Fables and Other Short Stories
By SapphireWhiteTigress
Chapter II: The Story Sasukurella
(Cinderella)
A long time ago, in a village that doesn't really matter, lived a young boy. This poor unfortunate boy had the most, uh, unfortunate stuff happening to him. It all started five years ago when his father died, leaving him and his brother with their depressed mother.
The boys (or rather, Sasuke), tried everything they (he) could do to keep their (his) mother healthy, but nothing worked, until one day, his mother brought home a strange man, the man that would soon be his new father.
His mother introduced him as…Orochimaru. He was famous amongst the villagers, though he wasn't exactly as charming and handsome as most of the other available bachelors in the area and the youngest son was mortified.
Orochimaru scared poor Sasuke.
Soon after his mother's marriage to the…creepy and ghastly man, she died of a sudden ailment, but before she left her children, she told them one last thing.
She looked at her boys weakly. "Itachi…Sas-Sas-second son, there's something I must…that I need to…that I have to…there's something you should know," She struggled to say as she grasped her eldest son's hand.
Sasuke held back tears that were threatening to escape from behind his dark eyes. "What is it, mother?" Inside, he thought; 'How could she forget my name?'
Itachi was slightly bored, but figured he'll humor her. "Mother, what is it you wish to tell us?" he asked monotonously.
She coughed up blood, which landed on Sasuke's face. He shrieked, quickly removing the red fluid. "Itachi…Sas-Sas-you, boy, I'm…I'm…I'm not really your…your mother." And with that finally said and the truth out, Sasuke's mother passed on to the otherworld.
Sasuke was horrorstruck. "Mother…? No! Mother!" He flung himself onto his dead mother's body and cried as if his heart was being torn apart. "Mu-mother…why? Why!"
Itachi laughed and this caused Sasuke to whirl around in shock.
"Why are you laughing! Mother just died!" He cried infuriated.
Itachi merely smiled. "And I video typed it too," he popped the DVD in the DVD player which magically appeared and pressed play. "You will watch it for 48 hours straight." Before leaving, Itachi made sure that he had the DVD on repeat. Itachi left, shutting the door behind him.
Sasuke fell to his knees and grabbed his hair, eyes wide in fright. "Nooooo!"
The door to the room opened and in walked Orochimaru, with a slithery grin on his face. "Why, Sasuke, what are you still doing in here? And alone…?" His 'stepfather' snickered. Orochimaru strolled casually over to where Sasuke was kneeing and softly stroke his hair.
Sasuke was freaked out as his eyes went completely white and pupil-less. He quickly shirked away as fast as he could from the really creepy man.
Orochimaru smiled, his long tongue flickering out of his mouth as he licked his lips. "What's the matter, Sasuke? We're family, aren't we?" He laughed as Kisame and Itachi joined the two in the room where his mother was still laying dead, unaware of the torture that her youngest son (whom she doesn't even remember the name to) will surely endure.
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Present Day
Sasuke, now thirteen, grumbled in annoyance as he stood over a hot stove, cooking his 'brothers' and his 'father' something to eat. The thought of poisoning the food crossed his mind more than a dozen time during the preparations, but poisoning these guys was nearly impossible and even attempting to do such a thing would result in his early dismissal from this planet.
"Sasukurella! Where's our food!" A voice came from the room not far from the kitchen.
Ah, his little…nickname. He hated that name, but there was nothing he could do. He was stuck. Stuck with…them.
He sighed and bit his tongue, quite literally, as a drop of blood jumped into the soup he was currently fixing for his so-called family. The soup instantly turned a deep red before turning back to his original, flavorless color. He shrugged.
Adding turkey-beef flavor, he turned off the flame and carefully placed three bowls on the table and gently pour the soup into the bowls. He sighed and wiped his brow, picking up the three bowls and expertly balancing them as he brought it to the hungry people in the room.
Kisame looked up as soon as Sasuke entered the room. "It's about time, Sasukurella." He took his food without thanks and ate it.
Sasuke sighed once more and handed the other bowl to Itachi, who was currently polishing his swords (he had five, for some odd reason) and to Orochimaru, who was giving Sasuke a…look. After living with that man for five years, he still unnerved him. Sasuke took a deep breath, slowly handed Orochimaru his meal, without getting too close, and as soon as the bowl left his hand and into Orochimaru's, Sasuke, as quickly as he could, ran ten feet away.
He heaved a sigh of relief and went back to his chores. He was the only one to do any chores here as everyone else went out, did things, kill people, and had fun. He wished he could do those things and make friends, but Sasuke wasn't allowed to go out. He heard Orochimaru telling his 'son' that the reason was because he was afraid someone would steal that 'precious' child from him.
Sasuke felt sick after that and weary around that fair-skinned man. No one has ever freaked Sasuke out as much as his supposed guardian has.
