This chapter is dedicated to the awesome Alrye!

Sasuke: The psycho who demanded this chapter after you asked her to read this story?

Nice knowin' ya, Duck Butt.

So, this took forever because work, KHIII (OH MY FEELS!), work, and Persona 5, which I'm still working on.

Deidara: You said work twice.

I own nothing, do I really have to keep saying it?

Kakashi: Legal matters.

It had started out as a lazy morning for Naruto; it was now his fourth day in Konoha, and he had spent time with Sasuke when he was available, and so far, he had been having fun in the new village despite only being in his grandmother's house and the Uchiha compound. The first day was his arrival, the second was the official meeting, yesterday he had asked Sasuke to teach him some of the Uchiha history, and today, Sasuke had come to him and Naruto was now running around trying to make himself look good! There was a brief second that he asked himself why he was so worried, as if they had been dating for years already; it could be because he wanted this to work for the sake of a permanent alliance between their villages, or it could be because ever since he officially met Sasuke, his heart felt light, and he felt he finally had a reason to smile brighter… He didn't quite know, but he would have to worry about it later! Sasuke was waiting! Oh, why did they let him in when Naruto wasn't even cute yet?!

"Naruto, can I come in?"

"Ah, Mama! Y-Yeah!" Naruto answered while still running around looking for a decent outfit.

Minato came in and giggled at how his son was running around like a chicken with its head cut off.

"Calm down, Kit. You're stressing yourself out too much over this. You'll only need your Shinobi garb today. Sasuke's taking you around the village."

That made the younger blond pause, "Really? Oh…"

He blushed lightly in embarrassment; he couldn't believe he over thought the whole thing! After all, they had agreed to be real with each other, honest with no pretenses, so why was Naruto so worried about how he looked where Sasuke was concerned?

"Okay, Mama. I'll finish getting ready."

"See you in a bit then." Minato nodded before leaving the room.

Naruto sighed and looked through his wardrobe for his orange and black garb; he pulled out an orange Ikiru Dansei kimono with no sleeves that fell to just above his knees, under that went his mesh armor, a black catsuit with sleeves that went to his elbows and legs that went to the top of his ankles. Then of course, his gloves, shoes, weapon packs, and his headband; he dressed and looked at himself in the mirror.

"This will work… I hope."

He shook his head, "Get it together, Naruto!"

Feeling more confident, Naruto left his room and went to meet Sasuke in the living room; Sai was standing at the end of the hall ready to act as Naruto's guard as usual for the day.

"Good morning, Naruto-Ouji. Are you ready for today?" Sai asked.

"Yep! I'm really excited too! I've been anxious to see the village. I wonder if we'll see any of his friends?" Naruto went on.

There was the sound of fond chuckling as they reached the living room and Naruto blushed at seeing it was coming from Sasuke; the older Shinobi was wearing a blue kimono top and black pants with his Konohagakure headband tied to his white obi.

"I can tell you're excited, Naruto-Ouji." He smiled warmly.

The blond smiled back, "Yes, very. Thanks for taking me out today."

"Of course. I also hope you don't mind, but I need to see my Genin team this afternoon."

"Your team? I look forward to meeting them!"

Sasuke smiled at that, "I'm glad you do. Ready to go?"

Naruto nodded.

"Naruto be back by ten, okay?" Kurama said.

"Hai, Papa."

Sasuke bowed to the family and left with Naruto, Sai following them.

Karin sighed, "Naruto's lucky. I wish I had a guy to dote on me like that. And he's hot!"

"Karin, behave." Nagato scolded.

"I have a right to pout! You're engaged, and Naruto's being courted! Where's my chance at love?!"

"Whatever is between Naruto and Sasuke-Ouji is not love yet, and we don't know if love could even bloom between them in this arrangement." Nagato said.

Minato giggled and Kurama smirked.

"That's what I used to think when I married your father." Minato said smiling at his husband.

Kurama met the blond's eyes and smiled in a way that was only reserved for Minato.

Minato giggled again, "I thought I couldn't love him, but I can't imagine my life without your father. I have no doubt that the same will happen for Naruto and Sasuke."

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"So, what will we be doing until we have to meet your team? Just walking around the village?" Naruto asked.

"Yes. You don't mind, do you? You can get to know the village this way so that when you come back, you won't need a guide."

"That would actually be great! Thank you!" the younger smiled brightly.

Sasuke chuckled, "And it's likely you'll meet some of my old classmates too."

Naruto became more excited, "That sounds wonderful! I would love to meet them!"

Then he became nervous.

"Um… Do you think they will like me once they meet me?"

