Pet
By: Chibi
Summary: Complete Alternate Universe. 19 year old Uchiha Sasuke works for his brother who is an average businessman except for one thing, he collects the most exotic pets anyone has ever seen. And there is one pet in particular that Sasuke finds himself looking at every chance he gets: a beautiful fox that surprisingly has nine tails.
Pairings: Itachi and Naruto, Sasuke and Naruto (main pairing), Haku and Gaara (um... yeah), Ino and Sakura, possible Itachi and Gaara... wow I don't know where that came from. If any other random pairings come up I'll warn you.
Warnings: Many. Very many. Read at your own risk.
Disclaimer: Naruto is mine, all mine! Mine mine mine! Just kidding.
Notes: O.K. So this idea came at around 10 this morning. It's dangerous to turn on your computer and see the Pet Shop of Horrors background you put up, then go, "Oh, Haku would look pretty in that outfit... uh oh." This is yet another multipart fic (which I shouldn't be doing since I have like 3 already) and if it's a bad chapter I will of course post it at my other sources (wow, I make it sound like I'm some kind of spy or something...). Sasuke, in this story, is the youngest character. That's all I'm going to say. Though if you want a visual reference of age I'd put Gaara in the same age group as Sasuke along with Ino and Sakura, and Haku just a bit older, maybe 21. And Itachi is of course however many years older he is than Sasuke. And yes, I'm being vague with the ages for a reason.
Kitsune
The city was always busy. Too busy. Stuffed full of people rushing to work, to lunch, to shop, to date. Stuff full of cars, taxis, buses, bicycles, underground subways, of airplanes that controlled the skies with the birds. Buildings that were stories high made up the interior decoration of the city along with a large park here or there that was hidden amongst the skyscrapers, museums, schools, art institutes, aquariums, shopping malls, and restaurants. Even if the city was jammed to capacity, even if it was hard to tell that girl from that boy from that kid from that adult there was one person who managed to stick out amongst the crowd.
He moved easily with a kind of grace that you only heard about but never really seen before. He moved slowly, taking his time as if the world wouldn't continue until he got to his destination. Even if people were always in a rush, for rushing was the main code of conduct of the city, everyone that saw him took at least a quick second to let their eyes roam over him. Beautiful enough to be a girl, sensual enough to be a woman, so desirable that questions on his gender were asked after tea, cake, and hopes on getting to the bedroom. Black hair caressed the middle of his back, decorating a Chinese style tunic made up of flowers and silk. Fair skin and chocolate eyes, he was something that walked out of your fantasies for only a moment then just like that, he was gone.
He knew what he did to people and enjoyed every minute of it.
Finally he reached his destination, a rather tall building that wasn't the tallest in the city yet somehow it stuck out nevertheless. There was an odd symbol on the eight glass doors in the front, a circle, the top half white and the bottom red, that sat on a small stand. This was the building for the Uchiha men, a name that meant all kinds of wealth and power in the city. It was one of those names that women spoke in hopes of marriage, men spoke in hopes of a drinking partner, and other businesses spoke in hopes of firm handshakes and the best of success.
He made his way into the building, clutching onto a brown paper bag that hadn't been opened since he made his trip. He didn't bother to go to the front desk to ask if it was o.k. to see the main name in the building, instead he went straight to the elevator and leaned back, waiting to get to the top floor. No one questioned why he was there or gave him a hard time for not going to the front desk like everyone else, there was no need to do such things with this young man.
The doors slid open on the sixty-eighth floor to reveal a long hallway with no other doors but the one straight ahead. Leaning back against the door was a young man with skin the color of sand, eyes the color of the prettiest green jewel you could never find, and shaggy red hair that reminded you of someone getting out of bed. Despite being a personal guard the young man wore a dark shirt made up of fishnet sleeves and equally dark pants that hugged his legs tightly, as if they never wanted to let go.
The young man smiled when he saw the one leaning against the door.
