Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, that's pretty obvious. But what I never got is why the princesses never just left. Why if I had my way, the story would go much differently. Cue lights!

Sakura lay down on her tiny bed and thought back to the day she was first sent away to the tower guarded by the dragon. She looked over to the wall. 4,823 days ago. Stuck in that miniscule tower since she was 7, now she's 20 years old. She didn't feel one step closer to being free. She sighed and went over that fateful day, as she had for the past 13 years.

"Sakura-chan." Her grandmother beckoned. Young Sakura skipped over to the queen. She spinned and twirled in her birthday dress. It was a very special dress, she only got to wear it one day a year.

"What is it, Granny?" She asked, clutching her stuffed rabbit. Her mother sighed.

"Sakura, you know what today is." Her grandmother started.

"It's my 7th birthday, Granny." She replied, chewing on the ear of her pink rabbit.

"You know what that means, don't you." The queen continued.

"I get to start working on becoming queen!" Sakura recited.

"But you need to get rid of the curse before you do that." Her grandmother reminded. Sakura cocked her head to the left.

"What curse?" She asked. Sakura's grandmother sighed again.

"You know very well what curse." The queen rolled her eyes. Sakura was cursed at birth. Wow, I bet you didn't see that coming. You see, most people in the kingdom, did not have pink hair. But that is just the beginning. When she was overcome with a fiery anger, she got beast-like strength. She could break through concrete with a single punch. Nothing could stop her from killing a person. Like she did to her parents. Quite tragic actually. She didn't even know what was happening. She just exploded, and the next thing she new, she was sitting in a pool of her parents' blood, it dripping from her mouth. Going on a murderous rampage whenever she got angry was not a good quality in a queen, so her grandmother did the only thing she could do. Send her away until the curse was erased by true loves first kiss.

"Queen Tsunade, the carriage is here." Sakura's grandmother Tsunade's royal adviser Shizune came in to inform them the time to say goodbye was here.

Sakura threw her pillow against the wall. The curse wasn't even that bad. Some people would kill to have power like this. No pun intended. She couldn't take another day of this. She started getting angry. She didn't even try to calm herself down. Why bother. Maybe she should just go and kill the dragon right now she could. She stopped. She slapped her hand to her head.Why hadn't she thought of it before, she should just go and kill the dragon right now and get away from there. Screw the curse. Screw true love. She would be her own hero.

Sakura sprinted down the stairs. She rounded the corner to where the dragon resided. Her long green dress floated around her ankles. She approached the sleeping dragon. She grabbed a sword from some charred armor. She held it over the dragon.

"Come on, Sakura, you can do it!" She encouraged herself, but couldn't do it. She may have the power of a beast, but she had a kind heart. She threw the sword to the side. "Dammit." She swore under her breath. Just then, the dragon woke up.

"What are you doing here?" He hissed. "Little princess tired of being in that cushy tower." Sakura glared at the dragon.

"Believe me, it's not that cushy." She retorted.

"Well I wouldn't know. Look at what I'm stuck with." The dragon shot back.

"If you hate it here so much, why don't you just leave!" Sakura yelled.

"I would if I could!" The dragon yelled back. Sakura stopped.

"What do you mean?" She asked, calmly.

"I'm stuck here for the rest of my life with one goal. Kill everyone who comes in here." He answered. Sakura looked at him in disgust.

"Why the hell would you want to do that!" Sakura scolded.

"I don't really have a choice. I can't leave!" The dragon wriggled it's chain. That's when Sakura finally caught on. The dragon wasn't there by choice, he was stuck there.

"You know, I could help you out with that." Sakura bargained. "If you let me go." The dragon narrowed it's eyes.

"And how do you propose you do that?" He asked. "The steel is breakable." Sakura walked over to the oversized chain. She lifted her fist and sunk it into the metal. The pressure was too much the steel to handle, and it disintegrated.

"Now, let's talk about my escape." She smirked.

Yeah, I know it was a little short, but this was just the beginning. And I am too tired to continue. But seriously, what is with that, why don' the princesses just walk away. Anyway, I have got big plans for this story, it will probably be going on for a while. I hope you liked it. Review if you did. I also accept constructive criticism. See ya soon.