Summary: Haruno Sakura is a rich girl who has an inspiration of a diary she found at the age of 8. In the diary, a girl called Hinata had found her one true love, who is honest and would always tell the truth, no matter how much pain it caused. And Hinata's life became Sakura's inspiration. But there are a lot of problems for a rich girl who wants to lead a simple love life… NaruHina

Author's Note: No manga spoilers here so rest assured And the other pairings? Not spoiling them until later chapters XP

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto otherwise I would've made sure that Sasuke didn't leave the village.

Bold sentences/paragraphs: These are the scenes from the diary.

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A Cherry Blossom Diary

Prologue: The Diary

Sakura's POV

When I was seven, my mother died. It was devastating for me and my dad. But then, Dad met Yukiko and soon, they started dating. My dad was happy with her and I was happy for him. But I didn't like Yukiko. Every time she sees me, she would pinch my cheeks and say how cute I looked with a large forehead. And on top of all that, she wasn't pretty too. Soon, I started taking the habit of staying at home and reading books to stay away from her. That's where my little fantasy began. I just have to say that those fantasy books are really interesting, especially the ones where the prince saved the damsel in distress. They were really great and I hoped in the future, my prince would save me from distress and we would live happily ever after. It was my dream.

Then, I was 8 and as usual, I was left at home reading while my dad visits Yukiko. Being a rich girl I had a guardian who looked after me. I was reading one of those fairytales such as Sleeping Beauty. Tsunade was my guardian and she was scary yet she was nice. I know that didn't make sense but she is really nice sometimes. Well, she came in and told me that we had to go and see Yukiko.

"Come on Sakura. Put away the book. We're going to see Aunt Yukiko."

Tsunade strode over to me and picked up my schoolbag from a nearby table.

"But I don't want to see Aunt Yukiko"

I always did complain but as the tough woman Tsunade was, she was unmoved. She took the books from me and strode out.

"Don't be silly. Your dad wants you to be there." With that she left with my books and my schoolbag.

You really can't argue with a woman like Tsunade. Staying with her for 1 year taught me that. So I put my story book into my chibi schoolbag and walked out of the building. The building wasn't mine, just a place I was staying for the while. I sighed and walked out into the sunshine. All of a sudden, a ball landed right into my hands and I looked around for the person who threw it. I looked down the footpath and found a drooling beast running at me. Immediately, I began to scream and I closed my eyes.

"Kyuubi, DON'T!"

I expected the beast to jump right on me and start eating me but…it never happened. I slowly opened my eyes and saw a boy who was around my age. His raven bangs stuck to his sweating face and the back of his hair stood up in odd angles. I would have smiled at his dirty face and worried expression if I wasn't in such a frightened state. Then I felt arms encircle me and noticed that they were Tsunade's arms.

"How dare you scare our mistress like that! You filthy scum!"

With that, Tsunade ushered me into the car. Feeling sorry for the boy who had just then tasted Tsunade's wrath, I looked out the back car window and stared at the boy as we drove past. He was still holding onto the dog but he stood up afterwards. He was staring back at me too but I couldn't read his expression. And as we drove away, our eye contact was never broken until I couldn't see him anymore.

Visiting Yukiko was never a pleasant stay. She always complimented on my large forehead and pinched my cheeks. She also stated how my bubble-gum pink hair was so soft and unique. Her compliments made me sick. Sometimes, I think she's marrying Dad just to get his money. Well, after I visited Horrible Yukiko that day I went to the beach. As usual, I just sat there and read my story books. Then, in the distance I on the horizon of the green sea, I noticed a trunk coming close to the shore. I watched with curiosity as it came closer to shore and hit the sand. I stood up with my schoolbag strapped to my back and ran towards it. As my curiosity too over me, I opened the trunk. The smell of old clothes hit my nose but i9 held back from retching. Instead, I held it in and went through the old clothes to come upon a diary. The book was bound in brown leather with a purple ribbon to mark the pages. And in it had the story of a girl named Hyuuga Hinata…

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A man walked through the streets shouting at a woman who was close to tears.

"It's the truth so accept it!" His anger seemed to make his blonde hair crackle with fire. The white eyes of the woman looked back fearfully as tears brimmed her eyes. Then, holding them back, she nodded and tried to accept her fate…

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Two people walked along the beach in the sunset, some could even mistake them as a couple. The young woman hummed a small song as she looked around her, letting the breeze play with her soft raven hair. She looked at the man walking beside her. His spiky blonde hair blew softly in the wind and sky blue eyes stared out to sea. Feeling Hinata's gaze on him, Naruto turned his head and smiled at her.

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"You know, I want to build a restaurant here," Naruto said his eyes staring off into the glow of the waves from the sunset. "A ramen restaurant."

A small wry smile made itself home on Naruto's face and Hinata's eyes studied the sad expression.

"Why so sad?"

Naruto smile grew a bit wider at the question and he looked down on his lap before looking back at the sunset. A low chuckle escaped him and he replied calmly.

"Well, everyone that I have known has left me. Who knows, one day, you might leave me too." Naruto shrugged as if he was used to it but Hinata knew that he was in need of a friend. Hinata bowed her head but then looked up at him.

"What if I don't leave?"

Naruto looked at Hinata, his eyes widened slightly from the unexpected question. Then he smiled again, not a sad one but a relieved one.

"Then we can watch the waves together again."

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After reading the diary of Hinata, I instantly want the life she had. The life where she had found a man who is honest about love and who she had lived happily with in the end. From the dates on the diary, I realised that she had lost it after she married the man called Uzumaki Naruto. And I really wanted to find my ideal man. So, I kept the diary and it became my inspiration in nearly everything. My inspiration for writing stories and for finding love. And most of all, to paint the cherry blossom place where Hinata and Naruto had been to and pledged their love.

I just love re-reading the diary. And now, I'm 23 and still reading it. The diary has become my treasure. I had never showed it to anyone before. But since I was the daughter of a rich man and that my dad wants to bring ties to other companies, my dad wants me to marry another guy. Someone who is the complete opposite of my ideal man…someone who I believe I would never learn to love…

Author's Note: Heheh. Very short chapter, I know. The rest are probably going to be short chapters too. But definitely longer and better than this one. But then, this is a prologue. And Yukiko is a made up character. Don't worry, she doesn't play much in the story so it's all good XD I'm really slow with updating so please bear with me. I don't expect many reviews from this sucky chapter/prologue but it would be nice if you gave some to enhance my writing skills. Thank you.