One Night
Author's Note: Thanks for the reviews. I hope you all enjoy the wedding chapter.
Chapter Notation: This takes place three months after the last one. I looked it up. Apparently, hair dye begins to fade around 4-6 weeks. So Naruto has his golden mane back.
Chapter 21
Three months. It had taken three months for them to plan their wedding. Sasuke glances at himself in the mirror. Naruto was likely at his parents' place getting ready. Sasuke was at his folks' place as well.
It was considered bad luck to see the bride in her wedding dress before the wedding. Naruto was very superstitious and insisted that despite the fact they were both men, this rule still counted. Sasuke thought it was silly, but decided to indulge his lover.
"I still think you should have worn a dress. You would have looked so pretty in a white poofy princess dress." Suigetsu taunts him.
Sasuke felt himself twitch. Suigetsu was his friend, but that didn't stop him from occasionally wanting to strangle the other man. Some days, he was really asking for it.
"Don't tease my brother on his wedding day." Itachi admonishes the white haired man.
"Yes, that's right! Don't tease me on my wedding day." Sasuke says smugly.
He was pleased that his elder brother had come to his rescue on his big day. Well at least that's what he thought had happened. Sasuke got a rude awakening two minutes later, when Itachi proved he was worse than Suigetsu.
"Sasuke is a beautiful bride. It doesn't matter if he wears a tux or a dress. That and I'm certain that Naruto appreciates how much easier it will be to take the tux off before he proceeds to carry Sasuke over the threshold and have his wicked way with our princess." Itachi says with a smirk.
Oh that was it. Sasuke lunges at his brother. Thankfully, Fugaku steps in before things got too vicious. One had to hand it to him, the Uchiha Patriarch had very fast reflexes for a middle aged man.
"Sasuke, don't kill your brother. You'll get blood all over your tux. It was rather expensive and I don't think you want to have to rush out and buy a new one only an hour before your wedding." His father points out.
The youngest Uchiha grumbles. Alright. That was a good point. He was just starting to settle down when he heard Mikoto giggle.
"He can't resist teasing you. It's his job as your big brother." Mikoto says as she kisses her baby's cheek.
"Well I have to admit, brat. You clean up good." Kisame says and Sasuke just rolls his eyes at his friend's antics.
"I'm not a brat, but thanks." Sasuke mutters and hopes that Naruto was having an easier time with his friends and family than he was.
Meanwhile Naruto was also looking in the mirror. Every day that he looked into it and saw his blonde hair was back, he breathed a sigh of relief. He missed his beautiful hair and it was really annoying how people kept mixing Menma and him up. The only people who could always tell the difference were his parents and Sasuke.
Naruto was particularly grateful for that last part. He wouldn't entirely put it past his brother to try to seduce Sasuke, if that wasn't the case. Thankfully, his efforts were always rewarded with bitch slaps or tongue lashings that were delivered in the trademark vicious style that only the Uchiha Clan had fully mastered.
"Oh stop freaking out about your hair. It's back to normal now. You are such a chick." Menma taunts him.
Naruto would have decked him, if their parents hadn't been in the room. Kushina and Minato were overjoyed to have found their long lost son. It was still a bit awkward at times though. They had a history with Naruto, that they just didn't have with Menma.
The blonde could tell that his parents were trying their best to make him feel like less of a fourth wheel. He wasn't entirely sure what he would have done, if he was Minato or Kushina. Naruto was very grateful that he would never have to find out.
"I'm glad that you didn't decide to wear an orange tux or something. Sasuke would have killed you." Gaara muses.
He really didn't understand what everyone had against the color orange! It was an awesome color! Seriously, it was such blasphemy that most of his family and friends couldn't see that!
"Well I did consider it." The blonde retorts and Neji snorts in amusement.
Neji had decided to help Naruto get ready because it would have been too awkward to help Sasuke. Once upon a time, he had thought that he would be the one who married the youngest Uchiha. He wasn't jealous. Neji just didn't want to make things unnecessarily awkward.
"You got something to say?" Naruto demands.
"Just that I know Sasuke. He would have killed you. Your orange tux would have ended up being blood red, by the time he got through with you." Neji says.
