Title:The Arranged Marriage

Author:Praecipula

Disclaimer:I do not own Naruto.

Rating:M

Pairing:Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki (SasuNaru)

Sidepairing (so far): Itachi/ Tenten (I know, wtf right?)

Warning:Fluffiness like cotton candies, Crack Plot. UN-BETA.

Author's note:Thank you to those who reviewed! I'm glad you like the prologue. This chapter is short, I'm sorry. I'm trying to take us there. I always liked to write little Sasuke and Naruto. I couldn't help it! On the other hand, I know my writing style has changed a lot and it's because I'm trying to be as not as wordy as I was. I mean I occult probably write a 200 word paragraph about unnecessary things. So yeah, I'm trying to change that. Anyway, I hope you like this and I will upload the next chapter as soon as I can so we can get to the main storyline.


Chapter 1: King and King of the Whole Wide World

Seven year old Naruto Uzumaki pouted as his Itachi-niisan took a bite out of his cake. The older kid pretended not to notice the glare and went back to reading the latest issue of KGaming magazine. He could not of course ignore when a tiny hand covered with chocolate icing connected with his cheek.

Glaring, he turned to the little culprit that was his foolish younger brother. "What?"

Sasuke Uchiha turned his nose upward, looking all but the spoiled brat he was. "Stop eating Naru-chan's cake!"

Itachi snorted, crossing his ankles and flipping through the pages, not a little bit intimidated "Why, is it yours?"

"Yes, it is mine. I bought it for Naru-chan on the way here!"

"See?" Itachi closed the magazine and poked the smaller kid's forehead, a way to irritate him more. He was not disappointed when Sasuke's little fingers tried to catch his hand angrily. "You already gave it to him so technically, it's not yours anymore."

"Tech—techally—tech—"

"Tech-ni-cally."

"Techally!"

Naruto grabbed a hold of Itachi's pony-tailed hair, his blue eyes getting a little teary. "Stop bullying him Itachi-niisan!"

Kushina Uzumaki just finished preparing the bento boxes for her son and the Uchiha kids when she exited the kitchen of their Namikaze Manor. She sighed when the sight of Naruto and Sasuke teaming up against Itachi greeted her. The older Uchiha had a hobby of irritating the crap out of the two children and he always managed to do it when the parents were not looking. Or even if they were present, Itachi was simply unstoppable. Kushina was sure though that Itachi would protect her son and his brother all the time. He just had a sadistic way of showing his love.

"Itachi's hair's gonna fall out soon if you don't stop that." Kushina called out to the two seven year olds, her tone light but anyone who knew her well enough would detect the underlying warning.

Sasuke and Naruto immediately let go of Itachi's hair.

"What did you this time?" Kushina sighed as she snatch the pony tail from Itachi to help him tie his hair back into place. The kid has an even smoother hair than her.

He looked up at her innocently. "Whatever could I do Kushina-san?"

Kushina tugged his hair a little, making the younger man yelp. "I'm afraid of what you'll become when you grow up."

"I'm already grown up, Kushina-san. I'm finishing high school this school year and I'll be in college." Itachi's voice carried out a little pride in his achievement. He was the first Uchiha to finish high school in just a short time and was expected to complete his tertiary level studies before he reach twenty. He would make sure his little brother would take after him. Well, he only wish Sasuke would grow out of his deeply emotional state.

"As if. Until you no longer have a teen in your age, you're still not an adult."

"Well, technicality aside."

Sasuke perked up from playing ninja with Naruto. "Techally!"

The red-haired mother laughed. Sasuke always had an obsession of wanting to use big words. The last time it happened was when he tried pronouncing Birth Certificate but ended up saying Birth Ceficate all the time. She could still remember the look of pure frustration on his little cherub face when even Fugaku chuckled at his attempts. "Tech-ni-cally, Sasuke-kun."

The littlest Uchiha pursed his lips. "Tech-Tech-"

"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled, already finished making his greatest technique. He had his game face on as he raised his chubby arms. "Here comes the Rasenshuriken! Prepare to lose!"

