She was hopeful, she was persistent. She wanted to be his friend.
They were walking down the dark corridor – her in front, as royals should.
She turned back and gave him a soft smile before waiting for him to catch up.
He paused a step behind her, awaiting her reaction.
She looked slightly hurt as he refused to step next to her.
She fell back next to him and offered a small smile. He just stared at her with no expression.
"Let's go Sasuke-kun?" She began walking.
She received no response – only the sound of footsteps following her a second after hers. Her step faltered a bit, but she refused to show the hurt.
They continued to walk in silence.
The two created an odd sight, one was a girl that held innocence while the other had eyes that had experienced the load of the whole world.
They reached the door of her father, the king. "A-arigato, Sasuke-kun," she whispered.
The boy inclined his back slightly and walked away.
She stared at his retreating back.
"Tou-san?" she asked her father, "why is Sasuke-kun the way he is?"
He gave a sigh, "It is who he is, he is your guardian, and he must not have another priority other than protecting your life."
"Nande?"
He gave her a small smile, "Because he must be willing to give up his life for yours-"
"Wh-Why? I don't want him to die!" she cried out.
Her father gave her a stern look, "You are his most important person, and he will and must do anything to protect your life."
She sniffled, "I-I'm his number one? B-But he said he can't be my friend! Why?"
The king sighed, "Sakura-chan, do not become his friend, do not become attached to him, in the end he will only hurt you."
Sakura looked up at her father's weary face, "Iie! I am going to become his friend!"
She ran off, leaving her father to ponder upon his choice of appointing Sasuke as her guardian.
"Sasuke-kun!" she cried out, "Sasuke-kun!" She spotted him training with his trainer.
He was breathing hard; he knew his instructor was disappointed. He paused, when he heard her voice.
"Uchiha, you are not done for; you have worsened, is this how you are to protect the Hime?"
Her voice grew closer.
He grit his teeth as his instructor continued to lash out at him. The nurse hurried over to reprimand the instructor, "For Kami's sake, the boy is only 7, must you be so harsh? Look at him…he is worn out."
He closed his eyes, remembering the day his brother had taught him to wield the katana.
His eyes opened with a new set of determination, his voice was low, "Again." He prepared himself to attack the instructor. The nurse shouted at him to stop his foolishness, but he ignored her.
The instructor looked real hard at him, "Prepare yourself."
"Sasuke-kun!" she had arrived, panting and out of breath.
The instructor looked over to see the young princess calling his name.
"Uchiha, you are done for today, your Hime is calling you." The boy made no move to sheathe his katana.
"Uchiha, did you not hear me?" The instructor grew angry. The nurse cowered back at the look in his eyes, "Your sole purpose of living is to live for Hime-sama, did you not say you understood what you were asked of?"
"I was asked nothing." He sheathe his katana and turned leaving the bewildered instructor and nurse.
He approached her, and gave a slight bow, "Hime."
She looked at him, "Mou Sasuke-kun! You're sweaty!"
"Aa."
He said no more.
She looked up into his eyes, "Sasuke-kun, w-will you take a walk with me?"
He sighed, "As you wish, Hime."
She smiled at him, "Arigato, Sasuke-kun!"
He was waiting for her in the garden. She approached him in a blue dress, he made no sign of recognition as she came closer. He was staring at the sky.
She wondered what he was thinking of.
"Sasuke-kun! Let's go!"
He once again walked behind her. Fiddling with her thumb, the princess cautiously asked, "Ne, Sasuke-kun, will you walk with me?"
She turned around, staring at his feet. His voice was almost a whisper, "I am."
"Heehee…of course you are! Demo…Can you walk next to me?"
"I cannot."
She grew angry. "Why?! Why is it you won't walk next to me? Do I embarrass you?" Tears began to pool up in her eyes.
He looked up at the sky, "We come from different worlds…"
"I don't care! All I want is to be your friend!"
He allowed himself to look slightly shocked at her outburst.
"W-Why can I not be your friend?! Why?"
He continued to look at her crying form. "My purpose of living is different than yours. You come from a family of happiness in which you receive whatever it is as you wish, my life is different," her sniffles quieted as she listened to him, "I am now under your command."
She broke out, "I don't want you to be in my command! I want to save you from loneliness!"
He gazed at her, not knowing what he must do, "Why?"
"Nani?"
"Why is it you try so hard to be my friend?"
She was speechless, why did she try so hard?
"I-"
"Sakura-chan," it was her father.
"Tou-san?" she questioned, looking away from the boy's face.
Sasuke turned his body to face the King. He bowed.
The king nodded, "Uchiha, you are dismissed; I wish to spend time with my daughter alone."
Sasuke turned and left.
"Sakura-chan…what is that I told you?" he knelt down and wiped her tears away.
"…t-to not become his friend."
