Before I say anything else, swore to mangaromace I'd say this chapter was created thanks to him/her! Sorry, I'm not good with genders...haha THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP DEAREST!xDDD

Back to me please. Hihi. Firstly, I'm sorry for taking so long. I had this chappie made last week but I've hit another all time low. No, not another block. It's called 'BOREDOM'! It's a bad, BAD virus! HELP MEH! Dx I don't know why but I'm digressing from my usual writing time and I just cannot find mah mojo for this story no moar! Instead, I'm thinking of NEW stories! Dx I just typed the last few sentences about a minute before I posted this online and I'm too lazy to re-read the whole thing. Tell me if I got you confused. I'll definitely try to make some sense in the nest chapter. Now to mah reviews!

mangaromance & NazNiz : Yesh, you again Reina (xD I saw ur profile). I was totally on the floor laughing when I saw your comments. They came in side by side and they were the first for the last chapter. It was funny! Oh, and I meant to say it like this: "NazNiz, you be Naruto and mangaromace, you be Sasuke. Now find a corner and talk!" xD

shia naru : Well, this is my alternate universe. I was hoping you'd figure out how it's like in my version of Konoha but Ill tell you neways. Konoha is a place where the traditional and the modern wonders meet and coexist in harmony. It's like in Osaka, I believe. Or maybe I'm wrong but there you can still see the old buildings up and functional along with newer buildings. Even in London, they have horse-riders patrols. Think of it as something somewhat like that. ^^ The cart was a traditional symbolism. They can use cars but if I were to illustrate my map of Konoha you'd see that it's not so far between Namikaze's Residence and the Uchiha District. Hm, maybe I will make a map.

Islandmare : Thanks for that. My brain was a bit fried up when I was typing that part up. lol

Nanami Of Falling Snow : O_O Why my review box-thingy? *sits down anyway*

Everyone : I'm sorry i can't get to all of you this time but thank you for your support very much. I will work hard on the next chapter!

Disclaimer : Masashi Kishimoto sensei...T^T nuff said

Warning : MxM/ SasuNaru/ OOC-ness (I feel bad and good about this for this chapter. Thanks again mangaromance!)/ Kami sama hating! xD

ONWARDS!

"Uchiha Sasuke," Tsunade greeted as the stoic raven entered the large dining hall. There was no one there but Tsunade and the food prepared were fit for kings. "Welcome to my mansion. Come sit by me," Tsunade gestured to the chair on her right. Sasuke bowed respectfully once and headed for his seat.

"Tsunade-sama," he greeted as he neared her.

"You should call me obaa-san you know. We are family now," Tsunade said. Sasuke didn't reply and took the seat Tsunade had offered him. "Tuck in. We can discuss about him while we eat." Tsunade said and she began eating.

It was weird to sit with Tsunade. Sasuke thought she was more like a man than a woman and for sakes how old was she supposed to be again? Fifty something right? How in the world did she stay at a twenty year old complexion? But Sasuke kept quiet. He had been warned not to entice her wrath or it'll be his head on the plate. And that figure of speech can somewhat be taken literally. Sasuke saw how interesting her battle strategy was already. He did not want to know her true strength.

"Explain to me Sasuke," Tsunade suddenly spoke after she swallowed, "why were you talking about divorcing Naruto with your dear brother?" Sasuke almost choked when she asked that but he calmed himself down and swallowed whatever it was he was eating while thinking how to answer the question.

"I was not the one who came up with the subject," Sasuke said carefully. Tsunade was intrigued. So this is the missing piece, Tsunade thought and she urged him to go on with a nod. "Naruto and I had been fighting and I decided to stay away from him so that we both could calm down. Yesterday night, my brother was trying to tell me something and his way of telling it was by making me think about separating with Naruto. If I had to guess I'd say Naruto ran right before I said no to my brother."

"Is your brother really interested in Naruto?" Tsunade asked in a nonchalant manner making Sasuke's blood boil. It was like was asking if he would let Naruto go? Which he would not thank you very much! He steadied his breath and calmed his anger.

"I don't know," Sasuke said slowly, "but even if he was sincere he's not going to get Naruto. Naruto's mine." At those two last words his gaze became sharp as he glared at Tsunade, daring her to refute him.

Oho, this boy got guts, Tsunade praised him silently.

