Switched

Chapter Five – Beautiful Angel

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.

Sasuke saw a dim fire light, it shadowed the woman's face above him. His eye sight was still blurry so all he could see was her outline. She touched his face. Her hand was cold. He heard someone sigh.

"He'll be OK. His body just needs time to heal and make more blood." Sasuke knew that voice. His annoying blond friend, Naruto. Yes. He had known him since he was a small child.

"It's my fault." said another voice he recognized. It was coming from the woman. An angel perhaps?

"Sakura-chan, stop blaming yourself." a feminine voice told the angel.

"But it is. If I hadn't snuck out at night to talk to him, he wouldn't be like this."

Everyone was silent in the room for a long time, so Sasuke slowly opened his right eye fully, for some reason, he couldn't open his left eye. There was no longer an angel hovering above him. He sat up from the cot. He saw Naruto, a woman that he didn't know, and the angel sitting around a tiny fire place. He stared at the angel's back for a long time and very slowly began to realize that she was not an angel, but it was Sakura. And Sakura, even if she was not a real angel, was the most beautiful one of them all.

Naruto seemed to be flirting with this new woman. Sasuke sighed inwardly and wondered how long he had been asleep.

Sakura was staring into the fire, she seemed to be deep in thought. She stood up and turned around.

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Itachi smirked.

It was an evil looking smirk.

His father was angry and his mother was worried.

It was five hours past the time his parents and little sister were supposed to leave for the South.

"Itachi!" Fugaku growled, seeing him smirking, "Do you know where your sister is?"

"I have a hunch." Itachi grunted.

"Tell us, Itachi." Mikoto commanded with concern in her eyes.

"The Haruno's, if she's not there, she's probably with her other little peasant friend."

"Peasants?"

"She has been sneaking out of the castle?"

Itachi smirked, "I meant to tell you sooner, but I thought not telling you would be funner for me."

There was an angry pause before Fugaku called, "Kakashi!" a silver haired knight seemed to appear out of nowhere.

"Yes, Sir?" the guard asked, kneeling down on his knee.

"I want you to gather a group of squires and take them to the Haruno household. If Sakura is not there, question the family until they have relieved where she might be. Bring her and her friends back here."

Kakashit nodded, got to his feet and disappeared through the door to gather a few knights-to-be.

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Amaya walked over to the door and opened it. Surprised, she stepped back when she saw Kakashi and three kids around her son's age behind him, "What do you want?" she asked, slightly frightened by their sudden appearance.

"We are looking for the Princess, Sakura, Haruno-san, we have a lead that she may have been sneaking out of the castle to meet your son and his friend." Kakashi explained.

Amaya blinked and cleared her throat, "My good sir, I am sorry to say that I haven't seen Sasuke since before my husband and I went to bed last night."

"Could you please tell me where his friend lives, then?"

Amaya nodded slowly.

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"Sasuke! You're awake!" Sakura rushed over to his side and sat down on the stool next to the cot. Sasuke smiled and reached for her hand. She took his hand in hers, "I'm so happy that you're OK!"

Naruto and the other girl stood.

The blond smirked, "Yeah, you should have seen her when she came running at me. Tears streaming down her face and everything. She was in a world of shock, and Hinata here was trying her best to calm her down."

Sakura blushed and Sasuke smirked, "I made you cry?" he asked, staring at her with his good eye.

The pinked haired girl smiled weakly and touched his healing eye, "Does it hurt?"

"Not anymore."

"It's pretty swollen," Naruto pointed out, "It'll be a while before you can open it again."

Sasuke groaned. He pulled his legs out from under the blanket. When he tried to stand, he collapsed back on the cot.

"You lost a lot of blood, don't try to do too much yet." the blue-haired woman told him. So this was the real Hinata? A simple peasant girl that Sakura had originally portrayed? He squeezed Sakura's hand. She touched his hurt eye again, frowning.

A soft knock on the door sounded and Naruto went to answer it.

A boy with long brown hair tied back in a low and loose pony tail came running threw the door, threw himself at Naruto, flattening the blond boy against the floor, grabbing his hair and placing a long knife at his throat, "Don't move, or I'll kill you." the boy said, no mercy in his voice.

Sakura stepped in front of Sasuke, defensively, glaring at the silver haired man and three two other boys who entered the house.

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One step closer to the end. Regretfully, we still have a ways to go, since we still have to meet Prince Hanto.

Thanks for reading, everyone!