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Title: My Frog Prince

Chapter: Secret

Sakura

I stomped along the shore lines of the beach as gentle waves kept taunting my feet. I could feel eyes on me as I kept walking and so keeping my head down was what I did in order for them to not notice me. Looking at the horizon, the sun was now setting. Hues of orange, pink and yellow were mixed along the sky. After fourty-five minutes of continuous walking, I looked around me to see where I was. There weren't people around me anymore. However there were rocks…and lots of it. Climbing up the diagonal path of rocks, I ended up on top of a cliff. Sitting at the edge, I gazed into the sea. It wasn't even 15 minutes and the Uchiha bastard just had to start with me.

Marriage wasn't even my idea in the first place. I rather get married to Lee, the flamboyant psychotic prince than Sasuke. At least he would have left me alone and let me do my own thing. I brought the damn book for a reason. I wanted to read and sit there quietly. Instead, I get splashed with salt water mixed with sand. As a plus, it was still in my eye. Using the back of my hand to rub my eyes, I realized tears started to form due to the pressure. I rubbed my eyes harder to try to form more tears, which resulted in getting more sand and salt out.

"SAKURA!" I heard a familiar voice from the back. Turning around, there stood my husband huffing and puffing with his hands on his knees five feet away from me.

Ah, fuck.

Sasuke

"Go find her," Ino sternly looked at me with her hands on her hips. Opening one of my eyes as I laid down on the beach chair, her chest was dangling right in front of me. Looking to the left, I could see food was already being served, with Naruto on the grill. Tenten and Hinata were on the picnic blanket gossiping while eating their plate filled with barbeque.

I kept my eyes closed. "Give her an extra 15 minutes; she's probably walking back now."

"You fucker it's already been an hour and a half, Pinky still isn't back." Hidan chowed down on his cheeseburger as he spoke, I could feel bits of his burger on me.

"When did you start caring about her?" I mumbled, standing up and going over to the table. Grabbing a hotdog and some ketchup, I flipped open the cap and squirted some on my hotdog.

Hidan swallowed the bite of burger before speaking this time. "I don't. But if the media catches you two fighting only after one week of marriage, we're all fucked."

Analyzing Hidan's words, I realized I might as well go find her. Sasori and Deidara were clearly ignoring me for a reason. And the bastards only ignore me when they're pissed at me for making a bad deal with someone. Now, they're probably mad at me for leaving the Amazonian by herself. Grabbing a paper bag and stuffing two cheeseburgers in there, I started to walk in the direction Sakura left. As I made my way along the shore, my stomach started to grumble again. Opening the bag I packed earlier, I then looked at the horizon. The sun was now almost down. Picking up my pace, I was now running. People looked and pointed as they saw me running at full speed. Ignoring their stares and squeals, I kept my pace until I reached a mountain of rocks which led to sharp cliff. There weren't any people around anymore. Looking to the edge of the cliff, there was Sakura crying.

The woman was planning to commit suicide.

"SAKURA!" I shouted. The waves crashed along the rocks as she continued to cry. "SAKURA HARUNO!" I cried again. No answer. Clenching the opening of the bag with my mouth, I made my way up the rocks. After climbing and getting a couple of blisters along the way, I shouted her name once again. She looked back with a surprised look in her face. Tears were now streaming down her face. Had I known the woman hated me that much, I wouldn't have forced her to marry me. Worried, I threw my bag to the corner I lunged towards her and grabbed her waist.

Sakura

"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?" I shrieked in horror as he grabbed me and turned me over. However, it didn't go as smoothly as planned. The bastard accidentally tripped on a rock and flopped on top of me.

"ARE YOU CRAZY?" He shouted back as he quickly jolted back and sat up. "Do you know what would have happened if you did that?"

Not knowing what the hell he was talking about I let out a deep sigh. The bastard must have hit his head along the way. "Did what? Rub my eyes?" I dusted the sand off of my legs.

"If you died…" Sasuke stammered as he pulled me away from the cliff, even though I was now nowhere near it. Wait. I died from rubbing my eyes?

"I was admiring the sunset you idiot," I groaned as he frowned and looked at me.

"But you were crying," he stated, pointing to my puffy red eyes.

