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Chapter 6: Itachi's confession.

It was almost sunset. Minato stood looking outside for any sign of his son. He sighed.

"No sign of him yet Fugaku-kun."

Fugaku stood in the door watching his friend. He shrugged.

"Well of course not. It's a good half hour until sunset. Come on, the curse will be lifted. Your son's as good as here."

Minato rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"I'm sorry Fugaku-kun, but after sixteen years of worrying, never knowing if he's safe or not."

"Don't worry so much, it's all in the past.
Why don't we have a drink while we toast to the future."

He called a sevant with black hair and bushy eyebrows. He had a tray with a bottle of sake and two cups.

He poured the two men some. The men raised their cups.

"To the future." Minato nodded. They drank and started to sing.

Skumps,
Skumps,
A toast to this night,
The outlook is rosy,
The future is bright,
Our children will marry,
Our families unite.

Skumps,
Skumps,
Skumps.

Unseen the young lad also took a sip of the sake, he began moving in strange ways, then after some time he fainted in a drunkien stupor.

The two continued their drinking.
When Fugaku raised his cup to toast the two to wed that night, Minato stood up.

"Now hold on Fugaku-kun, I havn't even seen my son yet and you're taking him away from me."

Fugaku stared at him. "You're getting my Itachi aren't you, Minato-kun?"

"Well yes but..."

"Well then why waste time? To the wedding."

Minato shook his head. "Be reasonable Fugaku-kun, after all Naruto knows nothing about all this."

Fugaku raised an eyebrow. "So?"

Minato shrugged. "It may come as quite a shock to him."

Fugaku, who had raised the cup to his lips, did a spit take.

"Shock? My Itachi a shock? What's wrong with my son?"

Minato backed away from the advancing, drunk, offended Fugaku.

"Nothing Fugaku-kun, I only meant..."

"Why dosn't your son like my son?"

"Now Fugaku-kun..."

"I'm not so sure my son likes your son!"

"Fugaku-kun." Minato said warningly.

"I'm not so sure any children they have will want you, for a grandfather!"

That was the last straw for Minato.
"Why you unreasonable, arrogent, old windbag!"

"Unreasonable? Arrogent?"

He reached on the table and pulled a large cooked fish and held it out like a sword.

"This means war Fugaku." Minato grabbed a second fish. The two began a fish war.

They hit their fishes against each other and then the fish fell limp.
Seeing this the two friends burst out lauging.

"Now what's this all about anyway." Fugaku asked between laughs.

Minato gasped for breath. "I have forgotten, my friend."

Slinging an arm around his friend they continued to drink and toast.

A voice then announced the arrival of the Uchiha brothers. Fugaku got up and immediatly ran to greet them.

Itachi and Sasuke rode in through the gates and were greeted by cheers.
People stared at them in admiration.

Itachi and Sasuke came to a hault before their father.

"Itachi my son, you must change into somthing suitable. Can't meet your future lover looking like that."

Itachi stared. "But I have already met him Outo-san."

Fugaku only stared. "You have? Where?"

Itachi smiled. "Once upon a dream."

Fugaku raised an eyebrow. "What's all this dream nonsense?"

"It wasn't a dream Outo-san, I really did meet him." Itachi said softly.

Fugaku smiled. "You met Prince Naruto? Oh we must tell Minato."

Itachi frowned. "I didn't say it was Naruto."

Fagaku frowned as well. "But you said..."

"I said I met the boy I was going to marry.
I don't know exactly who he was. A commoner I suppose."

Fugaku's eyes widend. "A commoner? You're going to marry a...Haha, you're kidding right?"

Itachi looked at him seriously. Fugaku looked to Sasuke hopfully. "He...He's joking right Sasuke?"

Sasuke shook his head. "He is not kidding Outo-san."

Fugaku turned to Itachi. "You can't do this Itachi. You're the son of a lord and you have to marry someone of highborn status!"

Itachi was not fazed. "You're living in the past Outo-san. I will marry whomever I love." With that, he turned Kisame and left the palace leaving a stunned Fugaku and Sasuke.

Fugaku sat on the palace steps. He wiped his forhead.

"How will I ever tell Minato?"