Chapter 2: the meeting

Warning: slash ((not yet but just a small warning))

Pairings: Sasunaru gaanaru itanaga shikatema choino kibahina sasodei kakaobi yahikona kakuhidan suikarin jukimi

Exclaimer: I don't own the characters but I do own the plot. All belong to the badass mangaka masashi kishimoto

Sasuke could not convey how truly tired and frustrated he was. The meeting had gone well, Akatsuki gained alliances, tentative friendships were made. It went swimmingly except for one thing. The stupid dinner that his brother and Madara had planned.

It all started hours ago when he prepared for the meeting, his brother waiting for him. He had dressed in a black suit and tie, his hair combed back, his pale skin glowing against the dark clothing. He smoothed his suit and checked his hair one more time before going towards the limo with Itachi.

When he arrived the room was filled with people, the bijuu and jinchuuriki has nine people each, and including the 11 akatsuki members, plus himself. The room had to cleared out, more furniture had to be placed so the others could sit. Sasuke was very claustrophobic but he could hold in and not panic. Especially with the fact that naruto was pressed against him in the corner of one of the couches. He could feel the body heat radiate from him, yes the claustrophobia was worth this moment.

The meeting was long and later for about two hours, the ones mostly talking were the bijuus and madara, arguing back and forth until they reached an agreement. Sasuke could count the times Kurama growled or Madara's eye twitched. Though he was quickly getting bored, he understood this was important but it seemed it was more of a feud between the leaders of the gangs. No one had a say in anything besides the other bijuus mostly because they all had been involved in the past fights.

Finally after all it was finished Madara's made an announcement, he had bought a restaurant for a night to celebrate their new alliance. Kurama eyes darkened at the news.

"So you already knew I would say yes to you Uchiha?" He growled at Madara's who chose to not retort and grabbed his coat.

The restaurant was large and looked like where movie stars and artist would eat in. Sasuke smiled at the look of utter awe in Naruto's face, he knew of Naruto's living situation. A small one room apartment a small kitchen, a full restroom in a bad neighborhood. He wished to help him in a way but Naruto would never accept help, he believed in doing everything himself. That's what he most admired about Naruto, he was self made and hardworking.

"This place is fucking huge!" Naruto said entering the restaurant, fuu nodded in agreement beaming.

"I have to admit it is a nice place" Yugito agreed "I should make a point of coming here more often"

Sasuke said nothing as he and the rest followed Madara's who walked towards a large table, waitresses waited eagerly by the table, they hadn't seen so many good looking people at once. Sasuke sighed, why couldn't they have waiters? At least they wouldn't be squealing blushing idiots. Madara's sat down at the head of the table and signaled everyone to do the same. Itachi and nagato sat down on his right side along with the rest of the akatsuki, all partners sitting next to each other. Sasuke waited to see where naruto would sit, and immediately took a seat when he saw naruto take the second to last seat at the end. Unluckily Gaara took the last seat so Naruto was sandwiched between sasuke and gaara.

Everyone could feel the tension in their side, the Uchiha and suzaku throwing dirty looks at each other. Itachi smirked seeing that, his brother was so possessive it borderline on creepy. Nagato saw the smirk and cocked his head at the Uchiha, raising a brow in question.

"I just think its magnificent how sasuke could fall for someone so deeply" he whispered smiling softly "he's usually so cold and closed off"

Nagato nodded and gave a small smile himself "your brother has grown up" he moves his hair back.

The dinner for the most part was quiet but as the minutes passed conversations were made. Shukaku and Kurama taking at the end of the table, Han and kokuou speaking in low voices, they were the tallest. Kukuo stood over 6'7 with long white hair and narrowing gray eyes, pale complexion. Han was two inches shorter and was more intimidating than his counterpart who was tall and lanky while he was muscular with a deep voice.

