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Chapter 4: Kindness of a Heart Revealed

The next day, Sakura awoke hungrily and got out of the king sized bed. She had on a pink long nightgown, and she threw on a purple robe to cover the gown. Sakura slipped on light pink slippers and headed out the bedroom door. She went along the corridor and found her way towards the dining room. In there was Naruto, Tenten, Ino, and Hinata. They were all talking about the 'plan' that would commence today. As soon as Sakura walked in the room, they stopped their chat and turned to Sakura.

"Hello Miss!" Naruto said with a big smile. Sakura welcomed them with a warm smile and she greeted everyone.

"How is everyone today?" Sakura asked.

"Well we were hoping that since today is a beautiful day, you could join us in a stroll in the garden?" Hinata asked.

"Oh, I'd love to! I was beginning to think that there was nothing to do in this house." Sakura answered. The girls giggled and Naruto chuckled.

"Thank you Sakura-chan! So are you hungry?" Tenten asked and on cue, Sakura's stomach growled. They laughed once again. Sakura blushed.

" Shino, could you bring some food for our guest?" Ino asked. Shino brought a tray of eggs, bacon, a bowl of cereal, a glass of milk, and a plate of cherries.

"Oh thank you Shino!" Sakura said with a smile. Shino bowed and left. The others sweat dropped at his solitude.

"Not much of the talkative type huh?" Sakura said and the other nodded.

"So where is Neji and Shikamaru?" Sakura asked while taking a spoonful of her cereal. The others grew a little nervous and then Tenten spoke.

"..Um they.. are with Prince Sasuke.." She stuttered out. "Oh." Was all Sakura said.

"So what do you to do in your spare time Sakura?" Ino asked politely.

"Well I usually like to read and borrow books from Konoha's local book shop, but I've read every book there, so I really don't have a hobby anymore.." Sakura said a little sadly. The others didn't know what to say. Someone finally broke the temporary silence.

"So what was it like in Konoha Sakura-chan?" Hinata asked to change the topic.

"Oh it was beautiful Hinata! The only problem was Lee!" Sakura said as she put a cherry in her mouth.

"Lee?" They all said. She laughed and then told them about her life in Konoha and about Lee.

Sasuke

"Why are you guys here again?" Sasuke asked Neji and Shikamaru.

"We are going for a stroll in the garden, remember?" Neji stated. He and Shikamaru were helping Sasuke get dressed in a more fitting outfit.

"And why do we suddenly have to go for a walk in the garden?" Sasuke asked again.

"Um.. to look at…flowers!" Shikamaru said quickly. Neji shook his head at Shika's ridiculous statement. Shika nervously laughed and Sasuke didn't like the idea of 3 guys walking together in flowered garden, and looking a flowers.

"That's so stupid, why would we walk together in a garden, looking at flowers together? Wouldn't the girls think that we are…gay?" Sasuke whispered the last word very low.

"Look, we won't walk together, okay." Shikamaru said.

"And act nice today, please, we want to impress the girl, right!" Neji said, referring to the girl as Sakura.

"Yeah whatever.." Sasuke said plainly. Neji and Shikamaru were done dressing him and Sasuke was wearing a big but fitted white collared button up shirt with navy blue pants and a dark blue cape around his neck. He didn't care for wearing shoes, I mean how can he, his feet were twice their size!

"Okay, let go eat breakfast." Neji said and they lead Sasuke out of his bedroom and into the dining room.

Sakura

"That…was…so…funny!" Naruto said in between laughs. Everyone was laughing at Lee ( no offense!) and how he proposed to Sakura twice and keep reciting his undying love for her. Sakura finished eating her breakfast and relaxed herself in the chair. ( Oh yeah, this is before Sasuke enters the room.)

"Looks like your done Sakura!" Ino said. Sakura nodded.

"Shino, come and pick this up, and Sakura would you follow us to your bedroom?" Tenten said softly.

