Chapter 21 : Mrs. Uzumaki
Author's Note : This is the continuation of the polygamous route since most of you prefer polygamous route instead of the pro-Hinata route.
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Nara Residence. 12 PM.
The lights were already turned off in Nara Residence. So, there is one particular boy who came home a little late. He promised that he would come home at 8 PM, that he would show up for dinner but he didn't.
He entered the house quietly, he snuck around as if he were on a mission. But, Temari was still awake that night. She was still in their living room, watching a soap opera to help her feel sleepy in the dark while swallowing two melatonin pills. The baby-raising activity(despite having a nurse and a wet-nurse) disrupted her sleep.
"Shikadai!" She almost felt sleepy that night but then a very soft creaking voice of the wooden floor alerted her. "Yes, mom!" Suddenly the boy stood up right as if she was called by some military captain.
"Why are you sneaking inside like that?" Temari asked her child, she turned her head to face the kid. "Actually ... i ... saw ...," Shikadai was stuttering, he was afraid to anger his mother. "Come! Sit here! You're not some kind of soldier!" His mother commanded to sit beside her. The boy obeyed his mother and sit beside her. His knees were touching each and his hands were on top of them. "What did you see?" Temari was staring towards her son's eyes. "I saw Nanadaime going inside his old apartment ...," Shikadai said. "So?" Temari knew what he might be insinuating but she wanted to make sure. " ... i was curious so i climbed on the tree near the apartment to take a peek ... i see a woman's figure on the curtain and i was certain that's not aunt Hinata," Shikadai explained. Shikadai remembered that few days ago his father had told him that Nanadaime had fully come back to his one and only wife, Hinata Hyuga. "Dad told me that ... that ... Nanadaime had come back to aunt Hinata," Shikadai gulped his saliva. Temari was shocked, she also heard the same thing about them from Shikamaru.
Was he covering up Naruto's affair from her? Why would he do that? Or is it Naruto who's lying to him?
But, Temari's focus was shifted to the fact that her son had just come home at midnight. "Did you stay on the tree to see them doing ... adult things?" She had just turned her child's face into tomato red. "No! I immediately went down when they started kissing!" He was flustered, she knew he was lying, she was just trying to tease her son. She knew for a boy on his teenage years, he was on his peak curiosity about such thing. "Don't come home late again, you should rest now," Temari commanded her son.
Does Shikamaru know about this? She was wondering. She turned off the tv and walked right into her bedroom, she saw Shikamaru sleeping soundly. He had been sleeping since the afternoon. Since the whole Gonchato and Mistress issue, he hadn't slept that much, that's why once he got the chance to sleep, Shikamaru slept since 5 PM and was still sleeping. But, the news bothered Temari's mind. She poked Shikamaru's shoulder and called his name.
"Shikamaru, Shikadai had just come home with a ... news," The word "news" woke Shikamaru up. "What is it?" He sat up, still with his sleepy eyes. Luckily, Temari didn't turn up the light, so it was easier for his eyes to adapt. "Shikadai said that Naruto went to his own apartment tonight and he met a woman who's definitely not Hinata," Temari explained. "Darn it!" Shikamaru suddenly became wide awake. He had to know whatever Naruto's planning to do later.
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It was spring, sakura bloomed on the tree. Their marriage was held on a temple, in Gonchato customary, far from Konoha. It was no different than the regular marriage customary in Konoha, just the priest blessed them in Gonchato customary.
Naruto was in his room, preparing for his second wedding. He had his kimono perfectly done and suddenly he got a call from Shikamaru. He got ten missed calls. He chose to ignore them. He knew that Shikamaru would try to stop his wedding with Sarada and probably he would preach about the logical explanation of why he shouldn't marry Sarada and how it could affect the people he's governing and perhaps Hinata too. He had taken two days off just to spend time with his new wife. He didn't tell anyone about his marriage. He wanted to keep it secret. He only let two witnesses to come as a requirement for legality of his marriage. He had asked Konohamaru and Kakashi to be his witnesses and they agreed to he his witnesses and to keep it secret, Konohamaru agreed because Naruto promised him that he would be next in line for the Hokage seat, while Naruto promised Kakashi that would be the last time he's asking for Kakashi's help.
