**DISCLAIMER: I do not own Naruto or Disney.

This fanfic is loosely based off of the Disney classic, Beauty And The Beast, but with my own twist featuring Naruto and Sasuke. It was a random idea that came to me, and has the potential to be brilliant, so I hope I'm able to pull it off.

Warnings for yaoi (boyxboy). Rated M for a reason; aka expect some delicious lemons (my first ones!).

Here's the prologue; I hope you enjoy it.

The review button awaits ;)

Beauty And The Beast

Long ago, in a far-away land named after fire, was a small, bustling village called Konoha.

The people of the village were always cheerful, going about their daily business in peace, and never having to deal with the pain and suffering caused by war. The men often rode merrily through the town on their stallions or spent their time hunting for their families, while the women were either found sewing beautiful, peasant-style dresses or baking sweet pastries. The warm smell of freshly baked bread constantly wafted through the air, as children were found playing by the fountain with the sheep. It wasn't a rich area, nor was it a poor one; everyone divided their earnings equally throughout the village. To the stranger's eye, the town was perfect.

Until eighteen years ago when everything changed.

One night, when the moon was full and the sky was as black as the ink of a quill, the peaceful village was attacked. The people were sore afraid, for what attacked them was a giant, hungry fox demon on a rampage. Its sinister red eyes seemed alight with fire, as its nine orange tails danced menacingly behind it. The evil aura of the creature permeated the air, filling the town with its blood-thirsty thoughts and intentions.

"This village is mine," it growled ferociously, as its massive fangs dripped with saliva. Just as the beast prepared to massacre the entire village, a mysterious man, known only as Hokage by the villagers to symbolize his great power, asked the beast to halt.

"Who are you?" The man asked the demon, and the demon responded in a bloodcurdling voice saying:

"I am the Great Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit, the demon of destruction." The man nodded calmly, and politely asked the great fox to leave Konoha alone. Of course, the demon did not oblige, for it hadn't eaten for nearly a hundred years. The Nine-Tails was offended, and began to roar angrily at the mysterious man.

"You dare question my power?" It asked, its voice causing the ground to tremble and people to scream in terror. "I do not need permission, as I said, this village is mine now." The man was not shaken, and stared calmly and unwavering into the vivid red eyes of the demon.

"Please save us, Hokage!" Voices shouted desperately throughout the village. The man obliged, and brought forth a baby boy; some say it was his own son, but no one can say for sure. Using his mystical powers, he sealed the Nine-Tailed Fox demon inside the body of the infant. It began to cry as a spiral shaped mark appeared on its tiny belly, and furious roars of the beast were silenced inside the new-born's body. The man known as Hokage collapsed to the ground, and spoke his final words to the watching villagers.

"The demon has not yet been vanquished," he began in a worn voice, to the horror of the townspeople. "It is sealed within this baby boy. The only way it can be killed is by love; you must learn to love this child, as he is, in order to defeat the Nine-Tails. If still un-loved and unaccepted by the boy's nineteenth year, the demon will be unleashed back on the village, and everything will be destroyed." And with those final words, the Hokage died.

No one in the village wanted to care for the infant, and it was treated harshly until it was just barely seven years old. Some people had even already tried to murder the demon-bearing child. The villagers believed that they were cunning, and could evade the horrible fate that their Hokage had bestowed upon them if they could not love the young demon boy. And so, they devised a plan, and banished him from the village, celebrating on the night he was finally gone out of their sights for good. They believed their problems to be solved, and their lives finally to be saved.

The boy stumbled for days through the perilous woods on the outskirts of the town, until he came across an abandoned, enchanted castle. Having no where else to go, he made it his home. As the years passed by, the boy's features slowly became less human and more demonic, and his heart turned cold. Hatred for the village that had shunned him consumed his entire being. Day after day he waited, bitterly and hopelessly alone, for his fate when the Nine-Tailed Fox Spirit would unleash its wrath on Konoha once more. There was seemingly no hope for the stone-hearted village...

For who could ever learn to love a beast?