Chapter 7

"You want to throw a what?" Mikoto gawked. She was seated on a plush satin chair by the marble fireplace. The chilly winter air was bitterly cold but the fireplace was soothing the frigid temperature of the palace to a comfortable warmness. A black wolf pelt covering her thin shoulders was warming her up even more.

"Yes a party, to properly celebrate my initiation into the Uchiha clan." Naruto explained excitedly. He was sitting in a similar chair next to Mikoto. There was a small oval table between them that had their piping hot tea on it. Naruto's red kimono was layered extra thick for the cold weather. Unlike Mikoto's wolf pelt, Naruto's pelt was made of orange fox fur. The orange pelt's stark contrast with the blood red color of his kimono made Naruto's blue eyes stand out more than usual. "Now that things have settled down I want to do something a little special to celebrate."

Naruto adored the Uchiha people; they were a stoic yet immensely proud clan. The pride they held for their powerful bloodline was awe-inspiring. It was a culture that was so different than Naruto's own that he couldn't help but love it. It was easy to love the Uchiha clan though since a vast majority of them loved Naruto in return. They knew he was from a powerful clan and they were proud that their clan was the lucky one chosen by the Uzumaki clan to produce an heir with. Naruto had never thought that it'd be so easy to assimilate into a new clan, he had heard stories of other omegas who had traveled to their dominants clans to settle into their new lives but as soon as they arrived they were treated as an outsider by their alpha's clansmen. Naruto wanted to show the Uchiha people how grateful he was for them welcoming him so warmly. A party would be the perfect way to do that.

"I want to thank the Uchiha clan for their warm welcome." Naruto's face glowed in the firelight as he spoke. But even without the fires warm light Naruto's face always seemed to be glowing lately.

Mikoto raised her brow. "I don't see any problem with that but I don't know how my husband will feel about it, I don't think he will like it."

Naruto resisted the urge to roll his eyes. "Fugaku-san never likes anything!" The fire crackled just then, it added a dramatic flare to Naruto's statement.

Mikoto giggled and nodded her head. "It's true. My husband is very hard to please."

"Then it's settled we're throwing a party, maybe I can do something special for Sasuke like a dance! I can dress in traditional Uzumaki dance clothing! I'll need to send Konan into town to buy the required garments; I'll need a corset and some blue fabric. Oh and lots of fans!"

"I'm not so sure about the corset, you shouldn't wear one especially at a public place like a party."

"Why not?" Naruto blinked rapidly. Confusion radiated from his innocent blue eyes.

"I'm sorry Naruto." Mikoto suddenly said.

Naruto's confusion deepened, he glanced at Mikoto worriedly. "For what?"

"Living here must be hard for someone like you isn't it? I heard about how you attacked Sakura yesterday with a jutsu."

"Yeah I did..." Naruto frowned. He was slightly embarrassed that Mikoto knew about how he had lost control of his temper.

"I know it's hard sharing a dominant but you can't let things like that happen again. Submissives here don't behave like that."

"What do you mean?"

"I can see why Kushina was so concerned about leaving you here. You're so strong willed." Mikoto sighed, "Submissives here don't share the same rules as in your country. Us submissives aren't allowed to perform jutsus or other things like that. If we lose our temper we don't do things like attack the person who angered us. The rules here are much different for us that's why I'm worried that If you put on a dance in front of all the dominants while wearing revealing clothing like a corset I fear that Sasuke will get angry with you."

Naruto laughed, a melodious lit in the quiet room. "Sasuke would never get mad over such a thing."

"Naruto, what do you call dominants in your country?"

"Alphas?"

"Exactly, you have a completely different name for them. Alphas are not dominants, I'm sure you've realized that by now. The things that submissives in your country can do aren't the same as the things submissives can do here."

"I know that but," Naruto bit his lip; he knew that submissives were incredibly restricted in the Uchiha clan but he wasn't a regular submissive. He had power that other submissives could only dream of attaining. "I am now part of the Uchiha clan and I want to instill some of my own values into my new clan. I plan to change the way submissives are treated in our clan. As a sovereign I feel as if it's my duty to do this."

"I admire your bravery and optimism but I don't think your dream of changing things will go as you desire. The Uchiha clan has been the way it is since the creation of the clan. My son isn't as open minded as you think."

"You? Change things? Hah, you sound ridiculous, Naruto." Sakura laughed mockingly as she paraded into the sitting room. Her black kimono was disheveled as if she had dressed herself. Her long pink hair was completely loose, not a single ornament was in it. She looked as if she hadn't slept at all. Naruto looked away, after what happened yesterday he didn't want to see her so soon. He was tempted to leave so he wouldn't have to be in her presence but he wouldn't allow her to get the better of him.

"Submissives should know their place, right Mikoto-san?" Sakura sat in the empty seat next to Mikoto. Her jade green eyes glared ahead at the burning fire. The glow of the firelight made her pale face look like a delicate painting.

"Yes, you're right. But I also think having a party and Naruto performing a dance is a good idea although I don't agree with the attire."

Sakura lips hardened into a thin line. She had thought Mikoto would take her side. She looked away from the fire and made eye contact with Naruto. A terrifyingly fake smile blossomed across her pink lips.

"I guess you're right Mikoto-san. Throwing a party is a good idea and Sasuke-kun does love dances. Naruto, have I ever told you that I met Sasuke-kun at a ball? I danced the night away and he couldn't take his eyes off of me." Sakura's eyes closed as she reminisced on the long-ago memory. "The moment I saw him I knew he'd be mine," Sakura opened her eyes and pinned Naruto with a murderous look. "He was always meant to be mine, Kaguya wouldn't have given me Sasuke's child if he weren't."

Naruto's eyes narrowed. He held onto the armchair, if he let go he knew he'd attack Sakura again just like he did yesterday. It was tempting; he wanted to put a rasengan through her stomach. But he couldn't do such a thing when Sasuke had told him to not waste energy on Sakura and besides Mikoto was here, he wouldn't act so barbaric while his mother-in-law was in the room, especially after she had just reprimanded him.

