Alternate Universe (1800?)

It's set on the olden days but I threw in some twenty centuries stuff, like probably the way they speak? haha, and some things probably. xD

Kings-Queens, Prince and Princess, Mages, Thieves, Pirates, Assasins, etc

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Start

It was odd as he stared at the poster drawn by an amateur. Did he truly look like that? Bloody hell, they drew him as if he was a pirate! His mouth drawn closed, he was apparently missing an eye, since he was wearing an eye cover. They drew him big and strong, he indeed looked intimidating. It looked nothing like him.

Wanted Dead or Alive. He pulled the poster off the tree it was nailed to. He passed it to his friend and they started laughing.

"Where to?" His blonde friend asked him. "You're mother will throw a fit over this."

He didn't reply but continued to walk and saw the sign, "Kingdom of Suna"

"We know our destination."

"I don't think we could bring that kingdom down to its knees." His red haired friend said.

"Why not?"

"They have their own problems. Their very own King." Naruto, the blonde friend of his said.

Shikamaru looked up into the sky, there were barely any clouds leading to Suna, in fact he noticed that there were less trees now and it was getting hotter. He heard stories about the Kingdom of Suna, it was a place of monsters and were thieves and assasins mostly go and the King does not punish them because he orders them. He orders those monsters to wage war all over. Suna was one of the most hated Kingdom ever.

"We'll just pass through, I always wanted to see for myself if the stories were true."

They continued on, he was set on doing what he told himself he would. He would find her.

Chapter One, Shikamaru's Princess is from Suna

When they got there, Shikamaru found himself not at all suprised. Suna was anything but lively. It was hot, the scorching sun burning them. The heat was almost unbearable to him. The houses were made out of mud of some sort. They looked dirty, but not the palace where the royalties lived in. Their homes were made of marbled, clean and have gold here and there as designs.

He found it amusing considering no one tried to steal the golds there. They only gotten in a few couple of feets into the city until they were stopped by some big guy with darkened skin.

"You're not from here," The man said.

Shikamaru stared at the hand that was on his shoulder and shrugged it off, he stared at the man, his eyes half-open as usual, not replying. He wanted to smile when the man seems to be angered because he was not intimidated. The man looked behind Shikamaru, staring at Chouji and Naruto.

"Are these your men?"

"They serve themselves," Shikamaru replied.

"Ah, men with their own agenda. What business you have here in Suna?"

"I have no business here," Shikamaru replied, he was growing bored, "Now let me through"

"That can't be done. It's against the law to let outsiders in unless approved by the King himself."

"The King will let me in even if he approves of me or not, how else would he see me if I do not go to him? Or is it now the King's duty to come to outsiders?"

He said that on purpose, they were let into the Kingdom to see the King. Shikamaru found himself almost smiling as he followed the angry man, he obviously was very scared of his King. And Shikamaru wanted to know what is there to fear.

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Temari was in her room, plotting ways to kill the King. Her Guard, Baki was just outside her room. She had tried ways to get rid of him but he didn't budge at all. After the last attempt she tried to kill her own father she was heavily watch, by heavily, she meant Baki was a heavy man and she couldn't truly move him, seeing as she is light and the weaker sex, as the men here said.

"You should be wise not to try anymore, Princess." Baki called.

"Why ever would I kill my dear King? He shelters me." Every word was full of sarcasm some how. She was not being sheltered, she was locked in this horrid place, like a prisoner.

She hated his father just like all the people in Suna, except the one who truly benefited, hated his father. He was ruthless and unforgiving. He would kill his own children if he have to. He actually tried, but was unsuccesful. He had tried to get rid of Gaara earlier in life but made a miscalculation. Gaara can't be killed because he would kill you first. They had tortured her brothers and made monsters out of them. It was one of those things that she was lucky with, because she was a girl, they were light on her. They told her not to speak, they told her she would be used, almost like a slave except clad with expensive things, if her father actually gets an alliance with another Kingdom. He would use her as a treaty. That's what she would be only good for. She would have to marry a Prince. She didn't want a Prince. She didn't like any men at all. Her views on men were horrible. They were pigs, cowards and plain horrible.

"Baki, the King calls for you. He wishes for you to judge the outsiders." The King's messenger was speaking to Baki, Temari walked closer to her door to hear.

"How many of them?"

"Three, I think they are the Feared Three, Black, Red and Blonde, that's their color, ain't it?"

"What would they be doing in Suna? They probably created enough trouble to other Kingdoms but not ours. They would be foolish enough to mess with our King. They'll find themselves dead."

"Well, you'll see. The leader had enough balls to threaten the King already. He's just some weak looking pale kid."

"Very well, Princess Temari, come out and stop eavesdropping." Baki called.

Temari sighed. Baki was too good. Temari opened her door and came out glaring at Baki, though she didn't protest, or threw a fit of how she doesn't wish to go to her father now. She was curious to see who the outsiders were.

Maybe they could help her.

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The King, Shikamaru could already sense was truly a monster.

In front of him was a servant used to show how the King would treat him if he tries anything. The servant was bruised and broken and bleeding to death it seems. Shikamaru had wanted to cover his ears and eyes because it was gruesome to see it right before him and worse as he heard the servant pleading and screaming of pain he felt. He wanted to cringe but he wouldn't give the King the pleasure to show he got to him.

