A/n: Hello everyone! I'm back with another fic. Although this is not my first, this is the first one I'm making for the anime Naruto so please be nice. This story just popped out in my head and I hope you all would like it. Oh yeah, also in this fic, they are not ninjas but just normal junior high students.

Summary: Sakura is friends with Naruto and secretly has a crush on him. Naruto is friends with her but sees her nothing more as a friend. One day, Sasuke steps in to Sakura's life, and things started to change for the three of them. If you want to know the pairings, read to find out.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

"words"

'thoughts'

(comments by me)

I was once yours but not anymore

Chapter 1: First day of Second year JHS

Sakura walked down the street, with her ketai at her hand. It was early in the morning, yet she still felt as if she still needs more sleep. It's the first day of their second year junior high and she didn't felt like she wanted to miss it.

Her mobile phone made a short melodic tune and she looked at it, to see the mail she had just received.

Sakura-chan ima doko ni iru no? Hayaku kuru no yo! Ore gakko ni iru kara saa… ore kimi wo matete ne. Ja na. Naruto

"EH! Naruto Hayasugi!" Sakura exclaimed.

She fastened her pace, and finally broke into a run, heading for the school. When she reached the gate where Naruto was waiting for her, she stopped to catch her breath, panting heavily.

"What's the –pant- hurry? It's like –pant- two hours –pant- before school." Sakura asked.

Naruto laughed and walked up to her to help her. "Alright, I am sorry for making you come here that fast. But then…you act as if you don't know what today means…"

"What…?" Sakura asked with a puzzled expression.

"Oh please, don't tell me you do not remember!" Naruto said in an unbelievable tone.

"What did I not remember? …I remembered it's the first day of school…what else?" Sakura asked.

Naruto sweatdropped. He opened his bag and pulled out a small purple velvety box, throwing it to Sakura. Sakura caught it but she still had her confused expression on her face.

"Hora…Otanjoubi Omedeto…Sakura." Naruto said.

"…eh…! Wasurechatta…" Sakura exclaimed in a whisper.

"ba—ka…" Naruto said.

Sakura smiled and hugged him.

"Arigato…Naruto."

'..fu…' Naruto smirked mentally.

Sakura opened the box and gasped when she saw what was in it.

"Naruto! Kore…"

"un…sou yo…" Naruto answered even before she finished her sentence.

It was a silver choker with a dangling kanji of "ai" in it.

Sakura loved his gift but she wished that someday he would really mean it.

They met each other at first year and they immediately became friends until one day, when Sakura's true feelings were revealed to Naruto.
----Flashback----

"…atashi…Naruto no koto…suki dayo…" a younger version of Sakura said.

Naruto turned to face her and smiled. "Ore mo, Sakura-chan suki dayo!" Naruto replied in a funny way.

"Naruto…I am not kidding around…I really do…" Sakura said.

Naruto approached her and hugged her. "…Sakura…suman…ore…hinata…no koto datte…hontou…ni…su—"

"Iiwanai de! Mou yamete! Kikitakunai!" Sakura said releasing herself from his hug and running away.

----End Flashback----

It really took months before their friendship relationship was fixed back to normal again, and from that day on, both of them seemed to get as far as possible from that topic.
They went off towards the building entrance as more students arrived.

Sakura pulled Naruto towards the front of the bulletin boards, making their way towards a lot of people until they reached the board with the posted papers saying second years in it.

"Hey Sakura you're in the same class with me!" a girl with a yellow hair said. (I don't know if she's blonde or yellow so just go with it.)

"Ara! Ino-chan!" Sakura said waving to her as a greeting.

"We're in class 2-4! Can you believe it! We're actually classmates now!" Ino said.

"Ja na Sakura. I'm in class 2-1 with Hinata and Ten-ten. I'll see you at break time." Naruto said walking away from the group.

"Kora! Ikou yo Sakura-chan!" Ino said pulling Sakura towards the other side of the hall.

"eh! Ch-chotto matte yo Ino-chan…!" Sakura said trying to grab Naruto's collar but missed.

They stopped in front of a two-door room after many flights of stairs.

