Thin Glass

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A/N: -Pulls chapter from the Recycle Bin-. ;o; Sooorry!! I decided to put my life into God's hands and give up yaoi. I looked at my account recently and saw how much reviews so my heart broke, I want to try and finish this story before giving up yaoi. ;o; Please forgive me. I just couldn't turn back on you guys! Alot of you have come a long way with me and Im grateful for that!

Chapter 12 - Strenght, Magic, Plans and Dragons

Sasuke stared at Naruto with a blank look. After their fun night of pleasure, everything was suppose to be perfect. But when the damn blond woke up, he complained about his sore ass. Then out of nowhere he pulls off a wig! A WIG!! Of course the prince accused him for being that pervert thief but Naruto said to let him finish explaining himself. Now the fool was currently telling him that he actually came through a mirror! A MIRROR for Pete sakes! Sasuke had to hold the excited blond down since he was jumping all over the place from excitement.

"Naruto..have you been sniffing any mushrooms lately? Them magical markers?" Naruto rolled his eyes.

"No! I'm just half excited because I finally told someone else this secret, besides my friends back where I live, and the other half is going to go mad because you don't believe me!"

"Naruto..a mirror..you can't be serious." Sasuke sighed, this was not suppose to be how his happy ending was suppose to end! With a insane bouncing blond that was his lover!

"I'll show you, come on!" Naruto started to drag his prince in front of his mirror, holding onto his hand tightly. "Now, this is the tricky part. You have to believe that there is another world or else your just going to be standing here like an idiot. After you believe the other world exists and you get through, the only way to get back is you have to want something on the other side. The way I got through was wanting to see my friends, wanting to see you. Now, watch me!" He took both his hands and placed them over the mirror and waited.

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"Sasuke! I can't concentrate with you groping my ass!" Naruto hissed and swatted the perverted hands away. There was a ghostly chuckle behind him but nothing more. Finally. He relaxed once again and placed his hands flat against the glass. There was the warm blue glow forming around his hands. He closed his eyes and let himself fall. Fall through the mirror. He was expecting a cold hard floor but instead he landed on something soft..and hard?

"Oof!" The blonde's eyes widen and he instantly jumped back. There, he saw, Shikamaru laying flat on the floor, a chair fallen at the side.

"Shi..kamaru?" Naruto asked, a little worried. The lazy teen stared up at his friend with wide eyes before standing up himself, brushing off dust particles as he did so. He was silent for the longest time, just staring at Naruto, eyes filled with curiosity and knowledge at the same time. The next thing you know, Naruto found himself being poked.

"Is that really you?" Shikamaru asked, sounding more bored then shocked. The blond rolled his eyes and took a hold onto the probing finger, giving it a tight squeeze to prove that he was really there. Shikamaru looked back towards the mirror, his eyes lingering for awhile before turning back to his attention back to teen in front of him. Uh oh. Naruto knew what comes next. The questions.

"Why? When? Where? What? How?"

"Why, I have no damn clue. When and where, in my bedroom a couple months ago. How, I have no idea."

"Idiot." Shikamaru muttered and Naruto couldn't argue with him there. All the time he was in the other world, he never really found out how he got to the other side. Then suddenly, the lazy boy had an annoyed look on his face.

"Where's the camera? You said you would take pictures now give it." Naruto's hand instantly went to his pocket where the camera was.

"Why do you need it?"

"Because ever since you left through..that! I've been sitting here, waiting for your ass to come back. Gaara, Kiba and Neji were all over me, especially Gaara, giving he heck for letting you go. So troublesome, they thought you slipped some drugs to me." He shook his head, remembering the threats they shouted at him.

"Oh gee, now you know how I felt." Naruto cracked a grin and handed him the camera. Shikamaru looked through the pictures, spending probably two minutes on a picture, staring, awing and gawking. Soon Naruto started to feel like he was missing a piece of himself and just then, it fell through the mirror.

"Oof!" Ah, there he is!"

"Jeez Sasuke, it's about time." Naruto huffed and walked over to help his lover up. Naruto turned to Shikamaru and Sasuke did the same, slowly, staring at everything with wide eyes. His own wide eyes met another pair of wide eyes. Shikamaru felt himself twitch a little, casting a quick glance to his friend, who was smiling nervously before he went to his bag to take out a textbook. After a moment of flipping through the pages, he came back to the pair and showed them the page. It has a picture of Sasuke on there, standing by his throne with Sakura by his side. People were gathered, smiles and tears on their faces, some were even bowing and kissing the ground he walked on.

