Difficult Engagements

Chapter 6

Naruto's POV

I don't really know where I am. Everything happened so fast. I know Itachi is with me though. So that's nice. I must be somewhere safe.

All of that only happened an hour ago. My dad convinced Itachi to be here. I don't think he told him what was going to happen either. He knew it would end badly for everyone.

My future mate is just trying to get me to open up. I haven't spoken since I got here. I don't want to.

I have been wearing the sweats he got me for last week. I asked for his jacket too. I wanted to be fully covered.

I started to feel the arousing feeling a while ago. Being near him is making it worse, but I need to be comforted not fucked, so I don't tell him. The weird thing is that Itachi is not being affected by my arousal, it might be because the stuff my dad used only works on the ones it touches or something.

Itachi gently lifts me up and hugs me close, I relax into him. I just stay here lifeless. Even with me being aroused I can't seem to respond. Everything feels numb. What my father did to me was unspeakable.

Even though my father just wanted to see if I was a virgin, I am still scared of interaction. It's not like he did anything major… I don't think. I can't interact as I once did with him. I just feel so helpless.

It's not my first time being inspected for that… So why did this time feel so much worse?

My mind is racing at a hundred places at once.

"Naru-chan, wake up." Itachi says in a childish voice I didn't even know he had. I guess that's what happens when you get into a real relationship.

"I am not asleep." I say without emotions, I just can't have any I don't know why.

I really want to tell Itachi everything that happened and my emotions about it, but I think he will hate that I allowed someone to view me down there. He already knows that I was checked, just not how. Does he think I'm overreacting?

"I know, but it feels like you are." Itachi spoke to me and it reminded me of so much of my life. I don't think I can be like that any more, at least for awhile. I get lost again.

"See like that, you keep on spacing out." Itachi is trying to get me to recover way too fast, it just happened.

"Itachi! Do you really expect me to be ok with this right after it happened?!" I yelled at my beloved, he just doesn't get it. I just want it to go back to what it was before, him softly rubbing behind my ears, kissing me tenderly.

"I am sorry. We can just go back to me holding you." Itachi really wants to please me.

"Yeah, I do. Itachi-kun, what you did was fine, I understand, it's just I'm not ready to get all better when it just happened. You will just have to wait awhile, I'll be back to normal, promise." I don't want Itachi to be mad at me.

I hope that this will reassure him.

"I know you will." He kisses me again on my forehead. He holds me closer to him and just rubs my head, with slow deliberate moves. I want to stay like this; he seems to get now. I'll tell him later.

Right now I need sleep.

Flashback

"Naru-chan, stop struggling." My father commands as a woman is assisting with putting a big frilly pink dress on me.

I usually just listen to him, it's easier not to fight him. Today I wanted to fight it, today I was told I was going to be engaged to someone I didn't know. I knew this day was inevitable ever since I presented as an Omega.

"You should be happy to be wearing this. It's very beautiful." One of the ladies that are helping me dress says.

She doesn't know anything, I'm a boy, so I wouldn't be happy wearing a dress!

They finally got me into the stupid dress. The woman moved a mirror in front of me so I could see myself. I barely take a glance, it's an ugly light pink dress with a large red bow on the top of it. It has crimson frills at the edge of the bottom, that ends at my knees. White stockings and basic mary janes. I looked like a doll.

"You need to start getting used to this kind of stuff to please your mate. You're going to learn more effective ways to do it later. For now this must do." He crudely tells me of my breeding potential.

"Why does it matter what I look like?"

"Because your good looks are all you have." He undermines me in this weird compliment. He wants me weak and docile for some Alpha Man like him to be able to mount me.

"Father, I don't want to wear this." I started to plead while I started to try to remove the dress.

My father held me down in a strong grip almost bruising my upper arms, and adjusted my dress. "Naru-chan, you should do as you're told. Wear the dress. I feel bad for your mate, having to deal with a disobedient little brat."

"I HATE YOU!" I don't listen to him, I hate that man.

I ran out of the room and out of the other clan's estate. No one bothered to stop me. He sometimes lets me run, before he sends someone for me. I think he likes to tease the idea of freedom, with the knowledge that I will never truly have it. I won't let him break me.

I ran into the forest not caring where I'm going. It doesn't matter where I end up in the forest when I am in it I always feel safe. I end up in a small clearing. My legs hurt so bad from all the running, so I collapse where I am.

I hate this dress, it's the third one my dad made me dress into today! It's the worst of them all! Pink?! I look like a little girl's doll. He wants to impress the Hyuga Clan with his perfect toy.

I grab at some of the red frills attached to the dress, ripping it off of me. Tearing the whole dress to shreds by the seams. Each rip of silk and lace makes me feel free for a moment.

After my clothes are torn to a point of ill repair, I start to look around. I don't know where I am.

I notice a tear rolling down my cheek when did this start? I'm a boy and I shouldn't start crying. I just can't help myself. I start bawling like a little girl. My tails are wrapping around my body trying to protect me.

There's some noise behind me, someone had landed on the ground near me. I involuntarily tense up, it's probably one of the guards that my dad sent. I don't want to go back just yet. I don't want to face my punishment from him.

