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Well my upload schedule has completely gone to shit... Sorry...
Worse, this one was a little rushed written, so I'm sorry if there are some mistakes.
Shout-outs!
cassiejones07 - Thank you, I'm glad you're enjoying it!
osh0204 - Yep, I totally agree, people only bully to inflate their shitty ego's.
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Kayla LoveAnime - There are likely to be more in this one, sorry... I was in a bit of a rush, but still wanted to upload.
Without keeping you all too long, enter Sasuke!
So with all that being said, onwards and enjoy!
"Father?" Itachi whispered as he stared at his fathers makeup covered face, "What are you doing here and what more, what are you wearing?" he looked on with a mixture of horror and curiosity.
"Well, it's something I've been wanting to talk to you about for a while now." the older raven said with a slight blush. "Your mother and I have never been comfortable in the bodies we were given, so we have finally decided - now that you boys are old enough - that we would finally do what we've always wanted to do that makes us feel happy."
"And this," Itachi gestured to his fathers frilly dress and heels, "Is what makes you feel happy?" he questioned.
"Yep." Fugaku smiled brightly at him. "What do you think so far? I'm yet to have my surgery, but when I do, I'll look even better."
Itachi shrugged.
JOKES! Onwards with the real story!
X~x~X~x~X
"Mother?" Itachi whispered as he took a shakie step back, "What are you doing here?"
"Is that any way to greet your mother?" she questioned, looking down at him with a blank face.
"No," he shook his head before walking over and taking her hand, bowing he touched it to his forehead. "Forgive me mother, how are you?"
"I am well." she answered, bringing her spare hand to her mouth coyly, fingers playing along her lips. "Your father on the other hand is still overseas trying to negotiate a business deal with that stupid Hyuga group again, I swear that man never learns." she laughed, her gaze slipping over to Deidara expectantly.
"Pleasant greetings mother-in-law." Deidara said, as he bowed towards the older raven woman. "What brings you here?" he subtly asked.
"To see my sons of course." she smiled wickedly, turning to look down at her eldest son again.
"How?" Itachi breathed out as he looked up at her.
"The real question is, did you really think you could hide something from me?" she deadpanned him. "Your father may be socially inept when it comes to the pair of you, but I, am not." turning to the silent doctor still standing at attention, she nodded her head once, "You are dismissed."
"Thank you." Dr. Haruno replied with a bow before walking away.
"Really? Did you think you could hide something like this from me?"
"How did you find out?" Itachi challenged her.
"Who do you think funds this hospital?" she said as she placed her manicured hands on her hips, "Better yet, who do you think approved this course of treatment?"
"No…" Itachi shook his head. "I paid for silence."
"Funny thing, my dear son," she said, her voice becoming low as she stepped towards him, hands falling to her side as she loomed over him, an outstretched hand caressing his cheek gently. "Compared to me, you are in the little leagues. Who do you think it was that stalled you for so long in finding his little Omega and offspring."
Itachi paled further, staring at his mother with something akin to fear, as if truly seeing her for the first time.
Sensing the rising tension Kushina decided to break the ice and make herself known, "Excuse me," she whispered as she came into view of the other woman, "My name's Kushina, I'm Naruto's mother."
Turning to look directly at the redhead the raven haired woman smiled warmly, "Forgive my rudeness," she ducked her head and blushed, "My name's Mikoto, I'm Sasuke's mother and as I head it, my boy has caused you and your family a great deal of heartache."
"On the contrary, I think my son has also caused you much heartache." Kushina waved her hands around.
"A bit." Mikoto smiled while nodding. "It would seem both our boys have caused a bit of a mess, at this point I think it best if we go elsewhere and talk, just the two of us."
Mikoto turned with the flick of her hair and began to walk back the way she came, the sound of her heels clicking against the floor echoing as she went. After a couple of seconds of hesitation, Kushina followed at a quick pace to catch up.
The pair took the elevator up several floors and continued their trek in silence. Eventually they came to a stop in front of a door. Opening it Mikoto ushered Kushina in before closing it behind them.
"Would you like some tea?" Mikoto asked as she mulled around the spacious office.
"Please." Kushina answered as she took a seat in one of the plush chairs offered to her. A steaming ornate cup of tea on matching saucer was soon placed in front of her on the small coffee table along with a three tiered hi-tea plate of food.
"I didn't know what would be to your taste, so I had a mix of sweet and savoury prepared." Mikoto said as she took a seat opposite the redhead and picked up her own matching tea cup and saucer, taking a sip. "I'm sorry for how I acted earlier, as an Alpha married to another Alpha, I'm expected to always appear in control, when honestly all I wanted to do was run in and give both my babies hugs."
