You're Beautiful
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. Anyway, I hope that you all enjoy the chapter.
Chapter Notation: Jinchuuriki aren't the only aliens out there. ;)
Chapter 2
Later that night, Naruto pulls out his necklace that he had been hiding under his shirt. The "gem" part of it looked like an emerald and was shaped like a Leaf. It was held around his neck by a simple black chain.
It was actually a communication device. The closest human equivalent was probably a cell phone. He looks into the green material and calls out his father's name.
"Minato." He says simply and instantly his father's image appears in the stone, causing the alien to smile.
"Naruto! How are you? Have you established contact with the humans yet?" He inquires.
"I'm great. I have. I'm at one of their facilities. They are studying me. I can't blame them. I am the first being from another planet that they've ever seen." The blue eyed alien replies.
Minato sighs in relief. Truthfully, he had been extremely worried about his son. The planet Earth had been discovered almost a century ago, but no Jinchuuriki had made direct contact with its inhabitants yet. Neither had any other intelligent life form.
The reason was simple. Humans couldn't even travel throughout their galaxy yet. There was simply too much distance between them and the next inhabitable planet for them to be a threat to anyone at the moment.
Minato had approved Naruto's excursion to Earth. He knew it was only a matter of time before curiosity would have made rejecting similar requests impossible. The handful of Jinchuuriki that knew about humans were certainly intrigued by them. This was mostly because humans so greatly resembled Jinchuuirki and while their technology while primitive, it was advancing rapidly.
"You're safe then?" The other alien looks at his son with concern.
"Yeah. I'm safe. I'm too valuable to harm and I've been cooperating with them. I acquired their language. So things have been going pretty smoothly since then. I'm better than safe though. I found my Mate!" Naruto smiles.
Minato blinks. He had hoped that humans would be friendly towards Naruto, but he certainly hadn't expected his son to find his Mate on Earth. Still, this wasn't necessarily a cause for alarm. It wasn't completely unheard for such a thing to happen. Other Jinchuuriki had bonded with different species in the past. (Though this was the first time that a Jinchuuriki's Mate was human.)
"That's wonderful news. I am so happy for you, my son. I'm certain your mother will be overjoyed as well. Tell me more about your Mate." Minato beams at him.
"Well his name is Sasuke." Naruto begins.
Minato wasn't surprised to learn that his son's mate was male. He had expected that. Naruto had always preferred males.
His Mate's name while foreign, rolled off the tongue in a rather pleasant fashion. The older blonde considered that a good sign. Names were important!
"Sasuke, I like it. Continue, my son." The older Jinchuuriki gently urges his child on.
"He's human, obviously. He's what they call a biologist. I guess that means he's a scholar by human standards. They receive a salary to study other life forms. I get the impression that it takes years of study to become a biologist. He's really smart too! He has a large vocabulary or maybe humans are just a really verbal species. It might be both actually…" The smitten alien replies.
Minato smiles. Hmm he hadn't expected that Naruto would fall for a scholar. He supposed it was a good thing though.
His son had a tendency to rush into things wholeheartedly, often without any form of a plan. Naruto was like his mother that way. Perhaps a scholar would be able to balance out Naruto's impulsiveness and his son would obviously be able to protect this "Sasuke."
"That's good. It would be rather unfortunate to have a simple Mate. Though from what I have observed, humans have a much more complicated courtship process than we do and it varies greatly from individual to individual." The older blonde warns him.
Naruto sighs. The younger alien knew that humans had a complicated courtship process, but was sure that he would win Sasuke over. After all, Sasuke had called him amazing.
So yeah, he understood it'd be difficult at first, but he figured some things were universal. He was a fierce warrior, good hunter, and very affectionate. These were universally important qualities in a good Mate, no matter what species you were. Surely, Sasuke would appreciate that much?
Once Sasuke had accepted him, he would find them a nice territory on Earth or he could take him back to Konoha. Konoha was the name of the planet that Naruto hailed from.
"Yeah. I know, but we kissed twice. I think he's a little Mating Shy, but that's okay. I mean he might just be nervous because we are different species. That and two other humans were observing us at the time. I think most humans are bashful about having others watch them as they are Mating." The younger blonde observes thoughtfully.
Minato chuckles. Yes, humans did seem to be a relatively shy species when it came to sex. He knew Naruto though. He'd be able to coax his Mate into feeling more comfortable with it, sooner or later.
"Well that's a good sign that he allowed you to kiss him twice. I imagine the other humans were fascinated by the show." The alien king states.
