Riku: Everyone chapter five is up! Hope you like it! Sorry if I can't still give you lemons or more romantic scenes but don't worry we're nearly approaching it! I just have to make Naruto and Sasuke get a little attached to each other before I get to make their feelings bloom. Please be patient everyone. And I'm quite being sad because I'M LOSING REVIEWERS OR REVIEWS!! THAT'S WHY I DON'T WANT TO UPDATE IMMEDIATELY. PLEASE REVIEW AND CONTINUE SUPPORTING SO THAT I'LL BE INSPIRED! Hehe…sorry for the demand…
Full Summary: Naruto was chosen to be Mrs. Uchiha's personal doctor but when he arrived to accomplish his business at the mansion, he never thought that he would be bound to become the fiancée of the terribly dangerous, horribly popular, and stunningly handsome Uchiha Sasuke—the President of the great gangster organization in Japan.
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Notes:
Italicized words: Japanese language
Underlined words: Character thoughts
Normal: English
Title: A Gangster's Way
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Naruto woke up in his hotel suite. He sat up slowly and held his head as it throbbed when he felt the bed move lightly. He closed his eyes. Then he opened them again after a minute to try waving off the headache which remained and the heaviness of his neck which magnified the pain.
"You're already awake…" Naruto heard Sasuke's voice very near him while he rubbed his eyes and the bed moved again. He turned to the right, catching the raven roll out 'his' bed.
Everything stopped.
"What…are you…doing here…?" Naruto calmly asked. He cannot let himself shout because it will aggravate the pain on his head.
"I slept here." The raven answered before picking up the phone to ask for meal service.
"Here…?" Naruto gestured the space at his left.
"Beside you…yeah." Sasuke sighed when he saw the expression of the blonde, needing for an explanation.
"Since you know that my room was repaired yesterday, the manager still insisted me to use another suite for his apology. I decided to share this room with you, instead." The blonde was going to ask 'why' so he added,
"You needed security right?" By this, the blonde slightly blushed and looked away from embarrassment.
Sasuke was too straightforward when it comes to saying things that concerned 'him'. Though he keeps wearing a mask to conceal his real emotions at times, he didn't know that Naruto can still feel the truth in them whenever he looks at his eyes. They weren't expressive enough to tell specific responses towards situations like these but its seriousness and sharpness throws away something which matches the beat of Naruto's heart. It was 'something' anyone would wish to have; but he, himself would even regret to know. So it was great that Sasuke didn't know how to read his mind…he believes the raven doesn't.
"Ahh! So it was your fault why I didn't get much sleep." Naruto suddenly spoke.
"Huh?"
"Y—you were sleeping too soundly. You were snoring soooo loud."
"If I was sleeping soundly then you wouldn't be surprised to see me sleeping beside you."
"H..Huh?...Ah! I—I thought I was half dreaming. Yeah….I was ha—half dreaming." Naruto nodded, stupidly agreeing to his own statement or rather…let's say, lame excuse.
Shit! what am I saying?, Naruto felt confused with himself.
"If you want to say something, just spit it. I don't have time for idiocy." Sasuke approached the door when a female servant knocked to give their breakfast, leaving Naruto to think about a better start to say his real intended words. He moved a little to the side to let her roll in the banquet cart.
"Bring it beside 'our' bed." Sasuke smirked after whispering to the maid's ear, making her flinch a little when his hard chest touched her shoulder.
Nodding, she pushed the tray cart towards the bed and was surprised to see a young-looking handsome blonde gaping back at her with the same frozen eyes.
"He—hh—here's…th—thh—the breakfast, sirs!!" The female hotel servant nervously shouted (Yeah, she shouted.) while unaware of staring at the smooth bare chest and the white polo, tousled and unbuttoned up to the level near the navel, worn by the man on the bed. They both blushed before the girl finally found the strength to run outside to stop the 'nosebleed' that she can no longer control.
"I ordered honey water, so you better drink it first. It will help you lose the headache from you hangover."
