Leo Vulpes: Gomen for the uber-short chapters recently! But I felt that this left off at a good place!
Sasuke: What I wanna know is if we get married?
Leo Vulpes: Of course!!
Naruto: Yays! -glomps Leo before running to Sasuke and draggin him into a room for kinky buttsmex-
Leo Vulpes: I want pics or no marriage for you!
Naruto and Sasuke: Fine!
Leo Vulpes: I'm sure my underground trading facility will love these! Well, now for the-
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My Other Life
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Chapter 19
The Ties and Bonds
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Sasuke whipped around and shook Naruto by the shoulders. "Everyone who's supposed to be dead, isn't!"
"Hey, even I didn't know this!" Naruto retorted as Kari looked at them strangely.
"Hey, do you know him?"
Naruto laughed nervously and scratched behind his head. "Eh, let's just say, we didn't leave on the best of terms."
The man who stepped out looked like a remade Haku. Of course, there was still the pale skin, long black hair, and doe brown eyes, but the rest was different. He had black rabbit ears on top of his head, and he wore a sky blue kimono with the same collar and sandals as before. He eyes widened as he spotted Naruto and Sasuke. "Oh, Naruto-kun, Sasuke…"
"Who are you?" Sasuke asked, not recognizing the man.
Naruto slapped his forehead. "Sasuke, this is Haku… wait! That's right, you didn't meet him then, you left me to die after training… I hate you."
Kari laughed at Naruto's rant. "Does that mean the wedding's off?"
"No!" Both of the boys shouted.
Haku laughed lightly. "So that's what Kari brought you here for, well, come on in… and if you see Zabuza, talk to him for a bit- he was actually begging me to let him go see you guys earlier." He spoke as he led them inside the temple.
"So you're a shadow usagi, and Zabuza's a dingo?" Naruto asked, earning a nod from Haku.
The rabbit led them to the main opening. "Yeah, I now legally marry couples who don't wish for big weddings. But wouldn't it be easier to be wedded by Yoko-sama, or even Tsunade-sama?" He asked.
"Nope." Answered the blonde. "Not when you're me. It'd become a huge affair, and we'd have to wait forever for it to actually happen." He explained, letting Haku now lead them inside completely.
"Well, do you have the rings?" When each of them showed their own ring for each other, Sasuke's eyes widened and a smirk settled on Naruto's face. Sasuke's ring was a white gold band with a single aqua stone in it and smaller onyx stones out to the side along the band. "Good, now… join hands."
The rabbit then began to say something in a completely different language, and as he did, he instructed them to hold the ring up to the light that was shining through a small window. "And now for the vows…"
Sasuke looked to Naruto. "I want to always be there for you." He spoke, taking a hold of the blonde's other hand. "I want to give you so much love that you won't have any other choice than to stuff it in the back of our closet and wait till cleaning day to stick it in the vacuum. I want to be able to see every side of you, angry and all. I want to experience everything with you. I guess how I could put this into words is: I want to love you and be with you forever and a day." He took his ring for the blonde and slid it on the tan finger.
Naruto wiped away the tears, and paused a moment to gather himself up from crying during Sasuke's vows. "I- I… I-" Suddenly the blonde burst into tears and pulled Sasuke close to him, crying into the raven's shirt. "I spent all night trying to come up with the right things to say, but I couldn't think of anything. But I do, I want to also love you forever and a day." He cried, giving Sasuke his ring.
Haku smiled and watched as Kari sniffled with tissues in the background. "Naruto, do you, take Uch-"
"Yes, just yes! I don't care any more, just say kiss the bride and let this be over with." The blonde pleaded, clinging to Sasuke still.
"I now pronounce you, Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Naruto. You may now kiss the uke."
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A girl with light orange hair, a purple eye, and a blue eye looked to where a large crowd had gathered. A man with blonde hair and pure white eyes followed along behind her.
"Ne, Hoshi… you got any idea what's going on?" The girl asked
"Not a clue." The male answered, looking at the crowd wearily, eyeing each person as they flocked. Spotting one particular girl, his eyes narrowed. "But I bet Hikariga has something to do with it." He spoke, pointing to said girl.
The orange haired girl scoffed. "Only you would be able to spot her from this far, Hoshi."
Hoshi scoffed. "Harukagi, I swear, death will not come soon enough for you."
"Oi! That's Kagi to you!" The girl shouted, hitting the blonde over the head. "Now come on, let's go get your wife and drag her home."
Hoshi ran after Kagi as she began to walk away shouting, "Hey, she's not my wife! Do you know how pedophilic that would be!? She's 14 and I'm… I lost track a long, long time ago!"
"That's why your name is Pedo-kun!"
