboy, no doubt his looseness had rubbed off on Sasuke who decisively flirts with anyone he deems attractive and fast maintains a relationship for a steady while before abruptly breaking it off even faster. Sasori on the other hand is quite the drinker and loves testing his limits by drinking the most absurd amounts of liquor or taking up the challenge and drinking the most effective knock-out drinks. And although Sasuke did not fully gain the same vigour in downing drinks, he became adept at drinking the milder alcohols and gained the ability to hold on to his wits with the stronger drinks where most lose coherency and sense. As to Hidan's influence, it can only be seen in Sasuke's wild streaks in which he feels no sense of decorum both inside his home and the club, has no qualms about taking dares, stripping and flaunting his body to gain attention. And also, in his daring view on clothes he is fine with wearing.
Itachi is seen to be tolerant and not at all stern over the life Sasuke seemed to be leading because of the other Akatsuki members although he does twitch whenever he is there to witness his little brother's wild acts. Mikoto on the other hand turns a blind eye to her youngest son's wild antics as she feels he deserves her doing that favour because of his graduating from college at the young age of seventeen.
Sasuke, of course, is content with not letting his mother be involved as she supports him in almost everything else with devotion. He is also quite happy and appreciative of Itachi's abundant love for him as the little brother for not pushing the issue with his wild nature and for being accepting even if not whole-heartedly.
Author's Comments: Hey, you have reached the end! If this sort of plot appeals to you, I suggest you go read "Morning After Dark". It's an oneshot and is the work I'm most proud of. So go read if you have time. See you around~!
Notice: I have to say, since someone pointed it out, Sasuke graduating at the early age of 17 isn't unheard of. In fact, it happens more often than people may think - graduating early in any case - the age is a case to case basis depending on the country and the education system. Also, you must take into consideration exactly what course he took which is of no value in this story. Just because no one is smart enough in your immediate area to graduate so early doesn't mean it is entirely implausible.
Much love to you and the yaoi rebellion,
~Maz.
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