Title: Konoha Garden
Chapters: 2? (hope to make it short…)
Rated: NC-17/R
Pairing: SasuNaru, and others
Summary: AU, Yaoi, Naruto is 18, so everyone else is aged correspondingly.
Naruto lives in a brothel run by his aunt, Tsunade. He is talked into cross-dressing as a girl to serve a group of royal nobles one night, and all goes horribly wrong when his identity is found out by none other than Sasuke.
Disclaimer: Don't own Naruto, just want to write out my SasuNaru fantasy…or smut.
A/N: Thank you for the overwhelming response to my first chapter. It was a great encouragement. Please continue to support me through this fic. (This chapter was not beta'd or edited.)
Sasuke frowned at the flashy colours, and strident noises coming from the moderate building. A sign hung over the large wooden doors, read 'Konoha Garden'. He had overheard some high standing officials talk about regular visits to the place when their wives got boring, and even some having concubines that once worked there.
But none of that mattered, he was only there to celebrate Kiba's coming of age, and if he chose to have fun at a brothel, he'll tag along, so far as people do not invade his personal space, and he can leave when he wants to.
The small party of nobles, approached the building and onto the porch. A scantily dressed woman with short black hair was already waiting for them at the door.
She bowed low, revealing ample cleavage to the men.
"Welcome to Konoha Garden, my Lords. I am Shizune, the assistant manager. We are very honoured to have you as our guests tonight. Please follow me."
The woman straightened and walked briskly towards the staircase to the side that lead up to the upper rooms and balcony.
"Seems like they're quite busy tonight." Neji commented, noting the full house of leering men, and meagerly dressed girls.
"Yeah, proves that this place is as good as Ebisu says." Kiba exclaimed excitedly.
The woman lead them to a guest room, stylishly furbished with a low table and a few cupboards. Vases of different kinds of flowers were placed randomly in the room, and an assortment of cushions strewn across the tatami mats.
Shizune stood outside the door and gestured the group in.
"Please wait here, and enjoy the sake, the ladies will be here to serve you shortly." She said, motioning to the bottles of alcohol on the low table. And with that, she bowed and disappeared, closing the door.
Everyone settled down around the table quietly, not entirely sure what to expect. Lee appeared to be the most uptight in the group, as he sat in the traditional seiza position with his legs bent and placed wide apart, his hands were clutched on his knees anxiously, and a thin film of sweat could almost be made out from the modest lighting in the room. He gripped his cup and sipped nervously.
Kiba was just as nervous, however his way of dealing with any uncomfortable situations is to talk even more than usual in an extra loud voice. Which is exactly what he did.
"I wonder if they have MY type of girl. You know, I like girls that are good listeners, and good at cleaning and stuff. The real domestic type that takes care of you. I mean, it's not like I hate girls that aren't like that, but for a life long partner, I think those traits are very important, but then again, I guess this is a one off thing, no obligation whatsoever…."
Kiba rambled on to no one in particularly, however Lee was polite enough to give him occasion nods, as if he was agreeing.
Neji sat cross legged and had his eyes closed. Once again he was meditating, something he does when he wanted peace, or needed to calm down. Right now, he needed to do both of those. Although he isn't as flustered as Lee or Kiba, he just can't shake off the itty bitty voice at the back of his mind, questioning his ability to interact with females on such intimate levels, but he knew he could face everything with the best of his abilities, and if anything went bad, he could always knock the girl out and leave. That thought greatly comforted Neji as he finally opened his eyes and surveyed the rest of the group.
Shikamaru was probably the most relaxed. His sitting position most definitely indicated that. With his whole length leaning on the floor on his side, his head propped up by his elbow, and one knee bent, he looked like a sleeping Buddha.
'Stressing just takes up too much energy.' Shikamaru thought, and gulped down a cup of strong alcohol.
Sasuke was doing what he did best. Glaring.
As the least nervous of the group, he knew exactly how to handle the situation, and that was to leave before the girls get here. Certain that his cousins won't miss his presence, his disappearance will not raise any alarms, until Ebisu found out that he was gone.
"Ebisu, wa?" Sasuke asked, looking at Kiba.
"I sent him back home. He's going to pick us up tomorrow though." Kiba said, smiling at the idea of staying overnight.
Sasuke got up from the table and made his way to the door without a word.
"Sasuke? Where are you going?" Lee asked worriedly.
"Toilet." Came the short reply, and he left the room, sliding the door closed behind him.
