Sorry for taking so long, had some problem that needed to take care of. Also, I had a bit of a writer's blond for sometime. I got stuck right when Sasuke and Sasuki were going to meet.
Disclaimer: Naruto belongs to the creator and those who have the rights to the wonderful manga and anime. Also, the idea of the parallel universe council thing goes to Debra Goldsmith of her wonderful Ranma1/2 fanfics such as Genma's Daughter. This fanfic is sort of based on Debra's sequel to Genma's Daughter, Equal Hearts. Just to let you know, the only thing that is mine is…hmm…now that I think about it, I don't think anything is mine to claim. Oh well, just enjoy this fic and please read Debra's fanfics. Even if you're not into Ranma1/2, they're still very good.
Warning: This fic contains yaoi and yuri. If you don't like it, then don't read it. Although there are pairings that are m/f.
Rating: R for the sake of the bad language, violence, and sex. However there will be no lemon, unless someone wants to write it for me.
Pairings:SasuNaru, KakaIru, SakuLee, KibaShino, ShikaIno, NejiTenten, ItaHina
There will be more…I just need to know more about Naruto
Without anymore delays…let's began the fic!
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Title:My Shadow, Your Shadow, Our Shadow
Author:Mei Neko
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Chapter Five:The Wench and The Bastard
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"AHCHOO!"
A couple sneezed simultaneously, and blessed the other.
"I get this weird feeling someone really hates us." One, a blond male, muttered as he drank some more tea. The other, a female with long black hair, shrugged and continued to watch the pot.
Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuki were at the top of Mount Hokage having an evening picnic. It was Naruto's idea to have the picnic and Sasuki quickly agreed to the idea. They had gone grocery shopping and Sasuki had picked out many cooking utensils. Along with the pots and pans, she had also bought a good amount of food to last for the week, charged on the Hokage's card.
After the last shopping trip, Sasuki convinced Naruto that they should take a bath and they went to the public bathes. Sasuki used the Henge no jutsu and transformed herself into Hinata, after learning that the girl was gone for the moment. However, she had transformed herself to the Hinata that she knew and basically caused confusion among the public. However, luckily no one would dare talk to a Hyuga and that was left at that. Naruto, however, was not so lucky. Plenty of the guys demanded to know who the Hyuga babe was until he used his Harlem no jutsu and caused every male to faint.
Afterwards, Sasuki had gotten him to change into something different then his normal attire. Somehow, along her shopping trip, she had bought a pair of black slacks and a black turtle neck with the kanji of toad on the back done in orange. After being convinced, he found that the outfit did looked good on him and happily thanked the girl for the new clothes. He wished that he could wear the protector, but Sasuki firmly told him not to. So he simply tied the thing to his belt and left it at that.
Sasuki had changed into a yukata of midnight black designed with white lilies and fireflies. The obi was a brilliant green lined with white and it set off well with the black. She had done her hair in loose pigtails that were tied with green ribbons. The protector was tied at the front of her obi.
Naruto remembered how the girl giggled at his expression when she showed him what she was wearing. But how could he not stare? She was the most beautiful being the world and she was wanted to be with him and only him.
He had ignored the thought that she was only with him because he was like her Naru-chan.
Then they had packed a huge basket full of food and tools before they had gone up to the mountain. That was when Sasuki built a fire and started to cook.
"Hey, I saw Lee, Sakura, Ino, and that Sasuke bastard today." Sasuki said as she began to drop in the vegetables. Naruto blinked at that. "Man, Lee looks so different and Sakura too! It's weird seeing those two not being mushy."
"Mushy? How did those two get together in your Konoha?" Naruto asked curiously. He just couldn't get the idea of Sakura choosing Lee over Sasuke any day.
"Well, it started with when we met at the chuunin exams. Sakura was pretty impressed with Lee from the beginning. He challenged me to a fight and beat me pretty good. You know his Lotus move? Well, lucky for me, Gai stopped him and all. Sakura kept teasing me that if that ass didn't interfere I would have been flat as a pancake. I got her back later for that comment. Anyway, it was at the third part of the exam that she got interested. You know how Lee can't use jutsus? Yeah, it was there that Sakura noticed him. Afterwards, she trained with him while helping out at the hospital. It just grew from there. They helped each other a lot together. Sakura taught him to control the Celestial gates within his body while he in turn trained her body to be stronger and faster. Naru-chan and I followed his training afterwards since we didn't want to lose to Sakura. I say that now, Sakura would be around the fourth strongest or fifth strongest female in Konoha. Naru-chan is the first, I'm second, Hinata is third, and Tenten is on and off against with Sakura for the last place." Sasuki explained as she began to fish out the finished product of homemade ramen.
