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Chapter Thirteen

Reunification

"I don't know what to do when it seems like the world is coming down on me."

"Valiant flower blossoming, what can you see when you look down on me."

"Hold my hand and just know I'll always be here for you."

Deep in my heart I'll keep myself strong and fighting
And that's how I stay strong even now
Nothing in this world scares me anymore
Except losing the feelings of us
Everyone feels alone when times are hard
We seem to lock ourselves inside memories
And ignore the real world
Even though I feel I might cry
I'll laugh away loneliness knowing
Your love is out there for me

The scene before them merely made their eyes flash red, their fingers twitch and the emotions in them flaring dangerously. Sasuke saw what used-to-be body of the late Sandayu Asama, which was torn into pieces until it was unrecognizable. The only proof they knew it was even the elder council was the fact that each council had a special different engraved ring that could not be taken off as soon as it was placed on by the King himself. It was a bloody scene, all he could do was stare at the blaring flame before him as the servants were to dispose of the dead body. He quickly turned around with Sakura following behind him quickly, "What is the meaning of this?" Immediately the guards straighten themselves up as they followed their King, "Your Majesty, we have no idea how this came to be. We were patrolling and happened to co-"

Before the guard could even finish his sentence, the King had held him by the neck, his eyes flashing dangerously, "I asked what the meaning of this murder was, not how it happened." The guard merely choked out a quick apology and as soon as the King had released him he immediately kneeled down quickly throwing a 'I'm sorry, Your Majesty'. Sasuke merely glared as his eyes were threatening to bleed to red before he felt a soft grip on his shoulder and just as he was about to slap away the hand a soft voice immediately turned his furious state into a more calmer one, "Sasuke, do not take this stress onto your soldiers, please." The onyx haired man stared at his Queen before giving a quick nod and turning away, afraid to show her more than what he could bare.

Seeing his reaction, Sakura released her hold on him before turning towards the guard, "Stand up, gather the men to the throne room and tell them the King calls." Immediately the guard without even wasting another breath bowed and disappeared. Sakura on the other hand glanced at her King, "Meet me in the throne room, My Lord. I will gather our trusted and meet you there."

In understanding, Sasuke gave her a quick nod before turning towards his palace with guards and few maids in tow. Which left Sakura with her own guards and maids, turning towards them, her eyes turned into a furious glare, "I wa-"

"Your Majesty."

This time, Sakura was about to lash out at whoever dared to interrupt her before she realized it was Ino and Hinata themselves bowing, "Your Majesty, we have been ordered to switch and become your head maids. There will no longer be any need for any other maids," Ino glanced towards the three women who looked surprise, "Dismiss yourselves." Knowing that their rank was lower, they quickly bowed and disappeared into the palace to do other duties. Hinata glanced at the guards that were assigned to protect the Queen, "You are dismissed as well until further notice. We will not be needing this many guards to protect her Majesty." The guards hesitated for a second before receiving a look from the Queen, bowed and disappeared as well. Sakura turned towards the two ladies, "Perfect, I was just about to call for you two, along with the others."

Ino nodded, "Yes, we're also here to speak to you about our new found positions as well."

"I understand, for the mean time, contact the others and meet at the throne room." Sakura frowned slightly before turning towards the castle heading towards where the meeting will take place, followed by Ino and Hinata who currently had her fingers at her head showing she was using telepathy communication.

"How are you certain that we will not be caught with this act of treason towards the throne?"

"We did not leave any proof, additional to that, why would they think the council members would even dare kill each other?"

"I suppose you are correct.."

"I always am correct. After this commotion all we'll have to do is get Karin out of her hell-hole."

"Dethrone the current Queen as well?"

"Yes, get Karin to take the position as Queen with the heir growing in her."

"What will happen after we dethrone the Queen?"

"After? Simple, we go for the grand prize."

"You don't mean-"

"Dethrone the King."

"What? That's preposterous! Are you out of your mind?"

"I'd shut that mouth of yours unless you want to end up like Asama."

"That old man was bound to die anyways."

"We just quickened his death."

"Did him a favor."

"Indeed."

Knock Knock.

"Speak."

"My Lords, his Majesty has called for a gather at the throne room."

"Have they already caught on to us?"

"I highly doubt it, what do you think?"

A smirk placed itself over the man, "This is becoming more interesting than I thought."

"Prepare ourselves, we will gather and meet with the King. Remember, we are innocent."