"I certainly don't see why not. If they don't like you, something is wrong."

The blond giggled, "Thank you for thinking so. But you must accept that their opinions are their own and you can't force what they think to change."

Sasuke smiled, "Right. But Naruto, that exactly is why there should be no reason for anyone to not like you."

He blushed, "O-Oh… I see. Thank you, Sasuke."

"Hey, Sasuke!"

Naruto and Sasuke both looked ahead of them seeing a Kunoichi with long, pale blonde hair tied up in a high ponytail and falling to her backside and some bangs covering the right half of her face, pale blue eyes, and she wore a purple two-piece outfit; the top was sleeveless with a turtleneck collar and falling to the end of her ribs, and the skirt fell halfway to her knees splitting right up the front showing her mesh armor.

"Good morning, Ino!" Sasuke greeted.

The two clan princes went over to her.

"Naruto, this is Ino-Hime of Yamanaka clan. Ino, this is Naruto-Ouji of the Uzumaki clan in Uzushiongakure. He's visiting for the month." Sasuke introduced.

"Really? Well, pleasure to meet you, Uzumaki-Ouji." She bowed to him.

Naruto bowed back smiling, "And you too, Yamanaka-Hime. You can just call me Naruto."

Ino returned the smile, "Alright, then you can call me Ino. Now that that's all out of the way, what are you really doing here?"

"W-wha?"

"Ino, don't." Sasuke groaned.

"What? C'mon, Sasuke. Someone from another village shows up, and you're his escort? I may be blonde, but I'm not dumb. Something's up, and as one of your old friends, I want to know what." She demanded gently while leaning forward with her hands on her hips.

Seeing this, Sai decided to come closer, but when he was close enough to see Ino, he felt his breath hitch; she was beautiful! Much more so than that harpy with the giant forehead, and her aura was calming and pleasant. Why couldn't Sasuke have married- No! For some reason, the idea made Sai angry; strange, he never felt something so intense before…

"Um, excuse me, Uzumaki-Ouji, is this woman bothering you?" Said asked once he got himself together.

"Eh?" Naruto looked back at his guard "Oh, no. She's only one of Sasuke's friends. She's fine, Sai."

Ino looked at Sai and immediately wanted to freak out; how was he so pale?!

"Ino, this is Sai, my bodyguard. Sai, Ino is the princess of the Yamanaka clan." Naruto introduced.

"Oh, forgive me, Yamanaka-Hime." Sai smiled bowing to her.

"Uh, sure. No problem." She blushed lightly.

'For a blank face, he sure is charming…'

Sasuke smirked to himself seeing the whole scene.

"Anyway, we need to get going. I'm showing Naruto around, and I have to meet my team soon."

"Oh, well don't let me hold you up then! I'll see you guys around!" Ino waved them off looking thoroughly embarrassed.

The Uchiha heir chuckled ushering Naruto ahead, "Right. Bye, Ino."

Ino watched them going on ahead unable to help the thought that Sasuke and Naruto made a nice couple- Wait…

"Hey! You totally dodged my question! Get back here, Uchiha Sasuke!" She called after the now running trio.

She was sure Sasuke was laughing at her expense.

"Sasuke, was that smart?" Naruto asked as they went ahead.

"Don't worry, she'll get over it."

"She's quite feisty, like the Kunoichi back home. But far more pleasant than the banshee you are unfortunate to have for a wife." Sai commented.

Naruto looked back at his guard with a glare ready to scold him until Sasuke started chuckling again; he looked at the man noticing how he seemed lighter when smiling and just enjoying himself. He had to wonder how long it had been since Sasuke was able to really enjoy just being; he would ask Itachi, Deidara, or Mikoto later.

Once he was sure they were far enough away, Sasuke stopped them.

"Well, she'll be coming after me later." The older Shinobi chuckled.

Naruto raised an eyebrow at him, "And you aren't worried? Women can be scary."

Sasuke just smirked, "You've only seen my mother's pleasant side. If you've seen her "mothering" side, and in Shinobi mode, you'd see why other women don't scare me anymore than a leaf skittering across the ground."

"That bad?" Naruto swallowed.

"All mothers can be, especially when it comes to their children. I'm sure your mother has had moments."

That's when Naruto curled into a ball and an atmosphere of gloom settled over him.

"Uh… Naruto?"

"You have no idea how scary my mother can be…"

"That bad, huh?"

The blond looked at him looking as if he had witnessed something truly horrible.

"Have you ever experienced the fear of the gods?"

That's when Sasuke shivered, "You haven't seen my brother in ANBU mode… The crazy thing is, he's always had that side to him. Being a genius and all, he had the potential to become Hokage if he wanted to."