He raised his brow as the blonde stared at him while stirring the honey water with a spoon unconsciously.
He noticed that Sasuke was only wearing a robe and suddenly realized that the polo he was wearing was his.
"My clothes…why am I wearing yours?" He asked softly.
"You ruined your clothes after vomiting yesterday—" Naruto noticed the slight shudder Sasuke gave before continuing. "—so I threw them."
He opened his mouth to shout from what the raven did but was stopped by the rapid strike of his headache.
"Since you would surely shout at me if I only clothed you with a robe, I lent you mine instead of getting a new one from your baggage. Don't worry the pants and boxers you're wearing are still yours. It's hard finding them from your case. You should be thankful."
Naruto heard Sasuke's irritating explanation and yet he wasn't minding anything he said. For now, the words he wanted to say to him was more important than to start a petty argument where he would surely lose. It was frustrating to feel like having to carry a heavy burden—to make yourself think it wasn't complicated and that it's easy to solve. Having thoughts of things he didn't wish to have, letting yourself take it as nothing of relevance, and making steps that would surely lead you to the end of hope—all of it was so confusing. He didn't reach this point even when he was thinking of vengeance.
"Do you want me to feed you?" Sasuke broke each of his thoughts.
"What?" Naruto asked, finally taking notice of the warm juice he was continuously stirring. "I—I can feed myself. Thank you." He smiled and looked down to take a mouthful of the sweet medicine.
Then for awhile that Sasuke watched him eat silently, Naruto decided to finally speak in quite an uncertain manner.
"Thank you…" He pondered, finding for words. "…for punching 'that' guy last night. I—I was really—"
He was going to say afraid, "…nervous to do anything myself. If you hadn't come," He looked up and immediately dodged the earnestness he saw in Sasuke's eyes.
"I might've let—" He became frightened when he glimpsed at the tight clenching of the raven's fist caused by the futility of his words. It was so wrong for him to still say that because he was afraid, he might have let the man from last night continue his intentions—if he would say that, death will be assured to him. He was sure of it.
"A—and I'm sorry for making you ki—kiss me last night." Naruto unsurely started again.
"I know you did that to show him I'm 'yours', right?"
To say that he was his for the time being was a torture and it made a big lump in his throat that it felt very hard to continue with his next words.
"And when he saw it—"
"Enough!" Sasuke's eyes narrowed dangerously.
"I'm fed up with your nonsense! When will you stop being an idiot, huh? Is it an incurable disease?!"
Naruto felt profound inside. He cannot protect his pride from this man. Does he have that pride, anyway? He was the only one who had called him an idiot despite of the high title he gained and on top of that, he was the very man whom has hurt him far from what he experienced—(now) almost twenty five years ago. His voice cracked when he stuttered to stop the sob that wanted to escape.
"I—if it isn't the reason…then you could just tell m—"
The blonde's back met the soft surface of the bed, vaguely hearing the screeching wheels of the cart and the loud crashing of glasses when some of them fell on the floor. His eyes closed tightly because of the rapid weight that pinned him and the mad lips which pounded his own in a somewhat tensed manner. It dug deeper onto his unresponsive mouth, moving slowly together as he felt his arms being raised to the level of his head and being gripped with damaging hands.
He tried to turn his face but the strong lips held it firmly placed so he struggled to shove away his hands to at least have the greater strength to cover his moist eyes.
It was so frustrating to be weaker than someone and always having to submit whenever you lose. It was also unacceptable to have emotions you do not have the ability to conceal.
"Now…" Sasuke breathed heavily after he broke the kiss. His hands still held Naruto's and he even pinned his legs with his weight just to make the blonde remain where he was and stop doing any attempt of struggling more.
He was angry and it was the first time he acted recklessly like this.
"What do you think is the reason I did this?" Immediately, he saw how the beautiful eyes watered and the tears that went flowing after it clouded them because of being hardly controlled. He gritted his teeth and pulled Naruto up together with him. Then he pushed the blonde into the bathroom.