"Really, Sakura is that strong!"
"Yeah, combine with her excellent charka control and smarts; she's pretty tough to beat. If I didn't have Itachi to train me, she probably would have beaten me a few times in practice." Sasuki replied as she set everything up. Naruto blinked and stared at Sasuki in wonder.
"You're really different."
"Huh?"
"I mean, the bastard wouldn't like the idea of anyone like Sakura to beat him and he wouldn't admit it unless you torture him to death. He's always after the strongest and most powerful nin to fight and he doesn't care much about anything else." Naruto mused after they said their thanks for the meal. He took a bite and was pleased at the taste of the home cooked ramen. This was better then the cup of noodles and even likely better then the ramen shop!
Sasuki was silent for a while, thinking and eating her own bowl of ramen. She quietly drank the broth before she answered to the comments that Naruto had provided to her about her counterpart.
"Naru-chan, I think the reason because he's different from me because he's a boy."
"I know that!" Naruto said pouting. Although a bit peeved by the obvious answer, he still accepted the second bowl of ramen that Sasuki provide.
"I don't mean it like that way. I mean that since he was born as a boy, the family might have put a lot of pressure on him. Remember, the two of us have Itachi for a brother and if he's similar to mine, that means Sasuke bastard has to deal with competing against an image. My Itachi is practically perfect and the family pretty much just dotted on him and looked up to him. I was the only one who didn't adore him as much. I thought he was a great brother, but it pissed me off so much that the old man kept on bragging about Itachi and how there was no one like him. Mom wasn't that bad, but she still acted the proud mother of a genius. Maybe your Sasuke bastard had to deal with something like that when he was kid." Sasuki said as she finally finished off her first bowl.
Naruto blinked at that. It was true in a way. Maybe Sasuki had a point that the bastard had a right to act like he did. Then he shook his head and frowned.
"Demo that still doesn't mean he could act like a bastard." Naruto grumbled. Sasuki gave a nod at that.
"True, but then guys often enough have a hard time trying to express what they feel. I've only met a few that don't care. Lee, Gai, and you." Sasuki said cheerfully.
"Hey, how come your Itachi didn't kill off your family?" Naruto asked. It was something that was bothering him for a while ever since he saw those pictures. It was weird seeing the older Uchiha relaxing with the group. Sasuki blinked and frowned at that.
"Saa, who knows? I think he did want to do at one point and I think he nearly did. I was seven at that time and I wasn't really paying any attention. There was this family meeting about something, I think it was because one of my cousins died, and I decided to skip it because I prefer spending my time with Naru-chan then with my family. Anyway, I had forgotten something from my room and I went back to get it. I tried to sneak in so that my parents wouldn't catch me and force me to attend. Che, a waste of energy to try since Itachi caught me. I think he was going to kill everyone but he started to do this whole drama speech thing and it bored me to death. So I got up and started to walk away." Sasuki said.
Naruto blinked at that. There was no way Sasuke would have done that to his brother.
"And then what happen?" he asked accepting a forth bowl. Sasuki pouted a bit before she continued.
"Hmm, I don't really remember. I remember that he asked me a bunch of questions and I answered him. There were these weird questions that I do remember him asking me. He asked me what the most important thing to me was. I told him that Naru-chan was. Then he asked me what I would do if something happened to her. I told him I would kill anyone who hurt her. Then he asked me if I were to choose between saving Naru-chan or Hokage, who would it be? I told him Naru-chan. He kept asking me all those questions about Naru-chan and choosing someone else. All of my answers were Naru-chan or related to Naru-chan. You got to remember that I was about seven when this happened and I was pretty stubborn and spoiled. My family wasn't too happy with me when they heard that I would choose Naru-chan over the Uchiha name. Itachi actually laughed at me for that." Sasuki mused.
