Chapter 2: Clash! Meeting Mr. Arrogant!

The young princess was exhausted! Samui's daily routine for the last few weeks consisted of – waking up at the crack of dawn, bathing, getting dolled up, and followed by vigorous different types of lessons after lessons. She hated being cooped all day long inside the study room with the strict and unbearable Madam Shijimi.

While Madam Shijimi was lecturing, Samui blankly stared out the window, admiring the freedom of the birds as they flew high in the sky. "So, as a review, who stood victorious after the Warring States Period ended?" There was no answer. "Princess Samui?" Madam Shijimi looked over and saw that Samui was completely zoned out. Frustrated, the teacher immediately closed the blinds shut, startling Samui.

"W-What?" The frustrated teacher deeply inhaled and exhaled, trying hard to calm herself down. She was amazed at how unfocused her student was. Samui was able to grasp the situation, so she suddenly thought of a plan. "Madam Shijimi, why don't you go take a break for a while? You've been lecturing all day today. I want to do some 'self' study for now. I think I'll be able to learn better."

The teacher pursed her lips. 'A break definitely sounds like a good idea. But what intentions does this child actually have?' Samui widely smiled, reassuring her teacher that she had no bad intentions to her kind gesture. "All right then. I will allow you some alone time for the next few hours. But by the time I come back, I will be quizzing you. So be prepared for punishment if you do not pass, understand?" The princess happily nodded and kindly showed her teacher out the room.

"Hooray!~" Samui silently cheered to herself. She peeked out the door and whistled for Karui. The maid saw that Samui was excitedly gesturing her to come to her, so she obeyed.

"What is it, princess?" Samui pulled her inside the study room and quickly closed the door shut.

"Take off your kimono."

"EHH!" The maid gave her master a confused look. She saw that Samui had a wide, devilish grin on her face. Karui quickly shook her head and was about to run out the door. Unfortunately, Samui quickly grabbed onto her hand and successfully stripped her kimono off.

"Wahhh! If the master finds out, he'll be so furious!" Karui cried.

Samui chuckled and tightens her 'new' outer kimono and obi around her waist. "Stop being such a crybaby, Karui! No one's going to come here. I already got permission from Madam Shijimi for some alone time. Just make sure you don't turn around and act like you're me – being the perfect student, studying. Hehehe!" (Did ya perverts thought there were some NSFW scenes going on?! LOL! 😂 Nope! Samui just forced Karui to swap kimonos with her.)

"I am sooooo gonna get fired!" Karui continued to cry. Samui pinched her beloved maid's cheeks and told her to quiet down. She opened the window and looked around for guards. There were none, so she quietly sneaked out.

Samui, who was now disguised as a regular maid, sneaked out the castle and headed to the local market. Ever since she was a child, she had always loved sneaking into the lively markets for its various entertainment and delicious aromatic foods. She searched in Karui's coin pocket and found some coins. 'Hehehe, allow me to borrow your money for the time being, my dear friend.' She went to various food stalls and drooled at the delicious foods. "I'll take five yakitori (chicken skewers)!" She traveled to each food stalls and ate almost each type of foods. Finally, as she was down to her last few coins, she spotted a kakigori (shaved ice) stall. She galloped to the merchant and ordered her favorite strawberry kakigori. As she was savoring every bite of the delicious shaved ice, she unexpectedly bumped into something. "Ouch!" She stepped back and notices that her dessert was spilled all over the ground. "GASP!" She slowly traced the pink ice (from downwards up) and sees that it was also spilled on someone. "NO! My kakigori!" Samui cried! She immediately glared at the person who ate her dessert. (Get it? The person's clothes ate her dessert, because it was spilled on that person's clothes! LOL! No? Not funny? Whateva then.) When she finally laid eyes on the 'culprit', she saw that he was also glaring back at her. "Oi! You ruined my kakigori! Apologize right now!" she demanded.

