NOTE: This story was inspired by Mulan II :D
Summary: AU. When a look-alike princess of the peasant Sakura goes missing, Sakura must act as her for the sake of the kingdom! But what's this? She must marry one of the two princes from the other two kingdoms? SasuSakuNeji
About the Story(extended summary): Sarutobi is not dead and he is not the king. He is a normal villager. Konohamaru is his grandson. Tsunade is the queen and her husband, Jiraiya Haruno(I had to make his last name Haruno because I dont' know his last name) is the king because I always thought they looked cute together. They have a daughter name Sakura who had been declared missing for a week now. Jiraiya had made a deal with the other two kingdoms, the Uchiha and the Hyuuga Kingdoms, that he'd form an alliance with the kingdom that his daughter chooses to marry the prince of. This is where Ino, Princess Sakura's bodyguard and best friend, decides to use a village girl...who looks exactly like Sakura.
The prince of the Uchiha Kingdom is Sasuke who will become king once he marries. His family was killed by his older brother Itachi whose whereabouts are currently unknown.
The prince of the Branch Hyuuga Kingdom is Neji. The Hyuuga Kingdom consists of two kingdoms: the Branch and Main. Hinata Hyuuga is the princess of the Main Hyuuga Kingdom. Neji is used as the prince who'll attempt to capture the heart of the princess Sakura and form an alliance with the Haruno Kingdom because...well I don't like HinataxSakura -.-
Disclaimers: I'm have never exceeded making over 5 pages of manga...
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BAM!
A furious man, about his 40s, slammed his hands down on a table. He gritted his teeth in anger. Next to him stood a beautiful woman, about his age, with a look of uncertainty and devastation on her face.
"Gaara, do not play games with me. Just because I favor you that does not mean you can joke around. Understand?" The King Jiraiya growled dangerously, glaring at two people who stood before him. One was a male with red hair and the other was a female with long, blonde hair tied in a ponytail.
The male Gaara, about 17 with red hair, bristled."I am not joking around Jiraiya. You know I would never joke about the princess and especially in a situation and time like this. I thought you said that you thought of me like a son? You don't trust me after all?
Jiraiya sighed frustrated. "Yes, yes. Sorry for doubting you. What shall we do now? At this rate, our kingdom would fall for sure!" Jiraiya paced left and right. "We need to find Sakura soon!"
The blonde girl studied the man carefully and after a while she spoke, "Sir...I propose that we use a village girl."
Jiraiya turned to her, his eyes widened in shock for a minute. "Use...a village girl? Where did you get that idea Ino? You know Sakura is like a one of a kind and the other kingdoms already have a photo of her." And yes, indeed she was. The priness, Sakura, had beautiful jade eyes that that shone brightly in the light while most girls had dull brown ones. She had smooth, cream skin while others had tanned, rough skin. Her smile was so pure it could light up a dark room. But most importantly, she had natural, soft, cherry blossom colored hair. To have such pink hair, you'd have to go buy a dye for it.
"Yes," Ino replied. "I know. However, I was in the village the other day. You remember right? You told me to search for Sakura. I saw a village girl who looked just like her. Her eyes were green like Sakura's. She was young and about my age with a smiled much like Sakura's, and her hair...was pink. Besides, the other kingdoms only have a photo of her. Could they possibly decipher her attitude? They know nothing about her, right?"
Jiraiya was quiet and at lost. A princess look-alike? He chuckled to himself and smirked. "Ino, I think I'm giving you a raise."
The moon dominated the dark sky and somewhere in a small house...
"Okay now get to bed!" a young girl exclaimed. She was about 16 though her body was very petite yet developed quite well and her sea-green eyes shone as deep as jade itself. Her long, pink hair flowed rythmically in the ponytail that it was put up into. She was not very pretty, just average looking in beauty. However, her emerald eyes, pink hair, and innocent expression was something that exceeded mere beauty. Her looks were one that would stay with you for her pure heart could be recognized through her looks.
