The Betrothed Bastard
Disclaimer: Naruto doesn't want to be mine! ToT!!
Warning: AU, really. Maybe OOCness, but that's because I want to fit the characters so that they co-respond with the universe. It will be a happy happy joy joy story all the way with little to no complications at all. This is because I suck at angst. NaruSasu. NejiGaara. Always wanted a Swan Princess/Ugly Betty crossover set in the future so I shall deliver!
Act 8: Ugly fight
"Hmm...We shouldn't skip the wedding and go straight to the honeymoon, Sasu-chan,"
"That is the corniest pick up line that could exist in this world," Sasuke shot back. This stranger just snuck up on him and pinned him to the floor. He should be pinning NARUTO to the floor!
"Oh, but we are already engaged," Itachi braced himself up, picking up death signals from the room. He looked up to see an orange blur whizzing to him.
And the next thing he know his face was slammed onto the nearest wall.
"You don't touch Uzumaki Naruto's fiancée, EVER!" Itachi twisted himself free and struggled to face his captor.
"He was mine first," Itachi calmly claimed. Sasuke watched in apprehension as both his suitors held each other in a death grip.
"Liar! He was betrothed to me when we were 8!"
"We changed his name to Uchiha to stake claim when he was 2!"
"What?!"
"Why do you think his name is Uchiha? He was promised to me!"
"Itachi. Maybe we should settle this in a more appropriate manner," Neji appeared between the two men. Gaara moved to stand by his brother, a hand on his shoulder to calm him down.
"Neji. It's been a long time,"
"Yes it has. Follow me and we will explain the current situation," Neji led them across the road towards a cafe nearby. They were seated in a booth at the far corner, ignoring giggling girls at the collection of handsome men squashed together. Gaara and Neji sat on one side and shrugged as Itachi and Naruto chose to sandwich the Uchiha in between. Sasuke chose to ignore Itachi's hand draped on his shoulders and Naruto's arm around his waist.
A waiter came to the table and took their orders. Neji chose to start the discussion by questioning Itachi why he disappeared.
"My uncle Madara had an urgent engagement. You should be well aware of Akatsuki?" Itachi enquired and watched as Gaara stiffened in his seat. Neji nodded and his stares became stony. Akatsuki had a number of times tried to bring down their companies. In one incident, Gaara was even taken captive to weaken the company, but his advisors were trained to manage without his presence.
"You are in that organisation?" Gaara asked threateningly. Neji gripped his boyfriend's hand trying to calm him down. Itachi smiled good naturedly, while Naruto rose from his chair to wipe the smile off his face.
"I assure you, I am not the highest power. But we have parted ways a few years back, and so I chose to continue on with my studies. Mind you, I have multiple doctorates already, but the University wanted someone to take care of its students while the chancellors are away. My uncle is helping them putting a threat at bay, and so I am left in charge," Itachi ran his open palm along Sasuke's upper left arm, Naruto batting it childishly every three seconds.
"Don't touch him a***ole!"
"I'll touch what I want,"
"Ahem. I think it's fair that we explain what happened while you were gone. So after my father learnt of your disappearance, he thought that you had abandoned Sasuke, and we can't change Sasuke's name for you can only do it once, so he kept the Uchiha name. A few years after that, my father met Naruto's father and they became great friends. They betrothed Naruto to Sasuke as a means of joining the two companies someday, but unfortunately, they passed away before they could realize that dream," Neji summarized.
"Then, what's the problem?"
"I think you don't understand. Sasuke is promised to Naruto," Gaara gritted out his annoyance.
"As he was promised to me," Itachi added.
"Mine's more recent dumb***!"
"I suggest that we exercise the fine print that both agreements have,"
"You don't mean?" Neji stood up, appalled.
"Yes. Should one party meeting an unfortunate event that results in death or in the presence of another unknown previous agreement that clashes with this, it is in best of interest that this contract becomes nullified under the conformity of both parties or the parties' guardian/ representative," Itachi smoothed out. Naruto bristled in his seat. Gawd dam it! He hate that confident condescending tone!
"You want to cancel out both agreements?" Gaara enquired.