Mikoto was oblivious to the drama happening between Naruto and Sakura. She was too worried about the fact that Sakura was still claiming to be pregnant. She had slipped the poison into Sakura's drink weeks ago, shouldn't have Sakura already lost the baby?

"You should do a fan dance," Sakura continued in a snide tone, "those are Sasuke-kun's favorite." Sakura said as if she were an expert on all things pertaining to the Uchiha king. "I once performed a fan dance for Sasuke-kun and he said it was the most spectacular dance he had ever seen."

Naruto really wanted to ignore Sakura. She was like a yapping dog, barking and never shutting up. Just hearing her voice irritated him. All the things she had said yesterday still bothered him. He was irritated with the thought that Sasuke had once liked Sakura's dancing. It seemed like a ridiculous thing to be jealous over considering that Sakura was currently pregnant with Sasuke's child but Naruto had been feeling extra territorial over Sasuke lately, especially when it came to Sakura.

"I don't think it will be wise for my master to take advice from a princess who believes something as archaic as 'submissives should stay in their places'." Konan said quietly. She was standing behind Naruto's chair and had been witnessing the malicious looks Sakura had been sending her master.

Sakura's face turned red in anger. She glared at the purple haired handmaiden. "I have royal blood in my veins unlike you! My words hold much more value than yours! Who are you to speak so rudely to someone who has a much higher title than you! Control your maid Naruto before I do it for you!"

Konan whipped out a kunai and aimed it at Sakura's head. She would be hanged for killing a princess but she'd kill anyone for her master. She drew back her hand and was about to throw the kunai when Naruto's soft voice stopped her.

"It's fine, Konan." Naruto grabbed the kunai from Konan's hand and pricked his finger on the sharp end. He watched as the tiny drop of blood fell from his fingertip. He raised his hand and poked his finger into Konan's mouth. She swallowed in shock and looked down at her master alarmingly.

"Now she has royal blood in her just like you except the difference is she has the ability to actually kill you." Naruto gazed at Sakura, his normally bright blue eyes were dulled due to his hatred for her, "I'll put on a dance for my mate and I'll show him a type of dance that blows away everything he's ever seen before." Naruto stated. "I'll do it because he's mine and not yours."

"So you're really going through with the dance?" Mikoto asked, astonishment colored her voice, "Then there's so much that'll need to be prepared. Oh, but don't forget to ask my husband for permission to throw the party-"

"I will do no such thing." Naruto cut Mikoto off, his angry eyes were burning with fury, "and I will not ask permission or be hesitant about my decision. I will dance and if Fugaku-san hates it then he'll just have to get used to things changing around here, I may be a submissive but as the days go by I'm realizing that my power is no longer contained to only one title. I have many, I am the sovereign of the most powerful clan in Fire Country, I'm a god to those who worship me, and I'm everything that Sasuke wants me to be. These three dots on my forehead are sacred to me; they pronounce my status to all. I am no ordinary submissive."

Mikoto nodded sadly. Naruto was digging his own grave. No matter how much power he held he couldn't change an entire clan all on his own. She knew this better than anyone else; she had been a sovereign too and had long ago held dreams similar to his. She'd just have to support Naruto, as a fellow submissive that was all she could do.

"We shall see about that." Sakura grinned. If Naruto thought he could do as he pleased then he had another coming. Fugaku would never allow it. If there was one thing she could count on it was Fugaku finally putting Naruto in his place.

Later on that day Naruto stood by the palace entrance and waited for Sasuke to return from his outing with his father. Earlier that morning Sasuke had told him that he'd be back by sundown. Naruto hadn't been asked to wait by the door but he wanted to. He was excited to tell Sasuke about his plan for the party. The only person whose permission Naruto wanted was Sasuke's. Naruto patiently waited. It wasn't until twenty minutes later that Sasuke finally arrived.

"What a treat," Sasuke encircled his arms around Naruto's small waist and hoisted him up so that he could kiss Naruto's lips without having to bend down. "The first thing I get to see when I walk in is my beautiful submissive. Did you miss me?"

"Of course, I missed Sasuke all day." Naruto wrapped his arms around Sasuke's neck, his feet dangled in the air as he kissed the beautiful lips of his alpha. He loved when Sasuke held him like this. He felt so loved and protected.

"You're very eager today, I can see how much you missed me." Sasuke chuckled. "What did you do all day?" Sasuke sniffed along Naruto's neck. After being out all day he craved Naruto's scent more than usual.

"Actually there is something I want to talk to you about..." Naruto's breath hitched when Sasuke bit his neck.

"Hmm, about what?" Sasuke skimmed his lips to the side and nibbled on Naruto's ear.

"I-I want-" Naruto moaned. His thoughts scattered under Sasuke's ministrations.

"What do you want?" Sasuke smirked. He gave a languid lick over Naruto's mating mark. "Let me guess, you want this?" Sasuke pressed his hips against Naruto so that his submissive could feel his hardening length against him.

"Yesss," Naruto blushed. "I want Sasuke's d-"

"What is this?" Fugaku glared at the inappropriate scene unfolding before him. He had lingered behind his son when exiting the carriage and had just walked into the palace. "Do I have to remind you that this isn't your bedroom, Sasuke?"

Sasuke quickly put Naruto down.

"Sorry father." Sasuke bowed.

"And you!" Fugaku scowled at Naruto. "Have some shame, a submissive shouldn't let off such an arousing scent when there's a potential for a man other than their dominant to smell it!"

"It was my fault father, sorry." Sasuke said swiftly. "I was the one who tempted Naruto."

"Don't let it happen again. Now lets forget all about this and have dinner like usual."

"Yes, father."

Naruto glared as Fugaku sauntered away. He had meant what he had said earlier. Things were going to change.

"I have an announcement." Naruto stood up from the dining table.

The occupants seated at the table were the usual ones, the royal family of the Uchiha clan. Fugaku, Mikoto, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura.

"I want to host a party."

"What?" Fugaku barked. "Sit back down and stop spouting nonsense."

