This has been a crazy month y'all.

First AHHHHHH I can't get one single link to work here! Not even with spaces! So Here is what I'm going to do. Go to my page and get the links there. I have a link to the first image of MerSasuke, Naruto's house arrangement, and the e-book download there =3 thanks

I was doing great, I made 4 dolls (Bubbles from the Powerpuff Girls, Iron Man and green lantern and ragnarok from soul eater), organized my yarn, and thought of this chapter.

But then on Friday (the 11 of may) my mini cooper got rear ended when I was on my way to the used book store =', my baby got beat up bad TT^TT
not even 2 hours latter my little bro got rear ended off lions bridge (if you live in Modesto CA you know where that is) NOT EVEN 2 HOURS LATER! Really what are the chances.

I also just got back from FANIME in San Jose, Ca =3. I had put a lot of time in to getting 3 costumes put together so that ate a lot of my time this past month

Finally sorry for all that gibberish about my life lol

And sorry I took so long I really didn't want to make you all wait this long T^T;

Oh. One more thing, I'm kind of re-inventing the merworld so, sorry if something doesn't match myth or modern ideas on merpeople.

All disclaimers: Naruto does not belong to me, I only write for fun anyways =P

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Chapter 3

The past month had been rather amusing for Naruto, except for the fact that he discovered he might make a decent parent.

Sasuke managed to surprise Naruto to no avail.

Naruto had to teach the man everything!

In one event, Naruto had taken the brunet shopping with him, in order to find him new clothes. Sasuke was not pleased to be around so many humans, and made a point to show it.

As they walked through the crowds of people Sasuke would send them malevolent looks. He had also managed to stay behind often and Naruto found he had to tug the brunet along to keep him from staring at a vehicle, light, or anything else that seemed to fascinate him.

"Sasuke we are never going to get to the store if you keep stopping to look at everything!" Naruto had said once his patients had worn thin.

Naruto's curiosity for the man had increased tenfold that day. Naruto even had to explain currency to the man.

Soon after Sasuke had begun working at Kakashi's he had received his first payment, in paper. Sasuke looked at the bills in wonder. What good was paper? He had gotten home and looked at Naruto curiously, he handed him the cash Kakashi had given him. Naruto smiled, "you got your first payment! It's good to see Kakashi isen't going to stiff you just 'cus your under the table."

"I'm not under a table," Sasuke answered dryly.

"Naruto began to laugh in amusement as Sasuke's obsidian eyes bore in to him.

"Sorry that just means the government doesn't know your working there." Naruto explained. Sasuke could care less about that, what he wanted to know was, what kind of use was paper.

"Naruto what kind of good is this?" Sasuke asked as he pointed to the cash still in Naruto's hand. "well its money, um. . . you see this number. It tells you the value of the bill. When you go to the store you can buy things of equal or less value." He said after thinking of the best way he could describe the cash.

Sasuke looked at the bills skeptically. All he ever did at Kakashi's was take orders and give the costumers the slip Ino or Tamari would make at the cash register for him. Sasuke sighed as he looked at the papers. "What do I do with them?"

Naruto put together a reasonable charge of living, and explained to Sasuke to put the rest away so he could buy nice things later.

Now Sasuke had adapted to his job at Kakashi's café. He had watched the other male waiter, Kiba, in the shop to understand his rather simple job of, taking the order, and retuning with the desired pastries, or drinks. Gaara, the red head in the back would be making the fresh pastries until close to closing hour.

It was late and only a few people sat inside the shop sipping their coffee and chatting, so Sasuke took his time wiping down tables when the door opened. A young lady with long black hair, and unusual eyes walked in. Kiba instantly made his way to the woman with a goofy smile spread across his face.

"Hinata!" he said in a far too happy tone for that late at night. "What can I get you?"

'Hinata?' Sasuke thought as he lifted his head to meet the strange pale eyes that belonged to the young lady at the door.

"Lady Hinata?" Sasuke said as he looked at the woman before him.

