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Naruto had two sides of himself, he can either be tough and stand his ground, or he could be silent and calculating. Either way, Naruto was not the type of person to run away from a fight, but he knew which fights he could and couldn't fight. He knew he had a reputation to keep up because of his family's standing so any physical fights he had needed to be kept secret. The fact that Naruto had to bottle up all of his emotions during certain confrontations pissed him off even more. That's why when this very annoying, very irritating, and newly presented alpha had decided to step in front of him and start a beef war last week, how could Naruto back down? Now, Naruto was not the type of person to let things get to him easily. He was capable enough to hold in his emotions for a time after years of practice, but there was no way he was going to hold back when this same alpha tried to keep bothering him. It was the same thing over and over again, this alpha clearly knew that his family was from high standings, and since Naruto needed to uphold their image, the alpha didn't expect a response. At least, not the response that Naruto gave him. As was mentioned, the alpha first approached Naruto a week ago, and ever since then there has been tension between Naruto and this alpha who went by the name, Sasuke Uchiha. Naruto knew of Sasuke for as far back as he could remember because as a child from a high standing, Naruto needed to know the other children who came from families like his. His mother was a prince from a distant country, and his father was a prince from a famous district. Making Naruto very much like royalty himself. And everyone knew that royals don't dirty their own hands during piece time. Which it was. As far as Naruto knew, his family didn't have beef with any of the other families in the district. But Sasuke seemed to have it out for him for the past week. It seemed that the rumors of Sasuke presenting early during summer break were well known by now. On the first day of school when Naruto first saw Sasuke after the break, he could tell that something was different about him, he looked a little taller than he did last semester, but the facial features did not do anything for him. Naruto wasn't the type to judge a person based on their features or anything superficial as that, all that mattered was the personality of the person, and Sasuke's personally did not vibe with his at all. On a personal level, Naruto could say that Sasuke was more like the spoiled rich kid of his family, while his older brother, Itachi, was more of his type. Sadly, Itachi was an omega, and until Naruto found out what his second gender was, he could think of Itachi as a possible partner. Yet, since he was closer in age with Sasuke, their bothers had tried to get them to become close to each other just in case. Nevertheless, Naruto was currently facing off against Sasuke after a week of the young Uchiha harassing him about not presenting yet. Everyone knew that Sasuke was a bit competitive, but Naruto was just annoyed with how often Sasuke was bringing up the subject of the secondary genders. It annoyed the young Uzumaki to no end, and there was no way Naruto wouldn't reach the end of his already short rope with Sasuke's constant taunting. But as always, Naruto had to keep up his act of being the good kid. After all, he was the youngest member of his family who was mostly made of alphas. And he was expected to be alpha an alpha as well. Naruto didn't really care about that type of thing, but from what he learned over the years, he wouldn't want to be an omega, they had the toughest time in life. Either way, Naruto was tired of Sasuke asking him why he had not presented yet, knowing full well that it was normal for everyone to present by the age of twelve. Sasuke's bother was only a month away, so the Uchiha had present early from what he knew. Meanwhile, Naruto's birthday was almost three months away, so he still had time. But Sasuke kept egging him throughout the school day until Naruto finally decide that enough was enough. Naruto sent Sasuke an invitation to meet with him later that day once classes were over. There was meant to be a special assembly in the gymnasium today after school about something, so it would be a perfect time. Naruto instructed the alpha to meet with him behind the west wing during the assembly so they could talk all about it. Sasuke stupidly agreed and showed up right as the assembly was meant to start, Sasuke came in running his mouth, as usual, calling the Uzumaki by his first name, which was seen as disrespectful unless the two were datings. The alpha didn't notice when Naruto walked in behind him and pushed him to the ground before walking around him to enter his field of vision. "Why you little shit, who are to pull a sneak attack on me like that?" Sasuke gritted out through his teeth as he glared up at the blond. Naruto folded his arms, "yeah? But how impudent is it for you to keep pushing my buttons when I already gave you an answer from the beginning? Just because you presented first from our class means nothing to me." Sasuke jumped up and rushed towards the blond, "I'll make sure you stay in your place, little bitch! You're probably just a stupid omega anyway!" Naruto knew that alphas that present early were known to grow into 'true alphas' who are highly regarded in society. They are known to be stronger and smarter than the average alphas and could dominate just about anyone, so they were given just about anything their hearts desired. They could even get away with high-level crimes and murder if they wanted to, that was how strong their influences went, but thankfully those true alphas were usually far and in between because of their destructive nature. With that said, Naruto was careful with how he would take on Sasuke, luckily he was able to come up with a plan to settle things that wouldn't reveal their fight to others. Naruto dodged his attacker as he took out a spray bottle from his jacket pocket, he sprayed a few sprits in the air before moving away quickly. The air quickly became filled with a sweet scent, Naruto could only just barely smell the scent, but Sasuke got the full effect of it. The Uchiha was caught off guard and his vision became blurry, before he knew anything he started to feel hot all over. "W-wha-what the fuck did you do to me, you little bitch?" Naruto asked as he lifted the bottle for him to see, "what is that?" Naruto smirked and sprayed another couple of sprits in the air and watched as Sasuke quickly covered his nose. "Aw, what's the matter, I thought that a big strong alpha like you could handle a small dose of pheromones," Naruto said twirling the bottle around as if it were wine. "I can only smell a sweet perfume, but I wonder what it's like for you. Since you haven't presented it yet, I was wondering if you liked it too. I mean, your face looks completely red, are you alright? Should I call in a nurse to tend to you?" He asked in mock concern.' "Shut up!" Sasuke raged, the smell in the air was turning him on so much that he could barely control his movement. He saw Naruto through his haziness and rushed towards him, vowing to himself that he would make the blond pay. Naruto watched as Sasuke raced towards him, just when Sasuke was in range to punch him, Naruto stepped aside from him. He knew the consequences of his actions would be bad, but that was only if he got caught. Naruto decided that he would spray one more sprits of pheromone in the air before putting the bottle away. He watched as Sasuke lost his balance and fell face-first onto the floor. He couldn't help but laugh at the Uchiha, "looks like all that big talk is out the window now. Just look at how pathetic you are now," Naruto taunted. Sasuke was now on the floor with his hands on his crotch, his face was red and he was starting to sweat greatly. Naruto wasn't sure, but something about that sight stirred something inside of him that made him feel...hungry, for some reason. He couldn't explain the feeling to himself, but he wasn't lost to the feeling either, he was very much in control of his thoughts and actions. But there was this urge. The urge to touch. Naruto chuckled, maybe this was just him presenting as an alpha, maybe he would be one of those true alphas he had read about long ago in biology. The sight of Sasuke looking distressed on the floor made him want to move closer to the boy, he was curious what this feeling was. Was this really apart from his awaking as an alpha? Or could it just be lust? Naruto wasn't sure he really wanted to know. It would probably be best for him to get out of here now, his goal was mainly to make Sasuke embarrassed and beat him up a bit, but seeing the boy in this state was making him think thoughts that weren't aligned with his original planning. Because of that, he turned and started walking away from the west wing building so he didn't have to think about Sasuke until the next day. "W-wait," Sasuke's voice made the blond stop. He turned to look back at the blushing boy, his face was completely flushed now, and he was moving him and over his groin in a distinctive way. Naruto knew that the Uchiha was probably not in his right mind right now, what with the way his pupils were widely blown. His gray uniform shorts looked to be fitting him much tighter now and seemed slightly wet. Sasuke was panting and looking at Naruto hotly, which the blond found interesting. He turned around to face the Uchiha again, Sasuke reached his hand out toward Naruto eagerly before falling forward on the ground. "P-p-please...c-come-come back," he begged pitifully, "I-I..." his voice trailed off as if he was having a hard time using it now. Naruto sighed, shrugged his shoulders before walking back over to Sasuke. Once he was close enough, Sasuke reached up and grabbed his shorts, Naruto allowed. Thinking that Sasuke couldn't do much in this state, it really looked like Sasuke was having trouble just sitting upright. Naruto knelt, he carest the side of Sasuke's face with his hand caringly, "you know what, Sasuke, this is a nice looked for you," the blond said with a smirk. Sasuke was too hot and bothered to really process what Naruto was saying. He looked up at the blond's smirk, he didn't know what was happening to him, but all he wanted. All he could think about was getting off. "Please," he asked again, for some reason, he couldn't bring himself to do it. His hands could only hold his dick down in his pants, but he wanted more than that. He wanted to read something, but he didn't know what that was. So, since Naruto was the one that did this to him, he thought that it was only fair that the blond is the one to fix it, but he didn't like that he was begging right now. Sasuke didn't know why he was begging. it hurt his pride to know that he was reduced to this state because of Naruto and was relying on Naruto to fix it as well. "I didn't think you knew the word 'please' until now," Naruto chuckled. He was starting to smell something sweet in the air, it was very sweet, like his favored candy. Whatever this scent was, he thought it smelt good and wanted more of it. He guessed that it was the scent coming from pheromones he just sprayed in the air, it was probably starting to affect him to now since he's been breathing it in for the past five minutes now. He looked Sasuke in the eye for a moment before reaching down, he might not have presented as an alpha or omega or even a bata yet, but he didn't really care. Since Sasuke was looking kind of cute right now, he might as well help him out a bit, right? Naruto reached down to Sasuke's pants and unbuttoned then unzipped them. Sasuke's hard-on burst out through the top of his underwear that, surprisingly, was pink, a nice surprise indeed. Naruto filed the information away for later and continued to let his hands roam down further, entering his underwear and grasping the pink tip roughly. Sasuke whimpered at the touch and yelped when Naruto suddenly jerked his hand towards him with a firm grip. The flushed Uchiha was already leaking precum before Naruto jerked his hand back up to the tip just as firmly, Sasuke's grip on Naruto's shorts tightened and his hips bucked a bit as Naruto repeated his towards actions. "F-f-faster..." Sasuke squeaked out as tears started to fill his eyes. He was crying and he couldn't help it, he was stuck on the floor at the mercy of Naruto's grip. "Oh, you want me to go faster?" Naruto asked as his hand jerked up roughly again. He chuckled, "you're gonna have to ask me nicer than that," he let his hand stay stationed over Sasuke's tip, unmoving. The Uchiha whined pitifully, "let me hear you beg." The tears in Sasuke's eyes flowed freely but he wanted to release himself from the tension he was feeling in the pit of his stomach. His pride was hurt, but he felt that he was in more pain if he didn't get Naruto to finish. Naruto's hand on his dick made him shiver and he couldn't deny that he was already pretty close thanks to him. So, he sucked it and let out a soft cry, "p-please...please f-f-f-finish." "Really? Is that all you wanted? Okay, then let me see what you got," Naruto lifted the Uchiha's so he might see what the boy looked like once he got to finish. Naruto's hand started to move up and down quickly without stopping, Naruto watched as Sasuke contorted his face beautifully. Small moans and gasps escaped his lips and started to get loaded when he reached his peak. Naruto didn't know what was really happening, but he knew that another smell in the air was much sweeter than before. It was so sweet that he could almost taste it, the moaning he was hearing was nothing but music to his ears right now, he could listen to it all day if he got the chance. Naruto knew that Sasuke wouldn't be able to live this down, and once the boy regained his senses, he would recount what happened in vivid detail. But for now, Naruto enjoyed the show. Sasuke bucked his hips when he felt Naruto's hand quickly, he bucked and ground against the hand as much as he could. Trying to get the release he needed from this sudden feel he had gotten. Naruto's hand seemed to do everything right. Not even Sasuke had felt this good before, but he still wanted more, he didn't know what it was, but he wanted Naruto to be closer to him. He wants the blond to touch him more, and do something else. He could feel an aching in his rear, it was starting to make him go crazy. "M-mo-more...I-I-I w-want m-m-more...p-p-please...p-please, t-touch me, m-more," Sasuke begged with tears streaming down his face. "You want more?" Naruto asked, he took his hand away from Sasuke's groin and the boy whined at the loss, "aw, look at you, so pathetic. Don't worry, I'll make you feel really good," he said as he took hold of the wrist of the hand holding onto his grey shorts. He pulled Sasuke's arm up and turned him around so that his back was now resting against Naruto's chest, Sasuke looked down at himself, his past was just about soaked in precum, but still, his dick was standing tall wanting more. Naruto Sat behind him and reached around the boy to grab his dick firmly once more and started stroking it again, Sasuke moaned as the pleasure returned. Naruto used his other hand to reach under the boy's shirt, pinching Sasuke's erect nipples, playing with them while stroking Sasuke's dick intently. He could smell Sasuke's scent more clearly, it seemed that as the seconds pass by, the scent was getting clearer and stringer. It was sweet, kind of reminding him of a candy shop, Naruto barrier his nose in Sasuke's neck near his sweat glands, sniffing the fragrance happily. Sasuke's moans only got louder and louder as Naruto's hands were coated in precum. Naruto's mouth started to water, he wanted to open his mouth and bite down on Sasuke's neck right now, but he didn't know why. Sasuke was an alpha, the test confirmed it as much, so why would Naruto want to commit an action that was typical to do to an omega? Naruto was confused, but his confusion was forgotten when he felt Sasuke tense up in her arms. Naruto felt like was drooling even though he tried to stop himself, he couldn't hold back any longer. Before he could stop himself, Naruto bites down on the Uchiha's neck as hard as he could, sinking his teeth into the soft flesh, a second later Sasuke came. Sasuke moaned loud and uncontrolled, bucking his hips as his dick was emptied of everything he had to offer. Naruto could feel himself starting to get a little hot, but he didn't want to be touched. He didn't want anyone to touch him like that. Naruto tried to bite down a little harder, making sure that he left his mark on the boy before letting his neck go. Naruto could taste blood on his lips, it was like metal on in his mouth, but it tasted kind of nice. He couldn't help think how vampiric that sounded, but he was a little high on pheromones right now, so Naruto let go of Sasuke's dick and let his hand roam the Uchiha's body for a moment. Sasuke's skin was really soft under his hands, he wanted to do more. Sasuke was laying boneless against the blond's chest, he didn't seem to care that Naruto had just marked him, he also didn't seem to care that the blond was also touching his body so casually. Naruto wouldn't have minded staying in that position for a little longer, maybe do the whole thing over again, but he remembered that they were behind the west wing while everyone was in the school gym for an assembly. Naruto sighed, "Hey, Sasuke, thanks for the show, but I've gotta get going." Sasuke seemed to snap back to reality a bit, "wha-nooo..." Sasuke reached for Naruto's hands to hold them in place around him. He doesn't know why, but he wanted the comfort that the blond brought to him, just by holding him. "Don't...leave...me...please..." Sasuke's voice drifted slowly as his eyes fluttered close, he was getting sleepier by the second, he only wanted to lay in Naruto's arms forever. Naruto shook his head, "I can't do that, we don't have all day here," the assembly is will be ending in less than an hour so he had to get moving if he didn't want the both of them to get caught. Since Naruto had yet to present, people will be questioning their roles right now. Naruto didn't have time for those kinds of questions because then he would more than likely get in trouble if they stayed for too much longer. He sighed, Sasuke had already drifted off to sleep, which was quicker than he thought he would, so Naruto had no choice. He got up and lifted Sasuke into his arms. Naruto was under a strict training regiment that was meant to prepare his body to become another proud alpha of his family. He never cared for it, but he was somewhat thankful now since Sasuke felt about as light as a feather in his arms compared to the weights he had to lift with his trainer under his father's watchful eye. Naruto easily lifted and walked Sasuke all the way over to the main building where the nurses' office was located. There was a nurse's office in all of the buildings, but the main building was the one that had the biggest recovery room with more supplies. It was also the area that was known to contain the omega second, a place where the students who present as omegas can go to hide in case their cycle started during school hours. He figured that Sasuke might need to hide out in one of those rooms so that the nurse could figure out what was wrong with him. From what Naruto just witnessed, his pheromone spray might have been the cause of this since he obtained it through not-so-legal sources. But that was a subject for another time.
The following day
Sasuke woke up with a headache, it felt as if he had been hit in the head with a bat twice. His eyes hurt against the light and he didn't think that he was really awake or still dreaming. Whichever one it happened to be, he knew one thing for sure, it had something to do with Naruto. Sasuke remembered that Naruto had called him out to the west wing, he thought that he was going to put up a good fight, but Sasuke knew he would win. Yet, things took a turn when Naruto suddenly appeared behind him and pushed him. Then there was a strange scent in the air. Sasuke remembered that it smelled kind of odd, it was really sweet, but also gross at the same time. Almost as if it didn't come naturally. Even though he only presented during the summer, there was clearly something wrong with the scent. Before Sasuke knew anything, he got this strange urge that came over him, he saw Naruto and wanted answers. He knew this scent had to come from him even though the blond said he had not been present yet, but Naruto already knew what was coming. Sasuke suspected that this was a part of his plan from the beginning because the scent in the air got stronger and he blacked out. After that, he couldn't remember a thing. The next thing he knew, he was waking up here, which was where exactly? Looking around the room, Sasuke couldn't tell what room he was in, but he knew he had to be within the main building because of the jade tiling on the floor. He didn't know how he got there, but he guessed that Naruto had called someone to help him to Sasuke to the nurse. Sasuke was still not remembering what happened after he tried to attack Naruto the last time before he blacked out, he felt an aching in his neck and reached up to feel the spot, and froze. Around his neck was a bandage and...a collar? Naruto was really confused, the only ones who wore collars at the school were the omegas to keep them safe. A chill shot down Sasuke's spine as he jumped up and raced towards the nearest mirror he could find. Luckily there was a sink with a mirror in the room, he rushed to it and looked at his reflection. Sasuke couldn't believe his eyes. There, in the mirror, stood someone that he didn't recognize. It was him, but at the same time, it wasn't. Sasuke's face had softened quite a bit, its shape was more oval shape, his skin had gotten paler to the point it was like milk. Sasuke looked down at his body because he could feel that it had changed as well. His arms were half the size they had been the last time he noticed. His legs looked kind of like sticks protruding from the hospital gown he was currently wearing. More than that, Sasuke's body, ripped off the gown from over his head and looked at his naked form in the mirror. He couldn't recognize himself. His hips were slender, and his chest was smooth, he didn't look at all like the masculine figure that he had come to know, it made him wonder if he somehow inhabited someone else's body. His body looked feminine, not like his body, and the collar that was around his neck made him put two and two together. His gender must have changed. It must have, otherwise, he couldn't imagine how he ended up looking like this. Sasuke didn't know if it was possible, but he knew that there was something clearly amiss here. Suddenly there was a knock on the door, Sasuke nearly jumped out of his skin. "J-just a second!" Sasuke called out as he pulled the gown back on over his head, making sure that he was all covered up before running back to the bed. He got under the covers, bring them up to his neck as he called for the person to enter. The nurse opened the door, he could tell by her collar, which looked exactly like his, that she was an omega. "Hello Sasuke, it's good to see that you're awake," the woman said as she walked in and closed the door behind her. Sasuke said nothing as he watched the woman come closer, she came to stand next to him and took a seat in the empty chair next to the bed. "I see you're not in the talking mood right now, so I'll get right to the point. I know you must have a lot of questions, but I must first explain some things to you." She could tell that the gown she had put on him was inside out, meaning that he already got a good look at his body before she came in. This could be a good or bad thing, either way, she would use it to further her point, "listen, I'm not sure what caused it, but I ran a second gender chest on you this morning while you were sleeping. I ran the test twice to make sure that the results were conclusive, but it appears that your gender has changed." "What?!" Sasuke nearly shouted, "that's impossible! You didn't do the test right, no, the machine must have been broken! Yes, that has to be it, your machine made a mistake!" The nurse could see that the boy was in shock and denial, that was why he was acting so erratic at the moment. Either way, the woman needed to get him to understand what happened, "my apologies, but the machine isn't broken. In fact, I can show you the results right now for you to see." "No, take another one right now!" Sasuke demanded, "there must have been a mistake because father had already called the best doctor in the district to confirm my results himself. I am an alpha!" The woman nodded her head, "very well, just give me a moment to bring in the machine right now." She got up from her seat and walked outside, she knew that she would be needing to confirm the results for the young boy so she already wheeled the machine over to the room's door. She brought it inside and turned it on, it looked very much like an ultrasound machine with an extra wand attached. She picked up one of the wands that looked almost thin enough to be a needle, "this is the first part, this is what test your pheromones to determine what kind your body is emitting." "Fine, just do it already," Sasuke demanded firmly but he felt nervous, what if there wasn't a mistake? Naruto sprayed something, he remembered seeing the blond take something out of his jacket, but thanks to his hastiness, he didn't get a good look at what it was. Be he figured that it must have been since there was no way pheromones could have gotten into the hair that quickly and that strongly unless someone had a concentrated bottle of it. Sasuke was told once that concentrated pheromones could be obtained, but handing it out went against a few laws, depending on the potency, the higher the percent, the more law it broke. Plus, there were illegal ways to get the most potent percentage for cheap if said person had the right connections. Sasuke couldn't know how potent the percentage of the pheromones that Naruto had on him. However way Naruto had gotten the pheromones, legally or illegally, if the percentage was high enough, it would only take about three sprays to drive an alpha to madness. He didn't know how many times he sprayed, but it was enough to make Sasuke lose his sense. "Nurse, would a bottle of pheromones be able to do this to me?" He asked as the nurse touched the needle-like wand to his neck. "A bottle?" The woman asked with a thoughtful look on her face, she frowned, "it depends on the percentage." The machine beeped and the woman took the wand away and looked at the screen, "just as I thought," she stepped aside so that Sasuke could see. The screen read 'Omega' clear and bright across the screen, "now, I don't really think your body would be developed enough for the second part. However, if you would like to have the second part done, it would be a simple examination where he looked for further evidence of your second gender." Sasuke wasn't saying anything as his eyes couldn't move away from the screen, "I see you need time, so whenever you are feeling up to it, you can come and find me to get the permission form to give to your parents when they come to pick you up this evening." "What? My parents?" Sasuke asked looking to have ghostly at the mention of them. He knew exactly what was going to happen when they heard this news, suddenly he felt as if he couldn't breathe. "No, don't let them see me here!" Sasuke was frantic as he held his head in his head, Naruto did this to him, he didn't know how, but he knew that it had to be him. He blamed Naruto for this. That's when it hit him, the answer he was looking for to get out of his predicament. Naruto, it was all Naruto's fault, it had to be. The woman sighed, oblivious to Sasuke's line of thought at the moment, as she wiped off her wand and put it away. "As I said, Sasuke, your parents are on the way. I know that your parents are the leaders of the influential U Group, because of that, stopping them from coming to the school whenever they want or whenever they are called would be impossible for me. I already called them and told them what happened to you yesterday, there's nothing more that I can do until they get here." She started pushing the machine out of the room and paused at the door to open it, "feel free to rest up in here until they arrive." The nurse was about to close the door when Sasuke called out, "wait! What happened yesterday? This happened today." The nurse paused her actions, looking back at the boy on the bed, she searched his eyes to see if she was telling the truth. When she didn't detect a lie beyond those scared dark eyes, she sighed, they don't pay her enough for this. She was supposed to be in charge of the omega second this week, little did she know that she would be dealing with this bull shit. Though cases like Sasuke's don't happen often, they are not unknown to happen at some point during the year. Usually to an omega who had yet to present. Or if someone had sort of a serious crush on a student who had yet to present, something like this could potentially happen. Not that it rarely did happen this early in the year, and to a freshman on the gifted class at that. The woman sighed and closed the door instead, pushing the machine off to the side, she headed back over to Sasuke's beside. Taking her seat, she put on a serious face and looked Sasuke in the eyes, "tell me everything that you remember."
To be continued...