"Okay." Sakura replied back. Shino came and took the tray away. They got up from their seats and started to walk to Sakura's room.

"Yay! We get to help Sakura-chan change!" Naruto shouted and all of the girls' heads turned to him.

"Naruto! Go away! You can't see Sakura change!" Ino shouted at him.

"Yeah! And you have to clean up before the prince comes in the dining room!" Tenten said. Hinata shooed Naruto away while he was still pouting. Sakura giggled but stopped herself quickly. When the girls reached Sakura's room, they immediately started picking out outfits for Sakura to wear. Hinata chose a blue satin dress with tight fitting sleeves and a pair of dark blue slippers to go along with it. Ino chose a dark purple tube topped knee length dress with light purple trimming around it and black 2 inch high heels. Tenten chose a black two-strapped dress that reached Sakura's ankles and the dress was a tie neck one, with a pair of 1 inch black high heels. Sakura looked at each dress but did not find any interest in any of them. She then looked through Tenten's wardrobe and found a beautiful pink dress that was two-strapped and had rhinestones along the top of the dress and along the bottom. Cherry blossoms were on the pink dress at the bottom and Sakura picked out light pink slippers to go with the dress. The 3 other girls stared wondrously at Sakura's dress.

"Oh my gosh Sakura! That dress is so pretty on you!" Ino squealed.

"You look very cute Sakura-chan." Hinata said softly. Sakura smiled at the two compliments.

"Indeed! You shall surely impress Sa- mfpt!" Tenten said but Hinata and Ino clasped themselves over Tenten's mouth. ( weird I know..) Sakura gave them a questioning look.

"Impress who?" Sakura asked.

"Ah…n-no one S-Sakura-chan.." Hinata stuttered out. Ino nodded and Tenten pouted a little even though it was unseen by the others.

"Mcan mgu gfet uoof ogf mie!"( means 'can you get off of me') Tenten shouted since she was still being silenced by her friends. Hinata and Ino uncovered Tenten and nervously laughed. Sakura raised an eyebrow at the girls.

"Well, let's get going then." Sakura said, and the girls and her left the bedroom to head towards the garden.

Sasuke

Naruto just finished cleaning the dining room before Sasuke and the others came. Shino had already placed Sasuke's breakfast on the table and Sasuke ate it quietly. ( Sasuke and Sakura don't know that they will both be going to the garden.) Sasuke finished his breakfast and got up from his seat. Naruto, Shikamaru, and Neji got up as well.

"Well, lets go to the garden then." Sasuke said plainly. The 3 other boys raised a brow at Sasuke. The mentally were telling Sasuke to treat Sakura better.

"And I will treat Sakura better, I mean until I see her, its not like I would though." Sasuke said rather disappointed. The three boys were smirking or grinning as they though about the plan.

"Oh, and Sasuke, remember that old library that we have?" Shikamaru said. Sasuke nodded.

"Well, maybe you should show a certain someone that room." Neji carried on.

"And maybe even give it to them as an apology gift!" Naruto finished with a big grin.

"Um…okay?" Sasuke was confused but he didn't show it. Once they reached the garden, Neji spoke.

"Well we got some work to do Sasuke, so we'll see you later!" And before Sasuke could ask any questions, the 3 boys were gone. Sasuke shook his head and took a seat on the wooden bench in the garden. He rested his elbows on his knees and he cupped his face with his hands. Sasuke observed the garden, it was the summer, in a creepy forest, and yet, flowers were blooming and trees were sprouting leaves. He never saw things from this point of view and everything seemed……..peaceful. He continued his position on the bench and thought about what Neji, Shikamaru, and Naruto said to him early. Soon enough, something pink caught his eye.

Sakura

The four girls finally reached the garden. Sakura stared at every element of the garden. She was amazed at how a dark and scarey place could have such a beautiful garden, full of life. Sakura soon enough realized that her friends were nowhere to be found, and instead of looking for them, she wandered around the place. The garden was reasonably large so she took her time in viewing each flower or tree. But something blue and black caught her eye.

