Chapter 2.

Pairing: Naruto x Uchiha Mikoto.

THIS WILL NOT BE A HAREM

Warning: The main character's age has been adjusted.

Konohagakure no Sato.

"Apologize..." Shisui growled as he ran after the blond, who had just slammed his front door, in his face.

Naruto gave a small smirk, "No…"

"Apologize!" Shisui then yelled as he ran up beside him, to send death glares Naruto's way.

Naruto laughed with a mischievous look, "I said no you moron, are you deaf?"

"Apologi- wait, what?! Moron? I'm not the one who slammed a door in my friend's face, and laughed about it like a dick!" Shisui screamed as he made a motion to pull up his sleeve, which was quite ironic considering his black shirt was sleeveless, and attempted to punch Naruto in the face, but the blond just ducked under it.

Naruto was about to retort, when he heard a voice beside them, "What's all this commotion about?"

Naruto gave a fleeting glance at the two familiar faces now watching them with amused looks. One was a female, about a head shorter than him, with long purple hair, brown eyes, red lips, whilst finishing her attire with an ANBU uniform. She was his former teammate on his genin team, but now a teammate of his ANBU squad. One Uzuki Yugao.

The second one was a male who sported a brown, shoulder-length hair that framed both his face and brown eyes. He wore his forehead protector like a bandanna, along with the standard Jonin outfit... and as always, he has his 'trademark senbon' in his mouth. This was, Shiranui Genma, One former Jounin sensei of Uzumaki Naruto-desu.

Naruto gave a smirk as he dodged another punch from Shisui with ease, "Oh, it's just Shisui being overdramatic. It must be his time of the month."

Yugao gave a soft giggle as Shisui's eyes flared red, "Overdramatic?! Now listen here you little shit- ARGH!"

Instead of getting his threat across, he got his mouth full of dirt. Shisui's head flew up from the ground, and he stared at his feet, noticing that he had just been tripped by the blond as he was about to go for an attack.

"You about done yet?" Naruto asked, failing to pull a Kakashi, as a smirk was steadily crawling onto his face.

Shisui got back on his feet, with smoke pouring out of his ears, "You're so dead, just you wait for it, shithead!"

"Yeah, yeah, don't throw empty threats around Shisui, it's embarrassing," Naruto said with a grin, making his former genin team chuckle at the bickering duo.

"I'll show you empty threats…" Shisui growled but before he could do anything, he was interrupted by a cough from Genma.

"Not that it isn't funny watching you because, believe me. It is. Really. But I'd like to have a word with my former student here, you know, before you try to kill him." Genma chuckled, making Shisui mumble something out of embarrassment.

The young Uchiha scoffed, and crossed his arms over his chest, "This isn't over…" He mumbled while glaring at the blond.

"It is though…" Naruto winked, making Shisui's anger intensify even further.

The blond walked over and gave Genma a brief fistbump, as the older Jounin gave a smirk in return, "How's life treating ya?"

Naruto shrugged, "It's fine I suppose, but I don't really have all evening to chat with you guys. The moron back there is dragging me to a family dinner at the Uchiha compound, and I'm sure Mikoto-basan is going to kill me if I'm anymore late than I already am."

"I see, oh well, I won't hold you any longer then. Tell Itachi I said hi, and that it would be nice for the entire team to have a joined meal again soon, I'm paying if that helps anything." Genma offered with a weak smile.

Yugao, however, gave a sadistic chuckle, "Be careful about what you promise, Sensei, Naruto might eat so much at the barbeque restaurant again that you go bankrupt for a week. And what if he gets drunk again. With the help of clones, you might be bankrupt for a month."

"That was one time…" Naruto mumbled with a minor blush.

Shisui, however, picked this time to roar out laughing, "Haha! You're a fat shit, aren't you?! With how cheap the barbeque spot is, how the hell did you manage to eat so much, that the poor guy had no money left?!"

"If you don't shut up, I'll kill you before you can try to kill me…" Naruto said, with his hair rising up, along with a deadly aura emitting from behind him.

Shisui didn't pay any attention to that, and just wiped a tear away from his eye, "Yeah, I'd like to see you try!"

"That's it, I'm going to neuter you, and place a surprise in Fugaku's soup!" Naruto mutter, and drew a kunai making Shisui gulp in surprise.

"Hey! Stop that, we are out in the public. That's quite embarrassing you know, you're supposed to be an elite of the village, Naruto, but you aren't keeping your cool. I thought I taught you better." Genma lectured, making Naruto fall comically on the ground with a rain cloud pouring over his head.

As Shisui was about to laugh his ass off, Genma stopped him. "You aren't any better Shisui, you are known throughout the nations because of your title as Shunshin no Shisui, I would have thought you would carry yourself with a little more respect than this. But you are acting like an infant."

