Finding Her Fairytale

Chapter One

{A/N}: Hey! Let's start off with a mini introduction shall we? I'll tell you my dreams, likes, dislikes, and my life story! YAY! JUST KIDDING!

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Dull emerald eyes searched every row and seat for the colors yellow and brown but found none. Her eyes stung as tears threatened to fall.

To anyone present in the room, they saw a girl smiling on the verge of tears because her years of high school had finally came to an end and that they were happy tears, but Ino and Hinata knew the real truth. They shot the rosette a comforting gaze, telling her that everything was going to be fine.

In their red graduation gowns, Hinata and Ino scanned the room for the umpteenth time trying to find the bouncing blond and brunette. Just like Sakura, they found none.

Sakura couldn't believe it; they broke their promise and stood her up. Her rosy lips began to quiver before she let out a shaky breath and began her once in a lifetime speech.

"For the past two weeks, which were crammed and filled with studying and exams, I never would have thought this day would come: our graduation." Sakura laughed forcedly, "Wow, doesn't that sound familiar? I remember four years ago, I gave this same speech at our Recognition or, in short, our 8th grade graduation, and here we are again. But this time it's for real."

Her classmates smiled at each other. "Before anything though, I would like to thank all of the teachers at SHS. They might not know it, but they've inspired me, motivated me, and taught me so much. Coming from everyone, we're quite thankful to have such wonderful teachers even if the thanks in return is a five page essay on the human brain."

This commented cause everyone to laugh as they looked at SHS's strictest Psychology teacher. "In a few summer months, we'll be moving into universities and colleges. We'll finally get to step into the real world and out of this fairytale. It may be harsh, but we've all known this was coming. Real life, the real world out there is not some fairytale. It's reality. Some of us might not even know where they're applying yet for school either. Are we going to survive college? Are we going to make new friends but lose the ones we have now? As girls, are we going to find that Prince Charming or that knight in shining armor through all of that school work? Are we going to fit in? What are we going to do? Are we ever going to meet again?"

"It's hard to finally agree to this, but this moment right here might just be the last one we'll ever get to have together again, 'til our high school reunion that is. After this summer, we're going to be apart. Some of us are staying here in Suna while some are moving out of the country for studying, or maybe we're going to get married and settle down somewhere and lose contact. Maybe, in some cases, you get on a train and get lost, and you might even fall in love. No one will truly know 'til it happens. I guess that's the adventure of it all.

"The class I'm standing in front of now will be my family for the rest of my life. That sounded corny and lame, but I know you all are feeling the same way. We've been through the unexpected groupings of our wonderful teachers or detention, but sometimes we found ourselves not minding it as we find and create new friendships or realize that we're not alone. We've shared long school projects, triumphant sports victories, crushes that left us heartbroken, friends, laughs, and cries. I have to say, the friends and classmates I have now are the ones I want to keep for life. We're truly United Scorpions, Class of 2012."

Applauses erupted as shouts and cries filled the room, and Sakura waited as their head master gave them the signal before throwing their hats up in the air. That was it; their high school life was finally over. They were heading into the real world now. Sakura's petite hand reached out to catch her cap as they came raining back down. Within a mere minute, what seemed like the whole student body came up to her in a group hug.

"We're going to miss you Sakura-kaasan!"

Sakura couldn't help but smile at her renowned nickname; she was the girl that everyone came to for help from boys to girls, it didn't matter. They came to her with their issues about friends, girl problems, crushes, tutoring, issues at home, fashion 911, or just to hang out. She was their "mom," and she was going to miss it after today because once she left this ceremony, she was leaving Suna right after.

"I'm going to miss you too." Sakura sniffed but put on a smile nevertheless.

"Even if we're a thousand miles apart, we still want to keep in contact. It doesn't matter; we'll promise to send you emails daily!" One of the girls commented, tears streaming down her face.

"And Sakura-chan, if there's a boy out there that's bothering you or breaks your heart, give us a call and we'll be there." The former football captain winked and the senior varsity athletes behind him nodded.

The school's biggest nerd came up and handed her a basket filled with cans of Arizona Tea. "Remember to drink your Arizona Tea, Sakura-chan!"

Now this caused everyone to laugh. If anyone knew Sakura like her classmates did, she was addicted to the stuff. What can you say; it's good. "Aww thanks guys, and I'll keep those things in mind, and I'll promise to keep in contact," Sakura thanked them.

The parents watched as their kids exchanged emails and numbers while they took turn taking pictures with their "mom."

"They grow up so fast!" Ms. Yamanaka wailed into her husband's shoulder.

"They sure do. It was just like yesterday when we enrolled Sakura into Kindergarten," Sakura's parents nodded. "Time just seemed to fly by so fast. She actually proved it to us, Kenji. She made it through high school, made it to valedictorian, and got accepted into Japan's number one school."

Kenji sighed, "I guess we were wrong, Kimiko. She's perfectly fine without us looking after her; our baby girl's finally growing up."

"Yeah."

The three girls bid their parents good bye not too long ago and decided to stop by to get something at the local café. Sakura took a sip of her Arizona tea and said, "We're finally no longer high school students."

"Y-yeah."

Long sighs escaped their lips.

"Jeez! What's up with the gloomy attitude, girls? We're heading off to college, baby! Where boys are, hot and sexy ones! Parties everyday! It's going to be heaven, I tell ya!" Ino exclaimed.

"Aren't you a bit upset about leaving your hometown, Ino-pig?" Sakura questioned through the rim of her drink sadly.

"Well of course I am but…oh Sakura, baby girl." Ino reached over and hugged the broken rosette. "Don't go crying because Naruto and Kiba didn't come, even though they promised they would."