He wanted out and he was desperate to try anything, and when the royal ball was being held, he thought it was the perfect opportunity. His only problem was sneaking out and going.
A few days later, Kisame was found playing a game of cards with Itachi, who was winning by, secretly, cheating. Kisame started up a conversation about the formal ball that was to be held that weekend. Sasuke eavesdropped, while cleaning out the litter box. The thought never occurred to him that they don't have a cat.
"Are you going to the ball, Itachi?" Kisame asked, looking at his cards with a straight face.
Itachi shrugged. "Any eights?" He asked, staring at his cards intently.
Kisame smirked. "Go fish."
Sasuke, from the other room, sweat-dropped.
Itachi grabbed a card from the deck on the table. "Would you like to go to that ball, Kisame?" He asked, slight curiosity in his otherwise emotionless voice.
Kisame grinned. "Actually, I would. Father was the one to bring it up. He said he'll lock Sasuke up if we were to go."
Itachi thought for a moment. "Hmm…what time is this ball?"
"9 o'clock, Saturday night." Kisame eyed his cards wearily. "Any…aces?"
Itachi grumbled as he handed over his ace.
Sasuke quickly finished cleaning the litter box and made his way to his room, under the stairs.
The night of the ball was finally here and Sasuke wasn't allowed to go. Of course, he already knew that so he wasn't as surprised when his stepfather told him the news.
"Sasuke-kun, I will not allow you to go to the ball, for fear that you may runaway, and I can't let my little Sasuke-kun runaway, now can I?" Orochimaru said sweetly.
Sasuke wanted to cry, but not because he wasn't allowed to go to the ball, but because he was afraid that Orochimaru was a pedophile and wanted him for his body.
As they were leaving the house, Orochimaru smiled like a snake and pat Sasuke on the head before shoving him into his room under the stairs and locking the door. "We'll be back soon, Sasuke, but in the meantime, why don't you stay in there, hmm?"
"Bye, Sasukurella, we'll be sure to bring you something back. Maybe a frog's head?" Kisame laughed.
"…." Was all Itachi felt like saying.
Sasuke sighed as he heard the footsteps of the three men fade. It just wasn't fair, that after all he's done, after everything he's been through; he was just left home, under the stairs with the spiders…
Sasuke hated spiders.
He threw himself on his surprising neat bed and heaved an even heavier sigh. He hated life, particularly his. As he was about to drift off to sleep, a noise caught his attention and he quickly sat up. Suddenly, a bright light appeared, temporally blinding him.
Once the bright light faded, a young man stood in its wake…a young man in a little pinkish dress, with a…pinkish…mask covering his lower face and his left eye.
Sasuke was speechless, but he found himself shouting, his voice slightly higher pitch. "Ah! Who are you!"
The man looked bored as he pulled a book from inside his dress. "I'm your fairy Godmother-er-father-eh, whatever."
Sasuke had a cross-dresser for a fairy godfather?
"I'm not a cross-dresser." Kakashi sighed, looking quite disappointed. "It's the uniform I'm forced to wear. However, we will not get into details about that. I'm here to send you to this grand ball."
Sasuke blinked. "You're…going to take me to the ball?" Sasuke briefly thought that this guy was scarier than Orochimaru, but quickly decided against it.
"Yeah, yeah," Kakashi put his book away, pulled out a wand, and held it to the door of the room under the stairs. "Before I allow you to leave, there's something I must tell you."
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at his fairy-person. "What?"
"You're a wizard, Sasuke." Kakashi said with a straight face.
Sasuke gasped. "What!"
Kakashi smiled sheepishly, but you couldn't really tell, because his mouth was hidden, but his eye twinkled with a smile as it curled upward. "I lied. I always wanted to say that."
Sasuke face-faulted as Kakashi unlocked the door with his wand. Once out of the teeny-tiny room, Sasuke turned to Kakashi with a flashing question mark above his head.
"Now what?"
Kakashi looked to be grinning as he pointed his wand at the thirteen year old. "Now, we'll have to get you properly dressed." With a flick of his hand, Sasuke's clothes instantly changed…
…Into something exactly like Kakashi's.
Sasuke shrieked. "What is this!"
Kakashi blushed. "Oops, wrong outfit." With another flick, Sasuke's clothes changed again…
…But this time, Sasuke was in a cow's custom. Sasuke eyes narrowed. "I hate you."
After five more attempts, Sasuke was finally within the correct clothes: a navy blue high and wide collar jacket and black shorts with blue shoes.
Sasuke said nothing for a moment before glaring at Kakashi. "This is exactly the same thing I was wearing a moment ago."
Kakashi shook his head. "Not quite." He pulled out a mirror and held it to Sasuke's face.