"Aww! But I don't wanna Sakura-san!" the young boy complained to the older girl known as Sakura.
"Konohamaru you must go to bed! You need a lot of rest because there is a big day ahead of all of us tomorrow!" Sakura commanded, pushing him towards his bedroom. The boy known as Konohamaru refused. "Konohamaru! Go. To. Bed!"
"But can I just stay up one more hour?" the young boy pleaded.
"No you cannot! We all know you don't wake up when you are supposed to!"
"But I promise I'll"
"Nuh-uh! With you, promises are only made to be broken!"
"No really! This time I'll really, really wake up ear"
"Why don't you just go to bed and then you can wake up extra-early and play?"
"But the evil monsters are going to get me! Going to bed early will only give them more time to eat me!"
Sakura sighed. Why were kids so easily scared about such things as monsters? To her the only moster that existed would be the Uchiha and Hyuuga kingdoms who were just cold and heartless. The Hyuuga Kingdom was alright but they were merciless and their punishments were excruciating. The Uchiha Kingdom was worse though. In the Uchiha Kingdom, there were no such words was "innocent until proven guilty" because it was always "guilty until proven innocent."
"Look how about this, Konohamaru. I'll stay with you tonight and protect you!"
"Really?"
"Yep! You can rest assured that as long as I'm here, no one will hurt you!" She grinned.
Konohamaru beamed and ran straight to his room. Sakura followed and took a seat, leaning against Konohamaru's bed. She could feel the gentle night breeze flowing through the open window. Peering out the window, she had a clear view of the dark, starry night filled with glowing stars. She studied the glimmering stars until her eyes were drooped with weariness and she submitted to sleep. Unknown to Sakura and anyone else, a shadow lurked in the dark of Konohamaru's room...
In the living room outside of Konohamaru's room sat two people: an old man and a middle-aged woman. Both sat in complete silence until the woman smiled and spoke, "Sakura sure is admired by the kids. Gai-san told me that Lee is even beginning to develope a crush on her."
The man chuckled, "Well it's not everyday that you meet a pleasant young woman like little Sakura. She is indeed a rare type of girl: gentle and fragile like a cherry blossom but not completely helpless. I think the young boys nowadays are just drawn to delicate girls."
"She sure has lightened up this place you know? Before, there were only the two of us,Konohamaru, and little Mei(Senko: Mei is OC),"the woman chuckled along with the old man.
It was cold.
Sakura shivered. She searched anxiously for warmth, grasping the smooth, silky sheets of her bed. Wait a minute...silky?Since when had her bedsheets become "silky"? Oh well, all that matters is the warmth that she needed. It was awfully cold this fall...
Silky...
Silky...
Sakura eyes jolted open and she bolted right up from the bed that she laid on.'What...the...'
Sakura studied around her surroundings. She was laid on a gorgeous designed and extremely large bed with a beautiful shade of pink. To her right was a huge and strikingly appealing mirror with an exquisite dresser next to it. To her left was an enormous glass window/door and an elegant balcony could be seen connected to it. There was a magnificent vase with dazzling pink roses set on the dresser. Sakura instantly knew this wasn't her room. The question was, who's room was this and how did she get there?
Sakura got up from the bed and walked towards a large door which she assumed was the enter and exit of the room. She couldn't stay there. What if someone caught her and she wasn't suppose to be there? And if that was the case, how was she going to explain everything? Could she just tell her them that she went asleep at her house but woke up and found herself there? Well that certainly wouldn't be very convincing. I mean how would you feel if you went to your room to find that someone else was there and all that person had to say was that that person went to sleep and woke up in your room? For all you know, that person was probably a theif or something who snuck to your room and lied because he/she was caught.
Sakura turned the doorknob and opened the door only to be faced with a girl about her age with long blonde hair tied in a ponytail and cerulean sea eyes...
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