*Nightingale*
Sorry for the late update! Long story short- moving + school= a real pain. In this story, be prepared to have your first impression twisted to the point where you have no idea what to expect from these characters. I am not very good at fight scenes so please be patient with me. This story is based off of the song Nightingale by Demi Lovato (Check it out! I love this song!). Enjoy!
*Later That Day*
Normal POV
Sakura laid on her bed within the Uchiha household staring thoughtfully at the ceiling above her. Ever since she arrived in these strange lands she's had this strange feeling that there were people here she needed to meet- people who she belonged with. However, for the life of her she couldn't identify the people or why she was even having this strange feeling. She even went so far as to summon her own spirit from her body to watch her past memories for some kind of clue. At last, she came up short of an answer. Now, she is lying down in her bed hoping for some kind of epiphany to seep through the ceiling of her temporary room and answer all of her questions.
"Sakura-chan dear." the soft voice of Mikoto rang through the door before it opened revealing said woman. Sakura smiled kindly at her before noticing her attire. She was dressed in a casual dark blue dress with a modest neckline and a black purse over her left shoulder.
"Good afternoon Mikoto-san, are you on your way to the market?" Sakura asked sitting up. She swung her legs gracefully over the side of the bed and folded her hands neatly in her lap just as she was taught to do when she was small. Mikoto smiled softly and nodded.
"I am and you're coming with me." Sakura raised her brows in surprise. When had she agreed to go shopping today and why does she need to? Didn't her maid pack enough clothes for her stay here? "You stick out like a sore thumb in your clothes making it easy for enemies to spot you in a crowd. If you were to wear some clothes native to Konoha you won't so much." Mikoto explained more. A smile graced Sakura's lips as she touched a strand of her long pink locks.
"I suppose my hair color would be another give away to enemies as well, unless you have many other girls in your village that have odd hair color?" Mikoto giggled at the little joke the princess made before motioning for her to stand.
"Come Sakura-chan, we don't want to waste away precious time to shop now do we?"
In The Market
In Spirit Nation you had to travel a little ways to get to a market place. If you're looking to get to the grand market place you're looking at traveling a very long distance even if you're coming from the castle. Despite this, every market place you go to is crowded with travelers, villagers, beggars, nobility, and merchants alike yet the shelves in every store seem to never go empty so people don't ever have the need to rush to get whatever it is they needed. Having said that, the utter madness of people pushing, shoving, shouting, and the occasional fight over the last item of a shop was mind boggling for the foreign princess. Just watching the people interact so negatively to each other about who was getting the last item in the shop made her want to go back to her peaceful country even more than the moment she left the castle gates for the first time.
"Okay, why don't we go clothes shopping first?" Mikoto stated giddily oblivious to the distress the young princess was admitting.
Sakura was about to ask if they could return to the Uchiha compound but was interrupted by Mikoto dragging her into a random store filled with clothing. Sakura looked around with amazement at the wide variety of clothing the shop held. It seemed they had clothing for nobles, commoners- everyone.
"Oh, Sakura-chan this would look adorable on you!" Mikoto squealed holding up a shirt similar to the one she wore except it covered her entire stomach and was dark green with whit leaves etched in the upper right. The princess nodded her approval after examining the shirt with a smile on her face.
"I love it Mikoto-san." Mikoto grinned draping the shirt over her left arm before happily pulling multiple shirts off of the rack like child would in a candy store if it were all free.
By the time they were ready to check out, Mikoto had already picked out an entire second wardrobe for the princess. Just looking at the ridiculously high pile of clothes on the checkout desk caused a sweat drop to appear on Sakura's forehead.
"M-Mikoto-san, you didn't really have to buy so much." She cautiously explained watching the checkout girl gawk at the pile in misery.
"Oh nonsense Sakura-chan," Mikoto waved her hand dismissively in front of her before giving the checkout a girl an expecting look when she still hadn't rung anything up. "It is my families duty to care for you and that includes making sure you are properly dressed." Sakura nodded hesitantly then stepped back and stood in silence watching the checkout girl work diligently to finish the large pile of clothing.
After about five minutes of constant ringing of items the checkout girl pushes a few buttons on her cash register before looking to Mikoto-san.
"Your total is 1,975,639 yen." Sakura's brows forward in confusion as Mikoto dug around in her purse for the money. What are 'yen'? Didn't they use imperial credit like they do in her kingdom? Since Mikoto seemed to be busy counting out the correct amount of money, Sakura turned her question to the checkout girl.
"Pardon me madam, but what are 'yen'? Don't you use imperial credit in this country?" A look of confusion crossed the checkout girl's face that rivaled that of the foreign princess. Before the checkout girl could answer, Mikoto quickly shoved a fist full of money towards the checkout girl.
"You can keep the change." Mikoto smiled warmly at the stunned checkout girl before quickly gathering the shopping bags and motioning for Sakura to follow her quickly out of the shop.
Once outside Mikoto sighed deeply closing her eyes for a second. She glanced momentarily at Sakura's baffled face still staring into the clothing shop they had just left. Mikoto sighed knowing that she's going to have to explain to the foreign princess that all of her questions about the simplest things made it a dead giveaway that she's from a foreign country, and as a result, make it easier for their enemies to find her.
'that'll be a very long conversation.' Mikoto thought tiredly letting out a long sigh.
"Mikoto-san?" Both of the female's heads turned around to come face to face with two taller men- one with bright golden hair and the other with spiked up midnight black hair- standing a few feet away from them in the busy street. Mikoto's eyes lit up at the sight of the two familiar faces.
"Naru-chan! Sasu-chan!" Mikoto squealed setting her load of shopping bags on the ground in order to bear hug the two men. When she finally let go after the two of them started to turn a faint shade of red, her happy aura turned dark with an over whelming thirst for blood. "Where have you two been? Your mission ended yesterday but you never came to visit me." both boys looked away desperately thinking of someway to change the subject.
Sensing their distress, Sakura smiled softly taking a small step forward. She cleared her throat gaining the three terrified men and the Uchiha matriarch's (who was seething with rage at the thought of the two men avoiding her) attention.
"Please forgive my rudeness," Sakura bowed deeply to the two boys before straightening to stand tall, her head held high in the air. "My name is Haruno Sakura. My brother and I are guest in Mikoto-chan's home. I assume you two live there as well, correct?" Both boys stared dumbfounded at the strange girl before the blonde boy shook off his surprise and grinned widely.
"Hello Sakura-chan! My name is Uzimaki Naruto! I'm going to become the Hokage after I pass the Jonin exams in a few months- believe it!" He shouted in determination throwing his fist in the air to add extra effect. As if remembering the man standing next to him, he rubbed the back of his head embarrassedly waving his free hand towards the man next to him. "This is tem- I mean this is Uchiha Sasuke. Mikoto-san's younger and meaner son." Sasuke shot the blonde a glare before jabbing him harshly in the rib with his elbow. Naruto grunted in pain before he started to whine to Mikoto about the abuse he had just suffered.
All the while, the pink haired princess tuned out his voice. She didn't do this on purpose, it's because another voice- a far more sinister voice was calling out to her from deep within him.
"You've finally come back to the realm of the mortals, little sister." She knew that voice. She's heard that voice among eight others since the day she was born speaking to her. They were her only companions in her time in solitary confinement within the castle walls. To finally be able to see at least one of them, brought joy to her lonely heart.
"Kurama." Sakura whispered softly with tears pricking at the rim of her eyes.
And that's the end of this chapter! Tell me if you like it! I hope you enjoyed!