Hello everyone,
New story hope everyone likes the beginning.
This is royalty and involves arranged marriage. They do both start to slowly fall in love but in different ways.
Pairing: SasuNaru
They are both 16 years old.
Enjoy the chapter.
"Lady Naruko, where did you go off to? We have to do the flower arrangements." Iruka a servant and teacher to the Royal family.
The young lady that he happens to be looking for is the King's daughter Naruko Namikaze. She is presently sneaking out the castle in an outfit unfit of a princess. If any of her friends outside the castle knew she was royalty she doesn't think they would stick around her for very long.
What she does to keep people from finding out her real identity she puts on boy attire and her hair goes up.
"Iruka, what seems to be the problem?" Kakashi the lead guard of the palace asked.
"It seems that she got out again. I still have no idea how she does it. The Uchiha family should be coming soon and her father is going to be looking for her." Iruka said nervously.
Naruko made it a routine to escape the clutches of the servants and her father every time she got the chance. They never knew she became someone else the moment she put on the boys clothes.
"NARUTO! Hey man it took you long enough." Naruko's best friend Kiba said.
Kiba and Shino were friends of Naruko's but they don't know who she is nor do they know she is a girl.
"Sorry my mom was nagging me. I couldn't exactly leave without getting caught." Naruko said.
"You seem to always have to sneak out." Shino said.
"Well they don't want me starting fights and getting into trouble." Naruko said with a nervous smile.
"I heard the Royal family has another Royal family coming today. The family is the Uchiha family with the Royal bloodline from centuries along with the Namikaze's." Kiba said as he ate his meatbun.
See the thing in Konoha was the two Royal families were friends and they tried to get the families tied somehow since before Naruko was born but now that they had bred a boy and a girl the same age at the same time they will finally get what they want. Naruko was in an arranged marriage with the youngest Uchiha and she was supposed to meet him today.
"Naruto, what do you think of all the hype about this guy?" Kiba asked.
"I don't care about that Royal family business. What are we doing today anyway that you guys called me out of bed?" Naruko asked.
"You didn't have anything to do anyway, but it was to go to this school mixer. Seriously how can you not be curious about the Royal family? AND seriously THE UCHIHA family is coming to the other Royal family." Kiba said emphasizing certain words.
"Is it really such a big deal?" Naruko asked Shino.
"Not to me but I guess it's because he met the Royal family's daughter once so he says when we were kids. He developed a little crush on her." Shino said making Naruko nervous.
"HEY! I did meet her when my mother went to go talk to the King about our crops. AND I don't have a crush on her. She called me a dog boy with bad breath and then ran away." Kiba said blushing.
'Did I really say that?' Naruko thought.
"The irony in that is the first thing Naruto said to you when we met him a few years ago." Shino said with a grin.
"Yeah, yeah shut up. Let's get going to this mixer." Kiba said dragging the both of them.
"What schools?" Naruko asked.
"Our school and the school that is in the Uchiha area. I heard even he might be there." Kiba said.
"Does he go to a regular high school?" Naruko asked not really knowing much.
"I heard that area is all prestigious and all that so I suppose from what I hear from the rumors." Kiba said.
"Did you just say prestigious? Kiba learned a new word." Naruko said making fun of him running away from him.
"DAMN YOU NARUTO!" Kiba screamed chasing after him.
"Beside all that Kiba why do you listen to rumors so much?" Shino asked as the other two ran around him as he walked.
"I don't listen to all the rumors. But I did hear a good one earlier. I heard that the daughter of the Royal family keeps breaking out of the estate." Kiba said making Naruko freeze.
"Isn't that place impossible to break into? How would she escape?" Naruko asked feigning innocence.
"I know right, that's why I didn't think anything of it. Let's be serious if someone seen her they probably would have told the king by now." Kiba said walking next to Naruko now.
Naruko was nervous, there was no way she could tell her only friends who she really was. They would turn her in and ruin her friendship and that she didn't want.
"Look some Royal Knights led by Kakashi Hatake." Kiba whispered stepping to the side.
"Excuse us, did you by chance see a blonde young lady and a black haired boy with dark eyes?" Kakashi asked them.
