• CINDERELLA MEETS THE PRINCE'S SIDEKICK •

I know what you're thinking; that there's no sidekick in the original Cinderella story, am I right? Even if I'm wrong you must've thunk it. Yeah my English is wrong, thunk is not the past tense of think. So what?! It's MY story.

My story, my rules and if I decide to give the Prince a sidekick and actually have more dialogue than in the drab original, so be it. Any complaints? No? Good.

It all happened on a random day of the week. Girls flocked around Sasuke in the class like usual and the mere sight of it made Naruto, the official sidekick, angry with the world. I mean, he's the one with the exotic features here! Hello?! Blond hair?! Blue eyes?! Anybody?!

But no! The simps all flocked to Sasuke's boring dark features. Virtually half the word had dark hair and eyes, what was so special about Sasuke?! Why didn't they flock Naruto too?

Don't get Naruto wrong, he loved Sasuke to the moon and back and could never actually be angry at him for attracting more attention than he did. It just greatly confused Naruto. What was so great about Sasuke that girls liked? What about him was the chick magnet?

Angry and surprised yells filled the air when Naruto suddenly climbed Sasuke's table and squatted in front of the startled raven. Sasuke shifted back but his friend's antics were something he was used to. The only reaction Naruto got from him was an irritated click of the tongue.

"What are you up to now, dobe?"

"Shut up..." Naruto mumbled as he looked deeply at Sasuke's face. Was it the fact that his hair was not jet black but a very dark shade of blue? Was it because of the unique red Uchiha flecks (publicly dubbed the Sharingan) in his stormy grey eyes? Why did girls like this teme?!

"'Scuse me, coming through, make way..."

Lost in their stare down, Naruto and Sasuke did not notice Sai fighting his way through the angry mob of girls (who were angry at Naruto for stealing their precious 'Sasuke time') until he finally reached the break point.

"Boys...whoa!" Sai started when he saw them in one of their wordless arguments but he suddenly tripped over a foot and was rapidly plummeting to the floor. The pale one quickly braced himself with Sasuke's table but he headbutted Naruto on the...butt and the blond tripped.

It was like slo-mo, how Naruto fell unto Sasuke and how the two of them subsequently crashed on the floor with conjoined lips. They immediately sprang away from each other gagging and hacking.

"Why's it always with you?!" Sasuke spits between a disgusted cough.

"Gross! My lip's busted!" Naruto yells in annoyance both at Sasuke and Sai, the perp.

"Sorry..." Sai trailed off at the sudden tense atmosphere that overtook the place. "Oops!" Although his tone sounded apologetic, Sai was not sorry for getting Naruto into trouble with Sasuke's rabid fan girls. In fact he barely hid a laugh as he moved aside for the girls to pass.

"I sense danger." Naruto gulped and looked up where his spider sense was telling him to. The girls had surrounded him, all with glowing red eyes and evil looking canines.

"Na-ru-TO!"

"You stole our first kiss!"

"We can't forgive you!"

"W-w-w-w-wait!" Naruto scrambled back in fear. "I'm not competing with you girls or anything! It was an accident!"

"We don't care! You took what was OURS!"

"Eeek!" Naruto yelps and jumps to his feet, making a quick getaway from the crowd of girls before they eat him whole. They follow him though, so Naruto has to run for his life. And run he did. Through the hallway, around people on their way to the cafeteria, over obstacles and under stairwells.

He ran into a block and when he looked back and saw that the girls were still far off, he slid into a random class and slammed the door closed behind him, breathing heavily. Only when the thundering footsteps of the girls passed did he calm his breathing.

"What a bunch! They're witches!" Naruto muttered to himself but then he looked up and found that he was not alone in the room. His heart jumped at the white faced figure standing a few feet ahead of him holding a knife hand. "AAAAAAH!"

"Calm down, it's just a cake knife!" A gentle voice assured him and Naruto dared to take a look at his surroundings. Oh! He entered the home economics lab. Phew!

"You scared me dattebayo." Naruto sighed as he walked into the room. The girl with the knife said sorry with a giggle and continued what she was doing with the knife. She was decorating a cake, a delicious smelling cake. "It smells really good." He complimented.

"Thank you. I made cupcake samples, do you want to have one?" She gestures to a box of artfully decorated cupcakes and Naruto allows himself to drool.

"Yes please!" He yells and grabs one. It disappears down his throat with two huge bites. "Whoa! This is so delicious dattebayo! Is this what heaven tastes like?!"

The girl giggled at his dramatics. "You can have more."

"You're awesome! Thanks!" Naruto took two more cakes and ate them with vigour. They were so fluffy and had the most perfect sugar balance. It was a strawberry cake, made with sweet, real berries and not the artificial flavours cake stores sold nowadays. "Ugh, this is so good! I think I had a foodgasm."

The girl laughed, it caused her to make a slight mistake in the frosting but she didn't mind it. "You're just exaggerating. But thanks anyway, I'm glad to know my food tastes good."

"I'm serious! You're just the modest one. What's your name? I'm Naruto." There was no way Naruto would be Naruto if he didn't hit on any hot girl he saw. This girl had a beautiful heart shaped face and pretty pale eyes. Her hair was a colour between violet and black and covered save for some loose strands with a head tie. It was beautiful, just like her.

"Hinata, and I know your name. We're in the same class after all." Her reply shocked Naruto who claimed to be a social butterfly.

"You are?! How come I never noticed you?!"

"Because I prefer to remain unnoticed." Hinata replied without missing a heartbeat. She started adding final touches to her surprise cake for Tenten's birthday which was the next day. She hoped the older girl would like it.

"Oh. That's somewhat sad. Someone like you shouldn't want to remain hidden. Welp, it's your choice anyway." Naruto shrugged.

"Exactly." There is silence as Hinata packs the cake inside a box and wraps it with a ribbon. Neji would come and retrieve it later, although doing that without Tenten knowing would be difficult because they were almost always together.

"Hey." Naruto called after Hinata had removed her scarf and apron. He helped her to clean up the place and now they were leaving. The blond was almost disappointed. That was until he caught sight of the black recipe book on the workbench. "Is this yours?" He asked, flipping through the pages.

"It is."

Naruto's gaze settled on a ramen recipe and he literally screamed. "Ramen! Please make this for me? Please! Please! Pleaseeeee? I'd pay for the ingredients, I'd help out in the kitchen, I swear!"

"All for a bowl of ramen?" Hinata teased but Naruto took her serious.

"All for a bowl of ramen. It is the food sent from above!" Hinata laughed at him but she happily agreed to help him prepare his precious dish. "YOSHAY! What do we need? I'll get 'em!"

It is from here that Cinderella and the sidekick get closer and closer to each other. What was that? That's not how the story is supposed to go? Well be patient and continue reading for the masquerade ball comes up in three months time.

There the magical event that makes Cinderella and Prince Charming fall in love would take place and then the unexplainable amnesia that makes the Prince forget Cinderella's face (even though he fell in love with her...?) would happen. Then glass slipper-kun (or in this case cinnamon bun-kun) would come to play. Then the whole fun begins.

Look forward to it!