I don't own Naruto.
This is an Alternate Universe, where it is centered on how they are regular kids. I have changed the ages and relations to some of the characters, so be prepared!
In addition, the story will get more confusing later on, but that's because the plot bunnies ran away from me and started their own version of things. I type and they speak in my head. If you are confused on anything, just send me a message or review and I will do my best to answer all your questions.
Also, Sakura and Ino didn't know each other when they were younger!
Sakura is the new girlfriend. Ino is the old friend. She at first feels threatened, but now she just wants to know what had happened two years ago... SakuSasuIno ItaIno SakuNaru Plenty of random pairings!
In My Imagination
Sakura sighed at the two old friends sitting together across from her. Ino had only showed up to the Uchiha mansion for Itachi, but the mysterious older boy hadn't come home just yet. Sasuke and the blond haired girl had immediately begun joking and talking of 'back in the days' and embarrassing stories of each other and whatnot.
The pink haired girl would be stupid to not admit she was jealous, but she didn't want to make a scene. Ino was a nice girl, who just happened to know Sasuke longer than she did and Sasuke was the love of Sakura's life. She had waited so long to be with him, Sakura didn't want to screw it up because of a little emotional wreckage on her part.
"Sasuke-kun… Is it all right, if I get a drink? Do you two want any?"
The dark haired boy smiled at her in a loving way. "Sure Sakura, get anything you like."
"I'm fine; don't cater to Sasuke, Sakura. He's spoiled enough already." Ino joked. "Go ahead, be mean to him! He loves it!"
The two who had just started a wrestling contest ignored Sakura's weak smile. She walked away from them to get herself a bottle of water. When she returned she stayed in the shadows to watch the two.
Ino called uncle after awhile. "Get off of me!"
Sasuke moved to the other couch across from the one Ino and him were sitting on. "So, what do you think of Sakura?"
"I like her." The blond girl replied. "She seems to care for you very much and I mean more than those girls who want in your pants. I just hope she doesn't feel threatened by me…"
"Why would you think that?"
Sakura gasped at the insight that Ino had. It couldn't have been that obvious!
Ino sighed. "Not everyone understands that you and I are just friends. We're like siblings! I mean, I'm going out with your brother for goodness sakes!"
Sakura watched the flicker of emotion in Sasuke's eyes. Ino… You can see that I'm threatened by you, but you can't see how much Sasuke wants to be with you!? How can you be that dense!?
There was a noise coming from the front door. The pink haired girl entered the room to sit by Sasuke, so she wasn't accused of spying on them. She judged from the blond girl's smile and her own boyfriend's scowl that Itachi was home.
The longhaired older brother of Sasuke entered the room alone with a polite smile. "I'm sorry to keep you waiting Ino; the others are waiting for us outside. I hope that my foolish brother hasn't been bothering you much with his presence."
Sasuke rolled his eyes at Itachi's teasing. Sakura smiled brightly as she watched Ino jump from the couch to give Itachi a quick kiss.
That's how I want Sasuke and I to be.
"Oi! Ino turned back to Sakura. "Don't let him push you into anything! Don't go up in his room! Uchiha's are horrible womanizers without even trying and you want to be a decent girlfriend and not those bimbos!"
"Like you're one to talk Ino!" Sasuke announced. "You should have taken your own advice when you got together with Itachi!"
"Well…" Ino started. "Do as I say not as I do!"
Sasuke rolled his eyes again at her as Itachi led the blond out. Sakura waited a few minutes before saying anything.
"She's really nice."
"No, she's not." Sasuke replied. He had gone back to his cold demeanor and Sakura found herself trying to force a sad face away.
"She doesn't seem to be mean. What makes you say that Sasuke-kun?"
The pretty boy gave her an annoyed look and didn't answer.
Sakura bit her lip. There was so much more she wanted to ask, but when Sasuke saw Ino with Itachi, his good mood seemed soiled now.
"HEY! TEME! SAKURA! YOU HERE!?" The loud voice entered the Uchiha living room. "What are you guys doing alone on the couch?! Oh my god! You guys aren't gonna have sex are you!? Don't corrupt my Sakura-chan!"
Sasuke scowled as Naruto dove between him and his girlfriend. Sakura growled. "Naruto, mind your own business!" She hit him over the head and smiled brightly when Sasuke gave her a smirk.
"Come on; let's fight out in the back yard dobe."
Sakura followed the two outside. On the way they were caught by Sasuke's mom, who had given her a smile and whispered, "I hope he holds onto you."
Naruto put an arm around both Sasuke and Sakura. "Wow, Sakura, you're happy again! Why were you two in such a bad mood earlier?"
"I met Ino, she was really nice." Sakura replied since Sasuke was obviously just going to ignore Naruto's comment. She saw the question in her boyfriend's eyes about her being upset, but she ignored it because she knew he'd never ask it aloud.
"How is Ino nice?" The fox-like boy asked with real confusion.
Sakura smiled because she knew he would inform her about Sasuke's old friend. The pink haired girl picked her words carefully. "Why do you guys think that she's not nice? She was kind to me."
"Drop it, you two." Sasuke ordered, but Naruto ignored him.
"Well… She's loud, rude, spoiled, she expects to get everything she wants handed to her, and she has really bad anger problems. She's more violent then you." Naruto answered.
Sakura felt a sweat drop roll down her face. "Naruto, you do understand that you also described yourself, right?"