They all froze not really sure what they should do.
"No, may I ask who they are and what more do they look like so we can keep our eyes open?" Naruko asked.
"Yes the blonde young lady is around your age, has long blonde hair, with bright blue eyes, and six whisker marks on her cheeks. The young man is also around your age with black eyes, pale skin, and black hair that is shaped like a duck butt in the back." Kakashi explained.
"Nope we didn't see either but we will be sure to tell an adult if we do see them." Naruko said being completely calm because if Kakashi felt anything she would be caught for sure.
A part of Naruko's getup is to make her hair black and cover her whiskers so the only thing she couldn't change was her eyes.
"Well thank you for your cooperation." Kakashi said and started to walk away.
When they were a bit away Kiba was the first to talk.
"That was so cool. How were you not nervous from talking to them?" Kiba asked excited as they continued to walk to their destination.
"I'm just used to that type of guy, he is the type of guy that is all fun and games until he needs information." Naruko said.
"That's awesome, I always looked up to that man. I always wanted to be in the knights. It would be so awesome if I still could." Kiba said.
"Why can't you?" Naruko asked not really wanting her friend to join the ranks. "And why do you even want to?" Naruko asked.
"I just want to do something for my country." Kiba said. "You never thought like that?" Kiba asked.
"Yeah I still do, but when I'm with you guys I don't think like that at all. I just want to have fun with my friends." Naruko said with a smile on her face.
"Yeah me too, maybe we could join the knights together." Kiba said with a smile.
"Nope I won't do that though bud." Naruko said.
"We're here." Shino said breaking the conversation.
"Let's go in, we will introduce you to all the ladies." Kiba said pulling Naruko inside.
'Not really interested in the ladies but I am glad to be with you guys.' Naruko thought as she let herself be pulled.
"Kiba, Shino, you finally came. You aren't going to believe who is here." the young lady known as Hinata Hyuuga said.
"Who?" Kiba asked just as excited.
"Who is this?" Hinata asked.
"This is Naruto, our friend that we were telling you about with the amazing fighting skills. Man he beats ass. But who's here?" Kiba asked.
"Sasuke Uchiha," Hinata said taking in Kiba's rushed explanation.
"No way, Royal guards are looking for him. Let's go check him out Naruto." Kiba said grabbing ahold of her.
"I don't want to go." Naruko said her head falling back.
"Just let him take you." Shino said as he casually followed behind them.
"There he is," Hinata said behind Naruko and Kiba.
Naruko and Kiba looked regardless of the fact that Naruko didn't want to be there.
"Wow he is the one they were looking for." Kiba said.
"Who?" Hinata asked.
"The Royal guards were looking for him and another girl." Shino answered.
"Should we tell them he's here?" Kiba asked.
"Why?" Naruko asked leaving the group before they could answer walking straight to Sasuke.
"Hey you Uchiha," Naruko called shocking the people around him and her.
"What do you want?" Sasuke asked.
"There is a Royal guard looking for you." Naruko answered only looking at him.
He was running away and she could understand that because she was too.
"Really? Who was it?" Sasuke asked absolutely worried with the look of not wanting to be caught.
"Kakashi," Naruko said feeling herself going red from the sheer look she got from Sasuke.
"Naruto what are you doing? The hell is wrong with you?" Kiba asked pulling at Naruko's arm.
"He looked like he wants to run away." Naruko said nonchalantly.
"Thanks," Sasuke said tapping Naruko on the shoulder and running out the building.
"You helped him would if he really runs away? We could all be sentenced to death." Kiba said completely freaked out.
Naruko rolled her eyes then whacked Kiba in the head.
"He won't tell on us when he goes back because that is what he is doing." Naruko said that's when her phone beeped off telling her to head back. "Speaking of heading back I got to go. My grams is going to kill me if I'm gone to long." Naruko said.
"But we just got here." Kiba whined.
"You know I snuck out without my mom knowing and if she finds out that I ain't helping my grams out I will get in more trouble and won't be able to leave the house at all. I will call you later." Naruko said running away before anyone could say anything to her.