Minato was the current king of Konoha. His Mate, Kushina, was the Queen. Naruto was the Prince. Their only child was also a member of the Warrior Class.
Well perhaps explorer class would have been a more accurate name. The people have Konoha hadn't gone to war in a long time. The last time they had been engaged in one, was around 5000 years ago.
"Yeah. He's not only smart, but he's beautiful. I think even mother might be jealous of his looks. I am a little confused though. He's clearly a scholar, but he has spiky hair like a warrior." Naruto muses.
"Hmm how strange. Perhaps humans have some overlap between classes. He might be primarily a scholar, but his people might depend on him to be a warrior in the event of an attack?" Minato suggests.
Naruto considers this. Yeah, that made sense. If humans could make Mating complicated, maybe their class system was complicated too!
"Maybe. I can't wait for you guys to meet him. He's perfect." Naruto continues on happily.
"He does sound very nice. Now Naruto, try to go slow. He's not one of us. Sasuke probably won't understand our ways at first. That and I don't think humans have talons. So he won't be able to do things like the Locking of Talons. Well at least not yet, anyway." The King cautions him.
Naruto sighs. No Sasuke didn't have talons. But that was okay, that could be changed later on. Besides, who cared about talons when the man could kiss like THAT?!
The Locking of Talons could be considered a courtship dance or foreplay. A Mated Pair would take the sky and do a dive. Their talons would lock together in a display of love.
They would pull apart at the last second, before they hit the ground. It was a rush and a great display of trust. After all, if your partner didn't release you fast enough, you could take more than a bit of a bruising from the fall.
"Yeah, I know. That's okay though. Tell mom that I love her and I'm safe. I gotta go. I think one of the humans is coming to check on me." Naruto says and he hides his necklace under his shirt again, turning the device off.
"How are you feeling?" Jiraiyia watches Naruto in fascination.
It seemed that the elderly human had decided Naruto was safe enough to approach on his own. The blonde even noticed that the guards were much more relaxed. (He wondered if the humans honestly thought he didn't realize they were there.)
"I'm in good spirits. Oh thanks for the chicken. I liked it. Is Sasuke around? He said he'd be back tomorrow and it's 12:08 A.M. Technically, it IS tomorrow." Naruto observes hopefully.
"Oh good. I'm glad you are feeling well and you liked the chicken. Naruto, he's probably not going to be here until after nine." Jirayia replies.
Naruto pouts at that. Nine fucking hours?! That was way too long! Damn it! Well maybe he could make the bed more comfortable for him, while he waited or something.
"Are you lonely or bored?" Jirayia asks.
He would have preferred having his own territory to take Sasuke to. Then he could have won his Mate over in privacy. It felt wrong to try to claim him here. This wasn't his home. Well maybe he'd hold off on the actual claiming for now.
He might settle for tasting his Mate. Maybe Sasuke would like to do the same. Naruto shivers with anticipation as some rather erotic images flitted across his mind.
"A little, yeah. I mean I'm basically just sitting here, now that I'm done eating." Naruto answers and was impressed he managed to keep his voice steady as his imagination kicked into gear.
Warning Naruto's Fantasy
Once the other scientists were out of sight, he'd greet his Mate with a kiss. Sasuke would return it, of course. Naruto would enjoy that very much and then he'd push him onto the bed.
The blonde would use his wings to cover them, just in case the other scientists came back and decided to be nosy. He'd strip his Mate and lavish his fair skin with kisses, licks, and gentle bites her and there.
"N-Naruto." Sasuke would sigh in contentment and runs his fingers through his hair.
Naruto would take his Mate into his mouth and suck on him. He imagined his Mate was large and thick. The blonde's mind was coming up with all sorts of delightful possibilities of what Sasuke would sound and taste like as he gave him what humans called oral sex. (From what Naruto gathered, human males enjoyed receiving this form of affection as much as male Jinchuuriki did.)
The blonde pictured Sasuke as being rather sensitive. It wouldn't take him long to reach orgasm. (Idly, he wondered what a human orgasm looked like, but he just assumed it would be similar a Jinchuuriki one.) He also figured that Sasuke was the type of being that would want to return the favor out of a sense of fairness.
"Sit on the edge of the bed. Let me take care of you." Sasuke purred at him.
Naruto happily did as asked. Sasuke quickly tugged off the blonde's clothes. He sat on his knees and soon Naruto saw a dark head of spiky black hair between his thighs and groaned when he felt his Mate's mouth around his cock.
