Always Remember Me

A/N: My first story…I'm scared and nervous but excited. Anyway, you might find Sakura's last name weird, but it's for the story. I just wanted to clear that up. I hope you like it! Also, I'd like to thank my main beta, Kat, who shares this account with me, and Caramel Crazy, my grammar and punctuation beta (thank you, thank you, I know you don't normally do anime fics.)

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or its characters, and possibly never will. Also, in the summary, the quote ('They say memory…') belongs to Oscar Wilde in 'The Importance of Being Earnest".

Summary: 'Hi! I'm Sakura. I'm a new student at Konoha High…and I have amnesia.' They say memory is the diary that we all carry around with us, but what if that diary is taken away? To top it all off, she has a freak going after her. What a life! (AU, SasuSaku)

Chapter One: Hello, Konoha High!

"And now, we have a new student, so please make her welcome," I heard the teacher's voice on the other side of the door. "Don't frighten her off the minute she enters. She has amnesia, too, but don't make fun of her. That means you," here I think he pointed at someone "and the rest of you."

I cringed at his mention of my memory loss. It's not exactly something I want to flaunt in public. I nervously brushed away a strand of my unusually pink hair.

Okay, here I am in Konoha High (School of Excellence and Superiority, but no one really calls it that.) I'm a transferee here, and Kakashi-sensei, my homeroom teacher, kind of gave everything that anyone needs to know about me.

After knocking gently on the door, I pushed it open and got my first glimpse at the class and the teacher. They were all quite different from each other – one with red marks on his face, another with sunglasses on - but all focusing on one person: me.

I've practiced for this. I can do this. I'm not making a fool of myself and forever label myself as the 'Girl Who Can't Introduce Herself to Save Her Life' in my new school. I've had enough of that.

All right… breathe, Sakura, breathe. You can do this.

Oh, god. I forgot it was so hard to introduce yourself to a bunch of people you don't know. Well, I've forgotten a lot of things ever since the car accident, so whatever. I subconsciously put a hand in my pocket and felt for my stone. It was my sort of comfort blanket. I always felt safe with it.

I don't think I've felt this nervous for a long time. It feels like every eye is on me. Why can't anyone look away? I turn my head to look at the teacher, Hatake Kakashi, and he raises his eyebrow as if to say, "Well, what are you waiting for?" Gulping, I took a deep breath and started.

"Hi," my voice squeaked a little. Darn, I'm not letting anyone think I'm weak! I held my stone tighter and made my voice louder.

"Hi, I'm Kaimi Sakura! I'm really happy and psyched to be here at Konoha High!" I gave the class a wide, forced smile. I hope I didn't blind them.

"Thank you, Sakura. A very nice introduction, I should say. Please take your seat." I flushed a little at his comment.

"Oi!" said a boy loudly, breaking the silence. "Sit here Sakura-chan, dattebayo!" He waved his right hand vigorously and pointed to the seat beside him. I took a tentative step towards him – he seemed friendly enough. I glanced at Kakashi-sensei.

"Well, it seems like you've got a volunteer. Go on, Sakura," Kakashi-sensei told me. Slowly, I released my death grip on the stone and walked towards the 'volunteer.'

I shyly slipped into my seat, and got a good look at the boy. He had spiky blond hair, blue eyes, and muscular - but his most distinguishing feature was his smile. It set me at ease at once, almost exactly like the stone does.

"Welcome to Konoha High, Sakura-chan! I'm Naruto, dattebayo!" He gave me a cheeky grin as he pointed his thumb to himself. "And that's teme!" Naruto jabbed his thumb behind him. I looked over his head and saw a boy glaring at Naruto.

"I have a name, you dobe," he growled. I studied him intently. He had black hair and black eyes, and his eyes had a kind of intensity that I couldn't name, but it wasn't the cold kind. Overall, better-looking than any guy I've met.

… I seem to be observing a bit too much today.

Naruto smiled mischievously at him before turning back to me and saying, "I meant Sasuke-teme."

"Well, hi Naruto, Sasuke," I gave a little wave. Naruto smiled again, and Sasuke gave a tiny nod in my direction showing that he acknowledged my presence.

At least I had some people I knew.


'Hmm, so my locker number is…wait, what IS my locker number? Oh yeah, 343. Well, that's 340, so that's 341, 342, aaand…343! Yes! Here it-'

Oof! I accidentally bumped into the girl whose locker was next to mine and fell down, books and all.

She gasped audibly. "Oh my gosh, I am so sorry!" She helped me up and smiled at me apologetically.

"No, it's my fault, I should have looked where I was going," I told her. Looking back at her and smiling, I noticed she has brown hair tied into 2 buns. She bears quite a strong resemblance to a panda.

…That's a compliment, mind you. Pandas are quite cute.

After I had gotten my locker opened (number 6-32-11-20! I'm s proud of myself, I didn't forget!) I turned to face the girl again. She was looking at me intently. I blinked at her, and she laughed after realizing what she did.

"I'm sorry! It's just that I've never seen you around here before. New here?"

"Yup."

"I'm Tenten, and you are…?"

