Chapter theme: We belong together by G-Dragon and T.O.P ft. Park Bom

Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage. –Lao Tzu

Hello! This chapter contains a graphic scene of sexual assault and mentions of suicide. The scenes will be highlighted as (*/*/*) from beginning to end if you'd prefer to skip them. Thank you!

Naruto rushed up the steps from the foyer, the guards barely getting a chance to question their disheveled look and the fact that they were covered in ash.

"The forest is burning!" he yelled back to them without stopping.

Without hesitation they rushed from the doors and outside, his words completely sinking in.

Megami cried painfully on his shoulder as he ran to her room, her wails escalating along the walls of the palace.

He kicked her door open, running in and quickly setting her down on her bed.

She pulled at him, tugging at his shirt furiously, angrily crying.

"Why did you take me?! Why did you leave him?! How could you!" she cried desperately.

"Megami…I…" he whispered pleadingly.

She stood up, "I have to go back!"

"No! The guards will take care of it!" he reassured, holding her back. "He could be dead! I have to know if he's okay! Let me go! Let me go NOW!" she pleaded her face engulfed in tears.

As he tried to force her back he listened as he began to hear commotion from downstairs. He sighed as he heard the voices of maids and servants running out of their corridors, chanting and yelling about smelling smoke, questioning what was going on.

"Megami…promise me you'll stay here, I have to go check out what's going on," he pleaded. "No!" she cried, clutching his shirt.

"I can't! Sasuke—" "Sasuke will be okay, I promise! Trust me! I'll go find him." He begged.

She settled back, tears streaming down her eyes as she stared at him hopefully.

"Please bring him back…" she whispered.

He smiled sadly, bringing her into a tight hug.

"I will…" he breathed.

He quickly let go, smiling as he twisted around, rushing out of her room, closing the door behind.

Tears began to fall again as she clutched her blanket, sinking into her bed as she pleaded for him to be okay.

"What's going on?! We smell smoke!" one maid chanted above the rest as they stood in their pajamas.

"Did someone start a fire in the forest?" a servant boy called.

"Now calm down everyone! calm down! We've called the fire department! It was a simple forest fire it should be taken care of!" a guard from the east wing announced as he came into the entrance hall just as Naruto rushed down the steps.

When the workers caught sight of him they instantly bowed, greeting him.

The guard looked up, his eyes slightly bulging, he himself bowed.

"Lord Uzumaki, please don't worry we have it handled. You may return to bed."

"I already know what's going on, excuse me!" he said, rushing down completely as he tried to move past them.

"Lord Uzumaki please, you cannot go out there!" the guard said sternly, realizing where he was headed.

"There's something I need to do, there's someone out there!" he yelled as the guard tried to hold him back.

"Sir please, it's too dangerous! Whoever's out there the firemen will help!" "You don't understand! I have to go! Let me go!" he demanded.

In shock, the guard released, Naruto nodded to him as he ran out.

Ino sucked in her breath, ready to face the music as the guard bent down to the desk.

"Hey! Jido!" a voice yelled from slightly down the hall.

The said guard lifted up all the way, letting Ino quietly sigh in relief as Shikamaru let go of her mouth.

"What is it?" he asked as a guard ran into the room, all they could see were their feet.

"There's a fire in the forest, you've gotta help me round up all the workers! They're refusing to go back to their rooms until they're sure it's nothing serious." He explained.

"Alright, I'm coming" he said simply, following him out.

Ino openly sighed in relief as the door slammed.

They let go of each other as she squeezed out, standing up and dusting herself as he came out.

"Never. Do that. Again." She said sternly.

He scoffed, "right, next time let's get caught and get sent to prison, that's much better than hiding under a dirty desk for a few minutes."

"Whatever" she growled, crossing her arms in a huff.

He clutched the picture in his right hand, the necklace still in his jacket pocket.

"Come on, we better get out of here…"

"What's that? Hold on Kuno I think she said something important." Sari smirked.

Kuno sighed, standing up straight as he buttoned his shirt back, letting a tearful Hinata breath.

"What did you say Hina?"

"I said…I…I…I won't tell anyone…I promise" she whimpered.

"Damn right you won't" she snapped, glaring. She stepped up to her, her hands on her hips as she bent forward.

"Because if you do, I'll make sure every single one of your little friends gets what they deserve…then…" she whispered, taking a strand of her hair in two fingers.

"I won't hesitate to rip out every little strand of hair on your head…and ruin you." she smiled.

Hinata shook, tears falling from her eyes as she slowly nodded.

"Good" Sari smiled, standing up straight, clapping her hands once. "Kuno? Make sure Hinata gets to her room safely."

"Of course" he bowed, then lifted himself up, stepping up to Hinata.

She shot her head up as he reached his hand out, slapping it away.

"I can get to my room on my own!" she accidently snapped.

"Fine then, I hope we won't have to deal with this issue again." Sari smiled bitter-sweetly.

Hinata said nothing as she quickly twisted on her heels, rushing out of the dining room, into the mess in the entrance hall.

"Ten…why are you holding a pregnancy test…I won't repeat myself again." Neji said coldly.

Tenten held her breath, trying to form an excuse as quickly as possible. She desperately wanted to look down to see what the test said but she had to keep her eyes focused on him.

But if she was pregnant and he was right there, it wouldn't be a simple night.

"I…I found it on the counter, s-someone left the box out." She said, blinking wildly.

"So why is there a single one in your hand? Did you use one?" he questioned, she nodded slowly.

"Why?" he said, she noticed the hint of fear in his voice.

"It was just for fun, I've never used one of these before so I thought I'd be a laugh to see how it works." She laughed nervously.

"Well." He said.

"Well what?" she said, clearing her throat nervously.

"Are you? Are you pregnant?" he asked in an obvious tone.

"Nope." She said, popping the 'P' as she broke the test in two, mentally cursing herself as she tossed the now unreadable test into the trash bin.

He sighed in relief, to her dismay, "thank god" he laughed, "I mean, can you imagine us with a baby?" he chuckled.

She frowned, slightly glaring, "what's so wrong about that?"

He looked up at her with a brow raised, "come on Ten why would we have a kid? We're still in high school that's crazy. If you got pregnant everything would fall apart."

"So your saying if I got pregnant you'd be taking care of me, which would suck for you because you don't love me, your world would completely fall apart if you were stuck with me forever?" she said coldly.

He took a step back, frowning, "Ten, I didn't mean it that way—" "you know what? Why should I even care?" she laughed a bit, flying her hands up.

"Why don't you get Kaede pregnant? You love her, and if you do you can spend the rest of your lives together and just forget about me. It looks like you already have anyways…" she whispered as she stepped past, knocking into him as she began to leave.

"Tenten wait!" he said, grabbing her arm. She forced herself out of his grip, turning back and slapping him.

"What's your deal anyway? You cheat on me and then expect me to forget everything and talk to you? It's good to know how we'd end up if I was pregnant." She spat coldly.

"Ten, I didn't cheat on you" he begged. She scoffed, "of course you didn't. If its kissing Kaede it's not cheating, you're just friends, that's the most pathetic excuse I've ever heard, trust me, it's been nailed in my head for years."

"If you'd just let me explain-!" "I think you've explained yourself enough…I'm gonna go…" she whispered.

He cringed as she turned around, stepping to walk again.

So in anger he did the first thing that came to mind.

He grabbed her arm, twisting her back around and capturing her lips whole heartedly…

"Sakura?" he said, breathing heavily.

He looked around the dark room, finding it to be seemingly empty.

He switched on the light, getting a better view and looking around.

"What the hell is he doing in here?!" Sakura mentally yelled to herself as she tried her best to lay flat under the covers, seeing as they were so thick and she was naked, it made hiding from him easier, it was the quickest thing she could think of when he busted in.

She wanted to say something, but if she moved even a bit he would know she was in here, that she was in Kai's room, naked. That she had sex with him to protect her friends.

She couldn't tell him. It would only make things worse.

She cried silent tears as she listened to him sigh.

"Maybe she already left…" he said to himself.

"No Gaara! I'm still here! Help me!" she mentally pleaded as the tears rained onto Kai's bed.

He took a deep breath, taking a couple steps back as he closed the door carefully.

When she heard his steps slowly going down the hall, she lifted herself up, crying out furiously onto her hands.

She needed him.

She wanted him to hold her; she wanted him to tell her it was okay. That he was there for her.

But she pushed him away. Now…she's alone.

Megami cried desperately into her pillows. After she'd spent a few minutes pacing back and forth, almost hyperventilating, impatiently waiting for Naruto to come back with good news.

She sat up, still crying painfully as she picked up her thin blanket, biting into it and crying hardly, rocking back and forth on the bed.

She couldn't take the stress anymore, but she knew she couldn't go anywhere, by this time in the night the guards would even be near the space she'd escaped from; she had nowhere to go free.

This only made her feel worse, so she sat rocking, praying he was okay.

She couldn't lose anyone else. Not now.

Not anymore.

Her head rung as the door slammed open. Her heart skipped a beat as her head shot up, hoping Naruto had returned with good news.

But he did not stand at her door.

Kai stood with an emotionless mask cast across his face.

She dropped her head, crying in disappointment.

"Leave! I don't have time for you! Just get out! Now!" she yelled, her voice cracking as she clung onto the sheets.

He said nothing, which only made her angrier.

"GET OUT!" she let out a piercing scream.

"You know, when I was thirteen, I used to think your rebelliousness was the most attractive thing." He said monotonously, picking at his nails.

She answered with painful tears.

"But nowadays, it just pisses me off." He said coldly, putting his hand down as he grabbed the door, closing it mostly but leaving it ajar.

"You just don't ever listen do you? Your grandfather tells you to stay home and be a princess, when you refuse your parents die and you become a street rat. Your best friends tell you that the guy you're dating is cheating on you, you ignore them and go ahead with him, so one gets raped and the others are almost killed, including me. Your grandfather tells you not to see some guy ever again but still you try and run away with him, which gets him killed."

She gasped, looking up at him through red eyes.

"H-he's not dead…" she whispered.

"Oh yes he is. I did and will make sure of that." He mumbled the last words smoothly, striding up to her.

"No…he's not, stop." She said, shaking.

He rolled his eyes, "you're so pathetic. You saw it for yourself didn't you-?" "YOUR LYING! He's not! I know he's not! How the hell would you know?!" she cried.

"Shut up…" he whispered coldly.

"Sasuke's strong! He'd get through!" she cried.

"I said shut up…"

"He'd never leave! He'd fight through! For us! He loves me-!" "I SAID SHUT UP!" he yelled, punching her across the face.

She fell back onto the sheets, her red cheek slightly throbbing.

"I am so SICK and TIRED of you thinking he'd the greatest fucking thing in the world!" he yelled, climbing on top of her as she tried to hold her cheek.

"Why didn't you ever think about me like this?! HUH?! It was always Sasori this or Sasori that! Now even after I killed your precious Sasuke you still won't shut the fuck up!"

"You what…?" she slightly whispered, trying to look up at him.

