Title: Aladdin: Sasunaru style!
Rating: M
Disclaimer: Characters and Aladdin movie does not belong to me.
AN: All because certain ppl –namely readlife and blackgoddess2k9 *winks winks*- jump started my creativity again I got down to writing *grins* hope you like this chp! Oh! Before I forget, I opened a poll for you readers who desperately want me to finish a certain story. Vote for your story if you want me to make it a priority.
~oOo~
Aladdin: Sasunaru style!
Chapter 2
"Aaahhh! Waaahhh! Uhuuuh! Bang!" The door to the prince's room was flung open so violently it hit the adjacent wall and shook the whole corridor. The sultan who had heard the commotion and became worried rushed from his chamber only to stop and stare at the bizarre but not unexpected sight. It had been happening for the past two weeks already.
The princess who had come to seduce the prince into marrying her came running out of the prince's room crying, wailing and sobbing her heart out. She wore very revealing clothes that hardly covered anything and her makeup was running making her a really ugly sight to see. The sultan couldn't care at the moment that she was rejected just like all the others that have tried before her. Frankly he was glad she wasn't chosen as a bride because she was not behaving in the manner a proper princess should act.
"That stupid, arrogant prince! I hope he dies a lonely old man!" with those hateful words flung spitefully back at the prince, who now stood leaning by the door with his arms across his chest staring at her emotionlessly, the princess made her departure rather noisily. Her complaints echoed through the corridor all the way to the main entrance of the palace.
With the girl permanently gone, the raven-haired, dark-eyed, pale skinned prince turned to his brother, the current sultan and gave him a deadpanned look.
"She was by far the worst out of all that had come here. Every time it just seems to get more ridiculous. Just leave me the hell alone already, Itachi. I'm not marrying someone out of duty," the prince turned back to enter his room but left the door open knowing that his brother would want to say something to him. His hunch was right as his brother followed him into his room and all the way to the prince's personal indoor garden where the prince then settled down next to his pet lion. The lion gave a contented purr when he started stroking its soft fur.
"It would be so much easier if you just pick a princess for yourself. You don't exactly co-operate much Sasuke. The least you can do is not bitch about every one of them who come here hoping to marry you. Your birthday is only three days away and according to law you need to marry by eighteen," Itachi ran a hand down the front of his face, trying as though to rub out the stress and frustration reflected there. His younger brother was unaffected. He continued to stroke his pet seeming lost in thought.
Sasuke bounced the statement back at his brother, "You said the law states that I need to marry by eighteen. What about you Itachi? You're twenty three now. What happened to your lover?"
A pause and the atmosphere became strained with tense silence. Sasuke felt guilty for speaking out of hand, even if he was justified to do so because he was pissed, and opened his mouth to apologise but he was cut off by his brother.
"He was banished by father Sasuke. I never saw him again."
Sasuke felt anger on behalf of his brother. He never did like his father much though he loved his mother with all his heart. He didn't understand how a woman like her, the only woman he can stand apparently, could love a man like him. They were opposites in every way. He didn't dwell on that thought for long because it still pained him to remember them. Their passing was too sudden.
Another pause filled with silence until Sasuke finally broke it, "You know the type I would choose since you're the same. You should understand how I feel right now. You're a hypocrite if you don't approve of it."
"It's not that I don't approve. I just don't want you to be the source of gossip among our people. No one has heard of two males marrying after me and even then it was not taken well. It will only create trouble and –"
"Then change the law! You're the sultan aren't you?"
"It's not that easy Sasuke. I need a reason to change the law or the people would question –"
"You seem more concerned about the people than me," Sasuke glared at the wall opposite him. He knew that was not true. He knew his brother only cared for his well being but still he was hurting and he wanted his brother to at least understand. No one should be forced to marry someone they don't like.
