I GOT MY LAPTOP FIXED! AND I AM READY TO ROCK! Ha-ha well I just wanted to let you readers know that u guys rock J and I thank the reviewers of OUAV for bringing smiles to my face! THANK YOU! So in honor of them I decided to make a new story! I really hope u fav me as an author, but if u hate… it's ok, why bother reading? Right? Well I would really appreciate if you new readers and come back readers would please read and review… SOMETHING INSIDE! Ily3 -MidnightSaphire

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Something Inside

PROLOGUE

"Some girls my age dream about the most good looking celebrity, or their crushes… but I dream a different dream. Not exactly the fantasy type of dream, more like reality, or what used to be my reality. Now memories that lie deep within the depths of my memory lane. So deep I don't even think it's considered a memory yet I reminisce. My name is Sakura Haruno, and I dream…

"Mommy! Lookie over here at the fishies!" a little girl with bright short pink hair and jade green eyes yelled at her mother sitting by the park benches.

"Sakura! Don't get too close to the edge of the dock! Remember what happened last time!" her mother now concerned at the proximity her only daughter was to jumping into the lake. "Sakura!"

Little Sakura just looked over at her mother, "Yes mommy, I know!" she stepped back hearing a sigh of relief from the older woman. But she still had a very good view of the fishes swimming around. Sakura and her mother always love to come out to the country side of Tokyo. Saku's daddy owns a lot of property, even an island! But out of all the lands and mansions that her father owned, Sakura loves the dock and lake.

"Mommy it's so pretty!" the koi fishes scales shined so metallically bright with the sun's now setting rays, sakura's eyes widened in fascination, "ooooooh…"

Her mother's emerald eyes would look at her daughter from afar but the sunset out in the country never ceased to take her breath away.

"MOM-" she heard splashes in the water, "I- can't swim!"

Before the older woman could get up and run to her daughter, their personal bodyguard, Kakashi, beat her to it. "Sakura-chan!"

The young 23 year old and professional bodyguard jumped in to the lake and saved the drowning little pink haired girl, who started crying.

Kakashi just held her in his arms as he stepped out of the water, "It's ok, Sakura-sama. It's ok"

In less than 2 seconds her mother Sakina was there to take her, "Sakura! What did I tell you? Do you want to give mommy a heart attack?" Sakura's cries turned to soft sobs. "G-gomen…"

20 minutes later the sun had already set, and Sakura was still wrapped around her mothers arms, dozing off to sleep.

"Thank you Kakashi." she heard her mother whisper.

"It's my job Mrs. Haruno-sama" Kakashi, now dried replied with a small smile.

"If I didn't know any better, I'd say that when you saw my daughter drowing…" she shuddered. ", you were just as scared as I was." Kakashi just slightly blushed as he looked down and stayed quiet.

Sakura felt her mother giggle, she guess it was at Kakashi. 'Does he look funny?'

"You love Sakura, as if she were your own. Right?"

Kakashi sighed, "She reminds me a lot of my little sister who passed on when I was a teen."

"I'm sorry" her mother spoke with sympathy.

"Don't be I have Sakura-sama in my life for the next 50 or 60 years, and if anything happens I promise I'll never let her out of my sight. Ever." his voice sounded like he was dedicated to protect Sakura with his life.

Sakina smiled warmly, "I'll hold on to that promise Hatake, Kakashi"

Sakina just finished talking to her husband, who was away on a business trip, and was walking up the grand stairway when she heard her daughter's muffled laughs and giggles coming from her room.

She opened the door to her daughters room slightly and she could see Kakashi sitting on the ground facing away from the door with Sakura in from of his doing something to his face.

"Don't move Kakashi-san, No! don't open your eyes yet! Just give me a few mo-"

"Sakura dear? What are you doing to the poor man?" she just had to interupt.

Kakashi just turned to Sakina in a surprised manner. Talk about a professional bodyguard, he let his bearings and guard down.

Sakina held back her laugh at the sight of Kakashi.

"SAkura-sama, may I see myself?"

Sakura just looked down like if she did something really bad and was going to pay for it but handed him her mirror.

Kakashi held the mirror to his face, "Oh my…" Sakura had managed to paint his eye lids in a neon blue colored eye shadow, his lips colored in bright red, not even lining along his lips, he even had some lipstick on his cheeks. Pink circles on the top of his cheek bones, he guessed that was the 'blush?' What the? He even had two piggy tails on the top of his head with two bows.

Sakina couldn't help it any more, she started to laugh at Kakashi, "Job well done Sakura!"

Sakura just smiled sheepishly, "Thank you mother!"

Kakashi just gasped, "Look at me, I'm a beautiful princess Sakura-sama!" Sakina and Sakura just laughed a little harder. Then he realized, "Where's my dress?" Kakashi asked.

"Kakashi!" Sakura cried, "I want my mommy and daddy to come back I'm scared being alone in this big house!" Kakashi just held Sakura's little body in his arms tryiing to make her feel better about being alone in a mansion.

"I know you're lonely in this big'ol house but before you know it, you're daddy and mommy are going to come back and bring you a present from America!"

Sakura's teary eyes lit up, "America?"

Kakashi took this advantage, "Yes, It's a beautiful place. a lot different from Japan, "

Sakura gave Kakashi a smile, "Will I ever go there?"

Kakashi gave a warm smile, "I'm sure you will… but for now go to sleep you look like you need it."

Sakura wiped her tears aways and let her tiny body mold into Kakashi's built and toned one as she closed her eyes. Unbeknown to Kakashi he started singing a lullaby he used to sing to his little sister. Sakura felt safe.

"DADDY! I missed you!" Sakura excitedly ran to her father who had his arms wide open ready to embrace.

"My sweet little cherry blossom! Look what I got you!" the older man's light green eyes sparkled in the sun as he took out a silver box from the back of his jean pocket.

Sakura was so enlightened, "Daddy! Is this from America?"

Her father smiled, "How did you know?" he looked over at Kakashi who was standing in the corner of the porch of the mansion 'keeping an eye on things'.

Sakura opened the box and inside was a small silver necklace with a pendent shaped like a heart. "Daddy! It's so pretty! Thank you!" Kira, her father, smiled and put it on around her small neck.

"There now you look more beautiful." Kira smiled lovingly.

"oh I almost forgot, the pendant opens up and look it's a picture of us four. You, me, mommy, and Kakashi. One happy family." inside the locket indeed was a small picture of the four of them. Sakura was sitting on her mothers lap with the biggest smile throwing the 'peace signs' and sticking her tongue out. Her mother Sakina was smiling at her daughters little pose and was also throwing the peace sign herself, Kira was smiling like an idiot yet his real personality showed just with his smile, and Kakashi was in the background looking as professional as he could ever look, aside from the fact the he was somehow reading a little red book in the corner of his eyes.

Sakura smiled and let her tears run down freely. "I love you Daddy and Mommy!" she ran and gave her parents one big hug

"We love you too don't ever forget that."

"I promise!"

My name is Sakura Haruno, and I dream of home, something I lost along with my family exactly ten years ago today… I miss them so much. If only I could rewind back time for just a day, I'd tell them over and over again how much I love them.

Well? What do you readers think? Now that you read it please review! It's not like it charges you a lot of money to state your own opinion J thanks for reading! And stay tuned for other chapters of Something Inside coming soon!