Hey guys, thanks for reviewing. I'm glad you guys are liking it so far. Trust me when I say I'm trying my best to convey everything I have in mind for this story into the proper words. I believe that it's this chapter that I will be, in a way, bringing the main girls and Sasuke into the narrative. Hopefully it works out swell. Enjoy!
Xxx Disclaimer: Naruto doesn't belong to me, but to Masashi Kishimoto xxX
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One minute he had just finally gotten back to sleep after dealing with a rather clingy, annoying girl earlier that morning that just refused to leave, somehow being under the impression that she was more "special" than all of the other women that he's bedded. The next he finds himself dressing in half decent attire because his mother sent one of the help up to wake him because there were "people" here to speak with him.
He grumbles to himself as he finishes buttoning what he wanted of his loose-fitting blouse and slips on a pair of moccasins before heading over to his personal bathroom to check himself in the mirror and brush his teeth. Once primmed up to a passable appearance that won't get him too scolded by his parents he finally makes his way down to the living room where the help had told him his family and guests were waiting for him.
As he comes towards the end of the stairs and is about to round the bottom to head over to the large room, the voices of his family and two unfamiliar people reach his ears, making him stop in his tracks at the conversation taking place.
"... So she wasn't really someone that he could have done anything with since they were so young." He hears his father say.
"They normally just ended up bickering sometimes, mostly on his part since she was so timid back then. It was her sister that normally stepped up to him on her behalf, which I always found rather cute." His mother adds, making him raise a brow in confusion.
Who the hell are they talking about? He thinks as he slowly stalks his way towards the room, making sure not to make any noise so that he can hear a bit more before they come looking for him.
He hears his older brother snort with a short laugh. "I always figured he was just being a brat towards her because she was obviously one of the only girls around him that wasn't fawning over him all of the time, and had a pretty obvious crush on his best friend instead. I don't think he knew how to handle a situation like that because it wasn't particularly 'normal' for him, and I do believe that he was, for the first time, jealous over a girl."
Sasuke makes a face when he hears a round of laughter erupt from the group, having a sinking suspicion that they were talking about him in there. But if they were talking about him, who the hell were they talking about him being "jealous" over? He never got jealous over a female, especially when he had plenty throwing themselves at him every day! His stupid brother was sorely mistaken if he thinks that he would ever show such a feeling for a girl any day.
"Oh Sasuke! There you are!" Sasuke looks up to find his mother staring at him with a giggle filled smile, one that she rarely offers him these days. "Hurry up and come say hello to our guests. They are really looking forward to speaking with you."
The young man gives his mother a perplexed look as she practically pulls him into the room where he's greeted by the stares of his father, brother, and a long frosty haired man and a beautiful blonde busty woman that he honestly wouldn't mind going a round or two with if granted a chance.
"Sasuke," He hears his mother call, breaking his focus on the smirking blonde who must have noticed his blatant staring and was now looking him up and down in response. "This here is Jiraiya-sama and his fiancé and partner Tsunade-sama."
Sasuke's small grin notably weakens, especially when Tsunade places her hand on Jiraiya's knee in a teasing manner since they all noticed the young man's turn in promiscuous thoughts.
"Well, he is a lot more handsome in person." The blonde comments with a gleam in her eye.
"Indeed." Jiraiya agrees. "No wonder he has the ladies clawing at your doorstep every day."
Mikoto chuckles sheepishly while Sasuke scoffs in slight annoyance. Crossing his arms, he glares at his mother as she brings him to sit on the sofa beside her. Once sat, the group falls into a brief silence until Jiraiya clears his throat while Tsunade sips her drink.
"So Sasuke-kun, I think it's best that we get straight to the point so that we can start this process as soon as possible." Said Uchiha quirks a brow in question at the older man while his family stares at him with expectant gazes.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Sasuke retorts. "What process?"
Jiraiya smiles knowingly and leans forward on his knees, folding his fingers under his chin. "Why don't you tell me a bit about this 'problem' that your parents and brother seem to think you have."
"Problem?" Sasuke's face scrunches up as he looks around the room at the other faces. After analyzing their expressions, he scoffs and turns back towards the silver haired man with a stern glare.
"I don't have a 'problem'. I do what I want, who I want, when I want, where I want, and how I want. What I do is none of their concern. As far as I know, they're just jealous because they have to deal with the same lay for the rest of their lives while I'm a free agent."
Jiraiya and Tsunade, as well as the other Uchiha's are left speechless after the youngest's mini rant. While they were kind of expecting that kind of response from Sasuke, it still surprised them that he would say it so openly without a second thought.
