-AN: I don't own Naruto

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Chapter 2 - A New Adventure

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10 Years Later

Out in the courtyard, Sakura, Sai, and Hinata were sparring with some of their trainers. Each of them were now twenty-two years old, and were well trained in the arts of self-defense, among other things. Sakura specialized in medical jutsus, Sai created his own fighting style with his ink drawings, and Hinata inherited her father's talents. Unfortunately, she couldn't master her blood-line limit, since it was suppose to be Hiashi training her to use it. The Hyuuga family tradition was that, at the age of fourteen, the young Hyuuga would gain the ability to use the byakugan. Then, the father was suppose to help the kid hone their new abilities, but Orochimaru took down Hiashi before he could train either Hinata, or Neji. Sakura was knocked down as one of the trainers swiped his right leg at her ankles. Sai was shot back against a tree as another trainer punched him straight in the gut, and Hinata collapsed onto the floor from exhaustion.

"Why do you three posses such weak stamina?" Their trainers asked.

Sai just let out a grunt, and Sakura muttered something under her breath.

"W-we're sorry." Hinata apologized.

"Don't apologize, work harder….." The trainer just sighed as he and the other trainers called it a day. They leftthe courtyard to the royals as Sakura and the other waited till they were gone.

"Finally! I hate pretending to lose to those assholes!" Sai retorted. "Tell me why we have to hold back again."

Hinata let out a sigh. "They're spies for Orochimaru remember. We can't let him know that we're stronger than he thinks." Hinata explained before looking at Sakura. The pink haired princess, went to her siblings as she healed all of their wounds.

"Besides, we can do our real training at midnight in our hideout, like we always do." Sakura said as they got up and entered the castle. The bare stone walls seemed to grow darker in color as they approached Orochimaru's chambers. Ever ten feet or so, there would be lit torches to light the dark hallways. Each door had the same appearance, a thick wooden frame along with steel locks. The wood itself about five inches thick. Even with multiple fire lit around the castle, the halls and corridors always had a cold atmosphere.

Sakura and the rest climbed a case of stairs that let specifically to their rooms. Each of the rooms were beside one another, just then one of the castle servants announced that dinner was ready.

"Lets hurry up to dinner." Sai said as he went into his room, to change. Sakura and Hinata, did the same.

At the dinner, Orochimaru sat in the head of the table, as Sakura and the rest sat as far away from the snake as possible.

"I heard from one of the guards that you continue to fail to improve in your skills." Orochimaru said, as the other three occupants of the table pretty much ignored him. "Sakura-chan." He said, bringing her attention to him. "Your tutor says that you pretty much slept through the lesson on medical jutsus." "Yeah, because I already studied and learned that shit months ago." She thought. Sakura muttered a 'sorry' before continuing with her meal.

"Sai-kun, Hinata-chan, you two did no better." Orochimaru said in an annoyed tone.

The two mentioned, continued to eat as well. "So with that on topic, I am sending you three to the Grass Country to visit a friend of mine there. To continue you studies."

"W-what?" All three said in slight shock.

"Yes, you'll be leaving tomorrow, the council agreed on this decision, so there is no arguing." Orochimaru said, as he gave the three a satisfied smile.

"That bastard." They all thought as they finished their dinner. If the council agreed, even with their royal positions, they couldn't over rule them.

Sakura and the rest left to their rooms without another word. They all met in Sakura's room and sat on her bed.

"That snake! That, that-" Sai began.

"Bitch…" Hinata whispered.

"Exactly!" Sai said as he laid down on the bed.

"Well I guess tomorrow's the day then." Sakura said as she got off the bed to her sword stand.

"What do you mean?" Both Sai and Hinata asked.

"We're going to leave this place for sure, and fulfill that promise we made a decade ago." Sakura stated as she got her favorite sword of the stand.

"Well, this is sooner than we planned." Sai said as he sat up.

"Are you sure we're ready?" Hinata asked unsure.

"Hmph." Sakura said as she threw a small figure, that was next to the stand, straight at Hinata. Hinata instinctively activated her byakugan as she thrust her palm forward concentrating some chakra in the center. The small figurine smashed to pieces, as it fell to the floor in a small pile. "Hn, yeah I think we're ready." Sakura smirked.

"Nice." Sai commented as Hinata stuck out her tongue, and rubbed the back of her head sheepishly.

"Tomorrow, once we're close to the grass country, we'll make our escape. With all the dumbasses for soldiers, we can get away easily. Once we find a suitable place to live, we can train even harder, and then we can recruit some friends we can find around. From there, we can say goodbye to that snake." Sakura said as unsheathed her sword.