"Hello there, Gaara." Gaara looked up and nodded his head in greeting. "Is Mr. Uchiha inside?"
"He's been expecting you, Haku."
"I see." Haku reached a hand forward and oddly enough began to scratch Gaara behind one of his ears. It was a strange thing to see but Gaara had a reaction that was on the levels of happiness and melting. Haku smiled and let his lips brush against Gaara's. "It's always nice to see a smile on your face."
"You always know what to do to get me to smile." His voice trailed off into a low moan when Haku's hand moved into his hair, petting him, like one would do to a cat of some sort.
"I'll make you smile more later." There was a promise of something that made Gaara's eyes shine in anticipation. "But I better go and speak with Itachi." And with those words and one last lingering brush of the lips Haku stepped through the door and closed it behind him
He was met with the sight of an office that could quite possibly be the size of a small house. Haku walked towards the desk, his eyes taking in everything around him like it were a new thing for him to see despite the fact of being there many times. The office itself didn't look quite like an office. The desk and the chairs looked out of place, as if they were put in at the last minute to remind people that this was someone's office. The walls were decorated with all kinds of paintings, of animals that lived in times we can't remember, of plants that could only be found in forests that would eventually be chopped apart. The window behind the desk was always open, always lighting up the office and revealing the best view of the city.
But it wasn't these things that made the office unique. Surprisingly, it was the floor.
The floor wasn't exactly a floor, rather it was a large fish tank, as if the office was set on top of it. The floor was clear like glass yet stronger than any type of steal to make sure it didn't break. In the corner a plant sat, blending in with the area and covering up the opening that with one dive brought you underwater. Swimming in the water below were numerous fish. Red, blue, yellow, any color you could imagine swam back and forth, not stopping. The fish ranged in size, some could be as small as a dime, others as big as your fist...
... and then there was Kisame.
Kisame was a blue shark that Itachi had taken an interest in as soon as he laid eyes on him. With the right amount of bargaining and the right price Haku sold the man the large creature. Haku specialized in having the rarest animals, something that only a few people knew about since his shop wasn't very large and sat in one of those areas of town that you knew about, yet you never went there yourself. It was as if only the brave, privileged, or maybe even foolish few dared to set foot in Haku's shop. Itachi was one of those people and Haku frequently did business with his, bringing the animals food and checking up on them. And on some rare occasions, like with the beautiful sand colored creature outside called Gaara, Haku would bring pleasure to the animals.
Animals. Humans. Was there really a difference? People who did discover Haku and his animals found themselves questioning that all the time. For Haku's animals could be, and were, as human as they were animal.
"Haku. I've been waiting for you." Haku looked up and found himself staring into deep red eyes, eyes that reminded him of the deadliest of hunters. Uchiha Itachi. Known to be ruthless to his competition and show no mercy. He was as handsome as he was deadly. Dressed in a nicely pressed black suit with matching fingerless gloves to show the black painted nails, Itachi didn't really like being confined in a suit and tie all day. Therefore, he wore whatever little accessory he could to escape it. Today was the fingerless gloves, tomorrow might be a couple of belts wrapped in enticing angles around his waist, and the next day might be a deep black belt like collar. He already had the ultimate accessory, the contacts he just had to have and wear so much that no one could remember what his normal eye color was. "Did you bring what I asked?"
"Yes I did." Haku opened his paper bag with a bright smile. "Now where is he? Where is little Naruto?" Curled up in Itachi's lap was out of all things a fox the color of fire. The color of his fur made him stand out more than normal foxes, but what put the icing on the cake was his many tails. Instead of having just one, or even two, Naruto had a total of nine tails.
A nine tailed kitsune, the rarest kind of kitsune you could find. And here he was, perched in Itachi's lap. Itachi had a taste for the rare and the beautiful, a taste that Haku fulfilled with his animals.
