My Brother's Fiancè

Twenty Five - 12:51

Naruto continued his rehearsal with the Hebi despite Deidara's request for him to take a rest. For him, his condition shouldn't affect his commitment with the band. He minimized his contact and interaction with Sasuke not just because of what happened but also he'd rather avoid him than having another break down.

He realized that the more he tried to reach out with the raven to smoothen their relationship as soon to be brothers, the more his mind fucked up because of him. He came to a conclusion that Sasuke is just too much to bear. During their rehearsals , Sasuke would either give him a harsh comment on their duet or a cold shoulder if he asks for help on something. Because of this, all interactions he has with his soon to be brother-in-law are mainly professional. If he ever had question or suggestion he'll ask the other band members for input which in turn the other will talk to Sasuke about it, making the raven grumpy.

The only reason why Sasuke would comment harshly on Naruto was to get him to talk to him eventhough it'll sometimes lead to them arguing. Sasuke noticed the change in Naruto's behaviour towards him. His usually smiling face is replaced with a passive one whenever Naruto talk to him while he is all friendly with the others when he isn't around. Despite the set up, the rehearsals all went well.

On the day of the event, just what Itachi wanted, Naruto cross-dressed. This is to hide his identity along with giving him an alias which is their son's name. Deidara chose his outfit. Naruto wore an orange pull over shirt with an Uzumaki symbol at the back whose length is just a few inches above his knees and his favorite white chuck taylor shoes. His red hair is down with a simple clip on it's left side. Konan did his make up. She covered his whiskered like birth mark, put on blush on and lipstick. All in all, the make up was simple except for the eyelash extension eventhough it wasn't necessary.

He looked like Kushina when she was younger. Infact, the concept of his outfit was taken from one of his mom's photo when she was working in the fashion industry. No one would recognize him. Even the Hebi including Sasuke didn't recognize it was him that came over the stage after Sasuke introduce him as Sachi, their guest singer.

Hebi is a popular band known to be the Akatsuki's rival in every nomination, awards or recognition. But since the former has retire, there's not really much of a competition. The adjustment Naruto made having to sing with Hebi was really a big step. Since the band is more attached with the audience and fans while performing. Suigetsu already informed his band mates about Naruto's uneasiness with close contact and Itachi already informed his brother not to let Naruto interact with the audience if it's not necessary hence with not much of a choice Sasuke need to do the talking entertaining their audience while they have short breaks in between their performances.

They performed each songs they practiced. It was indeed a good perfermance from the band. Eventhough Itachi gave strict rules not to let Naruto speak other than him singing, Sasuke would talk to Naruto on the microphone while talking to their fans wanting to get him engaged with their audience. As a result, Naruto would either nod, smile or answer some questions from Sasuke on behalf of their audience.

Marvin Gaye is the last song they've performed. It was also the song that Sasuke and Naruto suppose to have a duet however Sasuke had Shikamaru sing it with Naruto instead. He find himself unable to focus with the way Naruto sing it and thought that with Shika and Naruto's chemistry they can pull that off perfectly.

The client who had invited the Hebi to perform on their company's anniversary party including their guests were impressed at their performance. Most guests and employees are a huge fan of the band. The said client is a big fan of the red-haired hot tempered vocalist of the Hebi.

Knowing that Karin has taken a break from work at the mean time, he felt losing an opportunity to ogle with the pretty red hair as well as trying to get his hands on her. He diverted his attention to the said "guest singer". He wants to learn more about the new red haired girl in front of him and wants to make sure she deserve to be singing on stage in place of his beloved Karin.