Naruto blushed as he heard her answer. This girl was truly nothing like Sasuke. However he just had to know something else that had been bothering him.
"If Itachi killed the entire Uchiha clan but you, would you choose revenge or Naru?" the blond asked softly.
"Naru." Came the prompt answer. Sasuki giggled at the expression on Naruto's face.
"But how come Sasuke is so determined about killing Itachi and you're not?"
"That's because I don't care. You have to understand, this Sasuke is a guy. Chances are that he uses Itachi as a role model and he felt betrayed when Itachi killed everyone. I never thought much about Itachi being much of a role model for me. One is because I'm a girl and two is that I was pretty twisted as a kid. I think it has to deal with Itachi being more of an attention getter and I just got the leftovers. I faced reality that Itachi is always going to be a favorite pretty early in life and I figured that there's no point in trying to be like Itachi. In a way, I sort of hated my family a bit. So even if Itachi did kill off the entire clan, I probably would have no interest in going after him for revenge."
The two went quiet after that and finished off their meals. Both of them were thinking about what they had learned from the other. When finished, Sasuki took the dirty bowls and chopsticks, putting them into the pot to carry back later. Naruto simply sat back and she joined him, snuggling against him.
"Ano…" Naruto began as his face turned red at the close contact.
"Nani?" Sasuki mumbled as she snuggled closer.
"Nothing." The blond muttered and just enjoyed the extra warmth.
The two simply sat close together while the night grew darker. Slowly, fireflies began to light up much to the delight of both. Soon, the two began to have a contest on who could catch the fireflies closest to them. Naruto managed to catch ten while Sasuki caught twelve. The two giggled and laughed at their foolish actions before calming down once again.
"Ne, Naruto." Sasuki mumbled.
"Hm?"
"Thanks for being with me on my birthday."
"Uh-hn."
"We should go back."
"Yeah."
"Let's get up after five minutes."
"Yeah."
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Tsunade was beginning to get ticked off when the clock was showing it was nine. Here she was with all the paperwork that she had faked for the entire day and night, and the two brats that were suppose to be up and at them were not even here in her office. Oh, she was so going to kill them once they go through her door. Hell! She had to take care of that stupid mess the Uchiha girl had left. Gave the guard a healing and had him take the day off. However, at least all of the females were mostly to their senses which meant that more missions could be completed.
A knock interrupted her mental ranting and Shizune came in with a small smile.
"Tsunade-sama, Naruto and the girl are here." The assistant said as she gestured for the two to enter the office. Tsunade was about to scream bloody murder at them except when she looked at them, she found herself chuckling.
The two teens looked tired and were leaning towards each other for support. Due to her height, Sasuki was leaning her head on the top of Naruto's while the blond was leaning on the girl's shoulders. Both of them had equally sleepy expressions.
"Old hag, what did you want?" Sasuki grumbled while yawning. That snapped the Hokage from going motherly on the two and she punched the girl.
"Bakas! In case you've forgotten, I spent the night doing paperwork for you! Here, one fake contract between Uzumaki and Umichi containing that to bring peace between the families, firstborn of the opposite sex will be united, blah, blah, blah. And here is a scroll containing that you're next mission, Naruto, will be making sure that Sasuki stays with you nearly at all times. You're duty is to make sure that no one bothers her more then necessary and that she does not give away the fact that she is an Uchiha."
Naruto gave a nod and began to reach out of the papers; however Tsunade pulled away at the last second and gave the two a very serious look.
"I'm not kidding here, brats. If anyone and I do mean anyone, ever finds out that Sasuki is an Uchiha, there will bloodshed going all around Konoha. That is something that can not happen. As ninjas of Konoha, the two of you must prevent any harm to the village. So, Sasuki, you better find a different fighting style, because that Uchiha brat will figure out and so will Kakashi."
Sasuki made a noise at the warning and snatched the papers.
"Che. Kakashi is no problem. I'll just open my mouth and he'll keep away from me like that." The girl muttered tiredly. Naruto gave a nod at that, not paying any attention.
"Is that so? And care to explain just how opening your mouth will stop Kakashi from being suspicious?" Tsunade drawled.
