The Agreement

The Agreement

Chapter 7: Pathetic Attack for a Surprise Mastermind

Having one hundred shinobi attack at a wedding sounds like a large-scale attack, but considering the number of ninjas that were attending the wedding the battle was really quite pathetic. In fact, it was beyond pitiful. The skill level of the one hundred attacking ninja were also very low compared to the skill level of the ninja at the wedding; there was really no comparison between the two groups.

Despite the extremely easy initial analysis of the skill level of the attacking group, the too straightforward attack, and the lack of coordination among the group, Sasuke still welcomed the distraction.

Those trained as ninjas immediately sprung into action, and Sasuke noted that Naruto’s first instinct was to get the holy man out of the way of a kunai with an exploding tag hooked to it, hiding him behind the altar as Naruto used his own body to shield the man from the coming blast. Hinata and Sakura jumped off of the raised platform the holy man had been standing on, both female ninja grabbing non-shinobi guests out of harm’s way.

The explosion tag was a dud. There was a moment of confusion as no blast sounded. Sasuke waited for a hidden attack, but none came. Naruto lost no time in telling the holy man to stay hidden as Naruto grabbed the kunai, ripped the duded explosive tag off, and flung the kunai back at the ninja who had thrown it, hitting the female ninja’s shoulder. Naruto’s face was almost comical in his disbelief as he looked at the inability of the ninja to dodge his attack. Naruto turned to look at Sasuke, his eyebrows raised, clearly wondering if Sasuke had noted their relatively pathetic foes. Sasuke shook his head once in disgust before he and Naruto moved together, their teamwork as flawless as ever.

Sasuke's hand shot instinctively to his weapon's pouch, and Naruto did the same, Sasuke smirking as he watched the way that Naruto seemed unaware that he would have been missing his weapons had he listened to Sakura. Sasuke couldn't help but smirk at the surprise on Sakura's face to see a horde of shinobi attacking. Honestly, a wedding between a Hyuuga and an Uchiha was enough to cause enemies to attack. Add in the wedding of a very well known medical ninja to the well known, well liked, and great shinobi that was a front runner to be next Hokage was like asking for trouble. The wedding was a large target for anyone looking to cause disruption in Konoha.

"You were right Naruto," Sakura shouted amidst the confusion. Naruto looked surprised at the comment, and Sasuke was glad that Sakura could admit that she was wrong, feeling that it served her right.

Even so, as Sasuke looked over towards Neji who was also only using weapons for his attacks, Sasuke had a strong suspicion that Neji was the one that had set up this little attack. Sasuke was sure that while Neji frequently used weapons, it seemed that he was purposefully relying only on his weapons. Not that Sasuke was being any better. Sasuke was going to use only his weapons too and rub it in Sakura's face as much as possible.

These thoughts only registered in Sasuke's brain for a few fleeting seconds before he focused on the attack at hand.

Throwing two ninja star toward a ninja that had jumped high in the air above him, Sasuke watched as one star clipped the exposed ninja's side as the other was deflected as the ninja shot a kunai at it.

"Is this your doing?" Sasuke asked darkly as he managed to move his way through fighting foes to get close to Neji. He gave a quick glance around to make sure that Naruto was not in hearing range. Neji glared at him.

"As though you didn't want to see Sakura put down after the way she treated Naruto," Neji hissed back as he used his juuken to cut the chakra flow in a ninja that was once again attacking him from above. Sasuke merely shook his head.

"Next time find people a little more challenging. I think even Naruto is getting bored with the fight," Sasuke said as he noted that Naruto hadn't even bothered to use his famous kage bunshin no jutsu or rasengan yet, relying mostly on the weapons or his taijutsu. Sasuke watched as Naruto grasped the neck of two ninja and bashed their heads together, effectively knocking them unconscious.

Sakura and Hinata, meanwhile, were doing their best to keep the ninja from getting too close to the guests while Hanabi and Ino kept some kunoichi at bay from ruining any of the decorations. Meanwhile Hiashi was off to the side acting as a sort of protector for the guests who were not trained ninjas. He calmly informed the non-ninja guests that everything was quite under control and to enjoy the unusual show of ninja versus ninja. He did add that the ninjas that were attacking were so unskilled that they were not a threat, saying this as one came up behind him. Without looking, Hiashi mechanically let his hand fly backwards, catching the unsuspecting ninja's wrist and flipped him in one fluid movement over his shoulder and onto the ground with a resounding crack of the man's back and skull. The non-shinobi guests looked more fearful of Hiashi than of the attacking ninja.

All around him, Sasuke saw his shinobi guests only half-heartedly fighting the ninja that had decided to crash the wedding. Kakashi was reading one of his perverted books as he fought off five attackers at once. Sasuke could hear Gai and Lee off somewhere trying to drag out how long they could fight by counting the number of hits they could land at the same time.

The fighting lasted all of five minutes before all of the ninja were defeated, rounded up, and neatly carted off by an eight-man ANBU guard. The entire attack would have only lasted three minutes, but Lee and Gai were still counting the number of hits to their two targets.

"That was really crappy," Naruto said, scratching the back of his head, and Sasuke could clearly hear the disappointment in his voice.

