Chapter 13 - In The End

Black, deep pools known as eyes crept open as a dull and drowsy light crawled across his face. He turned his head, nearly sneezing when his nose came in to contact with bright blonde hair. He held it back before gasping.

When did he fall asleep in Naruto's bed? Wait...no, Naruto was in his bed...Why was Naruto in his bed?

"Ah..." a blush had taken his face by storm. "N-naruto?"

"Mm...5 more minutes..." Naruto muttered, curling further into Sasuke's chest.

'Dammit, why are you so cute?' Sasuke cursed in his mind.

Naruto blinked his eyes open almost exactly 5 minutes later, when he was fully bathed in sunlight. He jumped backwards when he realized where he was.

"Ah! S-sasuke! S-sorry...I...I just-" he gave up and began twiddling his thumbs, blushing cutely.

"It's alright." Sasuke smiled and Naruto was so surprised he couldn't breathe. "You were warm."

-

"Sakura, go get Rasiel. Call him and he should respond." Naruto ordered. Sakura grudgingly stopped staring at Sasuke and headed for the stables, in her full disguise.

"Farewell once more, King Uzumaki." Sasuke bowed.

"Come now Prince Uchiha. We're friends. You call me Naruto, right Sasuke?" Naruto laughed, making Sasuke stand straight again.

"Right."

"Opposing sides, but best friends. Oh how the thin lines we paint can smear..." Naruto sighed.

Sasuke rushed forward slightly and embraced the blonde, who returned the hug. They stayed like this until they could hear hoof beats nearing.

"Ready to go." Sakura announced softly in the dark of early night.

"Right." Naruto got on first, followed by Sakura, who wrapped her arms around his waist.

Sasuke flushed angrily. Naruto blinked and motioned to his own face in warning, Sasuke blinked and lowered his head a little bit.

"Bye." He whispered as the horse took off into the woods. A single tear ran down his left cheek, and he didn't know why.

-

That night, a great tragedy befell Uchiha. King Uchiha, who had been ill for quite sometime, died. It was at the exact moment that Rasiel passed the Uchihan border. Right when Sasuke had fallen to sleep in his room, remembering waking up to a blonde. No one knew he was dead quite yet.

Everyone slept peacefully for yet one more night.

-

Naruto was woken the next morning by a tapping on his window. After blinked open his eyes, Naruto realized that a black raven, namely Mia, was pecking at his window.

"Mmm?" he stood sloppily and opened the glass barrier.

Mia flew in and flapped around a bit before landing happily on the foot of Naruto's large bed. Said blonde boy walked over and untied the note from her leg.

"Hinata'll feed you down in the kitchen. But I need you to come back so I can send a reply, ok?" he smiled at the bird as he pet it. Mia made a content sound and flew off out the window.

Naruto slowly opened the letter and read. His eyes widened with every word. Little was written on the paper, but he found himself running from the room after slinging some decent clothes on. The letter fell to the ground.

'My father died last night. Uchiha Sasuke is now King Uchiha.

Naruto...What now?'

-

Sasuke read the letter he'd gotten from Naruto and nodded. He hurried to his mother's room, where the captain of Uchiha's armies was trying to console her, along with many others.

"Everyone out. Go and work on my father's funeral." Sasuke ordered coldly. "You-" he pointed at the captain. "-Order all of our troops to fall back and come home. This war is over."

"Sasuke!" his mother shrieked after everyone had gone. "What are you thinking? Pulling out our troops? You'll get us all killed."

"No mother. To keep fighting would kill us all. Too many have died already." Sasuke scoffed.

"You're insane." she glared.

"Friends should not have to fight, mother. I will not fight King Uzumaki over something so stupid as land. Our kingdoms are big enough, with room enough for more conquest and ruralization. This war is unnecessary. I will not fight my friend." Sasuke said with finality, and his mother could merely stare.

(Ruralization is not a word on my WordPerfect, but this is my world. So neh!)

-

A week after the war was officially over, funerals over, and everything had been settled, a party was held to celebrate. A treaty had been made that clarified that no wars were to be had for at least another 20 years. Yes, a long time, but neither king planned on dying any time soon.

A large center field was surrounded by tables on three sides where people from each country could sit and eat together. A raised table was at the fourth end of the clearing on the border of the two countries. At this table sat the kings, other royalty (Sasuke's mom), and Naruto had invited Hinata and Neji.

Sasuke stood and everyone else, EVERYONE else shut up. He raised his cup and had to nearly scream to be heard.

"I propose a toast to the new King Uzumaki!"

Naruto stood too.

"And I to the new King Uchiha!" he laughed.

Everyone joined them in the toast, the air was permeated with joy and happiness. Sasuke felt exhilarated. He'd never felt this happy in his life, he didn't think. He felt light headed and like he could fly away.

Looking beside him, Sasuke saw Naruto. The blonde looked beautiful to him. His eyes were dancing with a new light that had never been there before.

Before he knew what he was doing, Sasuke had grabbed Naruto, pulled their bodies together, and kissed him full on the lips. At some point he had dropped his cup...

Silence greeted this event...Sasuke pulled away and whispered in Naruto's ear.

"Our kingdom is bonded by our hearts. The Uzamaki and Uchiha Kingdom..." Sasuke pulled completely away and Naruto blinked.

He turned to the crowd with an extremely flushed face. He gave a stupid looking smile and bowed. More than half of the 'audience' started cracking up and clapping, most of them girls. (Fangirls!)

A black raven flew overhead.

-

My dream doesn't exist in the future

My dream lies in the past

That's the only place it exists...

"So I Smile And Pray Upon A Star"


Out : So? What do you think? -blink- Onee-chan...Who started this story?

O.C. #2 : I think it was me...Because of a military movie and a joke I made about it.

Out : Ah...Ok! This isn't the best ending though...

O.C. #2 : Yea...I don't like it much either. It seems rushed.