Now it was Shisui's time to fall down beside Naruto with a rain cloud over his head. "We're sorry…" They mumbled together.

Yugao looked at a watch hanging on the side of one of the stores in the street and rose a brow. "Weren't you guys already getting late for a dinner at the Uchiha's house?"

A moment of silence caught them, before Naruto and Shisui flew off from the ground, "Mikoto sama/basan is going to kill us!" They screamed and ran so fast that not even the dirt and dust cloud following them could keep up.

The remaining duo of teacher and student shook their heads. Those two were the worst kind of siblings; two brothers always at each other's throat, a mere chemical mixture meant for chaos.

The blond and raven-haired duo ran so fast that they almost crashed into the door of the Uchiha's estate but they somehow managed to stop themselves just a few feet in front of the main gate.

Naruto's was doubled over with his hands on his knees while trying to catch his breath when Shisui heard the sound of rapidly closing in footsteps, of a certain someone coming their way. Quietly he moved behind Naruto, without the blond noticing and prepared a foot behind the blond's legs.

And as if it was a cue, the door sprung open and a small dark-haired child flew out with a large grin on his face, "Naruto-san!" He screamed the top of his lungs, and the blond looked on his horror as he tried to take a step back, but felt himself falling back over.

And just as he was starting to lose his footing, the horrifying entity, known as the 'Sasuke bullet,' flew into his gut, making him fly back and crash into the ground with a loud thud.

Naruto landed on his back, wheezing, as all air was punched out of his lungs and he laid groaning on the ground with a still grinning child sat on his stomach.

Shisui roared out laughing, as if it was the new trend, before proceeding to point at Naruto with teary eyes. "That's for the fucking door you dumb shit!" He yelled and kept on laughing so hard, that he fell down on his knees and repeatedly slammed his fist into the ground.

Naruto glared his way, "You're so dead now, I swear I'm going to kill you slowly and brutally Shisui..." He wheezed out before his head fell back on the ground with a groan escaping his lips.

Sasuke who had initially been amused, while looking at the scene, started looking down at Naruto with a nervous sweatdrop falling down his forehead. "Naruto-san, are you alright?"

"Never been better…" The blond wheezed out, making Shisui cry out laughing even louder.

"What's wrong pal? You look a little pale…" Shisui cried, the tears flowing down his face as he found it hard to breathe due to laughing so much.

Naruto decided that his revenge would come soon enough, so he gathered his strength and took a deep breath before moving Sasuke away from his stomach, "A little warning next time would be good, Sasuke."

The child looked a bit flustered as he scratched the back of his head while the blond got off the ground.

Naruto poked Sasuke on the shoulder and made a 'follow me' motion with his head as the two started to walk in through the front door.

Shisui who had gathered himself as well walked a few feet behind the two, but just as he was about to enter the door. It was slammed into his face. Again.

Shisui howled in pain, and rolled backward down the few stairs while clutching his now bleeding nose, "Oh you fucking didn't!" He tried to yell, but the sound was muffled due to him pinching his nose to stop the blood from running out of his nose.

Naruto chuckled with tears in his eyes as he turned around the hallway. But the sight before him made him want to run out of the house in an instant because what he saw sent shivers up his spine, and made his legs quiver in fear.

In front of him stood a stunning fair-skinned woman with long, straight black hair with bangs hanging on either side of her face to roughly frame her cheeks and black eyes.

It wasn't that she was stunning that made him scared. Oh no, it was the blindingly happy smile that was on her face, and the cold aura of death, cascading into a Hanya mask behind her.

"Oh, it's so nice of you to join us tonight Naruto-kun, did you perhaps have any other plans for tonight?" She asked all too sweetly, as she moved closer making Naruto's fear increase tenfold as he tried to move backward, but his back hit the wall while his teeth were chattering.

"N-No?" Naruto chuckled out nervously while looking at the dangerous woman in front of him.

As if it was the password, the aura of death along with the Hanya mask, disappeared in an instant, and Mikoto's smile turned natural. "Good." She giggled and moved back into the kitchen with Sasuke in tow.

Sasuke looked between her and Naruto, as the blond fell down alongside the door with a sigh of relief, "What was that about Kaa-chan?"

"Hmm, what do you mean Sasuke-chan?" Mikoto asked as she stirred the content of a pot on the stove.

Sasuke hummed and looked at Naruto who was still sitting on the floor, "Why was Naruto-san shaking so badly?" he asked, tilting his head inquisitively.

"Oh, I'm not sure. I mean, I just greeted him, and everything looked fine to me… Right, Naruto-kun?" Mikoto asked, with the cold aura returning momentarily.

