I don't own Naruto (cry)

Lady Rine Says: Hey guys! i'm back with a new fan fic! Yosh! I hope you like this one. It's not as mature themed as my last fic Where we Met but there is slight lemon and i'm stressing slight in a further chapter...err well there WILL BE. haha!

anywho this is major OOC.

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(heart) always

lady rine

It was a beautiful autumn afternoon when I first met him. He was strong, handsome, and such a gentleman. I was sitting outside the Academy for Martial Arts waiting for Sasuke under the big cherry blossom tree when I saw him…

"Oi! Sakura! Afternoon!" Sasuke yelled out. Of course I wasn't really paying attention to Yusuke, I was more interested in…Him. "SA-KU-RA! Hello? Are you alright?" Sasuke asked as he poked my arm.

"Huh? Eh… Oh! Yeah hey Sasuke" I managed to say; I just couldn't take my eyes off of him. I kept my eyes fixed on him. His face was so simple and beautiful; I wanted to know more about him, I wanted to meet him.

"His name is Gaara"

"Huh? Excuse me?"

"Sakura I've known you forever, I know when you're interested in a guy. His name is Souna Gaara. He's new at the academy, not that bad either. They say he's a Kendo God."

"Is that so?"

I looked at Sasuke, he seemed pretty confident about what he knew about Gaara. I looked back to where I had seen him. "eh?" where was Gaara? Where did he go?

"Hey! Sasuke!" a deep enticing voice called from behind. I turned around… it was Gaara!

"Hi Gaara, what's new?" Sasuke replied.

"Nothing really…" Gaara sighed. They continued talking, you know, about their "guy things" like Kendo and Jitsu or something like that. Their voices seemed to trail off… I couldn't make out what they were saying really, but I could hear their voices loud and clear. Some cherry blossoms fell upon us from the branch above, and a breeze flew by us. It was like a screen cap from and anime as odd as that sounds. My long oddly pink colored hair swayed in the wind as I watched his hair wave around. It was getting dark and the sun was setting. The sky was colored shades of orange, red, yellow and gold; it made the Academy's yard light up with life, same with Gaara's face. The breeze suddenly blew stronger, I had to hold my skirt down, damn, why do they make our school uniforms so short?

"Ah!" I cried.

"Huh?" Sasuke turned to face me, "Oh sorry Sakura, you were so quiet I forgot you were standing beside me." He laughed.

"Oh, hey. Sasuke you didn't tell me you had a sister"

"I'm not his sister," I said calmly. The wind died down so I was able to punch Sasuke's arm for forgetting about me "I'm his best friend."

"Oh, heh heh, I see. So that also means you're not his girlfriend" Gaara said with a smile upon his face.

"No she's not," Sasuke assured in his playful voice while poking my tummy. "Gaara, meet my best friend Haruno Sakura"

"Pleased to meet you" Gaara raised his hand; I took it

"Likewise" I said with a smile. I thought we were going to shake hands but he kissed mine instead. I couldn't help but blush. I looked into his eyes, they were kind and gentle, much like Sasuke's, excep dark green… and also very mysterious, very intriguing. He lifted his head to look at me, I felt a shiver of excitement, and it was like nothing I've ever felt before. We stared into each other's eyes for a bit, oh how I wished I could have stayed there in the moment for longer.

Sasuke looked at me, I felt his eyes on me, then he looked at Gaara, he went back and fourth as if he were confused, studying the looks on our faces. He coughed, I snapped out of it, shaking my head and clamping my eyes shut. When I opened them Sasuke looked somewhat angry or disappointed, but why? The gentleness in his eyes were gone and replaced by hard coldness that I haven't seen in him since he went to live with his father after his mother's death.

Sasuke's parents were divorced when he was 10-years-old. His mother caught his father cheating on her one night. The strange lady ran out and his father ran after her, never too return. A few months later divorce papers arrived at Sasuke's home. His mother sent all his father's belongings to the address on the letters he wrote to Sasuke. Poor Sasuke hated his father so much he never opened the letters from him, he always threw them out, but his mother saved them in a box under her bed. Sasuke found the box after his mother's suicide. Since then he has never spoken about it. I don't think he even speaks to his father. It's rather sad. I remember when I dropped of his homework at his father's the day after he moved in; Sasuke didn't let his father into his room. "He abandoned us," I remember him telling me, "he was never able to keep his promises to me, or my brother." Sasuke was the youngest of his family he had an older brother: His name was Itachi. He was about two years older than Sasuke. He left the Uchiha Family household on his own a few years ago; I think he was about 15 at that time. Sasuke never knew why, it hurt him really bad because they were sort of close.

When I first moved to Konoha, Itachi was the first one of the Uchiha family I met. I was 12 when I moved here,

I remember I was crying because my little bird flew away. The cage fell out of the car when I got out, and the cage door swung open then Kokako flew away. My parents were too busy with the moving guys to notice, they never really paid much attention to me, but Itachi and Sasuke just happened to walk by. Itachi was about 14, I think. He stopped in front of me and asked "Aww, its okay little girl, what's your name?"