"Ah! S-Sasuke?" she questioned when her eyes meet the dark eyes before her.

Sasuke lightly bowed to the lady, causing the young woman to turn a soft shade of pink. Kiba looked at one, then to the other in wonder. How did these two know each other!

"N-no Sasuke, y-you d-d-don't have to -." She stuttered out to him, not finishing her sentence.

Kiba's gaze finally stopped on Sasuke and growled as he watched the man bow lightly again to the woman he had been crushing on since forever.

"I-it's been a l-long time, h-has it n-not?" Hinata asked as she approached Sasuke calmly.

"It has, my Lady" Sasuke responded in an emotionless tone. He had not expected to meet anyone he knew on land, especially not the Lady Hinata.

"Hinata," she corrected Sasuke. Kiba was baffled how calls a girl lady? Is that a European custom or something, the brunet pondered.

"M-May I ask? H-How you have b-been?" She said as he stopped next to him. "How l-long have y-you been here?"

"About a month," Sasuke responded with the same tone he had before.

"I see. . .," she said looking at Sasuke. She was curious as to why the man was on land but could not ask in front of Kiba and the others in the café. "M-may we speak? . . . A-alone?" she asked as her eyes glanced in Kiba's direction.

"If you wish," Sasuke said as he kept his onyx eyes on the young woman before him.

A young Sasuke was in the same spot he had been since he had arrived to the castle. Today his brother Itachi had brought young Sasuke to see what he did at work in the castle. Itachi was captain of the royal guard and was training the men at the moment so all Sasuke could do was watch. Pride swelled in the young Uchiha as he watched his big brother training men who surpassed him in age but obviously not talent.

He was excited to see his big brother teach, because no matter how many times the young Uchiha asked Itachi, his brother would not tech him to fight like the guards. This did not detour the young merboy from his goal. Some day he would be just like his big brother and make his father proud. Sasuke watched intently, not even realizing he was absorbing everything with he's currently red eyes.

The Uchiha clan was powerful, only rivaled by the royal family, and there most powerful magic was passed down through blood. Sasuke knew of the red eyes sharingan gave the user but had not come of age to learn to use the family magic.

"H-hi," said a meek voice from behind the young Uchiha pulling him out of his determined gaze. His eyes lost the red hue and returned to their constant black as he was pulled out of his thoughts.

He turned and looked at the little mergirl before him with pale eyes and no pupils. He knew what those eyes symbolized, Hyuga. She had short hair and a light lavender fin with Dark purple accented the tail.

The young Uchiha bowed as he mumbled "Princess Hyuga."

"U-um," they young girl stuttered. "y-you can call m-me Hinata."

"Princess Hinata," Sasuke corrected himself.

The young girl watched Sasuke curiously, finally she asked for his name, then asked if he wanted to play.

Sasuke looked at Itachi, who would not even notice the young Uchiha if he left, then nodded. It was fun to watch his big brother train the guard, but he was still a child and would much rather play.

The two children swam around the royal coral garden, playing catch with a large shell, laughing as they did so. They had been playing for quite some time when Itachi came looking for the young Uchiha.

"Sasuke," Itachi said sounding furious with the young merboy. "I didn't say you could leave."

"I'm sorry big brother" Sasuke said as he looked down to his black fin.

"I brought you because you said you wanted to see what I do, not play catch." The older merman said as he gave the famed Uchiha glare to his younger brother.

"I-I'm sorry too." Hinata said as she swam to Sasuke's defense. "I a-asked him t-t-to play w-with me."

"Lady Hinata," Itachi said as he bowed to the young mergirl. "It's not your fault, he should have known better. Come along Sasuke, we have to go home. Now." Itachi grabbed the young Uchiha's wrist and yanked the merboy along.

Sasuke looked back at the mergirl and waved good bye as she did the same.

Sasuke smiled lightly as the memory crossed his mind.

He quickly put his things away and announced that he was going to take a break to Kakashi. Kakashi glanced at him with a bored look and said "just leave, your off in 15 anyway."

