YESS. I finally posted this. lawls. :D

I made it into an AU because the tension in the manga is TOO TENSE. XD


"Hey Gaara-kun…" her jade eyes gleamed.

"Hn?" he grunted, a sign that he was listening.

"Wanna go to the park?"

He looked at her, and raised an invisible eyebrow at her sad smile. He sighed.

"Sure, Sakura."

Yes. 8-year-old Sakura Haruno is with 9-year-old Gaara No Sabaku.

Then again, when aren't they together?


Amnesia
Chapter ONE: Getting To Know You
[*- Getting to like you, getting to hope you like me. -*]

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"Sakura. Why'd you ask me to go here with you anyway?" he questioned. He knew something was wrong. What else would've caused the sad mood she has today?

"Eh…Well. We're moving, Gaara-kun."

"Oh." His eyes saddened. "To where?" he asked, as he held onto her hand.

"To Sound." She answered as she entangled her fingers with his.

He squeezed her hand.

"But—" he was cut off when she kissed her, on the lips!

She blushed a nice shade of red.

"I—I like you, Gaara-kun, and I wanted to be your first kiss, than some stranger." She smiled.

"Well, I—I like you too." he confessed. She smiled.

"I gotta go now. We're leaving tomorrow morning."

"Hn. I'll meet you tomorrow then, right? I'll be there when you wake up. I promise."

"Thank you. Bring Tema-chan and Kuro-kun too, ok?" she asked. He nodded. She hugged him one last time, and ran off.


THE NEXT DAY:

"Wake up, Sakura." Gaara said, nudging the pinkette lightly.

"Hhm. One more minuteee…" she whined, covering her ears with a pillow. He smirked.

"Oh. Then I guess I have to go then." He said turning to leave. Just when he was about to twist the doorknob, he heard rustles from the bed.

"Gaara-kuuuun!" she slurred, jumping out of the bed and hugging him tightly.

"Temari and Kankurou's downstairs."

She grinned. "I'll miss being here with you Gaara-kun."

"Hn. C'mon let's go downstairs."

As the both of them climbed down the stairs, they swear they could hear each others hearts beating quite loudly. Sakura laughed nervously.

"This is it. Our last day together."

"Hn."

"Sakura-chan! I'll miss you!" Temari beamed, hugging the daylights out of Sakura.

"I'll miss you too Tema-chan!"

"Hey, take me in too!" Kankurou joined the hug. They all smiled at each other and sat on the sofa, reminiscing the memories they had.

After a bit of chatting, laughing and some crying…

"Sakura! We're leaving!" Atsuko said, dragging all the luggage into the Haruno car.

"Hey Sabakus!" Seicho called, as the siblings looked at their direction. "Wanna join us to the airport?" he smiled. Sakura grinned in excitement.

"Yey!" Sakura cheered, doing some kind of dance. Everyone laughed at her antics. They dashed to the Konoha International Airport (KIA).


'Flight H17, the plane will be leaving in exactly 10 minutes. Please board now. Thank you and have a safe trip.'

"Well that's us." Seicho said.

"I'll miss you all!" Sakura cried. "I promise I won't forget you!"

She looked at Gaara, and stepped closer to him."Especially you. I will never forget you." She said, kissing his nose, and then grinning widely.

"Wait! Sakura…I have something for you." He reached for a small box in his jacket and opened it. She gasped. It was a necklace. It was rectangular in shape with curved edges, but what amused her most was the letters carved on it. On the other side, it said Sak, while on the other, ura.

"Wait. There's more." He smirked. He twisted the necklace and it turned into a heart.

"You see, when it's in its normal shape, it won't open, but when you twist it and it forms into a heart, it will. And also, it's would form you name. See?" he explained.

"Now. Open it." She smiled at the picture inside. It was the picture Temari took when they were at the carnival. A picture where you could see Gaara's genuine smile.

"Thank you so much Gaara-kun! I promise I'll wear it everyday, everytime. Well, unless I take a bath." She joked. He chuckled.

"Sakura, dear, come on now!" Atsuko shouted out.

