HI EVERYBODY!THIS IS MY 1ST STORY!WOOT!

There are four royal families: Sakura and Hinata are the princesses of two, and Naruto and Lee are princes of the other two. On with the story!

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN NARUTO…it would be extremely different if I did…

Sakura had a beautiful garden in the castle courtyard that she was very fond of, just outside her balcony. She would spend hours just staring at it. In the centre was a cherry blossom tree. It never wilted and had been with the family for generations. It was always in full bloom, regardless of the season. She would watch her gardener as he hurried about, admiring his hard work. One day, while she was looking at her garden, a maid came to her and said that her father, the King, had called for her.

She walked along the long red carpet that extended throughout all the floors of their grand castle. In the throne room, either side of the carpet were six servants that each held a trumpet to signal the entry and exit of royalty. When she entered they all blew their trumpets, very triumphantly to signal her entry.

She gracefully bowed to her parents, "You called father?"

"Yes Sakura dear. I called you here to inform you that you are nearing the age to become the Queen of Rovella and ruler of the East."

"I am aware of that and I am preparing myself for the day the crown will be passed down to me."

"You also realize that you will need someone to rule alongside as King as well?"

"Yes father," Sakura replied while averting her gaze so he wouldn't see her roll her eyes.

"So look no further Princess Sakura!" the King said as he jumped up from his large chair, "For I have found for you the perfect husband!"

Sakura was taken by surprise. She tried to form a response, "Umm, thank you father. I am greatly honored but you didn't have to-", but he cut her off,

"Nonsense! I know what's best for you my dear! After all, I raised you! Did I not?"

"Yes father, you are the one who raised me-" but the King continued, interrupting her once more,

"Then behold! I took the pleasure of inviting him here! He has proven himself worthy of my tastes and he definitely qualifies!"

"You did what?" Sakura gaped.

The King then clapped his hands twice and a servant appeared with a scroll. He opened it and proclaimed the contents,

"All rise and welcome Prince Lee! The Prince of Prongel!" The doors opened and the servants once again triumphantly played their trumpets.

A young man entered the room. He was about nineteen years old, dressed in a very fancy outfit that was white, sparkly and clean. He had short black hair that resembled a soup bowl, and big dark brown eyes. His eyebrows were also very large. "Ah! What youthful sounds welcome me into this castle and what youthful servants play these instruments!" he said upon entering. He then grinned at the late 30 servants who'd been doing this for years. They acknowledged his grin with a bow but then looked to Sakura with worried expressions.

Sakura's jaw dropped. The only thing that went through her head was, "What…bushy eyebrows."

"Good afternoon to the King and Queen of Rovella! As this youthful servant has already declared, I am Prince Lee of Prongel! Soon to marry your daughter! Now, where is she? I have been told that she is a goddess!"

Sakura sighed to herself, "Oh great. He's a pushover." she thought. The princess coughed and Lee, catching her attention, proceeded to flatter her, "Oh! Do my youthful eyes dare deceive me? Your beauty is by far greater than a goddess!"

"Yep. Definitely a pushover. I hate him."she thought.

Sakura faked a smile, "I am flattered but-" The prince suddenly stopped her in mid-sentence by taking her hand and kissing it. He then looked up at her, "It truly is an honor." Sakura had had it with people cutting her off for the day. With dad it's okay but not with some guy not even from her kingdom. And no man apart form her father has ever had the audacity to touch her without her say. His bluntness upset her. She slapped the prince with the same hand he kissed. "The nerve of some men!" She said in disgust before stamping out of the room, leaving a confused prince on the ground, a shocked King and a smiling Queen.

"Was it something I said, dear King of Rovella?" Lee asked the King innocently. "I don't know but I'm sure going to find out!", the King replied angrily. "Wait!" said the Queen suddenly, "I should probably go talk to her. Please excuse me." And with that she left the two men in the throne room. She softly knocked twice on the princess' door, "Sakura? It's your mother. Please open your door." Sakura unlocked the door and allowed her mom to enter before locking it again. The Queen sat on the bed and motioned for her daughter to sit beside her, "Sakura, why did you act like that?" she asked after a few seconds of silence.

"…" Sakura remained silent. She looked at her feet instead.

"Well?", her mother asked again.

"…It's just that I don't think it's fair for Dad to choose who I marry!", the princess confessed.

"Then don't tell me or take out your anger on that poor man. Just tell your father this. I'm sure he'll understand."

"Like that'll ever happen." Sakura let out but quickly covered her mouth. But her mother sighed, "Its okay, I know. He's very hard-headed. Let's just keep this between us", the Queen settled. Sakura hugged her mother, "Thanks mom!"