Sasuke smirked at them as he prepared himself to battle Naruto. The blond boy, however, was yelling at the top of his lungs that he was not like Ino.
"I AM NOT LIKE INO! SHE'S A BOYFRIEND STEALER, SO I'M DEFINITELY NO LIKE HER AT ALL!"
"A…boyfriend stealer? Do you mean that she stole Itachi from someone?" Sakura felt so much more confused than she was before.
"No!" Naruto yelled. "Everyone thinks that whenever Sasuke has a girlfriend that if Ino doesn't like her she steals teme here away from them."
The pink haired girl watched as the two boys fought while thinking over what Naruto said. It is possible that Ino does want both Sasuke and his brother… Since she knows, she can only have one she could just run off whomever Sasuke's going out with, so Ino can keep them both without being with both. Would Ino really do that, she didn't seem like the type, but you can never tell, can you?
CHA! It won't matter anyway because true love conquers over all and Sasuke won't fall for her stupid trick! Bring it on bitch!
Sakura whipped her head around to listen to a sound. It was Sasuke's mother coming outside to sit with her. "I see you're enjoying sitting here watching my son and his friend act like idiotic boys, are you?"
"Yeah…" Was all the pink haired girl could say. She felt the need to impress the woman that could be her future mother in law, but she didn't know what to say.
The woman nudged Sakura out of her thoughts. "Why don't you come help me with the dishes? We can girl talk."
She gave Sasuke's mother a bright smile. "Of course! I'd love to help you!"
Mikoto, Sasuke's mothers name as Sakura now knows, started the conversation between them. "How long have Sasuke and you been together, my dear?"
"Oh, about a month." Sakura replied happily. She was proud of herself that she asked him out and not the other way around. She was even happier that Sasuke had said yes.
"I've also heard Ino here. Did she bother you any? She tends to intimidate his girlfriends."
So...Ino does run off Sasuke's girlfriends… No matter! Sasuke would never choose her over me for no good reason!
"No, Ino was nice to me, but everyone says she's rude and whatnot." Sakura supplied.
Mikoto laughed. "She must like you then, I wonder why…"
"What do you mean?"
"Oh, that girl is so overprotective of Sasuke. They've been close for so long…until Itachi started dating her. It's been so long since those two have actually talked. I don't think Sasuke's ever forgiven Itachi for asking her out and he hasn't forgiven Ino for saying yes. My two sons have quite the sibling rivalry going on. Sasuke must have felt that Itachi took away his favorite toy, but of course Ino isn't a toy, now is she?"
"No, she's not." Sakura nodded to herself. So he doesn't have any real feelings for her, he's just confusing being possessive with love. I wonder if Itachi really loves her or if he is using Ino too. I feel bad for her. Cha, at least I won't have to worry about that hussy being all over my Sasuke-kun!
Sakura smiled towards the woman. "Thank you for talking with me."
A mischievous glint entered the woman's eyes. "Not a problem, dear. I'm here anytime you want to talk."
"Oi! Sakura-chan, there you are! Teme and I have been looking for you! Are you ready to go to the movies now?" Naruto entered the kitchen completely oblivious to any talk that had been going on between his best friends' mother and his crush.
"Yes, I'm ready! Where is Sasuke?"
Naruto stuck out his tongue and started complaining. "Teme this, teme that! What about me!? I cared enough to come and find you, while teme decided to go get the car. We better hurry because he said he'd leave without us!" The blond boy grabbed her hand and Sakura felt a shiver go up her spine. She ignored the emotion that ran through her.
"Don't be stupid, Naruto! Sasuke wouldn't leave without us!" He wouldn't leave without me…
"Wanna bet!? He did it to me and Ino!"
"Ino and I," Sakura automatically corrected. Naruto turned to her as he was running outside.
"When did you and Ino start hanging out?"
"No, stupid, I was correcting- look out!" Sakura cringed as the blond boy ran into the front door. She huffed at him, even though she felt bad. "See! This is why I'm with Sasuke-kun! He would never do something as stupid as running into a door!"
Naruto glared at her. "Wanna bet! There was this one time Itachi-"
"Hey! Let's go!" Sasuke called from outside. Sakura skipped to his car and swept herself into the front seat. Naruto barely made it into the back before the pretty boy pealed out of the driveway.
"Sasuke-kun, you are so cool!"
"Hey, teme! What was that for!?"
See… Sakura told herself, I have nothing to worry about. Sasuke won't break up with me and Ino won't try it.
"Hey, teme! Did you know that Sakura and Ino hang out?!"
"What!?" Sasuke glared at her for a moment before turning his ebony eyes towards the road again.
"No, Naruto is just an idiot!" Sakura defended. "I was correcting his grammar and he thought I meant that I hung out with Ino."
Sasuke didn't smile this time. A worry line appeared in his forehead that got Sakura worried.
Maybe I should hang out with Ino… She would probably tell me more than everyone else would.
Sakura made a mental note to track down the blond girl tomorrow. She justified meeting Ino as getting to know her future sister-in-law…ish. The pink haired girl sighed happily, as she sat back in her seat. "So what movie are we going to see?"
Little did the pink haired girl know; staying Sasuke's girlfriend was going to be the least of her problems.
Yes, I know. It's quite a shocker for me to do a SakuSasuIno, since I don't like SakuSasu, but don't worry, this will end up SakuNaru with plenty of twists in it. I felt the muse go off in my head and I decided to try something different, so I hope you all review!
If you review then I'll put up the 2nd chapter. I'm already on the fourth one!