Sasuke realizing that he might have angered Tsunade quickly took a few deep breaths and looked away. He wouldn't be able to calm himself if he looked at anyone. He felt like the whole world was trying to take Naruto from him. All he wanted to do was protect Naruto and to protect him from whatever it was that scares him in the dark. Was it so bad that he didn't want Naruto's friends to hurt the blond when they left?

"Why did you ask your father to make that rule? The one that bans anyone from ever seeing him?" Tsunade asked softly. Sasuke reign in his temper and collected his thoughts.

"Because they don't know what Naruto's like after they left," Sasuke said truthfully.

"What Naruto's like after they left?" Tsunade was purely puzzled.

"When they came he was so happy that he didn't even look at me but that was okay. I get that seeing his friends after so long will do that to him. But when they left, Naruto had this look. I can't explain it well but he looked like he'd cry all day and is gloomy but he never talked about it with me. The same thing happens when his brother comes to visit. When he leaves Naruto had this look of absolute longing and lost and I couldn't take it. When they didn't come, when I told him they just left without seeing him, he never had those looks. He was alright and being himself all the time.

When he asked if I'd allow him to see them again, I thought next he might ask to visit his parents and then he'd ask if he could stay over. Then after that he might not even want to come back to me. I just couldn't have that so I asked for father's help. I didn't tell anyone my reasons but father agreed anyway. I just don't want him to leave me. I just want to protect him."

Tsunade listened to him as he spoke. She could feel the sincerity from his tone and she saw how hard it was for the Uchiha to show his emotions. He had defied his whole upbringing just by telling her what he told her and for that she was assured. He was the best that could happen to Naruto but she still had to think about the blond too. These two, they just can't communicate like this can they, Tsunade sighed contently as he thought that.

"Tell me Sasuke, what was it you were thinking before the two of you were married? Your father told me you were difficult and would cause him trouble every time. Why didn't you want to marry before?" Tsunade asked.

"Because I don't want to lose any more control," Sasuke said softly and he didn't wait for Tsunade to nudge him to continue. "My whole life has been one hell of an order. What I do, where I'm at, how I act, everything had to be proper. When I was allowed a little freedom when I was fifteen I took advantage of it and learned everything I could about life outside the Uchiha clan. Then I had the twins and mother allowed me to keep them for a year. I was able to control what I wanted to do, where I wanted to go, how I was to act to anyone and it felt great. Then father told me I was to be wed when I turn nineteen and I blew it. I'm a teenager. I want to have something I can call my own and the marriage was like a total admission that I do not control over anything and I hated it." Sasuke took a deep breath.

"But then I met Naruto. He was…different. He made me feel different. Not just about myself but about everything around me as well. For the first time since Tatsuya and Tatsuki were born, I felt happy. He made me feel happy. He made me feel important. He made me feel like it wasn't bad to be myself and change a bit of that. He made me feel good about change and I hate change. He's obnoxious, loud and a pain sometimes and he's so different from me that it makes me wonder how he could ever stand someone like me. In a way, he made me feel good in a multitude of ways.

Actually, if I'm not who I am I don't think I'd be able to claim him. Naruto and I, we are so different but we complete each other so well. It just makes me feel that he's mine even more. He's someone I've always wanted and he's everything that I needed too. I never asked him how he felt about me. I admit, I am afraid if he says he doesn't feel the same.

But you know, when I see his eyes it's like he's returning my happiness. Like he's just as happy as I was, at least that's what I want to believe. That's also one of the reasons I don't want his brother and his friends to see him anymore. He looked just as happy being with them as being with me. Naruto's mine but I want him happy. The sadness in his eyes when they left was my only motivation for distracting him. When he found out I did it all on purpose he was angry at me and I thought was what I did wrong? He didn't look sad at all.

That was when I had the idea that he might leave me, that he might not be happy at all with me, that the fire of happiness I see in his eyes were just illusions I made up to make me feel better about keeping him with me. Admittedly, I never really thought about his real feelings. I just wanted him all to myself.

I left him alone so that I didn't have to face his real feelings. I wanted to fool myself that he was happy even though he cried right in front of me when he knew what I had done. I never wanted him gone. I wanted him with me and when aniki asked me about the divorce all I could think was Naruto is mine. Naruto is mine and I will never hand him over to anyone else. I will protect him and I will love him with all my being. Nothing else matters. But when aniki said what he had to say it hit to me that what Naruto felt mattered the most. How can I call him mine if he doesn't want to be mine?