"Fix yourself!" He shouted after shutting the door of the shower room.
"Breakfast is ruined and it's late enough to have a lunch."
He tried to calm himself as much as possible before dialing Kakashi's number and left the suite as he waited for an answer.
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"Kaasan, have you been well? Did you have any attacks?" Sasuke asked his mother who continuously looked at him intently in a manner he cannot comprehend since they showed themselves to her room. Naruto became worried when the lady Uchiha remained silent, bickering while still staring at her son.
"What is the problem, Mrs…I mean…M—mah…mom? It isn't like you to be so quiet like th—" He stopped as Mikoto's gaze shifted its target towards his direction. A few moments have passed before she threw a hard glare back to her son who had irritated her so much.
"Why are you two here?" Mikoto snarled to stress out her meaning at the raven in front of her, making her son give her an almost unnoticed flinch. Her irritation turned into a controlled anger when her second son didn't respond and just returned her scowl with a composed and confident expression. Naruto felt the strong tension lingering between the two persons he had began trusting and so he decided to at least help ease the lady Uchiha's increasing temper and back up the man—who seemed like a statue—sitting beside him.
"Why are you back so early, Naruto dear?" Mikoto asked, trying to test the blonde's honesty.
He needed to know the details and reasons about their early arrival for when the two of them entered her room too silently, having to be greeted with grim faces being faked to normal expressions, and knowing that it has only been two days ago when they left for England—she needed to know why the one week plan was ruined. And until now, she can't stop scowling at her own stupid son.
"Because we had more important businesses here…" Naruto's answer aggravated the burning madness inside her chest. It was blatant that Naruto was slightly uneasy. Now, she needed explanations from her son and not excuses from her 'future' son-in-law.
"It isn't necessary for us to have a long vacation." Sasuke finally spoke, steadying his eyes down to the right so that he can look at Naruto's face under the shadow of his hair.
"Mother, could we please first go back to our rooms?" He stood up, holding his 'fiancée's' hand to pull him to the door.
He couldn't take it anymore. He knew it had become so obvious in front of his mother's testing skills. It wasn't meant for him to act like this and run away for the first time from such circumstance.
When they came to the door, asking Naruto to go ahead, he faced his mother after hearing her snap.
"Sasuke dear…I won!" She muttered teasingly before Sasuke closed her door with a soft 'bang' to show his irritation.
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Sasuke and Naruto entered a traditional Japanese house that was located in the middle of Tokyo's hidden forest. The place was a secluded village where temples or historical-type of houses surrounded its limited boundaries.
Servants in kimono greeted them while the men who were tailing at their back, guarded the gates when they went through the house's main room. The room was enormous although from the outside view, you could only see half of its real space. Antique crafts were displayed on traditional cabinets and posters with written Japanese characters curtained the small portion of the other sliding door which led a way towards the broad garden. Also, a low extensive table divided the entire space into two—provided with futons covered by silk dragon-designed cases arranged on each side. From the left wall, another poster was rolled out but its size was not the same with the other posters hanging at the top of the other sliding door. It has characters printed on it; characters which reveal the motto of the 'organization'—written in kanji form.
--Naruto was able to observe all of this (except for the meaning of the 'motto') before his fiancée asked him to sit.
"Didn't I tell you that you should always wear the badge?"
Naruto looked at Sasuke in bemusement.
"No, you didn't." He answered; still looking around so he can explore the place where he was reminded of something he cannot remember. It was something he already knew before and it felt somewhat, nostalgic but also painful…
"Here." Sasuke reached a box to him, gesturing for him to open it.
"I brought it. I knew someone like you would forget about things like that. Wear it." He instructed.
Naruto opened the box and saw once again the dragon badge a girl gave him at the Congratulations Party. He picked it up and then pinned it over the left side of his jacket's breast level, letting the crystals and the expensive stone shimmer as they reflected on his eyes.