"Oops! Bye Gaara! Temari! Kankurou!" she said running to her parents' side. She took a glance at Gaara, and mouthed, 'I love you'. Gaara smiled, a small one, and said the same too. She smiled. Their plane began taking off. She waved at the three siblings and with that, their plane wandered up the sky.


"This is Sound? It's so peaceful."

"This is where me and your mom met." Seicho said as he pointed to a bench. It was cemented and some cracks were visible. A lot of writings were on it. She frowned.

"It isn't marvelous."

"Well, it is for us." Atsuko said, reminiscing.

"Where's the playground?"

"Oh. It's near our house." Seicho smiled.

"Yey!"

They halted a taxi and drove off to their new house.

Once they arrived—

"Can I go to the playground now?" she whined.

"Sure, sweetie. Have fun."

She ran to the park to see girls crowding.

'Hmmm. What's happening over there?' she thought. She tried her best to peak at the commotion, but was too short to do so.

"Hmpf!" she huffed. "I'm too short." She mumbled with a pout.

"Hey Pinky!" a man about 12 years old, shouted out.

"Hey! My name's Sakura!" she retorted. The man approached her. The man chuckled.

"Sakura eh? I'm Itachi." He smirked. She grinned back.

"You're cute!" she said with a blush.

"Really now? Thanks Saki."

'Saki? Cute nickname.'

"Hey Chi-Chi…" she started. He twitched.

"Chi-Chi?"

"Eh…sorry. It's a habit of mine. Giving friends nicknames." She laughed.

"Chi-Chi's fine then."

"So…what are the girls looking at?" she asked curiously.

"Come here." He carried her and made her sit on his left shoulder.

"Are you sure Chi-Chi? I'm kind of heavy."

"Nonsense. You're like a feather to me." He smirked. She laughed.

"Excuse me girls." Itachi said. The crowd of girls looked up to see the brother of the handsome boy they we're just giggling about.

"Brother? Who is she?" the boy asked.

"This is Sakura. Sakura, meet Sasuke, my brother."

"Nice to meet you, Sasuke!"

"Hn."

Sakura gave him a questioning glance, and then looked at Itachi. "What does that mean?" she whispered.

"Some kind of Uchiha word." He chuckled.

"Oh. Then it's nice to meet you, Sasu-kun!"

"Sasu-kun?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"What?! You're my friend now." She grinned. "Do you want Sasu-cakes instead?" she asked mockingly.

"Uh… Sasu-kun is fine."

"Come on little bro." Itachi carried Sasuke and put him in his other shouder.

"-giggle- This is fun!" Sakura beamed. Sasuke smiled faintly.

'She's cute.' He thought. It has been a long time he has seen someone like her.

"Saki, where do you live?"

"Over there! The new house!" she pointed out.

"Oh. So you're new? Welcome to Sound then."

"Thanks Chi-Chi!" Sasuke snickered at the nickname.

They knocked at the door and waited for it to open.

"Yes? How may I help you, sir?" Atsuko asked. Itachi nudged his shoulder.

"Oh! Sorry for the disturbance, sir. Did she do something to cause you harm?"

"Oh no. She's my new friend, actually." Itachi smiled.

"This is Atsuko, my mother." Sakura intoduced. Atsuko smiled.

"Ok then. Come in. Make yourself at home."

"Okaa-san, you should've said yourselves. Chi-Chi isn't the only one here. Sasu-kun is here too."

"Oh! Brothers, I see. From the prestigious clan of the Uchiha, too. Make yourselves at home then." she smiled at them.

As they entered the house—

"You have…uhm…"

"We just moved, so, the house isn't cleaned yet."

"We can help you, Atsuko-san." Sasuke stated. Itachi chuckled.

"We will then."

"Are you sure boys?" another voice boomed.

"That's my otuo. Seicho."

"Mhm." Both of them mumbled. Sakura giggled.

"C'mon! I'll help too!" she chirped. They started their chores. Itachi cleaned the living room with Seicho, Atsuko went out to go grocery shopping, while Sakura and Sasuke clean upstairs.


