Once upon a Modern Tale

Pairing: Naruto x Sasuke

Warning: Shounen ai, unbeta-ed

Inspired by: Robin Hood, Love among the Walnuts, and always by my wacko imagination

Summary: AU (NaruSasu) Once upon a time, there lived an extremely handsome and exceedingly rich young man. But, he didn't care for any of it, and so he locked himself up in his large manor, never coming out. Then, one day, he met the most amazing person; a beautiful boy with cerulean blue eyes. This is where our Modern Tale begins, with a Modern Robin Hood, and a Modern love story.

Please forgive my bad usages of Japanese terms; I don't speak the language so I have almost no idea how to use them.

Disclaimer: Naruto and anything related does not belong to me. Don't sue.

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Second

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Now, where shall I start? How about with the meeting of the two soon-to be lovers? Or, perhaps with the very beginning, but I suppose that would take too long. I guess I will start with the faithful – but weird- butler bugging the Uchiha to get out of the house more.

"We're going to see a play."

The noble of our tale turned and glared one of his famous you-are-so-dead Uchiha glares. Anyone with a sensible mind would have backed off, but luckily for us, and the story, Kakashi Hatake was anything but ordinary. He was such a strange character; mysterious, secretive, and yet completely honest – most of the time.

"What?"

"The Leaf Theatre is having their annual Cherry Blossom Ball, and I bought us tickets." An elegant envelope lay on the living room's black marble table.

"I'm not going." Sasuke turned to leave, but Kakashi wasn't about to give up so easily. "You haven't been out of this house (ahem, I'd like to point out that it is a manor, not a simple three-story house) for months now." This was said in a monotone-ish voice. You see, our Kakashi was famous for this tone of voice, which commanded while wasting no extra energy on emotion at all. His eyes never once left the pages of his orange book; its contents which will remain unmentioned for the children's sake.

"Change, we're leaving in ten minutes."

"Aren't I the master, and you the lowly servant?" the Uchiha hissed back angrily.

"Times have changed, Sasuke. Change."

An argument soon sprang from this conversation. I will not go into detail, as these fights are not important to our story, which in case you have forgotten lies with the great man, Robin Hood. Speaking of our modern Robin Hood, where is he you may ask? Well, you - and the noble Uchiha - will find out soon enough.

Soon later, Sasuke appeared at the front of his house-manor-house, looking extremely like a millionaire (and he was wearing one of his semi-semi-formal outfits too!) Although he has changed clothes, his expression did not twitch one bit. It was still as scowling and angry, and –dare I say it- pissed as usual. He got in his opal black limo (no, it was actually made with an opal coating), and drove away.

That was when he met the hero of our story; Robin Hood (a.k.a. donator of money, breaker of hearts, charmer of charmers, lord of all foxes….and the list goes on and on)

As his expensive-looking limo drove past the front gates, Sasuke saw a sight he would never forget in his well-pampered life. A beautiful – no, gorgeous – boy with cerulean blue eyes stood on the side of the road, watching intently as the Uchiha's vehicle lazily lumbered towards him. Then, when it came near enough, he stepped out - right in front of the limo's path! He didn't even bat an eye, or eyelash. In fact, not one hair was out of place on his head. (Talk about guts.) The limo stopped with a loud screeechhh! Luckily Kakashi has fast reflexes.

It was then that Sasuke got a full look at the boy. He had flawless tanned skin, which looked as if a permanent ray of sunshine shone on it everyday. Lush, full lips perfect for a quick peck on the mouth, or a long and obviously sweet kiss lasting for a lifetime. Golden locks of hair fell in every direction on his head; messy and wild. Cerulean blue eyes that out shine any gem in the world – no, universe – gazed out from an innocent, slightly round face. His whole being sang purity, and happiness. Sasuke wouldn't have been surprised if this beautiful boy suddenly sprouted wings and a halo while a beam of heavenly light shone on him. He momentarily wondered if he had died and went to the 'place where the harps play'.

This gorgeous boy walked- although to Sasuke it seems like he floated or flowed gently- towards him. He raised a tender-seeming hand and gave two knocks on the black glass. Sasuke rolled the window down, and almost lost a grip on his Uchiha mask-of-uncaringness (the famous 'I'm an Uchiha, and I don't give a damn what you think' look he worked so hard to master), when the boy smiled at him. Pearly white and abnormally straight teeth contrasted greatly against the tanned skin. (In fact, our hero has gotten many requests to do one of those Colgate ads on TV, which shows just how great his teeth are).

"Hi! My name is Uzumaki Naruto. It's very nice to meet you, Uchiha Sasuke." The blonde reached out a hand, which Sasuke shook numb-minded.

"…how…?" was the only word the raven-haired boy was able to get out.

"How…? Oh, you mean how I knew your name?" He didn't wait for an answer, nor did he let go of Sasuke's hand, "Everyone knows about you of course! Quadrupillionaire Sasuke Uchiha." The boy (our hero) gave another innocent smile. Sasuke was dazzled by the way light seemed to shine in his eyes every time he spoke.

Sasuke shook himself out of his shocked state, "I've really got to go."

The light faded in Naruto's eyes, as he smiled sadly now. "All right, I understand." He let his hand slip from Sasuke's and reached back out the window to the limo. The Uchiha shifted uncomfortably under the blonde's sad gaze, feeling an enormous amount of guilt.