"That is an important symbol so you should never forget to wear it; especially if you're going out with me."
"What does this symbolize?" Naruto inquired.
"I already mentioned about that when we were at the company. This is a different organization and the badge is meant for it; not for what you think if I must inform you." Sasuke explained, crossing his fingers as a smile graced his lips when Naruto thought for awhile.
A woman in kimono opened the sliding doors and brought a tray with tea and cups. Naruto saw her and remembered the face of the girl who gave him the badge. Only, her hair was knotted and tied in the Japanese traditional style and was wearing a kimono instead of having her hair flowing down her waist and in a formal office uniform. When he was going to speak to her, she stood up and silently skulked backwards before smiling at him and totally exiting the room.
"Give me your hand."
Sasuke caught his hand when he knew that he was going to wait…He was tired of giving explanations to the blonde.
"Stretch out your finger." He said while wiping a knife he was keeping in his other hand under the table so the blonde wouldn't be able to see. Then when Naruto leisurely and reluctantly followed with a very curious expression, stretching out his finger, a swift handling of sharp metal moved over his hand. The jagged dagger cut the thin skin of his finger to let blood flow off the violated spot.
"Oww! What are you doing?!" Naruto glared at the raven after instantly snatching back his hand.
"I need it." The raven plainly said and then grabbed his hand after rapidly rolling out a unique kind of paper and pressing Naruto's bleeding finger above the signature line. Sasuke held it firmly and moved his hand together with the blonde's as he wrote down Naruto's name in kanji form—using his finger as his pen and his blood as the ink.
"Quit it! Don't you know I might have infections?" Naruto filched back his hand again, rubbing his finger to let the red liquid continuously flow out with the germs (which most definitely, there is) before his wound clots.
"What the hell are you doing? Your actions make no sense! You love hurting people, don't you"
When Sasuke heard the last sentence the blonde uttered, he felt a small tinge of pain but immediately disregarded it.
"My actions make a lot of sense." Sasuke sneered. "You just signed the betrothal contract. There's no turning back."
"Betrothal contract?" Naruto shrugged. He didn't care whatever that contract is about. He knew that betrothal means engagement but he thought of it as one of the raven's senseless pranks. He didn't really want to concern himself regarding it.
"I don't know anything about what you're saying and I'm not really caring to know…so why the heck did you bring me here?"
"That's the point. I brought you here to sign the contract and to show you around your second home."
Naruto faked a laugh.
"How can you be so sure that this place is my second home? And for your knowledge, our engagement is a fraud and will never be re—"
"Do you still think that? Hn…but I think it's going to be real now…" Sasuke stared at him for a minute and it affected Naruto's heart to beat faster than when he heard the raven's interruption—his plain confidence which revealed some true implication from the words he didn't expect would come out of his mouth.
"Follow me. I'll show you around." Sasuke stood up when the roaming silence filled him. He reached his hand to the blonde (as if it was very natural for him to do) but then immediately put it inside his pocket once realization took place.
It was surprising for him to do things he never did nor offered others. He held his head, waving it a little while he muttered curses under his breath. This was getting tiring everyday, he thought. (But what is that 'this'?)
He knew it should've stopped….He expected it.
But it just can't.
And it's getting on his nerves.
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There were bright lamps which waved light to the corners of the grand pavilion's professionally carved ceiling that roofed the great room. Also, more than two small chandeliers surrounded the biggest elegant crystal fluorescent illuminating the entire vicinities of the location. Circular tables covered with costly silks were arranged all over to the sides of the place, leaving a huge space on the center of the room, and fountains of wine sparkled in the middle of each fixed table. The music provided by the hired musicians roamed around and entertained some of the guests' ears while some danced with its romantic melody. Most of them were composed of high-ranking officials, great company owners (which included Sasuke), actors or actresses, and rich enthusiasts. No one in the 'celebration' was from an average rank citizen. You can see it by the luxurious jewels that each of the VIP's wear, by the way they talk, and by how they act towards each other. They were all so polite and formal.