"He really is the textbook prince, isn't he?" Shikamaru whispered to Naruto. The blond grinned and nodded. Sasuke suddenly grabbed the book and stared down at it, eyes still wide.

"What the.." He started to read the text on the page and swore.

"There's no way in the world..yours and mine, would I marry that crazy bitch!" He threw the book at the wall, which cause a loud bang and a dent on the cover.

"I gotta pay for that you know.." Shikamaru sighed. "And your lucky my folks are out right now. If they heard that bang, they would have gotten the wrong idea." He turned to stare at Sasuke, still finding hard to believe that he really existed. The prince cocked an elegant eyebrow before something clicked in his head.

"Hey, are you one of his bastard friends who locked him up? Causing him to keep away all these months?" He stepped forward, his lip curving up over his teeth and a growl made its way through his mouth. Shikamaru instantly stepped back, hands up, ready to try and reason with the chaotic prince. Naruto felt the numbness of fear rush to his head and did the first thing he could think of. Grab the hair at the back of his lovers head and pull back. Hard. The dark haired teen hissed through his teeth at the pull and grunted when he hit the floor. The blond turned white for a moment, realising what he did but recovered"Sasuke! That's no way to treat my friends, especially in his own house! Plus you locked me up for two months! That's worse then two weeks! Ugh, and just when I think everything is going well, you have to be an ass and.." He was silenced by the icy glare sent his way. Sasuke looked like he wanted to murder someone.

"Come here." He ordered, his voice husky. Naruto couldn't resist that sexy voice, his legs feeling like they turned to jelly, he went on his knees beside his lover. Sasuke pulled the blond roughly on him and pressed his lips harshly on the other. His grip was like steel so Naruto had no chance of running, not like he wanted to. Sasuke moved one of his hands down Naruto's back and down to his ass, massaging it lightly before giving it a tight squeeze. Naruto let out a surprised gasp, feeling something warm stir beneath him..

"Enough!" Shikamaru yelled. He couldn't take anymore of this. It was too weird. The blond then remembered where he was, quickly pulling himself up, a dark blush upon his cheeks. Sasuke smirked, proud by his work before getting himself up and dusting off the dust from his royal ass. They stood in a moment of silence, not knowing what to do next. The sound of a cell phone ringing startled them all. Shikamaru walked over to his bed and flipped the phone open.

"What?" He sounded bored again, his expression was disturbed before it turned into slight surprise.

"Actually you just called in time. He's back. And he's got a visitor with him." There was loud noises and buzzes coming from the other line.

"Yea yea, bring all those bums here. And we've got proof, so don't be shitting on us anymore after this. Yea, yea, just get over here." He flipped the phone down before tossing it onto his bed.

"Who was it?" Naruto asked, sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Neji, of course. I swear, that guy is like a mother hen. He calls every day to check up on me. It was annoying on the first day, he'd call every hour but I threatened I would lock the doors and cut the lines if he does it every day. So we settled for a once-a-day call. When I told him you were back, it sounded like he flipped a table or something, then I heard Kiba and Gaara swearing, something about hot tea. So now they're coming over here. Said they were gonna give us heck but I said we got proof. So now we wait five minutes or less for their arrival." Naruto nodded while Sasuke looked around the place in awe. And true to Shikamaru's word, the others were banging on the door ins less then five minutes.

"I'm coming! Jeez, don't break down the door.." The lazy teen grumbled the last part under his breath as he walked out his door and down the hall. In moment the group came back to the door.Neji and Kiba gasped when they saw Sasuke sitting elegantly on the bed.

"Text book prince!" Kiba pointed and yelled out in shock. Gaara just stared at the dark haired teen long and hard. Neji gulped and shifted around nervously. Naruto walked over to them and handed over the camera for them to have a look.

For the next couple hours it was pretty crazy in the Nara household. It was like a party going on, minus the music. Naruto had re-told how it all began and this time he was glad his friends took it seriously. Out of all of them, Neji seemed the most interested. After the story was told, all of the blonde's friends shot questions are his text book prince boyfriend. Kiba looked like he wanted to believe it was drugs. It was just too much to take in on one night. Gaara seemed the same as usual, except for the casual glance towards his best friend and his boyfriend. Neji stared long and hard at the Uchiha, making the other teen uncomfortable.

