Part 18

"When I walked into wherever I was walking to, I saw Mizuki pinned down onto the wall by Prince Satoru. He wasn't just pinning her down, he kissed her. I'm serious, he needs to learn how to kiss." Lee said. Everyone looked at Lee. "How would you know how he kiss, Lee, have you tried to kiss him?" Tenten said. Everyone looked at Tenten.

"I don't know why he did that though." Mizuki said. Everyone shrugged except for Kiyoko. "When I was passing by their room because I had an errand to do, I heard them talking. Makoto and Prince Satoru were talking about how to overthrow you. Makoto said that Prince Satoru should win over your heart so that you two can get married, but Prince Satoru didn't want to do that, he just wanted to you be the right ruler."

"Oh, so it's not Prince Satoru's fault. He's just listening to his uncle." Tenten said. Neji nodded. "I guess." Lee said. "We'll just be on the lookout. If something else happens, tell me, because this whole Prince Satoru and Makoto thing is getting me annoyed." Mizuki said.

All four of them nodded and left the room. Mizuki changed into her sleeping clothes and jumepd onto bed.

"Neji, there's a rat in my room, what to switch?" Tenten said when Neji opened his door to his room. He looked at her for a moment, she had her hair to her shoulders. "Um. No?" Neji said. Tenten sighed and look in Lee's room. "I can't ask him, he's too scared of rats, and I don't want Kiyoko to sleep in there, and the rest of the rooms on this hallway is locked." Tenten looked at Neji with her sweet innocent chocolate eyes and said softly, "Please?"

Shit, Tenten's doing it again. I need to learn how to say no to her. Ah, she's dazzling me!

She just looked at Neji with big eyes until Neji said, "You can sleep in my room, I'll just sleep on the floor." Tenten smiled and Neji opened the door bigger for her to come in. Tenten laid on his bed, while Neji slept against the wall. He closed his eyes and ...

BAM!

"Tenten's whats wrong." Neji said looking at Tenten who was looking at him. "I'm sorry. I threw a pillow at you because you need one, I didn't think it would aim right on your head. What is your head made of, the pillow bounced off your head." Tenten said, and then laughed. Neji laughed and said, "I'm a genius, of course I got something that you don't have." Tenten laughed and said, "I can aim, I have something that you don't have." Neji smiled and said, "Go to sleep, Tenten." Tenten smiled and laid back onto his bed, and Neji placed the pillow in all sort of directions, he looked at it and smiled.

Tenten closed her eyes and ...

BAM!

"NEJI!" Tenten yelled. She sat up and looked at him, who was smiling. "I don't need it." Tenten smiled and said, "Fine, don't blame me if you break you back!" Neji shrugged and said, "Fine." They both smiled and said, "Good night." [AN: Yes, finally a Neji and Tenten moment.

The next morning, Neji woke up seeing Tenten on the floor next to the bed. He walked over to her and smiled. He picked her up like she was his bride and laid her on the bed. He smiled and looked at her innocent face. He started walking until ...

"The floor was more comfortable then the bed." Tenten said. He turned around to see Tenten still laying on bed, but her face towards him. Neji smiled and said, "It is." He walked out of his room to see Lee looking inside Neji's room.

"OMG! NEJI AND TENTEN!? WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING IN THE SAME ROOM?! YOU'RE DATING!? WE'RE ONLY THIRTEEN AND YOU'RE ALREADY SHARING A BED?!" Lee yelled. Mizuki walked out of her room wearing a new kimono and Kiyoko behind her.

Neji looked at Mizuki for awhile. Mizuki stood next to Lee, and looked inside, and sure enough, Tenten was now standing next to Neji. She frowned for alittle before smiling again. "Lee, you didn't have to make a big commotion. Everyone knows they're going to end up together." Tenten shook her head and said, "That's not what it is. There was rats-" "It's okay, Tenten." Mizuki said, laughing.

Mizuki had more princess things to do that day, so everyone was stuck in the meeting thing with all the officials. Mizuki sighed every five minutes.

That night, Mizuki fell asleep soundly.

In the morning, Kiyoko walked into Mizuki's room and found the room a total mess. She searched around for Mizuki, but she wasn't there. She panicked as she ran and knocked onto the Konoha ninjas bedroom door. When everyone woke up and opened the door, Kiyoko yelled, "PRINCESS SAYORI IS GONE!"

The three of them ran into her room to see trash and tables knocked over, and kimono's everywhere. Tenten looked to see if her gray kimono was still there, and it was. "She didn't leave the village, that's for sure." Neji looked at the windows to the door. He saw white powder and said, "They used sleep powder to make her fall asleep faster and kidnapped her."

"Prince Satoru and Makoto?" Kiyoko asked. Lee nodded and said, "That would be correct." Kiyoko said, "There's a meeting today, an important meeting, today is suppose to be the day either to pick Princess Sayori or Prince Satoru as ruler. If she's not here today, Prince Satoru is going to be ruler." Neji nodded and said, "That's right, they did this so that she wouldn't go. We need a subsitute."

All eyes fell on Tenten.

"What? I have brown eyes, not black, and brown hair, not black, and short hair, not long." Tenten said. "We can put your hair in one bun for the back." Kiyoko said. Tenten sighed and agreed.

When Kiyoko was done, Tenten didn't look like Tenten. Her bangs were onto one side, making her right eye covered alittle. Her hair was in one bun, with a hair pin. She wore a blue kimono, ocean blue, with white parts that looks like leaves at the bottom, and yes, it drags. She kind of look like Mizuki, except for the eyes and hair.