Naruto's eyes widened, "He could have? Why hadn't he? Because he became Uchiha-Omo?"

"No, me. I always thought I had held him back from the ultimate goal in his life. But when I brought this up to him, he laughed, and told me that his purpose in life was helping me reach my ultimate goal." He smiled at the end.

"Really? He's a really good brother to put you first." Naruto smiled back.

"Yeah. I owe a lot to Itachi… But enough about that. I promised to show you Konoha."

He held a hand out to the blond and Naruto took it allowing himself to be led on to see the home of his mother, grandmother, and great-grandfather.

As they walked, Naruto noticed how the people they passed smiled at them bowing their heads or waving, some even addressed Sasuke casually by name; passing Genin greeted him as "Sasuke-sensei" which Naruto found kind of cute.

"The people really like you." The blond commented.

Sasuke shrugged, "I guess so. Hard to pick out the sincere ones sometimes."

Naruto looked at him curiously.

The older Shinobi was silent for only a few moments before he decided to explain.

"Itachi was the one everyone admired. When he felt the need to leave the compound, I would tag along like a puppy. Itachi would introduce me, and people would praise him for being a kind and doting older brother. They smiled, but their eyes were cold too. Very few actually looked at us in admiration. I stopped trying to find the truths among the lies…"

Then he smiled, "But the students always hold the truth in their eyes, so I'm glad to teach them if I can."

Naruto smiled at that too.

"You know, Sasuke, I believe you're a great teacher. I have yet to meet your team, and I can already see that."

He chuckled softly, "Thank you, Naruto."

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Meanwhile, in the Uchiha compound, Itachi and Deidara were enjoying their morning in bed; they had nothing going on for the day, so they decided to just stay in bed.

"I miss these mornings, Dei-chan." Itachi purred nuzzling the blond's neck.

Deidara moaned softly arching against his husband's body.

"Me too, Koi…" he said nipping at Itachi's ear.

Itachi groaned rolling over on top of Deidara and kissed him hard immediately invading the other's mouth with his tongue as he ground their hips together eliciting a needy whine from his teishu; they hadn't had a chance to really make love for a while due to a lot of things going on that needed their attention, along with Haruno annoying everyone ever since Itachi mentioned the Uzumaki's visit and Sasuke's possible second marriage to the second prince. The stress relief was long needed, and it was going to happen!

…Until someone started pounding on their door, and they both had an idea as to who it was; Itachi was ready to kill.

"Stay. We'll need this after I'm done with her." He growled getting up.

He wanted to get back into bed when he heard Deidara whine and yell through the door for pink nuisance to leave them alone so he could ravish the ridiculously enticing (in his opinion) body in his bed, but everyone and their mothers knew she would not give up until she got what she wanted.

He threw the door open, "What, Haruno?!"

Sakura jumped back at the sheer force and anger behind Itachi's action and voice, but she straightened up and put on a haughty expression.

"Where is Sasuke? He wasn't at breakfast, and I want to spend the day with him."

"He went to see Naruto-Ouji. Since they could possibly end up marrying, they will need to get to know each other as best they could. Now, you will go back to your room, and don't bother us, or my mother again about him. You're pressing your luck as it is."

With that, he slammed the door in her face only catching a quick look at the scandalized shock on her face. He would enjoy it later, because right now his irritation was at a high, and he intended to work the frustrations out through screwing Deidara so much, he wouldn't be able to walk for a week or more. Maybe he could delay the blond's brain function as well.

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After seeing as much of the village as they could until Sasuke needed to meet his team, Naruto insisted that they get food for all of them to have once they had a break in their training; the blond couldn't wait to see his potential fiancé in action as a teacher!

"What are their names?" he asked excitedly.

Sasuke chuckled in amusement, "Riku, Takeshi, and Arisa. Riku is the muscle, Takeshi is the strategist, and Arisa is the medical prodigy. Tsunade-Hime hopes to have her as an apprentice once she feels ready."

"Really? That's amazing! I hope it will be soon; Obaa-chan rarely takes on apprentices."

"Don't I know it. Ino tried for a while, and she did fairly well, but decided she wasn't as cut out for the work and left once she learned all she was able to learn. She may not have had the passion to apply all she learned like most medical nin, but she never left things undone once she started. That's why she has my respect, she's dependable."

Naruto smiled at that, "I'm glad to know there are people you can count on in your village. We should be able to count on each other, right?"

"Always depends on the person. But I can assure you that you and your family can count on me, my family, my clan, and the rest of the Rookie Nine."

That made the blond giggle.

"Rookie Nine? You had better explain that one."

