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Disclaimer and Warnings: See 1st chapter...
Heh heh, funny thing is...Sasuke is sooooo OOC...
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Business is Business, no Pleasure or Love
Ch 4: Countdown Day One, What a Hectic Day
Liberty laughed as Iruka pushed her through the toy store in a shopping cart."Faster Iruka-san! Faster!!"
Iruka chuckled, he really was glad that Naruto had agreed to be Sasuke's 'husband.' "So, Liberty, tell me, what is your mommy like?"
She stopped laughing, and looked down some, "Well, he's really nice, and fun too, but, sometimes he doesn't eat, like when we have enough money for food, he'll buy him some, but he always gives it to me...but," her mood immediately changed, "He is the best mommy that I could ever have!"
Iruka blinked at her sudden attitude change, "Why do you call him mommy?"
She shrugged, "I don't know, I just do."
"Have you ever seen your real mommy?"
Liberty shook her head, "No, he was the first person I saw when I first opened my eyes..."
Iruka nodded, "Alright! So how about we go get your toys now?"
"Yeah!" Liberty giggled as she was pushed down the endless isles of toys, her eyes lighting up happily.
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The car ride wasn't as uncomfortable as Naruto thought it would be, it was actually kinda comfortable, if he could just get over the fact that Sasuke listened to rock music...
"Hey Naruto?"
Naruto looked up at Sasuke, "Hai?"
"Even though I may not sometimes act like it, I really appreciate what your doing, both you and Liberty."
"It isn't a problem Sasuke-san, I really can't say no to Liberty, so you should be thanking her."
Sasuke looked at the blond, he was now staring out the window, watching the scenery, "So...how exactly did you get Liberty anyway? She doesn't look all that much like you."
Naruto's shoulders stiffened, "Um..well..."
"You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
Naruto shook his head, "No, I have to, if we want this to work..."
Sasuke stayed quiet as the blond closed his eyes and leaned his head against the window for a moment, then opened his eyes again and looked straight out the windshield.
"It was eight years ago, when I still lived in Japan. I had a boyfriend, Neji, we were together for three and a half years, and we were happy, for a while at least. I was only fourteen then and Neji was sixteen. When we first started dating he wanted to have sex with me, but I never let him, I was still too young and I didn't want him to get in trouble, so he would tell me that he would wait for me. When I turned fourteen, I realized I was in love, very much in love with Neji, so I would let him take me, that night. I went to see him...but...when I came in, he was with someone else...his own cousin, Hinata, it broke my heart, but I denied the feeling of him cheating on me, with the fact that he was a normal teenager and he would have to figure some way of getting off...so I never said anything about it...a few weeks later, I heard that Hinata was pregnant...but still didn't say that I knew anything about it. Eight and a half months later, Neji broke up with me...saying that he didn't love me anymore, but I knew the reason why. When I went to see Hinata, she told me about what happened, that's when I finally told her that I knew, but I wasn't mad at her, or Neji, I was mad a myself, for letting it get that bad. She then told me about how she was thinking about getting an abortion, because she was only fifteen, and couldn't care for a child, but I told her to have it, and I would take it, and leave the country, at first Hinata didn't want me to leave, but I told her it was for the best, so she agreed. Two and a half weeks later, she gave birth to a baby girl. When visitors were allowed to come in I was the next to the last visitor, the nurse left the baby with Hinata, and that's when the plan started. I took her and wrapped her in a blanket, and put her in the backpack that I carried in with me, making sure the little girl could still breathe I left. The hospital went into an uproar, because a child was stolen, I don't know what happened after that, because the same night I snuck onto a boat that was going to dock in New York, and left." Naruto finished, his eyes having a far-off look in them.
"So Liberty is in no relation to you at all?" Sasuke asked slowly, still taking in the information.
Naruto nodded.
"Then why does she call you mommy?"
Naruto shrugged, "Its just natural, I guess, I mean most children see their mothers first, and since I took Liberty before she opened her eyes, its only logical that she thinks that I'm her mother."
Sasuke nodded, "Why'd you name her Liberty?"
"Well, as we were coming into port, I saw the Statue of Liberty, and I immediately thought of the name Liberty."