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The rumors about Sasuke missing school for a week because of an incident started to spread like wildfire one week later. Naruto didn't know what was going on with the younger Uchiha, but he knew that he had something to do with it. The last time Naruto had seen the boy, he was taking him to the nurse's office, thankfully his aunt Tsunade was on duty today, so he handed Sasuke off to her and ran off without saying a word. She was sure to ask him a ton of questions about why he was the one to bring Sasuke to her office when the two of them should have been in the assembly. He had expected Sasuke to wake up later that day and come back to class looking either pissed or ignoring him completely the next time he saw him. But that didn't happen. Naruto looked around the class each morning, searched the hall, and then finally, he asked his aunt about what happened. Tsunade wasn't allowed to tell Naruto much, but what she did tell him was that Sasuke had to be taken out of school for a while for treatment. Naruto didn't want to tell his aunt about what really happened, so he spun a lie that sounded close enough to the believable truth. Another thing he was able to learn from years of experience. Naruto's side of the story was that when he was on his way to the assembly, he noticed that Sasuke was acting strangely. When he followed the Uchiha, he saw the boy was bent over on the ground behind the west building making funny noises. Naruto told her that when he finally stopped moving, that was when he went to check on him and that was when he found the boy unconscious. He mentioned the smell in the area, even a bata would be able to notice the smell, so Naruto's story would have sufficient evidence that he wouldn't get into trouble, but the situation would be investigated. The blond didn't mind that, and he also didn't mind the fact that Sasuke was out for a while. Yet, the thing that jeeps bothering him a bit nowadays was the fact that he could still smell the sweetness in the air. And not just sweet, he smelled an assortment of things in the air these days, ever since that day, he was able to pick up on a lot of scents in the air. At first, Naruto thought that it was just a slight side effect from the pheromone spray he used, but when it kept happening, he changed his mind and decided that it was a part of his body starting to present. He thought that he might be starting a bit early as Sasuke had during the summer break, and there was nothing really wrong with him, so he accepted this as a part of his new normal. It's been happening about a week now, so he didn't mind, he had gotten used to it, so he didn't bother telling anyone until he presented. He honestly didn't care what gender he presented as since he couldn't control it. He figured that since he came from a family of mostly alphas, he would either be an alpha or a bata. Then again, he could turn out to be an omega. His parents might not like that for a while, but he was positive that they could find a way to get over it and use it to their advantage. His father especially since he was the head alpha of the family, while his mother was an omega. Though his mother was a prince, he was not allowed to have the same advantages as his father, but still, the two of them made things work in their favor more often than not. "Oi, Naruto, you still with me man?" Shikamaru asked in a slightly irritated tone. "Huh? Oh, sorry, I was thinking about something else, what did you say, Shika?" Naruto asked coming out of his thoughts, he looked from the large window he was looking out of for the past hour to the boy in front of him. Shikamaru pouted, rolling his eyes, he picked up his pencil and started writing again, "it's nothing, forget about it." Naruto could tell that he was clearly frustrated, "you're always lost in your thoughts, you better get back to studying before sensei comes back in. You're always like this," he looked back up at the blond, still upset, "what were you thinking about anyway?" "Nothing, sorry," Naruto said turning back to his books. They were currently working on a project together in a study group so that they could percent it on Friday. However, Naruto was finding it hard to think when there was a really delicious smell coming from someone close to him. He wondered if it could be Shikamaru, or maybe the other boy who was sitting next to him at the shared desk. A transfer student named Garra, who started in their year on the second day of school. He was quiet and didn't talk much, but Naruto liked his personality enough to let him share a desk with him during science. In fact, Shikamaru, his childhood friend, and Gaara seemed to have most of his classes with him. Naruto didn't mind that so much as the scent that seemed to now follow him through most of his classes. Looking from Shikamaru, his oldest friend from childhood, he could smell a scent from him. It was light and summery, very nice, like a cool breeze. His face was rounded and innocent, his hair was long and usually pulled back into a messy bun or ponytail. He rarely saw him with his hair any other way since Shikamaru said it was kind of clan rule or something. Naruto liked to be around Shikamaru because out of all of the kids he was forced to make friendly connections with the kids within his social circle, Shikamaru was by far his favorite. Shikamaru Nara, the heir to the famed Nara Pharmaceutical company, was quite the looker, it didn't matter if it was an omega, beta, or alpha, Shikamaru had gained many fans over the summer thanks to his looks. As far as he knew, Shikamaru had yet to present, but his birthday was still months away. Still, Naruto wondered what the boy would be, he didn't want to assume because of how he looked because the ones wearing the Nara title would usually present on their birthday, they were usually alphas. With a few exceptions As for Gaara. Naruto didn't know him very well, he was quiet most of the time and only talked when he was spoken to. Naruto had no clue what to make of him, but he was also cute. Milky skin and flaming red hair, not to mention those extraordinary seafoam green eyes. Naruto sighed, picking up his biology book, and looking up at the clock hanging on the wall at the front of the class, they still had another thirty minutes left of class. He looked back down to his books, he was already bored, so he didn't know what else to do other than to focus on his books. Shikamaru pouted more, "Naruto, what's up with you? You've been out of it most of last week, and then yesterday too when we were hanging out. What's up, for real this time." Naruto rolled his eyes, he could tell that Shikamaru wasn't let this go any time soon. "Alright, alright, I've been thinking about Sasuke's absent, happy now?" Shikamaru put down his pencil, "no, why are you thinking about him? Isn't he the one that had beef with you first?" He leaned in close and whispered, "I thought you beat his ass that day, didn't you?" Naruto shook his head, "no," he leaned forward and whispered, "I did something else." "What?" Shikamaru shook his head, "wait, don't tell me you actually..." Naruto put a finger to his lips to silence him for saying. Shikamaru facepalmed, "seriously? Are you a dumbass or what? I told you not to use that shit on the school grounds!" He hissed, "I don't want to be dressed into your shit, Naru, what's up with you?" Naruto shrugged, "sorry, he just pissed me off that day. You know what he did, he's lucky that I didn't beat his ass as I had planned, or else the both of us would have been in the hospital and suspended. I promise you, you won't get dragged in even if they did find out." He sighed, tired of the conversation, "whatever, stop talking about it, we're in class right now." Shikamaru facepalmed again and turned to the other boy at the desk, "Gaara, help me out here. Tell Naruto he was as ass." Gaara looked up from his biology book to look at Naruto, "you were an ass. Don't drag me into it," then he went back to reading. Naruto rolled his eyes again, "really? You're making Gaara take your side, dick more, Shika." Shikamaru folded his arms, "and I told you not to use that shit on the grounds. It was experimental. At. Best." "And I tested it out. Get. Over. It," Naruto replied picking up his book to block his view of the Nara. Shikamaru rolled his eyes this time, "whatever, but if anyone does come asking where you got that bottle from, don't even mention the sound of my name. If you do, I'm cutting you off." "Noted," Naruto replied from behind his book, Shikamaru shook his head and went back to work. Thirty minutes later and the bell rang, the students packed up their stuff and started leaving the class, chatting with their friends happily. It was the last class of the day so they were ready to enjoy some free time after school, Shikamaru followed Naruto out of the room with Gaara close behind them. They were heading back to the boy's dorm, since it was a weekday, they were meant to stay on campus to ensure that their studies don't get interrupted by outside interference. This would be the first year that Naruto would be needing to go to the dorms since it was meant for students twelve to eighteen, with special privileges going to the high school seniors. The dorms were separated accordingly, the twelve to fourteen-year-olds got dorms to themselves The fifteen to seventeen-year-olds got dorms to themselves, while the eighteen-year-olds got a whole building to themselves. The omega and alphas for each grade had their own separate wings in each building so that neither of them would interact more than they had to. Betas didn't need a special wing, so they were allowed to mix with either alpha or omegas since betas weren't affected by the pheromones directly unless it was extremely strong. Once an omega's heat hits, they are either sent home or sent to a special dorm to ride it out if they are unable to get home safely. Naruto was staying in the middle school dorm on the first year's level. The first years would still be able to head home on the weekends, once they made it to their second year, they would be staying on campus permanently. Except for holidays and special family events. Naruto was roommates with Gaara and another boy named Lee, who was very excitable. Shikamaru's room was across the hall from his, his roommates consisted of a boy named Shino, and another boy named Chouji. Because the first years are still presenting, before the end of the school year, everyone would exchange their current roommates with new ones who shared the same second gender as them. This only meant that Naruto didn't have to keep putting up with Lee's hype for too much longer. As they entered the dorm building, Naruto was hit with a lot of sweet smells mixed with something sour. He guessed that the sweetness came from the omegas who have or have yet to present, while the sour scent was probably from fear. Or someone's unwashed gym socks, it could be either one for the first years early. He made his way up the steps to the second floor after taking off his outside shoes and putting them in his assigned locker, exchanging them for his indoor ones. Shikamaru and Gaara made their way up the stairs after him, as they traveled upwards, Naruto and Shikamaru were talking about random things when suddenly the sweet smell started to get much sweeter. It got to the point that Naruto found the smell intoxicating, he had to cover his nose by the time he reached the top step. Shikamaru noticed the blond's reaction, "what's the matter? You smell something bad or what?" He asked curiously as he watched Naruto stopped in the hallway suddenly, Gaara nearly bumped into him when he did. Gaara looked up from his phone and took out one of his air pods, "what's the matter?" Naruto shook his head as he started to feel a little light-headed, "it's nothing really, but...don't you guys smell that?" "Smell what?" Shikamaru sniffed the air around them, so did Gaara, Nara couldn't tell what Naruto was smelling. Though, there was a scent in the air, "oh, maybe it's laundry day for someone?" Naruto shook his head, "no, it's not that," he said holding his nose closed tight so he didn't have to smell the intoxicating smell. "I don't know what it is, but it smells really sweet." Shikamaru raised an eyebrow at that, "it smells sweet?" Gaara stepped up to the last step with the other two boys, he sniffed the air once more and didn't smell the sweetness that Naruto mentioned. "I don't really know what you're smelling, but I have a brother who presents as an alpha a while back. I think he said the same thing, so maybe that's a sign that you're starting to present your gender." "But his birthday is still a ways away," Shikamaru sighed, "maybe it's because of that thing." Naruto turned to the Nara with an unimpressed look, "are we talking about it now or what?" He asked as he started walking down the hall towards his room while trying to ignore the smell. "Forget about alpha, he might be turning into a moody omega," Shikamaru whispered under his breath as he followed after the blond. "My sister said the same thing about my brother before he presented," Gaara said as he walked with him. Shikamaru only rolled his eyes at the red head's comment, the duo made their day down the hall, watching Naruto quickly unlock his shared bedroom door and disappeared inside it. Less than a second later, Naruto ran out of the room gasping for air. Shikamaru and Gaara picked up the pace to get to him, "what's up with you?" The Nara asked wondering what was going on with his friend these days, he was acting a little more eccentric than usual. Naruto was light-headed from the sudden burst of sweetness he smelt when he walked into his shared room. When he went in, Lee was in there, as usual, so he expected to be suddenly bombarded with questions as soon as he entered. However, that didn't happen. What did end up happening was that Naruto saw Lee laying on the ground in the center of the room making the oh-so-familiar sounds that he remembered Sasuke making the last time he saw the boy. A second later, he was hit with the sickeningly sweet scent that was wafting off of Lee in waves. It was shocking enough that Naruto's body jumped in gear and his feet reversed themselves out of the room on their own before the smell could overtake his senses. At the moment, Naruto was feeling light-headed because of how the smell suddenly filled his nose, he just barely registered that his friends were there, "in the room...it Lee..." Naruto pinched the bridge of his nose to get ahold of himself, "I think he's presenting as an omega," he said as he tried to get back onto his feet. "He's what?!" Shikamaru and Gaara asked surprised in unison, Naruto was a little surprised since that was the most emotion he had heard in Gaara's voice, ever. The two quickly turned back to the open door to see that Lee, in fact, was on the floor of the room moaning and squirming around a bit. His face was flushed and pale, the scent coming from the room only grew stronger. Stong enough for the two of them to start smelling it. It was by far the sweetest smell they had ever smelled in their lives until now, and there was no denying that it was coming from Lee. Though, it was unexpected. How was it that Lee, of all people, who worked out all the time and pushed himself as much as any alpha, was presenting as an omega? Lee wasn't all that great at books, but he was excellent with sports, running, jumping, fighting, anything physical, Lee could and would do it without a problem. Naruto had almost expected the boy to certainly turn into an alpha, so did Shikamaru and Gaara. Yet, this sweet smell that the three of them were smelling was undeniably from an omega. Alphas were known to have nice smells too, some would be sweet, however, omegas had the sweetest smell by far, so there was no mistaking their scent. "What should we do?" Gaara asked feeling lost in the moment, his head was starting to get a little fuzzy, but he didn't allow himself to become to it. His instincts were telling him to go to Lee, to protect him, but he wasn't sure if that was the best thing for him to do. He looked to Shikamaru who looked to be struggling to think. "I...don't know," Shikamaru said in an almost whisper as the smell was slowly starting to affect him as well. But out of the three of them, he was probably thinking the clearest, "l-lets get inside." He quickly moves into the room, making his way to one of the beds, grabbed a sheet from it, and brought it over to Lee to cover him with it. If anything, Shikamaru wanted to at least give Lee a piece of mind, to not feel that he had unknowingly exposed himself to everyone while he was out of it. Shikamaru looked at Lee's face, they were flushed to hell, and he was dripping with sweetness, not to mention the uncomfortable look he wore on his face. Shikamaru could tell that the boy was in distress, but he didn't really know how to help Lee himself. If it came down to it, they would need a really strong beta to help fight off any alphas who came near. The three of them wouldn't be able to do anything if alpha were to show up right now. Especially if that alpha was newly presented and didn't know how to control himself. Shikamaru looked up at his friends, "what are you guys doing? Get in here and help me!" He shouted at the two boys, which seemed to wake them up as the two quickly rushed into the room, closing and locking the door behind him. Naruto was pinching his nose so he couldn't too much of Lee's scent, it was so tempting that his mouth was starting to water. Maybe he really was turning into an alpha after all, but he couldn't allow that to get in the way of helping Lee right now. Naruto quickly scanned the room and raced over to his bedside table at the far end of the room next to the window. He fished out a bandana and tied it around the lower part of his face so he could free up his hands to help, he turned back to Shikamaru once he was done, he could still smell the scent rolling off of Lee as he squirmed on the ground, but it was a little manageable now. "Shikamaru, what do you want us to do?" Naruto asked seriously. "Um...okay, we need to calm him down a bit, and we need to get a nurse up here fast to give him medicine," Shikamaru stated as he tried to comfort Lee the best he could. "I'll go," Gaara suddenly said without giving Naruto the chance to volunteer. "I can go, I can get there faster if I take my skateboard," he explained as he was already reaching for the said object that had been placed against the wall next to the door they just came through. Shikamaru nodded, "alright, but hurry back." Gaara nodded and picked up his board, opened the door then dashed out, moving as fast as his legs could manage. Naruto closed the door and locked it again after looking out into the hallway for a moment. There were a couple of students starting to come out of their room, one student nearly got ran over by Gaara in his rush to get the nurse. Some were talking to their roommates and neighbors about the sweet smell in the air, they didn't seem to be able to locate its source while they were in their room, so they came into the halls. Naruto turned back to the Nara, "we're starting to get a bit of a crowd out there, Shika." "Well shit," Shikamaru cursed, which he rarely did unless he was really stressed. Shikamaru looked down at Lee's shivering form as the boy reached out and grabbed the sleeve of his shirt. Naruto could tell that Lee was feeling something intense, he felt bad for the boy. "Sh-Shikamaru...p-please...make it...s-stop," Lee forced out throw gasps and moans, his eyes were watering. "P-p-please...make...it stop..." he cried. Shikamaru held his hand in his, "don't worry, we'll get you help. Just hang in there a little while longer. " Naruto watched Shikamaru try to comfort Lee as best as he could, but it seemed to do little for the whimpering boy on the ground. Naruto doesn't know how long they had been in that room like that, the smell seemed to grow stronger by the second. It was sweet, like fruit, rich grapes, and fragrant strawberries. The smell soon mixed with the smell of summer, the smell of freshly cut grass on a sunny day. Naruto felt a little lightheaded, and his drooling continued under his makeshift facemask, it took him a minute to realize what was happening. Shikamaru was being affected as well. This could be bad. Just then Naruto remembered the lecture they had to attend on the second day of school. It was a mandatory school-wide lecture made by the principal of the school about pheromone control. The most important thing Naruto remembered from that time now was the fact that; If a student who had yet to present was exposed to a large number of pheromones at one time, that student would present as either alpha or omega. If they presented as an alpha, the only thing needed was close monitoring and counseling. If they presented as an omega, then that student would need to be quarantined immediately in the omega wing for at least a week, then they would need to be reissued their omega uniform, which came with a pheromone suppressing collar. "I wonder what could have caused this," Naruto whispered to himself as he watched the boy struggle on the ground. Shikamaru shook his head, "I don't know. But, I think he might have come in contact with a large amount of ph-" he paused as he slowly turned his eyes up to Naruto. "What's today?" "Wednesday, why?" Naruto asked not sure what that had to do with anything. But Shikamaru did, "Naruto, it's Wednesday. Lee's training class runs around the west building on Wednesday." The blond didn't seem to understand what that had to do with their situation now, the Nara rolled his eyes, "that pheromone spray is probably still lingering around there!" He hissed, trying not to be too loud in case someone was listening. Naruto's brows furrowed, "but it's already been a week. Can pheromones really linger that long?" Shikamaru nodded, "yes, depending on how strong they are. And if I know you, you probably overdid it that day and sprayed more than twice as I told you not to do." Naruto paused, thinking about what the Nara just said, "damn, so I caused this?" He felt bad, if he was the reason why Lee was in this state, then he would be mad at himself. Although Lee could be annoying and overly hyper at times, he didn't wish this on him. "Is there a way to reverse this or something?" "How am I supposed to know?" Shikamaru sighed in frustration, he regretted ever giving Naruto that spray bottle in the first place. Even though he did warn him about spraying it more than twice, he didn't really know how potent the contents were. "Damnit...this is on me. If I hadn't given you the bottle in the first place, then this probably wouldn't be happening right now." He muttered to himself, even though he said that he had been upset about Sasuke's as well. The Uchiha would corner the Nara in the locker room during gym class and tried to hit on him, even though he didn't know what Shikamaru was going to present as. While alphas and omegas were separated, the students who had yet to present were classified as betas until they did, so that was why Sasuke was allowed to still share the same locker room as the rest of the boys in their class. "Don't beat yourself up, Shika, I was the one who sprayed the bottle that day," Naruto said as he leaned back on the door. Just then, a loud pounding came on the door, the blond thought that it could have been Gaara and the nurse coming to help them out, but he picked up a scent o the other side of the door. Naruto came to notice that Gaara's scent smelled like the beach most of the time, but that wasn't what he was picking up. Instead of a fresh ocean breeze, he smelled a scent that was close to an earthy forest with undertones of something firey. Naruto turned around to look out the peephole to have a look outside, instead of seeing red hair, he saw messy brown hair and red markings. Kiba. Much like Sasuke, he had also presented over the summer as an alpha. "Who is it?" Shikamaru asked to hope that it was the nurse. "It's Kiba," Naruto said as he reached over to the nearest desk to grab the chair seated there and jammed it against the door. Kiba would have to break the door down if he wanted to get into the room. Kiba was the heir to the Inuzuka cooperation, an elite guard company that specialized in searching and protecting people, dangerous or otherwise. Their alphas were known to be very strong, and their omegas seemed to be just as strong, and aggressive. Kiba's mother, and alpha, being the current head of the cooperation sort of gave Kiba a complex where he needed to be in control of everything. It didn't help that Kiba had claimed Naruto as 'his bitch' when they were seven in front of everyone. And was embarrassed for it right after. Needless to say, the blond Uzumaki had become a target for him ever since. Naruto kept an eye on Kiba through the peephole, "oi, Blondy bitch, open up this door right now. What's with that sweet smell coming from the tour room, eh? I knew you would present as an omega eventually!" Kiba shouted through the door with a wicked smirk on his face, "hurry up and open the door so I can finally mark you as my bitch already!" Kiba's presence outside the door seemed to awaken something in Lee as he quickly turned to the door and tried to get up. "Alpha?" Lee moaned, his pupils were blown wide with lust, clearly no longer in control of his actions anymore. "Shit, that bastard just had to show up right now, of all the times," Naruto cursed as he held the door closed along with the chair. Meanwhile, Shikamaru was trying to calm down Lee and stop him from going to the door. Lee shivered at just about every touch he got from Shikamaru, but he couldn't stop himself, "alpha! please..." the boy started to cry again. His instincts were telling him what to do, and his body felt very sensitive at the moment, it was almost like it was on fire. The only thing he felt could make the pain he felt go away was the alpha standing behind the door. Shikamaru was trying his best to keep Lee still, but it was hard to do since he was so strong. Lee stood up and tried to head for the door even while Shikamaru was now trying to hold him down with all the strength he could muster. Working out all the time had earned Lee a lot of strength to drag his body up from the ground even though Shikamaru was practically hanging onto him to stay down. Shikamaru looked to Naruto, "do something!" Naruto couldn't think straight with all the commotion going on. Between Kiba trying to get to him, and Lee trying to get to Kiba, while Shikamaru was trying to keep Lee in place, it was getting really annoying fast. "Everyone be quiet!" Naruto shouted, instantly the noise stopped, Lee dropped to his knees with Shikamaru falling with him. Kiba's voice became silent, Naruto looked around, seeing the two boys in the room had stopped what they were doing and were just looking at him, Lee still looked under his instincts control but was otherwise silent. Another knock came on the door after that, this time it was much lighter and came with the scent of sea breeze, Naruto took another look through the peephole to see his aunt, Tsunade standing in front of the door. "Naruto, open up, I came as fast as I could," Tsunade called from outside of the room. It took a second before the chair was removed and the door opened, Tsunade rushed in, falling to her patient's side to check on him. By now, Lee's tears were flowing freely, "what happened?" She asked as she could definitely smell the scent of two, not one, omega in the room, contradicting Gaara's previous claim. Speaking of the redhead, he was staying outside the room holding his nose, Naruto could tell that he could smell the strong scent coming from the room. "Naruto, how can you stand to be in there this long?" He asked the blond since he was having trouble keeping his control not rushing over to the source of the smell right then and there. Naruto shrugged his shoulders and turned back to watch his aunt look over the boy. "We were coming back from class when I noticed a really sweet smell coming from our room, then I saw Lee on the ground," Naruto explained. "Did an alpha get in while I was on my way?" Tsunade asked, Naruto shook his head, "I see..." She sighed, "I'm going to have to do more than quarantine him in the omega wing. He needs to come to the main building right away," she helped Lee onto his feet to see how well he could stand. Lee stumbled a bit, but his legs seemed to still be working well enough, he looked over to Naruto with tearful eyes, whispering something under his breath. "Alpha..." Naruto was dumbfounded, his instincts were practically screaming at him to go to the boy right now, but he kept his ground. He wasn't presented yet, so he couldn't just go to Lee, he would have no way to comfort him. The best way to comfort an omega would be to let another omega do it, so he looked to Shikamaru, the Nara nodded as he went to Lee's side to help him stand. Lee looked disappointed by this. Naruto didn't know or really understand why that was. Suddenly Lee collapsed into Tsunade's arms, "damnit, he's going under." The woman decided to lift Lee into her arms and started rushing out of the room quickly, "everyone move, make way right now!" She yelled her orders and the others moved to the side, not wanting to get in her way, they all watched in awe as the woman carried Lee down the stairs and out of sight. "What was that about?" Shikamaru asked stepping closer to the blond, his head was starting to feel a little light now that Lee was in better hands. The adrenaline he felt moments ago was disappearing and he fell to his knees again. "Shikamaru!" Naruto rushed over to the boy to catch him before he fell. Shikamaru looked up into ocean blue and jade green eyes. Naruto was always an odd person in Shikamaru's mind, even the unfortunate mismatch of his eyes stuck out in his mind as his mind started to go dark. Shikamaru smirked, "you should get yourself tested at the upcoming physical, I think you'll be an alpha." "What? What are you talking about, my birthday is still months away," Naruto said looking down at the Nara. But he didn't get a reply as the boy passed out in his arms, he felt Shikamaru's forehead and he was burning up, "damn it. He must be presenting early because of Lee," he quickly picked the boy up into his arms and started heading towards the main building after Tsunade. And to think, all Naruto had planned to do once he got to his room was sleep.
To be continued...