All of the palace's guards, maids and even the council members were all gathered into the magnificent throne room where the King and Queen stood with the throne chairs, where they rightfully belonged. Sasuke looked around the room without moving his head, his frown that was already plastered onto his face deepened, "There's been a treason,"

Immediately heads turned, eyes widened and the guards had even straightened up, "one of our council members, Sandayu Asama, has been brutally murdered." No sound was made, all the bodies in the room simply stared wide-eyed at the King. Sasuke clenched his fists tightly, "And someone within these castle walls has stained their hands with betrayal towards the Kingdom," his eyes bled into their blood-red color, "towards me."

Sakura stepped forward a bit from behind to stand beside Sasuke before glancing around the room as well, "Because of this sudden betrayal and the loss of a council member, we, as rightful rulers of Kurotsuki, have requested Nara Shikamaru," said man stepped forward from the group which both Sasuke and Sakura labelled as 'trusted' which consisted of Naruto, Hinata, Ino, Neji, Tenten and Shikamaru himself. Eyes were on him for a mere second before returning to the pink-haired Queen, "to investigate this matter and reveal to us the true murderers and the ones who dare betray within these castle walls."

The King had his eyes close to regain their deep onyx color again before reopening them, "He will also be promoted to the new council member."

At this, not only did the guards and maids seemed surprised, even the council members who could only stare wide-eyed at the King's sudden statement. Immediately one of the council members shifted slightly, his eyes flaring with anger and his fists tightly clenched. Though, thankfully for him he was hidden by most of the council members in front of him. He immediately regained his normal neutral features when he noticed the King had glanced towards their group, "And I assume there will no issues with that, will there be, council?" the said group immediately bowed, "Of course not, Your Majesty." one of the members raised his eye slightly, "We would be more than willing to work alongside Nara Shikamaru to help you prosper the lands."

Sasuke's eyes narrowed slightly before nodding towards the man, "I trust you will bring me great results, Kabuto."

The said council member merely bowed once more, hiding his tightly clenched fists.

On the other hand, Sakura had her gaze on Kabuto still and her eyes narrowed slightly, not leaving her gaze from the council group, "And with this new situation arising. No one is allowed out of the castle walls, or inside," glancing towards the guard section, "I trust our guards will keep their utmost reputation of being the strongest and not allow any mistakes to happen, am I right?" The almighty guards of the Kingdom immediately kneeled down on one knee, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

Raising his arm right arm slightly over to his left one before flinging it straight outwards towards his right, "Dismissed."

Following his command, all of the people residing in the room bowed in sync and in chorus, "Yes, Your Majesty."

"Do you think his Majesty caught on?"

"I-I don't think so."

"I'm more worried about Her Majesty.."

"Why do you say that, Kabuto?"

Kabuto pushed his glasses up, "Because she was staring at us."

At this, one of the much more wiser elder, gulped, "Do you think she caught on then?"

"I wouldn't push the luck on that, Koharu." Kabuto glanced at the elder women, Koharu Utatane, who suddenly had the look of regret on her face.

"But they've also added Shikamaru Nara into our ranks, it's practically inputting a spy into our own!" Another council member, Homura Mitokado exclaimed as he bit his lower lip in frustration.

This time, the man with the glasses smirked slightly, "They could simply think it is our fault, and we can blindly ignore the newcomer. We could always lie."

"Nara is well-known for his intelligence, I don't think he'd be fooled that easily." A man with dark green hair, Aoi Rokusho, muttered.

Kabuto hissed at all their negative thoughts, "Then we will outwit him."

"You're asking for the impossible here." Koharu glared at the man who seemed to be leading them to their own deaths.

Suddenly they all straightened their backs and eyes flared as they saw the said man walked in through the double doors of the councilor's room. Shikamaru glanced at them, one eyebrow raised slightly and a frown implanted on his features. He raised his hand that had a collection of folders and waved them around a bit to show them, "His Majesty requested that the council are to help out with the investigation of Sandayu Asama's murder."

He earned himself a few nods and looks of affirmation of the order, he sighed inwardly as he took his seat before laid out the information in front of them all, "Let's begin."

