"What do you want?" Naruto asked angrily, he was tired of feeling weak to the elder Uchiha and was ready to stand up for himself this time around.
"Awe, look who has a backbone now." Karin mocked, and looked to Itachi for some sort of approval but was instead met with a glare.
"You seem to catch my attention more and more." Itachi began and entered, closing the door behind him and motioning to Karin to stand in front of it.
Naruto felt cornered but refused to feel the fear that was in his gut take over again, he refused to be the person he was last week. He needed to stand tall and be strong for Sas-
For Sasuke?
"Maybe I was wrong to leave you. Maybe you should have become my first wife. I would love to see the person I could've molded you to be." Itachi said and moved forward, walking like a hunter stalking its prey.
"You would never mold me." Naruto said and swallowed his fear and moved forward as well, refusing to be cornered.
"Oh but I already have, haven't I?" Itachi said with an evil smirk that made Naruto's blood run cold.
"Oh really? Because I feel absolutely no different. You will never change me." Naruto replied with a soft chuckle.
"But you did. When your beautiful body held my baby." Itachi said and that was the moment they were face to face. Standing a foot apart.
Naruto felt himself collapse inside, but tried to hold a strong front.
"Who the fuck told you?" Naruto asked with anger pouring out of every pore in his body.
"One of your guards did. Your kingdom is so weak even royal secrets make it to our ears easily." Karin spat from the door, she had moved the linens to create a blockade in front of the door.
Naruto glared at the red head and then moved back to the Uchiha before him.
"So what? It's gone now. I made sure to rid my body of every piece of you that may have remained." Naruto said with spite and looked at Karin as she approached as well.
But looking away was a mistake - Naruto felt the heat before he realized he was slapped.
The blonde pulled a hand up and grabbed his face in shock, having not expected the blow. Itachi glared at the blonde and there was thick tension in the room until Karin approached them, then Itachi smiled again.
"See, now Karin… She's the best thing to come from your clan." Itachi began and backed away to circle the red head, "She is obedient, listens, doesn't talk back, but makes sure to stand up for her true clan. Our clan. Did you even know? That you had a cousin?"
Naruto looked wide eyed at the redhead, his thoughts that she resembled his mother were true.
"Why? Why are you here? We have a kingdom. It's thriving, it's beautiful-" Naruto began, confused but was cut off.
"And weak. A true kingdom is the Uchiha kingdom - with power, an army, and history. The Uzumaki line should be absorbed into a better kingdom. I'm just the first to find the best kingdom for us." Karin said and smiled when Itachi nodded in approval.
"See? This is person I could have made you into." Itachi said as he walked towards Naruto and away from Karin, the redhead visibly deflating without the praise from the brunette. "This is who you- who our baby should have-"
Naruto punched Itachi. He'd heard enough.
The elder prince fell over, obviously surprised and Naruto took advantage of it. He stepped over the collapsed Uchiha and began to wail on him. Punching and punching, hearing satisfying crunches under his knuckles.
Distantly he heard Karin screaming and saw her run to the door but he didn't care, he was pushing all the bottled anger out via his fist and giving it back to the prince before him.
"Don't. Ever. Speak. To. Me. Again." Naruto got out and pulled away, leaving a bloody Itachi on the ground, his nose probably broken and his face swollen.
"You're going to fucking pay for that." Itachi growled and got up, throwing his fist at the blonde.
But Naruto blocked and hit the other in the gut with his duck, this continued as Naruto evaded each attack and counter striked.
By the time Suigetsu, Juugo and Sasuke arrived Itachi was back on the floor a bloodier mess. Naruto stood up and spit on the prince below him.
"Tell everyone what happened. What a shame you will be to be beaten by a girl." Naruto hissed and watched the realization cross Itachi's face that he couldn't do anything about this without disgracing himself.
The elder Uchiha got up and looked around, before glaring at the blonde again and quickly leaving, Karin following behind quickly.
The room was quiet with shock as the four men stood in the room, even Naruto was shocked by his actions.
"Are you okay?" Sasuke asked and his face looked worried, Naruto could see the storm behind his usually soft eyes.
"I- I'm fine." Naruto began and looked to the other two, "Can you help me clean up?"
"Shit, I'd do anything for you." Suigetsu said and rushed to get cleaning supplies while Juugo began to make the bed with fresh linens.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Sasuke asked again and touched the blondes arm softly, Naruto jumped slightly from the touch but nodded still.
"I'm fine. If anything I feel so much better." the blonde responded honestly.
The two stood there for a while, not realizing the room was being cleaned around them until the door shut - leaving just the two of them.