"I hate you." He spat. "I hate you for never looking twice at me. I hate you for loving them instead. I hate you for having those kinds of friends. I hate you for ruining all my plans. I hate you for making me love you…once. Now all I want to do is watch you suffer, you don't deserve to live, you don't deserve anything!" he growled.

She cried out of he held her neck with one hand, choking her as he used the other to hold her struggling hands.

"You wanna hear a funny story Mega?" he smirked wickedly. She couldn't answer as she shot her head around, trying to breath.

"Sasori never wanted to hurt you. He knew who I was and he knew what I wanted from you. So he tried to get to you first, so I wouldn't be able to take you. He tried to get you away from all this so you wouldn't be unhappy, but you weren't willing, so you drove him crazy, making him do things to you that would drive you away from me. The reason he hit you? When you disobeyed him he went furious because all he wanted to do was help you, so the two of you could be together and happy eventually. He made his lovestruck friends do horrible things to the girls, and eventually, they all came to like what they did to them. But maybe, just maybe if you have cooperated, he wouldn't have died. The girls would have lived happily ever after, and no one would have gotten hurt."

"That…that's not true" she choked out.

"Oh but it is sweet Mega. He killed all those people, all because he loved you. Because he wanted you so damn badly. But you just seemed to keep fucking up everything, so you ended up hurting everyone. It's all. Your. Fault."

She cried harder, her face going blue as she kicked around, her wails flying across her room.

"I could kill you. But that would be too easy. I want you to suffer as much as I did. I want you to take the pain you gave everyone else…I want you to hate yourself forever."

He let go of her neck, she coughed out, but only for a moment as she tossed around, crying.

She did not notice as he used the released hand to unzip her dress, pulling it down with the single hand until it reached her feet, where he then pushed it to the floor with a thud.

She laid there, left in her lingerie it the dark, the only sanctuary of light coming from the moon.

He looked down at her, his face expressionless as she cried painfully.

He used the hand to rub her continuously wet cheek, he smirked.

"Sweet tears…"

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He let go of the hand restricted her hands. Her reddened wrists remained in place as her face did not change.

He slightly pulled back, with both hands on her underwear, sliding it down slowly.

He stopped when it reached her knees, leaving it there as he pulled back up to her.

He used both hands to undo the belt around his waist, pulling it out then tossing it across the room.

He pulled down his dress pants, letting his boxers come with it as he bent down to her ear.

"W-what are you doing?" she sniffled, tears still falling as she began to notice his actions.

"Something that should have happened to you years ago…" he whispered seductively.

She screamed as he penetrated her, but he made no move to make it easier on her.

She continued to scream as she forcibly rang back and forth, using her arms to push on his chest as he forcibly thrust into her.

"STOP IT!" she screamed.

He used one hand to tighten her hair, she screamed aloud as he pulled her, forcing himself in further, she wailed in pain.

He used another to slap her across the face.

"Remember that!" he yelled.

"Remember how much you made Sasori hate you?!"

She lost her voice.

He slapped her again across the other cheek.

"THIS is what you did to Tenten! THIS is what you did to Sakura!"

He forced himself deeper inside of her, she cried aloud.

"No one's going to help you." He breathed.

Her head slammed against the bed's backboard repeatedly.

After a few more times he finished inside of her.

He leaned down, breathing heavily as he pulled out.

She laid there, silent tears falling down her face as her breathing raced past.

He pulled off of her, pulling his pants back up, then pushing her off the bed, letting her fall to the floor face first with a slam.

She did not move, she laid there with heavy breathing, shielding her face in the floor.

He got off the bed, walking to where the belt had landed. In silence he bent forward and picked it up, tightening it in his hand as he walked walk to her.

"It's time someone taught you a lesson." He whispered.

He bent forward, turning her over.

He lifted the belt up as she stared up at him with pleading eyes.

She screamed when it made contact with her.

Then again.

And again.

And again.

It remained that way for the next couple minutes, when he grew bored with the belt he dropped it and lifted himself up, turning to beating and kicking her instead for ten minutes.

He finally stopped, breathing heavily as he looked down at her.

Her nose bled, pooling down her as she laid with bloody slits, bruises, a bloody lip and two pre-maturely black eyes.

She breathed heavily as she forced her eyes up to him, her arms spread out as she lay, barely able to move.

He bent down once again.

"When we get married, I'm going to make sure every day for the rest of your life is a living hell."

"It already is."

She said mentally.

With that said he climbed on top of her once again, pulling down his pants to repeat his earlier actions…

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~*A.H*~

Tenten groaned, slamming her hand against her face at the sight of the sun. She turned away from it, yawning as she lifted herself up early the next morning.

She sighed, rubbing her eyes, letting them adjust to the light as she looked around.

She mentally cursed herself.

She recognized this room. She'd been in it the day they'd gotten to the palace.

But she'd wanted nothing to do with it up until last night.

She hated herself for being weak, after the kiss she couldn't bear to pull away from him. It had only been a couple days but she knew she needed him desperately.

She felt used, he hadn't even explained himself. She had still seen him kiss Kaede, but she continued to follow him like a dog anyway.

She hated what he did.

"I know that look on your face…"

Without saying a word she slowly turned her head to her left.

He lay on the bed along with her, slightly sat him with a blank expression of his own. Both naked and disheveled as they'd come to commonly wake up to prior to the recent incidents.

"You still want answers." "Your damn right I do. I already regret sleeping with you even after watching you kiss Kaede, whatever you have to say better make me forget it." She spat coldly, turning back to face the front.

"It will. But not here. Not right now." He said slowly.

"Why the hell not?!" she demanded.

"Kaede could be here any minute. And it's not for what you think. Ten you have to trust me on this, what happened between Kaede and I wasn't under my control. There's a lot more going on in this palace than you know but you have to believe that I would never ever cheat on you."

She scoffed, "you have before." "And you haven't?" he snapped.

She scoffed again, "dancing with guys isn't cheating. Kissing girls for a promotion is."

He groaned, running a hand through his hair as he sat up.

"Can we talk about this later?!"

"You know what Neji. Maybe we don't have as good a relationship as we thought. Maybe it's not meant to work out." She shrugged lightly without looking at him.

"Ten…what are you—" "I have to get to work. I guess we'll talk later and everything." She said monotonously as she pushed the cover off.

He stared at her as she quickly got dressed back into her maids outfit. Without looking at him she headed towards the door and walked out.

Sakura slowly walked down the hall, taking baby steps, hoping not to run into either Gaara or Kai.

After sitting under the hot shower for an hour then changing her outfit she decided to take a walk around the palace.

She forced herself not to cry every time she thought about everything that happened the night before. She was willing, she gave into him.

Every time he touched her she would unconsciously retaliate the way any girl would, and she hated herself for that.

She sighed; at least now she knew she and the girls would be okay, no matter what the cost.

She relieved herself more when she remembered he had used a condom. She knew what it was like to be pregnant, the nine months she carried a baby at fourteen where the worst months of her life, with a neglectful father and no real mother to help her through it made the days grueling. She felt so alone in the world.

At some point she'd found herself ready to have it, but after the accident that left her in a miscarriage, she was devastated and spent a lot of time alone.

She took a deep breath, shaking the thought of her head. She didn't want to think about those days any longer.

When she lifted her head up she stopped in place.

As if fate were testing her, she stood right in front of the first person she did not want to see.

Gaara stopped as well, turning to her as he had come from the left hall.

His blank expression didn't change when he saw her.

They stared at each other for a moment.

Inside he fought the urge to speak to her.

Inside she fought back tears.

Instead she cleared her throat, curtsying in front of him, dropping her head.

"My lord." She said quickly.

Without a response he twisted around furiously, walking down the opposite hall.

When she heard him feet stomping away she twisted to the side of the wall, hidden from the hall.

She held her mouth, whimpering as tears fell from her eyes.

He hated her.

She just knew it.

She hoped, if and when things got right, he would forgive her for this entire mess.

After a quick shower and a new golden dress and matching shoes, Hinata headed out and down her hall.

She forced herself not to think about Sari, she pleaded with herself not to blurt out what she had seen, or else it would mean the girl's lives.

She hated Sari. It seemed as if she always got what she wanted.

She'd known her since they were young and has always felt the same way. She was a spoiled rotten brat who deserves anything that's coming to her.

If she told anyone, Sari would be stripped of her title, which Hinata felt like she deserves but she just couldn't do it.

She avoided Kiba's door, knowing he was in there and thankfully still sleeping.

She unconsciously walked down Naruto's hall.

She continued to contemplate what to do about her issue with Sari until she stopped dead in her tracks.

Her heart skipped a beat when she saw Naruto sitting, leaning on his door, hugging his knees with a grief stricken expression on his face, covered in black ash on his face and pajamas, as if he'd been sitting there all night.

"N-Naruto-kun?"

She hated it when he was like this. It killed her to see someone who could make the darkest days illuminate look so empty inside.

"Naruto-kun?" she said a little louder.

He trailed his eyes up to her; his expression did not change as he stared.

"Hinata…" he whispered.

She couldn't take it, she walked up him, standing by his side as she looked down, holding her hand to her chest, trying not to think back to what happened yesterday afternoon.

Right now she just wanted to help. She knew he was better than that.

"What's wrong Naruto?"

"Hinata…I couldn't…I…I don't have the heart to…to go to Mega…I just…" he took a shaky breath as a few tears fell from his eyes.

"I…I just couldn't do it…" he said muffled in his arms.

"Couldn't do what Naruto?" she asked pleadingly as she bent down next to him, pulling him into her arms.

It took him a few moments to finally answer, she didn't mind.

"I couldn't save him…"

It took all she had to force herself out of the bed. The shine of the sun was beginning to burn her skin and hurt her eyes.

She'd gotten no sleep after lying there all night.

Her expression remained platonic as she passed by him, sleeping peacefully, naked in her bed.

She limped towards the window where a long mirror stood on the door of her closet.

She looked at herself blankly.

She pulled up her underwear as it had hung around her knees, hiding her torn private.

Her body was covered in still bloody slits and cuts, the bruises across her body having turned purple and dark red.

Blood covered her nose down to her chin, her hair left stringy, tangled, and disoriented. Along with two purple and black eyes.

She slowly lifted a shaking hand, pulling her left bra strap back up, only to have it fall back again, after being worn out.

Her right hand fell to her left arm, holding onto it as she took a deep, shaky breath.

She painfully slowly turned away from the mirror, lifting her twisted ankles and bruised feet to the slightly open door, walking to it, letting herself out.

She limped down the hall, away from the steps as she heard whispering below. She passed doors upon doors, some empty ones left open, showering the now becoming grayness of the sky outside, signaling rain, possibly a thunder storm.

With the faintest bit of energy she had left in her destroyed body she leaned on the right side of the wall, letting not only Kai's words run through her mind.

"Everything is Your. Fault."

He wasn't wrong, she thought.

Every terrible thing that's happened to the girls throughout the years no doubt she had a pull in.

She had helped to ruin the girls already damaged lives one way or another and they knew it.

They must have known after all these years. They wouldn't be in the positions they were in if she had never ran away.

They wouldn't be mentally and physically scarred for life if she had just slept with Sasori.

