Switched

Chapter Seven – Waiting

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 sat on her bed, staring out her window at the setting sun. She touched her face lightly with her fingertips, trying to figure out what she was going to do now. Now that Sasuke was officially the Prince. Would she still have to wed Prince Hanto? Was she still even the Princess?

She lay back on the pillows, stroking the silky bed sheets.

And if she did stay at the palace, what about her real parents? Would she and Sasuke be consider... siblings? She felt her face go red. She didn't think of Sasuke like a sibling. Her feelings toward him, she didn't understand them. And Naruto, what would happen to him?

She turned on her side. She almost fell asleep when she heard a knock on her door. The door opened and someone sat down on her bed.

"Sakura, I know what you're thinking."

The pink-haired woman turned over on the bed and saw Mikoto sitting there.

"What am I thinking?"

"You're thinking about what will happen now. Sakura, you're still my daughter, even if we're not blood."

"I don't consider Sasuke as a brother, though, and if he lives here... it'd be weird."

Mikoto took her hand, smiling, "Sakura, he doesn't want to live here. Sasuke decided to stay with his... other parents."

Sakura looked surprised, "Why?"

"I guess he thought it would be odd, also. He, his friend, and his other mother and father will always be welcome here."

Sakura smiled. So they wouldn't be considered brother and sister.

"One more thing."

Sakura looked back up at her.

"You still have to marry Prince Hanto."

Damn it! I don't love him!

"On the plus side, we're not leaving for the South. They're coming here."

"Really? Why?"

"So Itachi, your father, and I can get to know Sasuke and his other parents and you can meet your blood mother and father."

"Oh."

"Your father just sent our fastest bird, so they should be here in a couple days."

An imaginary shiver ran down her spine.

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Sakura sat between Sasuke and Naruto in the Haruno household. Even if she had known her real parents for four days, she still felt nervous around them. She imagined it was the same with Sasuke when he was up at the castle.

She played with the hem of her vest, staring down at her feet.

Amaya was bustling about, looking for something she wanted to show Sakura.

"Do you have any idea what she's looking for?" she asked both of the boys.

"No." Sasuke responded for both of them.

Sakura looked around at him. His face was almost healed expect for the huge scar over his left eye, which was now open.

She was lost in thought about that night the wolf attacked them when Amaya cried, "Found it!" Sakura looked around at her blood mother. She was holding a tiny box, beautifully hand crafted and woodland creatures were painted on it.

"What is it?" Sakura asked. Amaya smiled and opened it. Inside of it was a blue velvet lining and a beautiful green gem laying inside of it. The blond woman pulled the necklace out of the box and held it gingerly in her hands.

"This jewel was passed down from your father's side of the family. The box was from my side. I want you to have it, Sakura."

"I can't possibly take this!" Sakura protested, holding up her hands.

Amaya lay the necklace in the box and pressed it in Sakura's hands, "No, Sakura, even though you haven't lived with me, you're still my daughter and I don't think Sasuke wouldn't really like having a jewel and box. Boys don't usually like that stuff."

Sakura smiled and glanced at Sasuke. He had a sour look on his face that made her giggle. She looked back at the box, opened it, and pulled out the necklace. She fingered it gently and flipped the gem over in her hands. It the brown metal the name Haruno was engraved. She smiled and hugged it to her chest, lovingly.

"Thank you, Amaya." Sakura lay the jewel in the box and closed it.

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Sasuke lay with Naruto on the palace lawns, staring up at the perfectly blue sky that was dappled with the whitest clouds Sasuke had ever seen. They were waiting for Sakura, Hinata, and their new friends Shikamaru, Kiba, and Rock Lee. Lee was the stable boy who they had meet. Apparently he had a huge crush on Sakura.

Naruto sighed loudly and sat up, still staring up at the sky, "It's such a nice day." he commented.

"Yeah." Sasuke replied, closing his eyes.

There was the sound of galloping horses and Sasuke sat up and looked in the direction that the sound was coming from.

The riders were wearing the emblem of the South Kingdom of Konoha on their chests. There was also a carriage being pulled by four horses. They stopped not too far away from them.

Two men stepped out of carriage. The younger one of the two was tall, had short but flowing brown hair and handsome gray eyes. The older one was shorter because he was slumped over and he was holding a crooked walking stick. Although his hair was still colored red naturally, the rest of his body looked as if it belonged to a seventy-year-old. The younger one spotted them and waved, "Hello, have you seen Princess Sakura?"

Sasuke stared at him. What business did this man have with his Sakura?

His?

Naruto waved at him politely, "She is coming out to meet us, you can hang out with us until she comes out."

The boy nodded and turned to the older man. They exchanged words before the younger one joined them.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, this is Haruno/Uchiha Sasuke." Naruto introduced.

"Hanto. Why do you have two last names, Sasuke-san?" the brunette asked.

"Long story short?" Sasuke blinked, resting his elbow on his knee and his chin in his palm.

"Sure."

"I just recently found my birth parents."

"Oh."

"So how do you know Sakura?" Naruto asked.

"We've been friends since were little. We're very close."

Sasuke eyed him curiously, but his eyes turned to the castle.

"Sasuke, Naruto!" Sakura cried as she ran closer to the trio. Everyone else was walking toward them. When Sakura got there, she froze in shock when she saw Hanto. The brunette stood, wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her full on the lips.

Sasuke felt his face redden with anger.

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Oh no. Poor Sasuke. If you didn't see that coming, no cookie for you. Haha. Kidding. Cookies for everyone!

Thanks for reading! I'm glad you all like my story:D