"Oh…" Sakura said and she looked at the ground. Their sitting right before Sakura was the one and only, Sasuke. He looked at her.

"Um… hi." Sasuke said. Sakura looked up from the ground and smiled softly. She looked around and saw that there were no other benches to sit on so she was about to sit down on the grass.

"What are you doing?" Sasuke asked.

"Taking a seat." She said plainly. Sasuke remembered something about being a gentleman, so he scooted over on the bench and gestured Sakura to sit down next to him.

"Oh, thank you, but I couldn't possibly," Sakura didn't get to finish, as Sasuke spoke.

"Its okay, It would be my pleasure." He said. Sakura obeyed him and took the seat. She didn't look at Sasuke but he was looking at her for a while and then spoke.

"Um, I wanted to say sorry for being a jerk to you before. I was arrogant, and rude, and I shouldn't have spoken so harshly. So will you forgive me?" Sakura looked at Sasuke finally, and she saw that he was truly being sincere and honest. She smiled and spoke.

"Yes, I forgive you Sasuke." She said which made Sasuke happy on the inside. Sakura could not believe that the cold-hearted beast was finally beginning to show emotions.

"Thank you!" He said with a small smile forming. Sakura giggled at him. Maybe there is a side of the beast that I haven't met yet, she thought.

"So, I want to show you something, since we are in good terms now, right?" Sasuke asked. She nodded.

"Good, but you have to promise to close your eyes as I take you there." Sasuke said. She looked at him uneasily.

"Don't worry, I'm sure that you will like this place that I'm going to show you." He said.

"Okay, I trust you." She smiled and they got up from their seat. Sasuke lead the way as Sakura followed quietly. The beast and girl were now friends, but just friends for now. From afar, 6 objects could not be heard or seen, but they were smiling or giggling at Sasuke and Sakura and how their plan to make the two friends worked out perfectly. A few minutes passed by and Sasuke and Sakura were now in front of a huge door. Sasuke turned to face Sakura.

"Okay now close your eyes, really tight." He assured her. Sakura nodded and closed her emerald eyes. Sasuke waved his hand in front of her eyes to make sure that they were closed. They were closed, and so he slowly opened the large door. Sasuke held Sakura's hands as he led her into the room. Right now it was dark, but as soon as Sasuke was about to let go of her hands, she almost opened her eyes.

"Don't open your eyes yet!" He said very fast. Sakura quickly shut her eyes again and smiled. "Stay right here and don't open your eyes!" He said and even laughed a bit. Sakura nodded and waited in the spot. Sasuke began to open large curtains that allowed the sunlight to reach inside the room finally. Sakura could only hear the sound of drapes being opened and she could feel to sun's rays. She smiled even bigger. Her excitement was coming out. Sasuke approached her again and then said, "Okay Sakura, you can open your eyes." Sakura slowly opened her eyes and she was amazed once again at what she saw. It was a library, full of thousands of books that looked like they have never been touched.

"Do you like it?" Sasuke asked.

"Yes! Oh Sasuke, it beautiful! I love to read and these books will come in handy as I stay at the palace." She said. Sakura was overwhelmed. Sasuke smiled and spoke.

"Well then its yours!" He said happily and Sakura faced him.

"Mine? I can keep the library?" She replied. Sasuke nodded.

"Yay! Oh my gosh, thank you so much Sasuke!" Sakura then hugged Sasuke for the first time and for the first time in his life he did feel happy. Maybe their curse would be broken and he could live happily again, no, he would live a better life, where he was kind and generous, never mean or disrespectful. He hugged back the pink haired girl and they both were happy and forgot their problems for once in their lives.

I am so sorry for the long updates! School has been hectic with finals and since I want to get good grades, I gotta study hard, but I'm so sorry for updates! I hate my school! Well, I feel much better after releasing some of my anger out, so anyway, review if you have time, and I say that a lot, hope I'm not a burden! Thanks, and bye for now!