Chapter Uno

Sakura's mind was clouded with everything that seemed to be going off at once in her life. Long ago, she was barely five years old when it happened, but her mother and father were killed. No one found out the reason, or how they were killed, but they were. Which brought Sakura to live with her aunt, her aunt was a very lively woman, who owned a condo… not for long though. They were losing business and that means… no money. So, this morning, Sakura walked down the stairs that was in the condo, and yawned, stretching her arms up, as high as she could reach, touching her fingertips to the ceiling and grinning to herself.

She finally made it down, and her eyes glanced from one place to the other, looking for her aunt, until finally she spoke in her soft, yet sometimes annoying voice. "Tsunade?" Even though Tsunade had told Sakura a bunch of times that she wanted her to call her mother, she never did. She didn't think it was right, that was like... cheating on her parents, right? A sigh blew from her lips, and she strained to her anything, anything at all to show her where her aunt was. And finally she heard it, that faint whisper of her aunt, in her room talking on the phone, but for what reason? What was going on that Sakura didn't know about? She sighed and sat down at the kitchen table, arching her eyebrow and waiting for Tsunade to come out.

It wasn't long before Tsunade finally came out, and looked at Sakura; her eyebrows slowly raised and she took in a deep breath. "Did you hear any of that?" Her question didn't shock Sakura, she was known for snooping around and listening to things that she really shouldn't be listening to, so for a response, Sakura dropped her eyes and shook her head; allowing a slight ashamed look to come upon her face. Tsunade nodded her head, she also for some reason looked ashamed, and Sakura crossed her legs at her knee caps, and tilted her head. "What's going on?" Tsunade took a deep breath, and looked away a bit, probably to hide her eyes she did that when she did something that she knew Sakura would be very upset about.

"I… I sold the condo…" those words ringed inside of Sakura's head until she met him. She had looked at her aunt and took in a deep breath, when she advanced on her, Sakura held up her hand and shook her head, very slowly, as if to tell her not now. She stood up, and spoke under her breath, "We all know I get kinda… wild when I am mad, I'm going to go to my meadow and calm down." Tsunade nodded and whispered under her breath. "I had to…" Sakura nodded and left the condo, moving towards her meadow area that she claimed a week or so after her parents' deaths. Which of course, brings her to current time, lying in the green grassy area, her eyes were closed, and the bright sun shined down upon her, as if it were lighting her up for anyone to see.

Thinking about her newly sold home, and her competition with Karin all the time really was getting to her head, she hated Karin, but also, if she were gone, who would make Sakura the good guy in the story? As soon as Sakura was getting used to the feeling of the bright sun, lighting her up, she felt a sort of cooling sensation… and just as she was about to open her eyes, she heard a husky voice. "What are you doing?" What was she doing? Did it matter? She then opened her eyes and was staring into eyes that were so dark... they looked black. That didn't surprise Sakura though, she kept silent and nodded her head, slowly sitting up, and turning her body so she could look at the figure, whom now looked like a boy, about her age.

"I was thinking... what are you doing here? This is private property..." The boy arched his eyes brows, and she understood, this was the type of guy who thought he could do anything just because he was even remotely good looking. Well, she wasn't going to have that, placing her hands into her lap, she looked at him again. "What's your name?" He leaned back, letting the light shine on his face, and gave her a excellent look at his features, which she liked. "Sasuke... Sasuke Uchiha." He flashed her a smile, but she returned it with a curt nod, and stand up slowly. "Ahh, I am Sakura. Sakura Haruno." Sasuke gave a nod, and lifted his hand to gesture to where they were, "So this is yours?" He smiled, and Sakura sighed a bit; "Well, not really, but I claimed it when I was five years old..." The something was said, that angered Sakura, but it also shocked her.

"You know... You should bring your bangs down, to cover your forehead, it's kind of big..." Sakura's eyebrows shot up, and she shook her head, unbelieving that he had actually told her that her forehead was big. "My... what did you just say?" Sasuke tilted his head back and barked out a laugh. "Are you seriously going to make me repeat what I said?" After a few seconds of silence, he then realized that she was going to, he grunted and nodded his head. "I said, your forehead is kind of big, you should cover it-" He got distracted from what he was saying when he noticed the anger that sparked inside of Sakura's eyes, and finally he tilted his head, "Did I... say something to upset you?" This time it was Sakura who barked out a laugh. "Upset me?!" That was it! She growled lowly and then balled her hands up into fists, releasing them, only to pounce onto Sasuke so he fell on his back, glaring up at her.

"Are you crazy?!" Narrowing her eyes, Sakura grabbed a hold of his hands and pulled them up, above his head. "Crazy? No, just a bit peeved at what you said to me, have you not ever learned how to talk to a girl." Silence drew upon them and finally she sighed, and released his wrist, watching his body grow lax. "I may have a big forehead, but your hair... Likes like the rear end of a duck." That seemed to strike something and finally he lifted his hands and grabbed her hips, pushing her off of him, and growled softly. "You know what? I'm going home!" Sakura laughed. "Finally!" But when he got up and started to head to her condo, confusion was brought over Sakura, and she shook her head. "Where are you going? That's my aunt's condo!" Sasuke looked back at her, a grin plastered across his face. "Not anymore..."

Sakura raised her eyebrows, getting up and walking over towards him, stopping right in front of him. "What was that supposed to mean?" Sasuke sighed, and threw his hands up into the air. "Do I have to explain everything to you, Pinky?! My dad bought the condo!" Once he said that, Sakura's face paled. Sasuke looked at her seeing the paling he narrowed his eyes. Oh god, is she going to...? To answer his unspoken question, Sakura's body went lax and and started to fall forward. Instinctively Sasuke put his hands out in front of him, catching her. "Great... Just great!" He picked Sakura up, one of his arms on her lower back, the other cradling her from behind her knees. He walked back to the condo, and looked to Tsunade who was about to yell a million questions at him.

"Not now, Tsu. Can you just tell me where her bedroom is?" Looking at him, she pointed up the stairs and he nodded. This condo was special there were names on all the doors, and the last door on the left of the second floor, said Sakura Haruno. He opened the door, and set her on the bed. He then left the room, and closed the door behind him, walking down the stairs to face Tsu. "What happened to her, Sasuke?" The boy shrugged, but then whispered. "Fainted after she found out my dad bought the condo from you." That received a soft sigh from Tsu, "Oh dear, oh dear! She was already upset..." Her voice trailed off as she left the room, leaving Sasuke to rummage through the cupboards for a glass to get water.