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Naruto sighed, this day had turned from normal, to odd, to straight-up exhausting. He didn't know how much more of it he could take. He thought that after he brought Shikamaru to the nurse's office earlier, he would just be able to sit by his bed and wait for him to wake up, or be sent back to the dorm so he could get some rest. However, that didn't happen because after what happened that evening, the dean of students for the first year, and the omega guidance counselor both called him into their office. Naruto didn't know who to go to first, but after thinking it over, he went to the omega guidance counselor's office. He was confused about a lot of things, and he wanted to see if he could get some answers. He didn't need to wait for long after knocking before he was called into the office. There was a pleasant perfume in the air that was both subtle and calming. "Please, have a seat, Uzumaki, thank you for coming," the male omega said with a warm smile. Naruto nodded and took one of the seats in front of the man's desk. Looking at him up close, the blond could not deny that he looked pretty, his tanned skin looked smooth and soft, and his hair was pulled back into a neat bun atop his head. He wore a simple button-down shirt with a navy cardigan that looked one size too big for him, but it could have been borrowed from someone else. Who knows. The man wore his suppressant collar around his neck which didn't seem to suit what he was wearing, but the thing that stood out most about the omega was the scar that ran across his nose. Omegas didn't have scars usually, and the few who did always had a bad story to go with it, Naruto almost wanted to ask about it, but he respected the man's privacy. After all, this was technically their first meeting together, so talks like that could come much later. Naruto cleared his throat, "may I ask what I was called here for?" He asked as he was curious, he knew why the dean of students had called for him since the incident was a big deal. All of the deans handled the general student offers, but the omega and alpha deans only dealt with alpha/omega-related problems amongst the students. That left the regular dean to handle everyone and everything else involving the students. The man nodded, "yes, of course. But before I do, let me explain something to you," he took a moment to clear his throat as he reached down behind his desk to take something out of the draw. He placed a small pink binder on his desk bit a big 'O' on the front with the current year on it. "This is a list of all of our current omegas that have presented and are in rolled," he said slowly, Naruto nodded his head in understanding. He then took out a thin filing folder, opening it, he took out two pages and placed them side by side in front of Naruto, "do you know these two?" Naruto looked down at the two pages with some confusion, one had a picture of Shikamaru with all of his relevant information on it. The other paper had a picture of Lee with all of his information on it. "Uh, yes, Lee is my roommate and Shikamaru is my childhood friend, we have most of our classes together," he explains. He remembered back to the last time he saw the two of them, it was less than an hour before he had been called to both councilor's offices. If their profile was being shown to him here, then he had the sinking feeling that he knew what had happened to them, "are they...I mean, did they already..." he didn't want to finish the question, but he didn't need to. "Yes," the man sighed. "Let me introduce myself, "my name is Iruka Umino, the Dean of the Omega students," Naruto nodded to him. It was uncommon for omegas to shake hands with students how to have yet to present because their pheromones could affect the students presenting. Naruto understood this because of his many tutoring sessions with his nanny, or rather, his butler, Haku, who was only a few years older than him, and an alpha. From what his oldest brother told him, he was adopted into the family specifically for Naruto's upbringing, which isn't uncommon amongst families like his, though Naruto didn't really like to think of him as such. Haku was very knowledgeable about a lot of things, Naruto would like to think it was because his parents had tried to get him to learn so that he may teach Naruto whenever they were too busy. And they were usually busy throughout the day, leaving only dinner time and early in the morning for him and his siblings to get a glimpse of them. Among the things that Haku had taught him over the years was that children who had yet to present should be careful around the ones who have or else there would be a change reaction. Naruto didn't fully understand what that meant or entailed until this moment. Then he thought back to the spray bottle, he was starting to wonder how potent the contents of it really were. From what Naruto had learned in the past, pheromone sprays are usually meant for recreational uses and was usually meant for adults. However, Shikamaru had come to him with the bottle asking him to test it out for him but warned that he should only spray it about twice. Naruto didn't think too much about it back then, but now he was curious. Where had Shikamaru gotten the bottle, and how, Naruto was tempted to go ask him about it, but seeing how the Nara was now quarantined, he couldn't? "Uzumaki?" Iruka called his name since had had this far away look in his eye, "were you listening just now?" "Oh, I'm sorry, I wasn't paying attention...there was something on my mind," Naruto replied sheepishly. "What were you saying?" Iruka sighed, not happy that he had to repeat himself. "What I was trying to say is that these two are still a little ways away from their actual twelve birthday. While it is normal for some to present a few weeks to a month before or after their twelve birthday, having one present about six months from their birthday. On top of that, have them present so intensely that they would surpass the doubt stage is a little unusual." He picked up on the confused look on Naruto's face, "I see you are confused, but that's understandable since it's still pretty early in the semester for you. The 'Doubt Stage' is a relatively new term that came up, it's only a couple of years old now and kind of uncommon, so not a lot of people have heard of it. Basically, it's a phenomenon where there a child that has recently presented their second gender goes through a period where their hormones suddenly take a turn and their secondary gender changes completely." Iruka reached into the folder and took out another profile, this one had Sasuke's information on it. Naruto's eyes widened, "Sasuke?" He looked up at Iruka who nodded, "how can that be? His birthday was during the summer, it was a month before we came back to school. Can...can this 'Doubt Stage' thing really affect someone that far out?" Iruka nodded, "from what the doctor told us, it seems that way. However, there's a bit of concern," he clasped his hands and looked him in the eye. Naruto gulped, a nervousness rising in him, "from what I can see, there was this...situation that needs to investigate." "What do you mean?" Naruto asked curiously. Iruka took a moment to think over his next words, he was taking a chance here, but he starting to worry about the omegas in the school. "I was hoping to keep this between the two of us if you don't mind," Naruto looked nodded, "good. The thing is, there has been a bit of a spike in early presenting students in the past few weeks. The principal thought it had been a fluke, but after I saw your friend and your roommate with the same symptoms, I'm convinced that something is going on here." Naruto could definitely agree with that, but he couldn't admit that he had something to do with it unless he was sure. He knew that there was a possibility that he caused the increase with the spray bottle, but there wasn't a guarantee that he was really the cause. Naruto decided that he should find out for sure, and the best way to do that would be to talk to Shikamaru as soon as he could. "Hmm, okay, I can try my best to help, just let me know what I can do," he stated and Iruka smiled at him. Iruka stood up while still smiling at the blond, "I will let you know once I find something for you to do. You can let your friends know that I will be dropping by to see them soon," Naruto nodded as he also got to his feet. "Oh, and Uzumaki, I also would like you to be careful. While it is uncertain what anyone's second gender will be before they present, but just in case, please check in with the nurse as soon as you're able to pick up other's scents." Naruto paused, "okay, is that one of the symptoms that you mentioned?" Iruka hesitantly nodded, "yes...and no, it's just an indication that you're getting ready to preset. Just promise me that you'll talk to the nurse when it happens." "Yes, I will," Naruto nodded but didn't say anything else. He had been able to smell other's scents for about a little over two weeks now, so he could probably say something about it today. After he saw the other guidance counselor. Iruka walked him to the door and said their goodbyes, Naruto left the office, walking down the hallway while Iruka watched him for a moment before closing the door. The omega had a feeling that Naruto knew more than he was letting on, but without any proof, he couldn't be sure. Either way, he went back into his office to get back to work, meanwhile, Naruto was thinking to himself, mostly about Shikamaru and the spray bottle. He never asked the Nara where he got it from, at least not really, so he needed to find time to question Shikamaru. From what Tsunade told him, Shikamaru's situation was not as intense as Lee's, so he would most likely recover sooner than the other boy. The blond sighed again as his legs found their way to the office door of the dean of students, he already had an idea of what would be said. He knocked on the door and went in once he was called, once this meeting was over, he would be sure to check in on his friends. He noticed that Gaara hadn't texted him for a while since the last time they saw each other, he would have to see about that later though as he was now seated in front of the dean. A man wearing a bright green button-down shirt stood next to his desk reading some papers, he looked up briefly to see Naruto entering his office. The man in green smiled, "ah, Naruto Uzumaki, how are you on this youthful day?" The man asked with a bright smile on his face. "I'm fine," Naruto greeted before taking the seat the man gestured to, and waited for the man to also take his seat and greet him properly, meanwhile, Naruto looked around the office. There wasn't really much of a scent in the room other than some colon that was no doubt coming from the man. It was a popular smell that was said to be top dollar in only the best stores, but Naruto heard a rumor that this dean usually got a lot of gifts. Among those gifts included expensive perfume from parents who want to get their kids into this school. Naruto guessed that the rumors were true because the smell was all over the office. But the blond had to admit that it was a nice break from the smell of pheromones he had been smelling all day. It was different from Iruka's office, a little bigger in size with lots of bookshelves that were almost overflowing with both records and books alike. "Alright then, young Uzumaki, do you have any idea why I called you into my office today?" The man asked Naruto had a guess, but humored the man anyway, "is it to talk about the incident that happened this evening?" The man nodded, "yes, it is," he got serious then, his small disappearing as he focused his eyes on the blond boy. "Right, I'm sorry to call you in so late after school hours have ended, but this is actually a very serious matter. As you probably now know, seeing as how you are close to both of them, the two students that were sent to the nurse office today have presented as omegas. While they both still fall under my care as students of this establishment, I do have some questions for you." Naruto nodded, "I don't know if the Omega's dean has told you what's been going on, but it seems that since the start of school, we seem to be getting a lot more students presenting earlier than usual. I'm not sure what is going on, but because of your family's standing, I wanted to inform you as it's growing in importance with each new case." Naruto was a little dumbfounded, since the start of school? Iruka had only told him that there had been an increase in cases recently, he said nothing about it starting since the beginning of school. Then again, that could be anything from the start of the first school day to the official end of the summer break, or just somewhere in between. And if that was really the case, then that means that Naruto's little spray bottle didn't bring about the increase as he thought it had. "Um, by the beginning, do you mean the first day of school or sometime before?"Naruto wanted to clarify to be sure. The man cleared his throat as he thought carefully about how to answer the boy's question, "that much, I can't say. Not in detail anyway, but we have started seeing some of our freshmen presenting more and more, and they're presenting more as alpha than omegas from what I heard. I don't think that it's a natural occurrence either, seeing as soon after they present, they are usually hospitalized, with the omegas being the worst of them all." "Really, how long do they stay?" Naruto asked as he was now concerned for his friends who had just presented today. Not to mention Gaara, Naruto wondered if, in the short time of being exposed to Lee's sudden heightened pheromones did Gaara also get affected. Naruto had texted the redhead on his phone on the way over to this office, but Haara had yet to answer him at all. Which was a little unusual since the boy was always on his phone outside of class. "It's usually about a week or two at most since their body needs to get used to its sudden transformation. If the transformation was normal, then an alpha wouldn't need to spend any time in the hospital. While the omega would simply go into a lighter version of their first heat. Both of them would need some type of suppressant agent that would settle their pheromones and keep them in check, for the omegas, it would be the well-known collars that are issued with their uniforms for their protection. It's well known that an omega's pheromones are strongest when they are pregnant, in emotional distress, and times before and after their heat arrives, so they need their collars whenever they are walking about outside of the safety of their homes to be safe. Whereas an alpha would simply get a monthly shot to keep their pheromones in check so it doesn't overwhelm other students who haven't presented yet, or intimidate the omegas who have." The man explained, he took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, "now then, as of now, the school has officially started to investigate the increase, so we would like everyone's help in getting the answers we seek. At the moment, Naruto was starting to wonder if Shikamaru knew about any of this, if he had, would he have still given him the bottle? "Um...okay, so what would you like for me to do? I don't think I can gather any evidence if I don't know what to look for," naruto said a little nervously. He was happy that this man was a beta, the lack of any kind of pheromones in the room was the biggest hint. "Evidence? No, we won't be needing you to go through that kind of trouble, as I said, the school is already looking into the matter." The man leaned back in his chair while tapping his thumbs together, "however, what we do need from you at the moment is your side. From our standpoint, this was a mysterious coincidence of two students simultaneously presenting as omegas and then going into their first heats just minutes of being in contact with each other. I would like for you to tell me in as much detail as you can remember, what happened in the days leading up to that event?" "In the days? You don't mean just what happened earlier today?" Naruto asked curiously?" The man nodded, "yes, from what we know, the students who get hospitalized usually show signs beforehand. I would like to know if you noticed anything during those days." Naruto nodded, "okay, then let me think," he said as he thought back to the passing week he had seen Shikamaru during class and interacted with Lee. There wasn't really anything much to tell, however, as each day he remembered was very normal in his opinion. Lee was very hyper, as usual, and Shikamaru was as chill as ice, most of the time. "Hm...I can't really remember anything, sorry. It all seemed like they were acting normally that I don't remember anything sticking out in my mind...well...actually." He paused as he remembered the day before yesterday. It was Monday and Shikamaru had shown up late to class, which was a bit odd since the Nara had the attendance record of an unwavering nun thanks to his mother's scolding. When he asked about it, Shikamaru said he had a late-night studying for the test that night, so he ended up coming to class later than usual. "Shikamaru did come in a little late Monday morning, but there wasn't anything else that was unusual about him the rest of the time," stated. "I see, and what about Lee? Anything sticks out about him, even if it seemed unimportant at the time, please tell me," the man asked seriously. Naruto thought back to all the times he had seen Lee in the past few days, "um...I think he said something about the training class he was in starting to get a bit harder. Does that count?" The man leaned forward with an interested glint in his eyes, "harder how? Did he say?" Naruto shrugged, "I don't know, I didn't ask back then." Since Lee had kept him up the night before while he was doing hundreds of pushups so he wouldn't fall behind the others in his class. Much like Naruto, Shikamaru, and Gaara, Lee was in an advanced class, so he was grouped with some of the older students. That included alphas. The alphas in Lee's class were known to be jerks, and Lee had set his goals to best all of them in class, no matter what it took. Lee would stay up long hours training his body and would need to get up early to ask for help studying before class from his roommates and friends. Naruto didn't always appreciate being woken up so early in the morning, but he had gotten used to it, because of that, he made it a habit to start his day once Lee woke him up in the morning. "I can't really think of anything, Lee's always been the type to work hard, sometimes he would overdo it and we would have to get him to stop somehow. Mostly with studying, it's like he doesn't know when to relax." The man nodded, "yeah, I heard about his nature already." He sighed, "as much as I would like to say that things for those two will be fine once they recover, I can't." "Why? What will happen to them?" Naruto asked, he thought that once Shikamaru and lee had recovered at the nurse's office, they would be back to school in about a week or two. It seems that that might not be the case after all. "Well, since those two are a part of the ones who had their secondary genders present earlier than normal, they will have to be taken into custody to be fully examined. It shouldn't take them more than a week of testing to be released back into the schools' care once more." Naruto was confused, "custody? Who's custody are we talking about here? Their parents?" The man shook his head, "no, I'm afraid that I can't answer that question right now. However, I will assure you that they will be in the best care they can be there. I can't tell you anything more than that, I apologize, young Uzumaki." Naruto frowned, "what kinds of tests are they going to have to go through?" The man stood up just then, "as I said, I can't tell you any more than that. But I do appreciate the concern you have for your friends, I am sure they will appreciate it greatly, now then, please make your way back to the dorms before it gets dark out. I don't want you to go wandering about with things as they are." Naruto watched the man for a long moment before standing up, "yes, I understand," he bowed his head and made his way back to the door. He paused with his hand on the doorknob for a moment before looking back at him, "um, sir, I don't think I got your name." He realized now that he didn't see this man at the entrance ceremony on the first day, so e didn't recognize him. This man, as well as Iruka, seemed to have both been missing on that day, so he wasn't wearing of who they were when he came to see them. The man nodded, "yes, that's because I didn't give it. The name's Gai, Might Gai, I just started here this semester. Nice to meet you, though I wish it were under better circumstances." Naruto nodded, "likewise," then he opened the door and walked out of the office. Naruto got back to his room about two hours later, he didn't think that today would end, but it finally seemed to be coming to a close now. It was already dark out by the time he took his shower and got ready for bed. He was more than ready to dive under the covers when he came back from the dorm's general shower, on his way back, he had passed the omega showers, wondering how Shikamaru and Lee would be feeling once they learned what happened to them. He had a feeling that Lee would be a little disappointed, but he wouldn't let it stop him from achieving his goal. Knowing him, he might even take it as a challenge. As for Shikamaru, he wasn't sure, he was the heir to a famous pharmaceutical company run by the head of his clan, a respected Alpha. Shikamaru was brought up in a pretty strict household, just like Naruto, so he figured that things might change a little for him. The incident couldn't really be avoided now, so Shikamaru would also probably find his own way to move on with it and call it a day. Speaking of Shikamaru, Naruto had made his way back over to the nurse's office only to find his aunt Tsunade sending off an ambulance, he didn't get to see who was inside or their condition, but he did get a whiff of their scent. It was Lee. When he asked his aunt what happened to his friends after he was called away, she told him that they both had to be sent away to the hospital. The reason being that the school wasn't capable of taking care of the two's case simultaneously because of the ambiguous way they had presented. Tsunade told him that there would be an investigation and that the other students would be needing to adhere to a nightly curfew now until the investigation was concluded. Naruto wasn't too happy about that, but he also wasn't surprised, though he would have to admit that this was all happening very fast. Within the hour that he had walked to both of the councilor's offices, spoken with them, and then came back to the main building, there was already a curfew in place. Naruto couldn't help but wonder if there was some kind of plan in play here. Either way, if there were or if there weren't wasn't of his concern since he couldn't do anything about it at the moment. The blond decided to head to the school's library for a while to clear his head and get some studying out of the way as well. He needed to think about something other than what was happening around him for a while before his brain exploded. He also needed time to think about certain things. He spent about an hour and thirty minutes at the library before the librarian told him that he needed to start heading back to his dorm. The curfew was in full effect, from nine o'clock at night until the hours between six o'clock eight o'clock in the morning, no one was allowed to leave their dorm building for any reason. Anyone caught outside would have to be given a warning, three warnings within one month meant a strike against their personal record. Two strikes equaled a punishment, and three meant they would be sent home for a while so that their parents could deal with them. Naruto sighed, "what a drag," he took a seat on his bed as he finished drying off his hair. He yawned, getting ready to lay down when he heard the door unlock and then open, looking up, he saw Gaara walking into the room, his hair also looked a little damp and his face was wet with sweat. "Uh, hey, where have you been, I've been trying to talk to you all evening," Naruto stated as he watched the redhead relock the door and walk over to his bed which was direct across from his, plopping down on it without another word. Naruto pouted, "oi, are you listening to me, did you hear what I said?" "Hm, sorry, I was thinking," Gaara said with a heavy sigh before allowing himself to fall back on the bed. "Hey, Naruto...how did things turn out this way?" He asked as he looked up at the ceiling. Naruto looked up at the plain ceiling as well, "I couldn't really tell you, Gaar, but I think it's going to get much worse before it gets better." "Hmm..." Gaara hummed in response before the both of them fell into a long silence. Naruto allowed himself to fall back on the bed, mirroring Gaara's position with his legs still hanging off the side of the bed. They both stayed like that for what seemed like an hour, but was only a few minutes, "hey, Gaara, you wanna hear something crazy?" "What's crazier than what just happened three hours ago?" Gaara replied as he sniffed, "I can still smell their scents in the air." Naruto closed his eyes for a moment, "I just heard from one of the councilors that there has been an increase in students presenting earlier than usual." "For real?" Gaara asked in a dead tone, he couldn't imagine going through that ordeal all over again any soon. "Why?" Naruto shrugged but Gaara couldn't see it, "they don't know. But they told me about it because of my family's social standing or whatever." "Hmm, sounds about right," Gaara said in a knowing town. Much like Naruto, his family was of royal blood as well, so he could understand what he was going through, the act he needed to put on outside of these walls. "Anyway, from what I heard today, I found out why Sasuke hadn't come back to school yet. I also know where Lee and Shikamaru had been sent off too," Naruto replied. Gaara picked his head up enough to look over at the blond's bed, "were you able to speak to them before they left?" "No, sorry," the blond replied. "Oh," Gaara let his head fall back onto the bed again. "But, what I found out is that there is an investigation going on. The dean of students told me that the students who present early are usually omegas rather than alphas, though there are some alphas mixed in. The ones who present like that are hospitalized because of the sudden changes, and the omegas are usually the ones staying in the hospital for long afterward." Naruto explained, "after they recover, they get tested for something, probably to see why their bodies suddenly changed the way it did." "So, did he say when they would be back?" Gaara asked. Naruto shrugged, "probably in a few weeks after they're cleared I guess, but that could be like three weeks from now. There's really not a lot that is being said about it though, I doubt that they're going to be announcing anything right away." The two boys stayed silent for a little while before Gaara sat up, "there's an increase on students presenting earlier, and an investigation about said, students. On top of that, no curfew's a school-wide with punishments involved." Naruto sat up a bit and gave Gaara a nod to confirm what he just said, "don't you think that's a bit odd Naruto?" Naruto rolled his eyes, "well it's certainly not normal, Gaara. What's your point?" Gaara sighed tiredly, "honestly I keep wondering how you ended up beating me at summer camp last year." He shook his head, "Listen, there's something really off about what's been happening here, Naruto. I think that someone might be behind this." Naruto thought about it for a moment, "yeah, or someones, it could be a whole organization for all we know." "If that's the case," Gaara leaned forward on his knees as he looked Naruto in the eyes, "I think we should do our own investigation. Because I think that Shikamaru might have gotten that bottle from someone know might know what is going on with the early presenters." Naruto sat all the way up, he raised an eyebrow, "okay, but how can we question him if we don't know what hospital he went to? Out of all the hospitals that are in the area, they could be taken to either one of them for recovery. How do you figure that we would find just two out of the countless others in the country?" Gaara thought about that for a moment, "I'm not sure, but my older sister, Tamari started her internship with St. Gujo hospital last week, so I think it's fair to say that she could help us out there." "And you're forgetting about the patient confidentiality contract each hospital has to maintain. So, unless you know a hacker, then we're gonna going to be able to get to them with someone telling us where they are. Our next best option might be to go looking through each hospital to see if we can spot them, and unless we have special permission to be in certain areas, we're not about to get away with that." the blond pointed out, the situation was frustrating, to say the least, and if it kept up, they would be out of options soon. "So what can we do?" Gaara asked. Naruto shrugged, "I donno, but we won't figure it out tonight." He got up and pulled back the covers on his bed before getting under them, "we can talk more about this tomorrow." Naruto covered himself with his computer and turned off his desk light before settling down on his bed. He listened to Gaara get up and move around for a moment before he heard their room door open and closed. Naruto assumes that Gaara is going out to take his shower, as he slowly falls asleep, he can't help but wonder what tomorrow will bring.
Later
The following morning, Naruto wakes up feeling odd. It almost feels like he's got a fever of some kind, and his lower back is killing him. He's got a headache that won't quit, and on top of everything else, he feels sick to his stomach. There's no telling what kind of stress he was under yesterday, but he didn't think he would wake up feeling this way. There was something about the way he was feeling that felt off to him, other than when he had gotten a hay fever when he was five, chicken pocks when he was six and was pushed into a bush of poison ivy by his sisters when he was seven. Naruto had never felt this bad in his whole life. The blond sat up and looked around the room through hazy eyes, he couldn't make out a damn thing, but he knew that he was still in his room. It smells the same as always, so he didn't question it. He rubbed his eyes and the hazy turned into blurry, he didn't know what was going on with his vision, all he knew was that he couldn't see to save his life. He was lost in a blurry cloud from his point of view, he grunted at his misfortune and tried to get out of bed. He was sure that it was close to the time for him to start getting ready for class, so he needed to get moving. He rubbed his eyes again and found a slight clarity in them, there wasn't much he could do about his vision other than going into the bathroom to wash his face. Naruto took a moment to swing both of his legs over the side of the bed before pushing himself off...and then falling?
To be continued...
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Naruto was falling, he couldn't tell which way was up, by the time his body made it to the ground, he realized that he had vertigo. He had heard about it and experienced it once before when he was six after he was hit with a super fever along with his chicken pocks. As Naruto laid there on the floor, every fiber of his being was on fire. He was starting to think that this wasn't normal, he must have eaten something bad at lunch yesterday, however, he didn't know what that could have been. All the food he had eaten the day before were all things that he had eaten before. He had eggs and pancakes for breakfast with orange juice, for lunch he had a bowl of rice with grilled fish and miso soup. He didn't have dinner because of the incident, so he didn't know what was causing this, Unless it wasn't food poisoning and he was just down bad with the flu. Still, that didn't make much sense either because his parents had made sure that he, as well as all of his siblings, had gotten their shots on time as usual. This also didn't really feel like the flu because he was hot all over, every single part of him felt like he had been shoved into the oven, even the air was getting hard to breathe. Naruto's head started to swim as he tried, and failed, to sit up on his own. "Ugh, damn..." he groaned, pain was starting to sprout all over his body, it started as a dull aching that could be ignored, but now it was starting to bother him. His head, neck, back, arms, legs, everything started to each so uncontrollably that he wanted to jump and scream, but he managed to hold himself together. He looked back at his bed, suddenly it looked so high up that the climb was impossible. "Hm, Naruto?" Gaara's voice sounded in his ear as the redhead got up, "what are you doing up, it's too early," the boy said as he rubbed his eyes. Naruto looked up at Gaara, "I-" his throat felt so dry that he could barely speak, "I think I got...a fever or something?" He crocked out in a raspy voice, "can you call the nurse?" "The nurse? At this time?" Gaara asked with a yawn, he sat up and stretched thinking that he wasn't going to get much sleep right now. He sat up and turned on the lamp on his desk so he could see his friend, the sight he saw was shocking. He couldn't tell either he was dreaming or not, but for what he was worth, if it were a dream, he could be a threshold of heaven and hell right now. Before him, on the ground, was Naruto, dripping sweat and panting. He was flushed from head to toe, and his clothes were sticking to him, there was also a scent that was slowly starting to take over the whole room. "Naruto?" He looked the blond in the eyes to see if there was some kind of mistake, but the more he looked, he realized that he was awake, though he couldn't believe it. He got out of bed and knelt in front of the blond, he could smell honey in the air, it was intoxicating to the point of madness. As soon as Gaara came close, Naruto got a whiff of his scent and his mind seemed to go completely blank. He was leaned forward and caught Gaara's lips in his, the contact ignited a hunger inside of Naruto that made him want more. In an instant, Naruto was onto Gaara, the young redhead couldn't;t believe the blond's strength. Before Gaara could say anything to him, Naruto had leaned down to kiss him, devouring his lips like an animal who hadn't eaten in days. He moved from his lips to suck on Gaara's neck, then moved further down until he was face to face with his groin, Naruto pulled down the boys' pants and breath in his scent. "Naruto, what are you doing?" Gaara asked frantically as he tried to pull the boy up, he was panicked and didn't know what to do really. Plus Naruto's scent was making him go crazy, but he was trying to keep it together, which he was barely able to do. "I want it~" Naruto whined stubbornly as he pulled Gaara free of his underwear and put the slowly hardening dick into his mouth. He started sucking on it as if it were his favored treat, enjoying the feeling of Gaara getting hard in his mouth, which only encouraged him further. Naruto started moving his head up and down despite the other boy's weak protest. He couldn't stop himself as he swallowed Gaara whole, his honey-sweet scent only getting stronger by the minute. Naruto continued his actions, sucking Gaara off with such skill that it left the boy breathless. It didn't take long before Gaara reached his peak and exploded inside of Naruto's mouth with the blond gulping down every last drop. By now, Naruto's scent was everywhere, clinging to everything. Gaara couldn't escape, his mind was filled with fog. He couldn't control himself as he pulled Naruto up and pushed him onto his back on the ground. Ripping off the blond's shorts as if they were made of paper and then dipping down to get his own taste of the blond, he found that Naruto's precious hole was already filled with slick, Gaara gave a small like lick, finding it about as sweet as the scent coming off of the blond under him. He couldn't help himself as he lined himself up to Naruto's entrance and plunged right in, carrying himself to the hilt. Naruto moaned out in a mix of both pleasure and pain as he was filled with Gaara, the redhead was thankful that the other boy's hole was already so wet, or else he probably wouldn't have gotten in so easily. Gaara could feel Naruto's tight heat all around him, he felt as if he was going to cum again just from that, but he held off. He waited a moment before he started to move his hips, he quickly found his rhythm as if he had been doing this type of thing for months when in reality it was still his first time. Gaara slammed his dick inside of Naruto roughly and without care, all he could think about at that moment was fulfilling his own needs. As for Naruto, he was lost in the sensation, as Gaatra's hips met his, his body was rocked with both pleasure, pain, and the hunger for more, no matter what this was doing to him physically, he wasn't in the right state of mind to stop it. Gaara kept pounding himself into Naruto for what felt like hours, the blond's moans were only getting louder as time went on, Gaara had to cover Naruto's mouth so that no one else could hear him from the next room. Gaara couldn't think straight, but his mind was too lost to want to at the moment, so he kept ongoing. By the time Gaara did regain some of his sense of self, he had come inside of Naruto multiple times. Naruto was still moaning, but it was much quieter now. Gaara felt himself coming close without again, without any way to stop himself, he came inside of Naruto hard and crumped on top of him, unable to move another inch. He didn't know how long the two of them laid there listening to the sound of each other's breaths, but it was long enough for the sunlight to filter into the room and the students to start moving around the halls. As he laid onto Naruto, he was acutely aware that his dick was still married deep within the blond, once he gained back some of his strength, he held himself up a bit and tried to pull out. But he couldn't. Looking down at the boy below him, Gaara blushed, he didn't know when, but they had both stripped themselves of all of their pajamas. Naruto still looked fairly flushed and dripping with sweat, as was Gaara, he could feel himself starting to get hard again but he shook his head. He needed to calm down, it was already daylight now, so that meant that they had fucked all night. Gaara blushed even harder just thinking about it, he slapped himself to get a grip and took some deep breaths to calm himself down. He could feel the swelling of his dick start to calm down until he was able to pull it out. As he did, he saw something white dripped out of Naruto's hole, his cum, Gaara quickly turned away from the sight before he got hard again. Taking some more deep breaths to calm himself down, Gaara slowly got up to start looking for some clothes to put on. A pair of gray sweatpants and a white loose-fitting shirt under an oversized, red sleeveless hoodie was his first choice. Looking back at the now sleeping, naked blond still laying on the floor, he decided to dress him before calling for a nurse. He found a long plain nightshirt that went down to Naruto's knees and a pair of blue sleeping pants with stars all over them to put on the boy. Once Naruto was decently dressed, Gaara found his phone still on the charger where he left it last night and the number for the nurse's office. The phone rang twice before the familiar voice of Tsunade answered, "yes, hello? It's a bit early for an emergency don't you think?" "Tsunade-oba-chan, it's Naruto," Gaara said as he could explain to Tsunade what was happening.