In the other room, Sarada was wearing an all white shiromoku, her face was powdered with a powder slightly paler than her own skin and her lips were painted with the color of her sharingan. She didn't ask her parents to be the witnesses, she would have angered them if she chose to do it, instead she asked Yukie and her husband to be her witnesses. From Naruto's part, he had Shikamaru and Konohamaru as his twitnesses. There were only the priests and the officers from registration office along with the witnesses.
It was a rushed secret wedding after all. He had to marry Sarada as soon as possible, he couldn't stand not having her as his own, for her to be his and only his. He knew how she was capable of using sex to get another men to fall for her and with her being his wife, he would have every right to never allow it to happen again.
Sarada was in the dressing room that morning, she was staring at her own face in the mirror. She was happy, really happy. She was going to become Mrs. Uzumaki, a Sarada Uzumaki, a Hokage's wife. But, there's still one fear that budged her in her moment of happiness.
She wanted to cry but she knew it would ruin her makeup. Yukie suddenly knocked the door to her makeup room. Sarada was distracted and gazed at Yukie's face.
"You look very pretty," Yukie said while sitting beside the young woman. "But, i can see you're worried about something, what is it, my dear?" Yukie said while helping Sarada to put her head cover.
"I am marrying a man without his wife's permission ... is this alright?" Anxiety was plastered in her face. "Sarada, the public knew that he raped you ... in the old teaching ... it was alright to be married to a man because he raped you ... there will be some pros and cons about it but you'll be alright, isn't this what you dreamed of?" Yukie's voice was soothing. The girl nodded. "Now, come on, let's go to the garden to turn you into Mrs. Uzumaki," Yukie smiled at her, she then helped the young girl to walk to the garden.
Naruto was already waiting there with his witnesses, Rokudaime Kakashi and Konohamaru, so both of them could walk together to the park. Naruto never expected that he had to wear his old wedding kimono again. He was amazed that it still fit him though it was a little tight compared when he was married to Hinata.
There's surge of confidence inside Naruto's head when he saw Sarada wearing the white kimono.
She really is a pretty young girl.
An old man like him could score a pretty young talented kunoichi born from a powerful clan and moreover that he was the one taking her virginity. With this marriage, he could also gain control of her, for her to be completely his.
They both stand in the garden of the temple. The monk blessed both of them. It was nothing like Naruto's marriage with Hinata when there were almost every shinobi coming. It was very quiet. Then, after the monk blessed them, both of them signed their marriage certificate and legalized right at that moment by the people from the council. They also took care of the birth certificate of their son, having Naruto Uzumaki and Sarada Uchiha as his parents.
It was a brief procession. Sarada still felt like she was going through a dream sequence. She really became Mrs. Uzumaki. Sarada Uzumaki. It has a very nice ring to it, she thought.
After the procession was over, both of them changed their outfits to regular outfits. They were changing their outfits in the same changing room. After Sarada changed into regular outfits and tied her hair into low ponytail, suddenly Naruto who was only wearing a white t-shirt and orange pants kissed her.
"My wife," He told her. The girl still blushed whenever he kissed her. "I have something for you," Naruto broke the kiss and pulled a velvet box out of his pocket. Naruto opened the box. It was exactly what she was expecting. But, it was bigger. A diamond ring with small rubies surrounding it.
"Wear it so you will remember me every time i'm not around," He put the ring in her ring finger.
Is this real? Am i really married to The Hokage?
Sarada squealed in happiness. She immediately hugged him really tight and showered him with kisses.
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Konoha Bar. 11:30 PM.
