Title: Aladdin: Sasunaru Style!
Rating: M
Disclaimer: Characters and Aladdin movie are not mine.
AN: *GASP* Whats this, whats this?! Another update so soon?! It hasn't even been 24 hours yet! Hahahah I was bored and my chem revision wasn't going anywhere so I decided to take a break and this was what I did^^ Oh! And some of you were confused by Sasuke's sudden OOCness in the previous chp when you guys thought he said "heehee" but just to clear things up, it was actually Naruto who said it and I already changed the sentence structure so that future readers won't be confused too^^ Thanks for telling me! I don't like it when the characters are OOC too especially Sasuke cos I don't see him as a "girly-boy" if you know what I mean^^ Well that's that so…
ONWARD
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Aladdin: Sasunaru Style!
Chapter 4
'Man…How did my life end up this way? Am I going to be in this cell forever?!' Naruto struggled against his bonds, trying to find the weakest point in the chains so he could break himself free. No such luck. The chains were made from the toughest of steel and it was thick and embedded deep into the walls behind him. He sighed in resignation. 'Well at least it I met someone amazing before I was locked up in here. A prince! I couldn't believe it! And not just any prince, Sasuke's the prince of Agraba!'
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The trio landed on a mound of soft desert sand and Naruto was relieved his plan worked out quite well and he hadn't killed anybody. He hurriedly got to his feet and dusted his pants because he knew that there would be more guards prowling the streets looking for him. A grunt next to him signaled his dark-haired companion was doing the same. He felt claws digging into his shirt and then the steady weight of Kyuubi on his shoulder. He patted his head absent-mindedly before looking left and right. 'Which way should we go?'
Choosing to head right he sprinted down the street with Sasuke hot on his heels but when he took the abrupt left turn, he bumped into something hard. He fell on his butt, Kyuubi falling off his shoulder and rolling behind broken pots, but before he could get his bearings he felt strong, muscled arms grabbing his shirt collar and pulling him to his feet. At first he thought it was Sasuke and wanted to thank him but when he opened his eyes he came face to face with the palace guards' captain. He gasped and tried to break free of the silver-haired guard's hold.
"Sigh well Naruto with the endless number of times we keep running into each other I'm beginning to think fate is telling us something. Just stop struggling and come with us like a good boy and we won't hurt you. To the dungeon with you," the guard's captain, Hatake Kakashi, said while keeping a firm hold of Naruto's forearm. The silver-haired man was right though. Naruto and he has been butting heads from the time the blonde was sent away from the orphanage but Naruto has always managed to slip away at the last minute. It became like a game to them, seeing who would ultimately triumph over the other. Names were exchanged and they became somewhat rivals. Naruto knew the guy was just doing his job but that doesn't mean he had to like it. He needed to steal to eat to survive.
"Let him go," the deep growl had both Kakashi and Naruto turning to the forgotten man. Kakashi felt like he should know this person but the hood of the coat he was wearing was obscuring his face too much.
"Forget about me, take Kurama and run!" Naruto didn't want to drag anyone he cared about down with him so he prayed that Sasuke would listen to him and go. He was disappointed though as the other came closer and revealed himself. He heard a sharp intake of breathe from behind him and he was immediately on alert.
"Prince Sasuke," Kakashi felt that he should bow but because he knew the blonde would take this chance to escape he settled for nodding his head.
"Prince?" now this he wasn't expecting. Naruto looked at the dark-haired prince with new eyes.
"Unhand him, by order of the prince," Sasuke glared daggers at Kakashi.
Kakashi was at a dilemma. He decided to just come out and tell the truth, "I'm sorry your highness but this was ordered by advisor Orochimaru. Furthermore, Naruto really had this coming to him for stealing all the time."
Sasuke narrowed his eyes. Orochimaru ordered this? Something's fishy here. Why would he capture the blonde when by law, the punishment for stealing was to lose a hand? He knew that guy couldn't be trusted.
"Then I'm going with you to the palace to explain to Orochimaru myself."
With that the trio left for the palace, leaving behind a determined fox by the broken pots.
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Inwardly, Naruto felt he should feel betrayed for having been lied to but then he thought deeper into Sasuke's situation and felt that he should understand where the dark-haired prince was coming from. If he has always been told how to live life from a very young age he would feel powerless too. Knowing how freedom tasted like he knew it was something Sasuke could not resist. So he understood that Sasuke needed to hide his true identity to really feel free. He won't hold it against him.
When they had reached the palace they were brought directly to advisor Orochimaru and the snake man only took a leering look at the blonde before Naruto was sent away. Sasuke had demanded that Orochimaru let him go but the advisor said that it had to be done. A stealing, good for nothing street rat deserved to be locked up behind bars. Furthermore he had kidnapped the prince! Sasuke had growled in his face that no one kidnapped him and that he ran away but the snake man wouldn't listen.
