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FIVE

They got to the prince's manor by noon on the third day of their journey. The prince wasn't living with his father in the palace, so he owned a very big land with excess land, which was properly secured with large walls and huge gates.

"I request to see the prince" Tenten said confidently to the guards at the gate. Neji was standing silently behind her.

"And may I know who you are?" one of the guards asked.

Tenten readjusted her stance and placed one hand on her hip to emphasize that she was high class. "I am Mafuri Yuri niece of the king of the land of blossoms. And I request to see the prince on a confidential matter." She said so confidently that the guards immediately responded.

"I will send your request to the prince and his response will determine if you will be allowed to see him" the guard said and immediately disappeared in a puff of smoke.

'He's a ninja' tenten thought, turning to stare at neji who simply nodded to indicate that he was thinking the same thing. They were both inwardly surprised that the prince had ninjas as guards. Now they had to be extra careful not to blow their cover or else they would be facing a bunch of ninja guards. The guard reappeared and signaled for the gates to be opened.

"The prince will receive you in front of the manor." The guard said. Tenten got into the carriage muttering thank you to the guard.

Tenten's mouth dropped at the sight of the manor it was the most beautiful and well kept place tenten had ever seen. The manor was decorated with flowers and trees. There were clean ponds at each sides of the pathway. It was also quiet except for the sounds coming from the birds on the trees. If tenten thought that the surroundings of the house were beautiful then she thought that the main house was awesome. It was a huge typical Japanese building with about three storey it was designed with dragon-like statues and other expensive craft. Standing in front of the house were four men. Two were dressed in expensive robes while the other two were guards.

Tenten alighted from the carriage and walked up to them followed closely by Neji. She could see the men closely now. One of the men dressed in robes, had brown hair, bristles around his chin indicating that he hadn't shaved for days he wasn't ugly but he wasn't handsome either. He looked like he was around his mid-thirties. Tenten immediately believed that he was the prince as he had that princely aura in him she began to walk towards him but stopped in her tracks when the other man stepped forward.

"I believe you requested to see me miss" he said. It took everything tenten had to hide her how surprised she was about the appearance of the prince. When having a mental of how the prince would look like she had imagined an old, chubby, ugly arrogant and unkempt prince and since the brown haired man had been a little bit close to her imagination she had immediately believed him to be the prince without even so much as glancing at the second person. But now that she saw the prince all her imaginations of a horrible prince was replaced with that of a fairy tale as the prince seemed to be the opposite of her imagination. He wasn't any thing close to ugly in fact calling him handsome would have been an understatement. He had spiky blue hair like and dark eyes. He was handsome enough to rival sasuke , he wasn't close to being chubby, he wasn't unkempt, on the contrary he was neatly dressed in normal civilian clothes covered by expensive robes. He wasn't arrogant instead he seemed humble and he wasn't anything close to being old. He looked so young tenten guessed he was about twenty years old. Tenten heard Neji clear his throat interrupting her train of thoughts. She inwardly smacked herself for staring at the prince for too long. The prince was patiently staring at her waiting for her response.

"um.. yes i.. I mean yes your highness. I am Mafuri Yuri from the land of blossoms and this is my guard, Renji" tenten said as she and Neji bowed respectfully. " I am actually the niece of the king of blossoms and I have to discuss a confidential issue with you in private your highness"

"I am sorry miss but that will not be possible. The prince cannot go any where without the protection of his guards. We can't trust anyone." the brown haired man said stepping forward. "No matter how pretty she is" the man added with a wink.

"It's okay hinoru. I'll be fine." The prince said.

"But.." Hinoru started but was cut off as the prince raised his hand indicating silence.

"I said I'll be fine hinoru" he said in a stern voice that made hinoru back off.

"Yes your highness" hinoru said bowing respectfully.

"mafuri-san" the prince said nodding at tenten, then walking into the house. Tenten followed him into the house which was decorated with ceramics, murals, sculpture and craft. Tenten tried to keep a straight face but found it really hard as the beauty of the building was breath taking. They finally got into a small room with expensive furnishings. Tenten didn't have enough time to take a good look at the room as the prince spoke up. "Discreet enough?" The prince said more like a statement than a question.

Tenten began to nod but all of a sudden, in a blink of an eye, she felt herself being pushed hard against the wall with fingers around her neck and a kunai pressed to her throat. Tenten gasped in shock, not really understanding what was going on. She felt the prince's fresh breath on her face as he lowered his head to face her. (The prince is obviously taller than she is.)

"Now tell me, who the hell are you and what is your real mission here?"The prince asked in a monotone narrowing his eyes, making him look more striking.

Tenten didn't know how to react since she still couldn't understand the situation. Had she blown her cover? Had something given her away? What she couldn't really comprehend was how this handsome prince was wise enough to see through them or how naturally he behaved like a ninja.

"Well, answer me now before I put this knife through your throat."

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