Everytime I see clips of Drogon and his brothers on YouTube, I just fall over in their cuteness. They totally can be allowed to each enemies and get away with it QwQ I want baby dragons (like teacup pigs, but teacup dragons, you know?) and I also want a dire wolf, a normal coat or a black one so Jon Snow and I could be sexy opposites... Ahahauhu~
Shit, I want so many precious animals. I can teach my cat how to breathe fire and protect me when I sleep! :D You think that's close enough? I think so.
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Light 'em Up
Chapter Five
Bones- MsMr
Sasuke dared himself to clash swords with Suigetsu, trying to push all his strength into his arms as he backed the white-haired man to the tanned, brick wall that served as an obstacle for training. When he heard the applause of men, he smirked handsomely and met Suigetsu's violet eyes, making the sharp man blink and growl playfully.
"Rhae Mhar!" Suigetsu yelled as he pushed Sasuke off of him and took his stance. Sasuke did not falter in his steps and instantly charged to him with his giant sword. Sasuke only braced his palm against the flat of the cool metal and stopped his fighting partner from mauling him to the sandy dirt. "No fair," Suigetsu said in the Common Language, although pronouncing it horribly.
Only was it yesterday that Sasuke arrived to the Haruno Kingdom, being blinded by foggy mist for a few hours or so, without sleep for three days. It was like breaking through a land that was covered in darkness and cold, and into a whole new world of warmth and sunshine. The Haruno Kingdom was on the edge of the sea, the water dark, sparkling blue with the noise of waves crashing on the rock towers a ways out. The building seemed to be build of either tanned or white brick, and the streets were pebbled with cleansing shine and lively with people - villagers, farmers, children and all alike. They were dressed odd, Sasuke noticed, in these white or pastel-colored tunics or loose dresses; and the women would wear their hair down and decorated with bands and clips, unlike Sasuke's old home when women wore their hair up. People were either barefoot or wore sandals, and the people seemed all healthy and happy.
Sasuke learned, from Yamato, who has been helping Sasuke adjust to this new place, that the people who live by the sea have sun-bleached hair or have an odd eye-color to mean that they come from this nationality. Yamato was originally King Gaara's right-hand, and took care of the Kingdom until Tsunade took over. He was tall, and resembled a tree to Sasuke, with brown hair and oddly dark eyes that seem to look into your soul; he was polite, however, and helped Sasuke rest for a while in the soldier bunks before training in the next morning.
Like Sakura had said, before she disappeared on him and her party once they crossed the mist and into view of the Haruno Kingdom, Suigetsu changed his behavior towards Sasuke by instantly wanting to train with him. And now, here he was, fighting with a Hyuuga soldier as everyone around them, both Haruno and Hyuuga armymen, roared applause and chanted either 'Suigetsu' or 'Rhae Mhar'. He didn't mind the new nickname, since he was proving to his opponent who has the sore foot.
Yamato nodded with approval when Sasuke ducked under the swing of Suigetsu's sword and shoved an elbow into his gut, sending the pale man down into the dirty ground and lose hold of his sword. Straightening his back, Sasuke smirked down at his partner as everyone clapped and cheered for the sore foot. He stuck out his arm to Suigetsu after he sheathed his sword, being a fair partner in training.
"Mrr..." Suigetsu huffed with a deep frown, slowly turning into an amused smile. "Rhae Mhar did good!" he said with a laugh as he took Sasuke's hand to be hauled up. Suigetsu congratulated his new companion with a harsh slap on the back before moving off to the other Hyuuga soldiers, who started talking to him in their quick language that required a deep-throat accent, and Suigetsu gradually swung his arms around with a happy smile.
Yamato walked up to Sasuke with a bowl of water, which Sasuke took and drinked heavy gulps. With the constant heat in the Haruno Kingdom, Sasuke had constantly found himself sweating in his clothes and needing water all the time. After waking up drenched in sweat, he would go to Yamato, who chuckled and would have cold water ready for him onhand. Finishing the last gulp of water, Sasuke swallowed and looked at Yamato, who had his arms crossed.
"Is this really what the soldiers do in the heat? I'm dying out here," Sasuke grumbled in an exhale, feeling his tongue drying again. "Don't some men become dillusional?"
"No, we are very adaptable to weather," Yamato laughed as he took Sasuke's belt with his sword. "Why do you think everyone wears light clothing that is thin?"
"The royal family wears thick and heavy clothing; and everyone wore layers to reduce the chance of burns," Sasuke snorted. "Although, we don't have a bright sunlight or intense heat unless it is summer."
"Oh, it snows here, too, my dear boy," Yamato smiled. "You find us to be odd from your usual society, Sasuke?"
"Not odd," Sasuke said, shaking his head. "Rather...your kind is simply different."
