Prompt: In Another World
Fandom: Naruto (Anastasia AU)
Pairing: SasuSaku
Rating: T
Summary: Orochimaru has overtaken Konoha and killed off the entire royal family, or so he thought. Years later, rumors whispered throughout the country claim that the two Uchiha princes somehow escaped the massacre. Sakura is ready to brush the gossip off as just that, but when a young man who is being chased by Oto shinobi and fits the description of one of the princes collapses on her, she’s tempted to believe Naruto’s prodding and help the stranger be reunited with his family. Of course, it doesn’t hurt that the stranger also happens to be her ticket to a better life.Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of characters. I am making no profit off of this and am only writing it for my entertainment. The same goes for the story Anastasia.
A/N: I’m a couple days late for this prompt, but it’s gotten a lot bigger than I expected—like turned into a multi-chapter fic big. And I promised myself I wouldn’t let myself do a multi-chapter so soon after coming back to writing fanfiction, but the idea wouldn’t leave me alone. I’ve been listening to the Broadway soundtrack of Anastasia and can’t get the idea of Sasuke as Anastasia and Sakura as Dimitri out of my head: Thus my Anastasia inspired AU was born. And just to make it clear, it is an Anastasia inspired AU so it’s inspired by both the movie and the musical, and it will follow the formula, but it isn’t going to be a complete copy of either the movie or the musical with just names being swapped out. I’m taking some liberties and adapting it to the characters and telling it in my own way. That said, I hope you enjoy the first chapter!
Since Anastasia has the alias of Anya, I had to come up with one for Sasuke and chose Hiei since Kishimoto said Sasuke was inspired by a character named Hiei.
Unbeta-ed.
Chapter 1
The Land of Fire was but a shadow of what it had been a mere decade ago. Sakura had only been a child when the Otogakure regime had taken over. There wasn’t much she remembered from before, but the night the Uchiha Monarchy was executed was seared in her mind. She remembered taking shelter in an abandoned shop and praying that no one would find her. People were reckless and there were many who had joined in the violence simply for the sake of violence. The gunshots, the clang of metal against metal and the stench of smoke had permeated the air the entire night. The small had even stuck around for days after. It was the night everything had changed.
Life on the streets had never been easy, but the new regime didn’t make it any easier. Their new ruler claimed that everything would be equal under his rule, but everyone just seemed poorer instead. The ambitious and unhappy were dealt a swift and harsh punishment, and anyone who so much as stepped out of line risked disappearing. As she grew, Sakura learned to circumvent the Sound shinobi posted around the city. She had tried being a good and loyal Otogakure citizen, but devotion to the state didn’t fill her stomach. She had to resort to stealing and bartering for whatever she needed to stay alive.
The Lost Prince || Part 1
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