A/N: I decided to write a fan fiction instead of studying for my end of the year exams. :P I hope you enjoy.
Summary: Naruto is a thief. Being abandoned when he was a child, he found the only way to live was to steal but he steals from the wrong person this time. He stole from the most important person in the entire kingdom, Sasuke Uchiha or otherwise known as the price. What price will Naruto have to pay for stealing back what was supposedly his?
Warning: Yaoi! Cursing. AU You have been warned…
Disclaimer: If I wish upon a star does that make Naruto mine?
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"Thief! Stop thief!" Voices screamed at the running man that dashed between stands and people. He ran with all of his strength and leapt over a small child with grace that only an experienced thief could have. His breath was becoming more raged but he didn't dare stop in fear of being caught.
"Shit! Have they always been this fast?" He thought hazily, skidding around a street corner and running down the alley. He came to a stop to stare at the somewhat tall brick wall that blocked his path of sprinting. Huffing, he turned around at the sound of swords being drawn.
The guards stood in the path of the man's only escape now, their swords drawn and disgust written all over their faces at the sight of the man.
"We've got you this time you dirty street rat." The royal advisor spoke smugly, stepping towards the thief with superiority written all over his face.
"My name's Naruto bastard." Naruto grit clutching the stolen item in question.
"I don't care what your name is street rat." He spat at Naruto's feet.
The blond glared at the man with striking blue eyes that could faze anyone for a moment after looking at their beauty.
"Now kindly return what you have stolen from the prince and maybe we'll make your death less painful." The man stuck his hand out to receive the stolen item.
"Let me give that some serious thought." Naruto smirked playfully.
"How about no." The royal advisor looked at the thief in fury before shouting.
"Kill him! I want his head on my desk!"
"But sir, we're supposed to capture him not kill. It's the prince's-" A guard tried to explain to the infuriated man but was cut off before he could finish his sentence.
"I don't care what the prince wants! I want his head on my desk!" The royal advisor snapped at the guard who had spoken against him.
"Tsk tsk. Not a good thing to disobey your bosses orders." Naruto smiled from on top of the brick wall.
The guards and royal advisor gaped at the sight. That had to be at least a 15-foot wall and yet the blond was able to get up there without a problem.
"Now if you don't mind, I need to steal some food for tonight but we can play again tomorrow. See ya." Naruto waved them off before dropping on the other side of the wall.
It took a few seconds for the royal advisor to gain his composure before screaming at the top of his lungs.
"I DON'T CARE ABOUT THE PRINCE'S ORDERS I WANT THAT STREET RAT DEAD! DO YOU HEAR ME DEAD!"
"Oh, I hear you loud and clear." A cold voice spoke calmly but everyone froze at the sound.
"P-Pr-Prince." The royal advisor stuttered uncontrollably. He turned around slowly to face the man who had given him his place in society.
Sasuke Uchiha stood proudly, looking at his royal advisor expressionless. His black hair was styled like a duck-butt and his onyx eyes could drown you in its mystery. His ivory skin was flawless and his well-built body would make any girl swoon in his presence. He looked like a God.
"So my orders don't mean anything to you?" Sasuke asked casually, flicking a stray hair that hung in front of his eyes.
"N-No sir! I-I"
"Leave." Sasuke interrupted him mid-stutter.
"Ex-excuse me sir?"
"I don't need to repeat myself." Sasuke glared with so much intensity, it wouldn't have surprised anyone if the royal advisor had pissed his pants.
The man shook involuntarily, before swallowing his pride and leaving the alley and probably the kingdom as well.
"Now then, what we're my orders again?" Sasuke turned to the guards who looked at the prince with the upmost respect.
"To capture the thief and bring him to you sir." One of them stated.
"Please do so." With that Sasuke left without another word.
The men swallowed their fears and saluted their prince as he exited the vicinity with his two personal guards. They looked determined at the other and knew they wouldn't let the man that had saved their ass's more than once down. They could capture a thief no problem. The only problem was finding said thief.
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Naruto polished the apple he had stolen happily with his loincloth. He grinned down at the shiny red apple before taking a satisfied bite. He wasn't able to steal a pear too but this should do for now. Food was food no matter what.
He strolled down the street and waved to some small children who were playing hide and seek. The sun was beginning to set and Naruto knew he should've started heading back to his house but for some reason he didn't want to just yet.
Naruto spotted a low branch tree and climbed on it hastily before finishing off his apple and tossing the core onto the green grass beneath his feet.
He sat against the dark branches, doing his best to relax. He gripped the crystal necklace that now swung around his neck and smiled fondly at the object.
