Sum-Sakura Haruno is princess of Konoha, but when a kidnapping scheme goes wrong, she ends up in the hands of the R.O.K! The Rebels of Konoha. How does she cope with being hostage of the rebels, with her princess snootiness? Can see finally see the truth behind the castle walls and into the real world outside her palace?
a/n: Yeah, another story...sorry i really can't help myself when i have an idea...so bare with me and all...hehe. So enjoy this new story!!
R.O.K: REBELS OF KONOHA
CHAPTER 1
"Pass it here!" yelled the blond little girl. Her blue eyes sparkled when she caught the small ball they were playing around with.
"Alright, here you go!" yelled the blond boy.
His smile was huge and graced his petite face. The kids ran around each other, trying to catch the small ball, laughing wildly as they enjoyed themselves around the other kids.
The group of smiling and giggly kids were oblivious to the pair of emerald eyes staring at them. Secretly envying their joy she didn't experience. The pink haired girl stared at the village just beyond the stone castle walls. The kids small, but their laughter and features were clear under the blazing sun.
"Why?" she thought, "Why are they happier than me?"
"Ms. Sakura?"
The pink haired girl turned towards the balcony doors. Her green eyes were on the brink of tears as she stared at their family advisor.
"Sir Orochimaru." Sakura curtseyed for him, her red dress flowing by her ankles, long sleeved, almost unnecessary for the summer heat. But like her mother always told her.
'A princess should dress like one, no matter what.'
Sakura's mother had always told her tips on being the best Princess. Sakura didn't understand it, how children her age could possibly be happy when she…wasn't. She looked up to the tall man that stood before her.
"Why?" she asked him, her hands balled up into fists, clutching her dress tightly, "I have money, I have more toys, I have a big room, protection, servants, quality food, horses, clothes, jewelry, and am a princess! Why are they happier?"
The black haired man shook his head, "My dear little princess." he put his hand on Sakura's shoulder as she stared back at the kids. "They're not happier. They live on the streets, have no money, and have nothing compared to you. You have everything."
Sakura nodded, "Your wrong…I may have everything…but they will always have something I won't…friends."she thought sadly.
The sky darkened and the kids on the road scattered to their homes. Orochimaru lead Sakura inside, before the rain fell.
Sakura stifled the yawn for the fifth time that very day. She had sat through two hours worth of male courtship. Males from all around trying to convince Sakura to chose them to marry.
Sakura found them all non worthy, she always picked something out that was wrong. Sand, too scary looking. Mist, too prettier than her. Tea, too boring. Cloud, why bother? Grass, too…weird.
She hated when her father made her do this at least every month. Telling her over and over that he would soon one day be gone and she needed to be married to run the kingdom well.
She always read stories and fairy tales on this kind of thing. A girl needing a suitor and than one day 'he' would come along and swoop her off her feet. Sakura has waited the day she turned 16 for that day to come. So far it hasn't and she got tired of waiting.
Her father believed that she would need a right hand person, a man. She mentally scoffed at that. She didn't need a man, all she needed was her loyal subjects and herself. She could run the kingdom herself, her mother taught her the basics since birth!
My how her mother would have been proud of her if she had told her so. Her mother was the princess, like her, and married her father only after she had inherited the kingdom and was reigned Queen for a year. Alas, her mother rested peacefully in the sky.
"Please Princess Haruno, would you allow me to take you on a date?" asked the young man from another village Sakura knew little about.
Sakura stared at him, "Hm?" she asked, "Oh, terribly sorry. But I must decline." she objected politely.
The man frowned, "I'm sorry to hear that." he muttered. He bowed and was escorted out by one of the palace guardsmen.
Sakura let out a sigh, standing up, "Father, I am retiring for the day." she told him.
Her father sighed, "Sweetie, why don't you accept any man that comes to court you?" he asked. "You know I need you to be in capable hands before I die."
"His Majesty is right Ms. Sakura."
Sakura turned her head, Orochimaru stood there, hands behind his back very professional like. She frowned, her least favorite person.
She narrowed her emerald eyes at him, "Princess Sakura." she corrected him, trying to sound calm.
He smiled, "Right. Please accept my dearest apologies." he bowed.