With that Sasuke quickly made his way to the princess and led her out the door, he was curious, as well, as to why she was on land. Kiba found himself glaring at the door the two had stepped out of.

"How do you think they know each other? Naruto said Sasuke is not form around here. . ." Kiba growled it Tamari.

Outside Hinata and Sasuke began to walk when Sasuke asked, "What are you doing here?"

"Um, well y-you see, I c-come here t-to know about the humans. I-I came to s-school here and e-everything," the young royal said shyly. "What h-happened? H-how did you e-end up on l-l-land?" She whispered as blush formed on her cheeks

"I just go washed out in the big storm last month," Sasuke said.

"Oh, and a-are you ok? W-where are y-you staying?" she asked with concern in her eyes. She know how different the world on land was and how storage everything could be. Adjusting without any help would be difficult for anyone. "Can I s-see you were you are staying?"

Sasuke looked at the girl then sighed "I'm doing fine, and I'm staying with a human named Naruto."

"N-N-Naruto?" the girl stuttered feverishly as her face turned a bright red color. "As in N-N-Naruto U-U-Uzum-maki?"

Sasuke looked at her curiously, as they walked up to the front door to the home Sasuke was staying in. "yes."

"S-Sasuke. . . how much d-does Na-Naruto know?"

"Nothing," Sasuke said as he quickly explained what he had told Naruto about his origins. Once outside of Naruto's door Sasuke unlocked the door & invited the princess in with a simple hand gesture letting her know she could go ahead.

"Naruto, I have a guest." Sasuke said loud enough that the blond would here from his room.

"What? Really!" Naruto's voice rang out from his bed room, along with the sounds of his stumbling & falling.

"Hinata?" Naruto asked in genuine surprise to see the young woman at the door with Sasuke.

"Oh, um, hi Naruto." she said shyly as her face became a light pink. "W-well S-s-sasuke, I think y-you'll be fine staying h-here. . . l-let me know if-if you need anything!" she said as a sudden urge to escape engulfed her.

"Wait, Hinata, you don't have to leave. Come on, we can talk in the living room." Naruto said as he pulled Lady Hinata down the hall and in to the living area.

Sasuke watched curiously as the princess's face went from pleasantly flushed, to crimson shade.

Once they had all sat on the large couch Naruto let his curiosity get the better of him.

"So did you guys meet at the café?" Naruto asked as his eyes betrayed just how curious he really was.

"W-we," Hinata started but stopped. What could they say? She had gone to primary school here on land, and Kiba had heard them say it's been a long time at the café so they couldn't say they had just met. He was sure to tell Naruto. She glanced at Sasuke and knew the brunet was also thinking the same thing.

"W-we knew each other f-from before. . . I-I moved h-here." Hinata said. She know that would bring questions but it was the best option, and it was not a lie.

"Then you know where Sasuke came from!" Naruto asked excited, he would know now.

The venoms look Sasuke sent at Naruto stopped the blond in his tracks with a pout. He really wanted to know but Sasuke had no intent on telling him.

Hinata smiled and was somewhat relieved when Naruto dropped the topic.

"Sasuke and I, w-we use to play t-together when w-we were young . . . before-," Hinata suddenly stopped her sentence. Her eyes meet the onyx eyes next to her as the air grew thick with discomfort.

"Before she moved away." Sasuke finished for her.

Hinata glanced at the brunet and could tell she had upset him. She smiled weakly at him then turned to Naruto. "N-Naruto please take c-care of Sasuke, h-he's a good friend."

She stood up as she explained it was late and she needed to go home. As Hinata left Naruto didn't miss the slightly envious look Sasuke casted over to the young lady.

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I thought of Naruto's job! It's going to be fun =3 and I can't wait to write bout it.
I know so far nothing sasu/naru or naru/sasu has happened ^^; but it will get there I promises! I just need to build the relationship. I don't like instant love stories =P
thanks for reading! Leave a comment if you can and let me know what you think of the art =3
any requested on Sasuke's getting adjusted to the human world? I have some more fun planned soon =3