"Naruto? Come here. I brought a treat for you." Naruto cracked an eye open, a bright blue eye that looked as strange as it did breathtaking on a fox. Haku pulled out what looked like a sweet roll, something made specifically for the fox's sweet tooth. Naruto's eyes widened and he jumped out of Itachi's lap and trotted over to Haku. Haku rewarded him by feeding Naruto the sweet roll and petting him behind the ears much like he did with Gaara outside. "He seems to be doing very well."
"Yes. I think he's beginning to like this place now. It just took him some time to adjust, like all the animals here."
"At least he didn't bite you like Gaara did." Haku chuckled a bit when Itachi's eyes narrowed at the memory. Gaara had been... an interesting creature. A panther with sand colored skin mixed with a hint of red and bright green eyes. As soon as Itachi saw him he knew that he wanted him. Gaara, on the other hand, had seen things differently. A shredded shirt, business jacket, and a large cat's teeth marks in his hand later Itachi finally got Gaara to go with him, with much persuasion on Haku's part. Promises of everyday visits and being eternally in his debt finally convinced Gaara to listen to Haku and go with Itachi.
Gaara wasn't the most friendly creature in the world, only to a select few people. Namely Haku, especially Haku, Naruto because he was too cute to resist, never really Itachi but Gaara was as obedient as he was unfriendly, and finally...
"Down boy! Hey, stop that!"
Haku looked towards the door and shook his head, a small smile on his face from the sound coming from outside. "Ah. Sasuke is here."
Sasuke. Naruto's eyes shot up to the door and waited. It only took a few seconds for the young Uchiha to open the door, dressed in a blue button down shirt and black businessman pants, a knee-length open trench coat covering his outfit. He walked in petting the large panther and laughing a bit from Gaara nuzzling his hand and licking it. Almost the exact image of his older brother, Uchiha Sasuke had entered the company and shot up in the ranks almost as fast, if not faster, than Itachi did. Wild black hair instead of it being long and in a ponytail, Sasuke shared his brother's fate of being eternally good looking and forever desirable.
For some strange reason Gaara liked Sasuke, probably because when Sasuke saw him he petted him instead of telling him to stay by the door and be on guard like Itachi did. Sasuke paid attention to him when he came up to the office, what pet wouldn't like that?
"Gaara. Stop that before I get jealous." Haku teased. Gaara looked over at Haku then seemed to smirk at him before the panther licked Sasuke's face, very slowly, before he sauntered away. Haku laughed and Sasuke just looked as confused as he always did when it came to Haku and his treatment of the animals.
He acted as if they were human. Sasuke didn't get it.
Before Sasuke could walk over to Itachi's desk he found himself holding an armful of nine tailed fox.
"It's nice to see you too, Naruto." Sasuke smiled when Naruto began to give his face a bath, licking it happily in mad amounts of fox kisses.
Naruto really, really liked Sasuke.
"Well well, as usual Naruto loves it when Sasuke comes around." Haku gave Itachi an amused look. "Perhaps I gave the kitsune to the wrong Uchiha."
"Gave?" Itachi looked equally amused. "You gave me nothing. I paid you a rather high price if I remember correctly."
"Ah yes, of course." Haku turned his attention over to Sasuke who was still getting a healthy dose of fox kisses. "So what brings you here, young Uchiha? Just visiting your favorite fox?" If it were possible for a fox to do so Sasuke could've sworn that Naruto blushed.
"Actually I had to bring this up." Sasuke revealed the file folder stuffed with various papers for Itachi. "But a certain fox attacked me." And if it were possible for a fox to do so Sasuke could've sworn that Naruto had a falsely innocent look on his face. Then again foxes were sly creatures, so perhaps they could master that look.
"Ah. Thank you, Sasuke." Itachi glanced through the folder Sasuke handed him. "It appears that I'll be home late tonight. I have some last minute meetings and I don't know how long they will run."
It was definitely possible for a fox to look nervous, and for some reason Naruto appeared to be more tense than he was before Itachi said that. Sasuke didn't notice it, didn't really think it was necessary to look down at the fox to see how he reacted to what Itachi said.
