Arabian Nights

I got bored so I calculated the rate at which my story is rated. It's about every 83rd person who reads my story, rates my story. Otherwise it's just like a few people rating a lot. ::shrug::
Boredom: It's good for ya!!


Arabian Nights 4


Sasuke was thrown into a cell and landed on something that was not the hard stone floor but kind of warm and lumpy. He rolled off of whatever he was on and noticed it was a person.


"Sai? What are you doing here?"

"Well fancy meeting you here. Apparently it is illegal to loiter outside of the palace walls."

"I told you, you didn't have to wait for me."

"Well I had nothing else to do. And what took you so long anyway?"

"I met Naruto."

"First name basis already? And he gave you that lovely bruise didn't he?"

"I'm going to make him my wife."

"Does he know this?"

"He knows he's mine."

"Well just so you know, screaming out 'Marry me' right before they hang you, doesn't count as marriage. Besides, aren't you aiming a little too high here Sasuke?"

"We just have to find a way out of here. And I'm not aiming at all. I've already acquired the target. And why are we speaking in metaphors?"

"Well I don't think dear old dad will let you, a vagabond, marry his one and only, most beloved son, the Prince. He'd have no respect for you and shoot you down as soon as look at you."

"I'm sure he'd listen to his 'one and only, most beloved son' and his son wants me."

"Aren't we confident?"

"Hn."


While they were talking, new guards came in to do their shift. They both sat at a table and one of them, the one chewing on a needle type weapon, started dealing cards to himself and his companion, who had a bowl-cut hair style, gargantuan eyebrows and seemed to like the color green, if you go by his clothing. When Sai and Sasuke's conversation ended, Sai went to go give pointers to the guard chewing on the weapon, in other words annoy the guard. Sasuke sat back and observed his surroundings, looking for any way out or anything that could assist in their escape.

Ten-Ten casually strolled in, saw who was guarding tonight, and smiled. 'Easy as pie.' While walking down the steps, she swayed her hips getting the attention of the guard she needed the attention of. After all, he had the keys. She got to the guard and slipped her arm around his shoulder, leaned against him, and slipped a hand on his thigh.


"Hello Genma."

"Ten-Ten. Lovely as ever."

"Hello Miss Ten-Ten."

"Uhm Hello Gai. Genma you are too sweet. How have you been doing down here?"

"Well he ::points behind him:: won't leave me alone so I can't concentrate on the game."

"Hey. I'm just trying to help."

"Would you go away."

"Fine but when he wins, you'll be sorry that you didn't listen to me."

"It doesn't seem as boring down here as I thought."

"Trust me Ten-Ten, it can be boring. It'll be boring in my room tonight too. Maybe you could relieve me of my boredom."

"Maybe I will do just that. I should let you get back to work. I'll see you tonight then."


When Sai said he was 'just trying to help' Ten-Ten slipped him the keys through the bars. Sai opened the door and Sasuke darted out and up the stairs. When Ten-Ten said she'd see Genma tonight she went up the stairs. But Sai stayed and kept giving Genma pointers until Genma yelled at him to go away. Which he did, following the other two. When the two of them finally noticed the cell door was open they started going crazy and called for all the guards. (Wow I paint the royal guards in a bad light)

Ten-Ten led them right outside the palace walls, by using the servant's gate, where two horses were waiting. They got on the horses, with Sai starting to trot away, while Sasuke turned to look back at the palace.


"You must go. Otherwise they will just kill you at first sight."

"I want to see him again."

"You can't. He wants you to live and if you come back then you forfeit your life."

"I have no life without him."

"Wow. You really do love him Sasuke. Profess your undying love when I know we won't get caught."

"Shut up Sai."

"You have to leave now. Go!!"


Before Sasuke could say anything else, Ten-Ten ran back through and closed the servant's gate behind her. He started trotting after Sai when he heard the sound of many hooves hitting the ground. He looked over and saw ten royal guards on horseback chasing them. Him and Sai hightailed it out of there. They were able to lose the guards through the winding paths in the hills that made up the border of the kingdom. They dismounted and let the horses free when they found a cave they could hide in. While walking deeper into the cave, Sai noticed a skull on a ledge, which was creepy by its self. But when the skull started glowing a green color, that's when it freaked him out.


"Sasuke. Let's get out of here."

"You want to be killed by the royal guard?"

"But look."

"So what? It's just a green glowing skull."

"That doesn't freak you out?"

"Should it?"

"Welcome Ssssassuke... and Ssssai."

"Aaaahhh!"

"Who are you and how do you know our names?"

"I know many things Ssssassuke."

"You didn't answer my question."

"Sounds like you Sasuke."

"Shut up Sai."

"My name is Orochimaru and I am a myssstic. Follow me and I will show you how I know ssso much."


