Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the related characters. They belong to the creative genius of Masashi Kishimoto.

Author Note: Welcome to chapter two. Alright I think I should take a little time to explain about why I do three (…) dots after certain sentences. I call them my extended breathe breaks, I know that commas are a breathe break but when I want it a little longer of a break then I do them. I know that is a little annoying but I tend to write like I talk. I know that is strange but this is the first story that I have written in third person. I tend to write in first person or what I call 'interview' style. So to have those 'breath breaks' corrected I will have my darling beta fix them. Now on warnings: This story contains Yaoi in this story it will be Sasuke and Naruto, with Sasuke as the seme. Also this story will have a lemon in it (that's why the rating is M). There will also be angst but I promise there will be a happy ending. Now enough of my crap, let's start the story:

Thank you to my beta: blacksinger

Bewitching the Blond

Chapter Two

The Prophesy…meeting and stones

The sun peaks into a quiet bedroom and slowly makes its way into the eyes of the person sleeping. The sun is persistent in making the person wake up; so with steady rays the sun does its job. A groan came be heard from underneath covers.

"I'm up! Damn it! Can't a person sleep in around here?" growled the bundle under the covers. Finally the person has had enough and throws the covers back in frustration. A blond haired man gets up slowly and makes his way to the window to yell at the intrusive sun.

"Alright sun you have beaten me, Naruto Uzumaki, I am officially up" said Naruto. The young man laughed lightly at his stupidity. Walking away from the window, Naruto made his way down stairs to the kitchen. For the only thing that would make him truly awake is the wonderful brew known as coffee. Yes, Naruto lived on the stuff and if he didn't get his four cups a day then you can be sure that the apocalypse was coming.

Naruto turned on the light in the now brightly painted white and blue kitchen. Humming happily to himself, Naruto started the coffee. Once that was done, the blond made his way to the porch to get his newspaper; bringing the paper inside he tore through it to find his very first advertisement.

"Ah, there it is" exclaimed the blond. Giving it a read through, Naruto was satisfied with all the information in it. And this is what he read:

Uzamaki Bookstore…………………..Grand Opening today!

Books of all types from old hard to finds to brand new from the publisher; the store is located by Uchiha's secret Treasures. Come in today and receive a 25% discount on any merchandise in the store. Open today starting a 9:00

"That is so cool; my very first advertisement in the newspaper and it also says…Oh Wait! I am not supposed to open until tomorrow" yelled Naruto. Running through the house, Naruto glances at the time and it proclaims it's time to be 8:45.

Naruto ran upstairs mentally congratulating himself for taking a shower last night. He stopped running at his closet and grabbed the first thing out of it. Happy to see that it was one of his favorite outfits; Naruto threw them on. It was a pair of dark blue jeans that really made his ass look great or that is what his friend Ino said and a black t-shirt that molded to his skin in a way that made him look really hot.

Running into the bathroom, Naruto brushed his teeth and washed his face; after that was done he threw on some of his favorite cologne. It was a brand that Ino got from that store called Uchiha's Secret Treasures and it smelled citrusy; the brand reminded him of happy sunny days. After his toiletries were finished he ran back into his bed room and grabbed his tennis shoes with his socks.

Not taking the time to sit down properly, Naruto ran back down stairs and made his way to the kitchen; after grabbing a bagel, he finally stood still long enough to put his shoes and socks on. Realizing time was ticking, Naruto grabbed his wallet and keys then ran to his car.

Looking at the car clock, he saw that it was 8:52.

"Damn…it takes me ten minutes to get there…oh, well" grumbled Naruto as he drove off toward his store.

"Sasuke, go on and put the open sign up" said Itachi as he finished putting some new merchandise up on the top shelf. Sasuke looked at his brother on the ladder and nodded. As Sasuke turned around and made his way to the front door he heard a loud crack. Quickly he turned and then he saw his brother's ladder give way.

Then in a heartbeat, Sasuke yelled "STOP!"