Yamato chuckled again and took the bowl away from Sasuke. Both men started walking to a channeled fountain where some of the men were either bathing in the cold water, or standing by it to feel the cool mist that came off from the reptile-shaped sculptures that were purging water from opened mouths. Sasuke was granted an opening and he instantly dug his hands into the chilly water and splashed his face with it, grunting at the sudden icy feeling.
"You fight very well, Sasuke," Yamato commented.
Sasuke let the cold water drip on his face before looking at his new 'teacher', smirking a little. "One has to be strong enough to protect the Queen, you know. I don't think anyone would appreciate that I let the royal lady get hurt so easily."
"Isn't that so?" a soft, feminine voice startled Sasuke overhead. Shooting his head up, Sasuke's eyes met with the emerald jewels that made his chest pinch roughly. Sakura leaned on her arms on the stoned balcony above the fountain, strands of her pastel hair moved with the watery breeze from the splaying water of the fountain, yet her body seems unbothered by it. Her ladies behind her, surrounding her and ready to obey her every order if she were to say anything; dressed in similar light clothes and their hair decorated with with sticks with buds of flowers on the end. The one that seemed to stand out from the pale-haired women, was a dark burnette and brown eyes lady with tanned skin, her hair in twin buns with golden strings dripping to her shoulders.
"I was just passing by on my stroll," Sakura excused herself with a curious tilt of her head toward Sasuke, "and, I just couldn't help but ponder on how you can quote something so...judgemental."
Swallowing, Sasuke shrugged. "It is the duty of a soldier to protect the Queen of the Haruno Kingdom; isn't that why you have them here, mi'lady?" he asked rather blandly, and some of his new companions and Yamato stopped whatever they were doing and turning to watch him.
Nodding slowly, Sakura straightened up with a bright smile. "How would you feel if I chosed your next partner, hm?"
"It would be an honor, mi'lady," Sasuke smirked handsomely, hoping to catch her attention. It proved worthless as she turned around and said something to the brunette woman in another language, in Hyuuga, he knew, as the other ladies in waiting bowed respectively as their Queen turned back.
Climbing over the balcony, Sasuke's eyes widen as Sakura easily walked along the ledge of the beautiful sculpture; some of the soldiers went to the end to assist their ruler down, which she obliged with a thankful smile. Sasuke stayed unmoving as she made her way to him, her outfit taking him by surprise. It consist of the pure white tunic top that exposed her ribs and navel, and the skirt only draped in her front and rear, leaving her long legs exposed and strut out every time she took a step.
For Sasuke, he had never seen a woman dress like this in public. He has seen naked women before, yes, but Sakura was practically wearing nothing. Her hair was in a loose and low braid, swinging casually at the small of her back. She took hold of Sasuke's drenched wrist, and started hauling him like a child through the crowd, and the soldiers stepped aside as she led him to the middle - where he battled Suigetsu only moments ago.
Letting go of him, Sasuke was able to stumble a bit as his companions crowd behind him, speaking quietly as Sakura's hips bounced with her seductive movements before she stopped and turned around to look at Sasuke with a neutral expression, her smile still there.
"Who is it you wish for me to battle?" Sasuke asked, trying to keep his composure to be as flirtascious yet professional at the same time.
Her smile widened as she adjusted her leather cuffs on her bare arms. "I want you to battle me, Sa-su-ke," she said with a purr, causing a silent upbringing around them as Sasuke's eyes narrowed. When she saw this, she laughed. "What is it? Do you think it won't be a challenge for you?"
"N-no, mi'lady," Sasuke grunted. "However, I do not see why a person in your rank would wish to battle..."
Tilting her head to the side and hands on her hips, Sakura's body performed itself fluidly as she slauntered up to him. Her eyes sparkled beautifully, and Sasuke could not help but become distracted as she face close to him. "I wish to see close-hand on how well you do without a weapon; if you can fight with just your bare hands. Is that too much to ask for?" Going to her toes, she lightly touched her lips to his ear, sending shivers down Sasuke's spine, and some of the men surrounding them made noises that would seem that they were amused. "Unless, you wished to back down and not face me," she whispered softly, a gentle caress to his very soul.
"No, I don't," Sasuke growled, turning his head only slightly to connect their cheeks, a pleasuring feeling spreading throughout his whole body. "It would be an honor if I were to train with the Queen of Haruno."
A smile was obvious in her voice. "Alright. We begin now."
Wham!
Sasuke was slammed forward to the sandy ground. Tasting dirt in his mouth, Sasuke spat and twisted his neck around to see Sakura's leg extended into the air, her body completely balanced with her arms bent upward, her sweet face looking down to him. Circling him after putting down her leg, Sakura observed the dark-haired man as he pressed his fingers against the spot on his back.
