My Knight In Dirty Rags

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A/N: I’ll waste no time! Read and enjoy!

My Knight In Dirty Rags

A knock awoke Hinata from her sleep. Sitting up she yawned and got up. Walking over to the door, she opened it a fraction and saw it was one of the many maids.

“The king requests your presence at the dining area for breakfast in ten minutes. He says for you not to be a minute late. That is all,” she said, turning around and going back to her main job.

Closing the door, Hinata sighed. Looking through her luggage, she found a dress to wear, and a matching pair of shoes. Quickly changing into them, she found a brush and started to brush out the tangles. When she was done, she placed the brush on the dresser and walked out the room.

It wasn’t to hard to find the dining area, since it wasn’t to far away. Stepping into the room, she noticed all the wonderful food waiting to be eaten on the table. Sasuke was at the end of the table and slowly got up, coming towards Hinata, when he noticed her arrival.

“Good morning, Hinata. I’m glad to see you have come on time. Please, have a seat,” he said, walking her to the seat opposite of were he was just sitting. “please, take whatever you would like.” he added, motioning her to eat.

Sitting back down, at his original seat he started to take some food and drop it on his plate, as did Hinata. Neither of them spoke, both enjoying the silence.

“I would like to go over some of my rules, rules of which you must abide to. They aren’t to difficult, but you won’t want to disobey them, the consequences are, well. How should I put this? Severe,” he said smoothly, breaking the silence, without looking up from his plate.

“What are the rules?” Hinata asked, looking at the piece of toast in her hands. Hearing the word ‘severe’ made her nervous. ‘What kind of severe punishment? That could mean anything. It would be best not to find out though,’ she thought, taking a deep breath.

“Rule number one, Never ever leave the castle grounds! The only time I will let you go is if I am with you, and I hate going anywhere unless it serves a purpose. So you-”

“Ne-never leave? I-I-I, but I th-thought I could m-maybe get to know the pe-people. So I cou-could be a good queen for th-them,” Hinata said, to distraught to keep from stuttering.

“Rule number two; Never interrupt me!” he seethed out, slamming his fist on the table, causing the bowls and plates to move. “Never…interrupt me again. I’ll let you slide, this once! Seeing as I haven’t told you that rule yet. Remember it well.”

“I-I’m sorry,” Hinata whispered, on the verge of tears. Not able to hold them back, they fell freely down her face and onto her plate.

Standing up, Sasuke made his way over to Hinata. Hovering over her, he grabbed her shoulders and brought her up to a hug. “Shh…Stop that now, no more tears. I didn’t mean to yell at you.” Rocking her back and forth, he gently patted her head.

Everything in Hinata wanted to push away from him and run, but her body seemed to have shut down. Her sobs subsided, her arms feeling heavy just hung at her sides.

“There there. Now lets sit back on down, and I’ll finish telling you the rules, okay?” Sasuke soothed, helping her sit back down at her seat. Hinata made no motion to eat, but still kept her gaze at Sasuke.

“Where was I? Oh yes, rule number three, do as I say. If I tell you to do something do it, if I tell you not to do something, don’t do it. Get it?” he asked. Hinata gave him a nod and he smiled.

“Rule number four, your face is mine, not the countries. You shall forever more hide your face. My eyes are the only eyes to spy upon your face. Even in this castle, you hear me?”

Tears burst out of Hinata’s eyes, but never the less she gave him a nod. ‘Never show my face?’ she thought. Just thinking about it made her tear. Quietly she wiped away her tears and took a deep breath.

“Rule number five, you shall not leave the room without an escort for now on. You will be appointed an escort, who I shall appoint later. Its been dangerous lately, with the war rumors stirring up,” Sasuke said, picking at some eggs.

“Lets see, rule number six is you will not be able to own anything from your homeland. Not one dress, not one piece of jewelry, not a thing. As we speak, my servants are throwing away all your things, and replacing them with new things,” the king stated, not even looking up.