Shikamaru chose to drink that night in the bar. Alone. He rarely drank. But, that night Choji asked him to go to the bar to drink with him and he agreed. He needed something to make him forget about this whole drama he didn't sign up for.
Both or the men were sitting side by side. Shikamaru took a shot of whiskey while Choji drank a glass of beer. "My daughter is dating someone," Choji started the conversation. "Isn't Chocho at the age where she would start dating?" Shikamaru answered. "Yes, but, i don't like the guy she's dating right now," Choji drank another sip of his beer. "Why?" Shikamaru asked. "He's not a shinobi, heck! He's not even someone with stable job! He's a young broke soap opera actor," Choji sounded irritated. "He's nothing but a pretty face!" His voice sounded very hoarse. "Are you sure that's not some puppy love she's having?" Shikamaru took another shot. Before, Choji managed to answer the question, a sound of broken glass surprised both of them, they had to look at the source of the sound. They saw Konohamaru crying with a broken glass below him. When Konohamaru locked eyes with them, he scooted over to Shikamaru. The man was certainly drunk, incredibly drunk. He grabbed Shikamaru's shoulder and sobbed, he almost fell to the ground but Shikamaru held the man's body. He was weeping "I didn't prevent Naruto's and Sarada's marriage ... i should have prevented them ... i am wrong, right? I shouldn't have agreed doing this to Hinata-san..." "Wait! What?" Shikamaru's pupils dilated, he was shocked when he heard the news. "I am such a coward!" He wailed, crying like a child. "But, please ... please don't let Nanadaime know that this is from me," He begged. "O ... okay," Shikamaru nodded.
It was that easy for the news of marriage to spread easily. Naruto certainly had not chosen the right witness for his wedding.
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Uchiha Residence. Midnight.
It's been weeks since she hadn't heard any news about Sarada. Sakura drowned herself in countless glasses of sake and sometimes sleeping pills.
That night, she stayed awake. She couldn't sleep, she had taken maximum dose of sleeping pills and drank more sake than she should(Sasuke stopped her before she drank even more).
Everyday, she would look for Sarada, along with Sasuke. She tried everywhere, using all of her connections but it bore no result. Both of them were tired. But, Sakura couldn't sleep.
Sasuke carried the pink haired woman to their bed and put her there, and told her to close her eyes to try to sleep. He himself was also exhausted, it wasn't the searching that exhausted him, it was the stress, the anxiety of what could happen to Sarada, their only child.
Sakura was lying on her back, she couldn't sleep, she opened her eyes to stare at her sleeping husband.
How could he sleep at times like this?
Somehow with the migraine in her head, she remembered the anger that had pent up inside her for leaving her and Sarada for 10 years, leaving her to raise their child as a "single" mother. He gave her no news at all for ten damn years.
"Sasuke," she called her husband and nudged him. "Sakura, i'm tired, i want to sleep," Sasuke replied. "Sasuke, i can't stop thinking about Sarada, where is she right now? Is she alright? What if she was raped by those freaks?" Sakura mumbled in the middle of the night.
"Sakura, Sarada is a smart and a strong girl," Sasuke said. "Sasuke! Do you really care about our daughter!?!?" Suddenly Sakura yelled to Sasuke, she sat up beside her husband. "Sakura ... it's late ... you should rest too," Sasuke replied, not moving from his position, he didn't even try to face Sakura.
"Or course you don't care! You left us for years! You never actually know Sarada! I was the only one who raised her all this damn time!" Sakura was frantically screaming. "Sakura..." Sasuke couldn't help but to wake up and sat up. When he opened his eyes, he saw his wife sobbing.
"Sakura, i'm exhausted, if you don't want to sleep, just let me sleep in the guest room," Sasuke got out of the bed.
"We don't know where our daughter is! She could be somewhere in the woods with no one but her and our grandchild! She could be dead!" Sakura and her anxiety ate her up. It was almost every night Sasuke had to face her drunk hysterical wife.