"Stand up, and show me how a real man fights with his hands," she instructed. "Do not fall for any distractions, do you understand?"
Scrambling to his feet, Sasuke faced Sakura head-on, positioning his feet and hands correctly as the pastel-colored woman watched lazily, her bare feet moving swiftly in the dust as people crowd around their circle. Sasuke stared hard at her before he launched himself forward, and he missed greatly when Sakura bent backwards, her legs bent and fingertips barely touching her ankles. He tried to grab her side on what looked to be her most vunerable position, but has found himself quickly regretting it when Sakura grabbed his wrist in a vice-grip, twisting him around and literally flipping him over onto his back.
He groaned in pain and exhaled in a huff, hearing Suigetsu screaming for the sorefoot to get up, or something. Hauling himself up, Sasuke glared darkly at the smiling woman, who looked unbothered by the heat and sunlight, while he was already sweating and thirsting.
Throwing a few punches, the Queen easily pushed them away or either stopped them with her own palm, not wincing a bit from the impact, like Naruto would have done during their training. Every time Sasuke would try to kick the woman's side, she simply stopped it with her own leg, using her velvet-looking thigh to cushion her. Sasuke growled outloud as he watched all the men cheer for him, trying to get him to win with their support.
Using all the energy he had left, Sasuke hauled himself at her, grabbing her waist and trying to force her to fall backwards-!
Sasuke ended up with his back on the ground with Sakura ontop of him, straddling his lower belly with a straight back and high chin. She had a sweet smile on her face, and Sasuke couldn't help but notice that she had no touch of sweat on her brow or heavy breathing of her shoulders.
"You lost this battle, Sasuke," she said softly, her glittery eyes looking down at him. Without another word, she got herself off of him and walked into the crowd of men, where a soldier helped her up the ledge of the fountain and she lept to her ladies waiting at the balcony. The women spoke urgently and in worry, but their Queen assured them that she was fine, and the brunette woman smiled and embraced her.
Suigetsu stomped over and helped Sasuke up onto his feet, and Yamato came up with more water. Suigetsu seemed to have said something directed to Sasuke, and the dark haired man gradually translated for them. "Suigetsu says that was the most interesting battle he has seen in training in years," Yamato said as he helped dust off the dirt on Sasuke's only clothes. "You have performed very good, Sasuke."
"Hn," Sasuke grunted with a deep frown. "How can he say it's a good battle when I lost, huh?"
"Well, Queen Sakura has really never been so serious with battling with the other soldiers," Yamato informed Sasuke, making the black-haired man stop and look back at him with a curious brow raised. "Whenever the lady partakes in training, she beats everyone down and leaves; never really giving the men a chance, and leaves. But with you, however, it seems that she took a liking to you."
"A liking?" he scoffed in response. "The damn woman has done nothing but make seem like a fool since I left Prince Naruto!"
Suigetsu said something with a toothy smile and Yamato spoke for him. "He says that the Khaleesi is a confusing creature, but it is very noticable that she is having a little play with you."
"I am pretty certain that the Queen has other higher ranked men after her tail," Sasuke looked at Suigetsu with a narrowed frown. The white-haired man smirked teasingly. "Besides, I am no more then a bastard."
"Actually, the Queen is not courted with anyone in particular," Yamato said with a deep though in mind. "Not even the late Hyuuga Khal dared to test her skills in training when she showed up."
"Huh?" Sasuke looked at Yamato with wide eyes. "I thought they were married; how in the hell could the Hyuuga King, the militaristic leader and the most feared man in these lands, not want to be touched by his wife?"
"Aweh, I suppose you do not understand our customs, Sasuke," Yamato chuckled slightly. When Sasuke raised a brow to dare the man to go on, he gestured Sasuke to follow him out of the training area and into the cool-stone hallway that connected with the outside.
"You see, my young lad, a ceremonial 'wedding', as you put it in your land, is not a matrimony in our culture," Yamato spoke casually, his hands behind his back as Sasuke tried to adjust his now-dirty collar. "When something is ceremonial, such as what Khaleesi and Khal did, it is an allyship between their Kingdoms and they share equal control in both parties.
"For Khaleesi, she spent time in the Hyuuga Kingdom, since Tsunade-sama could handle it while Sakura bonded with the Hyuuga people. With that, she built her relationship with Neji; they were actually friends as children, but I do not know the whole story. But, as I saw with my own eyes, Khal never wanted to come face-to-face with Khaleesi in any arguement."
"So...their marriage was never..?"
Yamato stopped walking, forcing Sasuke to stop beside him. They met eyes, and Sasuke twitched a bit when he saw how scary and lifeless Yamato's stare was. "You know nothing, Sasuke, right-hand-man of Prince Naruto of the Uzumaki Clan."
