Sadly I don't own Naruto or the characters, just the storyline, I think…

This is my first fanfic, so no hate plz

I would gladly except reviews with suggestions on what the next chapter could possibly be about, so I have an idea, but idk yet

Btw this is all in Naru's POV, unless I say so

Sorry if it's out of character T-T

Reviews are welcome!

Chapter 7

I walked out of the room and shut the door behind me. I looked both ways of the hall and noticed the stairs at the end of the right side of the hallway. Hinata didn't show me up there, she only told me that there's only the King and Queen's bedroom up there, which I highly doubt, because the castle's not that small. I think that would be the best place to start. I look to the left of the hallway, to see if I was the only person there, which I was, and I quickly turned right, and headed down the hallway.

I approached the stairwell and looked behind me, to make sure no one was watching. I turned back around and started slowly making my way up the stairs. The second floor was pretty big, as far as I could tell, but not as big as the first floor, of course, but it was decorated similar to the first floor. There was a hallway with a door, to the left, and the hallway turned to the left. This floor was way too big just to be the King and Queen's room.

I started walking down the hallway. They are hiding something and I'm going to find out what it is. I stopped at the door and pressed my ear against the door. It took a second before I could hear the voices of the King and Queen. I couldn't make out any words, but I could hear footsteps heading towards the door. Crap. I backed away from the door and quickly headed down the hallway. I turned the corner and pressed my back against the wall. I peeked my head around the corner and saw the King heading down the opposite way of the hallway, and down the stairs.

Once he disappeared, I turned back around and headed down the next hallway. The hallway was a longer than the last and had three rooms. At the end of the hallway was another pair of stairs, leading upwards. I walked up to the first door, to the right, and put my ear to the door. There was no sound coming from the door, so I reached for the doorknob and slowly opened the door. I peeked my head inside, before walking in. Nobody was in the room, so I walked in and shut the door behind me. The room was lit by a big window on the other side of the room, and it was a pretty messy room. Close to the back of the room, was a large desk, full of large piles of paperwork, and two chairs and a couch in front of it. The two sides of the room were shelves full of books, and to the side of the door, was a table with more books on it.

I walked further into the room and softly said, "Maybe this is where I will find those plans." I walked over to the desk, where the piles of paper were, and walked over to the pile furthest to the left. I started scanning through the pile, but I didn't find anything suspicious. Most of the paperwork was about farming and maintaining the villagers. Maybe I'm in the wrong section.

I was about to move to the next section, when I heard distant voices. I quickly put the papers down from my hands and ran to the door. I slowly opened it and heard the voices coming closer, although, I couldn't see anybody in the hallway. Crap, now what… Just then, the window from the back of the room burst open and cold wind blew in my face. "Shit," I curse, as I turn into a medium sized white fox. (A/N remember when I said that they could turn into the animal they were? Well, how they turn into their animal is by turning into them when they want to, or when they get cold. Like, when they wear warm clothing, they aren't going to change, only when they aren't wearing warm clothing will it activate.) The room now seemed bigger than before and my whole body is full of white fur. The only black furred part of my body was the tip of my ears, tail, and feet.

The voices were almost to me and I frantically looked both ways of the hallway to find an escape route. I left the door open and quickly started heading down the hallway to my right. The next door was one on the left and its door was halfway open. I made my way to the door, when I saw two guards turning the corner. I bolted through the door and went into the pitch black room. I turned to the door and pushed the door shut with my snout and paws, until the door was barely a sliver open.

Turning around, I walked through the dark room and slowly made my way to a hiding spot, towards the back of the room. When I reached the back, I ran into a white board, and climbed behind it. The voices were right outside the door and I could see their feet through underneath the door. I sat there, behind the board, and waited for the guards to go away. The guard's voices disappeared, and I waited a moment before moving out from behind the white board.

I cautiously walked over to the door, when I tripped over something metal. It fell over and some weird chemical liquid came out and covered the floor underneath my feet. I tried to step across, but ended up falling into the liquid. The slimy liquid was all over my back, underbelly, tail, legs, neck, my face, and snout. "Gross," I whispered. I slowly slid through the liquid and opened the door with my snout.

I walked into the hallway and turned around to look at my pelt. "Oh my god…" I say, gazing at my orange and black pelt I looked down both ways of hallway, before making my way down the right. I turned right and met eyes with Sasuke. He had a glare on his face and was about to step on me, until I barked at him, to get his attention. Sasuke looked at me and gave me a weird look. He crouched to my level and peered into my eyes.

