Disclaimer - I do not own anything about Naruto and nore do I receive any money or kickbacks from writing this.

I want to thank everyone for their awesome support while I was injured and of that asshole that that left a nasty comment!
Seriously? I agree with nm1716 'If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all'. Who said they had to hang around and read/comment on a story they either don't like or don't agree with? there's plenty of stories on here that don't interest me or that I don't agree with... I just don't read the, move on and read things I like...

Either way, end of rant.

My hand is healing well and I'm able to move it almost freely without pain (as long as I don't hit the top of my hand, push on the tips of my fingers or try to close my fist I'm good ^_^ )

I was lucky to get away with minor nerve damage and bruising. No breaks! Woot woot!
I can still claim to have never broken or fractured a bone!

To thank everyone I added more to this chapter than originally planned and it turned out better than I hoped, so I hope you like it too.

Be warned, Naruto is a bit of a stubborn brat in this one...

So, with all that being said... On Wards!

Naruto was going insane! How could this have happened? Everything was set out. Everything was ready. So how was it that he had somehow misplaced his tie?

"Mother!" Naruto called from the doorway of his bedroom, "Have you seen my tie?"

"It's hanging on the hook behind your door." she replied from somewhere else in the house.

"Thanks!" Naruto called back, shutting his door and retrieving his tie.

With his tie on and a final check of himself in the mirror, he deemed himself ready. Nodding he turned and picked up his sleeping son before making his way downstairs and into the dining room to check on the dinner preparations.

While his son slumbered, happily curled up in one of his arms, he used his other free hand to fuss over the table's presentation, 'fixing' the decorations, 'repositioning' the napkins and 'realigning' the cutlery.

"Everything will be fine." came a soft voice, as a manicured hand covered his, stopping him from further tweaking anything more.

Pulling his hand away from hers, he ran it through his hair nervously. "Everything has to be perfect, ya' know?" he said as he took a deep breath.

"And everything will be perfect, I promise." his mother hushed with a sort of unease he had never seen in her, "It's not like you're meeting a king and queen or something." she laughed, but it never reached her eyes.

"Close enough to it." Naruto mumbled, turning slightly away as he tried to understand why his mother of all people would be uneasy, she wasn't the one that had to impress these people. Hell, when he thought about it, she was the strongest person he knew, other than his godmother, so why was she so nervous?

As swift as any of her mood swings were, her confidence was all of a sudden back with a vengeance as she placed her hands on her hips, leaning her weight to one side, all the while giving him a sceptical look, "I don't think having dinner with your boss and his mate is anything close to similar as having dinner with a king and queen." she laughed, this time it reaching her eyes.

Naruto gently placed Menma down in his rocker - seriously, the kid could sleep through a hurricane - before turning and hissing at her quietly, "It's my boss's mate!" he waved his hands about to exacerbate his feelings, "He's rumored to be some sort of super Alpha in the business world." the blond then began to pace, "What if I don't live up to his expectations….. And, and I get fired because of it!?"

"I think you're overreacting, to the max." his mother laughed, that nervousness back again. Shaking her head she placed a hand on his shoulder, stopping him from pacing any further. "Seriously though, this is nothing but a friendly 'get-to-know-you' dinner, okay?"

Taking a deep sighing breath the blond nodded, "Okay, you're right, I can do this." With that being said, his heart rate skyrocketed the moment the doorbell rang. "I…. I…. I got it." he stuttered, rushing towards the door. He could feel his pits begin to sweat and swear he can already smell himself as his hands reached the doorknob.

Opening the door he was greeted by Deidara's ever blinding smile. "Hey! I hope you like chocolate cake." he greeted warmly as he held up a pink box with a bright blue ribbon tied around it and a fancy pastry shop logo printed on its top.

"Ah yeah." Naruto grinned nervously, looking around and behind the other blond Omega.

Without even having to ask, Deidara answered his open hanging question. "He's just taking a call in the car."

"Ah, cool. Uh…. Did you want to come in while we wait for him?" he asked, taking the cake box from Deidara.

"Sure, he'll follow when he's done." the other Omega nodded enthusiastically, following Naruto into the kitchen where the cake was placed in the fridge.

Once they were settled in the entertainment room - Menma cradled in Deidara's arms as the Omega cooed at him silently - conviction came easily to them. Everything from business to personal life became a topic to pass the time, till the front door opened once more and a fearful hush - almost palatable in how heavy it was - settled in the room. It was almost like everyone was waiting for something and Naruto was the only one who didn't know what it was.

"Naru," Deidara said with a hint of worry, gaining the other blond Omega's attention. "I know this is going to be a shock to you, but I need you to hear us out first, okay?" he rambled as fast and calmly as he could, as the footsteps drew nearer and nearer to them.