"I see, *sigh*. This is not good news. His parents are out of the country right now on a business trip and won't be back for a while. But, I'll come by and take a look at him before I decide which hospital to send him to.
"What would you like for me to do until you get here?" Gaara asked feeling a little nervous, there was no way that an omega wouldn't recognize the scent in the air when she walked in. It would be clear what had happened between him and Naruto as soon as she opened the door. Maybe even before that." "I can tell from your voice that something happened, but if you can, please don't bond with him. If there's a chance that we might be able to reverse the damage, then I will try my best. However, I will be helpless if the two of you have already bonded." She explained, "you can have sex, but try your best not to knot him either, there will be little I can do about that too once it's done." Gaara felt a small shiver go down his spine at that moment, "uh, yeah, I-I'll try my best." "Good, I'll be there in about ten minutes," Tsunade said before hanging up the phone.
A week later
By the time Naruto came back to his senses, he was laying in a hospital bed with a headache to end all headaches. He looked around the room to locate a clock, as he did, he noticed that it seemed to be around midday. Naruto rubbed his eyes and looked over at the clock on the wall, it was already five-thirty in the evening. Naruto didn't think that he had slept that long, but when he tried to remember what happened last night, all he could remember was waking up with a fever and then blacking out after falling to the floor. He guessed that Gaara must have called someone to bring him to the hospital, but something about that seemed a little off to him. Naruto still felt tired, as if he had run a marathon for two days without rest. His throat was dry, and his head was fuzzy. He didn't know what kind of fever he had, but he figured that it probably wasn't a normal one since he was in the hospital. Naruto looked to his left and spotted a calendar on the nightstand next to his bed, it read the event, which happens to be a week after he remembered going to bed. Confused, he looked around the room for more clues, but couldn't find any. As far as he knew, it was a sunny afternoon, one week after Shikamaru and Lee had presented in their dorm room. Suddenly there was a knock on the door and a doctor that Naruto didn't know walked in, following him was his aunt Tsunade, and both of his parents. Which was a surprise since he thought that they wouldn't have been back in the country until next month. This could only mean that the situation was serious enough for them to make the top back home just to see him. But why? What was going on? "Ah, master Uzumaki, you are finally awake, I was beginning to worry about you," the doctor who first walked in said. "Uh, sorry," Naruto said in a hoarse voice. "yikes, my voice sounds terrible, what happened to me?" He wondered to himself for a moment, Tsunade went to his bedside and poured him a glass of water from the pitcher sitting next to the calendar. Naruto gladly accepted the drink, gulping it down gratefully. Once he felt somewhat hydrated enough to speak, he let out a breath and turned back to the doctor. "What happened to me?" "you mean that you don't remember?" The doctor asked, Naruto nodded, "Oh my, then it seems that you were really out of it when it happened. Alright, don't worry, I will explain what happened to you." The doctor walked over to Naruto's bedside with a clipboard in hand, "from what I gathered, you have presented much earlier than expected, because of that, your body went into a type of shock that separated your conscious and unconscious mind to coup with the trama. Your hormones spiked to a level that we have yet to see in decades, which caused you to have a fever that could have very well boiled your brain if you had not gotten treatment when you did. Upon arrival, you were at the peak of your heat and needed to be quarantined for the rest o the week until your pheromones calmed down enough that you can be placed in a room with fewer guards." As Naruto listened to the doctor speak, he couldn't help but wonder how things had turned out this way. In his mind, he realized what had happened to him when the doctor mentioned 'heat', "I'm an omega?" Naruto asked slowly, interrupting the doctor. "Yes, though we are still running tests, we have reason to believe that you are not like other omegas," the doctor stated. "What is that supposed to mean?" Naruto's mother, Kushimaru asked in a concerned tone. "Well," the doctor turned to Naruto's mother, "what I'm trying to say is that you're hormone levels are still quite high, but once we get them to calm down a bit, we will be able to tell you for sure. However, from the test that we have already run, you may be a Prime Omega." "A prime omega? Are you sure?" Minato, Naruto's father asked in a serious tone. The doctor nodded, "from what I can see, yes." The doctor took something off of his clipboard and handed it over to Kushimaru, whatever it was, it made him gasp. Tsunade walked over and had a look at what was on the paper as well, while Minato looked away having already seen the contents from over his wife's shoulder. "Now, we are willing to up the security around your son's room to make sure that no one can get in." "How can this happen?" Minato suddenly asked, his pheromones flaring in the air like fire. Naruto could smell burning citric trees in the air, indicating that he was upset. The doctor tried to keep his cool, calm, and professional face on, but Minato's pheromones were intense, to say the least. "As I told you before, sir, we do not know how this will turn out. All that we can say is that we are working on a way to figure it out. When your son was brought in a few days ago, he was unresponsive, we thought he had died from pharamontitist. Thankfully that wasn't the case, but because of his high levels, we still need to keep him for observation and recovery." Minato was only getting angrier by the second with every word the man said, he shook his head, "that is not what I asked." Minato hissed, "I want to know why the hell my son is sitting in a hospital while some doctor tells me he's turning into an omega? He's meant to be an alpha! An ALPHA!" he shouted angrily at the doctor while Tsunade tried to calm him down a bit. The doctor backed away a bit, not wanting to anger the already pissed-off father as it was. "I...I'll get the lab to run more tests, Minato-sama, please just give us a little more time." "You better hurry up because you're running out of time already" Minato growled, then he stomped out of the room with his wife following after him. Kushimaru paused at the door and bowed briefly before continuing to follow his husband out of the room. Tsunade side as she closed the door behind his brother and his wife. "Pease forgives him, doctor, he's just worried about his son's well-being," the omega nurse explained. "As you know, the Uzumaki's are known for their alpha lineage, so you can imagine his surprise when his youngest son turns out to not be following in his footsteps as he planned." The doctor nodded in understanding, "well, then, I think it's best that they left when they did because I have some more news that he probably wouldn't have liked. Maybe even more than his son becoming an omega." Tsunade looked at the doctor seriously, "I think I have an idea of what you're about to say." "Well I don't, how about filling me in on what's being going on?" Naruto said, he felt frustrated, sad, angry, and a flurry of other emotions that he couldn't put names to at the moment. He was most of all disappointed in himself for becoming an omega, but he also knew that there was no way for him to control such an unpredictable thing. Now that he had woken up, so many things have happened within the first five minutes that he was still trying to fully wrap his mind around everything that happened. He now understands that it's been about a week since that day Shikamaru and Lee had presented and were taken away to the hospital, a whole week had passed since then, and within the first couple of hours of that, he found out several things.
There was an increase of students presenting, mostly as omegas, who have to be sent to the hospital soon after.
Their presented second gender didn't form natural, the process has been so sudden that it was worrying. Worrying enough to warrant an investigation by the school and testing on the newly presented students.
Naruto himself was now also an omega, and possibly a "Prime Omega" (which he has never heard of before)
And his father was disappointed in him, not that there was any other way to please the man other than following in his footsteps.
Of course, that wasn't all since the doctor still had more to say. Naruto laid back onto his pillow with his eyes closed for a moment before opening them to look towards the doctor and his aunt. "I would like to know everything that has happened since I was admitted. "I don't think-" the doctor started, but he was cut off by Tsunade. "Of course," the blond female omega sighed walking back over to Naruto's bedside. She placed a caring hand on his shoulder then looked back at the doctor, "please continue. Tell him everything." "Everything?!" The man asked, Tsunade narrowed her eyes slightly and the man gave up whatever gentleness front he was trying to put on. It was his policy to approach newly presented omegas with a certain gentleness so that they could slowly ease into the world again with their new identity. Yet, knowing that this boy, Naruto, came from a royal bloodline, and having some experience dealing with royals of higher calibers such as emperors of countries and states far away, he knew the strain that this kid will be under once the news is found out. "Every well, I was trying my best to spare you the heartache, but I am going o be blunt with you." He started, "when you were admitted, you had a fever of almost two hundred celsius, which could have been high enough to kill you, or at the least leave you some form of vegetable. It's a medicine that you survived such a fever, but that's not the most pressing part. It took us a while to realize why your fever was so high, but thankfully we did so we could stop any further damages from being done." "What was the reason?" Naruto asked. "You were away from your mate," Tsunade stated. Naruto's brain seemed to stop working for a moment as he looking from the doctor to his aunt. "My...what?" He wasn't sure what he just heard, but he knew that it was not what he wanted to hear. The doctor cleared his throat to regain Naruto's attention, "yes. Its well known that omegas that have formed a bond with their mate, especially when they both first present are meant to stay close for the first month of solidifying their bond. A bond like that runs deep, affecting both you and your mate, if the two ever separate for too long within the first month, then their health will decline. Of course, in this day and age, very few people ever attempt such a bond since the children seem to present younger and younger every few generations. That is why you had a fever that was so high upon arrival because the two of you had been separated for a little more than six hours by then." Naruto was a little pale at hearing that he had bonded with someone. From what he could remember, the last person he was with was Gaara. It was night and they were sleeping, if he really went into heat for the first while he was presenting, then his omega pheromones could have reacted to Gaara's alpha pheromones. So, unless there was another person in their room that night, the mate that they were talking about had to be Gaara. Naruto didn't know how to feel about that, he could be happy, he could be embarrassed, but at the moment he was feeling numb. "Um, s-so where is Gaara right now?" Naruto asked slowly. "For now, we've asked him to wait outside so that we can have this talk," Tsunade said reassuringly. "Oh..." Naruto looked down at his lap. He still couldn't believe all that's happened, he was an omega, he was bonded, he had a mate! What more could go wrong? "Yes, we were able to call the young Sabaku heir to the hospital so that his pheromones may calm yours." The doctor continued, "to do that, we had to keep you both in the same room at all times until your pheromones calmed down enough to reduce your fever. We were able to run some tests on you to ensure that your health was increasing well. In other news, you should be happy to know that, even though the two of your bonded right after you presented, you are not pregnant. However, it is still a little early, so we will run that test on you again at the end of the following week to be sure." "But wouldn't I be too young to be pregnant?" Naruto asked curiously. "For the most part, yes, however, we have found that the omegas who present earlier than most tend to have the highest fertility, even at a younger age." The doctor explained, "now, we do have you scheduled for a couple more tests, since you are awake now, we can conduct them today. I'll give you about an hour to rest while we set everything up for you." Naruto nodded his acknowledgment, the man then turned to his aunt, "Miss Tsunade, if you would please follow me outside. I would like to discuss some things with you and his parents. Judging by their reactions to the earlier news, I have a feeling that I might need your presence there." "Of course," Tsunade nodded before giving Naruto a quick kiss on the forehead. "If you need anything, please press the call button and a nurse will come in to check on you." Naruto nodded and watched the doctor leave with his aunt. As the two adults were walking out of the room, a boy with bright red hair poked his head into the room, shyly staring at Naruto. The blond took a moment to realize that the boy was Gaara, he almost didn't recognize him with all that was weighing on his mind at the moment. He frowned at the redhead, "come here, Gaara," Naruto called to the boy who jumped at hearing the harshness in the blond's tone. "Oh ho, sounds like someone might be in trouble," Tsunade teased as she held the door open for the boy. Gaara turned to her with a worried look and she giggled, "don't worry, I'm only joking, hurry and go to him before he gets upset with you for real." Gaara nodded and entered the room, Tsunade turned to her nephew, "be nice, Naruto." "I make no promises," Naruto said as he sat up in the bed. Tsunade shook her head before waving goodbye and closing the door, leaving the two boys by themselves at last. Naruto looked Gaara up and down for a moment, the read head was wearing a crisp white polo shirt with the Sabuku's family crest embroidered on the upper right of his shirt with blue jeans. Gaara's face seemed to have changed from the last time he had seen him, he looked more refined, elegant, even though he looked pretty nervous at the moment. Naruto looked away from the red-haired boy, "why'd it have to be you," he muttered to himself. Gaara looked to the ground, "sorry, it's not like I wanted it to turn out this way," he said softly. Naruto folded his arms over his chest and laid back down on the bed while still not looking at Gaara, "it's whatever. I guess I just have to deal with this now," he sighed. Gaara pouted, "you know that's not fair," he said feeling as if he was the one who made the mistake. While it could have been true, the two of them were still starting middle school at a prestigious boarding school, which comes with a lot of pressure added to it. Not to mention that they were both in multiple advanced classes at the beginning of the year, on top of all the other things that were going on, Gaara thought that they were lucky to be stuck together. Even if it wasn't under the best circumstances. Naruto looked up at the ceiling, "Yeah, I know...I'm just upset right now." Gaara seemed to understand that, he came to sit next to Naruto's bed with a small smile, Naruto turned away from him, but Gaara didn't mind. They both needed to get used to their relationship with each other, however, awkward it might start.
To be continued...
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"You're getting married!!" Kushimaru announced cheerfully, much to Naruto's horror.
Three weeks later
It's been a little over a month now since school started and Naruto didn't exactly like how things were going. He started the year out with a fight that turned out a little weird but settled things nonetheless. Then he watched two of his friends turn into omegas right before his eyes, it felt as if he were being pulled onto a rollercoaster within the ten minutes it took to get them some help. And if that wasn't enough, now Naruto was stuck in the hospital as an omega who was bonded with one of his friends. Naruto couldn't help but feel that this might have been a curse set upon him by Sasuke himself for what happened during their fight at the end of the first week of school. From what he knew, he guessed that all three of them, Sasuke, Lee, and Shikamaru, should be back at school by now. Yet, here he was, still stuck in the hospital sharing a room with Gaara. Not that he minded, but every time redhead alpha would try to get close to him, Naruto felt this odd string inside of him that made him want to...Even though it pained him, Naruto felt he needed to push Gaara away sometimes so he could think. This feeling that was welling up inside of him made him feel weak for Gaara's touch, it made him want nothing more than for Gaara to be with him until the end of time. But Naruto's logical side told him that this was going too fast. He knew that they both had to stay together for at least a month so that his health didn't decline again. However, Naruto disliked the feeling of depending solely on Gaara each day. He kept telling himself that it was all a part of the bond they made, the accident, the mistake that happened that night when he unexpectedly presented in front of the redhead was his fault. Naruto blamed himself for his current predicament because, throughout all of the training that his father put him through to be strong, he couldn't believe the weak state that he allowed himself to fall into that night. Of course, he never let these thoughts slip out of his mouth, if they did, he knew he would end up hurting Gaara's feelings by calling their bond a mistake. Naruto didn't want to hurt his friend in that way. But it's because he saw Gaara as a friend that he didn't think the two of them should pretend to suddenly be a couple because of the bond. He stated this to Gaara and was relieved to know that Gaara shared the feeling. Once that was out of the way, Naruto felt a bit better with letting Gaara come a little closer to him. Since the two boys agreed that their bond didn't have to change things between them too much, the two spent their days in the hospital as friends and roommates once more as they waited for the doctors to clear Naruto to go back to school. However, there was one person who disliked the relationship of the two, which was, Minato Uzumaki Namakaze. Minato had been slightly happy to know that his son had presented much earlier than he had thought. He had been out of the country on an important trip so when he got the call, he was worried about something going wrong. He hopped on a jet as quickly as he could to pick up his wife from his own business trip and inform him of the news. The two parents rushed back to Konoha's capital to find their son resting peacefully in the east wind of the ICU section. The omega section. Not only that, their son wasn't alone, a boy sat at his side with bright red hair and seafoam green eyes. Minato was confused, he asked why his son wasn't in the West wing with the other alphas. He was disappointed to know that his son had presented as an omega, and not the alpha he was hoping for. This would make the second child he had that presented as an omega out of the five children that he and his wife had raised so far. Upset, Minato decided to leave the hospital to return to work before his wife could stop him. He needed to think, and most of all, he needed to accept the facts. It wasn't that Minato hated omega, he was just a little disappointed since Naruto had shown the most promise during the ears that he had trained him. So he left until Naruto's month was over with. Upon his return from his interrupted trip, and still somewhat coming to terms with what happened to Naruto. Kushimaru, his wife, presented him with an idea. Minato had walked off of the plain and saw his wife standing at the gate where he needed to gather his things. "Kushi-chan, what are you doing here?" Minato asked as he cot closer to the slender man, he didn't like for his wife to come to such crowded places since Kushimaru was quite beautiful, and people tend to stare at beautiful things. Minato noticed a couple of alphas staring at his beloved and he nearly attacked them, but his years of self-control contained him to just growing at them from a distance. Kushimaru sighed at his husband's behavior, "Minato, listen to me," he said in a serious tone, commanding the blond alpha's attention. "I think it would be best if...we set Naruto up with some suiters right away." "Suiters?!" Minato's ears perked up at hearing that, he didn't like the sound of this. Their second son, Mina, had presented as an omega, and he didn't do much about it back then. Allowing his son to live his life the same as he always had, which, in hindsight, might have been a mistake. Mina ended up pregnant at the age of thirteen by an alpha who just couldn't take no as an answer. Mina was upset that his life's plan had been interrupted so severely by the alpha that he gave up the child for adoption and opted for pheromone therapy to change his second gender from omega to alpha. The process was a success, much to Minato's disappointment, and Mina threw himself into studying once more and got himself early admissions into a top high school across the country at only fourteen. The reason the high school had to be so far away was when there was a perfectly good one only two blocks away from their Uzumaki-Namakaze compound, but now, Mina couldn't go there. Why? Because against his wishes, his father had adopted the child that he wanted to give away. Minato couldn't allow his grandson to be given away, no matter how he was conceived, there were a lot of people on the black market that would have loved to possess a child with a royal bloodline. "Dear, do you really think that is such a good idea?" Minato asked they finished collecting his things and made their way over to the car. Kushimaru nodded, "yes, I do. If you don't want a repeat of what happened with Mina, it might be for the best if Naruto formed his own pack. I hope that if we make him form a pack of his own, he should be able to find people who are willing to support him to tough times." He stated, stopping for a moment to get into the car he came to the airport in, be waited for Minato to get in before he could continue. "Do you remember what the doctor said before you jetted off back to work?" Minato huffed, "yea, but do you honestly think that a prime omega would make things any better? They're only born once every twenty-five years," he leaned back in his seat with his arms folded. "I don't like it." Kushimaru nodded his head in understanding, he tucked some of his curly red hair behind his head as he scooted closer to his husband. He leaned in close to him, snuggling his head into the crook of the man's neck, and looked up at him with his dark jade eyes, "I know that it's not the ideal situation that you want our son to be in, but he's still so young. For him to already form a bond at this age, and it to be so strong after a month, I think it might be better if he did become a prime omega. That way, when he does form a pack, he can maintain his sense of self better with the right support system backing him." Minato said nothing for a moment, still not convinced by his wife's words, "I still don't like it. He's too young to know anything about the world to navigate through it properly. Kushimaru sighed and looked down at the buttons on his husband's shirt, fingering the button playfully, "if we set it up well enough, he can create a way for us to grow the company and spread our influence further." Minato thought about that for a moment, "so basically, we would have to be the ones to lay the groundwork and just have him finish the deal?... I like that idea a little more, but still, how can we be sure that it won't blow up in our face?" "It might take some time, but if we start his training now, we can set it up for his coronation when he turns fifteen," Kushimaru said as she loosened Minato's top three buttons with a twirl of his fingers. "Hm...he's going to need an excellent tutor," Minato rubbed his eyes as he thought. Kushimaru hummed as he undid some more of his buttons, "I might be able to contact my sensei to see if he knows of anyone that can help us. We'll also have to keep the news private until the coronation, which means we'll also have to pull Naruto out of school for a while." "That's fine, we can say that he's being tutored at home for a while, the school won't question it if it's coming from us," Kushimaru said as he slides his hand under Minato's shirt slowly. "Plus, with everything that's been going on in the news lately, it wouldn't be that much of a surprise really." Minato stopped rubbing his eyes to look at his wife, he lifted his chin a bit to capture his lips. They kissed for a few moments before Minato made up his mind, he pulled away from Kushimaru with a heavy sigh, "alright, let's do it. I'll contact sensei as soon as we get home, and you can head over to the hospital tomorrow to pick him up while I get everything ready." Kushimaru smirked up at his husband, "sounds like a plan, darling," he pulled the blond down into a mother kiss to seal the deal. Naruto woke up bright and early that morning not suspecting a thing. He sat up on the bed and stretched his arms up to the sky, looking to his left, he saw that Gaara had snuck himself into his bed again last night. Even though the hospital was able to provide the pair with a room that had two beds in it, Naruto always woke up to see Gaara had abandoned his bed sometime during the night. But, Naruto was starting to get used to it now. It's been a little over a month now and Naruto had been poked and prodded each day since he had woken up. He got his blood drawn in the morning, his pheromones tested in the evening, and he had about a hundred body scans from evening tonight. By the time dinner arrived for him, he was much too tired to eat, so during his time in the hospital, he had quite a bit of weight. Naruto was so happy when he looked over to his calendar to see that today he would be getting released from the confines of the omega wing. He was just icing to feel the sun on his skin once more. "Oi, Gaara, wake up, today's the day!" Naruto shook the redhead away enthusiastically. "Hm? What? Just a few more minutes, Naru-chan," Gaara grumbled out. However, Naruto wasn't going to stop trying to wake up until he got up, one of the little quirks he had discovered about Naruto during their time together in the hospital. Gaara sighed tiredly, "alright, alright, I'm up okay?" The redhead sat up and rubbed his eyes tiredly. Naruto smirked victorious, "great, now hurry up and get dressed already. My mother should be here soon to pick us up and take us back to school," he said as he practically jumped out of bed and ran towards the bathroom. He was so excited that he couldn't bother to look back at the other boy as he spoke, he just collected some of the clothes that his mother had dropped off for him and ran into the bathroom. He closed the door behind him, turned on the water, and stripped himself of his hospital gown before getting under the water. Naruto felt so much better knowing that he was finally leaving the hospital for good this morning. He knows that the testing was needed to make sure that he was healthy enough to be released. Not to mention the therapy sessions that were slipped in between the testing to make sure he was mentally ready had also gotten on his nerves quite a bit too. Either way, he was not going to be able to get back to normal life now, he was so happy that he didn't notice when Gaara had snuck into the bathroom as well until he felt someone appear behind him. Naruto jumped when he turned to see Gaara standing under the showerhead with him, smiling down at the blond's reaction. Another thing that Naruto didn't like while he was trapped in the hospital with Gaara was when the other boy thought that it was completely okay for them to take showers together now. Sure they might have done it during gym class with the rest of their class, but there was a partition in between them, so it was different. "Gaara, serious, why do you keep trying to sneak in the shower with me like that? I didn't even hear you come in." Gaara chuckled as he picked up the soap, "what? Weren't you the one who told me that I should hurry up and take my shower because we're leaving today?" Naruto blushed a bit at forgetting his initial orders, "you could have waited until I got out and gotten dressed or something," he muttered, snatching the soap away from the redhead. "I could have, but it's much faster to take showers together, it saves water," Gaara replied as he started to lather up his chest. "Besides, it's not like I haven't seen you naked a couple of times since we bonded." Naruto blushed a little more and turned away from Gaara, "that's because you were being pervy and snuck a peak when I told you not to. Honestly, if you won't my partner, I probably would have kicked your ass so bad that you would have to be in a full-body cast." Gaara leaned down a bit to be close to Naruto's ear, "yeah, but I'm not anyone else, now am I?" He chuckled when Naruto's neck turned red from blushing so hard. "W-whatever," Naruto huffed, he proceeded to ignore Gaara for the remainder of their shower. He got out first, drying off quickly before putting on his clothes and leaving the bathroom. Gaara followed soon after, leaving the bathroom fully dressed. Naruto and Gaara had both put on jeans and white shirts, Gaara's was a long-sleeved polo with his family's rest on it, while Naruto's hand his family crest on it. The two started to collect their things, packing them up in their separate bags before walking out of the room that they had shared for over a month. They found their way down from the omega wing on the fifth floor, going through a couple of security checkpoints to make it to the elevator that took them down to the first-floor lobby where they waited for Naruto's mother to show up. Kushimaru showed up just seconds after they stepped into the lobby, he smiled down at the sight of his son. "Hello, Naru-chan, Gaara, are you two ready to go?" He asked politely. "I am," Naruto said quickly, Gaara simply nodded. Kushimaru smiled, "alright, follow me to the car." He lead them out to the limo, the