Sonata stepped out of her apartment, yawning. The door opened to the apartment across from her and a pretty dark haired lady walked out. Sonata gave her a friendly smile and continued to lock her door.
The door opened again as the lady rush down the steps of their apartment building. This time Naruto walked out. They both looked at each other in surprise.
"Well, I guess we're neighbors again." Sonata smiled. Kakashi sensei was a slick one, putting her across from Naruto. "No hard feelings, right?" She said, sticking out her hand.
Naruto stuck out his hand, and grabbed her's gently. Cursing mentally, when he felt the warmth go through his body. "Yeah, that's no problem. I'll like that." He frowned, holding on to her hand. She tilted her head, confused on why he wasn't letting go of her hand. "I want to apologize for the way I acted before, you know.. I was being an ass. You didn't deserve that."
Sonata wasn't expecting an apology so soon, but it made her feel better. She gave him a bright smile. "It's okay Naruto. As long as we're friends now, that's all I care about. That's water under the bridge." She stated. "I'm not harboring any ill feelings. I've already went through that phase."
"Yeah.." Well he was still going through it. "I'll see you later then."
Sonata went to see the Hokage only to be told that she had a mission and she would be partnered with Shikamaru. A escort mission but since the person was important, they needed high rank ninjas to escort them.
"Hi, I'll be one of your escorts." Sonata said, as she walked up to the guy, whose back was turned to her.
He turned around and Sonata couldn't help but think he was a handsome man with his brown hair and light purple eyes. He smiled, "Sorry for the trouble but I'm sure the trip will be smooth."
"It's no problem. That's my job as ninja to protect and defend." She assured him.
"This is going to be a drag." Shikamaru yawned as he walked up to them with a bored expression on his face. Sonata elbowed him, shushing him up. "Don't say that in front of the client." She smiled at the guy and said, "He's kidding."
They started the way to Luya Village. Sonata sat out front with the guy. She glanced over at him, "Sorry sir but I never got your name."
"It's Kaito. I never got yours either and you don't have to be so formal. We are around the same age." He answered.
Shikamaru peeked from his seat. "You mean like Prince Kaito from the royal family located in Luya Village?"
Kaito's face hardened. "No, Kaito. Just Kaito. I don't go by Prince anymore." He stated.
"Wow! You're a Prince?!" Sonata didn't catch on to the vibe. "No wonder you have all those fancy things packed up."
"No. I'm not. I'm just Kaito." He repeated. "You didn't give me your name." He changed the subject.
"Oh, right. I'm Sonata Ōtsutsuki and he's Shikamaru Nara." She grinned.
Kaito glanced at Shikamaru, an impressed look on his face. "The Nara clan, I've heard your clan was full of genius people. I've always admired that."
"You could call us genius, but we're more so incredibly observant to our surroundings." Shikamaru said.
"Yeah. That makes sense." Kaito agreed. "But that's make your smart."
Sonata laid her head back in the seat as she stared into the sky as they talked to each other. She didn't feel any chakra approaching them, they were good for now. Unless any high skilled ninjas were suppressing their chakra.
She couldn't believe they were escorting a Prince. He did have a noble aura to him but he was rather laidback.
They decided to rest once it became dark. Sonata was on watch since Shikamaru wanted to sleep. She didn't mind, she had a lot of energy left.
"Kaito, do you enjoy being a prince?" She asked to the quiet prince.
"It has its Perks, but I do not. The royal family is there for image. We rarely do anything for the village. We've been losing our power steadily each generation. All because of a contract my misguided great, great, grandfather made with some of the other politicians in the village. We're there for image, but the decisions the politicians make is pointed at us so no one knows that it's not us making the decisions." His eyes were sad
and cold as he spoke. "We're merely just puppets. I hate it."
Sonata frowned, "That's awful. Is there a way the royal family can get back the power that once belonged to them?"
"The one way is to destroy the contract
but there's no way they'll have something like they just laying asking." He muttered, bitterly. "I'm pretty sure the politicians have hidden it well."
"But are the politicians over your village making good decisions for the village?" She asked.
He chuckled, humorlessly. "You'll see when you get there."
Sonata stood up immediately, throwing out a kunai, missing a shocked Kaito by a few inches. Her eyes became sharp as she stared out. "We have company. It's rude for them to hide, I'm not a bad host." She called out.
They instantly were surrounded by 5 ninjas. All of them wore the same headband. She didn't recognize where they were from.
Kaito gasped but kept quiet. He couldn't believe it.
"This sure is going to be easy." The only female ninja grinned. "Target locked in."
"An attack at night. That means you guys aren't confident enough in your abilities." Sonata stated. "Well if you like, get him. Let's see how easy you think this will be."
"She looks vaguely familiar." One of the guys mentioned. He shrugged his shoulders. "Oh well, let's just get the guy and go like boss told us."
A collective gasp went through the group, the guy blinked, realizing Sonata had disappeared. He felt a tap on his shoulder and before he could turn around, Sonata hit him in the neck, hitting a pressure point that instantly knocking him out. She looked at the other four and said, "Who's next?"
"You?" She pointed at the one near Shikamaru's tent.
The guy glared at her but was instantly thrown into a tree by Shikamaru's shadow jutsu.
"Alright guys, lets get serious." The girl stated. "Take them out and get the guy."
Sonata dodged the Shurikens that were aimed at her and swung her elbow backwards as one of the other male ninjas tried to sneak attack her from the back and another one from the front. She transported from the two, making them collide into each other, as she giggled. "This is too easy."
She hit the two in the back of the neck, making them collapse next. She turned to see if Shikamaru handled the female ninja and he had. He was lighting up a cigarette, sighing.
"Wow, you two are amazing." Kaito stammered, his purple eyes full of awe. "You took down the politicians ninjas in no time."
"Huh? Your village doesn't have ninjas." She said, confused.
Shikamaru blew out smoke and said, "No. but the politicians do. Why would they send ninjas after you?"
Kaito closed his eyes, rubbing his face. He opened them, and sighed, "Because I've been openly speaking about them, even though the contract states that no one in the royal family is suppose to mention them. I want to end them and the only way is expose them for what they really are and give back the power to the royal family. They've been making us a disgrace for the past decades. It's time for that to be over with."
"You're royalty though. Even the politicians can be punished for trying to harm you." Sonata said, her face scrunched in confusion.
Kaito replied, "Which is why they have paid ninjas to do their dirty work. It wouldn't be traced back to them if something was to happen to me."
"That's awful." She frowned. "Why is humanity like this?" Even after the war, it was places that still haven't overcame peace. Sometimes she can understand why her clan didn't like humans.
"I'm going to fight back with all that I can. My people don't deserve the things that they're being put through because of my ancestors." Kaito spoke, determinedly. His purple eyes were shining brightly.
"I agree with you!" She could tell by the look in his eyes, he was serious. "You can do it, Prince Kaito. I'll have your back until the matter is resolve!"
"Our mission is to escort, we can't get into his country affairs." Shikamaru stated.
Sonata untied her headband from around her skirt and placed it in her pouch. She winked at Shikamaru, "For now, I'm not a ninja of the leaf village anymore. I'm a rouge ninja."
Shikamaru sighed, "You're nothing but trouble."
Kaito smiled at Sonata, she was a breath of fresh and ball of energy that he needed. "Thank you. Not only are you beautiful, you're very kind too."
Sonata blushed. "Just doing what's right, ya know."