Jiraiya's face hardens, seeing as he's going have to take this meeting more serious earlier than he thought. "Sasuke-kun, do you know what a sex addiction is?"
Sasuke snorts. "Of course I do, but I don't have one. There's a difference between liking sex and being addicted to it."
"Well if that's what you believe, we'd like to try something with you." Tsunade cuts in, her own beautiful features tightened into a candid glare.
The raven headed bachelor turns to the woman with a challenging smirk. "Oh yeah? What is it?"
"We've been talking to your family for a couple of days now and we believe that our method may be able to help both you and your family get at ease." Tsunade replies with a challenging tone as well.
"We've asked your family if there have been any women in your life that have had a positive impact, or a pleasant lasting impression on them." Sasuke's eyes widen a margin and his jaw tightens, but he quickly schooled his features back to stoic.
"Before we proceed any further with what we have planned, we'd like to ask you about your opinion on the women that your family has mentioned." Jiraiya continues.
"And please keep it brief." Tsunade adds. "I can already tell that you aren't going to like what we have to say so far, so that just means that the process is already working." She grins slyly while adjusting her glasses.
The Uchiha bachelor grinds his teeth and fights the urge to cuss every single person in this room out. Just what the hell were they playing at here? The past women in his life? Ones that left a positive impact? Pleasant impression? What the fuck? As far as he knew, he made sure to bring home women that he knew were going to piss his parents off. So how in the hell did any of them leave a "pleasant" impression on them?
"Okay," Jiraiya speaks, cutting his angry train of thought. "Let's start by asking about a miss…" He looks down at a notepad in his hands. "Sakura Haruno." Sasuke visibly flinches.
"Your family has told us that you two used to be friends back in the day all throughout high school and a bit into college until you dropped out. Is this true?"
Sasuke grips the sleeves of his shirt tightly, closing his eyes as he tries his best to remain calm. It's been forever since he's heard her name. Why the fuck did they bring her up?
"...Yes." He grits out. "She used to hang around with Naruto and me all throughout the school year, even attending the same college as us. Why did you bring her up?"
"Were you two ever intimate?" Tsunade questions, ignoring the heated man.
Sasuke scoffs with a roll of his eyes. "A few times we were, yes, but what does any of this matter? Just what the hell are you guys planning?"
"I always suspected that you two had something going on, little brother." Itachi chimes, earning Sasuke's upset stare upon him. "After all, didn't she used to be madly in love with you?"
"Shut it, Itachi." Sneers Sasuke, only to have his attention drawn back towards the duo in front of him.
"Alright, now let's talk about a miss… Ino Yamanaka." Once more the young man flinches at the name. "We've been told that you two also used to be pretty close, but apparently not as close as miss Haruno since you've never had this young lady over as much as her."
"Sakura only ever came over whenever I had Naruto here, or when we needed to work on a project!" Sasuke defends, snarling at the couple. "And yeah, Ino and I used to hang out around school. Unlike most girls, she wasn't a complete pain in the ass and she managed to keep some of the stalkers away."
"Were you two ever intimate?"
"Tch. Of course we were. I had to repay her somehow for keeping those fangirls in check." Sasuke offers a smirk that makes Tsunade want to smack it off his smug mug.
"What about Karin Uzumaki? We hear she was around for a while after you and Naruto got into a fight of some sorts."
Sasuke sighs as his parents watch his reactions with close eyes. "She was one of the ones there for me when I dropped out of college after getting into it with Naruto over something stupid. She was annoying at first, but she worked on that the longer we were around each other."
"Were you two ever-"
"Yes we were 'intimate'!" Sasuke mocks, making his older brother chuckle under his breath. "Are you going to ask that every damn time?! Does it really even fucking matter?!"
"Sasuke!" His mother scolds, making him roll his eyes.
Tsunade and Jiraiya look to each other before turning back to the seething male. "Well it's not actually required, but it will kind of make things easier to just know."
"In a way, at least." Adds Jiraiya.
Sasuke rolls his coal eyes for the umpteenth time. "Oh so that's the only question of mine that you're going to actually answer, huh?"
Jiraiya sniggers before moving on, once again ignoring the lad. "How about Hinata Hyūga?" Sasuke's brows furrow. "We heard that you two were kind of like childhood friends, and that she was the only one 'immune' to your charms."
"Childhood friends? Tch, as if." Sasuke snorts. "If anything she was only a meek little daughter of one of my parents more consistent business partners and just so happened to come over the most with her brat of a sister."
"Is it true you used to tease her?" Asks the blonde.
"All the time. It was my only form of entertainment during those boring get-togethers." He chuckles. "Her reactions were always fun, that is until her little sister came ruining everything with her overprotectiveness."
