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Sakura looked out her tiny window, crying. "Naruto..!!!"

She called his name for hours, sobbing bitterly until she jumped when she heard footsteps.

Clinging to the small blanket, she huddled herself ready for anything... but this.

It was the Prince! Prince Sasuke himself was there! Looking at her with the usual empty eyes.

"You. You think you can just talk to royalty whenever you want? Have you not thought the consequences? Don't you enjoy your life?" He wondered if he could get her to be brave again, and to his pleasure she did exactly as he had hoped.

"I enjoy life of course! But how can I enjoy it when my brother is going to jail and perhaps could be killed!? Do I not have freedom of speech!?" She spat at him with a new found disgust.

He opened the cell door, approaching her. She had every reason to fear him at this point, so she backed up against the wall trying to find any means of getting away from him.

Standing only two feet away from her, he studied her face, her features and even the way she was breathing.

"What is your name?"

She had nothing left... She couldn't refuse and either way she looked at it, she was dead. She remembered the horrified faces on her friends as she was tore away from them. Ino even cried for her.

"S...Sakura..."

"You don't have a last name?" he lifted a brow.

"Haruno... Sakura..." she said, trying not to show anymore fear.

"Well, Haruno Sakura, I've come to tell you your punishment." His voice could kill a person. An executioner's tone it was. She bit back a sob and felt hot tears run down her face. He spoke again, "You will be my personal servant. You will not only be that, you are to become a loyal person I can trust to tell my thoughts. I am in need of someone to talk to. If you can stand up to Itachi, I'm sure I could hold a worth while conversation with you."

She stared at him. "Are you... serious? But... But will I get to see Naruto again!?"

"The boy?"

"MY BROTHER!"

"You look nothing alike."

"Adopted brother! He's Uzumaki Naruto!!!"

He smiled at her. "See? We're already talking."

She blushed from how charming his smile was. She never knew he had this side to him, where he didn't look like a ghost from his paleness and where his eyes flashed with an actual life to them.

"Now, swear your undying loyalty to me." He unsheathed his sword, and placed the end on her shoulder.

"I..." she felt like crying again, so she did. "I swear... my loyalty... to you..."

Already was she changing him? He put his sword back and lifted her chin to look at him. His gaze boring into her very existence.

"You intrigue me. Now, can I trust you to keep secret what I tell you?"

She nodded very slowly.

"Good. First, you will see your room. Next, you will... clean yourself up, get properly dressed and join me in my private dinner."

With that, he left her and ordered another person to retrieve her and do as he said.

The man looked to be twenty six, and had a handsome face as Sasuke, just more mature. His hair was silver and looked like an actual cool comb-over.

"Please, Haruno-san, this way." He led her out.

"If... I may ask... what is your name..." she asked hesitantly.

"Hatake Kakashi..."

"Nice to... make your acquaintance..."

"As I you, Haruno-san..." he smiled at her. She stared at his eye patch wondering what lay under it.

He led her through the enormous halls filled with exquisite paintings. The rug running throughout the entire area was crimson red with the Uchiha family emblem on it every few feet.

It took them a good minute to reach her room. And what more, it was across from the Prince's room! Did he have bad intentions for her? Or was he that lonely? Not like she could say no.

She didn't even get a chance to look inside the room, in stead she was brought to the bathing room.

It was a dream just seeing it, to see and then bathe in a gold bathtub! How romantic the scent was in there... It smelled of rich flowers. It tickled her nose enough to make her sneeze. To think she was going to be treated like... a princess.

After a maid had gotten her into the bath as Kakashi was waiting outside, she sighed.

'This is too good to be true... the water's WARM! I didn't know baths contained of so many bubbles... and the shampoo smells so good...' she focused on everything that was happening. While drying off, she felt drowsy. It all seemed too good to be true, but it saddened her greatly to think of Naruto suffering or... possibly worse.

The dress picked out for her was gorgeous! It was a rich red, with dark blue ribbons trailing around the neckline. It fell perfectly to her form, considering her petite size. The waist area clung to her tightly, but just enough to stay comfortable. The shoes given to her were the same shade as the ribbons, and yet more blue ribbons were tied in her hair.

She was truly a sight, though still... Naruto haunted her thoughts.

"Are you alright, Haruno-san?" Kakashi asked, while escorting her to the dining area.

"Yes..." she mumbled, stopping tears from ruining her light makeup. "Will... King Itachi be there too?"

"No. He's dining with the Hyuuga's tonight. Trying to arrange the perfect wedding."

"I see..."

"We are here. I'm not allowed in unless called, so..." he smiled at her reassuringly and opened the door, holding it in place. Her high heels bugged her a great deal. She tried walking straight, and failed miserable falling to her side. Luckily she was caught by strong arms.

"I see you're ready for dinner..."Sasuke smirked down to her, setting her back on her feet only causing her to blush.

"Yes..." she said confirmedly. He even brought her to her seat, pulling out the chair for her with utter swiftness. As she sat she looked about her settings.

The table was long and beautifully decorated with white doilies with a crimson bow embroidered into the middle. The plates were an ordinary white and an assortment of silverwear was presented at the sides of them.

Candles were lit making the ambiance quite pleasurable and quaint. He sat opposite to her on the slim long table, gazing once more into her eyes.

"Do you like it here?"

Did she like it here? How could she not?!

"Yes... I do quite a lot... but I have a question." He nodded for her to continue, "Will I see Naruto again?"

"What if you don't?"

"Then I consider myself already dead!"

He smiled. Not caring about wither the talking was a fight or not, he enjoyed her company. He knew this could be either really good, or really bad. He also had a feeling Hinata felt the same way about that Naruto. What did he care? He hoped to sort this situation out, even though he didn't get to talk to Itachi yet.

"Well... 'tis a shame to bury you so soon." He teased, feeling her glare upon him. "I'm kidding you. I personally do not know what his fate will be or if he has one at all."

She sighed, sitting back. 'Poor boy... I wonder what he's doing right now...'

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