"Hatake. Drive. Now." No answer and the limo didn't move either.

"Kakashi, please drive now?" It seems that the driver and butler of Uchiha Sasuke was on Naruto's (a.k.a Robin Hood's and so, our) side because again there was no response, nor did the automobile move.

Sasuke sighed, knowing what his butler had on his mind. He turned to Naruto, but did not look him in the eye. With a light blush staining his porcelain skin, he choked out, "wou-would you mind….accompanying me t-to the Cherry-Blossom Ball… at the Leaf Theatre?"

There was a slight pause and then, "sure." The door opened and Naruto slid onto the seat next to him. Sasuke let out the breath he didn't know he was holding, but he stopped breathing again once he realized how close the other boy was. The Uchiha's face ignited. (Seriously, he looked like his face was on fire; bits of purple and pink mixed in with a whole lotta red!)

The ride to the theatre was the most 'uncomfortablest' thing in our noble's life.

The other part of this chapter, which took place in the theater, was pretty uneventful. There wasn't anyone publicly humiliating themselves, no one doing anything inappropriate, nor were there any fights of any kind. Everyone was very well behaved, and well dressed, considering this was only a semi-formal. Needless to say, our Robin Hood was extremely bored out of his mind. Our noble on the other hand, spent the entire evening trying to ignore a certain feeling blossoming in his chest.

Oh yes, the evening at the ball went like this:

Sasuke and Naruto arrived, a lot of reporters, a lot of pictures and a whack lot of flashes to the eyes (ouch), attempted-at-fancy foods, watched the play, a break, rest of play, end where everybody in the cast bowed and the audience clapped like mad….

And now, for the other interesting part: the ride home

Sasuke was once again feeling uncomfortable. Naruto, the blonde angel, was practically on his lap! On. His. Lap.

"….?!"

The noble quadrupillionaire jumped at every attempt of conversation Naruto made. He refused to look at the blonde, and resorted to grunt answers.

"What sort of music do you like? I like rock the most, slow songs have no action. Classical songs put me to sleep" A laugh, "but then I figure they do that to just about everybody…"

Grunt

"Got any pets? My guardian, Iruka, kept a dog before. He was called Kyuubi, but he bit someone and had to be sent away. I cried, like, nearly all night." An embarrassed laugh.

Umgh

"Do you ever want to travel all over the world? I would love to! There are so many things to do, and you can never be bored! There are so many interesting stuff in the world…" Cerulean blue eyes lit up again with an inner light.

Oh, and now a special treat! Courtesy of Uchiha Sasuke-sama:

"Hn."

"You don't talk a lot do you, Sasuke?" There was no answer or grunt this time.

And so the ride home was over, except with a few more embarrassing and awkward moments of silences. Naruto did well to cover these quiet moments with his speedy tongue. Sasuke sat like a bump on a log (a royal bump, mind you.)

The Uchiha was relieved that the ride was finally over, and he got out quickly. He remembered enough manners to hold the door open for his guest. The blonde got out too, but not as quickly as Sasuke. As they walked towards the gate, Naruto was strangely quiet (which meant he wasn't all that quiet, but just more silent than usual). Our hero was thinking about something you see.

Just when he was about to walk away, Naruto turned and gave an innocent smirk, "you're all red, Sasuke. Why's that?"

"…hn"

"We should do this sometime again, right?" A brilliant smile and then the blonde turned and walked – in Sasuke's mind, floated- away.

Back in his manor-house-manor, Sasuke went about the rest of his night in a daze. Later, he would think it strange how the stranger had come up to him, knowing his name and how much money he owned. But right now, he realized only one thing: he was in love.

As he stared at the starry night (haven't you had one of these nights before?), he tried to not think about how his eyes outshone these petty jewels in the sky any time, any where, and any place….and on any planet, he consoled himself with one thought.

"It's just infatuation. If I ignore it, it'll go away."

Little do the noble of our modern tale know just how absolutely wrong he was... (And this is saying a lot, considering Uchihas are never wrong).

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Meanwhile, our Robin Hood was busy pondering over his latest pick. "This is going to be more difficult that I thought." Naruto smiled one of his innocent smirks again, "you are a strange person, Uchiha, but I'll get to you yet. Then so many people will benefit from your money. All will be happy – except you- but that's to be expected of course."

"The rich only care about themselves and that'll never change."

Naruto was right about one thing, but also wrong about another. He did somehow make Sasuke Uchiha fall in love with him, but he had to give something to the raven-haired boy in return. He was wrong, however, when he discriminated against the rich.

Sometimes, people can really surprise you, you know? Our little Robin Hood is going to learn that soon enough though…this is after all, a love story, not a grudge story.

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Thanks so much to everyone who reviewed! I tried extra hard to crank out another chapter today. –smiles- Please excuse the rushed-ness of it. Like I said before, this is going to be a quick story…think of Cinderella. That wasn't very long. Well, that's my goal length!

If it is really bad, again would someone consider the position of a beta? I believe that if this story is going to get better, for you enjoyment, I seriously, seriously need a second opinion on the chapters before I upload them. Anyone?

Zai Jian!

-Horologii