Sakura only looked the other way. She had grown to feel awkward around their family advisor, she had never noticed before how snake like he looked but as she got older, she noticed it quite well.
To her, he turned more snake like every day, and she didn't trust him at all. After all, snakes can be very sneaky. She raised her head up high.
"I just haven't found that 'one' person father, now if you will excuse me." She bowed slightly and began to walk down. She nodded to Orochimaru before leaving as well.
"He'll be the first to go…" she thought as she passed Orochimaru.
"If you'll excuse me your Majesty. I must step out for a bit."
The king nodded, "Yes, alright." he muttered.
Orochimaru bowed and exited the throne room. He walked up to his quarters and made sure no one was around. He shut the curtains and pulled some things.
He was the only person who actually looked over the blueprints of the Palace. He knew every secret passage way that ran underneath the Castle. He walked down the narrowed opening, it was dark and musty as he walked down the passage.
The candle served as the only light. He took a turn and went into a room that was completely hidden in the castle, the only way in and out was the secret way. He placed the candle on the table in the fairly big room. It had the same feeling as the passage way and was pretty dirty.
A laugh was sounded as Orochimaru entered the room. "How's the Princess?" he asked sarcastically.
"She's a spoiled little snob." muttered Orochimaru.
"And what do you purpose we do?"
Orochimaru smirked, "I say…we take her. Kill her, but not after we make sure 'his majesty' hands over the kingdom to me. Than upon 'safe' return, we kill them both."
"I do say Orochimaru, who are you going to get to do this task?"
"Kabuto, I have many connections…" muttered Orochimaru. He turned to look at him. "Do you have the suit I asked?"
Kabuto handed him the suit, "Poor guy, he might have been the 'one' oh well, guess we'll never know. We didn't kill his brother, it won't matter, he's too young to marry."
Orochimaru nodded, "Perfect." he muttered.
"How do we get her away from the guards?" asked the sliver haired Kabuto.
Orochimaru smiled again, "You have an important role in this too…" he muttered.
Sakura stared at the village before her. One day she would rule all of this. The land that was called Konoha. She would have to marry some prince from another land to join together their lands for the better. She would have to travel to other lands to make treaties. Would have to listen to all of the complaints of the villagers.
Yet, Konoha was always peaceful. They have yet had a war during her father's reigning and shall continue that way during her turn. And as far as she heard of complaints, no one had any. Konoha was also in great relationship with other lands!
Sakura was pulled out of her thoughts as laughing caught her ears. She felt like that little girl years ago as she stared at the girls her age talking to another, laughing and obviously gossiping. She narrowed her eyes, how much she envied having a girl to talk to. About the pressures of being great, of pressures on picking a husband, etc.
Even if she did have that right to have a friend. A princess was to never reveal her feelings to anyone. A princess was to be proper, always. In the blazing sun, in the cold winter and in the pouring rain. No room for arguments or complaints.
Sighing angrily she stormed off the balcony and towards her quarters. She just would not understand the feelings she had to endure. That is, if a princess was allowed to have feelings.
"Good day to you Princess." greeted a maid.
Sakura ignored her completely and walked into her room. Sitting on her bed she ignored the maids waiting in her room for orders. She glared at them, making them cringe.
"You are dismissed." she ordered with much more malice than necessary.
They hesitated but bowed slightly and exited. Leaving Sakura alone in her grand room. The silence was eerie and she hated it.
Sometimes, she followed her mother's tips too well.
"Your Majesty, there is a guest asking for your Daughter." whispered one of the king's many servants.
The king raised his hand, "Who is it?" he asked.
"He says he's a Prince from the village of Sound."
The king smiled, "Why bring him in and summon my daughter." he ordered.
The servant nodded and walked away. The king leaned back on his throne in thought.
"Maybe she'll listen to him." he thought hopefully.
A moment later a man, with sliver hair pulled back into a short ponytail at the nape of his neck came in. He sported the colors of his land, sliver and purple. A cape was draped off his shoulders and ended around his ankles.
He wore black boots that reached his mid-calf and his purple shirt had a V-cut as the collar. His shirt was baggy and carefully tucked in. A sword hanging off his belt.