We stood there for a moment, staring into each other's eyes, before Sasuke stood up, smirked, and then walked past me. I barked at him, before turning around and continuing down the hallway. When I reached the stairs, I started hopping down them, trying not to trip and fall on my face. The paint on my fur was already drying, so my pelt felt a little heavy and stiff. Why does he always do that? That jerk-teme!

I landed on the bottom of the stairs and hesitated. Wait… I was in fox form… Did he recognize me? If he didn't… Why didn't he attack me? But wouldn't he still attack me if it was me? Last time I checked, wolves and foxes were sworn enemies! I approached my closed door and stopped in front of it. I got up on my hind legs and opened the door handle with my front paws.

The door creaked open and I walked inside and closed the door behind me, but with my hind paws. I turned and looked around the room, to strangely see that I'm the only one there. I walked across the room, jumped on my bed, and looked out the window. It was still raining hard, but not as hard as before, but it was still dark, so I assume it is probably after sundown. I laid my head down and shut my eyes. Man, my everything hurts. I laid there for a couple of minutes, before opening my eyes and getting up. "Don't want anyone to see my fox form," I say to myself, "Then I'd be in real trouble."

I grabbed a blanket and jumped off the bed. Climbing underneath the bed, I laid down and put the blanket over me. I stared at the bottom of the door for a second, before closing my eyes and falling asleep.

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I felt a nudge on my left shoulder and I opened my eyes to see Hinata hovering over me. I was back in my human form, so I must've changed back while I was sleeping, and half my body was hanging out from under the bed. "W-what are you doing under t-the bed?" Hinata asks. "Uh… I must've somehow, um, slept walked under here," I lie, giving her a smile. "Oh, o-okay," she replies, as I start getting out from under the bed. "Well, y-you need to get dressed, b-because it's morning a-already," Hinata continues.

I got up, laid my blanket on my bed, and asked her, "Okay, did I wake up late?" Hinata shook her head and said, "No, I w-woke up a couple of m-minutes ago and found you like t-this." "Oh," I simply say, grabbing my maid's outfit. Hinata backs away from me, walks towards bed, sits on it, and starts to put on her long socks. I get undressed and start to put on the outfit, when Hinata asks me, "Are you g-going to the b-ball?"

I put on the rest of the outfit, look at Hinata, and asked, "What ball? Why are they holding a ball?" "Prince S-Sasuke's ceremony ball. It's so that h-he can choose a w-wife. All the princesses from k-kingdoms all around are c-coming to the ceremony," Hinata explains, while she puts on her shoes, and continues, "And since y-you're a new maid, you d-don't have to help with t-the ball." I focus my attention away from her and start to put my socks and shoes on and said, "No, I'm not gonna go. I don't even have a dress, and I'm not a big fan of balls."

I finish putting my shoes on and get up from my bed. Plus, I don't even know how to dance. I only chose not to dance, because I'd rather not learn it. Hinata and I walked to the door and I opened the door for her and we walked into the hallway together. I mean, I tried to learn, but who would want to learn something as boring as dancing?

Hinata closed the door and looked at me, saying, "My mom m-makes fancy dresses for the k-kingdom, so I could as h-her to make one for y-you! Your my friend a-after all." My head snaps to her and I quickly say, "Oh, you don't have to!" How do you not understand?! It's not that I don't have a dress, it's just that I don't want to go! I smiled at her and she smiled back, replying, "No, really, I'll t-tell my mom to m-make on right away!" Hinata starts to, oddly, squeal and jumped up and down. Now this is an interesting side. "I c-can't wait!" Hinata quickly replies and walks away.

My eyes widen a little and I look in the direction in which she had left, and exclaimed, "But wait!" but she was already gone. Is this a specialty only wolves can do or what? Just disappear in thin air in the middle of a conversation?!

I sighed and headed down the hallway ahead of me and opened the throne. That's strange, she didn't tell me what to do… Must've forgotten. I walked out from behind the throne and look around the room for Hinata. She was by, around, 9 or 10 other maids, but it was hard to tell, because they were crowding each other. As I walk over to the other side of the room, the group broke apart, leaving Hinata and one other maid, whom I share the room with. Although, I've only seen her around, I've never been introduced to her.