driver opened the door to let them in before closing the door firmly behind them. "By the way, Naruto, your father and I have something important to talk to you about when you get home. This concerns you as well, Gaara, so you will be coming home with us." "Alright," Gaara said leaning back in his seat. Naruto leaned on the door a bit as he looked out on the passing senary outside the window. It took almost an hour and a half for them to reach the Uzuamkia-Namekaze compound. When they did, Naruto noticed that all of the maids, butlers, his siblings, and his father were standing out front steps waiting for them to arrive. Naruto could even see his big brother Mina was there, he probably came home for the weekend since it was a Saturday. When the doors opened, Naruto happily got out and ran directly towards Haku who welcomed him with open arms. "Haku! It's been so long!" Naruto exclaimed happily as he embarrassed Haku in a tight hug. The pale boy smiled down at him, "yes, it has. I would have gone your mother to come and pick you up, but there were things that I needed to do here instead, so I wasn't able to make the trip." "It's okay, I'm here now, so it doesn't matter," Naruto beamed up at him. Just then Naruto's oldest brother, Zhina, scuffed, "look at this, our sweet little omega has finally come home, and he brought his mate. How sweet," he matched right up to his youngest brother before anyone could stop him, he punched Naruto in the head, "who the hell told you to become such a slut at such a young age, huh!?!" "Ow, you damn asshole, it wasn't even my fault," Naruto said rubbing the back of his head. He really disliked Zhina a lot sometimes because he treated Naruto like a useless baby more than anyone else. Zhina was like the overprotective brother that sometimes went too far, Naruto found it so nice to have someone care about him so much, but also annoying when Zhina didn't listen. "Oh, yeah? And who's fault even is it, then? Is his?" Zhina asked pointing an accusing finger at Gaara, just when he was about to march over and start beating up the younger alpha, his father stopped him. "Zhina, that's enough, you're making too much noise," Minato said walking over to them with his hands in his coat pocket. He looked down at Naruto for a moment before turning to Kushimaru, "come on, let's all go inside. We have things we need to talk about." "Hmph, it's about time, I thought I was going to have to waste enough more time away from my studies for this nonsense," Mina said already making it to the front door. Naruto looked around at his other siblings, Zhina huffed and turned away from him angrily and marched inside. His third older brother, Peh-chin crossed his arms and followed after Mina, he was only two years older than Naruto, but the two couldn't get along. Naruto didn't know why that was, but he never bothered to find out either, they had a mutual understanding that they both disliked each other for some reason. As for his sister, Senju, she was the only girl amongst the five of them, but she acted more manly than them all. Naruto sometimes wondered if she was secretly a man. The four of them were all alphas, as far as Naruto knew, they were all smart and strong, holding up the family name with pride. Naruto kind of felt that he was the only blacksheep amongst them since he turned out to be an omega. Once inside, everyone sat at the table. Minato took his seat as the family head at the end of the table, Kishimaru took his seat to his right as his wife. Zhina was on Minato's left, Mina was seated next to him, and Senju was seated next to him. Across from Mina sat Peh-chin, next to him sat Naruto and then Gaara. Each sibling had their own butlers and a maid for Senju, their personal servants stood a step behind them to their right, ready and waiting. Now that everyone was seated, Minato clasped his hands, "now then, I call this family meeting today to announce that Naruto will be getting married," silence fell upon the table for a long time. "What?" Naruto asked breaking the silence out of shock. Everyone, save for his wife, was looking at Minato as if he just dropped a bomb on them all. "Father, are you serious?" Zhina was the first one to speak up, climbing to his feet in a flash. "Yes, your mother and I have talked it over when I got back yesterday and we both came to this conclusion," Minato stated calmly, unphased by his eldest outburst. "In fact, not only will he be getting married, he will be forming his own pack." "What!" Zhina all but yelled, his butler, Jean, had to hold him back from doing anything too rash. "You can't be a serious father! Naruto's still just a baby! He only present a month ago!" "Hn, he might be a baby, but he managed to be bonded with someone at the same time," Mina stated cooly next to him. There's nothing to really worry about since he's just going to marry the person he bonded with, it shouldn't be fine, calm yourself,, brother." Zhina turned to Mina with a grunt, "easy for you to say, you don't worry about anyone else but yourself these days, Mimi-chan." Mina turned a glare on the older boy, "watch your mouth brother. I've already told you many times before to never call me that rediculous nickname again, haven't I? Let this be your final warning." "Or what?" Zhina asked calming down slightly, "you'll abandon me or something?" He huffed as he shrugged Jean's hand's off of him and sat down with his arms folded, pouting like a child, "we all know how good you are at that." Mina grew at him, ready to ring the older boy's neck, but their father slammed his hand on the table to get back their attention. "That's enough, my word is final!" Minato rawred in his alpha voice, making everyone present sit up a little straighter in their seats. He looked around at his children for a moment when he saw no one challenge him, he sat back in his original position with his hands clasped in front of him. "As I said," He turned to Naruto to speak directly to him, "you and Gaara are married when you reach the appropriate age. For now, you will be engaged, you may also take this time to look for pack mates." Naruto was still silent as he looked at his father, he was to married to Gaara? Naruto couldn't believe it, he was was still so young and yet he was already being pushed towards marriage? He was starting to think that someone in his past life might have cursed in some way because this did not feel fair. Kushimaru stood up with a smile, turning to face Naruto, "you're going to get married!!!" He said cheerfully, much to Naruto's horror, "not only that, for us to prepare you for this life, your father and I have decided to take you out of school. You need to start your training to become the new Uzumaki-Namekaze's Prime Omega, you will need to take at least a year off of school, but don't worry, those years are going to fly by in a snap." Peh-chin leaned back in his chair, "tsk, this is getting out of hand," he muttered under his breath." "Yeah, too think that the first official omega of our family line will be a prime omega," Senju shook her head in disappointment. "And just when I finally get to see my baby brother after almost two months away. What a shame." Peh-chin rolled his eyes at his older sister, "it's not like he's gonna be going anywhere special. Chances are, he's gonna be stuck at the summer villa with Tsunade-oba-chan and her girlfriends for a whole year." "Yeah, I know, Peh, that's why it's a shame!" Senju whined, "Naru-chan is gonna be so far away from me for a whole year now. I wanted the chance to dress him up all pretty now that he's an omega, we could have gone shopping and talked about how to defend himself against dirty alphas who want to get into his pants whole his mate is away." She sighed sadly with a hand on her cheek, a dreamy look in her eyes, "it would have been so wonderful." Peh-chin just rolled his eye at his sister and said nothing, he didn't want her to "accidentally" punch the taste out of his mouth for saying something she didn't like. In the meantime, Naruto stared at his mother with wide eyes, "mother, please tell me you're joking." "Not at all, dear, why would I ever joke about the future of my children? You are the future of this clan after all," Kushimaru replied. He clapped his hands together happily, "great, now that the announcement is out of the way, you can go upstairs to start backing. The two of you will be leaving first thing tomorrow morning." Naruto clenched his hands under the table, "you mean that I don't even get to say goodbye to my friends?" He said softly, he could see that his mother wasn't going to respond to him, he looked down at the table for a second before getting up. "Fine, I'll be in my room if anyone needed me," he mutter as he left the table silently, Haku followed after him on instinct, while Gaara also got up from his seat to go after him. "Hold on Gaara, we need to talk you further, you may go after him once we're finished," Minato stated as Kushimaru took his seat. Gaara was frozen mid-step, he could feel how serious the alpha was from across the table, sp he sat back down. Naruto made it back to his room after a few minutes, his room was in the north wing overlooking the large pool near the rose garden in the backyard. He went out to his balcony to look out into the distance, he could sense Haku standing behind him in the blancny's doorway silently. Naruto sighed, "Haku, I feel like running away." Haku let out a small chuckle, "whether you do that or not, you will still need to pack your bags. Plus, you know that there aren't any lengths that your parents wouldn't go through to find you again, so you might as well take the easier way out." "What's so easy about it?" Naruto grumbled, "I'm going to lose one whole year of my life just to learn how to be a proper omega. I can't just figure it out like everyone else, I feel like I've been signed up to become a nun or something." Haku could understand how Naruto could feel, if only a little bit, he was shipped off to a boarding school far away from home when he was but only ten. He presented at his school as alpha and was allowed to stay until Naruto was born. Haku was still only sixteen at the time, but he had been allowed to learn more than most orphaned servents ever got to by that age, so he was grateful to Naruto's parents about that. Still, he could see how it was unfair, Haku walked over to the blond omega and placed a hand on his shoulder, "listen, Naruto, you might not like it, but trust me, this could be for the best." "How?" Naruto asked leaning his head down on his arms as they rested on the balcony, "I'm being sent away to the villa in Roppongi, miles,, and miles away from anyone I know. Why should I be happy about that?" "Because it gives you a chance to come to terms with how much different your life is going to be. You need to learn a lot of things about being a prime omega, things that you won't be able to learn at your school." Haku explained, "I was only able to learn a little about prime omegas recently, but they are very valuable from what I read." Naruto said nothing in response, Haku leaned close to whisper in his ear, "if you're lucky, you might learn how prime omega can control even the strongest alpha with their skills." Naruto seemed to perk up a bit at that, "really?" Haku stood back up and smiled, "yes, though, it can only be done through dedicated training. Not all prime omegas can do it, but maybe you will be the one to do what regular omegas dream of." Naruto stood up and pushed himself away from the balcony's edge, "well that kind of put a small smile on my face, just a small one. I think I will give this little training thing a try. It's probably gonna suck, but my parents are not about to let me escape from what they preserve is my fate." Haku nodded, "yea, so then let us get started with packing." "Mhmm, before that, would you mind getting in contact with my friends for me?" Naruto asked walking back into his room, "since I'm gonna be taking a whole year off from school, I probably won't be able to see them at all, let alone talk to them. So I need a way to get in contact with them while I'm away, secretly." Haku nodded, "yes, I'll get on it right away."
One year later
It had been exactly one year since Naruto was sent away to be trained as a Prime Omega. Now he was finally back at his old school, and things are about to take an interesting turn.
To be continued...
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For an omega to reach for anything higher than what they have already been given or allowed, is seen as out of place.
An omega who is not able to keep up with a home, no matter their status, is seen as untrained, disgraceful.
For an omega to defy an alpha, in private or in public, is seen as shameful and brings dishonor to their family.
Any omega who breaks the rules of today's society will be swiftly disowned by their families and cast out into the wastelands until they have learned their learn. The alpha they have disrespected will choose how long the disobedient omega stays out in the wastelands, the maximum is usually ten years, while the minimum is no less than one year. Once the omega has returned from exile, they will be subjected to retraining at the Omega Training center that is run by the state, there is one for each country, and they are all overseen by the governor or governess of each country. The only way for an omega to reenter society after being exiled is to prove themselves worthy of their alpha and regain their favor which can be hard to do if the alpha in question had already moved on.
If they are not able to regain favor, the omega is sent to execution.
Tsunade looked up from the textbook she was just reading from to see if Naruto was paying attention, he wasn't. "Naruto, honestly, if you're going to ignore me, at least pretend that you're listening by looking down at your books!" "Yeah, yeah, we went over this yesterday, and the day before, Oba-chan, can't you teach me anything else?" Naruto muttered as he still stared out the window. Tsunade rolled her eyes at her nephew, he was stubborn, much like her and his father. That should have been expected since the Namekaze line is known to be headstrong, it's a wonder how all of the omegas in their bloodline had not been excited over their aversion towards authority. Still, they were only getting started with Naruto's training, so she guessed that she understood his unwillingness to learn. "Okay, Naruto, we've only been here for two weeks already, I know you want to hurry up and go back to your friends, but we still have a tone of things to cover." Tsunade stated as she closed the book, "from etiquette, dancing, politics, etc., we simply don't have time for you to start slacking off like this." "What's the point in learning all this stuff when I'm mostly going to be expected to cook, clean, and fuck on command?" Naruto sighed. "Language, Naruto," Tsunade warned, "I don't want you to pick up any bad habits when you're mad. Saying or doing the wrong thing in public, especially with your family name, is dangerous. You might be the most well of omega I know since you won't be having someone from the training center tutor you." Naruto rolled his eyes as he looked at the woman, "yeah? I guess, but as I said, if I'm only expected to clean, cook, and..." Tsunade gave him a sharp look, "and things like that. Then why do I need to take a whole year off to learn it?" He asked, "it's not like they don't have specific classes at my school for omegas to learn properly without the training center's tutors." Tsunade put down her textbook on the table, walked around it, and took a seat next to Naruto. They were currently in the downstairs living room sitting around the circular coffee table, since they were the only ones in there, Tsunade could relax a bit. "Naruto, listen, I understand what you're going through, but you have to understand that you are different from the other omegas around your age. You are a prime omega, they are much more precious than the regular omegas since they are so rare." Naruto huffed a sighed as he leaned his chin in his hands, he was still sulking over the fact that the hospital sent over a letter of confirmation stating that he would be a prime omega. Naruto still didn't really get what the difference was about prime omegas, so far what Haku told him didn't seem to be true because he didn't feel any higher up the food chain than when he first arrived at the villa. And as far as his pheromones went, they only seemed to work to entice Gaara to jump him whenever they could get a chance alone together. Gaara was only allowed to accompany Naruto because they were a bonded pair. Naruto's father also forbid them from having any type of penetrative sex while they were there. Naruto that Naruto was really thinking about doing any of that while he was there, he still had a lot of things to learn, as did Gaara, so the two of them were usually separated by their lessons. The only real free time the two had was just before dinner and probably during bedtime. However, they were given separate rooms to ensure that nothing happened between the two of them, even though they couldn't have been bonded without something happening. Nevertheless, Naruto was usually stuck inside while Gaara had to be outside. The distance between them was intentional because, as an alpha, Gaara had a lot of training he needed to do if he wanted to continue being paired with Naruto. "Prime omegas are only born once every twenty-five years, but of course, that's not the only thing that made them special," Tsunade went on, "not only are you precious, you are rare and powerful." Naruto nodded his head slowly, he turned back to the window, "Yeah, I know, I hold more political power than other omegas who barely get to vote without special papers to speak of their intellect. I know this already, Oba-chan, you told me that on Monday." "Yes, but did I tell you that you can transform yourself?" Tsunade asked, Naruto glanced at her from the corner of his eye, she nodded, seeing that she had some of his attention. "It's true, though, it's mostly in theory, but there's a fairytale m great, grandmother told me about prime omegas'. He said that there was once an omega that was born from two alphas, though they were taught to be an alpha, they presented as an omega at first. I don't remember the whole story, but, in the end, the omega was somehow able to transform themself into a true alpha without any medical intervention." Naruto turned to look at her confused, "but isn't that impossible, Oba-chan? Even with medical intervention, and omega can't become a full alpha, right? We learned that last year in biology." Tsunade nodded, "mhm, well, it's good to know that you were paying some attention to my lessons." She got up from her spot next to Naruto and picked up her book again, "while it may seem impossible, a prime omega has many skills that scientists have yet to explore. One of them is their ability to talk to the great Kyuubi-sama, the wise and powerful kitsune who helped our country gain our independence from Britannia. Some even believe that the first prime omega was able to meet the Kyuubi-sama and tame him to be their familiar until they passed away during the first great war." Naruto frowned, "but that's just a legend though, Oba-chan, no one really believes it. That's why it's only told to very young children so they can think of omegas in a nicer light before society tells them otherwise. I don't believe it." Tsunade sighed sadly, "you used to." He shook her head a little as she opened her textbook to the page that they left off on, "either way, let's get back to the lesson." Naruto grumbled a bit and put his head down on the desk, "if you cooperate during the rest of this lesson, I will allow you to go into town for a few hours." Naruto picked his head up quickly and looked up at his aunt with hope, "for real?" He asked to be sure because he had not been able to set foot off of the property in the two weeks since they had arrived. Tsunade nodded, Naruto smiled and picked up his book, "alright then, let's get this over with then." "That's the spirit!" Tsunade smiled as she looked down at her book, she found the spot where she left off and continued reading.
Six hours later
It was already getting dark out by the time Tsunade had finished with her lecture. Naruto was relieved because that meant he could finally get to go into town, even if it was for a short amount of time. Tsunade was pleased that Naruto was able to keep his word and paid attention to her for the rest of the time, so she allowed him to go into town with Gaara for a max of one hour with a guard to escort them. Naruto didn't care that much since he was allowed out of the house for once, even though he only had about an hour because of his curfew, he wanted to make good use of it. "Where do you wanna go first?" Gaara asked trying to hide his tiredness. He was happy to be allowed to go out with Naruto for a limited time, but his training during the day had him drained of most of his energy. Since his father was informed of what was going on, Minato had put together a strict training regiment that followed both his guidelines and Gaara's father's own instructions. That went without saying that Gaara was not spared too much time to rest in the last two weeks since they arrived at the summer home. "Oh, um, we can just watch a movie this time," Naruto said claiming down his excitement a bit. He reminded himself of the difference between his and Gaara's training, while Naruto had to stay cooped up inside learning such things as history and politics. Gaara had to be outside trying to survive the physical training he needed to endure to become a proper alpha for a prime omega. Naruto felt double for the redhead when he heard that Haku would be in charge of Gaara's training, from what Naruto had heard, Haku was known to have somewhat of a mean streak during combat. Not even Zhina wanted to cross him most of the time when it came to combat training. "Are you sure?" Gaara asked as he took Naruto's hand in his, "I did some reading while we were in the car and I saw an ad for an amusement park not too far from here. I think it should be open until ten today since it's Friday." Naruto shook his head, "Nah, that amusement park is open year-round, we can go to it some other time. I know you gotta be tired from training today, so a movie should be fine this time." Gaara shrugged, not really feeling the need to insist on the matter since they would be spending time together anyway, it didn't matter what they did. Naruto led the way to a movie theater he remembered being close to their current location, they were lucky that it was open and playing a couple of movies that Naruto really wanted to see. They bought two tickets and made their way over to the snack bar before heading inside the theater to wait for the movie to start. Once they found their seats, Naruto set down his stuff and started to head back out, "Hey, where are you going?" Gaara asked noticing the blond making his way back up the stairs. "I wanna use the restroom before it starts," Naruto said still making his way up the stairs. "What? Hold on, I'll come with you," Gaara said starting to get back up since he had plopped himself down in his seat as soon as they found it. Naruto turned back to the redhead with a frown, "it's the restroom. I won't be long, just sit there and wait for me, I can take care of myself just fine, Gaara, or did you forget our third week of summer camp already?" Gaara pouted but sat back down in his seat anyway, "fine, but if you're not back before ten minutes, I'm coming in after you." Naruto smiled and waved him off, "Yeah, sure. I'll call out your name if I'm having trouble with an extremely long pooh," he chuckled as he made his way out of the theater without another word from his mate. Naruto found the restrooms easily enough, there was an alpha side, and an omega side, he thought about using the alpha side, but decided not to because of how his pheromones had affected Gaara whenever they were alone together for a long time. He thought it is safer to just use the omega side than cause any unwanted trouble for himself, besides, if he got into trouble, then he still had his training from when he was a kid to fall back on. He always made sure to keep his skills sharp with Haku whenever he got the chance. Naruto entered the restroom a did his business, it barely took six minutes before he was standing in front of the sink to wash his hands. He reached for the paper towels, dried his hands, and was about to exit the restroom when he felt someone's hand on his shoulder. "Hm? Sorry, am I in your way?" He asked turning to look behind him while also stepping to the side just in case, when he saw the person, he paused. They were tall, probably a couple of centimeters taller than him with long black hair and crystal blue eyes, his face looked like milk. The person was dressed a little oddly as well, his hands and arms were covered by long black gloves that made his fingers almost look like human claws, he had an earring in his ear that looked like an empty hourglass, and he wore dark blue glass on his face that matched a plan, loose-fitting t-shirt, and black fitted jean. On his feet, he wore dirty red converses, and a collar around his neck, only, instead of the usual black collar omegas usual wore, his was orange. And then there was the smell. Like fresh flowers after a thunderstorm at the dead of night, there was something sweet but chilling about it. Maybe it was the look in the boy's eyes when Naruto's met his, or maybe it was the scent itself. Whatever it was, Naruto felt want, a need to follow the boy where he may roam. "Oh, sorry, I guess I bothered you before you were ready," the boy spoke in a distinctly French accent. Naruto had only heard the accent a few times when he and his siblings were allowed to travel with his siblings were allowed to travel his parents when he was younger. It was rare to hear it so far away from France, which captured Naruto's attention even more. The mysterious boy bowed his head a bit to the blond as he moved past him, his scent brushing past Naruto when he did. "Excuse me, Mon Chiri," the boy said leaving through the door. Naruto stood in the doorway for a second before quickly turning towards the quickly departing boy, "wait a minute!" He called out, trying to rush out of the restroom to catch up with the boy, but he was too late. The mystery boy was gone, almost as if he had never been there in the first place, but his scent remained clear in the air. Though it was untrackable. Naruto was stunned, shocked even, it wasn't until Gaara came to meet him in the hallway that he realized how long he had been staring out into space. "Naruto!" The upset redhead called the blond with a firmness in his voice. "Huh? G-Gaara, when did you get here?" Naruto asked shaking himself out of his super. Gaara folded his arms as he frowned at the boy, "I've been waiting for you this whole time, what happened to ten minutes, huh?" "Oh..." Naruto gave a big smile to the boy, rushing forward to grab his hand, "sorry, I got lost in thought a bit. Come on, let's go catch the movie before we miss anything good." "What, wait a minute, I'm not done talking to you!" Gaara called out to Naruto as he was pulled back to the theater, but Naruto wasn't listening to him, so Gaara gave up. He allowed himself to get dragged back to their seat and sat down to watch the movie, whatever happened to Naruto in the hallway, he decided that it was probably nothing important. With that thought in mind, the two enjoyed their movie until the guard that escorted them there came to pick them up afterward. Gaara sighed as they made their way out of the theater, he was tired and very much ready for bed now. "What's the matter, you didn't like the movie I picked?" Naruto asked before he finished downing the leftover popcorn that was still in the bag. Pouring the rest of it into his mouth happily, he enjoyed the salty-sweet taste of the caramel flavoring. "It's nothing, I'm just hoping that Haku sensei doesn't catch wind of me letting you run off on your own before the movie started." Gaara groaned, "lord knows that my ass is toast if he does." Naruto chuckled, "come on, what're ten minutes? I'm sure it'll be fine." "I hope you're right," Gaara sighed just when their car pulled up. T The two got into the car and drove back to the villa, once there, they said goodnight and parted ways, Gaara heading off to the east wing and Naruto to the west. In the days following, Naruto tried to look for that mysterious boy he saw in the restroom that night, but he couldn't find him. Not through the camera footage or any of his other resources, but it didn't help that he didn't have a name to go with the face. He was curious about the boy, there was something inside of him that told him that he needed to find this boy. Naruto kept quiet about the boy from that night, even weeks afterward when he was still trying to find him.
Two months later
It's been exactly two months since that night at the movie theater. Naruto's lessons have progressed into more import, or rather, to Naruto, boring topics. From the ever-complicated gray areas of omega and alpha laws to the state of the economy, business practices, and how to make connections with people in his places. A few days after that night at the movie theater, Tsunade announced that Naruto would be starting his pheromone treatments. It was a common practice among the nobility to inject a stronger concentration of omega pheromones in hopes of their omega heirs would turn into prime omegas. Even though Naruto was classified as a prime omega, his parents still insisted that he needed to undergo this treatment plan. Why? Because they wanted their prime omega to have the most desired pheromones as far as the senses could reach. The treatment would also allow Naruto a higher libido when he got older as well as other features that his parents desired. Naruto thought this was stupid, but there was no changing his parent's minds. Gaara had to undergo his own pheromone treatment plan set up for him by his father which would grant him the same effects. Gaara couldn't complain either since his father was too far away from him to even communicate by phone. Also, within those two months, Gaara's training had only gotten tougher, it started to extend later into the evening to the point that Naruto barely got to see him during dinner sometimes. As naruto learned more about the life he was meant to lead, he started to dislike it more and more. From what he was understanding, it seemed like he was going to be learning all of this to be the wear of the world around him and nothing more. As a prime omega, Naruto would have to be guarded all the time, outside and inside of the house. Not only that, he was expected to pull at the very least five alphas for his pack, he would be expected to satisfy each one of their needs and keep them all happy so that they could further his family's influence. Naruto didn't like the sound of that. Not one bit.
