Serendipity

Tainted Dreams 03

Warnings: I'll probably have bad grammar (especially spelling)… Poor attempts at Japanese… and perhaps have out-of-character characters. Hehe.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything.

Full Summary: When Naruto is orphaned, he is forced to live off in the streets and rely on stealing. When he stumbles upon a certain raven haired business man, his fate changes, and Sasuke takes him in. Now living together, with Naruto going to school, they come face to face with their own little challenges; Sasuke with his work and Naruto with high school life. But their relationship is also put to the test, for Naruto and Sasuke share the oddest relationship imaginable… of lover and father-figure.

This fic was inspired by: Papa to Kiss in the Dark


Authors Note/Warnings (again): PLEASE READ… this is for your own sanity.

Hello everyone! Before reading this fic, I would highly recommend reading these warnings first. Other than the warnings above, I would like to stress a few aspects of this fic.

First and foremost, this story contains mild incest, of course, depending on how you view this. Naruto and Sasuke are not related biologically, though Sasuke does become Naruto's legal guardian/parental figure. (Think what you want but I personally don't consider this incest… ahh well... Opinions have never been consistent anyways...)

With respect to the fact that Sasuke becomes Naruto's "parent figure"… person, you have to bear in mind that their age difference will vary. There is an eleven year difference between the two so if that freaks anyone out… well, you'll live! (lol. Kidding!)

Although aspects regarding the plot are still tentative, I have a few concrete ideas regarding the story.

This fic contains both drama and angst (but really… I'm warning you more on my angst/drama-production skills rather than the angst/drama itself. Hehe.) However, I don't know how much or how less of each will appear in the fic.

There will be violence and some of my unfortunate characters will be experiencing painful bodily harm. (NYEHEHE! -Evil sadistic laughter-)

And of course, being one with slight sadistic tendencies, at least one.must.die! Aww come on! Don't look at me like that! With all the violence and bitch-slapping going on (well maybe not bitch-slapping) you can't expect ALL of them to live happily ever after now could you?.! That would totally go against my sadistic way of life. (MWAHAHAha.ha.ha! –Shuts up seeing readers flee-) Just imagine them dying happily with the serenity within. (Crap. I did not just write that. Looks back... Yup. Did. -Beats self with a stick-)

Finally, the warning a lot of you are waiting for! The hot man smexing! (HEE! –Perverted side emerges-) though this is rated M, it's mostly for the above warnings and devastatingly, not for the bedroom action. (Ducks the rotten tomatoes being thrown by angry readers and… oddly, myself) I, for the life of me (or anyone for that matter), DO NOT know how to write intimate scenes (I got frustrated-intimate-scene-writer syndrome or something). I'll probably end up saying shit like "and he stuck the thing in that place and began his mission to completion." SEE?.! And already I feel unsettled! So if you guys wanna include scenes like that, either imagine it, or help me write one. (oh goodness. I can't even envision how unsettling that'll be. LOL.)

Oh yeah. It's become much of a template for me to write this but I THANK all my future reviewers. Reviews really do encourage lazy/school-absorbed/disheartened authors and tend to speed things up. Despite my probable lack in reply, know that they are VERY much appreciated and considered! Suggestions, comments, (-healthy non flame-) criticism and other stuff you wish to tell/ask me about are encouraged! Even if it's not relevant to the fic… it's still fun to read what you guys have to say, so go on ahead!

So… that's all… (thinks back) … I suppose. Please read with an open mind or don't read at all! –glares- There's no point in reading something you obviously don't enjoy (unless of course it's for school… that's different! They actually FORCE you to read despite any form of protest! Evil I tell you! EVIIIILLL!) Enjoy!


PROLOGUE

Serendipity: good fortune; luck; an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.

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Petite legs ran clumsily across the street, carelessly splashing the mudded puddles as it went. The rain seemed to go on, angrily pouring down on the nimble figure of a boy who tightly held on to a bag. Heated tears flew from his eyes, warming cold cheeks that threatened to go numb.

"I'm sorry, Uzumaki-san."

Pushing through the silent wave of people, he continued to run. His legs hurt, his lungs burnt but he refused to stop.

"We could not save her."

Tripping over his own feet, he fell, face first with a loud thud on the cold cement floor. He did not rise...

Rain continued to pour down on the small boy, who lay frozen in place. People passed by, minding their own way. He watched as their feet walked by his fallen figure.

No one dared to stop.

No one bothered to pause.

He smiled bitterly… No one cared.

