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{CHAPTER TWELVE}
The majestic door opened revealing a man seated on his throne.
Beside him was his ever loyal adviser.
They both had a sinister look on their face.
The spy knelt in front of them.
"Speak" the one on the throne said
"My lord, I have good news for you. It appears that our king has found his bride again. The Hime is back my lord"
"Kukuku...Indeed, it is great news...I am glad you told me this" He smiled "Maybe we should pay the king a visit and welcome his long lost queen, what do you think Kabuto?"
He faced the man standing beside him, his glasses shone as he raised his head up "I think its a wonderful plan Orochimaru- Sama"
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Sakura was having a nightmare, she could remember seeing his bloody red eyes, his cold grip on her as he pulled her close to his body.
And the warm feeling she had as her legs felt wobbly, his voice sounded determined to protect her.
The images were blurry, but she could make out a few...some men stood in front of her, one had those same red eyes like Sasuke's and another had long hair which he packed up in a ponytail.
His eye pupils were snake like, and when he talked his voice sounded like a hissing.
At that moment, his lips touched hers and she gave out.
Wait...his lips!
Sakura bolted up from bed panting.
Her hands went to her lips.
*What was that?* she thought
It took a moment for her to access her surrounding and she quickly remembered she was still at the palace.
She wanted some answers about this dream and thought maybe someone could help her.
Hurriedly getting on her feet, she went towards the door, only to have the door knob open by itself.
"Oh, good morning!"
The pinkette was startled a little and she went back.
The intruder was no other than Tsunade.
"Sorry to have scared you, but Sasuke asked me to bring you this" Tsunade said raising up a red gown "He says to get dressed"
"Huh?"
Tsunade smiled "Better get ready, Sasuke is not a very patient one"
Sakura took the gown from Tsunade "S-sure"
Both of them stood there not moving,Sakura's eyes moved from the gown to Tsunade who was still watching her.
"Do you wish me to dress you up" Tsunade asked
"Oh no, not to worry " Sakura said
"Alright if that is..."
"Miss Tsunade?" Sakura called back when Tsunade was about to go.
She had the intention to tell her about her dreams, maybe she could help in explaining it but then decided not to.
"Where can I find Sasuke?"
Tsunade smiled "Right now, he's at the meeting chambers with Naruto...you can find your way there right?"
"I can try"
Tsunade bowed and left, leaving Sakura alone who had no idea what she was to do with the gown in her hand.
"Well, there's no harm trying" she said and set to work.
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It was actually easy for Sakura to find Sasuke's meeting chamber.
It was like a monitor device was on her head telling her every direction to take.
It was quite surprising even to her.
When she got there, the door was already opened.
She saw Sasuke and Naruto sitting opposite each other, talking about something.
She suspected it was what happened last night.
Not wanting to bother them, she turned around only to hear his voice speak.
"You may come in Sakura, we were actually done with our discussion" Sasuke said.
"No, we are not" she heard Naruto whisper.
Sakura turned around and sent a smile to Sasuke. She adjusted a gown a little feeling a blush on her cheek.
"T-thanks for the dress" she said her head down as she began rolling her pink hair with one of her fingers.
"I am glad you like it" Sasuke said
He sent a glare to Naruto who was about to say something and his mouth instantly shut.
He knew how talkative Naruto would get especially when he saw the gown he had given to her.
"So what's the special occasion, why am I dressed like this?" Sakura asked
"I figured you might want to go around the city for a walk" Sasuke said getting up
"Sure, I would love too!" She said.
And then mentally wondered why she was so exited all of a sudden.
Maybe she really wanted to go around or it was because she could find a way to escape from here.
"Then let's go" Naruto finally spoke.
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The walk around the city was thrilling, the places they went to reminded her of Konoha especially when she saw a place that looked like the Ichiraku's ramen stand.
She also felt uncomfortable with all the guards following them.
She wasn't used to a life like this and when she tried explaining it to Sasuke, he declined saying it was for her own good.
"So, Naruto right" Sakura said trying to start up a conversation "You don't look from around here"
Naruto chuckled "What gave me away? My dressing?"
"That and your accent, you don't speak like everyone else here does" Sakura said, she had being noticing that for a while now and that was bothering her.
"You got me there, actually I'm not from this town, I'm from another place" Naruto said
That picked up Sakura's interest "Oh yeah and where are you from?''
"I'm from Ko-"
"Naruto" Sasuke interrupted
"Ko ...gate?"Naruto said dragging the last word.
If Sakura noticed the hesitation in his voice then she did a pretty good job hiding it.
Sooner or later, he will have to spill it out..but for now...
"Hey, what's that?" She pointed to a building with weird men and women standing guard.
"That's called the Palanke, that's where trades are being carried out"
"Oh, what kind of trades?"
"Human trade" Sasuke said nonchalantly as if he had just said the 'Mall.'
Sakura did a double take at his words and blinked "B-but why?"
"In this city people do whatever it is to survive even if it means trading humans"
"But that's cruel, you are the king aren't you? Can't you do something?'' She asked
Sasuke shrugged and continued walking.
Sakura grunted, she believed money could be earned in other ways just like what she had being doing back home, like doing little chores and stuffs but engaging in human trade now that's just mean.
She saw how some men went after a lady who tried to run away and she almost acted on instincts to go help but was held back by a strong grip.
"What?" she asked glaring at the man who had stopped her from helping that lady.
"Do not mess with other peoples business or you might become one" Sasuke warned.
She was about to argue but soon found that statement logical considering the fact she had being in that position before of being sold out.
"So, where are we heading off to now?" She asked walking faster to meet up with him.
"To the palace"
"But we just got out"
Sasuke shrugged again and Sakura kept quiet, they took a left turn and began walking back to the palace.
As they walked, she noticed how everyone was staring ,mostly at Sasuke.
Could it be that they were surprised to see him out in public or was it something else?
Her gaze went to a shop where mask were sold and she saw the little kid she remembered seeing once.
The little boy waved at her and then disappeared into thin air.
She blinked "Everyone is really weird in this place" she whispered to herself.
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When they had gotten back to the palace, Sakura was in a certain haste to get the gown of her since it was beginning to make her uncomfortable ...she was never one for gowns to begin with.
She and Sasuke stood by the passage both of them not saying anything.
Sakura bit her lip so hard, she was sure it drew blood.
What could she say? A simple thank you?
"Uh...thanks for today. I kind of enjoyed it" She said
"Glad you did" Sasuke said
"Well, uh see you later then" she said and without waiting for a reply she fled into her room.
Closing the door behind her, she sighed and turned around only to see a masked man sitting on the edge of her bed.
His mask was orange and spiral in shape.
His cloak was black and was decorated with red clouds. His red eyes glowed through the hole in the mask.
She instantly recognized him as the masked man of last night.
"Y-you?"
"Hello there princess"
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..END CHAPTER