Naruto felt an odd resemblance between the dinner and his wedding, the whole thing feels like a blur. His breasts were lifted, he itches all over, and he is barely aware of himself enough to scratch.

Many people were introduced at the large ballroom dinner, Naruto was indeed paraded around by Sasuke's mother, and he barely found himself reacting to even Itachi, only feeling the ice cold feeling of dread below the surface.

He nodded when he thought was right and smiled lightly when being introduced with Sasuke but his actions somehow only made things worse, he heard the whispers "Good, I was worried she would be rowdy.", " I mean look at her body. Do they raise heathens there? What must their men look like?", "Ah, a nice quiet girl.", "I heard Itachi was her betrothed first but he didn't think she was good enough.", "I agree with his opinion."

If he acted out he would be seen as some monster from a far away land, but if he stayed quiet he was just a quiet, meek bride to bear Uchiha children.

It all felt wrong.

Sasuke stayed true to his word and as soon as Naruto was introduced to everyone he asked his mother if they could part, saying the journey took a toll on them. She reluctantly agreed but was pulled away in different conversation and let them leave, barely turning back.

Naruto made it back to the room and wanted to rid himself of his dress and hair but couldn't barely lift his arm, his eyes were glued to the couch and he found he couldn't move them away. Even when he was alone he was trapped in his body.

Naruto felt tears beginning to well in his eyes and only came out of his panic when his dress fell from his body, with its under layers and he was naked in the cold room.

"Ah, I-" Naruto began but was stopped again when Sasuke picked him up.

"I was talking to you before, you didn't respond at all. Are you okay?" Sasuke asked when he saw Naruto had broken from his own spell.

"I'm sorry… Yes… I'm okay." Naruto responded still breaking from his daze, he looked up and met ebony and without thinking cupped the Uchihas face softly.

Sasuke was handsome, he wished he could be the best bride for him, but he wasn't. Then he remembered Sasuke was gay. Even there he failed, still having womanly bits, thinking about this he broke contact from the raven and let his hand fall.

"I'm sorry." he mumbled and looked down at his body, he was muscular but still had small breasts that could be pushed up to look large, he had a flat stomach and no penis.

It was odd, he often dreamt he had one but when he awoke and found nothing there it was like he was missing his arm. Something was missing.

Naruto again broke from his trance when he was placed in water.

He jumped and tried to move out of it but his shoulders were pushed against the tub and he was held in.

"Naruto, it's okay. Relax." Sasuke said softly as he shushed the blonde and moved from beside the tub to behind the blonde and began to work the hair out.

He hated how familiar this felt like even though this was only the second time, it would be like this forever.

Naruto relaxed into the feeling of his hair being untangled from the extensions and noticed they came out easily and were still intact when pulled out. Apparently they had attached the hair to some clip so it can come on and off easily. Convenient.

The blonde heard the man behind him talking but just let the sound of his voice lull him into relaxing.

Wait, behind. When had Sasuke gotten in as well?

Naruto wondered what the raven was thinking, how he was handling this. Naruto was practically lifeless and instead of being upset he was caring for the blonde.

The younger prince moved so his body slouched once Sasuke finished and rested his head on the others chest. How did he feel? Was this too much? How did Naruto even feel about it?

Safe.

Naruto felt safe with Sasuke. He just hoped that Sasuke felt the same way.

And with thoughts running around his mind he felt himself doze off snuggled against the man behind him.

When Naruto woke he found himself in bed and still dazed, he couldn't figure out where he was for a moment before everything came back.

He threw himself on the bed in embarrassment and vowed to make it up to the raven.

The following week was uneventful, after the initial dinner all the Uchihas went back to their business and Sasuke and Naruto had dinner alone in their room at night.

But during the day Sasuke was away and left Naruto alone to entertain himself.

Most of the time Naruto spent hanging with Suigetsu and Juugo, finding them comforting. Suigetsu would spar with Naruto and Juugo would talk with him about how things were in their own lives. Naruto learned a lot about the Uchihas through Juugo, about how their customs were, how they acted, what was expected and other useful things.

So when Naruto one day finds himself alone in the room, he isn't surprised.

What does surprise him though is a new maid. She comes in quickly and starts to get to work about the room without seeing the blonde in bed.

Her fiery red hair flows down her back and her outfit fits her body beautifully, Naruto thinks she looks similar to his mother for a moment. With the way her features look soft and delicate and they both have the same color of skin and hair.

But when their eyes meet Naruto is surprised again by her, when she glared at him.

"Oh. I didn't see you there." she says and moves away from the bed quickly, "I'm just gathering laundry. So get up. I need these sheets."

Naruto is in awe of her aggressive behavior but finds himself following her instructions, even if she is a maid she still knows how to hold her ground.

"Sorry. Thank you for your hel-"

"Don't apologize. You don't even mean it. I'm doing my job for Sasuke, not you. Get that right." the woman snaps back and gathers the sheets while avoiding looking at the blonde. "I don't even know what he sees in you. You have such a manly body and that sickening yellow hair."

"Okay, wait. That's rude. Who even are you?" Naruto asks, his awe in her boldness has now washed away and what's left if the bitter feeling she is putting out in the room.

"Karin. Remember it." the woman answered and began to finish gathering all the linens when the door opened again.

Itachi.