And so the chase began, Hoshi chasing Kagi all the way up to the front of the crowd where they met up with Kari. Said blue haired girl turn to two other people, said something, and then proceeded to pounce on Hoshi. "Hoshi-kun!!" She yipped.
Hoshi caught the spazz and smiled. "So who are the poor civilians you're forcing into marriage today, Hikariga?"
Kari hit the blonde over the head with a pout. "My name is Kari."
"Too bad, I'm going to call you Hikariga, and your sister Harukagi."
"Well anyways, I didn't force them, they actually came to ask me for help. They wanted to know where they could get married without a big deal, except… someone recognized them and now it's not so small anymore." She explained, jumping down and grabbing the man's hand. "And you'll never guess who they are."
The white eyed man sighed. "Who?"
Kari pulled him forward as the two people she was talking to earlier turned around. "Say hi to your grandnephews." She introduced them.
Hoshi scoffed and turned away. "The only one of my siblings who has kids is Nekomata, and no one knows where he is."
Sasuke and Naruto glanced to each other, wondering if they should say anything.
Kagi whacked Hoshi on the head. "For one of the Nine Children, you sure are stupid. You forgot about Houkou and Yoko."
The blonde man turned around to stare the two teens in the eyes. "You two, what are your names?"
Naruto gulped and hid behind Sasuke a bit. "Uchiha Naruto."
"Uchiha Sasuke."
Hoshi ran his fingers through his hair and gave out a hefty breath. "Well, come on. I'm inviting you to tea."
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"So you're Uchiha?"
All five of them were currently seated at a table with Kagi sitting on one side of the booth with Hoshi next to her and Kari in his lap. And our two favorite Uchiha were sitting in the other side, nodding in accordance to the other man's question.
"Okay, now Naruto, what's your maiden name?" The blonde asked, wrapping his arms around Kari's waist.
Kagi slammed her fist into his arm, a scowl on her face. "That's what gets you in trouble Hoshi. You always assume things. How do you know Sasuke isn't the one who's not Uchiha?"
Hoshi grinned widely at Kagi, laughing deeply as the girl ranted. "Harukagi, calm down. I know because neither Houkou nor Kita-chan had black hair, and they had three raven haired children with black eyes. Do you really think Naruto, one with such bright blue eyes and silky blonde hair would be of Gobi lineage?" He reasoned.
Kagi was about to start yelling at Hoshi once again for assuming such things when Naruto piped up. "Actually, he's right." Suddenly all eyes were turned to him. "My name was Uzumaki Naruto." He beamed brightly. "But who are you?"
Hoshi guffawed loudly, something that startled Naruto and Sasuke, but it seemed Kagi and Kari were completely used to it by then. "I'm Hachibi no Hoshi… Yoko's first younger brother. I'm actually supposed to be meeting the rest of us here… But I never got a reply from Shukaku… stupid raccoon, thinks cause he's youngest he doesn't have to show up anymore-"
"Actually… he's dead… kind of." Sasuke interrupted.
"Dead?" Hoshi looked in awe that one of his siblings was dead. "Shukaku? No, he was unbeatable, aside from his older siblings."
"Wrong again." This time it was Naruto who spoke up. "With little training because I was in the Ningenkai, I beat him."
"Well congrats kid, but how is he dead?"
"He was sealed inside the Yondaime Kazekage's son, who's now the Godaime Kazekage. Except… it was attempted to rip him out of the Kazekage, Subaku no Gaara, but he was already halfway absorbed by Gaara's blood demon side… so he died during the transfer and half of him was left in Gaara." Naruto explained, hoping to sooth the white eyed man.
Hoshi closed his eyes and calmed his breathing before he totally tore this place down. "Well, I'll be damned, the little shit died. A lot of us have been sealed, but none have died…"
"Oi, who died?" A woman with dark green hair and light blue eyes spoke, walking up to the group. "And Hoshi, who're the kids? I thought we told you no more picking up strays. We have enough of that with Kagi and Kari."
Hoshi grinned at the female. "Awe come on Kyuui, they're not strays, merely our grandnephews."
Kyuui waved her hand to dismiss the blonde. "Anyways, we gotta meet outside."
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Yoko and Tamaro searched the nearby village for the missing teens who had yet to come back. "Tama-kun, where on earth could they be?"
The black kitsune shrugged his shoulders and shook his head, drawing a sigh from the other kitsune. "We just have to keep searching."
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By this time, Sasuke and Naruto were feeling very intimidated… here in front of them were their grandaunts and granduncles.
Hoshi was the one to introduce them, and they felt ever so small.
Kyuui turned out to be Kagi's lover, and although she acted tough to her siblings, she was a bit on the uke side with Naruto when it came to her lover. Her real name was Shichibi no Kyuui.
