A/N: I just had this idea and wanted to write it… DON'T WORRY! I WILL WRITE THE OTHER STORIES!!!
Breaking the Tradition
Chapter 1: Runaways become Refugees
A pink haired princess of the fire tribe slipped out of the main long house of her village with a pack slung over her shoulder full of her clothes and blankets and stuff like that. She was amazingly beautiful. She wore a tan buffalo midriff and mini skirt with only one strap and red beads around her neck. A red tattoo around her belly button in a beautiful design of thorn branches woven and it centered on a ruby which was stuck inside her belly button. Her long hair was braided into a long braid. A beautiful tiara sat on top of her head. It was studded with diamonds and amethysts, but it was mostly rubies.
Sakura was leaving and no one could stop her. She would not marry that cold warrior. He treated everyone coldly and didn't even talk. His name was Tomaku and he would not marry her any time soon. She was loving and smart. He was dumb and hard and annoying. She wanted to be as far away as she could from him.
Tradition. That was why she was to marry him, the best warrior in the tribe. Tradition. That was why she was to have the mark on her stomach. Tradition. THAT was why her life was a lie and all she wanted to be was normal, a normal girl who worked like normal girls and fought for her people. Tradition was about to break and she was going to be normal for once.
The shy, timid blue haired princess of the water tribe slipped out of her straw hut with her things in a bag which she had in her hand. She was very pretty. Her blue hair was really short but beads were woven into her bangs and side bangs. She wore a dress made of buffalo hide and blue ribbons from the forest that was beside the river that her tribe lived by. A blue tattoo around her belly button in an amazing design that looked like flowing water in a woven pattern and it centered on a sapphire which was also stuck in her belly button. Her tiara was sitting on her head like a weight. It was filled with sapphires and blue topaz. The only thing that was good for was for people to recognize her and to weigh her down.
Hinata was scared and wanted to be as free as the water she watched every day that flowed with ease. Her fiancée was horrible. He was perverted and was totally wrong for her. She would find somewhere that would let her flow like the blue river that held her soul in its waves and rhythm. His name was Sakunamo. She would prevent the wedding at all cost.
Tradition. That was why she said nothing and obeyed. Tradition. That was the only thing that stood in the way of leading her people. Tradition. That was the one thing she hated. She was going to break tradition even if she had to run away from her wonderful people and home.
She ran as fast as she could and avoided the obstacles like she was made of water. Hinata didn't stop. 'Goodbye my village…'
A blonde haired princess ran out of her cabin with her stuff at hand. She looked back at the wind tribe she loved so much. Her clothes were made out of cloth and they were pure white except for purple ribbons sown onto it. She had a silver tattoo around her belly button that looked like the winding wind and it centered on a diamond which was stuck in her belly button. The tiara on her head was really bothering her, but she didn't take the time to take it off. Her 'crown' was filled with diamonds and purple sapphires. She despised it since she saw it.
Ino was mad and was defiant on marrying a man who hated to look at the clouds or play with little kids. She gathered her things quickly and left before her parents could stop her. She ran through the corn fields that which her people had grown with her helping at their side. His name was Naretuso. He was unloving and complicated. She was a simple person who made everything complex though. That was the way her mind worked.
Tradition. That was what complicated things. Tradition. That was what made her defiant. Tradition. That was what would have killed her in the end.
She ran but stopped for a minute to see that a baby wolf was following her. She picked him up motherly and put him into her large sack where he soon fell asleep.
A brunette princess with two buns on both sides of her head ran out of the main nomad tent wearing her normal buffalo skin clothes that had green paint designs caressing the dress. The dress had no sleeves and was a little above her knees. Around her belly button was a winding design of green vines that centered on an emerald that was stuck in her belly button. She still had her green war paint from the earth tribe's last battle. Her tiara stuck to her head even when the wind was blowing hard on her body. It was filled with emeralds and onyx.
