Forbidden Fables (NarutoxDisney)

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=[Cinderella]=
Epilogue

The still and tranquil forest located to the southern side of a small cottage was disturbed. A large wild boar squealed loudly as it rampaged through the densely packed wood in distress, making its own path by stomping any foliage into the earth and breaking any branches that got in its way.

The agitated animal was trying to run away from the strangest predator that it and all creatures within the forest came to fear. How could they not? Despite the puny size of the predator, it could send a fully grown grizzly bear flying across the terrain and into nearby sea with a single punch.

Sadly, the boar did not make it very far before a yellow and orange blur appeared to its side. Incredible pain was felt on its face. Its body jerked in the opposite direction from the punch, its limbs were uplifted off the ground, and it went flying into a nearby tree. The boar squealed raggedly one last time before collapsing onto the ground unmoving.

Naruto flipped in the air and landed in front of his recent kill. A slight frown was noted on his face. "I'm sorry, but my wife craves meat lately." He wasn't sure why he needed to apologize to the animal, but he guess her philosophy touched him more than he knew. Be kind to everyone and everything. Personally, he felt that not everyone deserved such kindness. Some people were simply irredeemable, but Naruto wasn't about to argue with his wife since he would lose in such battle.

It was a wise decision.

With a rapid sequence of hand-seals that was far too fast for anyone to discern, dozens of white smokes geysers erupted. "Alright, let's get to work," Naruto called out. The masses of shadow clones looked at him strangely before obeying the command.

After they'd set up their workspace, they decided to split into multiple teams for efficiency. One of the teams was skinning the boar for its leather while another was carving up the juicy meat. There was also a team dedicated to tenderizing the meat by punching and kicking it along with each other.

They begin to roast the dice meat with their powers once the carcass was stripped of anything useful. It only took them a few minutes to do so. With the meat nicely cooked, they each picked up one and raced each other back home; a small cottage with a decent garden, filled with numerous roses with all manner of colors.

As they approached the cottage, they noticed another group of clones was coming from the opposite side. These clones were returning from their own venture in the sea, which stretched far into the horizon. There was a single merchant ship sailing upon it.

– Cinderella –

"Get the fuck out the way, you bastard!" A clone roared loudly as it kicked another clone to the side in order to pass through the crowded doorway. Another of its kind did the same to it from behind before getting trampled on. The process repeated endlessly.

Like ants, each of clones was carrying an oversized item over their head, trying to get into the small house while pushing each other out the way. The clones that were working in the outdoor furnace along the shoreline brought back beautiful glasswork while those that worked in the adjacent garden brought back succulent produce; just to name a few.

"Stop pushing! I was here first!" Another clone roared angrily before it also joined in the ever growing brawl.

"There is no need to fight," a blond-haired girl with sky blue eyes beseeched. Cinderella was seated by the far end of the room, where the glowing embers of the fireplace kept her warm and cozy. No ash was spew from the well-made construct. Those particles would be bad for her health. "There is enough for everyone, so please. Please form up a line."

The clones looked at her before trying to form a line. That quickly dwelled into another brawl as they all wanted to be in front. When seeing that, Cinderella rubbed her swollen stomach slightly and gasped in notable distress. The clones all froze in place with most of them gripping each other by the collar before cocking their head and staring up at her. Great concern could be seen in their deep oceanic eyes.

"Please," Cinderella requested. This time, however, achieved her goal. The clones finally lined up neatly, and those in the front of the leave their item in the correct pile before jumping up and landing upon her opened palm.

"Thank you," Cinderella expressed her gratitude and gave it a peck upon its head. The clone grinned wildly before vanishing in a puff of white smoke. Several small brawls broke out further down the line as many of them wanted to be kissed again. When one of them dispelled, the memories were shared among all of them. She shook her head when the line became ragged. "Naruto, wouldn't you get less reward if there were less of you?"

The question immediately got all of their attention. They realized many of them had already dispelled, thus the number of kiss they would be rewarded collectively had diminished. They would have to get along with each other or they would all suffer.

Cinderella couldn't help but giggled when the clones reformed the line once more while glaring at each other. She then continued rewarding each for their effort, no matter what kind of contribution they had brought back from their venture. It was difficult considering there must be thousands of them. After about a few dozens, she paused. In her palm was a blond-haired shinobi, but she knew this one was different from the rest of the clone. "Why are you amongst them, my love?"