Taken aback by the sudden change in the Alpha woman, Kushina giggles. "I totally understand, it's hard being a mother sometimes." she whispered before becoming solemn, her gaze casting down to the tea-cup clutched in her hands, on her lap. "My son no longer trusts me, he thinks I've betrayed him by forcing him to mate, and worse, he thinks I've been lying to him."
"It was necessary to keep them alive." Mikoto whispered too. Taking a deep breath, she forced a smile, "I hear I have a grandson, do you have any photos on you?"
Smiling softly, Kushina placed her cup back on its saucer on the table before reaching for her phone. "Do I have photos of my grandson…." she said sarcastically, "What kind of a grandmother would I be if I didn't?" she laughed as she began to show the other woman photos upon photos.
It went on like this for a good few hours, both women jumping from topic to topic, anything that popped into their heads was fair game to converse about. But like all conversations, they always have to come to an end eventually. There's ended when they both arrived at the topic, one that would be difficult to discuss because it was about their son's futures.
"What would you like to do about a Commitment Ceremony?" Kushina suddenly asked as she took a bite of a small, bite sized, crustless sandwich.
Sighing, Mikoto finished the bite she had taken then answered, "I feel it would be best if they went through with a traditional ceremony rather than a new aged ceremony, my only reasoning is because of their type of bond."
"I agree." Kushina nodded thoughtfully.
"Of course as the Alpha side we would take care of the cost of the ceremony, accommodation of all guests and the party afterwards. The only question that remains, is the location and style. Since they are meant to be the Omega's choices, I will hold off on organizing anything till we can confirm his decisions."
"That I can actually help you with." Kushina answered, going through her bag and pulling out a tattered, leather bound, A5 book and handing it to the Alpha woman. "All through his childhood and into his teen years, I had Naruto design his dream Commitment Ceremony. That book contains everything he has ever spoken about or pointed out in magazines or in passing."
Mikoto looked over the book briefly and was amazed at the detail that Naruto went into, but even further, that Kushina had not only written it all down, but included cutouts and photographs with detailed explanations beside each thing. Here and there there were things scribbled out, as if he had changed his mind or grown out of it, but with this, she could create the perfect ceremony for both of them.
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The first thing he noticed when he woke was how warm he felt, warm and safe. Safer in fact than he had ever felt in his life. Snuggling further into that warmth he felt as it tightened around him. Slowly his mind began to wake up with his consciousness, alerting him more to his surroundings, like the fact that yes, he was in a super comfy bed and more so, that there was another body in it with him.
Realizing the second fact, Naruto screamed and all but thrust himself out of the bed only to be caught by another set of arms. Turning he saw an older raven - Itachi his mind slowly supplied him - it was then that the events of the previous night hit him.
The dinner, it getting ruined, learning of his fate, his fate forcing him to go to a hospital, and finally…. mating with Sasuke - granted, that part was fuzzy, like trying to look through a stained glass window made up of many different shaded glass. Tears filled his eyes and began to run down his cheeks.
"Why, why…." he whimpered, "My life was finally perfect."
"Nothing's really changed, your life's still going to be perfect, you'll see."
"Bullshit, bullshit!" Naruto cursed, pushing the older raven away, "My life is over!"
"No it's not, all that's changed from then and now is that you have a mate." Itachi tried to reassure the blond.
"You got to pick your mate," Naruto hissed, tears continuing to stain his cheeks as they began to flush red with anger. "While I was forced to mate with someone because of biology!"
At this Itachi had no comeback, at least not a fairy tale one he thought Naruto would want. "I promise you, your life isn't over." he bowed his head, "If anything, it's just beginning, I should know."
"Know, KNOW, you mated for love." Naruto growled, taking a shaky breath as raged ripped through him, changing the colour of his eyes.
"Naruto, I don't think you understand,"
"No," Naruto growled, cutting him off and jabbing a finger into his chest. "You don't understand. For the first time in my life everything was going how I wanted it and you had to come along and ruin it!"
Itachi's eyes flashed red several times before he got himself under control. "Fine, you want it to go back to how it was? There's the door," he pointed to it, "Leave."
With a glare Naruto walked over to the door, wretched it open and walked out. He barely got halfway down the hall before he started to feel an overwhelming pain that brought him to his knees.
"Wa…. what's going on?" the blond whimpered.
"Naruto," Itachi whispered as he crouched down next to the blond and helped him up, leading him back to the room, "What you and Sasuke have is the same as what Deidara and I have, a soul bond. To be apart feels like death. Trust me when I say, you'll feel the difference if you just let yourself feel it, if you do you'll be happier for it."