No one would make her marry a man who thought women were only good at cooking and growing. She was a fighter and an honored warrior. She was scared, mad, and confused. She didn't even know why she was confused but she could definitely tell her emotions apart. His name was Junetashan. She was strong and caring. He was judgmental and a womanizer. THERE WAS NO WAY…
Tradition. That was what made her fight. Tradition. That was what confused her. Tradition. That was what made her cry. She was going to run away. Run away from her hostage destiny and be normal for a change. She had actually heard a girl say she wanted to be a princess but all a princess is is a hostage in her own tribe. Soon, the leadership of a princess would be someone's downfall.
Her hawk flew next to her as she weaved her way around the tents and burnt out camp fires. Soon Tenten was out of sight.
It had been hours since Sakura had left. She wouldn't stop running until she got to the ocean. She had always wanted to see the ocean. To her tribe, it was a myth and for her to see it would be like a dream. This thought made her go faster and faster until it looked like she was flying over the earth.
Sakura kept running when three girls came into a clearing along with her. They all looked at one another and saw the pink tiara, purple tiara, green tiara, and light blue tiara. They were all princesses.
Sakura smiled and greeted them. "I'm Princess Sakura from the fire tribe. I am running to escape a person I am supposed to marry. His name is Tomaku. What are you here for? I know you ran away because if you didn't, you would have escorts." Her eyes narrowed for a fraction of a second. The girl with the purple tiara was the princess of the tribe she had just recently gone to war with and she had killed many of their men.
"I'm Princess Ino from the wind tribe. I am here for the same reason except his name is Naretuso." Her eyes also narrowed when she recognized her and mumbled something like 'forehead girl' under her breath. Unfortunately, Sakura cough this.
"Ino-pig…" Sakura growled.
"I am Princess Tenten and I am in the same situation you are in. His name is Junetashan. That cold bastard…"
"I-I am P-princess Hinata. I am-m m-m-marrying someone n-named Sak-kunamo."
"Hinata… You don't need to stutter around us. We aren't the elders. We are your friends!" Tenten exclaimed and gave her a gentle side-hug. Sakura came up to Tenten and washed the war paint off of her as Tenten acted resistant so Sakura got most of it off so you could see part of her face. Sakura also had war paint on but it was red and it was over her whole body.
With that, they all set up camp and went to sleep, not noticing the smoke of fires burning in the distance. They were going to get a surprise in the morning…
A prince was running through the woods of his land, keeping an eye out for any enemy troops. He had blazing onyx eyes and raven hair. He wore buffalo skin shorts with black paint splattered over them and his chest was bare accept for a necklace with a bear claw hanging in the middle of the black beads. He was the prince of the dark tribe.
His best friend, Naruto, followed him. He wore the same as Sasuke but his pants had orange paint all over them and his necklace had a very rare stone in the center. This prince was the prince of the rain tribe.
Behind Naruto was the prince of the lightning tribe, Neji, who wore the same accept his pants had brown paint all over them. His necklace had a stone that was said to have the power and energy of a massive lightning bolt that was said to have hit it.
After Neji was Shikamaru, the prince of the cloud tribe. He wore the same thing but his shorts had yellow paint all over them. He didn't wear a necklace though.
Sasuke was excavating the land when he stumbled across four girls sleeping in the middle of a clearing huddled together because they had no fire. A pink haired girl sat upright leaning against a tree while seeming to have been watching over the girls before she looked like she had slowly fallen asleep. There tiaras were still on so that made his eyes narrow a fraction. The number one knuckle headed hyperactive prince came bounding over to the clearing to see his best friend, followed by the Shikamaru and Neji.
"TEME, WHO ARE THE GIRLS?!" With that all of the girl's eyes flew open and the shouted. The other boys saw that they were princesses and not just any princesses, but the enemy's princesses. The girl with the smudged war paint got up and aimed all of her weapons at the prince of the lightning tribe, formally known as Neji.
"Why are you princesses in the dark tribe territory?" Sasuke asked coldly.
"HN!" Sakura said as she knocked Tenten's weapons out of her hands and got in front of all three girls. Even though they had just met, they felt like sisters. Sakura had the sense of responsibility for the others so she watched over them the night before and she promised the sun that she would take care of them. (Sun goes with fire so… sorry this story sucks!)
