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5 years had passed and a lot has changed especially for Konoha's resident Uchiha who was actually on the way to the Hokage's office as instructed just a few minutes ago. She calmly made her way through the town despite the looks the villagers were giving her; which ranged from pity for the loss of her once manhood to disgust for accepting her new gender identity or even to admiration at how beautiful she had grown up to be.
Presently, Sasuke had just been admitted to ANBU Black Ops much to her delight and apparently was the first of her cohort to do so. Neji Hyuuga was her captain in her squad along with Tenten as the co-captain. According to the newly engaged couple, Rock Lee did not wish to join ANBU as he is very happy with his current rank of special jounin specialising in taijustu and is even looking forward to taking on his genin team later this month.
Sasuke did not mind having Neji and Tenten as part of the team because they weren't loud and didn't pry into her privacy like everybody else. Over the years, Sasuke avoided the monthly social gatherings the now currently grown up and jounin-rank and above Konoha 12 held as it reminded her of a certain blonde because it was he who started them, to begin with. Not to mention the fact that everyone kept bothering her about him because she was the only one that saw him often.
Naruto came and went. Thanks to the bitemark on her neck, Naruto apparently was able to track her and somehow always come to her rescue when she was in a pinch. Luckily, Sasuke hasn't had any trouble thus far since she was admitted to ANBU so that avoided any unnecessary attention but she can never forget all the times she saw him. Each time, she felt her face redden seeing him because he always seemed to change somehow, becoming more handsome every time; sometimes he would cut his hair differently, or sport a new bruise or he lost some baby fat in his face or his body had become more muscular.
Eventually, Sasuke realised how Naruto knew she was in trouble; it was her chakra levels. When her chakra levels get extremely low, Naruto would appear in the next hour or even less, not wasting a second to incapacitate her opponent and quickly using a healing jutsu to help with her wounds. Sometimes Sasuke would train till her chakra levels were almost completely drained but that didn't make Naruto appear much to her frustration. She just wanted to know how was he and what was he upto but they barely get to talk because Naruto always dodged her questions, focusing on asking her instead on if it hurt anywhere or if she needed him to kill off her opponent for her. It annoyed her to no end that he kept appearing out of nowhere without warning but Naruto seemed adamant on keeping her in the dark and she had no idea how to get him to actually converse with her.
Sometimes when she tried to get him to stay, Naruto would kiss her, leaving her breathless and weak in the knees but worst of all alone making Sasuke feel pathetic as she felt weak to his kisses and never once faltered in kissing him back. He tasted like his scent; like spicy, heady cinnamon and it made her melt and warm inside making it extremely difficult for her to even focus to begin with.
Just what was their relationship? Even Sasuke didn't know.
Sighing, the Uchiha opens the door, her eyes closed as she enters the room and shuts the door behind her, "Hai Hokage-sama? What do you need from me?"
Instead of hearing Tsunade's voice, she heard a low chuckle that sounded eerily familiar.
"We were teammates you know. You shouldn't need to feel the need to call me so formally. My inauguration is not till tonight."
Sasuke opens her eyes and her jaw drops. Naruto Uzumaki, the guy she had just been thinking about was leaning back against the Hokage's desk. To say he was handsome was an understatement, he was so smoking hot that the Uchiha was sure her cheeks were as red as the tomatoes she likes to eat.
The blonde really did have an uncanny resemblance to his father the Yondaime especially so with the sly smile he was giving her now. The blue-eyed man in front of her had bangs, not spikes like she usually saw him with but his thick hair was still had a sort of boyish unruliness to it that was reminiscent of his old hairstyle. She also noticed that Naruto changed up his clothing style too, he wore a blood red leather jacket over a fishnet shirt and fitted black pants with red high-top sneakers that matched the red of his jacket.
My favourite color is red like blood red
"It's good to see you well, I haven't seen you since I saved the village from Pein."
Right, the attack of the Akatsuki member Pein...he could have almost destroyed the entire village if Naruto hadn't come in and defeated him. The village were so grateful to the blonde that they ran up to him and thanked him sincerely much to his surprise. A few men in the village wanted to lift him in the air and take him back to the village but Naruto made a hasty exit, obviously uncomfortable, Sasuke couldn't blame him anyway. She remembered well what Naruto had said to the entire Konoha 12 before he kissed her the first time.
Multiple times the villagers here had tried to killed me or mistreated me or hurt me in some way or another.
Naruto looked over at the Uchiha curiously; Naruto couldn't help but think to himself that Sasuke had really grown into a woman and dressed her slender, lithe body well. Sasuke currently wore a fitted, black, sheer, fishnet mesh long-sleeved shirt over a dark blue bandeau, hip-hugging black jeans and black open-toe heel boots. He noticed an Uchiha emblem necklace around her neck and a black leather strap wristwatch on her left wrist. Sasuke was stunning and it made Naruto smile so he silently comes closer to Sasuke who was completely lost to her own thoughts that she didn't even notice until the blonde touches the bitemark. She flinches and looks up at him, meeting eyes with his.
"I'm sorry."
What?
"I shouldn't have done this to you without asking for your permission or telling you about it first in the least. It was a pretty dick move to mark you like that in front of everyone and then leave."
Sasuke smacks his shoulder without missing a beat, "Damn right idiot."
"Do you want me to remove it?" he asks with a wry smile.
"What?"
"I can remove the mark if you like."
Sasuke's eye wandered to the bitemark which within a day of the bite, had turned into a tattoo of a face of a fox. Despite the fact it didn't look like a bite anymore, Sasuke still called it as such because it was the first intimate thing she had ever experienced.
Naruto has marked the Uchiha as his possession or as his mate
The dark-haired young woman bit her lip, feeling nervous as she spoke quietly, "Why did you bite me in the first place?"
"You don't remember? I told you it's to keep tabs on you."
"That can't be just it. Why?"
"I care about you of course."
"As a friend? Or...something more?"
Naruto tilts his head, confused by the question, "Sasuke, what kind of friend would go so far to bite you, protect you, save you, watch over you and kiss you other than me?"
"N-no one but-"
The blonde cuts her off by pinching her nose lightly, "I like you silly."
Sasuke blushes even after Naruto moves his hand from her nose and becomes surprised as he suddenly pulls her close to him.
"I am infatuated you. At first, I thought you were just some pea-brained, arrogant dickwad who cared only about himself but after you became a girl, I saw what you really are underneath. You're witty, warm, hard-working and talented. When you became a girl, that ice wall you kept around your heart melted bit by bit as you expressed yourself more and I started to see that deep down, you do care about other people around you and that you are capable of letting yourself feel. Deep down Sasuke, you're a good person."
"So are you."
Naruto blinks but Sasuke goes on. "Before you left, you told us your story but I could never wrap it around my head that you were that different from the persona you played but interacting with you these past few years and talking to you now, I know that there is a gentle, kind soul inside of you regardless if you're acting or not. That soul...is the one I grew fond of as we spent time together after I changed gender. Naruto...I like you."
The blonde's eyes soften and he leans in to kiss her but stops when he hears his godchild speak up.
"Ooooh! Uncle Naru kiss kiss!"
Sasuke turns, obviously curious and her jaw drops in shock when she recognizes the tiny, gleefully clapping child.
Who is this small child that eerily and greatly resembled her mother? What was she doing in the Hokage's office? Why was she calling Naruto uncle?
Naruto sighs deeply in exasperation, "Sasuke, meet your niece. Uchiha Mikoto, Itachi's and Hinata's daughter. She's 2 years old."
"WHAT?!"
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