The Queen got up and began to leave the room, "Now, the only thing we have to worry about is, "she paused at the door and turned around, "dinner."

"Aww man" Sakura groaned. Her mother smiled and wished her good luck, telling her not to go too hard on the boy. She nodded and the Queen left the room, both preparing for dinner.

Sakura pondered in her bath, "What am I going to do? I have to have dinner with that pushover prince! He'll probably be bragging about how his country is so great or how I'm the greatest thing he's ever seen and suck up to dad even more! I don't think I'll be able to calmly get through dinner at this rate." she thought as she blew bubbles in the water. She sat up suddenly, "I know! I'll just invite Naruto and Hinata for dinner as well! That way, I can talk to them instead of pretending to care about what come's out of Prongel's mouth! There's hope!"

Sakura picked up her phone, a special device used only among royalty, and called Hinata as soon as she got out of her bath.

"Hello?", a shy voice asked from the other line.

"Hinata-chan! Hey!" Sakura answered back, so happy her friend had answered.

"Oh! Hello Sakura-chan!", the voice was less nervous.

"I was wondering if you would like to come over to my castle for dinner?"

"Oh! Umm, okay!"

"Great! Come before six please! We have lots to talk about."

"Um, okay?"

"Great! I'll see you soon then! Gonna invite Naruto too so talk to you later!"

"Sa-Sakura-chan wa-!" Sakura hanged up the phone leaving a stunned Hinata on the other line.

Naruto picked up his ringing telephone, "Hello?", he answered with his rough voice.

"Hey Naruto!"

"Hey Sakura-chan!", the voice replied. Sakura could almost picture him grinning.

"Would you like to come to my castle for dinner? Hinata's coming too!" the princess said.

"Okay! Sounds like a party!"

"Great! See you at seven!"

Sakura hanged up the phone and sighed with relief. After a few seconds and realization set in, she jumped in the air with joy, "Yes! Now I have both of them here!" The King however had entered her room during that line,"Who's both of them?", he asked sternly. "Oh hey dad! I just invited Hinata and Naruto over for dinner as well."

"Without talking to me first?", the King asked angrily. "Well, you just decided to go and pick out my husband and invite him to dinner without talking to me first so now I guess we're even! See you at dinner!" She said quickly kissing him on the cheek and running out of the room before he could reply. With some time still left before dinner was ready, she detoured through the castle to her garden and saw a figure sitting by the tree in the middle. But she her mood quickly changed when she saw who it was, "What are you doing here!?"

The man got up with a blossom in his hand and reached to put it in her hair, "Here let me-" but she quickly cut him off, her rage increased, "No! Get out of my garden! No is allowed her except for me and the gardener!"

"Why are you so angry?" Prince Lee asked, slightly irritated.

"Because...because you're still in my garden! Why did my father pick you of all the men in the world to marry me? Answer that!", she shouted.

"It's only to make an alliance between the countries really. But rationally speaking, who else could you marry? That idiot of a Prince, Naruto of Greij? He and Princess Hinata were destined to be. And who else is there? Do you really think your father would let you marry someone lower than royalty?", the man explained.

"…humph! Just get out of my garden!", Sakura changed the topic. His questions were rhetoric and she had no comeback, because she knew he was right. "Whatever." Lee scoffed and walked off. The princess hid behind her tree and cried. She knelt and buried her face in her hands. The birds who lived in the tree were silent as she sobbed.

A maid broke the atmosphere by calling out for her in the courtyard. Her friends had arrived. Dinner was probably ready too. She quickly wiped her face and got up. Running back to her room, she quickly washed her face. Pretending as if she didn't break down a few minutes ago, Sakura gracefully descended the stairs to the dining room.

There was a seat for her between Lee and Hinata. The prince spoke to her softly, "Terribly sorry about that argument my dear princess."

"Let's not talk about that now and enjoy ourselves with a pleasant dinner." she replied as any member of royalty would.

"Yes, let's." They both turned and smiled sweetly at each other.

The King smiled with satisfaction, but the Queen looked a bit concerned. Sakura then turned to Hinata and spoke so only she could hear, "I hate him." she said bluntly. Hinata almost choked on her food, "What? But you barely even know him!", she whispered in reply after swallowing.

"I already know his type though."

"?" Hinata looked at her waiting for an explanation.

"He's the super rich and stuck up guys. Really a jerk but a pushover in public. Loves to boast about himself and knows when to gussy up to get what he wants." Sakura stated as if she was reading a definition from a book.

"Oh…then what is your type?", Hinata asked.

"My type? Hmm, I guess it's someone who's hot, brave, smart, sweet, and mysterious. He should also have some really cool skill.", Sakura said bubbly.