"You sound like Sasuke and Neji!" Naruto started to laugh.
"What do you want? We are just traveling! We have done nothing!" Sakura started to explain but she vowed not to tell them that they were runaways.
"Well you would make nice hostages…" Neji said and motioned to the boys a signal. All of the princes disappeared and reappeared behind one of the girls, knocking them out.
The girls woke up only to feel that there hands and feet were bound. There was cloth around their eyes so they couldn't see. They could feel their familiar chakra near by but they couldn't help but be scared. There was no way to see, the sun was beating down on them, and they couldn't move. So much for not being vulnerable…
Hinata was frantically whispering their names. "Sakura?! Ino?! Tenten?!!"
"Hinata, we are here. Scoot closer to my voice. The same for you guys, Ino and Tenten." Sakura tried to calm them down by sticking together. She was too late because she was picked up by the back of her dress and her bandana fell off so she could see. The other girls were huddled together and frantically thinking that they were going to be returned home. She struggled against the grasp of a man who was carrying her to a long house like the ones in her village. She wouldn't stop fighting and it was getting on his nerves.
"Stop moving!" The man groaned, obviously annoyed, but that wasn't enough for Sakura.
"Don't tell me what to do!!" she replied with a hint of controlled impatience.
Sakura was taken to the long house that the elders of the dark tribe were in and surrounded a strong fire.
"Princess of the fire tribe, why do you come to your enemy's tribal grounds alone?"
"None of your business, Elder…" She responded with an emotionless gaze and controlled patience.
"We will keep you here as a hostage until we set up a trade with the four tribes. We have their princesses. These are the famous princesses that have become honored warriors. Even you are an honored warrior, princess. You single handedly fought off fifty warriors when your village's men were unconscious or dead. You have become quite a legend, yet you ran away from your tribe. Why is that?"
"None of your business again!" Sakura's temper was starting to get out of hand and she was loosing her patience. Sakura mumbled something incoherent under her breath.
"What was that?"
"NOTHING."
"If you stay here, what do you want to do if you aren't going to be a hostage?"
"May my fellow princesses and I be servants of the royal family instead?"
"Yes, you may start tomorrow!" The elder said with great surprise. He signaled for her to be taken out of there to a guarded lodge where the others were.
"Sakura, what happened?" Ino asked with worry.
"We were going to be hostages and go back to our country but I convinced them to let us be servants to the royal family and the other three princes that are staying here."
"But I hate cleaning!" Ino complained.
"Would you rather go back to Naretuso at your tribe?!" Tenten said, smirking and somewhat curious for her answer.
"…No…" She finally said.
"Then I guess we are staying here." Hinata joined into the conversation.
"It turns out that there is this girl who will give us clothes to wear… I definitely want to get out of these clothes some time or another and it will get kind of dirty if I don't change and wash it…" Sakura said.
The next day, the girls were taken to the main long house. Sakura was put in charge of the garden. Hinata was put in charge of cooking. Tenten was put in charge of the weapons. Ino was put in charge of cleaning. (GO FIGURE!!!)
Sakura was eager to start the garden. She flew out back and saw the sakura trees. The garden looked like a meadow but smaller. She slowly walked through it in amazement. There were bluebonnets and red paintbrush flowers. There were roses and daffodils and daisies. There was even a small part that grew fruits and vegetables. She really loved this place.
She started to work and worked with diligence at picking the weeds and watering the flowers. She started to sing a tune very softly that only very good ears would have picked up. As a robin softly sang along with her while perched on the branch of the nearest tree, she sang louder and louder until her voice filled the garden, unknowing someone was listening.