Orochimaru walked further into the cave and Sasuke started to follow him when Sai grabbed him and gave him an 'Are you crazy?' look. Sasuke just scowled at Sai and yanked his arm away, walking after Orochimaru. Sai looked back and forth between the opening of the cave and the way Sasuke was walking. He gave a loud sigh and followed after Sasuke. They ended up in a medium size cavern that had some items strewn about and a makeshift stove and table. So obviously this was Orochimaru's home. But in the middle of the cavern was a huge crystal that looked to be grown from the cave itself. One side of the crystal was smooth and reflective and looked just like a mirror. Orochimaru went over to the crystal and stood next to it.


"Thisss is how I sssee whatever it isss I need to sssee."

"What is with the sssss?"

"It is jussst the way I ssspeak. Deal with it you idiot."

"Why I never!"

"Shut up Sai. This is just a crystal."

"Yesss but it showsss me many thingsss, like your dessire for the Prince. Would you like to sssee how he isss doing?"

"Will it really show me?"

"Jussst gaze into the cryssstal."


All three of them looked into the crystal and an image of Naruto in his bathtub appeared. He had his right elbow propped up on the edge of the tub while his left hand was making swirls on top of the water. He had a contemplative and faraway look in his eyes. As the three men watched, Naruto brought the fingers, which were swirling in the tub, up to his lips and traced them delicately. His eyes then became half lidded as his fingertips started trailing down his throat and slowly made it's way to a caramel nipple, bringing it to a stiff peak. He then moved so his back was leaning against the edge of the tub and brought his other hand to play with the other nipple. As he was playing with his nipples, he was emitting little mewling, gasping sounds that were driving Sasuke crazy. He realized that he was drooling but he wasn't the only one. He glared at Sai and Orochimaru, who were watching Naruto very intently, too intently for Sasuke's tastes. Since he was standing in the middle of both of them, he pushed them both away and blocked their view of the crystal. He focused on the crystal and saw one of Naruto's hands trailing down his side, while the other was slowly moving down, passed the torso, passed the cute little bellybutton, and right when the fingertips made it to the water, the crystal went blank.


"I was watching that!!"

"We all were."

"I'm going to kill you."

"I will bring that image back up jussst for you Ssssassuke if you do me a sssmall favor."

"What is it?"

"I want you and your companion, to go down a tunnel I will show you and retrieve an item for me. It isss an old oil lamp. I don't think it would be of any value to you but it isss very important to me."

"Why can't you go down?"

"It hasss to do with the rulesss of magic. Asss annoying asss they are, we do need them."

"Fine. Where is this tunnel?"

"What? Now?"

"Excccellent. Follow me."


Orochimaru walked over to a large boulder and grabbed a plank of would. Levering the boulder to the side, Sai and Sasuke saw a tunnel behind the boulder.


"Jussst go through the tunnel. It is pretty ssstraight forward. Be careful. And remember, the fassster you get it to me, the fassster you can sssee your beloved."


That got Sasuke moving. He grabbed a lit torch, climbed over the boulder and started walking. Sai followed Sasuke because he didn't want to be stuck alone with the creepy snake looking guy that had a speech problem. As they were walking, Sai could have sworn he heard the sound of a boulder shift but he was too busy trying to keep up with Sasuke to pay it much mind. The tunnel they were in gave way to a very, very large cavern lit with several crystals refracting light from a small hole in the ceiling. As Sasuke headed over to the very uneven stairs, Sai grabbed his arm and pointed behind him at a hole in the wall. Sasuke looked over but didn't see anything.


"What is your problem?"

"Th-there was a giant eye right there."

"Well I don't see anything."


Sasuke started descending the stairs with Sai just looking at his back kind of pathetically. He then peaked back at the hole and gave an unmanly shriek when he saw the same yellow sickly looking eye he saw before. He took off down the stairs, almost tripping and rolling down, after Sasuke. In the mean time, Sasuke started ascending what looked like a medium sized hill. When he made it to the top, he found the lamp sitting on a rock in the middle of the top of the hill. Sasuke grabbed the lamp and stood there waiting to see if anything would happen. But nothing did. Sai just waited at the bottom of the hill trying to catch his breath while his eyes darted around looking for any creepy eyes.


"Can we go now?"

"What's the rush?"

"What do you mean what's... the... rush?"


'That didn't sound like Sasuke's voice.' Sai turned around and saw a wall of sand with purple lines running through it that definitely wasn't there before. He looked up, and up, and up until he was staring into a pair of sickly looking yellow eyes. Sasuke turned to look at Sai when he heard his question and when he went to answer he heard a deep booming voice instead, which definitely wasn't Sai's, and saw... well he wasn't sure what it was. It looked to be a cross between a raccoon and a badger... Well something along those lines. Sasuke tucked the lamp into his sash that was tied around his waste, then slid down the hill and tugged on Sai's arm to get him to move. Before they could make it to the stairs, a large sand colored paw slammed down in front of them.