"Wow, you sure know what you want.", Hinata sweat dropped.

"Yep! And he's not it. Naruto!", Sakura answered before calling out to the Prince of Greij.

"I didn't do anything this time! Oh hey Sakura-chan.", Naruto said after realizing it was her calling.

"What's wrong Naruto? Why aren't you talking?", she asked the boy.

"Hello, it's ramen! I can't talk when there's ramen! I must eat ramen first. Ramen comes first.", he instructed the two women beside him.

Sakura sighed, "I should have known."

Naruto spoke up, "I did notice one thing though." The two girls looked at him.

"Were you crying earlier?", he asked, looking at Sakura seriously.

"Huh? N-no! Why would you think that?", the princess of Rovella stuttered.

"Because your eyes are red and a little watery.", he replied, a little concerned.

"Oh! It must have been Le...theee pepper! Yeah! The pepper! In this ramen!" Sakura quickly covered up. Others were looking at her as well. All concerned with her current eye condition. They all nodded their heads in agreement, excluding the Queen, and went back to their food and mingling. "Why don't you talk to Hinata for awhile? I want to try a different dish. Pepper's not my forte and I don't want to talk across her like this too much." Sakura ended her conversation with Naruto and smiled at Hinata who blushed in return.

Naruto nodded but then realized the situation he'd just agreed to. But of course, someone had to talk. Sakura put them both on the spotlight. Naruto gulped spit and looked at Hinata, who was trying to hide her blush by stuffing her face.

He spoke up first, "So Hinata!", Naruto said a little louder than planned.

"! H-hai! Naruto-kun!", she swallowed.

"How's the weather outside?"

"Um, I don't know?", Hinata replied, confused at the question.

"Oh yeah, cause we're…inside and stuff…" Naruto explained to himself. After a few more seconds he tried again.

"So Hinata!"

"H-hai! Naruto-kun!"

"How's the food?" he asked more confidently.

"It's g-good." Hinata stuttered.

"Oh…okay! Yeah…", he trailed off.

"yea…" Hinata kinda agreed.

After another awkward silence, they both went back to their meals simultaneously. Hinata's cheeks were red,"Sakura-chaaaaaaan! Please come rescue me! What if I say something embarrassing to him! GASP! What if I already did!? Sakura-chaaaaaaaaan!"

Dinner was finally over and both Sakura and Hinata were princesses were relieved. Lee tried to sound as charming as he could when he said goodbye but Sakura didn't respond. She only glared at him for a few seconds, then closed the door.

Hinata humbly said goodbye and Naruto hugged and said the same. They then paused and, after realizing what was happening, immediately split and Naruto ran to his carriage while waving, bumped into the carriage, waved again while walking up the little stairs only tripped over the little stairs, finally got in the carriage, and waved again before finally leaving.

Sakura shook her head and Hinata giggled while blushing. Sakura pleaded with her parents to let Hinata stay a little longer until her father obliged. She thanked them knowing her friend could help stall and possibly let enough time pass for her father to forget how she ignored Lee at dinner.

While walking up the stairs Sakura talked with Hinata, "Hinata-chan, if you like Naruto, why don't you just tell him?"

"Sakura-chan, if you hate Lee, why don't you just tell him?" Hinata replied just as casually.

"Touché", Sakura smiled.

"I learn from the best." the purple-haired girl confessed.

They entered Sakura's room and continued the conversation, "But I still need to find someone before I tell my Dad this prince Lee guy is a sucky choice and that him and I are NOT happening anytime soon."

Hinata raised her eyebrows, "Wow, you're so open."

"Only with my friends…I'm gonna find a way to put you and Naruto together-", Sakura changed the topic.

"W-what?! Sakura-chan no! You just focus on your problem! I'll deal with my own issues thank you.", the girl quickly stated.

"So…you're gonna tell him?", Sakura looked at Hinata.

"…not yet" Hinata blushed.

"Well good for you then! And I can't wait for the day you do! Anyways, it's getting late now so I'll escort you to the castle gate and then you can go home in one of our carriages ok?", the princess offered.

"Yeah, okay." Hinata accepted. They walked down to the castle gate talking more about dinner, Sakura laughing at Naruto's intellectual capabilities while Hinata tried her best to defend him.

"Bye Sakura-chan!" the girl called out from the carriage as it rode off.

"Bye Hinata-chan!"

OK guys, First chapter of a first story! I hope you all like it so far and I promise you Itachi will be making his grand appearance soon- so plz review! I've also gone through this story and edited the chapter to improve the look of it, the grammar, the little remarks and mistakes of a first time writer, and hopefully it is now a bit better. thanks for the constructive criticism to all who reviewed with advice. I really appreciate it.