Freshly Fallen Snow

Author's Note: Thanks for the review. I hope that you all enjoy this chapter.

Side Pairing: I have had some people express interest in Koyuki x Naruto and some are interested in Isabella x Naruto. So if you're so inclined, feel free to let me know which way you lean. Happy reading.

Chapter 8

The ball seemed to go on forever. Elsa was frankly relived when it was all over and she could politely retire to her bedchambers with Sasuke.

"Are you alright?" He looks at her with concern. "You're stumbling quite a bit."

Alright. Maybe, she was stumbling. That didn't mean that Elsa wasn't alright though.

Her snow and ice would always take care of her. "I'm fine." She giggles. "It was just a long night." One that had been filled with nearly endless dancing and merriment.

"Yes, it was." Sasuke smiles as he wraps his arm around her waist. "Why don't I make sure you don't fall on your pretty ass of yours before you get to your bed?"

Elsa wasn't really sure what shocked her more. That Sasuke had said that word or that he thought her backside was pretty.

"I'm n-not going to fall." She did know one thing though.

Her cheeks were now burning. It as almost as if they were on fire. Damn it. Queens really shouldn't blush like school girls.

Sasuke nods at her. "Good." He shakes his head. "Because if you fall, I might get blamed for it being an outsider and everything." What? That was ridiculous. "Your sister would probably put me in the stocks or something."

Oh. He was joking. Sasuke really didn't know Anna that well, if he was serious about the stocks though.

"I don't think she'd go that far." Elsa laughs, forgetting her earlier embarrassment. "She would probably shove us both down the aisle though."

Scratch that. Her cheeks were likely turning redder than any tomato at this point. What was wrong with her?

Sasuke laughs at that. "You're right." He then opens the door to her bedroom. "The princess does seems to think that she's quite the matchmaker."

Her sister was really such a hopeless romantic. Sasuke barely knew the woman and yet, even he knew that Anna was in love with both Kristoff and the idea of love.

"Yes, she does." Elsa giggles at that thought as Sasuke guides her to the bed. "You should stay with me." She leans over and grabs the wine. "I can't drink all this myself."

Her companion looks at her as though he wasn't sure if something was wrong. Sasuke was skeptical. Maybe, she had giggled too much or something? Sasuke probably didn't like giggling.

"Alright." He shakes his head at her. "We're not drinking the whole bottle though."

Elsa frowns at that. "It'd be rude not to." Isabella was another queen and this was her gift. "She'd get very upset, if we didn't."

Sasuke chuckles and shakes his head as he uncorks the bottle. Why was he laughing at her?

"I meant we shouldn't drink it all at once." His eyes dance with amusement. "Not that it's going to waste."

Oh. Well that made more sense. Elsa really didn't want a diplomatic incident over a bottle of wine.

"Great!" She smiles as Sasuke pours them each a glass. "We should make a toast!"

Toasts were important. They celebrated momentous occasions. Elsa wasn't really sure what the occasion was this time, but the snow queen knew that they deserved to have a toast with each other.

Sasuke snorts at that. "Alright." He clinks her glass with hers. "To new beginnings."

Yes, that sounded nice. It was a new beginning because Sasuke was the first person like her that she had ever met and he was staying in their kingdom now.

Well, at least, she thought he was. Elsa really needed to figure out what Sasuke was planning to do. She was going to miss him, if he left.


Naruto sighs as he's escorted into a guest room by Olaf. He should have gone back by now, but he wouldn't leave without saying something to Sasuke. Sauske was the bastard. Not him.

"Are you alright?" The snowman looks up at him with worried eyes.

Yes, Naruto was still getting used to the whole talking snowman thing. He didn't know why that was such a hard thing to wrap his mind around. He Summoned talking toads. So why couldn't the queen Summon talking snow?

Naruto nods and smiles. "Yeah." He was just worried. "Don't worry about it." About Sasuke. "I'll see you later." Some things never changed, it seemed.

"Okay!" Olaf smiles as he hugs Naruto. "I think that hugs make everything better." Speaking of the bastard, it would have been priceless to see Sasuke's response to that little gem.