"Don't go. You just got here."

"S-sorry but we're in a h-hurry."

"Well that's just too bad for you now isn't it?"

"We don't have time for this."

"Either you keep me company or I'll kill you where you stand."

"You'd kill us anyway when you get bored with us."

"This is true."


While Sasuke was talking to the giant creature, he was slowly moving backwards, pushing Sai back since he was behind him, towards a hole in the wall that looked like it connected to other tunnels. When he was close enough, he turned around and ran in the tunnel, dragging Sai with him.


"Get back here!!"


They got into the tunnel and avoided the paw that came in after them but couldn't really fit in the tunnel. They came to another hole in the wall and could see the creature's midsection. When it saw them, it tried to grab them again. So every time they made it to a new hole, they were either higher or lower in the cave. The creature, Shukaku, (if no one could figure it out. I don't know if I described it just enough so you could get it) finally saw a set pattern and was preparing to grab them at the next hole they came too. But instead they ended up at his feet again and ran through his legs to get to the stairs. By the time Shukaku noticed, they were already at the top and making their way back through the tunnel. When they knew they were far enough away, Sai sat down to rest while Sasuke slumped against the wall.


"Why didn't he tell us there was a giant demon?"

"How should I know?"

"...You got the lamp?"

"Yeah."


After a few more minutes of resting, Sasuke started walking briskly back towards the entrance. He really wanted to see his Naruto... Well actually he just wanted to see his Naruto do naughty things to himself. 'The creep better not be watching or he is dead.' Sai scrambled after him. He wasn't as motivated as his cousin. When they made it back to the entrance, they saw that the boulder was back in place.


"Why is the boulder back in place?"

"Well the mystic is an old man, I don't think he could keep it levered the whole time we were gone."

"He moved the boulder and then stood next to us before we came in here. He closed it on us."

"Aaaah. You made it back."

"Is that the mystic?"

"Yessss. Did you get the lamp?"

"Why didn't you tell us there was a giant demon down there?"

"I've never been in there ssso I didn't know."

"You're lying. You can 'see all' in your crystal."

"Did you get the lamp or not?"

"Yes we got your stupid lamp. Now let us out."

"Passss me the lamp and I will let you out."

"Let us out and we'll give you the lamp."

"You do not trusssst me?"

"You haven't given us reason too."

"Fine!! I'll let you sssstarve to death and then take the lamp from you."

"... Well that's not very nice of him."

"Shut up Sai."

"Well I guess we should just wait."

"We need to find a way out of here."

"I am not going back to face that demon and I'm tired so just rest for a while. Sleep won't kill you cousin of mine."

"Hn."


Sai lay down on the ground and closed his eyes while Sasuke stood leaning against the wall. He took the lamp out of his sash and examined it in the torchlight. It was tarnished, dusty and had many dents in it. He took off the lid and looked inside and saw nothing, just the inside of the lamp. Then he blew off most of the dust and started looking for any markings or symbols on it, but found nothing. (Except Made in China on the bottom j/k) He then started rubbing the lamp to get the excess dust off when the lamp suddenly gave a jolt in his hands and started to shake while crimson smoke started to expel from the spout. Sasuke dropped the lamp in surprise and would have backed up but he was already against the wall. In the middle of the smoke, something started to take shape. After a few more seconds, the smoke cleared away and there was a boy standing there. He was wearing black baggy gauze pants that were tied with a crimson colored scarf and was wearing a small black vest with the trim in crimson that showed off his pale but very tone torso, the middle of his chest, and it just barely covered his nipples. He had blood red hair, some sort of red tattoo on the side of his forehead, teal eyes that were surrounded by dark rings,(1) and a scowl on his face. All in all he looked hot yet murderous. Sasuke just stared at the boy while the boy stared back and scowled even more. The boy then gave a sigh and then bowed a bow that looked like it was against his will.


"Hello new.... Master... I am the genie of the lamp. Anything you desire it is mine to grant. All within my power you shall receive. I cannot influence matters of the heart, bring dead to life, and unfortunately I can't kill people for you or myself... Now that I'm done with the required spiel, what the hell do you want?"

"Hn. For a genie you're not that nice."

"It's not a requirement to be nice. The faster you wish for something, the faster you're happy, then the faster I can get away from you."


Sasuke just smirked wanting to torture the genie for some reason. So instead picked up the lamp, casually walked over to Sai, and kicked him to wake him up.


"I swear that girl wasn't in my bed when I went to sleep Ma, she just happened to be there? Oh it's just you. What do you want cousin?"