“Hmm, ah, yes. Rule number seven, if I am in a meeting, which does not require you, you shall never, ever, interrupt! This next one isn’t a rule, but I shall say it anyway. We shall not share a room until we are wed, you should already of known that, but I just wanted to remind you of it.”

More rules were added, but Hinata was barely listening. She wasn’t in the mood anymore to listen. She longed for this breakfast to be over, but it seemed it was never going to end. When it finally ended, she was escorted by Sasuke to her room, and he left to go into a meeting about the wedding arrangements.

She wanted to go with him, since it was her wedding also, but she did not dare ask. When she was left alone, she could tell it wasn’t going to work out here. She deeply wanted to run away, and was regretting not doing so when she had a chance.

A knock on her door jolted her from her thoughts, and when she opened it she came face to face with Kiba, Shino standing behind him. Smiling lightly, she let them in and closed the door. She watched as Kiba sat in an armchair, Akamaru jumping onto the bed, and Shino off to the corner.

“I swiped a letter from your dresser, and mailed it for you. If I didn‘t take it, they would of thrown it away, anyway, like all your other items. Sorry if it wasn’t suppose to be mailed,” Kiba said, looking around the room aimlessly.

“Oh, you did? Thank you. I was going to ask you to mail that today, seeing as I am no longer allowed to see the day of light…” Hinata trailed off. Slowly, she made her way to her bed and sat next to Akamaru. She giggled as he started to lick her face.

“Yeah, I heard. Not surprising though. He always was the one who never wanted to share..,” Kiba said, rocking back on the chair.

Looking around the room, she noticed all her luggage had gone and her once empty dressers were filled. Everything looked so nice, in rich purples and reds. Many colors, all jumping out and it made it hard to look away. As wonderful site was, it saddened her because nothing was hers.

Despite her overwhelming sadness, she didn’t let it show. Hinata kept smiling as she listened to Kiba talk about how Sasuke’s whole family and all the castle residence were killed long ago, by the eldest son Itachi. He also said how he let Sasuke live, but not because he liked him or anything, but because of other reasons only the King knows.

Hinata actually found the King’s past interesting. She was never informed about what happen to the previous King, just that he was assassinated like many Kings before. It was hard to think that a family member would kill his own family.

“Why wasn’t this Itachi crowned king, then?” Hinata asked.

“Because he disappeared that same night,” Shino replied. Kiba nodded in agreement and stood up. He looked around the room and then turned to Hinata.

“Listen, I know we aren’t suppose to do this but…if there is anything you ever need from the village, like more stationary, we will gladly go and get some for you. We will also see to it that any mail coming for you or coming from you will get to its destination. Just don’t tell this to the King, okay?” Kiba said, leaning against one of the bare walls.

“Th-thank you!” Hinata stuttered out, utterly grateful. She was really pleased to know she had someone here to make her smile.

“Well, the maids told us to tell you to take all the clothes and jewelry on you now and leave it outside when you change for the night. If King Sasuke sees anything from the North he will be mad. So, have a good day. Tomorrow we can take you to the courtyard and have lunch out there, but today we are busy,” Kiba said as he waved and left the room.

Shino moved from his corner and walked up to Hinata and took the necklace from around her neck and looked from it to her. “Keep this and hide it. Don’t leave it in the hall tonight. It must be special to you.”

“O-okay, but h-how would you know it w-was special to me?” Hinata asked, taking the item from his hands and staring at it.

“No one I know wears a necklace with another’s name on it for no reason,” and with that he left the room.

Smiling, Hinata sat down in a chair and began to finger the chain to the necklace. It was then she realized she was going to survive here.

……

At diner Hinata changed into a different dress that was given to her, but decided to leave her only key to her homeland behind. With the new dress came the new headpiece she was forced to wear now. The maids came in when she requested help figuring out how to put the garment on. The cloth, which matched the same daisy yellow of the dress, draped over her face and flowed down her back like it was her hair. Only her ivory eyes could be seen.