Itachi sighed heavily. He felt the sting in the words directed at him like acid but there was nothing he could do. He couldn't change the law without good reason or else the people would think he was corrupted and abusing his power. They still couldn't believe his choice to marry another male so many years ago and they still don't trust him as sultan. He didn't want Sasuke to go through the same painful things he did. So the faster Sasuke chooses a bride to marry and assume his role as sultan the better. Another thing was even if he did change the law and Sasuke could marry a prince of his choosing who would agree to it? Their country was conservative and no one believed or even thought of a marriage between two males. No other prince would want to marry Sasuke even if he was good looking and rich. He needed to make Sasuke see that.
Choosing to drop the matter Itachi simply said, "Tomorrow another princess will arrive. I hope this time you won't be stubborn. You can't run away from the law Sasuke. I already tried and it wasn't successful. I was rewarded with only pain."
Sasuke leaned into his pet's belly and buried his face in its soft fur as he listened to the retreating footsteps of his brother. He just wished he could leave this palace and live life his own way...He wished he wasn't born a prince.
~oOo~
Itachi paced the front of his throne, still dwelling on the conversation he had with Sasuke. He knew how stubborn Sasuke was and he needed to make Sasuke come to his senses before he does something foolish like he always does when frustrated or angered. Stopping his pacing, he looked down at his ring. It was his wedding ring. Every time he looked at it his heart would give a painful twinge as he reminisced about his lover. The sapphire gemstone in the middle of the ring reminds him of his lover's eyes. His heart thumped painfully in his chest again as he was harshly reminded of how those sapphire eyes glittered with unshed tears when he was ordered to leave and never return. That was the reason why he could not, or rather did not want to, be sultan anymore. He felt cold and empty inside from the separation. He had made a resolution to leave Agraba in the hands of his brother's capable hands so that he could search for his lover.
"Wait for me Deidara. I'll come and find you soon. Just three more days," he brought the ring to his lips and kissed it, pouring all his yearning and love into it.
He was too into his musings he didn't realise or sense the approach of someone behind him.
"What troubling thought has occupied your mind this time my sultan?" the hiss of a snake accompanied this question.
Itachi turned around not in the least bit disturbed by the sight of the man with a giant snake wrapped around him. He was used to this man's somewhat dangerously intimidating aura but he never paid it any mind because he trusted his father's judgement of character. He may not have been a good father but he was an excellent ruler. He was the one who employed Orochimaru as his advisor. Although he could admit that sometimes he felt something off about the man.
"Ah Orochimaru. Yes something troubling is occupying my mind. As you know Sasuke's eighteenth birthday is in three days but he has not chosen a bride."
"Why that is troubling indeed. I would think that he would have chosen a bride by now since all the princess that came here were all such fine, lovely ladies," the advisor named Orochimaru gave a smile that Itachi found was a tad creepy and sinisterly perverted. He pushed it out of his mind however because now was not the time to add more troubling and disturbing thoughts in his already crowded mind.
"I need to make him see sense and hopefully convince him to marry the princess coming tomorrow," he frowned when he thought he saw a malicious glint in the advisor's eyes. It was gone in a moment so he passed it off as his imagination.
"I may have an idea or two but I would expect something in return for my help," Orochimaru smiled too innocently for the sultan's liking and he was more alert now than before. He didn't know why he was so on edge all the time around this man. He knew his father was never wrong in judging character but this man never did sit well with him from the start though he concealed his displeasure well behind his careful mask of politeness. His suspicions were really high but if the man said he could help Sasuke realise his stubbornness was foolish than he was willing to risk it.
"Anything you need if it would convince Sasuke."
Again Orochimaru gave his creepy and slightly sinister smile and bowed low before saying, "Yes, of course my lord. Then I would need your wedding ring."
Itachi stood stunned for a moment. He didn't expect Orochimaru to ask for something so important to him.
He was in a dilemma.
"...I see your reluctance to give it to me so I presume you don't need my help after all," the cunning snake-like man, that was how Itachi thought of him at the moment, was about to turn and walk away but he was stopped at the last minute by a hand on his wrist.
