ALRIGHTY HERE! Here's chapter 4 for u all 2 enjoy! HMMM…. I wonder whats gonna happen now that poor Sasuke is trapped with a big furry Naruto??
Sasuke: Hey! Stop making me a girl! I'm the seme here!!
Emo Pirate: Or ARE you?! (laughs evilly)
The beast charged around corners, hitting the hallway before Sasuke's room with such force that the door rattled.
He pounded on the door, snarling menacingly. "WHY AREN'T YOU COMING?!" he roared.
"I'm not hungry! I don't want to go to dinner with you!" came the muffled reply.
"I order you to come down to dinner!"
"No thank you!"
"I order you to or I'll…" the beast paused, "I'll break down the door!"
"No!"
The beast bristled, the crest of black tipped fur rising menacingly.
"Master… suave… gentle." Urged Temari, hopping up onto a table.
"But he's being so DIFFICULT!" growled the beast, snarling.
"Be gentle with him."
"I would be grateful if you would join me for dinner." The beast growled quietly, all the while the crest of fur rising again.
"Gentleman." Warned Shikemaru.
"Please." Sighed the beast.
"No thank you!" shouted Sasuke again.
That was it… The beast roared and slammed his fist against the door.
"THEN GO AHEAD AND STARVE!" he roared loudly, growling before he ripped down the corridor again on all fours, cursing as he went.
"Well… that didn't go so well… this might take longer than we thought." Sighed Shikemaru, dusting himself off from the plaster that had fallen from the ceiling.
In his tower room, the beast was pacing, furious at everything.
"I try to be gentlemanly and he refused. What does he want me to do? BEG?!" the beast snarled to himself before grabbing up a mirror.
"Show me the boy." He commanded.
In an instant, the mirror's surface clouded and in the image of the beast's blonde face, he saw Sasuke's room. The boy in question was lying on the bed, crying.
"Just give him a chance. He's really not that bad once you get to know him." Comforted the dresser, stroking Sasuke's brown clad back.
"I don't want to get to know him! I don't want to have anything to do with him!" sobbed Sasuke angrily.
"It's true…" the beast growled quietly. "I'm a monster…"
Late that night, after putting Shikemaru on sentry duty, Choji went to check up on the kitchen staff.
"What a waste!" grumbled the giant stove, Guy, over his pots still burning on the fires.
"Oh shut up Guy… its been a long night for all of us." Temari snapped, helping the many teacups into the cupberd.
"But I'm not sleepy!" complained Kiba softly, yawning.
"Yes you are." Muttered Temari gently.
"No I'm not." With that, Kiba fell asleep.
"This is disasterous." Sighed Choji. "There is an eligible man in this castle and the master has a year left… at the most!"
"Yes but he'll never get him to love him if he doesn't learn to control that temper of his." Temari agreed.
Meanwhile, Sasuke's belly grumbled. It was late and hopefully that beast… what ever it was… was asleep or out of the castle. He needed something to eat.
So, silent as a mouse, he slipped from his room and snuck down the passageways to where he smelled food.
"Um… excuse me?" he asked tentatively, stepping inside of the warm kitchen.
"AH! The boy's emerged!" gasped the sink.
"What would you like dear?" asked Temari matronly.
"Well… I am a little hungry." Admitted Sasuke, blushing when his stomach growled loudly.
"Here that? He's hungry!" cheered Temari.
"Hang on Temari! Remember what the master said!"
"Oh please!" laughed the tea kettle. "I'm not about to let the poor boy go hungry!"
"Oh all RIGHT!" sighed Choji like it was the biggest sacrifice ever. "A glass of water, a crust of bread and THEN-"
"Life of the party aren't you, Choji!" Temari laughed as she instructed the stove to heat up the soup.
Several hours later, Sasuke felt more at home in the castle than before. Choji was certainly the leader, while Shikemaru was the one with the bright ideas and the will the put them to action.
"This is incredible! I've never been inside of an enchanted castle!" mused Sasuke, drumming his fingers on the table after his dinner, an entertaining event by far.
"Who said this castle was enchanted?" laughed Choji nervously as a spoon skittered by.
"I figured it out on my own." Sasuke stared at the clock for a long moment. "Can you give me a tour?" he asked suddenly.
"Of course!" sang Shikemaru, grinning.
With a hop and a leap, Shikemaru and Choji were leading Sasuke out of the dining room.
"Here we have the Baraque hallway." Said Choji after over an hour of touring the vast castle. The hallway was lined with suits of armor, who turned to look at Sasuke as he passed.
"And here we are at the West Staircase!" he explained at the bottom of a shallow staircase, wide and clothed in purple velvet.
"Where does that lead?" Sasuke asked curiously.
"Oh nowhere! Just dust and loads of junk!" said Shikemaru a little to quickly.
"Then I'll just go take a look."
"NO!" both shouted as Sasuke's foot touched the stair.
"Why?"
"Ah… um… wouldn't you like to see the library?" asked Choji nervously.
"A library? You have a library?" Sasuke asked, eager to see books again.
"Oh yea! Its huge! This way please!" Choji pounced ahead, eager to get away from the stairs that led to the West Wing and to his master's bedchamber.