"…why –pant- is our classroom -pant- so high…!-pant- we get so –pant- tired –pant- even before –pant- we reach it!" Ino said.

"Never mind that, -pant- come on –pant- let's go inside." Sakura said opening the door.

They went inside and both of them were shocked to find that their favorite spot in the classroom was occupied by three boys: Neji, Shikamaru, and a boy they never knew or met.

"What are those two think they're doing! They took our seats!" Ino said angrily.

Shikamaru noticed them and waved. "Osu! Ino! Sakura! We found some lovely seats in here! Hehehe!"

"Don't mind him Sakura he'll just ruin your day if you do. I've been classmates with him ever since fourth grade and all he does is fool around and get on people's nerves. He really is so annoying!" Ino said pulling Sakura to move and find towards another seats, passing the three of them.

Sakura walked beside Ino to find another place to sit but the guy they never met suddenly pulled her back.

"matte."

Sakura turned around and saw him looking back at her.

"What is it?" Sakura asked impatiently.

"Don't mind Shikamaru. Take back your seats in here. We're going to be off somewhere else." The guy said.

"No, you three stay right there. Even though we are mad for the three of you taking our seats, it is not in my nature to chuck you out of that seat so forcefully and if you do not want it, I am not that rude. We will only sit there when you yourselves are willing to do it and not pushing yourself to." Sakura said and turned her heel to march off where Ino was waiting but once again, the guy held her back.

"What!" Sakura exclaimed.

"We will move and we want to move. Is that good enough for you?" the guy said.

"No Sasuke, not me! I want to stay—"

"Shikamaru Damare!" Neji said.

Sakura was surprised when the guy told her those things. She thought he was the same as the two were but it turned out he was different.

"…So your name is Sasuke ne? How come I haven't seen you before?" Sakura asked.

"Maybe you were seeing…but you weren't really looking…" Sasuke said smirking at her.

A/n: Chapter one is finished. This is not a cliffie to me but I have to end the chapter right here. Please review and tell me what you think. I may not continue the story if people don't review. The characters are OOC but that's how the story should go for now. You'll see later on. Hehe! I'll update soon.

Translations: (not exact but will do)

Ketai- mobile phone

Sakura-chan ima doko ni iru no? Hayaku kuru no yo! Ore gakko ni iru kara saa… ore kimi wo matete ne. Ja na. Naruto – Sakura-chan, where are you right now? Come here quickly! I'm already in school. I'll be waiting for you. Byebye. Naruto

"EH! Naruto Hayasugi!" – "EH! Naruto you're so fast!" (this is the exact translation but it really means that Naruto is so early)

"Hora…Otanjoubi Omedeto…Sakura." – "Here…Happy Birthday…Sakura."

"…eh…! Wasurechatta…" – "…eh…! I forgot about it…"

"ba—ka…" – "stu—pid…"

Arigato – Thank you

Fu – it's like laughing but written like that ok?

"Naruto! Kore…" – "Naruto! This…"

"un…sou yo…" – "yes…it is…"

Ai – love

"…atashi…Naruto no koto…suki dayo…" – it means "I like you Naruto." But it wasn't said exactly like that.

"Ore mo, Sakura-chan suki dayo!" – it means "Sakura, I like you too." But not said exactly like that.

"…Sakura…suman…ore…hinata…no koto datte…hontou…ni…su—" – "Sakura…I'm sorry…I…it is hinata…that I…li—" translated like that but not exactly said like that.

"Iiwanai de! Mou yamete! Kikitakunai!"- "Don't say it! Stop! I don't want to hear it!"

Ara- Ah

Ja na – Bye Bye or See you

"Kora! Ikou yo Sakura-chan!" – "See! Let's go Sakura-chan!"

"eh! Ch-chotto matte yo Ino-chan…!" – "eh! W-wait a moment Ino-chan…!"

Osu – Good morning in a quite an impolite form. Usually guys use it.

Matte- wait

Damare- Shut up

A/n: Please review and review and review and review and review and review. Updates might come soon but not that soon since I am writing two stories at once plus my other owned stories handwritten.

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