Iruka and Kakashi drop me back off at my father's office. The fire is dimly lit in the background. The flames are the only thing illuminating his den. The rejections of the flames on his face are more ominous than they need to be.

"Why are you prone to emotional outburst? You're just like Minato when I first brought him into this lifestyle." My father held me by my arm and had me lifted off the ground. His hand squeezing so tight I'm scared he might break it. "It's very easy to follow orders."

"You will not act like this during your betrothal ceremony. If I weren't the most powerful demon, I know it would be impossible to find you someone to be with." His voice gets so cold and icy. I hate the way he scolds me. His red eyes narrowed in the harshest glare as he flung me against the wall.

"Take off your new outfit!" Father commands me. He looks at it in disgust.

At the moment I did exactly what he said it's not smart to disobey him. I started to unbutton the red cloud jacket and let it fall to the floor. The shredded remains of the dress cling to my body.

"You striped off your clothes in front of a man who is not your mate! You're lucky only a few people even know about this, you little slut!"

"I'm sorry, father." I say in a very weak voice. I am so scared of what he will do to me.

"Sorry?! Sorry won't help you at all! You're not going to be like Minato. Always apologising for every mistake, but, yet, for some reason keep making them." He looked at me and was about to strike me again when he stopped himself. "I am not going to leave another mark on you. Your engagement is in a week, you have to be presentable."

I look around; I'm in my fathers office again, the room is completely filled in shadow. A tall man grabbed me from behind and pulled on top of the desk. I can't get a good look at him. My eyes refuse to focus.

"What's it like being an Uchiha's whore?" The words surround me like venom seiring into my skin.

"I-dont…know?" it's getting hard to breathe, I keep trying to fill my lungs with shallow breaths.

"The whole castle could hear you begging him to fuck you. Do you know how embarrassing that is?"

The sides of my silk wrap dress fall down. It's too cold in here. I try to warm myself up by rubbing my legs against each other. This action causes the bottom of the dress to slip open exposing me to everyone in this room… I don't know how many people there are. I'm so glad it's dark in here.

In a swift motion the silk dress drips completely off of my body, pooling on to the desk. So many eyes are on me now, it's like they are feasting on the sight of my exposed body. My tails try to cover me up like a blanket.

"Can you stop staring? It's embarrassing." I beg. The glint in his red eyes looks like he wants to devour me whole in front of all of these watchers.

"I'll stop staring, and just start doing." my body shivers in fear from words that come out of his jagged mouth. The Safety of my tails gets yanked away from me.

He lunges at me, sharp teeth bared, stopping at the juncture at my neck. I feel the sharp pointed daggers starting to press down one my flesh. One bite is all it really takes and I'm marked for life.

"I want to leave my mark on you, now and forever." someone says into my neck. My instincts of staying pure for my mate to take over. I started to slash out. This gets him to back off for a short second.

Tears start falling from my eyes, there is nothing I can do. It seems like he predicted this reaction because the guards already had each one of my limbs. Two are yanking my legs apart with their sharp nails digging into my thighs.

"Just relax, Naruto-sama." another faceless man says to me.

A blade was taken to my lace panties, cut to shreds and torn off of my body. I tried to start kicking again. It was all in vain. The faceless guard held me tighter.

I am so scared, I scream, "What… are you…doing?!"

"Do not struggle, it will hurt more." the man with the canine grin said, as more hands hold me down.

"Pleessee… please, please." I keep begging for him to stop.

"Relax." this is really happening. A finger is brushing against my opening sending shock waves down my body. He won't stop.

The man wanted to tease me first, he smeared liquid around my entrance. Alternating firmness so I won't know which one will be the one that will penetrate me. I gasp, knowing this would be the one to take me, but my tails find a way to protect me.

"You begged for this." more hands come from nowhere to yank at my tails again. Giving them access to my body. It reminds me I'm being watched by who knows how many people.

I flipped him on my back, legs forced up to expose me to everyone. Something is slid inside of me. Forcing its way in and out of my body.

Fingers lace into my hair dragging my head back to expose my neck. Teeth find their way to that spot again again before biting down. They finish on top of me. A foreign fluid is all over my stomach and face.

It should be over now, I can rest.

I was slapped hard in the face, "I want you to be respectable. Something to be proud of. Not this."

My cheek hurts. He looks down on me again, at the mess he made and blames me for it. The guards let go of my limbs.

"So you admit you're an Uchiha's whore? You fucked him and ruined the only thing good about you."

I look around. I'm in my bedroom. My dad is here.

I'm 14 or 15, it's the day of some party of some clan I don't bother getting to know. I know I won't be able to keep in contact with them outside of these parties. The parties happen so infrequently that it's not strong enough to keep any relationship. So there is no point in getting to know them.

It's the first time he ever dresses me up like this. I used to dress in normal clothes, I think, it's been so long I don't remember.

My father had me get dressed in a knee high kimono, it's white with flames circling the bottom of the kimono and the sleeves. The obi was a bright flame red color, it is tied in a large butterfly bow in the back. There is one large red ribbon in my hair. He had made a servant put makeup on me. This is when he decided I was his daughter.