Three months later
It has now been officially a little over five months since Naruto arrived at his family's summer home, and he was bored out of his mind. All he seemed to do was study, study, study. Gaara could no lo barely hang out with him as Haku's training was taking up just about all of his time now. Naruto would be stuck listening to Tsunade and his other tutors for hours and hours each day. Naruto swore that he might lose his mind if he didn't get a break soon. Every morning, as soon as he got up, Naruto would get a shot of pheromone, then he would have his morning lecture while the maids got him ready for the day, he would get another lecture during breakfast, and then a short break to study before his morning dance lessons. In the evening, he would educate class where he learned how to interact with others in public, specifying the different social classes they were in. He would have violin lessons, and then a quick piano lesson before lunch. During lunch, he would get a lecture about politics while he ate, then he would swiftly be whisked away to his economics class where he had to learn how to cook a full course meal for all of his potential suitors. Speaking of suitors, Kushimaru, his mother, had decided that he would send out some people to court Naruto during his year-long training. Each one coming from a prominent family from the capital or something. So far, Naruto hated every last one of them. Every day, one of Naruto's potential suitors would come to the house to taste test Naruto's cooking, which he didn't care for at all. Most of them were very critical and disliked everything that Naruto made, while a select few actually gave him pointers on how to cook certain dishes better. Naruto was sick of it. By the time he reached the end of his fifth month there, Naruto decided to lock disappear into his room and lock the door, refusing to come out unless his mother stopped sending those potential suitors to the villa. It was a bit childish in hindsight, however, Naruto was beyond tired of being propped up and criticized for not being 'the worlds greatest cook' It's been a little under two days since Naruto had set foot outside of his room. There was a knock on his door, Tsunade's voice calling out to him for about the third time that evening. "Naruto, please come out, you need to eat something, or else you'll pass out!" She yelled at the door, but there was no reply. Just then, Gaara, who finally had a few minutes away from his own training, heard the commotion. He came up the stairs and found Tsunade knocking on the door once again, this time much louder. Some of the maids were gathered around her, some of them holding a multitude of bags from the local stores in town, while some looked to be from foreign labels. Gaara assumed that they were meant to be the new wardrobe that Naruto was meant to start wearing since his father had already sent over his new wardrobe a few days before. "Tsunade-oba-chan, what's going on? Why is it so noisy all of a sudden?" Gaara asked curiously as he walked over to the older blond and the maids. Tsunade heaved a sigh, "oh, it's you, maybe you can get him to open the door." "Uh, okay, but what happened?" Gaara asked confused, he thought that Naruto's lessons were going along normally, just like his. He thought that Naruto would have an easier time with his lessons since he didn't have to dodge all of Haku's carefully planned attacks, ambushes, or had to come up with an on-the-spot strategy that meet the butler's high expectations. Gaara could still feel the air in his side where Haku had 'accidentally landed an arrow during hostage training a few days ago. Tsunade shrugged her shoulders, "I don't think Naruto's taking too kindly to the suitors that his mother picked out for him. Before the last guy could finish listing off anything else that didn't meet his state from the meal Naruto made for him, Naruto walked out of the dining room. He ran up to his room and locked the door so fast that he couldn't stop him, he's been cooped up in here since then, and no one can get him to open the door, let alone take any of the food that was prepared for him." She sighed tiredly, "plus, he's about two days behind on his treatment." "I see," Gaara turned his attention back to the door. He had never seen Naruto like this, but he uses that the boy was only human. Gaara didn't know the full extent of the training that omegas had to go through, what he did know about it made him feel bored just thinking about sitting through all of those lectures. On top of that, the idea of Naruto meeting with suitors who may join his pack one day made him feel more than a little jealous. Walking up to the door, Gaara knocked on it loud enough for Naruto to hear, "Naru-chan, it's me, can we talk?" They waited for a minute for a response when the door finally cracked open and Naruto peeked out at them. Gaara was able to get a whiff of his scent, it had changed from the last time he had smelled it, it was much sweeter now, like his favored dessert or the smell of a bakery where everything is freshly baked. Naruto smiled up at him, "it's about time you showed up." Gaara smiled back at him, "yeah, sorry, I was stuck in training this whole time. I barely get time to rest these days...may I come in?" Naruto nodded and opened the door a little wider for the redhead to enter, and only him. He quickly shut the door once Gaara was through, locking it before his aunt or the maids could try to get in. Now that he was inside of Naruto's room, he got more of the scent he smelt before, it was like he was surrounded by freshly baked goods as far as the nose could smell. It kind of made him hungry in a way, but he kept that feeling in check for now. He turned towards Naruto ready to speak when he stopped. He hadn't seen the boy in months and he somehow seemed to have changed so much. He didn't think that his treatment plan was much different than his in the way of changing appearances. Yet, Naruto looked so radiant now, it was as f he was glowing from within. His once fine curly hair was now more curly, more golden eve, as if they were made from the material itself while also looking so silky, like a waterfall of golden curls. Naruto's skin had gotten smoother too, there wasn't a bump or blemish anywhere to be seen. "Wow," was all Gaara could say as he looked at the omega, his omega, he could feel his heart skip a beat when Naruto blushed. "S-shut up, I know I look all soft and shit, but it's still me you know," Naruto pouted. He propped up his chair in front of the door when it had been before he opened it to let Gaara in, he made sure it was firmly in place before marching back over to his bed. A large queen-sized platform bed that looked to have been more of a pillow fort than an actual bed. Naruto crawled under the numerous amounts of pillows he had collected on the bed without disturbing a signal before poking the top half of his head out from the top of the pillows to look back at Gaara. "So, what did you want to talk about?" Gaara had to shake himself out of his daze to even speak, "oh, um, well...I was wondering, why did you lock yourself in your room yesterday?" He asked taking a few steps forward, "I mean, there's nothing wrong with needing some space, but..." Naruto puffed up his cheeks at the redhead and dived back under the pillows, Gaara could tell by the subtle change in the air that he said something wrong. "It's not like you would understand what I'm going through, Gaara. You get to go outside and breathe fresh air while I'm stuck inside doing all of my lessons and cooking for a stranger's approval. It's suffocating in here! And I can't even get away for five minutes before someone's looking for me for the next lesson." Gaara could see, or rather, smell, Naruto's frustration, "then how about we go back into town for a while? I can talk to Oba-chan for you." Naruto huffed, "if she can listen to your word and not mine, then that only adds to the problem." He pouted, "but..." he folded his arms under the mountain of pillows, "I wouldn't mind if she let us get out of here for a while." Gaara nodded, "Then I'll do that." He went back towards the room door and removed the chair before opening it. The first person he saw at the door was Tsunade, "he'll come out," he said with a small smile on his face, Tsunade breath a sigh of relief, "but," he continued, "he's got one condition." Tsunade's shoulder's slipped a bit, knowing her nephew would get this way eventually. One of the side effects of the pheromone treatment for an omega was a heightened emotional state. "Alright, fine, you guys can go out later today, just get him to come out of his room already, his dance instructor is already on her way here! We can't afford for him to be late to her lesson, she's the best in the prefecture," she said in a scolding manner. Gaara nodded in understanding, though he didn't see how learning dance was such a big deal. Haku had yet to get to the formal part of his training as of yet, "I'll see what I can do."
Later that same day
Naruto finally got to go outside after some negotiations with his aunt via Gaara. Before, Naruto and Gaara couldn't spend too much time together because of their busy schedules, but thanks to Naruto's stubbornness, he was able to get at least one day on the weekend off to do whatever he wanted. He originally wanted both days off on the weekends, but Tsunade insisted that his lesson plan was much too busy to waste that much time, so Naruto took the one day. Though he would probably try again to get a second day off on the weekend or sometime during the week, for now, he was happy. Even though Naruto was able to get one day off a week, he wouldn't be totally free to do whatever he wanted for the whole day. Tsunade wanted to fit as much training as she possibly could into the one-year period that she was ordered to do, which was far from enough time for her to teach Naruto everything. Normally, a new omega would need at least two years of training before they were considered ready. But, Minato wanted Naruto to be trained quickly because he was planning to have Naruto start courting his potential packmates sooner rather than later. It was well known that a bond that is made early will usually grow into a much stronger one given time. Minato was hoping to speed up Naruto's training a little bit because there was no way that he was going to miss an opportunity like this one. As for Kushimaru's planning, she was mostly testing Naruto's endurance as a part of his training, though his intentions were somewhat good, he didn't seriously expect Naruto to pick any of the suitors that he had sent. But, what he was expecting was for Naruto and Gaara's bond to grow stronger as they would be the main couple in the pack. A jealous alpha will usually become more protective of their mate if their position is threatened. Aside from all of the training Naruto needed to do, he was happy to get some time off now. Even if a part of his day would be to go on dates with Gaara, Naruto didn't mind that idea as much since the two could just hang out as friends during said date. So off they went, heading back to the town that was closest to the villa. Haku got Gaara ready, picking out a suitable outfit for his date and combing his hair, while the maids did the same for Naruto. Gaara was dressed in a casual white button-down shirt under a light green sweater vest, a plain red tie around his neck. He had on a pair of ash gray slacks, and a pair of green low rise converses on his feet. His hair was combed out nicely to compliment his face, though it did look like he required a haircut now, which could be done later. He wore a light brown messenger bag across his chest so that he could carry his wallet, ID, train pass, and thing else he would be needing while he was out. Gaara also wore a watch on his wrist with a design of a red dragon coming out of an hourglass jar with a rock next to the jar. The watch was specially made to his father's specifications to show the Sabaku's family crest and sent as a gift to Gaara so that he may show it off proudly wherever he went. It was a tradition between an alpha father and son, something that Naruto might have been a slight bit jealous of. For Naruto, he wore something similar to Gaara to show that they were a pair. A simple loose-knit sweater that matched Gaara's vest, it was long enough that it went past his hips and puffed out a bit in a mock dress-like fashion. He also wore a white button-down shirt underneath, and a pair of fitted gray skinny jeans that ticked into his green high-top converse. Naruto's hair was combed back and up into a short, curly ponytail with hair clips to keep his bangs out of his face. Since omegas weren't allowed to get any haircut that was too masculine, this was the best the maids could. Naruto had to get his ears pierced a month ago, so now he was sporting a pair of red half-inch stud earrings with the same dragon symbol as Gaara's watch. Around his neck, he wore a pendant neckless with a one-and-a-half-inch pendant that showed a bird with spread open wings coming out of flames. This served as Naruto's family crest. Naruto looked down at his outfit after he exited the car. He was not really happy with it, but he wasn't disappointed by it either, at least it was more comfortable than the other suits he had to wear while entertaining those suitors. "Ready to go, Naruto?" Gaara asked coming out of the car after Naruto. Naruto turned to look at Gaara, it seemed like almost everyone else that was passing by them was looking as well. Naruto didn't realize how much Gaara had changed in the last few months. He was ever so slightly taller now, but not taller than Naruto just yet. Naruto could also see some of the muscles Gaara had built up during his training with Haku under the short sleeves of his button-up. He could just tell that, given some more time, Gaara would probably look like some sort of model. Naruto pouted, he couldn't help it, he could tell that everyone was staring at Gaara and his instincts were making him feel like he needed to cover the other boy up. Naruto shook his head, he knew that it was only his instincts talking here, so there was no real reason for him to worry about it. Gaara had trained with Haku of all people, therefore, Gaara could take care of himself. With that line of thinking, Naruto perked up a bit, smiling at the redhead, "yeah, where should we go this time? Another movie or maybe an ice cream place, I miss having ice cream." Gaara gave the blond a weird look, "you miss having ice cream?" He asked scratching his cheek. "Yeah, it's not a part of the diet plan mother set for me," Naruto sighed tiredly, then smirked. "But, if I only have a little, he won't have to know, right?" Gaara was unsure about going against Naruto's parent's orders. However, since the two of them hardly ever get to go out, he decided just this once would be fine. "Alright, then let's go find an ice cream shop," he held out his hand towards Naruto, it was customary for alpha and omega pairs to hold hands in public. It showed off their relationship to others and also kept the omega close to the alpha just in case of trouble, it was one of the first lessons that Haku had drilled into Gaaras head after the movie theater incident. "We can go window shopping afterward to burn off some of the calories," Naruto looked down at the hand presented to him, he wasn't sure if he should take it or not, "something wrong, Naru-chan?" "Yes, is there something wrong, Naruto?" Tsunade asked suddenly, she had volunteered to be the one to chaperone the two's trip into two since the other maids were busy. Haku was also there for Naruto's moral support, and to keep an eye on his student. Tsunade had been standing off to the side near the back of the car watching a young couple's interaction, when she saw that Naruto wasn't taking Gaara's hand right away, she decided that something needed to be said. She walked over to the two until she was standing right in front of them, looking down at Naruto with a disappointed look, she asked again, "well, is there something wrong?" Naruto sighed, "no, Oba-chan, nothing's wrong," he reluctantly took Gaara's hand and started walking off in a seemingly random direction. Tsunade nodded and followed after them while Haku finished parking the car before joining Tsunade in following after the young couple. After a few minutes of walking in silence, Naruto finally spotted his gaol, an old fashion looking ice cream shop, he got excited and started to pull Gaara in that direction. The redhead didn't mind as he was glad to see Naruto happy again. The couple made their way inside, Naruto looked for a second to find the menu before, once he read through the many options, he decided on what flavor he wanted and quickly went up to the counter. "Hello, I would like a-" Just as he was about to make an order, Tsunade butted in, "he'll take a plain vanilla ice cream in a cup. Nothing extra," she stated to the woman standing in front of the register. "No way, that's so boring, I wanted chocolate chip!" Naruto whined. "No, that's too many calories, you're getting vanilla," Tsunade stated coldly. "It will be easier for you to work off during your walk since you won't be munching on a useless cone. You need to keep your figure in mind here." "My figure, I thought I was twelve now?" The blond muttered under his breath in an upset tone. But Tsunade wasn't listening as she paid for his ice cream and walked off to the side until it was ready. "It's okay, Naru, I can give you some of mine," Gaara whispered in Naruto's ear so that the others couldn't hear him. Naruto nodded but was still not happy about the situation. After their ice creams were ready, the couple left the shop to walk around outside, Gaara had ordered a mint chocolate chip ice cream in a chocolate-dipped cone, one of Naruto's favorite flavors of all time. They sneakily shared Gaara's ice cream as they looked through the stores. Naruto was starting to have a little fun again until someone accidentally bumped into him. "Oh, sorry," Naruto said politely, turning to the person, though it wasn't his fault. Instead of hearing kind words in return, Naruto's senses were hit with an overwhelming smell of something rotting, he dropped his ice cream as his hands quickly flew up to his face to cover his nose from the smell. Suddenly his instincts were telling him to run away, that there was danger standing right in front of him, but Naruto was frozen in place. He kept his hands over his nose and mouth, barely able to breathe as he looked the man in his eyes, it was all he could do to keep himself from violently throwing up on the spot. His head was starting to spin, one wrong move and he could be in for it. He looked back up to the man that bumped into him, he could tell that the smell was coming from him as the man was looking down at Naruto with a smirk. "Well, well, what do we have here? A cute little omega and his boy toy out on a walk or something?" The man asked leaning down to Naruto's level to get into his face. Naruto backed up a bit to try and get away from the smell that was starting to make him nauseous. The man chuckled and leaned forward, reaching out a hand to pull Naruto closer to him, "eh? Is that you smelt early? You smell pretty good kid-hey!" Gaara suddenly stepped in front of Naruto to block the man's path, "Whaddaya think you're doing you little brat, I was talking to the little omega over there!" "He's not yours, so you can be on your way," Gaara stated in a chilling tone that Naruto didn't realize Gaara had. His tone was about a frosty as the snow on Mt. Fuji. "Huh? What are you saying to me, you little bastard?" The man asked glaring down at Gaara with intensity, his pheromones were getting stronger as his temper rose. But Gaara wasn't backing down, he's faced worse. Haku's training was pretty scary at times, "he said he was sorry already, so you can leave him alone now." "You've got one last time to talk back to me you little shit," the man said standing up to his full height. He closed his hands tight into his fist and lifted them high for Gaara to see, but still, the redhead would not back down, "now, move your ass out of the way before I show you the strength of a real man!" "I said no," Gaara said as he got into a ready stance, he knew that an older alpha would not back down against a younger one without a good reason. To this man, Gaara must have looked like some kid who was just playing pretend, but Gaara was fully prepared to strick the man down at any more. Whatever happened after that, Naruto couldn't remember because he blacked out due to the overwhelming scent of the man's pheromones. Naruto couldn't believe how weak he felt, it was as if he was in the body of a scared two-year-old who didn't know how to defend himself. As the last of his vision faded, he heard a faint sound of running and then screaming before everything went black. When Naruto regained consciousness again, he found himself back in his room laying on his bed. The maids had made it up for him so that there would be a space for him to lay in the middle of the bed surrounded by the softest pillow that he owned. When he tried to get up, his head instantly started to throb as if it was going to explode from the inside, and his nose burned. He could feel his eyes water at the pain that suddenly ran through his body, from the feel of it, he must have landed on his arm wrong because most of the pain was coming from there. Not to mention his vision was going in and out, so he decided to lay back down and not move. He couldn't smell anyone else's pheromones in the room, so he guessed that he was alone. He leaned his head back into the softness of the pillow and sighed tiredly. "You really took a tumble back there, didn't you?" Naruto suddenly heard a voice, it was familiar but at the same time not, he opened his eyes to look around the room a bit, now noticing that it was already nighttime on the account that it was so dark in the room. "Who's there?" Naruto managed to croak out, his throat was very drying, making him wonder for how long he had been asleep. A pair of shining light blue eyes suddenly appeared in Naruto's field of vision. The blond looked into those eyes for a long time, recognizing them from his first time at the movie theater when he first arrived in Roppongi. They were the same blue shade as back then, though he didn't get too long of a glimpse of them back then, he still remembered those blue eyes clear as day. They were light blue, like the light of the moon during the winter, growing coldly in the night above the rest of the world. Naruto couldn't believe his eyes, "you...you're here, but...who are you?" He asked curiously with his horse-sounding voice, "I remember you from back then, how did you find me?" He was suddenly filled with questions for the boy, like how he could get into a villa that was meant to be heavily guarded under the name of the Second Prince of Namaku, Minato Namakaze. Or how he couldn't smell that wonderful scent of storm flowers at midnight like the last time they met. "Easy, easy now," the mysterious boy said gently in a soft tone, "don't get too loud now or you'll wake up your guards." "My guards?" Naruto asked curiously as he looked around from his position on the bed, surely enough, seated on the opposite side of the bed from the mysterious boy was Gaara. He looked to be fast as sleep leaning to his side in the chair he was seated in. Naruto didn't notice his scent at all, he didn't know why, but all he could smell at the moment was his own scent. Fresh like the sweets in a candy shop, though he had heard people refuse to it as a bakery more often than not, which led to even more questions. Why was he able to smell himself but no one else, especially when there were two other people in the room with him. Was it because he had gotten injured back in town? Or could his sense of smell just be messed up? As Naruto tried to puzzle it out for himself, the boy chuckled, bring the blond's attention back to him. "You are quite adorable, you know that?" The boy asked as he gently brushed Naruto's curly golden clocks back. Naruto pouted, "you still haven't told me who you are. You could at least tell me your name, you know." "My name? Oh, I don't know if you are ready for that just yet, however..." the nameless boy stopped what he was doing, retracting his hand back to clasp his other. He looked the blond in the eyes, his light blue eyes shining brightly even in the darkroom. "I will tell a story instead." Naruto raised an eyebrow, "I'm not a baby, I don't need a story to put me to sleep." The nameless boy chuckled lightly, "don't worry, this is not meant to put you to sleep. This is actually more of a question than a story, something that no one else really knows about." Naruto was curious about what the boy was saying, a story? If anything, Naruto had not listened to a bedtime story in years, his parents had stopped reading them to him when he turned seven after his last bout of illness. "Now then, let me ask you this, why did some people fear the first prime omega so much after the first war?" "Why?" Naruto repeated, he thought about it for a moment, thinking back to when he learned about the first prime omega from his aunt. "Um, it was because he healed a lot of power and managed to trim the great Kyuubi-sama during the war. I guess that an omega who can overpower an alpha at will is not really something that people want omegas to aspire to." The boy shook his head, "Nah uh, you're only half right. Actually, it's because Kyuubi-sama was actually in love with the first prime omega and wanted to take him up to the heavens to become a powerful yokai like him. They were so jealous in fact that some alphas and bates got together and killed the first prime omega before he could give his answer to Kyuubi-sama." Naruto's eyebrows nearly reached the sky from surprise but came back down to knit together in confusion a second later, "no way. If that were really true, then why does Kyuubi-sama still grand prays and wishes to the people?" Again, the nameless boy shook his head, "no, no, no, you got it wrong. It may seem like most people are getting their wish granted, but if you take notice, it is only a certain type. Now, I think I should be leaving," the boy stood up and started walking towards the balcony, flinging the doors open with ease and stepped outside into the cool night air. "Wait! You still haven't answered my question," Naruto called out to him. "Who are you? How did you find me?" The boy paused for a moment as he stood upon the ledge of the balcony, he turned around to look at Naruto with a bright smile. "Don't worry, I will answer your questions properly on the night of the blue moon, that is when you will be ready." Naruto jumped up into a sitting position then despite the pain, he was in, "ready for what? You're not making sense, who are you?" The boy didn't say anything as he put a finger up to his lips and smiled for a moment, "until next time." He turned back around, readying himself to jump off the edge, Naruto tried to rush over to him but he ended up falling off the side of his bed, startling Gaara awake. "Oh, and make sure you keep taking your shots until then, bye-bye now!" With that he jumped off the balcony into the night, Naruto was shocked, not horrified. "Nooo!" Naruto screamed as he forced himself to his feet several times, but his body wouldn't just support him. Instead, he ended up trying to crawl across the plush carpet of his room to get to the window, all while Gaara, Haku, who had come rushing in at the sound of Naruto's scream, as well as the maids, tried to calm him down. Though Naruto was inconsolable. They managed to get the injured boy back into bed and asked him multiple questions about what just happened, but Naruto was too hysterical to answer not a single one. Finally, Haku decided to sudate Naruto with a sleeping pill. Naruto refused to drink it, but Haku managed to get it down his throat in the end, within seconds of drinking the drug, the blond fell limp and was carefully placed back into bed. Haku hated using force with Naruto as he thought of the boy as his own little brother since he had never known how to own a family, only that he was adopted by the Uzumaki-Namakaze couple. Haku turned to Gaara with a serious look on his face, he might have looked somewhat calm and professional on the outside. However, Gaara knew better as he could see murder in the butler's eyes, "What happened here? Why is the door to the balcony opened? It's already well into the dead of winter, are you trying to get him sick?" Haku demanded angrily, his pheromones lashing out at his student. Gaara, to his credit, managed to stay somewhat calm himself. "No, it wasn't me who opened the doors, there was someone else," he stated, then described the boy that he saw jump off the balcony just moments ago. "I don't know how, but he managed to get in without anyone noticing, I didn't smell anything from him, so he must have been a beta spy sent here for Naruto." "And you allowed him to get away?!" Haku asked taking a step closer to the redhead, "are you mad?" "No, sensei," Gaara said straightening his back even more at the older boy's tone. "Before I could get to him, he jumped off the edge." "He did what?!" Haku quickly turned to the heavily armed alpha guards standing in the doorway, "go, quickly! Find the boy before I wring all of your necks! If we're lucky, he hasn't gotten too far!" "Yes, sir," the guards saluted Haku and ran out the door.
To be continued...
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A boy appearing to be around fifteen to sixteen seemed to suddenly appear out of the bushes at the very back of what looked to be a garden of roses. Looking out into the distance, he could see the balcony he had just jumped off of, and beyond that, the brilliant little boy he had just finished talking to. He gave a sly smile as he watched the boy's mate and servants rush around his room, barking orders in search of him. The boy laughed, his dazzling blue eyes sparkling in the light of the full moon. "Soon, Naru-chan, very soon, you will know the trust about prime omegas. Little do you know how special you truly are," the boy chuckled as he took off the special made scent-blocking patch he wore on the back of his neck. He looked at the little white square that could have been mistaken as a simple bandage. With a flick of his wrist, he tossed it up into the air, letting the wind carry it away into the night scare. "Hey, check over there, I think I can smell something coming from the rose bushes!" The sound of the guard's voice ran out in the night sky. "Oops, looks like I should be on my way," he hopped out of the bushes and took one more glance up at the balcony. The doors had closed, but he could still make out the sweet scent of his target, "I'll be seeing you soon, Naru-chan." he jumped up onto a nearby tree branch with cat-like reflexes and disappeared into the darkness before a beam of light could shine in his direction.