'Now, my escape…'
His thoughts were broken by a captivating smell which was faintly drifting from the other end of the hallway. The scent was unique and teased Sasuke's nose as it was faint, but enchanting. Unconsciously, his feet started carrying him towards the scent until he stopped in front of a door, a small sign hanging at the side wrote, 'Naruto'. Curious as to what was inside, his hand reached for the door. But before he got there, the door was suddenly slid open forcefully to reveal a pair of sky blue eyes.
Startled, Sasuke took a step back from the close proximity, and took in the whole picture. The boy was about his age with short blond shaggy hair that spiked in various directions. His skin was fair, but slightly tanned to give off a healthy glow. His eyes were a mesmerizing hue of blue which sparkled like crystals, and peculiar whisker like marks were etched on his cheeks, three on each. Then it struck Sasuke that the smell that has lured him from his escape was coming from this very person.
'Who the hell?'
The boy looked at him and smiled brightly, the brightness almost making Sasuke squint.
"May I help you? Are you lost?"
Surprised from the earlier shock, Sasuke had almost forgotten to wear his trademark glare, and now that he remembered, he turned it back on full force.
"Toilet." He grumbled.
Naruto looked a little offended at the harsh glare, and his smiled dimmed, but he remained friendly since he was used to such harsh treatment from drunken customers. However this guy looked perfectly sober, and Naruto hadn't done anything but offer help. Feeling annoyance mounting at the back of his throat, he wanted to get away as quickly as possible.
"Just right there." Naruto pointed to a door a few steps away.
The arrogant man turned and continued in that direction.
'Not even a word of thanks! What an arrogant jerk!'
Naruto stared at the man's retreating back, and stuck his tongue out. Unfortunately, Sasuke had chosen that moment to turn around and caught Naruto with his tongue out.
A little amused at the childish display, Sasuke could feel a tiny smile fighting to break out from his face, but he fought mercifully to retain his icy glare.
"Eep!" Naruto blushed in embarrassment, and bolted towards Tenten's room.
Closing the toilet door behind him, Sasuke leaned against it on his back and finally let the tiny smile come out, his face then broke into a small grin.
'Dobe.'
Naruto hurried to Tenten's room and rapped hard on her door.
"Tenten! Tenten! LET ME IN! QUICK!"
The door slid open and Tenten's arms shot out to grab Naruto, effectively dragging him inside, before closing the door once again.
Regaining his balance, Naruto looked around the room. Shizune and Hinata was also there setting out make up, and hair accessories. Naruto took in the lovely view in front of him and blushed slightly.
Tenten was wearing her favourite kimono, a dark blue silk with cream coloured embroidery of lilies sewn elegantly across the cloth. Contrasting against it was her cream coloured halter neck and obi, with her kimono placed not too loosely yet not too tight around her shoulders, she exuded elegance and class. Hinata on the other hand was wearing a simple white kimono with peach coloured roses, and satin obi, the embodiment of purity, shyness and modesty. She often evoked feelings of protection and puppy love from her customers with her sweetness.
That was the secret to the top four's success. They each their own unique personalities that appealed to different people. Sakura was your first love, Ino represented dangerous pleasures, Tenten with her elegance, and Hinata with her innocence.
Shizune smirked at Naruto's open mouthed expression.
"I take it you approve?" She teased.
Naruto broke out of his daydream and looked at Shizune.
"Ano sa, ano sa, what do you need me to do now, Shizune nee-chan? I've taken a bath already, are the guests here yet?"
"Well, it's your turn to get dressed up now."
"My turn? I need to?" He stared down at his pants and shirt, they weren't dirty or extremely crumpled.
'What sort of customers are they to need me dressing up?'
Swiftly, Shizune and Tenten was on the move. Shizune grabbed Naruto by the shoulders and sat him down at the dressing table, and started brushing his hair.
Tenten picked up her powder puff and started dusting Naruto's cheeks.
"UH? What are you doing!"
Shizune took a deep breath and spoke as quickly as she can while brushing the unruly blond locks.
"Ok Naruto honey, this is the situation. We have 5 Lords here tonight, and they request 5 girls for the entire night. We have only 4 girls left, if we can't produce 1 more girl, the Lords will be angered and we'll all be executed, that's why we need you." She breathed out and waited for the oncoming reaction.
"…"
Naruto looked at her confused.
"So? That's really bad, where are we going to get the fifth girl?"
Shizune sweatdropped, 'Geez, he hasn't figured it out yet!'
"…"
"!"
Shizune nodded slowly at Naruto with big round eyes.
"OH MY GOD! I'M THE FIFTH GIRL?"
Sasuke made his way back to the guest room, no longer keen on leaving, he decided to stay for a while longer and see if he could bump into anymore amusing people. People like the blond.