He bowed and pushed up his glasses. "A pleasure your majesty." he answered. "Prince Kabuto at your services."
The king stood up and walked down to him, he placed his hand on his shoulder, "Good to meet you Prince Kabuto. My daughter should be down in a while or so."
Kabuto nodded, "Alright." he smiled at him.
A another minute later, Sakura came down. Her face showing now emotion, much like her mother had told her to. She nodded at her father and curtseyed in front of Kabuto.
Kabuto held out his hand and Sakura took it, he bend down all gentlemen like and kissed her hand. Sakura furrowed her brow as he smiled at her. She took her hand from his grasp and looked at her father.
"I thought I was done for the day Father." whispered Sakura.
"Yes dear but he came here all the way from Sound, at least give him a few minutes of your time." he whispered back.
Sakura glanced over to Kabuto. "Your name?" she asked.
"Prince Kabuto." he answered.
Sakura nodded, "Go ahead…" she told him.
"May we step outside?" he asked, "You know, for a walk? It's a beautiful day."
Sakura hide the intense excitement. She had always wanted to go outside-outside. Not just on her balcony wall. She just didn't need a babysitter called a prince, who in her mind, wasn't very princely.
The king furrowed his brow, "Well, I don't know…won't it be dangerous?"
Kabuto shook his head, "No problem, I'll have some of my guards behind us and I'll protect her with my life." he bowed.
Sakura mentally rolled her eyes. The king thought for a while then smiled, "That'd be fine. Just make sure it's close to here."
Kabuto nodded, "Right sure."
He offered his arm out for Sakura to take but Sakura ignored it and walked ahead of him. The king shook his head slowly.
"Give him a chance Sakura." he thought.
The day truly was beautiful. It was later on in the day, but that had no difference. The sun was setting and had the sky mixed with pink and orange colors. The wind was slight and not too chilly, it looked so hazy but clear, as if in a dream.
"Where are we going?" asked Sakura after a while of standing.
Kabuto smiled, "Mind if I lead? I want it to be a…surprise."
Sakura looked over her shoulder, "You may." she permitted. "This is better than being cooped up in my room, I haven't been out here in…years." she thought.
Kabuto lead her through the dense forest that served as the border. It was beautiful and never got tiring. Sakura eyed the Prince who hadn't even tried to impress her at all. She narrowed her eyes something was wrong, if guards were suppose to follow them, then why weren't they?
"We have been walking for what seems to be an hour. Are we not there yet?" asked an irritated Sakura.
He stopped, "Shut up! I'm sick of your attitude little Miss. Bitch." he gritted.
Sakura glared at him, "Excuse me?" she asked, "Where in the world do you think you can talk to me like-"
She was cut off when a couple of guys came into the scene. She glared at Kabuto, "What-"
Before she could actually yell she was seized. They tied her wrists and legs then muffled her mouth. The cheery on top of it was when they placed an ugly huge brown sack bag over her. The last thing Sakura saw was the smug smirk of Kabuto.
She suddenly felt herself get lifted and slung over someone's shoulder. She practically gagged when her stomach made contact with their hard shoulder.
"Damn, how could this get any worse?" she thought.
"Hurry up Ino!" yelled the orange haired boy.
"Shut up Naruto!" yelled Ino, the blond haired girl.
Naruto rolled his blue eyes, "Just hurry up!" he whispered.
They both stopped in front of a tall tree, a bit taller and older than the rest. They jumped up, using the branches as leverages and getting higher. They made it to their destination point near the top.
The raven haired guy turned and glared, "About time." he muttered.
Naruto sighed, "Just be glad were here, okay?"
The raven haired guy rolled his eyes, "Hn, whatever. If this was a battle, you'd be no help coming late."
Naruto clutched his hands into a fist.
Ino stepped in before they both killed each other, "What's going on Sasuke?" she asked.
"Someone's coming into our territory." he muttered.
"Enemy or ally?" asked Naruto.
"They're finding out." whispered Sasuke.
After a moment of silence, a loud whistle sound echoed through the forest. Sasuke smirked.
"Enemy." they all whispered at the same time.
"How many?" asked Ino.
"Dunno, let's find out." muttered Sasuke.