"S-Sa…." I mumbled,

"Aww, I can't hear you, you're going to have to speak louder than that." He said in a sweet cherry voice.

"S-S-Sakura…" I said in-between my sobs.

"Sakura eh? Aww! What a cute name for such a cute little girl. I bet you're much cuter when you're smiling, come now, why are you crying?"

"K-Ko-Kokako flew away," I said, crying harder.

"Kokako? Is that you're pet or something?" He asked gently. I looked up, his eyes were so calming, I looked over and Sasuke was standing beside him trying to get a look.

"H-hai… Kokako's my dove…" I managed to say. It started to rain,

"Aww, its alright, looks like you just moved in." He then walked over to my father and asked if it was ok if I went over to their house for some hot chocolate or tea, he obviously said it was alright because the next thing I knew I was sitting in their living room.

"By the way, my name is Uchiha Itachi; this is my younger brother Sasuke. You both look about the same age." I looked at Sasuke, he smiled at me, and it made me feel safe and welcomed. Itachi asked me how Kokako got loose, and I told him.

"Does Kokako mean a lot to you?" he asked,

"Yes, my mother bought her for me before she died, a year later my father re-married Tsunande-san and then we mover here. Kokako is the only thing I have left of my mother…" When I finished my tale, Sasuke suddenly got up, and ran out into the rain.

"SASUKE! WHERE ARE YOU GOING? YOU'LL GET SICK! COME BACK!" Itachi yelled as he ran after him, I followed him. Sasuke never looked back. Itachi and I stood in the rain on the road, watching him disappear into the rainy mist. 4 hours passed by and still no Sasuke. Finally, the door slid open and there he was, soaked and panting and he was holding something in his hands.

"SASUKE!" Itachi cried as he hugged him, "Thank God you're safe! Don't you ever do that again! Do you hear me?" He scolded angrily.

"H-hai…" he gasped, he walked towards me as I stood up. "I believe this belongs to you." Sasuke said, he opened up his palms and there was Kokako.

"KOKAKO!" I yelled "Thank you so much!" I hugged him

"Hey there, it's no problem. Hey get off! Be careful you're going to crush your bird" I let go,

"Sorry…" I mumbled. I took Kokako from him and wrapped her with my ribbon to keep her warm. We've been friends ever since that day. Then the accident happened...

My father and Tsunande-san were robbed on an outing. The burglar stabbed my father and beat him up, Tsunande-san tried to stop him, but the burglar beat her up and she fell to the ground. The burglar turned towards me, he grabbed my necklace, the one my father gave my mother when the first met, and it broke off my neck as I screamed. Tsunande-san grabbed the burglar's leg "RUN SAKURA RUN! RUN AWAY AND NEVER LOOK BACK!" I panicked, so I ran crying. It was raining that night, I remember running non-stop until I reached the Uchiha residence. I stayed with them for the night until the police came. My father died that night at the hospital, and Tsunande-san was left in critical condition. Since that day I lived on my own with Shizune-san, a hired nanny who was to look after me until my 18th birthday.

Shortly after that, Itachi ran away from home, his reasons are unknown, and Sasuke's parents divorced. This devastated Sasuke, he wouldn't eat, sleep, or go to school for 3 months. He barely spoke to anyone, not even me. To make matters worse his mother felt as is everything was her fault and committed suicide. Sasuke was to move in with his father and stepmother until he was 18 or they let him move out. Sasuke no longer lives across the street from me and he blames his father for Itachi's sudden disappearance and his mother's death. "That man ruined my life, and my family. He's no father of mine, just the landlord of my residence."

This was the first time I've seen these eyes in a while. It's been 2 years since that all happened. Sasuke will be 17 next month, and he'll be able get out of that hell hole that he calls his father's house.

"It's getting late Sakura, Shizune will get worried. Common, I'll walk you home." Sasuke said. His eyes were back to normal now, thank goodness, he scares me when they're cold.

"Better go home too," Gaara said "it's getting late and I promised my little brother I'd teach him Kendo tonight. It was a privilege and an honor to meet you Sakura, I hope to see you more often." and with that, Gaara was gone. I watched him disappear around the corner.

Sasuke poked me "Sakura? Did you hear anything I just said?"

"Huh? Sorry what?"

"Never mind, you up for some ramen? It's not like I'm in a hurry to get home."

"What? What are you? Naruto? I thought you said Shizune would be worried about me and I should go home."

"Yeah…I did say that didn't I… oh well then we'll chill at you're place… again"

"Sasuke-kun, you're going to have to eventually stop crashing at my place then sneaking into you're place in the morning"

"Yeah… eventually." He laughed, and we left the glistening yard of the Academy.