Challenge of our Comrade Circle
Kickers-ej
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or his comrades.
Test 4: Gods challenge
They found the gods at the Prohethean Lake, as deducted by one Nara. The gods greeted them well, the goddesses coo-ing at the plushie while subtly flirting with Itachi and offering him immortality if he agreed to be their lover. The gods cornered Neji and Gaara and asked them for fanservice.
"No I don't want to see Neji and Gaara kiss! I'm here to put Sasuke back into his body damn you!" Naruto squawked madly. They were wasting time here!
The ethereal beings looked at each other and then had a group hug, discussing the matter.
"OMG! This is exactly as we planned,"
"Told ya he would come,"
"So, who wants to take care of what?"
"I call dibs on Naruto and Sasuke!!"
The boys were taken separately, not knowing that a task was given to each and every one.
"Uzumaki Naruto, emperor to Konoha…if you wish to return Uchiha Sasuke's soul to his body; you will have to last a whole month, without telling him you love him," god A said. Naruto gasped at the command.
"What? Why NOT??!!"
"This is a test of endurance. Go through this and he shall return permanently to his body,"
Naruto pondered the implications. It wasn't really a challenge. If he avoided Sasuke then by the end of the month he will declare his love to Sasuke to the whole dynasty. Easy.
But somehow he can't shake the feeling that it will NOT be that easy.
"BUT," there it goes. They always have a catch. "You must get Sasuke to marry you, and he must not leave your side,"
Now that is going to be hard! How the heck will he convince Sasuke to marry him without telling him he loves him!!?? He knew it was going to be hard! Naruto nodded reluctantly, for he had no other options. He will make it up to Sasuke once the month is over.
Recap: Get Sasuke to marry him and stay with him without telling Sasuke he loves him. He can do this. He had to. For his Sasuke!
"And at random intervals you will grab his crotch and this shall be incorporated into your reflex,"
F%!!
"Uchiha Sasuke, if you wish to return to your body, you must; reply to Uzumaki Naruto's questions accordingly," the plushie glared at god B. He tried craning his neck (though technically speaking, he doesn't have one) to see if the others were in the same boat, but all he could see is darkness. Well, if he was given a task then it makes perfect sense. It's his soul anyway. There was no way that they would involve the others.
"The first rule: should he ask you a question requiring a name, you will only answer either Itachi, Gaara, Kakashi or Sai,"
WTF?
"The second rule: should he ask you a question requiring a time, you will only answer either 'not in this lifetime, douchebag' or 'really soon',"
HUH?
"The third rule: should he ask you a question requiring a reason, you must answer either 'because I think his manboobs are sexy' or 'I am rendered helpless when he gazes at me with those smexy eyes',"
"This is some sort of joke, right?" Sasuke droned.
"It is not, if you fail to follow these rules, the consequence will be dire. Instead of taking away your soul, we will take the emperor's soul,"
"You can't do that!!"
"Everything comes with a price, take it or leave it young Uchiha," Sasuke snorted. All he had to do was avoid Naruto and then have limited conversation with the dobe. Easy. Too bad he didn't know that Naruto had to ask him to marry the young emperor.
"Uchiha Itachi, if you wish to return your brother's soul into his body, you must do the following," Itachi tensed at hearing the harsh command. They are not going to force him to marry are they??! It's so unfair! For the love of his brother, don't force him to marry some dumb girl!
"For one month, you must, in every given chance, bully BOTH your brother and the emperor,"
NICE.
"Sabaku no Gaara, if you wish to help your dynasty and your emperor, you must obey the following rule," Gaara watched in apprehension as the god sternly looked at his profile. If they say he has to practice abstinence for a month then Naruto and Sasuke will just have to shove their problem up their $$ (some friend you are, Gaara). No way in hell is he going to sacrifice quality time with Neji.
"For one month, if you are to meet the circle in a discussion, when someone asks for your opinion; you must only answer 'I think a threesome is recommended, however a foursome is highly appreciated',"
Hmm…nice…
"Hyuuga Neji, for one month, you must always answer the question what do you want to do with 'I want to spank that $$',"
Sh:t
"Aburame Shino, every time a discussion takes place; you must greet Naruto with 'Naruto, your ____ is so sexy' for a month. You can fill in the blanks appropriately,"
"Nara Shikamaru, for one month, you have to greet Sasuke with a passionate hug from behind and say 'I need a hug pwease',"
"And should you even hinted to others that you have these challenges, Sasuke's soul will be stripped and Konoha will have an endless plague for 4 generations," the gods individually warned the comrades.
"But as a gesture of good will, we will send you and your team back to Konoha,"
Naruto woke up in his bed. He was back in Konoha. He had to find Sasuke! Did they return his soul back?! Rushing to the ice cream room, people were crowding the place when one Uchiha Sasuke woke form the dead only to call one Uzumaki Naruto (and smelled like peaches and cream)
"Naruto??!" Sasuke gasped, forcing air into his lungs. He was getting cold from the temperature and he smelled like confectionary and did someone just licked his lips while looking at him?!
Naruto pushed through and took off his shirt, draping them on Sasuke's shoulder. The Uchiha immediately snuggled into the shirt. Naruto took the young Uchiha out bridal style and sent news to his parents, Sasuke's parents and the circle.
"How are you feeling Sasuke?" Naruto mumbled.
"Okay, I guess," Sasuke replied.
"When do you think they'll get here?" Naruto looked for any sign of his parents.
"Really soon," Sasuke answered, remembering the promise that he made. Damn, he had to get away from Naruto quick.
"I'm really glad you're back," Naruto smiled at the Uchiha and stroked the boy's head. Sasuke smiled back and nodded his head too.
