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Chapter 13: A time to say goodbye…

Sonia Nevermind, did not know when it all began. She knew what her life would lead too. She didn't question it as she slowly was becoming an adult. In fact she learned to embrace the future that was one day going to be hers. There was no chance for her to escape her future. She did not hate this fact. She knew that any action she could take would not halt this. But she was going to take on this unforeseen future with the brightest of smiles. That was her vow.

Her future already looked brighter than it was one year ago. A year ago she remember the shooting star that she saw in the night sky, as she made a wish. It was with that wish she already knew her future was heading to the right path.

Sonia took a moment to remember her early childhood.

As a child, she loved the fact that she was a princess. She had everything that a child could ever ask for. Private Chiefs that made the best food that any young girl could ask for. The best dresses that always made everyone commented on. People that always did everything for her that she never had to lift her finger. That was the happiest life that any child could ask her. At that young age she never question her livelihood.

When did she start to question her lifestyle and everything around her?

When she was a teen.

As a teen, the world doesn't feel as new as it does when you're young. But at the same time, you still have as many questions as you did when you're a child. Sonia will always remember the day that her father had told her that her future would hold for her. Her father from a young age had told her that the royal family duty was to serve the country. The people of the country supported the royal family and in returned they supported the people. That is how the country flourished for centuries. And that's how the country will continue to flourish for future centuries.

She knew this, she accepted this but she did not want to accept the sentence that came from her father's mouth.

"The most important lesson that all royal members of the Nevermind family will ever be this one. This country can only thrive with the support of the people. As long as the people support the country, then we, of the royal family will do everything in our power to support the people. It's an endless cycle that has kept this country thriving for centuries. And it will continue to keep this country thriving for future generations. As long as you remember this the people will always support you when it's your time to run this country." Sonia heard those words until they were drilled into her head. But she always knew that her father words were meant to guide her. With that in mind she took his words to heart. It was not till later in life when her father had been forced to tell her one of the down sides of being a princess.

"When the time comes, a princes will be here to take you hand in marriage. And no matter how much you want to scream and yell, this will be for the country. Please my little sunshine, do the right thing and do this for the country." She had forced a smile on her face as she nodded her head. Those words echoed in her mind as she grew up.

It's with those words that she hated being a princess.

She wanted to scream and yell. She wanted to know why her future was already decided before it had begun. This was not far to her. She did not wish to be born into this family. She wanted to break the chains that was her destiny.

When did this train of thoughts end for Sonia?

It was just any normal another day. Sonia had disguised herself to sneak out and see how the world outside her castle was like. That's when she saw the state that her kingdom was in. She saw the people did not have much, but they made do with the little that they had. Walking around, she heard the people words.

They loved that the royal family was doing everything in their power to keep the people happy. That they never abused their power to hurt the common folk. She heard many things that praised her family and not once did they speak ill about her family. All she could was smile at hearing those words. But when they spoke that they would gladly die to protect the family and this country. Hearing those words shocked the young princess.

If the people were willing to sacrifice their lives for her family, then she should be able to do the same thing for them. She went from hating what her future would lead and instead accepted it. If the people were going to die then she could do the same for them.

With the one declaration, she embraced her future and told herself that she will become the ultimate princess. She could at least do that for her nation. But at the same time, why did it feel like a piece of her was not coming with her.

Taking a deep breathe, Naruto, felt a little empty. Only a few days had pass since Sonia had announce that she would be leaving them all. Along with that, since the class did everything they possible could do to make Sonia final days with them feel like truly special days. Maybe those days were special, but at the same time they just felt empty. Like a pit of despair, all they were doing was making Sonia departure all the harder.

Tonight was her last night, as her flight takes off tomorrow morning. She already had her last meal with the class and now it was just Sonia and the rest of her roommates with her, before they went off to sleep.

At least none of their classmates knew that she was living with Naruto. Sonia knew that no one would pay attention to the fact that she had three other female for roommates. All they would pay attention to was the fact that she was living with another male. With that she was able to save some gossip from being spread around. That was the only good side that the young lady was able to justify it with.

"Ibuki, is too sad!" Whined the young musician as she sprawled herself out on the coffee table. Normally a song, a tune, anything would pop into her head, but right now nothing was coming into her mind. All that she heard in her head was the sound of silence. That only left the young lady feeling down. She was losing a friend and there was nothing that she could. Groaning, Ibuki, was tempted to start pulling her hair out until a song came to her mind. That was the best plan that her mind could come up with.

"Mioda-san! Please stand up straight!" Chisa scolded the young lady. Groaning once again, Ibuki, did what Chisa had just said. She didn't want to argue with the young teacher. But at the same time she was not sure if said teacher was sad about Sonia leaving or not. She saw that Chisa was cleaning around the kitchen. Throwing away all the trash, even doing anything with a smile, and yet it didn't even seem like Chisa was affected by the fact that Sonia was leaving.