With shaky legs, he managed to stand upright and dragging his tired body along. Grabbing the bag he had held on so tightly earlier, he went to the only place he had left to go…

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To him, the bread tasted of cardboard, somewhat soggy from his fall earlier.

"FUCKING BRAT! COME BACK HERE!"

Forcing his throat to down the bread, he stopped the tears that had been threatening to fall.

Naruto sighed, not stomaching the bread anymore. The bread was fine, completely normal in taste. It was the thought of how he had gotten it that bothered Naruto. He hated having to steal his meals every damn time. He didn't mean to steal. Oh God no. But he was so desperately hungry that Naruto had just been about ready to gnaw his own arms off. The sight of bread the pastry shop had been selling outside was enough to motivate his indecision. So Uzumaki Naruto ran off with his stolen bread, tuning out the heated shouts he received from the owner.

Wrapping the bread up for later, he lay on his back on the rags that were lazily laid out. He had not the slightest clue why he kept coming back here. The place only brought about painful memories he'd rather forget.

"But this is home..." Naruto thought. "My home."

Looking around, one wouldn't even spare a second glance at the place. What was once a meager house was now a burned down ruin. The surroundings were blackened from the fire that had taken place a few years back. Most of the walls had either collapsed or had been ruined by the fire. The pillars were the only thing that supported the roof that had not been completely destroyed except for its holed and battered state.

Having nothing more than thin, tattered rags to cover himself up in, Naruto shivered as sleep took over.

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Naruto was ready to do summersaults along the sidewalks from the giddy feeling inside him. Passer byres were looking at him funny, torn between amusement and absurdity as they watched the small blond boy skip about with that huge grin. Mother's giggled at the child's antics while the kids that had been playing in the park laughed at how goofy the blond looked, skipping and spinning like a top gone wrong.

Naruto couldn't care less at the attention he was getting. He was plainly too happy to care! Today had been his first day in school and today he had met new friends! His sensei had complemented him on his drawing and all the little kids clapped their hands for him! He couldn't wait to show his okaasan his drawing!

Taking the folded piece of paper from his bag, he smiled. Two stick people, one evidently a woman and the other a small boy. Around them, flowers and hearts were scattered about. It was a picture of him and his okaasan holding hands. Right under him and his mother, were words that read "GET WELL SOON OKAASAN!" Naruto frowned. His okaasan had been sick for a really long time now. His okaasan could barely even get up from her bed now…

Naruto's smile returned once more as he recalled his okaasan having gotten up to make him his lunch this morning.

"Okaasan really loves me!" He shouted and took off running to return home quicker to his okaasan.

Turning the curve that led to his house, he stopped dead, eyes widening. His house was on fire! Fear instantly shot through him as he vigorously pushed past the crowd that had gathered. There were firemen trying to calm the already receding fire, and panicked shouts coming from everywhere.

Naruto felt dizzy. His home was destroyed and his… Realization struck his body as Naruto charged for the burning house.

"OKAASAN!" His mother was somewhere in the house! His mother was too weak to get out! Ohgod! Ohgod! OHGOD!

"KID! I NEED YOU TO STAY BACK!" sturdy arms captured his shaking body as he struggled to get away.

"NO! OKAASAN! OKAASAN!" He needed to go! He needed to save his okaasan!

"DAMMIT KID!" Rough arms refused to let him go as he struggled, kicked and punched desperately.

"LET GO! OKAAASAAN!"

Naruto woke up with a start. "Okaasan…" He was crying now. No matter how hard he tried not to remember, he always dreamt of the same things and woke up the same way. Naruto felt so frustrated with himself. He was ten years old now. Though he was not old enough to fully comprehend, five years should've been enough for him to recover… even just a bit. But he never seemed to have.

Picking himself off the floor, he prepared himself for a new day.

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"Target locked!" Naruto said to himself as he hid in the bushes. As much as he hated to steal, he had to in order to live. "At least this guy looks well off. I doubt he'd even mind if I took spare change from him."

Naruto had been watching the young man from afar for a while now. The man had caught Naruto's attention the very minute the raven haired man stepped off his limo. Clad in what seemed to be very expensive clothing, Naruto concluded that this man was, in fact, very well-off.

The man had been walking when he paused suddenly and answered his phone.

"ATTACK!" Naruto thought inwardly as he charged for the man's briefcase.

"OI!" Having been caught off guard, the man had shouted in surprise and dropped his cell phone, person on the other line forgotten. Naruto smirked as he swiftly ran off.