"A girl fell into your bed? Right."

"It could happen!"

"Can we get on with this... master?"

"Who's that Sasuke?"

"That is the genie of the lamp."

"Genie of the lamp? ...Right. When I wake up next time beautiful women and maybe a few men will surround me. There are a few cute boys around the village. Goodnight."

"I'm not kidding."

"Well then wish us out of here. Frankly I don't want to starve to death."

"Hn. Fine. I wish we were outside of these caves."


The next thing that happened was the cave disintegrating and then wind blowing in their faces with the night sky above them that was slowly starting to turn lighter as the sun peaked over the horizon. Sai stood up from his laying down position and looked around owl-eyed while Sasuke covered up his surprise with indifference.


"Is that all?"

"What? No master?"

"Hmph."

"This is amazing!! What else can he do?"

"I'm not some sort of entertainment for your idiot cousin, master."

"Hey!!"

"He seems to know your personality already Sai."

"That does it. When I see Naruto again I am so telling on you."

"Hn. Very mature."

"I'm sure he'd withhold sex from you..."

"Sai dear cousin of mine! Is there anything you want? Anything at all and I'll get it for you."

"Oh... well I am hungry."

"For?"

"A banquet fit for a king. Oh oh!! In picnic form"

"I wish for a banquet fit for a king as a picnic."


Before them a giant rug laden with all kinds of food appeared. There was soup, fruit, salad, pork, chicken, beef, fish, pasta, rice, curry, bread, pies, cakes, pastries, puddings, chocolate, fine wines, champagne, mead, water, juice, and tea. (I'm hungry okay.) It was a feast fit for a king. Sai just dove right in. Sasuke took his time to see what was available. After they finished eating, the sun was high enough in the sky to indicate it was late morning. The genie banished the uneaten food and just stood there looking bored.


"Thank you genie! What is your name anyway?"

"Gaara."

"Why do you have the character for Love on your forehead when you're not very loving?"

"How do you know what it means master?"

"I made friends with a traveling merchant who was Japanese. He was happy to teach me a few words and characters."

"Well that explains some of the things you say. How come you never told me this before? I'm hurt cousin."

"I did tell you. You weren't interested."

"What was this traveling merchant's name master?"

"Hatake Kakashi."

"The pervert?"

"Oh you know him?"

"Any traveler knows him. They have to hide their beautiful daughters and sons from him."

"Well cousin that also explains your perverted ness."

"Shut up Sai." (How many times has he said this?)

"Is there any other request master?"

"I wish to marry Naruto."

"I can't force anyone to love you."

"He already does."

"Really? I thought you just said that he was yours. Oh and something about declaring your undying love."

"Do you want me to hurt you?"

"Not really No."

"Who is this Naruto?"

"He is the Prince of this land. And apparently Sasukes."

"I guess the problem would be that he is high class and you're low class master?"

"I got it. I wish that I was a Prince."


The next thing he knew he was wearing clothes that he had only seen on royalty. He looked over and saw an envoy of guards on white horses. Gaara was even nice enough to change Sai's clothing so he looked like a Grand Vizier. There were three horses in front of them, one heavily bejeweled, obviously for Sasuke, one moderately bejeweled, for Sai, and one that had scarcely any jewels.


"Why are there three?"

"I will travel with you outside of the lamp because I would like to see if there have been any changes since I've been kept guarded."

"That makes sense."

"I'm not expecting much though it Kakashi is still alive."

"So if Sai is my Grand Vizier, what are you to me?"

"I'm going to be your slave since you already order me about anyway."


They mounted their horses and started walking towards the city. Sasuke felt kind of strange in the clothes he was wearing, probably because he wasn't used to long sleeves or wearing anything on his head. Sai was craning his neck all around. He could see so much from on top of his horse. Gaara just looked bored as usual.


"Sasuke! What's your name?"

"You just said it."

"No I mean for when we enter the court and present our gifts for your new bride."

"You can be Sasuke of Suna master."

"Suna?"

"It is where I am from. It is very isolated. Very few know about it but it's been so long since I became a genie and started traveling around. I don't even know if it still exists."

"Well Gaara when you get time off then maybe you can see if it does."

"Genie's don't get time off unless freed idiot."

"I take offense to that."

"Good."


Sasuke ignored the end of the conversation and could just make out the city walls from where they were. He would have moved faster but he wanted to look dignified when he entered with his envoy. He was almost to his Naruto. He couldn't wait.


To Be Continued...

(1) In the show everyone knows that Gaara has those rings because of insomnia. Have you ever wondered why in cultures that lived in deserts they had massive eyeliner? It's because eye infection was really high back then they wore coal around their eyes to reduce the risk. So you can either think of the rings around his eyes that or because of insomnia. Up to you.


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