The others in the room chuckle, his family remembering the little tyke coming over every time Sasuke got too close to her beloved sister, and the couple just imagining the scenario going down in their minds.
"Now we understand that you two have only ever met when you were younger, but were you ever intimate with miss Hyūga?" Tsunade asks, only to receive an almost appalled glare from the youngster.
"Never. We were kids back then, and even if we weren't, that's disgusting and would never happen." His parents almost deflate with relief that there was at least one person that Sasuke hasn't bedded on this roster. "Even if I wanted to, and that's a big if, she wouldn't want to, with me at least, since for some reason her eyes were all over Naruto, who was too up Sakura's ass to notice."
Sasuke sighs then, finally realizing that it must have been the Hyūga that they were talking about earlier before his mom found him. As if he'd ever be jealous over someone like her.
"I see then." Jiraiya states rather slow, moving down the list. Just how many girls left a "lasting impression" on his parents and brother?
"What about a woman named Tenten?" Jiraiya asks. "It seems your family doesn't remember the last name of this woman, so hopefully the first rings a be-"
"Yeah I remember her." Sasuke cuts the older man off, slightly grinning. "What did my parents say about her?"
"They said that you two were on the same martial arts team that they funded a few years back." Tsunade responds.
"They remember you two getting along fairly well while you were on the team." Adds Jiraiya. "Can you tell us if this was perhaps just a simple friendship or something more?"
Sasuke leans back in his seat and cracks his neck. "We were kind of like fuck buddies for a while. She wasn't annoying and was pretty cool as far as I remember. Totally could kick more ass than most of the girls I've been with."
"I knew it." Sasuke overhears his father mutter under his breath.
Jiraiya nods after sharing a knowing glance with his partner. As he continues down the list, his dark eyes lock with the young Uchiha's.
"Alright. This next girl is a bit of a long-distance partner, but what can you tell us about Temari Sabaku no?" Sasuke looks to his parents with a quirked brow, to which they turn away with closed eyes.
"They really brought her up?" He questions. "What did they say about her?"
Tsunade pushes up her glasses and crosses her legs. "They said that during a business trip to her family's estate in Suna, you two, despite not meeting prior to this, seemed rather friendly."
"And that she seemed to be one of the few that didn't take any of your crap." Adds Jiraiya.
"Is that so?" Sasuke taunts. "I didn't really think you guys noticed." He chuckles. "Yeah, Temari was another girl kind of like Tenten. We fooled around a bit, but she wasn't a pushover either."
Jiraiya nods and smiles. "I see. Now we have another girl from Suna. Her name is Matsuri; at least that's what your family seems to recall it being. Ring any bells?"
The raven haired man's eyes glaze over in thought as he tries to think of the girl behind the name. After a few seconds, he clicks his tongue and focuses his eyes back onto the silver man.
"Now that I think about it, I did fuck with a girl by that name." He smirks. "It was one-night stand after we met at a nightclub that Temari brought me and Itachi to." He looks over to his blank faced sibling.
"I'm guessing Itachi was the reason my parents found out about it, since he was there after all. But I'm surprised they'd bring her up since last I checked, they hated her."
"We didn't hate her." Mikoto defends, shifting to look at her youngest. "We were just upset that you were even fooling around in another country, let alone while we were on a business trip!"
Sasuke's brows furrow in mild confusion. "Still, why the hell did you pick her out since it was just a one-night fling?"
"Because, after Itachi said you went off with her," Itachi grumbles when Sasuke gives him a knowing glare. "at the club, we realized that she was working at the hotel we were staying at and that you two seemed to have a connection." Explains the lady Uchiha with a quirky grin.
"Plus she was quite the bubbly person when spoken too, which is something that might be good for you in the long run." Itachi adds with a challenging smirk of his own.
Just as the two brothers were about to bicker, Tsunade holds up a hand to silence them. "Okay, okay. Let's move on, shall we. This process is already going to be long enough once we're finished here."
Fugaku offers up an apology on behalf of his sons and the family give the couple their attention once more.
"This time I'm going to ask about two women at once since the stories offered on them were pretty brief and since I also want to get started as soon as possible." Jiraiya starts, making Sasuke nod and resist the urge to roll his eyes. "What are your thoughts on a miss Fu and a miss Kurotsuchi?"
While Sasuke racks his brain for an image of the two different women, Tsunade begins to elaborate on what they've been told to try to help him along.
"We've been told that, like Matsuri, you met Fu at a nightclub with Itachi and Naruto. Itachi said that you two left together, but even after that night, you kept in touch with her for a while."