Itachi watched in bemusement as his little brother easily forgot their conversation and leaped to his feet. Sasuke rolled out on the carpeted floor and dodged the incoming blow by quickly grabbing Naruto's hand. The older Uchiha nearly face palmed when he saw Sasuke leaned towards the blond kid, eyes wide.

"Look into my eyes! Sharingan! You will fall asleep!"

Naruto automatically pretended to went limp.

Kushina's forehead vein ticked. The two kids were really getting better in assuming their roles as ninjas. She knew she should have limited their watching time of the latest Ninja anime that came out but as a mother, she was always giving in to their requests. Especially when the puppy eyes comes out. Sighing, she got up and snatch the magazine that Itachi begun to read again.

"Come on boys, it's getting late. We have to get to the park before lunch time otherwise the sun will be too hot."

"As if it'll stop them." Itachi got up and stretched. He checked his hair and smooth it out.

Sasuke reached out to Naruto to pull him up. He saw that the hood of his friend's jacket accidentally got tucked inside his shirt so he made Naruto face the other way as he struggle to pull it out. "Naru-chan don't play with Gaara okay, he will be mean again."

Naruto immediately shook his head. The red-haired kid was nice, how can his friend say that? "Don't be like that S'uke. He will get lonely."

The younger Uchiha felt his heart clench at that. His friend always care for other people while he only has his attention centred on him. He didn't even want to play with other but Naruto had no problem letting others join him. Does that mean Naruto don't care about him as much as he do? "You'll be my wife." Sasuke almost gritted out. "I don't want to see you playing with others-"

Itachi cut off the incoming tantrum he foresee. Glancing at an exasperated Kushina, he took it upon himself to explain to his younger brother for the umpteenth times. "Yeah? Before you even say that, make sure you know how to spell marriage."

Sasuke's mouth clamped shut and resorted to just glaring. Of course he doesn't know the spelling for the word but he woul learn it soon! They were still on ABC's in class but he was sure their teacher will probably get there. Ugly brother, always being smart.

"Okaaaay~~" Kushina picked up her shoulder bag and grabbed Naruto and Sasuke's hand. "Enough of that. We need to go now. Itachi can you carry our lunch in the kitchen? We'll wait for you in the car."

Itachi nodded and turned his back from his glaring little brother. He was always moody like that. Itachi bet he took it from their father.

Hoshikage Kisame, the driver for the Namikaze wife and son was already waiting beside the golden Ford Expedition. He gave a small salute to the bubbly red-haired wife of his boss and the two little kids. The blond seven-year old immediately jumped to his feet at seeing his friend and motioned for Kisame to pick him up. The driver obliged, and the feeling of gratitude flashed through him again. He had a weird appearance, his cheek have slashes on them and his skin was tinged with blue. It was a condition he was born with. Because of it, he had a hard time finding a job but Minato was a kind man who accepted him and believed in his strength to protect the man's family.

"Good morning Kisame!" Naruto greeted loudly as he was put down on his feet again.

"Good morning Naruto, Ma'am and Sasuke...and Itachi-san of course." The drive supplied when he saw the other Uchiha kid coming from the mansion with a basket.

"Good morning Kisame. I'm sorry to make you wait, my cooking took a little longer." Kushina apologized while they ushered the kids to get inside the car.

The driver shrugged dismissively. "Don't worry about it Mam. Garden Park, I assume?"

"Yes please. I hope it won't be too hot today."

Kisame closed the door after the lady got in. He rounded to the driver seat and put on his seatbelt. "It'll be a good weather, the radio said so."

The ride to the park took thirty minutes. It was Saturday so the traffic was not as heavy as it does on weekdays. Kisame barely opened the door when Sasuke and Naruto took off running to the field.

"Naruto, Sasuke, come back here! I haven't put on sunblock on you yet!" Kushina yelled, already on the two kid's tails with her bottle of sunblock.

Sasuke grabbed Naruto's hands despite the blond's pouting and marched back to the red-haired woman. They stretched their arms forward and waited for the woman to lather them with the weird-scented lotion. She said it protected them from the sun and as kids, they put their faith in her. Itachi dropped down beside Kushina and volunteered to do it for her.