"I hope no one notices it." Tenten said. They started walking towards the meeting until they saw Jiro. Jiro looked at Tenten and said, "Tenten? Where's Princess Sayori?" Neji said, "She's been kidnapped. We don't know where she is. There's no clues." Jiro sighed and said, "I'll guide her then." Neji nodded and said, "We think Makoto is doing this." Jiro nodded and said, "I think so too."

They walked into the meeting room, and Tenten sat on the seat that Mizuki always sat on. Her heart pounded so loud, everyone could hear it. Neji took out his hand and patted Tenten on the back. She looked up and he said, "Everythings going to be fine." She turned over to Prince Satoru and Makoto. Makoto was smiling, and Prince Satoru looked at the officials who were coming in.

"Okay, we're here to announce who will be the new ruler for the Village of Cranes." One of the officials said. Tenten closed her eyes and breathed in, then out. She opened her eyes.

"I choose Princess Sayori. Raise your hand if you choose her." One of the officials said. Half of their room rose their hands. The other half disagreed. Jiro stood up and said, "Princess Sayori should be princess, because she's from the ruling family, she has the right too." More people rose their hands to make Mizuki the ruler.

Makoto stood up and said, "Do you want a ruler that doesn't come to their meetings?" Everyone looked at Makoto, and some eyes fell on Tenten. Tenten looked up at Jiro and Neji, who were staring at Makoto.

"What are you talking about? Princess Sayori is right there." Another said.

Makoto laughed and said, "That's not Princess Sayori, look at her closely." All eyes fell onto Tenten, who looked away. "That's one of the Konoha ninjas! Where's Princess Sayori?!" Everyone stood up and yelled.

"Exactly, why do you want to choose someone that doesn't care for the village and doesn't go to the meetings?" Makoto said, satisfied. Prince Satoru sat there, expressionless.

"Who said I wasn't here?" A voice said from behind the officials. Everyone turned around to see Mizuki. Tenten smiled. Mizuki wore the same kimono as last night, but it had red parts on it, it looked like blood. "Princee Sayori?! What happened to you? Is that blood?"

Mizuki looked at Makoto and said, "Last night, he putted sleeping gas in my room by the window and took me to one of those dungeon places. He knew that if I didn't go to the meeting today, Prince Satoru will be ruler, and by then, it'll be even easier to be the ruler of this village. He had people guarding the dungeon. I managed to get out of it without a serious wound."

Everyone looked Makoto, even Prince Satoru, he didn't know a thing. Makoto looked at the officials and smiled. "Yu're right, but you can't do anything now." He signaled something and guards from every directions came in and drew out the swords towards the officials, Neji, Tenten, Lee, Kiyoko, Jiro, and Mizuki.

Mizuki smiled and said, "That's all?" Makoto looked her in confusion. Mizuki signaled and guards came and drew out swords towards Makoto and his guards. Mizuki's guards where two times more then Makoto.

"Send them out." Mizuki said. Mizuki's guards led Makoto and his guards outside of the room. "I think we should arrest Prince Satoru." One of the officials said. Mizuki looked at Prince Satoru and said, "I don't think so, he didn't know a thing about any of this. If we teach him the right way to lead this village, he'll be right on track."

Jiro nodded and said, "Princess Sayori as ruler of Village of Cranes, raise your hands." Everyone rose their hands, even Prince Satoru. Mizuki smiled.

The day of the ceremony came faster than anything. The whole palace was in chaos. They had to prepare everything PERFECTLY.

Jiro and Prince Satoru was at the balcony of the palace, where it shows the whole entire village. "New Ruler of Village of Cranes, Princess Sayori!" Mizuki walked towards the balcony to see the villagers yelling and cheering. She had her hair in a bun, with the hair still covering her right eye. She had four pins sticking out of her bun, and her kimono where red and gold, royal colors. The kimono had more layers, almost six.

The next day, she had her hair like the same of the ceremony, a bun with four new hair pins sticking out, and a red and silver kimono, with six layers.

She personally walked into the village with those clothes, and said her farewells.

"I've send a letter to Tsunade-sama saying that I'm going to stay here for now on." Mizuki said to her teammates. Tenten sighed and said, "Everything will be different without you, Mizuki." Lee said, "Why don't you come with us, just for alittle while?" Mizuki shook her head and said, "This village needs help, and I have to fix it, for it to become a better village." Neji nodded and said, "Visit, Hizashi, Hanabi, and Hinata will want to see you again."

Jiro appeared and said, "Thank you so much, Neji, Tenten, and Lee." Behind them were Ryo and Kiyoko, holding hands. Tenten smiled and said, "Ah, I knew you guys will be together." Kiyoko smiled and said, "Just like you and Neji." Tenten looked away and blushed.

Mizuki nodded and said, "Go before it gets dark when you arrive to Konoha." The three nodded and started their way back to the village. Mizuki, Jiro, Kiyoko, and Ryo waved at them until they couldn't see them anymore. Mizuki sighed and started their way back to the palace.

For the next four months, Mizuki taught Prince Satoru how to rule the village the right way. He understand everything easily, and grew fond of Mizuki.

Neji, Tenten, and Lee were assigned missions, just like before. Neji was still confused about everything, he wanted to see Mizuki again, but was glad that he had Tenten by his side.