Grabbing Sasuke by the shoulder, Yamato forced him to gaze from the opening that was near to the ocean, where a temple-like building laid in display. The columns were wide apart, and Sasuke could see the inside; a collapsed stature that seemed outdated and crumbling stood in the corner, the head of the man leaned against a stone-chair, where Sakura was sitting elegantly in it and a few children crowded around her, seeming to listen as she smiled at them before looking to the steps, where her ladies and the brunette Sasuke saw earlier sat with an equal smile. From here, Sasuke got a good view of the woman, who's belly was swollen like a melon as she held both hands onto it.
"The woman with the buns. Do you see her?" Yamato asked and Sasuke nodded. "Her name is Tenten, and she is pregnant with the Khal's child."
"What?" Sasuke frowned deeply and widened his eyes. "How is that-! I mean, I thought..."
The dark haired man looked at his new mentor, and instantly felt his whole meaning of the royal industries within the marriagable laws that this was not normal customs. Yamato smiled a little, looking back to the women and children in the Queen's throneroom.
"The Khaleesi knew that the Khal and this woman were in love and were meant to be together," Yamato said quietly. "On the wedding ceremony, before they had to physically seal the deal, Khaleesi brought the servant woman to the entrance and join her and the Khal's hands."
"So, Sakura never-?"
"The Queen's title is aligned with the Hyuuga Kingdom," Yamato said before starting to walk off, "but, as she quoted when questioned...her heart and body belong to someone else."
Sasuke stood there alone of the balcony hallway, looking down to the Queen of the Kingdom as she stood up gracefully, and all of the adult women and the pregnant woman named Tenten followed slowly when one of the women suggested something that Sasuke couldn't hear and they left the throne and disappeared behind columns. Sasuke watched as Sakura's odd-colored hair vanish into the whitish-grey cement before turning his whole body around and chased after Yamato.
"Yamato!" Sasuke shouted to the older man as he stopped at the call of his name and turned his head. Once the dark-haired man caught up, he panted a breath before speaking again. "Teach me the culture."
"Mm?" Yamato blinked.
"Teach me how you live; everything about your world that I do not know," Sasuke grunted. "Teach...teach me about Sakura, so I can understand her better."
Hearing this, Yamato blinked again and turned his head to face his path back to the training field where the noises the men echoed upward. The older man could hear the younger one following him. "We will discuss during training. The first lesson of our...life is fighting."
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Walking barefoot on the chilly-stone flooring, Sakura slauntered side-to-side in the hallway, humming to herself as she extended her arms to let her current companion slither across her shoulders. The four-foot, violet-colored serpent coiled its tail around her wrist to hold on better, hissing softly as its head reached Sakura's other elbow. The beady eyes sparkled in the small torches that were lit, looking at Sakura when its muscles snaked its way to overlap.
"Aoda," Sakura whispered to the baby snake, her finger lightly poking its nose affectionately, "be a good girl, hm?"
Aoda, despite being a newborn baby snake, responded by slipping herself off of Sakura's small, but muscular arms and quickly slithered ahead of the walking Queen into the shadows of the hallway, leaving Sakura to continue on at her own slow pace. Sighing for the first time today, Sakura stretched her arms up and smiled, thinking of what her military friend told her hours earlier.
"He is curious of you, mi'lady," Yamato said quietly while he sat on his knees with his eyes to the floor. "Constant in questioning of your life and your social-status."
"Social status?" Sakura mewled before taking a berry from her golden dish before taking it into her mouth. Her emerald eyes looked to the man on the floor, frowning. "Yamato, sit up. You are a friend, not a slave. Up, up!" she beckoned until the dark-haired man sat up.
"He wanted to know of you and Khal Neji's relationship," Yamato said. "Truthfully, mi'lady, I do not know what to say to him in detail."
"Have you told him of Tenten?" When Sakura said the name, the questioned female glanced up from petting Aoda's head softly, looking at the pastel-colored woman curiously. Sakura smiled at her and the pregnant woman smiled back before going back to pay attention to the cooing snake.
"Yes, I have, but he seems...doubtful?"
Thinking of this, Sakura took hold of the golden bowl and held it out to Yamato, who hesitantly took a large berry and stuck it into his mouth; he relaxed when Sakura smirked and looked out to the split of the columns. "How peculiar, Yamato," Sakura said sweetly before looking at him. "Leave it to me, and he will soon learn of my 'relationship status'."
"But what would you like me to do?" he asked, somewhat unsure of himself.
Kicking her luscious legs over the stone chair, the pad of her feet resting on the broken head of her father's fallen statue, Sakura exhaled calmly as one of Aoda's siblings began to crawl up the arm of the chair and up her tight belly. "Train him until he can not move his legs, then send him to my bathing room."
