Disclaimer: Sasuke owns Naruto.
Warnings: AU, yaoi, shounen-ai, mpreg, fluff, unbetaed -please forgive the mistakes.
A/N: Welcome to the new chapter! Thank you so much for your reviews, please enjoy!
Naruto opened his eyes slowly. The birds were twitting outside of the window merrily, welcoming the first rays of the sun. He blinked a few times, and then yawned silently, and gasped softly as he realized where he was.
He was in the bed with Sasuke who had his head over Naruto's small chest, and holding onto him tightly. Naruto smiled with a soft blush, and then moved a little, so that he had an arm around Sasuke's waist, and his other hand tangled itself in his wolf's midnight hair. The locks were spiky, but soft, and Naruto liked touching them.
Naruto touched his mate's shoulder tentatively. It was wrapped with white bandages after getting stiches over his sword wound. Naruto held onto Sasuke tighter as the memory of his mate getting stabbed and nearly dying filled his mind… For Naruto. Naruto who couldn't speak. Naruto who depended on other people. Naruto who was still so young. Naruto who didn't know anything about the world. And yet, Naruto who loved his mate desperately.
Naruto smelled his dominant's addicting smell deeply, and kissed his forehead lingeringly. He smiled as he realized Sasuke wasn't waking up. Normally demons' keen senses wouldn't let them sleep beside other souls, but Sasuke slept without a flinch, meaning that he trusted his mate more than anyone. Naruto smiled at the thought, and a second later, he jumped in his place as the door to the room opened suddenly.
Sasuke woke with the sudden movement of Naruto, and blinked several times. He frowned as he saw Deidara at the door with a huge smile.
"What the fuck?" Sasuke asked, his voice raspy from sleep.
Quickly, Sasuke gathered Naruto in his arms, and covered his little form with the blanket, and held him against his chest tightly.
"Good morning!" Deidara said happily as he stepped inside.
"How dare you come to the room that my mate sleeps?" Sasuke hissed dangerously.
Deidara chuckled and waved a hand. "Oh please, Sasuke... Tonight is your mating ceremony, and I have to take Naruto with me!"
"Why?" Sasuke's frown got deeper, and he held his fox tighter.
Deidara sighed. "It's the tradition, Sasuke. I'll take the bride to the bath along with me."
"Sounds stupid," Sasuke mumbled and then looked down at Naruto, and couldn't help his smile. "Hey, baby…"
Naruto blushed brightly, and then smiled back, and mouthed, "Good morning."
"Morning," Sasuke whispered fondly as his hand stroked his love's shiny hair. "I guess I'll have to let you go."
Naruto nodded sadly, and they left the bed together. Naruto bit his lips as he saw his mate's naked upper body in bandages and bruises. With a shaky hand, Naruto caressed his love's side with blurry eyes.
"They don't hurt," Sasuke said quickly, and leaned over to adjust Naruto's yukata. He pulled the two sides together tightly, and tied his obi again, hiding his mate's body with a strange jealously.
Naruto smiled softly, loving the possessiveness of his mate, and raised on his tiptoes to give him a kiss on the cheek.
"That's enough lovebirds!" Deidara said loudly, and then grabbing Naruto's hand, he dragged him out of the room. "You two can't see each other till the ceremony."
Sasuke let out a frustrated sigh.
"Sasuke please go back to bed," Naruto said. "You should get more rest."
"Okay, love, you don't worry about me," Sasuke said and waved a hand after his mate. "And try to have fun."
Naruto nodded, and smiled at his mate, and let Deidara guide him wherever he wanted.
"So, Naruto, are you excited?" Deidara asked with a smile as they entered the big bath.
It was covered with white tiles everywhere, and there was a pond in the middle, and a few fountains here and there.
Naruto nodded with a smile, and adjusted the towel which covered his body from his armpits to nearly knees. Deidara was in a similar attire, whereas Eiji run around naked.
"Be careful," Deidara called after his son. "Tiles might be slippery!"
"Okay!" Eiji nodded, playing with water beside one of the fountains.
Smiling, Deidara guided Naruto to the pond's side, and let him sit beside it, and he sat down in front of him. He touched the water, pleased with its warmness, and grabbed the small, metal basin, and poured water over Naruto's head.