"What if he sends a knight?" Sai asked as her crossed his arms.

"Then I guess we'll just have to take care of him." Sakura said as she her blade reflected the light coming from the fireplace, making it gleam. "Starting tomorrow, we won't be the royals of Konoha." Sakura concluded as she placed the sword on the floor and allowed her hand to rest on the hilt.

"I saved a lot up for years, I can pay for the expenses." Hinata said.

"Us too, and I'll have one of my ink drawings to tail us with our weapons." Sai suggested.

"Great!" Sakura said as she gave the two a big smile. "It begins tomorrow then."

"Right!" Hinata and Sai agreed.

The next Morning

"Sire, the princesses, and prince are in the carriage. We're ready to leave." A guard announced.

"Excellent. Your excused." Orochimaru said as he sat on his throne. The guard bowed as he turned around and left.

"So, am I going as well?" A white-haired person said as he jumped down from his perch. He adjusted his glasses as he gave his king a bow.

"Of course Kabuto, you are one of my strongest knights. I'm sure that you would make sure nothing happens to the young royals." Orochimaru said as he smirked.

"As you wish." Kabuto said before leaving with a smile on his face. "No more over grown brats to stop Orochimaru-sama's plans now." Kabuto thought happily. As he went outside with a couple of soldiers to the carriage.

"Let's get going already!" Kabuto shouted. The driver whipped his reins as the horses pulled the carriage away from the castle.

"Shit." Sai said as he looked out the window, seeing Kabuto right outside.

"Orochimaru had to send one of his best knights huh?" Sakura said as she crossed her arms. "We might have some problems here."

"Yeah, especially since you two will have to fight with your dresses on." Sai said as he started to chuckle lightly to himself.

"Shut up! It's not our fault that Orochimaru wanted us to look formal." Sakura said. "At least we have regular clothes underneath."

"I don't like this." Hinata said.

"I know, these things itch." Sakura said as she looked at her attire in disgust.

"No not that….." Hinata looked outside a bit to see that Kabuto was talking to one of the soldiers. "….Kabuto." She whispered.

"Why? He's here to protect us I think, right?" Sai said.

"Maybe Hinata's right, I mean, he is the snake's favorite weasel." Sakura said.

"What if he's here to assassinate us!" Hinata whispered in panic.

"No need to get paranoid." Sai said as he tried to clam his sister down.

"No. I think she's right. Look." Sakura said as she pointed out the window to each of the soldiers. "Recognize any of them?"

Both Hinata and Sai shook their heads. "No" The said in unison.

"We read and studied every able-bodied soldier and knight almost up to-date, so that means." Sakura began.

"They're all new recruits." Hinata finished.

"New recruits? Yup, the snake wants us dead. What an ass. How come none of the council members noticed this?" Sai said.

"Because Sai-kun, they're all idiots." Hinata said.

"Cha." Sakura agreed. "Well then, I guess we have to focus on Kabuto then, we'll just have to find the best time to attack."

"D-do we have to kill the new recruits?" Hinata asked sadly.

"If they get too much in the way, then yes." Sai said. "My ink tiger is tracking us now, with the speed of this carriage, it should be close by in a couple of hours." He said as he put away a scroll.

"Ok we should get there by nightfall, until then, I think we should rest. We're going to have an all-nighter." Sakura said as she made herself comfortable.

"I wish we could change first though." Hinata said as she got ready to sleep.

"I'll keep watch, and wake one of you in a hour or so to switch." Sai suggested.

"Ok." The two girls said as they drifted off to the darkness.

Somewhere in the Grass Country border

The men stood on the border as the sun was about to set. One had raven locks that defied gravity itself, as he wore plain dark clothes. Next to him was his sword and teammate. His teammate was about the same height, had blond hair, and a sword on his back.

"Dobe, you sure that there are valuables in the carriage coming?" The raven haired rogue said as he stood on a tree branch watching the sun go down behind the mountains.

"Sasuke-teme….Yes I'm sure, well that's what Shikamaru said anyways." the blond replied.

"Well then, did he tell us what's in the cargo?" Sasuke asked.

"No, all he said was that he knew it was worth a lot." The blond answered.

"Well Naruto, that's all I had to hear." Sasuke said as he jumped down the branch and landed gracefully on the forest floor. "Let's go."

"Wait, is it only the two of us pulling the job! What about Kiba, Shino, and the rest?" Nauto asked.