"This isn't nonsense, Fugaku-san!" Naruto clenched his hands into fists. He was determined to have the party but still, Fugaku was an alpha and no matter how much power Naruto held he was still an omega. It was in his genes to fear alphas. "I'm not asking you for your approval! If Sasuke says yes then I will host this party!"

Fugaku's lips turned down into a scowl. "You sure do take after your mother, don't you? You have her bad habit of speaking as if you aren't a submissive. Now sit down, this is the second time today you've disappointed me."

Naruto held his tongue. He wanted to yell an insult at Fugaku. His mother was the perfect omega. "I'm sorry that you think that but-"

"Don't apologize, love." Sasuke ordered before Naruto could finish, "father, I appreciate your advisement in all that I do but I must ask you to never speak down to Naruto like that again, he's our clans sovereign which makes his rank higher than yours, please show some respect."

Fugaku was shocked. Even the maids diligently attending to the table paused; they couldn't believe the young king had just spoken out against his father. They had never seen anyone defy Fugaku. Even when Itachi had been well and conscious he had followed everything his father had told him. The maids scurried to the back of the room; they didn't want to be close by when the old Uchiha king replied. They had all heard the stories about how ruthless Fugaku could be on the battlefield. Even those who fought alongside him weren't safe, if they disobeyed his orders he'd burn them alive. The maids internally cried. Sasuke-sama had such a beautiful face it was too bad it'd be burned to crisps in a few seconds.

To everyone's utter amazement Fugaku remained calm. Instead he bowed to Sasuke. It was a foreign sight to see Fugaku bow; the last time anyone had seen it was when the emperor had visited to pay his respects to Itachi.

"Understood." Fugaku said cynically. "I'll respect your wishes since you are the new king. If you allow this party I'll support your ridiculous decision but be aware that your submissives actions reflect on our entire clan."

"I understand that and thank you, father."

Naruto sent an appreciative look at his mate. Sasuke had finally stood up to his father. Before Sasuke's coronation, Naruto didn't think Sasuke would've ever done anything to displease his father. It made Naruto proud; Sasuke was becoming such an excellent king. It'd make it much easier for him to implement all the changes he wanted to make for the submissives in the Uchiha clan.

"So I can host my party?" Naruto asked excited.

"Yes, you can have your party. I think it's a good idea." Sasuke smiled.

"But that's no fair!" Sakura shot up; she couldn't believe what was happening before her eyes. She had been part of the Uchiha clan for years and she had never seen a submissive get their way like Naruto just had. She had thought that at least Fugaku would've seen things her way. "How can you allow such a thing when I can't even-"

"Sit down! How dare you yell and cause a commotion in such a rude manner!" Fugaku roared. It was completely different than how he had handled Naruto. Sasuke didn't jump in and save her.

Sakura bit her lips and sat back down. She was going insane. Did this entire wretched family favor Naruto over her? Something had to change; this wasn't the life she was promised. She had to get rid of Naruto. The question was…how?

The next day Sakura disappeared from the palace. When the guards went up to check her sleeping chambers they found nothing, only her handmaiden who's throat had been slit from ear to ear. Naturally the popular assumption was that the princess had been stolen away in the middle of the night and her handmaiden had seen the culprit and as a result was murdered. There was no other possible explanation for why Sakura was missing. A search party was sent to look for her but as night fell it became clear that Sakura was no longer within the Uchiha clan boundary limits. Sasuke was happy that she was finally gone, if it were up to him he would've let her stay lost but his father insisted that without Sakura the treaty with the Haruno clan would be void so the search went on.

Naruto had been so blissfully consumed in preparing for the party that he was stunned to see Sakura sitting at their breakfast table when he came down the stairs one morning. She looked skinnier than the last time he had seen her. Her cheeks were hollow, her pink kimono looked a size too big on her, and all of her pretty long pink hair was cut off. It was short like an alphas, it fell to the middle of her pale neck in a bobbed hairstyle.

Only Mikoto and Sakura were seated at the table. Sasuke had left with his father earlier that morning to attend a council meeting.

"Good morning, mother." Naruto greeted Mikoto in the fashion he had been using since the night he married Sasuke.

Mikoto gasped. She was startled, she hadn't heard Naruto approaching.

"Good morning, sweetie, I thought you'd still be at the shrine, did you finish your prayers early?"

Naruto nodded and sat down. A maid hurriedly brought him a cup of tea and a plate of breakfast. "Yeah, to be honest I sort of rushed through prayers because Sasuke promised he'd come back early from the meeting today to have breakfast with me."

From the corner of his eyes Naruto saw Sakura's eyes looking in his direction. He debated whether or not he should acknowledge her. Despite his hatred for her he couldn't act like she didn't exist.

"Good morning, Sakura." Naruto decided to give it a try. If he was going to have to live with her he was going to at least try to get along with her. She was after all, having Sasuke's child.

Sakura's eyes narrowed. "Good morning, your highness."

Naruto ignored the sarcasm in her tone. He was above that.

"So, where have you been the last couple of days? We've been looking for you like crazy. Why did you cut off all of your hair?"

Sakura's face boiled red. The anger twisted her face into a terrifying expression, "You dare-"

"Sakura!" Mikoto yelled. "He doesn't know any better, watch yourself!"

"That's nonsense! He-"

"What are you doing yelling in my home, Sakura?" Sasuke's cold voice sent a shiver through the room.

Sakura words died on her lips. Her eyes had widened to the size of tea saucers.

"S-sasuke-kun!" Sakura cried.

Sasuke sat down beside Naruto. He needed to be by his submissive. He had had a long morning of dealing with the council.

"I'll repeat myself, what were you doing yelling in my home?"

"I-I...I'm sorry!" Sakura bowed.

"Why did you come back?" Sasuke asked coldly. He sniffed the air. He couldn't smell the sweet milk aroma in Sakura's scent anymore. Had she lost the baby? He wanted to smile but he didn't want to get his hopes up before he was absolutely sure. "Why don't I smell pregnancy on you anymore? What happened to the baby?"

