A/N- Another story to help cure my story ADD!!! Yay! I am excited about this one too, though it should prove to be relatively short, it is gonna be –drumroll- FLUFFY!!!!!! I don't know why, but after writing more for 'It was always lonely Here', my other fic, I feel the need to write something happy and kinda humor-ish… but still fluffy… hehe. Be excited!

Warnings: Itachi's hotness may cause Fangirls to have sudden blood loss to their brains. Please use caution Fangirls, I need you to review, and if you die on me I will be so sad…

Disclaimer: I NO OWN NUTTIN! Not Naruto, and not the song by "bayside" (which is an amazing band) that I used for the title of this story.

Hope you enjoy.

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Chapter 1

It was almost midnight on a crisp winter's day when I was taken in. I suppose they must have caught me in the fields playing with the horses, and when I saw them coming towards me on their well-bred mounts, I started running.

Surely they would punish an orphan like me for touching someone's horse. The beast had more value on it than I ever did.

Hell, those horses probably cost more money than I had ever even considered possible.

So I ran from them.

I really should have thought through such a silly thing before I ran. Its not like I, a small twelve year old boy who's legs had just begun to grow awkward with puberty would be able to outrun an animal bred for running.

So it isn't surprising that they caught up with me within seconds.

I looked up at my pursuers, only to realize that I was in even more trouble than I originally thought.

The man in front of me was the king of my country. His red eyes peered down at me through ebony lashes, his dark hair tied back with a crimson silken chord that looked as though it might slip from the well groomed locks at any moment. The man was drop dead gorgeous, but had a killer's aura that didn't seem to leave him even when he smiled (quite fakely) down at me.

I shrank back in fear from him, only to realize that the others that were riding with him (most likely out hunting together) had snuck up behind me and blocked me in.

I was so scared. This is the man who killed his entire family save one person to gain the throne. King Itachi, who was famous for releasing slaves simply to hunt them down on horseback like you would a deer. It was even rumored that after he had cut down his human quarry he would have them stuffed and put on his castle walls next to the various beasts that had the misfortune of encountering him previously.

" What is your name, child? You should know it is illegal for common scum to touch purebred animals of the court. What has brought you out to my fields?"

The King's voice was smooth and dark, and I dropped to my knees in front of him, letting my overgrown blond hair to touch the ground as I answered him. (As one MUST answer the king, for fear of death…or worse)

"Y-your H-h-highness," I stuttered stupidly, scared out of my mind. One of the men behind me laughed at my distress, but quickly silenced at an angry look from those dreadful red eyes.

"Speak now child, and do not stutter, I will not allow a half-wit to live."

I shivered, " Your highness," I spoke clearly this time, " My name is Naruto, milord, Uzumaki Naruto. Please forgive me, I just wanted to meet the horses, they are beautiful."

The King started laughing, any anger vanishing from his face, though the killer aura was still there accompanied with amusement.

"You wanted to meet the horses?" He questioned and I nodded in response. This brought a short laugh from him, much to my humiliation. Why was he laughing at me?

" Boy, you may stand up. I have never met someone who wanted to be in a field with over twelve war-horses who are trained to attack anyone and everyone but their masters and trainers. Much less have I seen those animals act more docile then they are in your presence." I was shocked. I hadn't really thought that these horses were warhorses. I just thought they were pretty and treated them like any other creature I would come across.

"Do you have any family Naruto?" The use of my name shocked me from my thoughts and I responded with a quick shake of my head, informing him that I had been an orphan since my mother died giving birth to me.

He nodded seemingly to himself, as if confirming something in his mind.

"Naruto, you will be my personal stable boy from this moment on."

He turned his great black horse around, expecting me to follow, which I did cautiously, my jaw hanging down in disbelief.

What the hell did I just get myself into?

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A/N- YAY! I hope that you all liked this so far! Naruto is itachi's stable boy! GASP! Now that's a job I wouldn't mind having…

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