My Seventh Fic…

Hey minna-san! Yes it's me again with a brand new fic! XD After reading this, you'll find it pretty familiar & I'm sure everyone knows the 'story'.

However, let me point out that the theme of this fic is based on the 'story' I mentioned above but the storyline is based on Naruto and my own style.

Summary: (SasuNaru) Prince Sasuke was cursed after the death of his family. To break the curse, he had to fall in love before the last petal of the blossom tree falls. However, it's not as easy as it seems especially since when he loses his temper, he turns into a hideous monster! Who will love him and can he find love on time?

Pairings: SasuNaru, NejiGaa, LeeSaku, KakaIru, KibaHina, ShikaTema, ChouIno, KanTen, JirTsu

Warning: This is a yaoi (boy x boy) fic. If you don't like it, then don't read it. Don't say that I didn't warn you because I don't want any FLAMING. All flames will be ignored.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. It belongs to Masashi Kishimoto sensei!

Hope you enjoy!

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Chapter 1

Meet The Bastard.

Once upon a time……… Nah... too lame. Let's try this one!

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"NEJI!" Roaring angrily, his voice echoed throughout the whole castle.

From the study room, a handsome young advisor, Hyuuga Neji, could do nothing but sigh and shake his head, feeling a major migraine coming up. Slowly, he put his novel down on the table before standing up and making his way to his master's room.

Yes, it was just another day with the prince's usual blazing temper.

As Neji approached the room, he found a few other royal servants were already at the door. They were Hyuuga Hinata and Haruno Sakura, the prince's personal maid-servants and Subaku Gaara, his personal bodyguard.

"Neji, you're finally here! Thank god!" Sakura spoke in relief. However, Neji didn't miss the fear on her face. He nodded at her and looked at the others. They too had the same look as Sakura, except for Gaara. Neji pinched his nose and sighed. Things just can't get any worse then this…

Slowly, he opened the door and entered the dark, torn-apart room. At the doorway to the balcony, there stood a hideous monster with two gigantic hand-looking wings that had torn through royal clothes. His skin colour was a dark greenish gray. On his face you could see a black plus mark on his nose and dark violet lips, and eyes with black retinas and bloody red sharingan.

Neji noticed the seal was glowing brightly on his neck. He then looked at the corner of the room and found the young servant girl he'd hired just 2 days ago cowering in fear. Her whole face was pale, as though she had just seen the scariest thing in her life. Neji shook his head sadly and looked back at his master and cousin, Uchiha Sasuke.

Ever since the day the entire royal family was massacred 5 years ago, Sasuke had never been the same person. Despite managing to survive the massacre, the tragedy hadn't ended... Instead, a curse was placed on the prince's neck by the traitorous royal servant, Orochimaru.

The curse seal was no ordinary seal. It reacted according to the prince's emotions, mainly his anger and hatred. Each time he lost his temper, the seal would activate and he would transform into a hideous monster and go berserk. He would only return to his original form once he calmed down.

The prince never knew how lucky he was that he had so many loyal servants who had been his friends since young. Despite how cold and distant he was to them, they had never blamed him once. In fact, they always stayed by his side. They'd do anything for him and tried their best to tolerate his bad temper. They even went to the extent of calming him whenever he went berserk in his seal form despite how dangerous it was! However… many were always injured during the process.

No matter how cold Sasuke was, deep down he still cared for his friends. And he hated it, hated himself for hurting them like this. That was the reason why he shut himself up in his room most of the time, so that he wouldn't harm them anymore. Little did he know that by doing this, he was only making everyone more worried than ever.

"Sakura, Hinata. Please take Miss Aiko out of here and send her to Shikamaru. He'll know what to do." Neji commanded. The girls nodded and slowly walked towards the frightened girl, lifting her frozen body up carefully and walking out of the room.

Once the door closed, Neji focused his attention back on Sasuke. Gaara stood at the door on guard.

"Master?" Neji called out. Only a low growl was his reply.

"You have to control that temper of yours. This is 76th servant you've chased off. You can't keep doing this. You'll never be able to get rid of the curse if this goes on." Neji spoke sternly.

"What if it never goes away?" Sasuke answered hoarsely.

"Don't say something like that master and please calm down." Gaara scolded.

Both the royal servants didn't blink as their master slowly changed back into his original form revealing a handsome raven-haired prince with a pair of obsidian eyes and fair skin.

After transforming back, Sasuke slowly leaned his tired body against the doorway of the balcony. He didn't care about his torn clothes as he was pretty used to it. Sakura and Hinata would make sure he had a new set of clothing later. He sighed sadly while gazing out at the garden from his balcony.

In the middle of the garden, there stood a beautiful blossom tree, glowing surreally in the night. However, the tree was no ordinary blossom tree as it was tied to the prince's curse. To break the curse, he had to fall in love and have his love returned before the last petal fell.

Sadly there wasn't much time left. Almost three-quarter of the blossoms were gone, leaving the tree almost bare. Another 8 months or so, and all the blossoms on the tree would be gone and the prince would remain in his curse form forever.

Neji and Gaara looked at each other and then looked back at Sasuke. They couldn't help but pity their friend as Sasuke hadn't done anything to deserve such suffering.

In truth, Sasuke was good person at heart. He might be arrogant and spoilt at times but he still showed that he cared for everyone and was willing to help anytime. He smiled and laughed a lot back then. But now… after 5 years of torment, the smiles were gone for good and Sasuke wasn't the person they used to know.

This was why they couldn't give up, no matter what. They wanted their prince back, their master, their friend and their… Sasuke.

"Sasuke…" Neji called out in concern.

"Please…leave me alone." The prince pleaded harshly. Both Neji and Gaara didn't say anymore, bowing respectfully before walking out of the room quietly.

Once Neji closed the door, both he and Gaara walked down the hallway. Once they were distant from the prince's room they turned to look determinedly at each other.

"Tomorrow we'll go visit the eastern village."

Gaara frowned at him, "We're not gonna find another one, are we?"

Neji just shrugged, "It's the only thing we can do now."

"Neji… we can't keep doing this forever. Every servant we gave to him ran like cowering chickens the minute he transformed into a monster. " Gaara pointed out.

"So we just leave Sasuke like this forever! Come on Gaara! Are you telling you're giving up on him already?" Neji snapped back frustratingly.

Gaara didn't say anything and looked down shamefully. Neji felt a pang of guilt for yelling at him like that. He knew he wasn't the only one affected by the whole situation, everyone was.

"I'm sorry Gaara… I didn't mean to yell at you like that. It's just that, I still believe that there's still hope to save our master. And I'm not going to give up until I find the right person for him. I'm sure there's one person in this world who will help him break this curse."

Gaara nodded in understanding and looked up at the Hyuuga. "So, when do we leave?" He asked.

Neji put his arm around Gaara's shoulder and smiled, "First thing in the morning."

TBC

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Alrighty! The first chappie done! As for Naruto, he will enter the next one, I assure you. XD

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