Naruto rubbed his eyes, and didn't resist as Deidara poured another bowl over his head.
"Which one do you like?" Deidara asked, as he held out a box of soaps for Naruto to choose.
Naruto smelled them carefully, and chose a baby blue one. It smelled like the ocean, Naruto liked it.
Smiling, Deidara started rubbing the soup against Naruto's head gently.
"Your hair is so soft," Deidara said as he massaged Naruto's scalp.
Naruto purred softly, and then touched Deidara's unkept hair.
"Do you like it?" Deidara asked, and Naruto nodded with a big smile. "I was thinking of cutting it actually. But Itachi-sama won't let me. What do you think, should I cut it?"
Naruto shook his head wildly.
Deidara laughed softly. "Okay, okay, I won't. Besides my son likes it, too…"
"Yes!" Eiji shouted, he had successfully got his ears and tail wet.
Deidara chuckled, and then taking the bowl again, he started rinsing Naruto's hair. After washing Naruto, Deidara washed himself, and Naruto played with Eiji in the pond for a while.
They left the bath after a while, and had breakfast together, and Deidara sent Eiji to his father.
"So, Naruto," Deidara sat down in front of Naruto in a room that was reserved for Naruto to get ready for the ceremony. "I think it's time to make the submissive speech."
Naruto raised his eyebrows. Submissive speech?
Deidara smiled sadly. "Since neither you nor we have a mother, and I'm the eldest submissive, I'll talk to you about mating, okay?"
Naruto nodded quickly.
"So, tell me," Deidara started. "Do you feel different when you're with Sasuke? Like you want to hold him and never let go, or do you feel this strange tingling in your stomach?"
Naruto nodded without thinking. He felt them, and even more.
Deidara smiled. "Does your inner demon want something? Something you haven't felt before?"
Naruto blushed deeply. He felt really strange most of the time, like, like he needed something, but he didn't know what.
"Do you know how I got my baby here?" Deidara asked as he caressed his belly.
Naruto curved his lips downwards. He wasn't exactly sure. He had never thought about this deeply.
Deidara took a deep breath, and leaning over Naruto, he quickly whispered the things he needed to say in his ear.
Naruto gasped loudly, and his face turned red like fresh apples.
Deidara chuckled, and rubbed the back of his head. "So yeah, that's how the things work."
Naruto nodded after a while, poking his flushed cheeks.
"For more important matters, I know that you want to give your mate a baby, and you can only have babies when you're in heat, okay?" Deidara explained and Naruto nodded quickly. "But what you have to understand is that, unlike normal animals, we demons can't reproduce that easily," Deidara said. "Itachi-sama and I had to wait six years to have Eiji. Do you understand what I'm saying, Naruto?"
Naruto nodded sadly. But still, he didn't want to wait that long, he already missed his unborn baby.
"Don't be sad," Deidara said softly. "And don't forget that your mate will still desire you even if you're not in your heat, okay?"
Naruto nodded with rosy cheeks, his heart beating strangely after learning all of the things he didn't know before.
"Okay," Deidara clasped his hands and stood up with a smile. "It's time for you to get ready!"
Naruto smiled happily and stood up after Deidara, getting ready for his love.
Sasuke opened his eyes as he felt a hand over his forehead, and when he looked up, he saw his brother's face.
After sending Naruto with Deidara, Sasuke had done as his mate wanted, and went back to bed, and obviously fallen asleep again.
"Good morning," Itachi smiled softly. "How do you feel?"
"Good," Sasuke stood up in the bed. "What time is it?"
"Almost three in the afternoon," Itachi said.
"Ughh," Sasuke rubbed his eyes. "I slept too much…"
"It's fine, but I should get you ready," Itachi said.
"We should get you ready!" Eiji said, climbing on the bed. "We washed Naru-chan! And he played with me!"
"Really now," Sasuke smirked. "Soon, your uncle will be washing Naru-chan."
"Oh, really?" Eiji blinked.
Itachi rolled his eyes. "Come on, Sasuke. It's your turn to take a bath."
"Father, can we eat something?" Eiji asked, his ears twitching.
"Yes, of course," Itachi smiled at his son. "Your uncle must be hungry, too."
Sasuke nodded and left the bed. He placed a hand over his side, and felt his ribs carefully, and took a sigh of relief as he realized that they were healed mostly. Itachi checked the bandages that was covering his chest, and nodded to himself.
