Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, but I do own Ukime. My best friend owns Megami. Enjoy!
Megami and I sat in their throne room, overwhelmed with boredom. Megami ran her hands down the neck of her trusty tiger Kumari and stared straight ahead with her light purple eyes. I think she was counting the cracks in the wall. I sighed and sat sideways in my throne, quite un-ladylike. My back rested against an arm and my legs dangled over the other. I stroked my great black wolf Toumoku with my foot and he growled happily.
"I'm bored." Megami complained. I nodded. "Ukime, tell me a joke."
"Your life." Megami kicked me and I snickered.
"Ass."
"Sorry." I shut my dark purple eyes and rested my head against the side of my throne. Being princesses, you'd think we would have more to do. Every once in a while someone came in, but not often. They always went to our father for real problems. My eyes darted to the slowly opening door and we both stood up, adjusting our coordinating dresses. My dress was floor-length and white, matching Megami's long white hair. Megami's dress was exactly like mine but in black, matching my shoulder-length black hair. We stood properly as the door opened and our father strode in. Three guards followed him and slammed the great doors shut, wedging their spears in the crack to keep it closed. We looked at each other and held our skirts up, running to our father.
"Father?" Megami asked. He ran past us, pulling up the cushions from our chairs and pulling something out of each.
"Father, what is it?" I asked. He turned to us and snatched the crowns from our heads. The look on his face spoke of danger and my sister and I locked eyes again.
"The time has come, girls." Our father said. He approached us and handed us two items each, a plain colored dress and a money pouch.
"Father, what is going on?" Megami asked.
"Just put the dresses on." He said, turning and pulling the hand of a statue in our throne room. A group of bricks began to rise slowly and loudly as we slid our dresses on. They were both tea-length and plain, mine being solid blue and Megami's being solid green.
Our father ran over and grabbed our hands, dragging us towards the hole that had just formed.
"Father, please." I said. He turned to us and hugged each in turn, kissing our foreheads.
"You're too young to understand right now." He said. We were currently fourteen, how was that too young? "You'll learn someday. Now go, don't turn back and don't lose each other. Just run." We nodded in unison and took each other's hands, running into the hole. "We will keep Kumari and Toumoku safe." He shouted after us. "I love both of you!" There was a loud grinding sound and we were engulfed in darkness and silence. We stopped running and turned around, looking at where we had just come.
"What is going on!" I asked stressfully. I couldn't even see Megami though she was mere inches from me.
"I don't know, but we need to keep going." I nodded and we felt our way down the long tunnel silently. After what felt like hours a small shaft of light broke the darkness and we quickened pace. We burst out of the tunnel and fell a great distance, screaming in unison. Then everything stopped. I landed on something soft and looked around, seeing only green. I looked over and Megami was staring around.
"What was that!" She asked, looking up. We were on the outskirts of the kingdom, not even just the castle, the entire kingdom. I stood up first and dusted myself off.
"I don't know... But it was messed up." I rubbed the back of my head and looked around. Behind us was the wall of the kingdom, before us was only forest. The sun was beginning to set which spelled out bad news for us. Creepy things always came out after dark. Megami stood up and stood next to me.
"Are we homeless now?" She asked.
"I think so." There was a loud noise behind us and we jumped, seeing the dull orange glow of fire licking the sides of the wall. Our eyes widened and I gasped, Megami put her hands over her mouth.
"We were attacked..." There were shouts to our left and we turned in unison, running deep into the woods. We heard the shouts continue behind us and we thought quick, climbing separate trees and hiding deep in the branches. I peered down to the forest floor as four figures walked below my tree.
"How did he react so quickly?" A man growled.
"Calm down, Itachi." A masked man said. His voice was smoother than the other.
"No, I won't calm down!" The first man- Itachi- shouted. "It was a simple mission, get the princesses. They're fourteen! How hard can they be to capture?"
"Apparently it's quite difficult." A man with blue skin chuckled. Itachi turned to him and punched him.
"Shut up, Kisame!"
"Itachi," A man in a green jacket said, putting his hand on Itachi's shoulder. He said something quietly. Itachi nodded and the foursome was quiet. Until Megami's foot slipped. This caused a loud crack that made my heart stop. The four looked at her tree. Oh no, oh no. They were going to find her! She was well-hidden though, so maybe they would think it was a bird. One of them stood directly below the tree and looked up.
"I don't see anything." He grabbed one of the branches and began to climb up. Shit! I looked around and formed an idea, cracking a piece of a nearby branch off and throwing it. The piece of branch landed in a nearby tree and fell all the way down, causing quite a leaf ruffle. The four froze and looked at the tree.
"The damn trees are falling apart." Itachi said. Yes, that was it. They were falling apart. I cracked off another piece, but they looked in my direction before I could throw it.
"They're not falling apart." One said. I swore inwardly and began to climb higher, making as much noise as I could. I threw the piece of branch in my hand and listened as it hit ever branch on it's way down another tree.
"She's throwing sticks." Itachi said. I stood on a thick branch and walked my way to the end of it. If I had enough power in my jump I could make it to the tree next to me. I stood shakily, judging how much power I would need.
"She's gonna jump!" Kisame said. I took a few steps back, then took off in a shaky run. I jumped as hard as I could and reached in front of me, feeling my hands meet the bark. I grabbed at the branch but felt my hands slip. I let out a shout and felt myself falling towards the earth. I covered my eyes and felt a sudden jolt.
"Got her." I opened my eyes and looked around, seeing the ground a good four yards away. I looked up and saw the masked man holding me by my skirt. I began flailing and shouting but I felt arms wrap around me all the same.
"Tie her up!" Itachi shouted up.
"Megami, keep running! Don't turn around!" I shouted, staring in a random direction. I knew she was still in the tree, but the three men on the ground didn't.
"She went this way, come on!" Itachi shouted. He ran in the direction I was looking with Kisame, but the green jacket stayed. I felt rope around my wrists and I struggled against the man, but he restrained me almost effortlessly and tied my wrists together. He then tore off a piece of tape and put it over my mouth, throwing me over his shoulder and making his way down the tree. Once on the ground me placed me on my feet and held me by the rope. Upon closer inspection I noticed the man in the green jacket had a terrible bowl cut. He rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"This isn't even the one we needed." He said.
"Either will do for Queen Tsunade, Gai." The masked one said. Gai looked at me.
"She has black hair. The Queen wanted the white haired one." The masked one nodded.
"I know, but it's better this way. If Itachi and Kisame get the older twin, Tsunade would just lock this one in the dungeon and let her die." Gai nodded.
"Right as always, Kakashi." Gai chuckled. Gai looked at me, bending to my level. He was much taller than my 5'3". "We're not here to hurt you, got it?" I glared at him silently and looked away. He sighed.
"Let's just go before they can catch the other one." Kakashi nodded and threw me over his shoulder gently and they were off. I saw Megami poke her head from the branches and I shook my head, gesturing for her to duck down. She was crying. I know she felt bad about me, but I had needed to do it. Though she was only older than me by four minutes, she acted just like a big sister should. She had been helping me since we had the ability to cause mischief, it was my turn to return the favor.
The white blur that was her hair became smaller the farther these strange men took me from my home. I didn't know where I was going, I just hoped she would be alright. I didn't care if I was or not.
Forgive the slow beginning, but I needed some way to introduce the characters you don't know. Which were two. Or three, if you count the father. I don't. He's dead now. But Megami and Ukime are important in this story. Soooo... If you want to see how Neji and Gaara are tied into this, you must review! I won't post another chapter without at least one review. ^-^