The taller man's eyes twitched. He was pissed off that he was being talked down upon, when in fact, she was the one who clumsily bumped into him. He calmly pulled a handkerchief out from his pocket and wiped the pink dessert off from his blue armor. "What an ill-mannered child."

"Who the hell do you think you are! I said apologize!"

"Why should I, when it was you who bumped into me. Plus, you even ruined my clothes. The one who should be apologizing is you, kid."

"Ahhh! What a jerk!" She throws the cup of dessert at him, but he easily dodges it. They both gave each other the 'death stare'. They were both ready to throw it down (slang for "fight")! Fortunately, a man with spikey, silver hair and a distinct mask, pulled him away and quickly apologized to her. "Hmph! At least there's still decent men out there!"

Again, the man was furious! He had never been so insulted by a woman before. He stepped up to her face and was about to yell back at her, but his friend quickly stopped him again. "I'm very sorry, missy. Please, can we just drop this little argument and go our separate ways? We have a lot of business to attend to." He kindly handed Samui a bag of coins. "As an apology, here's some money to compensate for your dessert."

Samui pouted and curled her lips. She notices that it was time for her to go back, so she gladly took the money bag. "Fine. Because I like you, masked guy, I'll gladly go now. But! If I ever see you again, I won't let it slide so easily."

Once Samui was far enough, the friend chuckled at his angered friend. "Prince Tobirama, should go now?"

"Sigh. Yeah. I hope I won't get to see that annoying kid anymore."

"I'm back~ You can leave now, Karui~" Samui said, while closing the window.

"Welcome back, Princess Samui." Samui gasped and froze in fear. She was surprised to hear that dull voice. She immediately turned around and sees Darui, the tall, dark-skinned man who was her father's personal bodyguard and right hand man.

She forced a wide grin and merrily went up to hug him. "Darui-niisan! Since when did you come back from your trip? How was it? Did you have fun?"

"Sigh. It was dull... Anyways, don't try to change the subject."

'Crap.'

"Hurry up and change back to your outfit. You are to meet with your father immediately."

"No! Darui! You can't take me to father! Did he already found out?! Ahhh! I'm soooo gonna get in trouble! I won't go! No, not at all. No!"

"Sigh. Don't worry. I didn't tell anyone yet."

"Eh?"

"Hurry up before I change my mind."

"Kyaa! Darui-niisan! You are the best!"

After Samui got beautifully dressed up, Darui assisted Samui to the guest room. According to Madam Shijimi, she was taught to have her head slightly bent down. She can only raise her head after bowing down and greeting her VIP guests (I don't know if that is real for 'princess' manners or not, I might have just made that up). "Ah, Samui, come here and greet the second prince from the Leaf Village, Prince Tobirama, and his companion, Kakashi."

Samui humbly obliged to her father's orders. After bowing down to the guests, she raised her head up to see the prince. Samui and Tobirama both gasped! She was surprised to see the same arrogant man she had just encountered at the market. "What the fuck! Why the hell are you here?!" she instantly yelled.

"Samui! That is no way to speak to our honorable guests! Apologize to him this instant!" A demanded.

"But father! This man is a jerk! He ruined my kakigori!"

A gave his daughter a confused look. "Kakigori? Where did you get that? Weren't you in your room studying this whole time?"

Samui's mouth dropped. She knew she messed up! "Uh, uh…"

Tobirama started chuckling. "Little kids should just keep their mouths shut."

"Eh?! What was that, OSSAN?!" Tobirama instantly stood up and glared at her. A got so furious with Samui, that he knuckled her on the head, forcing her to immediately kneel down and apologize. "No!"

"Why you little-" A was about to smack some sense into his bratty daughter, but suddenly stopped when Mabui entered the room.

"What is all this ruckus, father?"

Tobirama turned around and saw the beautiful and elegant Mabui. He was completely mesmerized by her soft and serene aura. Mabui was like an angel, in contra to her devilish little sister.

To be continued… ❤️️