Sakura touched her short hair self-consciously. "A few days ago when I was lying in bed I suddenly began to bleed profusely from down there. When I pulled my undergarments down to check what was wrong I found a glob of blood had come out of me."

Sasuke wanted to jump up for joy. So his speculation had been right, Sakura had indeed lost the baby.

"I immediately knew what it was. I put the glob into a cloth and then took a horse without telling anyone and rode to my clan. I thought they could fix it and put it back in me but when my father saw that I had miscarried he grew angry with me. I had disgraced him. In my clan, a princess who miscarries a baby is considered a bad omen for evil. Since I brought the omen to them my father punished me by cutting off my hair. He disowned me and basically told me that I was never allowed to go back to my clan ever again." Sakura was bawling her eyes out by the time she was done explaining what had happened.

Mikoto rubbed Sakura's back gently, as if Sakura would crumble to pieces is she applied too much pressure.

"Sakura came to me earlier this morning and explained everything, she was scared that if she told you you'd make her leave since now her fathers threat is meaningless. She even had to kill her handmaiden before she left so that she wouldn't tell you about the miscarriage." Mikoto hugged Sakura, "this poor princess has suffered enough, don't you think, Sasuke?"

Sasuke was in disbelief. Was his mother blind? Had she really just bought that overdramatic lie Sakura had just spouted? He rolled his eyes. He knew Sakura's true nature better than anyone else. She was manipulative and conniving. Whatever had really happened was definitely not that sad, over wrought, ridiculous story Sakura had just told.

"Leave immediately."

"Sasuke!" Mikoto glared.

"Fine, you have one hour to gather your things, then you must leave immediately."

"Sasuke!" Mikoto yelled. "She's staying, it'd be inhumane to send her out like this!"

Sasuke honestly couldn't believe his mother was making him do this. "Very well then, you can stay,"

"Ah! Thank you Sasuke-kun, I promise-"

"Let me finish." Sasuke glared. Sakura nodded obediently. "You can stay but you and I will destroy our marriage contract, you will no longer be my spouse and if you wish to live here you must earn your keep. The old house my parents gave us has already been sold so that isn't an option so don't ask."

"B-but Sasuke-kun, I love you! I don't want a divorce from you!" Sakura cried. "I'll work but I don't think I can ever give you consent to destroy our marriage contract!"

"Well, your consent isn't really needed so that's fine." Sasuke smirked, "you're no longer a princess which means you have no say. You can no longer threaten me and my clan with war if I don't love you anymore."

Sakura began to cry profusely. She was crying harder than when she was telling her story. Sasuke loved it; he could tell that he had ruined a part of whatever plan she had concocted. She may have been able to fool his mother, but she'd never fool him.

"Find work by the end of the week, if you can't find any you can work as a maid or handmaiden here. Give your earnings to me in two weeks time, also move into a maid sized room, oh and since I'm no longer your husband, call me Sasuke-san. Do you understand or do you need me to repeat myself?"

"No." Sakura shook her head solemnly.

"Good, I'm glad we were able to end this marriage amicably." Sasuke turned his attention to Naruto. He had been angry before he had even seen Sakura and now his mood had worsened tenfold. He really needed Naruto right now to calm him down.

"Love," Sasuke called. Naruto dragged his eyes away from Sakura's hunched over form and looked up into Sasuke's eyes.

"Yes?"

"I need you."

Naruto instantly understood. He blushed and stood up. He bowed at Mikoto for keeping him company and then left upstairs with Sasuke to "calm" his husband down.

The loud sound of Sasuke's room door shutting closed echoed throughout the spacious palace.

"Don't listen to my son. I promise I won't let him send you away. You are still part of our family whether he likes you or not."

Sakura looked up, her tears instantly stopped falling. She smirked wickedly. "You're a good actor Mikoto-san. I know that my baby is dead because of you."

Mikoto eyes widened. "I-I-that's not true!"

"Oh, shut up you old bat." Sakura replied monotonously. She pulled a cigarette out of the inside pocket of her kimono and lit it up. She took a slow drag and let the smoke billow out of her mouth, right into Mikoto's face. "Do you think I'm dumb? Did you honestly think that I wouldn't find out it was you!" Sakura laughed, her face was beautiful to behold but her eyes were filled with madness. "After I stopped bleeding that night I sat and thought about who could've killed my son. At first I thought it was the dumb blond, it made sense since he hates me as much as I hate him but then I thought about it longer. I thought about how I hadn't felt my son since that wretched day when Sasuke-kun got married to Naruto. And then I realized that the only person who had the opportunity and time to poison me during the wedding was you. You were the only one who could've poisoned me; you slipped something into that cup of water you gave me didn't you? I should've never trusted you!" Sakura wiped her tears, this time they were real but they weren't from sadness but from anger. "Because of you my father disowned me! But I guess I deserve it, I did try to kill him for refusing to kill you for what you did to me. Can you believe that bastard, he actually didn't believe me when I told him that you were the one who poisoned me." Sakura took another long drag, "All I wanted was to be a part of your family! All I wanted was for Sasuke-kun to love me! And you Mikoto-san killed all of my dreams and ruined my whole life the moment you killed my baby."

"It's much deeper than that, Sakura. I didn't do it maliciously, it was political! You have to understand I never intended to ruin your life!"

"Bullshit!" Sakura banged her fist on the table. "I'll never forgive you for what you did! I don't care why you did it! That baby was going to make Sasuke-kun love me!"

"Are you insane? My son would've never loved you; can't you see he harbors no romantic emotions for you? I must confess something; the only reason Sasuke actually went through with the treaty requirements and got you pregnant was because I forced him to. He had never planned on actually impregnating you."

"I don't care! Sasuke's child was still mine and not yours! You had no right to take it away from me!"

"Leave and forget all about this. I originally was going to allow you to stay here but now that you know what I've done I don't think you should. Your anger towards me will only drive you to insanity."