One month later
It has now been about six months since Naruto had arrived at his family's summer villa with Gaara, and he was very much the whole experience. Twice now he's meet a mysterious boy with startling blue eyes unlike any other he had seen. Not even his eye color could compare to them. Twice now, that same boy has appeared and suddenly disappeared in the near blink of an eye, seemingly knowing all about the boy who knew nothing of him. Both times Naruto had crossed paths with the boy, Naruto was left with even more questions than the last. Now, after the mystery boy's latest, and greatest mysterious entry in his room a month prior, Naruto was on house arrest. Naruto hated that he had to be restricted so much again, especially after he had finally gotten his ones a week off from his constant lessons. He was upset with Haku who had ordered the punishment, claiming that it was for his good since they were not able to find the mystery fellow that Gaara had described to have jumped off the balcony that night. He was also upset with Gaara who had gone along with the arrest, claiming the same thing. The relationship between Naruto and the rest of the house had become greatly strained because of this. Naruto continued with his many lessons during the day, as well as his shots, as per the mysterious boy's requesting. Sometimes Naruto wondered why he was even going along with the word of a stranger. It wasn't like the boy was his alpha...now that Naruto thought about it, he couldn't tell if the other boy was an alpha or omega, both had their distinct scents that you could tell which one was which. That nameless boy couldn't possibly have been a beta since he had a scent that Naruto could identify which wasn't cologne or perfume. Still, it was a nice scent that Naruto wouldn't have minded smelling just one more time. "Pay attention, Naruto!" Tsunade hit Naruto's desk with a long ruler, forcing the younger omega to leave his daydreams. "Oba-chan, what was that for? I was listening," Naruto whined, even though he missed everything she had said. Though looking at what was written on the board behind her, she was most likely still on Political Justice. "Uh-huh, and I'm a must be the rare end of a horse to believe that," Tsunade smacked the board with the ruler with enough force that her student flinched a bit. "Now that I have your attention again, why don't you tell me about the Invasion that happened last year?" "Huh? Invasion, what invasion?" Naruto asked confused, he had no idea what she was talking about. If it happened last year, then he probably would have heard about it, but from his knowledge, unless he was out of the country at the time, he didn't know of one. "Oba-chan, are you mistaking it for another time or something?" "No, I was just testing you," Tsunade sighed in frustration. "Naruto, what's wrong, you seem to be losing focus more and more each day. Are you still not feeling well from that time?" She asked referring to the time that Naruto passed out from an alpha's pheromones and then woke up to an intruder in his room. Naruto pouted, "there's no way for me to feel better about that situation even after all this time has passed. Because of that time, I was laying in bed for at least two and a half days with a fractured arm." He leaned back in his chair pouting more, "and then there's that guy" he muttered softly thinking about the mysterious boy. "There's no need to worry about that alpha," Tsunade said taking up a nearby textbook and flipped to a seemingly random page. "I made sure that the proper authorities got ahold of him for trying to endanger two minors. You were lucky that Gaara was right by your side when it happened because Haku couldn't get to you fast enough before the guy tried anything. By the way," she turned back to her student, "have you already shown your mate your appreciation for protecting you back then?" "Yes, Haku wouldn't let me forget," Naruto said rolling his eyes. Haku was the type of person that wanted the best for Naruto, sure, but sometimes Naruto felt that the older boy was a bit too strict when it came to the rules. He kept reminded Naruto for a week until the boy finally broke down and ordered a gift to be made especially for Gaara, a new timepiece watch with the Uzumaki-Namikaze crest and his name engraved on the inside, along with a short handwritten note from Naruto himself to complete the action. Naruto assumed that Gaara liked the watch because the next time he saw the redhead, and every time since then Naruto had seen him wearing it. "Good," Tsunoda smiled and went back to filling through the book, "it's important that omegas take the time to send gifts to their alphas to show their appreciation of them. The same goes for alphas. Oh, that's right, I have some news for you," her smile seemed to get even brighter as she moved closer to Naruto's desk. "Tomorrow night is the night of the first true blue moon we've seen in love twelve years, it's a very special occasion since the first prime omega was said to be born under such a moon." "A true blue moon?" Naruto asked as the words of the boy nameless boy came rushing back into his head and stayed there. He got a smile on his face as he suddenly stood up, "yeah? It's happening tomorrow night?" Tsunade nodded and placed down the open book in front of Naruto. Both pages were depicted in dark blue and black to represent the sky, a brilliant blue moon took up a quarter of the left page with yellow-white streaks running across the page to represent meteors. "The moon that we see every time is known as Pilla, a false moon that was said to be placed in the sky why the second prime omega after the passing of the first. The True Blue Moon was known as Polaris, named after the mother of the first prime omega by her child, and on the night that the first prime omega was born, it was said to be raining stars." Naruto looked up from the picture in the book to his aunt, "so does this mean that we're going to be doing something special tomorrow or what?" Tsunade nodded, "yes, we are, we're going to be holding your very first ball," she exclaimed excitedly, much to Naruto's disappointment. "We've been working on it for weeks now and it just so happens to fall on the night of the first true blue moon we've had in twelve years. Although the near is just about over, with the way that things turned out, this ball will also act as your birthday party." Naruto remembered back to the day that his birthday was meant to fall on, at the time he had forgotten since he was stuck inside learning how to cook and dance. "It's not much of a birthday if my friends aren't there to celebrate with me," he muttered as he leaned back in his chair and looked out the window. Tsunade nodded, "I know how you feel, I wasn't allowed to have my friends at my party either when I was your age. Training seemed to take up all my time back then, but friends will come and go. Tomorrow, you will be making meaningful connections for a lifetime!" Naruto was not impressed by her enthusiasm, but he said nothing about it for the time being. Instead, he looked back down at the picture of the moon and shooting stars, wondering what they would look like in relief. He wondered if that boy would show up as he said. Naruto was hopeful, but he didn't put them too high. On the night of the party, Naruto couldn't find too many hiding places for him to rest during the party because he was always being found. The guest list for the ball was at least three hundred fifty-three people, most of them being children from noble family's and other such social classes. None of which Naruto knew. However, Tsunade and Haku pushed him to socialize with every last one of them. Naruto didn't realize that about forty percent of the guest who was invited were a couple of years older than himself, thankfully none of them were more than five years his senior but still, he like being forced to socialize with strangers. The only thing that made the night at least a little bearable was Naruto's plan to escape into the rose garden while everyone was watching the meteor shower. Naruto thought that he could at least make it out into the garden, he could wait for the boy to find him so he could hopefully get some of his questions answered. Well, that is, if he could get a moment away from Gaara. The redhead had been put on babysitting duty from the start to the end of the part, which had started to annoy Naruto quite a bit as it got later into the night. Ever since that night the mysterious boy disappeared without a trace from Naruto's balcony, Gaara had tried his best to stick to Naruto's side whenever he wasn't busy with training. Naruto got the feeling that Gaara's feelings towards him were changing to be more clingy. Naruto disliked clingy people. "Ah, why if it isn't the lovely little omega we cooked for my rude younger brother not too long ago," a cheery voice pierced Naruto's eardrums suddenly. "You are Naruto Uzumaki-Namekaze, correct?" It was getting close to the time that Naruto was planning to leave for the garden and he still hadn't found a way to shake Gaara off his tail for any amount of time. Not only that but there always seemed to be someone seeking him out just to have a seemingly meaningless conversation about his plans for his pack, not that Naruto was planning to make one just yet. It was so annoying, but Naruto had no choice but to grin and bear it for a moment longer, so with a bright (fake) smile, Naruto turned to the approaching man. He was tall with shoulder-length hair white hair, purplish-blue eyes, malky skin, and a smile filled with shark-like teeth. Naruto recognized this man because his younger brother had been the last suitor that his mother had sent to him, the same one that criticized his food to the point that Naruto stopped listening midway to the complaints and left the room completely. The man standing before him belongs to one of seven ninja swordsman factions call 'Bloody Mist. They were known as the best assassins in the business, next to the Inuzuka's, guarding kings, empires, and noblemen alike. Unlike his brother, this man seemed to have a bit more class to him, "oh, yes. Hello, Sir, I don't believe we've met before," Naruto said with a polite bow. the man chuckled, "no, we haven't, but my brother talked too much about you the last time the two of you met that it feels that I know you." The man bowed his head slightly to Naruto, "the names Mangetsu Hozuki," he introduced himself, "and this little bugger standing shyly behind me is my little brother. Suigetsu Hozuki, you two already met." Behind the man appeared a smaller version of himself, though the boy's eyes were a darkish purple compared to his brother's. Naruto instantly remembered the boy from back then, he tried his best to hold his composure so he didn't frown or do anything that would get him punished by Tsunade later. "Ah, yes, I remember him now, we have met," the blond said as he turned back to the older brother, barely paying the younger one any mind. Suigetsu, for his part, glared at the blond for a moment, not used to being ignored by anyone. His parents had spoiled him, no doubt. "So, Sir Mangetsu, what brings you to my humble little party?" Naruto asked politely, "not to be rude, but I would think that someone of your stature would be far too busy to play around with kids." Mangetsu shrugged his shoulders and patted his brother on the head so that he could stop glaring at the blond. "Oh no, I am greatly busy, however, mother wanted me to accompany this little munchkin tonight to ensure that he didn't run his mouth like last time. Suigetsu has something important to say to you, Naruto-sama," Mangetsu stepped aside a bit and pushed his brother forward a bit so that the two may talk while he stood to the side to watch. The ever tentative older brother that he was. Suigetsu frowned at the blond as he continued to glare at him for a moment, Naruto just looked back at the boy with the same smile he gave to his brother. Although Naruto was trying his best, if Suigetsu didn't say anything soon, the blond felt that he might just have to end their conversation quickly. A long minute of awkward silence passed between the two boys without either one saying a signal thing to the other, just when Naruto was thinking about actually leaving, Suigetsu finally started to open his mouth to say something. Naruto noticed that Suigetsu was starting to turn red in the face, which was interesting because Naruto remembered that the boy had so much to say to himself, but now it was as if he had gone mute. "I...I...y-you..." Suigetsu looked down at the floor between their feet since he couldn't stand to look at the blond's face anymore. Those voluptuous lips that were just begging to be kissed, those long eyelashes that hung over Naruto's lovely ocean blue eyes. The curly golden hair that had been pulled up into a neat little ponytail atop that perfect head. Suigetsu couldn't bear to look at Naruto's beauty for too long, not when he was aware that he was looking. To be honest, the first moment that Suigetsu laid eyes on Naruto, he couldn't take the blond out of his mind, it's been weeks now and he still couldn't stop thinking about him. Suigetsu had wanted to make a good impression because his mother told him, however, he messed up. He didn't know why, but he couldn't stop himself from talking back then, he loved the meal that Naruto made for him, but thanks to his nervousness, he ended up insulting the food instead. That seemed to hurt Naruto enough that he ran out of the room, much to his disappointment. He wanted to say sorry for a long time now, but he just couldn't find the right words to use. Since then, the boy hadn't been able to bring himself to face the omega, but thankfully Naruto's aunt had extended an invitation to his brother, who mercifully thought to invite him so that the two could make up. Yet. Now that Suigetsu was standing in front of Naruto once again, he really couldn't find his tongue. It might as well have been cut out of his mouth with the way he was stammering, but he couldn't give up. Not now. "I..I-I just w-w-wa-wanted t-to s-say...s-s-so...sorry...f-for b-back then..." his mouth felt like it was filled with sand and he was choking... He took a chance to glance up at the other boy to see his reaction. Naruto blinked at the purple-eyed boy, "hmm, sorry? You're sorry for what...?" He took a moment to zone back into the conversation because while he was waiting for the younger Hozuki to speak, his mind had started drifting off. He was thinking about how he would get past the guards because he knew that someone would be guarding the doors, ever since a month ago, the security around the villa had become much, much tighter. He would need someone to distract the guard so that he could sneak past. Or perhaps if he could somehow get through a window without anyone noticing, then it would only be a simple jump to get him into the garden. As area they were currently having the ball/Naruto's late birthday party in was the villa's grand hall used for all holiday parties, and was right next door to the guardian. "Um, b-b-back then, w-w-when I in-insulted your c-cooking..." Suigetsu stammered out. He glanced to the side to make sure that his big brother was still standing at his side, he could sense Mangetus's support from his eyes, so that allowed him some courage. "I-I-I wanted to say sorry...f-for being mean, I-I didn't mean any of it." Naruto still only paying half attention to the conversation, but knowing that Suigetsu was apologizing for his actions back then made him feel a little better. He might start to like the white-haired boy a little more now, maybe he could consider him a friend because of this. "Oh, is that all?" Naruto asked giving the boy a true smile this time, "well if that's the case, then I'll forgive you this once, but please don't do it again or else I won't be so nice next time, okay?" Suigetsu turned a bright shade of red from the top of his head down to his neck, he suddenly started to become unsteady on his feet to the point that his brother needed to extend a hand to make sure he didn't fall. Mangetsu chuckled at his little brother's reaction, "my, my, this is interesting, no one has ever made my little Otouto act this way in his whole life," he laughed. he turned back to Naruto with a bright smile that showed off some of his sharpened teeth, "there's a first time for everything, ne?" Naruto was a little worried that the boy might pass out but he didn't have time to worry about that right now. He found his chance to get away, "mhmm, it certainly seems so." Naruto turned to leave with a polite bow, "please excuse me, I have other guests to tend to, and my mate is calling for me," he stated, which wasn't exactly a lie. He could see Gaara standing about six feet away in a custom-made red suit pretending not to be watching Naruto over the rim of the cup he was drinking, but it was obvious to everyone. Mangetsu looked over to where Naruto's eyes fell and made an 'o' shape with his mouth in understanding. "I see, then don't let us keep you from him much longer, he looks like he might be a good fighter." Naruto nodded, though, he wouldn't know because had never seen Gaara fight with his own two eyes before. "Oh, but before you do head off, might I extend my apology for my brother's actions and an invitation to his thirteenth birthday party at the end of next month? It is our way of trying to get back into the good graces of the Uzumaki-Namikaze's." Naruto nodded once, "yes, now please excuse me." The blond said bowing once more and walking away with all the grace and dignity that was drilled into him over the past few months. He walked past Gaara to another supposed guest, but he ended up working his way closer to the back door of the grand hall with as little social interactions as he could manage. He turned to the door, reaching for the door's handle when he was caught. "Where do you think you're going?" Gaara suddenly appeared behind Naruto, grabbing the sleeve of Naruto's black and gold-colored suit firmly to stop him. Naruto frowned, he was nearly there, "I was just going out to get some fresh hair, Gaara, can I no longer do that without you breathing down my neck?" He asked while pulling his arm out of the redhead's grasp, he turned to face those wonderful seafoam green eyes that used to look so uncaring upon the world. Now they could never seem to leave his sights for more than a moment. "How annoying," he muttered to himself under his breath. Gaara folded his arms in front of himself and narrowed his eyes on the blond, "oh, my bad, I didn't realize that me worrying about my mate was so annoying. Maybe I should be like those alphas that don't give a shit about their omegas and see if that changes your tone." He sounded could to anyone who heard him, but in reality, Naruto could tell that he had hurt the boy's feelings. Naruto sighed, "all right, sorry, I shouldn't take my feelings out on you. I just want some fresh air, alright? is that too much to ask nowadays?" Gaara's frown deepened, "I suppose not, but you're not going out there alone. I'm coming with you," he stated stepping past Naruto to open the glass door leading to the rose garden. Naruto made a face at him but Gaara didn't see it, "besides, the guards out here are on strict instructions to not allow you anywhere outside alone tonight." "Don't you mean all the time?" Naruto muttered as he walked through the door that Gaara held open for him. He could see that he wasn't about to lose him now, so he might as well find a way to do it once they were outside. The two made their way into the garden after made sure to close the door behind them, the night hair was chilly but seeing as the winter months would be coming to a close soon, it was extra chilly tonight. Naruto shivered a bit, he probably should have taken the weather account tonight, but he was so eager to see the mysterious boy that he wasn't thinking too far ahead. Gaara noticed Naruto shivering as they made their way to the center of the garden, he turned to the boy with a scowl. "See, you're shivering, why did you even want to come out here so bad when you're not dressed properly?" "Oh get off it, Gaara, a little chill never hurt anyone, just give me a few minutes," Naruto huffed as he marched past the redhead. He was sick of Gaara acting as if he were his dad, he knew that the boy was only worried about him, but by this point, Naruto was more than tired of it. He was tired of the overprotectiveness, the lack of freedom, and the rules. So many rules that he needed to follow just because he presented as an omega. If Naruto had one wish right now, he wished that he had been an alpha. Gaara pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration, "Naruto, wait, please I-Naruto!" Before he could finish what he was about to say, he suddenly saw someone appear in their path. He was tall, looking to be about three to four years older than them with the most stunning blue eyes. And a scent of a flower after a storm. Suddenly everything seemed to move in slow motion, as Naruto turned back to see what Gaara was going on about, the boy reached out and grabbed him. The two disappeared in the blink of the eye before Gaara could find his strength to move, leaving the redhead to stand there with an outstretched hand staring at nothing. Gaara clenched his fist, feeling the anger he felt a month ago well up inside of him again for allowing someone to take Naruto away. Seeing Naruto whisked away like that just now broke something inside of the boy that he couldn't place, not that he cared to think too hard about it at the moment. Luckily for him, the scent of the person who took his beloved mate away just now was still lingering in the air. Gaara took in a deep breath, memorizing the scent until he knew it by heart, then he took off in the direction that the scent was fading off into. "Damnit, this is why I didn't want you going outside. But I was just being too soft, too careless," Gaara muttered to himself as he ran through the darkness of the rose garden, the scent from the tall boy being his guide. He recognized the boy from that night one month ago, it had to be him, he only caught a glimpse of those eyes, but he just knew it was him. He had never seen eyes so blue, not even Naruto's could compare, "grrr once I get my hands on him, I'll make sure that he can never leave my side ever again." Just then Gaara's usually light green eyes started to glow a crimson red color, he let out a low growl from deep within his throat as he picked up his speed so that he wouldn't lose the scent he was tracking.
Meanwhile, with Naruto
Naruto was confused, one second ago, he was talking to Gaara about being overbearing, and the next, Gaara was gone, along with the rose garden they had been walking in. The rose garden that grew in his family's villa was usually a very fragrant red color that was most commonly grown in his father's childhood home. Now, Naruto was standing in a completely different rose garden where all the roses were a pale blue color that glowed brightly around him as if there were each their stars. In front of him stood a large manner that was completely devoid of any light from the outside. There were four columns and some stairs that stood out from the darkness of the large house that night could just make out under the moonlight. Looking around, he couldn't see anything else for miles in all directions, looking up, he saw the bluest moon he had ever seen in all of his life. The color reflecting off of the moon overtook the whole sky, bathing everything in a bright, but eerie blue glow that filled Naruto with a feeling of nostalgia. Had he been here before and not remembered it? He didn't know. What Naruto did know what that everywhere he turned in this place, he could smell that wonderful scent that he had been longing to smell again. Naruto turned around slowly to see the scores of that wonderful scent standing behind him with a look of glee. "You...you're from that night...you came for me?" Naruto asked as he looked up at the taller boy. "Yes, of course, Mon Cherie, why wouldn't I come for such a wonderful Prime Omega as yourself. You have a very important job to do for us after all," the boy said with a sly smile. "I do?" Naruto asked curiously, "um, is there someone else here?" "No, no, it's just us this time." The boy said as he placed both hands behind his head in a carefree way, "but, that might not be the case for too much longer." "What do you mean?" Naruto asked tilted his head slightly to the side much like a fox. From what he could smell, there was only this boy here with him, so did that mean that someone else is coming? "Hm, yes, exactly right, my dear, your boyfriend is trying to find this place even as we speak," the boy said with a small chuckle at the end. "However hard he tried, though, he won't be able to find this place for another ten minutes, so that should give us some time to clear the air." The nameless boy made his way over to the large and dark manner, walking up the steps to sit on the very top stop. He looked down upon Naruto, dressed in black and gold while bathed in the light of the blue moon was something to behold, "you know, you are quite the beauty. I am sure many have tried to steal your hand in manage for their selfish gains in recent months thanks to your presenting." "Uh, yeah, I guess you could say so," Naruto nodded. He was curious about the boy, how did he know so much about him? Where did he come from? What did he want with him? But for now, Nauto wanted to focus on the more important ones first, "so, are you finally going to tell me your name now?" "Oh? My name, it's not very important, but if you like, you may refuse to me as V," The boy, now known as 'V' stated. He smile never leaving his face, "I know you have a whole list of things you want to ask me, but please remember to keep it short as we are on borrowed time here." Naruto nodded, he came to stand at the foot of the steps to look up at V. "Tell me, what do you want with me, how did you find me, and why me?" "Oh, that's only three, but I suppose that is to be expected," V sighed. "Alright, let me tell you the most important answer for all of them, it's because you're a Prime Omega." Naruto frowned, "I guess I can understand that, but did it have to be me?" V nodded, "yes, because prime omegas have been selfishly held captive by alphas to do their bidding since after the second prime omega's passing. What you all have come to know about prime omegas today, and omegas as a whole is incomplete." "What do you mean by that?" Naruto asked still very much confused by the boy's words. "What I mean is that prime omegas are even more special than you lot realize. Take you for example, did you know that omega's scents never change unless they survive life-altering trauma?" V asked, it sounded less of a question and more of a factual statement, Naruto shook his head. "Well, it's true. Not only that, but since you are a prime omega, did you know that you don't have to stay an omega all the time?" Naruto's eyes widened, "What are you talking about? Once you present, you can't change your second gender, not even through surgery." "No, that part is still true, however," V's smirk sinister, "you won't be needing surgery to change yours." V stood up and stretched his arms up into the air happily, "no one knows how great prime omegas truly are. They never seemed to look further past the mere fact that you were a prime omega." He looked down at Naruto and pointed directly at the blond, "the fact of the matter is, a prime omega is a name given to those very rare few who can do both jobs. But I can see that this is all flying over your head, so let me simplify it for you. You are alpha, the most powerful and dangerous one there is, since you can change your pheromones on command to be either an alpha, an omega, hell, you can even stop omitting pheromones altogether to appear as a beta. It's all up to you, but you require a lot of training first to do that." "Wait...what?" Naruto asked completely lost, "I'm a what now?" He shook his head in disbelief, "you're lying, this has to be a lie. There were multiple tests run on me the day I presented and a month after. How could I possibly be an alpha after all this time?" V laughed, "this is wonderful, don't you think? You are the first of the long line of Prime Omegas who will be able to accomplish what he started long ago. I hope you are proud of yourself, Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze, starting today, you will be walking in the footsteps of the First Prime Omega himself!" To be continued...