Sasuke was too tired to even respond at her hysterical reaction that night. He just stood there, gazing at his crying wife.
"Sasuke ... what if we lost them? What if they're hurt?" Sakura moved closer to her husband and circled her arms around his waist, her head leaned on his stomach. Her tears wet his grey t-shirt.
"Sakura ... let's look again for her and our grandson this morning," He rubbed his wife's hair. He could feel how thin her hair had become. He was angry.
Suddenly, they heard a sound of someone knocking the door. It was so clear despite the rain outside the house.
"Sasuke!" "Sakura!" A couple with a baby kept on banging on the door. Sasuke immediately opened the door. He was shocked to see the Nara couple standing in front of him with Temari holding his grandson. Beside them there was a black stroller.
"Do you mind if i explain everything inside?" The Nara patriarch asked with anxiety in his heart.
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Uchiha Residence. 2 AM.
Shikamaru, Temari, Sasuke and Sakura were sitting on the sofa. Sakura prepared four cups of tea and took one for her to drink as she sat on the sofa beside her husband who's holding the baby in his arm, facing Temari's husband.
It was obvious from the gesture that Shikamaru was anxious. The man's hands practically on tremor since they had seen them in front of the doors.
"Sasuke, Sakura, we got the news that Naruto and Sarada are married already, they're still somewhere outside the village and until now we still can't locate them," Shikamaru's words changed the expression from the Uchiha patriarch. Sasuke who was relaxed with a sleeping baby in his arm furrowed his eyebrows and his pupils were dilating.
"How did you know the news?" Sakura asked Shikamaru. She was in state in of shock, still in disbelief. "An intel has just told us that Naruto and Sarada got married this morning, they immediately went somewhere no one knew after the wedding" Temari replied, remembering his drunken phone call followed with the man crying. He wouldn't be lying, she thought.
"I thought that it would be better if i give their child to you rather than leaving him with us," Shikamaru explained. Sasuke immediately understood what Shikamaru insinuated. He also disagreed with Naruto marrying Sarada, he would want Sasuke and Sakura used the baby as a leverage. He knew how Sasuke and Sakura tried to move out of Konoha and separate Sarada and Naruto.
"We can't actually have a Hokage who was following the Gonchato culture and marrying a Gonchato woman, it would set a bad example, it would give the idea that Naruto is supporting Gonchato," Shikamaru explained,his voice went higher, his legs were restless.
"Shikamaru, please calm down," his wife's holding his hand. He was pissed. He was angry. He worked hard to reduce the radicalism of Gonchato in the village but instead Naruto choose to marry a Gonchato woman and embraced polygamous marriage. One of the radical teachings from the religion.
"Wait, what do you mean by Naruto marrying a Gonchato woman?" Sasuke could feel his muscles twitched. He knew what Shikamaru meant. He just want to hear it from him.
"Sarada ... i heard from my intel that she's now a Gonchato follower," Shikamaru said. Sasuke knew it was the meaning but it hit him hard. Suddenly, Sakura cried. She tried hard not to cry but at that moment, she couldn't hold herself anymore. She leaned her head on her husband's chest, took some tissue and wiped her tears. She kept on gazing at her grandchild. A poor little boy, used by his mother only as a device to fuel her obsession. Sasuke was going to be very angry but seeing Sakura crying, he could only hold his emotion and hugged his wife and his grandchild.
"Shikamaru, Temari, thank you for all your help, i can't thank you enough for all the things you had done for us," Sasuke said. "It is quite late, guys should rest," Sasuke added, it was politely asking both Shikamaru and Temari to leave.
"Yeah, we should," Shikamaru replied. He drank his tea and stood up. "Thank you, Sasuke and Sakura, i hope things will turn out alright for all of you," Shikamaru said before leaving the house with Temari.
