Letters to a Soldier

Chapter One:

A/N: Okay, this fic was inspired by the song 'If You're Reading This' by Tim McGraw. But it's nothing like the song! I was just inspired by it. Anyways, plz read and enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Dear Soldier,

For a classroom activity, we the students of T.M.H.S., have been asked to write to a soldier continuously for the next year. I hope, however, that you do not think of this as another classroom assignment because I, in fact, have been interested in doing this since my freshman year. Putting that aside, I am supposed to write a little about myself in order to give you some sort of representation of who you will be talking to for the next year. Here:

My name is Haruno Sakura. It means 'cherry blossom', in case you did not know. I am a senior at Tsunade's Medical High School (T.M.H.S.). I have green eyes and pink hair (it's natural, please do not ask why it turned out like that it just did). I am average height and as for my body type, I'm fairly skinny.

I like hanging out with my friends, or just looking out at the rain. I don't like people who think they are better than others or talk down on others. My hobbies are listening to music, surfing the internet, reading, and writing. My favorite color is pink. My favorite music is rock, and my favorite books are usually romantic. My dream is to become a doctor and help those in needs.

Well, that is basically me. I hope you write back soon.

Sincerely,

Sakura

Sakura looked up at her friend, Ino, nervous about what she was going to say about the letter. Finally Ino looked up and said, "Forehead, this doesn't sound like you at all!"

Ignoring her nickname she asked, "What? How doesn't it sound like me? It describes me perfectly!"

Her friend shook her head and said, "Yeah, you described yourself okay, but the whole letter sounds too formal. If you're hoping that you sound normal, you do not. You don't even sound like a teenager!"

"Well, it's too late to change that; we're supposed to hand it into Principle Tsunade today!" Sakura replied, exasperated.

"Wow, seeing you I'm glad I didn't sign up for the program."

"Why didn't you?"

Ino shrugged. "I saw no point. I don't think I'm cut out for writing letters with some random dude."

"Who says it'll be a guy? Women are in the army too." Sakura pointed out. She was very feministic.

"Whatever, I still refuse to get into to the program." Ino said doggedly.

Sakura rolled her eyes.

"Hey, Sakura! Ino!" a voice behind them called. The two looked to see a girl with two buns up on her head.

"Hey TenTen." they replied.

"Hey, what's that you got there?" TenTen asked, pointing to the letter in Sakura's hands.

"Oh, it's my letter to the soldier. You know, for that program…"

"Oh, yeah! You signed up for it didn't you? Hinata said she was going to too, but she said she won't start until two months from now because she was too busy."

"That's great! At least I won't be the only one writing these letters." Sakura thought relieved. "Why don't you start too TenTen?"

TenTen grinned, "I already did! About a month ago actually, sorry I didn't say anything until now."

"It's okay, anyways, who is he? How is he like?" Sakura asked.

Before TenTen could answer, however, the bell rang.

"Neh, I'll tell you later, I gotta go! Bye!"

The three friends went to their different classes where Sakura dropped off her letter to Tsunade.

"Um… when are they going to get the letters?" Sakura asked.

"Huh? Oh, they should get them by the end of the day." Tsunade replied briskly.

"End of the day?! Isn't that early? Can letters even be mailed that fast?"

"Yeah, it's unusual, but since it is the army we're talking about here."

"Oh. Thank you for your time Tsunade-sama." Sakura said before leaving, plagued by the thought that by the end of the day, a soldier would be reading her too formal letter and laughing as he read.

(At Soldier Site)

"Hey! Hey, teme! Wait up!"

Sasuke stopped in his tracks and waited for his 'best friend', Naruto to catch up with him.

"Hey, teme! Where are you going?" his blonde haired friend asked.

"Nowhere, dobe, I just need to go pick up a letter from the station." Sasuke stoically replied.

"Huh? A letter? So you're going to be on that program too?" Naruto asked surprised. He knew there was a program for soldiers where they could write back and forth with someone 'outside'. But he also knew Sasuke wasn't the type to do stuff like that.

"Kakashi." Sasuke said through gritted teeth.

"Oh." Naruto said. "Well, I would join you, but I got somewhere I gotta be! I challenged Neji to arm wrestle, and I'd rather go a week without ramen then miss beating that guy! See ya!"

Sasuke watched Naruto leave, knowing full well that Neji was going to beat Naruto. Oh well, it wasn't his problem. Sasuke entered the station.

"Shikamaru." He called.

"Huh? Oh, hey Sasuke, what are you doin' here?" a lazy voice asked curious, it wasn't normal that you see Uchiha Sasuke at the mailing station.

"Kakashi ordered me to go on that stupid program. I need a letter." Sasuke replied.

"Oh," Shikamaru said before turning around and grabbing a box full of letters from a high shelf while muttering 'troublesome', "These came in today. They're from Konoha, although the schools are all jumbled in here…"

Sasuke randomly picked one and stuffed it into his pocket. He nodded 'goodbye' to Shikamaru and walked to his cabin. Once there he removed the letter and threw it onto his desk. Kakashi didn't exactly give him a time limit, right? He'd read and write back later.

With that thought in mind he walked back outside and looked for Naruto. When he found him, he knew that Neji had beaten him because the blonde was now yelling his head off at Neji screaming not to get too cocky because one day Naruto would beat him and swipe that smirk off his face. Neji just raised an eyebrow before seeing Sasuke.

"Uchiha."

"Hyuuga."

They both nodded in greeting before Sasuke said, "Dobe, shut the hell up."

Naruto looked angrily at Sasuke, "Teme! Don't call me dobe! Any, no, I won't shut up! You can't make me!"

'Like I'd waste my time trying too…' Sasuke thought. 'Damn, I thought something interesting would be going on… I guess I'll go back and sleep. Oh, yeah, that stupid letter… oh, well, I'll do it tomorrow.'

"Sasuke."

Sasuke snapped out of his thoughts and turned to the person who had called him.

"Yes, Kakashi?"

Kakashi was their group's commander, and although people normally showed him the up most respect, Sasuke treated him as an equal. Mainly because he thought that the rumor's about Kakashi being a great soldier in the Old War were just a bunch of bull, but also because he didn't like having people being better than him.

"What are you doing here?" the man asked, flipping a page of his perverted book without looking up at Sasuke.

"Why do you ask?"

"Well, why aren't you at your cabin writing your letter like I ordered you to."

"You never gave me a time limit."

"I didn't? Well, now you do. Today I want that letter finished and mailed. Bye."

Sasuke growled in annoyance as the man walked away. Then he said bye to the other men with him and walked back to his cabin.

When he got there he opened the letter and scanned the name.

'Haruno Sakura? Great, I have a girl to write to, damn. I doubt Kakashi is going to let me exchange.'

Then he started to read the letter.

'Why does it sound so formal? Isn't she in high school? And pink hair? What is she, some freak?'

Sasuke just closed his eyes and put the letter down on the desk.

'Might as well get this over with…'

Sasuke opened his eyes and brought out a pen and paper.

Dear Haruno Sakura…

A/N: It's too short… T.T I'm sorry! I promise it'll get longer for sure! Trust me; my chapters are usually a whole lot longer than this one is. I just had to do the introductory. Actually this is more of a prologue (but it isn't). Anyways, how'd you like it? Next chapter will have Sasuke's reply (I want to see that!) and it'll be longer for sure because, well, actually, it might be the same size since Sasuke and Sakura still have to meet each other and all…  Plz. Review! I need all the support I can get in this story!