"Mr. Uchiha, may I please have a word with you for a moment? It won't take long." Naruto approached Sasuke with an appealing smile plastered on his face as he spoke to him formally and then gave a light bow and polite smiles to each of the raven's acquaintances who immediately took notice of his presence. It was a good thing that the raven considered his request not to introduce him as his fiancée for it would cause such a huge fuss. Besides, it wasn't real.
"Please excuse us for a moment." Sasuke said, almost glaring at the other men who ignored his apology because of taking so much interest to the blonde who came up to him. He grabbed Naruto's arm gently, pulling the smaller man with him to go to a more concealed spot.
"Why did you bring me in such a gathering? I should be with your mother and not in some place like this! It's my job!" Naruto whispered loudly, looking around.
"This is also your job." The raven answered flatly before sipping his wine. He was completely ignoring the blonde's rants.
"Your mother's condition is more important than this!" Naruto whispered again loudly, still looking around to see the same people who kept on staring at him.
"And…and I think I'm the only American here. Most of these people are Asian and the Western people are Europeans. I—I fell kinda out of place…" He added.
"So you feel insecure again? Then stay by my side." Sasuke fixed his collar as he pulled the blonde close to him and walked while holding him firmly when the shorter man started to move away. He was not taking much commotion from how the blonde reacts to his touches. He just ignores them…or more like—he ignores him.
"Will you please let go of me?" Naruto faked a smile to the people who were observing them with interested and curious glances.
When Sasuke was going to plainly say 'no', a man asked him for a private conversation. He spoke about some business approval and then Sasuke let go of Naruto after agreeing to have a talk regarding the topic. He took it so he left the blonde.
"Hah!" Naruto snorted.
"Then stay by my side…" He mimicked in some weird tone, making a face. "Che…" He rolled his eyes and then went towards a table to get his own wine.
"You're really getting on my nerves…Uchiha!" He whispered loudly because for the few days after they went back in Japan, he began acting colder towards him like the way he treated him when they first have known each other. He never showed any emotion again nor does he give him much attention.
"I'm sorry, did you say something?" A polite, deep voice surprised Naruto—making him flinch a little.
"Huh…excuse me? Uhh…no I—I didn't say anything." Naruto sheepishly smiled before fully facing the man whom he didn't notice was very near him. Then he was astounded for a moment as he absorbed the man's admirable face.
His eyes were as black as the night but as brilliant as crystal onyx shimmering like it was a sun hiding at the time of an eclipse. His hair was the same and its fixed, spiky style added to his exotic features as they matched his porcelain pale skin beautifully. It was long so the pointed tips of his hair almost waved down and shadowed half of his face. It seems that he was also a bit taller than Sasuke because he was raising his head higher to this stranger.
"Since we are now talking with each other, why don't we drink our wines together? We might as well have a short dance." The mysterious man smiled gracefully, captivating Naruto's full attention when he followed him to a more private location after nodding—dumbfounded.
OWARI! For the fifth chapter! Hope you liked it? How was it everyone? Does it deserve an early update? Hmm…well anyways I hope this time I get as much reviewers this story can achieve! (Sighs…) I cannot promise now if I will update soon or not because the reviews I'm receiving are decreasing—unlike before.
If you would like to cite some of your suggestions…you could say it…or if you like to see parts where Naruto is with a different partner…like being with EDWARD! Yay!…YOU COULD TELL ME TO WIRTE A PART WITH JUST THE TWO OF THEM!!
--EDWARD—about Edward, if you can imagine him through my poor description you would actually like him!! Maybe, even more than Sasuke. Actually he is GREEK-AMERICAN…so if you could just imagine a god descended from heaven and turned into a commoner or a wanderer with sharp, amethyst eyes and pale skin…that's how he looks like. Hehe… (Curse this poor description of MINE!)
Okay everyone…THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT AND REVIEWS!
MUCH LOVE FROM RIKU!! –The author-