Important Note:

When the writing is like this, then it's normal Japenese and narration.

When the writing is like this, the characters are talking in English.

Beta: IkiIki

Chapter 3: Tamiko

The siblings walked to their destination in silence. They weren't actually related by blood but the Uchihas adopted her. The act really surprised the entire kingdom. The cold-hearted family actually found it in their hearts to take in a child. OH HELL NO! That's so not like them. Charity? Please. Blackmail? That's more like it. It all happened about three years ago.

Flashback

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The Uchiha family was sailing to The Land of Earth. They've just heard that the legendary oracle was residing there in the royal palace. She was nomadic, so this was a one-time-only chance and she constantly had suitors trying to court her so they could have her powers. That's exactly what the Uchihas were going to have their son, Sasuke, do. To have the world's greatest power at their disposal was certainly appealing… except to Sasuke. He didn't care for the girl, even if she was the most powerful living human. He only agreed because his father said it would improve the clan, and his word was final. But still, he was only 14 trying to court an 11-year old. He thought he was too young to be forced to get engaged, even though they would wait till he was 18 to actually wed them together. But being royal came with sacrifices, as his mother put it.

They reached the Land Of Earth around mid-afternoon. Sasuke, Faguka, Mikoto and Itachi got into a carriage, while their personal ninja walked. They reached the palace and greeted the royals. They were shocked to find out that the king was so… so… obese. To say obese was an understatement. He was a very round man, with stubby legs, 4 chins and no neck. It took all of Sasuke's self-control to not laugh when the Earth king tried to bow. Keyword being tried. He looked so stupid. All that happened was a little crease in the center of his robe. He knew if Naruto were here, he would have laughed very loudly and very long at the sight. He was way out of shape, more than likely had no ninja training and ran out of breath walking from the front of the palace to the boardroom. He was pitiful.

"Faguka. I hope your journey was smooth," said Manoru, the king of the Land of Earth.

"It was smooth enough," he answered. "When will my son be able to meet the oracle?"

"Well, I don't know," said Manoru.

The Uchiha king's eye twitched slightly, but then he asked, "Have you seen her powers? Are they really as strong as the legend says?"

"W-well I-I haven't actually s-seen them," the Earth king said in almost a whisper.

Faguka's sharingan flared.

"You mean to tell me I traveled all this way and you have know idea if the girl is the real oracle?" he said with a deadly undertone.

"NO!" shrieked the pathetic king, but quickly changed the sound of his voice to a more manly tone.

"I mean no. She is indeed the oracle. She looks different."

"You know that she's the oracle just because she looks different? Then let me see her. When will my son be able to meet her?" he asked, while his sharingan stopped spinning but was still activated.

"W-well, I d-don't exactly know. She doesn't listen to me. She only sleeps here for the time being." He answered pathetically.

Sasuke's father glared at the king then asked, "You mean you let yourself be controlled around by a mere child, which could be a common whore. That is pathetic."

After Faguka said that, he got up to start walking to the room he was supposed to stay at during the trip. His family followed suit without saying a word. They didn't want to anger the Uchiha king, so they remained silent.

Sasuke sat there with a stoic face. His brother and father were discussing plans on how to capture the Earth kingdom. Seeing that they weren't a shinobi village, it would be easy toconquer the place. They abandoned the hopes of trying to court the oracle, for they didn't even know if she was the real deal. So while they were there, they might as well conquer it. Even though the Earth kingdom had no ninja, they still had a hell of a lot of connections. They had very abundant soil, and grew the best crops in the world. They were wealthy and could easily purchase the services of all the Hidden Mist ninjas. But it would take good 2 hours until they could get here. That was more than enough time.

"You all really shouldn't try to capture this place," said a feminine voice.

The Uchihas tried to find the owner of the voice, but saw that she was speaking through a vent. Then Faguka spoke.

"You know, little girl, you really shouldn't eavesdrop on private conversations," his father said while motioning to Kakashi, their personal body guard/ Sasuke's teacher to annihilate her.

