"You look g-good tonight, Prince," Sakura said sweetly.
"Hn. Thanks."
Sakura waited for a moment, then cleared her throat, "Mind you, aren't you supposed to counter the compliment?"
"If I would then it would be a lie."
"How s-so?"
"You do not look that good tonight." Sasuke replied.
"E-excuse me?!?" Sakura exclaimed, her cheeks rosy.
Sasuke gave a quick eye roll, "Oh, save it. I do not have the time to deal with your attitude. Let us dance and get it over with."
'What a jerk, CHA!' Sakura said inside her head. 'But he sure is hot. Hehe!'
Naruto squinted at Sasuke and Sakura dancing, "Jeez! Sasuke just insulted that cutie! What a cold hearted bastard! Who does he think he is?"
"Well, he was nicer to me.." Temari said quietly. "Besides, he is good-looking.."
Shikamaru looked at her from under his lashes, "Troublesome woman.."
"Ooooh! Someone's jealous!" Choji snickered between bites of his scallops.
Temari blushed, "B-but I don't have any intention of being his.." She said lowly to Shikamaru. "Um, wanna dance?"
"What a pain...sure." Shikamaru shrugged, as she dragged him to the center of the room.
Sasuke continued to dance with Sakura, spinning her around feintly. He kept his hand at her mid waist, careful not to go too low or too high. Sure, she was kind of okay looking, but she wouldn't shut up. She kept blabbering and giggling every once in a while. Why was she happy? Why was she having so much fun? It didn't make sense to him. Too perky and cheerful; the exact opposite of the Uchiha Prince. He lost interest in her. He cut the dance short, and she thanked him quickly, then dashed off before saying,
"T-thanks for the o-oppurtunity!" Sakura cried, tears suddenly going down her eyes. "Goodbye!"
Sasuke wondered why she was crying. Was it something he had said earlier? Nope. He didn't say anything insulting, at least he thought he didn't. Oh well. That was the end of her. He didn't seem to mind. Naruto jogged up to Sasuke and slapped him upside the head.
"Hey! What the hell did you do to her?!?" he shouted.
"Nothing." Sasuke replied. "And don't touch me."
"You made her cry, bastard!" Naruto said before he left off to find her.
Sakura carief her skirts and dashed through the crowd. She didn't know where to go. She felt like killing herself! She had made a complete fool of herself in front of the Prince! Her reputation was lost! Now he wouldn't even think of looking at her! Her chances with the Uchiha Prince was gone. Gone. Just like that. Within minutes. She slapped her head several times until she found her sister Ino. Even she had found love, dancing slowly with a tall brunette.
Ino cracked both eyes open, and stared in horror at her sister, "Sakura!" She pushed back from Kiba and held Sakura into her arms, "What happened? Oh my gosh!"
Sakura didn't say anything. She wept quietly in her sister's chest. Kiba looked at Ino. Ino had to give up her date just to help her twin, but she couldn't just let him go like that.
"Sorry, I have to take this. Well dance another time." Ino pulled him from his collar, kissed him hard on the lips, then pulled away and continued to comfort Sakura.
Kiba stood there in shock, staring at the ground. He felt his lips and saw his fingers pink. Imagine how pink his lips would be after that kiss! He hurried past through the crowd and went back to Choji, fist bumping him.
"Damn, she kissed me!" he exclaimed. "On the mouth!"
Sai bit his bottom lip, controlling his anger, "Why aren't you dancing with her now?"
"Well, firstly, she's gone to comfort her sister and second, I kinda lost interest. All I needed was a taste of those lips and a touch of that smokin' hot body. I don't really like her anymore."
Sai made a fist at his side, "Damnit, Kiba! You can't just use women like that!" He dashed off into the crowd.
Kiba raised an eyebrow, "Whatever is his problem."
"I think he's just jealous." Choji said, chugging down his glass of water.
"Oi, pass me a bit of that steak! Me wants some!" Kiba stole a big piece off Choji's plate and shoved it into his own mouth, savoring the beefy tenderness. "Yum..."
"--and I know he doesn't like me anymore!" Sakura sobbed. "I'm such a loser! I missed my chance! Stupid, stupid, stupid!"
"Sakura, no! He was a jerk okay? I danced with him but lost interest cause of his stupid personality. You can do so much better. Do what I did, find another guy tonight! There are many out here! And man, are they cute!" Ino reasoned. "You're beautiful, just go find somebody more like you and somebody who appreciates you more. Royal or not, just do it! As long as he respects you!"
