Ah! The second chapter of Beauty and the Beast. I am taking a break from hurting my brain, trying to think of what to put in my other stories. I might actually make some Disney stories [obviously Naruto versions because they're in Kingdom Hearts] whenever I need thinking breaks. Trust me. I'm pulling my hair out, trying to figure out what to write in Sasuke and Troubled Prince and especially Talent Show. Why Us, I am actually working on, just stuck on a part. So yeah, expect Why Us soon. Anyway, instead of using three songs, I might use all of them. Yeah! That's it! Haha. Anyway, enjoy chapter two!!!

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or Beauty and the Beast.


"Hello, Naruto," Itachi said, standing a few meters away from Naruto. Naruto looked up from his book and smiled a small smile towards Itachi, who was walking towards the blonde beauty.

"Hello, Itachi," Naruto returned the greeting, going back to reading. Itachi walked behind Naruto, taking the book out of his hand. The blonde looked up, confused before turning around and glaring at Itachi. "Itachi, can I please have my book back?"

"How can you read this?" Itachi asked, flipping through the pages quickly, scanning each page. "There are no pictures in this book."

"Some people use their imagination to read books," Naruto answered it in a tone to make it sound obvious. The blonde then crossed his arms and gave Itachi a knowing look.

"Naruto, it's time you get your head out of those books and pay attention to more important things," Itachi said straight – forwardly, closing the book and throwing it aside. The book landed in a puddle of mud and Naruto walked over to retrieve the book, but Itachi got in the way. "Like me," the brunette said, giving Naruto one of his beautiful smiles. Ino sighed, hearts in her eyes when Itachi smiled. "The whole town is talking about it," Itachi stepped away from the book and watched as Naruto picked it up and clean it with his sweater. "It's not right for someone as beautiful as you to read. Soon you'll be getting ideas. Thinking?"

"Itachi, you are positively prime evil," Naruto said sarcastically, still cleaning the book.

"Thank you, Naruto," Itachi said with a chuckle and putting an arm around the blonde. "How about we go to a walk to my tavern and take a look at my trophies?"

"Maybe some other time," Naruto said, struggling to get out of Itachi's grasp.

"What's wrong with her? I mean, she's crazy to refuse," Ino said to herself while checking Itachi out from behind.

"Please Itachi, I can't. I need to get home to help my father," Naruto said, putting the book close to his chest and walking away from Itachi. "Goodbye."

"That crazy old hermit? He needs all the help he can get," Kisame said, dropping some things that he was holding for Itachi and laughing. Itachi laughed along with him.

"Don't talk about my father that way," Naruto said angrily, putting his hands to his hips and glaring at the duo, mainly Kisame.

"Yeah! Don't talk about her father that way," Itachi repeated, hitting Kisame on the head and glaring daggers. Kisame grabbed his head in pain, looking merciful at Itachi.

"My father is not crazy," Naruto explained, crossing his arms and still glaring at the duo. He ignored the hermit part, knowing that they're right. "My father is a genius!" Right when Naruto said that, a woman came screaming from the blonde's house, yelling at how crazy Jiraya is. Naruto groaned and walked home, leaving Itachi and Kisame in a laughing fit.

The blonde entered his house, hearing pains of agony in their living room. He put his book down and went to the kitchen to grab some ice to put in a plastic bag. "Papa, you need to stop this "research" for you stupid damned books. I have a feeling Itachi is reading them and well, I hope he doesn't get any ideas," Naruto complained with a shudder.

"It's too late! The fourth book is already done! That woman helped me and you don't wanna know how she did," Jiraya shouted from the living room, excitement sounded from his voice. The white haired man heard a groan from the kitchen and grinned. He saw his son exit the kitchen and handed him the bag of ice, which he gratefully accepted.

"Seriously, papa, you need to stop. We're mainly the talk of the kingdom," Naruto begged, hoping that it will be enough to make his dad realize how bad his "research" is.