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Before long the whole area they were in started to shake as if they were in some kind of decorative globe. Naruto looked up at the boy named V, he still had many more questions to ask, but he couldn't. The two ran out of time sooner than they thought, but at the very least, some things were explained. However, before the two parted away, V came down the steps and handed Naruto an envelope, "here, once you have come to your decision, then use this to contact me." Naruto looked down at the envelop that he was just handed, it was a yellowish-white color that looked to have aged well. Tuning the envelope over, he noticed that there was a name written on the front of it that didn't seem to be able to stand the test of time. It looked to be written in old English font, a subject that Naruto royally sucked at still, the only letter that he could make out, let alone understand with all the fading was the starting letter 'V'. "What is this?" Naruto asked as he flipped the letter back over to look at the seal, it too looked to have been molded after the old wax seals of the Brutanian empire to him. "As I said, once you come to your decision, then please you that to contact me, all you need to do is open it when the time comes. Everything else should follow suit naturally after that," V bowed his head and jumped back up to the top step where he had been sitting originally. It only took one jump to get him back up there but Naruto was quite impressed. "And remember what I said, you might be titled as a prime omega for now, but with training, you can be the alpha that you had wished to become from the start." With that said, V turned his back to the blond and disappeared into the dark shadows of the large house. In the blink of an eye, the area around Naruto shattered into a million broken glass pieces, crashing down all around him. Replacing the blue flower garden with the red rose garden that he tried his best to run away to meet V in the first place. Naruto felt confused, "so all this time we were still in the rose garden? How could I not notice it? Was it an illusion?" He thought to himself before looking down at the envelope in his hands. No, it wasn't a dream or an illusion, V was real, their conversation was real. Now all Naruto had to do was decide what direction he wanted his future to head into. But before that, he had to deal with a pissed-off alpha. Naruto turned around when he heard the sound of low growling behind him, like a while animal getting ready to pounce. He turned to see Gaara, eyes red, bearing canines as if he were a beast. "Gaara..." Naruto started slowly, but before he could say anything else, the other boy jumped on him, tackling him to the ground, "Gaara, wait!" He tried to speak, but the redhead quickly opened his mouth and let his teeth sink deep into the side of Naruto's neck hard enough to draw. Naruto winced but didn't back away, he supposed this was what he got for making the boy worry about him so much for so long. Instead of trying to get away, Naruto patted Gaara's head as he allowed him to bite him. He could feel the start of tears trickling down Gaara's face as he held him close, his grip on the blond was tight enough to leave a bruise, but he didn't care. He wanted to make sure that the boy was real, that he was his. Once Gaara calmed down a bit, he lifted his head enough to look down at Naruto, his precious omega. "Naruto...why do you keep running away from me? Did I do something to upset you?" Naruto shook his head, "no, I-" "Then why?" Gaara demanded, his tears were streaming down his face freely now, "did you want to be with that guy instead?" The redhead could feel his anger boiling up inside of him again with the thought of Naruto running off with a stranger that neither of them knew. Naruto sighed as he pushed Gaara off of him lightly so he could sit up, Gaara allowed him to get up, but he wouldn't allow for anything else. "Gaara, listen, it's not what you think." Naruto scratched the back of his head, suddenly his ponytail was feeling a little too tight for him, so he pulled out the ties that were holding it up. Letting his hair fall, he didn't realize how long it had gotten, it was nearly past his shoulders now. "Gaara, if I tell you something really important, do you promise that you won't tell anyone else unless I say so?" Gaara pouted, "are you avoiding my question?" Naruto shook his head, "no. Just tell me, yes or no?" Gaara thought for a moment, Naruto was being serious right now, so he guessed that he should give him a chance. "Alright, I'll keep your secret..." he got up from the ground and dusted off his clothes, "but first, let's get you cleaned up inside," he held out a hand for Naruto to take. The blond nodded, he might as well head back in now, the air was starting to get a little chillier than he could handle, staying outside any longer might land him in bed for a few days with a cold. Naruto got to his feet and Gaara lead him back towards the main house away from the party-goers, as much as Naruto wished he could be done with the party right now, he knew that he still had to come back to say goodnight to all of his guests before he could finally turn in for the night. Naruto and Gaara managed to sneak back into the house without too many problems, they managed to slip upstairs to Naruto's room before anyone could see them. Gaara sat the blond on the bed while he went into the bathroom to start filling the bathtub with hot water. He found some things to put into the bath that would be relaxing, essential oils, bubbles, and bath salts before he went back to the bedroom to find something comfortable for Naruto to wear. He made his way to the dresser while Naruto just sat on the bed and watched him. Naruto sighed, thinking about what he wanted to tell Gaara, he was curious about how the boy would take it. Then again, this might have been a crazy idea, he did get it from that strange V guy after all, so there wasn't much reliability in it. He still wasn't sure if he could trust that guy or not, he had a unique smell that he couldn't get out of his head even now. He asked V many questions before they were caught by Gaara back there. It was telling that the guy was wise, the way that he spoke and carried himself, Naruto could not doubt that V was wise, intelligent in his own right. A worldly type of guy that has seen many things and met many people, so he was inclined to believe him, but he still had an air of uncertainty right now. Naruto sighed, "Gaara..." he called out to the redhead, stopping him in his tracks with his voice. Gaara turned to look at him with a look of alertness, he had some folded up clothes in hand that were pink in color. Naruto knew the exact pair of pajamas that Gaara was currently holding because he had taken great pains in hiding them from the maids under a mountain of clothes in the bottom draw. Naruto stood up and walked over to him slowly, taking the pink silky pajamas out of his hands before looking into those jade green eyes. Gaara looked into those bright blue eyes, the picture of a clear sunny day could be seen within those baby blues. He could have stared into those eyes for as long as he had breath in his body, but he snapped out of it, "what is it, Naruto?" Naruto frowned, not knowing how to put his thoughts into words for a moment. He took in a deep breath and let it out slowly to clear his mind. "Gaara...I-I want to tell you something. An idea I had come up with, but because of recent events...I think my plans might not come true," he looked down a bit sadly. "Plans? What plans were you thinking about? I will help you in any way that I can," Gaara replied seriously. "Yeah? Okay, um..." Naruto good as he took in a deep breath, "I don't think that you'll like what I'm about to say, but I just want to get this out quickly. Um...so, I was thinking of...making a harem." Gaara shook his head, shook, "you what?" He looked at Naruto seriously, he lifted his hand to lift Naruto's chin gently so that they could look into each other's eyes once more. He was searching those blue sky deeply, looking for something, "are you serious?" Naruto was a little scared to admit that he was slightly intimidated by Gaara these days, he was an alpha after all, and omegas are weak against them. Physically, at least, so Naruto wanted to stand his ground. There was something in Naruto's eyes that told Gaara that he wouldn't back down. Gaara shook his head, "did that bastard bring this up while the two of you were alone in that place back there? Huh? Tell me the truth." "No," Naruto shook his head, "he didn't tell me about this. No one did, this is my idea, from me. Okay? I can still think for myself you know." Gaara nodded, his hand fell from Naruto's chin, "okay, so why? What's this harem idea you came up with?" He asked, there was a darkness in his eyes as he spoke, Naruto knew that he was in dangerous waters. Gaara was upset, and an upset alpha is never good. "Aren't you going to be a part of that pack that your parents were talking about?" Naruto pouted, "that pack is a harem in and of itself, Gaara, and you know it. But the fact that I will be the only omega in that pack surrounded by you and a bunch of other alphas." He shook his head, "it's not right, it's not fair. I want to make sure that I don't have to stress myself out trying to please a bunch of people that I don't fully like. Most of which will only be known to me through my parents, it's so lame. I hate to think that I would have to play housewife and full-time baby machine to you guys whenever you come home from running the world." He heaved a sigh as he turned away from Gaara, "that's not fair, that was not how I saw my life going." Gaara looked at Naruto sadly, he knew that the omega lifestyle was not something that he wanted to lead himself. Yet, there was a part of him that wish he could trade places with Naruto if only to keep his smile from hiding most of the time. It felt as though, ever since they arrived here, Naruto had not smiled a real smile, as if he had slowly forgotten how to. There wasn't anything that hurt him more than to see the boy that he had these ever-growing feelings for hurt like this. It hurt, even more, when he knew that it was happening right before his eyes and he couldn't do anything about it. "That's why I want you to help me," Naruto said as he wiped a tear from his eye. "I want to make sure that I get the pack that I want to build, not the one my parents want. I want to gather people that I can trust and keep them close to me, even if it might seem strange, that's what I want. Not what someone else wants for me." He turned back to face Gaara, "do you understand what that means?" "I think so," Gaara said, though his thoughts were a little over the place, "um...so, what do you want to do? I want to help you, I don't you to be upset with me anymore." Naruto pressed her lips together for a moment, he let out a small breath from his nose, "I'm not upset with you." "Oh yeah?" Gaara shook his head as he leaned back on the dresser, "I don't know what's been happening between us lately. It feels as though, ever since we arrived at this villa, you and I have been drifting apart more and more lately. We don't spend time together as we used to, and we barely talked. I thought that there was just too much for the two of us to do, that's why we haven't been able to do anything together. Even this party, we've been a part of most of it, we didn't even enter together...so, I think that...if I could rewind time, I probably wouldn't have done what I did to you." He looked down at his hands as his mind drifted back to that night, the time that changed their lives forever. "I never said that I'm sorry before." Naruto watched Gaara for a moment before slowly placing a hand on his shoulder, Gaara looked into those blue eyes again. He was always looking into his eyes, Naruto felt that he could see his soul now more than ever, it was a little chilling sometimes, he looked away from those jade eyes, "it's not your fault. I didn't know what was happening, and you couldn't have known what could have happened between us that night. I thought that we could...stay friends, but I...I don't know." He shook his head, "even though we got ourselves into this situation, I think we should try harder to make the best of it. There's still a few months left of this stupid training before we head back to school for good." Gaara nodded, "so what are you saying? What would you like for me to do?" He lifted Naruto's chin to look into his eyes again, "you know I just want you to be happy, right?" Naruto nodded, "yes, I do know that. But...I think it's just the way that things played out that made me kind of resistant to your advances. I don't know what, maybe it was just in my head or maybe it was just the way things have been happening around me. Either way, I wanted to put distance between us so that I could figure myself out without feeling like I had to be forced to hang out with you. Every time we were together, it didn't feel natural, you know? Like we, or at least, I was being forced to be in your presence when things used to be so much easier going between us both." Gaara frowned a little, feeling sad that Naruto felt this way. All this time, he did think that Naruto was being slightly distant, except for the times they were allowed out of the house into town. The first time felt easier than the second, which didn't end well for them. And now this. Gaara felt like he failed, at what point? At what time? He didn't know, but he did know this, he would make it up to Naruto because his feelings were honestly only growing for the blond. His beautiful eyes, that wonderful, easy-going smile, and those calculating looks he would give when he was deep in thought, Gaara loved it all. And he missed them just as well whenever he was apart for Naruto. Was this what love was? Loving everything about a person so much that it hurt to be apart from them for more than a day? If this is what that felt like, then he would gladly bear with the pain so that he could stick by Naruto's side for as long as he was able. He took in a deep breath as his hand left the blond chin, he turned away from those deep ocean blues to collect his thoughts, Naruto watch him closely. "Alright," the redhead said after a few moments of silence, "I'll go along with you and your plans, and I won't tell a soul. But," he turned back to the blond who waited for him with bated breath, "if I'm going to be apart of this plan of yours, then you need to make a promise to me first." Naruto was a little hesitant, he didn't know what Gaara could ask for in return for his silence and cooperation. It could be something simple, which would be fine, Naruto could deal with something small like holding hands in public or not talking to other alphas who are making a pass at him. Things along those lines are mostly fair game since the two of them were guaranteed to be married within a couple of years once they were of age. So lovey-dovey things, and others of that nature would be fair only because of the previously mentioned reason, however, Naruto couldn't help but wonder. What if it were something drastic? What if Gaara wanted something impossible that would be unfair to Naruto? Could he still be able to do it? Would he? "What is it?" Naruto asked slowly, hoping beyond hope that it was something simple and fair that he could do. Gaara could tell Naruto's line of thoughts from the look in his eyes. It was as if a calm sea started to ripple with worry and stress, he felt dismayed that his love felt this way. "I want you to make a promise to me, okay?" He leaned against the dresser some more as he sighed, looking up at the ceiling, the painted-on clouds around the skylight in the center of the room were highlighted by the glow in the dark stars that were scattered around the ceiling. The decor was beautiful, elegantly done to fit Naruto's angel-like image, though the blond would usually complain about how soft and girly it all looked to him. Gaara thought it was cute. Naruto noticed that Gaara seemed to be drifting off into a daze so he placed a gentle hand on his shoulder, "what is it?" "Promise me that I will always be the first," Gaara replied as his eyes slowly drifted back down to Naruto's face. Naruto looked perplexed by this, "first? But you were my first, what do you mean? Please be more clear." Gaara shook his head and took both of Naruto's hands in his, he looked the blond in the eyes one more time, a serious look in those jade-colored orbs. "I know I was your first, but what I mean is...I want to be your first everything. It might be impossible for some things, but please promise to think of me first before all of your other future partners. I know that this might sound selfish of me, but you...you're mine. I always want you to be mine, just like I always want to be yours. So...please, could you promise this to me?" Naruto took a moment to take in everything that the other boy said, "you want me to be yours? Like in those princes movies we saw on tv as a kid?" Gaara chuckled a bit, "you always did make fun of those movies. But yes," he nodded, "as cheesy as it might sound, I want you to be my princess, and I'll be your prince charming or whatever. Just like in the movies." Naruto twisted his lips to the side in a frown but didn't deny his request. After all, it would be something simple that he could do, thinking of Gaara first, always keeping him in mind for things. It sounded simple enough so why shouldn't he agree? "Alright, I'll be your princess," he smirked, "my prince." Gaara beamed, he didn't think he could be any happier, he pulled Naruto into a tight hug. As he did, he got a good whiff of his scent, it was breathtaking since he hasn't smelled it up close in a long time. He nuzzled his nose into the crook of the blond neck and took in a deep breath, Naruto blushed, it was embarrassing to him to have his former friend, now fiance smelling him like this. He was tempted to throw him off of him, but he refrained from that, "Gaara, back off a little, the maids will probably come up here any minute to come to check on us, and you don't want to be caught in this position when they do. Do you?" Gaara took in another whiff, "no, but I wish we could stay like this for a bit longer." Naruto blushed a bit, "well, we can't, so get off," he heard a soft sigh before the redhead removed himself from the blond's embraces. Now that Naruto was taking a good look at Gaara, he did notice the change that he had gone through in the last couple of months since they got here. He had some visible muscles, his face looked more mature, and he smelled amazing, though that could just be the hormones talking so he wouldn't count that last part. Overall, Gaara looked ten years older than he was. "Naruto..." Gaara said while he smiled at the blond, snapping said boy out of his thoughts. "The bath, it's waiting for you." "Oh, o-okay," Naruto said before hesitantly turning towards the bathroom door. "If you're hesitant, then I can get into the bath with you," Gaara smirked. Naruto blushed brightly, "no, no, I'm good. Thanks," he said before rushing off into the bathroom and closing the door behind him, he also locked it for good measure to make sure that Gaara didn't try anything. Even though he did trust the redhead not to do anything so perverted, he still didn't want to take the chance. Once he was safely inside the bathroom, alone, he walked over to the bathtub, it was filled with water and bubbles and looked oh so inviting. There were even scented candles lit around the back of the tub, and rose petals floating in the water, "if I didn't know any better, I would have thought that he was trying to get laid or something tonight." Naruto glanced back at the locked door for a moment, he didn't hear any movements beyond it to say that Gaara was trying to get in or anything, so he relaxed a bit, "I mean, he is sweet and all, but he shouldn't have to try so hard. We were good friends before, I'm sure we can get back to that feeling sooner or later." With that thought in mind, Naruto slipped out of his clothes and sank into the warm water until only his head could be seen. He leaned back against the edge of the tube and took in a deep breath, taking in all the rose-scented smells in the bath, as well as the warmth. It was almost enough to put him to sleep, but he woke up with a knock on his bathroom door, it was one of the maids, "Naruto-sama, are you alright in there?" She asked worriedly. Naruto sighed, so much for relaxing completely in the bath, "yes, I'm just fine," he called back before he tried to relax again. But it wasn't as relaxing as before, now that he's heard the maid's voice, he wondered if Gaara was still in the room or if he went back to his room. "Well it's probably better if he had gone back to his own room before they caught him, I think he would get into more trouble than me if they caught him there. It would be double trouble if they found him in here. Not that I would let him in here for any reason though," Naruto huffed, he couldn't relax anymore now that he was thinking about it, but he wasn't ready to get out of the bath just yet. So he decided to think about his plan, he was going to make his pack in his own image, no matter what others might think of it. He's already got a couple of people in mind to recruit as well.
To be continued...
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Naruto decided to get out of the bath once the water had cooled down, it was then that he realized that he didn't bring any clothes in with him. He sighed, he was going back to his room anyway, so he would find something to wear for himself. He got out of the water and carefully stepped down the steps leading up to the tub, he grabbed a towel from the stack that was folded up on a shelf near the tube before making his way over to the door. He dried himself off quickly before tying the towel around himself nice and tight before opening up the door, when he did, he nearly had a heart attack. The maid who had called out to him before was still standing at the door, as still as stone, and as silent as death. It was scary shocking seeing her just standing there waiting for him to open up the door like that. Naruto almost thought that he was in a horror movie or something, well, it wasn't Halloween so he probably wasn't as scared as he could have been if it had been Halloween night. Naruto took in a couple of deep breaths before addressing the maid, "have you been standing here this whole time?" "No, not the whole time," the woman started, "I only came to wait here once I had prepared your clothes and bed for you." She gave him a once over quickly before frowning, though Naruto couldn't tell since this particular maid always seemed to be in a bad mood when it came to his appearance. There was always something not to her liking, hence why most of his wardrobe changes were due to her, and everything he wore was always classy and so not his style. It was because of her, Betty, if he remembered her name correctly. Naruto sighed, "whatever, I'm ready for bed anyway, so I'm going to get changed," he stated as he walked past her to get to his dresser. "Very well, I've already picked out something for you to wear to bed, it is on your bed waiting for you. If you need assistance, then do not be afraid to call for me," Betty replied. "I will be back with your shot." "Fine," Naruto said with an exasperated breath, as he turned back to see Betty walking towards the door. "Wait, what do you mean by shot? What shot?" He asked in confusion, he hoped that she didn't mean a hormone shot because he knows he had already gotten that one this morning. Betty paused in the doorway for a second before turning back to the blond, "yes," she said with a signal nod of her head. "The orders your mother have delivered to us a time ago while you and your fiance were out and about in the Rose Garden earlier are pretty clear. He wants to increase your dosage of hormones to be taken at night as well as in the morning from now until the end of your stay here." "What? No way, that's gotta be illegal or something!" Naruto complained, outraged, "isn't there a limitation to how much hormones I should be taking each day?" Betty nodded, "yes, there is, however, the increase in shots will not throw off your body's natural balance. Since we will also be providing you with something to regulate your hormones naturally." Naruto shook his head, "seriously? Why would he do that? I want to talk to him right now." "I'm afraid not," Betty replied simply. "And why not?" Naruto asked while folding his arms. "Your mother has instructed me not to have anyone interrupt his work until the following month. He is in the middle of something important with your father that requires his full attention at the moment," she explained, "once he is free to talk, then I will be more than happy to call him up for you. Until then, please relax, stressing out like this now is not only pointless, it is insufficient. A proper Prime Omega should not allow something so simple as hormone shots get them down." Betty turned to leave again but turned her head back to him one more time, "also, your tantrum is inappropriate, I will be letting your aunt know of this attitude first thing in the morning." With that, she left the room just as silently as she had entered, Naruto watched her leave with a long face. "That's so not fair," the blond pouted for a minute before letting out a heavy breath of air. He turned to go over to the bed where he found the pajamas that Batty picked out for him. It was a blue pair of silk pajamas, Naruto didn't like silk pajamas too much these days. It screamed a luxury that he was forced to have instead of dreamed of having, not to say that he wasn't grateful, he was, he would just prefer to go back to his regular cotton PJs. He got into his pajamas and looked at himself in the mirror, he didn't find that he had changed that much, aside from getting a little skinny, and his skin looked softer. He thought that he looked very much doll-like. He hated dolls, he preferred stuffed animals over dolls any day, even though that's the only toy that seems to make it into his room these days. Naruto also liked sports, sometimes, footballs, basketball, the things that got you moving. Nowadays he couldn't even pick up a fork on his own without someone scrutinizing whether or not he was doing it right. A quick eye-roll at the memory he just remembered of that same thing happening less than a month after they got here. He turned back to his bed, climbed in, pulled the covers over his head, and waited. He didn't have to wait too long before Betty and another maid came in with the dreaded shot. "Now then, this shot is only half of your regular dosages, so we will be starting you off slowly at night to see how you react," Betty explained. She held up the needle and turned to Naruto, "please give me your arm so we can get this over with quickly. You still need to get your beauty sleep," Naruto looked at the needle for a moment before presenting his arm to her. He wouldn't fight this, it would only be more troublesome if he did."
Five months later
Today marks roughly a year since everything started. Naruto and Gaara were both finally able to go back to school once the two had completed both of their training. Naruto's increase in hormone shots had a greater effect on him than they expected, as a result, Naruto looked more feminine than masculine now. Even though it's only been a single year, the change was evident. The same went for Gaara. Naruto celebrated his thirteenth birthday studying and being "good" as they wanted, biding his time until he could get out of that villa. There wasn't anything much he could do about his situation, not now anyway, so he sucked it up and held onto every last bit of his lectures. The time seemed to slow to a crawl during each one of those lectures, but eventually, the time came. The end Naruto was more than happy to be leaving the summer villa after spending so much time there. It was called a summer home for a reason, he was used to the place so much now that he almost forgot what it was like to be in his old room. He also heard some news that Gaara might be moving into his family home once they returned, so Naruto thought that might be interesting. It would be like a long sleepover, they would be able to go into each other's rooms whenever they wanted. Of course, Naruto knew that things would not be like before, they would be going back to school after they go back to school. Thinking about that now, he wondered what their school life will be like when he goes back to school. Will anything have changed much since he left? It probably would have since it's been about a year now. Naruto sighed, tired of thinking about everything he had been curious about throughout this past couple of months. "Oh no, looks like someone's stressing out about something, "Gaara'a voice startled Naruto a bit as it came from behind him. The blond turned to see his red-haired mate, it was weird at first for him to think of his friend and classmates as such. But given a little time, he was starting to get used to it. "Gaara, hey...how long have you been watching me?" The blond asked turning to face him more. "Long enough," Gaara replied with a small smile. He took in a deep breath and let it out slowly, "looks like we're leaving this place for good this time, huh? Are you nervous?" "Nervous? Are you joking, I'm excited," Naruto replied happily. He would have started jumping up and down for joy if his aunt wasn't standing less than six feet away with her mate. Shizuna seems to have gotten noticeably bigger over the past few months. She was due to pop any time now from what the doctors told her. Naruto shivered a bit, just imagining himself going through something like that terrified him, and since he was expected to make a pack of his own. It was needless to say that he was dreading the idea more and more. Gaara looked towards Shizuna and Tsunade. Seeing the pregnant omega made Gaara wonder how Naruto would look whenever they had their first child. He shook his head quickly before his hormones could act up too much, and cleared his throat. "Hey, let's start loading our stuff into the car, the sooner we finish, the sooner we can get to the airport." "Hm, sure," Naruto nodded and picked up his duffle bag, and followed Gaara to the trunk of the car. Gaara loaded their stuff into the trunk without letting Naruto do any of the work, Naruto rolled his eyes at him. Gaara has been babying him any chance he could get because Naruto still tried to treat their relationship like their friendship from before. The redhead wasn't hurt by this it made him feel even more determined to get closer to Naruto. It didn't take long to load up the rest of the luggage onto the back of the trunk. All of the staff had already departed from the summer villa ahead of them as they needed to be back home in time to welcome everyone back. That did not include Haku, Naruto's butler, and bodyguard since as far as he could remember. Haku rode in the car that Gaara and Naruto were traveling in, sitting between Naruto and Gaara as if he were a shield between the two preteens. Haku was not unaware of the two's sneaky nightly activities, but since their pheromones didn't change from normal to intense, he didn't feel the need to step in. Yet. Naruto didn't mind Haku being the barrier between him and Gaara as he still completely get the thoughts of Gaara being his best friend out of his mind. Their chemistry might have changed, but their dynamic had not, for the most part. They spent their remaining time at the villa trying their best to get used to their new relationship, it was like putting on a new pair of shoes that still needed to be broken in. The plane ride home was a little longer than Naruto remembered it being. Maybe it was because he couldn't wait to get home, it could have been his anxiety getting to him, either way, Gaara had to use his hormones to settle him. Either way, Naruto was kind of happy that Gaara was able to calm him down with his pheromones, some of the other passengers seemed a little curious about their relationship since they were so young. As a mated pair, their hormones smelled different together as opposed to separately, and it didn't rail up the other alphas and omegas on the plain. It was much different from when Naruto was on the way to the villa because he needed to wear a collar to fully suppress his scent. Naruto was very happy about this change. When the plane landed, they all collected their stuff and found their way out to the pickup section. Naruto wondered if his parents or siblings would be there to pick him and Gaara up. But to his slight disappointment, it was one of the family drivers who came instead. Although he was expecting his family, not just a driver, he guessed that he preferred this as it allowed him more time to collect his thoughts. An hour on the road, two hours on the bullet train, and one more hour via fairy, and finally, they were finally escorted home. Naruto never knew how far away the main house was from the airport as he rarely took very long trips with his family that needed a plane. "Ah, finally, we're back home. I don't know how much longer I could have stood this long traveling anymore," Betty said with a sigh as she walked around the side of her car to collect her things. "It's about time we get back to our regular schedule, this old woman is far too tired to keep moving about like this." Naruto and Gaara rolled their eyes at the older maid, she had been complaining like that through most of the trip back home. Naruto and Gaara both were tired of hearing her say the same thing over and over but said nothing as they would be given a lecture about respecting elders. So, they allowed her to continue complaining until they got inside. Gaara was allowed to go up to Naruto's room to put his stuff down until they finished setting up the room he would be in from now on. Naruto dropped his bags on the floor as soon as he stepped into his room before he belly-flopped on his bed, which was thankfully still free from all of the previous stuffed toys he was given at the villa. Most of whom had been gifted to him from Gaara every time he achieved something in his training. Naruto doesn't know what kind of achievements Gaara had been making, but he seemed to make a lot of them as there was always a new animal on his bed every other day. Naruto sighed, happy to leave the summer home behind them, he closed his eyes as he lay there motionless. He felt a weight come down beside him, he turned his head to see Gaara laying down next to him. They stayed like that for a few minutes, the calming silence that fell over them after their long day of traveling was just what they needed to fall into a deep sleep. By the time the two woke up, it was already dark outside. Naruto yawned, stretching out his limbs before slowly sitting up, he looked around his darkroom. He almost didn't recognize it through the darkness, but once a passing cloud let some of the moonlight in, he saw his room. It had changed a bit from when he first closed his eyes to now as there was a pile of large-ish boxes sitting on the floor waiting to be opened. Naruto thought that he had already brought up all of his stuff, but thinking back to his room in the summer villa, he realized that he had accumulated a lot while over there. He sighed but didn't move to start unpacking anything just yet. He simply sat on the bed, in his darkroom, listening to the silence of the house. Here, there were no crickets, the sounds of nature, or animals walking about in the woods nearby. Instead, there were sounds of distant cars and train whistles to be heard, as if they were farther away than just outside of the main gates. While thinking about his trip to and from the villa, he recognized the sound of sharp, careful steps making their way across linoleum floors. The sound got closer until it came to a stop just outside of his bedroom door, Naruto turned around to see who was there, though he probably didn't need to as the smell of spicy honey entered his nose before those footsteps stopped at his door. "Haku?" Naruto asked as he slowly got up from his bed. "Naruto, you're awake," Haku stepped into the room, seeing that his master was awake. Naruto walked away from the bed to meet Haku halfway, before the young butler could say anything, Naruto pulled him into a tight hug. Haku could feel Naruto's slight trembling as he asked, "what's the matter? Did you have a bad room? You can tell me," he said soothingly. Naruto couldn't help but hug Haku tighter, "I'm scared..."
To be continued...