"Simple story. My team, Ino's team with the Nara and Akimichi heirs, and my cousin Hinata with the Inuzuka and Aburame clan heirs entered the Chunin Exams the same year we graduated from the academy, and we lived where more experienced Shinobi died. The odds were against us, yet here we are."

"That is incredible." Naruto said completely awed.

Sasuke shrugged it off, "We just got lucky is all, and it managed to hold."

They soon reached the training ground seeing three Genin training with each other, two boys and a girl; one of the boys had long, blond hair tied back, amber eyes, and wore a green short-sleeved shirt under a flack jacket that covered only his chest, dark gray pants, and his headband around his neck. The other boy had orange hair that he kept slicked back, dark blue eyes, and wore a white, long-sleeved shirt under an orchid high-collared vest, black shorts, and his headband was around his forehead in the traditional style. The girl had dark blue hair pulled into a twist-braid over her right shoulder, her eyes were a vibrant green, she wore a powder blue kimono dress with her mesh armor underneath. She wore her headband like a bandana.

The Kunoichi was using a different array of Lightening Release jutsu, while her teammates used Wind and Water respectively, and their skills greatly impressed Naruto; they were like parts of a well-oiled machine that already knew how the other worked.

"There's my team. Arisa's using Lightening, and aside from her promising medical skills, she's a spitfire. She has great talent and quite the attitude; Riku is using Water, and because he's more physical with his techniques he came up with infusing his chakra in his attacks. He was inspired by the Hyuuga Gentle Fist technique, and it's quite effective. And Takeshi is using Wind; he's the tactical mind of the three and his mind rivals Shikamaru's. It took me a while to figure out how to make their skills benefit each other on the field; they'll need it for the Chunin Exams soon." Sasuke explained.

"Their skills are amazing! You're definitely an excellent teacher, Sasuke!" Naruto said happily.

His excited voice was enough to catch the attention of the team and they stopped their training to look over at them.

"Oh, Sasuke-sensei!" Arisa exclaimed happily as she ran over with her team.

"Hey, Sensei! Kakashi-Sensei should take a page out of your book." Riku said.

Takeshi was the only one to take any notice of Naruto.

"Hello, who are you?" he greeted.

"My name is Naruto, and I'm visiting with my family from Uzushiongakure." Naruto smiled.

"Uzushiongakure? Wow! Why are you visiting?" Riku asked.

"Alright you three. Training, remember? Your families and the Hokage are eager to see you get through the exams." Sasuke said successfully diverting their attention.

"Hai, Sensei!" his team nodded and immediately returned to training.

Naruto giggled and looked at the other prince, "They're wonderful, Sasuke. I really like them. And thank you for not revealing the reason behind my visit."

Sasuke smiled back, "Well, it just wouldn't do to have everyone know before we come to a solid decision, right?"

"Right!"

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Minato was out on his own reacquainting himself with his home village; very little had seemed to change. He happily returned greetings he received from everyone who recognized him and was quite amused at the shock on everyone's faces; it had been over twenty years since he had left Konoha so it was expected that everyone would make their astonishment known so blatantly, but that didn't mean it wasn't hilarious anyway.

"Minato-Ouji, is that you?"

The blond smiled at the sound of a familiar voice and turned to see two old friends; both were men, one of them being an Ikiru Dansei. One of them had silver hair that ignored the laws of gravity, his headband covered his left eye while his face from the nose down was covered, and he wore the traditional Shinobi attire of blue pants and a shirt with a moss green flack jacket. His companion had brown hair pulled up into a ponytail, his headband also worn traditionally, and he had a scar across his nose; he wore the Ikiru Dansei version of his companion's clothes: the sleeves coming to above his elbows and the legs just below his knees, and the jacket falling halfway down his thighs, being less bulky, and more form fitting.

"Iruka! Kakashi!"

"Yo, Minato! We haven't seen you since your wedding!" the silveret waved as they closed the distance between them.

"I know! You guys haven't really changed. What's happened with you since we last saw each other?" Minato asked.

The brunet smiled and held up his left hand showing a gold wedding band that made Minato's jaw drop.

"No way! To who?"

"Not long after you got married, Kakashi finally grew the balls to ask me out."

The silveret chuckled sheepishly as he showed his own matching wedding band, "We've been married for fifteen years now, and we have a son who will be taking the Chunin Exams for the third time this year. And we have twin girls in the academy."

Minato blinked a few times before he smiled brightly.

"Congratulations! Miko and I were so tired of seeing you two dance around each other, but this is great! So Iruka, does this mean you got Kakashi to kick his addiction?"