"And do you know, old man, that you shouldn't try to take over the country of a host that has shown you excellent hospitality?" she replied coolly.

"And do you know, little girl, that being nosy could get you killed?" his father said with a deadly undertone.

"Oh, I don't think-" but she stopped. There was a long silence. Then Kakashi poofed into the room, almost causing Sasuke to shriek. Almost.

"Did you get rid of the problem?" Itachi asked.

"Well, about that. I didn't lay a hand on her." Kakashi replied, while scratching the back of his head.

"What do you mean! I told you to get rid of-" but was cut off when an unusual little girl appeared in the room, surrounded by bubbles. (Just like how Kakashi and Sasuke arrived to the Chuunin Exams, but with bubbles.)

She had unusual dark skin. Caramel colored, to be exact. Short dark brown hair that reached the middle of her neck. Dark brown eyes. And she looked about 4"11 with a little pudge in the middle of her stomach. She looked completely different than anyone he had ever seen, but was pretty and cute in her own unique way. She must be the oracle.

Kakashi broke the silence.

"Well, you see. She was the oracle. Tamiko-dono to be exact," he said in a humorous undertone.

"You know, you shouldn't call a little girl a whore. That's just mean. What's even worse, is that you wanted to kill me, correct?" she asked, even though they knew of the answer already.

They sat in an awkward silence, while she stood there looking at them with wide eyes. The Uchihas were glaring at her. Then, she spoke.

"Mikoto, go get me a sandwich." This got Faguka's blood boiling.

"How dare you order my wife around! You're lucky I don't kill you right now!" he yelled.

Tamiko gave him this stupid look on her face. Then said, "Are you really sure that you could actually back that threat up?"

Damn! The entire room was looking at the Uchiha King for his next move. This was one hell of a show. The Almighty Uchiha king getting put down by a little girl. That was one hell of a sight to see.

"Itachi! Get her, bound her, and gag her!" he yelled.

Itachi rolled his eyes and sighed. This was gonna be awkward. A 20-year old grabbing a little girl. Not the best situation you want to get yourself into. Anyways, back to the story.

Itachi tried to grab the girl using his speed. Keyword being tried. She was standing were he used to be.

"H-how?" he stuttered. This was the first time Sasuke ever heard his aniki stutter.

"How can you be faster than me!" he yelled. Everyone wanted to know. NO ONE was faster than Itachi, but here is this little girl making him look as slow as a snail. Her eyes were glowing a bright green color than died down.

"I'm the oracle. When I activate my sight, I can easily see into the future when I'm in danger. I can see exactly what you're going to do, before you actually do it. And like I said, Mikoto, I want a sandwich. Two slices of turkey, one slice of ham and mozzarella cheese. Honey mustard, lettuce, a slice of tomato on some lightly toasted sliced white bread. Oh! And make me some lemonade." she said while looking at the baffled Konoha queen.

"And Itachi, Kakashi and Sasuke, please leave." she said with a smile.

They hesitated, but were reassured when she suddenly changed from bright and perky, to an ice-cold death glare.

They left their father/husband/king in the room with the unique little girl. While all of them started wondering at the same time,

"How does she know my name?"

The two walked out about 20 minutes afterward, with her smiling in her orange kimono, and him scowling.

He faced his family, that were patiently waiting outside the room, pacing, and announced,

"Meet the newest member of the family. Uchiha Tamiko-hime."

This time Sasuke actually dropped his jaw. How in the world did she actually make him adopt her? He couldn't even get his father to buy him a set of kunai, without having to master numerous jutsus. But here, this girl, only 20 minutes later, is now the new princess of Konoha. She must have blackmailed him. There is no way his father would have agreed unless he was being absolutely forced to.