The maids were also very kind in teaching her how to eat her food without taking off the mouth part and anything else she needed to know, and for that she was grateful. Hinata did feel awkward eating dinner this way, especially with not only the King present, but other royal advisors eating. Luckily after a few minute of acknowledgements they didn’t mind her to much.

By the time the meal was over and everyone was allowed to leave, it was way past nightfall. Like a gentleman, Sasuke escorted his future bride out of the dining area. “Shall we go on a walk around the garden?” he suggested.

“I would love to go for a walk with you,” Hinata replied, forcing herself to sound confident and without stuttering. Smiling, Sasuke lead her into the open gardens without a sound. The crickets could be heard, and the fireflies were out and about. Leading her to a stone bench, he sat her down and took his seat next to her.

With a heavy sigh he said, “As you should of known, there is a war brewing up. The West King has already declared war upon me. The Eastern ruler declared war and all three of us Kings, and that’s not the half of it. For the sake of making this short, the Four Kingdoms aren’t in a good state at this time. Now, with our marriage, our bonds unite the North and South together, and whoever the North’s enemies are, are our enemies. Vice versa with our enemies.

I regret having to do this, but this war is leaving me no choice. The Eastern armies are already assembling, and your father already is training his army with new recruits and stationing them in different sections of his land to defend. This war is unavoidable and fast approaching. Thus, our wedding must happen now, or never. You are very beautiful Hinata. It would be a shame if we could not be married.”

Hinata blushed at his last comment, but he knew what he was getting at. Because of this war he was going to make the wedding as soon as possible. The war was going to happen whether or not they were wed.

“Now,” he said turning to look Hinata in the eyes, “I know it may seem rushed, but I promise you; you will have the best day in your whole entire life. Before and after the wedding.” With a smirk he took her hands and kissed each one softly.

“I look forward to it, then. Please, if there is anything I can help with, may I?” Hinata asked, hoping he would not be mad for wishing to be apart of the wedding arrangements. Sasuke looked at he and thought for a moment.

“Well, it is only right. I can see what needs help with. You will be taken to the tailors within the week to get a dress made. I have already made a selection of pre approved dress to choose from. There are many, so you will have a variety to choose from. I’ll let you know if anything else will be okay for you to help with. Oh, and I regret saying this also.” Sasuke stopped and gave out another sigh.

“Wars are not days long. They take months, and sometimes years. You should know this, I am sure your father has gone to war many times.”

“Yes, he has,” Hinata replied when he paused and waited for her answer.

Continuing Sasuke said, “Well, as you know it is only fit that the King be present during the war. It disgraces the Kingdom if the King is not present during battle. It seems I will be away for some time after the wedding. Don’t fret, though. I promise to come back unscathed. I always do.”

Hinata smiled behind the veil and looked down at the flowers surrounding them. It was a clear sky and thousand, no millions of stars were all shining. Under the moonlight, the flowers seemed to glow and sparkle. She remembered she would sneak out at night and run to her little garden section on nights like these.

“Well, it is late out, and I have rambled long enough. We should head for bed.” Sasuke got up and walked back into the castle with Hinata beside him. He brought her to her room and said, “Good night. I shall see you at breakfast.”

“Good night,” Hinata said to Sasuke as he turned and left her in her room alone, supposedly. When she turned from the closed door she was greeted by Akamaru who jumped up into her arms. Hinata barely had time to catch him when he started to try to lick her face, and to lick the clothing.

Giggling, Hinata plopped him down onto the bed and started to remove her cloths and into a nightgown. Taking off her Tiara she dowsed the torches and the room turned pitch black. The moonlight from the long, thin windows plagued her floors as she got into the bed and started to drift off.

TBC

I know it took me a looooooooooooooong time to update. For that I apologize. ^-^;;

I hate the breakfast scene so much. I don’t want to fix it, though. It’s fine, but I hate it. >.< Oh well.

Tell me what you all think of it. Stay tuned for the next chapter, I promise I will have it up after I finish one or two chapters of my other story, Love is Love. I’m trying to find a system to work with for all my stories. ^o^;;