Iruka sighed shaking his head, "If anything, it's grown worse. He actually uses those damn books for "inspiration" in the bedroom. What I hate most though, is we wouldn't have our children without them."

"I once again apologize for my father." The blond said bowing.

Kakashi chuckled, "Same Mina-kun. So, what about you? You couldn't have been married this long and not had any kids."

Minato smiled brightly and pulled out a photo of his children to show his friends.

"Nagato is my oldest, and Naruto and Karin are twins."

"Minato, they're beautiful! You have to let us meet them while you're here." Iruka said.

The blond nodded smiling brightly, "Definitely! Actually, an ANBU is escorting them to our old, favorite spot for lunch. On me this time~"

"Deal." Kakashi agreed.

Iruka rolled his eyes, "Remember last time we went to that place, before you got married, we hoped he would actually pay for once?"

Minato nodded looking just as exasperated as his old friend felt.

"I guess it's too much to ask that he'd actually change in some aspects. How in the world did you fall for him?"

"I ask myself that same question every day. Ya know, while we're here, we should get Mikoto to come with us to the spot and just rant to each other about our husbands. I know Fugaku is dead, but I'm sure she has a trove a stories."

"Oh, I'd love to hear them all."

Kakashi watched them as they walked ahead feeling kinda insulted and like it was their Genin and Chunin/Jonin days again.

"I'm still here you know!" he reminded as he chased after them.

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Karin giggled while Nagato was exasperated about his fiancé glaring at the ANBU ninja that was more or less hovering over their shoulders. It was like a blow to his pride and an insult to his abilities to have the elite Shinobi around; he didn't like it at all.

"Your face is going to freeze if you don't stop." Nagato said.

"Then he should go." Yahiko growled.

"Yahiko, he's protecting us. That means you too."

"I can protect us just fine!"

Karin let out a full belly laugh, "He's pouting! He's pouting!"

Nagato rubbed his forehead, "I swear, I'm surrounded by fools…"

That's when Yahiko saw Minato come in with two other Shinobi and he sighed in relief.

"Minato-sama, thank goodness! You have faith in my abilities to protect our family, right?" he pleaded.

Minato looked at the ANBU immediately understanding what the guard was referring to.

He smiled and pecked his forehead, "Of course you are. But, we're technically on vacation. And even if we weren't, you're a visiting Shinobi assigned to protect the family of the son of the current Hokage, and that grants you certain benefits out of respect between nations and the like. This is no different than your comrades watching your back on a routine mission."

"So, he's protecting me while I'm protecting everyone?" he asked.

"Exactly! Now, I want you all to meet a couple of my old friends. This is Hatake Kakashi, and his teishu, Iruka, we were in the academy together, and Iruka and I were later put on a Genin team together with Sasuke's mother. Iru, Kashi, these are my children, Karin, Nagato, and Nagato's fiancé, Yahiko." Minato said introducing his friends and his family.

"Yo." Kakashi waved.

"Mina, they're more gorgeous than in the picture! But, where's Naruto?" Iruka asked not seeing his friend's third child.

Minato gestured for them to sit around the table and leaned in close so that what he told them wouldn't go beyond their table.

"Do you know Uchiha Sasuke?" he asked.

"Yes, he was number one in his class when he graduated. He was later put on Kakashi's team." Iruka said.

"Poor boy ended up married to Sakura. She was a good student, judging from her record, but she lacked ambition; she never took the Chunin Exams when she had the opportunity. Another drawback she had was she chased after Sasuke like a puppy, along with all the other girls and Ikiru Dansei. They're obviously a bad match." Kakashi added.

"Don't we know it." Nagato said rolling his eyes.

"We saw it when we met the head family a day after our arrival to Konoha; she had no respect for Sasuke-Ouji's honor, or Naruto's position. Sasuke-Ouji slapped her." Karin explained.

The couple's eyes widened at the part about their former student becoming physical with his wife.

"Sasuke? Slapped Sakura? Wow…" Iruka breathed out at the end.

Minato nodded.

"My mother wrote to us proposing that Naruto and Sasuke meet. She believes they will be a good match for marriage." He explained.

"Your son, marry Sasuke? That's why you and your family are here?" Kakashi asked.

The blond nodded again, "Right now, they're getting to know each other. If they feel this could work out, an engagement will be enacted."

Kakashi leaned back in his chair, and Minato and Iruka were the only ones who could see that he was smirking in amusement under his mask.

"Well, Mina-kun, I can already tell that things are about to get very, very interesting.

G'night everybody! Remember to review!

They'll help me get through my pain-in-the-ass work schedule.

And I think next chapter we'll see if these two will agree to an engagement~