Hey there guys! I updated again :D I got all excited over one review I got and that made me want to upload more XD so here it is. Warning: This part is really sad you might need a box of tissues. Remember I do not own Naruto!

"The Demon Prince and Beautiful Maiden"

Part 2

Kiyomi's POV:

I was quickly walking back to my house with the vase of roses still in my hand and luckily the rain has stopped but the clouds still loomed in the sky. As soon as I got to my home I knocked and Kakashi opened the door. "Kiyomi?" I hear Sho say.

"Yes Sho!" I respond to my brother as Kakashi took a step aside for me to enter.

"Welcome back!" the 7 year old says. I patted his head with my free hand.

"I'll be right down let me put these in my mother's room first," I said referring to the vase containing roses. Kakashi nodded putting on his coat. I ran upstairs and entered my mother's room smiling. "Hello again mother, guess what I bought you some flowers," I said looking up to my mother. My smile quickly disappeared. She wasn't moving at all, not even blinking. Her head was tilted to the side and there was no sign of life in her eyes they were dull and dark. Her hand was also laying out of her bed. "M-Mother?" I said quietly, the vase slipped from my hands as my grip on them loosened. The vase fell and shattered as it hit the hard wooden floors, turning into many pieces. The sound of breaking glass could be heard from down stairs. The roses were spread out, a few petals already have fallen from the impact. Now by her side I put two of my fingers under her chin to feel a pulse, nothing. "Mother! Mother!" I yelled shaking her. I put my ear next to her heart. Nothing.

"Kiyomi what's wrong!" says Kakashi appearing next to the door with Sho. Tears ran down my cheeks and my vision went blurry as more weld up into my eyes.

"She's dead," I whispered. Both could hear me. Then I heard a loud thump. I turned quickly to see Sho on the ground shaking violently. "Sho!" I yelled terrified. I ran to him and knelt down. Everything went slow to me. Kakashi picked up Sho and ran down stairs with the boy. I sat there frozen.

"Why?" I thought and closed my eyes.

A few hours later..

I was at the hospital in the waiting room. My head down my hands grabbing a fist full of the blue and white dress I was wearing. I stopped crying but my eyes were still puffy red. Ino and her family, along with Kakashi, Miyuki and Ryouji were also in the waiting room with me. They all tried to comfort me but none of them helped, even Ryouji tried but he ended up sobbing quietly, that I wasn't smiling like I always was when I visited him. The aura of this room was very depressing. Suddenly the door swung open and the doctor appeared. I immediately got up, I realized I was trembling. The doctor was frowning. He walked toward me and put a hand on my shoulder. "I'm sorry but your brother didn't make it, the news of his mothers death was just to much for him to bare..," the doctor said. My body stiffened and I felt pain in my chest. My heart shattered into pieces, like the vase that slipped from my hands. My knees gave up and I fell on my knees and buried my face into my hands crying. Ino's mother was crying and so was Miyuki.

Why me..

A few hours has passed since the death of my brother and mother. I was in front of their graves, not caring that the rain was getting me soaked to the bone. My tears blended with the rain drops that fell upon my face. Ino not too far away walked toward me and put her umbrella over me. "Kiyomi.." she begins to say.

"We need to go the rain is getting worse," she finishes. I closed my eyes and get up. We both walked back to her home which I now lived since I can't live alone.

"Why me," I said. Ino looked at me her eyes showing how worried she was about me. She opened her mouth but nothing came out. We reached her house and we were greeted by her parents.

"Kiyomi are you hungry dear?" asked Ino's mom.

"No," I replied going up stairs to my new room. I locked myself in that room for hours only coming out to visit the graves of my loved ones. I sat down next to the window and stared out. Ino was right it was raining harder. I blankly stared out watching the villagers disappear from the streets and into their homes. Time ticked by and night took over the sky. I changed into my nightgown and slipped into bed.

The next morning I woke up from a knock. "Kiyomi break feast is ready," Ino's mother says quietly.

