"Mother, I can explain!!" Sakura squeaked.

"BE STILL!" Mitsukai snapped. "I am talking!" She sent her daughter a death glare. "If you are to ever interrupt me AGAIN I shall have your head! Even if you ARE my daughter!" She tucked strands of her hair behind her ear.

Sakura bit her tongue and leaned on the wall helplessly. "..."

Naruto cringed. Ouch.

Mitsukai averted her gaze to Sasuke and frowned. "You are Prince Sasuke...correct?" she asked quietly, "From the Uchiha family?"

Sasuke calmly bowed to show his respect to the Queen. "Yes, your Highness," he replied.

"What is your business here...with my daughter? She has no need for you. She broke the engagement off herself."

Sakura looked at Sasuke uncertainly, guilt in her eyes. Sasuke looked back at her with a stolid expression. "I..." he started and let out a small sigh. "I wish to ask her hand in marriage...once again..."

The whole room froze in shock ans Sakura gawked at the Prince. ARE YOU SERIOUS?!!

The silver-haired Queen scowled at this. "Insolent worm!" she spat, "How DARE you have the nerve to ask my daughter to take you back? I will not approve of it!"

Naruto lost his patience and jumped between the two. "ARE YOU CRAZY LADY?!!" he shouted, "DO YOU HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA WHAT SASUKE AND I HAD TO DO TO GET HERE?!! YOU'D BETTER APPROVE BEFORE I POUND YOUR BRAINS OU-"

Sasuke punched the berserk blonde in the gut. "Shut up, idiot. Don't talk to a Queen like that."

Naruto coughed and fell to the floor. "Damn you...Sasuke! Gah! That hurt!"

Queen Mitsukai was infuriated and her eyes flared with anger. "Such intolerance!" she cried, "You two boys- get out of my sight this instant! Unless you prefer to be thrown out the window by my guards!"

Sakura couldn't take it. She threw herself in front of Sasuke and spread her arms in an attempt to protect him from her mother. "No!" she screamed, "Mom, please! Don't do this! Sasuke didn't mean to...I mean...ummm..." A small blush crept to her cheeks as she looked down at her feet. "You see..."

Mitsukai shook her head. "Unbelievable."

Sasuke stared at Sakura in awe. "What are you doing?"

"You mean to tell me, that you still hold feelings for this wretch?" the Queen asked angrily.

Sakura's blush became deeper and she lowered her arms. "Well...I-I guess I do." She looked up and yelped when a sharp hand struck her face in a painful blow. She winced in pain and fell, crying in shame.

"You tramp. Don't even consider yourself as my daughter. You have no class." Mitsukai rubbed her hand. "Your skin is hard from rebellion. Shame on you!" She huffed and left the room.

"Wait!" Sakura sobbed and ran after her mother. "Mother, please wait!"

Mitsukai turned stopped abruptly and turned around, her long sleeves brushing past the pink-haired Princess's face roughly. "Do not address me as the one who gave you life."

"..."

Mitsukai seemed to hesitate before she quietly spoke the words, "You are no daughter of mine." Her eyes moved to another direction, as if she had regretted what she had said. However, all hopes were lost when she finished her statement. "As of now, you are no longer a Princess. You will be a servant of this palace."

An icy claw gripped Sakura's broken heart. A look of horror replaced her gentle face as she stared at the woman in disbelief. The woman she was no longer able to call her mother. The woman who nurtured her with the sweet milk from her breast that gave her the life she had now...

The life of a Princess.

Sasuke clenched his fists and looked away from the scene guiltily. This is all my fault...

Naruto instantly forgot his pain and looked up in bewilderment of the whole situation. "N-no way..." he slurred.

Sakura nearly screamed in aggravation, but all she was capable of doing was utter out, "Are you truly that disgraced by me?" When she saw no reaction from the Queen, she sighed and unwrapped the red choker from her neck. "Then I will do as you wish." She held out the delicate item and stated firmly, "I will no longer be your daughter."

Mitsukai looked at the choker, confused. "What is this?"

"...you gave it to me...when I was a little girl..." Sakura hesitated, fighting back her tears that threatened to fall. "But since I am now a servant, I am returning it to its rightful owner." When she realized the silver-haired woman would not take the choker, she made a daring move and shoved it into her hands forcefully.

Mitsukai nearly gasped of shock. "..."

"I...I hope for the best," Sakura struggled, "And I also hope...that the new owner of this choker will be one whom you'll love as your own." She looked up with a tear-stained face and broken smile. "I bid you, Queen Mitsukai, a farewell. I am sorry...but I will not be a servant of this castle."

Mitsukai's eyes widened a tad and her hands remained frozen in the air with the choker between them. For once, she was unable to find the right words to say.

Sasuke looked at Sakura as though she had gone insane. "What?!"

"Sakura!" Naruto shouted, "You can't be serious!"

All the de-throned Princess was capable of doing was shake her head in dismay and run away from the whole thing. Sasuke made an atempt to run after her, but his pride got the best of him. He bowed his head, hiding the look of displeasure in his solemn dark eyes.

Naruto was struck with fury and betrayal. He stood up with a gruff and cried, "How could you do that to her?! Sakura..! She was your daughter and still is! Do you have any idea what it'll be like for her now? She's all alone..."

Mitsukai grimaced at the blonde male. "Excuse me?"

Sasuke loked at Naruto with a hin of curiosity. Where's this loser getting at?

"All...alone..." Naruto reiterated. "I can't believe you would be this cruel." His deep curelean eyes flared with rage. "DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE ALONE?!"

"D...Do not raise your voice at me, commoner!" Mitsukai scolded him, trying to keep her dominance as Queen. "Do you know who you are speaking to?!"

"Hell yeah I do, lady!" Naruto backfired.

"Naruto, stop it!" Sasuke chided, "You'll cause a commotion. Besides, she's not worth your breath."

The Queen was extremely offended a this statement. "And what is the meaning behind your words you flithy rat!"

Sasuke turned to her with a stolid expression. "Someone with a cold heart like yours doesn't deserve to feel what a heart of another feels. Therefore, with all your respect Queen Mitsukai..." He bowed humbly. "Naruto and I will take our leave. Perhaps, it may give you more time to think over of your actions."

"You dare to lecture me, boy?" Mitsukai hissed, flushed in embrrassment.

Understanding the situation, Naruto calmed down and nodded. "Let's go, Sasuke." Turning, the two vanished.