A/N: Whelp! I'm back everyone! I have risen from the dead to give you this chapter so please enjoy *bows*
Warnings: check last chapter (posted as they come)
Disclaimer: I own nothing
"Talking"
"Thinking"
"Flashback"
"Random memories"
*Edited*
Chapter 3: A Kingdom's Worry:
~That night around Midnight~
King Minato and his Queen were lying in bed when Minato suddenly voiced aloud.
"Ne, Ku-chan?" he rolled over to face her red orbs
"Hai, Mina-chan"
"Why…do you think Naruto is afraid of me?" His eyes, as blue as Naruto's, began to water.
A soft hand was placed onto his cheek, soon to wipe away the stray tear that fell from his eye.
She whispered, "Maybe because he never really got the chance to know you, vice versa." The sponge underneath her dipped as she turned over more onto her stomach "You never really met until you became King"
He sighed and kissed her forehead "Maybe so, good night"
"Good night" she closed her eyes and began to dream of happier times
~Land~
Currently all boys of the Uchiha household (and visitors) were in bed asleep. Well except for one. A blonde, sixteen year old boy was wide awake staring up at the white ceiling before him. Remembering the past, a past that he would have rather have forgotten.
Village 10 years ago:
"Get out of here!" A woman raged "Don't you ever talk to my child again!" Things began to get worse; tempers were flaring and were about to become hell as her husband soon arrived
He wrapped his arm around her slim waist, her blue fin flipping angrily behind her.
"The royal children of this dammed village are all freaks" he spoke bitterly
A small six year old boy looked towards the sandy bottom of what was the ocean floor, small shells beneath his sunset fin.
"All I-I wanted was to-"he was soon to be cut off by a smack that hit his soft tan cheek
"I don't care what you want" It was the man. He had hit the boy; in his mind the lesson was taught.
"Hey!" A redheaded man swam towards the group "Don't you dare lay a hand on this child, let alone my brother and a royal!"
"He was harassing my child!" the man argued back
The ginger picked up the crying child "This is the sweetest boy you will ever meet" he moved his face closer towards the man's "Unlike people like you. People who are so blind they fail to see what they have in front of them"
The child sized Naruto nuzzled closely into the ginger's chest "N-Nii-chan" he hiccupped
"Let's go"
The man scoffed as the woman let her child play once again
"Royals"
END Flashback
A tear of sadness slid down the tanned cheek "I don't remember him, who is...he?"
Just then he felt an excruciating pain in his stomach, just as if it was the snake monster once again. The pain quickly subsided as he slowly lifted up his shirt. What he saw shocked him.
"What…what is this?" he exclaimed quietly. It was a seal, a seal to count down his days. Day one, the burn of the seal.
~Morning~
"Naruto…" a voice called "Naruto…time to eat!" Blue crystal eyes opened only to meet red ones.
"WOAH!" he jumped and fell of his bed "Who-who are you?!"
A gentle laughed erupted from the man's chest "We haven't met yet" he picked him up, gently placing him onto his feet "My name is Kyuubi" The first thing Naruto noticed was his dark crimson hair that fell just slightly over his shoulders, his red eyes, and his whisker marked cheeks.
Naruto gently touched his own three scars "Just like mine" he thought but smiled softly at the man "It is nice to meet you, Kyuubi-san"
"Oh please, call me Kyuubi" he was now by the door before he turned around and said "Now come on let's go get some of Ita-chan's cooking before Sasuke eats it all"
The blonde nodded and simply followed.
After breakfast the family each had a specific job to help with cleaning up. Naruto's job was to clear the table. During this time he a more time to think about how to ignore the pain in his legs, each step was still razor sharp, but Naruto had to pretend. To pretend that he was like everyone else, a human. He was soon snapped out of his thought and with the table now cleared and dishes being washed by Sasuke's father, he turned towards the voice, which belonged to Sasuke.
"Yes?" he asked the teen
"We are going to the beach now, would you like to come?" Sasuke, Itachi and Kyuubi were already dressed for the beach; being the only one not ready he said he would have to change.