"I'm not going anywhere," Sakura set the half smoked cigarette stick out in Naruto's untouched plate of food. She smothered it around the perfect smooth porcelain as she dragged it back and forth. "What you did to me is unforgivable but I won't leave until I get back what's mine."

Mikoto cursed. This damn girl was too stubborn. "My son will never love you, can't you see that it's hopeless? He's in love with Naruto!"

"You know I've always thought you were one of the only people here who truly cared for me. But I can see I was wrong about that." Sakura laughed humorlessly. "From now on, you stay out of my way and I'll stay out of yours."

Mikoto knew this was Kaguya finally giving her what she deserved. It is said karma was like doing something bad while Kaguya's two white eyes were closed. You may think she doesn't see you but she sees all with her third eye. She will always catch you and once she does she will send you triple the misfortune for trying to trick her.

This was Kaguya's infamous tripled misfortune being dealt to her and Mikoto was drowning in it. The day the seed of her misfortune was planted was when Sasuke had come to her pleading to not make him impregnate Sakura. He had looked like a drowning man then, unable to breathe. She had told he'd simply have to learn to swim.

She'd now have to learn to do the same.

Days of planning and sending out invitations had gone by. The party day had finally arrived. Naruto sat beside Sasuke on a golden throne. The party guests sat alongside them around a long dining table. There was wine and pork and every other delicacy one could ever crave being passed around. Music being played by geishas on shamisen wafted throughout the dining hall. The mood was joyous. Excitement filled the air.

"I'd like to give a toast of congratulations to Sasuke-san, the great dragon king who will bring forth another glorious reign of the uchiha clan!" Obito uchiha, a commander general in the Uchiha army, screamed at the top of his lungs.

His war cry riled the guests up; they roared back in agreement and raised their glasses up. "Hail the dragon king and his sovereign!" They chorused together then drank.

Since this was a party for Naruto's appreciation for the Uchiha clan the party guests mainly consisted of Uchiha clansmen with high titles. But a few royals from other notable clans had come to join in as well.

"My submissive would like to say something." Sasuke suddenly said.

The royals ceased their mindless side conversations and gave their full attention to Naruto.

"I'd like to say thank you to you all for coming. I invited you all here today for one important reason. You've all welcomed me into your clan and have made me feel like I belong. As your new sovereign I have many plans for the future, I won't reveal them right now but I hope once I do you all continue to treat me as warmly as you do now." Naruto smiled a blinding bright smile to the clansmen. Even in the muted light Naruto's smile managed to shine as bright as the sun.

The royals hooted. "A cheer for our new sovereign!" Obito yelled. "The most beautiful submissive in Fire Country!"

Naruto paced back and forth behind the stage curtain. The party so far had been going smoothly. All of his planning had paid off; the Uchiha clan now knew how grateful he was to them. But what he was about to do could potentially mess everything up.

He took a deep breath and motioned for the stagehand to raise the curtain. He was going to do this. He was going to show Sasuke a dance he'd never forget. This was more than just a dance, it was going to be his rebirth; a statement to his newly appointed clan that he was no ordinary submissive but someone to be respected and feared. It would cement in their and Fugaku's head that he wasn't weak, he was a leader.

Sasuke sat in the first row of the audience. After the dinner the guests had all been transported to the palace theatre. The stage was lit up in a soft purple hue. There were burning candles scattered at the corner of the stage and four geishas were playing their shamisen. A young maiko with stringy hair and pigeon toed feet stood behind the pretty geishas and played a chilling melody on a wooden shakuhachi. As the music swelled the curtain pulled open. The purple light illuminated the sole figure in the center of the stage. Naruto was dressed in a hooded robe and his face was hidden. There were two black fans in both his hands and he held them crossed over his head.

The enchanting flute grew eerie; a supernatural chill ran through Sasuke's spine. Naruto began to move forward across the stage, it wasn't until then that Sasuke noticed that Naruto's black lacquered geta were tremendously high. They were so high that instead of picking up his feet and walking normally, Naruto slid them across the stage. The hypotonic way in which he moved was snake like, slithering across the floor.

Naruto stopped when he arrived at the middle of the stage. The flute grew even more chilling and then Naruto dropped his heavy robe, revealing his outlandish outfit underneath.

Sasuke stared in shock. Naruto's black kimono was cut at a bizarre angle. The back end of his kimono was long and trailed behind him but the front was short and barely covered Naruto's thighs. His kimono sleeves were similar; the back part was long and trailed to the floor and the front stopped at his wrist. His small waist was bound in a deep red corset and was laced with black string. Naruto had painted his face in a white powder and his lips were a blood red, the same color as the three dots on his forehead. His blond hair was loose and fell to the small of his back. It swayed as he moved his arms down and fluttered the fans to the tune of the music.

Every inch of Sasuke's body wanted to go up on the stage and cover Naruto up. Naruto's body was his and no one had the right to get such an intimate glimpse of it. But as Naruto continued dancing Sasuke found himself transfixed, he couldn't move, Naruto's dance was strangely hypotonic.

The flute abruptly stopped and the sound of drums being banged erratically started. Sasuke couldn't even locate who was playing the drums because the second they began Naruto's fans erupted into a blaze of dazzling fire. Naruto stepped down from his high geta and began to dance with the flaming fans. His bare feet ran wildly around the stage, the rhythmic thumping of the drum added to the frenzy of the dance. Naruto was an expert, his dance appeared chaotic and crazed but as Sasuke watched he saw Naruto's talent shine through. Naruto's nimble fingers twirled the burning fans around in every direction, up into the hair as he twirled around and then caught them each as if it were easy. His blond hair spinning wildly around him as he moved frantically around the stage blurred and began to look like a flame itself. Naruto was fire incarnate. The drum slowed down and the unsettling sound of the flute began again. Naruto stopped and fell to the middle of the floor, he brought the flaming fans up to his mouth. He kissed the fire and as if it were magic the flames burst brighter, so bright that it appeared that Naruto had blew fire from his moth. The flame turned an angry red and then like a candle being turned off, the fire blew away into smoke.

