Forbidden Fables (NarutoxDisney)

Disclaimer: This story is a work of fiction. All the characters, names and places belong to their respective owners.

=[Prologue]=

"Stupid! Stupid! Damn it! Where are you, Ero-sennin!?" Naruto cursed loudly and agitatedly as he hastily raced and acrobatically leaped across the rooftop of a secluded village in order to avoid the incredibly pissed off female populations.

It wasn't his fault. Well, at least not entirely. The blond-haired boy, who was only fifteen years old, was looking for the elusive perverted hermit, who'd told him that he was doing research for his next smut book. That would only mean there was one type of place to go to as Naruto had learnt from experience so many times before; a place where revealing skins were the most abundant.

Naruto sighed wearily as he dropped down through the opening between the buildings and into an alley way. Not a moment sooner, he suppressed his energy signature while his back was pressed hard against the closest wall. His starling blue eyes immediately peered at the entrance way, which was obscured by bins and overhanging cloths. His keen ears twitched, capturing the distorted shouting of the mob several minutes later.

"Please don't look. There's no one in here," he prayed suggestively with beads of sweats sliding down his forehead while watching the armed masses passing the narrow opening by. It was just his bad luck that there were several female jounins accompanying the civilian population in the hot spring. If it wasn't for them being so proficient at sensing other people, he would never have been caught so quickly. Playing it safe, he gave the allowance of several more minutes before letting out a breath of relief.

"Well, that's another town off limit," Naruto told himself as he crouched on the ground. He pursed his lips and tapped the pavement with an index finger, counting how many places he had managed to piss off in the time he had studied and trained under the white-haired sage, Jiraiya. To be honest, his sensei had already pissed them off long ago.

Forming a deep frown, he leaned back against the wall while staring blankly at the opposite wall. It had been almost two and half years since he officially became the apprentice of the sennin. Two and a half years since he left the village of hidden leaves in order to become all that he could be. While the time was well-spent for most part, Naruto felt he could have done so much more. He scratched his whiskered cheek several times with an absented mind before pondering what all his friends had been doing back home. They were likely very busy training while he was wasting his precious time, looking for his sensei day in and out.

"Where the fuck did you go, Ero-sennin? It has been half a day already!" Naruto roared in annoyance. His voice drowned out quickly as he remembered the villagers were still looking for him. "Maybe the toads know where he is? They usually do."

Naruto was about to do the summoning technique, but abruptly stopped. Bringing forth Gamakichi in such a cramped alley way was a bad idea. He compensated and summoned one of the smaller toads instead.

– Prologue –

"Pa and Ma said Jiraiya is still in this town. He is doing research," the small toad answered while staring up at him.

"Eh…? Bullshit! I've searched every place he could go!" Naruto snapped furiously. He then sighed as he watched the sun glided ever so slowly across the sky. Night was coming soon, and another day would be wasted. He dropped his head to the ground again. "Sorry; didn't mean to get angry at you. Ero-sennin had told me that he would teach me a new technique five days ago." It was almost seven days – a week – to be exact.

The toad nodded, seemingly dismissing his outburst while remaining calmed and collective. "Have you searched every library in town, Naruto? He could be in there doing his research."

"Eh…?" Naruto blinked several times. "You mean he's doing 'actual' research!?"

"Can you please stop yelling? I can hear you in normal voice just fine," the toad requested politely with a headshake. "And I don't understand, Naruto. What do you mean by actual research?"

The toad seemed genuinely sincere.

"…" Naruto cursed something inaudible under his breath. He wasn't about to corrupt an innocent child by telling it what 'research' actually meant in the context he knew. "Er… nothing at all. Alright, I'm going to have a look at the library. Thanks for the suggestion. Say hi to Gamakichi for me when you get back."

"I will," the toad promised with a nod. It vanished from the alleyway in a puff of white smoke.

"The library huh…?" Naruto mumbled as he stood upright. He looked skyward before running up the wall and peeking from the ledge at the rooftop. When seeing no one in sight, he cocked his head and looked towards the small circular building on the outskirt of the town.

"Are there hot girls in the library?" Naruto asked himself. It was a redundant question since if Ero-sennin was there, there were.

– Prologue –

Sadly, Naruto was wrong. He found the library was devoid of life. Reading was not very popular with the town's population apparently. That much was obvious from the still silence. But then again, the civilians probably had better thing to do. Strangely, Naruto thought the area inside was far larger than he had expected from the size of the building when seeing it from the outside.

Naruto wandered around for vacated ground level for a brief moment before heading up stair. From the layout chart on the wall, he found there were several levels in the building including a few built below ground level. Frankly, he didn't want to check every single one for his sensei. It would take too much time. Even if he did find the man by doing so, night time would have fallen so another day would still be wasted.

"Are you in here Ero-sennin!?" Naruto shouted once he reached another level. Oddly enough, he hadn't found anyone in the library at all in the previous levels.

"Please do not yell in here, boy," a soft voice said from the nearby table. Its owner, an old man with gray hair, pointed at the billboard on the wall with a skeletal finger.

