Begin Again (Third Book To The Tale of Princess Maiko) (Naruto Fanfic)

Yasuki Castle

“WHO THE HELL SAID YOU COULD DO THAT!?”

I almost laughed at the priceless expression of Lady Tsunade but I was pretty sure that if I started laughing she’d beat me into the wall.

I shrugged. “I thought it’d be a good thing for them, don’t you think, Lady Tsunade? I mean, I think that if I’m going to be royalty I should take care of the people, and they need somewhere to be. It’s not like they’re heartless monsters.” I said.

She calmed down and looked at me in shock. Kakashi looked at me as if I’d grown out a third eye.

“Does that mean you’re...accepting it?”

I shrugged. “I visited the Yasuki Castle, up far away. I thought, while I was there, that maybe I should accept what my mother had left on my shoulders.”

Tsunade sucked in air and nodded. “Are you planning to live in your castle?”

“Yes, but only if Sui-chan, Karin and Jugo can be there too.” I said.

“They...can be your guards, I guess.” She nodded.

I shrugged and was read to go when Tsunade stopped me. “What about Sasuke? Have you given any thought to that?”

I smiled. “Yeah, I have. I can’t promise you anything, but I think I can try.”

Kakashi’s mouth fell open, his mask now a bit more stretched down.

I walked out of the office and went out the building. I met a white-haired boy there, with a giant sword attached to his back. “What did she say?”

I smiled. “You are now my guard and you’re living with me, Karin and Jugo in the Yasuki Castle.”

He grinned. “WOHOO!”

I laughed at him. “Calm down!”

“NO really and it’s going to be awesome, and we’ll have TONS of yogurt! All flavors, and, and, and lots and lots of Jell-O!”

I laughed again and we walked towards Karin’s special spot in the village during business hours; the perfume cart.

She was falling head over hills over every single one of them.

“OH! Look at this one!” She cooed the small heart-shaped bottle.

I shook my head and stood next to her. “Alright tell me which ones you want and I’ll buy them for you, Karin, go ahead.”

She squealed and hugged me tight. “THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!”

She pointed at every single one as she kept saying. “I want this one, and this one and that one and this other one and this one AND! I want this other one.” She cooed the small heart-bottled perfume.

Suigetsu laughed out loud as I just stared at her. “Alright, we’ll take the whole cart.” I told the seller and she was taken by surprise.

“RE-Really?”

I nodded. “Yes, please.”

She packed every single one while Karin kept cooing the small bottle and petting it like if it was some new-born puppy.

I gave the seller a bag of gold coins and we left. Sui-chan walked close to Karin. “Are you going to name it?” He asked.

“Yeah...” She cooed again.

“What’s her name?”

“Akira...” She cooed again.

I smiled. “Itachi used call me like that because he didn’t want anyone to know I was a princess.”