Naruto sighs. He couldn't deny that Neji was likely correct about that. Sasuke could be quite the Hellcat, when he wanted to be.
"Yeah. You're right about that." The young lawyer agrees.
"That was nice of Haku to convince his family to allow us to make use of his family's farm for the wedding. We needed a large venue." Minato muses and Naurto nods.
Yeah. Itachi's boyfriend was great. Not only did he keep Itachi sufficiently distracted long enough for him and Sasuke to spend quality time together, he was also very helpful.
His family owned a large farm that was only a half hour drive away. It was beautiful and big. That was exactly what the couple needed for their wedding day.
"Yeah. It was. He's probably with Itachi. Itachi is with Sasuke. So we need to get going. I mean we don't' want to get caught in traffic or anything like that. I'm not going to be late for my own wedding." Naruto says with a grin.
The others laugh and get into their assigned vehicles. Soon enough, they arrive at the beautiful farm. It was mostly an orchard and Haku's family also raised horses. He had several famous jockeys in his family actually. (They had all been rather surprised when Haku wanted to be a lawyer and not go into the family business, but had accepted it.)
Fall was on its last gasp. The leaves from the orchards were still a brilliant explosion of color though. Outrageous oranges, cheerful yellow, regal reds, and even some majestic purple lives could be seen here and there. The outdoors had been transformed into a beautiful wedding venue.
"Are you ready for this?" Minato asks Naruto.
"Yeah. I think that I've probably always been ready for this." The blonde replies happily as they begin to make their way down the aisle.
"Good. Well I'm glad you don't have cold feet. It'd be cruel to back out now." Minato says as he escorts Naruto down the aisle towards the alter.
There were hundreds of chairs laid out across the orchard. Kushina and Mikoto had even placed a red carpet on the ground leading to the alter. The women were rather insistent on it. It was night time, but there were hundreds of colored lanterns placed on various trees to light up the night. The Moon was full and the stars were bright. To add to the atmosphere, some classical music was playing in the background.
They had both agreed to have their fathers walk them down the aisle. That way, no one could tease the other about being the bride. Naruto went first with Minato because well he was the more impatient between the two of them.
"Here we are." Minato says with a smile as they reach the silver alter and the gorgeous water fountain behind it.
"Well that's one down." Jirayia muses as he watches for Sasuke.
"Hey, Pervy Sage. Are you sure that you are licensed to do this sort of thing?" Naruto asks and Jirayia twitches.
He was considered a Holyman technically and licensed to perform weddings. It was just that his main job was being an author. His books were famous worldwide! Jirayia loved love and lust. Naturally, he enjoyed performing weddings.
"Yes, kid. I'm sure that I'm licensed to do this sort of thing. Pft." He says and rolls his eyes playfully.
That's when Sasuke came out. He was being escorted by Fugaku. The youngest Uchiha had chosen to wear a midnight blue tux with a ruby red tie that brought out his eyes. Naruto loved the tux and couldn't wait to get his lover out of it.
The blonde had chosen a traditional black tux, but he had an orange tie. He knew that Sasuke was going to try to kill him for that. Sometimes though, it was fun to rile the other man up. The Prosecutor was even hotter when he was mad over something silly.
"Well I expect your mother will be demanding grandchildren within the year." Fugaku warns Sasuke as they walk down the aisle.
Sasuke chuckles and nods. That did sound like Mikoto Uchiha. He couldn't blame her though. It was just something that most women were hardwired to want. It was like a law of biology.
"We'll think about it." Sasuke says smugly.
"Good. She's going to nag you to death until you stop thinking about it and do it. Is he seriously wearing an orange tie?" The elder Uchiha asks in disbelief.
Inwardly, Sasuke groans. Really? Seriously? His lovable dumb blonde just had to go and wear an orange tie? Alright.
Sasuke knew what he had to do. As soon as they were along, he was going to take that damn monstrosity off of his lover and tie him up. Then he was going to show Naruto exactly what would happen, the next time he tried to pull a stupid stunt like that.
"Yes, he is." Sasuke says with a sigh and his father shoots him a sympathetic look.
"Well you had best be firm with him about it later on. It's a small thing, but it's really the principle of the matter." He tells him.