The guest erupted into applause. Some were even crying and others were kneeling at Naruto's feet as if he were a god.

"He controls fire as if he were born to do it, he's become a true dragon!" Obito exclaimed proudly.

"Only a true Uchiha could command fire so fearlessly!" Another Uchiha clansmen roared.

"All hail our sacred sovereign!"

The guests all bowed to Naruto. Naruto smiled down at them. His blue eyes were filled with admiration for his clan.

"My sovereign of the dragons." Sasuke murmured as he watched Naruto bask in his praise. He was still stuck in a trance. What he had just witnessed would forever be imprinted in his mind. His blood was swirling with desire. Naruto's strength shone through the dance and Sasuke wanted every part of it. He wanted to eat Naruto up and claim him over and over again. He knew Naruto was powerful but this was power on a whole new level.

Naruto took his final bow and went behind the curtain to get dressed.

Sasuke excused himself and made his way to backstage where he knew Naruto would be.

Naruto breathed a sigh of relief, he had done it, the dance had been a success. Even if the dance had been ill received it would've all been worth it just to see that expression on Sasuke's face. Sasuke had looked so entranced, like he was obsessed with every move he made. Naruto loved Sasuke's transfixed gaze, it made him feel so powerful. Sasuke was the strongest alpha in the entire Uchiha clan, he was king, and Naruto, a mere omega, had that powerful alpha eating out of the palm of his hand. In a figurative sense Naruto felt like a god and in a literal sense he was one. The Uchiha clans fervent chanting proved it. Naruto wished he had seen the look on Fugaku's face when the clansmen began cheering. All night Fugaku has been scowling. It wasn't surprising; Mikoto had said Fugaku wouldn't like his dance. He had been so wrapped up in the swell of emotions the chanting caused that he had forgotten all about his father-in-laws face. He really wished he had gotten a peek of it though, just to see how angry all of the praising the clan gave him made Fugaku.

Naruto set his fans down on the vanity. He was on an adrenaline high. He wanted to get changed quickly so he could go back out and go see Sasuke.

"That was absolutely amazing, master!" Konan exclaimed as she came through the curtain. Her amber eyes were lit with excitement as she stood dutifully beside Naruto. "You were like a spirit gliding across the stage, I was brought to tears!"

Naruto laughed, delighted by Konan's enthusiastic mood. "You're too kind, Konan."

"It's true though, I haven't seen you dance so beautifully since you performed the sun dance when you turned ten! That was magical, master, Lady Kushina would've loved to have seen it!"

"Yes, she would've." Naruto eyes crinkled as he smiled broadly. He dearly wished his mother had been here to see it too.

"Sasuke-sama looked pretty happy too. He didn't look away from you once."

Naruto blushed. "I know."

"You really do love him don't you, master?"

"Yes." Naruto's face felt hot as he thought about his alpha. He wished Sasuke were here.

Konan smiled wistfully. Her master grew aroused so easily. Well, it wasn't that shocking considering what Naruto's body was going through right now.

"Is it hot in here or is it just me?" Naruto fanned himself with one his fans. A light sheen of sweat covered his dewy skin. His cheeks were bright red and he was breathing shallowly. The dance was tiring but it shouldn't have made him feel this exhausted.

"It's actually quite cold master." Konan said worriedly. It was winter, it was cold enough indoors that a fire always had to be burning in order to maintain a comfortable temperature. Konan poured some water from a chalice on the vanity into a cup and handed it over to Naruto. "Here drink some water, you must be overheated from all the dancing."

Naruto drank the water down in one gulp. It failed to alleviate his sudden heat stroke. "I feel so...hot?" Naruto wiped the sweat from his forehead. "I feel weird, Konan. My body is aching."

Konan's eyes widened in realization. "Master, how long ago was your wedding?"

"Almost three weeks ago." Naruto was breathing hard now; the ends of his bangs were twined together due to the sweat that had clumped the hair together. "Why? Konan, I'm scared my body feels weird!"

Konan abruptly drew her kunai and stood in front of Naruto. There was a rustling sound and then the curtain billowed open.

Before Sasuke even walked into the room Naruto smelled him. His unique powerful scent was easily recognizable; Naruto was especially sensitive to it. It was the smell he adored more than anyone else's in the entire world. The familiar smell calmed him down momentarily but then just as quickly his body temperature spiked up into a scorching hot temperature. He doubled over and clutched his sides.

"Konan, help me!" Naruto groaned.

"What's wrong with him?!" Sasuke exclaimed worriedly. He ran to Naruto's side and held Naruto's burning hot hands in his. "Love, what's wrong?! Did Konan do this to you?"

Konan narrowed her eyes. "I would never harm my master."

"Then what's wrong with him?" Sasuke yelled. Naruto was burning up. His hands felt like two hot coals.

"He's reached the apex of his heat!"

"His what!?" Sasuke had never heard the word before.

"His heat...don't tell me you don't know what a heat is?" Konan said in disbelief, "You didn't notice? Omegas get their first heat the moment they are first sexually stimulated. Their heats last three weeks and then afterward they will get their heat every three months. The moment you first entered my master his heat began. I thought you knew, that's why he's been so insistent with wanting you to bed him so many times. Please help him, since it's nearing three weeks he has now reached the end of his heat!"

Sasuke gaped. It now all made sense. The reason Naruto had been needier than any other submissive he had ever bedded wasn't because of Naruto's personality it was because of this thing... his heat. No wonder Naruto always wanted him inside.

Naruto grabbed tightly onto Sasuke's shoulder "it hurts!" Naruto panted. "My body feels like its on fire!"

"Please help him!" Konan cried out.

"How?" Sasuke held Naruto up. He looked seconds away from passing out.

"Bed him! You have to satisfy his craving, the only thing that can calm his heat is you!"

"Leave." Sasuke ordered.

Konan nodded quickly. "Please be gentle, this is my masters first heat. I'll be waiting right outside if you should need anything." Konan bowed and then left.