Hinata nodded, rubbing the girl's back. "T-they're in the m-military. You can't blame t-them if t-they couldn't come. T-they can't leave if the c-country's in need. Or they've p-probably got a delayed flight; you n-never know."

"I-I guess you guys are right," Sakura sniffed. "Dammit, I hate it when I cry! It's so weak and pathetic!"

Ino and Hinata looked at their friend with a sad smile. The boys promised her before they left that they would come back and see her at the graduation. It would've been nice to have received some emails or anything from them, but all the girl got was silence. Being the worry wart Sakura was, she called them and instead some guy picked up. But one thing she got out of the call was that her boys were still alive and fighting.

"It's okay to cry once in a while, Forehead," Ino commented. "Holding it in doesn't help."

"I-Ino's right." Hinata handed Sakura another can of Arizona Tea.

"I know." Sakura wiped her eyes and looked at the can in front of her before bursting out laughing. The girls looked at her like she was on crack. "How many cans have I been through? Three? I better go to the ladies room before heading on that train."

Ino smiled. "She'll go now, but the moment we get on that train she's going to crack open another can, and she's going to need to go again. I swear, you have the bladder of a squirrel, Forehead."

"Do not!" Sakura playfully stuck her tongue out at the blonde.

"How much are you betting Hina? I'm betting ten," Ino questioned the timid girl beside her.

"T-twenty."

Sakura gasped, "Hinata! You too? What happened to me and you vs. Ino?"

"S-sorry, Sakura." Hinata poked her index fingers together with a small smile.

"You guys are unbelievable!" Sakura exclaimed before stomping her way towards the ladies room, leaving behind the laughing girls.

"You've. Got. To. Be. Kidding. Me!" Sakura growled to no one other then herself as she watched her phone sink deeper and deeper into the pond. Let's just say, fate wasn't being so kind to her at the moment. Like Ino and Hinata predicted, the girl drained a whole can of Arizona Tea five minutes after the train left its station, thus making her have to make a beeline towards the ladies room again, which led her to get lost. And now she dropped her phone in the pond.

Shoving her sleeves up to her elbow, Sakura dipped her hand into the water and reached for the phone. Groping for the familiar slick cover, Sakura pulled it out. Growling, Sakura took out the Ziploc bag filled with uncooked rain, being the smart girl she was. Sakura just knew she had to bring this; one because you never knew when you would drop your phone in a pond, right? Two, Ino always dropped her phone in some body of water. Dropping her phone in the rice, she zipped it up and pulled her luggage back to the train station.

Scanning the area, she found what she was looking for: the payphone. Walking over, she inserted the wanted amount of coins and pushed the seven-digit phone number she knew by heart and called the only person that wouldn't scream at her when they picked up the phone. "H-hello?"

"Hey, Hinata."

"S-Sakura!" Hinata exclaimed. "W-where are you?"

In the distant, she heard Ino's shrill voice call out, "Where the hell are you, Forehead? We've been searching everywhere for you!"

Suddenly, Sakura heard a guy shouting. "Blonde, will you shut up? Your voice is so annoying it's troublesome."

"What did you say?"

"I told you. Shut up."

"Why you son of a bitch!"

"I-Ino, d-don't!"

If Sakura was in a different situation she would have busted out laughing, but she only smiled at her best friend's shouting.

"Hey! Break it up! What's going on here?"

"She attacked me."

"Well he offended me!"

"Well we're taking you to the police station."

"What? No! Hinata!"

"What?"

"You girl, yes you. Shut off that phone, you're coming to the station too!"

"M-me?" The next thing Sakura heard was Ino shouting for poor little Hinata to wait up as they hulled them to the station. The line clicked and silence greeted her.

Her feet dragged against the cement, with her small suitcase rolling lazily behind. Pulling it up against the railing, Sakura sat down on it sighing in frustration. She leaned back against the metal handle of her suitcase. Unzipping her bag, she dug around for her bottle of Arizona Tea. The bottle of ginseng and honey was just inside...her...

"I'm out of Arizona Tea!" Sakura shrieked in horror before muttering, "This can't be happening, this cannot be happening!" Sakura began pawing through her belongings and came to a realization that was a fact. "I'm...out of Arizona Tea."

Sakura lowered her head. What a day. She got lost, her phone died in a pond, her friends were arrested for Kami knows what, she was stuck in a city not knowing a single thing, she was out of Arizona Tea, and her boys stood her up. She slumped down, exhausted from everything- school, graduation, traveling, and now this.

The dam finally burst; she had, once again, reached her breaking point. Sakura broke down into tears in to the middle of the city by the railing that separated her from the sea.

She didn't know how long it was, but she knew she was crying for a while now. She could just tell by the way her eyes stung and her eye lids were heavy and puffy. In spite of her beauty, with her agreeing with it that she was pretty, when it came to crying, she was a hot mess. And not in the good way either. Her nose would get red, and her eyes would get pink and puffy; it was ugly.

Out of the blue, Sakura felt a cap being placed upon her head. Then it was tapped downwards to cover her tear-stained face. "Hn, some girls think that crying makes them look pretty and charming. But honestly, it makes them look ugly."

Sakura sniffed, tears stilling cascading down her ivory cheeks.

"In other words, stop crying."

{A/N}: Well that's the first chapter of my second fanfic! Hope you guys like it! Follow me on tumblr for previews and updates! And if you're a non-member add some sort of name at the bottom of the review so I can thank you at the bottom Now you guys know the drill, the little grey box at the bottom is just waiting for your review!

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