"Oh believe me, I know. He's going to regret wearing that stupid tie." Sasuke mutters as they reach the alter.
Tsunade shakes her head in amusement as she watches Sasuke reach the alter. Her husband, Jirayia, was going to preside over the wedding. To say the least, Jirayia always made each wedding quite memorable.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to celebrate the union of Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki. If anyone has any objections, speak now or forever hold your peace. Though I have to admit, it'd be rather stupid to object now. These two have been secretly in love with each other since they were babies. Everyone knew that this was going to happen sooner or later." Jirayia muses.
His introduction gets many chuckles from the audience. The two grooms were less than amused though. If looks could kill, Jirayia would be 6000 feet under. Forget about six feet. That was an amateur Death Glare. Sasuke and Naruto were definitely not amateurs.
Jirayia gulps when he realizes that he might have pushed things too far. Damn. Those glares were scary. Oh well. The show must go on.
"I'll take that as no one has any objections. So let's get this party started, shall we?" He asks.
Mikoto and Kushina smack their foreheads from their respective places within the crowd. Naturally, they were sitting next to each other and neither of them could believe that Jirayia was being so juvenile. Well mentally they correct themselves. He wouldn't be Jirayia, if he didn't do something outrageous.
"I'm going to kill him." Kushina says.
"You'll have to get in line. You may have whatever is left of him, after I get done killing him." Mikoto says.
"I guess we'll just have to share." The red head offers and Mikoto nods her head in agreement.
Itachi chuckles as he watches the wedding. Haku was sitting next to him and his brother was finally getting married. It was a good day and it looked like Jirayia was going to make this one amusing wedding.
"Do you Naruto Uzumaki, take Sasuke Uchiha to be your lawfully wedded husband? To have and to hold? In sickness and in health? To love, honor, cherish, and to forsake all others until death do you part?" Jirayia asks.
"I do. Believe it!" Naruto says with a grin.
Sasuke just shakes his head in amusement at Naruto's antics. He was used to them by now. Naruto wouldn't be Naruto if he didn't put his own unique spin on something even as sacred as a wedding.
"Well that was very enthusiastic. This should promise to be quite the entertaining Honeymoon, depending on Sasuke's answer." Jirayia says with a wink.
Gaara and Neji just shake their heads from their position in the audience. Oh yeah. Jirayia was a dead man walking. They both really hoped the old man had his will written up. He was going to need it at this rate.
Jirayia's outrageous comment earns gales of laughter from the crowd. Once again, Naruto and Sasuke shoot their wedding officiator a rather dark set of Death Glares that could make even the toughest soldier's blood run cold with terror.
"Do you Sasuke Uchiha, take Naruto Uzumaki to be your lawfully wedded husband? To have and to hold? In sickness and in health? To love, honor, cherish, and to forsake all others until death do you part?" The white haired man bravely continues.
"I do." Sasuke says with a smile, deciding he could kill Jirayia later.
Jirayia smiles. He really did love weddings. They were truly such beautiful occasions and naturally, he couldn't resist messing with these two "kids." After all, he had once been their middle school teacher before he struck it big as a famous author.
"Then by the power vested in me by our state, I pronounce you husband and well husband. You may both kiss the groom?" He finishes with a chuckle.
Truthfully, he had never done a gay wedding before. It was certainly a first. He supposed some things were universal though. Clearly, the lovebirds were rather eager to exchange their first kiss as a wedding couple, just as any other pair of newlyweds would be.
Sasuke threw his arms around Naruto's neck and kissed him. The blonde was only too happy to reciprocate. Jirayia blinks a bit at just how enthusiastically the blue eyed lawyer was returning the kiss. This was about to get rather inappropriate for some of the younger members in the audience.
"Sheesh. Save some of it for the Honeymoon!" Menma calls out and Naruto flips his brother off as he continues kissing Sasuke.
"Mom! Dad! Did you see what he just did?!" The other sapphire eyed twin demands.
Minato chuckles. Well it was good to see that Naruto and Menma were beginning to act like any other normal pair of brothers. Naturally, it was going to take some time for them to form a completely healthy relationship. Still he considered that progress. (He had had to break up more than one fistfight between them since Menma's return.)