Once back in the room, he sat back down to his original place and lost himself in thoughts of a cheeky smile and sparkly blue eyes.
Kiba who was still ranting on, stopped mid sentence when he caught the look on Sasuke's face.
"Hey, don't you think Sasuke's in a good mood tonight?" He whispered, leaning over to Neji's side.
Neji smiled, "Yes, I sense his irritation is gone."
Shikamaru looked up and joined into the whispered conversation.
"Che, that's obvious, he's not glaring anymore. Look, you can almost see his mouth turning slightly up."
The three cousins looked at each other quietly. But Kiba was the first to voice their thoughts.
"I'm freaked out man. I don't think I've ever seen his face without a scowl."
Shikamaru shrugged, "Maybe he saw a really nice girl just then."
"I do not think Sasuke's heart will be that easily moved by just a mere girl." Neji observed, "You've seen the sheer amount of girls ranging from pretty to plain barraging for his attention, yet he refuses them all. No, it can't be a girl."
Lee, finally noticing the quiet murmurs coming from the loose circle formed by three of his cousins shifted closer, trying to join in on the discussion.
"What's going on?" He whispered.
The other three looked back at him, and went back to their respective sitting positions, breaking up the talk.
"Nothing to worry about Lee." Shikamaru said in hopes of not giving the impression that they were disregarding him.
Lee was a little hurt by their snubbing, but forgot it immediately when there was a soft tapping on the door.
All the males looked up, as the door slid open, revealing a blonde in purple kimono, followed by a girl with pink hair in a fuchsia kimono. Each girl was dressed exquisitely and both were equally gorgeous in their own right.
The blonde spoke first.
"Everyone, good evening! Welcome to Konoha Garden. I am Ino, and this is Sakura."
Sakura, hiding a little behind Ino's back looked up and smile shyly and bowed slowly.. Rock Lee blushed furiously, and with a determined look on his face, he looked back at the pink haired girl and gave her a good guy smile with his teeth flashing.
'Ew…' Inner Sakura cringed at the sight, but Sakura smiled back politely. Her eyes then traveled over the rest of the group until they met Sasuke. Suddenly, she found it hard to breathe, her chest constricted painfully as she stared at the boy with raven hair and alabaster skin.
'Breathe. Oh my God. Yes he is a God. My God. Breathe. God. Breathe.'
Similar thought were running through Ino's mind, but the effect was not as devastating as that of her best friend's. And seeing that Sakura was indeed so taken by the boy, Ino decided that it was best to let go of any interest she held. So she continued smiling, flirting with everyone else.
"Nee minna, would you like to see me dance?" She said, wiggling her bottom suggestively.
"Hell yeah!" Kiba cried out enthusiastically.
Ino and Sakura moved to the open area in the room, while Ino stood at the middle, Sakura picked up the biwa1 leaning behind one of the vases, and started strumming out a slow melody.
Ino took out a fan from her sleeves and looked around the room at her audience.
"Well now, let's begin boys." She murmured seductively.
Tenten and Shizune sat back, and looked at their masterpiece in wonder, while Hinata was sitting by the side with slightly red cheeks.
Dressed in an orange kimono with a sky blue obi, and a blonde wig pinned up, Naruto was simply stunning. Tenten had done his make up herself, as she was the best there was, and she couldn't be happier with the result. Perhaps it was not the kimono itself that was so eye catching, it was the person wearing it. Naruto had turned out to look unexpectedly beautiful dressed as a woman.
"You are your mother's son." Shizune breathed.
"What is that supposed to mean!" Naruto shouted angrily going beet root red at the stares he was receiving.
"Oh wow, I got that kimono as a gift from a client, but I thought it was the ugliest thing in the world and never wore it. I can't believe it suits you so well." Tenten mused.
Orange and blue were definitely contrasting colours that were too striking to be worn together to look nice, but somehow Naruto had managed to make the whole outfit look perfect.
"You can have it, the kimono I mean." Tenten offered smiling happily, "You look beautiful in it."
"I DON'T WANT IT!" Naruto screamed at the offending compliment, and started to tearing his hair and clothing off. All three girls jumped up hastily to stop the blond from wrecking havoc on their hard work, screaming for him to stop.
"No! No, listen Naruto! The fate of Konoha Garden lies in your hands! You must do this, if you don't, we'll die! Please Naruto honey, stay with me." Shizune pleaded as she started crying. Tears of pearly liquid started rolling down her cheeks as she stared at Naruto with her best watery puppy eye impression.
Feeling like the responsible man he was, Naruto felt extremely bad for making the assistant manager cry. She was like an older sister to him, and cared about him as much as his aunt.
