Hey Guys, so this is a new collection of one stores that I'm starting. Specifcally for sasusaku month 2015. I've never done it before, but I've always followed it and this yrar thought i'd give it a go!

Disclaimer: I don't own anything!

It's been happening for years, the cherry blossom stems. Ever since he left the village with the Sound Four, each year, on a particular day, he's woken up to a cherry blossom stem innocently placed on his side. That day? March 28. As if it wasn't bad enough, as if he's forgotten, now he's getting motherfucking cherry blossom stems, as if he could forget her birthday. It was ridiculous really, for cherry blossom stems don't grow in Sound. So how the fuck was there always one next to him, on that day, without fail?

The first time it happened was the year right following his deflection. At first, he thought it was some ill-mannered joke. Afterall, the Sound Four were listening on that night when she confessed her feeling towards him. Knowing his associations with the petals, he wouldn't put it past them to put a stem just to fuck with him. But after thinking about it, there was no way in hell that someone could get that close to him without his finely tuned senses noticing them. Besides, they've been long dead. So what was it? With no logical explanation, he left the matter alone.

Sakura had always been annoying. But this...this is a new level of annoying. Despite the fact that they weren't even near each other, let alone in the same village, how was it that she was still able to plague his thoughts? And this forsaken stem, a physical reminder of the girl he left behind, of everything he could have had, left behind, was annoying.

But every year, without fail, the damn thing appeared. After the third year, he deduced that it was no mere coincidence. Someone was messing with him and he was going to find out who. And once he did, may the heavens have mercy for using his memory of her like this, for he will not. The first person he sought out was Kabuto, the creepy bastard.

"Kabuto," he began, "have you been inside my room recently?" The man in question looked at him, confused at his question. Seeing his expression, he walked away. On to the next one, he thought.

"Orochimaru, have you or another person in this base been inside my room, for any reason?" he asked his teacher, the snake sannin.

"Why Sasuke," he hissed, "no one here is brave enough to commit such a feat and I have no reason to, why do you ask?" Saying nothing, he turned to walk away before his voice stopped him in his tracks.

"Does this have anything to do with the mysterious present that's been appearing in your abode?" he asked his student. Sasuke turned to him, Sharingan blazing.

"How do you know about that?" he snarled, "Do you have anything to with that?"

"No but people talk and besides, who would I be if I did not know what my prized student was up to? Say, doesn't that remind you of someone? What was her name? Saira, Sayuri? Oh, I remember, it was Saku-" "DON'T YOU DARE SAY HER NAME!" he snarled. Teacher or not, he would not allow anyone, especially the likes of him, to utter her name, lest they taint it. He glared. As he was walking away, he turned his head back and glared at the snake, "If you ever say her name again...i'll kill you."

"Interesting…"

"Awwww, how sweet! He's defending her honor!" the figure squealed

"Shouldn't you stop interfering? I'm sure the boy hasn't forgotten her" another figure muttered,

'not that he could, even if he wanted to' he thought to himself.

For some reason, it still kept happening. Even now, even though he's left the damn base. How was it possible? Even when he was camping outside with Hebi, the damn blossom still appeared without fail. Even if he stayed up all night, on that particular night, it would appear, almost if out of thin air. He learned to stop questioning it, for he would get no answer to this strange phenomenon. He took to hiding it on his person, for he wasn't in the mood for his nosy teammates to tease or start questioning him. For some reason, even back then, he couldn't make himself destroy it, almost as if he didn't want to.

Even during his darkest time, joining Akatsuki, the cherry blossom kept appearing. He would never admit it, but it was something he looked forward to every year. Sometimes, when he was alone, he would fish it out and look at it, sometimes smelling it. It always smelled of her. Even after all these years, he never forgot her smell. This cherry blossom stem was just as annoying as she was. He smiled.

"Mission accomplished!" the first figure yelled in glee

"Mikoto...what was it exactly that you were trying to accomplish by leaving those cherry blossom stems?" the other figure asked.

"Well, Fugaku, I was trying to make sure he never forgot her," the figure, now identified as Sasuke's mother, said, smiling.

"Mikoto, the boy couldn't do that even if he wanted to" he said

"Well, still, there's no harm in leaving small reminders every now and then," she said to her husband, "I'll continue to give him reminders that she's always there. For as long as it takes, I'll always continue be his matchmaker"

There it is, my first submission of many of sasusakumonth2015. Hope everyone likes it! Please feel free to leave a review!

Happy Readings,

koolbrunette06