"Neji, I know my boyfriend is a fine piece of man meat but can you stop staring and get your own?" Naruto spoke and wrapped his arms around his boyfriends waist. Neji turned his stare on his friend now and now Naruto felt uncomfortable.

"Hey.." Sasuke warned in a low voice.

"Wait Sasuke, it's fine. He's always like this. Very over protective of his friends, mainly me though..maybe it's cause I trip over my own feet half the time." He grinned but it faded when he notice Neji wasn't smiling

with him. The others had stopped their bickering and listening closely to the main conversation.

"So you guys believe me...now what?" The blond asked, looking at each and everyone of his friends faces. They all looked at each other and had one thing in mind.

"Let's all go to the other side!" Kiba said, earning nods from the others except for the Hyuuga, who seemed to be lost in thought. Sasuke was immediately on guard.

"I refuse." And Kiba took offence.

"Why not?!"

"You people smell funny. It wouldn't go down so well to have such a stronge stench in my castle." Kiba snarled back in response. Naruto got between the two and put his hands on their chest and pushed.

"Hey, no fighting you guys. If Mrs.Nara finds out we've been rough housing again she'll kill us." Kiba backed off right away, putting his hands up in surrender. The others chuckled.

"Sasuke," Naruto started, turning towards his lover. "Can't they come over and check the other side? It'd mean so much to me if they could experience it." Sasuke looked down at his soon-to-be-wifey(Because he

said so) and kept his face emotionless and cold.

"No." He said firmly.

"Puuuh-leeeease?" Naruto said in a whiney pleading voice that it sent electric shocks to Sasuke's no-no place. His face softened, showing defeat.

"Well..just for a little while, I suppose." The others started talking amongst themselves, already planing on what to bring to the other side. The blond watched them happily but noticed Neji's frown. His Hyuuga friend has been acting weird alot lately. Well he's always been weird, over protective of him and all but lately he was weirder then weird.

"Hey Neji..is something bothering you? You're unusally quiet. Usually your all over me, motherhen." Naruto asked, he eyes grave with worry. When the Hyuuga was about to answer, someone interupted him.

"My, my, my. This isn't going to do. I'm not pleased Neji." Everyone looked around to find who spoke and the voice ended up being towards the mirror. Suddenly two moonlight pale hands came through the thin glass, followed by the arms, shoulders, head and body. Everyone gasped except for odd ball Neji, who just groaned.

"Princess Hinata?" Naruto chocked out and Sasuke looked just as shocked. Hinata nodded towards the two, smiling. The smoothed out her dark purple silk kimono. Designs of blue sakura blossoms danced at the bottom, slowly fading as it went up. She sat on the bed, taking in all the new faces, her gaze landing lastly on Neji. It was deathly silent in the room, everyone had their eyes on the princess. kiba was panting like..well, like a dog. After a couple of minutes, Hinata broke out into a small warm smile.

"Neji, it's been a long time." Neji allowed his own smile.

"Indeed, it has been, princess." Naruto looked between the two, confused.

"Whoa, whoa. Hold on a second! Hinata, I called your..castle and they said there was nobody by the name Neji. How do you two know eachother?"

"I'm the only one who knows about Neji. His parents died shortly after he was born and nobody knew of his exsistince. We're cousins."

"Cousins? Wow..uhh..but why is he here? Shouldn't he be off on the other side?" She suddenly had a sad look on her face.

"Would you like the know the full story?" Naruto felt a jolt of shock go through his blood. Her serious tone sent shivers down his spine because he has never heard her voice like this before.He sat on the floor and

nodded, feeling the others sit beside or behind him. Hinata shifted around the bed, looking for a comfortable spot before speaking.

"Naruto..you've been told that your a prince on the other side, yes?"

"How did you know that?!" She smiled.

"I have a way with knowing everything that happens in that world..anyways. After Neji was born, I had chosen him as a protector for my lands, believing he would do well, A couple months later you were born but your parents were shortly killed after. No one knew of your existence except for me. I found out Akatsuki was after bond your family blood line shares with the huge foxes in the mountains and forest. I knew I had to act quick before they found out you were alive. You see, they would after killing your parents, they wiped out the last of the Uzumaki's and if that bloodline was no more, someone else could propose, to the foxes, a life contract. But when the leader went, he was refused flat out, saying that there still remains one Uzumaki."