"I know all of his dirty secrets. I know why he's always late and why he reads those perverted books. I also know that he likes cosplay and that he thinks up alls these fantasies involving maid and nurse costumes." Came the answer. "I also know that he's bi and prefers someone totally innocent and a bit of a prude. So don't worry old hag, he ain't after you."
Tsunade sighed while the girl was nursing another lump on her head. Luckily for Kakashi, Naruto was fast asleep on his feet and missed what Sasuki had said about his sensei.
"Even so, do not use the Sharingan, the Chidori, or any move that belongs to the Uchiha clan."
"What! Not even a tiny fire jutsu! How the hell am I going to reheat any soup!" the girl complained.
"Make a fire from scratch."
"Ano.."
Tsunade and Sasuki turned to see Shizune trying to get their attention.
"Sasuki-san, you can't use any fire jutsu. You're name sake is Umichi, they would expect that you know water jutsu then fire."
Silence danced into the office as a breeze past by. Naruto was still sleeping, unaware of a problem that existed in the plan of keeping the world from knowing that another Uchiha had appeared.
"Fuck, I hate water jutsu."
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Sasuke was sulking once again. Yesterday was over, but still, he came early to meet for training and once again, no blond dobe! Sakura came by on time, and after a couple of hours, Kakashi showed up. However, the blond dobe had not been seen or heard.
"Maybe he forgot." Kakashi muttered while staring at his book. Sasuke looked at his sensei with a small amount of interest before he stared intently back at the road. For some reason, Kakashi seemed tense. The older man hadn't even bothered with his lies and excuses.
"Maybe his date lasted all night." Sakura said as she tried to think just who this girl was. Kakashi perked at that.
"Date? Naruto went on a date? I didn't see anyone with him at the bookstore." Kakashi murmured thoughtfully.
"Eh? We didn't see you there, Kakashi! We saw Naruto there too!" Sakura said with surprise. Kakashi gave a nervous laugh.
"Well, I only passed him by, nothing more. So what is this about a date?"
"Oh! The old ramen cook, Choiji, and Ino's mother both saw Naruto with a girl yesterday. She's supposed to be a real beauty. Her name is Sasuki, she can cook ramen, she poses underwear in front of Naruto, she does PDA, and she's a ninja here in Konoha." Sakura rambled on. Kakashi blinked at all of the information.
"Lucky Naruto, so does what does this beauty look like?"
"Long black hair, pale skin, taller then the dobe, big breasts, and she's walking towards us." Sasuke snarled. Kakashi and Sakura turned to see what Sasuke was looking at and both of them were shock.
Coming towards them were two people. One was Naruto, who was easily identified by his colorful orange jacket and his blond hair. The other was a female who was taller then the blond and was currently leaning against him for support. There was no doubt in anyone's mind that the girl was beautiful. Long flowing raven hair that was let loose, pale skin that seem to glow from the light, a killer body, and clothing that were made to fit was the image that fit with the rumors.
Sasuke could barely notice the way Kakashi was drooling and how Sakura was gawking due to his own turmoil of anger. So this was the bitch that took away all of the dobe's attention. He had to admit that the girl was beautiful, there was no doubt about that, and despite her height, she and the dobe looked good together. However, there was something about her that made him want to tear out that pretty hair and to just beat black and blue bruises on that flawless skin. Then he might just rip her limp to limp and then use a Chidori just to finish her off for good. He had a feeling that the girl might be one of those zombie types that came back from the dead.
"Yo." the girl called out tiredly. Naruto gave a nod to his friends before his eyes began to droop.
"Yo! Naruto! Who is this and just how long have you been keeping this a secret?" Kakashi teased.
Naruto looked at his sensei in confusion, mostly due to the lack of sleep, while the girl gave a yawn before she looked at Kakashi in the eye.
"Umichi Sasuki. I'm Naru-chan's fiancée."
There was a pause as the other three processed the words into their brains.
"NANI!"
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To be quite honest, Naruto had actually thought that having Sasuki pretending to be his fiancée would be fun. He would actually be the envy of all and he could just rub that fact into the bastard's face. However, the blond soon found out that having a fiancée did not help him get the upper hand against the Uchiha. Especially when the said bastard looks like he hates the fiancée. And it did not help that the fiancée hated the bastard's guts. Naruto had to admit it was sort of funny that the two Uchihas hated each other. Maybe it was like that saying of hating one's self or something like that.
