Once upon a Modern Tale…

Pairing: Naruto x Sasuke

Warning: Shounen ai,

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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Seventh

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Sasuke had woken a long time ago, but had stayed in bed. This, of course, was extremely unusual for him. But you see, denial is a very powerful thing. It can bring even the most powerful of nobles to their knees. It is a humongous force pushing you away from reality. Our noble prince was trying to convince himself that no, he did not propose to someone he hardly knew, that no, he was not engaged to anyone, and most particularly – no, he didn't have to plan for his wedding which was set for…tomorrow.

The Uchiha groaned and rolled to his side. He threw his pillow over his face and tried to go back to sleep.

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Naruto knew the whole thing was difficult for Iruka-sensei to accept. His guardian had looked like he was ready to faint after Sasuke proposed! He decided it was better to not bring the subject up. But, the wedding was tomorrow, after all, and they had to deal with the truth sometime. Still, he couldn't work up the guts to say a word. So, our Robin Hood just ate his breakfast in silence.

The blonde never told Iruka about any of his little 'weddings'. For all the brown-haired man knew, this was the first time that Naruto had been proposed to. If only he realized how wrong he was…well, if he did, he would have probably been put into a coma by now.

Naruto excused himself and went up to his bedroom. He sat near his bed, and peeled open the floorboards. He took out a small wooden box – old and dusty- and withdrew a tiny key from within his bed covers. Inside this box, there lay his most prized possession: his father's book about Robin Hood.

Today was just another ordinary Sunday to Naruto. The nervousness of being 'married' has long worn off with him. Now, he was just tired of it all. He clutched the ancient book to his chest, and wondered when it would all stop. He wondered how Robin Hood had done this for so many years. He wondered if his hero's heart ever clenched at seeing the pained emotions on his preys' faces. He wondered if Robin Hood ever regretted taking the money. But, most of all he wondered if the beautiful, blonde man was like him. 'Did he trick the rich and then take their money… like I do?'

Naruto held the book up to his face, and gazed a long time at the man on the cover. He could see the clarity of his blue eyes. The sun made those eyes dazzling and bright. He had hair spun from the sunbeams themselves, and this was matched with a reckless lop-sided grin pasted on his face. He was standing on top a tree branch like that was the most natural place for him to be. He truly looked like a being of the light.

"Just this one last time…" Naruto whispered. "I will be strong, Father." He crawled into his bed and three the covers over himself. The blonde sighed and rolled to his side. He hugged the book to his chest and tried to go back to sleep.

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Apparently Kakashi had failed to realize that he was no longer Sasuke's butler, because as we speak, our noble had just received an order of take-out food. He certainly did not make the order, and with the food also came a strange message.

'Just making sure that you get all your proper nutrients without me there.' He glared at the delivery boy before paying the money. (He had to forcefully drag himself out of bed just to answer the door, after all!)

Huh…never mind that take-out food was not healthy, but even with Kakashi as his hired help, Sasuke never got any proper nutrients anyway. (He didn't even know if the silver-haired man knew what the word 'nutrients' meant!) And since when did take-out delivery people start taking messages anyhow?

Sasuke shrugged and took a container with him to eat. He wandered around the house, and couldn't believe that he has never noticed any of the things he owned before. Like that lamp – it's so ugly!-, or that sofa – why did he need that extra sofa in that room again?-. I guess when you're born with so much you start to take things for granted.

As he munched a mouthful of food –elegantly chewed, he preferred to think- the Uchiha thought that he just might miss all of this. He finished his food and tossed the container in a garbage can in the kitchen.

He had a busy day ahead of him.

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Naruto rang the doorbell to the Uchiha manor and heard it resonated throughout the entire…house? He felt a bitter sting aimed at his heart, but put a grin on his face as the door opened to show Sasuke. His fiancée. He cringed inside – how he hated using that word. It never fit any of his prey, and it never will.

"So, Sasuke-teme, what did you want to see me for?" Naruto had taken to call the Uchiha 'teme'. It fit him more than 'kun' ever would. Strange though, how ever other fiancée he would call 'kun' after they were engaged. Naruto shrugged off the thought.

Sasuke took him by the hand – the one he wore the ring on – and led him through the house. They finally arrived at a door, after what seemed like hours of walking. (Although it wasn't that long, of course, even though the Uchiha manor was quite big…) Sasuke pushed open the door and tugged Naruto in.