"You did ask for that one." The proud father was forced to concede.
"Eh. Maybe a little." Menma grumbles.
Sasuke smiles and breaks the kiss. He leans in and whispers something into his lover's ears. No one else heard it, but they didn't miss the smirk that now adorned Naruto's face.
"Alright, cousin! It's time for you guys to throw the bouquets!" Shisui says.
They had debated. Garterbelts or bouquets. Both were suitably feminine that each of the grooms had been embarrassed by the very idea of throwing either object. Eventually, they decided flowers were better than garter belts. So Sasuke had a bouquet of yellow roses and Naruto had one of red roses.
The yellow roses were supposed to symbolize Naruto's hair. The red roses represented Sasuke's eyes. The two lovers were rather proud of their floral symbolism skills really.
"Alright. I'm going to throw the damn flowers now." Sasuke says and immediately all the women line up to catch them.
Sasuke twitches. He was a bit irritated that the women ran towards his flowers. Then again, maybe they'd do the same for Naruto. He sighs and tosses them.
Surprisingly, it was Temari who caught the flowers after quite the vicious battle for them. Sasuke was really glad he was gay. Damn. Women were so vicious about things like catching the bouquet.
"Uchiha, did you have to throw it to my sister?" Gaara mutters in irritation.
Temari had just divorced her former husband Shikamaru. The two were still friends, but he had gotten a job offer far away. Temari didn't want to move and they just hadn't been compatible. The feisty blonde was too energetic for the more low key man.
"Sorry, Gaara. I wasn't really planning on that." Sasuke apologizes and the make Sabaku Siblings sigh in resignation, once they realize that there were nothing they could do about the fact that Temari caught the bouquet.
Naruto laughs. Oh boy. He was going to have to protect his husband from Gaara and Kankuro after that. They were very protective of their older sister.
"Alright. So it's my turn now! Let's do this!" He says as he flings the flowers straight at Menma.
SMACK. They smack him in the face. The sapphire eyed man grumbles rather colorfully under his breath and glares at Naruto. Naruto just grins.
"Sasuke, that was a brilliant idea. He's so pissed off." The blonde says as he kisses the youngest Uchiha's cheek.
Sasuke nods proudly. Just because Menma was now technically a good guy, didn't mean that he wasn't going to fuck with the evil twin at every opportunity. Menma had hit on him one too many times for his liking.
"Yeah. He's furious. Let's cut the cake." Sasuke says with a smile as they head towards a truly massive wedding cake.
It was probably as tall as either of them. Sasuke estimated that the chocolate cake with the red frosting roses was likely six feet in height and about four feet wide. It kinda had to be. There were a lot of guests at their wedding. That didn't mean that he had any idea how they were going to cut it though.
"Yeah. I'm not really sure, how are we going to do that." Naruto observes with a laugh.
"Naruto, lift me up over your shoulders." Sasuke says.
The blonde tilts his head to the side, but he does as his lover asked. Sasuke smiles and takes the large knife, cutting the cake from his new position. Once he was done, he tosses the knife on the table and lets go. Sasuke fell right back down into his new husband's arms.
"Damn. I guess you really did fall for me." Naruto says with a laugh.
"That was extremely corny. You really need to work on coming up with better lines." Sasuke muses as the other man sets him down.
"I don't see why. I got the hottest guy on the planet to agree to marry me. So clearly, better lines were not needed." The blonde says smugly as he leads Sasuke to the dance floor.
Sasuke rolls his eyes good-naturedly. That was Naruto for you. He could be smug and adorable at the same time. It was a talent really.
"Well when you put it like that, I guess you have a point." He replies as he wraps his arms around his lover's neck and they sway to the music.
Other people were grabbing something to eat or joining them on the dance floor. Sasuke blinks when their parents all start dancing. Minato wasn't really dancing so much as twirling his wife around, much to her delight. His parents appeared to be doing some kind of tango.
"I didn't know my dad's back was still that flexible." Sasuke mutters in a mildly disturbed voice.
"Me neither, but I guess they had to get busy somehow. Otherwise, you and Itachi wouldn't be here." The other lawyer says.
