The Dark Ages

Chapter 5

"I'm sorry to say this, but you look bad, My Lord." Kiba chuckled as he swung his sword in the prince's direction with such force that his opponent stumbled back a bit, "But that doesn't mean I'm going to go easy on you."

"I don't want you to go easy on me." The prince groaned back and put more of his weight in front of him slowly staring to overpower Kiba.

"You sure about that?" Kiba teased even more as sweat started to fall down his forehead. They had been sparring for an hour now and both refused to stop until the other one gave up first.

"Absolutely." Sasuke gritted and suddenly moved to the side causing Kiba to go along with his momentum straight towards the ground. His sword thumbed to the ground and Kiba groaned as he hit his chin on the stone floor.

"Always falling to the easiest of tricks. Maybe you should train some more Kiba!" Came Naruto laughing voice as he clapped his hands together.

Sasuke offered his arm to the beaten Kiba and helped him up.

"I'll win one day." Kiba muttered with a breathless laugh. "But seriously, what's wrong?"

Naruto had joined the two of them in the middle of the training room. Few other knights were training near the walls with wooden practice dummies.

"Nothing." Sasuke shrugged his shoulders and got a squinting look from Naruto, "I don't buy that."

"You don't have to. I said I'm fine." He snapped and headed for the towels on a long wooden bench.

"Seriously." Naruto muttered from behind him. "Did you sleep badly? Because that's usually the only reason why you're being this moody for a whole day."

Sasuke didn't answer and opted to ignore his friends.

"Silence means yes." Kiba added and snickered with Naruto. For a second, Sasuke stopped mid-air of lifting his towel while furrowing his brows in thought. He had no idea what those two were up to.

"Was she good?" The brunette suddenly asked and Naruto started laughing with him.

A wave of dread washed over him and Sasuke turned around with a glare, "There's no woman."

"Well, what other could have gotten your panties in a twist. Women are annoying and frustrating at times, but they do give us one heck of a time in bed. Was it the blond maid that cleans your room every Tuesday and Thursday, or was it the brunette with the dimples?"

A group of men descended to the training are laughing boldly and Sasuke shot a glare in his friends' way. The group was completely oblivious to the three higher ups in the room and Sasuke decided that it was a good time to bail the room as quickly as possible. Leaving the room was the best choice since soon everyone where gossiping for no reason at all.

"Wait up!" Naruto shouted as Sasuke quickly grabbed his shirt and pulled it over his head while at the same time almost running up the stairs. Kiba and Naruto were still close behind him with their loud steps echoing in the hallway made out of huge rocks.

The wide set of steps stopped and a pair of wooden double doors stood in front of him. Sasuke quickly slipped through the door without even making sure that the heavy door doesn't slam into his friends.

However, Sasuke's escape didn't go as he had planned. The moment he stepped through the door was the moment he wished he had stayed at the training facility. His legs had stopped moving and he was completely frozen in place when Naruto and Kiba finally barreled through the door.

Naruto almost collided with the prince because of the unexpected way the dark-haired man had stopped.

"What the-" the blond muttered under his breath, but soon his attention was on the group of women standing in the garden.

The Queen was in the middle of the group explaining something with calm posture and sophisticated movements of her hands. And around her were a group of younger women and among them was the one who shone from the rest of them: Princess Sakura.

She looked almost misplaced with her much slender body and unique coloring that the elves were known for. The more natural tones of everyone around her looked pale and dull compared to her.

Even her clothing seemed to resemble more of her own culture day by day. She had ditched all the over-layered dresses and opted for more comfortable ones at first. After that change came to more revealing clothing and pastel tones.

Many people around the castle thought of the clothes almost outrageous as they shower her shoulders and even sometimes her whole back. But no one dared to voice anything too loud. They knew she was of different ways than anyone else in the whole country. And to her aid came the Royal Seamstress, who had done a lot of research on the types of clothes the elves wore.

Konan was known for her talent at creating the most beautiful gowns in the whole land, and she easily befriended the princess, who seemed too uncomfortable in the dresses given to her by the Queen.

Even Sasuke could see the way her face crunched up in annoyance when no one was looking as she glanced down at her burgundy colored gown a week ago. She did her best to hide the distaste in her demeanor, but Sakura was more of an open book than anything else, at least to Sasuke.

"I would bang that if I had a chance." Kiba muttered from next to Sasuke.

The prince glanced over his shoulder with a glare and quickly the other man apologized.

Kiba was head-over-heels in love with the princess. She was truly a blast of fresh air and all in all a beautiful woman. Many men drooled after her and her more revealing clothes didn't help with that case at all.

Sasuke shook his head and bee-lined for the closest hallway.

"Sasuke!" Naruto's shocked voice yelled after him and he could easily feel how he attention of everyone in the garden had turned to him. Luckily, he turned around the corner and got away from everyone's peering eyes.

"Sasuke!" Naruto yelled again this time much closer to the said person.

It's a short one, but I still posted something and I'm happy about it. Not a best chapter and I'm a bit disappointed that Kakashi couldn't make it into this one yet. But let's hope he is in the next one.

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