It was the next day already and whatever was stalking the two before was now gone, or just didn't attack. They already reached the village where the prince was taking cover, they both were cautious knowing that some people could not tolerate others from a different village, and to be so close to the sand village. It was amazing that they hadn't run into any complications…yet.

"Alright he should be inside of the gates somewhere" Naruto whispered to Ino as they began to search. Finally they found a guarded area that had high security.

"what do you kids want?" asked one of the guards, giving a menacing look.

"where from the hidden leaf village here to escort prince Akihiko back to his homeland" she replied pointing to the head guard that was around her waist.

The guard raised an eyebrow and gave a suspicious look, he seemed to be thinking hard "alright, hey you!" he said pointing to another guard "escort these two to the prince" he said lowly so that anyone around couldn't here. The other guard nodded and began to walk towards the small building, letting the two blondes know to follow. They quickly caught up to him checking out the inside. For a place that looked small, it sure did have a lot of rooms. Finally the guard stopped and opened the door.

"Prince Akihiko the ninja from the leaf village are here to escort you" slow footsteps could be heard coming from hind the curtain. 'Must be really special to have to take this long to make an entrance' Naruto thought sarcastically.

Finally the prince came from behind "ahh so it is you two who have to take me back?" he questioned. Naruto studied him, he sure didn't look like a prince, more like some samurai or something, he had light brown hair that looked almost as if it were spiked, with light hazel eyes, he wore loose white sweat pants with a t-shirt that was also white but had a picture of a dragon at the side he carried a sword on his back that looked light and easy to handle with black sandals to top it off, he looked only about a year or two older than he was 'humph nothin special' Naruto thought as they boy raised an eyebrow.

"OK lets go prince and In.." as Naruto looked over her way he could see that she was practically drooling over the prince; she didn't even try to hid it for crying out loud! Naruto sweat dropped 'I guess she'll never change' he said shaking his head. As he began to walk out of the room he expected the two to follow him but instead he saw the blond haired girl still staring at Akihiko, the prince seemed to have a disturbed look on his face. "ARE WE GONNA GO OR WHAT!!" he shouted getting annoyed.

Ino snapped out of her trance, with a vein popping out of her forehead "would you be quiet that's no way to speak to a prince!" she hissed.

"Huh I don't see what's special about him, he looks the same as everyone else…"he was cut off when Ino bopped him on the head. Fake tears came to his eyes and he whined "what was that for it's the truth!" he snapped his mouth shut when Ino gave him an evil glare. "Nothin special" he mumbled under his breath to low for her to hear.

"Well let's get going, I'm sure the people of your village are missing you dearly" Ino said cheerfully, clasping her hands together in a playful manner.

Akihiko sweat dropped "uhh yeah what ever" he said rubbing the back of his head. Even though the girl was attracted to him and she wasn't bad looking herself, she just wasn't his type and besides he had other girls chasing after him that would do ANYTHING and depending on whom it was he didn't pass up on the opportunity. 'It wouldn't hurt to mess with her a little though' he thought as he began to walk out of the room Ino quickly following him quickly, leaving a mad swearing Naruto by himself as he hurriedly followed after them.

'This is gonna be a real piece of work' Naruto thought as he could still see Ino staring at him as if she would die if she looked away. The guy just seemed to ignore her excessive staring keeping ahead of them by just a bit. Finally the blond haired boy decided to speak "I don't get it, you seem like you can take care of yourself so why would you need us to take you back to your village?" he asked rubbing his chin.

Ino was about to say something when Akihiko decided to speak first "because even though I am very skilled with my handling with the sword, there will be some problems we are going to run into, some that I'll probably wont be able to handle on my own" he said in a boring tone; his attitude was kind've similar to Shikamaru's not seeming to really care about anything.

"But I guess that's a good thing because then I wouldn't have ever met you" Ino squealed. Akihiko rolled his eyes, Naruto doing the same thing. They continued to walk for the rest of the day. The blond haired boy stayed quiet the only talk was between the prince and Ino. Finally the sun was beginning to set which meant that it was time to settle down.

"Alright let's set up camp!" Naruto exclaimed, already pulling his things out.

"Actually there's a town not to far from here why don't we just rent a place?" the prince snorted as he began to walk off.

"Wait up!" she looked back at Naruto who seemed to be upset "come on before he leaves!" he hurriedly put his stuff and his bag and began to hop after them. 'Damn prick, prince or not I'll still kick his ass' not paying to where he was going Naruto accidently crashed into the brunette boy.

"Watch where you're going!" Akihiko yelled pushing the blue eyed boy off of him. It was like déjà vu.

"then stay the hell out of my way!" he shouted pushing him back, both looked as if they were ready to kill each other, Akihiko reached for his sword and Naruto bared his fist standing in a defense position. It was a good thing Ino was there.

"You guys wanna go or what?!" she said impatiently; she hadn't had a decent place to sleep for a long time and it was really starting to get to her. Both gave her a hard stare before they looked away, the two faced different directions, right now the prince was not on her mind right now, more like a good place to sleep. "Well!" she yelled causing both males to gulp; if looks could kill the two boys would have already dug out their graves. She began walking ahead really wanting to rest on a real bed. The town was crowded full of different lights and colors gambling clubs and parties. Ino eyes lit up 'is it like this every night, if it is they better makes some room'.

"Where are you going?" Akihiko asked as she began to walk forward.

Ino looked back while still, walking forward "going to go look around, c'mon it'll be…" not paying attention to where she was going, she accidently bumped into someone.

The girl snorted "watch where you're going little priss" as she pushed Ino out the way.

'Who the hell does she think she is' Ino got back in front of the girl, and studied her, she was either the same age or a year younger, she also must have been a ninja, she could see a ban that was wrapped around her arm but she couldn't indentify the symbol, but ninja or not she wasn't backing down to anybody. "You gotta problem with me?!" she said looking her up and down; a look of disgust on her face.

"I suggest you get the hell out of my face before I have to whoop your ass on the spot" she retorted giving her the same dirty look.

Ino wasn't the type who let down…unfortunately "I liked to see you try you bitch" she said balling her fist on her sides.

The girl looked ready to attack when the two boys from her group decided to hold her back, it looked like they were using all of their strength. "You're lucky bitch" she said calming down.

"Yea right! Ino would've totally kicked your ass!" Naruto yelled a smirk on his face, causing the other group to once again turn around. This time one of the boys stepped up.

"You got sumthin to say ya little runt?" he smirked at seeing his reaction.

"I'll..."

"Naruto let it go, we don't have time for a bunch of jackasses" Ino snorted and turned around, Akihiko agreed and began to follow her.

"You guys are so lucky, we could whoop you in a heart beat" with that said he followed the other two, guess there wasn't going to be any looking around today, since both ninja seemed to be fumed. They found a hotel that didn't seem to be very busy and settled down there. They deserved to rest, after that long day.

this chapter wasnt as good as i wanted it to be, but i thought i did pretty good...except the beginning i kindve rushed that part, well i hoped you enjoyed