A.N: I've finally figured it out hooray!! Jeez about time! Any who, here's chapter three baby!!!
Chapter Three
Fiancé
'Wow!' was all Sakura could think when she walked into the royal suite. It was the room where the most important guests stayed whenever boarding at the Uchiha castle.
The entire room was decorated with red velvet covering the walls, and in the far center of the room was the biggest bed Sakura had ever seen in her entire lifetime.
The bed had a giant lavender canopy which showed great contrast to the soft red hue on the walls and much to Sakura's taste. Forgetting she was a princess, Sakura immediately slipped off her jade flats, and sped to the bed before jumping at it and landing snuggly into the dark purple Egyptian cotton.
She hadn't realized how tired she was until her head had hit the soft pillow. She thought about just falling asleep and forgetting about having to appear at the introduction dinner tonight.
Falling asleep and forgetting about jerk-ish princes, forced engagements, and just sleep and dream. But then a fun thought occurred to her and she hurriedly jumped up (still on the bed) and began bouncing on the large cloud of comfort, ignoring the chamber maid's protests about how she had just made the bed.
After what seemed like hours of continues bouncing, Sakura collapsed on the covers to rest her aching body. She winced when she felt a jab on her left hip and cursed herself for forgetting.
Jumping up and down on a trampoline like master bed with a corset on was not the best idea. Damn her mother and her morals! Sakura absolutely despised the horrid thing. The death trap completely squeezed the life out of you if you didn't breath correctly, and it pushed Sakura's breasts up making them seem huger than they actually were, giving Sakura unwanted attention from the men of the kingdom.
Jumping down from her bed, Sakura turned toward the doorway where she expected to see the chambermaid, but instead was met with empty air.
'Kuso, I've never taken this off by myself before. Oh well, how hard can it be.' With some minor difficulty Sakura reached behind herself to untie the green sash that blocked entrance to the ties that held her dress together.
She began untying one by one the strings, her arms steadily growing tired. After finally reaching the back of the corset she scowled. Fingering the individual hooks, Sakura soon realized that this was definitely not going to be as easy as she thought.
She had been so engrossed in what she was trying to accomplish that she hadn't noticed someone opening her bedroom door and quietly creeping towards her.
Sakura jumped when she felt hot breath caressing her neck and cold fingers overlapping her own, unhooking her corset. Before the mysterious person got so far as to completely reveal her naked spine; Sakura quickly spun around to face her intruder.
She gasped when she saw his features. He looked like Prince Sasuke only he was slightly taller, more muscular and unlike the annoyance that she had seen in Sasuke's eyes, this man's gaze held lust.
Prince Uchiha Itachi, in the flesh, unfortunately. Sakura narrowed her eyes at the lecherous older brother, who only smirked in return.
"What on earth do you think you are doing, entering a lady's bearings without permission you stuck up ass!" Sakura shouted. Itachi merely smirked deeper and focused his gaze on her chest, which was heaving up and down in frustration.
"I was only trying to assist you with that painful looking corset. I swear I had no intention of taking things further… unless you secretly want me to." He said smirking seductively; still yet to look her in the face when talking to her.
His gaze was perfectly comfortable roaming over her form, which unfortunately had a thin glisten of sweat from jumping on the bed previously.
"First of all, my eyes are up here you pervert, and second of all I would never do anything of that sort with a man whore like you!" Sakura shouted.
Itachi merely chuckled at her response and began to make his way toward her. Sakura instinctively backed up only to find herself up against the bed post.
"Oh, come now. Let's stop with the name calling, Sakura-hime." He breathed still advancing upon her.
Sakura inwardly cringed. "I'm not your wife and nor will I ever will be, you disgust me and I can barley stomach the sight of you." She whimpered despite herself. 'Come on Sakura, pull it together' she thought.
Itachi finally reached her and continued to ignore her insults as he held his hand to her cheek, grazing it. Sakura squeezed her eyes shut silently praying for a savior; damn her parents, she hated them now more than ever for putting her in this situation.
"Um… e-excuse m-me?" a small voice stuttered. Sakura opened her eyes to see a maid about her age with dark black hair with such shine it held a tint of blue. The girl had large white eyes and was blushing a deep crimson. She was standing in the door way holding a small towel and looked embarrassed on walking in on such a situation.
Itachi dropped his hand from Sakura's red face and turned with an icy glare to the interruption.
"Ah yes Hinata, come to serve my new fiancé have you?" he said, not really stating it as a question.
Sakura, quickly regaining her composure, swallowed before speaking. "I already told you, I will never be your fiancé!" Sakura shouted.
Itachi turned toward her, leaning his face down to hers and grazing his lips slightly on the corner of her mouth.
"Soon, I will have you, and It wont matter if you want to be my fiancé or not." he said huskily before quickly turning away and leaving the room, not even glancing Hinata's (the said maid) way.
Sakura let out the breath she hadn't known she'd been holding. Hinata slowly approached Sakura with a worried look on her face.
"Um… your majesty, are you alright?" she asked as she leaned down to Sakura's level who had collapsed in relief as soon as Itachi had left.
"Yes, thank you. Just give me a moment to catch my breath." Sakura said as she continued to breathe deeply. Thank God this girl decided to show up when she did, otherwise Sakura wasn't sure where she would be.
Itachi Uchiha now not only disgusted her, he scared the hell out of her. She wasn't sure why, but something about him frightened her greatly.
Suddenly a clear glass was brought to her lips. Sakura looked up to see Hinata holding a glass out to her with a kind smile on her face.
"Here, you should drink this. It will help you get over the shock." she said tipping it towards Sakura's mouth.