"Damn he always does that, abruptly leaves. I just want to hang out with him a little bit longer." Kiba complained as he sat down.
"You should be use to it already. But we know he lives in the country area and he has to do a lot to keep what he has. He's our friend so we should give him his personal space and understand when he needs to go." Shino said.
"I know but… what was up with him helping the Uchiha out?" Kiba asked.
"He doesn't have the same mindset as you Kiba, remember what he said about your idol Kakashi he let it known that he doesn't really care about the Royal family like that." Shino reasoned.
"Shouldn't that be more of a reason to turn the Uchiha in?" Kiba asked.
"Did you hear what he said? He said that he told him because the boy looked like he wanted to run away." Shino answered.
"I wonder what he hides from us." Kiba said lost in wonder.
Back with Naruko she had a bag of clothes outside where she normally escapes from and there is a little pond so she can wash her hair out along with the makeup off her face. When she was done she snuck inside a window to run right into Iruka and Kakashi yelling at Sasuke for leaving the grounds.
"Where is my father?" Sasuke asked completely ignoring the fact that they were screaming.
While they were yelling at him Naruko made her way back out the window and ran another way only to run into her father.
"Naruko Namikaze where in the world have you been? Did you leave the grounds again?" Minato the king of Konoha asked.
"No, I was just avoiding the flower arrangements hiding where the pond is." Naruko lied.
"Are you lying to me?" Minato asked.
"No, that's why my hair is wet." Naruko said.
"Okay, please stop avoiding everything Iruka has set up for you. Come on now," Minato said and started walking to the Royal room where the Uchiha family and Naruko's mother was.
The Uchiha family consisted of Fugaku Uchiha the father of the household, Mikoto the mother of the household, Itachi the oldest son, and Sasuke the youngest.
When Naruko walked in after her father she made eye contact with the youngest Uchiha and couldn't help the smirk that came on her face. He glared at her because he saw her make her escape earlier.
"I found her, she was by the pond on the estate." Minato said.
"That explains why she smells." Sasuke said.
"Bastard, I don't smell. You're just mad because you got yelled at earlier for sneaking away." Naruko said smirking when Sasuke's glare intensified.
"Shut it you two," Kushina Naruko's mother said.
"As you both know of the arranged marriage. Naruko this is Sasuke, Sasuke this is Naruko. You will have marriage arrangements to plan in two months time and also Sasuke will be staying here in your wing Naruko so you two will be able to get to know each other better." Minato said.
"But dad… doesn't he go to school. I'm not even allowed out the estate." Naruko said making Sasuke look at her.
'How does she know that?' Sasuke thought.
"That's right, you will be going to school." Minato said.
"I don't want to." Naruko said standing up shocking everyone.
"You will be getting what you wanted for the longest time. Why is that you don't want to now of all times?" Minato asked confused because he was sure his daughter wanted to go for years.
"Yeah I wanted to go years ago. I don't want to now. I don't need friends." Naruko said standing up and walking out.
Sasuke caught it. The sadness in her eyes when she said she didn't need friends and he felt oddly bad for her.
"I am going to go an talk to her." Sasuke said quickly and followed after her.
"Iruka, I thought she wanted to go to school." Minato asked.
"She stopped asking for that a while back. She used to complain about it every day until she just stopped completely." Iruka said.
"Was it around the time she started to avoid lessons?" Minato asked after a heavy sigh.
"No actually it was a little bit before that." Iruka said as he thought back in wonder.
"Honey, maybe she just doesn't think she will feel comfortable with other people. Let's ask her after she gets use to Sasuke." Kushina said.
"But she is sixteen. I thought she would want to do it now." Minato said to his wife.
"Let her talk to my son and maybe he can talk her into it." Fugaku said.
Naruko was running toward her room with Sasuke following close behind her. He wanted to know why she didn't want to go to school despite wanting friends.
"Stop," Sasuke said finally grabbing ahold of her.
"What do you want?" Naruko asked.
"Why don't you want to go to school?" Sasuke asked curiously.
"I just… don't. I don't feel like I will be able to make real friends if they know who I am. They will just want to suck up to me and I don't want that." Naruko said honestly as she shook her head.