"When I last checked, you're mainly the talk of the town, gaki," Jiraya shot back, placing the ice bad on his swollen cheek. "Too much reading is bad for you. You can get ideas that can scare people. They don't want that. Most people just see you being the sweet husband for Itachi, not knowing anything while he does all the work." Naruto growled at what his father just said and slapped him on the other cheek. Jiraya winced in pain, knowing that he deserved it. "I don't approve of this either, son, but if you do ever wanna marry that ass, well, I'm all for support," the white haired man said with a sigh. He smiled up at Naruto and ruffled his hair.

"Hey," Naruto shouted happily, ruffling his untamed hair back into place. The blonde then saw something gleam in his father's eyes and tilted his head to the side. "What's on your mind?"

"I'm gonna be leaving town tonight to go to my publisher to drop off my manuscript so it can be looked over and published. I'll be gone for a few days," Jiraya explained with a smile. He saw his son's face go all excited, knowing that he likes the house to himself. "Now, don't you go and invite Itachi over and doing things that I would wanna research."

"Ew! Papa," Naruto shouted in disgust, hitting his father upside the head. "That will never happen in a million years!"

"I know, gaki. I kid," Jiraya said, holding his hands up in defense. "Anyway, I better get packing now. Get Gamabunta ready for me when I'm done." Naruto nodded and went to the back to the house where their horse stable is.

Fifteen minutes later, Naruto was putting on some finishing touches on Gamabunta's saddle and reins. Gamabunta was a dark red horse, with his mane and tail an even a darker red. Jiraya came out with a happy smile on his face with a few bags. "Got everything, papa?" Naruto asked his father, crossing his arms and staring at his work.

"Yes, sir! I'm as good as ready! Now off to the publishers," Jiraya exclaimed, strapping his bags on either side of the saddle and jumping on Gamabunta. Naruto chuckled at his father, who looked at him confusedly.

"Maybe this will help too," the blonde said while holding out his father's manuscript. The white hair man blushed in embarrassment while grabbing the manuscript from his son and putting it in the pouch of the saddle.

"Now I'm off," the author exclaimed, gently kicking the sides of the horse to make him start going towards the path of another kingdom.

"Goodbye, papa," Naruto shouted happily, waving towards his father as he left.

"Goodbye, Naruto! Take care while I'm gone," Jiraya shouted back while going further and further away from his house. Once his house was from view, he turned himself towards the road and continued on his merry way to his publisher.

It was around sunset and Jiraya and Gamabunta were lost, though Jiraya would never admit it, in the woods. The author had his map out, trying to figure out where they were and how to get to his publisher. "I knew highlighting the way would have been better," Jiraya complained while scanning the map.

They arrived at a fork in the road. Gamabunta started to go one way, but was stopped by Jiraya. "We should go this way," the white hair man said, leading the horse's head to the direction he wanted to go. Gamabunta saw the foggy and creepy road and looked back at the less creepy road. Shaking his head, the horse started to go towards the less creepy way, but was stopped and forced to go the other way. "C'mon. It's a short cut. We'll be there in no time."

Walking down the path for five minutes, Jiraya was getting frustrated at no results of getting out of the forest. "Where have you taken us, Gamabunta?" Jiraya asked irritatedly while scanning the area. The low fog on the road lifted up a bit, making the horse a little frightened. Soon after that, there were howls from wolves nearby, making the horse even more scared to move on. The horse backed up in fright and his butt hit a tree from behind and a few dozen bats that were in the tree fly out around Jiraya and Gamabunta. The horse started running for his dear life until he had to stop immediately because of a cliff.

"Steady! Steady! Back up," Jiraya shouted at the horse. The red horse quickly backed up from the cliff and turned around until there were more howls from wolves. The horse went ballistic, making Jiraya fall off. Once Jiraya had hit the ground, Gamabunta ran away in fright, a few wolves chasing after the poor horse.