Sakura drank it gratefully, suddenly realizing how thirsty she was. After completely draining the cup, Hinata wiped some droplets that had slid down her chin with the towel she held.
"Thank you so much, Hinata was it?" Sakura questioned. Hinata turned deep red and averted Sakura's gaze.
"Um… y-yes y-your m-majesty." she said shakily.
Sakura smiled lovingly, 'How cute, she's shy.' Sakura slowly stood up wiping the front of her gown which had now become ruffled.
"Oh, that's enough with the formalities. You just saved my butt back there; you can call me Sakura if you like." Sakura said with a smile, trying to make the girl feel more comfortable.
"Oh, ah… w-well… t-thank y-you Sakura-san." she said still nervously but not as uncomfortable as she was before.
"Your welcome Hinata-chan. Actually I was wondering if you could do me one more favor. Could you help me take this dreadful thing off?" Sakura asked gesturing to her corset.
"Oh… 0-0f course… y-your majes- I-I mean Sakura-san." she said as she began to help her unclip the death hooks.
"Sakura-chan will do just fine when were alone, but it's probably best if you save Sakura-san when were in front of the Uchiha family. I wouldn't want you to get in trouble." Sakura said as she slowly began to feel herself able to breath.
"oh… y-yes S-Sakura-chan." Hinata said. Sakura smiled, even though she couldn't see it, she could hear the smile in Hinata's voice.
"A terrible man that Uchiha isn't he Hinata-chan?" Sakura asked still seething from her earlier encounter with Itachi.
"Y-yes, h-he can be q-quite lecherous." Hinata said, finishing with the last hook on Sakura's corset. As soon as the corset dropped to the floor, Sakura took a much needed breath of fresh air.
"I know really, I mean does he honestly think he can get whatever he wants when ever he wants!" Sakura threw her palms up in the air to show her exasperation.
"Actually Sakura-chan, Prince I-Itachi does get what he wants a-all the time." Hinata said picking up Sakura's corset.
After hearing this Sakura quickly turned to Hinata with a worried look on her face.
"Hinata, that bastard's never touched you before has he?" Sakura asked. Hinata looked down at the ground now redder than ever before.
"W-well not e-exactly. I m-mean he looks at m-me a lot, but that's all." Hinata said covering her cheeks.
"Oh… Thank goodness, because if he did than I'd have to dismember him immediately! I would make sure that bastard would never be able to have an orgasm ever again!" Sakura shouted triumphantly.
Hinata blushed at hearing this, then unsure of what to do, she handed Sakura back her corset.
"Oh… thank you!" Sakura said as she took the beastly thing from Hinata's hands. Walking over to the fireplace which had been going when she had first arrived, she didn't spare the thing a second glance when she threw it into the flames.
"Ah! Sakura-chan, w-why would y-you do that?" Hinata asked.
"That thing is the most annoying part about being a princess! It's terribly uncomfortable and I refuse to wear one ever again. Besides it's not like I need it, I have plenty of bras that do the job just fine." Sakura said crossing her arms.
Hinata still in awe of what Sakura had done continued to look at her somewhat confusingly. But this went unnoticed by Sakura as she walked to her closet to reveal what fabulous dresses would be behind it.
"So Hinata, tell me. What does one wear to an introduction dinner?" Sakura asked, truly curious.
"oh, w-well, The Princes always dress nice, and the Queen is always so e-elegant, but not s-so much as to a-appear uncomfortable. The Queen is actually q-quite nice." Hinata said walking to stand next to Sakura eyeing a strapless royal blue floor gown in the corner.
Sakura noticed this and gave Hinata a kind smile. "Hinata, will you be joining us tonight?" she asked.
Hinata quickly turned to Sakura and blushed. "N-no, I was never invited." she said.
"Mmm… well, now I'm inviting you. So hurry up and slip on that blue gown there in the counter." Sakura said as she grabbed a deep red gown, the straps designed to slide down to the forearms, which would show off her porcelain neck and the tops of he shoulders. There was a wide black satin sash the tied at the bottom of her waist, much to Sakura's liking.
"Oh… n-no, I c-couldn't possibly-" but Sakura interrupted her before she could explain why she shouldn't be allowed to attend the dinner.
"That's enough Hinata. You're my friend and if I want to invite you then you shall be invited. Now hurry up, Ill bet this dress will look gorgeous on you!" Sakura squealed.
Hinata looked up at Sakura, her eyes shining. "Y-you really think o-of me as y-your friend?" she asked blushing heavily again.
"Of course silly! You and I will become best friends!" Sakura said.
Hinata looked down at the blue dress in her arms, fingering the fabric. Obviously she had never had the opportunity to wear something so beautiful.
"I-I've never had a best f-friend before." Hinata said still blushing when she looked up at Sakura.
"Yeah, me neither. But Ill bet you and I will become real good friends, don't you think?" Sakura asked.
"Y-yes, I think so too!" Hinata said this time with a true smile on her face.
"Great!" Sakura said as she grabbed Hinata's hand and lead her over to the vanity.
"Come on, we better hurry. You and I are going to knock them dead!" Sakura said as she held the red gown up in front of her.
Hinata looked at Sakura, and then copying her movements held the dress out in front of her like Sakura had.
Yes, this was going to be an interesting evening indeed.
A.N: Lol! I couldn't resist adding little Hinata in there. And of course where there's Hinata there's Naruto! Oops, I gave away a preview of the next chapter! Oh well, you should all know that a Naruto based fanfic without Naruto, can be mayoral dull (except when it involves a one-shot). Any who I finally figured out my tech problems, I'm so happy!! This chapter was a bit long, but I figured I owed you guys. Plus I just couldn't stop typing; it was like the story was pouring out of me.
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