"Uh-huh!" Naruto nodded rapidly as he flew back to his feet, resolutely ignoring his cold sweatdrops.

"See?" Mikoto said with a smile, looking down at her youngest son who just sweatdropped at her with an amused look.

Taking his chance to escape this nightmare, Naruto took off his sandals and snuck into the dining room behind Mikoto's back, just to come eye to eye with one Uchiha Fugaku…

"Uhm, good evening Fugaku-san, I'm sorry for being late." Naruto apologized, with a small bow.

The man's cold eyes stared at him for a few seconds, making Naruto gulp as he feared that what he had predicted before coming here, were becoming reality. But his worries seemed to be for naught.

"It should be alright, my wife isn't done cooking anyway," Fugaku said, as his eyes returned to the papers he had laid on the table.

Naruto's brows flew upon his forehead in surprise. Fugaku had just acted casual with him, what kind of witchcraft was this?

"Is everything alright, Fugaku-san?" Naruto asked in a careful manner, as he tried to read the stoic Uchiha clan head's body language.

Fugaku looked up with the same stoic face, and asked, "Why shouldn't it be?"

"Don't know, I was just asking, you know, to be friendly," Naruto explained, making Fugaku nod before his eyes wandered down to his papers again.

Naruto shook his head in disbelief and excused himself to go find Itachi. 'That was odd…'

Back with Fugaku, the man merely stared with narrowed eyes toward the blond's back.

When dinner had finally been served, Naruto eagerly looked at the dishes in front of them in delight. He had a feeling that he knew why his favorite food was being served, but he wouldn't complain. Nope, not at all.

They were all seated around the table now, Fugaku was placed at the end of the table at his usual spot, and Naruto sat with Itachi on his left, and Sasuke on the right, while the latter had his mother in front of him, and Shisui placed to her left.

While the table was set with a variety of dishes, Naruto's favorite had to be the fish that had been marinated in miso soup, and for Sasuke's sake, there were several more child-friendly dishes as well, a lot of them involving tomatoes, which were the young Uchiha's favorite thing to eat.

Dinner was a quiet affair, everyone was just focusing on their meals until Fugaku decided to say something, "So, how'd your mission go?"

Naruto kept himself from speaking, simply believing that the question was meant for Itachi to answer, which he did.

"The mission went without trouble. Naruto-kun and I dealt with it in under an hour, the time-consuming part was locating our objective." Itachi answered, making Fugaku nod with a satisfied look. He wasn't smiling, but he didn't look as stuck up as he usually did.

"I trust everything went fine on your end as well?" Fugaku then asked, but the table was utterly silent.

Naruto took some of the miso soup with a spoon when he suddenly realized that Fugaku's eyes were looking toward him of all people, so he laid down the spoon and looked around to notice everyone's eyes were on him, and he coughed into his hand and responded.

"Uhm, yeah, no problem encountered here. Everything went fine, and nothing bad happened." Naruto answered while being a bit shocked, or rather, he was really shocked. Fugaku had never asked him a question like this before, so this was, indeed, a surprise.

"Very well then," Fugaku said with a short nod and returned back to eating. But the older man didn't miss the curious and questioning glances he received from his wife, sons, and Shisui.

Naruto rose a brow and leaned to his left and whispered to Itachi, "Hey, is your dad acting weird or is it just me?"

"It is quite surprising for him to act nice toward you I'm afraid, but I have no idea what has caused it," Itachi said with a calculating gaze.

Naruto scoffed and played a bit with his food, "Perhaps Mikoto-basan beat him with a belt or something."

Itachi snorted at the image appearing in his head, "I highly doubt it. I'm sure she'd love to, but the marks it would leave behind would surely cause questions around the compound."

"So you're saying that if it wasn't for the image it would give the clan, she would have done it?" Naruto asked surprised.

"Their marriage isn't what it has been, and even while saying that, I'm not sure it has ever been as delightful as Okaa-san hoped it would be when they signed the contract…" Itachi sighed and returned back to eating.

Naruto's brows rose in surprise at that. Mikoto and Fugaku's marriage was a contract? That would certainly explain a lot of things, especially how someone as kind as her, would be with someone as grumpy and rude as him.

Naruto shook his head and returned back to eating, but before he'd take another bite he made a polite smile toward Mikoto and said, "The meal is delicious, thanks for inviting me."

The older woman gave a soft hum, and smiled at him, "Why thank you, that's kind of you to say, you're always welcome to join us. Right, Fugaku?"

"Hn…"

"Fugaku…"

"Uhm, yes, what she said." The man coughed into his hand, making almost everyone at the table roll their eyes at him.

