A/N: It's been a while, I'm glad that you liked this fic. Yes the Pink Petals idea is mine, don't steal it! Now we have finally settled with Sasuke finding the princess… but can he make Sakura follow him back to the palace? I got a great twist! It'll probably be revealed next chapter, stay tuned for now!

Lead cast:

Naruto

Sakura

Sasuke

Shikamaru

Ino

Lee

Tenten

Plus random odd bods and more to come!

== Chapter Nine ==

"If you promise not to scream I'll let you go," ordered Sasuke.

Sakura nodded her head so he unclamped his hand from her mouth. She looked angrily into his copper eyes and slapped his face with force. She stammered, "That's what you get for being a pervert!" Sasuke held a scary expression as he stared at Sakura in bewilderment; no one had ever dared to slap him…

He raised his hand and was about to slap Sakura but she threatened him, "You dare?" Sasuke responded in surprise, 'I dare…' he thought as he looked hungrily at her well developed body. He moved quickly towards her and forced his lips to hers, '… to kiss you!'

Sakura tried to push him away but he was too strong. He continued moving his mouth passionately around hers. He decided to explore her further as he slipped his tongue quickly inside her mouth. She had stopped whacking her arms at him as she felt the new tingling sensations. She responded to his kisses until they both were out of breath.

Sasuke did not know what had come over him but he knew the kiss must stop. 'A samurai can never fall in love, especially with a princess…' He moved back abruptly with his head turned sideways. His unsmiling face was plastered all over his face again as he beckoned, "Put your clothes back on, I'm taking you to the palace tomorrow."

Sakura exclaimed, "You must have gotten a mistake! I'm-"

Before she could finish Sasuke had already ran out of the bathroom. He walked towards the kitchen to find some sake to take back into his room. He drank a big bottle of sake before dozing into a sleepless dream.

Meanwhile, Sakura was all dressed and went back to sleep at the maids room. She stayed up for a while with her hands touching occasionally at her lips. Images of Sasuke's beautiful features began to mess around her head. She tried to think of something else but the mind would not relent. She fell in the mercy of a naughty dream.

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Sakura was smiling and groaning seductively before a voice disturbed her. She felt hands shaking her and intruding into her dreams. Her eyes flickered and opened slowly to face two blue eyes. She was about to scream but Naruto covered her mouth, "It's me," he whispered.

Naruto grabbed Sakura's hand and pulled her away from the warm soft blankets. Sakura took a glance at the window and realized it was still dark. She said softly but harshly, "What do you want in the middle of the night?"

"You'll see," replied Naruto as he ordered her to put on some warm clothes.

They went out of the room with some fuss and the small amount of noise they made were enough to wake Sasuke. Naruto hurried Sakura to a ladder leading to the roof top. "You don't expect me to climb this thing, do you?" She asked.

"Of course, I'll be here supporting you, don't worry!" assured Naruto.

When Sakura finally managed to scramble on top of the ladder she was amazed at how high they were. Sasuke had gotten out of his room to follow the noise, when he had finally found the direction of it… He saw the blond man wrapping his arms around Sakura sitting on top of the roof.

He jumped up to where they were and shouted, "What do you think you're doing with my princess."

"She's not your princess, she's my princess! Go away you worthless street beggar," responded Naruto.

"Shut up you two, the sun's rising! Wow, I've never seen a sunrise before," exclaimed Sakura.

Naruto and Sasuke were too busy glaring at each other to notice the beauty of the sun. The contest continued for a little while before Sasuke husked, "I'll poke your eyes out if you dare stare at me for one more second." Naruto could tell he wasn't joking because his eyes turned into an eerie wheel shape.

"Sakura, let's go down to eat breakfast. This stranger on my premises can stay here," muttered Naruto as he crawled towards the ladder.

While Naruto was slowly making his way down the ladder, Sasuke lifted Sakura in his arms and jumped down to the floor. Sakura blushed as he looked at his face dreamily. Sasuke saw Sakura's weird expression and dropped her to the floor, "OWL" she screamed and added, "What was that for?"

"You looked at me weirdly," he replied.