"Yes. So now it will be fair game. Whoever Sasuke wants gets to marry him," Itachi reasoned. There was no doubt in his genius mind that it was gonna be hard, but he will fight for his right.
"Or, one of us COULD meet with an unfortunate event," Naruto calmly sent death threats towards Itachi.
"I would like to see you try naïve one. Remember I was in Akatsuki once,"
"Hn,"
"Ah, so you have lost that cuteness I love so very dearly. What a shame. It will be fun to see your innocent reaction once I lock you in the bedro..,"
"Ahem!" Sasuke blushed heavily while looking annoyed. This man have the nerve to assert his dominance over him! But there was something in his eyes. Something he couldn't place.
"So not all of your innocence is gone. Joy,"
"Stop fantasizing about him you pervert! You guys look like brothers! It's wrong! This is like incest!" Naruto squawked, making a scene in the small café.
"But we are not. We look nothing alike. While I am dashingly handsome beyond all logic, Sasuke has a more pure, dark angel look," Itachi praised his loved one while Neji and Gaara gagged (which is against their code of acceptable appearance for rich handsome people).
"Gawd dam it, I hate you,"
Itachi had to leave because Kisame called in panic mode due to some crisis that they were having. He excused himself and before Sasuke (or Naruto) could stop him, he managed to land a peck on said Uchiha's cheek. Sasuke blushed in annoyance, while Naruto just growled threateningly.
But being the sadistic bastard that he is, Itachi just walked out the café in brilliant mode.
"Sasuke~ you won't leave me, right~?" Naruto whined while hugging Sasuke in desperation. Sasuke smirked at the possessive display Naruto was showing, running his hand through golden locks.
"I won't dobe,"
"Let's get married right now?" Naruto sniffed into his shoulder.
"I would love to marry you now, dobe. But you are still studying," Sasuke paid for their bills and waved his brother and brother to be. Gaara had sent a pleading look at Sasuke to comfort his brother, for he knew he couldn't do anything about it.
"I hate him,"
"Hn. But there's something about him. It makes me uneasy,"
"I know! It's like when you look into his eyes, you start seeing things that aren't true," Naruto pondered on that thought. Sasuke nodded his agreement, and walked back with his dobe to the uni.
The student council room had voices in them, and from what Sasuke could tell, one of them was Itachi. The other one brought shivers to his spine, and caused Naruto to cling tighter to him.
"But Itachi-kun, you didn't think I would let you go that easily would you?"
"When my uncle finds out you are here, he's going to kill you,"
"Madara and the rest are busy following a false lead,"
"Oh my god, he looks so gay!" Naruto blurted out when he saw the snake like man. Yellow eyes, long silky hair and such pale complexion. Even paler that Sasuke.
"Uzumaki Naruto, such an honour to meet you," the man replied, and shifted his gaze to Sasuke, where his eyes widened a fraction.
"Hmm, it seems Kabuto missed you. You must not have been here the past 3 years,"
"Hn,"
"Such beautiful skin. Much like my darling Itachi, but with a more innocence,"
"Stay off my property Orochimaru," Itachi shielded Sasuke from Orochimaru's view, much to Naruto's annoyance.
"He's mine!" Naruto tried to push Itachi away. Sasuke focused his gaze on this Orochimaru, and shuddered when the man had the gall to lick his lips at him!
"Sasuke, you cold?" Naruto felt the shivering and turned to give an accusing look at Orochimaru.
"You perv! Did you just sexually harass my teme?!!"
"Ku..ku..ku,"
"That's it! You are going down!" Naruto made a move to kick the man's a** while Itachi cornered him from the back. The battle took all their concentration that they didn't realize Sasuke was sedated (professionally, I mean, come on, this is Sasuke. He won't get sedated easily!) and taken away in secrecy.
"Looks like its my cue to go!" a smoke bomb covered their vision, and both boys stayed clear of the blinding smoke.
"Drats! Well, I got a few punches in. Sasuke?"
"Stupid boy! They took Sasuke away!"
Sorry guys! it took me ages. I am currently in the process of writing my thesis, I wrote this bit by bit. Thanks for reading~
