AN: As I hope you have figured this is Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice in Naruto-style. It takes place in the Naruto-verse, although it's kinda AU since some (or many) relations and villages have changed ... and it doesn't follow the Naruto-timeline at all ...

I've tried to write it so you won't have had to read the book or have watched any of the movie-adaptations (although I strongly recommend you to, just for their awesomeness), but as I said it hopefully won't be necessary to understand this fanfic. :)

Oooh, and Never4Never has also done a Naruto-styled P&P but in a modern AU, so if you feel like reading it I once again recommend you to it :) the blanket has also made one, although it hasn't been updated since 2010 ... and it's more inspired by P&P then following the story of it.

I know practically nothing of this chapter features anywhere, I just needed to start from the beginning – properly. The stuff you will be familiar with begins in the next one. And I wanted this chapter to continue further, but I felt it was such a good way to end it that I couldn't help myself but end it there.

Scene 1 – Annoying blondes

"This is where I'll settle myself!" the loudmouthed blonde cried as he watched the gates to the city which seemed to sleep against the mountain that peeked up from the forest around it.

"Idiot, we're only in Konohagakure while we doing our duties as the delegation from Rain" his darkhaired best friend snapped.

"Bastard" the blonde growled. "I mean that I'll settle here for good, you know." When the only reaction he got from his friend was a stare he continued. "We ninjas can't expect to die old men, teme, and even though I am highly skilled and probably will live about twenty years longer then you, I do not intend to die an old virgin. If I'll die next year, I want it to be without the sorrow of not have brought the awesomeness of my awesome genetics on to the next generation." He glanced at his companion as his face, which had been serious through his monologue, filled with a grin. "You see, teme, unlike you who most likely has got the pissiest genetics in history, I've got possibly the best genetics which it would be like a crime against humanity not to pass on to future generations."

"Dobe"

"Teme"

"Do you want to see who's got the best genetical attacks, moron?" The young man whose eyes just a second ago had been a charcoal black now bled red as he glared at his friend who pulled out a kunai from his holster.

"Gladly" was the answer he received.

They both put themselves in fighting stances.

"Naruto! Sasuke-kun!" both males turned to the redheaded woman who caught up with them. "We're supposed to be delegates and show Konoha what a fine choice they'll make if they choose to unite in an alliance with us. Don't go ruining it when we haven't even made our first impression!"

"Fine" the blonde turned towards the gates and tucked his kunai back in its holster.

"Hn"

"Oh, and I know it wasn't your fault, Sasuke-kun. It was all Naruto's doing, right?" The female cooed as she went up to walk beside the blackhaired man.

If Sasuke were to reply, he never had the chance of doing it because he was cut off from his loudmouthed friend.

"HEY! Why'd you assume it was ME who started it, Karin?!" He shrieked at the woman.

"Obviously, Sasuke-kun would never do something as stupid as pick a fight with you." She sneered "It's most likely you who'd do anything to get his attention."

"Oh 'cause that came from the right mouth? You're obviously trying to get him to like you!"

Karin eyed Sasuke from the corner of her eye as she blushed after Naruto's reply. She however soon found a retort "Well obviously that's something we have in common then, cousin!" she barked, her face no longer flushed from embarrassment, but from anger.

Immediately the two began on shouting bad names at each other, always countering with "That runs in the family then!" before replying with new insults. "Poo-head", "Garbage-ass" and "Idiot" were repeated at least three times each in both ways before the party reached the gates.

Sasuke felt the need to intervene at this point. "Care to quit your bickering so we don't ruin our whole reputation in front of Konoha, or are you to busy discussing the 'awesomeness of your awesome genetics'?" he asked with a thick layer of sarcasm versus the end. That however seemed to go unnoticed by Karin.

"You think we have awesome genetics, Sasuke-kun?" She beamed at him. "I bet we're genetically compati-"

"Shut up, we're entering"

Sasuke's rude remark could not however keep the smile of Karin's face and she was actually silent all the way to the Hokage tower.

Although Sasuke saw Konoha and its inhabitants as lesser worth, he had to feel at least a little impressed with the house – no, mansion, they'd were allowed to live in during their stay. However, he didn't feel any need to let his amazement show in his features. His own house, or rather – his own compound was indeed far more impressive. Actually, he'd never in his life seen another building that could match to the greatness of his home. But however that was where he lived, this building was just for guests. He knew the importance of keeping up a good facade in front of neighbouring countries, but to allow them, a simple delegation, to stay in a house this great was unheard of. Konoha could easily let a damiyo or a king reside in the mansion without feeling any embarrassment, so why let them – the Ame delegation live there?

When Sasuke returned from his musings he found that Naruto and Karin already at left his side. He heard doors slam from the mansion and understood that the two cousins were investigating the interior of the house.

In an attempt to avoid the loud company of his companions he decided to take a turn in the garden before entering the house. It was large, as it should be when it belonged to such an impressive building, and well kept. Sasuke didn't really care for flowers and hedges, but it would have disturbed him if the grounds had been unkept, it would have ruined his impression on the house itself.

He stopped his stroll when he saw the back of a blond head piping up from one of the bushes. Just as he decided to leave without acknowledging the person, the individual chose to look up from his doings.

"Hello there!" he said. "Pleasant to meet you"

Sasuke who saw no escape out of his situation answered with a somewhat cold hello.