"See I told you to go on the ladder," yelled Naruto half way down the ladder before he toppled and fell to the ground. "OWWwwwwwwwwl! Stupid ladder!"

"Let's go Sakura," ordered Sasuke as he grabbed her hand.

"HEY, where do you think you're taking my personal maid?" demanded Naruto.

"If the emperor finds out that you treated the princess like a maid he will chop your head off," threatened Sasuke.

"Are you really a princess, Sakura?" asked Naruto.

"No, I think Sasuke needs to find a doctor," replied Sakura.

Naruto nodded and took hold of Sakura's other hand, "Let's go eat breakfast and worry about the nutcase later…"

Sakura was feeling hungry but Sasuke insisted, "We leave n-" before his stomach growled. Naruto and Sakura both burst into laughter and Naruto commented, "Looks like iron face here is human after all." Normally Sasuke could last a day or two without food but he hadn't eaten much these few days. The chilly dinner last night also didn't fill him much…

Sasuke grumbled as he followed the two into the dining table. Naruto invited Sakura to eat breakfast with him and excused Sasuke for being there. It was too early for the other people to wake up except the chef and a few maids. The time was roughly 6:30 a.m. as they sat down and ordered the chef to bring a few bowls of ramen.

When the ramen came, Sasuke took one glance at it and muttered, "I don't like ramen."

"Don't eat it if you don't like it, I'll make sure my chef don't cook you anything else!" exclaimed Naruto as he reached out for Sasuke's bowl.

"Grr…" growled Sasuke as he snatched it back and began to eat it slowly. He spitted a few pieces of naruto (spirally pieces) back into the bowl and asked, "Do you want it now?"

"He's disgusting, isn't here Sakura?" asked Naruto.

"Yes but I have to admit, I don't like ramen…" said Sakura.

"So you're on his side now?" whined Naruto.

She shook her head and continued eating; Sasuke plucked out all the naruto and began to eat. They ignored Naruto and commenced to eat silently. When Sasuke noticed Sakura's empty bowl he declared, "Let's go!"

"Hey are you serious?" asked Naruto and added, "If you aren't lying show us some proof!"

Sasuke took out a little silver medallion and explained, "Here this has the emperor's emblem on it."

"Che, you could probably take out any piece of metal and say whatever you like," remarked Naruto.

Kakashi stumbled into the room and yawned. If Anko had not twisted his ears, he would never have woken up. Though he was used to it, he feared that it'll come off one day… Kakashi saw the medal with his good eye from a distance and gasped.

"Can I take a closer look at it," he asked as Naruto passed it too him. He added, "Interesting, it's got the emperor's emblem, where did you get it from?"

"It's his," said Naruto and added, "He claims to have found a princess."

"Really and who is the princess?" asked Kakashi.

"She's right here," said Naruto and added, "Well he thinks so at least…"

Kakashi stared at Sakura for a while before Naruto clicked his fingers, "Earth speaking to Kakashi." On the other hand, Sasuke studied the silver haired man with a mask weirdly. 'He seems to know something…' he thought. Kakashi ignored them and ordered the chef to cook him something nice. Anko would be joining him shortly after she had fixed her hair.

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Kakashi looked at his congee and began remembering horrid events. Images of a young silver haired man running with a baby in his arms conjured his mind. He was carrying none other but the princess herself. The enemies were very close by so he had no choice but to hide the baby in a basket to flow downstream. He was glad that the princess had not died…

When he had finished his half eaten congee he went to cleanse his face. He looked at his reflection before his hand went up to his left eye. He lifted the eye patch to reveal a hollow space. There was no eye… He took off his mask slowly before swinging the basin of water to the ground. A fat leech like scar remained on the right side of his face.

The empress' dirty guards had tortured him to hand over the baby, but he never did. And so he had paid the price. They dug one of his pretty eyes out and sprinkled salt onto a face cut. The result was very horrific but Kakashi had managed to live through it for all these years…

Durian: teary eyes the monsters… poor Kakashi. Sorry for the short chapter… but you'd be in for a surprise in the next chapter. Oh my God the twist, you can probably figure it out if you use your imagination! Do you want a preview? Well you ain't getting one…

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