"I'll be down in a few minutes," I replied quietly my eyes already open. Mrs. Yamanaka gave me her sweet smile and closed the door. I sat up and looked out the window again, I swung my legs off to the side of the bed and got up and walked toward the bathroom. I took a quick bath and dressed into a red and black dress with vines as the design. It was my mother's from when she was younger. It was simply beautiful. I brushed my hair quickly and went down stairs.

"Good morning Kiyomi!" Ino says from the table. Mr. Yamanaka gave me a bow from his head.

"Morning," I said trying to sound a little happy. Break feast was quiet until suddenly their was a loud knock at the door. It continued. Mr. Yamanaka got up and headed to open the door. The three of me, Ino and her mother looked toward where Mr. Yamanaka went. We heard a couple of voices, unknown to us. Suddenly guards entered the kitchen and grabbed me and Ino. Ino's mother started yelling.

"What do you think your doing!" Mrs. Yamanaka yelled grabbing me and Ino away from the guards.

"We are here by orders from the castle to take Ino Yamanaka as the next chosen for Prince Gaara!" one guard said sternly. Everyone's eyes widened. Currently the older ones are trying hard to find a women around the age of 18 for their little brother who here in the kingdom is known as the blood-killing monster. No we have never seen the prince but rumors had said that he was horrible looking and that his eyes were terrifying and cold as ice. They call him the blood-killing monster. Maidens such as Ino and me are chosen from the castle and brought to him. The idea was appalled from so many people since the maidens always ended up getting killed and Ino was the next in line.

"You have no action to stop us!" said a young dark blue haired man said snapping me out of my thoughts. "Which one of you is Ino!" he yells.

"M-me," Ino says shaking in fear.

"Take her away!" the man yelled.

"Yes Mr. Uchiha!" the guards say following their leaders orders. Both Ino's parents started to rebel but the guards kept them in place by threatening them with their swords. We ran outside and Ino was forced into a carriage. The other villagers stood by watching sadness across their faces. Ino's mother was crying a lot by now and so was Mr. Yamanaka.

She has a family that loves her..

A small voice said in my head. The guards left already and I looked at the ground my fist tightened that it started to hurt. "Mr. and Mrs. Yamanaka I'll get Ino back!" I said before getting on one of their horses. Since I was wearing a dress it was a bit hard but I managed to get on. "Ha!" I said riding off with the horse speeding through the streets after the carriage.

"Kiyomi!" I heard Mr. Yamanaka yell but since I was long gone I didn't even listen. The carriage was almost reaching the gates. I kicked the horse again and it caught up and passed them and then I got in front of them the guards jumped in surprise stopping the horses from crashing into mine. The carriage stopped abruptly making the Uchiha come out and see what was going on.

"You! What do you think you are doing!" he yelled furious. By now almost everyone around us was starring.

"In the girl's place may I go instead," I said a serious tone in my words. Everyone's eyes widened and everyone started whispering. Sadly Kakashi and his family were in the crowds of curious villagers. Joining them Ino's parents appeared. Kakashi tried nearing me but the Uchiha took out his sword and blocked his path.

"You wish to take her place?" he asked. I breathed in and then out, I noticed I was shaking a bit.

"I volunteer for the chosen," I said out loud. Ino's mother fainted hearing the word's escape my mouth.

"No Kiyomi!" Ino screams crying some more as she's taken out of the carriage.

"It's my choice not yours," I said giving her a small smile after I got off the horse. I gave the horse to her and I pushed her toward her parents. Everyone looked at me sadly for the sacrifice I was doing. "You have a family that loves you," I told her and got into the carriage with the Uchiha we continued on. Kakashi stared as I went inside the castle walls and as I fully entered the huge gates closed. I looked at my hands and kept a straight face.

"What did you mean when you told that girl she has a family that loves her?" asked the curious man with me. I looked up staring right at his eyes, then away. "Her eyes.." the Uchiha thought catching sadness and pain in those hazel eyes of hers.