Still, the snowman didn't mean any harm. He was kinda cute in a strange way. Kinda like Gai Sensei.

So Naruto just grins at him. "I do too." For now though, he needed to get some sleep. "If you see Sasuke, tell him that I wanna talk to him as soon as possible though. Okay?"

The blond figures that Olaf could be trusted. Who wouldn't trust someone who thought about hugs all day? Yeah. That's what he thought.

"Okay!" The snowman beams at him.

Naruto knew that he was a pretty perky individual. He still had nothing on Olaf though. It was like the snowman ran on happiness or something.

"Great." He smiles and heads into his room. "Have a good day. Oh and you should probably try to get some sleep or something."

Olaf looks at him in confusion. "I don't sleep." Right. He probably should have guessed that. "I'll have lots of fun though!" With that being said, Olaf dashes off and Naruto sighs.

This place was perfect in some ways. He didn't want to think about it, but Naruto knew that there was a very real possibility that Sasuke might just decide to stay and have super water babies with the queen.

"I guess that wouldn't be so bad though." Naruto shakes his head. "I could always come and visit him."

Maybe, Sasuke had finally found what he was looking for here. Happiness. If that was the case, Naruto wouldn't take that away from him. It would still suck though.

He had just gotten Sasuke back to normal and the first thing he does is find another dimension. Only Sauske. Some things would never change, he supposed. Once a bastard, always a bastard.


Endearing, Sasuke thinks to himself. That's was the only way he knew how to describe the sight of a moderately intoxicated Elsa.

"So tell me about the Leaf Village?" She smiles at him.

Her cheeks were flushed pink and her hair was a mess. Her eyes were filled with laughter and her giggles were all over the place.

He'd never wanted to kiss someone more before. "It's complicated." Even her question wasn't enough to completely rouse him from whatever daze he was currently enjoying.

How did one describe the Leaf anyway? Sasuke supposed that it all depended on who was doing the describing.

"I'm sure you can explain it." She smiles as she sips her wine. "After all, you're really smart."

Alright. He had clearly been too generous with the moderately label. Elsa was thoroughly intoxicated.

He should pull that drink away from her hand, but he just didn't have the heart too. "It's a village that runs on the military economy." Not when she looked that cute. "Ninja villages are based on well ninjas, even if we are only a minority of the population."

That likely sounded strange to her. In a word like this, armies and guards existed. They were nothing like ninja villages though. There were no great threats in this kingdom as far as Sasuke could tell. There was just no getting around the simple fact that economies of their world were often closely tied to the fate of the military, more specifically of their ninja villages.

"I see." She shakes her head at that. "That's sad, but I bet you look cute in your uniform."

Oh yes. She'd had far too much to drink. Sasuke chuckles at that thought as he takes a sip of his own wine.

He frowns at the taste. Why did it taste so damn bitter? Nevermind. It was probably just a bad year or something.

"Something wrong?" Elsa looks at him with worried eyes. "Do you not like the wine?"

Sasuke shrugs and shakes his head. "I guess that I've never really been much of a wine drinker anyway." Or much of a drinker in general, but why quibble? "It was kind of her to get you a gift though."

Something flashes in Elsa's eyes that Sasuke didn't particularly like. "Oh Queen Isabella didn't give me a gift because she wanted to." Anger. "She did it because she had to. It would have been a slight, if she hadn't."

It didn't suit his ice queen. "Is there bad blood between the two of you?" Maybe, they had some sort of personal issues with one another that he simply wasn't aware of though.

Everyone had at least one person that they despised. Gods and Goddesses knew that Sasuke couldn't judge anyone on that particular count. His list of people he hated had to be at least a mile long.

"Not really." She rolls her eyes. "I just know that she thinks she's better than me because she's been a queen longer."

Rivals it was then. Sasuke could understand that. In the long run, it might do her more good than harm.

Sasuke smiles as he leans over and brushes his lips against hers. "She might have been queen longer, but you're the better queen." He shouldn't have done that. "At least to me."

Elsa smiles and returns the kiss. That flash of anger in her eyes was nothing. Sasuke shouldn't have overreacted.

