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The Prince and The Slave.
Chapter Seven.
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(Boy's P.O.V.)
That morning, when the four young men woke up, they met in Sasuke's chambers.
"Have any of you had any thoughts?" Neji asked.
"Suna." Naruto replied.
"I agree with Naruto." Shikamaru stated.
"What?" Neji asked surprised.
"Naruto said something that you agreed with Shikamaru?" Sasuke asked.
"Of course. It's the most logical place. Kiri is too far away to get to on foot. Suna is the most logical choice. There is no slavery in Suna, and Temari, the daughter of the Kazekage, is known to help slaves escape. Not to mention she took quite a liking to Ino, Ten Ten and Hinata." Shikamaru replied.
"We might as well admit they're gone, because even if we get to Suna and find them, the girls don't have to come back with us." Neji stated. Naruto nodded.
"We haven't got much choice. We'll tell my father that the slaves are missing this evening. We'll take the desert route ourselves. We can make it to Suna quickly. Speak to the girls, and warn them against coming into Fire country again at least. If they survived in the desert? We'll come back to the castle the next day, and report them dead. The desert killed them. They were closer to Suna then Konoha. We had them buried as a sign of goodwill, to make sure Fire Country's alliance with Suna isn't shaken, then we came back home." Sasuke replied. The three males nodded in agreement. They prepared themselves for what they knew was going to end up being a day full of lectures and aggravation. As well as travelling and getting their stories straight.
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(Girl's P.O.V.)
Ten Ten, Hinata, Ino and Sakura could see the gates of Suna ahead of them. The sun was beating down on their heads and they all felt stifled by the heat, but they had made it. Suna, the land without Slavery, was before them. Their happiness gave them the energy to haul their bodies through the gates. Sheer force of will made them move. They walked through the gates, and Ten Ten started looking around.
"Who are you looking for Ten Ten?" Sakura asked softly.
"Matsuri-Chan. She's supposed to meet us here and show us where the house is." Ten Ten replied. That was when Sakura pointed out a young girl with light brown hair, standing near the sentry box. She was talking to a male with red hair. Ten Ten grinned.
"Matsuri-Chan! Sasori-Kun!" Ten Ten called. The two looked at Ten Ten and smiled.
"Temari-San said you were arriving." Matsuri said kindly.
"Yeah, she mentioned another girl coming with you too." Sasori said. Sakura felt nervous as Ten Ten pulled her to stand in front of the two new people.
"This is Sakura Haruno." Ten Ten stated happily. Matsuri bowed politely.
"It's nice to meet you Sakura-San." Matsuri said kindly. Sasori looked at Sakura carefully.
"You wouldn't happen to know a man by the name of Pein Haruno, would you?" Sasori asked.
"That's my brother's name. I haven't seen him in five years." Sakura said sadly. Sasori nodded.
"Follow me." He said softly. Sakura looked at Ten Ten, Ino and Hinata.
"Sasori is Temari-Chan's cousin. He's not going to hurt you Sakura. Beside's we'll be with you." Ten Ten said kindly. Sakura and the other girls started following after Sasori.
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(Hanabi's P.O.V.)
I had arrived at the palace of King Fugaku and Queen Mikoto and I've been wondering around for about an hour. I hoped I would see my sister, but it hasn't happened. Maybe if I find Naruto-San then I might find out a bit more about my sister. Despite what my father said, Hinata could be very useful. She may not have been a perfect warrior, but she was the best sister, and still is. Neji delivers letters to me from her all the time.
"Hanabi-San?" I heard my governess calling me. I certainly didn't want the cursed woman finding me so I ran into the first unlocked door I could find. I closed the door quietly, and saw Neji-Aniki, Naruto-San, Shikamaru-San and Prince Sasuke-Sama all sitting around. They didn't seem to have noticed my entrance.
"Just make sure not to say anything about yesterday Naruto. If they knew we were looking for them yesterday, then our fathers will know we didn't report them missing in the first place and we'll never get the search we want." Sasuke-Sama said sternly.
"Who's missing?" I asked. They all looked at me, with shock all over their faces.
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(Sakura's P.O.V.)
We followed Sasori to some random place now, and I'll admit it, I'm scared. Wouldn't you be if you were following someone you didn't know? To some location you don't know? Trusting people wasn't something I did easily, except maybe with the other girls. After all, they're in the same boat as me, and if we can't trust each other, who can we trust? Sasori opened the door to a one floor building, and went inside. Matsuri followed and then we followed after her. It was dark inside. Once our eyes adjusted, we saw Sasori standing next to a flight of stairs that went down.
"What is this place?" Ino asked him.
"It's an organisation to stop slavery, called Akatsuki. We keep it secret. If it was known by Fire country that this organisation existed, there would be war. Suna isn't strong enough to survive such a war at the moment." Sasori replied. He went down the stairs and we followed. I noticed there was a light near the bottom of the stairs. We reached the bottom, and I saw there was a corridor, with doors either side of us. Sasori lead us all the way to the end of the corridor, then opened the door, letting us see a group of people huddled there. They were discussing something, but the murmurs of their voices stopped when Sasori entered with all of us.
"Ino, what are you doing here un?" A blond male asked. I could tell this had to be the brother that Ino spoke of. They looked alike, and he knew her well enough.
"Deidara-Aniki!" Ino yelled out. Damn she almost deafened me. Then she ran up to him and hugged him tightly.
"Hey Ino-Chan. Where are Mother and Father un? And Moegi-Chan un?" Deidara asked. He seemed to add 'un' to every sentence. Rather scary on many levels. Ino started to cry. I felt terrible, watching as she explained her story to her older brother, who looked angrier and angrier by the second. "Don't worry Ino. I'll find out what happened to Father and Moegi. I promise Ino. Don't cry un?" Deidara said kindly.
I hadn't looked around the room really. That was when I heard my own name called.
"Sakura? What the hell are you doing here?" I turned and I saw my own brother. His orange hair hadn't changed a bit. His eyes, his face, nothing had changed. He'd just got taller. I couldn't believe my eyes.
"Pein-Aniki?" I felt afraid, as if this was a dream I was going to wake up from. Pein didn't answer me. He just walked up to me and gathered me into a hug. I hadn't felt the warmness of family or hugs for what seemed like forever, and I couldn't help but cry as my brother hugged me tightly to him. If this was a dream, I hoped I never woke up.
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