On their way out of the village, Naruto turned to Sakura. "It's awesome that you're coming." He said.

Sakura smiled slightly. "So you guys have met this princess before?" She asked turning to the boys.

Kiba nodded. "That's right." Akamaru barked.

Naruto started to remember back to when Yumi was trapped in the barrier. The image of her eyes glowing made him shiver. Sakura noticed this. "You cold Naruto?" She asked.

Naruto shook his head. "Nah…" He ran in front of the group. "Well let's get going, it's a long trip."

The group nodded and they jumped into the trees, making their way to the kingdom.

Just like before, the trip took two days. The sun was in the middle of the sky when the group saw the familiar scenery of the beautiful white castle in the far distance. Naruto breathed in the aroma of flowers. They walked right up to the gate where the guard happily opened for them.

They waked down a pathway towards the entrance. Sakura looked up at the castle until her neck started to hurt.

A very tall and slim man was awaiting them. He wore a silver rob that dragged on the ground behind him. His hat was tall and pointy at the end. A cheesy smile spread across his face. "Welcome. The king is expecting you. I am his chief adviser, you may call me Rokumatsu."

Naruto tried not to laugh at the man's outfit a snicker escaped his lips. Rokumatsu gave Naruto a strange look.

Sakura smiled and smacked Naruto at the back of the head. "Never mind him, we cant keep the king waiting right? Heh heh…"

The strange looking man nodded and guided the team through a long hallway that seemed to go on forever. The castle seemed larger on the inside and it was full of old fashion statues and portraits of past rulers. One portrait seemed to catch Naruto's eye.

It was a woman, no older then 30. Her smooth, black hair fell past her chest. Her warm smile seemed to make the picture brighter. Her skin seemed soft and white as snow. Naruto studied her. "Who is she?" He asked pointing at the portrait.

The adviser turned around and followed Naruto's finger. "Oh. Well that is Queen Akemi. She was King Mikio's wife."

"Was?" Kiba asked.

Rokumatsu sighed. "Yes, sadly she past away four years ago. I believe Princess Yumi took it the hardest… poor child." He shook his head and headed down the hallway again.

Everyone else slowly followed behind, giving the portrait one last look.

Finally the group saw the ending of the hallway. At the very end was an old fashion door. Made from dark wood, the door had strange carvings on it. The advisor walked up to the door and knocked on it twice.

Silence.

Rokumatsu knocked on it again before a familiar voice was heard.

"This is so unfair!" Shouted a voice of a girl.

"This is how it is going to be. You have to mature, for you are about to become the queen. You have to take this responsibility seriously." Said the booming voice of the man on the other side of the door.

"This is so stupid."

"You will accept your punishment like an adult! And you WILL have bodyguards no matter WHAT you say. Am I clear?"

"Crystal." She said sarcastically.

"Now leave my office."

With that final say, the door opened.

There holding the door open with a pissed off expression was the green haired princess. Yumi looked up form her shoes at all the confused faces. She quickly closed the door behind her. She scanned the group's faces. "No… don't tell me YOU are my bodyguards…" She said disappointedly.

"Nice to see you too." Kiba said sarcastically.

"And who is this?" She asked pointing at Sakura.

"Hello my name is Sakura." She said kindly.

"Why isn't Hinata here?" Yumi asked ignoring Sakura.

The advisor walked up to the princess. "Sorry to interrupt this reunion but may I talk to the King?"

Yumi waved her hand to the door. "Knock yourself out… he's in a rotten mood today though… trust me…" She sighed.

The advisor bowed and entered through the door, closing it behind him.

Yumi turned back to the group. "Let's get outta here. I'll show ya around."

They followed Yumi back down the hallway. "Sooo where is Hinata?" She asked again as they walked. "She was like the only reasonable one outta you guyz."

"She is on a different mission." Shino said.

Yumi glared at Shino. "Hmpft… and YOU had to come?"

"Trust me… I would gladly switch places with Hinata right not." Shino calmly said.

Yumi ignored that and turned to Sakura who was walking quietly beside her. "Your name was again?"

"Sakura."

"Ah right… pretty name. So you took Hinata's place did ya?" She asked.

"That's right."

Naruto stepped in between the two girls. "Yup, you will love Sakura, she is nice and funny and cool." His cheeks a light red as he spoke.

Yumi studied his face. "What, are you in love with her or something?" She asked bluntly.

Naruto's face went completely red. Sakura punched him in the shoulder. "Of course not! Heh heh. Just ignore him…" She said as Naruto rubbed his now new bruise.

Yumi rolled her eyes. "Well there isn't much to see here… this place is quite boring."

"What were you in trouble for?" Asked Kiba.

"Huh?" Yumi asked.

"Your dad was yelling at you about some punishment… what did you do?" He asked again.

Yumi laughed. "Ah nothing really… I just ran away again is all…"

"Ran away?" Naruto asked. "Again?"

"Yup… remember the first time we met. Well you guys had to escort me back to this awful place because I ran away. I dragged Riko along with me. But my dad figured out where I was and hired you guys to take me back." Yumi explained.

"Why would you wanna run away from this place?" Kiba asked. Akamaru barked in agreement.

"It's boring that's why!" Yumi pouted.

"What a stupid excuse." Shino said.

Yumi clenched her fist. "WHAT WAS THAT FOUR EYES?!" She stopped in her tracks shaking her fist.

Shino continued walking with the others, leaving the pissed off princess behind. He looked over his shoulder back at her. "Well you coming? You are showing us around right?"

Yumi relaxed her shoulders and sped up with the group. Soon enough they made it into a large, circular room. At the far end of the room was what looked like two thrones, one slightly larger then the one beside it. Yumi walked in front of the group who were still gawking in the doorway. She continued to walk until she was right in the middle of the room. She spun around with her arms held out. "This my friends is what I call the ROOM OF DESTINY!" She smiled.

Naruto scratched his head. "Room of destiny?"

"That's right." Yumi winked. "Soon to be MY room of destiny."

The group exchanged glances, they were confused. Yumi sighed. "Listen, this room is where my father holds balls and meetings, blah blah blah… and THAT…" She pointed to the larger chair at the end of the room. "Is the throne. Now let's get out of here and go outside." Yumi walked right past the team which was still studying the large room.