They wouldn't have lost such innocent people, sum even friends if she hadn't run from him.

Hell, if she hadn't even talked back to Meki they'd still be in Ame, not worrying about the mental state a certain band put them through constantly.

Their lives wouldn't be repeatedly bandaged if she hadn't fallen in love with Sasuke all those years ago. If she had stayed platonic, not showing the large emotions she felt for her once best friend, her parents wouldn't have thought of letting her have her own life.

They would be here.

Though her life would be still, meaningless and friendless, everyone else would be happy.

Maybe, if she had never been born at all, things would be…normal.

Her heart fell at the realization of the truth.

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She slightly raised herself; she took a couple steps down to another open bedroom similar to that of her own.

A plain white sheeted bed, empty closet, desk and chair and window that they single drops of rain fall.

"Heaven, please sing for me a song of life…" she whispered as she stepped up, delicately touching the unused sheets.

"Heaven, take me into your skies…" she whispered again.

"There's no place here for me to hide my cries, night and day I'm missing you…oooh…" her voice cracked at the lullaby her mother used to sing to her nightly, sometimes even when she brushed her hair.

She finally realized the story behind the words.

"I know I'm here for the magic…" she spat coldly, picking up a sheet tearing a long piece of the edge.

"All your stars guiding me through and through…oh why does this loneliness feel like forever and ever?! I've got to be, I've got to be, in your arms hear me…" she cried as she dragged it to the desk.

"You're so close…so close…and it's you that I believe in…" she whispered, dragging the chair towards the bed, lifting herself up to the tight sheath that hung above them, supporting her.

"So close…but far away so far I can touch…" she cried as she tied the end of the sheet onto the light hook that hung above the bed.

"I'll hold on…because it's you I love so dearly…" she whispered, typing the next end of the sheet around her neck firmly.

"When the rain, the storm, and all is gone…caress me with your sweet lu…lla…by…" she whispered as she let her legs fall off the bed, seizing as she dangled off the ceiling, swinging to and fro.

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Ino was in one of the best moods of her life, she gladly skipped through the halls even at nine in the morning.

She and Shikamaru had done the impossible. Having sat up all night in his guest room, looking over their collection from the office.

It was everything they needed to get them home. Now, they just needed to wait, they just needed patience and everything would be set in motion.

She hummed as she searched around for the girls, excited to give them the great news but didn't have the slightest clue where they were.

She decided her first stop would be Megami, she of all people would be most ecstatic to hear the news.

She sighed in relief as she leaned on the side of the wall, thanking the stars that they found them before anything drastic happened.

She continued to hum as she skipped down the hall, looking back and forth to the doors she was becoming familiar with.

She passed a wide open door without taking a second look.

She stopped, her feet clinging to the floor.

She stood silent as a slow squeaking sound rang in and out of her ears.

She took one step back. Then slowly took another.

She took small, unconfident paces, her heart began to race as she stood by the wide open door.

She painfully slowly turned her head to the side, shaking rapidly.

Her eyes bulged as her body shook vigorously.

She screamed as high as her voice could possibly carry.

Sakura jumped up from the wall, her head looking around rapidly.

"Ino?!" she yelled in confusion. "Ino!" she called, running to the voice.

Hinata and Naruto shot their heads up, looking at each other with wide eyes.

"Isn't that Ino's voice?" Hinata asked fearfully. "Come on!" Naruto called, grabbing her hand as he jumped up.

"N-Naruto-kun! Wait!" she called as they rushed.

Tenten twisted around, almost giving herself a whip lash as she stood in the bathroom.

"Damn it…" she growled, clutching the unfinished pregnancy test in her hand.

"Ino?!" she called as she held onto it, rushing out of the bathroom.

The four of them met up as Ino stood frozen at the door.

"Ino what's the matter with you?!" Sakura questioned as she attempted to catch her breath.

Blankly Ino lifted a shaking finger towards the room.

In confusion the four of them turned their heads towards it and almost screamed themselves.

"Megami!" Hinata cried at the dangling figure, swinging from the ceiling.

"MEGAMI!" Naruto yelled in fear as he rushed in.

"Oh my god! What's she doing?!" Tenten yelled fearfully as they rushed into the room themselves. Naruto hopped onto the chair and onto the bed's roof, reaching towards her.

"Catch her!" he demanded as he hastily tugged at the bed sheet.

Sakura and Tenten nodded frantically as Hinata and Ino began to go faint.

He unclasped it, letting her fall to the floor only to be captured by Sakura and Tenten, letting the three of them hit the floor.

Sakura pushed herself up, nearing tears as she quickly and forcefully ripped the sheet around her neck off.

"Is she alive?!" Tenten yelled. "I-I don't know!" Sakura called back.

"How long was she dangling from there?!" she demanded, twisting to Ino.

"I-I don't know, I was just walking by and saw her!" Ino said through tears as she clutched her shirt with both hands.

Sakura held her hand to Megami's heart. "H-her heart's still beating!" she announced.

"Thank goodness" Naruto said in relief. "Don't be so relieved! She could be brain dead already!" "What happens if she's brain dead?" Tenten asked.

Sakura looked up at them with a saddened expression.

"She won't wake up."

The five of them looked down to her lifeless corpse. Naruto stared as he began to come down.

"Megami!" Sakura called, "Megami please! Wake up!"

Nothing happened.

"Megami?! Please! Come on!" Sakura cried.

Ino fell to her knees; Hinata held her mouth as tears fell.

"Come on Uzumaki wake up!" Tenten yelled through angry.

Nothing.

Naruto walked up to them, leaning down to them with tears in his eyes. He lifted her up from Sakura's arm, while she turned away, letting tears run down her eyes.

"Sis…please…" he whimpered as the water rained from his eyes.

"Don't leave me…I don't wanna be alone again…" he said mumbled into her shoulder, rocking her back and forth.

"Please don't leave me…"

They sat, silently crying for a few moments.

Until…

She twitched, alerting Naruto who shot his head up.

He looked down; staring at her as her eyes slowly began to flutter.

"Guys!" he called. The girls shot back to him, watching as her eyes slowly opened.

She coughed rapidly, lifting herself up from his arms.

"Megami!" Hinata called happily.

"Wha…what?...what's going on…?" she croaked, looking around.

Suddenly her eyes widened, she shot her head up to the ceiling them down to the cloth around her neck.

"You…you…" she whispered. "Thank god your okay" Ino sighed.

"NOOO! WHY DIDN'T YOU LEAVE ME TO DIE?!" she screamed, kicking around still on Naruto's lap.

"What? What do you mean?" Sakura asked frantically.

"You were trying to kill yourself…?" Ino whispered fearfully.

"Why?!" she cried, in Naruto's arms who looked down at her in a mixture of horror and confusion.

They looked down to her as she cried into Naruto's chest, shaking.

"Who did this to you…?" Sakura asked, lifting her hand to touch her.

"Megami…what happened?" Hinata whispered, shaking.

Sakura looked down to her. The scratches on her body, the blood seeping from her nose, the black eyes visible on her face.

She looked down to her half naked body, her disheveled lingerie and bruises on her inner thighs led her to one conclusion.

"Oh my god…" she said aloud, slowly backing away from her.

"He raped you…"

A chime went off in the room, alerting them as their eyes had been focused on Sakura and the words that had left her mouth.

Tenten trailed her eyes down to the test clutching in her right hand.

Her eyes bulged at the sign that sat before her.

"Oh my god…" she said through a shaky voice.

"…I'm pregnant."

~*A.H*~

"I swear to god that Hyuga bitch better keep her mouth shut or else—" "I told you to keep more careful. I told you someone would find out, but you didn't listen to me, as usual." Sara said casually as she watched Sari pace around back and forth as she sat on her bed in her room.

Sari shot her a glare as she stopped in place, "and that's why!" she growled.

Sara sighed, "Look she's all shy and reserved, she won't say a thing if you've threatened her, stop freaking out it'll give you frown lines." She smiled.

She giggled as she watched Sari shoot her hand up to her forehead, rubbing it. When she felt nothing it fell back to her side and she glared at Sara again.

"I can't wait until this damn wedding is over and done with." She sighed as she took a seat on Sara's work table by the window, crossing her legs and folding her arms.

"Then I can sit and lounge as a queen and never have to worry about anything else for the rest of my life." she huffed, flipping her hair back.

"What do you mean?" Sara frowned as she crossed her legs under her dress on her bed.

"Money, royalty, beauty, the finest foods, the finest clothes, and sex." She winked.

Sara grimaced, "and with who precisely would be sleeping with you? Or should I say whom?" she said snarkly.

"Whoever I please." She smiled, examining her bright purple painted nails.

"But you'll be married." "Of course Gaara will be in that list, I have to have children anyways." She smiled, "but I can't be with one guy forever."

"You're such a slut." Sara growled. "You're the only one who knows, so let's keep it that way." She snapped, smiling coldly.

Suddenly a slow knock on Sara's door alerted the both of them.

Sara hopped of her bed, smoothing down her dress as she walked over to it.

She casually opened the door, there to find Kai leaning on the frame with one arm up, fully dressed, smiling whole-heartedly.

"Hey Sara" "Kai." She said dully as she clung onto the door knob.

"Is Sari in here?" "Yeah, actually—" "Kai!" Sari beamed as she pushed Sara to the side, standing in front of Kai smiling.

Sara stumbled back, glaring at her as she watched the both of them smile at each other seductively.

"Could we talk for a second?" he asked coolly. "Of course" she said smoothly, sexily twisting her hair in her right index finger.

"Later." Sari shot plainly as she followed Kai out, slamming the door behind her.

Sara huffed as she crossed her arms, looking towards the door.

"Just what the hell are those two up to?"

Elsewhere…

He slammed her against the wall, kissing her rapidly as she wrapped her legs around his waist, her dress hunched up as she ran her hands down his chest. He held her up with one hand on her bottom as the other worked at his pant belt.

"Wait…did you do it…?" she breathed, sighing in pleasure as he licked down her neck.

"Do what?" he snapped. "That thing to that Uzumaki-bitch?" she whispered.

"Yeah" he said quickly.

"Ew, are you good? I don't want you putting inside me what you've already put in her." she glared, pulling his head up to face her.

He smirked as he kissed her, then pulled back and tossed his pant belt to the side.

"I'm good…but she won't be…"

"Who gives a damn…just fuck me already…" she growled, whispering.

~*A.H*~

"Megami…why were you trying to kill yourself?" Hinata asked slowly.

She refused to look up at them as she clutched the blanket on her shoulders while Sakura attended to her wounds.

"And who did this to you?...Megami please tell us…talk to us…say something." Naruto pleaded as the two of them sat in front of her.

She did not open her mouth.

While disinfecting the slits and scratches Sakura mentally fought with herself.

"He did it…I know he did…after he promised that he would leave everyone alone…that he would let us go! That lying bastard! When I get my hands on him—"

"Sakura says…" Hinata bit her bottom lip.

"Sakura says someone…that it looks the like someone…the wounds—" "it looks like someone took advantage of you." Naruto whispered darkly, looking down and clenching his fists.

"Megami…who…did this too you…?" he said dangerously.

