Title: Aladdin: Sasunaru style!
Rating: M
Disclaimer: The Aladdin plot and Naruto characters are not mine.
AN: Hahahah they were showing the Aladdin movie on TV yesterday and when the part where Aladdin and Jasmine started singing a whole new world I pictured Naruto and Sasuke instead! The plot won't follow the original Aladdin too much.
~oOo~
Aladdin: Sasunaru style!
Chapter 1
There once was a rusted old lamp. Though dirty and aged, do not be fooled by its common place appearance for like so many things it is not what it is outside, but what is inside it that counts. This deceivingly ordinary lamp once changed the course of a young man's life, a young man who, like this lamp, is more than what he seemed; a diamond in the rough. Perhaps you would be more convinced if you heard the tale? It begins on a dark night, where a dark man waits, with a dark purpose...
The sounds of a horse galloping echoed through the vast and empty desert but soon came to a sudden halt in front of a dark silhouette. A man with white hair and round glasses dismounted his heavily breathing horse and bowed low, his face almost touching the ground on which he stood upon.
"You are late," a sneering and snake-like voice hissed, cutting like a knife through the silence of the desert. His dark clothes camouflaged him in the darkness of the desert, making him more ominous and sinister. Only the whites of his glinting snake-like eyes could be seen under the faintness of the moonlight and that's where the man looked at.
"A thousand apologies, O patient one," the man said sarcastically as he bowed low again, hiding his contemptuous sneer. A high ranking thief such as him should not be doing something as humiliating as this.
Choosing to ignore the tone in which the man addressed him, he said in that slithering voice of his, "You have it then?"
"I had to slit a few throats, but I got it," he said triumphantly and proudly, flashing half a beetle key in the face of the other. He pulled his arm back when the other moved to reach for it and said rather pompously, "Ah ah ah~ the treasure." Before he could receive a reply, the snake-like man's pet snake strike and its tail lashed out to grab the half beetle key it the man's limp hold. It received a pet on its triangular head from its master as thanks.
The evil man took the half of the beetle key from his pet's tail and pulled out another half from his pocket. He gave out an evil, bone chilling laugh while saying, "Trust me my pungent friend, you'll get what's coming to you." With the last of his words, he put the two halves together and they immediately glittered and shone brightly, illuminating his pale and snake-like face.
The gold and very much alive beetle flapped its wings rapidly and flew round the pair a few times before shooting off into the distance. Alarmed at its speed, the snake man whipped his horse to get it moving while saying authoritatively, "Quickly! Follow the trail!" The horse whinnied and sped off, keeping pace with the beetle's trail. Another set of hooves thumped behind him, signalling that the white haired man was following.
Sensing that it's being chased, the gold beetle increased its speed.
"FASTER!" the dark, snake man shouted into the night and his horse obeyed, unwilling to get whipped again. After minutes of chasing, the beetle came to a stop at a large mound of sand. It circled the mound before shooting to the sky and splitting and diving back down again to pierce the sand at two different spot next to each other. The mound shone just as the beetle had done and caved in on itself before erupting like a volcano and forming shape. The ground rumbled and shook violently. A tiger's head with a gaping mouth full of teeth is what became of the sand, with the illuminating beetles as its eyes. The gaping mouth formed a deep but shining cave, probably the shine and glitter from all the gold it holds.
The two men stood their ground, silently awed.
The awed silence was disrupted, "At last. After all my years of searching; the cave of wonders." The glee in the yellow snake eyes could be seen a mile away. His face quickly changed to one of seriousness and he turned and grabbed the collar of the man next to him and said sternly, "Now remember bring me the lamp! The rest of the treasures are yours but the lamp, is mine." He threw the man away from him, towards the mouth of the cave and waited in anticipation. A conspiratorial smile lit his face.
The white haired man and reflecting round glasses approached the cave with caution. He had heard tales of the cave of wonders before but they weren't tales meant for bed time stories. He stepped into the mouth of the tiger but before he was allowed further passage, a breath of wind pushed him out and the tiger spoke in a deep, rumbling voice, "Who disturbs my slumber?"
The thief gulped audibly before answering in a stuttering voice, "I-it is I, Y-Yakushi K-Kabuto. A humble thief." He bowed low for the third time that night but this one more respectful than the previous two.
The tiger continued, unfazed, "Know this, only one may enter here. One whose worth lies far within; the diamond in the rough." His warning echoed in the two men's ears. The thief named Kabuto turned to his hirer with an unsure look and a shrug. The man impatiently ordered, "What are you waiting for? Go on!" His snake pet hissed threateningly.
