YOOOO Hello all! If you haven't noticed already, I have changed the fic from Romance/Humor to Adventure/Humor. Of course there will be romantic scenes and what not, but that's not really what this fic is about. So if you're going to complain, don't bother because I'm not changing it back.

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Don't own Naruto, if I did, I would bite Madara's head of and feed to Kiba's dogs. Woot.

Tenten yawned as she turned over; the hard ground had made her neck quite stiff.

"Ahh." She groaned quietly, bringing her head forward and back, trying to loosen it up. She looked up at the sky and found that the sun was just peeking over the hills. She smiled at the sight, thinking that this was probably the last time she would ever see it.

This is unfair. She thought bitterly, glaring at the sleeping forms of the oh-so-mighty princes. We get executed because we want justice and freedom! If these prissy, dainty little princesses EVER had to go through what we have gone through, they'd throw a tantrum and DEMAND to be taken back to their Mummys!

The more Tenten thought about it, the more aggravated and hyped she got. She let out a low growl and her fingers twitched.

No we have to face something they'd never have to! Just because they were BORN into a wealthy family doesn't mean their lives are worth anymore than ours! Her fingers raked through the dirt, the grime catching under her short nails. She looked at the young Hyuuga and it took everything of her to not pick up a stick and whack that smug look on his face. Even when he slept, Neji still wore that irritable smirk that said he was better than everyone else.

Ooh, why I ought to- And just at that moment, Neji's eyes fluttered open. He took one look at Tenten's absolute hostile face and quickly shut them again. He soon opened them again, but Tenten's face hadn't changed.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Neji growled, pulling himself up into a sitting position. "Do I snore?"

"Oh no, nothing is wrong at all." Tenten stated sarcastically. She was NOT in the mood for jokes like she normally was. "Besides the fact that, you know, we're going to DIE TOMORROW, everything's just peachy."

Neji eyed her warily; the anger in her eyes had not left yet. "It is not our choice to kill you, you know. Sasuke's father ordered us to."

"Yes but it was your choice to do what he said." Tenten's eyes shifted to her friends sleeping forms. "All we wanted to do is live a normal life, to be free." She sighed.

And then, for the first time, Neji's resolve faltered. Are we really doing the right thing? He thought, watching Tenten.

At that moment, Sasuke woke up, rubbing his eyes and yawning slightly. His seemingly perfect chicken-butt hair was filled with twigs and dirt. It seems his head must have slipped off his bag and onto the grotty ground. He accidently kicked Sakura's left shoulder, forcing her awake.

"Owww..." She mumbled and grabbed hold of his leg, her eyes still firmly shut. "Aha, gotcha now Tennie." She slurred sleepily. Tenten mumbled a 'Bitch, don't call me that' in the background, but not loud enough for the tired girl to hear.

Sasuke growled and tried to pull his leg away, but Sakura had a surprisingly strong grip. "Get off me, slave." Sasuke said through gritted teeth.

"Oh, you're not going to get away with that one." Sakura grinned with her eyes still closed, and she fully wrapped herself around Sasuke's leg.

Tenten let out low giggle at the scene, Neji just watched on a raised eyebrow. By now Ino had woken up with all the noise, and let out a full on laugh at what Sakura was doing.

Sasuke was getting PRETTY annoyed by now; he lifted his leg up a bit and shock it hard. Sakura was not prepared for this, because 1. She had no idea that Tenten was that strong, and 2. Since when did Tenten's legs get so hairy? Sakura dropped hard to the ground and her eyes popped open.

"God, Tenten! Couldn't you be a bit gentler next...time..." Sakura looked up to a very annoyed Uchiha looking down at her, his arms crossed across his chest. "Ehe..." Sakura dusted her hands off nervously. "Would you believe I thought you were Tenten?"

Sasuke glared at her. "It's a good thing the dobe didn't see that." He muttered.

"Too late, teme!" Sasuke growled and glared over at Naruto, who was barely able to cover his laughter. "I-I didn't know you had girls l-legs!" Naruto finally couldn't hold it in any longer. "PWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!"

Sasuke glared even harder at the blonde boy who was rolling around on the ground.

"OMYGOD I CAN'T BREATH!"

Hinata, who had also woken up with Sakura's chatting, smiled slightly at the boy on the ground.

When Naruto had finally calmed down, Sakura apologised to Sasuke.

"I'm so sorry." She had repeated for the tenth time, her cheeks were flushed pink. "Really, I am. I just- I'm really sorry."'

"Shut up!" Sasuke growled, packing up his things for another long journey to the Uchiha Manor.

"Sorry!"

"And stop saying sorry!"

"Sorr- I mean okay!"

Sasuke scowled at her and stalked off to Neji, the only human being on the planet that he could stand at the moment. Sakura watched him go and flinched at the look he gave her. I don't think he likes me very much now...

Ino giggled at her, the ropes were still tied together but seemed to have slackened off a bit during the night, giving the girls some more room to move around. But not much.

"How do they do it?" Tenten asked, watching the boys gather together for a talk.

"What?" Sakura asked as she eyed Sasuke. God, I never realised how good looking he is! Those strong arms, chiselled face... I bet he has a six pack... yum.

Ino grinned at the dreamy look Sakura was giving Sasuke, and bumped her with her hip. Bad move. Sakura lost her balance and tripped over her own feet.

