Wow... Did it take me a long time to load all this or what? Meh, hope no one is too bummed, but at least I'd finished the whole thing. Erm.. Did I ever mention that I don't have a beta? Urgh... I feel like I should have. Anywho, enjoy!
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"What do you think is in this castle?" Ino asked, changing the subject and pointing to the white castle. "It looks important, though sadly underused."
"I think the White Queen is in there," Hinata answered. "But the only female we're missing is Sakura-san, and I never imagined her to be the White Queen."
"What do you mean?" Ino asked.
"The White Queen was lazy and fat," Shikamaru explained lazily, putting his hands in his pockets. "She wasn't too bright or strong either. After hearing what's been going on I thought Sakura would be the Red Queen, since it's more like her attitude."
Kaze nodded, listening to the castle intently. "It is possible that there is no White Queen," Kaze said, rabbit ears quivering in her concentration. "There are some characters that are in the books, but not in here; chances are whoever decided this hadn't actually read the book-"
"But was listening to descriptions of the characters someone gave them," Shikamaru interrupted, groaning and hitting his forehead with the palm of his hand. "Why didn't I see this coming?" He muttered, sighing and returning to his indifferent attitude.
"What do you mean, Shikamaru-kun?" Ino asked, wincing in sympathy at the already red palm print on her teammate's forehead.
"I figured it out," he answered, sighing. "So troublesome, but at least I think I know who the White Queen is," he finished, watching Kaze pull the large doors open.
When the group saw the White Queen, Ino burst into hysterical laughter, catching herself on the wall to keep from falling over. Sitting at a long table in front of them was Choji, stuffing his face. This was a familiar sight for everyone, but the orange-haired boy was wearing a huge white dress with a petite tiara perched precariously atop his head. Kaze snickered, taking a few pictures of him as Kiara checked to see if his black eyes were clouded over.
"And, there he is," Shikamaru sighed, waving his hand in the direction of his friend and teammate. "The White Queen is poor Choji."
Kaze wound up her arm to punch Choji, but Shikamaru stood in front of her. "Let me," he said, waving her off and moving to stand near Choji. "Hey, Choji, Naruto called you fat again," Shikamaru said calmly. As everyone watched, Choji's eyes cleared instantly of the jutsu and was replaced by red as he began to roar, throwing food everywhere.
"I AM NOT FAT!" He yelled, stomping.
Kaze snickered and stood in front of him with her hands raised in a calming motion. "Hey, Cho-kun, what's going on?" She asked, smiling widely at him. Choji immediately calmed down at the sight of Kaze.
"Oh, nothing, Kaze-chan!" He answered, laughing. Then he realized that he was wearing a dress, Kaze had bunny ears and leather, and Kiara was wearing a very short dress. "Whoa, what is going on!" He panicked, trying to pull the dress off himself while averting his eyes from Kaze and Kiara. "Why can I see your skin?"
Kaze sighed, wrapping her arms around her stomach while Kiara tried again to stretch to dress to cover her more completely. "I'm pretty sure someone is messing with us," Kaze said. "They stuck us in this twisted version of Alice in Wonderland and made Kia and I look like we just jumped out of a cosplay Playboy magazine."
Choji looked closer at Kaze and Kiara, giving up on his dress. "You look good," he said to them both, grinning. The girls sighed, still trying to cover themselves.
"So, now we're only missing Iruka-sensei, Naruto-kun, and Sakura-chan," Kiara said, still blushing. "Right?" Shikamaru nodded in agreement, still eyeing Choji warily, as if afraid he might snap again.
"I hear a horse," Sai said flatly, looking out the large doors into the garden.
"So do I," Shino affirmed as Kaze nodded and jumped to one of the high windows to look outside. "What is it?" Shino called up to her.
"It's a horse," Kaze answered. "Someone is riding on it?" She sounded uncertain as she looked out the window. Suddenly she grinned widely. "Kia!" She called down. "So out and greet the knight!"
"Night?" Kiara asked the others. "Is it dark?" She warily made her way to the door and was nearly trampled, in the bright daylight, by a large white horse.
"Oh, no! Kiara-chan, I'm so sorry!" A man cried, jumping from the horse and kneeling next to Kiara. "Are you okay? Did I hurt you? What are you wearing?"
Kiara jumped up quickly, hiding her frilly underwear as she heard a camera taking a picture. "Ah, I-Iruka-sensei!" She stuttered, blushing hotly. "Y-you're okay!"
Iruka laughed, smiling at his former pupil. His long brown hair was up in a ponytail and warm brown eyes smiled down at her. His skin was panned, the only visible blemish being the long scar that ran across the bridge of his nose.
"Yes, Kiara-chan, I'm fine," he laughed, patting Kiara on the head. Kiara's face turned a shade redder in her embarrassment. "I saw you all walk in just a moment ago from up on that hill and, since I guess I'm a knight, I rode this horse down. " He turned to the horse only to find it galloping away. Iruka laughed hesitantly. "But now it's gone!"
Kiara studied her former teacher and found that he was wearing silver armor and a royal blue cape. Kaze appeared next to Kiara, also eyeing Iruka. "You are fine, Ruka-sensei?" She asked. He turned to her and smiled warmly.
"Yes, Kaze-chan, I'm fine," he answered, looking around at the rest of the group. Kiara saw Kaze frown before she bound away.
"Ah, Kaze-sama!" Kiara called after her. "Where are you going now?"
"I heard shouting coming from over here!" Kaze called. "Let's go!" Everyone started running after her, quickly explaining what they knew to Iruka. They crashed through the forest, less agile than usual without the use of chakra, following a nimble Kaze, a flickering Sai, and a quick-footed Lee until they came upon yet another garden.