"They all have jobs to pull too, but unlike theirs, we only have to deal with one night and a couple of new soldiers." Sakura explained.

"That's it? You think that Shikamaru got his sources mixed up? If it's valuable, then why the crappy security?" Naruto asked.

"Don't know." Sasuke said before sprinting off into the now, dark woods.

"Damn it, always want to be first bastard." Naruto muttered as she sprinted of toward Sasuke's direction.

Carriage

"We're near the border you highnesses." A soldier called out.

Sakura and Hinata were already awake now, and Sai was woken up by the shout.

"Is it time?" He asked as he rubbed his eyes and yawned.

"Yup." Both Hinata and Sakura answered happily.

"Close your eyes." Sakura said as she gave some space between her and Hinata.

"Why?" Sai asked.

"B-because we're going to change." Hinata said blushing.

"Oh." Sai said.

"Turn around pervert, and if I see you peeking, we'll take you and Kabuto down!" Sakura warned. Sai instantly turned around as Sakura and Hinata took of their dresses and other unneeded accessories.

"Ok done." Hinata said. Both of the girls wore plain shirts and pants, making them look like commoners. Sakura replaced her heels with long black boots, as Hinata switched hers with regular sandals. All Sai had to do was take off his outer shirt, to looked like a commoner as well.

"Well I guess it's about time." Hinata said.

"On a count-" Sakura began.

"-Of three" Sasuke said as he was hiding behind some trees, as he and Naruto watching the approaching carriage.

"One." Sakura said.

"Two." Sasuke said.

"Three!" The two said in unison. Sasuke gave the sign to Naruto as they both rushed forward.

"An ambush!" One of the soldiers shouted, before Sasuke knocked him out. Sasuke was fighting with some of the other soldiers and killed them easily. He jumped onto the cart and looked on the other side to see Naruto fighting with a soldier, while other ones were knocked out or dead on the ground.

"Where's the knight!" Sasuke asked.

"Right here." Kabuto answered as he knocked Sasuke off the carriage. "I didn't expect the Uchiha runt to be here." He said as he jumped down from the carriage.

"Why you-" Naruto yelled out as he charged at the white-haired night, sword extended.

"Asshole!" Sakura yelled out as she suddenly came up form behind him and did a side-kick. Which sent his straight into a nearby tree. Naruto came to a full halt as he stared in amazement.

"Who are you?" He asked, but she seemed to ignore the comment as she charged straight at Kabuto.

"Hn." Kabuto muttered as he wiped some blood away from his lips. Before he could do anything else, the tree behind him cracked as Hinata broke through it. Kabuto turned around only to be in the perfect position for Hinata's 64 strike attack. As she activated her brakeman, as unleashed a barrage of attacks as Kabuto flew another direction.

Sasuke stood by Naruto as they watched in curiosity, of the new fighters. As Kabuto flew back, Sai's tiger appeared behind him and rammed him straight in the stomach. Causing Kabuto to crash into the ground.

"Aw, there you are." Sai said as he walked to his tiger. He picked up the packs it was holding as he dismissed the ink animal.

"Hmph, like I thought." Kabuto said as he stood up.

Sai tossed Sakura and Hinata their swords and gear as he took out his paintbrush and scroll. Sasuke and Naruto soon stood beside the girls and unsheathed their weapons.

"I know when I'm out matched." Kabuto simply stated, as he disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Ha! Chaaa!" Sakura yelled out as she high-fived Hinata and Sai. "Oh and thank-" But she stopped when she found Sasuke's sword tip mere inches away from her neck. "-You for helping us." Sakura finished as she squinted her eyes to try and see who held the sword. It grew darker, and it was hard to identify the things around her.

"Who are you three?" Sasuke questioned coldly.

Sai instantly pulled Hinata and Sakura behind him protectively, as he summoned his ink tiger again.

"Hey hey hey! Stop!" Naruto said as he came in between the two. "Teme! They're obviously allies. They helped fight against that Kabuto bastard!" Naruto said. He turned around with a huge grin on his face as he went up to the three. "Hi I'm Naruto Uzumaki!" He chirped, as he shook all of their hands. "That was awesome the way you two fought!" He complemented to Sakura and Hinata.

Hinata blushed crazy as she shook his hand. "T-thank y-you." She stuttered.

"Thanks." Sakura said happily, but noticed that the raven haired stranger didn't show any enthusiasm as his blond friend.

Sasuke went up to the carriage to find that it was empty. All that was left was just some discarded clothes, and other feeble supplies.