"I was rubbing the sand out of my eyes, since you and your buddies decided to dump sea water on me. Remember?" I hissed at him with my hands on my hips. Getting up to dust the remaining sand that landed on my body, I glared at him. "The next time your psychotic mind decides to conjure up an idea like that, make sure to check with me first before tackling me to the ground."

Sasuke looked at me with a blank stare. I started to make my way down the path of rocks as I heard a groan from him. Looking back, there was the bastard, topless with blue swimming trunks grasping a rock for support. Feeling remorse for screaming at him when he was trying to save me, I went back to him as he limped towards me. Looking at his leg, his ankle was pink and started to swell up. He must have twisted it while trying to save me.

"C-can you walk?" I stuttered, trying not to make the situation worse by screaming at him. Not answering me, he kept on limping while he held onto the rocks for support. Limping past me and going down the path of rocks, he groaned after every step he took. I rolled my eyes. Even after I was nice to him, he still didn't answer me. "Suit yourself." I turned my head and climbed down the path, then made my way past him. I looked back at him; his ankle was now even redder from the way down. Taking a deep breath, I walked back over to him and put his arm over my shoulder.

Sasuke

I arched an eyebrow as she took my arm to lend me support. I felt so stupid for worrying about the Amazonian. To make matters worse, I just made a fool out of myself for her sake , threw away the food I brought for the both of us, and twisted my god forsaken ankle. Not having a watch on me, I looked at the sky as it was now pitch black. Looking at Sakura, her brows furrowed as she bit her lip. I knew half my weight was shifted onto her, and she was trying to hold me up.

"You know, if you can help me find a stick I can walk by myself," I suggested, trying to make the situation better. Sakura didn't answer me as she kept on walking with the same expression on her face. "Are you alright?" I asked.

"Shut up and walk, you ignorant fool," she hissed.

Taken back by her words, I did exactly what she was told reluctantly. Pissing her off even more wouldn't not be a good idea since she was my only hope of getting back to civilization. After fourty minutes of limping across the beach the silence was starting to take a toll on me. Looking at her once more, her emerald eyes were filled with determination but her legs were starting to shake and sweat droplets were starting to form. Taking my hands off of her shoulder, I limped over to grab a broken beach umbrella pole that washed to shore.

"What in the world are you doing?" Sakura squinted her eyes at me.

Hoisting her on my back, piggy-back style, she screamed once again as she pounding on my shoulders telling me to let her go. "You know, if you keep fussing I'll throw you into the ocean, broken ankle or not."

"You jerk," I mumbled as her violent poundings stopped. Taking the umbrella base and using it as a cane for support, I continued to walk the rest of the way back. I could feel her cool skin against mine as her arms were wrapped around my neck. The silence continued as I kept walking. With every step, my ankle cried out in pain. I knew I couldn't show any signs of physically. "You know, you don't have to try so hard." She softly spoke and broke the silence.

"Huh?" I kept my eyes on the path of sand.

"I heard from Tenten that you did research on me and made sure everything was to my liking when I came to the palace. And you were the one that told Choji to make me afternoon tea and biscuits everyday at 1PM." Sakura's head now rested on my shoulders.

Ah shit.

Making a mental note to myself to never say anything out loud anymore and to convey my messages through sticky notes, I tried to come up with a counter argument. "Don't be too flattered, I was just-"

"And you told Ino about the beach party so she can come with me so I wouldn't feel lonely. She told me when I called her and told her about the news. She said you called her a day earlier. And, you picked out my dress for the ball." She continued.

How the fuck did she find out about this? Oh right.

Naruto.

The bastard must have told her everything. Making another mental note to myself to deduct Naruto's paycheck for this month, I continued to listen to her. To my surprise, her voice was actually lady-like and soothing when she wasn't screaming at me. The waves continued to run back to and fro from the shore as we got closer to everyone. Until I heard another snap.

Sakura

"Oh my god, what's wrong?" I cried as I looked at Sasuke. I slid off of his back immediately as he fell onto the floor. His ankle was now fire-y red and swelled up twice its original size. Seeing the smoke from the barbeque and our huge white and blue umbrella, I ran towards it. "I'll go get help, stay here." Looking back at Sasuke, he scowled as he touched his ankle. As I got closer and closer to everyone, Ino was drunk and Naruto was still on the grill. Hidan and Kisame were discussing future business strategies.