"It was," Sai's voice piped up, and Sasuke all but glared at the pale ninja. He tended to try and forget that Sai even existed when that was possible, but since Sai had gotten close to Sakura and Naruto, it was rather hard to ignore him completely. "Even so, I got a great action shot of you and Sasuke to give to your wives," Sai said to Naruto, smiling genuinely as he held up two separate drawings of both grooms in action fighting impressively.

"Did you even bother to fight?" Sasuke asked. Sai just blinked at him.

"Of course not. Not with their pathetic skill level and the amount of other shinobi here. I found another way to make the battle much more useful," Sai said as he held up the drawings for Sasuke to get a better look at. Sasuke didn't take the drawing, and instead marched back to the altar where Hinata and Sakura were already waiting for their grooms. Hinata fumbled with her hair that had fallen out of its neatly arranged curls atop her hair, trying to get it back into place. Hanabi quickly came up to her older sister with a ninja star and laced a few of Hinata’s loose strands through the hole in the star’s center.

"Cool hairdo," Naruto commented to Hinata as he smiled widely at both brides.

Hinata blushed and then grinned shyly and sheepishly at Sasuke, clearly excited that Naruto had commented on her makeshift hairdo. Then she smiled even more sheepishly, as though she too could clearly tell that the ninja that had attacked had been pathetically under-skilled to be considered a real threat, and she glanced over at Neji who stood looking as though nothing had happened. Naruto smiled widely again at Sakura who grinned back after she too fixed her hair properly.

The four shinobi, acting as though nothing had happened, stood at the altar looking around for the holy man, only to hear him whimpering behind the altar where Naruto had hid him behind. Hinata walked gently behind the altar and leaned down kindly to look at the elderly man.

"They're all gone now. Let's continue," she said kindly, offering her hand to the holy man. He was trembling, looking around half mortified, only to note that everyone was back in their seats, ready for the ceremony to start again.

"That was the most...quite unheard of...most exciting wedding..." the holy man muttered to himself, clutching at his heart. Naruto rolled his eyes, and then caught Sasuke's eye.

"Pathetic?" Naruto mouthed. Sasuke nodded before looking back at Neji. Honestly, he was going to have to scold Neji for such a shoddy job at a fake attack on the wedding. Even so, Sasuke shot a look at Sakura, wondering why she didn't look upset at all. She had been so against letting Naruto have weapons at the wedding, and yet she didn't seem the least bit phased. Sasuke frowned, deciding he would think about it more tonight. Sasuke sighed, knowing his wedding night would be much less exciting than the actual wedding.

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"Sakura asked you to help in rounding up the fake shinobi? She was the mastermind behind the attack today?" Sasuke asked incredulously of Neji. Neji just shrugged.

"Apparently Sakura felt bad about the way she had treated Naruto, and she asked me if it would be an upset if we had a mini attack during the wedding to make Naruto feel better about having decided to take his weapons. I thought about telling you and Hinata, but I figured you would figure it out on your own."

Neji looked about absently, unaware of how Sasuke’s thoughts were conflicting due to what Neji had told him.

Something unpleasant settled in the pit of Sasuke's stomach when he realized that Sakura had actually gone out of her way in order to make up her stupidity to Naruto. She had realized that she had hurt Naruto, and Sasuke wasn't quite sure how he felt about it. He was grateful that Sakura had realized that Naruto hadn't deserved to be told what to do, but at the same time, it made it hard for him to make Sakura look like the bad guy if she was in fact doing something in her power in order to make amends for how she had acted. It caught him off guard. Even so, he couldn't allow himself to feel guilty for still wanting to get Sakura away from Naruto. He was still the best choice for Naruto, despite Sakura finally getting a clue.

Sakura's words telling Naruto was right rung in his ears. She had staged the whole thing just so she could apologize to Naruto. It was extremely odd, that was for sure. At least she was beginning to see that Naruto should always get what he wanted and what he deserved.

Sasuke smirked to himself as he sipped the green tea sake in his hand. He had come to find Neji after the formalities of dancing with his new wife were through. Sasuke looked over at Hinata, seeing that she looked quite the blushing bride as she smiled happily. Her smile seemed to light up the room, but Sasuke knew it wasn't because that she was married to him. No, it was because she was now married to Uzumaki Naruto – even if Naruto didn't know it. Sasuke glanced to where Sakura and Naruto were dancing, noting that Naruto was focusing less on the dancing and more on engaging Sakura in theories about who was behind the ninja attack that had appeared at their wedding. She seemed slightly exasperated with the subject, and Sasuke had a feeling it was due to the fact that she might have to actually tell Naruto that it was her idea to have the ninja attack.

"It was really pathetically done," Sasuke murmured to Neji as he took another sip of his green tea sake.

"Next time you can plan it. I only agreed because I thought that Naruto deserved to be told that he was right and she was wrong. It wasn’t like I expected her to ask me such a strange request and had a group ready. Apparently she was initially going to ask you, but she thought that you would say no. I wish she had. It cost a good sum of money to get the ninja to attack, and then pay for that group of ANBU to show up and take them away," Neji said, glaring at Sasuke.