The raven Alpha guided the blond Omega back into the room and when Naruto's eyes landed on Sasuke, he instantly felt better….. And calmer.
"Why?…. Why does it have to be like this?….. Why does it have to be me?... What did I ever do to deserve this?" he sniffed.
Itachi sighed as he walked towards the door, his hand on its handle, "Do you really think Deidara and I started out as the perfectly lovey-dovey couple we are now?" he questioned before leaving.
Bringing his fists to his eyes Naruto rubbed at them furiously out of anger. At that moment, all he wanted to do was crawl into his bed, snuggle with his son and forget everything about this whole situation. But he was an adult, and adults don't do that. Taking a deep breath he looked around the room and spotted a door with a shower symbol on it.
Second best thing at the moment was a shower. Although someone had taken the time and effort to clean him already - which really should bother him more than it did - a lone shower with no one to bother him sounded like the perfect thing at that moment.
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Waking felt like he'd been asleep for days, no, scratch that, months. He felt weak, but a pleasant smell enticed him to wake. Stirring he had him hearing a familiar voice, one that felt like he hadn't heard in ages.
"Glad to see you finally waking, how do you feel?"
"Like a train hit me repetitively." Sasuke blanched. "But at the same time, rested."
Itachi chuckled, "You have no idea how good it is to hear your voice again." he whispered as he stepped up to the bed.
Instantly Sasuke's eyes were open, he was sitting up and a deep growl was rumbling in his chest. He couldn't understand why, but he felt the need to protect, take over him as he bared his teeth at his brother, forcing the other to take several steps back.
Once Itachi was far enough back, his body calmed down. "I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me…." Sasuke said, turning away in shame as he scratched his head
"It's okay." Itachi said, pulling up a chair at the safe distance that Sasuke had indicated.
"Hey Tachi, where am I?" Sasuke asked, looking around the room.
"Tell me, what's the last thing you remember?" Itachi asked instead of answering.
Sasuke glared at him, but eventually sighed in defeat. "The last thing I properly remember is you telling me Naruto resigned, after that it kind of becomes disjointed and fragmented, like trying to watch tv underwater while ripples cover it's surface."
"Hm…." Itachi murmurs before looking straight up at his brother, "You've been in what's called an 'Omega withdrawal break'. It happens when you're separated from your bonded partner."
"But I don't have a bond partner." the younger Alpha replied with confusion.
Itachi sighed as he slumped into his chair and covered his face with a hand. "The night you slept with Naruto, you formed an incomplete Soulbond."
"Like what you and Deidara have?" Sasuke asked, thoughtfully.
"Exactly like what Dei and I have." Itachi sighed again, "Difference is, yours being incomplete meant that it almost killed you."
"Then how am I still alive?"
"The only way to save you was for you to mate with someone." Itachi whispered.
"You didn't…" Sasuke hesitantly asked. After Itachi nodded the younger raven deflated and looked away in defeat. "You did…" refusing to look at his brother he asked, "Who? Who is my mate?"
"Sasuke, you have to understand you almost died, and worse you went insane."
"How insane?" he asked curiously, side glancing Itachi.
"You accused me of conspiring against you, of making Naruto leave, you attacked me and worse, you attacked my mate."
"Oh Kami," Sasuke choked, covering his mouth and giving Itachi his full attention, "Is Deidara okay?"
"He's fine," Itachi waved him off with his spare hand. "He was saved because he was covered in Naruto and Menma's scent."
"That's good." Sasuke sighed with relief, till his brain caught up with the last part of what his brother had said. "Wait, why was he covered in Naruto's scent and who's Menma?" he growled the last part.
"We spent almost a year looking for Naruto and when we found him, I had Dei start up a new company. Then we dropped a recruitment flyer into Naruto's mail box, so he would apply and we could keep an eye on him. It made it all the more easier since most don't know Dei is my mate."
Ignoring the fact that his brother had admitted he had been crazy for the better part of a year, he instead focused on the new name. "Who's Menma?" he continued to growl as his eyes bled red again.
With a deep sigh Itachi looked between his fingers at Sasuke, "Your son." he answered.
That stopped Sasuke in his tracks and made his mind almost shut down for a moment. When he could finally speak again he whispered "I have a son?"
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So not sorry about my joke at the start! Too many people got it correct!
Moving on... Sasuke's awake and just found out he's got a son... let's see what happens next ^_~
On another note, what do you think Naruto should wear to his Commitment Ceremony? A male dress-suit (extended suit jacket that becomes a dress) or a traditional suit/tux.
Your call!
Well, until next time.