Part 16
As they walked into the room, Mizuki was greeted with alot of people wearing rich, nice clothes. "Ah, Princess Sayori! We finally found you!" Jiro walked Mizuki to wear she was suppose to sit at, across a tea table next to a guy that looked like a sixteen year old, and next to him sat a man that looked liked he was almost thirty.
Neji, Tenten, Lee, and Kiyoko stood behind Mizuki, and Jiro sat at the long table with all the officials. All the officials stood up and bow, and Kiyoko walked to stand next to me, guiding me. "When they bow to you, don't bow back. They'll think that you think that both of you are equal, which you're not." Kiyoko whispered to me. Mizuki nodded slightly.
Prince Satoru leaned over and said, "Welcome back, Princess Sayori." He had black hair down his back, without a hair tie. If you didn't know he was the Prince, you'll mistaken him from a girl. He had grass green eyes, and soft-looking skin. He wore what a prince would wear to the ball. He looked like the guy that a girl would die for.
Mizuki nodded slightly, and looked over at the man that was sitting next to him, staring at her. She nodded slightly at him, and he forced a smile and smiled back. "He's Makoto, be careful, if you don't in a matter of seconds, he can overthrown you." Kiyoko whispered in Mizuki's ears.
"Kiyoko, why aren't you wearing the same thing as the other servants are wearing? Where did you get that nice outfit?" Makoto asked, picking on her. Kiyoko looked at Mizuki and said, "I-" "I gave her the outfit, if she's going to be my personal servant, I would want her to wear something nice." Mizuki said. "But Princess Sayori, you're not suppose to let your servant wear your clothes." Makoto said, looking disgusted.
"Where's the rules to that?" Mizuki asked, feeling confident that she will win this arguement. Makoto looked at her in anger and mumbled something at her, and turned to face the officials. Mizuki looked up at Kiyoko and smiled. Kiyoko smiled back.
"We are here today to select the king or queen of this village." One of the officials said. Another said, "Of course, Princess Sayori should be it." Another said, "But .." He didn't want to say anything that might offended Mizuki. "Please be straightforward." Mizuki said. He looked at her and said, "Thank you Princess Sayori, but I don't think you can be it, because Prince Satoru have been leader of this village for a long time, ever since he was twelve."
Mizuki nodded, and another official said, "Yeah, but Princess Sayori should be the one leading the village, because she's from the ruling family." Another said, "Yes, but I don't think she could do it on her own." Jiro stood up and said, "I'll help her."
Silence.
"Princess Sayori should be Princess until she get married. When she's married, she and her husband shall be King and Queen of this village, and they shall rule it properly." Another official said. Mizuki looked at them with wide eyes. "On my opinion, I think Princess Sayori and Prince Satoru should be the King and Queen of this village." All eyes went on him.
"How?" Another asked. "You want them to get married?" Another said. They all nodded their head, and looked at Mizuki and Prince Satoru. "If this is for the village, Prince Satoru would agree." Makoto said, without even discussing it with Prince Satoru.
Mizuki looked at him, and looked at Kiyoko, who tried to think of something. She turned over to Neji, Tenten, and Lee. Tenten shrugged, Lee looked ahead, and Neji looked at her with those eyes. Those eyes, meaning saddness. Mizuki turned back to the officials and wondered what Neji's eyes meant.
"I disagree on that." Jiro said. Mizuki looked at him and smiled. "This is what happned to Princess Ren. She was engaged to the Prince from the Jun family, she wanted to leave the village, she didn't want to live with him for her whole life without loving him. See now? Princess Ren left the village and married someone she truly loved. If you want that to happen to Princess Sayori, please raise your hand."
No one rose their hand. Jiro looked at Mizuki and smiled. Mizuki smiled back.