"Sakura! You're back. Do you know how worried we were?" Tenten cried, giving me a big hug in the process.

Trying to catch my breath, I steadied by breathing before attempting to talk. Too bad it didn't work. "Sasuke…ankle…snap…back," I huffed and puffed.

"His ankle snapped back?" Deidara cocked an eye as everyone continued whatever they were doing. "So…they're like Legos?"

"HIS ANKLE SNAPPED GOD DAMMIT AND HE'S BACK THERE BY HIMSELF," I shouted, catching the attention of everyone this time.

"Holy fuck! Pinky, why didn't you tell us earlier!" Hidan got up from the blanket and bolted towards the direction I pointed to with Sasori and Kisame. Fifteen minutes later, I could see Sasuke on Hidan's shoulders with Sasori and Kisame by his side. Relieved that he was alright, I sat down and let out a big sigh before Naruto gave me a hot dog and smiled.

"You know he was worried about you," Naruto transferred the leftover food and blew out the coal before dumping it in the trash.

Blowing my bangs out of my eyes, I groaned. "Yeah right, if he did he would have tried to look for me 45 minutes earlier."

"Every 15 minutes, he would look at his cell phone and then look towards the direction you went. Of course, he couldn't say anything out loud since he's an egotistical bastard." Naruto chuckled. This time, everything thing else was packed up. Hinata and Tenten dislodged the umbrella and folded the blankets. Kisame and Sasori cleaned up the picnic table in order for Sasuke to lie down. "I think he takes an interest in you."

"And how would you know that?" I asked as Naruto phoned the palace to get a limo to pick us up.

"He's being a dick to you," a goofy grin was now plastered across his face. "To the other princesses that have come to impress him, he was the nicest and most polite person in the world."

I didn't know if I should have taken what he said as a compliment or not.

Sasuke

"Prince Sasuke, the meeting with Pein can now be established. Do you wish for him to enter now?" One of my messengers bowed while speaking. I sweat dropped as Naruto and Tobi giggled profusely in the corner. My ankle was wrapped in a cast as the doctor was in complete shock when he saw my ankle. Apparently, I have dislocated the joint that connected my ankle to the rest of my leg. Therefore, walking would be impossible even with a crutch. Sakura on the other hand had been avoiding me ever since the incident happened three days ago. After my messenger left, Tobi and Naruto came closer.

"Break a leg," Naruto grinned as he tried to hold back another fit of giggles.

"Oh wait, you already did!" Tobi chimed in as both of them started to clutch their stomachs and started laughing.

"You two are the biggest imbeciles I have ever hired," I took a deep breath before telling the guard to escort them outside. As Pein came in, I knew I had to put on my best business mask on. Pein owned one of the biggest steel companies. So far, Lee and I have been competing to get 1/3 of his stocks. However, Pein is the type of person who evaluates the people he hires with much scrutiny. Making a deal with him is going to be harder than I thought. With my broken ankle, the formality of this meeting as gone down the drain as I watched him sit by my bed side.

"Prince Sasuke, I cannot stay for long since you have rescheduled before." I could tell the tone of his voice was a bit irritated.

"It was for important personal reasons, please understand," I nodded before taking out the document out of the manila envelope. "I also understand that Lee has been trying to establish a contract with you as well."

"Straight to the point. I like that," Pein grinned, flashing his pearly whites. Taking a look at the statistics Hidan has computed earlier, he nodded after each page. "Your kingdom is at great economic standing, however Sasuke as a businessman myself I can see how you would benefit from company. However, how would I benefit from your kingdom?"

"We can share ports with you, the Uchiha's has mass connection throughout the seven seas when it comes to importing and exporting. Our agriculture has been in good standing for the past 90 years."

"I already have established trading ports and as a company, I do not need crops. Lee has offered me pure gold and concubines from his kingdom," he smirked once more.

I tried my best not to make a face of disgust after I heard what Lee offered him. "And you're up to take his offer?"