Being the Queen, Sakura had many rooms that were made for her own solitary, since a royal lady is suppose to have her privacy in baths, meals, and whatnot, but she had always loved being around the other people of her Kingdom. She would share her plates with her servants, or take the leftovers out for the children who hang around the castle's wall to play warriors; allowing the villagers come into the throneroom to just talk with her because she would get so bored. Despite being beautiful and dangerous, Sakura always took her rule as something she would share.
And that was what she was planning to do with this newcomer.
Hearing the scales of Aoda's violet-colored skin, Sakura stopped and looked down to see the baby snake curling her way up Sakura's long leg; slipping past the thing fabric of her skirt and coil around her arm after reaching for the snake. Sakura smiled softly as she took the snake and met her yellow eyes with her green ones, cooing softly as Sakura stroked the top of the snake's head.
Listening carefully, Sakura heard Aoda's findings before grinning bigger. "Good girl, Aoda," Sakura whispered sweetly before crouching, Aoda's long body wrapped around Sakura's waist and hips like a sash. Aiming her hand downward, Sakura allowed the snake to slip off and curl before looking up to the Queen with a tilt of her little head. "Go see your mother and siblings, darling. You've been so good."
Sakura stepped over Aoda, who watched the Queen for a moment before slithering her way to a hole in the wall, disappearing from view as Sakura swayed her way to the entrance of the bathing room, where she heard water swishing in the pool where she usually took a bath. Smiling, Sakura peeked around the corner to see inside.
The upper torso of Sasuke's back was exposed to her eyes, the glow of the pool making shadows on every curved muscle on his back, shoulders and arms; Sakura's heart thudded a bit in her chest as she watched Sasuke slowly settle himself in the steaming water, his arms shaking from being overused. Fighting back the giggle, Sakura mentall applaude Yamato's work of getting Sasuke weak and tired.
Stepping into the room smelling of cleansing herbs, the mint obvious in the air as she tip toed closer to Sasuke. Once she made her way behind Sasuke's back, she slipped her hands over his shoulder and hugged him from behind, exhaling into his ear softly.
"You seem tense," she whispered to him, her chin resting on his muscular shoulder.
Uneffected by her attempt to sneak on him, Sasuke closed his eyes and bowed his head, his lips barely touching the skin of her arm. He smirked a little. "I am never tense, mi'lady."
Sakura pouted. "You seem unnerved by my surprise," she frowned a little.
"It is not the first time you have crept up my back like a breeze," Sasuke hummed thoughtfully. "Do you forget all those times you tried to hide from me?"
Remembering how they would be in their dreams, Sakura grinned bigger and tighteed her arms around him. "How could I? I never got the chance to see your face's reaction."
"And you never will."
Silence took over the both of them, both unmoving with half of Sasuke's body in the steaming bath and Sakura's chest pressing into his back comfortingly. Sasuke sifted softly, making the both of them move to tilt to the side, his head turning to look in his periphial vision to the pretty woman smirking at him before speaking in a soft voice.
"Is there a reason why you are here..?" he said, his chest twisting when her fingertips barely brushed his bare chest. "Especially while I am trying to take a bath..."
Her emerald eyes softening, Sakura pressed her cheek against the slightly dirty skin of his shoulder. She could sense the warmth of his body heat touching her very flesh. It was real, and she was so happy she wasn't dreaming anymore. "This is my castle, is it not? I can go wherever I wish!" she said openingly. "Now, I answered your question. It is your turn to answer mine."
"...What is it?" Sasuke spoke lowly, and the Queen found herself to shiver at it.
"I want to know," she whispered, her eyes closing, "if you think differently of me, since we are in reality now."
He didn't say anything, and she waited until his head bowed a little, looking at the water when he bit his lip. With her cheek resting on his shoulder, Sasuke's attention span was as thin of a strand of hair.
"I suppose you do think different of me now," Sakura sighed out with a accepting sigh.
"No, I do not," he defended quietly, feeling the chill of a breeze hitting his back when she leaned away from him. Her fingertips being the last he feels as they slipped off of the skin of his shoulders. On instinct, Sasuke twisted himself around in the pool, his eyes angry at the rejectment of warmth on his back and how she-!
Tangling her delicate-looking fingers into his unruly hair, Sakura yanked on the scalp of Sasuke's head and pressed her moist lips to his dry mouth. She kissed Sasuke with lack of energy, however, she didn't stop in the sweet movements of her lips to make Sasuke freeze into stone.
She pulled away slowly, her little tongue licking his lips briefly in attempt to make him shake before pulling back fully and standing up. She had a smile on her face as she pushed back her long hair. Looking down, she gave him a loving glance.
"We are not in the dreamworld, where you control it, Sasuke," Sakura said softly, her fingertips pinching the end of her pastel strands. "This is where the ranks matter."
