Switched
Prologue
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto or any of the other non OC's in this story.
Summery: What if the royal son and a peasant girl are "accidentally" switched at birth? And what if they eventually fell in love? AU.
Kazo walked through the rain, head ducked against the wind. His brown hair whipped in his bright emerald eyes. The man was used to this weather after living on the North side of the Fire Country.
And his wife had given birth to his first child while he was away, working far away from his home.
He continued to walk until he stopped suddenly.
Through the rain and the roaring of the wind, he thought he could hear a child. A baby's cry. Kazo stood there for a while and quickly realized that it WAS a baby's scream. He began to search for the child and quickly found it. It was bundled in a blue blanket and it's cheeks were red with the bitter cold.
Kazo slowly picked up the child and tucked it close to him. He began his way home again.
When we got to his hut with the child, he was surprised to see that his wife was crying. He approached his golden locked beauty and she looked up.
"Kazo!" she wailed, "They took her! They took my baby away!"
Kazo stared, wide-eyed, "Who?"
"I don't know!" she sobbed, "A man wearing a black robe!"
Kazo's eyes twitched in sadness as he slowly pulled the baby from his jacket. The young child had stopped crying when the man had picked it up.
Amaya gasped and cried harder when she saw the child.
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Mikoto walked toward the palace gate, her long raven hair tied in a low ponytail and her dark gray eyes, that were usually full of happiness and life, were misted over with grief. The woman let the rain pour on her, soaking her to the bone. She wanted to be alone, to think over what had happened.
Her second child was somehow kidnapped from her the night before. Her son had been such a quiet little boy, also. She didn't understand why someone would want to take him away from his home.
Sighing, she turned to go back inside the castle walls when she heard the palace gate opening. Mikoto turned and saw one of the guards entering the gate. Spotting her, he rushed over and bowed on one knee. She quickly noticed the millions of rages he was holding in his arms.
"Mikoto-sama," he said through the rain, "I'm sorry, my lady, but I found this child when I thought I saw someone in the forest." he held the rags up to her. It took her a moment to realize that there was indeed a tiny human curled up in the rags.
"You did the right thing coming to me, good Sir, I shall make sure to reward you," Mikoto slowly took the child in her arms. It felt like holding her son again. She cradled it to her chest and jogged into the castle again.
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Weeks later, Amaya sat holding the young boy who her husband had found. She had named him Sasuke.
Sasuke had started smiling at her sooner than most children did. But she didn't mind. She found it completely normal.
And little Sasuke had already made a friend in his first weeks of life. Her best friend had had a son by the name of Naruto, who had interesting birth marks on his face that looked like whiskers. And even though neither of the two young boys could barely move, they still had a wonderful time laughing at each other and moving their arms and toes.
Amaya cuddled baby Sasuke for a short moment and walked over to the crib that Kazo had chopped for their original baby and putting him there. The baby smiled at his foster mother and fell asleep quickly and quietly.
Sasuke was a quiet child.
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The other child, on the other hand, seemed to cry constantly unless she was sleeping.
After Mikoto had begged her husband for them to keep the child as their own, she had quickly named her new daughter after her favorite blossom. The cherry blossom.
Even though she was loud, Sakura was loved by most everyone. Expect for the king and queen's oldest son. Itachi had looked as if someone had dumped ice water over his head when he had seen his mother carrying the crying new-born past his open bedroom door.
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And neither Sasuke or Sakura knew about their horrible cold night that had twisted their lives forever. Until the fateful day they had run into each other.
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Dun dun dun! Itachi seems to not like his new little sister. Will he give her hell? And will Sasuke someday find out he is really of royal blood? Tuuune in next time. :3 Thanks for reading the prologue!