"Naruto, I really didn't need that mental image. Can we not bring up my parents having sex at our wedding, ever again?" The raven haired man demands.
Naruto laughs and nods. It was funny to see Sasuke look so traumatized as they watched all the dancing couples. There was Mikoto and Fugaku, Minato and Kushina, Gaara and Neji, Haku and Itachi, and finally Kisame was dancing with Suigetsu.
That's when he noticed something really odd. Temari was dancing with Menma. Naruto blinks at that strange sight.
"Do you think that bouquet thing really works?" He whispers to Sasuke.
"I don't know. Maybe. I'll be glad if it does though. He won't bother me anymore, if he's hooking up with Temari. I didn't realize he was bisexual though." The newly married man muses.
"Me neither. I guess it makes sense. I think it's supposed to be partly genetic and we are identical twins. So yeah. Speaking of that, what was it like? I mean when that freak came onto you?" Naruto asks as he dances with Sasuke.
Sasuke raises an eyebrow. He wondered if Naruto was really going to go there. Was he really going to ask him to compare the two twins?
"It was different. His kiss was aggressive. I knew that he wasn't you immediately. It was kinda hot though. He's a prick, but he's still gorgeous. I mean you two are identical. I'd be lying, if I said that I hadn't thought about a threesome. Then he has to go and be a jerk. The idiot has to completely ruin the fantasy. So I'm more than happy with just you. You're all that I need." Sasuke says.
Naruto sputters. He couldn't believe that Sasuke had said that. He had thought about a threesome with MENMA?! Was he out of his damn mind?
"Naruto, calm down. I just mean that I'm attracted to him physically. How could I not be? You're IDENTICAL twins. You don't have any reason to get jealous." Sasuke assures him.
"I guess you're right. I still don't like it. When we are on our Honeymoon, I'm going to screw your brains out so damn good that the ONLY name you are going to remember is mine." Naruto says.
Sasuke shakes his head in amusement. Naruto was jealous. He didn't know whether to find that cute or annoying. It was Naruto though. So he settle son both.
"Yeah. That's what I wanted to talk to you about. You are still getting punished for wearing that ugly tie. I hope you know that." Sasuke says as he drags Naruto to one of the tables and the couple sits down to have dinner with their families and friends.
"Attention please. I would like to propose a toast. To Sasuke and Naruto. I think that we all know that despite the fact that my wife is probably going to kill Jirayia for his outbursts earlier, that he was right. Naruto and Sasuke have been inseparable since they were born and now they are finally married. We all knew that this was going to happen eventually. Despite the predictability of the match, we all wish you nothing, but the best." Fugaku say swith a smile.
Sasuke smiles. That was his dad. The man had a very dry sense of humor. He meant well though. That's what matter.
"Thanks." Sasuke and Naruto say at once.
"And they are already speaking as a unit." Minato notes with amusement.
"Have a great Honeymoon, sweetheart. I hear that Rome really is lovely this time of year." Kushina says as she walks over to Naruto and kisses his cheek.
The blonde felt his face heat up big time. He couldn't believe that his mother had just done that. She had just called him sweetheart at his own wedding and kissed his cheek! Talk about embarrassing!
"We will. Mom, you're embarrassing me though!" He whispers.
"I'm supposed to embarrass you. I'm your mother." She says with a smile.
Itachi and Mikoto weren't going to be outdone. The two of them walk over to Sasuke. Mikoto smiles and kisses Sasuke's forehead. Itachi pokes it and Sasuke glares at him for that gesture.
"Owe! You always do that!" He grumbles.
"Of course, I do. I'm your brother. I'm supposed to annoy you." Itachi informs him with a smirk.
"Have a wonderful time and be safe, baby. Alright? Remember handcuffs are fun, but whips and things of that nature are really overdoing it." Mikoto says.
Sasuke blinks. He knew that his jaw had probably hit the table. He couldn't believe that his mother had actually said that.
"MOTHER!" He yells in a horrified voice.
"What? I'm just trying to be helpful. Oh and I can't wait to meet my grandchildren." She says with a sweet smile and Sasuke just groans. (Mothers could be really embarrassing sometimes!)