Sasuke watched her, his tongue barely tasting the cherry flavor on his lips. "Naruto told me that his wish for to was to become something that you think is impossible; he wanted me to help you reach that part of life..."
And then, as if she was bored, Sakura twirled around and slauntered to the opening of the bathing room. Her legs moving like wind and her white skirt acting like fluids, her chin was high as she smiled. "My only advice for you...if you want it, Sa-su-ke, you're going to have to fight to get it."
With her statement made, Sakura left the chamber in a dancing twirl around the corner and out of sight. She didn't stay as she continued to sway down the hall to the bedding wing, Aoda slithering her way into view as her other siblings joined her as well; a small black snake and an albino colored following the Queen's feet curiously as she smiled to herself.
She only hoped that Sasuke understood what she meant.
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Hinata winced in a high-pitched cry when the woman in baggy clothes yanked on the thick strings that bound the corset in pretty designs around her thin waist. Her nails dug into the wooden stake of the bed she slept in for the past few nights, reminding herself that she was living in a completely different world from her Khaleesi's kingdom that had granted her similar lifestyles to her Hyuuga home - but this place was more closed off with thick walls that were decorated with rugs that Hinata knew were meant to be on the floor; the windows are stained in weird colors and a material that made a bell-like noise whenever Hinata would tap it with her fingers...
And, how can she forget, how the women bound their bodies until they couldn't breathe and hiding every inch of their skins.
When Hinata heard the maids talking to each other, about how one of them has to wrap the string around their palms to get a tighter grip, she tensed. White eyes widened as she felt the strings adjust behind her as the woman prepared to hurt Hinata's ribs again.
"NO!" she screamed as she twisted around, slapping with both hands to the lady's arms to let go of the corset's strings, glaring at the two women who cowered to the corner of the sleeping chamber. Their faces expressed the upmost fear, and Hinata took that chance to yank on the constricting-piece-of-hell off of her, tears swelling her eyes.
The thing wouldn't come off, and Hinata started to cry out; biting her lip, she began cursing in her first language and the two women in the room snuck to the door and shoved it open quickly, startled by the broad body of Naruto blocking the path. The man blinked in confusion as the maids burst into tears.
"What is the matter?" Naruto asked with a frown. "I heard crying and yelling."
"W-we only try to dress the l-lady, Prince N-Naruto!" one of the maids hiccuped a sob as she hid her face into her partner's shoulder. "She lashed out, a-and now she's t-trying to endress herself. We don't know w-what we did wrong, sir!"
Naruto patted the top of the maids' heads and instructed them to go along with their chores. They left quickly in tears and Naruto walked into the room to find his new companion crying as she clawed at the corset that was wrapped around her body with the white-underdress crumpling.
"Hinata?" Naruto called out carefully, seeing her freeze and look at him with caution, her tears still falling. Naruto took a step closer and reached to Hinata's belly, where the diamond-shaped strings clung to her body tightly and tugged on the long loops to decrease the tightness. He heard Hinata gasp loud in shock and relief, and watched her close her eyes slowly.
"Are you alright, Hinata?" he asked quietly once she sat on the bed, gasping for air. "Why are you crying? Did the maids hurt you..?"
Hearing his question, Hinata swallowed and rubbed her eyes to get rid of the salty waters on her face. She shook her head slowly. "Too...t-tight," she whispered, pressing her palms to her torso. "Too tight...t-too tight..."
Naruto's eyes softened to worry. "You are not used to clothes that the women wear here, are you?"
Hinata shook her head again. "Women...do not like to b-breathe?" she asked with true curiosity, looking at Naruto with large eyes. "I-I want to breathe, p-please!"
Naruto smiled brightly. "Of course you can breathe, Hinata," he said carefully. "In this land, it is very common for women to wear these things called corsets." He pointed to the leathered material that Hinata was fighting against moments ago and she looked down to her belly. "It is suppose to hold the flesh that women have."
"F-flesh?" Hinata's head tilted, and Naruto gulped at the innocent move.
Naruto struggled with this, trying to be polite and proper, as he was raised, using both of his hands that shook. He pressed his fingers to his pectorals and pressed. "How girls are...you know, more soft in this area?"
Naruto nearly passed out when Hinata imitated him, groping herself on the leather and cotton material that covered her breasts. "Soft area...y-you speak of breasts?" Hinata then smiled, and pinched the hem of her corset. "So t-this is a breast plate!"
"Aweh...n-no," Naruto stammered. "Women do not wear armor."
Hearing that, Hinata frowned in confusion. "Why do w-women not wear armor..?" she asked in a somewhat quiet voice. "How will th-the ladies protect her f-family or the K-King?" she gasped in shock.