"Then how is this going to be?" The official who suggested that Mizuki and Prince Satoru should be married asked. "One things for sure, Princess Sayori would not marry Prince Satoru unwillingly." Jiro continued, "Case closed for further notice, for the time being, Prince Satoru would be ruler until Princess Sayori knows what to do." Everyone bowed to Mizuki and Prince Satoru and left.
The only ones there were Mizuki, Neji, Tenten, Lee, Kiyoko, Jiro, Prince Satoru, and Makoto.
Makoto snickered, stood up and left without saying another word. Maybe he's thinking of a plan. Prince Satoru stood up, which made Mizuki stood up. He looked at her and said, "Pleasure to meet you." He took out his hand and Mizuki placed her hand on his without even knowing she did so. He kissed her hand, looked up at her with pretty green eyes, and left.
Tenten and Kiyoko sighed. Mizuki turned around facing them. "Wow, I didn't think such a guy would exist." Tenten said. Kiyoko nodded. Mizuki walked towards Jiro and said, "Is this all the princess has to do? Because I want to be a normal person and hang out at the village." Jiro nodded and bowed.
"Neji, Lee, please wear your normal clothes. We're going to explore the village!" Mizuki said. They nodded and left. Neji looked back at her who was talking to Kiyoko and Tenten. He looked at her and walked into his room to change.
"Princess Sayori, where are you going?" Kiyoko said, following Mizuki and Tenten to her room. "No, Kiyoko. WE'RE going to hang around the village. Do you have normal clothes?" Mizuki asked. Tenten turned the other way towards her room. Kiyoko shook her head, "We're not allowed to be outside of the palace, so I don't have normal clothes." Mizuki nodded and said, "I'm going to get you some when we leave the palace."
Mizuki changed into her plain gray kimono, and Kiyoko changed into her servant outfit. After ten minutes, Lee, Neji, and Tenten joined them. "What took you guys so long?" Mizuki asked. "MIZUKI! THEY GAVE US NEW ROOMS! IT'S SOO COOL! IT'S SOO BIG. I GOT LOST IN THE RESTROOM!" Lee yelled.
"Lee, you get lost anywhere." Tenten said. Neji, Mizuki, and Kiyoko laughed. "Yeah, true." Neji added. Tenten looked at Neji, and smiled.
As they walked outside of the palace, they were stopped by the guards. "Who are you, and how did you get into the palace?" One guard asked. All eyes fell onto Mizuki. She walked towards him and said, "We're Jiro's friends, he hired Konoha ninjas. Which is us. We want to take a look around." The guard nodded and said, "We don't accept people coming in after nine." Mizuki nodded. They started walking again until he stopped us again.
"Kiyoko, why are you out here?" He asked. Kiyoko looked at Mizuki and Mizuki said, "We don't know the village well, so she's here to guide us." The guard nodded. They started walking again. "Kiyoko, do you know that the guard is staring at you?" Kiyoko whispered and said, "Yes, Princess Sayori, he's like that to girls in this palace." Mizuki got behind Kiyoko to block the view of the guard.
"Don't call me Princess Sayori, call me Mizuki." Mizuki said. Kiyoko nodded and smiled. "Mizuki-chan."
"So, Kiyoko-chan, what is there to do here?" Tenten asked. Mizuki remembered that she had to buy Kiyoko clothes. "I have to buy Kiyoko some 'normal' clothes." Tenten nodded excitedly, while Lee and Neji looked down and sighed. When Mizuki, Tenten, and Kiyoko were looking for clothes, Neji and Lee sat on the bench outside.
"What is the mission suppose to be again?" Neji asked. Lee looked at him and said, "You're always the one who knows and remember. Tenten and I used to call you 'the naggy lady' because you'll always boss us around." Neji sighed and said, "I don't remember, I'm kind of confused." Lee looked at him and said, "Who are you and where's Hyuuga Neji?"
Neji looked up and said, "I'm Neji, you baka." Lee looked at him and said, "The mission is to help Mizuki be the ruler, or something like that." Neji nodded and sighed again. Lee asked, "What's so confusing?" Neji sighed, wondering if he should tell Lee about him being confused about love. "It's about Mizuki and Tenten isn't it?" Lee said.