Sasuke leaned forward and put two fingers in his mouth. He drew in a breath and blew, creating a loud whistle, first lowering then going back up. Only to the trained ear was the message really understandable.
They waited a minute or so then heard a response. "Three, huh?" whispered Naruto. "Man, I was hoping for an invasion or something…"
Ino furrowed her brow, "But…there exiting Konoha, why should we interfere?" she asked.
"Why are they exiting through the forest?" asked Sasuke, "They could always take the village way, can't they?"
Ino nodded. "Unless, they had some goods or something with them and don't want to be seen, either way, it's suspicious." muttered Naruto putting the pieces together.
"Do they have anything?" asked Ino.
Both Sasuke and Naruto shrugged. Naruto leaned forward and did the same as Sasuke, just a different pitch of whistle. A long whistle came back and Ino sighed.
"You have your answer." muttered Naruto all smug like.
Ino glared shut up, "So they do, it's still only one thing…"
"Doesn't matter, no outsiders mess with Konoha. They'll be here in a while. So be ready." said Sasuke as he crossed his arms.
Ino leaned forward and whistled. Sasuke and Naruto smirked at her when she finished. She smiled at them as well.
"We haven't had any action in a while, it's only fair these guys get to be ours right?"
They nodded and jumped to lower branches.
"Boss…ow…this wench keeps on…ow…kicking me!" muttered the guy that held Sakura who was currently kicking away.
"Suck it in, are you a man or mouse?" gritted Kabuto. "Besides, let her struggle, it'll only make her tired."
The man smirked and they continued to run. And much like Kabuto said, Sakura began to kick the guy less and less.
"Damn, its…getting so…hot and…blurry in here…" thought Sakura. "I don't think I'll hold out much longer…I'm going to faint…stupid corset!"
Kabuto slowed down when he heard a loud whistle. The two guys with him looked around, the slightly darkened sky didn't help either.
"What was that?" asked the one holding Sakura.
"Probably a bird. You know Konoha has plenty of those around." answered the other one.
Kabuto glared at the trees, "Maybe." he thought. "Let's go." he muttered.
"There almost here." whispered Ino.
Naruto nodded. "Get ready." whispered Sasuke.
Another whistle sounded and down jumped Sasuke, Ino, and Naruto. Three to Three.
"Your end is here." yelled Naruto. "Drop the sack and we'll let you leave."
Kabuto smiled, "I thought when those in hiding would come out."
The guys set down Sakura, who had passed out a minute before, on the ground. Sasuke whistled low to his comrades, both Ino and Naruto nodded, understanding his message. Sasuke charged forward while Naruto and Ino made doppelgangers of themselves and head off to the left or the right.
Two Ino's were taking on one of the men and two Naruto's were taking on the other one. Sasuke and another Naruto took off after Kabuto and one Ino grabbed the sack while the other's were distracted.
The plan was going good and accordingly. Ino hauled the sack and threw it over her shoulder only to be brought down but the weight.
"Whoa…it's like…it's a person in here!" she whispered. She focused her chakra and carried the sack more easily.
She focused her energy to her fingers and waved them in the air then whistled. Sasuke and Naruto nodded. They did some hand signals and were gone. The guys attacked their clones but when they made contact with them, they disappeared in a poof of smoke. Kabuto looked around angrily.
"Damn it! You fools! They have the girl!" he yelled. He looked around, "Damn it…who were they?" he thought.
"Open it up Ino!" urged Naruto.
"When were back at the Fort." she muttered.
"It sure is big, they must have stole something from the King's Palace." whispered Naruto.
"It feels like something from the palace, maybe we'll get rewards if we turn it in!" exclaimed Ino with joy, "I'll search around the village tomorrow to see if it's missing, other wise they'd think we stole it."
Sasuke eyed the sack, "That sack looks big enough to hold a body…not something…" He stopped abruptly, "Stop." he told them.
Ino blinked, "What's wrong Sasuke?" asked Ino.
Sasuke took the sack off her shoulder and laid it on the ground and opened it up. Naruto and Ino gasped.
"It was a kidnapping." muttered Sasuke as he looked over the girl who had her hands and ankles tied.
"What?!"
a/n: R&R. i hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas yesterday! And a Happy New Year if i don't up date by then! Later.