"Sakura, Kaimi Sakura." Introducing myself isn't so bad after doing it the first time.

"Oh, you're the new girl in homeroom!" She flashed a grin at me. "Well, nice to meet you, Sa-"

"TEEENTEEEEN! DARLING! HI!" a loud voice, which almost surely belonged to a girl, called. We turned and I saw a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes walking down the hallway and waving vigorously. It makes me wonder whether or not she's related to Naruto.

She stopped in front of us. "Who's the pink girl?"

Tenten sighed. "It's not very polite to do that, Ino, how many times have I told you not to do that. And she has a name, not Pink Girl. It's Kaimi Sakura, and she just transferred schools. You know, the girl at homeroom?"

"Oh, okay then! Hi, Sakura! I'm Yamanaka Ino – the prettiest girl in this whole school! And it's a big school, mind you."

A girl with clear white eyes popped up next to Ino. "P-please d-don't mind her, S-sakura-san, she's a-always l-like that," she stuttered. Tenten gave her a smile.

"Hey Hina-chan, this is Sakura. But you probably know already – everyone in the whole planet's heard Ino's declaration of self-presidency." She added the last part in a low voice, but Ino heard and smacked Tenten's head playfully. Hinata and I giggled.

"Sakura, this is Hyuuga Hinata," Ino introduced. "She's mine and Tenten's friend."

Hinata gave me a tiny wave. She sure was shy, but she seems nice.

We started talking about random stuff when the bell rang noisily again. We covered our ears again. I hate that bell.

"Hey, what's your next class?" Ino asked. "I've got History. Ugh."

"Me too, but what's wrong with History?" I frowned in confusion.

"The teacher is scaryand boring, Sakura. Now don't ask me how that's possible. In any case, I've got History too," Tenten told me.

"S-so d-do I," Hinata stuttered, yet again.

"Well, let's get going!"


Ebisu-sensei really is boring and scary. He kept droning on, and on, and on…but he has this manic gleam in his eye that kind of says (at least to me), "If you sleep, I'll eat your brain for breakfast!" Ugggh, creepy.

He began to write something on the board. Something about the Civil War, I think. Ino leaned closer to me and whispered softly (as softly as someone like Ino could, at least), "Pssst! Sakura!"

"Over there at the back! Keep quiet and copy what's on the blackboard!" Ebisu-sensei said snappishly. He didn't even turn around to look. What a scary guy. Teachers like that should be illegal.

"What do you want, Ino?" I hissed.

"Just wanted to know what school you used to go to," she said in hushed tones, so Ebisu-sensei couldn't hear.

She interrupted me for that? I was about to ignore her, but she had this really eager look on her face that I couldn't say no to.

"Oh. I went to Kunai Public School. It closed, though, they ran out of money. You probably haven't heard of it, it's quite a small school, unlike here in Konoha High School of Excellence and Superiority," here she raised an eyebrow at me. I don't think Ino has heard of this version of the school name yet.

I quickly added, "Oops, sorry – I'm so used to calling the school that name that I subconsciously use it whenever I speak. Sorry. Anyway, back to what I was saying - I never stood out there, or make any friends." Yes, even with pink hair. Ino looked at me sympathetically.

"Well, we all have our moments. Anyway, do you want to come over to my dorm? Ten-chan, Hina-chan, and I will be there at 5:00, we're going to have some random girl talk that maniac teachers like Ebisu-sensei try to stop us from having," Ino made a face. I laughed at her, but I do agree.

"Okay, my dorm is #122, what's yours?"

"#125, just 3 doors away."

"See you then. I have to finish copying-" I paused. Ino was making a strangled noise and pointing frantically above. I slowly turned my head. A shadow hung over us.

"Yamanaka! Kaimi! Copy, now!" Ebisu-sensei was towering over us with an intimidating glare. We squeaked in response and hurriedly went back to copying.

Geez. What a class!


I lounged out in my dorm while waiting for the time to pass and reach 5:00. The bed's really soft, unlike the one in my apartment. My apartment is really tiny, and has only three rooms: one living room, which serves as dining room and kitchen too, a bedroom, and a bathroom. Oh well, it's what I have, and I survive. Looking at the clock, it was 4:20. 40 minutes to go. I sigh and think about the day's events.

I had first day jitters, I admit that much. Can you believe I memorized the entire student handbook so I wouldn't get into trouble with the teachers? I can recite each section, word for word now. But I don't really need it. Excluding some teachers (cough maniac-Ebisu-senseicough), I like everyone fine.

Oh, and I'm really glad I made friends. In Kunai, I didn't have anyone to eat with, share notes with, or laugh about my stupid mistakes with. It's awful being a loner. Maybe everyone thought I was, oh, I don't know, some kind of a freak because I had amnesia. I have a feeling they're friendlier in here, though.

What would I have done if I hadn't bumped into Tenten today?

I checked the clock on the wall again - it was 4:50. Changing out of my uniform, I decided to wear a white tank top and pink skirt and slipped on some flats.

"I'd better head off to Ino's now."

A/N: Did you like it? Was it too short or long? Please R and R, and thanks for reading!