"It's okay we will wait for you!" Kyuubi, being the gentle and caring type, smiled brightly as they all stood by the door. "Oh and just borrow one of Sasu-chan's swim trunks!"
He nodded and as fast as his pain filled legs would carry him he ran up the steps, changed, grabbed a towel that were so nicely provided, and ran back down stairs to the other three boys.
Sasuke was now holding his surfboard, Naruto knew it so well. So well that he knew what the underside said.
'Sharingan' adorned with black commas formed into a circle. This was his lucky board.
Sasuke wore his matching trunks, red with black comma like circles.
"Ne, Sasuke, when is the competition?" Kyuubi asked
"One week from yesterday" he replied as he opened the door and ushered everyone outside.
"That will be my last night as a human" Naruto thought worriedly "I have to 'consummate' my love for him by then" "Competition?" The blonde questioned, although knowing what it already was.
"Yes, every year they hold a surfing tournament and this summer, Sasuke entered" Fugaku, their dad answered. Itachi smiled, actually proud of his brother for once.
"Really? Well good luck!" he smiled as he thought to himself "I already know, I watch the surfers every year'
"Thank you, Naruto" The stoic ravenette exited the house, more like mansion, and headed to the beach. Naruto following the steps of the others took a small unsure step on the almost white sand.
"Soft..." he murmured. Never really getting the chance to feel the sand between his toes before, he relished in the thought of playing in the sand. Naruto watched as Kyuubi and Itachi ran ahead, Itachi yelling at Kyuubi for something that he took.
"Let's sit over here Naru-chan!"
"Naru-chan, don't run to far ahead now!"
"Okay, Kyuubi-san!" He shakily ran over, every step bringing him pain. He was almost over to the blanket when tripped.
"N-nii-san!' a little boy cried
"Now what did I tell you about running to fast?" an older brother scolded
"I'm sorry, Kyuu-nii"
Kyuu-nii….Kyuu-nii…
"Kyuu-nii..?" Naruto whispered just as his face connected with the soft sand
"Naruto!" Sasuke sounded worried "You okay, bro?"
He sat up his back popping a little, but never the less nodded.
"Here…" Sasuke lifted the blonde whisker marked teen up "There we go..." (A/N: XD this is Sasuke's face; / )
"Thank you..." Naruto could have sworn he saw a blush on that pale face…maybe it was just the sun...
"Hn." Was his reply as he walked into the sparkling ocean
As Naruto sat on the blanket, parasol perched above the other ravenette, the blonde and said ginger, said ginger was remembering...
"Of all times" he murmured to himself. The ravenette leaned back into the ginger's chest lovingly. Kyuubi wrapped his arms around the lilth figure of his boyfriend.
"Love you..."
"Love you more…" Itachi whispered
"That isn't possible" Kyuubi whispered back
"How so?" Itachi looked up
"Because I love you enough for the both of us..."
Itachi smiled.
Kingdom Night:
"Minato..." Kushina looked towards her husband "I haven't seen Naruto all day. Do you think he is okay?"
"Most likely" was the simple reply. Minato looked up from his document he was reading "He is a teen Ku-chan, teen's need their alone time. Teen boys"
Kushina was still worried and unsettled, biting her nails that were neatly manicured, a nasty habit she had formed. "I'm just going to check on him" she lifted herself off of the coral chair and swam to the prince's room. The door was shut, so knocking once she called.
"Naruto?"
No Answer
She knocked again "Naruto?"
No Answer again
This time she opened the door only to find an open window and an empty bed. "Na…NARUTO!" she franticly searched throughout the room still holding onto some hope. With no luck she swam back to the study crying
"Minato! Minato send the guards out!"
"What's the fuss all about?!"
"It's Naruto!" she was bawling by now "He's gone!"
A/N: Hehe Hey guys! Please don't kill me! I know it has been a while but slowly but surely it's getting done haha. Please R/R. And a big thank you to everyone who has stuck with this so far ^_^