Sasuke was getting tired of all the meetings and government officials coming and going from the palace. Not that he didn't like the idea of people being displeased with Itachi, in fact it worked in their advantage, but most people still feared him and although they blamed the emperor for the laughable situation the capital was in they did not dare say that in the throne room.
He decided to go outside and get some fresh air since Itachi didn't request his presence at the meeting that was currently taking place.
"Mother, empress Conan, my lady." He bowed in front of the three ladies who were serving tea by the pond.
"Sasuke!" his mother greeted him cheerfully but with the corner of his eye he noticed Conan wiping her tears.
"If I may join you." He took the seat near Sakura and made a sign for Naruto to pour him some tea. "Is there something wrong, empress? You look a little pale."
"My father sent a letter the other day asking if Itachi and I consumed our marriage. He's expecting a grandson."
Sasuke rolled his eyes. "I mean no disrespect but Itachi is outrageous. He is disrespectful to the court and to you. I have never heard of an emperor have his slave suck his dick in front of the ministers much less a married one. It's as if he told the entire country that he would rather fuck a slave than his own wife."
"Sasuke, language."
"Sorry mother but that's how it is. It is none of my business but I don't think he even tried to give the throne a heir."
"He is very fond of Gaara. I'm starting to regret giving him to Itachi." Conan said with sadness in her voice. "Father is blaming me for not seducing my husband but I'm not really sure I even want to."
"Conan, dear, you need to calm down. There are quite a few problems in the capital right now that Itachi is trying hard to solve. You need to be patient. I'm sure he'll come around."
"These problems also concern my family. My brother, Nagato, has even asked me to go back to Astreia although my father disagrees. He says that I should stay by my husband's side no matter what. Running home is not an option."
"I'm sure things are not so bad, dear." Mikoto tried to calm her.
"Brother fears a civil war though."
"I wonder if a civil war would be such a bad thing. Maybe it would make Itachi wake up." Sasuke said sipping from his tea.
"You shouldn't speak that way about your brother, my lord." Sakura admonished Sasuke and Mikoto sighed.
She was well aware that her sons had different ideas and had feared that they wouldn't be able to work together in ruling the country but that was nothing new in royal families. That didn't stop her from wishing her sons were more like the Senju brothers Hashirama and Tobirama. Tobirama had always been by Hashirama's side before he too became emperor. That's what made the Spring Empire strong during their time.
"I will try to talk to Itachi about Gaara." Mikoto said turning to Conan. "I too think it's time for you to have a baby."
Then turning to Sasuke she continued "As for you, you should be grateful that you are still aloud to have Naruto. For what he did Itachi could have sold him at the market or even kill him."
"Naruto did nothing wrong, mother. You can't blame him for trying to fight against slavery when given a chance." He said furious, almost yelling.
"One would say that you are quite fond of your slave from the way you speak." Mikoto said rather displeased.
'I fucking love him' Sasuke thought as he clenched his fists. Sakura was looking at him, probably still unaware of the fact that he had slept with Naruto and Itachi knew.
"He is my friend not just my slave." He said with caution. He wasn't in a hurry to let Sakura know.
"I just hope that the Shadow Army comes back fast so that this whole thing can end and we can go back to our normal lives." Mokoto added. "This atmosphere is making us all uneasy."

The preparations at the base in Shadow valley were done and Tenzou had found the perfect leader for the slaves. Yahiko was a slave who reminded him of Naruto. Once he was free, Yahiko became himself again and showed intelligence and true potential to be a good leader. He had been more eager to learn how to fight than anyone else and motivated the other slaves every day.
Not all of them were confident in the plan, many were too weak to believe they even had a chance to succeed but Yahiko never lost hope so he was soon involved in planning things. The only thing Yahiko didn't know about the plan was the identity of Fox. He was told that Fox was keeping an eye on the capital for them and would not come to the camp but Kakashi would communicate with him when needed.
Yahiko and the slaves attacked the capital after Itachi was informed that the Shadow Army had crossed the borders and were on their way home. Fox and Hound would attack the palace.
The ministers came to the palace in a hurry and Danzo announced the attack.
"What?" Itachi roared. "Are you sure they are slaves?"
"Yes my lord. They have a leader, also a slave but they have weapons. Someone must have provided some for them."
"Those damned ninjas. They had us fooled all along. They made us think that they just wanted to set the slaves free but they organized them and gave them weapons. Arrest those Senjus!"
"My lord, there is no proof the Senjus are involved." Gai bowed in front of the emperor.