"Yeah I feel that way sometimes too. But you can learn to differentiate who is who." Sasuke said.
"I already have friends." Naruko said.
"The people in the estate don't count." Sasuke said.
"Not them asshole, outside the walls." Naruko said slowly and low as she pulled her arm away.
"Why not be excited then? You can finally hang out with them without worrying that you will get in trouble or without sneaking out." Sasuke said.
"They don't know who I am." Naruko said.
"Oh," Sasuke said.
"I have to go shower." Naruko said and walked away from Sasuke.
"Why don't you just tell them?" Sasuke asked even though he knew she wouldn't hear.
Naruko ran to her room nervous about the whole situation. While she was in her room an idea came to mind. She didn't have to be herself if she did this. That made her run out the room quickly to find her father.
"Dad," Naruko said running into the room.
"Woah, what is it?" Minato said stopping his daughter before she crashed into him.
"I have an idea on how this can work but only certain people can know about this." Naruko said.
"What is the idea?" Minato said as he gestured for everyone to leave the room.
"I want to live off the estate and be someone else while going to school. That means only a certain amount of people can know who I am." Naruko said hoping her father would go for it.
"Why don't you want to be who you are? Depending on that reason alone if I grant your wish or not." Minato said.
"Because I don't feel like I will have real friends. I am already getting married to Sasuke and I don't mind that but I want to be able to make friends with people without worrying about my status having an affect on that. Please dad," Naruko begged.
"Fine, but someone has to come with you to the apartment and act as guardian." Minato said.
"YAY! It just can't be Kakashi." Naruko said after bouncing around excited.
"Why is that?" Minato asked.
"Because everyone knows him as a Royal knight and if he is watching me then I am pretty much screwed. I have another request I want to go to school in Konoha not where Sasuke goes in that prestigious school." Naruko said.
"Okay, but Sasuke will be going there too starting Monday. Should Iruka be with you then?" Minato asked.
"How about I go with her?" Kurama Naruko's uncle said coming into the room.
"Yeah they don't know about him just like they don't know what I look like. We can say he is my brother. We can say we're samurai." Naruko said.
"I'm up for that." Kurama said with a smile.
"Well when do you want to do this?" Minato asked.
"I want to start school tomorrow." Naruko said.
"What is your name going to be?" Minato asked his one and only daughter.
"Naruto Uzumaki," Naruko said.
"You're taking your mother's maiden name. Did you plan this ahead of time?" Minato asked shocked that it seemed that his daughter planned this whole thing out.
"Well sort of." Naruko said shrugging her shoulder.
"Fine, I will let the school know." Minato said.
"You can't let them know it's me though. Say it's a cousin of mine." Naruko said and ran off.
"Hang on Naru, how are you going to get to know Sasuke?" Minato asked his fast paced daughter.
"Don't worry about that I will get to know him in a different way." Naruko said and was gone.
"I'm worried, so when did you get back Kurama?" Minato asked as he turned to his brother in law.
"Well just now, I suppose I won't be able to spend any time with my sister since I am becoming a commoner now that my one and only niece wants to be one." Kurama said sighing as he sat next to his best friend.
The king Minato and Kurama have been best friends since before Minato became king that's how he met his beloved wife Kushina.
"Not only that but I won't get to spend much time with you." Kurama said leaning his head back.
"Hey you can still sneak into the grounds like you usually do." Minato said.
"Sir," Kakashi said as he knocked on the door.
"Come in Kakashi," Minato said.
"What exactly is Naruko doing?" Kakashi asked.
"She is going on a trip with me." Kurama said lying for her perfectly.
"I thought you were sending her off to school." Kakashi said to Minato.
"Yeah but Kurama is intelligent enough to teach her the studies needed so he will be taking her." Minato said lying.
Minato didn't like to lie but Naruko was right when she said to keep the amount of people knowing she was off the estate should be limited. He wasn't even going to tell his wife so he would only tell Kakashi if needed.
"Kakashi I don't want you outside the estate for the remainder of Naruko being gone. I want you here at all times." Minato said trying his best to keep him away from Naruko so he didn't see Kurama in the village. "Kurama go before someone else sees you. There are only a few people who know about you in the estate." Minato clarified.