"Oh but why me? I'm a man! You can't let the future of this place lie in my hands. Can't you get someone else…" Naruto's whiny voice trailed off.
Because by now, Hinata was sniffling, and Tenten started sobbing. Naruto looked at the three women in dismay.
"Oh please stop crying. Ok, I promise to do it! Please just stop crying. OK! I, Uzumaki Naruto, accept this challenge!"
The three women who were previously distraught, was suddenly tear-free and clapping. Naruto grinned happily, not noticing their 180 degree change.
"Ok, Naruto remember you must do as the clients wish, and you cannot speak, only nod and shake your head. And when you're alone in your room, make him drink until he passes out. Oh! Almost forgot this!" Shizune fished out a choker styled necklace with a small leaf shaped pendant hanging from the middle and fastened it around Naruto's neck, "There." Shizune examined the rest of Naruto and smiled approvingly, "Are you ready?"
Naruto closed his eyes and took a deep breathe and looked back at Shizune, "Yes."
"Good, Sakura and Ino should have finished their dance by now, we have to hurry. Let's go."
Naruto got up from the dressing table, and made his way to the door where Hinata and Tenten were already waiting. Shizune came out last and slid the door closed, smoothing down her kimono, she made last minute checks on all three of them, and lead the way to the guest room.
Standing in front of the guest room, Hinata could hear Ino and Sakura scream and squeal while the male voices where shouting things like, "Come back here!", "I got you!", and a whole lot of laughter.
Hinata stood there nervously and stole glances at Naruto, who looked a little pale.
'It's ok Naruto-kun, you'll be fine.'
Naruto suddenly looked at her as if he was able to hear her thoughts and smile. She almost jumped out of skin, but forced herself to smile back shyly, and hurriedly made the way to the front with shaky knees to avoid his smile.
Still occupied with the thought of running away from Naruto's gaze, Hinata was the first to walk into the room as Shizune opened the door for them, and before she knew it, she was suddenly grasped in a warm hug around her shoulders, hot breathe was breathing down her neck with the scent of alcohol, and a low voice whispered in her ears.
"I've caught you."
Hinata froze and turned her head to gaze at a blindfolded man with shaggy black hair with two triangle shaped stripes painted on his cheeks. His face was only inches apart from hers and she blushed prettily at their closeness.
The man whipped off the silk handkerchief that was covering his eyes, only to meet with the face of a girl with blue black hair, and gray eyes. A pink tinge dusting her cheeks, and the eyes looked away quickly as her face got redder.
'Wow.' Kiba thought, before pulling his hands back embarrassingly, bowing hastily in an apology.
"I'm so sorry!"
The girl looked back at him shyly, "I-Iye, please do as you wish, my Lord."
Kiba almost melted on the spot at those words. Shizune suddenly stepped in and ushered the rest of the girls into the room.
"So sorry to make you gentlemen wait, but here are the rest of the ladies. This is Hinata, Tenten, and Naruto, together these five are the finest ladies Konoha Garden can offer. Naruto, unfortunately cannot speak, but she is a wonderful listener. Please enjoy the night, and call me if there are any problems."
Shizune gave Tenten and Hinata a look that say, 'Look after Naruto', and she left, hurrying back to attend other customers.
Tenten took Naruto's hand, and together with Hinata, made their way to the open area where Sakura and Ino was now waiting. They all stood in a row, striking their own pose to reflect their personality and feelings at that moment.
Sakura was smiling at Sasuke, and Sasuke only. Ino was openly flirting with everyone in the room, while Hinata was looking down at her fingers and she twirled them around trying to avoid eye contact. Tenten was standing with her hands clasped in front demurely, and Naruto was simply glaring at the men in the room with his arms crossed.
Naruto's eyes traveled across the room, continuing to glare at the men. There was the one that hugged Hinata, he was pretty loud and rough.
'Annoying, but half drunk already, maybe he'll do.'
The one next to him was lying on his side in a languid manner, watching the girls with bored eyes.
'Hmm, he looks about right, too tired to do anything but sleep, suits me.'
His eyes moved on to the boy with a bowl hair cut, and incredibly thick eyebrows, his eyes seemed glued to Sakura.
'Taken.'
The one with long hair tied behind him in a loose pony tail and a calm expression caught Naruto's attention. Not only was he good looking, but he had eyes like Hinata. The guy was looking back at him in a cool manner.
'Hmm, too hard to handle.'
And at last, he looked at the remaining member of the male party. Black hair, pale skin, and onyx eyes. Naruto's heart rate suddenly increased rapidly.
'Holy shit! He's the cold bastard I bumped into on the hallway! Crap! What if he recognizes me! Kami-sama, please don't let him recognize me, please please please.'
