Title: Twisted Fairytale

Author: Kisu

Pairings: SasuNaru, ShikaIno

A/N: I'm typing up a storm, after this fic…I think I will go back to my dark angsty fics…so hang tight and enjoy! Replies to reviews at the end of the chapter.

Disclaimer: Naruto does not belong to me.

Chapter 3: Of Recollection and Memories

Sasuke woke up in his quarters with a huge headache. He groaned as he sat up and clamped both of his hands to his head in an attempt to keep the world from spinning.

"Ugh." He mumbled. What happened to him yesterday? He remembered accidentally grabbing the wrong cup at teatime, and taking a long swig. He must have grabbed Jiraiya's mug of coffee and it was probably laced with something alcoholic. "Damn perverts."

He swung his legs off the bed and breathed in deeply, frowning when he caught a scent of something foreign. Suspiciously, he sniffed the air and grabbed a handful of his shirt. The princess's scent was all over him! Not that it was bad, but the princess is a boy!

His eyes widened and he gripped the edge of the bed, tightly. He had come onto the princess, who is a boy! A boy!

He had been skipping stones at the edge of the lake, something he would never do…unless intoxicated of course. He had smiled at the princess. No doubt it was a warm smile, something he would never do. Then, he had picked a flower for the princess and told him how beautiful he was.

With a groan, he slid off the bed and sighed.

He had a lot of explaining to do.

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"The hell?"

"Oh…my."

"Naru-chan! What happened to your beautiful golden locks?" Jiraiya screamed as Iruka and Shikamaru stood in the doorway lost for words. Naruto swung around, with his beloved kitty in his arms.

"Do you like it?" Naruto asked, squeezing the kitty tighter. It mewed in complaint and in a flash; the Hyuugas were in the room.

"There it is." Neji said, happily. Hinata blinked and sighed as she leaned against the wall to catch her breath.

"Ino is going to have a cow." Shikamaru declared as he stalked over to the princess. "I left you alone for half a day and you cut your hair!" Naruto pouted and latched onto Shikamaru.

"The prince told me that I looked beautiful." He said as they stared at him. "What?"

"Prince? As in Gaara?" Iruka asked.

"No, as in Sasuke." Naruto said. Time seemed to freeze as they all turned to stare at him.

"There you guys are." Kakashi beamed as he walked in. "Where is my young charge?"

"He fell asleep when we were at the lake and I had him brought to his room." Naruto explained. Kakashi nodded and turned to observed Naruto.

With his hair shorter, it still framed his face beautifully and now revealed a lot more skin. This included his slender neck and shoulders that the kimono he was wearing had slipped off. He slowly walked toward the princess and stood before him.

"Will you marry me?" He asked.

Naruto blushed and clasped his hands together. "I'm not worthy of marrying someone of your stature."

"Nonsense." Kakashi beamed as he reached out to crush the princess to him. He slowly pulled down his mask and Naruto's blue eyes widened.

"You're so handsome!" Naruto said, in awe. Then, he stepped up on his tiptoes, his eyes closed as he leaned upwards and…

"What are you doing?" The soft voice of the Desert prince broke in. Kakashi opened his eyes and found himself inches away from the sullen boy. He jumped back and Gaara glared at him. "Touch me again, and I'll dig a grave for you." Kakashi blinked rapidly.

It had all been something that he had made up when he entered the room.

Gaara walked over to Naruto and whispered something in his ear. He blushed a bright red and glared at Kakashi.

"Pedophile." Shikamaru grumbled as Kakashi chuckled, nervously. He turned around and swallowed thickly when he caught Jiraiya and Iruka staring at him, angrily.

"Keep your mind at of the gutter, Kakashi!" Iruka yelled as Jiraiya picked up a chair and chased the man out of the room.

"Our cousin isn't the social type, princess." Hinata said, as Neji tried to coax Ramen out of Naruto's arms.

"Are you sure?" Naruto asked in confusion. "He was telling me all 152 ways on how he was going to defeat his brother." He nodded, thoughtfully. "I especially liked plan number 123 where Sasuke would--."

"No!" They all turned as Sasuke ran into the room. Sasuke narrowed his eyes.

That stupid blonde was going to tell them one of his plans and then he would only have 151 ways to defeat Itachi. The number won't be even anymore!

"Sasuke, you're awake!" Naruto beamed, bounding over to him with a bright smile. Sasuke nodded and felt his headache throb.

"Can I speak to you, princess?" He asked.

"Of course!" Naruto smiled.

"Hey…" Shikamaru began but Sasuke had already taken Naruto's arm and guided him out of the room. They rushed down the hall for a secluded spot and finally found one.

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"Listen, about today…" Sasuke began.

"Yes?" Naruto beamed.

"Forget what I said to you. I drank something wrong this afternoon." Sasuke continued.

