Apparently, the people we were going to had sent us a driver. After all the bags were stowed away (by Naruto and Sasuke, the dude was lazy..) , Hinata had arrived (so they had to put yet another bag up!). Mikoto had already gone into the van, so the three stood waiting for Kushina and her mom.

"What's taking her so long!" it was 10pm and a Friday, meaning no more energy to stay awake any longer.

"Relax man; you're so cranky when you're tired."

"I'm not tired." Sasuke seethed.

"Yea, and I'm Shakira."

"..." Wth is up with him and Shakira?

"T-there she i-is."

Sasuke turned around and was speechless. She wore a strapless, three coloured dress, in the order of brown, beige and black, with a light, black sweater and black heeled boots. Her hair was tied in a high ponytail (and it still passed her back!) and she wore rather light make-up. Wow.

He couldn't take his eyes off of her. His heart suddenly was beating faster and his palms became sweaty. A slight pink tint was noticeable on his cheeks if you looked close enough.

He watched her as she strutted over to the van and sat inside. I've never noticed how powerful she walked.

He got inside too, obviously sat next to her, and they set off. The vehicle had three seats; MnMs sat in front, Naruto and Hinata in the middle, and Sasuke and Kushina at the back.

"Um, Sasuke?" He blushed, thanking god that it was dark.

"Hn?"

"Are you okay? You kind of look jumpy. Well, more than usual anyways."

"I'm cool."

She averted her attention to the window and sighed.

"Hey, are you okay?"

"...why do you care?"

"..." he didn't know what to say.

Kushina felt pressure on her right shoulder, and was surprised to see that Sasuke had fallen asleep on her. That wasn't just it, he had also wrapped his arms around her right arm. She looked around and saw everyone except the driver had fallen asleep.

"K-kushina.." he was talking in his sleep.

"I love you..." .GOD!

He cuddled deep into her and she blushed a terrible shade of red. It's okay. Maybe he's talking about some other Kushina.

Oh who was she kidding? He said that he loved her... she felt something odd in her stomach, and it wasn't barf. I'm having butterflies in my stomach? Seriously?!

He was changing her. And she had no idea what to do.

"Sasuke.." she whispered softly.

He slowly woke up and looked up at her with sleepy eyes. When he noticed that their faces were way too close, he jumped away from her and started to apologize madly.

"Thanks a lot for using me as your human pillow." she rolled her eyes.

His left eye twitched. Did she not hear my apology!

"Aww, twitching it up I see."

"Hn. You're annoying."

She only laughed. Did she always sound so beautiful? Wait, stop thinking like that!

"You wanted to know why I didn't want to go, right?"

"...yes." how the hell had she known?!

"Any girl born into the Uzumaki clan, had to marry an Uzumaki boy, and that obviously didn't happen with my mom."

"What is that, some sort of rule?"

"Yes. But it doesn't apply to the men. So when my mom went against that rule, all the elders were beyond mad and had apparently nurtured the kids to abide by that rule. Seemingly, the guy who had been shot down by my mom was already married." She emphasized the word with a shudder. "He even had a kid. Him. "

"The cousin who 'asked for you personally'?"

"Yup." He scoffed.

"His mom divorced that guy and is now getting married. Aunt Minami."

"So, why do you hate that cousin?" He understood his intentions really well since he was a guy, but he had to hear it from her.

"He wanted to marry me."

And that's when Sasuke lost it. He grabbed both of her arms and looked deep into her blue eyes angrily.

"You're not going to, right?!"

"Of course not. Calm down dude."

He released her hesitantly.

"That is why my dad took me to England."

Her face was now glowing softly.

"If your mom knows he wants..." he couldn't say it. But she obviously caught on.

"So I could support Naruto."

He looked confused.

"What does he have to do with this?"

"Since I look somewhat close to them," she gestured to her ginger locks, "they have nothing against me. But Naruto looks exactly like my dad. When we use to visit them when we were young, they always use to treat Naruto badly."

"And you obviously defended him." He smirked.

"Yes, but they're still not convinced with me either because of my eyes."

We came to an abrupt stop and my head hit the roof of the van. She started laughing. Sasuke glared at her and muttered a few profanities.

"Oi, Uchiha there are kids here!"

"Shut up Uzumaki!"

We were told to go to our rooms since it was late and everyone was asleep.

"So, how did it feel chatting it up with my sister?" He and Sasuke were unpacking in their designated room, and he couldn't help but annoy him a little.

"I wasn't 'chatting it up' with anyone."

"Denial is the first stage of love dattebayo!"

Sasuke scoffed "I'm not in love with her."

"Yet." He grinned like an idiot. Then again, he was an idiot.

"And how did you feel chatting it up with Hinata?" He smirked.

"It was cool. Unlike you, I can admit to things."

"Whatever."

"Hey dumb and dumber we're supposed to be meeting Aunt Minami!" Kushina sang as she walked in the room with the shy Hyuga behind her.

"What did you just call me?"

"You, duck-butt, are dumber."

"Eyesore."

"Wimp."

"Annoying."

"Jerk."

"Prostitute." He smirked, hinting towards her not so usual clothes. She gave him a cynical smile.

"You wish Uchiha."

Naruto was laughing so hard as Sasuke tried hard to hide his flaming cheeks.

"You..should haha.. tell me.. how you ahah" he said between fits of laughter.

The two girls walked out the door with a laughing Naruto. How does she...

He followed them to a hallway close to the exit. There stood two brunettes, a teenaged boy and his mother. The woman immediately grabbed the twins into a group hug.

"Look at you two! You've grown soo much!" Minami was one of the few to accept our mother's decision, being that the reason she'd invite her.

"Aww Naruto-kun! You look soo much like your dad'!," Kushina snickered at her brother's demise. "And you Kushina!" Aw Shit. "You look even more prettier than your own mother!" It was Naruto's turn to laugh at his sister.

"Oh Hinata! Look at you all pretty and grown up!" Said girl blushed. She had once come along with Kushina.

"And who is this handsome fellow?"

"Uchiha Sasuke." He introduced himself.

"You're Mikoto's son? How lovely." Kushina gave him a face that said 'she's always like that, get use to it'.

"And you all know my son, Renji?"

Said boy noticed Kushina's subtle message to Sasuke, and decided to level his gaze at him. The young Uchiha brushed him off and this obviously pissed him.

"Hello Kushina." And that is when the Uchiha gave him a slow scoff. So his eyes are set on my princess?

She just shot him a peace sign and grabbed Hinata's hand to leave. She knew full well he would mess with Sasuke, so decided leaving was her best bet.

"We gotta go unpack and stuff." Sasuke looked at her. Didn't they unpack when we arrived at night?

"I'll go with them." Renji had said.

Sasuke glared at him. No way am I letting her anywhere near him. Marriage my ass.

"Oh no you're not. Stay with the boys." Hell yeah! Kushina thought.

"When you're done, come down for breakfast, ne?" And she disappeared, leaving the five teens alone in the hall.

"What are they doing here?" He gestured to Naruto and Sasuke as soon as his mother had left.

"I'd ask the same thing myself. How often are you let out of your leash?" Sasuke smirked. Kushina defending him was rare. Take that.

He pouted "Aww Kushina I'm only joking. Now my heart's broken by your words."

"Do I look like I care?" She dragged Hinata away.

"Ohhhhh burn!"

"Shut up Naruto!"

"No."

He looked mad. "Is that the right way to talk to your future brother-in-law?"

The way Sasuke looked at him scared him. "If you mention anything to do with you marrying her I will punch you, got that?"

"..." that shut him up.