Normal POV:

From one of the castle's rooms a man stared out and stared at the carriage approaching the castle. The man scowled and disappeared into the darkness of the room he was in. Meanwhile, Temari and Kankurro along with their friends are waiting at the entrance of the castle. "Calm down Temari-chan," says a pink haired women fanning herself with a fan, her name was Sakura Haruno. Next to her was another women but with dark blue-purple hair who looked around the room nervously, her name was Hinata Hyuuga.

Knock, Knock

Two servants opened the door and the Uchiha appeared with the brown haired girl following behind everyone turned toward the girl trying to look at her but since her head was looking down and her hair was hiding her face it was impossible. "Are you Ino Yamanaka?" asked Naruto.

"No," answered Kiyomi. Everyone looked at the Uchiha confused.

"Sasuke Uchiha what is the meaning of this?" asked Temari narrowing her eyes.

"This girl here volunteered to be in Ms. Yamanaka's place," Sasuke says bowing. Everyone's eyes widened in shock.

"W-what is your name dear?" Temari says shocked at the news that the Uchiha said. Kiyomi looked up giving Temari a fake smile but none of them knew it was. "Not a single tear?" thought Temari, "usually girls would come in crying their eyes out and screaming, demanding to be released."

"Kiyomi Hihara your majesty," the brown haired girl says and bows.

"And if I may ask Ms. Hihara, why did you take your friend's place?" asked Kankurro curious. Kiyomi looked up again a thoughtful expression crossing her face.

"She has a family that loves her deeply and friends that care for her," the girl began to say, "I wouldn't want my only friend to lose everything all at once, I don't want her to feel the pain like I did when my family members passed away." Kiyomi wasn't smiling anymore. Thoughts ran through her head quickly. A scowl formed on her face and a tear escaped her eye but she quickly wiped it away.

"We just made this girl's life harder," Naruto said.

"Naruto-kun this girl.." Hinata began saying. Naruto turned his attention to the Hyuuga. "I've heard of her, just barely yesterday Hihara-san's mother died along with her little brother, and her father died 2 years ago," Hinata said almost in tears. Naruto's eye widened.

"Temari, Kankurro I must speak with you," Naruto says looking at the two siblings seriously. They nodded.

"Sakura, Sasuke please show Kiyomi-san around the castle, make sure to show her the room she'll be staying in and please Kiyomi-san don't ever go to the dark looking hallway in the north wing I forbid you," Temari says. Kiyomi gulped and nodded quickly.

"Hello there Kiyomi-san my name is Sakura Haruno and this is my fiancée Sasuke Uchiha," the pink haired women introduced. Kiyomi bowed and raised an eyebrow afterwards.

"Fiancée?" Kiyomi whispered. "At this kind of age?" she thought. Sakura saw how the girl was reacting.

"Yes we in the palace get married pretty young weird huh," she says giggling.

"Now ladies let's get going this castle is huge we must start immediately," the dark haired boy says. The three started around the entrance of the castle.

Kiyomi's POV:

This castle was quite amazing. Every inch of this castle was just stunning. All the servants here were very nice to me. We went in and out of many rooms. As we walked we meet a brown haired man named Prince Shikamaru Nara, Temari's fiancée. Uchiha and Haruno-san made small talk with the prince, before continuing on showing me more of the huge castle. When they showed me the library I froze in shock. There were over a thousand, maybe even more books in the enormous library. As I gaped I didn't notice the two who were behind me were still there, Haruno-san was giggling and smiling while Uchiha-san had a blank face. I heard the pink haired girl giggle a lot making me snap back into reality. "My apologies I just never seen so many books before," I said quietly a small tinge of pink forming on my cheeks.

"No its alright shall we go?" Ms. Haruno says locking arms with the Uchiha. I gave her a short nod and we left the library and into the gardens also catching my attention. Not too far away was a large part of the garden filled with roses.

"I should come here on my own time," I thought looking at the rest of the garden. By the time we were done, night took over the sky.