She did nothing but turn her head away in the direction of the window. Staring out, her eyes carrying a desire of freedom.

"Hinata, why don't you take Megami and have her take a shower?" Sakura asked, smiling sadly.

Hinata slowly nodded as she stood up, helping a reluctant Megami up along the way.

"Come on Megami…I'm sure you'll feel better after a shower." She quietly reassured as she led her to the one in the room, closing the door behind her.

"Sakura…do you know?" Naruto slightly whispered as his head remained low.

She hesitated for a moment, looking away as the words quietly left her mouth.

"What did you say…?" he whispered dangerously.

"I said…I think…I….I think Kai…I think Kai may have raped her—" "I'M GONNA KILL HIM!" he yelled painfully loudly as he stood up abruptly, turning to the door.

"Naruto stop! STOP!" Sakura yelled after him.

She grabbed his arm as he stood at the door.

"Sakura, let. Go."

"I'm not so sure! If you confront him now who knows what will happen!" "You think I can't take him?" he snapped.

"No, it's not that at all. It's just, with everything going on, I don't think you running up and beating the hell out of him will be taken lightly on your grandfathers part."

"I'm not afraid of him."

"I know! Just…just give it a little time…wait until Megami says something…it probably wasn't even Kai… maybe not even rape…just wait." She pleaded.

He stood frozen for a moment before slightly turning around, staring at the door.

She let go of his arm, dropping her hand back to her side.

"Thank you…wait until she comes out…maybe she'll say something them."

Ino sorrowfully held on one arm on Tenten's back and the other rubbing her shoulder while the bun-haired girl cried desperately into her hands as the two of them sat on the floor outside of the bathroom down the hall of the room Megami had been in.

"How the hell did this happen?!" she cried, lifting her reddened face and puffy eyes.

"I don't understand! We've always been cautious! I don't think there's a time where he never...!" she choked as more tears fell.

"What the fuck am I supposed to do now?! He doesn't love me! He'll never go through with having a baby! That's it…my life's over…" she cried in her arms.

"Ten you're life isn't over…you can't be sure that you're pregnant…" Ino whispered. "I mean those tests aren't always accurate…why don't we see a doctor? That way we can be positive of the answer."

"When? We're stuck here! The palace doctor is for royalty only…I'm done for Ino…god…I was afraid something like this would happen…"

Ino lifted herself up, standing firmly.

"Come on Tenten, we have to see the others."

"What for?" she whimpered.

"I have some explaining to do."

The two of them trotted back to the room, there to find the door still open, Naruto and Sakura waiting patiently on the floor.

They turned to them as Tenten stifled her crying, Ino stood confidently in front of them.

"Guys, enough's enough, we all know we need to get out of here and Shikamaru and I have got the things that will."

"What are you talking about?" Sakura frowned.

Ino smirked.

"It's time for us to go home…here's the plan…"

Later…

On her own, Sakura stormed through the halls in search of the very guy she'd accidently cried out for the previous night, anger plastered on her face as she searched for him.

After sitting down with the others they'd discussed what would be happening at the wedding the next day. Sure there was still so much to look into, but as for now they had to cover what they had.

Her heart began racing when she saw him up ahead, smoking a cigarette as he leaned on a window at the end of a random hall, looking calm and satisfied.

"KAI!" she yelled.

He didn't even so much as flinch, he merely turned his head to the side, his eyes giving a bored expression as she stormed up to him.

"What…"

"What the hell did you do?! You bastard! You promised that if I slept with you that you wouldn't hurt anyone! That you'd get us home!" she whisper-yelled, in case anyone was around.

He chuckled as he turned back to the window, sucking on the cigarette then blowing a large cloud out.

"I tend to lie from time to time, it's new, how am I doing?" he smirked wickedly as he turned his head to her again.

"You—!" "Did you honestly believe that I would just drop my chances of becoming king if you had sex with me? You're so dull, and way too easy. I'm not thirteen anymore Sa-Ku-Ra, I'm not a whiny kid…"

"How could you stoop so low…?" she whispered, in a horrified tone.

"What would raping her do…? You've known all these years that was the one thing she was so afraid of…now you've ruined her…you heartless bastard." She whispered darkly.

"You don't know me anymore Sak. You never did. You never took the time too. I'll do whatever it takes to become king and there's not a damn thing you can do about it."

"No matter what status you are rape is rape. I could send you to jail at the snap of a finger." She spat coldly.

He laughed out loud as he lifted himself off the window sill, turned around, smirking as he faced her.

"With what proof? I bet you white rose hasn't even said that I did it in the first place. You can't prove anything." He said coldly.

"You'll regret this…" she growled, "you'll regret ever coming into our lives."

He glared at her, then to her shock forcibly pushed her against the wall.

She cringed at the impact, but before she could barely move he slammed both hands on each side of her, caging her.

"What makes you say that? Huh?! What makes you so high and mighty? Do your friends know you had sex with me? Hmm? Do they know that you loved…every. Single. Minute of it." He growled in her ear.

"That's a lie!" "You can say that all you want babe, but you and me both know how you felt last night…" he whispered seductively.

"The way you screamed my name…the way you begged for more…you wanted me…you liked it, don't try to sum up the nerve to act like it was the worst in the world because you know that was one of the best nights of your life…"

She kept silent as he turned away.

He wasn't wrong. It didn't feel wrong until it was over.

"And…I could make it happen…" he whispered, kissing down her neck.

"All…over again…"

That's all it took for her to get her senses back, she pushed him back with all her force, letting him stumble back only a little but enough to set her free.

"You and Sari are the biggest sluts I've ever met." She spat.

She twisted around on her heels, storming down the hall as she said her final worlds, coldly.

"You'll rue the day you ever touched me…"

Hinata sat patiently waiting on the closed toilet seat as she listened to the shower head run. Megami sat on the tub floor under it, making no move as it wetted her body, bruises and all.

"Megami…?" she called nervously.

When she received no response she continued on.

"Do you want to talk about it…?" she pressed quietly.

Still nothing responded back except the sounds of the shower heading steaming furiously.

"Aren't you hot under there?" she said worriedly, watching the heat escape, changing the subject.

"How does it feel…" a faint voice finally croaked.

She gulped, her voice sounded so cracked, so broken. It didn't sound like Megami at all.

"How…how does what feel?" she whimpered.

"To know…that you'll have to spend the rest of your life…with someone you don't love…"

Hinata gulped, fidgeting in her seat.

"I believe things will pull through. The love Naruto and I have for each other…it's strong, so is the one you and Sasuke share—" "Sasuke's gone."

Hinata twitched, turning her head to the closed shower.

"Megami don't be silly, he's not—" "he won't come back for me, whether he's alive or not. There's nothing left for me, there's no hope…I might as well look forward to spending the rest of my life heading to Kai's needs like a slave. And love? That's just a word petty people use to fill a void inside, to convince themselves that there's something out there that can actually make life worth living."

"Stop it!" Hinata accidently shot aloud.

"P-please stop! I don't know what happened between you and Kai but it's no reason to give up hope! We can still get home! We can be a family again! Just trust everyone on this Megami…things will pull through…" she pleaded.

Megami said nothing further. Hinata sighed, fidgeting on the seat.

A quick knock on the door alerted her; she shot her head up towards it.

"W-who's there?" "It's me Hinata! Can I come in?"

She sighed in relief at the sound of Ino's familiar voice. She stood up, stalking over the door and opening it, letting steam escape.

Ino stood by the frame, a small sad smile lining her lips.

"Is she okay?" she asked hopefully. Hinata sighed, glancing at the steaming tub.

"I sorry…I really don't know."

Ino took a deep breath, letting it out shakily.

"Come on Hinata, we need to talk about the wedding."

~*A.H*~

The sounds of Sari's squeals engulfed the corridors later in the afternoon. She skipped around in the entrance hall as four women held various styled hand-made wedding kimonos.

"Look daddy look! This one's mine!" she chanted to her father, who had made it common to use the Uzumaki palace as a study. Along stood by grandfather, Gaara's father, and Hinata's father as well.

He stood by smiling at her as she skipped, "I see my princess. Do you like it?" "I love it! I can't wait until tomorrow!" she squealed again.

Suddenly in all her excitement she shot her head up to the sounds of shoes clacking against the long golden stairs.

"Oh Gaara honey! Look! Look at my dress! Isn't it perfect?" she called as he made his way down, solemn as usual with his hands in his dress pants pockets.

Knowing very well that that the elders stood by he forced up the best compliment he could muster without tearing her heart out in the harshest insult that had swung into his mind.

"It's nice." He said still coldly.

"I know! It's the best one out of the four isn't is?!" she called again, knowing very well he had to keep flattering her if he didn't want any trouble with the elders.

"It is." He said quickly, plainly, biting down the urge to glare at her.

She flashed a smirk the elders did not see, then smiled again, snatching the dress from the woman's hands and holding it against herself.

"This will go absolutely perfect with the shoes and the tiara I'm getting!"

"Oh Gaara? Care to see me try it on?" she beamed.

"Sari! That's quite inappropriate for an unmarried woman." Her father grasped harshly.

She stopped, biting her tongue.

Gaara smirked, knowing full well her father knew nothing about her love for sleeping with anything that walks, and hiding it from him like the innocent princess he thought she was.

"I just wanted to show him how good I looked in it…I'd never have him watch, I am a lady of course." She said cutely batting her eyelashes.

"Of course my sweetheart" he said softly.

Once again clacking alerted them from the stairs. They all turned their attention towards them as they watched Sara and Hinata walk down, Naruto followed behind.

When Sara spotted the dress she squealed as Sari had done, holding her current dress up and rushing down to them.

"It is beautiful!" she said happily nearly snatching it from the waiting woman's hands.

She sighed in contempt pleasure, hugging it to her chest.

"It will look wonderful at the wedding! Don't you think Naruto-ku—" she stopped when she turned, only to find his eyes not on her, but on a different figure instead.

She followed his eyes to Hinata as she gently took her own dress from the woman's hands, thanking her then looking down at it, a smile forcing its way on her face.

She almost gawked at his eyes.

The pure emotion…the love she saw shrouding them.

She slumped, letting her dress touch the ground as she hung her head.

"Ew! You'll get it dirty that way!" Sari shouted, only to fall on deaf ears.

Noticing Sara's fallen confidence grandfather nudged Naruto, forcing him to look at Sara.

He sighed, clenching his fists.

"You're dress is really…nice…Sara…" he slightly mumbled.

She perked up nonetheless, blushing as she hugged the dress to her chest again shyly.

"Do you really think so?"

He hesitantly nodded as he listened to more feet clack down the stairs. Her dress was nice that was true, but to him, Hinata's dress was pure beauty, and he so desperately wished he could be the one she walked up to in it when the time came.

"Hinata, that dress is perfect!" another's voice said proudly.

At first he believed it to be his own, finally opening up and saying what he really thought without fear of the consequences.

But when he turned to his side he found Kiba standing next to Hinata with pride stuffed up.

Finally another set of shoes came down to the crowd.

