Fairy Tale

This story is like an alternate universe for Childhood Memories. It has almost all the characters from that story only with different roles.

But you can expect PeinKonan and DeiHina to stay. 'Cuz I'm an obsessed fangirl that way.

Chapter 1

Konan took out the flower accessory in her hair and put it on the desk in front of her and sighed. It was another boring day at the castle. Another boring day of listening to her drunk father rant on about executing more clearly innocent people. Another boring day of meeting new princes from far away lands, which spent months traveling land and sea just to meet her.

She could care less.

Konan threw off the painfully uncomfortable dress onto the floor and flopped onto her bed with nothing but her undershirt and the baggy shorts that her father said not to wear. Whoops.

Turning to her side she found that a piece of paper had made its way onto the bed. She accidentally crumpled its edges. Taking the paper onto her lap, she smoothed it out and automatically started folding it.

"Ah! A pretty little crane! Does it move?" Asked a voice beside her. Konan jumped slightly. It was just one of the maids: Hinata Hyuga. "Uh… no. It's not supposed to, I think." Konan said, regaining her composure. She shoved the crane into Hinata's hands. "Keep it. I don't want it." She murmured, taking a pillow and resting her head on its soft surface.

Hinata and Konan were actually very good friends. Hinata's family had been serving Konan's for generations. Konan found that Hinata was a very good person to talk to when you had problems; something she had a lot. When she had a problem, Hinata would always listen and try to help in the best way she could. But recently, most of Konan's problems revolved around her father and the uninteresting princes she had to meet.

A paper crane flew in front of Konan's eyes. She gasped and followed the crane with her eyes.

"Pretty cool, isn't it?" Hinata laughed. The crane gracefully landed on the pillow next to Konan. "How'd you do that?" She asked. "Magic." Hinata smiled. "Psh. No such thing." Konan lay down beside the pillow and looked at Hinata.

A knock was heard at the door to her room.

"Hinata! You're late for the staff meeting again!" a man's voice called. "Ah! Oh no, not again!" Hinata quickly got up, bowed slightly to Konan, and made her way to the door.

The man poked his head into the room to reveal that it was Neji. "Excuse me, Konan-sama." He said, nodding his head. "Konan. Call me Konan." Konan called to him, the smallest hint of annoyance in her voice. "You are of a higher social status of me, so therefore I must call you accordingly." Neji recited. "Whatever… Go on ahead to the meeting or whatever…" Konan dismissed.

"Ack! Come on, Hinata! We're already 10 minutes late!" Neji grabbed Hinata's arm and started running down the halls. There was a moment of silence. Then, Konan heard the scolding Neji and Hinata were getting from the head chief, Hiashi Hyuga.

-:-

"Alright, as you all know, the Christmas Masquerade Ball is coming up. We still have yet to plan out who has what responsibility, what we're cooking, and what decorations will be hung up." Hiashi explained.

"Hinata!" He snapped. Hinata winced when he sharply said her name. "Since you and

Neji came late, you shall get the most difficult job." She inwardly groaned. "Well, once we decide on which job is the most difficult. THEN! Then, you shall receive that responsibility." Hiashi added after a moment of thinking it over.

"Neji!" Neji also winced slightly as he snapped out his name. "You shall be paired to work with the person you most hate to work with as punishment for being late!" Hiashi said. Neji only sighed.

After dividing responsibilities, Hinata was stuck with making invitations for each individual guest for the party. And there were over 50 people on that list.

Neji got stuck with worse. He had to work on entertainment with little Hanabi, his younger cousin who was still in that age where My Little Pony was the sub-religion of her age group. No doubt that he would be caught on stage in a horrible-quality costume with Horrible woven into every stitch.

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"You two should be ashamed of yourselves! You know better than to get into fights like that!" An adult scolded two children in chairs. "And you, Konan! You, of all people! You're grounded for a week for this!" Konan gave the man an indifferent face.

"And this young man here, what is your name?" He was referring to the boy in the other chair to Konan's right. "Pein." Pein spat. He didn't understand why he was here. She was the one who started the fight.

The man gasped. "Pein, the one from the kingdom in the north? The heir to the throne, Pein-sama?" He asked. "Damn straight!" Pein grinned.

"Young man, watch your language. I'll have to call your parents for this." The man left, patting the head of another little girl on the way. "Go out and play, alright?" he said to the girl. "Yes, father."

The girl watched him leave before going up to Konan.

"What happened, Konan-chan?" She asked timidly, placing a hand on Konan's swollen cheek. "I got in a fight." Konan said. But she smiled. "But, I won!" the little girl giggled and looked at Pein.

"Hi! I'm Hinata Hyuga. What's your name?" Hinata asked. "I'm Pein. Nice to meetcha, Hinata-chan!" Pein vigorously shook her hand. Konan laughed.

"Pein-sama! You're car is here to pick you up!" The man called.

Pein slid off his chair and headed for the door. Looking back at the two girls he said,

"You know, one day I'll see you at a Mask-parade Ball and we'll get married." Konan blushed slightly. "I bet you say that to just any girl you meet!" She shouted at him. " "No I don't! Until then, Konan-chan." Pein said coolly.