Neji looked at him and nodded. Lee smiled and said, "GAI-SENSEI! I FINALLY UNDERSTAND A SMALL PORTION OF NEJI!" Neji looked back down and sighed. Lee jumped back to reality and said, "So, you're saying ..." Neji looked at him and rolled his eyes, he couldn't believe he was talking to Lee about his love life.
"I can tell Tenten likes you." Lee said. Neji nodded and said, "I could too." Lee continued, "Mizuki likes you ever since ... " Neji sighed and said, "We used to be childhood lovers or something." Lee nodded and said, "Let's bet, I bet your first kiss will be Mizuki, you bet that your first kiss will be Tenten." Neji sighed and putted his head down. "Then, you won."
Lee looked at him and said, "You kissed Mizuki?" Neji looked down and said, "When we were little." Lee looked at him and said, "I don't know you anymore." Neji looked at Lee and said, "Ok ... "
"Okay, so you like Mizuki." Lee said. Neji nodded. "And you like Tenten?" Neji nodded again. "Damn, Neji, mind as well make the whole village like you." Neji looked up and said, "The hell are you talking about." Lee shook his head and continued, "So what's the problem?" Neji looked at him and said, "How big is your brain?"
Lee looked at him and said, "Oh, I'm sorry I'm not like you." Neji looked into the store to see both Tenten and Mizuki looked at clothes for Kiyoko. He then looked back towards Lee, who was still trying to figure out the problem. In afew minutes, Lee yelled, "OH!! I got it." Neji looked at him.
"You like both Mizuki and Tenten, and both of them like you. Both of them are like best friends, if you want to go with one of them, the other will be hurt." Neji nodded slightly and whispered, "And Mizuki's the Princess here, she's staying." Lee nodded and said, "So, why don't you go with Tenten?" Neji sighed and said, "I'm not planning on being in a relationship. I'm just saying that I'm confused."
"What's so confusing?" Lee asked, confused. Neji sighed, "I have no clue." Tenten and Mizuki walked outside of the store. "Where's Kiyoko?" Lee asked. "She's inside, she wants to pay for the outfit instead of me." Mizuki said. Both of them nodded.
Kiyoko walked out the store wearing a white kimono with blue spots on it. "Um, where do you want to go next?" Tenten and Mizuki walked first, then Kiyoko, and behind Kiyoko was Neji and Lee. Lee whispered to Neji, "I seriously don't know you anymore." Neji looked at him and then looked away, "Hn."
They walk onto every street and every road. Without knowing, they went to deserted place. "Kiyoko! Where are we?!" Tenten asked panickly. "AHH !! I'm sorry! I haven't been outside of the palace for a long time! I'm sorry!" Kiyoko said. Mizuki place a hand on Kiyoko's shoulder, for her to calm down, and looked at Neji. Neji saw her and he nodded.
Byakugan!
"The main street is this way." Neji said. Everyone followed him and soon enough, they saw people walking and buying things on the streets. "You know what, let's just train, I haven't train in awhile." Mizuki said. Neji and Tenten nodded and Lee said, "WITH THE POWER OF YOUTH!" Everyone stared at Lee, Kiyoko giggled.
"Kiyoko, do you know where we can train without getting in trouble?" Mizuki asked. Kiyoko nodded and said, "Follow me." They followed her and they ended up at a field with alot of pink and white cherry blossoms. There was a HUGE pond, inside of it had fishes of different kinds, and lily pads in it. It looked like a park.
"I remember when I was little, me and this boy about my age played here. We both were homeless, and we were poor, so we supported each other. He was the one who showed me this place. After afew years, I had to work in the palace. I don't know where he went after that." Kiyoko said. Mizuki slightly turned over to Neji, who was looking at her. When he felt her eyes on him, he turned away.