Haku, on the other hand, did notice, and wore a completely unreadable expression on his face.
"All right then. I'll see you when you get home." Sasuke kneeled down and pet Naruto one last time before he turned to leave. Naruto watched Sasuke go with an almost sad, longing expression on his face. Itachi didn't pay the look any attention while Haku lightly pet Naruto on top of his head before he too bid Itachi farewell.
"Naruto." And it only took Itachi seconds to call Naruto over to him. Naruto took about three steps before Itachi gave him a smirk that was halfway between sinister and sensual. "Come now. You know what I want."
Naruto closed his eyes and with practiced amounts of concentration his form began to change. It didn't take very long for him to gain the body of a normal young man. Perfect colored peach skin with a hint of the fiery red of his normal fox coat and the wildest blond hair that couldn't belong to a human at all. As much practice as Naruto had of going from fox to human there were some things he couldn't get rid of. His cheeks were strained with whiskers that didn't want to go away and his fox ears and nine tails were still around, the tails covering his body like a kind of blanket. He had a feeling that if he tried hard enough he could get the ears and tails to go away, but Itachi liked them on him.
"Ita... chi..." It was always hard to use his voice after being a fox all day to hide from the various people who entered the office. Itachi simply nodded in greeting and waited for Naruto to come over to him. Once close enough he was pulled into a kiss Itachi had been waiting to share all day.
"It's nice to see you again, pet." Itachi pulled Naruto into his lap, letting his fingers move over each of his tails. Naruto slid his eyes shut in response and snuggled closer to Itachi. It was too damn hard to resist him, even if he knew what Itachi was going to say next. "We have a busy night ahead of us."
"Auc... tion?"
"Ah, that's right." Itachi opened the folder Sasuke had brought him and looked over the papers, studying each of them. There were several men listed, possible buyers in the auction Naruto spoke of. Also in the folder were pictures of animals, different animals that surprisingly belonged to Itachi himself.
Auction. Naruto looked away from the folder, already knowing what was going to happen tonight. Not to himself, of course, or to Gaara or Kisame. They belonged to Itachi and always would. But the animals in the folder...
"But we have some time before the auction." Itachi purred out into Naruto's ear. Naruto shivered in response and before he could blink he found his lips being crushed against Itachi's. And just like the obedient pet he was, he returned the kiss.
It was the reason why Itachi liked him best, after all.
End Kitsune.
Next Chapter: Auction
Preview:
"Gentlemen, relax, sit down and enjoy what you are about to see." Itachi stopped petting Naruto who was lying in his lap, looking around at all the cigar smoking, wine drinking, expensive suit wearing men. "Naruto, if you would please."
"Why do you speak to him as if he's human?" One man asked, a rather large man who looked like he used his money to make sure he was well fed.
"Because, my friend, he is." There were collective gasps of surprise then one man rolled over in laughter and disbelief.
"I think this life is too much for you, Uchiha. You're seeing things."
"Am I?" Itachi nodded to Naruto who jumped out of his lap. The fox faced all the men, obviously a bit reluctant to do as Itachi asked but what else could he do? Itachi was his master, and all pets knew that they were supposed to listen to their master, right?
"But... Naruto?" Naruto could remember what Haku had said to him the day Itachi came in, pointed his finger at him, and decided to bring him home. "Pets also decide who that master will be. They decide who the person is that they want to listen to."
"I... want to..." Naruto closed his eyes and let his fox form slip away. Ignoring the sounds of the men choking on their drinks in surprise Naruto revealed himself, his nine tails wrapping around his nude form like they always did. "Itachi... is the only one who has come in for me. So that means he wants me, someone wants me."
"Oh, little Naruto. Don't you realize how beautiful you are? One day, I can't say when, but one day... someone will want you... who you will want in return. But, I suppose this is enough for now." And Naruto stood there as the men surrounded him, brushed their fingers eagerly over his tails, his ears, and his body. And he stood there and remembered Haku's words.
"This is enough." Naruto whispered to himself. "For now."