"Where does it hurt," Sasuke murmured to Naruto as soon as Konan was gone. Naruto's face was now bright red. His eyes were glassed over and his body was trembling. Sasuke's heart kicked a little as he took in Naruto's weakened state. Naruto looked completely different than how he had looked earlier on stage. His powerful sovereign had been reduced to a panting, glassy eyed mess.

"It hurts everywhere." Naruto breathed out.

Sasuke grabbed Naruto's hand and pulled him against his body.

"I thought I told you to never wear constricting things around your stomach." Sasuke untied the black strings of Naruto's corset and took it off. Naruto's odd kimono fluttered open, revealing the lace panties and bare chest underneath.

"I'm sorry," Naruto sobbed. "I just wanted to look good for you."

Naruto had done an excellent job of "looking good for him," Sasuke drank in the sight of his submissive. Naruto looked so enticing, even with the corset gone. His bare thighs and pink nipples were alluring, so pleasing that Sasuke couldn't help himself. He ran his hand down Naruto's chest, his stomach, and then stopped when his hand reached Naruto's curved hip. He kissed the mating mark on Naruto's neck as he inched his hand to the side, closer and closer- the anticipation was making Naruto cry. The small whimpers escaping from Naruto's blood red lips were beautiful to Sasuke's ears. He ended the anticipation by finally putting his hand over Naruto's groin. Sasuke looked at his and Naruto's reflection in the vanity mirror. His little love looked like the perfect picture of lust. In the mirror Naruto looked so much like a girl it was shocking. The long blond hair, the painted face, the tiny waist, the short legs and pillowy lips-everything appeared female but the proof of Naruto's true gender was lying right beneath his hand-standing so erect that it'd be hard for anyone who felt it to mistake Naruto as anything but male.

"Sasuke please!" Naruto rubbed his body against Sasuke's. He felt he'd really pass out if Sasuke didn't put it inside him this second. "Please put it in me!"

Sasuke kissed Naruto's burning hot forehead and then turned Naruto around. He pulled the kimono the rest of the way off.

"Hold onto the vanity."

Naruto's shaky arms grabbed on tightly to the edge of the vanity. He mewled when Sasuke pulled his underwear down and parted his asscheeks.

"God, you're soaking wet." Sasuke ran his finger against Naruto's hole. It was twitching, begging to be filled.

"Sasuke...inside." Naruto pushed his ass back against Sasuke's finger. "It hurts so much with you not inside me!"

Sasuke freed his dick from his hakama, he put the tip of his dick at Naruto's entrance.

"Fuck, you're so hot inside!" Sasuke cursed as he slowly inched his dick into Naruto.

"I'm not so easily broken," Naruto rutted back against Sasuke, taking the entirety of Sasuke's length inside of him, "Fuck me so hard that this burning heat leaves me!"

Sasuke groaned. The heat of Naruto's rectum hurt him to the point of burning but he didn't care. He pulled out of Naruto and then harshly thrusted back in. "I'll fuck you until you get pregnant." Sasuke hissed as he delivered another violent thrust into Naruto.

"Yes!" Naruto cried, precum dribbled out of the tip of his red cock, his eyes were shut closed due to the complete pleasure his alpha was giving him. "Give it to me!"

The royal party guests had respectfully went back to the dining hall when they realized what was happening behind the thin fabric wall of the curtain. It was considered highly disrespectful to stray close by when their king was coupling with his submissive so they had wisely chosen to leave. Only two brave people stood behind. One was Sakura who was seated in an empty seat in the front row and the other was Konan who was standing dutifully to the side of the curtain awaiting for her master to finish.

Sakura twisted her hands together in anger. The unmistakable scent of arousal and sex was permeating the air. The smell was coming from behind the velvet curtain that Sasuke had gone behind twenty minutes ago. Sakura couldn't stand it, she knew exactly what was happening behind the curtain, Sasuke-kun was congratulating that blond idiot by fucking him. The dance wasn't even that great! Sakura thought bitterly. Naruto didn't deserve to have the standing ovation that he did, it was her who should've been basking in the Uchiha clan's praises. She was the original royal submissive of the Uchiha clan not Naruto!

"Stupid slut!" Sakura hissed to herself. She forced herself to take a calming deep breath; she was getting too riled up just thinking of the blond slut. Naruto wasn't pregnant yet which meant there was still time to get Sasuke back. Sakura just had to figure out how to do it.

Sakura glared at the purple haired handmaiden. Konan. She would have to find a way to get around her; with that yellow-eyed freak always around Naruto it'd be hard for Sakura to do anything to him.

"Shouldn't you be cleaning up after the royals?" Konan drawled boredly. Her eyes held little interest for the shamed princess. "Didn't Sasuke-sama assign appoint you maid duties? You should be cleaning. Or perhaps..." Konan smiled widely, her white teeth gleamed menacingly in the muted light of the room, "are you here just to hear the moans slip from my masters lips every time your ex-husband thrusts into him?"

"Shut up!" Sakura hissed.

"Why? I'm right aren't I?" Konan laughed as she hopped down from the stage. "You're a masochistic omega aren't you? You like torturing yourself with things you can't have or ever hope to hear again-like your ex-husbands pleasure filled voice when he's lost in ecstasy?"

Sakura stood up and hurled her fist at Konan's face. Konan easily countered the ex-princess by pulling out her kunai and pressing it against Sakura's stomach. Sakura stopped when she felt the sharp point of the kunai pressing against her belly.

"One more move and I'll cut your womb right out, you may have shameful short hair and have lost your royal title but absolutely no one will ever want an omega who can't birth babies. Not even a commoner would want you."

"No." Sakura stepped back and wrapped her arms around her stomach, "don't you ever threaten me like that again!" Sakura screamed. Tears began to fall from her eyes. "I will have my baby and Sasuke will be the father and everything will go back to how it was before that bitch gave me that poisoned drink and that slut took my Sasuke-kun away from me! I won't let you cut it out!"

"Oh, so that's what's been going on," Konan smiled in realization, "I've seen the dark glares you've been giving lady Mikoto these days. I thought it was because she loved my master more than she ever loved you-but now I see. I would've never guessed that the reason for your hatred for her was because she was the one who killed your baby."