"The women, no since my interest in woman is very specific. The gold, he has offered me twice the amount you did. You will have two weeks to decide upon another offer. However, due to the shortage of time, I do have to run." Pein smiled at me sincerely as he bowed his head. Seconds later, the door flung open with Sakura holding a batch of cookies. Looking at the clock, I realized it was her tea time.

Oh fuck.

Nono.

Not during a meeting with Pein.

"Sasuke, I thought you might like to…" Sakura smiled as she came closer with the platter. I bit my lip from shouting at the Amazonian until Pein came closer to her.

"What might your name be?" He held his index finger below her chin, analyzing her face.

"His wife," Sakura spat out as Pein smirked, interested in her.

"Had I known you had such an interesting and cute wife, I would have traded half of my stocks with you if you let her work for me," Pein continued to look at Sakura's face.

Sakura

"M'lady, you cannot enter. The prince is having an important meeting with Pein at the moment," the guards held their arms in front of me as I held on to my self baked cookies for Sasuke, completed with a glass of milk on the side. Knowing that he was in a meeting with Pein with a broken ankle, I had to stop it somehow.

"I don't give a shit whether he's having a meeting with God himself. I'm his wife, and I demand to see him or both of you will be fired," I demanded. The guards gulped as they finally let me through. Flinging the door open with a smile on my face, I saw beads of sweat forming on Sasuke's forehead. The Pein bastard must have been pressuring him to do something he didn't want to. The Yamanaka's had history with Pein before. Before Ino's kingdom had become as strong as it is now, they had made a contract with Pein 15 years ago. Pein somehow cheated and voided the contract just when the Yamanaka's completed their part, stealing more than half of the gold of Ino's kingdom. Pein told them to keep quiet before he twists the story and make the public believe that it was Ino's kingdom that had cheated. Being at a young age, I overheard the conversation between Ino's father and Pein.

"Darling! I made you cookies!" I smiled as Sasuke looked as if he wanted to bang his head against the wall. Pein on the other hand smirked as he came closer to me with a devilish grin on his face.

"And who might you be?" He caressed my chin.

"His wife," I hissed, releasing myself from his touch.

"You are an interesting one," he smirked once more before turning around to speak to Sasuke. "How about it? If the princess takes lessons from me on how to become a better business woman, I will share half my stocks with the Uchiha's."

"Fuck you," I spat out as Sasuke's face was in horror.

"Good bye, I await for your answer when I come back to visit," Pein's fingers trailed up my back before leaving, hiding what he did from Sasuke. When the door clicked, signaling it was closed Sasuke started to scream at me.

"Why the hell did you do that? Do you know who he is?" Sasuke exclaimed as he cupped his forehead with the palm of his hands. Setting the plate of cookies on the side, I sat next to Sasuke. I knew that if I told Sasuke the truth, Pein would know I knew about his frauds and use his underhand methods to mess with Sasuke.

"Look, I don't like how he looks. You don't make a deal with him," I crossed my arms as I took a cookie form the plate.

"Just because he's not the best looking man in the world doesn't mean you should judge him. Do you understand how rich we would be if we made a deal with him?" Sasuke's voice started to tone down a bit after I jabbed the cookie in his mouth.

"Don't you think it's fishy that that he wants to give me lessons and he gives you half of his shares?" I cocked an eye, trying to convince him not to go through with the idea of making a partnership with Pein.

"Maybe he just wants to help you, since your specialty only consists of frolicking with bears and breaking ankles."

I wanted to break his other leg.

"Are you really going to let me study under him?" I sighed. Taking note of my worried expression, Sasuke took a deep breath before placing his palm on top of head.

"It's going to be alright. He never specified how many days or weeks. You can try for a couple of days, if you don't like it-you can always come back," he tried to calm me down. I knew if he made me go, God knows that Pein would never let me return.

Author's note: This is where the story starts to take off. I had fun writing this chapter, and I especially love the beach scene. I hope you enjoyed reading as much as I did writing. Feedback and reviews makes me happy. :) And I'm still in the process of replying to your reviews through PM, so please check your inbox!

PS: I had written this chapter after replying to reviews. And so if I said that the next chapter will be posted within the next couple of days, I mean't within a couple of hours. :P