However, the speculation was not helping the blond in the least. In fact, he was getting tired of the two fighting.
It was not as if the two were fighting openly with kunais and jutsus or anything. The fight between the two was like a cold war. Naruto could not understand just how introductions lead to a silent battle of wills or whatever Uchihas do when they get pissy. All he could remember was Sakura questioning Sasuki who seemed happy to talk with her until the bastard said something that pissed the girl off. Whatever it was, Naruto had not paid any attention due to teasing from Kakashi, it got Sasuki into some heated frenzy since now the two can't seem to stop glaring at each other.
So Naruto was stuck training with Sakura since for some reason or another, due to the fact that the two Uchihas had been fighting over who got to train with the blond and Kakashi took the decision away from them. At first the two were furious with Kakashi and tried to think of a way to avoid sparring together. Now, the two can't seem to stop fighting.
Naruto sighed as he watched with Sakura and Kakashi. It was almost lunchtime and the two still haven't taken a break. They had been going nonstop for at least two hours and they looked like it too. Both of their raven locks were wet from sweat. Sasuki had to put her long hair into a bun to prevent Sasuke from grabbing at it like the first time he did. Naruto had to admit he was surprise that Sasuke would do that to a girl. The blond had never seen the other teen even touch his fan girls. At least Sasuke was not using the Sharingan.
"She's pretty good."
Naruto jumped at the sound of Kakashi's voice. For the first time in a while, Kakashi did not bring out his perverted book. Instead, he was watching the fight.
"Y-yeah." Naruto stuttered. Somehow his gut was screaming that what Kakashi might say next would be bad.
"Sasuke is holding back, but to last this long with him just sparring is pretty good. What village is she from?" Kakashi asked serenely. Naruto nearly panicked at that before he remembers Tsunade's words.
"None of your business, Kakashi-sensei! Tsunade-ba-chan says not to give out any more information then the fact that she's my fiancée!" Naruto stated before he stuck his tongue out. Kakashi gave a nod as he eyed the scroll that was forgotten on the ground. The blond was thankful that Tsunade wrote down his 'mission' so that his nosy sensei would not press him more for answers.
"Still, she's pretty good. I'm surprise that the Village of the Rain did not have her at the chuunin exams."
Naruto decided that he needed to stay silent.
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"Listen asshole! You quit calling my Naru-chan a dobe! Only I can say that!"
Sasuke only answer that comment by activating his Sharingan and hitting the girl hard. He gave a smirk as his fist met flesh and his ears heard a load gasp. After sparring and holding back for almost two hours, it felt really good just to land a punch and using almost all he had. Especially if that punch made the girl fly away about twenty feet. He frowned at that. Sasuke was hoping for fifty feet.
"Eh! Bastard! That's a girl you're hitting!"
Sasuke smirked as he hard the dobe yelling at him. Now he finally got the idiot's attention. Sasuke was about to give out an insult when he felt pain on his right cheek and his entire body flying into the air.
"HA! Take that bastard! You want to take the gloves off! Well, bring it on! I'll kick your sorry ass so hard that Kami-sama will see it in the next coming centuries! Bring it on, bitch!" Sasuki screamed as she waved her fist at the fallen Uchiha.
"Urusai, wench." Sasuke spat as he got up. Now he was really pissed. Girl or not, he was not going to let this slide. He could sense his charka getting ready to form the Chidori. Sasuke could practically imagine his hand going through the wench's body and he smirk in anticipation.
"Eh! Iruka-sensei!"
The call took the attention of the two raven hair teens as all bloodlust disappeared. The two turned to see Naruto hugging Iruka, causing both to sulk for some reason. Unknowingly, the two teens were thinking how it sucked that Iruka took Naruto's attention just as things were going to get exciting. Sasuke sulked silently, however Sasuki did not sit back quietly.
"Ne! Naru-chan! Don't ignore me!"
Sasuke twitched as he watched the wench glomp the blond idiot. Honestly, the wench was like Sakura, only worse.
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Well, that's that part. I'm going to think up what the hell to do next…I know I'm going to have Hinata sometime soon…. But the hell should I do next! Oh wait, I got Iruka to do…