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After the Nara couple left and they put the baby in the baby bed, Sasuke and Sakura were still at the living room. She cried again. "It is all because of you! If you were here, she wouldn't have looked for a father figure in another man!" Sakura cried while playing the blame game on Sasuke.
"Sakura, i left because i needed to protect the peace of the village!" Sasuke defended himself. "You could have come home more often to see your only child! What's the point keeping peace if now our daughter isn't even walking on the right path!?!" Sakura yelled at her husband, still crying. Sasuke knew that it was her alcohol talking, she was too stressed. "Sakura, you were the one who raised her all this time, you should have been able to predict whatever the fuck Sarada's planning!" He was yelling. But, he was also as stressed as she was. Sarada after all, was his daughter. "Sasuke! How could you feel no remorse at all after all the things you had done in the past?" Sakura, with her red eyes, immediately ran into her bedroom where there's the baby sleeping in the box. She locked the door, crying inside the room while gazing at the baby. Leaving Sasuke outside the bedroom.
Sasuke was panting, he knew it was wrong to scream at his wife. But, he was so tired, too tired. Sasuke regretted of what he had done to his family. But, the man was exhausted with everything, he took the wine glass with some wine in it that Sakura left on the dining table and drank it. He wasn't a heavy drinker like his wife, the man felt dizzy and sleepy after drinking all of them. He stood up and walked to the sofa before throwing himself on it, falling asleep due to his exhaustion.
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Hotel outside Konoha. 8 AM.
It was morning in the villa at the small village outside Konoha, where they had their wedding.
Naruto, i am giving your child to Sakura and Sasuke. If you want him, just ask them.
The text message from Shikamaru disturbed Naruto's happiness with his new wife. He had only got up from his deep sleep after a good time with his young wife.
Was he trying to punish me for going away in two days during peaceful days? Did he find out that i was marrying Sarada?
The blond man muttered to himself. Perhaps Shikamaru had known about his little wedding to his mistress. Naruto's head got heavier, he was supposed to have fun his with his new wife.
"We should go to your parents," Naruto was sitting on the edge of the bed. He was holding his cellphone, Sarada came over to him and hugged him from the back, she sling her arm in front of his clothed chest. Naruto could feel that there's fear in the girl's eyes when he was gazing into hers.
"Papa will try to separate us again if he finds out," Sarada hugged the blond man even tighter. "Sarada, do you love our child?" Naruto asked the girl. "Yes! Of course i do!" She said. "Do you know where is he right now?" Naruto asked to her. "You told me that he's safe with uncle Shikamaru and aunt Temari and we're going to pick him up today," Sarada replied. Naruto did say that to her. "Shikamaru gave him to Sakura and Sasuke," Naruto said. Sarada felt like she wanted to scream. "WHAT?!? How come did he go against your order!!?!" Sarada had goosebumps out of sudden. She knew that her father would probably use the baby as a leverage so Sarada would divorce Naruto and moved somewhere with them. "Sarada, Shikamaru isn't just my subordinate, he can act on his own wish too," Naruto replied his teenage wife. "We must see Sakura and Sasuke to get the baby," Naruto said.
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Author's Note :
So, since the winner is the polygamy route. I will explore the drama regarding of Naruto's choice to have two wives.
Personally, i prefer the Gonchato route. The route is more action-packed compared to this route(this one is drama, drama and drama). But, don't worry, i had planned the plot for each route.
Next chapter will feature other characters' reaction, including Hinata of course. Also, Naruto still loves Hinata more than he loves Sarada, despite him choosing to go down with this polygamy route. Will explain in later chapters.
Naruto in my fanfiction is a flawed man. He's so used to the comfort of being The Hokage and to be loved by everyone. He grew a little selfish compared to when he was, when he was all positive and kind and becoming a ball of sunshine. He's no longer that man anymore. In my fanfiction, he had changed, you can call it OOC if you wish though. It's a FAN fiction after all.
Thank you for all of the comments.
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