"Crap, not again." Tenten muttered as she watched Sakura fall, then feeling a sharp pull forward she soon joined her.

The boys looked over as they heard a crash, but seeing the girls sprawled on the ground they just continued talking in hushed voices.

"We should take them back through the town." Sasuke suggested, keeping his tone low and his back to the girls. The time of day now way around eight o'clock and they had to keep moving if they wanted to make it back to the Manor by sundown.

"I suggest not." Shikamaru stated, after finally awakening from his slumber. If Naruto kicking him awake counts.

"And why not?" Sasuke turned on the lazy Nara, intrigued as to if there were a better way than his.

"It would be around 500 meters shorter to just go straight through the forest. We just followed the girls where they went, and I'm pretty sure they didn't have a set destination."

Sasuke slouched at this. He hated being wrong. "Fine." He muttered. "But if we get lost it's your fault."

Neji watched on, his mind was hardly on how long it would take to get there. Am I really this soft? He thought to himself, watching a group of birds in 'V' shape fly across the sky. How far would I go for freedom?

He looked at Naruto and Shikamaru. Naruto was usually so cheerful, but his face was anxious and worried, his eyes kept darting to the blue haired girl. Shikamaru was gazing up at the sky, not like that was new, but his face was impassive as he nodded every now and then to something Sasuke said.

Neji sighed. It's all good for Shikamaru and Naruto to be guilty, but Hell will freeze over before Sasuke shows any compassion.

"-Yeah I think we should do that, so Neji, what do you think?" Sasuke turned to the spacing out Neji and frowned. "Neji?"

"Hm?" Neji shook his head slightly and looked at the others; they were all staring at him. "Oh, yeah, good."

Sasuke smirked. "Was Hyuuga off with the fairies again?"

Neji growled and was about to protest, when Naruto let out a giggle.

"It's so wrong to hear the word 'fairies' come out of your mouth." Naruto grinned, his teeth gleaming mischievously.

"Shut up, dobe. I can say what I want." Sasuke glared and picked up his back pack from the ground, the bottom of it was damp from the ground. "Let's get moving he called out from over his shoulder."

Sasuke looked over towards the girls and nodded to them, telling them to keep moving. Sasuke walked beside Sakura at the front, she tried to walk in time with him, keeping her head down.

Sasuke, being a few inches taller than Sakura, took this chance to have a good look at the roots of her hair.

Hmm, it seems she was telling the truth, it is natural. Sasuke thought amusedly, still staring at her hair.

Sakura could feel his piercing gaze burning through her skull, she turned her head and sure enough, Sasuke was staring at her.

"What?" She asked.

"Your hair is pink." He shrugged.

"I am aware." Sakura deadpanned.

"You're a genetic freak."

Sakura scoffed and glared at him. "Gee, thanks. I feel so much better about it now."

"How can anyone be born with pink hair?" Sasuke shook his head in confusion, stepping a tree root.

"It is, as Sasuke said, genetically impossible." Shikamaru repeated from behind them. Suddenly there was a loud bang. They all turned around to see Naruto's body in a rather awkward position on the ground.

"Ohhh..." He groaned. Hinata bent down as low as the rope would let her to see if he was alright. "The...same...bloody...tree root!" Naruto moaned and nodded to Hinata, giving her the thumbs up sign.

"Tch, dobe." Sasuke rolled his eyes.

"Anyways," Sakura eyed Naruto warily, and faced where they were walking. "I can't help it, I was born like this. I was told that my Mother had pink hair too."

"Told?" Sasuke asked a bit softer than usual, noticing the sadness in Sakura's eyes.

"My mother died of pneumonia when I was young." Sakura gave a wobbly smile to Sasuke. "At the place she worked, they didn't provide medical attention to slaves."

"Oh..." Sasuke said quietly. There was an awkward silence that fell on the group as they kept walking.

By sundown that day, the Uchiha Manor came into view.

Hinata let in a ragged breath, her whole body began to shake uncontrollably. Naruto layed a reassuring hand on her shoulder, but Hinata just shrugged it off.

"It's going to be okay, Hina." Naruto said softly in her ear. But Hinata just gave him a sharp look, well as sharp a look as Hinata could probably do.

"N-No, Naruto." She shook her head at the blonde boy. "We are g-going to d-d-die tomorrow."

A lump began to form into Naruto's throat as he gazed up at the walls of the Manor, the moonlight casting shadows on the lawn.

"Be prepared to meet your maker..." Sasuke muttered as he inserted his key into the lock.

The door creaked open and Sasuke held it for everyone to get through. Sasuke lead the way down the empty hallways, towards his Father's office.

Before they reached the door, they we intercepted by Itachi.

"Nice work, baby brother." Itachi smirked at Sasuke's scowl. "Father will be proud." Itachi glided away, not before giving a smug wave to Ino, who just flicked him off.

Shikamaru looked at her questioningly, but didn't say anything.

"Now." Sasuke turned around and faced the girls. "You will be polite, nod and do NOT under any circumstances, ARGUE with my Father. Understood?"

Ino gulped visibly.

Sakura furrowed her eyebrows at the thought of not arguing with anyone.

Tenten nodded.

And Hinata just fiddled with her fingers.

"As I said before, it's time to meet your maker." Sasuke swung open the door.

OooOo... what now? Mwahahaha!

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