A/N: the definition below isn't an actual definition. I just made it up. Oh, and I know Kyuubi is a fox, but you can't own a fox can you? I apologize in advance for any OOCness.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or anything of it.

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Prince Complex adj. (prins kom-pleks); pertaining to or describing a spoiled, arrogant person

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"…mmnhh…nnn…stop it…please…" The lump of covers shifted, allowing a mass of blond hair to peak out. Silence settled in the room again. Several seconds later, a keen whine broke through the room. Naruto rose slowly from the bed, the covers sliding down his slim frame. His black night cap perched haphazardly on his head. He blinked his bright blue eyes in a dazed confusion. Another whine brought his attention to a small canine. The dog bent down and picked up a bowl in its jaws, whining pathetically at Naruto. A bright smile tugged its way to the blonde's lips. "I bet you're hungry huh, Kyuubi?" The dog wagged his tail in response. Naruto threw off the covers and walked lazily to the kitchen, Kyuubi trailing after him.

Naruto petted Kyuubi's head as he ate. The dog's fur was a lustrous deep red color flecked with bits of orange. Black ringed his golden eyes and trailed up to the tips of his ears, giving him a ferocious look. Naruto smiled wonderingly. There was no other dog like his. He still remembered the day he found Kyuubi at his doorsteps. Of course, Kyuubi was a lot smaller back then. The phone rang, interrupting Naruto's train of thoughts. He gave Kyuubi another pat before getting up to answer the phone.

"Moshi moshi? Ah! Iruka-sensei! Nothing right now…uhn." He glanced over to the clock hanging above the mantle in the living room. It was almost noon. "Really? I'll be right there, 'tebayo!" He hung up the phone, a bright smile lighting up his face. Naruto hurried to his room to get ready, a spring in his steps. His teacher was treating him out to Ichikaru's!

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Naruto paused in the waiting area to take in the atmosphere of the restaurant. It was a quaint place that was famous for its delicious ramen. Quiet conversations and laughter made him smile. Heavenly smells wafting in from the kitchen broke his reverie as his stomach growled longingly. He looked around the dining area and spotted the familiar pony tail.

"Iruka-sensei!" Naruto hopped up and down and waved wildly to get the brunette's attention. Iruka winced at Naruto's loud greeting. He turned around in his chair and raised a hand in return. Naruto made his way over to the table and plopped himself down in a chair across from Iruka. A cute waitress brought them a glass of water and a menu each. Iruka politely handed the menus back to her.

"No need for those, Ayame. We'll have the usual." She scribbled something down on a pad of papers.

"Two miso ramen coming right up!" Ayame smiled cheerfully at them and walked away with their order. Iruka turned his attention back to Naruto, who was currently staring at the condensation forming on his cup. Naruto glanced up feeling Iruka's eyes on him.

"So, Iruka-sensei…what's the occasion? Not that I'm complaining mind you, dattebayo! You know how much I love Ichikaru's..." Iruka smiled fondly while Naruto continued to ramble.

"What? I can't treat my favorite former student out without having a reason first?" He reached across the table to ruffle Naruto's hair when he started to protest. "Well, if you must have a reason…I just wanted to hang out and…talk." Naruto looked at Iruka, his face growing contemplative. Naruto heaved a sigh before speaking.

"Listen, Iruka-sensei. I know what you want to talk about. But you already know the answer. Let's just drop it, okay?" Naruto's eyes darted to the side at the approaching Ayame with their bowls of ramen. Iruka and Naruto nodded their thanks as she placed their bowls in front of them. They picked up their chopsticks and muttered "Itadakimasu." Naruto made appreciative noises as he slurped at the noodles.

"Naruto, I'm just worried about you." Iruka started hesitantly but stopped at the look on Naruto's face. Naruto swallowed a strand of ramen with some difficulty and put his chopsticks down, an indefinable look crossing his features.

"Iruka-sensei, you don't have to worry about me. I'm Uzumaki Naruto!" Naruto gave him an unconvincing smile. "I'll be okay by myself. Besides, I have been for awhile now." He picked up his chopsticks and resumed eating, less enthusiastic than before. Iruka nodded, sighing silently to himself. The rest of the meal was eaten in silence.

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"Tadaima." A bark answered his call followed by pattering footsteps. Naruto kicked off his shoes and made his way to the living room. He plopped himself on the sofa and covered his eyes with an arm. Kyuubi bounded onto his chest and attempted to lick his master's covered face. Naruto peeked at the dog from under his arm. Kyuubi tilted his head to the side and gave a questioning whine. Naruto wrapped his arms around the dog's neck.