Yugito was having a calm conversation with her bijuu Matatabi. Both were mature women who weren't interested in things such as fawning and giggling about boys, they were much like konan who was reserved and calm. All three women were beautiful. Matatabi with her layered blue hair that fell down her back reaching her waist, yellow cat like eyes. Yugito was in her early 20s ashy blonde hair, dark eyes, always wearing her hair in a ponytail, she was one of the youngest jinchuuriki, though she was older than utakata, fuu, gaara and Naruto.

Naruto fuu and chomei were laughing along, they were the loudest among the group. Fuu was an energetic girl, she was dark skinned with teal hair and pink red eyes, if Naruto was a girl iFuu would be the perfect female version. Chomei wasn't as loud as her Jinchuuriki but was very cheerful, she had dark blue hair, and fiery red eyes, her skin was a darker shade than fuu. The three got on well, even yagura would contribute once in a while to tease Naruto.

Isobu, Roshi, son goku, saiken and utakata were the quietest. They just stayed quiet eating the food, all more interested in watching everyone interact. Saiken was pale and had beatie black eyes. He was sluggish, almost unbearably. Roshi and son had the same wild red hair, as brothers only separated by the years. Isobu was rather shy than silent staring at her her food, avoiding eye contact. Her green hair was similar to utakata, falling over her right side but tied in a loose ponytail in the back.

Lastly in the middle was killer bee who was rapping to Gyuuki who shook his head and corrected his rhymes. They had one of the closest friendships between the Jinchuuriki and bijuus. Gyuuki was tall with round eye, short brown hair and a bull like body, sturdy and strong. The two seem to be in there own world ignoring everything.

Everything was fine until a stupid waitress cried. Of course it wasn't entirely Sasuke's fault, the girl would not stop trying to flirt with him. Her giggling and glances were grating the Uchihas nerves and he snapped.

"Go away, can't you tell I'm not interested? I haven't returned any of your little attempts so why don't you go away and and bother someone else?" He growled coldly. Tears bubbled in the girl's eyes as she ran into the kitchen, her scream filling the room. The table became quiet as sasuke returned to eating, he only turned when he felt a blaring glare at his direction. It was naruto, he looked so angry and disgusted by his action.

"What the hell Teme!" He snarled "that's no way to talk to a girl! Even if she was being annoying!"

"Its none of your business dobe, I'll treat her the way I want to" he glared unable to contain the words that slip from his mouth. He never wants to say them but they would automatically come out in confrontations.

"You could at least say it nicely like could you please stop I'm eating or something like that instead of being a huge dick!" Naruto eyes roared with anger, Subaku placed a hand on his shoulder.

"Naruto" he spoke softly ignoring sasuke's glare "we're eating he's not worth it"

Naruto breathed out trying to calm down, adrenaline still pumping in his veins, oh that teme always made his blood boil in anger. Why was he so mean and cruel to others?! Itachi albeit wasn't the nicest but towards him and his companions was respectable and considerate.

"Bastard" he muttered returning to his meal, he glanced at gaara and gave a thankful smile. Gaara's lips twitched trying to give a small smile back but he couldn't do it well, it looked very strange but Naruto didn't mind it. Sasuke glared at his food and ate, the aggressive tension returning to the table.

Deidara cleared his voice and turned to Naruto "so your Nagato's cousin?" He asked trying to change the mood

"Yeah I met him three years ago" he grinned "I accidentally took the wrong bus and it dropped me off close by to the rain city. I was shitting it cause I have a horrible sense of direction and I bumped into him"

Nagato chuckled "yes I was very surprised I didn't sense his presence, we then began talking and realized we were cousins" he sighed "I tried to persuade him to move in with me but Naruto is very stubborn and independent so I let him be. Though I check on him as often as I can because jiraiya sensei isn't the best care taker"

Naruto huffed crossing his arms "Ero-sennin is the worst! One time he left me alone in my room while he chased some pretty girl around" he snorted "she took all his money, I had to bail him out"

"Wait a minute the legendary sannin jiraiya is your caretaker?" Deidara asked, Naruto nodded "yeah".

