Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters under that name. They all belong to the creator of Naruto who I cannot think of right off the top of my head. I only own the plot and my original characters. Nothing else. Now enoy the story. :)


"Kakashi-sensei!" the blonde knuckle-headed ninja whined to his jounin sensei. "Where are we going?"

"I told you before, Naruto. It's a secret," Kakashi told him without looking up from his book.

"First you say our mission is a secret, then you won't tell us the rank, and now you're saying where we're going is a secret, too? When will you tell us these 'secrets?'" Naruto asked, using finger quotes.

"When we get to our destination."

"When will that be?"

"It's a secret."

"Ah!"

"But, Kakashi-sensei, how are we suppose to know what to expect if all of it is a secret?" Sakura asked calmly. She was just as frustrated as Naruto was, but she was fifteen now. She was much more mature than she was when she became a ninja.

"Don't worry too much, Sakura. We are going to be arriving early."

"Early?!" both fifteen-year-olds screamed. It was said that there was a first for everything, but not with Kakashi.

"Since when do you arrive early anywhere?" Naruto questioned loudly.

"Since there will be a festival there and I thought it would be fun for the three of us to go," Kakashi answered lazily. "But if you two don't want to go…"

"No!" the teenagers both yelled together. "We want to go!"

"Hm… I thought so."

A few hours later, the team was still walking to where they need to be. The sun was beginning to set and that seemed strange to a certain pink-haired konoichi.

"Naruto, look at the sky," Sakura told her friend as she continued to look up at the pink and orange sky.

The blonde looked at her quizzically before looking at the sky above. "The sun is setting. What about it?"

"Exactly. It's only the afternoon. The sun shouldn't be setting right now."

"It's not setting, you two. This is what the day is like where we're going," Kakashi explained to them both.

"But why is that?:"

"It's unknown. No one knows why. That is what makes this village unique and special."

Sakura and Naruto looked around the area and saw nothing much different about the area than from the areas around their village. The only thing that was different was the sky.

"So, where are we?" Naruto asked, hoping to finally get his answer.

"Land of Skies."

"Land of Skies? I've never heard of it."

"Because it's not a big country. You'll bee surprised when you see the village. You'd think otherwise."

"Why? Is it big like the Leaf Village?" Sakura asked with interest.

"Why don't you see for yourself, Sakura," Kakashi told her as he stopped walking. Naruto and Sakura looked at him quizzically before the noticed the beautiful village in front of them. It had to be twice the size of the Leaf Village. Then they could see a large white medieval-like building over-towering the other buildings in the village. "Welcome to the Village Hidden in the Stars."

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The three ninjas walked through the village. It was huge for any kind of country. For a country so small, it was a surprise that the Stars Village was so big. As they walked through the village, people crowded the sidewalks and the streets were completely empty. It was obvious the festival was starting soon. There were different signs everywhere for the celebration.

"Kakashi-sensei? What is the festival for?" Naruto asked, looking around.

"It's the anniversary of 15 years of peace," a different voice answered him. A young girl no older than Naruto and Sakura walked up to the three Leaf Ninja. She had long brown hair that ended at her mid-back and bright green eyes that seemed to be both intimidating and peaceful at the same time. She also wasn't much shorter than Sakura was. "My name is Hana Kawashima. You must be the Leaf Village Ninja the king asked for. I'm here to escort you to the palace."

"King?" Naruto questioned as he looked towards the silver-haired jounin.

Sakura did the same thing but instead she asked, "Palace?"

Kakashi ignored their stares and said to Hana, "You don't mind if we watch the parade first, do you?"

"No, I don't mind at all." She smiled. "I was planning on taking you to the palace after that anyway. The king and his family are in the parade so there's no point in really waiting for them there when we can enjoy ourselves."

Suddenly, music started to play through everyone's ears and the people began to cheer. Down the street, Naruto and the others began to see the floats strolling down.

The first float was decorated in all green. It wasn't that decorative, but there was a sign that said "15 YEARS OF PEACE" written on it. Then, there was a man sitting down on a tall thrown, waving to everyone on the sidewalks.

"That's King Mushiko, the one who stopped the on-going war 15 years ago," Hana explained loudly, hoping the ninjas could hear her over the loud music and cheering.

"What war?" Sakura asked.

"When you meet the king, I'm sure he'll tell you."

Naruto watched as the king's float strolled by and couldn't help but notice why his float seemed to be so boring. There's wasn't much life to it. Anyone would assume the king's float would be the most extravagant.

The next float then came by and it was much like the king's except purple. A woman sat upon a thrown on this one, and Naruto could guess that she was the queen.

"That's his wife, Queen Natsuki," Hana said, making Naruto's assumptions a fact. "She is the kindest woman you would every meet and the most active to the town. She always volunteers whenever she can."

After the queen were some dancers and other performers throwing candy into the air exciting all the children there. Confetti dropped from above as different colored balloons where thrown into the sky. It was a celebration Naruto and Sakura had never seen.

"I've never seen anyone so excited about a festival," Sakura said amazed at the sight. Even with the performers throwing out candy, the adults seemed to be having more fun than the kids themselves.

"Well, you've never seen the pain everyone went through over fifteen years ago," Hana stated with a smile.

Naruto looked passed the dancers and saw another float coming up. He couldn't tell who was on it, but he could definitely see that the float was much more extravagant than the king's or queen's. It made him wonder who could be more important that the leaders of the country.

On this float, it looked like it came from a garden in a fairytale. The grass was bright green, the small, yet beautiful, water fountain placed right in the front with crystal blue water flowing from it, and there was a canopy of flowers hung near the back along with an assortment of flowers along the floor of the float. Underneath the canopy were two women in clothes that matched the float's décor and they held large fans up next to each other that looked like they were holding large flower petals. As the float came closer and closer, the people began to cheer louder and louder than before.

"What's going on?" Naruto asked, looking around at everyone cheering around him.

Hana just smiled and said, "It's everyone's favorite part of the parade."

"Why's that?"

"You'll see."

Just as Hana said that, the two women on the float moved the fans away and the crowd started to cheer even more if that was possible. Naruto's and Sakura's eyes were wide and their jaws were dropped. They never expected to see what they saw. Behind the fans was a young girl with layered blonde haired that just touched her shoulders and wore a large Victorian style dress. She was sitting on the floor of the float so her dress flowed out all around her. Then, she wore a scarf (kind of like a gypsy) that covered her nose and mouth that matched her dress. No one could see the color of her eyes because they were closed, and she was acting as if she didn't notice the cheering people around her.

"That is the beautiful princess of our land," Hana finally said after the others caught a good look at the girl. "Princess Sayuri."


Chapter 1 folks! Sorry that it kind of sucked though... I wrote it like a year ago so it's kind of bad. I swear the next one will be good. :D Please review and I'll start writing up Chapter 2!