"There's practically nothing here. Just maybe some food and a small chest of gold." Sasuke said aloud.

"What!" Naruto yelled as he ran to the carriage. "That's it?" He let out a sigh. "We wasted our time for nothing? I'm going to kill Shikamaru!"

"Ummm, excuse me. Sorry to be rude, but um, who are you two?" Sakura asked.

Sasuke glared at her. "Tell us who you three are first."

"My, isn't someone a jackass." Sai commented.

"Hey, don't say that about teme!" Naruto said.

"Oh, I'm sorry, didn't mean to offend you boyfriend."

"What!" Both Naruto and Sasuke yelled.

"Sai shut it." Hinata warned. Sakura socked his head for extra measure.

"Sorry, he could be an idiot sometimes. Hehehe." Sakura said. "Well anyways, I'm Sakura, this here is Sai, and that's Hinata."

"Any last names?" Sasuke asked a little suspicious.

"Sorry, we're…orphans." Sakura partly lied. "We don't know our full names." Sakura said, as she pretended to look sad. She swiftly jabbed Sai on his side.

"Yeah, we lived on the streets for years." Sai said a little too dramatically.

"We don't remember our parents." Hinata said.

"We were forced to eat wild animals, we couldn't bathe for sometimes weeks on end, we-" but Sai stopped when both Hinata and Sakura jabbed him on both sides. "That's enough Sai!" Sakura quietly hissed. Naruto and the rest sweat dropped.

"I'm Sasuke Uchiha." Sasuke said after a while as he sheathed his sword.

"Uchiha!" All three almost yelled.

"We thought the entire Uchiha family was killed off." Hinata said.

"No, only two survived." Sasuke said as he turned to the carriage.

"I'm sorry." Sakura said, but Sasuke didn't reply to it.

Naruto followed Sasuke as they collected the goods. "Why would they have this fancy carriage just for worn clothes?" Naruto thought out loud. Everyone gave him a 'you're an idiot look'. "What?" Naruto asked the others.

"It's obvious they were transporting the young royals to the Grass Country, dobe." Sasuke said.

"Stop calling me that teme!" Naruto yelled. They had a glaring contest before they broke it off simultaneously. Sakura and the rest just looked dumbfounded.

"But where are they, and why leave their clothes?" Sasuke said.

"Maybe they went skinny dipping." Naruto suggested, but was hit on the head soon afterwards by Sasuke.

"You're truly an idiot sometimes." Sasuke muttered.

"Um….Just curious, but do you know who the royals are or what they look like?" Sakura asked.

Sasuke looked at her straight in the eyes. She couldn't make out how he looked like, but she could guess that he looked annoyed at that very moment.

"No." He answered coldly, before going into the carriage.

"Oh." Sakura said. "What an ass." She thought.

"Ah, don't mind him, he treats almost everyone like that!" Naruto said as he helped Sasuke pack the small chest and food supplies. When the packed up everything, Naruto went up to the three and asked, "Hey you guys want to stay with us? I mean, if you got nowhere else to go." he asked.

"S-sure…" Hinata stuttered.

"Great! Hey Hinata, can you help me hold the chest?" Naruto asked. She simply nodded as she grabbed her hand and ran over to where all the supplies were. Sakura only laughed at how surprised Hinata's face got when Naruto grabbed her hand.

"You two, carry those." Sasuke ordered as he pointed to the small crates of food.

"Ok." Sakura said, "But try asking nicer next time."

"Che." Sasuke scoffed.

"Excuse me?" Sakura said, feeling her blood boil. He ignored her comment as he walked off and picked up a large crate of valuables.

"Your right. He is a jackass." Sakura said to Sai.

The small group followed Sasuke and Naruto deep into the forest, until they cam e to a stop.

"Here we are! Home sweet home!" Naruto said as Sakura and the rest just looked confused. What Sakura and the rest could see, was just a bunch of really tall trees. Sasuke put down his things as he did a couple of hand seals. He yelled out 'Kai' as the trees disappeared and showered what looked like, a small army camp.

"What the?" The three newcomers said as they entered the camp. There were some buildings, though they were half demolished, and a number of very large green tents that looked like they could fit forty people. The entire place was lit with an unique system of lanterns, and Sakura, along with the rest, could finally see everything clearly. Everyone, young and old looked happy as they roamed around the camp. What surprised them were that each one had a weapon of some sort. "Can everyone here fight?" Sai thought as he saw two girls, no older than five, fighting each other with dull daggers.