"...I'll lend you my ring. Is that agreeable?"
"That would be fine," Orochimaru smiled that deceivingly innocent smile again which had shudders going up and down Itachi's back in a bad way. He felt something wrong going on but didn't know what. He surrendered his ring and watched as the man left to his own room. He presumed he wanted to formulate a plan in privacy.
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Once the door to his private quarters was shut, Orochimaru headed to his full length mirror and pushed it aside, revealing a spiral staircase leading upstairs. His snake slithered down his body and landed on the floor with a dull thud, after which it slid its long body ahead of its master leading the way into the secret chamber.
Orochimaru followed behind, careful not to step on his pet. As he walked into the dark chamber, he looked at the ring in his palm. Hiseyes glinted maliciously. He began to craft out his plan as he let out an evil laugh.
"Did you see the look on the fool's face? It's full of painful shock. There's a reason why I wanted this little trinket. It's full of magical energy. Powerful thing this illusion called love," he shuddered at the disgusting thought.
"However illusion or not, it will make the search-spell more powerful. This diamond in the rough person will be found in no time," he slipped the ring onto a metal pole and secured it well.
"Manda! To your position!" the snake slithered to its post by the door where a handle was attached to the ceiling. The snake pulled on it, making the wooden ceiling open to reveal the clear sky.
Orochimaru began chanting a spell and the sky began to turn a dark grey. It rumbled and suddenly lightning struck. He chanted louder and louder still until his voice echoed throughout the chamber. All of a sudden, lightning struck the pole where the ring was secured to and it shimmered and shined a bright blue that blinded. When his eyes finally adjusted to the light, he saw a crystal ball floating above the ring. As he approached it, the surface began to fog and swirl, creating an image right before his eyes.
"Yes, yes I can see it now this diamond in the rough. Just a little more and the face will be revealed," he laughed evilly again.
When the image sharpened, he gasped.
"It cannot be. This is the supposed pure-one, this street rat?!"
He was shocked beyond reason for the boy in the crystal ball was the blond haired, blue eyed scoundrel the palace has been relentlessly trying to bring into custody. In the crystal ball, Naruto was seated in a shabby brick room, gazing longingly at the faraway palace talking to his fox pet.
Orochimaru was in disbelief. That slippery thief was considered pure? The definition of the word has been twisted.
"However the crystal ball is never wrong. The problem is how I will get him into the palace?" he knew this rat was really slippery and slick, difficult to catch hold of. He has heard plenty of complaints from the chief of guards, Hatake Kakashi, of how the brat was always slipping through their fingers.
Then the idea came to him. He smiled sinisterly.
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It was the middle of the night when Sasuke's pet lion heard rustling sounds by the palace's high stone walls. Immediately on alert, the great feline got up to investigate. It snuck up behind the 'would-be-intruder' to observe and wait for the best time to spring into action. It could almost taste the large breakfast the prince would give for a job well done at catching the 'thief'.
How disappointing and shocking to see that it was the prince itself clothed in rags and not any intruder. It growled lowly, admonishing the prince who's up after curfew. The prince hearing the growl spun around and shushed his overprotective lion.
"Hush Leo I can't concentrate with you making so much noise," the prince turned back to the wall attempting to climb it to the lowest window. The lion named Leo growled again but the prince ignored it.
Sasuke spotted a tree tall enough that he could reach the lowest window on the wall. Before he could start climbing, Leo bit the hem of his raggedy cape. He turned around and kneeled in front of his lion.
Sasuke patted his head, "I can't stand staying here anymore Leo. I want to go out and see the city before I have to bind myself to a princess and live forever trapped in the palace."
Leo purred and nuzzled his master's hand but it was still not satisfied so it bit Sasuke's clothes. Sasuke chuckled at his overprotective giant cat.
"I'll be back soon Leo. They'll probably find me in no time," with that Sasuke ignored his lion's whining and climbed the tree. Within reach of the window he jumped and hung onto the window ledge before pulling himself up and over the window and landing with a soft thud on the other side.
