A/N: Hello everyone thank you for continuing to read this story, I hope you like this chapter for those who haven't, if any haven't stopped that is. Again hope you enjoy this sorry if this author note makes no sense.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, if I did the show would be horrible.
Chapter Six: Fates Choice
Sasukes POV
Today I found out about the schedule for the Fates Ceremony, the ceremonies take place all spread throughout the week during school. "Hey Sasuke! Are you excited to find out who the Fate chose for us?" I heard a barely excited voice say from behind me as I walked into the school. "I guess so though I don't think my parents were telling the truth when they said that they didn't mind who the Fates chose for me as long as we both care for each other" I said stoically as I walked into my fist class with Naruto behind me.
"You're lucky, my expectations scare me" I heard him say, I looked over to him to see that he had his head down "what are your expectations?" I asked him and I was surprised when he went rigid at the question. "I have to get a girl who is rich and obedient" I heard him say and immediately didn't like the ones who created those expectations "that seems like too much for you and your mate to take on" I said when the ball rang. "It's my life, let's do our work" I heard him say, he sounded sad but we do have work to do and I can't really ask about it now.
When class ended we headed our separate ways, me to P.E. with Mr. Gai and Naruto to Herb Information with Mrs. Shizune, this period Sakura and Lee also have their Fates ceremony. My P.E. class was the same as always with Mr. Gai, Lee's guardian, lecturing us on the power of youth and making us run ten laps around the football sized field. It took everyone forty-five minutes to finish the assignment and me thirty-five minutes allowing me ten minutes of rest before the teacher told us to play basketball, soccer, tennis or jump rope until class ends.
I decided to play basketball with Temari, Gaara and Neji, Temari and I on one team Gaara and Neji on another. When class ended our group was tied with twelve points each making Neji slightly sad for not winning against Temari and I "I hope Gaara gets Neji as a fated mate, they get along so well and they also like each other" I heard Temari say as the bell rang. "Hnn" I said before waving bye to Temari as I went to the roof to observe Narutos P.E. class that I didn't know he had till a week ago.
Narutos POV
'I hope I won't get Sasuke as my Fated mate, I wouldn't mind it since I do like him but Emmy and Mariah wouldn't approve in the least' I thought as I headed outside for P.E. also hoping that Gai doesn't overestimate our power of youth for my class mates sake. "Hello my youthful students today you'll run ten laps around the field and if you have time to spare; you can walk, play tennis, play soccer or jump rope" I heard Gai say followed by a youthful shout from Lee and sighs of despair from everyone else. Everyone went towards the field and started running the laps, Lee and I made it first in twenty-five minutes while everyone else made it in forty minutes before Lee and I played Tennis against each other.
I won with eleven points and Lee lost with ten points "come on Naruto! Let's play a youthful rematch" I heard Lee yell before the ball rang causing me to let out a relieved sigh. "Sorry Lee let's go to lunch" I said looking up at the roof to meet Sasukes gaze, I waved and he did the same as I saw him leave the balcony. Lee and I walked to the cafeteria but I let him enter first before I did a few minutes after so he won't be picked on by the other students for hanging out with me.
"Hey Naruto you're friends with Lee right?" I heard Sasuke ask from behind me as I finished my chemistry assignment "I just know him well since he doesn't mind the reason why I get bullied but that's also the same with Temari, Gaara, Shino, Shikamaru, Kankuro, and Cho…" I said happily though I stopped because I'm supposed to forget that. "Cho Who?" I heard Sasuke ask, I looked at him and saw that his eyebrows were knit in confusion "no one, why did you want to know if I was friends with him?" I asked ignoring Sasukes sigh. "The Fates chose Sakura to be his Fated mate, they're both happy about it" I heard him answer making me smile "I'm happy for him he's had a crush on Sakura since middle school" I replied my smile never faltering as Sasuke sat down next to me.
We talked for awhile till the bell rang and we went our separate ways, me to choir and Sasuke to band, Iruka was teaching us or at least most of us how to play piano since we have five piano players in our class. After Iruka finished the bell rang so I headed to my poetry class meeting Sasuke on the way there, we were talking most of the way there and during class since we were moved next to each other for easier group work. We talked about our hobbies and our day or at least the times we weren't in the same class while Kurenai was reading "Beowulf" till class ended.
Third Person POV
Naruto and Sasuke split up after their poetry class ended so they could head to their designated class rooms, Sasuke wasn't so thrilled to have homework on the bases of the civil system while Naruto was ecstatic to do an essay on the history of Chlorophyll Park. After their class ended they met up at the schools gate to say their goodbyes before the next day which held their Fates ceremony after lunch. They spent their day at home as they usually do, Naruto with chores and his homework he doesn't get often and Sasuke with his solitary room and homework which he also doesn't get often.