"It's always the damn Senjus when slaves are involved. Now get them!" Gai bowed once again and left in a hurry.
"I wouldn't do that, if I were you." Hound entered the throne room from the terrace followed by Fox.
"You think I'm afraid of you? You can take that mask off, Naruto."
"I'm afraid Naruto is not here." Hound was getting closer to Itachi, step by step and Fox was keeping an eye on the ministers.
"What do you want?"
"To stop slavery."
"Never. The Shadow Army will be back soon and stop you."
"I'm afraid the Shadow Army is quite caught up in something. You see the slaves did not attack only the capital. Once given the opportunity to fight, slaves all over the country have turned against their masters. The Shadow Army has to stop this rebellion before they get to the capital."
Itachi clenched his teeth. Was Hound bluffing or not? He couldn't tell for sure but he had to assume the worst.
Suddenly someone screamed 'Fire, the palace is on fire' and everyone began to panic and evacuate. The ministers wanted to run too but Fox killed them at the slightest move.
Hound sighed. "You let anger consume you again, Fox."
"Don't worry, I'm focused."
"So now you want to kill me next?" Itachi grabbed his sword and launched an attack at Hound but the ninja dodged with ease. With a smirk Itachi changed his target, attacking Fox. He was sure that Fox was Naruto since the real Fox was probably the one who started the fire. Hound appeared between him and Fox though just as he was about to swing his sword and cut his throat.
"I'm your opponent, Itachi." Hound said with a calm voice as his sword blocked the attack.
"Fine. I hope you don't mind if I get serious." The palace was already on fire so if he unleashed his own fire techniques it wouldn't matter.
"Please, by all means." The throne room was filled with a large fire ball and then several smaller ones but Hound put them out with water techniques.
Once the fire was out Itachi was standing with a black fire armor and sword, a smirk plastered on his face. "No one has ever escaped my black fire and water can't put it out." He bragged.
"Interesting." Hound said with a tone that showed he was not at all impressed.
The conversation was interrupted when another Hound appeared in the doorway and another Fox on the terrace.
"There's four of you?" Itachi asked confused. Of course he knew there were four but he didn't expect the fake ones to stick around for long.
"Yes." Hound answered calm.
"But two of you are fake." With the speed of light he launched an attack on the Fox on the terrace.
"You must be the real one. You set the fire, am I right?" Fox said nothing as he launched his wind techniques to keep Itachi at distance.
"There are no fake ones, you moron." The other Fox said and Itachi stopped in his tracks.
"You can't win this fight, Itachi." The second Hound said from the door way. "We want you to give up the throne."
"Abdicate?" Itachi asked exasperated.
"No. You will still be emperor but you will not make the decisions." Hound said.
"So in other words you want me to be your puppet."
"In other words, yes" Fox said.
"And who will pull the strings?"
"I will." Fox said taking off his mask. Shocked, Itachi fell on the throne, then he began to laugh hysterically.
"Little brother…I should have known you would want my place so that you can protect your precious slaves."
"I will not be alone, though. I've never been. Meet the new prime minister Senju Tenzou" The second Hound took his mask off revealing his identity. "and our new advisor, Hatake Kakashi." When his teacher revealed the identity of the first Hound Itachi was shocked once again. He finally understood why Hound had told him that he couldn't win this fight. There was no way he could win against his teacher, probably not even against Tenzou.
"What about the other Fox? What role will he get?"
"I don't want anything else but to be by master's side." The second Fox took off his mask revealing Naruto.
"I can't believe you fooled me all this time into believing you were fake when you worked for my brother all along. Did Kakashi train you?" Naruto didn't answer. "I should have killed you when I had the chance."
Sasuke's sword was at his throat in an instant. "I spared your life because Kakashi said it was for the best but don't think I forgot what you did to Naruto. I will never forgive you for that."
Itachi laughed once again. "You sound like you fell in love with your sex toy, little brother."
"And what if I did? I treated him better than you treated Gaara. Naruto is by my side now but where is Gaara? I'm sure he ran for his life." Itachi frowned and Sasuke decided to annoy him some more. "I suppose you would have to make Conan satisfy you from now on." Itachi gave him a death glare and Sasuke smirked.
"What about Sakura? She will find out that you cheated on her with a slave."
"I don't care."

A few days later Sasuke and Naruto went to the palace. The building was in ruins from the fire and from the fighting that took place in the throne room so it was evacuated until repairs began. Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura and Kakashi with his wife Rin were invited to stay at the Senjus until things settled down.
