This is my first story, spare me please! No flames, but constructive critisism. If you flame I will break you inhalf... with my mind... :]
He was trained to kill. He was raised to kill. He was HIRED to kill. But, why was he hesitating to...
He stood at the side of the young woman's bed. Her hair bubblegum pink hair was splayed across the pillow and her limbs were hidden under her thick blanket and frumpy sleep wear. Her soft snores echoed across the room, taunting him. He positioned a blade at her throat. In an instant, she was behind him pressing a cold blade to his neck.
"Who are you?" she demanded angrily.
"Uchiha Itachi." He replied nonchalantly.
"Why are you here?" she asked.
"To kill you," he stated. "Sakura-hime." He disappeared and reappeared behind Sakura, switching their positions.
"It's very foolish to kill a feudal lords daughter, you know." she jeered. Sakura slashed at him with precision. Itachi dodged each with skill. She swept her foot, attempting to trip him. She swung a little bit too high, and he grabbed her foot and flipped her. Sakura easily caught herself, and summer-salted to dodge the barrage of knives speeding toward her.
"You are very skilled..." he mused."Well, I can't have guards protecting me 24/7, you know." she replied, while dodging a set of kicks. Sakura tripped over her long pants and she fell to the ground. Itachi wasted no time in sending several shuriken toward her.
Sakura threw several jabs at him unfortunately only one connected. Itachi's body thudded against the tatami mat.
My father's advisor, Isao, burst into the room.
" Sakura -hime are you okay? Huh? Who are you? Guards guards!"
"You haven't seen the last of me Sakura." Itachi sneered. I kept silent about what had just happened. Why would they be after me, and not my dad? And most of all "You wouldn't see the last of me?" please, how cliché!
Itachi disappeared in a flash, seconds before guards came into the room.
"Are you alright Sakura -hime?" asked the guards.
"I'm fine. Please do not tell my father. Now leave." Sakura ordered, staring out the window of her room distractedly. The guards bowed and exited. Isao broke the silence after several minutes. "Sakura -hime, are you sure that you do not want to tell your father? He could have more guards protect you-" Sakura cut Isao off, "That is why Isao! I don't want to be protected like a petty little girl!" "But!-" "Leave Isao." That was that. Isao left silently. Sighing, Sakura grabbed a stray hair tie. She pulled her hair into a messy bun.
'Well there's no way I'm going to sleep NOW...' she thought. Sakura changed into a dark yellow-gold tank top and black pants that went to her knees. She slipped on some boots. Several needles were hidden in her hair and there were 3 knives tucked into her belt. 1 or 2 needles were hidden in her boot's heel. Inside her boot were throwing stars. You can never be too prepared, right?
Sakura slipped outside and easily evaded the guards. She stopped by the town square, wandering aimlessly. Suddenly, she was pulled into an ally. Sakura was met with the face of the man who tried to murder her minutes before.
" Sakura Itachi-san, what brings you here?" Sakura asked, trying to act aloof.
"I could ask you the same thing, Sakura." he replied in a monotone. "Oh my! Look at the time! I must be going now!" Sakura flashed him a wide grin and jumped onto the rooftop of a nearby building. She took off, swinging on clothes lines and power lines like an acrobat. Itachi stood there stunned for a moment and went after her.
Sakura jumped off of the power lines and started running to the park where she had spent her childhood. As soon as Sakura stopped she felt him breathing down her neck. Sakura swung her leg into a roundhouse kick, it's just too bad that he caught it. He held her leg until she was completely upside down. Sakura grabbed the needles that were hidden in my hair and threw.
"You missed." He had said and smirked.
"I was trying and succeeding to get you to let me down," She smirked back.
Before he could reply I heard Isao scream
"Sakura-hime! Where are you? It is time for breakfast! "I looked up and sure enough it was morning. I looked around eyes scanning for any smirking assassins. Nope all clear. So I ran back home.
Sakura-san you are aware that today is the Hina Matsuri Festival? You are required to go. Now get ready." My father said.
I can't believe that I had for gotten about the festival! So I got dressed in my best kimono, put needles in my hair, laced with my most potent poison and finally put my tabi socks on and my geta. "Tou-san, I am ready to go."
I knew that this was to set me up with someone since I was supposed to dance with each man that asks.
When we arrived this tall and blonde man had asked me to dance he was polite and rather handsome but his breath was rancid! "May I cut in?" Itachi asked. Wait? Who? What?
"What are you doing?" I hissed.
"I am saving the fair maiden from the fire breathing dragon." He said as if it was the simplest thing in the world.
Itachi spun her as they danced across the floor. Sakura was using all her willpower not to turn his face inside out in front of all these people.
"Why are you even here?" Sakura demanded. "I can't resist a nice festival," he said. A tall brown-haired man started to approach them, but one glare from Itachi sent him away. "What is your real reason for coming Uchiha?" He chuckled and replied. "Well I couldn't pass up a dance with a beautiful woman like your-self."
The song ended and Sakura quickly broke away from him and disappeared into the crowd.
'This'll be fun…' Itachi thought to himself as he watched her hurry away.
Whoot 1 chappie DONE! I don't own Naruto... at all... *cry*
1) Hina Masturi Festival - Japanese doll festival
2) Tabi socks- Ankle high socks that seperate the big toe from the rest of the toes.
3) Geta- Japanese footwear that resembles sandles and clogs.