"Looks better, I'll change the bandages after the bath," Itachi said. "But first, let's eat something. Come on, son," Itachi held out a hand for his son, but instead of that, Eiji bounced on the bed and threw himself in Itachi's arms.
Itachi chuckled as he caught his son easily, and started walking to the kitchen with Eiji in his arms.
"Father, I really like Naru-chan," Eiji said.
"That's good, son," Itachi nodded. "Soon, Naruto will be joining our family as your uncle's mate, and we'll live together."
"Can't I have him instead of uncle?" Eiji asked curiously.
Itachi chuckled as Sasuke snorted.
"Sorry, shrimp," Sasuke said. "Naruto belongs to me."
"No," Eiji said stubbornly. "I want Naru-chan!"
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "Do I have to challenge my own nephew now?"
"My son can beat you in a second," Itachi said, clearly amused.
"In a second!" Eiji nodded wildly.
Sasuke rolled his eyes again, and they kept talking as they walked.
"Who the fuck are you?" Sasuke asked as he shook his arm to get rid of the red-haired woman who was clinging to him like there was no tomorrow.
It was early in evening, and the ceremony, which was being held in one of the enormous gardens of fox village, had started. A soft music was filling the air, while laughter mixed with the demons' happy voices. There were white tables here and there, and people were sitting around them, eating and drinking to their hearts' content.
In the afternoon, Kyuubi had also joined their bath, and Sasuke had had a better chance to get to know him and Uzumaki clan. Obviously, all of the Uzumakis had red fur, only except Naruto, who had turned out blonde just like his father.
And now, Sasuke was waiting for Naruto to arrive. He was wearing black loose leggings that were stuffed in his booths, and he had a short, black kimono over it, tied with a black obi.
"Karin of the Uzumaki foxes," The female fox answered as she pushed her glasses back.
"What are you to Naruto?" Sasuke asked with a frown.
"I'm his cousin," Karin answered.
"So you do realize that I'm mating with him, correct?" Sasuke asked with raised eyebrows.
"Yes, but why?" Karin asked.
"Why?" Sasuke repeated unbelievingly. "Go away, bitch," Sasuke hissed impatiently, shoved Karin away. "Don't make me kill you, and don't think that I wouldn't…"
Karin opened her mouth to speak, but before she could, somebody else bet her to it,
"That's enough Karin."
They looked to the side to see a shoulder length red haired fox with a gentle smile.
"Hello, I'm Nagato," The submissive smiled at Sasuke. "An Uzumaki like Naruto."
"Sasuke," Sasuke shook Nagato's offered hand.
"Nice to meet you," Nagato smiled, and pointed the dominant beside him. He had spiky orange hair, and soft brown eyes. "My mate, Yahiko."
"Nice to meet you," Sasuke shook hands with Yahiko who gave him a warm smile.
For a while, Sasuke kept meeting with Naruto's clan members. He liked them, except the stupid bitch Karin, but Sasuke could easily deal with the likes of her.
"Sasukeee…"
A melodic voice called, and Sasuke looked up to see Deidara approaching him with huge smile with Eiji by his side. He was wearing a silk, baby blue kimono, highlighting his eyes.
When Sasuke looked behind him, he saw Itachi, Shisui, Obito and Kakashi standing behind him side by side.
"Congratulations, little brother," Itachi said with a smile, and wrapped an arm around Deidara's waist as his mate stood beside him.
The music changed, and Sasuke turned back, and his breath hitched as he saw his love walking to him by his brother's side, followed by his father.
His baby fox was wearing a pure white kimono. Every once in a while, when he moved, the silk material was catching the evening sun and shining like silver. He was carrying a small bouquet pink roses, and behind his left ear, there were white sakuras. His eyes were wide with excitement, and his cheeks were rosy as well as his plump lips.
Naruto took a few erratic breaths as his brother accompanied him to his mate. Naruto blushed as he saw the way his Sasuke was looking at him. His mouth was slightly agape, and his dark eyes never left Naruto's approaching from.
For the last steps, Sasuke closed the distance between them, and took Naruto in his arms tightly. He buried his face in Naruto's neck, and inhaled his sweet scent.