"Kai" grandfather announced his presence as he sauntered down the steps, his hands in his pockets, a lusty expression he was trying to hide behind a smiling façade.

"I've yet to see you of late. Have you been busy?" grandfather questioned as he stepped down the final step.

He glanced at Sari who turned away, hiding her light blush and seductive eyes behind her dress.

"A bit."

Only Gaara and Sara noticed the mutual exchange of emotion between the two.

"Where is Megami? She must see her dress." Grandfather said gruffly, looking around.

Hinata slightly shook. Naruto clutched his fists, sending daggers Kai's way.

"S-she's resting…she is really in no condition to be moving around." Hinata whimpered quickly.

"Oh? why is that?"

"It seems that…that M-Megami was in some sort of trouble…she is badly hurt sir…" she said again.

"Really? Did anyone attend to her bruises?" he said plainly.

Hinata slowly nodded, settling a bit at the concern she thought she felt, for the moment.

"Well then she should be down here dealing with the wedding as the rest of you are!" he said in a frustrated tone.

"What excuse could she possibly have for being so disobedient?!" he shot, trying to calm himself.

"I do wish she was more like you Sari, and you ladies as well. My apologies everyone, I will bring her down." He sighed.

Sari smirked, twirling the dress around.

Hinata's blood boiled, Naruto glared furiously back and forth to Kai who in turn leaned against the wall, smirking, and his grandfather as he walked up the steps, cane and all.

How could he be so cruel?!

Doesn't he care for them in the slightest bit? Even having the nerve to compare her to the likes of Sari.

Thirteen years had sunk him low, he thought.

It was time for a rude awakening. A slap to the face that would show him what he missed all those years.

Grandfather slammed her door open, letting it fly to the side as he stood there, calmly.

He looked around. The expensive silk drapes on her windows at been scratched and torn apart as if an angry cat invaded her room. The wooden floor had patched off blood in random places.

The bed sheets were scattered on the floor, leaving her lying on her bed in fresh lingerie, her bruises, black eyes and scratches still visible as she stared absent-mindedly at the torn drapes.

"You are such a disappointment." He spat.

"You can't do a simple task as coming down as collecting your dress. Appreciating all the work that was put into it like the other girls, yet you lay hear lazily. There are many days I curse the day your parents had you."

He had hoped his words would hit her. To teach her lesson or two.

But oddly enough, what she responded stung him right in the heart.

"…are you proud of what you did?" she whispered, croaking.

"Are you proud of what you let him do to me?...just so you could keep your place in the world and be happy?...you let someone…hurt your own granddaughter…?"

He stood wide=eyed, shocked, but before he could step in she continued.

"Now I know why mom hated you so much…now I know why grandma left...it was because they couldn't stand the sight of a monster like you, who'll push around someone as close as family to move up in the world…..I hate you and everything you've done and everything you will ever do and everything you are. Get out of my sight. Get out of my life. You're nothing but a heartless inconsiderate old man trying to use the few years he has left in this life to make himself happy….no matter the cost of others…no matter…I promise I'll be there to watch you burn in hell."

He slammed the door back; she did not so much as flinch.

She'd said what she needed to say now that she had nothing left.

Now, there was only so little left.

The wedding…was finally upon them.

~*A.H*~

The very next day was more hectic then it had been all week.

Finally the day of the wedding has come. At exactly seven a.m. hundreds of maids, servants, and workers began scrambling about getting the wedding hall ready, organizing food, and seeing to guests.

No one stopped to talk, no one took a break. There was constant yelling and various stomps and crashes but all was well.

The official wedding ceremony would be at two p.m. them the reception would follow soon after.

Hundreds of royal bloods were arriving to the palace by noon, more than those that had come at the engagement ball seated themselves at noon.

Most of them waited in the large fully decorated wedding hall, seated accordingly in white and royal blue sashed seats. Many talked among themselves as they waited. The golden walls were aligned up and down with blue sashes and bows, a white carpet with roses draped neatly over it led to the large alter, where the quadruple ceremony would be held.

"We're here live at the Uzumaki home estate palace where the wedding of the century is being held." one reporter personal said into a camera as she and many others stood out as other guests arrived.

"Japan hasn't held a wedding ceremony for any of the royal families in twenty years, many are proud to see that their countries are able to conjoin in this alliance." Other said.

"Only two more hours until the wedding of a life time!" another cheery reporter said.

"Sakura!" head maid Yuri's voice rang, sending Sakura back to reality as she had been dazed, watching the events being held outside by the window in the first kitchen.

"Yeah?" she asked, turning to her side.

"You're off kitchen duty. It's time for m'lady to get ready." She explained.

Sakura nodded, knowing what she meant. She dropped the rag in her hand and nodded to a few busy maids, leaving the kitchen and heading upstairs.

But, she had no intention of going to Megami's room. She had people to meet and things to do…it was time to get to work.

"Isn't this exciting Neji-kun? I've never been to a wedding this big before!" Kaede sighed happily as she slipped the second fake diamond earrings into her ear.

Neji sat by the window, watching the wedding unfold below as he sat in Kaede's room. He hadn't seen or spoken to Tenten since yesterday morning, he wondered what she'd been up to since then.

Not much can happen in a day…right?

"Neji?" she called again without turning away from her square mirror.

He didn't respond. She sighed in turn, dropping her hands onto the table as she stared at his reflection through the mirror.

"You know, if you're going to be my escort for this wedding you're going to have to put on a pretty decent face." She said sternly.

He said nothing.

She sighed, twisting around in her red velvet square seat in front of a long mirror.

"Don't tell me you're still thinking about that bun girl" she scoffed.

"There's no way she'll come back to you now, not after what she saw. No one would be that stupid." She spat.

Ignoring her he reminisced on the night they'd shared when he refused to let her go after finding her in the bathroom. He'd wanted to take her so badly, she show her how much he cared about her as he had done when they'd gone to see her parents.

"Neji-baby? Are you even listening to me?" Kaede snapped.

He ignored her as he continued to stare out into the commotion.

"Hey!" she yelled. He glanced at her, then returned to the window.

"You'd better start paying more attention to me! we had a deal remember." She spat coldly.

He trailed his darkened eyes up to her.

"You wouldn't want bun-head to get into any trouble now would you? So I insist on cooperating a little more."

He glared coldly, she smirked triumphantly. "Exactly, although, I can't imagine what you ever saw in her anyways." She sighed as she turned back to the mirror.

"Can't imagine what I ever saw in you either." He thought.

"I have to get dressed now." He said plainly and quickly as he stood up.

"Whatever" she said, applying her makeup, "just make sure you're downstairs before I am, the ceremony will be starting soon."

"It is coming out very nice lady Hinata, we're almost done." A maid cooed.

Hinata sighed a bit as she sat in her room, facing a large oval mirror. She sat in her dark purple wedding kimono while maid's fixated her to look perfect. Her pale skin carried blush and dark purple lipstick to match the kimono.

One maid who had spoken toyed with her hair, pulling up her midnight blue locks into a loose but neat updo style, with a tiara on the side to commemorate it.

The maid bent down to her left shoulder, looking into the mirror as Hinata looked at herself as well. She smiled sadly, "You will make a wonderful bride my lady."

"Thank you…" she slightly whispered as she did not take her eyes off of her reflection.

"Sadly…not to who I want it to be…"

"Is my lady almost ready?"

Hinata slightly sighed in relief at the familiar voice. The maids turned to the door to face Ino, who had been made head maid of Hinata's division for the wedding since Hinata had selected her when she first came.

"Yes, we just have to touch her up a bit more" one maid explained.

"I'll take care of the rest, we need some extra help in the reception hall."

The maids nodded to her, each setting down items they'd been using on Hinata. They bowed to her as they left, Ino closed the door behind them.

She took a deep breath as she leaned on it, looking at Hinata who sat staring at the face in the mirror.

"How're you doing hime?"

Hinata smiled sadly as her eyes glistened with unshed tears, "Ino…could this really be the rest of my life?"

"Of course not!" Ino reassured as she stepped up to her.

"Don't you give this wedding crap a second thought Hinata…we know what we have to do…now…let me doll you up, those maids have no idea what they're doing…you have to look the part…at least for now."

Sari and Sara had woken up earlier than the others just to make sure they look absolutely perfect for the wedding. Sari refused to leave her room until she was she every single little detail made her look twice as better as the others.

Sara was genuinely excited about her marriage, but like so demanded that not a wrinkle on her dress—or whatever she thought was wrinkle—was in sight, and not a spot on her was a miss.

As for Megami, it took the maids hours to get her ready.

She stood in her room, in a completely awkward silence as they got her ready. None of them dared to question the bruises and marks on her body as they attempted to cover them up with makeup under her grandfathers orders.

Megami sat in front of a mirror as Hinata did. She did not blink when they painted her eyes with shadow, mascara, and a black eyeliner that went off the corner of her eye in an Egyptian style.

They struggled with her hair as they had done before with the dinner and the masquerade ball.

Eventually they got her hair into a curly but not overly curly style that touched just a bit above her shoulders. Along with bright red lipstick.

When she was clean and covered, rebandeged from the inside, they dressed her in her red and white wedding kimono. She did everything willingly.

Her last shred of hope died when Kai had done his duties.

When she was fully dressed, makeup and all, one maid daintily sat her back down where her sparkling gold tiara/crown sat next to her, with real pearls aligning it in every corner.

"Time for the final touch my lady." The maid said weakly, the first to open up since they had walked into the room.

As the maid picked up the crown Megami found herself thinking about where Sasuke could be, whether he was even alive or not.

If he was, she wished him a wonderful life. Maybe they'd run into each other someday. Maybe he'd find another girl whom he could love, and who would love him as much as she did.

The girls, she thought, would eventually move on and forget about her. Since she overheard the fact that grandfather was not allowing her to return to Konoha to graduate, the girls would.

She'd miss prom.

Graduation.

Her friends.

The teachers she'd come to know.

Even battling it out with Kitty everyday.

Her heart crushed into its final pieces as the crown was set atop her head.

Naruto walked the empty halls in his black white montsuki, traditional Japanese wedding attire for men, along with a golden crown upon his head . He had been primed and picked at like all the others but when he was finally ready, he'd asked for a couple minutes alone to think.

Grandfather had stopped by his room, completely ready for the day's events.

He stood by the door as the maids made ready his grandson, only to say one thing.

"Today my boy…you become…a king."

That was it for him. He couldn't go through with this any longer.

If he became some sort of king it would mean no more Omega. No more dancing. No more music. No more laughs. No more friends.

No more Hinata. If he could he would jump at the chance of making her his queen but still it would not be enough.

He wanted to go home, that's all. He wanted to be a teenager. To embrace his last weeks as a high school student and live it to the fullest, not be damned to a title he did not want for the rest of his life. Not be damned to a girl he had no feelings for.

He stopped by Gaara's door at some point during his outing, peeking into one of his best friend's room as he watched him get fixated in the same outfit he stood in.

Sensing someone Gaara glanced at the door with a dark expression.

Naruto smiled when he noticed his expression lighten just a bit as he too saw his friend.

Naruto took a deep breath, saluting him. Gaara smirked, nodding to him.