And everything stopped, his brother was frozen in mid fall and the ladder which was going the opposite way stopped its decent. The glass ware that his brother was holding was suspended in mid air. Sasuke sucked in a deep breath and made his way to his brother.

"Sasuke…hurry your ass so that I can get down" grumbled his brother. Said brother rolled his eyes, then he reached down and straightened the old ladder back into place. After grabbing the glass jars from the air, Sasuke turned to his brother and moved him while he was suspended to where Itachi's feet touched the ladder.

Sasuke took a quick look around and made sure that nothing else would fall then he released the spell.

"Release!" said Sasuke.

With the spell released Itachi's feet gracefully touched the ladder. When his feet were secure on the ladder Itachi got down and continued putting up the rest of the merchandise. Sasuke shook his head at how undisturbed his brother was so instead of dwelling on how much of a cool customer his brother was he went and put the open sign up on the door.

As he was doing the sign, Sasuke noticed a blond man running down the sidewalk. Seeing this petite blond man made Sasuke a bit curious so he opened the door and poked his head out. The blond man ran past the Uchiha's store but then he came to an abrupt stop in front of the store beside Sasuke's. Sasuke looked on with slight amusement as the young man fumbled to get his keys out of his pocket.

And the one thing that crossed Sasuke's mind was 'adorable'.

Finally the blond gets the door to open and then he walks in; Sasuke realizing that he was wasting time turned around and closed the shop door.

Itachi looked at his brother and noted is bemused expression.

"Sasuke…what is up? You seem almost amused" smirked Itachi as he gathered some lavender and lilac from the shelves.

Sasuke looked at his brother in consideration.

"Well, I just saw something that sort of amused me to be honest…there was this guy who ran up the sidewalk and ran to the shop beside us Uzamaki Books" said Sasuke.

Itachi looked at Sasuke with a small smile.

"That's must have been Naruto the owner" stated Itachi as he went over to a display that held many different types of crystals. He started grabbing a couple of different stones then he went over to Sasuke and handed the stones to his little brother.

Sasuke looked at them and then he smiled.

"A citrine, blue fluorite and mangano calcite these stones are perfect for a young cute blond who is starting his own business" said Itachi.

Sasuke nodded to his brother and then left the store. Going over to the new bookstore, Sasuke found the door was open so he went inside. Taking a look at all the books neatly organized, Sasuke smiled a little at how almost homey the store felt like he could curl up on one of the comfortable chairs and read a delightful story of days gone by.

Shaking his head from his musings, Sasuke looked for the blond man. Finally after a few moments he saw the man whose name he learned was Naruto stocking shelves with what looked like old ancient books.

"Good morning" said Sasuke to the figure.

Startled Naruto turned then smiled at what he thought was his first customer. Putting the old book in his hand down, Naruto went over to the dark haired man. Wiping his hands off on his jeans, Naruto put out his hand; Sasuke looked at the younger man and then he clasped the hand in a firm shake.

Both of the men looked at each other, neither wanted to break the touch because it felt as though a small electric current ran through the both of them; it was intoxicating and exhilarating. When they realized that they hadn't let go of each other, they quickly untangled their hands.

Dark eyes stared at light eyes, both sets of eyes were unwilling to break the stare. Moments passed as two souls got acquainted but as all things reality came crashing back and the two jumped away from each other.

"Oh, I am sorry sir…can I help you?" said the embarrassed blond.

Sasuke shook his head to clear it from the overwhelming emotions stirring in his soul.

"No, I came here to introduce myself, my name is Sasuke Uchiha and with the help of my brother we run the store next to you" said Sasuke.

A smile formed on the blonde's face, Sasuke's breath hitched in his lungs for he had never seen a smile so beautiful or as innocent as Naruto's smile.

"Well, it nice to meet you, my name is Naruto Uzamaki and thank you for being my first customer" said Naruto with a smile.