Sasuke watched as the clock and the candleholder disappeared, chattering away about the library. Books could wait and Sasuke's curiousity was getting the better of him.
Silently Sasuke crept up the stairs and followed the corridor. The farther he went the more in disarray everything became. Paintings along the walls became ripped and ragged and a fine layer of dust covered everything. The walls had gashes ripped through them.
At the end of the corridor was a tall, dark wood double door. The handle was that of a demon's head, fangs bared.
Sasuke gently took the handle and pushed inward, eager to see what was on the other side.
Inside was in total chaos. Furniture was thrown all over the place, the remains of a large bed was still visible against one of the walls. The walls were ripped open, great folds of wallpaper fluttering in the breeze from the open balcony on the far wall, where a light glimmered.
Sasuke toiled through the reckage. He looked up and almost screamed. A face was looking at him. Sasuke gasped when he realized it was just a painting, ripped in half with two long scratches. The face that had scared Sasuke was that of a man, around 20 by the looks of his face, with bright, whiteish blonde hair and pale cobalt eyes. His mouth was set in an indifferent expression, and on both cheeks were three slim black lines, like scars. It was the most beautiful man Sasuke had ever seen.
The mysterious light drew Sasuke on toward it. Sitting on the balcony, on a raised stand, was a beautiful, deep red rose, in full bloom. The light glimmered pink around it, making it seem ethereal. 5 petal littered the stone floor. The rose was held inside a simple glass case.
Sasuke, despite his better judgment, pulled the glass case off to get a better look at the rose. He reached out to touch…
WHAM!! Sasuke was thrown over by a large paw. The beast towered over him, growling and snarling, fangs bared in the light of the rose.
"I TOLD YOU THIS PLACE WAS FORBIDDEN!" roared the beast, eyes flashing angrily.
"I'm sorry!" gasped Sasuke, trembling as he rose.
"GET OUT!" the beast roared louder this time. He knocked a huge chest out of the way with one sweep of his paw.
"GET OUT!"
Sasuke ran for the door, sweeping past Shikemaru and Choji.
"I'm leaving!" he sobbed.
"Wait! You can't!" cried Choji, watching the boy's fleeing back as he wrenched open the front door and ran out into the gathering snow.
The beast came staggering out of his chamber, vibrating with anger.
"WELL!?" shouted Choji angrily. "Aren't you going to go after him?!"
"No!" roared the beast.
"WHY NOT?!"
"He'll never learn to love me. LOOK AT ME!!" the beast snarled, shaking his head.
"You must make him see past that. And your doing a bloody good job making him think you ARE a monster…" Choji paused. "And the wolves are hungry."
The beast's head shot up, a growl lifting his lips. The wolves…
With a roar, the beast leapt up, intent on bringing Sasuke back.
Sasuke forged through the snow on foot, shivering. He heard wolves howling but he thought it was just the wind howling in his ears.
But then he saw them: dark shapes in the whiteness of the snow. They were growling and looking at him with hungry yellow eyes.
"Oh god." Whispered Sasuke, reaching for a stick.
Just as the first wolf was crouching for an attack, Sasuke heard heavy panting. The wolf leapt but something also came flying over Sasuke's head.
When Sasuke opened his eyes, he saw the beast, blonde fur shining against the snow, with a wolf in his wide mouth, growling.
The other wolves tried to assist his comrad and almost succeeded but the beast slammed the largest wolf against a tree, killing him.
With their leader dead, the wolves fled.
The beast stood panting in the snow, steam rising off his coat. Long gashes stained his light fur red.
The beast looked at Sasuke for a moment, a smile twisting his foxish face, before he collapsed in the snow.
(Um yea idk how they get back…) Several hours later, Sasuke was cleaning the beast's wounds, and the beast was acting like a child.
"Hold still! It won't hurt much!" Sasuke ordered, frowning as he tried to place the warm soapy cloth on the three deepest cuts on the beast's arm. As soon as he touched the raw bleeding areas, the beast snarled.
"THAT HURT!" he roared in Sasuke's face.
"Well if you didn't move it wouldn't hurt as much!" argued Sasuke.
He tried again and the beast only flinched. "Thank you by the way." Sasuke whispered.
"For what?" grumbled the beast moodily.
"For saving me."
The beast felt warm in his fur suddenly. "You're welcome."
From the safety of the hallway, the house servants looked happily at the two.
"Well… maybe it will work." Choji sighed, defeated.
"There is deffinately something there that wasn't there before." Temari smiled, looking at the smile on the beast's face.
"What's there?" asked Kiba expectantly.
"I'll tell you when your older, Kiba."
Kiba frowned. "C'mon! PLEASE?!!"
Temari only smiled and pushed Kiba along with her as they all made their way back to their respective posts, leaving the two creatures alone.
YAAAAAAY! CHAPTER 4 and NOW things are gonna get good! (warning… next chappy will be very fluffy!!) So R&R please!!!! Lol
Naruto: Haha! Im older than you!!
Sasuke: Only here! I'm still the seme.
Emo: For now. (BWAHAHAHAHA!!)