And so here Naruto sat, bounded by steel chains against the wall wondering how long he would survive here. He didn't know where Sasuke was but he hoped that he would visit him sometimes. 'What am I thinking? He's a prince why would he visit a no body like me?' He bowed his head in sadness, biting his lip to stop himself from releasing the tears he felt behind his eyelids.
The familiar sound of soft padded feet had Naruto looking up in hope at the grilled window above his head. The furred face of Kurama had him beaming.
"Kurama! Man I'm glad to see you!" Kurama hopped onto the blonde's soft hair and started nuzzling his friend/owner's. He then trotted to the opening of the cell to peep outside.
"Where are you going Kurama?" the smart fox ignored him for the time being. There was only one guard standing outside the cell but the seemed to have fallen asleep. The fox's eyes glinted in mischief. He trotted silently on padded feet to the guard's chair where he was sleeping on and then lifted himself up on his hind legs as his front legs supported his weight against the chair. He stretched his neck towards the keys the guard had hooked at his hip and bit the end of it. Kurama gave a hard thug and the set of keys fell out. The guard, still in slumber land, didn't even stir. With a triumphant soft yip and a bounce in his step, Kurama went back to Naruto to help him out of his chains.
"Good boy! I taught you well huh Kurama," he chuckled when his friend/pet seemed to be giving him the 'Really?' look in his foxy way. With his hands finally free, he rubbed them to get the circulation back and then analysed his surroundings trying to find a way out. He would have used the keys to unlock the cell door but he didn't know the layout of the palace and knew he would get caught again if he were to walk out of the dungeons. 'Man this is gonna be troublesome.'
A steady hissing sound by his feet had Naruto jumping a feet in the air in shock and slight fear. 'There's a snake in the dungeon!' His panicked thought was interrupted when the snake simply slid in a circle around him and Kurama, ignoring the fox's batting paws at his body. Naruto calmed abit. 'Maybe it's not the poisonous kind.' After turning three complete rounds around them the snake flicked his tail in a 'follow me' gesture and Naruto was perplexed. Could snakes do that? Deciding to just do it, he followed. The snake took him to the farthest wall of his cell and Naruto felt he was stupid to follow a snake but in the next moment he was stunned speechless. The snake had head butted into one of the bricks of the wall and it came lose. One by one, the rest of the bricks fell away and Naruto was shocked to see the vast desert in front of him.
Stepping out cautiously from the dungeon, thinking it might be a trap, he was relieved when he was entire out of the cell with Kurama by his side and nothing happened. He looked down to the snake to thank it but it had slid further into the desert. Up ahead, Naruto could make out a silhouette in the dark of the desert and walked to it. The person was heavily cloaked and his face was hidden behind a white mask. All that were visible were the man's; he was assuming it was a man, glowing, yellow eyes that were eerily familiar. He put it to the back of his mind when the man began to speak though.
"Well, well, well I see my familiar has been busy tonight, saving a man from certain death in the dungeons," the voice of the man was giving Naruto the chills. He had a bad feeling about this.
"Yes, thank you for saving me. I wasn't prepared to die down there," Naruto gave a nervous chuckle and scratched the back of his head, "Erm, I really am grateful but I'll be going now." Naruto had turned on his heel to get back to the city but he underestimated the other man's speed. In a moment the man was standing before Naruto again.
"Don't you think you should repay one for their kindness? Especially to someone who was going to die," Naruto had a feeling the man was giving a nasty smirk behind that mask. A shudder went down his spine.
"…What do you want?"
"A search and retrieve mission. You find something that belongs to me and bring it back and I'll let you go."
Naruto contemplated his options. Actually did he have any?
"If I said I don't want to help you?" he really didn't want to associate with this man anymore than necessary.
"I alert the guards of your escape."
Naruto glared at the man. He didnt want to help him, but he didn't want to be locked up even more.
"Fine. Where can I find this something?"
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Naruto followed the man deep into the desert. He kept a few distance away, wary of suddenly getting attacked. The trip went on silently and uneventfully with no punches thrown. The man suddenly stopped.
"Behold the cave of wonders," he gestured behind him and Naruto gasped at the scene in front of him. There was a giant mound of sand in the shape of a tiger's head! The eyes of the tiger began to glow and the head even moved for a bit before opening its mouth and showing its sharp teeth.
"Who dares disturb my slumber," the tiger roared.
The man gestured for Naruto to give his name, "Erm it is I, Naruto." He felt the tiger scrutinizing him carefully before he saw the tiger's mouth opening to allow him entrance to the cave. He took a deep breath before stepping forward. 'No turning back now.'
"The lamp boy, fetch me the lamp! If you bring me the lamp, you'll get your freedom," Naruto waved a hand to signal he heard before stepping into the tiger's mouth with a feeling deep in his stomach that his life was soon going to change.
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AN: Well, that's that^^ Review to tell me how you thought of this chp k! See you next chp~