Naruto turned his head to the palace and looked at it with disdain, he still couldn't figure out why the prince was supposed to receive his necklace. He had convinced the merchant that he was supposed to deliver the crystal necklace to the prince and once received the jewelry ran out of the shop, which resulted in all of those guards to start chasing him and even the royal advisor.
He turned the necklace over in his hand, making sure to remember every detail of the lost necklace.
"I won't lose it again dad, I promise." Naruto thought determinedly, holding his clenched fist close to his chest in memory of his father.
"What are you doing here kid?" A sour looking man asked Naruto from below.
The blond gazed down at the man with a scar running along the bridge of his nose and his brunette hair put up in a spiky ponytail. He wore a green apron, which meant that he worked at the nearby jewelry store; the one Naruto had stolen from.
"Thinking about some things." Naruto smiled politely before hopping down to stand before the older man. He looked to be about 22.
"You shouldn't be out here so late at night, it's dangerous." The man informed him kindly.
Naruto would've snorted but that would've made the man question his behavior so instead decided to play it safe by replying, "Yeah I know. I was just heading home."
"Where do you live? I'll walk you back." He questioned.
Naruto froze. Where did he live? He slept in a new location each night and even snuck into some abandoned houses for the night to sleep in a bed. He certainly didn't own a house or even an ounce of land. He was just a street rat.
"Oh you know, around." Naruto replied casually while grinning stupidly at the man.
"Do you have a house, kid?" He looked concerned for the blonds' well being.
Naruto stared at the man with wide eyes and started to respond, "I-."
"Stop him! Stop the thief!" A man yelled running towards the pair.
"Shit!" Naruto cursed and began sprinting once again. The kind man from before just stood there dumbfounded watching Naruto vanish around a corner.
Then it dawned on him. That kid was the thief that had stolen from their store earlier that day. Iruka clenched his fists in anger and was about to run after the blond himself but remembered the look in the blonds eyes when he asked him if he had a house. There was only pain behind those beautiful cerulean eyes.
Iruka continued to stand in that spot even after hordes of guards ran by. How he wished he asked for the blonds' name. He wanted to remember the kid with cerulean eyes because he had a feeling he would be seeing him again very soon.
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Naruto kept running for all he was worth. There was no way he was going to be caught after making his most profitable heist yet, and there was no way in hell he was going to be giving the necklace back to some rich, spoiled prince.
Gasping for breath he hopped over another wall and continued to run into the outskirts of town. He could no longer hear his pursuers behind him so he stopped to lean against a wall and catch his much needed breath.
He grabbed the necklace that swung lamely around his neck and thought, "I'm not going to lose it again. I'm not going to lose it again."
A loud dog's bark brought Naruto out of his thoughts and to his horror spotted a huge white dog snarling at him at the end of the alley.
"Fuck, this isn't good." He thought bitterly and began to slowly back away from the dog and the dog slowly advancing forward.
Naruto only stopped once his back hit the wall and he knew if he tried to hop it that the dog would come and bite his ass off.
"Damn it." Naruto muttered, trying to sound braver than he felt.
"Cornered already? I thought this would be more fun." A voice sighed, appearing beside the dog and looking the blond over with a quick glance.
"W-Who are you?" Naruto managed to get out.
"Oh wow, Kakashi was right. You are cute." The man smirked, laughing a bit to himself.
"Who are you?" Naruto repeated himself, glaring at the man who he couldn't make out in the dark. All he knew was that he was tall and had a huge dog with him.
"I'm Kiba. I'm the animal trainer at the palace and the prince sent me personally to find you." Kiba stabbed himself in the chest with his thumb.
"What does the prince want with me?" Naruto asked stupidly.
"You stole that necklace from him." Kiba pointed to the crystal Naruto clutched possessively. "Stupid and cute. I can see why everyone's so interested."
Naruto puffed his cheeks out in anger before letting the expression slip from his face and replace it with a cocky smirk. "You can tell your prince that I have no intention of giving what belongs to me to him."
"Belongs to you? I don't think so. You're coming with me whether you agree with it or not." Kiba said seriously and advanced forward with the dog following his lead.
Naruto smirked once more at the man before leaping over the wall and falling gracefully on the other side. The thief only had a moment to contemplate why it had been so easy to escape before he connected with the ground or… what he thought was the ground at first.
"The cute ones always fall right into my arms." A voice whispered in Naruto's ear and then Naruto realized that he had actually fallen into someone's open arms.
"W-What?" Naruto stuttered, a light blush creeping onto his cheeks at the hot breath ghosting over his face.
"Good job Kakashi." Kiba beamed over the wall he had climbed halfway over.