Sakura took the opportunity to look at Naruto and Sasuke's faces. She almost blushed crazy when she saw Sasuke. She could only describe him as 'hot!'. "If only he wasn't such a-" But Sakura was brought out of her thoughts when Naruto yelled out something.

"He's the leaders' headquarters." Naruto announced.

"Leaders'?" Sakura asked.

"Yup! Teme here, and another guy. I'm ranked after the teme." Naruto said proudly. Sai and Sakura looked at the blond like he was joking, but Hinata looked like she found her role model.

"What? Really I am in third command!" Naruto said after seeing Sakura's doubtful face. "Just ask teme here!" Naruto said pointing to Sasuke.

"Hn, and we're called the head knights dobe." Sasuke muttered.

"Yeah whatever, knights, che, I prefer leaders." Naruto said as he crossed his arms.

"Unfortunately, he is in third command." Sasuke finished.

"Unfortunately! Why you-" But Naruto was cut off when they heard someone calling Sasuke's name.

"Oh god." Naruto and Sasuke muttered at the same time. Hinata and the rest just raised a brow, until they saw a pretty blond haired girl running towards them calling Sasuke's name.

"SSSSSaaaaaaassssuuukkkkeeee-kun!" The loud blond called out.

"Great it's Ino." Naruto muttered.

"Ino?" Sakura and the rest repeated before the said blond launched herself at the Uchiha.

"Get off now Ino." Sasuke said coldly.

"Oh, Sasuke-kun, you know you love this!" Ino chirped, as she got off him. Her smile instantly turned into a frown when she finally noticed Sakura, Hinata, and Sai.

"Who are you?" Ino questioned with a scowl towards Sakura and Hinata. She completely ignored Sai, which he didn't really mind.

"Uh, Sakura." Sakura said, already finding this Ino to be a problem.

"H-hinata." Hinata said, a little scared.

"Well Uh Sakura, and Hinata. Your new around here, so I'll make this simple, Sasuke-kun is mine! Got that forehead girl!" Ino said. Sakura's eye was twitching and both hands turned into fists. Knowing Sakura, Sai and Hinata took two steps backward. Naruto saw what Sai and Hinata did, so he copied, not knowing why. Sasuke looked at the three in confusion until Sakura started to argue with Ino.

"You called me what! You pig!" Sakura yelled as she cracked her fists.

"Pig! How dare you!" Ino yelled back. "You better watch out forehead girl, come near my Sasu-"

"I don't give a shit about that asshole!" Sakura said as she pointed towards the raven haired rogue. "Keep him, marry him for all I care, but what pisses me off is when ugly pigs like you make fun of my forehead!"

Everyone was a shock, nearby people just stared for a second before continuing what they were doing. Ino was in complete shock, her mouth was slightly open. The silence was broken when Naruto started laughing his ass of.

"I like her! First girl to call teme and ass, and not the last to call Ino a pig!" Naruto said as he leaned onto Hinata's shoulder for support. Hinata blushed on different shades of red, as she tried not to faint.

"Well that's a first,at least she's different." Sasuke thought as Ino and Sakura continued to argue.

"Ha, little Hinata-chan has a boyfriend." Sai teased. Hinata jabbed his side with her elbow, and Sai gasped as he fell to the floor.

Naruto finally stopped laughing when he asked if Sai was ok.

"I'm fine, just got a cramp somehow." He said as he looked at Hinata who played innocent.

"Hey you guys stop already!" Someone from afar called out from afar.

"Tenten, oi!" Naruto called out. A girl with who had her hair in two separate long braids. She had a plain black shirt along with long brown pants. She held two swords on her back and had a small hatchet strapped on her thigh.

"Me and the rest of the gang, can hear you all the way from our tent." Tenten said. She then turned to the newcomers, "Hi! I'm Tenten…Oh wait, you have to meet the others!" Tenten said as she dragged the three away from Naruto and the rest.

"We'll meet up with the other head knight." Tenten said as she headed to a small crowd of people. "Head knight? They have knights here?" Sakura and the rest thought.

"Move it, newcomers coming through." Tenten said as she practically threw people aside.

Sakura, Sai, and Hinata muttered apologies as Tenten extended out her arm. "And here he is." Tenten said with a smile.

Sakura, Hinata, and Sai all went into a state of shock. There, right in front of them, was their brother, Neji Hyuuga.

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AN: hope u like the chapter, I made it longer!….Maybe too long, but hey, that's fun right!……..never mind, thx for reading! Oh and this is suppose to be a Nejiten, SasuSakuItachi, NaruHina, Inoshika, and so on…..it might change later though.