"Look at you," Sasuke murmured as he took Naruto's face between his hands. "Look how beautiful you are…"
Naruto smiled shyly, happy that his mate liked his mating attire, and gasped breathlessly, as Sasuke kissed him deeply. Naruto blushed furiously, and pushed Sasuke away. Sasuke struggled to keep his lips locked with Naruto's, but in the end he complied with his mate's wish, and drew back.
Naruto panted quickly, and then looked up to Sasuke, clearly embarrassed. "Don't, please… Our families are here."
Sasuke smirked. His mate's innocence never seized to amuse him. "As you wish, my beautiful mate."
Naruto flushed, and moved beside Sasuke who entwined their fingers immediately.
Itachi and Minato stood in front of the young mates with identical smiles on their faces.
Minato was the first to talk, "Naruto, Sasuke… As of tonight you're starting your new life as life companions. What I want to suggest you is that, please treat each other respectfully. It's the essential thing what makes a relationship strong. Trust each other, and never judge your mate because of other people's words. Never stop listening to each other. And of course, never stop loving each other," Minato smiled at the young demons before him. "I trust my son to you, Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke bowed deeply. "Don't worry, Minato-sama. Your son is my most precious one, he'll be treated as he deserves."
"Good," Minato smiled at Sasuke, and then turned to Naruto. "Naruto, my little son, just… never forget that you have your father beside you no matter what, okay?"
Naruto nodded with tearful eyes.
"Now," Smiling, Minato placed his hands over Sasuke and Naruto's heads. "I give Sasuke the wolf, and Naruto the fox my blessings. May you live a long life in happiness and joy."
Sasuke and Naruto bowed to Minato, and straightened as Itachi stood before them.
He smiled at the young couple gently. "Minato-san said everything I could think of. What I would like to say is that, Naruto-kun welcome to our family... And if my foolish little brother upsets you, do not hesitate to tell me. I'll punish him justly."
Sasuke rolled his eyes as Naruto giggled.
Smiling, Itachi placed his palms on Sasuke and Naruto's heads. "I give Sasuke the wolf, and Naruto the fox my blessings. Be happy forever…"
The crowd of demons cheered for the new mates, and Naruto let Sasuke hug and kiss him this time. Not for long of course.
"Naruto," Sasuke frowned, touching his mate's forehead and cheeks. "You're too hot."
Naruto nodded quickly. "It's my heat, herbs won't help anymore. I'm a little scared…"
"Don't be," Sasuke kissed his mate's forehead. "I'll take care of you. Just don't live my side, okay? Your allure will be affecting other dominates too, when your heat actually starts."
Naruto nodded wildly, and held onto Sasuke's arm, as they visited the tables to thank the demons for coming their ceremony.
"Will you throw away your bouquet?" Karin asked as Naruto and Sasuke joined the table she shared with Nagato, Yahiko, and other young demons of Uzumaki clan.
Naruto shook his head, and hugged his pink roses to his chest, and looked up to Sasuke who had his arms tightly around Naruto's waist. "No," Naruto said, letting Sasuke read his lips. After all, he was the only one who could, and nobody other than his family knew sign language, so Sasuke worked as Naruto's translator for the night. "I'll let them get dry, and put them in our room. It's going to be a perfect memory of our mating night."
Sasuke smiled softly, and kissed Naruto's temple before facing the others. "He wants to keep it as a memory of tonight."
A few females cooed, making Naruto blush, and with their demands, they left the table to dance. Sasuke didn't know anything about dancing, so he held onto Naruto, and they just enjoyed being close to each other.
Late into the night, when Naruto started felling worse, Sasuke decided that it was time for them to head into their chambers, and end the ceremony. He left Naruto alone for a second to inform their families of their departure, and then he turned back, but Naruto was nowhere to be seen.
"Naruto?" Sasuke called out, looking around. His heart started beating at his ears as he found no sign of his mate. "Naruto!"
The music and chatter stopped with Sasuke's scream. And a second later, a heavy scent filled the air. There were no words to describe it, only except alluring, arousing and desirable.
Sasuke felt himself reacting to the scent. The scent of his Naruto. His ripe mate. Inviting his dominant for mating.
Sasuke started running without thinking. A race had started between unmated dominates.
A race to claim Naruto.
Sasuke had to be quick, and deadly.
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