By My Side

By: Sweet Bliss

Summary: Two best friends. The only thing that came between them was a cherry blossom tree and the one thing that bond them was a simple promise. Sasuke x Sakura

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto…

Story of the Tree

As long as they could remember the tree had always been there. Blooming on his birthday and fading on hers. Their families had been best friends throughout their school years. They went to the same college and started families right next door to the other. The Uchiha's had a son already, and the Haruno's were desperately trying even though the doctors said it was impossible for them to have a child. Then the miracle happened. Five years after the birth of their first, the Uchihas were about to have their second. Not only were they having a child but also the Harunos. When both families knew the men planted a cherry blossom tree. It symbolized their friendship, their hope, their good times and their bad. The tree was more than a plant to them and it meant even more to their children. Sakura was a beautiful girl, hair the color of the cherry blossom petals and showed hope even on the darkest of days. Sasuke was a very handsome boy, strong like the tree's trunk and protective of the beautiful, fragile petals. They were best friends. Itachi, who was five years older than the two, had told them stories of school and the trauma of it all. And due to this both Sasuke and Sakura never went within a twenty feet radius of a school. Not like they ever went anywhere anyways. They had learned a way to get to the other without using the front door. The two friends used the tree which had grown tall enough so that its branches could reach their windows and wide enough to hide them from their parents.

Even though Sasuke had guy friends and Sakura had chick friends, nothing ever came between them except the elegant cherry blossom tree that was located in-between their houses. Nothing could change. And the promise they made at the age of five could never be broken. They'd be together forever. Him and her forever. Forever and always. Forever and ever they had said. Forever and always as long as the tree remained.

AN: This story is AU and the characters are a bit OOC. But they have similar traits to the real characters. It's also more of a friendship rather than a romance. I know this chapter is short but it's to give info on the tree. The next chapter is a bunch of memories then we'll go onto the real story. Review but no flames since this is my first Naruto fan fiction and I haven't written a story in months. Ja ne!