"Oh, the men protect the king, Hinata," Naruto chuckled in embarrassment. He scratched his cheek. "Women only serve the men and make sure her children are healthy."
Hinata blinked sadly, looking down as she pressed her palms to where her heart was. Her eyes didn't sparkle from what Naruto could see, and he also felt a wave of depression when her pouty lips parted. "B-back home...e-everyone fights to be strong, so th-that we will protect our Queen. Women do n-not wear something so t-tight, and it w-would be too warm to w-wear!"
"I suppose my Kingdom is nothing like your home," Naruto said. "Hinata, I am very sorry about this; I would have never thought this would be harmful for you, and I wouldn't want you to be hurt."
"N-not hurt," Hinata said, her gaze shooting up to his face. "Not hurt, only s-sad."
"But still, I do not wish for-!" Naruto was stopped when Hinata's long, delicate-looking finger raised and pressed against his lips. His cheeks burned a little when she smiled very softly him and let go of his lips, only to take hold of his hand resting on his thick-clothed thigh. She raised the hand and pulled it to press against her soft chest, where her heartbeat was beating steadily and strong against his palm. Naruto froze at the feeling of Hinata's breast in his hand, and how is overflowed. On instinct, his fingers twitched.
Her smile not faltering, Hinata's cheeks reddened like a delicate rose. "I am...sad, b-because I miss Khaleesi, she s-saved me once and I am i-in debt to her side." She closed her eyes and squeezed Naruto's hand furthur to her body, her body heat radiating to his skin. "Khaleesi is s-safe, though, because you gave h-her your...friend. I-I do not wish to be anywhere e-else in the w-world, but by the s-side of the one who gave his friend to Khaleesi."
Hinata opened her eyes, the sparkle came back and Naruto saw nothing but diamonds and stars and the whole beauty of life in those pretty, white eyes. "I am s-sad...but I am more happy. Being here with N-Naruto, it m-makes me happy."
Taken aback, Naruto's eyes were round as he tried to find words to say. For some reason, he could tell that she was telling the truth, and that made his heart skip a beat; her heartbeat was being honest too. Swallowing, Naruto slowly grew a smile that was toothly and childish, and Hinata giggled.
"I will fix the arrangements of your wardrobe, so it will be comfortable for you," Naruto finally said as he got up, his now burning hand slipping off of Hinata's breast and her fingers. "I will tell the maids that you don't have to wear a corset, and that your clothes won't be too heavy for you. Will that keep you happy, Hinata?"
Tilting her head once again, her childish antics caused Naruto to swoon on the inside. "Yes...I will be very happy if it is not t-tight."
Naruto chuckled lightly, and then an idea struck into his thoughts. "How can I say, in your language, 'thank you'? So that I can thank you for your shining smile!"
There was a pregnant pause, and Naruto slowly began to realize that Hinata seemed to be affected by that question, since she was staring at him at a total loss. Naruto leaned back a little. "Are y-you okay, Hinata..?"
"Th-there is no..." she spoke quietly, her eyes sad but she forced a smile. "N-no word for 't-thank you'."
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Hinata stayed close to Naruto's feet as he walked in the hallway. Her new (and better improved) outfit cuddled her carefully and loose, almost similar to her old clothes that were taken away by the maids; dark, maroonish cloaks and skirts covered her milky skin, and a large portion of her chest and neck. It caused some male servants and maids to take a second look at her, but the quick raise of Naruto's brow stopped them instantly and they resumed their daily duties. After explaining to Hinata's ladies-in-waiting, Naruto waited until the foreign woman was properly dressed to his wishes and came out, a shy, but happy smile glittering her face more then any of the Uzumaki family jewels; her hair was left alone, since Hinata scurried away before they would have pulled out the combs and pins from their hair-dressing box.
Naruto was somewhat amazed by her curious nature, how her pupiless eyes wandered from each brick wall that was decorated as it should be (for Naruto's idea of living, he supposed). However, with the sparkle in Hinata's pretty eyes and the smile on her face, Naruto couldn't really care about anything else in his castle.
"Why d-does the carpet hang on t-the wall?" she asked in a quiet voice, pointing up to the tapestry of the story of Jiraiya's grandfather and how he hunted great animals that would swallow a cow whole.
"We hang them of the wall to hide the bricks," Naruto answered beside her. "To make the walls look more fancy."
Pouting her lip, Hinata tilted her head to the side. "But w-what about when it is cold...and your f-feet become cold? How will y-your feet stay warm from the c-cold?"
Naruto grinned in response and shrugged.
Down the hallway, a taller, more muscular body marched his way over to Naruto. Silver hair and a mask covering his left eye and the rest of his face, the military general, Kakashi, presented himself to the prince with a bow, noticing the lovely woman peeking behind him.