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End Of Flashback

So that's how Tamiko became an Uchiha. She is a great annalist and strategist, only to be rivaled by Shikamaru. She can easily tell how Sasuke feels and what he just did by looking at how he looks and where they are. It annoys him to death when she does this, but he still loves her anyway. She and Sasuke got really close in the three years, making her his best girl friend. She barely uses her powers because she is the laziest person he ever met. But then again, it didn't matter if she was lazy, everything was taken care of due to the fact she was a princess. Her biggest secret is how she got the king of Konoha to adopt her, but she won't tell.

Anyways, they finally got to their destination. Her bedroom. It had pale orange walls, bed sheets, pillows and curtains. Everything else was white and neat. They laid down on her gigantic bed, head to head. They could easily fit on the bed that was at least double the size of a normal queen-size bed, specially customized for her. A gift from their father.

She decided they needed some privacy and started speaking in this weird language called English. She taught it to Sasuke over the years.

"So how does she make you feel, Sasu?" she said while giggling.

He twitched at the nickname, but answered anyway, "I told you. I don't know. When she was crying earlier, I was actually concerned. When a guard slapped her, I felt a tug in my chest. It's sort of like how I feel about you, but it's not quite the same. It's deeper. She's beautiful, but won't smile for me. I usually have girls all over me, but she's not like them. Did you know she told me that I'm a bastard and to choke and die?"

"We all know you're not a bastard." She said being facetious.

"How could she think I'm a bastard? I didn't do anything to her," he asked, ignoring her completely.

"Well… you're arrogant, cocky, act like a jackass at times. You're cruel, easily pissed off, like to give people death glares until they pee in their pants. You always say 'Hn', like that's even a real wor-"

"I get it! Now tell me what's wrong with me." He said.

"Well… I could tell you, but only if you get me my sandwich before I leave my room." She said. Even though Sasuke couldn't see her, he knew she was smirking.

"You know that's not fair. You know that you're faster than me, and the kitchen is on the other side of the palace."

"And you know my advice doesn't come free. This is your problem, Sasu."

He got up to leave, but not without saying, "Bitch."

"I wonder what Itachi will do when he hears this?" she said.

He turned around quickly.

"You wouldn't," he said, glaring at his sister.

"Call me a bitch one more time," she said, giving another glare.

He turned around to leave with a scowl and said, "You suck sometimes."

"But you still love me anyways." And with that he was out of the room going to his room. He had enough of the blackmailing princess for now.

She didn't want to admit it but,

"Damn it. I'm lost."

"Do you need some help?" said a mysterious voice.

Sakura whipped her head around to see a white eyed boy. She blushed faintly at the sight of him. She couldn't lie. The teenager was handsome.

"Umm… well… yeah," she said, while letting her gaze fall to the floor.

"Maybe I could help you find your way…"

"Sakura. Haruno Sakura," she said while bowing a little.

"Why, Sakura-chan, let me escort you back to…"

"Prince Sasuke's room," she said while blushing madly.

It was then that Neji noticed the royal seal branded on her arm. Sakura must have seen the white-eyed boy looking at her arm, because she quickly covered it. Neji then spoke.

"So you must be my cousin's present. He's one lucky bastard," he said with a smirk.

Sakura blushed even deeper (if that was possible).

"Is he flirting with me?" she thought.

Neji then walked up to her and held out his arm.

"Well?" he said.

"Oh," she said, and took his arm, and they began walking.

It took about thirty minutes to get near Sasuke's room. She found out why she got lost. She was supposed to take a left at the staircase, but she went right. She also found out that the palace was symmetrical. Everything on the left side was identical to the right, except that the left had a dojo, while the right had a clinic.

The two were talking, unaware of a pair of eyes on them. Then once they got to the top of the staircase they stopped and Neji gave her the rest of the directions and an excuse saying he was late for a meeting. And with that, he poofed out.

"Prince Neji, eh?"

Sakura whipped her head around to see the same dark skinned girl, who interrupted her kiss with Sasuke earlier. Even though the girl was obviously younger than her, the look in her eyes made Sakura bow to her. She was…intimidated?