Sasuke would look up at him with those beautiful dark orbs of his and Naruto would cum hard almost immediately. His Mate really did have the most beautiful eyes…
End of Naruto's Fantasy
"Ah I know that you can speak and understand our language, but can you read in it?" Jirayia asks, oblivious to the fact that he was interrupting Naruto's daydream.
"Yeah. I acquired all of Sasuke's language skills. I can read." Naruto says quickly, snapping out of it.
"Great. I'll give you a book to read. Perhaps it will keep you entertained for a few hours and it will certainly be highly educational." The white haired man offers.
Naruto nods. Well it wasn't as fun as tasting Sasuke or being tasted by him, but it was better than sitting around and doing nothing. Besides, it'd be good to learn more about his Mate's culture.
He spends the next few hours reading a book that was about modern American culture. Apparently there were many different cultures on this planet. On his home planet, their culture was largely uniform. Small differences had emerged of course. This was generally because different climates had forced for people to adopt a slightly different way of life to survive.
"How is he?" Sasuke looks at one of the guards, after he arrives back at NASA the next morning.
There was no need to say who HE was. It was obvious that Sasuke was talking about Naruto. Naruto was the talk of the entire facility. The guards knew exactly who Sasuke was asking about.
"He seems alright. Apparently, he can read. He's too focused to be flipping through the pages for it to be just boredom." The guard, Kabuto, responds.
"Really? Wow. I didn't realize he meant that he had acquired our language verbally and in its written form." Sasuke muses.
Kabuto smirks. Suddenly, Sasuke was overcome with the impulse to smack him. He knew why the silver haired man was smirking. He had clearly seen or heard about the kiss(es).
"So what was it like? Kissing him?" Kabuto asks.
"That's really none of your business." Sasuke replies and turns to head off, surprised when he felt Kabuto's hand on his.
"Oh come on. I'm just curious. So is everyone here. I mean everyone knows that the women have been panting after you and Itachi since you both showed up. I guess Itachi has the handsome face and you just have the prettier one." The guard continues.
Sasuke twitches. Kabuto was asking for it. He takes a deep breath and mentally counts to three before whirling around to face his "attacker."
"Somehow, I don't think it was just the women who were panting after us. I'd get your hand off of me, right now. If you don't, I'll report you. If that doesn't work, I'll show you why I have a black belt in Karate. Or maybe, I'll let Naruto know you touched me. He seems like the possessive type and those talons look like they could do some serious damage. I bet he'd love to use your dick as a scratching post." Sasuke warns him.
"Ouch. You are pretty vicious. I guess your tastes run a little more…exotic than most. Tell me, do you think he counts as an animal or a human? Because I didn't know you were into be-" Kabuto begins to taunt him, but Sasuke quickly silences him by punching him.
"You damn sick bastard" Sasuke snarls at him.
"What the Hell is going on here?" Itachi asks, hearing the commotion and Kabuto's yelp of pain.
Kabuto rubs his cheek. He couldn't believe the younger Uchiha brother had actually punched him! He narrows his eyes, at this new development.
"Oh look, Sasuke. It's your big brother to the rescue as always. Can you even manage to tie your own shoes without him helping you? " Kabuto mocks him, eager to reassert his control of the situation.
Sasuke growls. He was about to slam Kabuto into the wall, when Itachi held him back. He hears his brother mutter something about it not being worth getting fired over or assault charges.
"I suggest you not continue to provoke my brother, Kabuto. If you do, losing your job over sexual harassment will be the least of your worries. Do you understand me?" Itachi seethes at the other man.
"It'll be my word against yours and I think you both know that Orochimaru will back me. Plus the fact you are his brother means you aren't a very credible witness." He warns them.
"If you want to press your luck, be my guest. I have more important things to worry about. You know, like the fact we've discovered an intelligent alien species?!" Sasuke snaps at Kabuto and heads to the enclosure.
Naruto beams when Sasuke enters the enclosure. The blonde practically tackle hugs him. Immediately, he wraps his wings around his Mate and kisses him.
It had been less than a day, but a Jinchuuriki's instincts to claim their Mate was one of their most powerful ones. The separation had been driving him more than a little crazy.
Sasuke blinks and kisses back in surprise. He was really starting to wonder if Naruto needed mouth to mouth contact to retain the language or if the blonde just really wanted to jump him that badly. Sasuke was beginning to suspect it was more likely the latter.
"So is that how your people say, Good morning?" Sasuke asks in amusement, once he breaks the kiss.