"You look lovely, Naru-chan! Come on now let's get to that party!" dad has a big smile on his face while telling me this. He is always excited to be at a party or big gathering.

"I hate when you call me that," I whined, I don't want this life. Why won't he make my father dress me as a boy? "I don't want to go."

"Naruto... this entire day is devoted to you, you have to go." I think it might be my birthday, I don't remember. He sighs as she tries to get me to go. "It would be very rude not to go, you know that."

"But I don't want to go. I don't want to be seen in a girl's outfit!"

"Naruto-kun, you look beautiful in it. Besides, you must get used to it. You will be wearing outfits like that all your life," he told me, then adds, "I'm sorry."

"Why dad? I'm a boy!"

"Because, your father wants you to be more feminine. He thinks that it will make your future life as an Omega so much easier for you." he tries to rationalize to me. Just because that's how your life works doesn't mean it's how I want mine to.

"I don't want to be controlled by him."

"I know." My dad said, all knowing. Everything is so fuzzy. It's hard for me to remember anything before this day. It doesn't matter. My whole life was the same anyways.

I look around. Where am I?

I don't know. It looks familiar, but it doesn't. The more I try to focus on anything, the more it becomes blurry. Someone is in front of me… but who?

A friend?

I don't have friends.

"What if I'm not an Apha?" I'm so worried that he'll judge me for this… I don't know why he never judges me.

He blinks twice before looking me up and down, "I don't think you have to worry about that."

I feel the smallest pain in my stomach, "But what if I'm not…"

"Then you're not. You can still kick anyone's ass so why would it matter what you are." he said so simply, like it was an immutable fact. He always makes everything feel so simple. Things either are or they're not with him.

"You sound like my dad."

"Your dad might be right sometimes. If you can kick someone's ass, why would it matter if you were a Beta?" I don't know why this hurts more, that he's saying my dad can be right or that he can't even fathom me being an Omega.

"What if I'm not a Beta either?" I bring that to his attention, it's best not to talk about either of our fathers.

"Oh…" He gets it now. He's thinking in his own head… I don't break him from it though. I usually do, but not this time. I want to take as much time before I hear his response… I don't want to hear his response to this.

The air is heavy, I can practically hear the conversation he's having in his head.

He finally realized I'm not going to break him from his own thoughts this time, "Then you're an Omega."

He spoke those words with no judgment. It's just a simple fact that now we both know. He knows this will affect my life way more than just not being an Alpha.

"Yeah, I'm an Omega." This is the first time I say these words out loud and I'm saying them to the only person I trust with this secret.

"If you want, we can probably keep it secret for a few more years."

"We?"

"Yeah, I know your father." He just left it at that. We didn't speak about it for the rest of the day. I knew my secret was safe with him. He was my best friend.

I am being flooded by memories of the past. My beloved mate held me tightly as he was sleeping.

I looked up at Itachi, he is my future. My hope for a better life. I love him so much. I know I shouldn't be so mean to him, everything is just too much. I kissed him on the lips, I must have moved a lot because he woke up.

"Itachi-kun..." I feel the blush on my cheeks.

"Yeah, Naruto-kun." Itachi smirks.

"I love you." It's the first time I've told him this. I don't know what compels me to kiss him again but I do. Our kiss became passionate, our lips moving perfectly together.

Itachi holds his hand to my back, pushing our bodies closer together. His tongue slid out of his mouth and licked at my lips. I wonder if I should let Itachi enter. I decided to let my mate's tongue enter my orifice. His tongue started to probe in my mouth, I intertwined my tongue and played with his.

Our kiss stops when we realize we need to breathe, a string of salvia connects between us.

"Naruto-kun, I-."

The door knocks. Itachi's eyes squint over to it. He stops everything to walk over to it.

"Kakashi-san," he says before the door opens. How did he manage to find us here?

"Your stay here will only be for a week. After that time this place will be demolished by orders of The Kyuubi." He said plainly.

"I understand."

"Before I go, Minato-sama made sure I gave you these." Kakashi hands over a bunch of sunflowers, "I think you know what they mean."

His eyes looked over them intensely, almost afraid, but that fear left as soon as it came. He seemed to already have a plan in motion.

"Tell him I got the message. We will be gone in a week."

Kakashi looked over at me, "Good."

Kakashi left as soon as he said that. Not overstaying the welcome. Once the door closed Itachi threw the flowers in the trash.

"What's going on?" I ask.

"I have to send a message to my family," He said the first time I've seen true fear in his eyes. He takes a deep breath in.

"At least we have some warning about this. I need to send a warning to my family to bring as many Uchiha back to the Compound as possible." he nods as fear turns to confidence. He's making a plan in his head.

I don't really know what's going on, but he seems to have a handle on it. I'm so tired. I want to sleep forever.

In my dazed sleep I can feel someone moving my body around. It's so heavy. A pinch. Why? My eyes are too heavy to open. I feel like I'm sinking… like I'm drowning.

Am I still dreaming?