"There is no need to bow to me. What's your name?" said the intimidating looking girl.

"Sakura. Haruno Sakura," she said while almost bowing then stopped herself.

"Hi! My name is Tamiko." she said. Then, she continued.

"I don't think it is wise to hang around the Hyuuga. Sasuke will be angry with you." She said in a monotype voice.

"I don't want to be rude, but I don't give a damn if that bastard gets mad. He can't tell me what to do."

"You are mistaken. He can actually tell you what to do. You are his slave," Tamiko replied.

"I'm not a slave. I won't answer to anyone I despise," she yelled back.

"But that kiss earlier tells me otherwise. You seemed to have… enjoyed it," she said with a smirk. At this, Sakura blushed, and Tamiko continued.

"Anyways, I need you to come with me. You need to go to the clinic."

Sakura was puzzled. "W-why?"

"We have to put you on birth control before you and Sasuke actually do have sex," she said casually.

Sakura blushed. "H-how did you know we didn't… do anything?" she said to the younger girl.

"Please. Anyone with a mind could see that you're still a virgin. First of all, your pairing ceremony was yesterday, making you a virgin and it would have been your first time. Ten minutes of sex would have left you with a sore back or a limp. You have neither of the two. You walk perfectly fine. Last, that hickey on your neck," Sakura unconsciously moved her hand to her neck to hide the hickey. "is too clean. Like it was made as if you two had all the time in the world. If you two were caught up in the moment, Sasuke would have been sloppy. It would have not been a perfect circle. You, Sakura, are still untouched," Tamiko concluded and turned on her heel to go to the clinic.

Sakura stood there with her mouth open. She had just been analyzed by a younger teenager, to a T. She was baffled. How was the thing on her mind.

"How did she do that?" she thought.

"Hurry up!" Tamiko called, bringing Sakura out of her state of shock.

"Hai!" she squeaked, causing Tamiko to giggle.

"Now this is going to hurt just a little bit," said Tsunade, the palace's personal medic-nin. She looked as if she was 25 or so, but Tamiko informed Sakura that she was under a permanent transformation jutsu. The lady was actually 50 years old out. Hmm…interesting.

Tsunade-sama was holding this very painful looking syringe.

"Hurt just a little, my ass." She thought while looking at the syringe in front of her. It had a two inch needle.

"Do I really need to get the shot? It's not like I'm going to sleep with the bastard anyway," she said, while looking at the lady in front of her.

Tsunade looked at her as though she was an idiot.

"It's a requirement for all personal slaves. You can't become pregnant with an heir to the throne. And besides, this is the only time you'll get the shot anyway," she said, while advancing towards Sakura.

Sasuke was laying on his bed when the cherry blossom walked into the room. He quickly straightened up. She was rubbing her shoulder while muttering curses under her breath.

"What's wrong?" asked the raven, while looking at the pink-headed girl.

"Damn. I can't believe I actually asked that again," he thought.

She cocked an eyebrow, while he returned one in response.

She sighed and said, "I had to get this stupid shot. It hurt like hell. I'm just rubbing my shoulder to get the numbness to ware off."

"Why would you need a shot?" he asked, with a hint of concern in his voice.

"Birth control," she said without thinking. When she realized how she said it so bluntly, she blushed.

Awk-ward.

To break the awkward silence that had been presented for the past few minutes, Sakura asked the Uchiha prince the question that had been haunting her thoughts for the past day.

"Umm… Sasuke?"

"Yeah?"

"Can I ask you something?"

He pondered it for a few seconds, and then answered with a yes.

"For a prince or any man or teenager, they would have been excited to have received a bedmate. They would have raped their slave on the first night, right?" she said.

"Yes. And?" he said, while cocking an eyebrow.

"So why didn't you use me? Not that I mind… it's just—", she stopped to inhale, "why?". The question was bugging her for hours on end. She wanted to know.

Before he registered consciously what he was saying, his subconscious betrayed him yet again.

"Because I know how it feels to be raped."