Turning back to the mouth, Kabuto said his silent prayers as he advanced. One foot into the cave and he felt a rushing sense of relief. He was about to advance further but the cave shook and rumbled violently. A loud roar almost deafened him and he trembled in fear. He turned, screaming, to the exit and wanted to flee, but his trembling legs were unable to move like he wanted. Tripping and tumbling unsteadily to the exit, he didn't make it as the tiger closed his mouth and ate him whole.
"NOOO!" the snake man cried in agony at having his attempt to get the lamp backfire in his face. As the tiger sank back into the sand to continue its nap after a hearty meal, its deep echoing voice said, "Seek him out; the diamond in the rough."
The pet snake hissed discouragingly at its master.
Petting the head of his pet, he said in mock comfort, "Patience Manda, patience. Kabuto was obviously less than worthy." The snake gave a hiss that meant "Obviously" in his snake language.
Unfazed, the snake man said, "Yes I must find this one, this; diamond in the rough." He stood silently contemplating his next move before slowly making his way back to Agraba; city of mysteries and enchantments.
~oOo~
"STOP, THIEF!"
A young blond man with stunning blue eyes came to an abrupt stop at the edge of the rooftop he was currently on, trying to escape after stealing a loaf of bread. He looked down at the long drop and then back where the guards of Agraba were slowly approaching. He clutched the loaf of bread tightly to his chest.
"I'll have your hand for a trophy street rat!" The severe punishment of stealing in Agraba is the chopping off of one's arm.
Looking at the loaf of bread in his arm he contemplated confusedly and disbelievingly, "All this for a loaf of bread?" Deciding not to dwell on the ridiculousness of the severity of the punishment, the young man jumped from the rooftop and landed on the taut but thin clothes line where multiple clothes hung out to dry. He felt slightly guilty for dirtying and ruining their laundry when he slid and glided on the clothes line like a tight rope before it broke and he swung on them like a tree vine.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" he exclaimed as he fell. The long drop gave him a thrill deep in his core and it felt exhilarating to be falling and falling with nothing to hold onto but a thin and weak clothes line. When he finally touched the ground with various colourful clothes surrounding him and on top of him, temporarily hiding him from view of the guards, he sighed in relief. 'Way too much excitement for my heart to take,' He thought with a chuckle.
He emerged from his cocoon of clothes and immediately the guards took notice of him, "There he is! You will not get away so easy!"
"You think that was easy?" he shouted his reply back, brandishing his loaf of bread at them. 'I could have died falling form that height those bastards!' Hushed giggles reached his ears and he looked to his right to find various village girls he knew laughing at him. He didn't have time to smile cheekily back at them because the guards have already reached him! The leader of the guards was already giving them orders to split up to make capturing him easier.
Quickly changing tactics, he improvised and grabbed the nearest cloak and wrapped it around himself. He approached the still giggling girls with a seductive yet cheeky smile.
"Good morning ladies," he flashed them his bright smile that always tugged at people's heart strings.
Still giggling, the one he knew as Sakura said flirtatiously, "Getting into trouble a little too early today. Aren't we Na-ru-to." She winked and rested her head in her hands.
"Trouble?" he scoffed pompously, "Heh no way! You're only in trouble if you get caught-" before he could properly finish his sentence, he was yanked by his collar and he faced the angered and humiliated face of the guards' leader. "I'm in trouble..."
"This time-" the guard was interrupted in his speech when his turban was forcefully pushed down to cover his eyes. Naruto looked up and saw his friend, a nine-tailed fox, Kurama. He mewled triumphantly and proudly on top of the guards head, snickering in a foxy way at the disgruntled guard.
"Perfect timing Kurama, as usual," he praised and took off running, knowing and trusting his fox friend to keep pace with him. "Come on let's get out of here! We gotta keep a-" He was rudely interrupted when he bumped into one of the other guards after him and fell to the ground on his ass.
He swung to the side, narrowly missing the sword aimed for his head. Getting back on his feet, he ran up a stack of barrels, all the way to the top. The fat guard swung at the barrels hoping it will make Naruto fall but he only got barrels full of fishes, burying him underneath. Naruto laughed at him before running off again before the other guards find him.
One jump ahead of the breadline
One swing ahead of the sword
I steal only what I can't afford.
"And that's everything! Hahahah," Naruto sang to himself as he continued running, congratulating himself on coming up with such catchy lyrics while on the run. 'It must be the adrenaline.'
He was stopped in his musings again when another guard confronted him. This time he ducked behind a wall of wood, shielding himself from the sword aimed for his head again and ran towards another set of barrels. He climbed all the way to the top before rolling one barrel straight on top of the guards. They were drenched in rum from head to toe. He laughed at their predicament.
One jump ahead of the lawmen
That's all, and that's no joke
These guys don't appreciate I'm broke.