Kitto kitto bokutachi wa
Ikiru hodo ni shitte yuku
Soshite soshite bokutachi wa
Ikiru hodo ni wasurete'ku
Hajimari ga aru mono ni wa
Itsu no hi ka owari mo aru koto
Iki to shi ikeru mono nara
Sono subete ni
Moshi mo kono sekai ga shousha to haisha to no
Futatsu kiri ni wakareru nara
Aa boku wa haisha de ii
Itsu datte hiasha de itai n da
Kitto kitto bokutachi wa
Kanashii hodo ni utsukushiku
Yue ni yue ni boku tachi wa
Kanashii hodo ni vogorete'ku
Mamoru beki mono no tame ni
Kyou mo mata nani ka o gisei ni
Iki to shi ikeru mono tachi
Sono subete ga
Moshi mo kono sekai ga shousha to haisha to no
Futatsu kiri ni wakareru nara
Aa boku wa haisha de ii
Itsu datte haisha de itai n da
Boku wa kimi ni nani o tsutaerareru darou
Konna chippoke de chiisana boku de Shika nai
Ima wa kore ijou hanasu no wa yametoku yo
Kotoba wa sou amari no mo
Toki ni muryoku da kara
Soon she finished and the robin flew away. Sakura quickly finished her work and fell asleep in the grass as the hot sun rays beat down on her porcelain body and silky hair.
Hinata started on making lunch. She found a boy and asked him to take her some fish, corn, potatoes, and a few spices. When he came back with all of the things she had asked for, he stuck around to see what she would make because she was making something different than what the tribe was used to eating and he was curious.
She started to fry the fish by turning them over a fire. While they cooked, she added some spices and they seemed to look tastier every moment. Hinata made an extra to thank the boy. She skinned the potatoes after the fish were done. She diced them up and threw them into a pot of boiling water and added salt and a little bit of pepper and butter. When they were done, she cut the corn off of the cob on which it was on and started to boil it too. When they were well cooked, Hinata drained the water and added butter to them. When she was done, she gave a plate to the small boy who soon finished consuming the meal and thanked her while running out the door.
She went to serve the royal family and, instead, looked upon four boys her age. When she sat the food on the table, the boys turned up their nose because they had never had it before. When they wouldn't eat, Hinata went and woke Sakura up from her peaceful slumber and told her what was going on. She stomped in there and went to the front of the table, glaring at the spoiled princes.
"Why the hell wont you eat the tasty food that Hinata cooked?! SHE WOKE ME FROM MY SLEEP! If she wakes me up, SOMEONE will pay the price, preferably you." Her eyes narrowed even more as she scanned over the boys with her viridian eyes.
"It isn't edible…" Neji mumbled, not even daring to look at the furious girl or steaming food.
"That's bull! IT is edible and you know it! You just don't want to try something new. In fact, no one in my village ate this before since we don't live near the water." So Sakura sat down and took one of the boy's plates and tried the food. Her eyed became large as the piece of fish flew into her mouth. "This… is… damn… AWESOME!" Sakura screeched as she jumped up to hug Hinata who was standing there, shocked at what Sakura just did to four princes.
That was it for Naruto, he dug in and did the same as Sakura and ran up to give Hinata a bone-breaking hug. Neji and Shikamaru were the next but they just shoveled it into their mouths. Sasuke was different and detested eating the food before him. Sakura walked over to him while she stomped her feet. All of the princes stared at her wide eyed at what she was doing. Neji and Shikamaru even stopped eating even though they looked like chipmunks with their cheeks full of food.
Sakura took a fork and shoved a huge bite into Sasuke's mouth. She had shoveled food into THE prince of the dark tribe's mouth. He glared at her but chewed slowly until he tasted the delicious food and started to shovel it into his mouth also.
"My work here is done!" Sakura smiled as she dusted her hands off and walked out to her field to sleep as all of the princes mouths hung open in shock.
"Are you going to finish that?" Sasuke asked the boys as they all grabbed their plates and growled at him to get away from THEIR food.
A/N: Here is the first chappie!!! I hope you like this one… It is sort of cheesy but when I told my friends the story, they cracked up! I hope you like this. Here is a list of stories I have posted and those that I am working on.
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-Talent Grudge
-Broken Dancer
-Winter
-Cinders to Princess
Working On
-A Love Story that Never Happened
-Japanese Handwriting
-Love of a Lifetime