Sakura's frown deepened as she walked through the majestic hallways of the palace. She could sense both Ino and Hinata, her new personal maids, follow in with her quick yet graceful pace. Ino and Hinata gave each other a worried look before Hinata decided to be brave enough to speak up, "Your Maj-"

The pink haired Queen merely raised her arm up to stop her midway as they continued the way down the hall. Immediately Hinata backed down and did not mutter another word. Ino decided to stay quiet as well and merely followed her Majesty to the destination she wished to be in. Finally slowing down her walk and coming to a full stop in front of two double doors. She smiled lightly as her eyes flashed and the doors automatically opened. Her two personal maids gaped at each other, as they both knew what this room in front of them was; their Queen enjoyed her free time and sometimes spent it alone in what humans would call a 'study room' however to them this was literally a mansion for a library. And this 'library' specifically made for the Queen had only allowed entrance for the Queen herself and His Majesty. No one else could open the doors and even if the King and Queen opened the doors and someone managed to sneak past the door, they would not be able to get past the 'guard'.

Both Ino and Hinata had never been near this room, it was practically off limits and there was never any point in trying to snoop around this area because you would never get anywhere. They gaped as soon as the door opened a larg- no rather humongous spectral wolf with blood red eyes got up from it's laying position and growled furiously, baring it's fangs at the two of them who it considered as intruders.

The Queen merely smiled at what she would label as 'companion' before putting on the emotionless face and glanced back at the two maids, "Come." The two of them stared for less than a second before bowing immediately and attempted to follow Her Majesty only to be stopped by the huge 'companion'. The Queen sighed inwardly, "Stand down, Eviros."

The wolf merely whimpered before bowing it's head down towards the Queen whose eyes softened and she placed her hand on the large head and pet it affectionately. Glancing back at the two she nodded for them to enter. As soon as the two stepped past the line of the door, it swung quickly and closed with a quiet 'click'. The Queen turned back to the spectral creature smiling softly, "Thank you for guarding this place, Eviros." The creature wagged it's tail and looked like it had a smug and proud look on it's face.

"Your Majesty, it's an honor to accompany you to one of your most sacred and personal rooms," Hinata bowed followed by Ino, "however, we are curious as to why you would bring us here."

Sakura removed her hand from Eviros who looked delighted to even be in the presence of her Majesty, the creature merely laid back down in front of the door but instead of facing the door it was facing towards them with it's eyes solely on them as if it still didn't trust them and would immediately react to any threat given towards her Majesty. Sakura turned to the two before motioning for them to follow her to the middle of the room where it consisted of a large round table with chairs around it. Already splattered onto the table were books, folders and papers. She motioned for the two of them to sit and they did as told, however she remained standing and both Ino and Hinata's instinct were to stay standing with the royal member however the look in her eye kept them seated.

"The palace is currently in a mess as you can see," the Queen merely stated, "and at this point in time, I know the council wants to dethrone me." The two women seated shifted uncomfortably as they knew the information was true but never wanted to let her Majesty know. Sighing slightly, "They can dethrone me if they wish, they can strip me of my royal status, and strip me of any proper ranks within the palace," both maids watched as the Queen's emerald eyes were shining but just as she blinked they shifted to their blood red color, "however - I will not stand by and allow them to trash this palace for their own sake. This Kingdom belongs to His Majesty and I intend for it to stay that way. And I will do anything in my power to keep their filthy hands off the crown that does not rightfully belong to them."

Ino nodded, "Yes, Shikamaru is even suspicious of the councilors since before." Hinata clasped her hands together in her lap, "To be honest, we're also trying to solve this entire situation on our own without the assistance of your Majesty and his Majesty. We could not afford for you two to shatter again when both of you are just starting to heal your wounds." Ino was about to nudge Hinata for even daring to bring up the whole past mistrust situation with their King and Queen but she saw Sakura simply smile lightly and also sat down with them, "Is that why my maids were switched around and Sasuke received two former well-respected people as guards?"

The blonde maid nodded for the both of them before bowing her head lowly along with the violet haired women, "We apologize for keeping this a secret from your Majesty. We only wished you two would recover from the pain and relinquish your bonds once more."

Sakura shook her head, "You guys did it to protect us," she smiled lightly at them before frowning once more when she glanced at the documents laid out in front of them, "however we need to get back onto the topic on why I brought you two here today."

The two women before her nodded and remained silent, giving her the signal to continue.

"I would like you to help me investigate the murder of Asama," she passed a document over with information on the deceased man, "there must be some sort of proof that can go against the council."

At this, Ino blinked, "You think the council did it?"