"Dinner will be in a few minutes," the young Uchiha said. I shook my head.

"No thank you, I'm just going to sleep early," I said. Haruno nodded and ordered a maid to take me too my room. The two dismissed each other and I followed the maid. We stopped in front two doors and she opened it and we both went inside. The room was nice and all. A huge bed off to the side of the room. A desk and a table surrounded by chairs on the other side. Huge closet doors were next to the bed and a mirror with its curtains tied to the sides showing the bright full moon.

"The bathroom is to your right," the black haired maid says pointing to a single door. "There are clothes for you to wear in here," she says opening the two closet doors revealing a row of dresses and such. But I wasn't really paying attention.

"Excuse me but where is the North Wing?" I asked. The maid gasped, horror spread through her face. My mouth shut tightly.

"W-what umm o-oh.." the maid stuttered at first before answering nervously, "the N-north wing is n-not far from here, just go s-straight down the hallway in front of this room and then at the very end of that hallway turn right and then left when you s-see another hallway, then you'll cross a b-bridge and then you have entered the N-north W-wing." The maid looked scared no terrified. "I-if you need anything just pull on this r-rope next to the door," the black haired maid says before leaving quickly. "Please don't e-even think of going t-there," I heard her say before closing the doors behind her and then I heard a few voices outside. I approached the door and opened it slightly, to see guards about four guards. Two on each side of the door and the other two walking down the hallways back in forth.

"Guards?," I thought closing the door shut again. I looked around my new room. I picked up my red and black dress and ran toward the large window. I opened it leading to a small balcony. I looked below to see I was a bit high up. The garden could be seen from up here, I smiled at the view. Noticing, a tree loomed close to the balcony and the branches looked thick and strong enough. I looked at the door behind me. I breathed in and got on the tree's branch. I didn't want to be stuck in the room since there was nothing to do there so I decided to explore the gardens without being watched by the guards. "If I get caught they will probably think I'm escaping," I thought to myself. As I climbed down the tree I safely reached the ground and walked toward the garden's. As soon as I reached it I smelled one of roses, reminding me a bit of the ones I got my mother. I moved the thoughts behind my head not wanting to cry again. I spent about half and hour walking around the colorful garden. I found a gazebo and I approached it looking at the vines that wrapped around the wood that held the roof of the small building making it look pretty with a few white flowers here and there. I heard a noise not too far away. I turned to see no one. "I'm sure I heard something," I mumbled. A few drops of water fell from the sky. I looked up for more droplets of water to hit my face, it started sprinkling. I heard a noise again catching my attention. I turned to the noise but again I saw nothing. I heard it again and this time it was clear to me. Growling. I made a run for it through the rose bushes and paths that I came from. I started gaiting through the trees until I saw the big tree that reached my balcony. Without looking I started climbing again making sure not to step on my dress or rip it. I made it to my balcony right on cue when I heard a door knock. I quickly picked up my dress and ran to the door. I opened it. It was Princess Temari. I bowed.

"How are you doing?" she asked.

"I'm doing fine," I replied giving her a smile. "Um can I ask you a question?" I asked something that's been bothering me.

"Yes?" Temari says raising her eyebrow.

"Does Prince Gaara ever come out the North Wing?" I asked quietly. Temari looked at me strangely.

"Sometimes..we talk from time to time but he's mostly in his room or somewhere in the North Wing and sometimes in the garden..but I forbid you to go alone anywhere," she says sharply. I nodded.

"Maybe he was the one at the gardens?" I thought. "How does he look like?" I asked, "is he like what the rumors say?" Temari narrowed her eyes but she didn't answer.

"You'll see soon for now you must rest its 10 sharp, goodnight," the blonde women says and leaves. I frowned but went to the closet and changed into a nightgown. It was nice and comfortable. It was white and it reached the floor and it was long sleeved. I went to the bathroom. When I came out I slipped in the comfortable bed and slept.

Yup a little linger then the last chapter hope you guys enjoyed it!

Sorry If there is any mistakes :c

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