Hime: Hello everybody! I'm so sorry I haven't updated in so long! It's hard to juggle life when you're studying a diploma like me! Anyways, thank God for holidays ne?
On with the story! *pumps fist in the air*
I do not own Naruto!
The next morning, the team set out for the Fire Village; the capital of the Fire Country where the Fire daimyo, the twins' father resided. The team's mission was to escort them home, failure to do so would mean MAJOR punishment.
It was a long journey; Sasuke was walking behind the team, Naruto was walking in the front. Kakashi & Sakura were in the middle andkept the royal twins busy by talking to them thus leaving Naruto & Sasuke to their thoughts.
Sasuke was trying her best to figure out how was it that Naruto and the twins could know each other but she got nothing. Naruto was an orphan from a ninja village whilst the rich twins were from the country's capital which was a 3 day walk from Konoha. Furthermore, for as long as Sasuke had known, she remembered Naruto to be under the guardianship of the Sandaime & Iruka who were always very EXTREMELY overprotective. Sasuke was certain they have never taken Naruto out of the village.
So how would he know them?
THAT NIGHT
Naruto was put in charge of standing guard of the twin's motel room whilst the rest of Team 7 slept in the motel room in front of Naruto making it easy for him to change shifts. It was just an hour after everyone had given their goodnights when Naruto heard the door behind him creak open.
"Naru-kun?"
He turned to see Akiko-hime looking at him.
"Hime, what's wrong? Can't you sleep?"Naruto asked her in a soft voice.
The door opened wider then to reveal Akira was next to his sister as well.
"We want to speak to you Naru, it's been way too long."
Naruto frowned, "But-"
"Please Naru-kun?" pleaded the princess with her big, golden-honey coloured eyes.
Naruto sighed, "I'm your bodyguard…but I guess being in the same room with you is still considered guarding I guess…"
The twins smiled and led the blonde boy inside.
The teenagers looked at each other and almost immediately, a wave of nostalgia swept over them.
FLASHBACK
"Hime-chan, Kou-kun, I'd like to introduce you to someone."
Two small, fiery red-heads looked up then at their father with curious expressions on their faces, "Who?"
Their father, who shared the same vibrant red hair as them; smiled and took a step to the right, showing a boy who looked about the same age as the twins with blonde spiky-hair and big, blue cerulean eyes looking at them curiously.
Akiko blushed under the stare whilst Akira stared back at the boy.
"You may call me Naru"
"Isn't Naru a girl's name?" asked Akira.
He blonde boy raised an eyebrow then, "You calling me a girl?"
The father stepped in then, afraid of a fight happening "Now now! No fighting on the first day!"
Akira frowned, "Who is he in the first place Otou-sama?"
"Your bodyguard for the year"
"WHAT?!"
END OF FLASHBACK
Akira chuckled, "I was shocked because I couldn't someone my age and height could be mine and my sister's bodyguard."
Naruto smirked, "Well I sure did prove you wrong didn't I?"
"You sure did" Akiko told him, nodding.
FLASHBACK
Naruto had just escorted the twins to the dining room for their dinner that day but when a servant carrying the drinks passed him, Naruto stopped.
The young boy's nose twitched and he turned sharply.
"Stop"
The servant froze and the royal family looked up, curious.
"Something wrong Naru-kun?" asked the soon-to-be daimyo.
Naruto didn't reply, he went over to the servant and snatched the jug of the tray.
"It's o-only t-tea" stuttered out the servant as he watched Naruto sniff the jug.
"Yeah right."
Naruto carried the jug to a potted plant near the doorway. It was a rather tall, healthy-looking plant until Naruto pored the contents of the jug onto the plant. Almost immediately; as the plant shrivelled up, the royal family watched, shocked as the plant turned a sickly green then yellow and then finally dull grey before finally falling, lifeless.
"You were about to be poisoned." Naruto told them.
"How did you know it was poisoned Naru?" asked the twin's father curious.
Naru just gave him a smug grin in return, "I have a pretty good sense of smell."
The twins just stared at him.
END OF FLASHBACK
"You two stared at me as if I suddenly grown a second head" Naruto tells them, causing the twins to laugh.
"Well, because it was so shocking!" Akiko replies before giggling again.
Akira smirked, "Actually what happened next was more of a shocker though."
FLASHBACK
In a blurred flash, Naruto had tackled the servant onto the ground but it was a short fight as the servant was a pretty scrawny fellow. Naruto then put his right foot on the servant's head, showing that he had won.
"Tell us what we want to know." Naruto orders in a cold voice.
It was then, the royal family remembered that Naruto was a ninja after all, he was just a kid.
"N-never!" the servant says, frightened.
The next thing Naruto said sent chills down the older man's spine.
"I will stomp your head in 3 seconds and squash it like watermelon if you don't bloody talk."
"I'LL T-TELL Y-YOU E-EVERYTHING-G!"
Naruto smirked, satisfied.
END OF FLASHBACK
"All I could think of at that time was that there was no way in hell was I ever going to piss you off." Akira admitted.
"You had such a sadistic expression on your face Naru." Akiko told him.
Naruto just smirked at her causing Akiko to blush.
"Aww, Akiko your blush is as cute as usual!" Naruto teased. "Say how about-"
"Touch my sister and I'll kill you" threatened the girl's brother.
Naruto scoffed, "Like you could."
The two glared at each other for a bit before finally laughing and shaking hands.
"You should get some sleep, both of you."
"Yes Sir!" mocks salute the twins.
Naruto laughs at the forgotten gesture before fistbumping goodbye with Akira and kissing Akiko goodnight on the forehead. Although, her brother wasn't too happy about that last part.
"NARU!"
Naru chuckles, smirks at the angry Akira and winks his embarrassed sister goodbye before swiftly leaving the room.
Once outside, he checked his watch and realised it was time to change shifts.
"Time to wake up Kakashi for his shift."
Hime: Done!
Naruto: Holy shit that was 1,049 words!
Sasuke: When am I going to get some action with Naruto?
Sakura: Oh hell no! I'm next!
Sasuke: Over my dead body!
*Sasuke & Sakura bickers whilst Naruto sweatdrops*
Hime: Anyway...Ja Ne! Please review! :)