Surprisingly enough they woke up at different times today, Sasuke at six and Naruto at seven, Sasuke unlike Naruto had made it to class on time. "Hey Naruto, why were you five minutes late?" Sasuke asked his belated friend "woke up at seven when I should've woken up at six" Naruto answered him. "Oh okay, don't your parents wake you up if you're not up in time?" Sasuke asked his friend unaware of his home life "don't know" Naruto answered him frowning all the while.
Narutos POV
"What do you mean you don't know?" I heard Sasuke ask and I noticed he seems to be unaware that I don't want to talk about it. "I live with my adoptive family, can you drop it now" I said louder than usual which surprised him and myself. "I just don't want to talk about my adoptive family" I said softer this time, I looked over to him and saw him nod but I also saw that he didn't want to let it go either which made me smile.
I heard the bell ring after that causing my smile to falter even though I was happy that he didn't have time to ask me any other questions about my life that I haven't already divulged. I waved bye to him as we went our separate ways, me to Herbs Info and Sasuke to gym, I like herbs though I'm very bad at the subject itself. We had to do a final report on the common herbs in the Lead Village, there are only five or six common herbs in the area so they were easy facts to write down.
After I finished the facts for the report, though writing the report was harder since I didn't know what order to write them in. I didn't know whether to put them in order from most common to least common or least common to most common or alphabetical so I chose alphabetical when class was almost over. I got to the second slab of the report/project when the bell rang, I headed out of the classroom and towards the track for P.E.
Sasukes POV
After my P.E. class ended I decided to go to the roof before I met Naruto and everyone else for lunch, when I got to the roof and went to the railing I saw Naruto smile and wave at me when I reached the railing. I waved back and he started running around the track, he had ran twenty-five times around the track, after he finished that Lee had him play a rematch in basketball instead of Tennis. I think he won because Lee was 'youthfully' yelling for a rematch which I think Naruto declined or he was to uncomfortable to answer because he kept scratching the back of his neck and chuckling.
I heard the bell ring so I raised my crossed arms from the railing and went back inside the school so I could get to the cafeteria for lunch, when I reached the hallway that leads to the cafeteria door I stopped when I saw Lee and Naruto by the door to the cafeteria. "See you Naruto! And I want a youthful rematch tomorrow" I heard Lee say before he entered the cafeteria followed by Naruto when a few minutes passed by. "Hey Naruto, why didn't you enter the cafeteria with Lee? Did he want you to stay there?" I asked when I sat by him knowing the last question wasn't needed since Lee wouldn't do that.
"No, I don't want to ruin anyone's reputation, I know Lee doesn't care for his reputation but I can't do that to anyone" I heard him say in a sad tone which made me regret asking that. "Then why aren't you eating?" I asked just now noticing he didn't have any food in front of him which worried me slightly "oh um, I forget to make lunch at home to bring here… so Iruka and Kakashi bring me something every other week if I forget" I heard him answer though he sounded nervous. "Okay that makes sense, I guess when was the last time they did?" I asked unsure if I want to know "the week of the talent show" he answered and I was correct about not wanting to know.
Just then the bell rang and an announcement came on about going to Leaf Trail for the Infinity mark ceremony, I walked with Naruto towards Leaf Trail and was scared for him since there was the equal number needed but no females. I felt Naruto freeze beside me and I could tell he didn't like it either "it's fine Naruto, I'm sure your adoptive family will understand" I whispered so only Naruto could hear me, I was confused when Naruto shook his head at the same time he shrugged his shoulders. We met up with the other students and saw Mrs. Shizune standing next to them "hello, you're both late you know" Mrs. Shizune said and we apologized for our lateness as we stood in line.
"Hello everyone and welcome to the Infinity ceremony, how this works is I'm going to call you up by your family's economic status and you'll say your name before walking up to the person farthest to the left, if their mark doesn't glow you go to the next, get it?" I heard Mrs. Shizune explain and we all said yes. "Donno Kahn of the Khan money press please come up" I heard Mrs. Shizune say and the one named went next to Mrs. Shizune and said his name when he turned around to face us. He had short black hair, like Kakashis, and dark blue jeans with a chain connecting to the belt loop near the placket of the jeans and the ending loop, with a black shirt with the band name "Marked" on the front of the shirt in silver.
Third Person POV
As Donno Kahn moved closer to Sasuke and Naruto the three boys Donno Kahn, Sasuke Uchiha, and Naruto Uzumaki got more nervous, Sasuke got nervous because he was getting closer to Naruto. Naruto was nervous about trying to find out a way to tell Emmy and Mariah that he won't meet their expectations. Donno stopped at the blonde next to Sasuke who had a faux hawk, a light blue V-neck shirt and white skinny jeans with red high tops.