It was time to get the show started.

~*A.H*~

"Welcome all!"

The entire ceremony hall silenced at the sound of grandfathers voice at the microphone on the high stand where it was fully decorated for the ceremony.

He smiled, "I would first like to thank you all for your attendance to these festivities. Now I know we have yet to carry a wedding in a bit over twenty –years…the last having not ended so well-"

True, they all remembered what happened at the previous wedding. Remembering a certain young red-haired bride that decided to run off in the middle of her of course arranged marriage ceremony to be with the man she loved.

"But today is a brand new day. A day where countries are conjoined and bonds are formed, today, we celebrate!" he announced, resulting in claps and cheers from the little over seven hundred people who were allowed to witness it, as he was broadcasted.

Naruto, Gaara, Kiba, and Kai stood behind him, waiting for their brides, all of course in montsuki.

The elders all sat in a high table next to the altar, listening to grandfather. The priest stood in front of a dark brown podium, his head shielded and hung into a bible.

Hinata's father, Hanabi, Sari's family, and Sara's mother sat in the front row of the large section on the right, while next to them, split by the rose covered walkway sat Kiba's family, Gaara's, and Kai's, most sitting proudly waiting.

"Finally, let us begin!"

With that, classical wedding music began to fall into play.

The large hall silenced as they turned their heads, watching as the large golden doors began to open.

First entered the flower girl. Kameyo, a young princess from Shibuya who had been unable to attend the ball in Suna because of a cold. She walked down in a puffy white dress, smiling as she threw pink petals down to match the rose petals already on the white walkway.

After her came the ring barrier, Aido, a young royal boy from Hokkaido carrying eight different styled rings—that had in no way been used to propose—on a silk light blue pillow, dressed in a little tuxedo. He nervously walked down, trying not to drop them.

Then came the bridesmaids, whom only Sara and Sari had chosen, Neji had been made a best man as well by Hiashi.

Of course she'd picked Matsuri, who tried to force the glare off her face as she walked down in a red floor touching dress with a boy Sari had chosen for her, only recently telling her that she was in fact going to marry Gaara.

Another girl came down, a friend of Sara's who walked in the same dress with another boy.

Neji walked down with Kaede, his expression blanked as she smiled in a different dress from the other girls. Gaara had wanted Shikamaru to be his best man, to at least have him there for his final moments of freedom.

But he was nowhere in sight.

When all were settled up on the high altar, the children and bridesmaids and groomsmen below it Canon In D began to play as the brides finally made their way down.

Sari was the first to walk in, dressed in her peacock colored and designed wedding kimono. She smiled triumphantly as she carried a Cyprus bouquet in her hands.

As she began to grow close to the altar Sara walked out in her light purple almost pink and white wedding kimono, holding a bouquet of pink carnations with a silver tiara on her head. She smiled dreamily as she looked ahead to the boy—who stood uncomfortably, not to her knowledge—who would become her husband.

When she neared the altar Hinata stepped out shyly, slightly looking down as she walked down the isle in her dark purple slightly silk wedding kimono, holding a bouquet of orange lilies. It did not go with her dress, but she had selected it herself.

When Naruto noticed them he blushed, making eye contact with her as she tried to avoid a beaming Kiba's eyes.

She blushed a bit, looking down. It worked, since everyone assumed she had done it because of Kiba, but she and Naruto both knew better.

Finally, when Hinata stepped onto the altar, in between Kiba and Naruto who still was a couple feet from her, Megami stepped out.

Her face carried no readable expression as she walked down in her red and white wedding Kimono, holding a bouquet of red and white roses. She slightly hung her head when she met Kai's devious eyes.

Before the ceremony had begun he had come to her to explain exactly what he expected after the wedding, along with forced kisses and touches, she thanked the stars when a maid came in to let them know it was time to head down, or else yesterday would have repeated itself.

Yesterday…

She was broken…and there was no one left to pick up the pieces.

She glanced around for a sign of the three familiar faces she loved so much.

But she saw no sign of pink, no glint of blond, or no shapely buns anywhere.

There was nothing left in her heart to break, but she slightly sighed.

She didn't expect them to come anyway…

She walked onto the altar, Kai pulled her towards him roughly, but managed to make it look gentle in the eyes of the guests.

He bent forward and kissed her cheek, she froze in turn as everyone else 'aawed'.

Grandfather stepped up as Megami remained in place, unable to move and turn to face the priest, whose head still flung to the book below him, the cap dangling over his features.

"Make sure she goes first…" he whispered to the priest, who slowly nodded in return.

"Dearly beloved…" he started. Kai forced her to face the front, his hand gripping her arms as they stood in the middle, going first of the four couples.

"We are gathered here today" the old sounding voice went.

Naruto raised a brow as Sara clung to his arm happily.

Something about the voice was…

"To join these four couples in holy matrimony. So to begin, prince Kai Mayonaka of Sendai and princess Megami Uzumaki of Konoha..."

Kai smirked at her, gripping her hand further, she cringed, but sucked it up.

"…So to see that they may remain together and their kingdom's be conjoined as one and such. If there is anyone who objects to this marriage speak now…or forever your peace…"

Megami held her breath, a part of her wished that Sasuke would come running in, objecting to it like in the movies. But another knew it was better to pay attention to reality.

Hinata bit her bottom lip. Naruto clenched his fists. Gaara looked elsewhere.

"So be it…do you, prince Kai Moyanaka of the Moyanaka clan, rulers of Sendai take princess Megami Uzumaki of the Uzumaki clan, rulers of Konoha to be your lawfully wedded wife?"

Kai turned and smirked at her again, she refused to meet his gaze.

"Of course I do."

"Then do you, princess Megami Uzumaki of the Uzumaki clan, rulers of Konoha take prince Kai Moyanaka, of the Moyanaka clan, rulers of Sendai to be your lawfully wedded husband...?"

Silence.

They waited.

Megami looked around to everyone. Kai stared at her intensely. Hinata fought back tears. Naruto grinded his teeth. Sari glared impatiently. Sara and Kiba looked at her in confusion. Gaara stared blankly at her.

"This is it…my life is over."

For a millisecond her life flashed before her eyes. She was here, becoming a queen, marrying the boy who raped her just yesterday.

She blinked back tears as she took a deep breath.

She had no more choices.

"I…I…I do."

"Are you fucking serious?"

The hall went completely silent again. All the royal families eyes bulged.

Megami's widened as she twisted to the priest who stood leaning on the podium, his face still covered as he picked at a metal piece with his left hand, and held his right on his cheek.

She recognized that voice.

"W-what?"

"Are you serious? You're going through with this? Wow princess, I always thought you were more of a fighter."

Her renewed heart pounded furiously in her chest. All the events that had occurred were tossed to the back of her mind as tears fell down.

"S-Sasuke?!"

"What is the meaning of this?!" her grandfather's furious voice yelled as whispers fell around.

Kai glared to the supposed priest.

"Who the hell-?!" his question seized as a fist greeted his left cheek, forcing him to fall back. The crowd gasped as the 'priest' jumping up, flipping over the podium and a Megami who watched in astonishment.

They all watched in awe and confusion as the priest outfit was tossed off. Revealing a raven-haired boy dressed in all black, a Bluetooth in his ear, black fingerless gloves and a smirk plastered on his face.

"Sasuke?!" Naruto yelled in amazed shock.

"Sasuke!" Hinata smiled happily.

"Uchiha?" Gaara said in slight shock.

"Hn…" Sasuke smirked.

"Guess who's back bitches."

Grandfather jumping up from his seat, pointing towards them as the other elders watched in amusement. "Guards! Guards! Arrest him this instant!" he yelled.

Sasuke's smirk did not reseed as the guards rushed up.

But before they could reach him the curtains that once held to the side covered the large windows and the lights cut off.

Cries of fear rang among the guests as everyone looked around for some evidence of light.

The residents spoke among themselves but stopped when they heard furious punches and kicks coming from the altar, groans followed closely after.

Three sudden thuds hit the front as well, and with that the lights came back on.

On the altar, while Kai tried to get up with no help from Megami or anyone else for that matter, three girls stood in front of it, dressed in all black.

With pink hair.

Yellow hair.

And brown buns to finish.

"Ten?!" Neji called. She smiled sadly down to him.

"Ino?" Hinata said frightfully, she winked at her.

"S-Sakura?"

She turned to her side there to find Sari clinging onto Gaara.

Yet she smiled brightly, to his confusion.

Sasuke himself sat calmly with his elbows on his knees on top of the three guards that had come at him.

"Rokozu…what is going on?" an female elder asked, turned to grandfather.

"That is what I plan on finding out." He said coldly, picking up his cane and stepping out from the table.

"You are interrupting a very important wedding ladies." He said harshly as his cane clacked up to the girls who stood their ground.

"Tell me why I shouldn't send you to prison right now."

"I'll tell you why!" Sari yelled furiously. "You're being too easy on them! Send them now! Now!"

Her father raised a brow in confusion and suspicion.

"Shut up you egotistical spoiled slutty bitch!" Sakura yelled, turning to her.

Sari's eyes widened, she took a step back.

"I am sick, to DEATH of hearing you whine and your voice in general. When we're done with you, you're going to wish you'd kept your panties on" she smirked.

"See the ways she speaks to a princess? Arrest her!" she demanded.

"Before we go into an sort of issue we have something to show and tell all of you." Ino explained.

They quieted.

Ino took a deep breath a she pulled the bag on her shoulder to the side, opening it up.

"Lady Hinata, prince Gaara, princess Megami, and prince Naruto cannot get married."

Grandfather scoffed, "why is that?"

"Well, not unless they choose to be" she smiled as she whipped out four papers.

Grandfathers eyes bulged in shock.

"Where did you get those?!" he demanded.

"These documents! Are hand signed by the parents of these four way before their sixteenth birthday, they explain that they like many other teenage royals are NOT obliged to get married and may be with whoever they please! They were hidden from them all these years so that they may marry those chosen by the elders!" she said aloud.

The crowd gasped, grandfathers cheeks burned in furry.

Sakura whistled as Tenten looked at the blond in shock.

"Wow" she said, "look who's putting that mouth to good use."

"W-what do you mean?" Hinata said hopefully as she forced herself out of Kiba's grip, he reached out for her but she moved away.

Ino smiled, turning to her.

"It means you can be with whoever you want. There's no arranged marriage for you now, or in the future."

Her mouth gaped in a smile, tears forming in her eyes as she shot her head towards Naruto.

"Y-you mean…?" "yep…go for it Hina…there's no one to stop you now."

She ran, holding her dress up.

Naruto beamed, releasing from a reluctant Sara's hand.

"N-Naruto! W-wait!"

He held his arms out as Hinata happily rushed into them. He captured her lips, swinging her around once.

Whispers fell across the crowd again.

"Which also means I can finally do. This." Sakura smiled as she skipped up to Gaara and a furiously glaring Sari.

She leaned up to his level, cupping his right cheek, and kissed him.

"Enough!" grandfather yelled, forcing the couples to release from each other.

"You three have ruined years of planning and work. You have stolen vitally important documents and invaded my home; you shall be thrown behind bars for what you have done!"