Sasuke pulled air back into his lungs and attempted to breathe normally. Giving Naruto a small smile, Sasuke began speaking…

"Well, I thought to bring some things that would help bring your store success…so I brought over some stones…I brought citrine that is said to be a bringer of wealth, blue fluorite which is said to straighten out thoughts and increase your ability to concentrate…it is also used for inner peace and the last one I brought is mangano calcite which acts like a blanket of love that will surround protect and keep you from harm" Sasuke explained as he put the various stones in Naruto's small hand.

Naruto looked at him and for a moment seemed at a loss for words.

"Thank you…I have never…this is lovely" Naruto stuttered with a slight blush.

"With the stone citrine…put it in your cash register and that stone will fulfill its mission as the 'bringer of wealth'…and…oh wait…here is some leather string for you to put the last two stones on…do you see the holes in them?" Sasuke said as he pulled a leather cord out of his pocket and gave it to Naruto.

Not pondering too long on where the cord came from for he figured his brother had put it in his pocket, Sasuke watched as Naruto strung the stones and then tied the cord around his neck.

"How do they look?" asked Naruto coyly. Sasuke could see a slight blush work up Naruto's face and he couldn't help but wonder where the blush had started. Realizing that Naruto was waiting for a response…

"I think that they look very nice" said Sasuke. The two men stared at each other for a few more moments but there staring was broken by the ringing of the front door bell that indicates someone has entered the store.

Sasuke stepped away from Naruto and turned to leave the store.

"Hey Sasuke thank you…and maybe I will see yeah later?" questioned Naruto with a bit of hope mixed in. Sasuke shook his head in the affirmative and left the store.

Sasuke opened the door to his store and went in after seeing Itachi and his friend Shikamaru grinning at him like doped up chestier cats. Fighting the urge to roll his eyes, Sasuke walked past them and began unloading more merchandise.

But the two men were not going to let Sasuke get off that easy.

"So Sasuke…how is that new store…"drawled Shika as he picked up a small vial with some sort pinkish liquid inside.

"The store is very nice…it has a homey feel to it" said Sasuke as he bent to grab some fallen rosemary.

"Now Sasuke I was not asking about the store…I was asking about the store owner…Naruto" drawled Shikamaru.

Itachi watched his brother's reaction and gave a small smile.

"You can't fool us brother we can see that you are interested" said Itachi as he gave Shika three more vials of the pink stuff.

"Yeah Sasuke we can definitely say that this is the most interested in anything we have seen you since you found that family journal of yours" said a bored Shikamaru.

"Well, I am so glad that I am entertainment for the both of you…jerks!" whined Sasuke. He decided that he had enough of his stupid brother and his dumb ass friend, so Sasuke walked away toward the back of the store to the storage area.

"Bye little brother…you can only hide for so long" smirked Itachi. The noise which followed Sasuke was the sound of laughter.

Elsewhere in town

"Do you think that this will work?" asked a small blond female.

The person who was asked the question looked up at the female and smiled.

"Yes, my dear…this curse will work wonders for our little Naruto…and when we finally have him so destroyed that he will be crying for someone to save him and that will be me" said the man.

The small female nodded and gave a small smile.

"So you did exactly as I asked right? You put the pouch in between his mattress right…placement is essential" said that man.

"Yes…it was done exactly as you told me to do" said the blond woman.

The man smiled.

"Well, then you can go and have a good day…my dear" said the man to the blond woman.

The woman smiled and took her leave of the man. As she left the man stood up from the chair he had been sitting on and went over to the nearest window. Looking out the window, the man noticed that Itachi and Shikamaru were in the Uchiha's store talking. As he watched out his window, he noticed that he couldn't see Sasuke and that he also couldn't see into Naruto's store. Sighing in slight frustration, the man watched as the blond woman left.

"I hope that you did as you were told…Ino…for I will kill you if you lie or betray me" muttered the man.

TBC

Author Note: Thank you for reading and thank you to my beta blacksinger. Also I would like to thank all the people who reviewed and read my story…you are the reason that I enjoy writing so much.