Sakura's face paled. Her green eyes filled with tears. "Don't speak of that woman's treachery out loud!"

"It's befitting that a spoiled rotten princess like you would have her first child poisoned, Kaguya punishes those who take her gratitude for granted, even someone like you should know that. Lady Mikoto was just doing Kaguya's work, you shouldn't hold any hatred for her."

"I will have all that Mikoto so cruelly took away from me again!" Sakura bellowed, "I will do everything in my power to make sure that Naruto doesn't give birth to Sasuke's son! That was my destiny way before his! He should've left the day Itachi could no longer be his dominant but no, instead he dared to take mine!" Sakura clutched her stomach, her son had once been there, he was killed before he could ever claim his king title. She'd never let Naruto have what was so cruelly taken away from her.

"Us omegas have a certain ability to know long before an alpha when another omega is pregnant so I'm sure you've noticed it by now...my masters scent has changed, it's sweeter. He's-"

"Don't your dare say it, bitch!" Sakura screamed.

"Pregnant." Konan finished. She smiled again. "Even if my sense of smell is wrong and my master isn't actually pregnant I'm sure that after tonight he will undoubtedly fall pregnant."

"I'll kill him before that can happen!" Sakura screeched.

"I should tell my master all of this, I should also tell Sasuke-sama that you're plotting to murder his omega but...your lunacy is hilarious. You're like a crying pig wailing in the dead of night, you couldn't even land a blow on me! My master may look delicate but he is much more stronger than you think, you won't be able to lay a single finger on him. You should just give up now, any day now my master will fall pregnant and you will stay the same. A shamed princess who now no longer has a clan to call her own."

"I will be the one who gets pregnant with Sasuke-kun's baby, not your slut of a master!"

"How does it feel to live in a delusional world?" Konan laughed she found the crazed omega pitiable, "you have the title of a maid and you think you will have the honor of ever birthing a royal baby? You're no longer the omega you used to be; you're nothing now, let go of your silly dreams. My master didn't take anything from you; he was born to be the ruler of a powerful clan, marrying a king was his birthright, if anything you were the one who impeded on his destiny. Your son died because Kaguya willed it, it was your own fault and you know it-" Konan gurgled out a gasp of breath as she fell to the floor. Her amber eyes stared in shock at Sakura's glowing green hand.

"W-what did you just do to me?" Konan gasped as blood gushed out from her throat. She writhed on the floor and clutched her bloody neck in agony. "When did you-"

"You were so busy spouting nonsense you didn't even notice when I sliced your throat in half you stupid bitch." Sakura crouched down and smiled down at Konan. "You were so enraptured with my supposed ranting that you forgot to keep your guard up, its a tad bit disappointing that you were this easy to get rid of, If I had known it'd be this easy I would've killed you much earlier." Sakura fingered the deep cut across Konan's once spotless neck. "I'd love to watch you bleed out until you take your final breath but the smell of your commoner blood is nauseating it makes me want to vomit. And besides I can't risk lingering around, someone might come and try to actually save your pathetic life."

"Y-you bitch-you'll pay." Konan gurgled out.

Sakura adopted a fake sad expression, "oh, but I already have, Kaguya has taken everything from me, there's nothing else she can do to me. But you-you had everything to lose and I've taken it all from you, pretty soon your beloved master will meet a fate similar to yours."

"Don't you dare touch him!" Konan's trembling hands reached for her kunai, she managed to draw it out but as soon as she did her arm weakened and the kunai clambered to the ground.

"Who's going to stop me, you? Oh that's right you won't be able to on the account that you'll be dead." Sakura stood up. "Send my regards to our beloved mother Kaguya when you meet her." And with that Sakura sauntered away. Her hands held her stomach. She had dramatized her ranting for Konan but all that she had said was true. She would have Sasuke's baby inside her once again and no one would stop her this time.

"You did good tonight." Sasuke sighed. He had just come inside Naruto for the third time that night. Naruto's body had finally begun to cool down a little. He was still hot but now he was no longer suffering from the scorching heat.

"Really?" Naruto whimpered as Sasuke gently pulled out of him. "I was scared that you would hate it." Naruto admitted weakly. "I wanted to show you a dance you'd never forget."

"How could I ever hate it? You made me proud to be your dominant, you were beautiful, I'll definitely never forget it. Every move you made enchanted me, how did you do it?"

Naruto blushed at his dominants heavy praising. "It's easy to control fire when you can control wind like I can. After you merged your fire ball into my rasengan that time against Karin it's become even easier to control it."

"Ah, so that's how you were able to kiss the fire without burning your lips," Sasuke chuckled, he glided his hand down Naruto's still half hard cock and rubbed further underneath where he knew Naruto's entrance to be. Naruto whined. The sound was music to Sasuke's ears. "Such a sensitive thing aren't you? No matter how many times I touch you here, you still act like a virgin." Sasuke smirked as he prodded his finger into the sensitive opening, his finger made a squelching noise because of all the come inside of Naruto, "all those men worshipping you has made me want to dominate you." Sasuke growled as he grabbed Naruto's chin and pulled him into a searing kiss.

"Well then dominate me, I'm all yours." Naruto murmured against Sasuke's lips as he caught his breath. He kissed Sasuke again; he savored how soft Sasuke's lips felt against his own. They were everything he ever wanted. It was like Sasuke's lips had been made special just for him.

"You've completely captivated me. No matter how many times I have you I always want to be inside you, I want to fill you to the brim with my seed again and again," Sasuke wound his arms around Naruto's bare stomach, "I want to see you swollen with my child inside you."

The look in Sasuke's eyes stole Naruto's breath away. There was fire in them, and he could feel the heat of it scald his skin. Not even the burning fire of his heat made him feel as hot as Sasuke's gaze.

"Then do it." Naruto opened his legs and guided Sasuke's dick back inside him, "I want to make all your fantasies a reality, my king. Come inside me until I become pregnant with your son for I am the only one now who can give you one."