"Iruka-sensei tried to ask me to move in with him again. I know he's just worried about me, but I can't leave this house. It's all I have left of…them." Kyuubi licked his cheek and whined again. Naruto laughed. It sounded strangled to his ears. "I still have you, Kyuubi."

Naruto surveyed the house from the couch. The gleaming marble floor reminded him of times of laughter with his father. He smiled sadly at the memory of his father getting on all fours and prompting a toddler Naruto to get on. His eyes swept over the kitchen where another faded memory beckoned. The gentle voice of a woman called to him with promises of cookies and milk. Though he couldn't remember her face, he could tell that she was smiling at him. Naruto got up and followed the memories like a man in a desert running after a mirage. His fingers glided over the top of the mantle, a longing look entering his eyes as his fingers came into contact with a picture frame. It was a picture of his father holding him and grinning happily into the camera. Naruto had a lock of his father's blond hair in his fist, a sly grin on his face. His mother must've taken the picture. He turned back to the kitchen and walked over to the sliding glass doors. He pressed his forehead to the cool glass, gazing out to the vast backyard. His eyes slid shut as he heard their laughter echo in his mind.

His hand came up to clutch at his heart as it wrenched painfully. Unwanted tears swelled up from behind his eyelids and squeezed their way out. They beaded up on his eyelashes before falling onto his cheeks. The sharp ringing of the phone startled him. Naruto quickly wiped at the tears and went to answer the phone.

"Moshi moshi? Ah, Sakura-chan. No, I'm not sick. Ah...hehe…ano…ehto…I mean! Why are you calling? Oh? What about Ino-chan? I see. I guess I can come. I'll see you in a bit then." He hung up the phone feeling a little bit more refreshed. He pumped a fist into the air. "I get to see Sakura-chan today!"

Naruto stepped into the bathroom to wash his face. He looked at himself in the mirror, tear tracks still evident on his cheeks. He shook his head angrily and splashed water on his face. He buried his face in a fluffy orange towel and scrubbed vigorously. He promised himself that he wouldn't do that anymore! Wallowing like that never got anyone anywhere.

He plucked at his shirt, which was covered with Kyuubi's hair. He sighed and retreated to his room to change his clothes. The blonde rummaged through his closet looking for something suitable to wear. He finally decided to wear a solid black shirt with an orange swirl on the chest and blue jeans.

"Kyuubi!" Naruto called. The dog came dashing down the hallway and almost barreled into the blonde. "I'm gonna go out again." He gave the dog a pat and went to refill the dog bowl. "Be good!" He went to the front door and slipped on his shoes. Kyuubi sat down and looked up at his master. "Ittekimasu." Kyuubi gazed at the closed door and thumped his tail.

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"Naruto-kun! You made it." A pink blur attached itself to Naruto's arm. He blinked down at the girl, a bit startled.

"Sa…Sakura-chan! Are you alright?" She batted away his hand when he tried to put it to her forehead to feel her temperature.

"Of course I'm alright. Better than alright! I'm great!" She beamed at him, making him feel a bit uncomfortable. The girl usually never talked to him and of course, it was strange having her attached to his arm like another appendage.

"So, why am I here?" Sakura released his arm and gave him a crossed look.

"I told you! To watch the premiere of Sasuke-sama's new movie." A dreamy look crossed her face as she clasped her hands together in front of her chest. "Sasuke-sama is so cool." Naruto nodded, his eyes lighting up with sudden understanding.

"So that's why you don't want Ino-chan here." Sakura's eyes looked deadly as they locked onto Naruto's.

"Of course I don't want that Ino-pig here!" She practically hissed. "She'll drool all over my Sasuke-sama!" Naruto barely held the urge to roll his eyes. Girls are so crazy. Going nuts over a guy they never even met.

"That doesn't mean that I have to be here." Sakura looked at him with a slight pout.

"I didn't want to look stupid coming here by myself. Besides, you came anyway." Naruto sighed, defeated. He let himself get dragged inside by an overly happy Sakura. As soon as they made it to the right room, the lights were already dimmed. Sakura rushed inside. She stopped and turned around. "Can you get popcorn and a diet soda for me please? I'll save you a seat!" She pushed him back out the door. Naruto watched as she scurried into the dark room.

He stepped into the lobby and ordered the popcorn and soda. He mused to himself about Sakura while waiting for the guy behind the counter. On his way back, he muttered to himself about getting diet soda and why even get soda at all if she was on a diet. He failed to notice that someone slipped out of the screening room. He almost bumped into them.

"Ah. Sorry about that." He looked up at the person he was offering his apology to. It was a handsome young man. He was dressed in a black suit that looked really expensive with a crisp white collared shirt underneath. His black hair was gelled into a weird style that reminded Naruto of a parakeet. Naruto was about to giggle at the absurd idea when the stranger's eyes caught his. They were pitch black and glinted with something akin to annoyance or anger or both. Naruto swallowed the giggled, sure that it wasn't a good idea to laugh at the dark haired stranger. The stranger's lips twitched, an irritated expression crossed his pale face.