Ino clicked her tongue suddenly, rubbing her hand across her twin's cheek, "Tsk. Sakura, your makeup is running.
Sakura paused, then gave a small smile, "Thank you Ino. Now I'll stop hugging you so tight so people can't think we're lesbians. I'll go to the washroom to clean my makeup, okay?" (Note that there is nothing wring with being lesbian.)
Sakura rushed to the bathroom, as Naruto ran past her, not knowing of course, then approached Ino, "Hey, where's your sister?"
"She's in the restroom. Why?"
"I wanted to dance with her." Naruto pouted.
"Stay here then. She'll be out soon!" Ino assured him, as Naruto headed back to the throne. Sasuke was sitting lazily on the throne, Kakashi next to him.
"I'm bored." Sasuke muttered. "Can we tell them to leave?"
"No, Sire. Not until you find somebody." Kakashi shook his head.
"Well, I guess its just us three bachelors," Naruto said glumly, heaving
Kakashi's lazy eyes scanned the Ballroom, then stopped at a certain white haired women, wearing a long sleeved maroon dress. His eyes slightly widened when he realized that she was looking straight back at him. She gave a small smile then turned back to her raven haired friend.
"Yeaaah, I'll be back." Kakashi emphasized the 'yeah', then slipped away into the crowd.
He tapped the lady on the shoulder and she turned around curiously.
"Hello. I saw you looking at me." Kakashi blurted, smoothly. He mentally face palmed. What a foolish thing to say!
The lady smiled, "Yes, I was. My, how observant you are?"
"The names Kakashi. What about yourself, madame?"
"Yumika. How lovely to meet you, Kakashi."
They stood in silence, when he gave a soft sigh, "Although I have two left feet, I'd like to invite you to dance."
She nodded gently, giving a soft and short laugh, "No worries, I'm not much of a dancer myself."
"Let us fail miserably together." Kakashi chuckled, then lead her to the dance floor.
Sasuke and Naruto were staring at the butler in shock, as he flashed a peace sign with a sheepish grin when he saw the two boys dumbfounded.
Sasuke gaped, "How d-did he--?"
"--get such a w-woman?" Naruto continued, stuttering.
"--just l-like that?" Sasuke finished.
Naruto closed his wide open mouth, then closed the Prince's as well, "Jeez it looks like you're gonna catch flies with your mouth hung open like that."
"Hn."
"Wait, would that make you the Lord of the Flies, then?" Naruto thought out loud, making Sasuke laugh at his joke.
"You're funny, Uzumaki." Sasuke mumbled with a wicked half grin on his face.
"That's why we're friends, Sire."
"Most probably."
A few moments later, Hinata Hyuga finally walked through the two doors, carrying her skirts as she traveled. As she made her way down the Ballroom, she could see heads turning, making her face redden in embarrassment. The chattering in the room suddenly began to die down as the Princess kept walking elegantly. This made her blush ever more.
'Why is everyone looking at me all of a sudden? It makes me nervous! S-stop looking at me guys! Please go back to minding your own business!'
Her eyes met blue and hazel orbs, realizing that it belonged to Lady Tsunade and Ino. They were gaping at her in shock.
"I had no idea she could clean up so well.." Tsunade murmured. "She looks stunning."
Sasuke and Naruto turned their heads, wondering why it was so quiet all of a sudden. Even the musicians stopped playing just to stare at Hinata. Sasuke's cold black eyes met her pale ones.
"Whoa." Naruto blinked slowly. "She's..beautiful."
"First time agreeing with you tonight, Naruto." Sasuke said under his breath.
Naruto turned to see Sasuke after hearing him say that, but realized that Sasuke's eyes were focused on the girl. Even Kakashi, who was all the way down at the dance floor, noticed the prince lost in the girl.
He smirked smugly, then said to himself, "She's the one."
Sasuke's face was emotionless but his eyes still never left her body. Not in a perverted way, but he liked how nicely the dress wrapped tightly around her waist, then went loosly around her small hips.
It was a lavender strapless gown--revealing a small amount of cleavage-- with many layers of skirts on top of one another. She had dark blue hair that was up in an elegant bun, with front bangs and curly strands on either sides, kind of framing her face. She wore white gloves that ended at her shoulders and, although not visable, her shoes were made of lavender tinted glass. Her lilac eyes had no pupils, for some reason, but Sasuke didn't seem to mind.
Overall, she was breathtaking.
Maybe Kakashi was right. Princess Hinata Hyuga was the one for Prince Sasuke Uchiha.
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A/N: Hiya! Whoa, thank you guys for all the love!!
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