With no light, because his flashlight gave out that he was holding earlier, Jiraya looked around for his horse, but saw no sign of Gamabunta. "Gamabunta?" the author said quietly, hoping that the horse heard. Looking down the foggy path, he saw absolutely no sign of his horse. Getting up and getting rid of some dirt on his pants and shirt, the white hair man heard low growls from a hill that was nearby and saw five wolves on top of that hill. Gasping, Jiraya did what his instincts would do. Run!

Right after the Jiraya started to run, the wolves started to run right after the poor man. Jiraya ran for his dear life, getting out of breath a little quickly because he hasn't ran for a while. The wolves were catching up to him, making the man forget his surroundings and fun down a steep hill and fall flat on his face. Looking up, the author saw a huge gate and then turned around to see where the wolves are. The five wolves were on top of the hill, making Jiraya run towards the gate.

"Help! Is anybody there?" the author shouted desperately, shaking the gate doors with each word. Once they opened a little bit, Jiraya ran in and closed them in time when the wolves came. Sighing in relief, he didn't see one of the wolves grabs his ankle and start pulling him towards them. Jiraya fell again and kicked the wolf away and ran towards the dark castle behind him.

"Th-this is prince Sasuke's castle," Jiraya stuttered in fright. "Maybe he can help me or something." Walking inside the castle shakily, the author opened one of the double doors, in time when a thunderstorm had started. "Hello? Hello?" Jiraya shouted, hoping to get someone's attention. He rubbed his arms from goosebumps and jumped when he sudden heard some voices.

"The guy must've lost his way," someone said, not too far from Jiraya. The white hair man looked around for the source of the voice, but saw nobody.

"Keep quiet. Maybe he'll go away," another voice said no too far from Jiraya.

"Is someone there?" Jiraya asked in fright, hoping he's not going delusional.

"Not one word from you," the second voice said quietly, hoping that Jiraya didn't hear him.

"I've lost my way and my horse in the forest, I need a place to stay for the night," Jiraya explained, going further into the castle.

"Aw. Neji, have a heart," a candlestick said to a clock. The clock covered the candlestick's mouth and 'shushed' from making any sound. The candlestick gave a bored look and held a stick at the clocks hand where his mouth is, burning the hand. The clock screamed in agony, pulling his hand away from the candlestick's mouth quickly to aid his hand. "Of course we'll help you. You are welcome here," the candlestick said with a smile. Jiraya walked over to the candlestick, picking him up and looking around.

"Where?"

"Over here," the candlestick said to Jiraya, who looked a different direction. The candlestick then tapped Jiraya's head, who looked up at the candlestick. "Hello."

Jiraya gasped in fright and dropped the candlestick, who's fire flicked off. "Incredible," the author said while taking a double take of what just happened.

"Now you've done it, Kiba," the clock know as Neji said while jumping off the table and going over to the candlestick. "Splendid. Just peachy." Neji was then picked up by a curious Jiraya.

"How is this accomplished?" Jiraya asked as he started to examine Neji to see how and why he was talking.

"Put me down," Neji shouted and he struggled to get out of Jiraya's grasp. The author then started rubbing his fingers at where Neji's stands, or feet, are, who in turn started to laugh because of the ticklishness. Jiraya then started to toy with Neji, making Kiba laugh. When the white hair man opened a small door at where the pendulum is, Neji quickly closed it on Jiraya's finger. "Do you mind?"

"I'm sorry. I just never have seen anything like you guys before. I mean, how you guys are talking," Jiraya explained while shaking his finger from the pain. Soon after that, Jiraya sneezed and then shivered from the cold.

"Aw. You are shivering like crazy. Come, warm up by the fire," Kiba said while hoping in the direction to where the nearest fireplace is.

"Thank you," Jiraya said while putting Neji down and following Kiba.

"No! No! No! Wait until the master finds him here. I demand that you stop right there," Neji said, trying to stop Jiraya with all his might. He failed when he failed to notice that Jiraya went down some stairs and fell. When he looked up, he went wide eye. "No! Not the master's chair!"