"Thank you, Itachi, I need to find a table for us." Kushina brushed off any grass from her dress and walked towards Kisame who already found them a table where they could see the park's field more conveniently.

Surprisingly, even though Sasuke and Naruto were hard-headed kids, Itachi never had a hard time putting sunblock lotion on them. He closed the lid and instructed them not to stray too far where he and Kushina could not see them. They nodded eagerly and ran off towards the sandbox where a certain red-haired child could be seen making a rather detailed sandman. When Itachi was sure Kushina was watching them from their table, he went on to his own agenda.

Dark-eyes searched for a familiar chinese-bun hair as he walk around the benches of the park. He was not disappointed when he saw a girl tying off her sister's hair on a certain bench underneath a huge canopy tree. Trying to act nonchalant, he approached the girl.

"Fancy seeing you here, Ten-Ten."

The girl's shoulder visibly tense as she turned around to the source of her former classmate's voice. Her lips curved into a smirk when she saw Uchiha Itachi. "Yeah, well, if you just stop stalking me then perhaps we won't be bumping into each other too often."


Naruto could feel Sasuke's glare when he tried to play with Gaara again. He tried assuring him with a smile but the dark-haired child was already stomping away to get drinks from his mom. He pursed his lower lip before deciding he'll catch up later.

"Why can't we be friends?" Naruto turned to the red-haired child demandingly.

Gaara answered him with a dead-pan look.

Huffing, Naruto sat down beside the other kid and glared at the beautiful sandman. "Okay, I know you don't have friends in school so I just wanna be friends with you and Sasuke."

"I'm not rich." The blond kid didn't almost hear the murmured words so he had to move closer just to catch up the next. "The TV said we should not play with rich kids if you are not rich too."

Now Naruto was seriously confused. Yes, his mom said that he should not just play with anyone but she once told him that all the kids in the park are kind. That means Gaara was one of them. "I don't care. You're still nice, I want to be friends."

"I'm not nice." Gaara snapped.

"You're nice to me." Naruto was not a kid to be scared off easily by snappish tone. Sasuke usually did that in one of his moods. Their argument halted when a blond girl called Gaara to their table. The red-haired kid got up, dust off and kicked off the sandman he created. Naruto's jaw dropped. "Why'd you do that?"

Gaara shrugged. "I can make it again."

But it was so beautiful, Naruto couldn't help it when his eyes started stinging. The red-haired kid must have sense the incoming cry. Fearing that his sister would scold him again in making other kids cry, Gaara offered his hand. "Fine. We can be friends and I'll build you a sandman again."

"Really?" Naruto sniffed, accepting the small hands. "You promise?"

"Promise."

Naruto came back to their table literally bouncing on his feet. He made a new friend! Perhaps Sasuke would believe him now but his enthusiasm dropped off when he saw his dark-haired friend still mad at him. He glanced at his mom but she just shrugged and handed him a packet juice.

"Hey, Gaara finally agreed to be friends with us." Naruto chirped happily, trying to get his friend in the mood but Sasuke only scoffed and drink his juice noisily. "Come on, S'uke…he's a good kid!"

"Yeah? Then maybe he can be your best friend."

Naruto's lower lips trembled in warning. "What? You're my only best friend!"

"I don't know, Naruto." Sasuke glared, looking at the other way petulantly. "You don't seem happy with me and best friends should make each other happy."

"But our ninja force won't be strong with just us! We need to partner with other nation!"

Well that makes sense. Sasuke peeked at Naruto between his lashes. "Is that why you want Gaara to join us?"

"Of course." Naruto thumped his chest proudly. "With other nations joining us, we shall conquer the world!"

Sasuke was quick to abandon his sulking. "And we'll be the king and..and.."

Kushina glanced at the two kids as she prepared her sandwiches. "King, Sasuke."

"But can there be two kings?" Naruto asked innocently, dropping his cheek on his clamped hands.

"Of course." Kushina gazed down at her son and his friend tenderly. She will never get over the feeling of being a mother, it makes everything in world aligned in her eyes. "You two can be the Kings."

"Alright!" Naruto pumped up his fist and grabbed Sasuke's hand. "We can be the King and King of the whole wide world!"


TO BE CONTINUED...

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