"O-kay…." Naruto hesitated, looking over towards the door as it opened. In an instant his breath was caught in his lungs and fear pulsed through his veins. For a second he thought he was looking at the Alpha he ran from, but the longer he stared the more he could see the slight differences in the two, but they had to be related, somehow, it was too much of a coincidence otherwise.

Without even realizing it Naruto was standing, his inner Omega already mapping out the fastest route to Menma, then the exit. It was then that he realized Menma was no longer in Deidara's arms….. He was actually nowhere in sight. With a soft whimper his head whipped every which way around the room till his eyes landed on his sleeping son's form, cradled protectively in his fathers arms.

With a relieved sigh he put his arms out for his son, only to have Minato shake his head and turn away slightly, "Hear them out first." he said softly, obviously trying to keep Naruto as calm as possible, but failing.

With that being said, he suddenly realized why his mother was so nervous earlier, why his father suddenly had Menma and wouldn't hand him over, and why he could taste the fear in the room when they all heard this man coming…..

They all knew. Knew something he didn't, knew this man and somehow knew about his Alpha, Menma's father.

"My name is Itachi," came a smooth voice, cutting off Naruto's thoughts of escape and the betrayal he felt from everyone in the room. That voice full of authority made him turn his attention back on the raven that was no longer by the door, rather standing with his arm wrapped around Deidara's waist. "I think you know my brother."

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Naruto whispered, turning his head away and crossing his arms as he gazed at his son's sleeping form.

"Please, I know you know my brother, as much as I know that child belongs to him." Itachi said in a matter-of-fact tone. "And that's what I'm here to talk to you about."

Naruto's eyes snapped to the raven Alpha, an overwhelming fear took over him making his inner Omega take control, bleeding his pupils violet. "Are you threatening to take my son?" he growled as the instinct to protect ripped through at him like a lightning strike.

"Naruto… We wouldn..." Deidara began but was cut off.

"And you… was everything, nothing more than a lie?" he spat out.

"N...no." Deidara shook his head, putting his hands up to show he meant no harm. "Everything we did…. was for you."

Before Naruto could say anything back, Itachi continued, "After you left I realized how much of a divide there was in the workplace between Omega's and the other two sub-genres. I'm just sorry it took you leaving, for me to understand that."

"You expect me to believe that you built an 'Omega safe' company out of the goodness of your own heart, because you felt sorry for Omega's?" he hissed.

"No." Itachi replied, stone faced while Naruto scoffed. "Deidara, a fellow Omega, built that company without my name being in the limelight to overshadow him, both as a gift for you so you could work and feel safe, but also as proof that times are changing and the world needs to keep up. That Omega's are rising and everyone needs to accept that."

"That's a lovely speech and I'm sure the media loved it, but if you'll excuse me, I have somewhere else to be." Naruto hissed again, walking over to his father to take his son and leave.

"Naruto," Minato warned, turning so Menma was just out of reach again.

"What?!" Naruto bared his teeth at the older blond Alpha, his inner protective Omega still fully in control. "He has done nothing but lie to me," he pointed at Deidara, "And you expect me to stand here and listen to them?"

"No." Minato shook his head calmly. "I expect you to sit down and listen to them." he growled back.

Naruto stood there, his mouth agape. This couldn't be happening. This wasn't real. It couldn't be. It had to be nothing more than a bad dream, a nightmare, something that he would wake up from at any moment, because his life was finally perfect, finally running how he wanted it, without fear, without persecution of his sub-gender…. He was finally at the point in his life that he was actually happy, and now…. It was about to be ripped away from him, because of a stupid accident that happened during one of his stupid heats.

With despair filling him he felt his eyes slowly bleeding back to normal.

"We're getting off topic," Itachi said, breaking the silence that was eating its way through the room. "Naruto, the consequences of you're leaving is what I'm here to talk to you about." he said as he took a deep breath.

"Naru, sweetheart, please sit down." Kushina said softly as she guided him to the couch, sitting down right next to him so he was cornered between the armrest and her. "Just hear them out, hear their side of the story."

"You knew…" he whispered, a fresh dose of betrayal pumping through his veins as he sank back into the couch. The people he thought he could always trust, thought he could always depend on, were all lying to him, scheming behind his back. As he looked up and over to the other pair, he could see the worry etched in both their faces, but he couldn't bring himself to care as a coldness made itself at home in his heart.

After the other two took a seat too, Itachi began. "I think it started before you left but after you mated." at Naruto's soft growl, Itachi put his hand up to stop the blond from saying anything that would otherwise interrupt him, "I don't know if you realized it at the time - and probably still don't - but you've formed an incomplete 'Soul Bond' with Sasuke."

"Do you see this?" Naruto defended, turning on the spot so he could show the nape of his neck, "No bite mark, means no bond."

