The Switch

Hello, Everyone and welcome to the first chapter of "The Switch." This is a take on what happens when Naruto and Gaara end up switching bodies due to a sealing gone wrong, and how it affects both their lives good and bad. I hope you all like it.


Disclamer: I don't own Naruto that honor is held by Masashi Kishimoto, I'm just a fanfiction writer doing this for fun


Premise: Tsunade finds the hidden scrolls of the Yondaime Hokage showing the steps and failed experiments before he came to the creation of his sealing jutsu. It was a combination of this knowledge, her knowledge of medical jutsu, and the help of Kyuubi’s container, Naruto, that lead to her discovery of a way to manipulate the sealing jutsu used on Gaara to make it work somewhat like Naruto's own seal so that the Sunanin would be able to sleep and have more control over his body and Shukaku. The following story is the events that occur afterwards...


The Switch-Chapter 1


Gaara awoke to the sudden glaring of light in his eyes. He sat up and stared in confusion at his surroundings, not recognizing them as his own. For instance the room that Tsunade had lent him, Kankurou, and Temari was larger and didn't have any windows since it was in the inner sanctum of the Hokage tower, and the room he was in now was smaller and almost box-like in its framework. The walls of the room he was now in, while they were a light yellow color, were covered in bright splotches of red paint depicting various images and posters. Gaara looked at the floor in disgust since it was covered with piles of dirty clothing, training equipment, and ramen cups. Gaara's eyes rose in surprise at the last bit, since he knew of one person, a certain demon-holder like himself, that had an obsession with ramen. On closer inspection he realized that the clothing on the floor was also in the same shades of bright orange, dark blue, and black that Naruto wore.

'What's going on?' he thought, getting up from the comfort of the bed he was laying in. He noticed a few framed pictures staring out at him from their vantage point on the nearby night stand. Walking over to the piece of furniture, he looked at the five pictures: the first was a picture of a toddler and the Sandaime Hokage; the second showed a young boy with an older ninja with a scar across the bridge of his nose and brown hair tied back in a ponytail; the third showed a boy around 12 or 13 with Sakura, Sasuke and their jounin-sensei, Kakashi; the fourth was of a slightly older teenager with himself, Temari, and Kankurou; the last, he noted with anger, was of an 18-year-old boy who was grinning while dragging his protesting boyfriend, Sasuke, into the picture. All of the pictures had one sure thing within them no matter the person’s age now, and that thing was Naruto.

Noticing the few pictures on the night stand only confirmed his guess, since it showed the blonde paired with various people that he had all considered his precious people. 'But...' Gaara thought in confusion, 'What am I doing in Naruto's apartment?’ The last thing he remembered was exiting Tsunade's office after the sealing procedure had been deemed a success and going to the secured room that Tsunade had given them within the Hokage Tower so that he could recover and sleep. The next thing he remembered was finding himself waking up in Naruto's room, and even more confusing than that was being in the Leafnin’s bed in what looked like the blonde's pajamas. Gaara unconsciously held the collar of the nightshirt up to his nose and sniffed it; sure enough it still smelled distinctly like its wearer, of ramen and an underlying sweet musk. He blushed upon realizing what he was doing and dropped the collar and was glad that Naruto hadn't walked into the bedroom to see him sniffing his pajamas. It was bad enough that he was considering stealing the pajamas from Naruto due to the fact that Gaara had had a crush on the blonde since their first fight.

Gaara didn't think that Naruto even cared nor realized about the crush and he knew instinctively that it wasn't a good idea for the news of his crush to get out, since if the Uchiha found out that the Kazekage liked his boyfriend, then there would be hell for Gaara to pay. Gaara had heard rumors about the Uchiha’s previous actions towards the kitsune's other admirers from an inside source through his sister, the latest being an almost comatose Neji. Apparently the Hyuuga had thankfully and recently had a change of heart due to the incident and was now in a hot and heavy relationship with Rock Lee. The Uchiha's anger and previous acts of violence however did little to discourage Gaara's feelings for the kitsune holder, since the Sunanin had decided the choice was really up to Naruto who he decided to be with. Yet knowing the history between Sasuke and Naruto, he doubted the blonde would ever leave the other for him.

Feeling a little depressed at his last thought, Gaara decided to get up to see if Naruto was still around somewhere in his apartment. Having noticed a small, standup mirror on Naruto's dresser, he walked over to it in curiosity to see if the circles around his eyes from his years of insomnia had diminished in color or not, only to stare in shock at the image that faced him...Naruto's image. Gaara's eyes widened in horror. It wasn’t that he disliked seeing Naruto, but he didn't like seeing that his body now resembled that of Naruto's own. 'What the hell is going on?!' Gaara thought in shock, seeing every move he made copied by that of the Naruto in the mirror. He turned around and slowly lifted shaking, tan hands to his waist to lift the end of the nightshirt up, only to stare in disbelief and fascination at a toned and equally tanned stomach that was graced by a spiral-like tattoo around the belly button. Teetering on his feet dizzily due to the shock still coursing through his system, Gaara decided to sit back down on the bed before he fell down so that he could think about what had possibly gone wrong. He came to the quick realization that at this time there was only one person who could really fix this problem, the one who created and performed the jutsu in the first place, Tsunade.