Naruto also realized at that moment that he had been caught.
"Y-You tricked me!" He yelled loudly at Kiba who just continued to grin.
"Wasn't too hard considering you're not the brightest." Kiba rolled his eyes.
"Fuck you!" Naruto shouted and began struggling against Kakashi's grip but the man was strong and kept the blond in place.
"Calm down, we're not going to hurt you." Kakashi said softly trying to soother the writhing thief.
"Don't fuck with me! I know the penalty for stealing from the prince is death!"
"I said we're not going to hurt you." Kakashi smiled, making Naruto stare at the man with shocked cerulean orbs. The man meant that they were just going to bring Naruto to his death.
"Let me go." Naruto grit but it came out more like pleading.
"Sorry no can do. Orders and all." Kiba said nonchalantly.
"I wouldn't worry about it too much." Kakashi told Naruto before he could speak out again.
"Why's that?" The blond stared at the silver-haired man with mild curiosity.
"You never know what the prince is going to do until he does it."
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Sasuke sat in his chair, tapping his fingers against the polished wood absent-mindedly. He stared at the piece of paper he was supposed to be reading over but couldn't bring his wits together to even read it. He was at wit's end.
Sighing and running a hair through his glossy black hair he pushed the paper to the side and stared out the window over looking the vast kingdom. The sun had gone down but lights still shimmered here and there throughout the land. Sasuke liked the quiet that night always brought with it but he longed for the light of the sun as well because it always reminded him of his childhood friend. Always bright and sunny, nothing ever dampening his mood.
Sasuke smiled at the memory of his friend but his thoughts instantly turned sour as he thought of the thief that dared to steal his necklace. He was going to torture him as much as possible before killing the street rat.
How he even managed to steal it was beyond him, but he would pay for it no matter what and nothing was going to change the Uchiha's mind.
"Pardon me sir." A maid entered his study and curtsied respectably.
"Yes, what is it?"
"Hatake-san and Inuzuka-san have captured the thief." She answered softly.
Sasuke's eyes lit up at the news and he walked out of the study and down to the grand hall where he knew Kakashi and Kiba would be.
He walked down the spiral staircase with grace and approached the door that led into the hall. Without hesitation he pushed the large white doors open and walked over the two men holding a smaller figure. The thief's head was drooped and refused to meet the Uchiha's eyes.
"Good job." Sasuke declared and Kiba gave him a wide grin in return.
"No problem, but you owe Akamaru a bone." Sasuke just rolled his eyes before turning to look at the thief who had still not lifted his head to look at the man who could and would give him a death sentence in a heart beat.
"Look at me." Sasuke ordered, the blond did not comply.
Feeling impatient Sasuke tilted the blonds' head to look him straight in the eye.
The prince's eyes widened slightly at the sight of glazed cerulean eyes looking at him impassively. Sasuke could never forget those eyes and now that he looked closely he could see the whisker like scars across the thief's cheeks and the same messy wild blond hair sat on top of his head.
"What's your name?" Sasuke found himself asking.
For a second it looked like the blond wasn't going to answer him but about a minute later he spoke raspy, "Naruto…Naruto Uzamaki."
It was him. He looked the same since the last time Sasuke had seen him, except that his face was a bit sallower and the laughter was no longer in his eyes but it was still him.
Sasuke wanted to smile and hug the blond and admit how much he missed his friend but something told him that the boy before him didn't remember Sasuke. His instinct was telling him to just play it off as if he never met the boy until now. It hurt but Sasuke learned from experience to always trust your instinct over your emotions because they were usually right.
"Why'd you steal what belongs to me?" Sasuke asked as coldly as he could manage.
"It belongs to me not you!" Naruto shouted, starting to regain his energy and tried to struggle against Kakashi's tight grip.
"Why do you believe it belongs to you?" Sasuke smirked.
"Because it belonged to my father! It belonged to the Uzamaki clan!" Naruto yelled and Kiba's eyes widened slightly at the information.
"You must want this necklace badly if you were willing to risk your life for it." Sasuke turned to stare at Naruto, eyes half-mast and Naruto met his gaze with determination.
"I'll let you have the necklace." Sasuke declared and Naruto's eyes lit up with joy.
"Really?" He asked incredulous.
"On one condition." Sasuke added slyly. Naruto cocked his head to the side.
"You stay here in the castle with me forever."
"What?!" Naruto stared at the man as if he was crazy and at that moment Sasuke did feel crazy but he was not letting the blond go. Not again.
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A/N: I hope you liked it! Thanks for reading! Reviews and whatnot are always welcome! ^-^