"The capital is a ruin." Naruto pointed out. They were on the terrace in the throne room, looking towards the city beneath them. The capital, just like the palace had suffered damage especially the lower and middle city.
"It will be restored. In order to make something new the old must be destroyed."
"Why?"
"It's an old saying." Wrapping his arms around the smaller boy, Sasuke pulled him in a deep passionate kiss. The blonde's lips kissed the pale neck and Sasuke moaned.
"We did it, Naruto. Soon we won't have to hide anymore and you'll be free." Naruto pulled away and Sasuke could see sadness in his eyes. "What's wrong?"
"Nothing…it's just that…I don't know how to be free." Sasuke cupped his cheeks and kissed him.
"Haven't you thought what you would want to do when you're free?"
"I did but I would need money and there's not much I can do."
"That's not true. You're smart and educated unlike other slaves and you can also fight. We will need you at the palace if you are willing to stay that is."
"I'd love to."
"Good because I don't want you to leave me."
"I won't."
"Naruto? Do you remember when I told you that I will defy the old system one day?"
"Yes."
"Now is the right time. I want you do be my slave for one more day and have me right here in the throne room." Sasuke dropped his clothes on the terrace and stood naked in front of Naruto. Naruto nodded and Sasuke undressed him leaving only the collar with the Uchiha crest around his neck. It would be the first time Naruto had sex with him with the slave collar on.
"Yes, master." Sasuke dropped on his knees in front of Naruto and his onyx eyes met the sky blue ones. Stroking the blonde's member a few times he took it in his mouth and began to bob his head sucking and coating the member with saliva. He would stop once in a while to lick and suck the testicles. When Naruto came in his mouth he swallowed and licked him clean.
Standing up Sasuke grabbed Naruto's hand and took him inside. He sat on the throne and spread his legs for Naruto. "One day Itachi will know I had you inside me on his throne. Now fuck me, Naruto." He ordered. It would be the last day he would give Naruto any order from master to slave and there was just one order he wanted to give. "Fuck me harder."
"Yes master." Naruto thrust harder and Sasuke moaned, clenching his fingers around the wooden arm rests.
"Yes….just like that…fuck your master, Naruto. Fuck your prince."
They came together: Naruto inside Sasuke and Sasuke in Naruto's hand that stroke him. It was the last time their love was a sin to be condemned; Sasuke would make sure of that.
"Trash me Naruto." He moaned as Naruto thrust him. "Make me lower than a slave right here on this throne." There was a strange feeling of arousal he felt at the idea of being loved by a slave on the throne of his ancestors. It wasn't the throne that mattered to him. He never wanted it. What mattered was what the throne stood for: the laws and values of the society ruled by the one standing on that throne, the rules and values of his ancestors. "Make me a disgrace of the old society." He enjoyed the feeling of Naruto's member inside him and leaned deeper on the throne.
Naruto pulled out as he was about to come and spilled his seed all over Sasuke's body. The prince grabbed both of their members and stroked them until Naruto came again on his chest and mouth. He was covered in their cum and was high on the feeling.
"Good…now fuck me." He imagined the emperors of the past watch them from heaven through their marble busts and make disgusted faces as they disapproved of the way the throne of the Spring Kingdom was desecrated under their eyes. Only the Senju brothers would approve of the blonde slave with his slave collar around his neck, standing tall in front of the throne and pushing his member inside his prince, making him moan in pleasure with every thrust. "Let the emperors see you fuck your prince, Naruto. Make me worthy of you, the slave who risked everything to bring down slavery."

The court was temporarily moved at Uchiha castle at the outskirts of Cydona and a new throne room was made there in a room called the Grand Gallery. The room's walls were painted with portraits of the Uchiha emperors from Madara until Fugaku while the ceiling was covered with a painting of the gods in heaven who were giving their blessing to the emperors.
It was Itachi's favorite room in the castle and had chosen it for a throne room himself. It was one of the few liberties he would have from now on.
Itachi was sitting on the throne as Kakashi was presenting him the new court.
"Senju Tenzou, prime minister; Senju Tsunade, minister of economy; Namikaze Minato, minister of foreign affairs and Senju Jiraya, minister of war. Namikaze-dono's place in the police was given to Hayate Gekko." It was the first time the country would have a woman as minister and it would definitely make the emperors of the past squirm in their graves if they knew.
"Great, now we'll be ruled by Senjus again." Itachi said displeased.
"Sarutobi Asuma and Shikaku Nara will keep their positions since they had sworn loyalty to Sasuke-sama." Kakashi concluded, dismissing Itachi's complain.