Sasuke made an 'ah' sound and pulled into the parking lot of an expensive looking jewelry store.
Sasuke got out first, walking over to the other side of the car, he opened it for Naruto, who was struggling with the seatbelt.
He rolled his eyes and leaned down inside the car, "Here, let me help you with that." he reached out and put his hands over the blond's. "Like this." he whispered as he moved his finger slowly over the back of Naruto's hand and pushed a button, causing the seatbelt to open, then he stood back up like nothing happened.
Blushing Naruto got out of the car, and Sasuke closed the door and hit the lock button, making the car make a beeping noise.
They walked in an odd silence to the door, when they stepped inside the cool air conditioned store, Sasuke turned to Naruto, "Well, here we are, feel free to look around for anything that catches your eye." He then walked over to the counter where a teenaged girl stood and started talking to her.
Naruto looked at all of the cases of silver and gold gleaming jewelry, as he walked around, something caught his eye, it was a small silver chain, with a heart shaped pendant made out of Blue Topaz. (1)
He stared at it, it was perfect for Liberty, but, he didn't have any money...so he couldn't get it.
Suddenly strong, pale arms wrapped around his waist, "So...honey, did you find anything?"
"Sa-Sasuke? What are you doing?"
The arms tightened, as Sasuke put his head on Naruto's shoulder, "Play along, the girl at the counter thinks we're a couple."
Naruto nodded and pointed to the necklace that he was looking at, "It would be perfect for Liberty, but, I can't afford it.
Sasuke looked at the price, "Its not that much, I'll get it." He motioned for the girl at the counter to come over to them.
"Can I help you sir?"
Sasuke nodded and pointed to the necklace, "That one, with the Blue Topaz."
The girl nodded and then took it to the cash register, "That will be $126.65."
Sasuke removed his arms from Naruto's waist and walked over to the front of the counter, paying for the necklace, motioning for Naruto to follow him.
Smiling the counter girl handed the necklace back to Sasuke now in a velvet black box.
Sasuke smirked and handed it to a blushing Naruto, whose face lit up and immediately hugged Sasuke.
"Thank you so much, she's going to love it." He whispered.
Sasuke's smirk turned into a soft smile, "No problem, I'll always be glad to help you." he whispered back, placing a kiss on Naruto's forehead.
The teen at the counter awed.
"When will the rings be done?" Sasuke asked letting go of Naruto, and turning back to the counter.
"In about two to three hours."
Sasuke nodded, "Alright, We'll be back in two and a half then. Come on Naruto, lets go." He said walking away.
Naruto nodded and ran after him.
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"Hey Iruka-san?"
Iruka looked towards the dressing room where the girl was trying on one of the many dresses she picked out, "Yes Liberty?"
"How come Sasuke-san is so desperate to have a husband and child?"
Iruka sighed, "Well Liberty, Sasuke's brother is coming back, and if he doesn't have a husband or child then his brother will take the company back."
"Why does he need the company so bad?"
"It's a way to show Itachi that he can take care of the company, and its one of Sasuke's dreams...to be as great as his brother was at owning the company."
Liberty nodded, "Then I'll try my best to make it seem like I'm his daughter, I think it'll be fun to have Sasuke-san as my daddy...he makes Mommy happy."
Iruka raised an eyebrow, "He does?"
The dressing room door opened and Liberty stepped out in a red summer dress, "Yeah, I've never seen Mommy's eyes light up like that when Sasuke-san is around...its good to see him happy..."
Iruka looked thoughtful for a moment, maybe this would work out, in more than one way, "So Liberty, did you find any clothes that you liked?"
She nodded and pointed inside the dressing room, where some clothes hung, and others were on the floor. "Can I wear this out?" she pointed to the red dress she was wearing.
Iruka smiled and gathered the clothes to go pay for them.
They sat in Iruka's car, "Alright Liberty, now we need to go get the fake marriage license."
"If it's fake then won't Itachi-san know it's fake?"
Iruka shook his head, "Its not so fake that its noticeable, if he is to call the church then they will say that Sasuke and Naruto were married three years ago."