"Holy shit" he said "first your parent are minato namikaze and kushina uzumaki, now you're telling me this"

Naruto grinned nervously "well yeah, heh, I also met Tsunade-baachan six years ago, I called her old and she punched me. That's the strongest punch I have ever felt!" He said exasperated.

Kurama and Nagato chuckled, they have heard of her legendary strength, stronger than 100 men put together. The others have never heard someone talk about to legendary sannin so disrespectfully. The dinner continued till 11pm at night when Naruto had fallen asleep on Gaara's shoulder, he knocked out like a light. After saying goodnight everyone got in there vehicles and headed to their own home. When they arrived he climbed out the car went inside, rushed up to his room and slammed the door. Dropping himself in the bed, body empty of energy.

"Little brother" Sasuke groaned hearing the voice of his brother, he didn't want to respond to anyone right now.

"Sasuke" Itachi's voice became firm when sasuke didn't respond. Sighing he stood up, dragging his feet and pulled open the door "what?" He demanded.

"Let's have a talk" Itachi entered the room, sighing again Sasuke sat on his bed "look Itachi I'm too tired to fight anymore or talk"

Itachi stared at him nodding "all right then just listen" he paused sitting down on a chair "what you did today was childish and unreasonable. I know you have feeling for Naruto-kun, I also know your deep hatred for the female population but fighting because some fangirl was being bothersome is unacceptable"

"How can you receive Naruto-kun's love if you continue to bicker like that?" Itachi grabbed a book from his desk "Naruto-kun will only look at you with disdain"

Sasuke glared "don't you think I don't know that! Don't you think I don't know the hate he feels for me?!" He growled punching the wall in frustration "but I can't stop! I can't even if I wanted, he's the first person to bring out this, this anger, happiness, frustration. I don't want to make him angry or hate me, it hurts but what can I do?"

Itachi stayed quiet letting his brother release all his agitation "Subaku makes everything harder when I try to get close to him. They're friends and I don't know if Subaku is adding fuel to the already huge fire!" He gasped trying to catch his breath "I can't get close to him without his friends being there. Its so annoying I can't do anything about it"

Itachi waited until sasuke was calm before talking, "better?" Sasuke nodded " excellent, I'm happy you have found someone you love, especially Naruto-kun he's good for you, he has already changed you without you knowing it. You are more happy than you use to be, before you couldn't stand to be near anyone, not even your three friends. Now you tolerate, even speak to them." Itachi paused, his dark eyes softening "you are what you used to be before our parents died, I'll help you make Naruto-kun become yours you just have to listen" sasuke bit his lips before nodding tentatively.

"Okay I know Naruto-kun has friends, he is the type to have many friends, does he have one that is sensible and calm?" Itachi asked, sasuke sighed "yes Nara Shikamaru, he's the only one in his group that thinks before he acts, his IQ is over 200" he informed his brother, itachi was very impressed by the high intelligence.

"Very well, I want you to talk to Nara privately, you don't want his other friends try to change Nara's mind"

Itachi said "to me he seems the loyal kind and if he is as intelligent as you say he is then he probably knows about your feelings for his friend"

Sasuke processed what his brother said, he had to admit what he said was true. He saw the knowing look Nara through at him when he and the dobe would fight, shaking his head in a lazy manner. He never talked back like Inuzuka after a fight. Maybe he would be a good ally for him, they both were smart but he wasn't overbearing. In fact he was the most laidback person Sasuke has ever known,yes he needed his assistance.

After another talk of planning the two brothers said goodnight to each other, itachi going to his own room leaving Sasuke with his thoughts. He laid down on his bed, shirtless, staring at the pitch black ceiling, his mind reeling from the day's events. He needed to stop fighting back, he needed to find out things about Naruto. His likes, dislikes, hobbies, strengths and weaknesses. Yes Shikamaru would be a great leverage, smirking he closed his eyes and drifted off, another erotic dream between himself and Naruto filling his mind.