I didn't know how to approach the matter and when I heard he might have been kidnapped, it took all of my spirit not to run off after him…I guess I really should have ran after him. Maybe I could have caught him before he got to his family but inside I felt like I needed to stay put. When mother came back and said he was with his family I was somewhat relieved but not long after that the thought of him never coming back to me came. I had to get him back and when I got to the Namikaze's Residence and he was gone I felt like it was happening right now.

Naruto was slipping from my fingers." Sasuke paused again with a blank expression but his eyes said otherwise. Tsunade could see him envisioning losing Naruto and she knew the raven wouldn't be able to think if that happened. She had to nudge him softly to bring him back to reality.

"I'm sorry," Sasuke tried breathing slowly. He felt empty. He felt as if he was going to cry. It was a weird feeling. Then he looked at Tsunade. "I'm truly thankful that you asked me here. I feel like I might have a chance…that he might not slip away…" Sasuke turned to look at the table and he fell quiet. He had said too much. Far too much than he had in years but it felt oddly comforting. Like a weight off his shoulders.

"Uchiha Sasuke," Tsunade broke the long silence. Sasuke turned to look at her his face still showing some of the vulnerability he showed earlier, "you're not bad at all." She smiled. "I'm happy you told me everything truthfully and I feel even better now knowing that your union with Naruto was the perfect one. I'm glad that he has you and you have him." Then Tsunade got up and motioned for the raven to follow her. As they walked Sasuke schooled his expression to its usual stoic state.

"Sasuke, I'm not going to tell you what Naruto told me and I've told him that I will listen to your story and then judge you," Tsunade spoke as they walked. She led Sasuke to a small study. She went inside and sat on the seat behind the majestic desk and gestured for Sasuke to sit opposite her. "I'll tell what I think of you." She took a deep breath.

"Simply said I like you very much. As I said before I think your union was a match made so perfect that even the late Hashirama and the late Madara couldn't have expected. But the problem lies in your communication. You talk so little and Naruto talks too much. Now he's the one who doesn't want to talk so you will have to do the talking. Are you following me?" Sasuke nodded.

"Good," Tsunade nodded. "I would hate to see you two separate and I know you don't like the idea even. Right now let's put whatever that had happened behind and begin anew. This time, you have to court Naruto properly. He made it his point to ignore you if I let you stay." Tsunade pause dramatically, "Oh dear, I let slip what we talked about this morning. Oh well, that means he will be ignoring you. Right now no one is at fault since both of you are idiots and won't clearly talk to each other." Sasuke frowned and was about to say something when Tsunade's glare reminded him of what his father and his father-in-law had warned him.

"From this day forth, you both won't be leaving the grounds of my estate until you two settle your differences and start being a happy married couple. I know you two can be happy with each other. It's just that the two of you are such dunderheads that I have to intervene," again Sasuke felt like murdering someone but he refrained himself. He did not like to be called a dunderhead!

"You have all the time in the world to woe him back to you and no interference from anyone outside of my walls. Though, I'll have to open my gates from time to time. Those times, well, if Naruto happens to be distracted by other people then it's your fault for now acting fast enough." And Tsunade nodded her head as she finished her small speech. To be honest, Sasuke was a little dragged around by what she said but it was clear enough. Simply put,

He's been given a wide berth to try and win Naruto and at the same time learn to understand him.

"Now I know why Naruto calls you a hag sometimes. You're forceful," Sasuke said out loud without meaning too. Uh oh.

"WHAT WAS THAT? NARUTO SAID WHAT?"

"Hime-sama! Your blood pressure!"

"Hime-sama, don't stress yourself!"

"Hime-sama!"

"Hime-sama!"

Sasuke was astounded by the sudden appearance of so many handmaids practically out of nowhere. Then Shizune was by his side and pulling him out of the study. She looked like she would kill the nearest person to her, who unfortunately was Sasuke. Instead of committing murder she towed the Uchiha back to the dining hall.

"Sasuke-kun, here's a map of the whole mansion," she handed him a piece of heavily folded paper, "these are the keys to your room and this is something you might want to try giving to Naruto-kun." And she handed him a set of keys and a small pouch. He opened it and a simple necklace fell into his palm as he tilted the sack. He was puzzled. The necklace was old and looked like it would snap at the slightest tug.