"Watch where you're going, dobe." Naruto snapped out of his daze, anger heating up his face.

"What did you call me?! I already apologized!" He was about to throw the popcorn and soda at the arrogant man.

"Che, whatever dobe." The man walked off without even glancing back. Naruto gazed at his retreating back unbelievingly.

"Naruto?" He swiveled around to see a curious Sakura peering at him. "What took you so long?" He shook his head and smiled.

"Nothing." He followed Sakura to their seats, still irked at the dark haired man's behavior. He gazed up at the screen absently, replaying what happened out in the lobby in his head. He clenched his jaw angrily. He shook his head and looked up to the movie to take his mind off of the stranger. He munched on popcorn while trying to follow the overly boring dialogue. A pretty woman was currently talking to her friend; something about being in love with some guy. Suddenly a familiar face showed up on the screen with a tender smile on his face. Naruto started to choke on the popcorn. He pounded at his chest with a fist. Sakura grabbed onto his arm.

"Are you okay?" Naruto nodded and rubbed at his chest while the coughing subsided. He turned his gaze back to the screen, blue eyes wide with shock. The guy's hair wasn't gelled up but he was sure it was him. The same black eyes and pale complexion. It was the same guy that called him a dobe just outside. He glanced sideways at Sakura. The expression on her face confirmed that it was Sasuke who was on screen. Naruto shook his head. He didn't care if Sasuke was famous or not! That guy's a jerk.

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"Moshi moshi?" Shikumaru blinked and glanced at his wristwatch. "Sasuke-kun, aren't you missing the movie? Uncomfortable? Then you should've just watched it with the rest of us when the director gave us a private screening. Geeze…you're so troublesome. What about the after party? Of course you're going. Reporters and journalists are going to be there. Uhn…make sure to be there." With that said, Shikumaru hung up the cell phone. He swiveled around in his chair to face the window. He gazed up at the fluffy clouds above the skyline. He shook his head and felt an oncoming headache. Geeze, that guy was so troublesome.

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Naruto and Sakura stepped outside of the theater. Naruto just nodded along to Sakura's squealing and babbling of Sasuke.

"Naruto! Are you listening to me?" He looked at her realizing that she just asked him a question.

"Huh? I mean! Of course I am, 'tebayo!" She gave him a harsh look.

"Then what did I just ask you?" He smiled sheepishly at her. "I knew it. Anyway, I asked you if you wanted to go to the premiere after party with me." Naruto blinked dumbly at her.

"How did you get invited?" Sakura smiled proudly.

"Working at Konoha Agency has its perks. Anyway, Sasuke-sama might be there." Her expression softened into that dreamy stare again. Naruto almost twitched.

"No thanks Sakura-chan." She gave him a pleading look.

"Please Naruto! I don't want to look dumb showing up by myself! Everyone might think that I'm a loser or something. Besides, I'll treat you to Ichikaru's if you come with me." She grinned slyly. Naruto's resolve crumbled. Ichikaru is worth it. Besides, how big of a chance would he have running into that jerk anyway?

"Fine." Sakura smiled happily.

"Great! I'll meet you there at eight. I'll call you to tell you the place. Don't be late! Oh and wear something nice." With that said she ran down the sidewalk giggling madly. Naruto sighed.

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Naruto glanced at his wristwatch. It was five past eight and still no sign of Sakura. "She said to be on time and she's the one who's late." Naruto muttered darkly. He looked down the street again for any signs of the pink haired girl. He sighed and looked up at the darkening sky. He felt bad for leaving Kyuubi by himself today. He'll make it up to him by taking him to the park tomorrow. The engine of a car snapped him out of his musings. It was a taxi. Sakura stepped out of the vehicle and paid the driver. All the while, Naruto couldn't stop gaping at her.

She was wearing a light pink and white dress. Silver tendrils of sparkly embroideries trailed from the left sleeve of the neck of the dress to the bottom right side. Her pink hair was clipped up with a beautiful silver butterfly barrette. The butterfly looked like it was resting on a nest of red cherry blossoms. A white scarf hung over her shoulders and trailed over her arms.

"Naruto? Naruto!" Her voice snapped him out of his staring. "Do I look funny or something?" She glanced down at her outfit just to make sure.

"No. No! You look great. Really great." He smiled sheepishly. "Shall we go?" He offered her his arm. She rested a hand on it.

"You look great too Naruto-kun." A hint of pink tinged his cheeks.

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"Uchiha-san. How do you like the movie?" A reporter pointed a microphone in his face.