"He was so furious that he went on a war path, killing everything and anything in his way. I knew I couldn't hide you in this world forever, they'd find you one day. So I decided to try something new. I have heard stories of other worlds, stories that required you to pick up an item, chant nonsense and whatnot. I also heard of people crossing through mirrors and that caught my attention. Of course when I tried going through, it was just plain hard glass. So for two months I was working on my magic,trying to open this magical gate to the other world. When I pulled through, I couldn't believe it, I was so happy. I had gathered you and Neji in my arms and took you two over. When I got there, I was in some one's shower, the poor girl was screaming..I had to use my power to run out of there fast before anyone else could see me."

"I ended up in front of an orphanage. I placed you two on the steps. And I knew that even after two months of being born, you'd still have flash backs of what happened so I erased your memory and placed it with a new one. But Neji kept his, I also put in information. such as who he was and what his mission is. So when I come to yearly check-ups, he wouldn't be surprised to see me. So everything went smoothly..until a couple months ago. You were living life peacefully with friends, people you loved and that's what I wanted, for you to be safe. So one night when I was casting a spell to seal up the gate until a couple more years but I slipped through. I caught myself just in time, only my arms having going through. And I believe that's when you got curious. I thought I had sealed up the gate good but I guess your magic in your blood runs strong. It knows it has royalty and pride so it overpowered my magic. The next thing I knew you were in our world so I tried thinking of ways to keep you safe again, like maybe tamper with your memory but I didn't think you'd like that so I didn't do anything..But here you are, happy with someone you love. But now all your friends know."

She frowned for a second, taking a break from her speech.

"I know Neji did his best to protect you. he even started acting like a mother." She let out a low chuckle. "I know I had chosen the right person for this job. Thank you Neji, I know you did everything you could."

It was silent for the longest time. Everyone was taking in this information with wide eyes. Kiba kept looking at everyone, expecting them to laugh or ask if this all really was a joke. Gaara stared at Hinata with interest and caution. Shikamaru stared blankly at the wall, a million things going through his head. Sasuke was staring at Naruto, shocked at the information but wanted to make sure his dumb blond would be alright. Naruto felt like he was in a hole with fifty pounds of crap over him. Hinata knows him more then he does himself! He felt cheated out of his own life. He could have stayed on the other side and protected his country well but he also could have died. Neji was watching everyone but mainly Naruto, still having the instinct to protect his dear friend.

"How old were you when all this happened? You look younger then the rest of us." Naruto asked which surprised the young Hyuuga. She almost expected him to ask a million questions about himself but instead he asks about her age!

"I don't age." She smiled and everyone gawked.

"Okay..why did you..uh, decide to show up now of all times?" The blond didn't want to bother going into a conversation about a non aging person.

"Well if I didn't I was afraid Neji would lock you all up in a room to protect you from going to the other side. But now, since all your friends seem to know about the other world, I had come to ask for all of your help, except for Prince Sasuke, he's helping whether he likes it or not." She coughed a little, get nervous from the different stares she was getting. Concern, accusation, curiosity, troublesome? Lust?

"Things are going bad in our world. The Akatsuki had actually came over this this side once they found out that a Uzumaki is still alive."

"Akatsuki? You mean that deadly gang that has been killing people over here?!" Shikamaru nearly shouted, standing up. He has been paranoid as fuck since he heard of that gang that has been killing random people and chasing other, lower, weaker gangs out. No one knew who would be next.

"Yes," Hinata nodded sadly. "Rumours roamed the lands like wildfire of a blue eyed blond. Akatsuki went on investigation ASAP. Then you went to this world for a visit only to have your friends lock you up," Most of them winced. "So I thought this is the perfect time to start sealing up the gate once again, stronger then before but then Akatsuki broke through..I didn't even know they were aware of the portal...but they must be getting stronger everyday to break through one of my locks. That's why I have decided to come here today to reveal everything.." She took a big breath before speaking.

"Akatsuki is getting ready to attack us. A spy we sent has watch their development for the past month and they are preparing for battle. A big one. Rulers or the West, North, East and South should be training their army right now. They will be going to a lot of meetings but..Prince Naruto, you can claim your throne anytime." Hinata hinted before continuing on. "We're going to need as many people as possible. Sakura is already making the plans for everyone, Ino is gathering up as many dragons as she can, I'm search for the best healers and magic users around the land to bring them back to my castle to train them. You, Prince Sasuke, need to be back in the other world training your men until they spit blood. But I suppose Sai and Kurenai are already working on that. We need you to gather more."