"If you hadn't been so hard pressed getting drunk at the bachelor party, trying to engage me in a fight, your attempts might have been better. Maybe you would have thought to ask me for help." Sasuke smirked at Neji. Neji didn't look abashed.

"I was upfront with you that I didn't like the idea of you marrying my cousin. You're not even by her side right now as she talks with the guests, and yet she seems to be extremely happy with everything that has transpired. I can tell whatever is going on that she is at least aware of your intentions, but why she would make an agreement with you for marriage I have yet to figure out." Neji walked angrily away from Sasuke, stalking over to cut in where TenTen was comforting a rather loudly sobbing Lee. Lee was going on and on about how his beautiful Sakura-chan had found another, but as long as Naruto took good care of her it would all be okay. Then he started talking about something or other to do with spring and lots of green and all that bullshit that Sasuke tried hard to block out. Neji looked like he wanted to smack Lee upside the head, and Sasuke couldn’t blame him.

Neji’s helping hand in the attack didn’t really bother Sasuke. Now that he knew that Neji hadn't been the "mastermind" behind the ninja attack, Sasuke felt a little better. It had been too poorly concocted for Neji to plan it all, and it made Sasuke relieved. Sasuke would have been more suspicious if the attack hadn't been Sakura's idea. For Neji to plan something that fell through so lamely would have put Sasuke on edge. If Neji had been the one to plan the attack he would have given himself more time. It was slightly comforting to know that Neji wouldn’t be planning anything else at his wedding. Neji had almost killed Hinata once. He wasn’t going to test and see if Neji would try to kill him too.

Still, an unsettled feeling seemed to grow inside of Sasuke's stomach as he realized that Sakura had been the one to formulate the plan just to tell Naruto he was right. Watching Sakura and Naruto, watching them look so happy together made Sasuke feel off-kilter. He was the only one that could make Naruto feel happy...wasn't he? Sasuke glanced once more towards his "wife" seeing Hinata smiling gracefully, and Sasuke smiled as well. She’d make a good mother to his and Naruto’s children. He knew he would need help with children.

While he loved Naruto, Sasuke was still heavily aware of the fact that he could only bring back the Uchiha clan line with the aid of a woman. Sasuke had the ability to mix his genes with Naruto's, but only a woman could give birth to his and Naruto's children. He once again prided himself on picking Hinata since she was from an elite clan herself. She also loved Naruto almost as much as he loved his new husband.

Naruto, his husband. Sasuke's smile widened as he realized that through his plans that the polygamous marriage had gone without a hitch. Even if people thought he was only married to Hinata, he knew that he was also officially married to Naruto as well. Sasuke tried not to think too much about the fact that he was likewise married to Sakura.

Sasuke's smile fell when he once again looked back over at Naruto at Sakura. He would never wish not to love Naruto because it was the one constant in his life that kept him sane. He was grateful that he had Naruto in his life, even if he wasn't officially with Naruto at the moment.

Yet Sasuke wasn't a fool. He knew how much easier his life would be if he were in love with someone else, someone like Hinata. She was a sweet enough person, but try as Sasuke had, he hadn't been able to fall in love with anyone else.

Sasuke closed his eyes, thinking of the way he was obsessed with Naruto, thinking about how much he longed to be the one to caress Naruto’s skin, to touch his body in ways that would make Naruto gasp and moan with pleasure. Sasuke took another sip of his drink, feeling rather turned on, wishing his mind hadn’t gone down such an erotic train of thought as images of feeling Naruto’s body pressed close to his ran through his mind.

Why was Naruto like a drug to him? Sasuke was fairly certain that having sex with Naruto would get him addicted even more to his friend, and Sasuke had to close his eyes hard to stop himself from doing something foolish during the middle of the reception. Pouncing Naruto in a crowd was not a good idea. (His libido disagreed.)

Sasuke knew what would happen between Sakura and Naruto tonight, on their wedding night, and Sasuke’s arousal dropped immediately, feeling that it should be him and Naruto to lose themselves to each other.

Sasuke wasn’t about to let that stop him though. No. Sasuke was going to make sure that Naruto got everything he wanted. If Naruto wanted Sakura, Sasuke would wait for Naruto until he realized that being with Sakura was a mistake. Sasuke would wait until Naruto realized that what Sasuke had planned for him was a much better future than anything anyone else could have planned for him.

"I love you Naruto," Sasuke confessed with his glass to his lips, sipping a toast to the man he loved, the man that he would one day make sure knew loved him more than anyone else ever could.


Next Chapter: The Wedding Night


Surprised it was Sakura? Hmmm…Sasuke wants her to be the bad guy, but is she really all that bad? Yes, I can hear all the Sakura bashers screaming a resounding “YES!” right now. Not everything is as it seems.

For those of you who are curious, I have a Sasuke/Naruto/Sakura oneshot posted called All For One And One For All. I also have a Naruto/Hinata multi-chapter story that is finished called "I Don't Know." (This is only on FanFiction dot Net).

Just an FYI: we’re getting close to the more fun parts now. In other words, smut by next Saturday.

Let me know what you think! ~ Jelp