The blonde gasped. Oh. My. Gosh. 'This is his room!' he thought, 'He's not possibly thinking of doing that…can he?!' He stared with huge eyes at Sasuke, who gave him a puzzled look back. "Pervert! This before the wedding?! You're worse than the rest of them!"

Sasuke glared, "What are you talking about, dobe?" This wasn't a good morning for him.

Naruto was gaping at the bed – first at him and then at the bed. Oh…what?! Sasuke's eyes widened. Who knew the blonde had such a mind? "What? No, that's not it." He involuntarily blushed, and tried to hide it by scowling. "And what rest of them?"

But the blonde was laughing hard by now. He was red in the face too. Sasuke bit back a grin. (Well, he had to keep his Uchiha reputation, didn't he?) He took Naruto by the hand again and led him around the bed to the other side of the room. They stopped at a giant oak bookshelf. It was strange though, since there were no books on any of the shelves.

Sasuke side-glanced at Naruto to see if the blonde was watching – time to put the second part of his plan to action. "Watch carefully." He started to push the back of various shelves and they fell away, revealing the same strange symbol at the back. "This is my family symbol, recognize it." It was a circle, with complicated spirals and other designs engraved in the background. A raven was flying with his wingtips pointed up. And just like an Uchiha, every inch of the raven seemed to radiate noble blood.

Naruto nodded, and willed himself to remember. This could come in handy after all, when he came to take the 'prize' for all his work. Then a huge click and the sound of creaking wooden wheels turning; then the bookshelf bloomed open. (No, it the bookshelf actually split into various parts and bloomed open.) Naruto saw a passageway and Sasuke clapped his hands. Thousands of candle-shaped lights lit their path. The raven-haired boy walked in first and led Naruto in after him.

"This is where my family keeps our treasure." Sasuke's lips rose upward, "but, of course, we didn't always have such lighting in the room, so there might seem to be more gold than there actually is." Naruto's eyebrows knotted together. Why was he showing him this?

All thoughts were banished, however, as soon as Naruto saw the Uchiha wealth laid out in front of him. There was so much! Billions – no quadrupillions- of gold mountains in the room, and they all gleamed in the shining light. He gasped. Never in his life had he ever seen so much gold! None of his other catches have come close to this!

Almost by instinct, his mind began to calculate how to distribute all this money. 'Most to the orphanage? Or half to the charities, and half to the poor children?' He couldn't decide. There was so much…

Unknown to Naruto, Sasuke was smiling sadly at all of this. He took the blonde by hand again and steered him away. Something clutched at his heart as the blonde kept sneaking glances back into the gold vault.

He locked the door and Naruto stared at the empty bookshelf – longingly, was it? They stood awhile in total silence, side by side. Then, Sasuke said, "Naruto, the ones who were married into my family had always been given the honour of guarding the gold vault. Now, I'm giving that room over to you." The blonde was staring at the door, and after he heard this, he turned towards Sasuke. There was inner turmoil in his eyes – so big and blue that Sasuke could read their thoughts instantly.

"I'll drive you home." The raven-haired boy whispered.

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The phone was ringing after Sasuke walked through the door. He threw his car keys on the kitchen counter, and waited for the answering machine to pick up. Seriously, he hoped he never found out just how his fangirls – and fanboys – found his phone number, even after he got it removed from the public phone books.

However, the voice didn't belong to one of his daily stalkers. "Uchiha-san, is everything ready?"

He picked up the phone, "Yes, everything is going fine. Just be there tomorrow, and you'll catch your Robin Hood."

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Well, I feel that I should explain the 'father' comment Naruto made. He feels that his dad was like Robin Hood, and so he looks up to his hero like a son does to a father. (Male bonds and stuff) That's why he tells his father that he will be strong, and will get through this latest wedding.

I'm sorry for the wait! Just two more chapters to go! Well, one actually, if I decide to not write an epilogue. -grins- Unless you guys want an epilogue? (Oh, don't worry; I'm not holding my maybe epilogue hostage! It's just a lame joke)

"And the plot thickens"

P.S. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, and I will start to reply to reviews as soon as the last chapter has been updated.

P.P.S. Thanks to my beta too!

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-Horologii