Naruto blinked and faced at the warning sign situated by the entrance to the staircase before rubbing the back of his head with flustered embarrassment. He fixed his forehead protector before bowing his head to the old man apologetically. "I'm terribly sorry, Jiji-san. I was looking for a… never mind. He's probably not here."

"And how would you know if he isn't when you have not searched every level thoroughly?" The old man asked flatly while returning his attention back to the book on the desk in front of him.

"Well… it doesn't seem like this is a place Ero-sennin would be," Naruto answered while moving closer to the old man so he would not have to raise his voice. He didn't say that the old man was the first person he met in the building. As he was neared enough, he could examine the book the old man was reading. His brow furrowed when he saw only white pages. The book seemed to be entirely blanked. There was also not a single speck of dust could be seen upon the fiber. "Eh… what are you reading?"

"A very interesting and peculiar story about a young twelve year old boy," the old man answered while flipping to the next page as if he was actually reading the book line by line. "The boy was shunned by everyone in his village from the day he was born out for something that was beyond his control. But even so, he remained optimistic and cheerful, going as far as hoping to be acknowledged by all those that had done him much grief…"

Naruto found the brief summary the old man gave strangely familiar, but couldn't put his finger on it.

"Really? All of that from a blank book…?" Naruto mumbled confusingly before his mind clicked. Chakra flowed into his eyes as he examined at the white page once more. Words were now visible, but they were distorted from his angle of view. He quickly shifted his position and hovered over the man from behind in order to see the word more clearly, but the old man stopped whatever he was doing and cocked his head around.

"Uh… sorry… I was just curious," Naruto apologized and immediately backed away.

"I see. If you wish to read this story, you may, but only after I'm done with it," the old man pointed out and returned his attention back to the book. Without averting his grey eyes from the white pages, he pointed a finger at the aligning bookshelves situated along the wall. "There might be other stories that are of interest to you."

Naruto nodded, following the appointed direction to examine at the bookshelves. He was thinking if there was any book that similar to the Icha Icha series, which his godfather published in his pastime. It seemed unlikely though. Would a public library stock up on smut?

While the blond was busy contemplating with himself, the old man spoke up once more. "Just a friendly warning, Naruto, books are considered as gateway into another world. Do not dwell too deep into them or you will become too attached."

"Huh? What did you just say?" Naruto questioned absentmindedly. He thought the old man had just said his name, which he was sure he didn't give out.

The old man waved his hand dismissively, retaining his attention onto the book. He had wasted enough time and did not wish to waste any more needlessly.

Naruto decided to leave the old man to his own reading. He strolled across the room quietly and had a look at the bookshelves to see anything out of curiosity. While doing so, he had completely forgotten that he was searching for a certain white-haired sage. His fingers meticulously slid across several neatly aligned books before he was interested enough to take one out.

In truth, Naruto had never liked reading in general. He was more of a hand on person, learning through physical endeavors rather than sitting through theories and lectures. Still, the book in his hand was thin, thus easy enough to for him to skim through quickly. As he flipped open the hard cover, the pages were unexpectedly blanked.

"You need chakra to read these books?" Naruto mumbled as chakra flowed into his eyes. Words began to appear, but they were so distorted that it was illegible. Refining his control over the technique and straining his eyes, the words on the pages sharpened enough for him to make them out. It took great effort on his part.

"No wonders no one is in the library," he mumbled. Civilians would have to be well trained in the art of molding of chakra to read any of these books. Shinobi wouldn't waste their time and energy since they could entertain themselves by more bloody sports.

Naruto flipped through several pages from front, reaching the first sentence of the first chapter. "Once upon a time…" he read the opening line before quirking his brow. "Huh? This sounds like story written for kids."

Naruto looked up at the metal plate that welded into the section of the shelves. It was blanked before, but now with chakra flowing through his sharp blue eyes, he could see the words as clear as day.

"Fairy Tales. Please enjoy at your own peril," it stated with an underlying ominous tone.

"Eh…?" Naruto rolled his eyes and returned them back onto the book in his hand. "Once upon a time, there was a girl called Ella. She saw the world not always as it was, but –

Naruto couldn't continue to read since the words upon the pages began morphed and shifted, moving away from their original spot towards the center. He blinked several times, making sure his eyes weren't playing trick on him. They weren't. The words began to join together, spiraling along a circular path into the center like a hypnotic pinwheel.

"Genjutsu...!" Naruto speculated as the world surrounding him darkened and swirled.

– End of Chapter –

This story is designed to be episodic! It is based mostly – if not entirely – on fairy tales, folklores, and urban legends. Each arc can be read individually, but reading them in chronological order will allow you to learn about the overarching story.

Confirmed Chronological Index

Cinderella – based on the 2015 film of the same name.
Beauty – based on Beauty and the Beast.
Arabian Night – based on Aladdin
Tangled – based on the animated film of the same name.
Siren – based on the animated film: Little Mermaid
Mirror – based on the animated film of the same name.
Aurora – based on the 1959 animated film, Sleeping Beauty, as well as 2014 Maleficent.
… More arcs will be confirmed as story progress.