Yo Everyone! Here's mah second fic, so don't hate!
I don't own Naruto
*EDITED*
"Bloody hell," Ino cursed as she entered the carriage.
"Come on Ino, it's not that bad, at least we get a nice place to live in..." Sakura said as she sat down next to her blond friend, trying and failing to find a comfortable position on the wooden seats.
"You mean a nice place to work in," Ino scoffed.
"I wonder if the Uchiha's are friendly," Tenten climbed in the carriage. "That would make a huge difference."
"I-I h-heard that-t they w-were a nice f-family..." Hinata climbed in as well. The girls were slaves, and as most other young female slaves those days, were being moved to a different household to work in.
"Anything's better than the last house we worked in, they treated us so bad." Ino growled pounding her fist into her hand. "I bet the Uchiha's are a bunch of wusses who have never even heard of hard work, and if they did, they wouldn't even know what it means!"
"Ino, we haven't even met them yet, I'm sure they can't be too bad..." Tenten said, but inside she was dreading having to meet them, as most of the men they had previously had to work for were either perverts or sickly white vampires who never left their rooms. The carriage eventually took off and the road became bumpy, making it almost impossible to carry on a proper conversation.
And don't think that this is a fine golden carriage, no; this is an old, smelly, rickety wooden carriage. Ino was starting to get concerned with the smell, it had a familiar stench of something that had been dead for a two weeks.
Then the Uchiha Palace came into view, it was larger than any building they had ever seen. The walls of the palace were a miserable dark grey, and from a distance it almost appeared to be a cloud heavy with rain.
"WOW!" Ino yelled and stuck her head out the window, which turned out to be a bad idea as she unluckily swallowed a bug and began coughing wildly.
"You always did have a big mouth Ino-pig, but I never thought that it could be used as a fly catcher," said Sakura, grinning widely at Ino, Tenten howled with laughter and Hinata giggled slightly.
"Shut up (cough) Bill-board brow," Ino wheezed.
"Make me, Wild Boar."
"Don't make me come over there, Forehead-girl." Ino warned.
"Guys, look! We're here!" Tenten jumped out of the carriage before it completely stopped and stretched her arms out to the sky.
"Yeah, yeah, don't make such a scene, Tenten." Ino pulled her hands down, Tenten just rolled her eyes. "Now what do we do?"
"L-look, there i-is a w-wom-men c-coming this way..." Hinata stuttered, pointing to a beautiful woman with long black hair and dark eyes who was walking towards them from the gate.
"You are the new servants, I presume," The girls nodded quickly. The lady seemed strict, her voice was clipped her eyes were sharp, not fitting with the warm smile she had on her face. "I am Mikoto, the lady of the house, my husband, Fugaku, is the boss. I have two sons; Sasuke and Itachi, they are around your age."
"Now, Tenten?" Mikoto questioned, eyeing each of the girls.
"Erm... yes?" Tenten stuttered, and Mikoto's smile dropped a bit.
"You may refer to me as Madam, understood?"
"Sorry, Madam. What is it that you ask of me?"
"Tenten, you are to work in the blacksmith." Mikoto said, smiling slightly when she saw the joy on Tenten's face. "Sakura, you will be working as a maid with Hinata, and Ino, you will be our tailor. I have read your profiles of your work back home, and these are the jobs you excelled in. Now you better get off to work, I'm sure you can find your own way around."
"Yes Madam!" They said with the confidence that none of them had, and scurried off to the palace.
Sasuke Uchiha ran a hand through his dark hair, very much like his mother's. He was bored, to say the least. Being home schooled and not having the joy of socializing with other boys his age (not to mention girls) was really getting to him. He sat on his bed, staring at a cobweb in the corner of his room that he kept needing to remind himself to get one of the slaves to it clean up.
Suddenly, a thought struck him. He leaned over and pulled the cord that called a servant straight to his room, and almost 5 seconds later a servant came scurrying in.
"Lord Uchiha, what is it you request?" The blond pony tailed girl bowed low in respect.
"Tell my mother that my friends; Shikamaru Nara, Neji Hyuuga and Naruto Uzumaki will be coming over later today." Sasuke said coldly, "And tell the other servants to prepare a banquet for tonight." He shooed the servant away as she gave another bow in response, not catching the way her face dropped in annoyance as soon as he turned his head.
Now, Sasuke thought as the slave close the door behind her, I finally have something to do.
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Tenten wandered around the outside of the palace.
Damnit! She thought. I should have asked Mikoto where the blacksmith was, this place is so damn huge!
A man was walking near her and he seemed to be quite filthy, so Tenten decided to put her politeness to good use.
"Erm, excuse me sir," The man turned to look at her. "I am looking for the blacksmith; do you know where it is?"
"Hello, yeah I've just come from the blacksmith, it's over there." He pointed to a small shed with a swirl of smoke coming from it. "If you don't mind me asking, why do you want to go to the blacksmith? It's not a place for a lady."
"I am going to be the blacksmith, so, yeah." Tenten shrugged, but the man looked doubtful.
"No, seriously, why are you going to the blacksmith?" Tenten glared at him.
"I am the blacksmith," She said seriously. The man frowned, but then eventually shrugged.
"Okay, okay, I believe you. I heard that there was going to be another smithy, so I guess we're partners then." He held out his hand, "My name is Yamato, nice to meet you."
"Tenten, and likewise," she shook his hand warmly.
"Ah, it'll be good to not have to do all the work by myself." Yamato scratched the back of his head. "Come on, let's get started."
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Sakura and Hinata wandered aimlessly down the hallways.
"I have no idea where we are supposed to start," Sakura growled. "I don't even know where the cleaning equipment is!" Hinata shrank back with the volume.
"You ladies know where you're going?" said a female voice from behind them. Sakura and Hinata turned to see a lady with long wavy black hair and crimson eyes.
"N-no, w-we're the new m-maids." Hinata shifted her eyes to the floor and the lady smiled encouragingly, immediately sensing her discomfort.
"I am Kurenai, the head maid. You, with the pink hair, will be working on the west wing, where the two sons stay. You're lucky; every maid that has ever come here has wanted to work on the west wing." Sakura raised her eyebrows at the wink Kurenai gave her and waited for her to continue. "The Uchiha's always seem to produce some good looking men."
"And you, with the long dark hair, you will be taking care of the guest rooms on the east wing. All the cleaning gear is in this cupboard," Kurenai said, smacking a huge wooden cupboard that was next to her. "Always go through in the mornings with dusting, and then do whatever your bosses tell of you. That's basically it. Oh, and your rooms are upstairs with the rest of the servant's rooms."
"Thank you, Kurenai."
"T-thank y-you K-Kurenai."
"Off you go! And try not to annoy the heirs; they can be a little cold." Kurenai waved goodbye and strode down the hallway.
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Ino didn't care whether she made it to her room soon; she was perfectly happy admiring the beauty of the palace. The drab grey of the outside poorly reflected the beauty of the inside of the castle. As she was gazing around, she noticed a door that had material stuck to it.
"I think this is my room," she opened the door and gaped openly. There was fabric everywhere, all different colours and materials folded neatly on tables and hanging elegantly off the walls. "This is like heaven..."
She flopped down on the couch. There was a knock at the door, and Ino turned her head as the door opened.
"Lord Itachi would like his suit to be fixed." The servant said, handing her a fully black suit and exited the room. But this is... perfectly fine. Why would he want any alterations on this?
"Ah well, might as well make a good first impression," Ino sighed and got to work.
If you didn't already see at the top, this has been edited, not a lot, but just making it make more sense. :)
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