"Fine." Itachi said displeased. "What about the slaves? What's going to happen to Gaara and Deidara?"
"They had been set free." Sasuke said as a matter of fact. "Just like all the other slaves. They will have a choice whether to serve you from now on or not." He then turned to Naruto "Will you please bring them in?" Naruto nodded and disappeared outside to get the now free slaves.
Haku, Gaara and Deidara were brought in front of Itachi and they bowed.
"Where does your loyalty stand?" Itachi asked.
"Sasuke-sama had set us free, I will serve him all my life." Haku said.
"I'll be loyal to Sasuke-sama." Deidara added.
Gaara turned to Naruto. It was the first time the red head had paid any attention to the blonde. They never spoke before and barely interacted considering that Itachi had kept Gaara by his side all the time. "I have done a terrible thing to Naruto although he was just a slave like me and I want to pay for what I did by serving him if he will accept me."
"What?" Itachi roared. "You were following your master's orders. You were a good slave. Don't tell me you're going to leave me too?"
Gaara turned to his previous master. "If Naruto is loyal to Sasuke-sama then so am I." Itachi sighed defeated. He didn't want to lose Gaara although his pride didn't let him express his feelings for the red head. Ever since he got Gaara he became more fond of him and in the end realized that he didn't want to have sex with anyone else. He didn't dare to admit not even to himself that he fell in love with the red head but he had and now that he lost him he was ready to confess.
"I love you Gaara. Please don't leave me."
"I know how much you liked to fuck me but I only did it because I had no choice. Now, thanks you Sasuke-sama I do and my choice is to try and atone for my sin."
Naruto put a hand on his shoulder. "It's ok, Gaara, I don't blame you. You did what you had to do."
"Naruto is right. The one to blame is Itachi alone." Sasuke interfered. "But now that you admitted your feelings for Gaara I think it's time for me to do the same. I want to break the engagement with lady Sakura." Everyone in the room was left in awe and Sakura looked like she was about to cry. Mikoto tried to comfort her although she too was in shock.
"It wouldn't be fair for me to marry her since I don't love her." She looked at him with wet eyes as tears fell down her cheeks. She thought everything was going well with their engagement and they were getting along but now there was this. Who took her love's heart away from her? "I believe the relationship between the Ucihas and Senjus has improved and we will be working together from now on so there is no need for this marriage."
"Who is it?" Sakura asked wiping her tears.
"Naruto. It's been for a while, even before the engagement."
Itachi laughed but it was a sad laugh. "So you too fell in love with your slave wile fucking him."
"No. We fell in love with each other before we did anything and I had him inside me too." Sasuke confessed and everyone was left in awe once again.
"A slave fucking a prince…fortunately for him he's free now." Itachi said earning a glare from his brother.
"I don't believe you're in the position to say such things my lord." Sasuke stressed the last two words. "There are no more people loyal to you here so you should be careful with the threats."
Itachi began to laugh like a maniac. He had lost everything but the throne. The throne however meant nothing if no one listened to him. He would be the first emperor with no right to make decisions, an emperor with a throne but no power. He was a failure and the bright future he foresaw for the Spring Empire was crumbling into dust.
He was the emperor without a land, the ruler without subjects and the puppet without strings.
"You are the emperor, Itachi and you will have the empire you wanted but you have to start acting like an emperor and be more responsible. Since your coronation you did nothing but fool around with Gaara. It's time to start acting like a married man and give the empire an heir."
"It's funny for you to talk, little brother. You wanted the power but not the throne, not the responsibility."
"I assumed responsibility towards the people of this country and I have achieved what father wanted to achieve through my marriage, it's time for you to do the same." Sasuke yelled. He was tired of Itachi acting like a spoiled brat although he was the older brother.
"The prince is right, my lord." Kakashi interfered getting a glare from the older brother. "You need an heir. The king of the Autumn Kingdom is also expecting that and you will have to give explanations when he arrives for the treaty."
"Fine."
Kakashi had dismissed everyone for the time being and Itachi was left in the throne room with Sasuke and Naruto.
"I don't want the throne, Itachi." Sasuke started. "I don't even want the power. I just want what's right. I want this empire that you want just as much and I want it to be strong. The ways of the Uchihas and Senjus have shown weakness but together we can be strong. Don't fight against change and become an emperor worthy of the new empire."
"I don't have much of a choice, do I? I'm looking forward to this world without slaves that you try to make."
"Let's make a brighter future together, Itachi."