Sasuke looked into the mirror and raised one eyebrow. His eyes were no longer black, but now red. He gently placed the mirror down and slowly turned to look at the fairy-person. "We spent half an hour trying to get ready, with you completely screwing up every outfit just so my eye color can change?" He said as calmly as he could.
Kakashi shrugged. "At least your eyes are cooler now."
Sasuke sighed. "Whatever, let's just get going."
"Ah, right." Kakashi quickly looked around the room and found something interesting. He walked over to the dust bunny that was hiding under a couch and pointed his wand at it and murmured; "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo."
The dust bunny instantly turned into a gigantic rabbit, crushing everything in the house. Sasuke yelled, "Use your stupid magic outside, genius!"
Kakashi scratched the back of his head. "Heh, I'm new at this whole fairy-godparent thing."
Sasuke rolled his now red eyes. "Whatever, let's just go, now." He walked outside, the gigantic bunny rabbit right behind him. Once outside, Sasuke had to cover his eyes, for he has never seen the day of light in five years. But, instantly, the sun disappeared, for it's supposed to be 9:45 PM.
Sasuke uncovered his eyes and stared at the eerie moon that now filled the sky, accompanied by many tiny twinkling stars. He was amazed with how dark night really was. It was so dark, that he tripped over a large rock and landed inches away from…stuff that you wouldn't want to land in.
Sasuke picked himself up and dusted himself off. "What now?" He asked his fairy-odd-weirdo-parent.
Kakashi thought for a moment and glanced around his surroundings. He spotted an acorn, pointed his dangerous wand at it, and chanted a spell; "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!"
The acorn turned into a larger, carriage-like acorn. "Great, everything's set now." Kakashi attached the carriage to the rabbit and turned to face Sasuke. "Oh, but first, we'll need a driver." Again, he glanced around his surrounding and found a roach, but decided against it.
He instead picked a leaf and pointed the wand of doom at it. "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!" The leaf turned into a green person with weird ears and dots for eyes. His arms and legs are leafy.
Sasuke's jaw dropped. He shook his head and turned to the fairy idiot. "What does Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo means, anyway?"
Kakashi blinked. "I really have no clue."
Sasuke sighed, but said no more. He climbed into the acorn carriage. Before the carriage moved, Kakashi told him something very important.
"You must return at the stroke of midnight tonight." Kakashi said.
Sasuke was confused. "Why?"
Kakashi shrugged. "My magic is only limited to two hours, and it is 10 o'clock now."
"Oh." Before he could say anything else, they were gone, leaving Kakashi behind.
Kakashi sighed. "Glad that's over with…now, to see what happens next…" He pulled out his book and giggled.
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It took Sasuke exactly one hour to reach the ball, which, in turn, gave him one hour to have fun and runaway. Sasuke looked at the towering castle type building before entering. Upon entrance, every head turned to see his arrival and they all gasped, especially the girls.
Amongst the crowd, Orochimaru looked at the boy and also gasped, whispering to Kisame and Itachi. "Who is that handsome boy?"
Kisame and Itachi sweat-dropped.
Sasuke slowly walked down the grand staircase and on to the dance floor, where he was instantly surrounded by girls, girls, and more girls, including a few guys.
"Dance with me!" One shouted.
"Marry me!" Another said.
"Can I bare your children!" A third latched onto him.
Sasuke raised an eyebrow at that, but didn't bother mentioning he's only thirteen. The music suddenly started up as a waltz and people took their dancing partners onto the dance floor.
Finally, what everyone has been waiting for, the prince slowly walked down the grand staircase, covered in shadow. Everyone instantly stopped to look as he descended down the stairs in all his glory.
The spotlight hit him, causing him to miss his footing, thus resulting into a tumble down the stairs. Everyone flinched.
The figure turned out to be none other than…Dosu. Everyone gasped at this and ran away from the castle, leaving only Dosu, Orochimaru, Kisame, Itachi, and the 'disguised' Sasuke.
They stared at each other in silence.
"So…" Dosu started.
"You're the prince?" Orochimaru asked wearily.
Dosu nodded. Itachi looked at Sasuke. "Who are you?"
This time, Sasuke couldn't help but sweat-drop. 'I guess this disguise does work…' "…"
Kisame also stared at Sasuke before stating; "You look familiar."
Sasuke laughed nervously, just as the clock vibrated, falling down to land on Dosu. Sasuke gasped. "Oh no! It's 12 o'clock!"
With that, Sasuke ran away, to never be seen again…
Something clicked in Orochimaru's head. "Oh! Harry Potter!"
Everyone fell.
And that, my friends, is the story of Sasukurella!
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AN: I had to end it somewhere, and I know it was too quick. XP It was running too long. Hehe.
Next up: Itsy Bitsy Shino