Luckily, Sasuke was too busy brooding to look up at the new girls that has just entered. He thought momentarily that he caught a whiff of something familiar in the air, but it was too wash out by stronger perfumes. His earlier good mood had turned sour when he met the eyes of that pink haired girl and she was practically devouring him with her eyes. Hence, he now refused to look up anymore, and chose instead to scowl at the floor.
"Please pick who you would like to spend the night with now." The blonde haired girl called Ino announced.
Lee's hand was the first to shoot up, but before he was allowed to speak, Kiba interrupted.
"Hey! It's my birthday, so I should go first!"
"Uh…yeah…" Lee looked between Sakura and Kiba nervously, hoping with all his heart that Kiba wouldn't pick the girl he wanted.
Noticing the slight dilemma that Lee was going through, Shikamaru spoke up.
"Fair enough, since it's Kiba's birthday he should be able to get first pick. So let's settle the remaining girls by drawing numbers."
"What do you mean?" Neji inquired.
"Well, I'll write down the numbers 1-4 on paper, and we each draw a number. Whoever gets 1 can go first, and so on. Fair?"
Everyone with the exception of Sasuke nodded in agreement, he was currently too busy contemplating on leaving again.
Tenten moved to the back of the room, and retrieved some paper and a pen, silently handing them to Shikamaru.
"Thanks." He smiled at her then began tearing the paper into four pieces and writing the numbers one to four on each piece.
Lee took notice of the piece with the number 1 written on it, and tried to follow it when Shikamaru shuffled the folded pieces. He then handed the pieces out to everyone, and Lee was sure he got one.
He gulped and slowly unfolded the paper.
'2'
"TWO! Who got one?" Lee yelled frantically, eyeing each person with suspicion and jealousy.
"Oh don't get upset Lee, it was fair, so just settle with what you have." Kiba grumbled exasperated.
"I got 3." Neji supplied.
Shikamaru held up his paper for all to see, '4', "Lucky last." He smiled.
Lee now looked at Sasuke, who still hadn't opened his paper.
'No! He's going to pick Sakura, she's been giving him looks all night. His definitely going to pick her.'
With watery eyes, Lee shuffled closer to Sasuke.
"Sasuke-kun, do you want to swap numbers with me?"
"Whatever." Sasuke replied without even looking up.
A fountain of tears started rolling down Lee's face.
"Thanks Sasuke. You're such a good guy." Lee turned back to look at Sakura happily with tears glistening down his cheek.
Sakura cringed, while Inner Sakura was cursed her fate.
'Fuck.'
"Alright, alright, so I'll pick first." Kiba said, and looked at the girls, openly studying each carefully, his eyes finally settled on Hinata, and he beamed happily.
"Hinata!" He declared.
Hinata timidly made her way towards Kiba and bowed, he draped his arm over her shoulders and continued to grin like a fool.
"This way please," she said, leading Kiba out of the room.
Lee announced his choice immediately without hesitation as Kiba left.
"Sakura, I choose you."
Sakura's face noticeably fell at Lee's declaration, she did not make any moved but looked at Sasuke's form longingly. She heaved a heavy sigh, and started making her way towards the door without even waiting for Lee. Not that she needed to, as Lee followed her like a puppy.
Silence now filled the room with the remaining members.
"Hey Sasuke, it's your go." Shikamaru urged.
Sasuke maintained his glare as he looked up at the girls. The blonde girl was still there, but she was too annoying for his taste. The other two he did not recognize. The one with black hair tied in two buns looked back at him coolly. His eyes went on to the last girl, another blonde who seemed preoccupied with the ground.
The blonde had long hair, and fair skin that was slightly tanned to give off a healthy glow. There were three whisker like marks her cheeks, three on each.
'Huh? So familiar. Hang on….'
Sasuke got up from his seat and walked up to the girl to get a closer look. His nose was suddenly assaulted by a familiar scent that had caught his attention earlier than evening.
The blonde looked like she was trying to blend in with the wall, however unsuccessfully, and inched back slightly as Sasuke got closer. Sasuke's eyes widened in recognition.
'It's him.'
The blonde finally looked up at him, revealing the last piece of evidence that he needed.
Staring into startling blue eyes, Sasuke suddenly smirked.
"I choose you."
TBC
Chapter 2 DONE!
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Glossary: (I might miss some things, if people feel that I need to add it into the glossary, please tell me. And if I get it wrong, please correct me)
sama : addressing a master
-san: polite way of addressing someone else
-chan: a close and informal way of addressing someone
-baba: rude way of saying grandma
teme: bastard!
Ano sa: you know