"The rich bastard was too shocked to even yell after me!" Naruto thought with a triumphant grin. Naruto slowed down as he turned the corner only to smack onto something hard.

"Ow…" He groaned. "Since when was a wall placed there?.!" He thought as he began to stand.

"Kid." Came a deep monotone voice.

Having just noticed the shiny black shoes in front of him, Naruto cursed. "Ohshit!Ohshit!OHSHIT!"

Said shoes were attached to feet, which were attached to a body, which were covered in really expensive clothing, which were well suited on a very blank face.

"I suggest you give that back." The voice did not change, the face didn't even twitch, and their positions stayed frozen.

Cold sweat had formed on Naruto's body. "Please LORD! Don't let him call the cops! SHIT! OF ALL THE DAMN PEOPLE TO STEAL FROM, I JUST HAD TO PICK HIM!"

"Oi. Did you not hear what I said?" Squatting down eye level with the blond, the man squinted his eyes to examine the boy. "Are you deaf?"

It seemed that by just by the mere action of squatting down, Naruto saw his escape. Moving his arms as though he were about to give the man's suitcase back, Naruto hit him hard on the face.

"WHAT THE HELL?.!" Stumbling to the ground, the man cradled his face as Naruto ran like he never ran before.

"GET BACK HERE KID!"

"OH! FOR THE LOVE OF-" Looking back, he saw the man was already hot on his trail. Picking up more speed, Naruto ran to every place he thought that could possibly lose the bastard that refused to stop chasing after him.

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"Fuck." Out of breath, Naruto fell to his "bed" (1) with a loud thump. The chase had lasted for so long that Naruto thought his feet would fall off. When he had managed to lose the rich bastard, Naruto headed home completely spent.

"That bastard's determined." He said with a huff.

"Am I now?" THAT VOICE! Naruto's heart almost stopped as he caught sight of the raven.

"DAMMIT! ALL THIS FOR A BAG?.!" Naruto was ready to pull his hair out in utter frustration.

"I might ask you the same."

Having lost all his energy for yet another chase, Naruto sighed in defeat. "Here, take the damn thing." Naruto threw the suitcase over to the man that stood a few paces in front of him.

"Don't want it anymore." Came the monotonous reply. The man sat himself next to the now fuming blond.

"YOU CHASE ME FOR GOD KNOWS HOW LONG, DEMAND FOR THE BAG, FOLLOW ME HERE AND NOW YOU TELL ME YOU DON'T WANT IT ANYMORE?.!" The blond was beyond angry. The rich bastard wasn't just a rich bastard; he was an arrogant one as well!

"I'm too tired." The man faked a yawn and lay down on the rags beneath him.

"OY! WHO THE HELL SAID YOU COULD SLEEP HERE?.!" Naruto scrambled to his feet and pointed an accusing finger at arrogant bastard.

"You owe me kid." Came the sleepy reply.

"WHAT THE HELL DO I OWE YOU, OF ALL PEOPLE?.!"

"You managed to tire me out. Now have the decency to let me sleep here."

"EH?.! THAT WAS YOUR OWN FAULT BASTARD!"

"Quit cursing and shut up kid. You're too noisy." Turning to his side, the man smirked. The blond kid was seriously amusing.

Taking a breath he didn't know he'd been holding, Naruto's voice lowered. "Look, I'm sorry. Just take the bag and leave."

"Go on home to your parent's kid. This isn't a good way to live."

That certainly hit a spot in the blond. "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?.! YOU DON'T FUCKING KNOW A THING!" His shoulders were shaking now. This man was really, REALLY pissing him off.

Looking over to the blond, the man raised an elegant eyebrow.

"Not a fucking thing…" The words had softened into a low whisper. Tears were already threatening to fall.

And at that moment, the man saw past the boy's harsh words and muddled exterior. The man saw the broken child that lay hidden beneath layers of curses and tilted grins.

"Where are your parents, kid?" Naruto's body stiffened and he let the tears fall. Falling to the ground, he cried as he so very often did.

Standing up from his position on the ground, the mans eyes soften at the sight. He took his suitcase and turned to leave, slowly making his way towards the exit. Just as he was about to turn the corner, he paused and turned over to the weeping boy. "Come with me kid."

Naruto managed a sobbed where and the man answered what Naruto thought he'd never hear from another, "Home."

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(1) The rags on the floor.

AN: Whatcha think? I was a little hesitant to write about this, but now that I've written it, I'm starting to like the idea! Hehe! Should I go on with this or does it seem a little off? Please tell me what you think but please be nice!