"Yes, I will be gone. I have a place to pick her up from." Kurama said walking toward the window and jumping out with a wave of his hand.
"Sire, are you really keeping me inside? I thought I was Naruko's personal guard when she left the estate?" Kakashi asked a bit appalled that he got demoted.
"I just am going to need you to be around more for me. It's not a demotion when Naruko comes back you will be guarding her again. But you're the commander of the Royal knights so you will be doing training for new knights. But hey if you don't think you can handle it all I can always leave it to Yamato." Minato said as he started to walk away.
"No sir, I can handle it." Kakashi said, easily predictable to Minato's liking.
"So easy to please." Minato mumbled.
"I'm glad he is easy to please. What about me?" Kushina said in a tone Minato knew very well.
She was mad and he knew why.
"Honey, you are also easy to please when you want to be that is." Minato said with a soft smile.
"What is that supposed to mean? Not the point right now. Why is it that I hear my brother is taking my one and only daughter off the estate when she is supposed to go to school? We discussed this and decided school would be appropriate for her." Kushina said.
"I know, but she made valid points on why she shouldn't go to school. Then Kurama came and we decided to let her go with him instead of couping her up even more. She needs to learn more about the world and the people around her." Minato said.
"I guess I am okay with it. But for how long?" Kushina said pouting.
"DAD MOM I'M LEAVING NOW! Love you both." Naruko said giving them both a kiss then running straight off the estate into her uncle's arms.
"Let's get going," Kurama said putting both their hoods up.
"What do you have in there?" Kurama asked after a few minutes of walking looking at the duffel bag on her back.
"All my boy clothes." Naruko said with a smile.
"You mean to tell me you're going to be my little brother instead of my little sister." Kurama said laughing.
"Yup, my name is Naruto Uzumaki." Naruko said with a smile.
"I need to see this transformation." Kurama said as he walked up to his house on the outskirts of the village.
"You won't be able to recognize me. Even the wolf Kakashi couldn't tell it was me even when he was talking to me face to face." Naruko said with a chuckle.
"You can get the back room. I will be gone for a while I have to go setup your schooling so you will be ready for tomorrow." Kurama said.
"Thank you uncle Kurama," Naruko said.
"Anything for you princess or should I say prince?" Kurama asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Not anything just call me Naruto." Naruko said.
"Understood," Kurama said and walked out the house.
"I wonder if I should call Kiba and Shino and tell them I am about to start school with them." Naruko said out loud walking into the kitchen.
Currently at the estate Fugaku and Minato were having a very lively conversation with a shocked Sasuke sitting next to them.
"I understand Fu but this is what's best for my daughter. She said she will get to know Sasuke in a different way than planned so it will happen. I feel like she needs to understand the people more and this was a perfect opportunity for her as the heir to the kingdom. Oh and Sasuke you should write her letters and it will get mailed to her." Minato said.
"So he will just be switching schools and living here for nothing basically." Fugaku said completely frustrated.
"I understand that you're mad about that but there is a good reason he should stay here. I can teach him the politics around the estate if he is here and if he goes to a normal school then he can get to know the kids of the neighborhood and understand the common folk more." Minato explained.
'I might get to meet the boy that helped me. He was hanging out with those Konoha High kids.' Sasuke thought. "Sounds like a plan to me." Sasuke said shocking his father and making Minato sigh with relief.
"Good you will start next week." Minato said with a smile. 'This is going according to your plan Naruko.' Minato thought proudly.
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Naruko is a girl she just likes to dress as a boy and likes to make friends that way because she knows there is a possibility that she won't have friends otherwise.
Naruko's disguise is putting makeup on her whiskers, coloring her hair red with a spray can her long hair gets put into a low ponytail like a samurai, and she makes sure to wear baggy clothes so no one can notice her body shape. She is also going to put white tape around her around her chest area. She has at least a B-cup but her clothes are baggy enough to hide it. She is also rather tall for a girl at least 5'5'' but she makes sure to wears boosters in his shoes so he could look taller than she is.