"Let's get exploring shall we."
~oOo~
"Ok Kyuubi. You know what to do," Naruto saluted his friend and prepared to do his part of the 'mission' staying low on top of the roof of the tent-stall. Kyuubi yipped before hoping off the roof and onto a whole watermelon and staying there until it caught the attention of the stall keeper.
"Fresh watermelons! Fresh watermelons! Come and get your fresh watermelons! Nothing is sweeter than fresh watermelons!" the stall keeper was trying to get the attention of passersby. Kyuubi took this opportunity to grab a watermelon with its tiny paws to start rolling the watermelon to the edge of the counter.
The stall keeper soon caught onto his mischief, "Hey you cretin! Get away from my watermelons." He put down the watermelon he was holding and rushed over to the other side where Kyuubi was still rolling the giant green fruit away.
Meanwhile, Naruto took this chance to snatch a watermelon since the stall keeper was distracted. He jet the moment no one was looking. Kyuubi seeing as his friend successfully got their breakfast stopped rolling the watermelon he had and ran away from the angered stall keeper.
"Stupid cretin," the stall keeper cleaned his watermelon and continued with his business without suspecting a thing.
Kyuubi met up with Naruto and they dug into their meal, "Hahahah! Nice work Kyuu!"
While they ate they could hear the bustling of the market place. Shops selling all kinds of nuts, jewellery, fish and there was even an entertainer showing off his fire-breathing skills.
"Hey kyuu are you still hungry? Let's go grab some apples ya," Kyuubi yipped and followed his friend.
Naruto climbed the stall and sat on the roof waiting for his chance. Kyuubi too was about to work his magic. However they never got the chance.
"I hope you're going to pay for that, you thief!" Naruto and Kyuubi grabbed onto the canvas the roof was made of and held onto it tightly. The angered fruit seller was so mad, he shook the tent. Naruto looked over the edge to see what rubbed the seller the wrong way. He saw a teen around his age, maybe a year older, was standing his ground against the furious fruit seller. Naruto was instantly captivated by the teen's intense dark eyes that shone with indignation. He also guessed the guy didn't go out much seeing as he was seriously pale. Naruto decided to see how the events will unfold.
"What did you call me? I demand you take that back," where did this asshole get off with calling him a no-good thief?! Sasuke just felt sorry for the boy who looked hungry and just grabbed an apple off the counter to give it to him. He didn't steal it.
"Well aren't you all high and mighty. You're a thief until you pay for that apple," the fruit seller was relentless.
"If it's money you want I have loads back at the palace -"
"If you can't pay up then you'll have to give your arm instead," the fruit seller grabbed his knife and swung it at Sasuke. The undercover prince dodged and glared at the psycho seller. The seller attempted to de-arm Sasuke again but he was stopped by someone grabbing his arm.
The seller turned around to be face to face with the street rat himself.
"I'm terribly sorry that my friend here caused you problems my good sir but you see he couldn't help it. My friend's a little crazy," Naruto smiled his most charming grin while pulling the knife away from the seller's slackened grip.
"Excuse m -" before Sasuke could defend his sanity, he was harshly nudged at his side and the blond stranger hissed at him to play along.
"Your friend you say? He implied he lived at the palace," the seller was suspicious.
"Hahahah, he thinks his home –which is just a rundown room– is the palace," using the sellers distracted state, Naruto pulled out an apple from behind him and gave the apple back to the stall keeper.
"I am truly sorry on behalf of my friend. You won't see us again I promise you. We best be going now kind sir," Naruto gave a mocking bow and two fingered salute before grabbing hold of the older teen's forearm and dragging him along. They jogged all the way to the other end of the market, leaving the events of that morning behind them.
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AN: Well Naruto finally met prince charming! Hahahah! Let me know how you enjoyed this chapter ya ;) More Aladdin: Sasunaru style coming your way next weekend! BBFN~