Then again, Ibuki, didn't know much about Chisa too know if she was someone that needed to clean when something was wrong with her, or simply loved to clean. She hope that it was the first and not the latter.

Natsumi, on the other hand was doing everything that she could to contain her smile. She had nothing against Sonia, she didn't hate her company, nor did she find the young princess annoying. It just came down to the fact that she just felt that there too many ladies around Naruto. She had confidence in her body. She knew her body was one that many desired for. But that confidence can only stretch so far.

As far as the young blond was concerned, the less girls around the prankster the better for her.

Natsumi took a second to glance around the room and notice that no one had truly talked. She felt the room atmosphere was one of depression. She knew the reason behind it, but she still could take some pleasure from the fact that one of the girls was now going to be gone from the prankster life. She just wouldn't say that part out loud.

Taking a sip from her drink, she glance at the blond male in question. And from Natsumi could see he looked blank. She was not sure if that was the correct term to use but that's how the blond looked in the young lady eyes. He had no life in his eyes. She frowned for a brief second at seeing how Naruto looked. She was unsure how to approach the blond.

"Hey teach," Ibuki broke the silence. "Do we really have to say goodnye to Sonia? Couldn't she just stay with us?" No one was surprise that Ibuki was the one who asked the question. But now that everyone attention. How was Chisa going to answer a simple question.

Chisa, stopping cleaning. She had to take a moment to find the right words to answer her student question. She knew that there was no easy way to answer it, but at the same time no one was going to like the response that she was about to give. "Mioda-san, I wish that it was a simple answer to that, but the reason we can't—"

"It's for the sake of my country." Sonia finished off for the orange haired teacher. Sonia felt that it would be easier hearing it from her mouth then another.

"Ibuki, doesn't like it!" declared said girl, as she puffed out her cheeks and pouted for all to see. This was her friend leaving, the only answer she would have accepted was around the lines of world peace or for eternal melody that smooth people. Those were the only two answers she was okay with it.

Sonia sweat drop at the reaction that Ibuki had given. But then again, she felt a little joy at the fact that her friend was had given such a reaction. At least she knew that people were going to miss her. She found some closure at knowing this fact. At least she had some good memories from her school years.

She glance over to the blond and saw that he was silent throughout all this. That left her wondering what was going through his mind. Was he happy that she was leaving? Or was he sad? Indifferent?

So many questions and not enough time to ask everything that was on her mind.

"Hey, Sonia…" Naruto finally spoke, causing everyone to look in his direction. "Can we speak outside for a bit?" Sonia nodded her head, unsure what the blond wanted to speak to her about. But hopefully, they might be able to get some stuff off there chest. Without saying another word she stood up and walked with the blond to the backyard.

The walk was short, but for the princess, it felt as if the yard was a thousand miles away. Not long, were the two finally outside. Both sat down, side by side, staring into the backyard. No words were spoken as the two just stared out. The only that was heard the sound of insects being made.

"Is there really no way for you to stay here… with us?" Naruto was the one who had broken the silence; and Sonia, couldn't be happier that he was the one who broke the silence. She was unsure if she would be able to keep her composure for long if the silence kept going on.

"This is the best course of action for my country." Sonia once again repeated herself. Lightly clenching her fist, she felt that all week that was her responses whenever she was ask this question. She wanted to give a different response every time she was asked but no matter how much she tried to think of a different answer nothing came to her mind. It just kept coming back to the same response.

"But, is this what you really want?" Naruto repeated the question. The blond knew when he was given an answer that the person didn't truly believe in. And hearing the same words come out of her mouth for the past week just confirm that she was only doing her duty. She was not doing any of this out of her own free will. He wanted to hear from her own mouth and in her own words what he truly wanted.

"Of course it is!" Sonia defend herself. She knew that her people needed her back in her home country. That her family would not pull her from the school unless they needed too. She knew that…

She knew that she still hadn't figured a reason that appealed to her. She didn't want to be selfish. She didn't want to seem ungrateful. But there was nothing about this decision that made her happy. As the Ultimate Princess, her duty was to her people and her country. But as Sonia Nevermind, she had failed to convince herself that she should do this.

"It's okay to be selfish." Sonia felt an arrow piece her heart at hearing his sentence. Naruto knew he was treading dangerous territory. And yet, he need to push on. "It's okay to say that this you don't want this." Another arrow pierced her heart. "No one would blame you. Everyone will understand if you want to live and be like any other girl out there."

Something in the mind of Sonia snapped. Maybe it was the words that he used. Or the fact that it felt like she was being attack for her personal choices. But something in the back of her mind told her to fight back at the words that Naruto was using on her.

"I am not like every other girl out there, Naruto!" She marched forward to the blond. "I am a princess of a country! Everything I do is for the sake of my country! I would do anything for the sake of my country. I'll do anything for the sake of my country. Even if that requires my life to be taken." She was standing in front of the blond. Her eyes glaring into the eyes of the prankster. The fire in her eyes burning. She didn't enjoy the way Naruto talk about her decision. She needed to sow the blond that she was okay with what life was throwing at her.