Naruto shook his head, and returned to his conversation, "I'll keep that in mind, and I apologize for not being over much these days. I've had a lot going on these days, especially since I've been trying to learn one of my father's jutsu. Anyhow, with such delicious food on the table, you might start throwing me out of the house because I ate it all."

"Flatterer, at least someone appreciates my efforts in the kitchen," Mikoto said with a big smile.

Despite her happy smile, Naruto couldn't miss the glance sent toward the end of the table. 'Arranged marriage, huh?' He pondered and started to see a lot of things he wasn't able to see before.

Of course, he wasn't blind and had seen quite a few times when Fugaku and Mikoto didn't agree on things, and arguments had certainly been heated at as well. And it all made him wonder, why did this arranged marriage occur? And why did Mikoto agree to it? Was she the one who requested it? A lot of questions were filling his mind right now, and he was curious about the answers.

Fugaku paused for a moment, before continuing on with his dinner, only taking a moment to blink, in disinterest.

Dinner continued with idle banter as it finally came to a close before Fugaku spoke up. "Itachi. Shisui. Tonight, there will be a clan meeting. Be sure you attend."

After saying as much, and receiving two nods in return, he stood up, and took his leave, taking brisk, yet controlled steps, out of the room.

Finally, everyone else stood up, with Naruto helping Mikoto with the dishes… mostly to appease her wrath, and got ready to leave. Once the dishes were away, Naruto and Shisui began to leave towards the front door, while the rest of the family saw them out

Sasuke was a simple case, he got a quick hug and had already run off to his room as he yelled "Bye!"

Itachi shook his head at his little brother's antics, it was quite un-Uchiha like, but it was a refreshing change. He didn't disapprove, nor did he approve. "Safe trip home, don't get into any trouble."

"Jeez Itachi, how much trouble do you honestly believe we can get into on our way home, of all places?" Shisui snorted and crossed his arms across his chest.

"Considering it's the two of you, and together, nothing in the village is a hundred percent safe," Itachi smirked, making Shisuis's brow twitch.

"You're just as annoying as Naruto, if not more so," Shisui smirked back, and Itachi just chuckled.

"As if that was possible." He retorted.

"I'm standing right here, you bunch of assholes…" Naruto growled and elbowed Shisui in the gut.

Shisui doubled over, and coughed out, "Why was I the only one getting hit?"

"Because I don't trust Itachi to be caught off guard?" Naruto shrugged.

"Touche…" Shisui wheezed out.

Itachi looked on amused as he put out his hand, which Naruto took. "Good trip home, don't be a stranger."

"I won't. I'll see you at our next mission, which hopefully won't be too long before we're deployed again. I'm going to need a good stress relief after tomorrow" Naruto said, and Itachi nodded before he gave his excuses and left as well.

Shisui noticed that Mikoto looked at Naruto like she wanted to talk with him, so he quickly bid her farewell and said his thanks for the food before he left, and while he was doing so, he signaled to Naruto that he would be waiting outside.

Naruto just nodded in response, before turning back to look at the raven-haired woman, "Thanks for inviting me, and for the food obviously. You're an amazing cook, tastes better than anything I could ever make by a long shot." He grinned.

Mikoto gave a soft smile, "Flatterer, but I'm glad you enjoyed it. In a household filled with Uchiha, it's a nice change to hear it, anyhow."

"Anyhow, it was nice seeing you. I hope you take care, especially for tomorrow. I'll make sure to visit after you've left, as not to intrude." Mikoto said with sorrow-filled eyes.

"It wouldn't be an intrusion, but that's your choice. Thanks, and see you next time." Naruto responded with his back turned, and waving his hand.

"Of course, however, personal time is important, especially for tomorrow…" She argued back, making Naruto shrug with half-lidded eyes.

"Anyhow, thanks for today, I enjoyed it very much," Naruto responded, but before he could leave, he was engulfed in a warm hug.

"As my son said, don't be a stranger. It's displeasing when you stay away, your company is delightful and required." She said with a small grin, making Naruto just scratch his head while being flustered.

"I'll try to come over more often. Jaa ne." He waved, which she returned.

Naruto walked outside and met Shisui standing up against a nearby lamppost.

As the pair began to walk away, the taller of the two spoke up, "So… do you want me to come with you, tomorrow?"

Taking a deep breath, and a moment to center themselves, a response of, "No, I can handle it myself, but thanks." was finally delivered.

Another chapter is done, but today I got a question to ask you guys.

What are your thoughts and opinions on seals / fuinjutsu? Let me know. Is it something that interests you?

Also, a quick note is that I'm sorry for the gap of time I didn't post in since last chapter, Christmas came around, and New Years Eve is just around the corner, I apologize.