"I thought it went pretty well." He kept his face calm and collected, a fake smile plastered to his face.

"How does doing a romance movie feel?" The microphone was pointed in his face again.

"Romantic I suppose." His response made the crowd of reporters chuckle politely.

"Last question, Uchiha-san. Is there someone that you're seeing? Perhaps the famous actress Temari-san?" Sasuke gritted his teeth, still maintaining his smile.

"No, I'm afraid not. There's no one that I'm interested in at the moment. Now if you'll excuse me…" Sasuke pushed his way through the crowd of reporters. He ignored the questions shouted at him and the whirring and clicking of cameras. His body guards blocked the way of the reporters while Sasuke escaped into the crowd of the party.

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Naruto's feet hurt and his stomach was protesting every five seconds. Sakura had been dragging him everywhere ever since they arrived. The delicious looking food that were laid out the tables didn't help much either. It was very tempting to snag a piece of tempura shrimp or an onigiri. When he caught himself drooling over various sushis, he decided to protest. "Sakura-chan…if you want to find Sasuke please go by yourself." Sakura shot him a peeved glare.

"What if I get kidnapped or something!" Naruto rolled his eyes at her.

"Don't be silly. There's security everywhere. And no one would try something when there are so many people around." Sakura tugged mercilessly on his arm.

"You never know Naruto-kun. There are crazy people everywhere these days. If I get kidnapped…" Naruto looked at Sakura when she stopped rambling. There was an awe struck expression on her face. The grip on his arm had loosened.

"Sakura-chan? Are you okay?" He poked at her arm. Her mouth gaped open and close while she made strangled noises. He looked in the direction she was staring at. Naruto's eyes grew wide and his face paled. He shook himself out of it and anger colored his face a hue of red. Naruto was about to open his mouth to yell at Sasuke but Sakura started screeching.

"OhmygawditsSasukesama!" She pointed and jumped up and down. Her squeal brought everyone's attention to them. Sasuke froze and turned slowly to look at her. His expression of shock slowly turned to anger. Before he had a chance to say anything, the sounds of heels and wild screeching was approaching fast. Sasuke's body guards were almost run over by the crowd of screaming fan girls, but they managed to hold the crowd back. Shouts of "marry me!" and "I want your babies!" flooded the air. Sakura's voice was amongst many of the others.

Sasuke looked annoyed. Fairly much so. He smoothed his face over with a calm mask. He was about to walk away but Sakura grabbed onto the hem of his shirt. He looked back at her with a hint of curiosity.

"Sa…Sasuke-sama…" Sakura fidgeted with a bright blush on her cheeks. "I was wondering…if you would go out and have tea with me?" He shook her off with an apologetic smile.

"Sorry, but I'm quite busy." He turned to leave but Sakura stopped him again. He turned around and raised a brow at her.

"How about I give you my number and you call me when you're free?" She started to dig in her purse for a pen and a scrap of paper.

"No, sorry. I'm not interested." He offered her a sweet smile, but she was determined. She held onto his arm and looked into his face pleadingly. By now the roar of the fan girls was deafening. Shouts of "please go out with me!" and "I love you!" rubbed at Sasuke's nerves. And this girl didn't help either.

Sasuke gave Sakura a tight lipped smile while prying her fingers off of his arm. "What did you say your name was?" Sakura's face brightened up.

"It's Haruno Sakura." Sasuke let go of her hand and brushed at his sleeve.

"Sorry Haruno-san, but I must really get going…" He was pushed past his breaking point when Sakura latched onto his sleeve again. The large crowd protesting his departure didn't help the situation either. Before a word could even form on her lips, Sasuke shook her off and faced the crowd. He grabbed Naruto's arm and tugged him up against his lean body. The crowd fell silent as they watched on. Naruto started to protest but Sasuke dipped his head down and crushed his lips to Naruto's, effectively silencing him.

Naruto faintly heard the crowd renew their shouts. He dully noted the clicking and whirring of cameras. Their flashing lights blinded his eyes. He was aware of Sakura stammering incoherent words as the scene unfurled before her eyes. All of these things passed through his mind but none of them captured his focus except Sasuke's warm lips against his.

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A/N: -sly smirk- how did you guys like that? I'm sorry if it was boring! It'll get better later. I promise. Oh and I'm warning you guys now, I'll be slow in updating. But reviews might help make the process go faster ;o

Ps: I just mentioned Temari because I didn't know who else to mention! Who knows, I might give her a bigger role during the course of this story. We'll see.

List of words you might not know:

-Itadakimasu: literally means "I will receive." It's mostly translated as "let's eat." It's said before beginning a meal.

-Tadaima: I'm back (home)

-Ittekimasu: I'm going