Sorry its taken me so long to post this up – I've been researching up about Victorian Styles on the Internet and my internet access is rubbish as I can't seem to come across anything good. I think I've managed to get what I need now so hopefully I can get the next chapters up quicker.

Also on another note, Maltanis, this was a perfect opportunity to write in that idea you were telling me about but I just couldn't put it in – it's just too strange.

Anyways enjoy this chapter!

Chapter 11

Naruto ran down the road towards the house – he was late home from work and although he knew Sasuke wasn't going to be upset, he felt really bad. His brother's wedding was tomorrow and they were going to a hotel so they can stay near the ceremony. They had to pack and get ready to move. Sasuke was instructed to get to the hotel before any of the other guests for the wedding came and spotted him.

Itachi had finally met up with Sasuke and was overjoyed that his brother had finally agreed to come regardless of their father being there. They had a long talk over lunch the previous day and Sasuke had come home really happy – it was one of the times that he had seen Sasuke so happy.

However Naruto was nervous about the whole thing – he had remembered what Sasuke had told him about being beaten within an inch of his life by his father and that he was also still not afraid to hurt his son, after he had cut his arm only two weeks or so prior. Naruto had a feeling that something big was going to happen. Something that was going to result in tears. He was extremely nervous about the whole thing.

Naruto was also confused with this whole idea of hypnotism – he had seen the room, he had watched as Sasuke had hypnotised the postman to show how it was done and he had been hypnotised himself; Sasuke had released all of the hypnotism that he had on Naruto to show he was never going to abuse it again. He had promised. Naruto was never going to get hypnotised by Sasuke again. But the whole thing was still so confusing and it still not gotten through Naruto's head – he just couldn't seem to get his head around it. Naruto had also watched a performance by Sasuke where he had hypnotised a guy to play the piano and various other instruments, he also got one guy to juggle glass even though his arm was in a sling. Naruto was happy his performance got such good ratings – plus Sasuke looked extremely sexy when on stage.

Naruto ran through the door, closed it and as he ran down the hall he bumped straight in to Sasuke who fell to the floor, taking the clumsy Naruto with him.

"Well, hello", Sasuke said, looking at the blonde who was inches away from his face. Naruto smiled and kissed Sasuke on the lips and got up, dusting himself down. Sasuke still lay there with a dreamy look on his face.

"Oi! Pervert! Get up!" Naruto shouted, kicking him gently. Sasuke got up and dusted himself down, picking up the things he was carrying before being knocked over.

"I'm allowed to dream, aren't I?" he smirked.

"Sorry I'm so late. That stupid idiot of a fat man with a moustache wouldn't let me leave – he kept holding me up deliberately until I told him I was leaving and ran out of the door before he could stop me. I guess I'm in trouble when I next go there".

"Well, tell him to stuff it, if need be".

"Well, anyway, I'm going to start packing some stuff now".

"Okay then, well, I'm almost done so I'll start cooking something to eat – I know you're hungry already".

"I can go at least an hour without food!" Naruto said stately before there was a rumble and Naruto clutched his stomach with a slight smile.

"I think you're wrong there oh blonde one", Sasuke smirked and walked off to the kitchen, still carrying the clothes he was supposed to be taking upstairs.

Naruto packed up everything he was going to take with him before he caught scent of the food Sasuke was preparing downstairs – it was something very tasty indeed.

Naruto finished packing, rather sloppily, in his room before fetching the clothes he was going to wear at the service which were up in Sasuke's room as well as all of the other things he needed before running downstairs. It was a bad idea to run as he tripped and fell down the stairs. He was swearing under his breath, still in an uncomfortable position at the bottom of the stairs when he saw Sasuke looking down at him.

"What are you doing on the floor?"

"Fell".

"Fell down the stairs? What again?"

"I have a grudge against your stairs and they have a grudge against me. Can't help it", Naruto complained.

Sasuke held out his hand and helped him up.

"Come on clumsy, we have food ready".

They ate together; not saying much as Naruto was practicing not speaking with his mouth full as well as the fact he was starving and didn't stop eating at all. Sasuke's nerves were getting the better of him, so Naruto ate most of his plate of food, which made Sasuke laugh. Then after they ate, they went back to packing again.

Sasuke took the two suitcases and put them next to the front door.

"Come on, we've got to hurry! We're late!" Sasuke called.

"I know, I know, I'm just putting the last of my outfit together. I don't want to look recognisable so I came up with a plan". Naruto emerged from his room with his head covered with a large scarf – only his eyes were visible.

"Oh you idiot, come on, you don't need to be like that. Remember, we're arriving before the others who aren't arriving until tomorrow. The hotel has been booked for the wedding remember".

"Yeah I know – its cool that Itachi paid for us to stay there the night – all of you're family seem to have a lot of money", Naruto answered, wrapping the scarf back around his neck.

"Well, I guess", Sasuke said blankly.

"Moving on, how are we getting to the hotel again?"

"By train".

"Ooh! I've never been on a train before!"

"Really?"

"Never had any need to go on one before".

"Well, I hope you enjoy it".

"Well, what's it like?"

"Well, believe it or not, it's just sitting in something that's moving", Sasuke smirked.

"You could give me a better description than that", Naruto sulked, crossing his arms and pouting.

"You'll see yourself when you get there, so why spoil the surprise. The journey won't be too long", Sasuke picked up his suitcase and nodded at Naruto to do the same. "Come on, its time to go".

"Okay then".