The man, who Sasuke now saw was around his middle forties stepped out from the bush as he held out his hand in greeting. "My name is Yamanaka Inoichi and you are the Ame representant, Uzumaki Naruto, I presume?"

Sasuke scowled at being mistaken for the hyper blonde. "No, I am Uchiha Sasuke" he said ignoring the outstretched hand. When he saw the confusion on the elder man's face he continued "I am also part of the Ame delegation, although Naruto is our team-leader."

The man nodded as he withdrew his hand in a nonchalant manner. "Then I understand, sorry for mistaking you, I heard from the Hokage that the delegation of a man and a woman was going to stay here for their visit, and thought that you ..." he explained. "But to think that someone of the famous Uchiha-clan would join the delegation from Ame ..."

They were going to let Naruto and Karin live in that great house all by themselves?

"You must have wondered what I was doing in the bushes, right?" Inoichi asked.

Sasuke gave a curt nod.

"Well you see, my wife and I has gardening as a spare-time interest, when we're not busy with our duties as ninjas, however Netherfield, as this house is called, has one of the finest soil both me and my wife have ever encountered and, even though we're both earth type, we can't seem to get our earth as this wonderful fertileness, so I go here regularly to take samples so that I may one day get that fine consistence we're searching for" the blonde smiled and held up a jar filled to the brim with soil.

Sasuke stared at the jar in disbelief. This man invaded a garden on a regular basis to gather dirt? This had to be one of the dumbest men the Uchiha had ever met, and that isn't little coming from the best friend of Uzumaki Naruto. The young man felt that his elder was waiting for some kind of response, and in a lack of words he only let out a short "Hn".

"But, I must say, I find it quit strange that an Uchiha, who we all now are Oto-ninjas to the bone, participating in an alliance as a man from Ame. I hope you're not feeling that I'm nosy, but I must assume that you're in a relationship with Uzumaki Karin then? Or is it Uchiha Ka-"

"No, I am not in a relationship with Karin" was the reply after Sasuke had collected himself from the surprise he didn't let be seen upon his face.

"Her cousin, Naruto-san, then?"

This time however, Sasuke wasn't able to contain the shock and disgust from show in his face. "No," he said harshly. "I have by no means any romantical attachments to anyone of the Uzumaki-clan, least of all the men in it!"

"So there's a special someone in Am-"

"There isn't anyone 'special' anywhere!" Sasuke bellowed

Sasuke glared at the man in front of him, wishing him to be gone at the very instant.

Or at least that he was able to attack the ninja without it having any consequences afterwards. Now that he thought about it, the Uchiha was quite sure that he could say that the Konoha man had insulted him, the ninja was after all trespassing (regularly), questioning his sexuality ... That would be enough of reasons to beat him, right?

Inoichi smiled, seemingly unfaced by the younger man's aggressiveness as he looked up at the sun to check the time. He widened his eyes in surprise. "Heavens! Four o'clock already? And to think that I've been here since midday!" He returned his eyes to the man in front of him. "It was nice having a chat with you, Uchiha-kun, but it seems as if I've lost track of time, so I must excuse myself." The blonde nodded in farewell as he began to head towards Konoha's center.

The young Uchiha was happy that the man had left, however he felt the distancing chakra return. "Oh, sorry, I almost forgot!" the Yamanaka said as he once again stood before the Uchiha. "You are coming to the gathering tonight, I presume?"

What gathering? Sasuke thought, but then he remembered:

The blonde Hokage rose from her desk as she bid them goodbye. Sasuke, Naruto and Karin nodded before they turned around to walk out the door of the large-chested Hokage's office.

"I am hoping to see you at the training grounds on Konoha's western side this evening." Tsunade said to their backs. All three turned around once again to face her.

"What's the occasion?" Karin asked.

"The jounins and chuunins are having a get together at the grounds, filled with food, spars and such. It would be a great opportunity to meet the ones that'll become your comrades after we've signed the alliance"

Sasuke saw the reasoning behind the woman's speech, but he didn't plan to go, he just wanted to rest after the long journey.

The Hokage seemed to have a sixth sense for knowing how he felt, because her eyes bore into the Uchiha's as she said: "I expect to see you three there then tonight"

Her voice allowed no escape. Sasuke would be there, whether he wanted or not.

The dark-haired man nodded reluctantly.

"Good!" the light haired man beamed. "Then you'll be able to meet my daughter and her friends. You should be around their age after all" he said with a wink before he departed.

Once again Sasuke was dumbfounded, what did the man mean, and why wink?

But then it dawned upon him.

Sasuke had just told the man that he was:

-from a wealthy and famous clan

-from a village which would soon hold an alliance with his own

-straight

-in the same age as his daughter

-Single

And just as that, he remembered something he had as a kid overheard his mother tell his brother who'd complained of all the girls that had been flocking around him.

It is after all, Itachi-kun, a truth universally acknowledged, that a man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.

So now at the end I have a question for you guys: I intended to do this out of Sasuke's POV entirely, but then I realized that some parts would be hard to explain from his POV, so I was wondering if you feel it would be better if I once in a while put in a chapter in Sakura's POV or if I make a sister story to this, following Sakura's POV entirely? In the first option, you won't have to re-read a lot of dialogue, and you'll get some surprises. In the second you can, if you'd like, only follow Sasuke's POV and therefore be surprised together with him, or you can follow them both and see how they misunderstand each other. So watcha think?

And can you guess who they're all supposed to be?