"To our Mates, yeah. But if you want, I can make it a REALLY good morning." Naruto offers.
Sasuke wasn't sure exactly what Naruto had just offered, but he knew that it was probably sexual in nature. He manages not to blush, but it was a close call. Thank God that he was used to being embarrassed. (And so was everyone else who had an older brother like Itachi.)
"Um I think that's good enough for right now. How are you feeling?" Sasuke inquires.
"Better now that you are here. What happened to you? Your scent was very angry before you came to see me. Did someone try to take your territory?" The blonde growls at the thought.
"Good. No, no one tried to take my territory. Wait, you can smell someone's mood?!" Sasuke demands.
Naruto tilts his head. Oh. It looked like humans couldn't do that. He just kinda assumed they would be able to. It was such a useful ability.
"Well yeah. I thought everyone could. But that's besides the point. What upset you?" The blonde asks.
Sasuke makes a mental note that Naruto could apparently scent moods. Well at the very least, he could scent anger. That little tidbit was a very important discovery. No wonder he had been content to let them poke and prod him. The blue eyed alien knew that he was in no danger.
"It's nothing. One of my coworkers was being an ass." Sasuke mutters.
"He was being a body part?" Naruto asks in confusion.
"Not that kind of ass." The biologist clarifies and Naruto tilts his head to the side, apparently trying to understand.
"You mean he was being a donkey? They let donkeys work at NASA?" The alien wonders out loud.
Sasuke smacks his forehead. Apparently, Naruto understood English well enough. But it seemed slang was a little bit harder for him to grasp. He supposed it made sense that the blonde would assume that he meant the literal meaning and wouldn't guess that ass was also used as an insult sometimes.
"It's slang. It means he was being a jerk. You know he was being stupid on purpose? He was trying to be annoying. I don't really know what the equivalent would be where you come from." The dark haired man says with a sigh.
"Oh he was being a Sannin. Got it." Naruto says cheerfully.
"Um right. I guess so. Do you have to keep kissing me for you to retain the language or something?" Sasuke asks.
Naruto shakes his head. No, he didn't. Once was enough, but that didn't mean he was going to stop kissing his Mate. What kind of Mate would he be, if he wasn't affectionate? A very bad one, that's what kind!
"No. Once does it. I just like touching you." Naruto admits.
"Oh. Right." Sasuke says and doesn't know what further he could really say.
It would be very unprofessional to pursue a relationship with a "coworker" or "subject." Hell, he didn't even know if it was really safe. Naruto seemed friendly and really open, but it could all be an act.
He had implied that his race's technology was far more advanced than humans. The fact he could learn to speak a language, just by kissing someone did back up that claim. Who knew what else he was really capable of?
"You're nervous again. Is it because of me? Are you already Mated to someone else?" The blonde asks.
"Yes. Yes. No." Sasuke answers in rapid succession, his brain not really able to come up with more elaborate answers at the moment.
Naruto sighs in relief. He didn't really know what he would have done, if Sasuke was already Mated. The only way to severe a bond like THAT, would be to challenge the other Mate.
Naruto would have had to kill Sasuke's lover or had to respect that he was taken. The blonde would have respected the already established bond, but it would have been heartbreaking. He couldn't imagine not being able to claim the beautiful human, it was too painful to even contemplate.
"You don't have to be nervous around me. I'm not an ass like your coworker. I wouldn't try to annoy you or hurt you." Naruto says with such a sincere smile, that for the moment Sasuke believed him.
"I know you aren't. Which is why you won't mind helping me and my kind get to know you better, right?" Sasuke asks.
Naruto looks at Sasuke. His Mate thought he was being sneaky, he supposed. This might have been a subtle seduction to get more information out of him, but the blue eyed alien wasn't picky. He'd take what he could get. You had to start somewhere, right?
"I'll answer whatever I think is safe to answer." He replies honestly.
"Alright. That's fair. When you kissed me and acquired our language, did you do that thanks to some technology or was that a natural ability?" Sasuke asks.
"Natural ability. I was just born able to do it. I imagine your species will evolve something similar, given enough time." He replies cheerfully.
Sasuke nods. Well that was a little disappointing. If it had been thanks to technology, they could have possibly copied it. Oh well.
"Good to know. What about the skin around your eyes? It's orange and the rest of your skin isn't. Is that natural or artificial?" He inquires.
"Oh that's natural. It doesn't actually do anything. It's sorta like a peacock's feathers. It's just designed to look cool. Helps us attract Mates or look more badass during fights with other species." He says.