"Oh are you feeling better?" Naruto asked in concern.

"Yes, but I still have this slight problem where my eye twitches and…" Sasuke replied but caught himself. With a glare, he cleared his throat. "Stop changing the subject."

"Huh?" Naruto blinked.

"I want to tell you that I have no interest in you whatsoever." Sasuke said. "I need to marry a girl, not a boy. So I can't marry you."

"Uhm, okay." Naruto responded. He had no idea that Sasuke had been thinking of marriage.

"Because princes need to marry a girl princess not a boy princess." Sasuke explained. "And with a boy prince and a boy princess…you can't…" He trailed off with a dark flush on his cheeks.

"Can't what?" Naruto asked.

"You know…the birds and the bees." Sasuke coughed, nervously.

"Birds and the bees?" Naruto repeated, still drawing a blank.

"You know, like when two people get together and they're in love…" Sasuke frowned.

"Yes?"

"You don't know what I'm getting at, do you?" Sasuke asked, finally.

"Uhm, no." Naruto giggled as he covered his mouth with his hands. Sasuke sighed and stared at the giggling boy. Since, when did he look so cute?

A flash of horror crossed Sasuke's face as he realized what had just crossed his mind. He was attracted to this…this boy princess?

Maybe that was why he never had any interest in the girls that his parents had chosen for him. They were girls! Then it dawned onto him, there was a way to find out if he liked liked boys or liked liked girls.

"Sasuke, you look pale." Naruto commented, as he peered into the boy's face.

"Princess…" He began in a hoarse voice. "I need to kiss you."

"What?" Naruto's eyes widened. Had he heard correctly?

Sasuke clenched his fist and his whole body seemed to tremble in anticipation. He walked forward until Naruto's back was against the wall. Shakily, he placed both hands on either side of Naruto's head.

"Y-You're serious!" Naruto gasped. Sasuke bit his lip hard before jerking his head up and pressed his lips against the princess's. The princess's lips were soft like rose petals and Sasuke found himself drowning into that kiss. His scent of soft jasmine filled his nostrils and ever sense of his being. He also knew Naruto was enjoying it, so he smirked into the kiss before pulling away and opening his eyes.

Naruto opened his eyes slowly, dazed with this new feeling. Then, he realized what was going on and he gasped sharply. Sasuke had stolen his first kiss!

He opened his mouth and screamed bloody murder.

Then he backhanded a bewildered Sasuke across the face.

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"If he's there! I'm not coming down!" The furious yell echoed throughout the castle and was followed by the sound of a heavy door slamming.

Sasuke sat at the dinner table, rubbing his sore cheek with a glare and his cousins stared at him in bewilderment.

"Cousin, what did you do to him?" Hinata whispered.

"None of your business." Sasuke replied coldly. Neji shook his head in disapproval.

"How troublesome." Shikamaru grumbled as he continued to eat his cherry cobbler. He always ate dessert before the actual meal, except when Ino was around. Her family always ate dinner in a sequence, unless if Naruto was there; Ino would always serve dessert last.

"Your scent was all over her." Gaara spoke up as he cut into his steak that was extra rare.

"Scent?" Kakashi blinked and elbowed Sasuke in the side. "I see you finally set your eyes on someone!"

"Do I know you?" Sasuke replied, blankly. Kakashi frowned as Jiraiya walked in.

"Naru-chan still won't come down." He reported as Iruka stood up.

"I'll go bring him something to eat." Iruka offered, he walked away to the kitchen.

"I don't know what made Naru-chan so upset." Jiraiya said, thoughtfully as he pointedly glared at Sasuke. Sasuke closed his eyes and stood up.

"Excuse me." He muttered as he walked halfway across the dining hall.

"Iruka!" The panic-filled scream startled all of them and a loud explosion was heard from the tower of Naruto's room. They all ran up the spiraling stairs and stopped at the doorway, staring at the big hole that was once a wall with a window. Iruka coughed and stood up, blood trickling down a wound near his temple.

"What happened?" Jiraiya demanded. "Where is the princess?"

"He took him." Iruka whispered, his face pale with fear.

"Who?" Jiraiya asked, having a clear idea on who it was.

"Orochimaru." Iruka replied.

Fifteen years later, the evil sorcerer was back. Orochimaru.

Jiraiya clenched his hands into fists and he narrowed his eyes.

"You'll pay for taking Naru-chan away without my consent!" He roared to no one in particular.

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No one had the heart to finish dinner so they went straight to the library to have a discussion on how to rescue the princess away from the evil, greedy, and possibly perverted…Orochimaru.

"We have no idea where his new hideout is." Iruka said, worriedly. It was three o'clock in the morning and they were still wide-awake. "We also don't know about his plans." He set his cup of tea down onto its saucer and turned to Jiraiya. "Do you think that he knows Naruto is the vessel?"