"I…don't think so…"

Everyone directed their attention to the right of the altar, where a dark brown haired boy leaned on the wall, dressed in all black with his arms crossed, his hair shaped into a pineapple.

"In reality they didn't sneak in anywhere, and they didn't steal anything. You gave me permission to look around the palace and pick up any document I think will be important to my research, well I found the documents." Shikamaru smirked.

Ino winked at him, smiling as she turned back to the front.

"The documents for Naruto and Megami were signed by Minato and Kushina the day before their death. The documents for Gaara were signed by his mother a week before he was born. And the documents for Hinata were signed by both her mother and father three months before her mother's death. Like I said, no one can force them to marry anyone now." Ino continued.

"You insolent girls-!" grandfather was silenced, as was anyone else who was speaking as a furious tackle hit the floor.

They turned around, there to find Kai and Sasuke battling it out on the floor, punching and kicking each other back and forth.

"So you think your smart don't you?!" he yelled to the lot of them.

"It doesn't matter whether I marry that BITCH or not! I'm still going to become king! But first I'm gonna kill YOU!" he yelled down to Sasuke.

"No one hits Prince Kai Mayonaka and gets away with it!" he growled.

Suddenly he choked as he was furiously picked up by his montsuki collar and tossed across the altar right at Sari's feet.

He coughed, holding his head at the impact.

Naruto wiped his hands, then cracked his knuckles.

"And I'm not walking out of this place until I kill you!" he yelled. "Nobody hits Sasuke BUT ME! And nobody in hell touches my sister!"

Kai coughed blood onto the altar in result of the kicks Sasuke had delivered to his chest.

He wiped his mouth, smearing it.

"While we're here why don't you tell everyone what you've been up to lately KAI!" he yelled.

"Tell them what you did to my sister!"

He smirked, licking the blond on his lip.

"you can't prove anything…I didn't do anything to her…"

"Naruto…what did he do…?" Sasuke asked slowly.

"Let him say it for himself!" he growled.

"Like I said you can't prove anything! She'll never open up! she'll never-"

He stopped at the sound of a tapping noise on the mike in front of the altar.

Once again the crowd redirected their attention, there to face Megami shaking in front of the mike grandfather had used to speak.

She looked around to everyone with distant eyes. To the girls, to grandfather, then to Kai, to Naruto, and finally her eyes fell on her love.

Sasuke.

"um…uh…" she started slowly, barely above a whisper.

"M-my name…my name is…"

She took a deep breath.

"My name is Megami Utada Uzumaki Namikaze." She said firmly, looking directly into the audience.

"I'm five foot seven, seventeen years old, and a Gemini."

"What's she doing?" Ino whispered over to Tenten as Shikamaru met up with them. She slightly shrugged.

"I've done a lot of…a lot of bad things in my life…" she said, looking down now.

"I've hurt a lot of people…I've made a bunch of people hate me…I've made some terrible mistakes…done some things I'm not proud of…"

"But yesterday at about one in the morning…I found out that I don't have to hold all of those against myself for the rest of my life…that I have friends…and family…who actually care about me."

She glanced at grandfather who stood turned away.

"I found out that…no matter how hurt you may become…you can still find a way to…to love again…"

She glanced at Sasuke who still sat on the floor next to a standing Naruto, staring at her.

"And I did…"

"But all of that was shattered no more than an hour later…" she said, shaking rapidly.

"The boy who stands before you all…as one of your most wonderful princes…he…he…" she whispered, her voice cracking as tears fell from her eyes.

"Megami! You don't have to do this!" Sakura yelled.

"Listen to her white rose." Kai smirked.

She hung her head, letting tears fall from her eyes as she began to remove the contents of her clothes, to the shock of everyone else.

She let her dress fall to the floor, there to reveal the bandaged but still visible bruises on her legs and arms. She used each arm back and forth to wipe the cover up off easily, revealing the unbandaged ones, and her still black eyes.

"…He…..he beat me…and raped me…over….and over…and over…again…" she cried furiously, holding herself as she fell to her knees.

Sakura and Ino rushed over to her, bending down to her as everyone else gasped, talking and yelling around. Hinata gasped, stepping back, Tenten's eyes widened in disbelief.

Kai glared, but it was not nearly as bad as the one Naruto and Sasuke gave his way.

"Oh my god…Kai" his mother gasped, holding her mouth in utter shock.

"YOU SON OF A BITCH!" Naruto's voice yelled as both he and Sasuke tackled him, taking no hesitation to beat him furiously.

"Oh god Mega…I know it must have taken a lot out of you to come out and say something like that… especially so soon..." Sakura whispered as both she and Ino hugged her.

"You know…it…it's okay…" she whispered, her voice cracking as tears continued to fall.

"I'm glad I did…"

It took all of Gaara, Neji, and Shikamaru's force to pull Sasuke and Naruto off who still kept coming back for more.

"Guys! That's enough!" Neji yelled as he held tried to hold Sasuke back.

"Let me at him! Let me kill this sick bastard!"

Kai lay, breathing heavily as bruised, beaten, and bleeding as he had left Megami.

"Oh my god! Kai!" Sari yelled as she ran up to him, kneeling down in her dress.

"Your fucking insane! What's the matter with you?!" she yelled as she held his head, still avoiding the blood near her dress.

"You know what Sari!" an innocent voice rang.

They all turned to Hinata, who stood her ground, wiping the fallen tears from her eyes.

"It's about time someone put you in your place!" she nodded.

"What the hell are you talking about!" she screamed.

Hinata said nothing as she simply walked towards the elder's high table as they all stood watching. The elders looked up to the Hyuga girl, waiting for her to speak.

"My lords" she bowed.

"Princess Sari is not who you think she is. I have witnessed myself her acts that according to the laws of the arranged were prohibited!" she nodded.

"English?" Tenten whispered to Shikamaru.

He sighed, "She saw Sari do bad things she wasn't supposed to."

"What sort of acts?" one elder who sat at the end asked.

"No! shut your mouth!" Sari yelled.

"I saw for myself princess Sari engaging in sexual acts with a servant boy no more than two days ago!"

Gasps rang about again.

"Is this true princess? You do know the consequences of engaging in other relationships while in an arranged marriage correct?"

"Of course it's not true! It's not! Besides! It's just her! you need three witnesses to prove something like that!" Sari shot triumphantly.

"Good, then you won't mind if I step in."

They turned their attention back to Ino, who stood up and Sakura conditioned to comfort Megami.

"I overheard myself Sari talking about these actions and even saw her with other servant boy three days ago."

Gasps rang again, Sari looked around, shaking.

"T-that's only two! No one else can—!" "I saw it too."

They quieted. Everyone looked in shock as the attention fell on a fallen Sara.

"She…she's been sleeping with Kai for weeks now…they've been sneaking around with each other…other than that she'd been seeing other boys behind the council's back, I witnessed it all."

They all sat in utter silence.

"You…" Sari said, glaring.

"YOU BACKSTABBING BITCH! AFTER EVERYTHING I DID FOR YOU!"

"Oh go stuff up your ass Sari; you're nothing but an insensitive, conceited, slut. You don't deserve to be a queen." Sara spat coldly.

Sari looked around at all the people. The majority of girls whispering among themselves and snickering, saying words she only said to other people.

"No…it's not true…no! lies! They're lying!"

"With three as proof we hold them to it. Princess Sari of the Tsuyoki clan, because of your illegal actions under the council law, prohibiting you from engaging in any sexual acts outside of your fiance, as of today you are hereby stripped of your title as princess-"

"No! Please!" she begged, falling to her knees as she cried.

"Banned from ever obtaining title as queen! And branded a whore in the name of Kyoto!" he finished.

"NOOO!" she screamed, piercingly.

"Mom! Dad?!" she yelled, looking down to her parents and brothers.

They turned away from her, looking as if they had no idea who she was.

Matsuri smirked below her.

"YOU!" she yelled over to Hinata.

"THIS IS YOUR FAULT!" she yelled, running to pounce on Hinata, only to be shot back from a frontal punch from Sakura.

"THAT is for stealing my boyfriend! For threatening my best friend! And for being a slut in general!" she yelled.

Sari held her reddened cheek as she sat on the floor, looking to Sakura.

"You knew?"

Ino scoffed, "we all knew about your stupid plot. Sakura and Neji came to us the day you confronted them, so we set up a little plan of our own. Though not everything was set into play, we're pretty damn good actresses aren't we?" she smirked.

"How?" she demanded in shock.

"You underestimated us! For fuck's sake we're Alpha and Omega! How stupid do you think we are?" she smiled.

"Excuse me…"

The residents of the altar turned their attention to the elder council. An older man cleared his throat.

"This is fine and all but I came here for a wedding. Is there no couple left to be wed?"

"Umm…we are."

They turned towards Kiba who had stood up and spoken.

He smiled, flashing dog teeth.

"Although we're not arranged…I'd be happy to take Princess Sara's hand."

The girls beamed at him. Hinata smiled sadly at him, reading his expression.

"Sara?" he asked, holding his hand out.

"Though we don't know each other so well, I'm willing to change that. Who knows, maybe out feelings can work out, change for the better. So I'm going to ask you instead of someone telling us to…wanna get married?"

She stood in shock, blinking for a couple moments. She glanced at Naruto and Hinata, knowing the feelings they shared she could never come between. Maybe it was time to meet someone new, to fall in love again. Her face settled in a warm smile.

"I'd love to…I'd love to marry you."

~*A.H*~

"Is it over…? Is it really over?" Ino said hopefully as her eyes shut tightly.

Sakura rolled her eyes, her arm clung onto Gaara.

"Open your eyes Ino-pig, it's over."

She sighed relief, tossing her platinum blond hair back, slapping it Shikamaru's face.

"Ow!"

"Oops, sorry Shika" she said cutely.

"Thank goodness" she sighed, "that's enough drama-mama for now, I'm ready to get on my high horse and hitch my ass HOME." She breathed as the four of them stood on the grass near the gates later that day.

After Kiba and Sara's marriage they'd decided not to stay for the reception. So an hour and a half later bags were packed with the few things they had brought, the four of them ready, all of them changed.

Sari had been immediately banished from the palace, her things to be packed as her parents arranged a stay with her grandmother. A very, very, long stay.

But Sari did not walk out the doors before cursing the girls, telling them how they would someday regret ruining her life.

Kai as of the moment was being stripped of his title, and arrested.

"Couldn't agree with you more" Sakura sighed.

"So…the whole…I can't be with you because of our backgrounds thing was total bullshit right?" Gaara asked as he looked down to her.

"Completely, you know I couldn't live a day without you" she whispered, leaning in and kissing him, he smirked into it, kissing back whole-heartedly.

She decided she would leave out the sleeping with Kai part...at least for now.

"Oh god, they're having a moment" Ino rolled her eyes as she walked passed the couple, holding Shikamaru's hand.

When they were a few feet away from them he twisted her back, to her shock letting her collide her chest with his.

"You are an amazing actress" he mumbled as he kissed her.

She giggled, kissing him back, "we did good didn't we?" she asked.

