Switched

Chapter One – First Encounter

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.

Brown booted feet ran, avoiding people, animals, and fruit stands with woman holding up vegetables to examine them. A hand quickly lashed at pink hair, pulling it up into a pony tail with a pastel green bandanna. As she ran, the girl didn't notice the two boys blotting at her at full speed.

They collided and they all fell to the dirty ground.

"Ouch!" she hissed, rubbing her lower back. She looked up at the two boys who were staring at her awkwardly.

"What?" she growled.

"Nothing, you just look a lot like the Princess," the blond boy told her.

"Well I'm not!" she grunted, defensively, "Now why'd you run into me?"

"Run into you?" the more attractive of the two glared at her and she blushed. Sure they were both cute, but the nineteen year old girl couldn't help but blush at him, "You were the one who wasn't watching!"

"That's because I'm ditching someone!"

"Us too!" the blond told her, "Come with us and we'll hide from our ditchees!"

"We're not ditching, we're--" the other boy was about to say something before the blond slapped his hand across his mouth. The raven haired boy shrugged off his friend and they both stood up. The girl also stood up.

The blond motioned for her to follow.

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She followed them to a river in the forest. The girl sat down next to the sparkling river, she stared down at the water, "I've never seen a river so clean," she said, dipping her hand into the water.

The boys blinked at her before staring at each other. They sat down on either side of her.

"What's your name?" the blond boy asked.

The pinked haired girl thought for a moment, wondering if she should tell them her real name for not. She quickly decided not to tell them her real name and told them the first name that popped into her head, "Hinata," the girl's name she used was her best friend. Hyuuga Hinata.

"Hinata?" the blond asked. He smiled, "I'm Uzumaki Naruto! And the teme over there is Sasuke, Haruno Sasuke."

Sasuke grunted, "Hn,"

Sakura slowly became to realize what they looked like.

Naruto was wearing mainly orange. He had birthmarks on his cheeks that looked like whiskers and his eyes were a bright blue. He wore a necklace around his neck, where an odd crystal hung. Sasuke, on the other hand, had dark raven hair and dark gray eyes. He also had a chain around his neck, where a leaf pendant hung. Sakura thought he looked very familiar. A lot like her family.

"Hinata?"

Sakura looked around at Naruto.

"Who were you ditching?"

She thought for a moment, "My friend, she was being annoying. And who were you guys running from?"

Naruto and Sasuke started laughing immediately and Sakura looked confused.

"Naruto tripped over this super fat store owner," Sasuke told her, smirking at the opposite side of the river.

"And he BOUNCED when he landed!" Naruto roared, laughing loudly.

Sakura frowned, "That's not very nice!"

"I guess you actually had to be there," Naruto snickered, "It was hilarious."

Sasuke nodded in agreement and Sakura sighed.

"Anyway, Hinata, it's getting late, ya wanna have us walk you home?" Naruto asked.

Sakura shook her head, "No, I'll be find as long as the sun's still in the sky," she told him.

Naruto looked unsure and glanced at Sasuke, who shrugged. The two best friend stood up, "We'll see you soon, Hinata, promise?" Naruto asked, holding out his hand to his new friend.

She smiled and took it, standing up and shaking it.

"Promise. If you want, we can meet back here around noon tomorrow, if I don't make it, my parents have locked me in the... house,"

"Yeah, alright," Naruto smiled, he looked around at Sasuke who had started to walk away, "We'll see you soon, Hinata,"

Sakura nodded, watching them walk off through the trees. She sighed and took off the opposite way, toward the palace.

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Sakura collapsed on her bed, sighing.

That Sasuke.

He had looked so much like her family, her brother, mother and father.

Speak of the devil, Itachi was now standing in her doorway, looking unhappy, "You snuck out of the castle again, didn't you?" he asked, glaring at her.

Sakura rolled onto her back, picking up her book and opening it, "What's it to you?" she grunted rudely, finding the spot where she had left off.

Itachi stepped forward and snapped the book closed on her fingers, "Ow!" she yelped, caressing her hand. She glared up at her older brother.

"What if someone sees you?"

"A whole bunch of people see me, now if I can have my book back..."

"I mean, what if someone recognizes you?"

"I didn't think of that... but--"

"No buts, you know you have to get married to the South side's prince in less then a month--"

"But Prince Hanto and I are just friends!" Sakura protested.

"Tell that to mom and dad," Itachi snorted, "be grateful it's not the Sand's Prince."

"Gaara's a great guy!

"Who looks like a raccoon! Your kids would look like mutant animals with pink hair!" Itachi smirked, he probably thought he was smart.

Sakura picked up anything close to her, which happened to be a goblet, and threw it at him. Though he moved to the side and it hit the wall, when it hit the floor, hit the wooden floor and rolled under the bed.

"Temper, temper," he scowled, still smirking.

"Give me my book and get out!"

"Fine," he dropped the book on her bed and turned away, "But if I see you sneaking out again, I'll be telling mom and dad."

Sakura grunted after he left, "Forget that, I wanna know more about this Haruno person,"

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Sasuke and Naruto sat on the tattered little couch in Sasuke's family hut. Kazo was whispering in the corner with Sasuke's mother, Amaya. The hut was tiny, but since there was only three people who lived in it, plus Naruto who spent most of his time with Sasuke.

Sasuke was sorting through is memories in his mind. It felt as he had somehow meet the pink haired girl before. Deja vu? No. He put his feet on the coffee table and rested the back of his head in his hands.

"I feel like I've meet her before," Sasuke said, to no one in particular.

"Who, Hinata?"

"Yeah."

"Impossible,"

"Huh?"

"Well, I've been with you most of the minutes of your life, from dawn till dusk, and I haven't seen anyone that looks like her before, expect for Princess Sakura, but she never comes out of the palace,"

Sasuke sighed, "I guess your right..."

Naruto grunted, standing up and looking out the window, "I should go before it starts getting too dark, Mom'll kill me!"

"Not unless the wolves get you first," Sasuke said in a mocking hopeful tone.

"Very funny, there haven't been wolves in this area for five years." Naruto scowled, pushing his blond hair out of his eyes.

"I heard some women talking about wolves earlier today... before you tripped that man. Don't worry, they'll be gone sooner or later." Sasuke withdrew a knife from his boot and slowly ran his thumb across the blade without drawing blood.

Naruto frowned. Before he opened the door to leave, he took his own knife from his belt.

Sasuke sighed again. He felt the blade poke his skin and soon saw just the tiniest amount of blood flowing from his puncture wound. He whipped it off on his trousers.

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Exciting, ain't it? I absolutely love Itachi and Sakura's relationship. Hahaha.

And who is this Prince who Sakura is supposed to marry? An OC, of course, but still. What happens when Itachi finally catches Sakura leaving the castle?

Dun dun dun dun!

Thanks for reading!