Rokubi no Raijuu was one of their grandaunts, she had black hair with yellow bangs, one yellow eye and one black eye. She had a hyper personality and was often yelled at to calm down. She made instant friends with Naruto and they discussed their immense like in ramen.
Yonbi no Sakoto was another grandaunt, she had pure white hair a black eyes. She was more on the stoic side, but when she started talking to Sasuke, they had a lot in common. One thing, they both hated Orochimaru- she hated him because he had hurt her older brother.
Sanbi no Taru was their granduncle, he had scraggy brown hair, red triangles on his cheeks, and gleaming amber eyes. He actually reminded the two teens of Kiba without the amber eyes and triangles. It sort of scared them, but Naruto made sure to make a mental note to dig into that later.
And the last one was Nibi no Nekomata, black hair to her mid back, and gleaming purple eyes. She was silent and merely observed the others.
"So, anyways, how did the two of you get together?" Sakoto asked Sasuke, interested on how he met the kitsune.
Sasuke looked over to said blonde and smiled fondly. "Actually, at first I think I didn't like him all that much, only tolerated because he was on my team so I had to work with him. But over time I grew to like and then love. One day I was training on my stealth, and he randomly walks into the area I'm training with a bird in his hands, then he starts confessing to the bird about me before releasing it. And then I told him how I felt the next day… we hooked up then I guess. We actually never told anyone about it… some people actually found out on their own."
Sakoto nodded, sitting down on a bench. "You're part of a lucky family… you know?"
"What?" Sasuke asked, sitting down next to her. "How are we lucky."
"Kagi and Kari too. Most demons wait hundreds of years to find the right one for them. When Yoko was married to Orochimaru, he was unhappy and told me about it. If he told you the story, it was hundreds of years before he met Tamaro. Hoshi's the next oldest, and he recently found Kari. Sure, she's fourteen, but he's willing to stay by her side until she's old enough to legally be married. Kyuui had a lover before too, he was cruel and beat her a lot. He ended up dying and she was sealed. When she got out she found us, with us was Hoshi who had Kari who was with her older sister Kagi and Kagi hasn't left Kyuui for anything. Nekomata's love also came a long time after her birth, she had a child and she can't find him. But Yoko's kids found their love quickly, Houkou's kids found their loves quickly… and now you guys are finding your loves quickly. You both have lucky families." She explained thoroughly.
Sasuke nodded as he processed the info. "You know… we know Nekomata's son. He was my replacement when I- went away. Maybe we could get them to meet sometime later."
"Oi, oi, get your hands off me! Help me! Sasuke, Naruto, let this chick know I know you guys."
Naruto looked over from his conversation to see Nekomata holding Kiba up by his ankle. "Ugh, he reeks of dog demon… he's all yours Taru." She scowled, tossing him over to said brother of hers.
Taru set him down and glanced to him. "Sasuke-kun, Naruto-kun, who's this?"
Naruto smiled and bounded over to the inu. "This is my pal Inuzuka Kiba, the only true one!" He yipped.
"Hn."
Nekomata fumed and went over to smack her brother upside the head. "Taru!"
"Nekomata."
"Tell him now, or I will!"
"Tell me what?" Kiba looked between the two adults in a confused daze.
"The you're his-"
"Nekomata!!"
The loud shout from Taru caused everything around them to stop and the brunette huffed, turning around and walking away. "You're so god damn annoying." He mumbled.
Nekomata sighed and grabbed him by his arm. "I lost mine, I'm not letting you lose yours."
Taru narrowed his eyes. "Don't tell me what to do Nekomata. There's a difference between us. Yours was love, mine was a chance I took because I lost the real one a long time ago. You can't find yours, I can and choose to ignore it."
Kiba looked utterly defeated as he looked from Nekomata to Taru. "Will someone tell what the hell is going on!?" He yelled out to no one.
"Found you, tricky little children!" With a sudden flip, Tamaro was standing between Sasuke and Naruto and behind Kiba. He grabbed the two to the sides of him by the hair harshly. "Do you two realize how worried your mother's are?" He shoved their heads together with a crack. "There. Now, Taru, tell him, or I will. And believe me, I will." The black kitsune threatened, shoving the inu demon foreward.
Taru began to walk off, but looked behind him when no one followed. "Well pup, you coming?"
Kiba nodded before following the older demon.
Leo Vulpes: OMG! Why does no one tell Nekomata about her son!? What connection do Taru and Kiba have!? Where's Yoko!? Review and death- er, I mean the next chappie shall come that much quicker. And I must say, I got some reviews in the past that have made me giggle and in a better writing spirit (It's actually what got me out of my writing slump)!