Switched

Chapter Two – Laughter

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.

Sakura ran down the street with her blond friend. It had been three weeks since her fateful meeting with Naruto and Sasuke and she still hadn't told them who she really was. A couple barrels fell over in their path and the two friends gracefully leaped over the rolling disasters. Sakura laughed when Naruto landed on his feet, having not stuck the landing.

They continued to run, twisting through the packed street as if they were professional dancers.

They ran into the forest, out of breath when they finally reached the river where Sasuke sat. He gave them a weird look and they burst out laughing.

"Why were you guys late?"

Naruto sat down next to Sasuke, grinning, "I ran into a house and Hinata tripped over her dress like.. ten times!"

"It was once!" Sakura told him, stepping into the river, holding up the hem of her dress past her knees as the river had reached her knees. She splashed water at them with her feet.

"Hey!"

"What was that for?"

"Naruto, are you thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Yes I am!"

The boys smirked at each other and splashed into the water. She laughed, Naruto had slipped on one of the river rocks and was submerged into the cold river. Sasuke, meanwhile, had wadded forward and pushed Sakura over so that she too was lost under the water until she sat up to glare at Sasuke. Naruto also sat up, but he smirked, "Serves you right, Hinata!"

Sakura stuck out her lower lip in a pout. She grinned wickedly and stood, splashing Naruto with the cold water.

"Why'd you splash me?! Sasuke's the one who's dry!"

"You're right, Naruto!"

Sakura grabbed Sasuke's wrist and pulled him down into the water as hard as she could and he let her.

They resurfaced and Sasuke couldn't help by smile. He crawled back onto the river bank and watched his two friends playing in the river until they fell on the shore next to him. By the time they were done, he was almost dry.

"That was fun," Sakura said, gasping for air. She looked up at the sky. The sun was still high in the sky, but only just past the noon mark.

She still had time to get to know Sasuke. Figure out why he looked so much like her family and she looked nothing like them.

Naruto stood up, "I'm going to go find some berries, I'll be back soon,"

Sasuke nodded to his friend before the blond disappeared.

Perfect, they were alone now.

"Sasuke?"

He looked around at her, "What, Hinata?"

Sakura blushed slightly, "Why do you look like you should be in the royal family?" she asked. Smooth, Sakura, way to be forward.

Sasuke shrugged, "I dunno, but I do know that my parents adopted me when I was a baby."

"Adopted?"

"Yeah. Apparently Dad found me while he was walking home from work, and they originally had a daughter before she was stolen from them."

"Stolen? Who would steal a child?"

Sasuke shrugged, "Maybe to raise her as a slave and sell her. Probably to sell her as a virgin, too. Apparently, virgin slaves sell for a lot. That's what dad says and I don't understand it that well."

Sakura sighed, she understood it quite well but she didn't say anything.

"So you don't know your real parents?"

"That's correct, but it doesn't matter, I'm fine with the way my life is now."

A small smile fluttered over her face, "That's good."

They sat quietly for a couple minutes before Sasuke asked, "What about you?"

"Huh?"

"Y'know, why do you look so much like Princess Sakura?" When she didn't reply, he said quietly, "Are you the princess?" his voice was barely a whisper and he was staring at her curiously. With those beautiful onyx eyes.

Damn it. Those stupid eyes that drew her into his trap like a moth to the flame.

"Am I?"

"So you are, why did you lie and call yourself Hinata?"

Sakura sighed, "OK, fine, you caught me. I called myself Hinata because I didn't know if you guys would like me if I told you who I really was,"

"Who's this real Hinata?"

"She's the royal painter's daughter up at the palace. She's also my best friend,"

"Why do I feel like I've meet you before, Sakura?"

"Yes Sakura," a familiar voice asked from behind the trees on the other side of the river. Her older brother stepped out of the trees and into the open. She growled as Itachi's eyes flashed red.

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Oh no, everything seemed to be going fine, too! And Itachi has to come and ruin it all.

If you haven't noticed, which you probably haven't, I'm going to try and update a chapter a day. Maybe two chapters a day.

Thank you for your kind words, Sakura-chan1345:D