He smirked, "It was a troublesome effort…but yeah…we did it…"

"We did it!" she squealed as she twirled them around happily.

"I swear to god if you start singing Dora I'm breaking up with you on the spot." He groaned.

She giggled, nudging him as she wrapped her arms around his neck, kissing him.

On the steps leading down to the walkway sat a couple who've feelings had been tested on and off for the last week.

Megami and Sasuke kissed with every fire surging in their body. Their tongue's collided furiously as if they each had the last breath on earth. Her legs wrapped around his waist as they sat, her hands cupped his cheeks as his hands wrapped around her waist.

"I missed you so much…" she whispered as he leaned down, kissing her hurt neck.

"After everything you said…I really thought I'd lost you forever…"

"Like I said before... you can't get rid of me that easily" he smirked, leaning back up, letting their eyes connect.

"I'm so sorry I let him hurt you…" "Shush…I don't wanna think about that…as of right now…it never happened." She whispered, leaning in to kiss him again.

"Eh em…" a sudden voice went.

They both froze.

She turned around slowly; he looked up, a blank expression on his features.

"What…"

Grandfather stood behind her, cane and all, a tired expression on his face.

"Megami, may I have a word with you." "No. wanna know why? The last time you did I was kidnapped and forced here against my will."

"I have nothing up my sleeve. Please, I would just like to speak to you and your brother. If you want you never have to speak to me again after this."

She stared him down, looking to Sasuke for an answer.

He half smiled at her, nodding.

She sighed, at least he'd be closer by if something went wrong.

"You've got a minute."

Tenten stood close by as Neji spoke to Kaede on the other side of the hall. She'd just walked up from below the palace there to find them speaking.

The last time she'd been in this position he'd 'cheated' on her, but it was all according to plan.

They'd known about the camera's. They'd know Kaede was listening in when they woke up together.

The only thing that wasn't planned, was him finding her with a pregnancy test.

She ignored their conversation and instead made her way out of the foyer, out into the open air.

She nodded to Sasuke who sat waiting on the steps. Ino waved at her, beaming as she once again stood by Sakura and Gaara.

"Hey! Ten!" Ino called, rushing up to her as she slowly stepped off the stairs.

"So was the doctor able to see you?" she whispered.

Tenten smiled sadly, then nodded. "Yeah, Neji told him too, I told him I had a small cold and wasn't feeling well…"

"So?" Ino asked, waiting for an answer.

Tenten took a deep breath, looking up to the clear blue sky.

"I am….I am Innie…god Ino I'm really pregnant...two months in..." She breathed.

Without hesitation Ino brought her into hug. Tenten reluctantly returned it, looking down.

"Don't worry Ten…we'll get through this, you've got us here to help." She promised as she let go.

Tenten smiled sadly once again, nodding.

She held her stomach, holding the hardness that forced a circle.

"So when are you going to tell him?" she asked as they began walking back to the others.

"Soon…I'll tell him soon…there's just something I'm waiting for…"

After sharing time with Hinata Naruto reluctantly followed when grandfather faced him with Megami.

Hinata assured him to go on ahead while she'd take their things out.

He followed them into the foyer, where the two siblings sat on the stairs, while grandfather stood in front of them.

"Well…" he sighed.

"This week has been some ordeal hasn't it?"

They said nothing.

"I've finally been able to see just how much my grandchildren have grown. And I must say, you are no different from your mother or your father."

"Look grandpa!" Megami shot, "we don't care what you-!" "I do not mean that in a bad way." He said quickly.

She settled back.

Grandfather sighed, walking to the side of the stairs and leaning on it with his cane, they both turned to face him.

"…Naruto…Megami…I am old…very old…and also, which has been repeated to me, I do not have much time left in this world."

He glanced at Megami, her expression did not change.

"All I ever really wanted for you children is to have the best future possible. I strived to make you kings and queens, to give you a position in this world that most cannot have. For the last thirteen years I have been running Uzumaki corp. The position as Hogake, and the clan all on my own, I cannot to that for much longer. I know my actions are more than unforgivable but all I wanted was to see that you would live happily…" he sighed.

"Your mother did not want this life. Nor did your grandmother…rest their souls…"

Naruto frowned, "Grandpa…we'd never be happy if you had to spend the rest of our lives doing something we didn't want and pretending to be in love with someone we weren't. It's taken us a long and hard time but we've found out places in the world. The corp. the clan, and the position will be around for a long time, but we're just not ready to take them in now…"

"I know…and I'm so sorry for forcing you into it…I'm so sorry for what I let Kai to do you…"

Megami looked down.

"Please…don't bring it up again…never again..." she croaked.

"…Do you…do you both really love those two?" he asked.

"With all our hearts" Naruto smiled.

"I see…well then I guess there is nothing left for me…is this is really what you desire."

"That's not true" Megami said, standing up firmly.

"I can't say that I can ever forgive you for everything that happened…but you're my grandfather…you're our grandfather…we love you…mom loved you…grandma loved you…I'm sorry for what I said…" she whispered.

"You have no reason to apologize, I should be the one" he sighed.

The siblings took a deep breath. Naruto stood up, then they both leaned in and wrapped him in a tight hug.

"Now…can we go home without any worry this time?" she asked hopefully as he hugged them tightly back.

"Of course…go…live the lives you've built on your own."

"Hinata." A voice called.

The midnight blue haired girl stopped in her place as she was reaching the kitchen door to leave, the reception still blowing fully.

She slowly turned around, there to face none other than Hiashi, and Hanabi standing by. And surprising Gaara's father as well.

"What you did today, you—" "Father." She said as coldly as he had.

"There is nothing you can say or do that will keep me from being with Naruto anymore. I love him…and he loves me, I'm almost eighteen now so…so I think it's time…it's time I started making my own decisions." She said standing firmly.

He stared at her for a moment, Hanabi beamed in shock, Gaara's father remained sullen.

"I was going to say…what you did today…you've gradually shown how much you've changed over the years…since you've begun spending time with those girls even…Hinata, the only reason we hid away those documents is that we believed you wouldn't make the right choices in choosing your future, that you wouldn't find the right partner…but it seems you have…it seems you've built up the courage to fight for him and he does the same for you. So, I have no say left in the matter." he sighed.

She blinked, shocked. "R-really…father?"

He nodded. She was shocked, he'd hardly acknowledged her efforts in anything since the day her mother died.

"Plus he thinks you guys look great together!" Hanabi added. "Quiet Hanabi." He sighed.

"Thank you father!" she smiled, hugging him.

Before he could properly return the hug she let go, turning to the door to rush to her boyfriend. "Goodbye! I promise I will visit!" she smiled.

"Give Gaara my regards…tells him I'll be seeing him…very soon." His father called as Hinata picked up her things, nodded, and then ran out.

"Good luck Hina!" Hanabi called as Hiashi sighed, holding his ears.

Hinata rushed outside and over to the three waiting couples just as the double doors opened.

Neji having made his way out a couple minute before her. Tenten tried her best to retain a comfortable composure, as if nothing ever happened.

Kai stepped out, his hands locked with cuffs behind him as two policemen walked him out, he dripped blood onto the steps, still badly beaten.

Sasuke looked up at him with a dark expression.

"You're damn lucky they pulled me off…" he growled coldly.

"Hn…" Kai went as the policemen pushed him forward.

The couples stopped talking as he began to walk by. He stopped by them, smirking.

"Never thought it would be you behind bars" Ino said blandly. "You make Sasori look like a boy-scout."

"Hn…" he went, "you still know so little…guess it's been a pretty decent ride huh?"

"Well now you can't be king or see the light of day" Tenten shot.

He turned to Sakura, who stood still.

"And you…you said they didn't know a thing…you played me…" he breathed, still badly hurt.

"I tend to lie, I'm new at it, how am I doing?" she smiled wickedly, shooting his own words back in his face.

He looked down. Shaking his head in defeat.

"We'll see you in court." She continued as the policemen began walking him again.

Just as the gates opened, letting them leave, Naruto rushed out the doors, running over to his hime, arms open wide.

"HINATA-CHAAAAAN!" he yelled, scooping her into his arms. She giggled as he twirled her about.

Megami stepped out, Sasuke instantly jolted up.

"Are you alright?" he whispered.

She shook her head, smiling brightly as the sunlight danced off her eyes.

"What?" he asked.

"I love you…so…so much…thank you…thank you for not giving up on me." she whispered.

He smiled lightly, wrapping his arms around her waist and bringing her closer, kissing her.

"I love you too…I meant what I said back there…" he whispered back.

"I'd die for you any day…" he whispered.

She smiled as they kissed again, deepening it.

"Alright…alright alright! Can we take this home?! I'm exhausted!" Ino groaned.

They released, still holding onto each other as they turned too look, there to find the rest of Alpha and Omega, all together again.

Megami blushed.

"So, what do you guys wanna do now?" Sakura asked as they all began walking together.

"Actually…I've got a pretty good idea…" Megami smirked, looking up to Sasuke.

He smirked down to her, "you thinking what I'm thinking?"

She took his hand as they walked, the rest of them looking back to them in confusion.

"Oh yeah…"

~*A.H*~

"I don't think we were actually on the same page…" Sasuke growled.

The girls and Naruto laughed as they sat in a Burger king, watching Megami stuff her face like an animal, Mr. Bear by her side with a hamburger sitting on his motionless paw.

"Well what do you expect? She hasn't eaten in days" Sakura laughed.

Megami nodded quickly as the ten of them sat in a long booth back in Konoha, each with their own meal, mostly watching the dim red-head shove cheeseburgers in her face.

"Hey Sasuke-kun! you wanna share a cheeseburger? That way we can be all romantic and shit!" she smiled through a mouthful.

He sighed, dropping his head in disappointment, issuing a laugh from the rest of them.

"This is great!" Ino beamed as she looked out the window. the sun shined brightly, people enjoyed the fresh day, walking about and around.

"Well aside from some minor details…" she said, glancing at Tenten who still carried a smile on her as she hid the schedule of dates she had to see the doctor.

"It's great to be back home!" she called.

"It's even better to be Alpha and Omega again!"

Sakura smiled, "She's right, now all we have left to deal with is the play, prom, graduation—" "don't forget the battle of the bands" Hinata smiled as Naruto nuzzled into her.

"Right" she laughed.

"Ugh, let's not think about that now" Neji sighed, shaking his head.

"He's right, there are more important things right now" Shikamaru sighed.

"Like what?"

"Well…Megami's trying to take all your food as of right now."

The group directed their attention to the greedy redhead trying to steal all their burgers without them noticing.

"Hey! Give that back you fatass!" Tenten yelled.

"What the hell! Cough it up!" Naruto shot.

"H-hey! That's mine!" Hinata whimpered.

"Uchiha! Control your girlfriend!" Neji and Ino growled at the same time.

Sasuke glared, Gaara smirked, shaking his head as Shikamaru yawned.

Sakura laughed happily as they sat arguing, trying to force it out of her and Mr. Bear's food stuffed hands.

"It's good to be back."

Alpha and Omega conjoin again.

But the adventures are far from over. Next time we meet again in a new season!

T.B.C.

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