"Well that's incredibly ridiculous." Shikamaru said after the King ordered his guards to stop beating the servant up.

"It is?" The King said.

"You made your servant completely useless. How would he serve you now?"

"He can't. He's useless. He's dead already." Shikamaru looked at the servant and the King was right. The servant was completely still.

"You control your Kingdom by fear." Shikamaru stated. "It's a wrong move, you'll be gone soon."

"Threatening me, in my very own palace? I assure you my guards are great assasins that have killed many men that are far stronger than you."

Shikamaru shrugged, "Well, that was a waste of time. Unlike your people I can't be controlled over a threat. I don't fear you." He sent an icy glare towards the King he hated now.

"My King," a woman called.

"Ah, my daughter! Come join me, you will enjoy the sight of these new comers being killed."

Shikamaru didn't even bother looking at the King's daughter, the King was already hideous, he doesn't need to see his ugly daughter too.

"Father! You killed my servant Fron!" Temari said as she instantly went towards the dead body, she was about to hold the dead body until Baki pulled her away, she whirled around and glared at her father.

"Have I not beaten you enough to know never show your emotion? You waste my time, come, sit next to me and shut up."

"Princess, listen to your father, I do not wish for you to be beaten again." Whispered Baki.

Temari followed her father's order and did sit next to him, and when she finally did, her eyes locked with the outsider's own black eyes. They were questioning her, she tilted her chin up slightly and looked at him haughtily.

Shikamaru was in shocked not only was the daughter not ugly, she was a total babe. She had honey blonde hair that was braided and rolled elegently on top of her head. She was wearing a dress that was had a v cut, and the dress was a royal blue. It matched her eyes, they looked foreign to him, she looked exotic and for awhile Shikamaru couldn't take his eyes off of her. But he did, he doesn't want anyone noticing he looked at the Princess a little longer than he should have.

The Princess was not like her father, she was caring enough. He'd seen the horror that filled her eyes earlier, she'd seen the pain that went through into knowing her servant had died.

He frowned though.

"Ah, so you didn't really care for he was your daughter's servant."

"Punishment for her stubborness. She'll be broken soon." The King said carelessly.

No wonder she looked guilty, Shikamaru thought, he purposely killed the servant to make his own daughter feel wretched as if she were to be blame for the death. He used one stone to kill two birds in short. He was threatening and trying to cause fear in Shikamaru's heart and put guilt in his own daughter's heart.

Shikamaru saw the Princess winced as the King nails dugged into her arm. Angered by tha an could not hold in any longer Shikamaru moved forward and the guards instantly went towards him drawing their heavy swords. He moved easily around them, like he was their very own shadows. He knocked them off balanced, hit them hard enough to knocked them out. He moved swiftly that in a matter of minutes he was just a few feet away from the King himself. They should have known heavy swords are harder to wield against someone with speed with strength.

Shikamaru back handed the King causing the King to withdraw his hand from the Princess and touch his face to feel the stinging Shikamaru gave him. Shikamaru hitting the King, made a lot of murmurs from the Guards that were coming forth and the other servants stopped in their movements, they were shocked.

The King was angry, Shikamaru knew. He possibly already started an uprising against the King of Suna. The people would probably revolt, if they hear how he was fearless of the King, a complete outsider.

"Princess," Shikamaru started as he faced her. "If he harms you again, just call on me and I will make the pain stop." It was out of character of him. The words he spoken were weird. When have he ever cared so much for a stranger? A stranger that was royalty.

Temari mouth slightly opened, looking at him. She was very suprised to see his eyes full of emotion. It was refreshing. The men in Suna, their eyes were cold and calculating, they never showed anything more than that. They had let the pain and fear affect them so much that they became total different people.

"I am not in pain," She lied.

Shikamaru took a step back. He miscalculated. She was strong and was absolutely stubborn. She was prideful enough that she will not ask for help from him or admit she's truly in pain. He admired her for strength and independence, it was new thing especially coming from a woman.

"I don't need help from a killer," She spoke again.

Ah, Shikamaru tilted his chin up, mimicking her movements earlier and gaze at her with half lidded eyes, he lips formed a smile, a smile that didn't appear as so much as a real smile should look like. He took her hand into his and kissed it.

"I will come back for you when I make a decent man out of myself," He said.

He turned to face the guards who were ready to kill him. He looked at his friends who stared at him shocked and then they shrugged off his out of charactness and turned as if to leave, they took out their weapons.

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A/N Well that's technically the introduction to the story. It was fast written as in, I thought of it today and wrote it while I was thinking of it, so I probably don't like what I wrote. -rolls-

I didn't bother checking-or editing because I was doing four other stories Chapter-cleaning them up, for Challenge and Believe. Hai, so sorry then.

Please give me feed backs, I would like to know if I should abandon this story or continue.

Your calls, lol.

I should make a paradise in this world, I would call it Hawaii and my favorite place would be the beaches in hawaii, especially in Waimea! The waves are crazy and huge! Woo! I love it, (not the deadly ones xD but anything in nature always seem to be deadly)