Naruto walked out of the door and Sasuke followed, locking it up. He made sure that nothing was visible inside, all the curtains were closed and all the windows were locked.

"Want to know something?"

"What?"

"I've done hypnosis on the house".

"What?"

"Well, you see because of that room in my house", Sasuke explained as they began walking to the train station, "I can use it as an anchoring point to spread my hypnosis through the rest of the house. I've done it so anyone who comes to the house will be hypnotised to leave. I'll lift it when I'm back it's just an anti-burglary device. You put a foot on to that step near the door and you will have a thought pop in your head telling you to go. And because its hypnosis you will instantly do it. Quite clever in my opinion – plus all of your own precious items are safe".

"Well...not all", Naruto said, blushing. Sasuke smiled at him and gave him a quick hug when he thought no one was looking.

"So, we will have an hour on the train and then plenty of time to settle in the hotel to do anything you want".

"Anything?"

"Anything", Sasuke answered with a smirk.

"Ooh!" Naruto put his fingers together in mock thinking.

They soon arrived at the train station with a few minutes until boarding. The train was a very pretty train for one in such a dirty station – it was a posh first class train, a burgundy red in colour with its windows outlined in cream; not a speck of mud or dirt on it. Naruto hoped the inside looked just as nice as the outside.

Sasuke took Naruto's suitcase and placed it on the top shelf as Naruto sat cosily in his seat on the train. The seats were soft and comfy with some kind of floral pattern, a wooden table in front of him. Sasuke sat opposite of Naruto on their own separate stall. The rest of the train had wooden floors and walls, some small pictures of trains hung up in frames along some of the more empty walls that had no windows. The windows were large, clean and rectangular – some even had curtains to close over them when it was dark.

Naruto felt a slight judder as the train started to move. Sasuke could see the excitement on Naruto's face. Naruto looked out of the window to see the station moving further and further away until they were rolling pats buildings – none of which looked familiar to Naruto, as he had never gone further than the area he had lived in all his life. After a while, Naruto stopped watching the faceless people and the unrecognisable buildings and looked at Sasuke who was staring back at him.

"So what do you think of the train so far?"

"It's very pretty".

"Well, not all trains are like this. This is a train for the upper class people and the rich – most consider them the same thing though".

"Well, I like this train. I'm going to sketch it".

"Well, I'll start my book then".

They sat on the train in silence – the occasionally sketch of the pencil reached Sasuke's ears. After Naruto had finished his rough sketch of the train, he had realised they were not in the city anymore but they were in some of the countryside. Naruto looked at the rolling hills and all the animals he could spot as they whizzed past – the greenness of the scenery and the fresh feeling it gave him. Sasuke was watching Naruto over the top of his book and a slight smile spread across his face. He watched as Naruto, the boy who been through a lot of trauma, got excited over something as small as seeing the countryside on a train. He continued to watch Naruto when he knew Naruto wasn't looking at him and quickly looked back to his book every time Naruto glanced at him.

After a while, Naruto got bored of looking out of the window and kept on looking at Sasuke who was trying to read his book without it looking like he knew what Naruto was doing.

"What? What? What? You keep watching me! What?" Sasuke said suddenly, throwing the book down in mock agitation.

"Well, I have nothing to do so I just decided to stare at you".

"That's not strange".

"Well, what else can I do? You're being boring and reading your book".

"You do know that I haven't read more than a paragraph of this because of a certain distraction that's been sitting in front of me the entire time".

"What kind of distraction was I?" Naruto asked sweetly, looking at Naruto, making puppy dog eyes.

"The...annoying...sweet kind. Oh stop it!" Sasuke refused to look Naruto in the eye and Naruto was grinning because he knew he found a way to get around Sasuke.

"Aww, come on, look at me".

"No".

"Look at me".

"Look, the cake trolley is coming!"

"Ooh! Where?!" Naruto turned to look down the aisle and saw a trolley approach, hearing the one wheel that squeaked as it went. Sasuke smirked – he had also found his way to get around Naruto.

The sweet old lady pushing the trolley had short grey bushy hair and grey eyes; she was rather wrinkly and quite pale but smiled friendly as she saw Naruto wave her over. She smiled at the two boys and gave them each a cake and a cup of tea for Sasuke and hot cocoa for Naruto, and then Sasuke ordered another cake for Naruto to keep him quiet. Sasuke paid her and both said thank you as she continued up the aisle to her other customers.

"This cake is really nice", Naruto said as he licked the fork delicately with his tongue. Sasuke sipped his tea and smiled at the blonde, who had oddly enough seemed to have clamed down now that he had some sugar in him.

The rest of the journey continued with out anything else happening and soon, Naruto and Sasuke were getting of the train and looking around for Itachi to show them where they were going. Itachi had said to Sasuke that he was going to stay at the hotel that night to make sure everything goes smoothly.

Itachi waved them over and greeted them both. Sasuke seemed a lot more open and happier towards his brother now that he had talked with him and was doing his best to keep his promise. Naruto smiled at how they each seemed happier knowing that they weren't going to let their father scare them any more.

Itachi gave them directions to the hotel, and a map and said that he had to meet the caterer in town for the last few checks, also saying he would possibly able to join them for dinner later on. Sasuke waved goodbye and told Naruto to follow him.

"Oddly enough I think that I might be able to get us there before it starts to get too dark".

"Okay, good. I want to check what kind of food this hotel has – I'm starting to get hungry again".

Sasuke shook his head disbelievingly and continued to walk on with Naruto next to him, rubbing his stomach.

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