Liberty just nodded and looked out the window in awe at the city.
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"Alright Naruto, you almost done?" Sasuke asked from outside of the dressing room.
A muffled sound came from behind the door.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow, "What?"
"I said, I don't think this is right!"
"Why not?"
"Well-" Naruto said coming out, "Is it suppose to fit like this? Will your brother like it?"
Sasuke looked at the blond, "Yes, its suppose to fit like that, are you comfortable in it?"
Naruto looked down at the black button up shirt, then towards the baggy orange pants, and the neon green tie that completed the outfit. "Yes...it is kinda comfortable..."
Sasuke walked towards the blond and put an arm around his shoulder, "There you go, and plus...from some weird point of view, its actually kinda you..."
Naruto's face lit up, "Really?"
Sasuke nodded, "Yeah, now, you can go change, and we need to get some shoes."
"Um..can I stay in this?"
He smirked, "Thought you didn't like it?"
"I didn't say that!" he said pouting.
"Whatever lets go, we need to go."
Four hours later, they were on their way back to Sasuke's house, with Naruto's new wardrobe, and their new matching white gold wedding bands.
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When they met up at Sasuke's house, Naruto immediately got hugged by Liberty.
"Mommy! Your back...and your clothes are pretty!"
Naruto smiled, "Well so are you. What did you and Iruka-san do today?"
She looked thoughtful, "Well, we went to the toy store, and then to get clothes. Lookie Mommy, Iruka-san got me a stuffed fox."She held out the fox, it was plump and chubby, a brownish red color.
"Its very pretty Liberty." He took out the black velvet box, "Sasuke-san got it for you" He opened it, and showed her the necklace.
Her eyes lit up, "Its mine?"
Naruto nodded.
"Put it on!" She said excitedly.
Naruto carefully put it around her neck, and clasped the chain.
She looked down, taking the pendant in her hand, her eyes still sparkling.
Suddenly she ran into Sasuke arms, he braced himself and put his arms around her, "Thank you Sasuke-san, thank you."
He looked down at the girl in his arms, and tightened his arms around her, "No problem, but Liberty...call me Daddy..okay?"
"Okay..Daddy." She said testing it out.
Sasuke smiled at the little girl.
"I think its time to go to bed Liberty." Naruto said, walking over to her and pulling her into a hug.
Liberty nodded and pulled herself out of Naruto's arms, "Night Mommy, Night Daddy!" she said, skipping up the stairs after Iruka.
Naruto blushed at the thought of Sasuke being her father, "Well, I'm going to ask Iruka-san where my room is. Goodnight Sasuke-san."
As he started towards the stairs, he was suddenly pulled back, and into Sasuke's arms.
"S-Sasuke-san..."
Leaning down, Sasuke quickly kissed Naruto on the lips, "Just call me Sasuke...you are, after all, my lover now."
Naruto blushed, "Okay, goodnight Sasuke."
Smirking, he leaned down and kissed the blond again, Goodnight, Na-ru-to."
The blond stuttered and ran up the stairs.
Sasuke just shook his head and walked towards his office, this was most defiantly going to be an excellent month.
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"Mommy?"
"Yeah Liberty?"
"Do we have to leave at the end of the month?"
A sigh, "Yes Liberty."
"Why can't we stay?"
"We just can't Liberty, we just can't"
Naruto leaned down and placed a kiss on her forehead, "See you in the morning."
"Okay, she said putting on a smile.
Naruto smiled back and turned the lights off, shutting the door.
Her smiled dropped as the room plunged the darkness, she turned over, holding the pendent tightly, Why can you be happy Mommy?" she whispered, tears in her eyes, "Why can't we be happy?"
So..er..how did you like that? I liked this chapter...I guess...
Wow, 8 pages...
Oh yeah, Liberty's necklace looks like this: http:// www .madaboutjewellery. com /acatalog/ th(underscore)baby(underscore)crystal(underscore)love(underscore)heart(underscore)necklace. jpg Just take out the space, and pretend that it's a blue topaz, instead of a diamond, let me know if the link doesn't work...
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Chapter 5: Day Two, An Early Arrival, Its Show Time!