"So your mate is Kaine Ross" Shizune said happily as Kaines mark started glowing a forest green and Donnos started glowing a light blue-A on his left shoulder "you may leave if you like but you don't have to" Shizune said writing Donnos name next to Kaines and vice versa. "Sasuke Uchiha of the Uchiha guard please come up" Shizune said and Sasuke did just that and announcing his name before and walking up to a man named Darien King who was dressed in a long black V-neck shirt and faded blue jeans with black converse. None of their marks glowed causing them both to sigh in relief, Sasuke then moved onto the next person named Zayne Drake who was wearing an honorable blue short sleeved buttoned up shirt and black pants with blue suede shoes.
Zayne and Sasuke's marks didn't glow which means the only one left was Naruto, Sasuke moved on front of Naruto and neither seemed surprised when Naruto's mark glowed blue and Sasuke's mark glowed orange. Naruto was ecstatic but he was gloomy at the same time, while Sasuke wasn't sure how to feel about it because to him if it was anyone he was glad it was Naruto. "You may leave to your sixth hour or go somewhere else, or you can stay here if you want" Shizune said writing Narutos name next to Sasukes and vice versa.
Sasuke and Naruto decided to go up to the roof for the rest of class "are you gonna tell your parents who you got as a mate?" Naruto asked Sasuke as they stood near the edge of the roof and leaning on the railing. "I'll have no choice but to tell them, I'm their son" Sasuke answered not really bothered by the question "what about you? Are you going to tell them?" Sasuke asked turning towards Naruto when he answered. "No" Naruto replied after a while surprising Sasuke in the process "Might I ask why you won't?" Sasuke asked him and Naruto shook his head to clear it.
"Because I don't know who my parents are" Naruto said with a frown watching an elepaio as it landed on the railing "oh sorry, then are you going to tell your guardians?" Sasuke asked barely regretting his first question. "Maybe… I might regret it either way" Naruto said smiling at Sasuke but it dropped after a while "hey Sasuke?" Naruto asked two seconds after his smile dropped. "Yes Naruto" Sasuke answered looking him in the eyes all the while "I know we can't ignore being mates, and I don't want to, but can it not be awkward?" Naruto asked surprising Sasuke since it did feel a little awkward for him.
"Of course, sorry bout that Naruto" Sasuke answered causing Naruto to smile though it faltered when the bell rang. "Come on Sasuke we don't want to be late!" Naruto exclaimed happily as he walked/ran to the door leading back into the school "of course Naruto, I'm coming" Sasuke relied shaking his head a little at his friends antics as he turned away from the railing and started walking to the door. They walked down the stairs and conversed as they normally do and turning corners and walking down hallways until they reached their poetry class, entering and sitting down the minute the bell rang.
Narutos POV
As soon as Sasuke and I sat down the bell rang and Kurenai started taking role, Sasuke and I kept conversing all the while. When role was takin we were told to read Six Centuries of English Poetry Tennyson to Chaucer with our partner. One would read every other poem out loud and their partner will read the other poems out loud, I read first then Sasuke did, we got to "Leonidus" by Richard Glover.
The bell rang so we packed up and left our class, he went to civics with Jiraiya and I went to my History class with Anko. She took role and gave our Fourth GW (fourth Great War) report back to us, as usual I got an A for the report. Just like with everything else in school I think I'm getting special treatment from most of the staff that knows about Emmy and Mariah.
The only thing I don't think is influenced by Emmy and Mariah is Sasuke, fellow students, and gym. A few of the staff cares about me, I know they do, but what happens at where I live is my business and I'm happy to get away from it though how they act towards it doesn't make me feel better it makes me feel like a burden. After I was given a profile of the last mayor, a person named Minato Namikaze, who I'm supposed to do a report on the bell rang which means I get to see Sasuke again which makes me happy.
Third Person POV
Sasuke had an amazing time in civics, which he has a B+ in, but in his over exaggerated opinion for most it was bliss to hear the end of school bell ring. Naruto loves but he loves hanging out and talking to Sasuke even more and the feelings are returned since Sasuke likes being around Naruto more than "Marked". "Hey Sasuke!" Naruto yelled enthusiastically as he walked up to his raven haired friend who turned around when his name was called "Hay Naruto" Sasuke answered smiling at his friend as they reached the gate.
When they passed the gate they said their goodbyes and went to their shelter/home. Sasuke went straight to his room when he got home seeing that his parents and brothers were going to be gone until the day before graduation. Narutos "guardians" are doing the same thing so he still has time to find out how to tell them, Naruto did his chores and homework same with Sasuke. The two high schoolers had a somewhat restful sleep, Sasuke with thoughts of how his parents will react and Naruto with nightmares displaying what Emmy and Mariah might do to him.
A/N: Hello again I hope you like this chapter, if it's a horrible chapter or story sorry bout that. I finished writing this in my notebook on November 20, 2015 at 10:53 in my physical science class. I'm sorry it took me a while to write this on my computer.