"Gaara..Shikamaru..Kiba..I know this is asking for much but I would be so very grateful if you joined us in this war against the Akatsuki. I know this is a huge favor to ask but you will be heavily guarded. I'm begging, we need as many people we can get to help us out." By now, Hinata was standing up and bowing. The boys blushed and scratched the back of their heads, embarrassed. 'Oh come on! Your being offered a death sentence and your blushing!' Naruto though angrily. Truthfully, he knew his friends would be guarded but he just could help but feel worried for their safety.

"Sure, I'm in." "Yea, me to!" "Whatever." All three responded at the same time. Hinata stood straight now, a hopeful smile on her face but it vanished as soon as it appeared.

"But I must warn you..no matter how it turns out, win or lose, your memories MIGHT be erased, for you own safety. And that includes Naruto being erased from your lives forever." They went still, their goofy grins slipping off their face. She hated this part as much as them but it depends on how much her world will be affected by this. She walked over to the mirror, placing her hands through easily without having what to think about what she wanted on the other side.

"I assume Naruto has told you how to get to the other side?" They nodded slowly, the shock still going through themselves. She nodded back and walked through, the faint blue glow lingering there for awhile before disappearing.

"Well, come one guys..let's go.." Naruto managed to choke out, just as shocked as they were by the information. He passed through the mirror followed by Sasuke then soon after his friends came along.

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"Mutt! Quit sniffing everything!" Sasuke growld out. Kiba was sniffling every thing in the dining room, food, plates, forths, table, chair, floor, everything. He snarled back but continued with his sniffing.

"But everything smells so new to me!" After that, everyone ate their dinner in peace, occasional conversations lit up here and there but other then that, it was close to comfortable. The day had dragged on, for what seemed forever before Hinata called for Sasuke, Naruto, Neji, Kiba, Gaara and Shikamau to a meeting.

"Now that you're all here, I can sort you into groups."

"Groups?" Kiba rose a bushy eyebrow.

"Yes, I will see where your true strenght is at and put you in the best group. Now..first, Gaara, please come forward." The red head stepped up infront of the person he considered the most beautiful thing in both worlds. A light blush burned his cheeks when he felt pale cold hands on his cheeks. He thought she was going to kiss him but all she did was place her forehead on his before closing her eyes. In a couple minutes she pulled back and smiled.

"You'll be staying here at the castle to train your brute strenght. Next..Kiba." Kiba went up and got the same treatment as Gaara, who glared at his friend.

"Mhmm, Kiba, you'll be trained to handle a dragon at the Yamanaka Kingdom." He paled. He was sure he would be trained for his brute strenght...Dragons..

"Shikamaru..with..wow, Sakura. I was for sure you would be at Dragons with Kiba. Your planning skills must be impressive."

"Lastly, Naruto." After placing her forehead to his, it took her a bit longer then the others. Her face was mixed with confusion and frastration before she finally pulled back and smile wearily.

"Your going to work on your magic and healing. That was tough. Your strenghts are pretty unbalanced. It was torn between magic and dragons. Maybe it's because of that blood bond you have with the foxes." She smiled before turning back to everyone else. A scowling Sasuke made her blink for a moment before making her break out into a light laughter.

"Don't worry, prince charming, you could still come see him in my lands, it's not like I'm going to keep him there forever. You'll get him back a day before the war." He nodded but still had a sour expression on.

"Now, you will all be escorted to your destinations tomorrow. There you will be introduced to others who are training, be showed what to do then the day after is where the real training begins. It will be tough and hard, you may really spit blood and sweat bullets but it is worth it in the end." Everyone nodded, suddenly looking nervous.

"Now, good night and I shall see you all tomorrow." They all left, except for Neji who stayed behind. He watched his friends carefree moods, knowing that it wouldn't last long. A hand on his shoulder brought him out of his thoughts, His cousin was smiling up at him, her eyes looking a bit sorry.

"Welcome home, Neji." She brought him into a hug, finally happy that her cousin is back where he belongs.

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A/N: Short, probably? D: Sorry for taking so long to update..The part where Sasuke comes out of the mirror, that's where I stopped and decided to follow my beliefes. After checking how much reviews I got two days ago, I settled down today and wrote the rest! Please forgive me! :) Also, don't tell me "there's some typos" I know that, Im just really lazy. xD -heeart-

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