"So, Sasuke…where do you live?" she asked.

"Hn."

"What?"

"Whatever." He replied boredly. She frowned. Seeing her frown, something tugged at his heart.

"Sorry." He muttered.

"Naah. It's ok."

"To make it up to you, um, ask me another question."

"Oh. Hm. What do you like in a girl?" she questioned randomly. She bit her lip, and blushed.

'Why the heck did I ask that?!'

He raised an eyebrow, but eventually smirked. 'Someone like you.'

"Hm. I like her name to start with the letter of mine," he said as he stepped closer.

"Someone whose smile can melt your insides," he continued and took another step forward.

"And someone…" he leaned forward.

"Someone…" she blushed when he tuck away some strands of her hair behind her ear.

"Someone like you." he confessed leaning closer and with his eyes closed. Sakura closed her eyes too. She was waiting for the contact. She opened her eyes and saw a blushing Sasuke and a smirking Itachi.

"So…something going on, huh? Huh?" he pushed and wriggled his eyebrows in a suggestive manner.

"Itachi." Sasuke glared.

"Hey! Cool down, bro!"

"Itachi! I need your help!" Seicho called out.

"Hn. Need to help Seicho-san. Don't you guys do anything, ok? You're too young for kissing." He smirked.

"Hn." Sasuke mumbled and looked away. Itachi chuckled and went downstairs. Sasuke raised an eyebrow when he saw Sakura blushing.

"Gaara-kun…" she said, absentmindedly, touching her lips.

"Who?" he asked. She ignored him. He noticed she was holding some kind of jewelry.

"What's that?" he asked, as he sat down with her on the bed.

"Oh this? A gift from someone."

"And that someone is…?"

"Gaara-kun."

"Sakura! Come down, sweetie!" Atsuko called out.

"Oh! Wair for a minute Sasuke. I need to help okaa with the groceries." She left her necklace on the bed. He picked it up and examined it. He tried to open it, which he failed a lot of times.

"I can't open it. Dang!" he whispered.

"Ugh. What do I have to do? Twist it?" he asked himself, getting annoyed. And when he did twist it— it opened.

"Oh. Stupid me." He saw the picture. For some reason, a sudden feeling burst out. A feeling where he wanted to crush the necklace for no particular reason. Or was he just jealous? He glared at the boy in the picture, hugging Sakura waist as they both smiled. He heard a chuckle.

"Jealous, brother?" Itachi smirked.

"No." he said icily.

"You sure?" he pushed.

"Hn."

Just then, Sakura entered the room, with a grin on her face.

"Mom ordered pizza! C'mon, let's eat!" she chirped.

"Hn. I'm leaving." Sasuke glared at her, and threw the necklace on the bed with an angry tone. She winced.

"O-oh…Did I do anything wrong?"

"No. He's just...tired."

"Oh…Okay then."

"Well, I guess I'll have to leave too. Bye Saki!" Itachi kissed her forehead and left the room, closing the door behind him.


Sakura pushed herself to swing the...swing. She got higher and higher, as a smile plastered itself onto her face. She squinted her eyes to see a black blob at the corner of the wide park. 'Sasuke-kun?' she shrugged.

"Hey Pinky!" she was brutally pushed off the swing. She landed knee first onto the ground, and just when she was about to topple down, head first, the criminal pulled her hair harshly.

"Stay away from Sasuke-kun!" a red haired girl with glasses glared and kicked her back. She swore she heard her backbone crack.

"For a girl with a small body, you fight like a pro." Sakura whispered.

"Well, duh! I study karate!"

Sakura was beaten ever so badly.

"K-Karin..." she whimpered.

"Sakura, right? Let me have my fun." Karin said with a smirk. She forced energy to her leg and swung it back, ready to hit Sakura's head.

"Sakura!"

SMASH.

But it was all too late.


SNEAK PEEK: He glared at her again, which worsened her sobs. He rolled his eyes. "You're annoying."

I promise that there will be more shocking events in the next chapters. I PROMISE.

so yeah. That's it. =|

BYE. :)