"Kakashi! I haven't seen you in so long," Naruto gaped in surprise. "I thought my grandfather sent you to the borders to be a general!"
"He did, Master Naruto," Kakashi said with a smile behind his mask, his only visible eye crinkled with emotion. "However, I was sent back here for a specific duty by the King."
"Oh?" Naruto tilted his head to the side in actual curiosity. "What was the duty, Kakashi?"
The older man smiled carefully, Kakashi bowed his upper body in a routined practice right infront of Naruto and Hinata. "I am your official assistant to help you win this game, Master Naruto," he said in a strong voice. "I will be helping you go to battle with Khaleesi and take what is rightfully yours."
Naruto noticed right away how Hinata's shoulders tensed at the sound of her lady's title, and he turned his head around to see her head bowed and her hands in very tight fists to her chin as she tiptoed backwards, away from him and Kakashi. Blinking, Naruto lost his attention to the military man.
"Hinata? Ar-!" he started before Hinata turned herself around and took off down the hallway, startling some of Jiraiya's lords and the maids carrying baskets. He reached out a hand to try and hold her shoulder, but it easily slipped through with her strong legs giving her intense speed. "Hinata, wait!"
She didn't, and as soon as she fell from his fingers, the quick she disappeared around the corner. Naruto's eyes saddened as his outstretched hand limped to his side, his shoulders slouched in his depression.
"If you mind me, Naruto, I do believe I can see why the King asked for my return," Kakashi spoke over the silence as others returned to their duties and Naruto stayed frozen in his spot. "To be honest, I was bought from the land where Khaleesi, and your lady, who scurried away; my family was from an illegal slave market before it was shut down by the King of Sakura's kingdom. I think the King wanted me as an extra...help, if you will, if our lady is still loyal to her ruler."
"Hinata said she is happy, but..." Naruto trailed off with a deeper frown. He turned to Kakashi. "K-Kakashi, did my grandfather say he doesn't trust Hinata? It's the rules that she helps us an-!"
"I do not believe Hinata will deceive you," the silver-haired man said with enthusiasm. "As she is a Hyuuga woman, she is not one to try and lie her way through life. It is simply out of their nature."
Naruto looked back to the hallway where Hinata ran off to in a surprisingly fast pace, much more fast then any soldier or child Naruto had seen in his life. It wasn't until Kakashi stepped beside him and spoke in a soft voice. "Go on and see to it that she is okay, Master Naruto. We can discuss it later, the three of us."
Naruto didn't thank Kakashi or looked back as he took off next to swing around the corner, becoming startled to see Hinata right infront of the stainglass window; tears trickling down her giant, emerald eyes as she stared wonderingly at the story on the window, her hands holding onto her chest tightly as she swallowed the lump down. Naruto looked at her for a moment, unsure of how to approach her, and became entranced of her angelic-like features with the light of Heaven glittering on her milky skin.
Slowly, Naruto walked up and whispered her name, catching her attention slowly, her pale eyes looking at him with depression and worry. He gave her a soft smile as he carefully took her hands in his large one, his palm covering both of them like it was an egg.
"Hinata...I want to keep a promise to you," he started out quietly, his voice not echoing the whole hallway. They were trapped in their bubble of colorful light from the window as the birds screeched outside in songs. "I want to promise you that, no matter what is going to happen in the future, I will not kill Sakura."
"Wh-...-really?" she whispered under her breath, her eyes widening when he nodded in complete truth. "B-but..."
"Sakura means a lot ot you, and if you don't want me to kill her...I won't do it," he said, refusing to lose eye-contact. "As long as you will smile for me, I won't make you cry."
A long moment passed when they stood there, no one coming in the hallway and pushing them into a whole new world. Hinata looked down and up again, fresh tears spilling down her cheeks as she grinned brighter then the sun. She reached up to Naruto, locking her arms around his thick neck as she buried her face into his shoulder and began sobbing. She held on tight, and she could feel the warmth coming from Naruto's body, and she wanted nothing more then to drown in it for the rest of her life.
He felt safe. He felt wonderful, and she loved every minute of it.
Naruto took in her silent words as he slipped one arm around her very thin waist, pulling her even closer to his heart for her to feel it against her chest as he could to hers'. He would keep this promise, and he would hope to have more times when he could make his chest hurt in a sweet pain whenever she smiled brightly.
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Thank you.
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AUTHOR'S ENDING NOTE- NaruHina's portion didn't end how I exactly wanted it...but, oh well c: We're getting somewhere with them. I had someone ask what do the SasuSaku and NaruHina pairings fit with the Game of Thrones couples, and well...there isn't any :D I just used the characteristics for them. The pairings and situations to them are completely original (I think?) and from my opinion of how SasuSaku and NaruHina would work in that world.
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