"That necklace is worth this whole village, Uchiha District put together as well. This was the necklace of Hashirama himself and it has been given down from generation to the next. Tsunade-sama made me tell you its importance because she' now handing it to Naruto-kun, through you," Shizune spoke to him seriously. "No matter what you do, don't lose it and give it to Naruto when the time is right. I have to go now. Tsunade-sama would have injured half the handmaids by now. Why did you have to make her angry like that?' the last part her tone was scolding. Sasuke clasped his lips.

"I just said what Naruto told me before. I didn't know she's get that angry over what her grandson said," Sasuke defended himself. In the back of his mind he knew that was something he would never ever do if he was with his family. He's normally just scoff at things.

"Oh, so Naruto-kun was the one who said that," Shizune's expression was glad. Sasuke was puzzled. "If it's Naruto then she'll track him down and give him a smack. She'll be fine after that. I'll have to go now. I have to stop her from smacking Naruto-kun too hard." Shizune said in a nonchalant manner that greatly annoys Sasuke.

Is it that normal for Naruto to get smacked around by his own grandmother? Wait, no one touches my Naruto! Alas Sasuke was too late. Shizune had already disappeared to her mistress's side leaving Sasuke with a map, a bunch of keys and a pouch with a precious and historic necklace. He gritted his teeth and consulted the map. He had to thank Shizune later. She had important places marked down and much to his pleasure she had Naruto's quarter circled. Now I just have to where his room is at, he thought with a smirk as he began his search.

As if proving that the Uchiha had better navigation skills that Naruto, he had the entire layout of the mansion memorized in three hours. He had the map memorized first and after that all he needed to do was confirm that what he memorized was there, and as mentioned it took him three hours to memorize the layout of the entire building.

But Sasuke was not one for showing off his brilliance. He rather like showing off his possessions, like Naruto for instance. He liked showing off that Naruto was his when they were on their honeymoon, in the last two weeks of it to be exact. At that moment though, he needed to find his source of pride. Naruto wasn't in his room when he ventured there and he worried that his crazy grandmother, excuse his language for he has started disliking and liking Tsunade at the same time, might actually hurt him.

I can't do anything if I don't know where he is now can I? He thought desperately. The territory was new to him but Naruto was already familiar with it. Not to mention it was huge and that the chances of them bumping into each other accidentally were slim to none. Though fate may smile upon them, but Sasuke doesn't believe in fate even when he happened to bump into his future spouse that day a long, long time ago. Oh yeah, he remembered that day too well. He put it down as coincidence.

Then again fate and coincidence are often confused as the other.

And when Sasuke happened to see Naruto sitting in a small garden all by his lonesome, he still thought it was merely a coincidence. After all, Kami sama likes to play with him as he thought.

He froze where he stood. He had no idea what to do, what to say or how to react. His mind was simply a blank paper. And that was a first for the Uchiha. He watched as Naruto grumbled something under his breath, kicked the stones that happened to be on the grass then grumble some more before finally flopping down under a shade of a tree on the farthest side of the garden from Sasuke. He just stood there, not bothering to even conceal himself but Naruto still didn't see him.

"Damn old hag, why did she have to let Sasuke stay?" Naruto grumbled. He hadn't seen his grandmother all morning but Shizune came to see him around noon and told him what happened and that Tsunade was going to smack him silly if she finds him. Of course Shizune mentioned what Sasuke said that he called Tsunade an 'old hag' while they were far away from Konoha. In a way it was sweet but mostly embarrassing.

How was I supposed to know you wanted to keep that quiet? Sasuke thought with a frown. I don't even know your grandmother was such a… Hm, can't really say she's a monster now can I? Sasuke could die of shock when he realized the way he was thinking. He was being influenced by Naruto so much already! He shook his head clear of all thoughts and continued watching his blond some more.

Unlike the raven though, Naruto doesn't easily dismiss fate. He believed in it very much. He knew in the back of his head that Sasuke will find him even if he was new to the place. Fate had always managed to bring them to each other, no matter where the other might be. So when Naruto felt like he was being stared at, he turned and locked eyes with his husband. Instantly, his belief in fate deepened a hundred times over.

"Shit," Naruto said in shock with eyes wide. He scrambled to his feet and was on the run in a second flat.

Kami sama hates me, was Sasuke's thought before he went after his escaping blond.

Gosh! I was crazy. lol And thank you again mangaromance! There's just too much space to thank you here for making this chapter come to light! Though I still think I made a stupid chapter...still! So;

RnR please!