"Oh right!" Sasuke suddenly snaps his fingers. "Yeah I remember her. She was a fun girl. Not much I can say about her though. We just kept in contact for the sex until she finally left town again."
"I see. And as for Kurotsuchi, we heard that, like Temari, you two met during a trip to Iwa, but in this case, she was your tour guide during your stay. Your relationship apparently started off rough, but then on your last day, your brother had the misfortune of walking in on you and this woman."
Sasuke openly laughs at the memory while Itachi and their parents look away bashfully.
"Ha! Itachi should have known better than to walk into a room with a 'do not disturb' sign on the door. Plus, if you hear noises coming from inside, you don't 'peak in' to see if I'm alright. Of course I am. Kurotsuchi was making sure of that."
Itachi groans and rubs the bridge of his nose in slight irritation. He refused to entertain his little brother with a comeback this time because it would only lead to more arguments down the line. Plus, he would rather not relive that moment for a second time today.
"Can we move on please?" The older sibling practically begs, earning a soft chuckle from the couple.
"Well lucky for all of us, there's only one lady left on this list and her name is Karui. Does she ring a bell?"
"She was someone that Itachi remembers you bumping into one time, and your relationship didn't have a nice beginning. He's said you later told him that you somehow had sex with this girl, so it's quite the confusing tale."
Yet again Sasuke turns to his brother with a perplexed smirk and a snicker. "I'm honestly surprised with most of the girls you guys brought up, especially this one. She was just someone I mentioned to you since you also saw her and how bitchy she could be."
Jiraiya raises an eyebrow of his own and grins. "So did you sleep with Miss Karui, though? I mean if she was as you put it, 'bitchy', then how did you manage that?"
Sasuke snorts. "Just because she was bitchy doesn't mean she wasn't hot. We both were attracted to each other and one thing led to another and let's just say it was one hot way to kiss and make up."
Fugaku makes an audible noise of disgust, turning his head away from his son. Mikoto rest her hand on his arm in comfort, all the while her face in turned up in disappointment. While she was happy that her son was admitting so willingly to his deeds and his memories of these girls, it still didn't make her happy to see him still act cocky about it. She misses her innocent little boy before that skank of a woman molested him.
I swear, if I ever see that woman again, I will kill her with my own two hands.
Suddenly, the Uchiha matriarch's train of thought is disturbed by the sound of fabric shifting, and she looks up just in time to see Tsunade and Jiraiya shake hands with both her now standing sons before moving over to her and her husband. The two instantly stand and shake hands with the duo and watch them fix themselves.
"I'm glad that we got a chance to speak with you all today. I'm really looking forward to working with you all." Jiraiya comments, fixing his white hair.
"Now this process is going to take a while to get started, but we will be sure to keep in touch with you, Mr. and Mrs. Uchiha. There will be moments when will be in need of you and Itachi's help, so please make sure that your schedules are somewhat more open than they normally are." Tsunade informs.
"As for you, Sasuke, I don't know as of yet when we will next speak, but I look forward to it all the same. I hope what we have coming is going to excite, terrify, and help you all the same. Til we meet again." Jiraiya nods with a knowing quirk of the mouth as he and Tsunade bid their farewell and are escorted towards the door by the husband and wife.
While their parents are at the door, Itachi turns towards his brother who was now munching on his mother's leftover sandwich. His dark eyes roam his lean figure with worry until their identical eyes meet.
"I don't do dudes. And even if I did, I don't do incest." Sasuke jabs.
"I'm a taken man, little brother. Don't flatter yourself." Itachi retorts, running a hand through his slick locks.
"So tell me, Sasuke, aren't you the least bit concerned about what's going on and why your past flings and miss Hinata were brought up?"
Sasuke swallows the last bit of sandwich, turning towards his older sibling with a challenging glare. "Of course I'm curious about what they're doing, but at the same time, I just don't give a shit. This is probably just another way to find 'the root' to whatever 'problem' you all seem to think I have. If they think it lies in the past flings or friendships I've had, then let them go at it. No skin off my back."
He then pops a cracker into his mouth before turning to leave his slightly baffled brother behind. "Now if you'll excuse me, I need to catch up on some much needed sleep. I have another date tonight. And I plan to satisfy."
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Well, I'm gonna leave this chapter off here. Sorry it took a while to get out. Depression really kicks my ass and I apparently can't type the words down right to match the scenarios going on in my fucked up head. I just hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I hope you all are looking forward to seeing the girls in the next one. If you did like this, please review, follow, and/or fave. It really brightens up my day to see what you guys think. Until next time, have a great day and/or night! See ya!