Having come to this decision, Gaara set about finding himself some clothes out of the mess that was Naruto's room. Looking in the closet, he found a vast amount of clothing not only hanging up but also laying in a pile on the floor as though the owner had given up on putting the items away. Gaara found that looking through the mess that was the closet to find a suitable piece of clothing that was actually clean and unwrinkled was a rather daunting task. He had begun to take out things that he would normally wear, only to realize what he was doing was not something the other would wear. 'Then again...' he thought, 'I've always wanted to see Naruto in something more my style.' The clothes he decided on were a pair of black sandals; black cargo pants that lay low on the hips; a black, long-sleeved, netted top with a black tanktop over it; a dark green jounin vest that Naruto had recently obtained but hadn't worn yet; and black, fingerless gloves. He decided to also wear Naruto’s hitai ate loosely around his neck so that it could be easily accessed to put on if necessary, which also conveniently left the kitsune's golden blonde locks unbound and unfettered. Viewing the image of the one he desired most in the type of clothes he preferred almost made Gaara's nose bleed. 'But overall the look seems to suit Naruto’s body a lot better,' Gaara thought, 'Much better than his regular clothing.'

Having dressed, he set off from Naruto's apartment in the direction of the Hokage Tower. It was just as he locked the front door that he felt a strong pair of arms circle him from behind. He stiffened in renewed shock, "Who...?" he turned his head to look over his shoulder at his rival and therefore most hated foe, "Uchiha..." He glared at the other, forgetting for a moment in whose body he now resided, "Get your fucking hands off me before I cut them off!" he growled.

Sasuke smirked, "Oh really, Dobe..." he leaned in to nibble and suck on an earlobe, "I didn't hear any complaints last night. Besides..." he fairly purred in the other’s ear as he moved a hand to cup Naruto's member through his pants, "I wouldn't mind reminding you..."

Gaara stiffed in horror at the Uchiha's words, '...He'd said, Dobe...’ and quickly remembered that he was now Naruto, therefore Sasuke saw him as his boyfriend. 'Heh, lucky I value Naruto's friendship, or Uchiha would be SO dead,’ he thought, realizing that he had to somehow get out of this mess without having Sasuke find out.

"Look.,” he said, pulling the taller boy’s hand forcefully off of his crotch that had remained unresponsive at the other's touch, "I’m tired, and I have a meeting with Tsunade. "So let go.”

Sasuke just snorted at the comment, "It's not like you haven't missed a meeting before, Dobe..."

'Damn...' he thought, groaning mentally. Out loud he said, "Maybe I don't want to..."

Sasuke laughed, "Since when?"

Gaara was quickly loosing unconfrontational options, "How about after the meeting...?" he asked hopefully.

"Why?" Sasuke asked, still amused. He moved his arms away from the blonde, 'Thank, Kami-sama... He's stopped hugging me,' Gaara thought, while inwardly shuddering at the remembered embrace. He then turned to face the other boy while backing up to give them both a good few feet of room.

"Well...the Kazekage's going to be there, and as a future Hokage, Tsunade says I have to be there for the meeting..." Gaara grinned widely imitating how Naruto would have done it. 'Yes,’ the sand user thought. He had managed to make it sound like Naruto that time. It was also a good thing that he'd remembered that Naruto was recently labeled as Tsunade’s successor, therefore it wasn't unheard of for the blonde to be there for an important meeting with a visiting dignitary.

Sasuke raised a brow in curiosity at the space placed between himself and Naruto, "I don't think I like you hanging out with, Gaara..." he stated simply.

"And why not?" Gaara questioned.

Sasuke walked the few feet between them to stand over the blonde as he looked into his boyfriend’s beautiful blue eyes, "Because Gaara has a crush on you, Dobe." He grabbed the other's chin lifting it with one hand as he gently traced the lines of the whisker marks, "And I know you like him..."

Gaara’s eyes widened in shock at the other’s words, "But I've always said Gaara was just a friend... Nothing else..."

The Uchiha humphed in annoyance at the comment, "Dobe, I'm not stupid. I've seen how he looks at you, and you seem to be responding to his advances and I don't like it..." He dropped the blonde's chin to stare again into bright blue eyes, "Just watch it around him, ok?" At the other's nod he smiled, "Come on... Let's get this over with... I’ll escort you to the Hokage Tower." And with that, the two left in the direction of the tower.

That's the End of Chapter One, Chapter Two should be coming out hopefully within a couple of weeks from now. Since I am still working on 'Do Over' and as always many thanks to my Great Beta, Chimera for all her help with editing the story.
Please review since I'm interested in what you all think about the new story. JaNe for now