Right then, a dog like footstool came running and barking down the stairs towards Jiraya. The author looked down and smiled at the footstool and started to pet it. "Why, hello there boy." The footstool dog then shook its head and went under Jiraya's feet, holding them up in a comfortable way.

Soon after that, a coat hanger came by and gave Jiraya a blanket to snuggle up in. "What service," Jiraya said with a smile and nodded towards the coat hanger.

"This has gone far enough," Neji said seriously, hoping that they would listen to him. "I am in charge he…" the clock was interrupted by a cart that had a tea set on it.

"How would you l – like a n – nice spot of tea, s – sir?" a tea pot asked with a sweet smile. "I – It will warm you u – up in no t – time." She then tilted a little and poured some tea from herself into a chipped tea cup.

"No tea! No tea," Neji shouted from the ground, glaring at the tea pot and Jiraya. Jiraya ignored the clock and drank from the chipped tea cup, who started to chuckle.

"This tickles, Hinata," the tea cup said, still laughing.

"Huh? Oh," Jiraya shouted and smiled at the small tea cup. "Hello." There was a bang from the other end of the room that everyone was in, making Jiraya drop the tea cup, but caught him all the same. The double doors for the room slammed open, making a big gust of wind blow out the fire. The room suddenly became dark and cold, making Jiraya shiver from by the cold and from fright. All the servants in the castle started to shiver in fright also, knowing who is entering the room. "Oh shit," was the only thing that Jiraya said before he saw a little bit of a huge shadow.

The being who stepped into the room, growled at everyone and stepped in slowly and calmly. "There's a stranger in here," a deep, cold voice said, only meters away from Jiraya.

"Let me explain, mister. This gentleman was lost in the woods and stumbled upon your lovely castle…" Kiba was interrupted by person, who glared at him and slapped him away.

"Master," Neji said from under a rug that he was hiding under. "I would like to say, I was against this from the start. I tried to stop them…" Neji was interrupted also by the person.

"Enough!" the deep voice shouted and glared at everyone, daring any of them to speak. Neji squeaked and hid under the rug once again to hide from his master.

"Wh - Who's there?" Jiraya asked in fright, looking over on one side of the chair. Once he didn't see anything, he looked on the other side, only to be greeted by the master of the castle with a glare that would even scare the devil.

"Who are you?" the beastly person asked Jiraya bitterly, who in turn, got out of the chair and started to crawl away. "How did you get in here?" The beastly person crawled onto the chair, glaring at Jiraya with one of his deadliest glares.

"I – I was lost in the woods and…" Jiraya tried explaining to the beast, but was interrupted by him.

"You are not welcome here," the beast shouted angrily, following Jiraya as he continued crawling backwards.

"I – I'm sorry," Jiraya tried apologizing to the beast.

"What are you staring at?" the beast asked bitterly, going into a stance that would make you think he was going to attack Jiraya.

"N – nothing," Jiraya stuttered towards the beast, shaking his in case his words failed him.

"So, you've come to stare at the beats?" the beast shouted at Jiraya, creeping closer towards the author.

"N – No. Please I meant n - no harm," Jiraya answered, petrified at what the beast is going to do to him. "I just needed a place to stay for the night." Jiraya was still crawling away from the beast, who in turn was creeping closer towards him.

"I'll give you a place to stay," the beast retorted, grabbing the author with ease. Neji, Kiba, Hinata, and the chipped tea cup all watched in horror as their master dragged Jiraya away to the prisons in the East tower.


That's it with this chapter. I'm happy that a lot of you readers like this. I got like about ten alerts about story alerts and story favorites on the first day. Haha. I'm so happy about this. This is one story that I will definitely enjoy writing. I'm just hoping that this story won't end so quickly. That's when I'll cry. My most favorite movie ending so quickly! Not cool! Anyway, I'll get to writing Why Us now and hopefully update that one soon.

Till next chapter!