"I know that!" Naruto yelled back at the blond princess. "But I don't want you to do something that you might regret!" Naruto took a deep breath and slowly calm himself down. He needed to keep a calm head, otherwise he might just lose it.

"And what would I regret!?" Sonia yelled at the blond. All she saw was red.

"That you walked away from your friends! That you walked away from the one chance of being a normal girl!" He finally told her. He knew from personal experience on losing a chance to be a normal person. Sonia was a good friend. But at the same time he knew that she was not the type to put herself first before others. Then again with her talent it only made sense that she was an unselfish person.

Sonia grew quite. She didn't know how to response to his statement. He was worried that she wouldn't have a chance to be a normal girl. She was touched. He was remembering the fact that she wanted a chance to be a normal girl and didn't want her to throw away her only chance at that lifestyle.

Why did he have to make her decisions that much harder.

"Thank you…" Sonia quietly said. Clasping her hands, she didn't know what her next words would be. "Thank you… for remembering my wish… But…"

"But…" Naruto repeated, he felt his heart slowly sinking into the pit of his stomach.

"I have a duty. And that duty is too my people." Sonia closed her eyes. But she felt the tears slowly start to build. She was the Ultimate Princess. Losing her emotions was not becoming of one in her position. She needed to regain herself. She needed to keep her emotions in check. She needed…

She needed someone to give her a hug.

Without saying anymore she walked past Naruto. She didn't want the blond to see her tears that were so close to spilling. As soon as she felt that she was no longer in eye sight of the blond she ran towards her bedroom. Even though she did everything that she could to make sure that Naruto didn't see her run to her bedroom, he was able to hear her footsteps as she ran towards away from the blond.

Placing a hand on his forehead, Naruto, rubbed his temple. He was not sure how he could fix her situation. But Sonia, was a friend. And if there was one thing that Naruto was known for it was for helping his friends out when they needed his help. And this was not going to be any different than any other time.

*The next night*

Sonia had already left for her home country. Her flight was early in the morning and everyone had already said their goodbyes to the young lady. Now that left everyone a feeling empty at saying goodbye to such a dear friend. But for one blond prankster he was left alone with his thoughts. Sitting outside on his porch, Naruto, just stared waiting for an answer to come to his mind. But even the calmness that his home brought him brought no answers to the blond prankster.

Fiddling with his phone, Naruto, was unsure if he should contact Sonia to see if she had arrived to her home country safe. But each time he placed his thumb over the call button he couldn't bring himself to push the button. Maybe he was afraid that she wouldn't pick up the phone. Or the fact that he might call in a private moment. Or just something that he was unprepared to deal with. All of this was new emotions that Naruto was feeling was just nerve wrecking.

Just as he was about to pick himself up and head to his bedroom he felt something slowly place itself on his right shoulder. Glancing to his side he saw a mop of black hair resting on his shoulder. He didn't need to ask who it was. He already knew who it was just by the color of the hair.

"Ibuki, is sad…" She mournfully said, she snuggled closer to the blond. The blond was unsure what he should do next. But he did the first thing that came into his mind. He placed his right around the young lady to bring her closer. Ibuki did nothing but smiled at the prankster gesture. "Thank you…" She whispered to the blond.

"Ibuki, still wishes that Sonia didn't have to leave. She is one of us. She was meant to stay with us till the very end. Not leave in the middle of everything." Ibuki said, as she stared into space. For the young musician, she had already dealt with the heart break of losing bandmates to creative difference. It is the worst feeling watching them leave and not being able to anything about it.

"That's all true… I think if given a choice she would wanted to stay with us till the very end. But she had to do what she felt was right." Naruto knew that the last part of his sentence was force to come out of his mouth. He didn't enjoy the fact that he had to say it but there was no other way to say it.

"But if Sonia country didn't need the support of other countries she could be here with all of us. Ibuki would still have her friend here. All of us could be laughing and singing with one another." Naruto felt her tense for a brief second but he knew that was only because she cared for Sonia a great deal.

But something in the sentence, did something click in the mind of Naruto. If the only reason for Sonia departure was because her home country was in dire need of others support. Then there had to be a way for neighboring countries wanting to come to Sonia home country aid without needing Sonia to marry someone in return.

Now the bigger question entered the mind of Naruto.

What Sonia country was in need of and what could her country give in return?

Naruto knew that he was going to need to study everything that he could possibly could. And lucky for the young blond he knew the best way to make that happen.

"Ibuki," said girl glance up to see what the blond was going to say. "I think you might have given me a great idea how to get everything back to normal." Ibuki eyes widen. She was unsure what the blond was planning or what he was talking about. But if everything was going back to normal then she was fine with whatever plan the blond had.

Unknown to the two young two Ultimate's, a pair of eyes were watching them.

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