Disclamer: Naruto is owned by Masashi Kishimoto and Sleeping Beauty is owned by Disney

ItaNaru Sleeping Beauty

Chapter 5: Magic happens and the truth.

In the kitchen of the house, surrounded by messy dishes, Hinata was lighting the candles on a poorly made cake that was starting to fall over.

She used a broom to try and hold it up but it was starting to melt.

"Well what do you think of it?"
She asked Sakura.

Sakura turned. Her eyes widened at the sight but she tried to smile. "It's er a very uh...Unusual cake isn't it?"

Hinata nodded. She turned and noticed the candles were starting to slipp off. She picked up each candle and put them back on the cake but they still slipped.

"Of course it will be much stiffer after it's baked." She laughed nervously.

"Er of course Hinata-chan. Well what do think of the dress?"

Hinata looked up and saw Ino dressed in a very large kimono that was far to large and looked terrible. The sleeves were uneven and the bottom was cut horribly.
Ino was cross.

Hinata tried to smile. "I'm sure it'll look good on Naru-chan."

Sakura nodded. "Yes I'm sure it will. How about you Ino-chan, what do you think?"

Ino frowned and glared at them.
"You want to know what I think? I think we've had enough of this nonsense! I think we ought to thin of Naru-chan and what he'll think of this mess!"

She hopped down and the kimono fell apart.
She left the room.

"I still think what I thunk before. I'm going to get the wands!"

The cake collapsed into a mess. Only one candle remained on it.
Hinata sighed in defeat.

"You know Sakura-chan, I think she's right."

Sakura nodded. Ino then came into the room waving the wands.

"Here they are! Good as new!"

Sakura gasped and ran forward and grabbed the wands and held them to her chest.

"Ino-chan be careful!" She looked around as though expecting Orochimaru to show up.

"Ino-chan, close the doors. Hinata-chan, the windows! Plug up any cracks, nooks, and crannies! We can't take any chances!"

The girls ran about the room making sure to plug any and all openings that their magic might slipp through.

Once satisfied, Sakura passed out the wands.

"Hinata-chan, you take care of the cake, and I'll make the robe. Ino-chan clean the room please. And hurry Naru-chan will be back soon."

Ino glared at Sakura. 'Why do I get the dirty jobs?' She thought scathingly.
She pointed her wand at the cleaning supplies and they came to life.

Sakura managed to get her fabric into the right shape aand just the right size for Naru.

Hinata enchanted the ingrediants and then they measured and stirred.

Ino had a pile of dirt and dust swept up then she made it dissapear.

The ingrediants mixed in until the bowl poured and formed a beautiful four layer cake. Hinata was pleased.

Sakura cut fabric and then thread sewed gracefully through it forming a sleeve. Sakura then put it to where it was supposed to go.

Ino twirled gracefuly as a cloth dipped in a bucket and washed the floor.

As she passed Sakura she looked at the kimono.

"Oh no not red. Make it purple."
She pointed her wand and the robe turned purple.

"Ino! Make it red." Sakura turned the kimono red again.
Ino wasn't giving up yet. "Make it purple."

The sash Sakura was measuring turned puple then the whole thing turned purple.

"Oh, red!" Sakura glared at Ino.
Ino flipped her wand over her shoulder.
"Purple." She sang.
Sakura was ready this time. She dove in front of the robe. Her own garments turned purple.

Ino laughed but was suddenly hit by Sakura's magic, her dress was now red.

Sakura turned back to her work but was hit again by Ino's spell. Sakura and Ino then got into a wand fight. Hinata was putting frosting on the cake unconcerned by the color fight.

Too busy laughing the girls faid to notice a small hole in a corner of the ceiling.
The magic bounced around and escaped through that hole.

In the woods a silver haired man was serching the forest. Kabuto. He then saw a glow coming from a clearing. Intrigued he went to check it out.

He saw red and purple magic ecaping from a whole in an old house like a fireworks display.

Inside Ino and Sakura were still fighting. It came to a hault when both hit the kimono and it was splatterd in red and purple.

"D'oh, now look what you've done Ino!"

"Me? You're the one who.."

The girls got into an argument.
Hinat stepped forward. "Um...How about you make the robe blue, like Naru-chan's eyes?"

Sakura and Ino looked at her then each other. Sakura waved her wand and the robe turned the same shade of blue like ANaru's eyes.

All three girls smiled. "It looks good."
They agreed. They cleaned up their mess, then heard Naru's humming.

"Oh he's back! Hurry hide."

The girls hid as Naru came through the door. No one noticed Kabuto hiding in the door looking at the blond.

"Ino-nii? Sakura-nii, Hinata-nii? Huh where are they?"

He then saw the kimono and the cake.
The girls then jumped out yelling surprise, happy birthday and things like that.

Naru had a big smile. "You did all this for me? Oh can this day get any better? Just wait till you meet him." He sighed dreamily.

The girls eyes widened as they realised what Naru said.

"Him?"

"Naru-chan."

"You met a stranger?"

The girls looked at him with worry and concern.

Naru shook his head. "Oh he's not a stranger we've met before."

"You have? Where?"

"Once upon a dream." He started to dance a little bit around the room.

"He's in love." Hinata said.

"Oh no." Ino said.

"This is terrible." Sakura said.

Naru glanced up confused. "Why? I'm sixteen after all. What are you worried about?"

Sakura shook her head. "It isn't that Naru-chan."

Hinata stepped foward. "You're already betrothed Naru-chan."

Naru looked up confused.

"Betrothed?"

Sakura nodded. "Since the day you were born, to Lord Itachi Uchiha."

Naru shook his head and laughed. "But how can I marry a lord, I'd have to be of high born status."

The girls nodded. "And you are Naru. You are Prince Naruto Namikaze. Tonight we're taking you back to the palace and your father Emperor Minato."

Naruto shook his head. "But I can't! He's coming here tonight. I promised to meet him!"

Sakura took his hands. "We're sorry Naruto but you must never see that young man again."

Naruto stepped back. His breathing was shallow, he felt his heart constrict with pain. "No. No, I can't believe it!"

Trying but failing to hide his tears, he ran to his room.

Sakura, Ino and Hinata watched him leave each feeling a pain at seeing their beloved Naru in pain.

A tear fell from Ino's face. "And we thought he'd be so happy."

Sakura hugged Hinata who cryed on her shoulder.

In Naru's room he lay on his bed sobbing.
"It can't be true. I'm not a Prince. I don't want to be a Prince."

No one noticed a smiling Kabuto sneak away from the house with good news for his master.