The Queen smirked, "Didn't you suspect them at all? Why would someone like Asama, who's loyal and trustworthy for centuries to suddenly be brutally murdered when no one has been changed within the palace? Now I know that saying this it would be hypocrite to the council members who've also been here for the long time," Sakura glared at the pile of documents before them, "but because I know they wished to dethrone me, I suspect them because Asama might have known something that they didn't want leaked out."

"So you're saying if they didn't want to dethrone you and Asama still had been murdered, you wouldn't have suspected them?" Ino asked.

Sakura shook her head, "No one would've even dared to suspect the council members, after all they were chose by the Prince himself," she frowned as she mentioned her brother-in-law, it just reminded her that he was still in a deep slumber, "but they do seem desperate to wanting a heir to the throne."

Ino huffed and crossed her arms, "Power hungry bastards."

Hinata glanced through the document that was passed to her before blinking, "Did you know that Asama was an advisor to the late daimyo in Land of Snow?"

"Yes, he was suppose to be assisting the late daimyo's daughter, Koyuki Kazahana, in ruling their land however she disappeared without a trace and thus, Asama had left the Land of Snow."

"Then who has been ruling over Land of Snow?" Ino questioned as it was rare for a land to remain so peaceful and intact when they had no leader to turn to.

"No one at the moment, Land of Snow has been well-known for it's state of peace and prosperity even if it's in the colder northern region." Hinata said softly as she still continued flipping through documents, reading each and every one of them thoroughly.

Sakura nodded in agreement, "And we, Kurotsuki, have not interfered because they have not done hostile or shown any threat towards other lands and therefore we allowed it to remain the way it is."

"Have you ever suspected anything of Snow, Your Maj-"

"Sakura. Just Sakura is fine.. in here." at this Ino smiled brightly, the full of emotions Sakura was slowly coming back to them.

Hinata smiled, "Yes, Sakura. Have you ever suspected anything of Snow?"

Said woman shook her head, "I haven't thought of any reason why Snow would even be considered dangerous, though I am quite curious on the subject on where Koyuki is. No one even knows if she's dead."

The Hyuuga Mistress frowned, "Why would she suddenly disappear like that though?"

Sakura stood up from her seated position, "I suppose we could start from there."

"From where?" Ino blinked, clearly confused as Hinata had the same look on her face.

The Queen turned around and glanced at them over her shoulder, "We start by finding Koyuki."

"You mean you're leaving the palace? But His Maje-"

"Sasuke."

"Yes yes - But Sasuke said no one can leave the palace!"

Sakura scoffed, "The hell do you think I am."

At that the three of them looked at each other before bursting out laughing, even Eviros seemed to grin along with them.

"Make sure no one knows of this meeting and please," Sakura smiled lightly, "as much as I hate not hearing it, do not call me Sakura in any other places beside this room."

Ino and Hinata bowed, "Of course, Sakura."

The Queen grinned, "Perfect, now that we have this settled, let us speak with the King regarding our departure."

The two nodded and followed the Queen to the door who smiled softly at the creature who in turn, bowed it's head again and the Queen merely pat it's nose and give it a small kiss, "Good boy, Eviros." She turned away from the creature to the door, her eyes flashing as the doors reopened themselves once more and as soon as they step pass the line of the door, it swung shut quickly but quietly with a 'click'.

I know now that love exists
I know now that I exist
Thank you from the bottom of my heart
For showing me a miracle
But if we wait for one more
Surely this world of ours will be gone
You'll be gone

Ahaha.. surprise ?
I'm alive, with the biggest writer's block everrrrrrrrrrrrrr !
But I think I've managed to pick up this plot once more ! Thank you to everyone for being patient with, I really appreciate it
And I've already said this in the previous chapter but:

THIS STORY WILL COMPLETED.

Even if it means I will be bleeding to death from all these weapons from my reviewers who are getting impatient with me

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but i still love you all

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P.S. DON'T WORRY GUYS I ALREADY HAVE THE IDEA OF MY NEXT CHAPTER AND JUST BEFORE I UPLOADED THIS CHAPTER I'M HALF WAY DONE WITH THE NEXT CHAPTER I've decided I'll be using this kind of way to post my chapters now so even though it'll take longer each upload I'll at least have (hopefully) a good quality chapter out for people to read and they'll know that there's another chapter that is half way done to be uploaded next :)!