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.Heaven's Gate: Princess.
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Prologue
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The candle lit only the tinniest space of the dark room. Uchiha Sasuke knelt in front of a dark figure.
"You understand your mission," Matsuo Tabi spoke. Sasuke nodded once. "It didn't sound as simple, the Princess will be heavily guarded, that's why you need to gain her trust."
Sasuke nodded once again.
"The Princess herself," Matsuo Tabi paused, Sasuke waited. "You don't need to understand the reason even though you do know. She is dangerous and her death will not only save our clan but it will save the world."
Sasuke nodded again.
As a shinobi, his job was to only listen to orders and do them right. Then he will be granted shelter and food. That was enough. No questions asked and he will be okay.
"I told them you are one of our best shinobi, and you are," Matsuo Tabi continued. "I have succeeded in convincing them that they needed one. All you have to do now is gain her trust and you will survive."
He remembered the story his teammate, Suigetsu, told him about. How freaked out the palace's guards were when he sneaked in and how Matsuo punched him just a little as a part of the act, and how he retreated and how hilarious he found the act was.
He remembered Suigetsu told him something was holding him back for a while before Matsuo "punched" him. Whatever it was prevented him from breaking into the Princess's room as planned.
Matsuo didn't say a word about that one incident.
"Matsuo-san," Sasuke was curious. Matsuo raised one eyebrow at him.
"Yes?" he asked.
"In what way is the Princess dangerous?"
It took another silence, the crickets were cricketing noisily outside and the owls hooted endlessly. And then it was dead silent.
"In a way that could kill us all."
Sasuke knew that was the end of the talk. He bowed once again and stood up.
"Be careful." Matsuo warned him. He looked at him for one second and then leaped out from the window.
The order ran fresh in his mind as he played it again.
"Kill the Princess of Fire Country. Her name is Haruno Sakura."
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That's about it for the Prologue. Not so long, I know.
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~ButterCan'tFly.