"Sasuke!"
"Naruto!"
The parents arrived and greeted their offspring. Minato patted Naruto's head while Mikoto kissed Sasuke's cheeks over and over. Fugaku arrived later and pushed his wife out of the way.
"Step aside woman! Sasuke!" Fugaku hugged his son close. He will never take Sasuke for granted, ever!
"How did you guys manage?"
"Why did the gods agree to this?" Minato asked. The kids looked okay, and nothing was missing. Surely there had to be a price they had to pay.
Naruto looked at Sasuke and back at his parents. There was no way he will say that he got these challenges and jeopardize Sasuke's soul. And he bet that he was the only one that got these weird challenges anyway.
"I don't know. One minute we were talking and the other we were sent here," Naruto replied. Sasuke anticipated this. He doubted that Naruto had a task like him.
Minato studied his son and the young Uchiha. Something was amiss, and he knew it. But perhaps it was meant to be a secret?
Without prying the matter further, Minato escorted Naruto back to his chamber and Sasuke was carried by his father back home. Naruto had emperor duties to attend.
Sasuke knocked on the door to Naruto's chambers. The coronation ceremony was tomorrow, and Naruto had summoned him to his room for an urgent matter. He really wished he could see Naruto scarcely so that no harm will come from his challenge. He hoped that fate will not be cruel and exacerbate the condition.
"Sasuke, sit please,"the young emperor looked stunning in his robes, and the fire highlighted the sunny hair the youth had.
Sasuke took a seat on one of the plush chairs. Naruto moved to seat on the opposite side.
"Marry me," Naruto stated, his voice clipped and hard.
"Why?" came the hesitant response. Could it be? Naruto said he didn't hate him. Did he also felt the same way as Sasuke and had misunderstood each other?
"Because I told you too. And you have to obey me," Naruto stood back up and made his way to his desk. Sasuke flinched at the emotionless command.
"What is this?! A marriage should come from love Naruto, and you should know that! You always say that you wanted a marriage out of love!" Sasuke exclaimed. He suddenly felt angry at Naruto's way of asking him to marry the emperor. He was happy, sure, but the way Naruto said it…it sounded so forced. And besides, if they were to marry he would have to spend all his time being near Naruto! And the challenge that he had would put their relationship in more murky waters.
"Do you…love me?" Sasuke hesitantly asked. Naruto glared back.
"No," Sasuke's heart stopped beating. Without hesitation Naruto shot back that hated word.
"I don't love you, and I don't hate you either," Naruto clearly remarked. "You know that you are my only friend. I don't want to see a day where I have to share you with someone else. Besides, you know that the emperor has to take a bride during the coronation..I am giving you an opportunity to be queen beside me. The Uchiha clan has always been the best clan,"
Sasuke stared back at his emperor. Not only did it sound selfish, but Naruto made it seemed like it was forced too.
"And what are you saying? You're binding me to you so that I can only be with you? You could easily have anybody else! Why me?!"
"Like I said, I don't want to share you,"
"But you are free to be with others??!" spat the Uchiha heatedly. He had to make sure what Naruto's intentions are.
"Perhaps, but you will always be my queen," Naruto knew that once he stated he was Sasuke's exclusively as Sasuke was his, it would automatically count as a love confession. He would just have to stick to the plan, made it seemed like he was forced into it and was to marry Sasuke out of gratitude to the Uchiha clan.
"Then you can go to hell," Sasuke turned to leave only to make just 2 steps before he was slammed to the floor, Naruto pinning his hands to the side of his head.
"Let go!!! Unhand me!"
"You are denying me? Is it because you have someone else in mind? You also told me you wanted a marriage out of love. So if you can't marry me out of love for me as a friend, then there has to be someone else higher than me,"
Don't ask me who Naruto, please! I can't say your name!
"Who is it?"
"Gaara," that was the only plausible choice. To say his brother's name would be incest and Sai was just…eww. Kakashi was out of the question all together.
"Gaara?! Even though he is betrothed to Neji?" Naruto boomed out. Sasuke squeezed his eyes shut.
"He doesn't know," Sasuke lied. Well, Gaara was hot but not enough to make Sasuke like him. Damn the gods for giving him limited choices. Well, it could be worse. It could have been a choice between Gai (uurgh), Orochimaru (double eww) and Jiraiya (gross).
Now don't ask me why, dobe. The options sucks more than the previous one.
"Why? Why Gaara?"
"I am rendered helpless when he gazes at me with those smexy eyes," Sasuke gritted out. No way in hell was he going to say the other one. Naruto looked stoned for a while before bursting in rage. Sasuke likes Gaara?! Over his dead body! Sure Gaara likes Neji but if he knew Sasuke was willing then there may be a chance that the redhead would gobble the young Uchiha up.
"All the more reason for me to force you to marry me. You can kiss your dreams of being with Gaara goodbye. Once you are bonded to me to practice infidelity will put shame to your clan," Naruto gripped Sasuke's hands tighter, making the Uchiha wince.
"Stop this Naruto. You don't want me, please," Sasuke pleaded. On any other circumstance he would be happy to marry Naruto, but why during this one month when he had to face the challenge?
"You have no say in this matter Sasuke. My word is absolute. If you disobey me and try to shame me tomorrow, then I will order for the Uchiha clan to be wiped out," Naruto snarled. Too blinded by rage and jealousy to think straight, let alone notice Sasuke's eyes had lost its shine; Naruto vowed to make Sasuke his no matter what. Sasuke stopped struggling and accepted his fate.
He prayed that somewhere along the line Naruto would fall in love with him, and even though Naruto had said he was free to be with whomever he wishes, no one would come in between them.
"As you wish, my emperor,"