"Yes, that is what I told you," his voice was soft and caring, "why is it, you didn't listen to me?"
She looked up at him, "Because Sasuke-kun is lonely!"
He looked at his innocent daughter, "One day Sakura-chan, you will understand that Sasuke and you cannot be friends."
She grew bold, "Iie! I will become his friend."
Her father sighed at her stubbornness.
"Sasuke-kun!" she looked up at the very sky he had gazed into at night, "I will become your friend!"
She went to sleep with a smile on her face.
They were 13
She didn't know how, but she fell in love with Sasuke. He became her important person.
She grew angry as she heard her older sister gush about him.
"Ne, Sakura! Let's trade guardians! I want Sasuke!" Karin's eyes traveled to the boy walking in the halls towards their father.
Sakura grew angry. "Iie!"
"Why? It isn't as if you have the hormones to like him!"
She was silent.
She often found herself in fights with her sister over the boy. She was possessive, she knew, but she wouldn't let anyone else have Sasuke.
"Sakura, your forehead is wide! Sasuke-kun will never like you!" Karin gushed out, "he will love me, only me!"
She looked up from her book, "He will never like you."
"Ah…that is where you're wrong! I have seen the way he looks at you…it's as if you were a bug that couldn't be crushed!"
Her eyes watered as she pushed past her sister. She stumbled out of the room, only to run into Sasuke-kun himself.
"Sasuke-kun!"
He looked at her, waiting for her command.
She looked left and right, and pulled him into a dark corridor. She grew nervous, but she had to know.
"S-sasuke-kun, I think I love you!" she closed her eyes, not wanting to see his reaction.
There was a deadly silence before he spoke.
"Is that all?" he asked, she opened her eyes and the tears fell out.
"H-Hai." He began walking away.
"Matte!" he paused and turned back.
"D-do you like me?" She gripped her hands near her heart.
"No." Her heart shattered, but she wanted this, she needed it.
"Kiss me."
He looked shocked, "Hime, I cannot-"
"I don't care! I am your Hime and I am commanding you to kiss me!" She needed to find comfort in his arms, his lips.
He didn't respond back. She looked up at him and saw him approach her. He looked at her, and she couldn't find any emotion in his eyes. She looked away.
Her heart beat faster as his fingers gripped her chin. Her eyes fluttered shut, and she felt his lips on hers. She felt magic.
Before she could respond, he pulled back, his bangs covering his face. "Is that all?"
With those three words, her heart burst, and she slapped him. "Hai! Go! Dammit! Go to your damned meeting!" She ran off.
She never mentioned the kiss to her sisters.
The next day, she walked over to him, "G-Gomen, Sasuke-kun."
He looked at her, "What is it you are apologizing for?"
She looked at him in disbelief. Did he not remember yesterday? "I-I didn't mean to slap you, it-it's just that-"
He interrupted her, "You do not apologize."
She could never be wrong, it was his duty to follow her.
They were 18.
She walked quietly across the dark corridors, not wanting to disturb the guards on duty.
Her footsteps were silent as she walked to her destination.
She smiled as she hid the package in her hand behind her back. It was for him.
She stood in front of the door for a minute, before unlocking the door with the key given to her in the understanding she would only use it when it was needed.
She knew her father would disapprove of her actions, but she smiled softly as she walked in.
There in the room was a man asleep. She tiptoed over and stood by his bed. She gazed at his face, wanting to see the peace on his face every day.
The moonlight spilled in from the window onto his flawless face; the light illuminating his features.
Her eyes traveled the length of his body; his naked chest showing the results of training.
She moved her hand, biting her lower lip, to brush the bangs away from his face.
He sensed the presence of a human being and grabbed her wrist, pinning her against the cold wall, katana at her throat.
Her eyes grew fearful.
His eyes adjusted to her presence, and he let her free. "Hime-sama, what is it you are doing here?"
Fear gone, she rolled her eyes and sat on his bed. He remained standing with his arms crossed over his chest.
He noticed the blush on her cheeks and crossed the room to place a shirt over his body.
"Hime, you have not answered my question."
"I thought it was my job to do the asking, after all, you are in my command!" she teased.
He tensed and she eased off his bed to join his side, "Gomen, Sasuke-kun, I didn't mean it!"
"You have no need for apologizing."
She was tired of it, "Why?! After all these years, why can you not see my only wish is to be your friend?"
He evaded her question, "Hime, I suggest you lower your voice."
She grabbed his face and made him look at her, "Why, Sasuke-kun? Why won't you allow me in your heart?"
He gently pried her hands off his face, "My answer hasn't changed."
She sighed heavily and walked over to pick up the package that had lain forgotten on his bed.
She walked over to him and pushed it into his arms, "Happy Birthday, Sasuke-kun."
And this is the age in which the story will take place.
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