"Konan-chan, you're beet red!" Hinata poked her cheek. "SH-Shut up! I'm gonna go clean up, and you're helping! Come on!" Konan grabbed her arm and stormed off to the bathroom.

Konan's eyes blinked open. She must've fallen asleep. What was that… just now? She asked herself, rubbing her eyes. Sure, she remembered that day, her first fist fight, and her first time meeting that boy. But, since that was still a dream-her memory just now- his name was a little blurry in her head. What really puzzled her was the fact that she was really remembering that time now.

Just then, Hinata walked in, carrying an armful of papers and art supplies. "Konan, can I work here in your room?" She asked, dropping all the stuff on the flat part of the bed. She looked up at her. "Just wake up from a nap? It's almost dinnertime." She said. Konan just nodded. Immediately, Hinata started to work on those invitations.

"What're those for?" She asked Hinata, reading over the list of names. One of the names caught her eye: "King of the North, Dein." Was Dein the boy in her dream? If she was correct, the King of the North from when she was a kid died 3 years later. Did the boy inherit the throne after his death?

Hinata's voice tore her away from her thoughts. "Konan, I need that list for a second." She said. "Ah. Sorry." Konan muttered, stretching. "You should get ready for dinner soon. It's in 5 minutes." Hinata said. "Are you coming?" Konan asked her. "If I want any ounce of free time, I'll have to skip again to finish these. Sorry." Hinata smiled.

"I'll sneak you up a plate of food." Konan said, pulling on a T-shirt and some jeans. That wasn't what her father told her to wear to dinner. Whoops again.

"Won't you get in trouble?" Hinata asked worriedly. "Nah. I'll just go down there and say I wanna eat in my room. No biggie." Konan winked at her before closing the door to her room.

What they were serving for dinner didn't interest her at all. It involved seafood, vegetables, and bleu cheese. Ugh, she hated all that. Shoving it all into one meal made it worse. She was pretty sure that Hinata didn't like this stuff as much as she did, so she decided to sneak out to get some… well, normal people food. As she called it, anyway.

-:-

"Pein, whatcha lookin' at?" A man with silver hair and purple eyes asked another man with auburn hair and peircings on the bridge of his nose. He looked over his shoulder to find that he was looking at a picture of a prince. "He looks like you, y'know?" He commented, grabbing the picture to take a better look.

"HEY! Hidan! Give it back!" Pein yelled. Hidan stuck out his tongue. "Pbbblt! Gimme, Gimme, never gets!" He taunted. "I didn't even say that!!" Pein reached for the picture but Hidan kept moving it out of reach.

"This is you when you were still the heir to the throne, no?" The chase led to the kitchen, where Hidan swiftly grabbed a snack while avoiding Pein in his futile attempts at grabbing the picture.

"You look weird without peircings. I say you look better now." Hidan twirled around the coffee table as Pein tripped over it. Finally, he got bored of the picture and threw it at Pein, who just growled at him.

"If I recall, you had a certain blue-haired princess in your mind at the time, correct?" Hidan asked. Pein blushed slightly, then huffed. "N-Not anymore! Hell, I don't even know where she is anymore! We were just friends as kids and that's it!" He said hastily, throwing the picture on his bed in his room.

Hidan shoved a flyer in his face. "The king is hosting A Christmas Masquerade Ball. I hear that it's to find the princess," He held up a picture of Konan. "A prince to marry. Too bad you backed out beforehand; you could've taken a shot at it." Hidan let the two papers drop to the floor. The picture of Konan landed in Pein's lap. "She look familiar?" Hidan asked, making his way to the kitchen.

Pein stared at the picture. Now that he thought about it, Princess Konan looked familiar- extremely familiar. He compared the picture to his sweetheart from his childhood. Blue hair, pretty eyes, somewhat of a tomboy, and her signature flower in her hair.

Striking resemblance, but she probably forgot about him already.

Suddenly, a "HIDAN!! DON'T TOUCH THAT!!" was heard across the house. "What's this, Sasori? Another doll?" Hidan asked mockingly. "No! It's an action figure! Give it back!" Sasori yelled. "Action figure, doll, what's the difference? I mean, Barbie's seen a lot of action, if you know what I mean. Hehe…" Hidan laughed.

"Hidan, quit making this place a living hell." Another voice said. By his tone of voice, the man was angry. "Oh, come on, Kakuzu! Just having a little fun!" Hidan said nonchalantly. "Hey, Sasori, is that a doll?" Kakuzu asked. "IT'S A FREAKING ACTION FIGURE!!" Sasori yelled.

There was a loud thud, and then a crashing noise. Oh god… what are they doing to my house now? Pein asked himself. "Kakuzu's paying for anything that breaks!" He called to them.

"WHAT!? Hidan! Put that down now, before I have to pay for it!" Kakuzu yelled, wrestling Hidan for whatever he was about to break. Shuffling sounds were heard, and then the crashing of a lamp. "NOOOOOOOooooo…..!!!"

