"You told me that you knew where it was."

"I said I had an idea where it was! There are still other rooms it could be! The sitting room, there bedroom, anywhere, it was never guaranteed to be found the first time."

A sigh was his only response. "Just make sure you find it. Or this project is over."

Michael Lowell turned to his team and raised his eyebrows in question. "Oh yes, Michael we found this drawing with what we think is the Blue Diamond. Come check it out."

Michael walked to the drawing position on the glass holder as Donna washed off the grime from the years it was underwater, "We believe that she might have been the owner of the Diamond, seeing as she is wearing it, but there is a chance that she might not be alive."

He furred his eyebrows as he though of a possible way to find out where the Diamond was.

"Have you searched the other rooms yet? We need to find this god dammed diamond quick or we won't have a search party any more."

He identified the drawing closer, each stroke, he noted that the woman was completely beautiful, she had been drawn with long straight hair pooling around her shoulder, her right hand was pulled back behind her head and her left hand was positioned slightly around her heart, covering one breast while still giving a clear view of the dark diamond, a truly beautiful pose, perfectly fitting for a beautiful girl who just added to the diamond. It was well suited for her, a simple beauty that was capable of outlasting any others.


The walls were closing in on her, the pressure was suddenly too much to bear, and every time she heard someone mention the wedding she felt as if she couldn't breathe. Pressure, she was not ready for that, she was 19! Surely a young age, however her mother had been clear that they had no money whatsoever left and if they didn't do something quick they would be ruined. So what did her mother do? She forced her daughter into marrying her boyfriend, it seemed that luck had been on her mothers side when the son of one of the richest men in the country had courted her daughter. It didn't matter what Sakura thought of it, it was a matter of status, and in her world, status mean everything,

She cared for Sasuke, since childhood even, but she wasn't completely sure she loved him, it was hard to tell as she had never been in love before. But with Sasuke she felt as if she had no choice but to smile and nod as if she wasn't even there.

The marriage was the main reason half of the 1st class passengers were on the ship anyway, they were mostly traveling to the weeding, some even planned to stay for a while, but that was the main reason, she just didn't see the blasted reason in all that, why couldn't they have just married in Konoha? It's not like it made a difference. The moment she says 'I do' her life would be given to Sasuke's hands. And she would become a slave, right here in this slave ship. A slave ship that was taking her to America…

With a sigh she looked at her reflection in the large mirror and smiled seeing the make believe Sakura everyone thought her to be. Her maid, and best friend, Hinata came into the room ready to help her with her corset and started tying it behind her back tightly, "God, Hinata, not so tight? I think you crushed a lung", Hinata blushed and loosened the corset, "I'm sorry my lady, I shall try to make it looser."

Sakura nodded. When Hinata had finished tying her corset she turned to her best friend, "Hinata, can I trust in you to tell you something? But you must promise you wont tell a soul."

Hinata smiled at her shyly, "Of course Sakura-chan, you can tell me anything," Sakura and her sat down on her bed and Sakura drew in a breath glad that she was finally able to tell someone how she was feeling, "I feel pressure Hinata, like I'm going to burst if I keep being reminded of my wedding, I feel like I have no choice but to accept that I will no longer be Sakura anymore," she looked at Hinata for a minute before continuing, "When I get married I shall be Uchiha Sakura and no longer Haruno Sakura, and that by just a simple name change my whole being will be incased, and I shall be some sort of slave."

Hinata put her hand softly over Sakura's before speaking, "Do you love him?"

Sakura smiled in spite of herself, "I don't know, I feel as though I care about him, and I like spending time around him, but I feel as though everything is rushed…, is it bad to feel this way Hinata? Am I wrong to have these thoughts?"

Hinata shook her head, "Of course not Sakura-chan, you're only human after all, but maybe you should try and talk to your fiancée? Or your mother? They might understand…"

Sakura shook her head sadly as she look at one of her many paintings, "That would be useless, I had already tried talking to mother once and it went horribly wrong, nothing can change her mind, I guess I am going to have to accept this once and for all."

Hinata opened her mouth to reply but was interrupted as a knock sounded on the door, she quickly stood and opened the door to allow Sasuke inside, he thanked her and then looked toward Sakura with approval, "You look wonderful Sakura, are you ready to go?" Sakura nodded and then left the room with her future husband.

Hinata watched them walk away and saw Sakura looking back at her, waved goodbye and then entered the room to clean up the maidens quarters.


Naruto looked at the young boy and his father playing with the yoyo, and grinned, going back to his drawing, watching how the boys faced lit up with joy every time he would make the ball rotate for a while. And he was proud to say he had captured it perfectly. He closed his sketch book, and look over to see his friend napping on the bench, he lightly slapped Shikamaru on the head and saw his stir with a scowl on his head, "What do you want now Naruto?"

Naruto grinned and waved his hands to the sky, "Dude! Look at how the day is! You should be doing something worth your time, instead of sleeping or watching clouds all day!"

Shikamaru raised an eyebrow, "Those two things are worth my time, and I do them very well, now, leave me alone."

Naruto sighed and looked around at the other passengers and looked up when someone called him, "Hey, you draw?" It was a young man, with brown hair, almost black eyes, and strangely, two red marks on his face, not to mention he carried a dog on his head. He nodded at the strange boy, "Yeah, I like to draw things around me" The boy grinned and then held out his hand to shake Naruto's, "Cool, I'm Kiba, this is Akamaru", he motioned top the dog he carried, "were here 'cuz we wanted to explore the world and meet people, so your our first one." Naruto grinned, "I'm Naruto, I just came to go to America, draw a little and just have a big adventure, hope something good comes along, you know?" Kiba nodded and looked up over to the 1st class lever and spotted a young woman looking out towards the sea, "Look over there, that girl over there is what we call pure money, she's royalty compared to us."

He looked over to the young woman and was shocked at how beautiful she was, she had light pink hair which was held up by pins with small pins in an expertly twist, her dress a light yellow, with a blue ribbon around her waist, and small blue ribbons scattered around the dress, he could no stop looking at her, even when she turned to look at him, quickly looked away, then slowly look back at him, they stared at each other for what seemed like hours but her gaze turned away when a handsome black haired man came out and talked to her softly and he watched as she shook her head then left his grip on her arm and went inside, clearly frustrated. The man looked around embarrassed then quickly went inside.

"You know, it wouldn't really be smart of you to develop a crush on her...she doesn't belong with people like us. She's a first class girl, and she belongs with people like her. So, just a suggestion."

Naruto shrugged then looked back at where the girl used to be. No point in getting involved in anything.


Well, this was much longer than the last chapter, so I hope you guys like it. I'd really like it if you guys told me if your liked the story or not, so please remember to review! Anyway, as you see I'm making this story with a bit of a twist, Sakura still cares originally for Sasuke, but is unsure of whether she loves him or not, but still, the movie does relate a lot to the story. Also, I am aware that I changed the pose of the drawing slightly, but I wanted it to be just a little different than the movie. So…I hope you guys, the readers, like it! Edit: I corrected some errors found, so...yeah. This is a new chapter, same things though.

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Until Next Time,

Darkofthenight.