'Whoo I'm on a roll! What other lyrics will I come up with? Maybe I can be a composer at the side when I become Sultan.'
The angered guards snarled and glared hatred at the smug young man. They cursed at him.
Riffraff!
Street rat!
Scoundrel!
Take that!
Rotten vegetables and fruits were thrown his way. He had a hard time maintaining his balance on top of those barrels. They were getting unstable. He laughed sheepishly.
Just a little snack guys
They didn't listen to him as they went to shake the pile of barrels he was standing on to make him lose his balance. He jumped onto the adjacent tall wooden stand.
Rip him open, take it back guys!
'I really hope I don't get caught.' Naruto cringed at the thought of being sliced open. He jumped off the top of the stand and held onto a protruding piece of smooth wood to propel him to the ground again safely.
One jump ahead of the slowpokes
One skip ahead of my doom
Next time, gonna use a non de plume
'And I still got it! Hahahah! What's next, O creative brain of mine?'
He didn't have time to indulge because the guards were hot on his trail again. He ran past a guy trying to walk trough fiery coals while the dumb guards actually walked on them. 'Heh. Stupid. At least that slowed them down.' Naruto looked back to see them trying to cool their burning feet.
One jump ahead of the hitmen
One hit ahead of the flock
I think I'll take a stroll around the block.
Naruto continued running till he suddenly stopped because the guards that had split up had cornered him. He looked back and the other group of guards were fast approaching. Looking up he saw a dangling rope. He grabbed it and climbed just in time to avoid getting stabbed by multiple blades.
One jump ahead of the hoofbeats
One hop ahead of the hump
One trick ahead of disaster
They're quick, but I'm much faster!
He climbed all the way to the top, with the guards pursuing him. He came to a dead end when he saw that he was on an abandoned rooftop. He looked back to the persistent guards. 'Come on Naruto think! You've thought of many catchy lyrics that could really make a cool song but now you need a plan!' He looked around frantically for something, anything to get him out of this predicament.
In the corner he saw a dusty and moulded rug. 'That'll have to do.'
Here goes, better throw my hand in
Wish me happy landin'
All I gotta do is jump!
And he jumped using the rug he found as a parachute. He thanked god he and Kurama were light or the rug wouldn't be able to hold their weight. They landed safely in corner of a rubbish dump far from the guards' reach. They were safe.
"Hahahah yeah! And now we feast!" Naruto split the loaf of bread evenly in half with Kurama. He gave Kurama one half and was about to bite satisfactorily into his own half when he looked straight ahead at a heart wrenching sight.
Two very young children were digging in a pile of rubbish for food but all they found were garbage. When the felt the eyes of someone staring at the back of their necks they turned around and spotted Naruto. They cowered in a corner, thinking the blond meant to harm them.
When Naruto saw the two children he didn't have the heart to continue eating. Although he went through so much just to get this loaf of bread, he didn't feel right to eat it all by himself. He looked to Kurama but the fox was growling unhappily and stubbornly. It bit into his half greedily and stared defiantly back at Naruto. The blond shook his head and got up. He approached the two children slowly with his charming smile, not wanting to scare them away.
He held the loaf of bread to them and said, "Here, go on take it." When they held it in their hands, he ruffled their hair as they giggled and walked away. He felt more satisfied and filled then before. 'I can always steal more later.'
Kurama felt guilty and stupidly selfish now because his friend selflessly gave away his half of the bread. He looked down at his partly eaten bread and all of a sudden didn't feel hungry anymore because the guilt was eating away at the walls of his stomach. He bit the bread in his mouth and walked towards the children. He placed it in front of them and walked away to find his friend and master.
Naruto was standing among the crowd looking out to an outstanding carriage which held the prettiest lady he had ever seen. The carriage seemed to be headed to the palace. 'Most probably to see the prince. He's supposed to get married soon.'
As the carriage continued on, he stared longingly at it. He didn't want the pretty girl in it, who was probably a princess from a neighbouring state, no. He wanted to be in the position the princess was in. All his life he wanted to know how being rich feels like but it seems like he will never get a chance.
Not wanting to feel any more depressed, he said dejectedly to his friend, "Come on Kurama, lets go home."
Their home was actually a rundown room right at the top of a bulding with barely a roof to shelter them. Naruto wouldn't want to get a better room because it held sentimental value to him and it also has a great view. He pulled back the makeshift curtain which was actually mouldy and moth eaten bed sheets someone threw out and there below him, he could see all of Agraba with the palace right smack in the middle.
"Someday Kurama, we'll be rich, live in a palace and won't have any problems at all."
~oOo~
AN: Whoa I didn't expect it to be that long...I thought it could be a oneshot but guess not. So this will be longer than I initially thought. Look forward to the next chapters~ Thanks for reading=)