Sasuke blinks. "Or look more badass during fights with other species." That meant that there was more than whatever Naruto was out there.
"So there are other kinds of aliens. It's not just humans and your kind?" Sasuke asks.
Naruto sighs. His Mate was really too clever for his own good sometimes. Sasuke was definitely a scholar.
"You're kinda getting ahead of yourself, but I guess the cat is out of the bag now. Yes. Don't worry. They aren't likely to mess with humans at this point. You aren't a threat a real threat yet and you're pretty far away from the major areas of colonization. It's unlikely they'd stumble upon you and if they did, they wouldn't see it as worth the effort to attempt to annex you. Too much travel, resources, and time involved to make it worth the effort and bad press." He tries to explain.
"I'm not sure if I should feel relived or insulted. But what do you mean by bad press?" Sasuke asks.
"Well right now…hmm not sure how to say this. I don't want you to take this the wrong way. But if another alien species like mine tried to conqueror Earth, it'd be viewed like taking candy from a baby. It wouldn't help their reputations much." Naruto continues answering Sasuke's question.
"Uh huh and?" Sasuke inquires.
"Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of life forms that aren't anywhere near as advanced as the human species, but you are a new species. There are species out there that have had millions or more time than that to evolve. It's just not really a fair fight in some cases." Naruto finishes in a rush.
"So you're trying to say is that we are basically babies or young children compared to some other species?" Sasuke asks and the blonde nods.
Sasuke gulps. That wasn't terribly reassuring. The only thing protecting them was apparently that they were fairly far away from some more advanced species in the universe and it'd look bad if they picked on "kids."
"Like I said, you're perfectly safe. Even if you were attacked, I'd keep you safe and Itachi. I figure you probably want your brother protected." Naruto offers.
"Yeah…I'd definitely want Itachi protected as well." Sasuke agrees.
"I thought so. Don't worry. I won't let anything happen to you. If you want, I can deal with this annoying coworker of yours." He continues.
Sasuke shakes his head in amusement. The offer was tempting, but he should fight his own battles. It was sweet of Naruto to want to play the White Knight…err Alien, though.
"I can handle it, but thanks." Sasuke says.
"You sure? Because I will protect you, if you want me to. You are my Mate, after all." The winged alien smiles as if such an occurrence was the natural order of things.
Sasuke was about to ask what Naruto meant by THAT, when the President comes in. Her eyes widen when she sees Naruto. Sasuke could certainly understand her reaction. He'd had the same one himself.
Tsunade wasn't stupid. She had the Secret Service around her. Sasuke could see the guards were back up with the darts, just in case. She was the President and had to be protected at all costs.
"They say that you can speak and understand English, is that true?" Tsunade asks Naruto.
"Yeah. I can. Hello." Naruto says politely, though it was clear that most of his attention was focused almost exclusively on Sasuke.
Naruto thought it was cute that the humans actually thought their guards could do a damn thing against him. Sure, the tranquilizers could knock him out. But they had gotten lucky last time. They had the element of surprise on their side, they didn't anymore.
"I'm Tsunade. I am the President of the United States. That's one of the larger countries on this planet. Do you understand the concept of countries and governments?" She asks.
"Yeah. I understand completely. So you're Sasuke's Queen?" He asks curiously.
Tsunade rubs the back of her head sheepishly. She supposed that was one way to put it. She did find it odd that Naruto specifically emphasized Sasuke and not humanity in general. She'd have to explore that in more detail later.
"Yes, you could say that. Though I'm only queen for 4-8 years." She explains.
"That's really odd, but nice to meet you. I'm Naruto." He greets her merrily.
"The pleasure is all mine, I'm sure." She says and glances at him from head to toe.
Tsunade couldn't believe it. They had actually discovered alien life. Not only that, but the alien was able to communicate perfectly with them. She pinched herself to make sure she wasn't dreaming. She winced when she realized she wasn't.
"Well I think we have a lot to talk about, Naruto." She says.
"Yeah. Sure. Sasuke stays this time though, right?" He asks.
Tsunade was torn. Sasuke hadn't exactly been vetted enough to have the security clearances to hear about national security. He was approved to go into NASA and work there, but not for governmental information like this.
She didn't like not having him vetted, but she also realized that Naruto probably would be more talkative with the young man around. It was a trade off. Information vs. security. She chose information.
"Yes, Sasuke can stay." She says.
"Alright. So what do you wanna know?" He asks.