"I thought I would get one too if I brought something back, hehehe," Naruto said cheekily. He brought back a glass ring, embroidered with a gemstone. He had made a matching one, but its size was vastly smaller than hers. "How did you know it was me anyway?"

"Because you are my husband. I can always find you among your clones," Cinderella said and gave him a much deeper kiss. It was difficult to do more than that as he was so small.

The mass of clones stared up at Naruto before fuming furiously. Unlike them, he would not dispel and share out the memories and senses. "Hey that's not fair! We want one like that too!"

Naruto twitched his eyes. "Shut up! She's my wife you idiots!"

"She's our wife too, you know! Stop hogging her!"

"Yeah, you should share her with us, boss," another one called out.

"What did you say!?" Naruto snapped. He wasn't about to share Cinderella with anyone, including himself. He then leaped off the palm and transformed himself into a fully grown size before flatting a dozen clones under his boots. The survivors – thousands of them – immediately teamed up and tackled him together. "Bring it on, mini-me!"

Cinderella giggled as her husband was busy fighting himself. He rolled across the floor, turning his body into something akin to a steam roller. He flattened hundreds of them in one go before gripping his head in pain.

"I feel I just got flatten by me, just a lot bigger," Naruto muttered when he assimilated a vast amount of new memories. He looked up at his wife and pursed his lips. "Do you know that you have become pretty big, Cinderella. Maybe you should exercise more?"

Cinderella could only blink at him. Was he that dense? She wasn't sure as she rubbed her stomach as a hint. When his expression remained unchanged, she decided to tell him outright. "I'm not –

"What should we call her?" Naruto interrupted as his expression changed into joyful one. "She would be born in a few more months. I can't wait to show her all the cool things!"

Cinderella let out a breath of deep relief. She then smiled heartedly. "Can you please stop teasing me like that? I thought you didn't notice at all."

"I'm sorry, but it was worth it! To see such a smile," Naruto announced with a wide smile. Thanks Kurama.

"You're a dumbass," Kurama snorted. It had decided to tell the idiot outright and flatly. "You thought she was getting fat and lazy!? Damn it. If I wasn't here, you probably wouldn't even notice until she gives birth." It refrained of stating further than that because it obviously didn't know how to deliver a baby. Its host had no idea either so… Kurama decided that he would play dead when the time comes.

Hey! It's not my fault. I'm an orphan! No one taught me about those things! There was only so much I could learn from Ero-sennin's works, Naruto responded mentally as he rolled himself towards his wife before repositioning himself so that one of his ears along with a hand were pressed gently against her stomach.

"I can feel her," Naruto claimed after a minute.

"Yes," Cinderella agreed. "She will be a hyperactive and energetic like you, husband."

"She will have your beauty, grace, and kindness," Naruto assured softly.

"And your determination, compassion, strength," Cinderella added lovingly.

"Oh Kami, not this again," Kurama muttered loudly in the mindscape when Naruto began to state all the things he saw within his wife including some new one. Cinderella reciprocated the same. Such exchange had vexed the demonic fox greatly. This was because the amount of traits they stated had increased tremendously ever since they were married.

– End of Cinderella –

This arc's main theme is about going from riches to rages to riches. The Grand Duke is one of the best examples, but he has no true happy ending. Cinderella is another example, but she refused the riches, and in the end, she found something worth far more than wealth. She has a happy ending, and finally Anastasia is the last example. Her ending is already implied last chapter.

Read the introduction to beauty and the beast below if you are interesting in the continuation of the main storyline and its final arc: Dark Temptations


– Forbidden Fables –

A silver-haired man with matching pair of eyes was scribbling on a piece of parchment with a quill pen as the table he used slanted left and right due to the inclination of the entire room. Once he reached the last line of his report, he lifted the tip of the pen off the paper and frowned slightly.

"It wasn't my fault that you had to suffer for years. I hope you won't take it personally," Nexus told the empty room before giving a shrug. He then folded the piece of paper into an airplane before letting it flew from one side of the room to another. He didn't need to actually send his report to her directly. The moment he thought about writing it, she would have known and read it.