Pein sighed. Maybe a walk would cool him down a bit. Shoving the picture in his pocket, he headed out the door.

"Where are you going?" A man with red eyes asked. "Out. I'll be back with dinner, I guess." Pein replied, not even looking at him. "Alright. See ya."

He sighed again, pulling the jacket closer to his body. It was almost winter now, and the Christmas season was already in the air.

Usually when he went out on walks like this, it was to reflect on his life so far. So far, he was born, raised in a castle, met a girl with blue hair, accidentally got into a fight with some other thugs his age, won the fight thanks to the girl, grew up, ran away, and started living in a small house that was supposed to house 9 people. Plus, those nine people were also runaway princes from far away kingdoms, just like him.Pretty good, right?

"Oh god, my life sucks." Pein muttered under his breath. As if the world were trying to make him feel bad, it started snowing. "Feh. Perfect. Just perfect."

Suddenly, he bumped into someone and fell to the ground. "Ack! Hey! Watch where you're…" Pein looked over at the person he bumped into and noticed that it was a girl. A lady, to be exact.

"Rrgh… why dontcha watch where you're going! Sheesh! Now me and my friend's dinner is all crappified on the ground!" The girl yelled. Pein picked up one of the food items. "Pocky, cheese, and bread is your dinner?" He asked, suppressing a giggle.

"I love Pocky! And cheese! And bread! Leave me be!" The girl got up and grabbed the food from him, the hood of her jacket falling off. Pein's eye widened slightly. Pretty eyes that were slightly blocked by blue locks of hair met with his.

"What?" She asked. "P-Princess-!" Pein started. But her hand clasped over his mouth. "Shut up! Nobody needs to know that I'm here. Alright?" She whispered harshly.

Konan's dark tone turned into a happy, calm one. "You look familiar. You going to the Christmas Ball at the castle?" She asked. "Maybe. I'm not really gonna fit in with the crowd, if you know what I mean." Pein motioned to his clothing. "I see. Well, all you really need is a grand entrance, and people will see you as one of them."

Konan glanced at her watch. "Yikes. Gotta go. Almost time for bed." Pein snorted. "Haha, you have a bedtime." He laughed. Konan punched him in the gut. "It's called a curfew. Now if you don't mind, I have to go eat my dinner of Pocky, cheese, and rice." With that, she walked away.

Pein, who quickly regained his composure, let go of the breath he didn't know he was holding. "I know that kind of punch anywhere…" He muttered, clutching his stomach. "That was… Konan."

Now, it didn't look much like it, but Pein knew from the very time they bumped into each other that she was Konan. It was the talking part he was worried about. Luckily for him, it went relatively well, aside from the punch in the gut.

He glanced back at her. She was wearing baggy jeans and a gray hoodie. She really was the tomboy he knew as a kid. "Tch. She could've bought me dinner as an apology. She's freaking rich, for god's sake…" He thought, annoyed. Sighing, he continued on his way, looking for dinner to bring home.

-:-

When Konan got home, she saw that Hinata had fallen asleep on the invitations… and drooled on some of them as well. Walking over to her, she gently shook her awake.

"Eh… No mommy, I can't eat another bite…" Hinata muttered in her sleep. "Fine then, no Pocky for you." Konan responded. Hinata shot up, wide awake. "Konan!" She squeaked. In the time it took Hinata to respond, Konan had already taken four slices of bread, put cheese on it, and on her own sandwich put a few sticks of Pocky over the cheese. …Ew.

"Do you want Pocky sandwich, or just cheese on bread?" Konan asked, taking a bite out of her Pocky sandwich. "N-No thanks… I'm fine with cheese only." Hinata said. "Hm. Alright, your loss." Konan grinned.

"So, did you meet anyone in town?" Hinata asked, just noticing the drool-covered mess she made over the invitations. She hurried to remake them as she listened to Konan.

"Mm… Yeah. Kinda." Konan said indifferently. "Who?" Hinata asked curiously. "Some guy with a lot of peircings. He looked familiar but… Nah. I don't think we know him." She finished her Pocky sandwich and brushed the crumbs away.

Konan looked out the window to see a blonde man with a ponytail outside the castle gate.

-:-

Alright. A few things before I end the chapter.

"Dein" is a name that refers to the second revealed body of Pein.

Konan is a princess. Hinata and the other Hyugas are the butlers/maids.

Pein's group is all the Akatsuki except for Deidara.

Pein and Konan were friends while they were kids. That flashback was the last time they ever saw each other, and he left her with a strange remark.

Pein's other bodies (as revealed in some recent chapters) are his brothers.

Konan and Hinata are best friends.

Deidara will show up in the next chapter.

And, Hidan and Kakuzu are related.

Now, I shall explain something I feel I haven't.

Pein, Hidan, Kakuzu, Sasori, Itachi, Kisame, Tobi, Madara, and Zetsu are all runaway princes from different kingdoms. They all just happened to wind up in the same place.

They're just getting by on the money Kakuzu earns everyday.

If you still don't get anything, just ask, I guess.