"Hopefully not." Jiraiya frowned. "But we've kept it a secret for so long, I'm sure he doesn't know Naru-chan is the vessel."

"What?" Sasuke asked as the two men turned around sharply to stare at them.

"Oh, great." Shikamaru muttered. "Now, the fox is out of the bag."

"Why do you keep saying that?" Neji frowned. "The phrase is "the cat is out of the bag", not the fox." He felt the need to defend his precious feline friends.

"Princess Naruto is the vessel?" Hinata repeated in confusion.

"Once we tell you, you cannot speak word of this outside of this room." Jiraiya said, seriously. "Or else."

"Or else what?" Sasuke frowned at his incompetence.

"Or else." Gaara repeated, softly and yet venomously. They all stared at him as the hair on the back of their necks rose in an unpleasant tingle.

"We've guarded this secret for fifteen years, from the time of Naruto's birth." Jiraiya began. "A long time ago, our kingdom was plagued by a demon, the Kyuubi. The Kyuubi was a fearsome nine-tailed fox demon that had been sealed in a scroll for centruries. But Orochimaru, King Sarutobi's trusted sorcerer found a way to release the demon."

"Sarutobi managed to seal the demon back in its scroll and wound Orochimaru but he soon died from the severe condition of his injuries. His son, Sarutobi the Fourth assumed the throne. But everyone just called him the Fourth." Iruka continued. "Not long after, the Fourth fell in love with a hime from a branch family of the Yamanaka Clan, a very prestigious family in the Uzumaki territory."

"She was very beautiful. She had great determination and the sharpest of tongues." Jiraiya said. "She had the was probably a "fox" in bed…" Iruka glared at him and Jiraiya coughed nervously. "Anyways, on the day Naruto was born, Orochimaru came back and unleashed the Kyuubi from its scroll. King Fourth recognized that the scroll had weakened from centuries of sealing the Kyuubi, so he decided the next best thing. To seal it into a vessel, and he chose his newborn son."

Iruka nodded. "Then, with the last of his strength, he managed to seal the demon. In the aftermath, there was no sign of Orochimaru and everyone thought he was dead. Except the Fourth, he warned us that the sorcerer would return and he would be even stronger than before."

"To protect Naruto from getting into the hands of Orochimaru, we decided to switch identities with someone who was born on the same day as him. That was Ino, the first child of Yamanaka Inoshi. She was to play the role of the vessel that the Fourth had chosen to seal the demon in." Jiraiya said as he sipped his mug of black coffee.

"So that's why…" Hinata murmured, her silver eyes widening in recognition.

"What's why?" Neji asked, looking at his cousin.

"That's why Naruto is a princess. Ino is a girl and the vessel that the Fourth chose was a boy." Shikamaru sighed. "Ino becomes the boy and Naruto becomes the girl."

"So that's why." Sasuke frowned as he stared at the carpet at his feet.

"Exactly." Jiraiya nodded. "You didn't think it was some old man's fetish to raise boys into girls, did you?" They all stared at him and quickly averted their eyes. "Did you?"

"Well anyways, I'm going to get some sleep." Shikamaru said, standing up. "I will ride out at dawn to inform the Yamanaka head about this situation and Ino of course. Good night." They watched as Shikamaru left the room and Gaara stood up as well.

"I don't sleep." He declared, bluntly. "But I will leave also in the morning and tell my mother about this. Someone has kidnapped my wife-to-be. Mother will be unhappy at the news." They watched as the sullen boy followed the path that Shikamaru had taken.

Women were scary.

"Let's all turn in." Iruka offered. "We should all get some sleep, let's just hope Naruto is safe for now."

Everyone nodded silently and left the room one by one.

Even if they went to bed, they knew they wouldn't sleep tonight.

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A/N: Yay!

Shirl: Glad you liked the fic and Sasuke's "Bwaha". glomps Sasu-chan

Iceheart19: Thanks! I'm glad you like the plot so far.

SukiAme: Another big review! I hope this chapter explains Ino and Naruto's interaction. It also explained a little of Sasuke's OOCness and the rushed fluff in the end!

TriAce-Gaara: One of the best stories? weeps in happiness Thank you! Yes..my grammar and spelling does need work XD

Love-chibis: Naruto's hair in the beginning was long, like a princess! You know, blonde curls and big blue eyes? ; But he cut it so now it's shorter but longer than Naruto's hair is in the manga. Chin-length? Maybe I'll draw a fanart pic…one day.

Mrs. Les Demondes: Yay! I loved Kiba in the beginning! I'll probably add him in again, very very soon.

Chibichidori16: I'm sure Hinata didn't get a nosebleed because she isn't as perverted as the male sex. XD

Sally, HiHI, and anonymous: Thanks for reviewing and reading.