Since no grim fate had befallen him and his vessel, he gave another shrug and picked up book that was seated on the table to his side. There was an illustration of a red rose in the front of its hardcover, just above the title: Beauty

"Well, if that's the case, I guess you're still furious at him?" Nexus questioned. He was about to open the book to have a read, but a knock upon his door garnered his attention instead. He had almost forgotten that he'd acquired up some crewmen from the last port. It would be incredibly strange for the ship to sail the wide sea with only one person.

"Do come in," Nexus said in a clear tone of voice the moment he placed the fairy tale book back on the table. There was no need to hurry.

"Sir," a black-haired boy – the ship's apprentice – acknowledged his superior the moment he opened the cabin's door. "We're at our destination, captain."

"It would seem so," Nexus responded and cocked his head towards the circular window by the table. It was coastal line, where a small house stood erected. Even at such distant, a blond-haired girl with bright blue eyes could be seen seated by the house's glass window. A glass ring glimmered in the sunlight while she waited for her husband to return.

Nexus turned back to the young boy with teal-colored eyes. He examined the boy's scrawny feature with an arched brow. In truth, he didn't really care who his crewmen were since it was for appearance more than anything, but this boy – from the slum – had begged him to take him on. "What do you see yourself in… oh, say a decade from now?"

"A helmsman, sir," the young boy answered with all honesty.

"Commandeering your own ship," Nexus responded with an approving nod. "That is quite an interesting dream, aye, captain Gaston?"

The boy – Gaston – believed his captain had misinterpreted his answer. To be able to command a vessel of his own was beyond his reach. He simply wished to be experienced enough to be a captain of one.

"I mean only as a helmsman, sir," Gaston corrected. It was the best he could hope for with the life he was given. Living in the dirty slum for his entire twelve years of life, he had seen all kind of people. Some were born into wealthy and powerful family. Some were gifted with beauty and grace. Some were given great destiny.

Nexus looked at the boy for a moment. "It seems like lack the will to live, Gaston. If you don't strive for as much as you can, you will not be able to achieve anything meaningful in the end."

"It is impossible to –

"Nothing is impossible, only doubt made it so," Nexus interjected.

"Sir, I cannot doubt in something that isn't there."

"Do not believe that, my young apprentice," Nexus said while chuckled inwardly. No one in the world would get such a reference, but he couldn't help himself. "I have met an interesting man a long time ago. He also lacked the determination like you, and thus, refused to believe he could achieve more with what he had. You see, he was in love, but his love with was snatched away from him, sending him on a path towards his self-destruction. If he had continued to believe nothing could be done with his power, he would not have become anyone."

Gaston was attentive. "Did he become someone, sir?"

Nexus smiled at the young boy. "Yes, he did. Through his own determination and will, he became one of the most powerful men in the world." He raised a hand and spread his fingers wide. "In only eighteen short years, unlimited wealth flowed through his fingers like rivers." He pressed his palm against the navigation chart on the table. "The total land he owned was so vast that a small Kingdom could fit within it. And even after his death, his son became the undisputed ruler of great realm."

"There was someone like that?" Gaston asked.

Nexus lowered his silver eyes at the boy. "How many coins do you have in your pocket?"

Gaston subconsciously checked his pockets to make sure the coins he had earned so taxingly were still there. After seeing those silver eyes of the captain, he took them out and showed them in his palm. "I only have this much, sir."

"That is quite a lot," Nexus said. When he saw the boy's confusion, he chuckled. "He had achieved more than most men in a single lifetime. But did you know that he started out as a penniless commoner? You are more fortunate to have some coins in your pocket. If you believed you are worth nothing, then you will worth nothing. Tell me, Gaston, do you worth nothing?"

Hearing that, Gaston gripped them tightly as something within him sparked. He wanted to be more than he was allowed to be. "I want to worth something, sir. Please show me how."

Nexus looked into the boy's determined eyes and nodded. "As long as there is a will, there is a way." He turned towards the door and took a few steps towards it. "Come. You should meet the person you will be betrothed to, but whether she chooses you in the end, that is entirely up to you."

– To be continued –


This arc taught Naruto how to abuse his Kage Bunshin. Each arc will teach him something, and by the time he finally returns to the village of hidden leaves… he's pretty much OP. The princess and the frog (toad?) will allow him to learn about Senjutsu. Wasn't that obvious?

The next chapter will serves as the prologue to Beauty. Beauty is the second arc's name, based on the 1991 disney film, using all the same characters.