The blonde was now kissing him as if she didn't have a care in the world. It couldn't be that serious. Whatever bad blood might exist between Isabella and Elsa couldn't possibly compare to what he and Naruto used to do to each other.

"Thank you." She smiles slyly at him. "Though every queen, needs a king."

Too slyly. That wasn't like her. He was wrong. Something was wrong.

He nods at her, not wanting to alarm the beautiful woman who had just kissed him. "I suppose that's true." He sighs and kisses her forehead again. "You should probably get some sleep. I'm tired and you must be exhausted."

"I am a little." She smiles at him. "You should stay with me to make sure nothing happens."

That wasn't an innocent offer. Sasuke used to live in the Sound Village. He was damn well smart enough to know the difference between a naïve offer and one of seduction.

"I probably shouldn't do that." He heads towards the door. "We wouldn't want your people's tongues to start wagging about there being a strange man in your bedchambers."

He didn't know much about courtly life, but Sasuke knew some things were universal. Gossip was one of them.

"You're not strange and it'd give them something to talk about." She laughs and shakes her head. "I didn't know you were so shy, but I'll see you later then."

Sasuke nods again. "Yes, I'm just full of surprises." He walks out of the room, but makes sure she can hear his departing words. "Later." With that being said, the Uchiha darts down the hallway.

He would have said scurries, but Uchihas didn't scurry. They were too proud for that. Though admittedly, he was going faster than was probably proper. Who could blame him though?

He needed to get out of there before he did something stupid. Elsa had clearly had too much wine and he enjoyed her kisses too much to stay in that bedroom with her.


Meanwhile Isabella had made it back to her castle. Finally, she could have some peace and quiet. She knew that she should be happy about that. So why was she so disappointed.

"The conversation was fruitful." She nods at herself.

"Whoa." Naruto blinked at her. "I thought chakra was rare around here."

Chakra must have been what his people called magic. Interesting. How far away was this man from?

Isabella had certainly never heard of magic being called chakra before. "It is." There was no getting around that fact.

As much as she loathed giving anything away about herself, the blond could have figured out that much on his own. Besides, such admittances weren't without their benefits. She could see a growing leveled of trust reflected in his eyes.

"Well, that's pretty cool." Naruto grinned from ear to ear as they twirled around on the dance floor. "So are all queens magical?"

She snorted at that question. The handsome youth was far too innocent for his own good. Isabella almost felt guilty about taking advantage of his naivety. Almost.

The emerald eyed queen shook her head. "No." Again, Naruto would have found out this much on his own, anyway. "As far as I know, it's just myself and Elsa."

Which was why the other woman was such a threat. The sooner she got Elsa out of the way, the safer Isabella would be. That and the sooner she would be rich, she thought to herself.

"Ah." He smiled. "You two must be close then."

Ha. He really was such a simpleton. Naruto actually thought the fact they both possessed magic would make them friends.

"Not really." She laughed. "Though I am working on becoming closer with her. That's why I brought her a gift."

She had spent the rest of the night dancing with him. The blond's stamina was impressive. Wherever he had come from, clearly did wonders for one's endurance.

"The information was interesting, but not particularly useful." The place Naruto spoke of was nothing like this world. "Their magics are too strong." So she would just have to settle for Arendelle.

A guard peeks into her room. "Did you need something, Your Majesty?" How dare he presume to look into her private quarters.

"I need you to get out of my room." She hisses at him.

That and for the image of a disturbingly perfect pair of blue eyes to get out of her head. Their magic was interesting and she could use Sasuke against Elsa, but Naruto meant little to her.

He'd be on his way soon enough. For now, she just had to wait for Elsa to drink the wine. Once that happened, everything would fall into place.

"Yes, Your Majesty." He gulps and quickly runs off.

As well he should. Anyone who stuck around after she told them to leave, well they were flirting with an early demise. Isabella would tolerate no insubordination!

She sighs as she looks out her window. "Which is why I'm a better ruler than she." Elsa was young and inexperienced. The snow queen had no idea how to wield the gifts she had been given, but Isabella did.