I walk over to them and the other maid turned and almost ran into me. "Ah, sorry," she says, giving me an unexplainable smile. "Uh, it's okay," I reply, giving her an apologetic smile. The maid had sandy blonde that was in two different ponytails, two on the top and two on the bottom, and bangs that separated from her hair line and went down to her eyes. She was taller than me, and for some reason, she looked like the type of person who would have a whole lotta sass, based on her body language. The maid had green eyes and had oddly had a fan on her hip.

She held out her hand, narrowed her eyes a bit, and said, "I don't think we were properly introduced. I'm Temari, one of the three people you share that room with. It's just me, you, Hinata, and Karui [1]." I took her hand and exclaimed, "I'm Naruko, but everyone calls me Naru! Nice to meet you!" Hinata and Temari winced a little, because of my little outburst, and we put down our hands. I waited a moment before asking, "Who's Karui?"

Temari's eyes widen a bit, before turning around and scolded, "Hinata! You didn't tell her, not only about me, but nothing about Karui either?" Hinata twittled (A/N if that's not a word, NOW IT IS) her fingers, blushed, and stuttered, "S-sorry, I haven't f-found the t-time to introduce you g-guys, because of t-the ball." Temari sighed and started walking over to the throne. "Oh well, doesn't matter anymore, I guess," she calls behind her.

I turned to Hinata and asked, "So what am I going to do?" Hinata looked at me, turned around, and grabbed a duster. (A/N whatever you used to call them back in the day) and gave it to me. "I n-need you to go t-to the main hall and d-dust all of the v-vases," Hinata says. I shook the duster, and a bunch of dust released into the air, and blew in my face. I coughed the dust out of my mouth, releasing a surprising loud sound. Everyone's attention was brought over to my side of the room and they just stared at me. "Uh, I'm gonna go now," I say awkwardly, scooting off towards the door.

I opened the door, shut it behind me, and stared down the main hallway. No one seemed to be there, so I headed down the hallway and started cleaning the vases, on the sides of the hallway. I dusted about 10 different vases, when I got to a stubborn vase. I brushed the vase faster and harder and mumbled, "Stupid stubborn vase. DUST ALREADY!"

"Feeling frustrated?" The voice startled me and I lost grip of the vase in my hands. The vase drops, but I quickly grab it and put it back on its pedestal. "You better stay, you stupid vase," I muttered.

"Why are you telling an unmoving object to stay?" I turned and almost collided into Sasuke, who was dangerously close to me. "What do you think you're doing?" I demanded. Sasuke took a deep breath and a replied, "I could ask you the same." "I'm dusting, what else does it look like I'm doing?" I say, waving the duster around in his face. I started walking away from him and moved to the next vase, when he asked, "So, are you going to the ball?"

I turn around to face him, narrowed my eyes, and exclaimed, "Absolutely not! I'm not going to some lame ass ball!" Sasuke smirked and said, "Yes, you will." I walk closer to him and narrowed my eyes more, asking, "Excuse me?" He crouched down, a little, and said, "You heard me. You will be attending the ball, but as my beautiful guest."

For a second, I was taken aback, like, who does this guy think he is, telling me what I can and can't do? Before I could reply, Sasuke continued, "Because if you don't, I'll reveal your secret to everyone." My eyes widened and I asked, "Are you blackmailing me?" He smirked and replied, "Indeed, I am." Does this mean he did recognize me earlier today? But that still doesn't explain why he didn't attack me… Unless, he was planning this all along… Shit, what am I supposed to do?

"Is that supposed to scare me? What could you possible know about me?" I asked. "Well, I know you're a fox," he says, smirking. Shit… SO HE DOES KNOW! I relaxed my face and decided to act dumb and said, "I have no idea what you're talking about." Sasuke leaned closer to me, smirked wider, if that's even possible, and said, "Oh, I think you do." I gritted my teeth and my grip on the duster tightened. "Now, if you're a good little, orange foxy, you're going to the ball with me, or else, you can say goodbye to your secret, because it won't become a secret anymore," he finishes, walks around me, and walks further down the hallway behind me.

He said orange foxy, orange foxy… Does this mean he doesn't actually know I'm a snow fox? That's good, but it's still dangerous, him knowing that I'm a snow fox. I clenched my fist. Damn you. "Damn you, Sasuke Uchiha!"

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[1] Karui is Choji's wife, if you forgot

Thanks for reading!

I FINALLY MADE A CHAPTER!

I had 3 tests in 1 class in one week, so don't blame me, but I don't have so many tests right now, so I managed to make the longest chapter yet in between those tests, well, I think it's the longest…. In my opinion it is, because it took, like 3 hours to edit and type it and, like, a whole week to write it

So yeah