"Your bond is different from a normal bond," Deidara explained with a wistful smile, "It's a special bond formed in the soul, not a physical mark. It's one that goes above and beyond that of a traditional bite bond. It's something that most can only dream of." he said with stars in his eyes. "I have a 'Soul Bond' with Itachi and I'll tell you, it's amazing and I want you to not only know that, but feel it too. So we want the pair of you to complete this bond and become a truly happy family." he smiled warmly.

Doing the only thing he knew how to do when he felt cornered, Naruto lashed out. "Great, so what….. I made a baby with Sasuke and now you're spewing some bullshit to make me either mate with him or you'll take my son away, is that it?"

"No! We would never do something like that!" the other blond shouted, "We just want what's best for the both of you." he tried, his smile starting to slip.

"Well I'm sorry, but I'm happy with how my life is at the moment. So thanks, but no thanks." Naruto hissed.

"Don't you feel it?" Deidara whined.

"Feel what?" Naruto huffed.

"The loss of your partner? His absence in your life. You have to be feeling like a piece of you is missing?" he whispered, almost begged.

"Sorry, but I feel fine. I have Menma and that's all I need." he answered stubbornly even as his mother squeezed his knee.

"What you need is to complete this bond you have with him!" Deidara shouted.

"If I do that, my life ends!" Naruto shouted back, tears burning his eyes. "Don't you get it? I'm an Omega! Unlike Alpha's the moment I bond with someone, my life is over. I don't get a second chance, I don't get to try again. That's it, game over! I'm stuck with him for life while he can go out and have as many partners as he wants, while I will be stuck with just him for the rest of my life."

"That won't happen!" Deidara was now standing, glaring down at the other blond as he shouted, "What you have with Sasuke is a 'Soul Bond'! It's a bond for life that no other can interfere in. He will never be able to take any other mate once you complete it!"

"What you're asking is for me to throw my life away, for someone else!" Naruto whimpered.

"Naruto please…." Kushina whimpered.

"For Kami sake, this is going nowhere," Itachi growled, "Naruto, Sasuke is dying and soon you will be too unless you complete the bond with him right now!"

"What?" Naruto all but turned and snarled at the Alpha. "Are you blackmailing me now with death if I don't fuck him?" he didn't know why, but his inner Omega didn't like this Alpha very much, didn't feel right, made him want to lash out.

"Fuck you're stobourn! No!" Itachi said as he stood, taking a step towards the blond as Deidara sat back down defeated. "I'm warning you." he took another step, his calmness like that stillness before a storm, "Warning you that when your heat finally comes back again," another step towards the blond was taken and the storm around the raven threatening to break, "That with each time it comes and goes, it will get worse." he was now looming over Naruto, his inner Alpha bleeding his eyes red as the storm finally broke. "Till it kills you." he growled.

"Itachi!" both Deidara and Kushina hissed at the same time.

"He needs to know." Itachi hissed back without breaking eye contact with the blond Omega cowering in front of him. "He needs to know that he will die without my brother, because the bond he started is incomplete."

"I'm willing to take that chance." Naruto said strongly, or at least he hoped it sounded stronger than he felt, but by the look in Itachi's eyes, it didn't.

"But I'm not. Unlike you who possibly has months left, my brother doesn't have much time left. He has a day at most."

"Then find someone else to be his mate, because I'm not his 'Soul Mate' or whatever you called it! I can't save him and you're asking too much of me to do it. You're asking me to throw my life away from him."

"There is no one else, and I'll prove it. Prove that I'm not making you throw your life away, but start a better one."

Without warning Itachi pulled a tightly packed medium side ziplock bag out of his suit jacket, opening it he emptied the contents onto the unsuspecting bond. The clothing item unraveled and splayed open, wrapping itself around Naruto's face as it fell. The blond began to flail, trying to rid himself of the item, but as he did his breath quickly became a pant as the scent coming off the item filled his senses, all the way to his very core.

Instantly heat wrapped itself around Naruto and his body began to flush and tremble as slick gushed between his legs. His thighs began to rub together in a futile hope of gaining some sort of friction, while an incredible desiring need took over him. He wanted to be horrified at his actions - in front of his parents no less -, but the scent filling him to his very inner being made him instead nuzzle into the cloth.

That scent made him feel whole in a way that he never knew he was empty.

Filled a part of him that he didn't know was gone.

Made him realize that something really was missing this whole time.

"Do you believe me now?" he heard someone whisper, but he couldn't distinguish who…. It sounded so far away at that moment. All he could do in response was whimper as he silently began to beg for the Alpha his inner Omega had been screaming for this whole time without him knowing.

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I hope this chapter was up to everyone's expectations and yes... Naruto is a stubborn ass at the moment. In the next chapter Sasuke and Naruto will finally meet again as things get steamy! But like everything with our favorite pair, nothing is going to go as planned.

So stay tuned!

Well, until next time.