A/N: This is my first attempt on a Naruto fanfiction . . . anyway this is an alternate Universe fanfic . . . so please enjoy!

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto characters . . .

Sakura: Age 17

Itachi: Age 22

Sasuke: Age 18

Mikoto: Age 35

Tsunade: Age 45

Naruto: Age 18

Hinata: Age 17

First Person View (Sakura's) – Italic Letters

Tsunade speaking/ Memories – Bold Letters

Story Normal Point of View- Normal Letters

"why didn't you tell me?"

"I was afraid . . . after all it is HIS . . . ."

"His? Does he know? Do you want him to know?"

"I don't know . . ."

"Hmmmm. . . . how did you get into this mess?"

"It started that day . . . where we were both out on that trip . . ."

"Ahh . . ."

Prologue: When we first Met

The day was cloudy that day; the day we were headed to Prince Sasuke's palace for our engagement party. After all I was in love with the man at the time, his country needed our country's power, so what else to do than engage us together? I was so happy at that moment, nothing could ruin my day, not even the rain that was pouring heavily outside the carriage.

Ten guards were marching outside the carriage surrounding the perimeter. I remember very clearly that the captain of that guard squad was walking beside my window with a bright smile on his face. His golden spiky hair was wet; as were his clothes; he was away from home, yet he still had that beautiful smile on his face. He was my best friend. His bright glimmering cerulean eyes were showing a lot of pain at that moment. I knew exactly why, he got married just the other day, and now he had to abandon his wife to go on this stupid mission. Nothing was going right for him; even though he married into a powerful noble family, he was still considered a lower class, underpaid knight; paid to sacrifice his life for a princess. Then he had to attend the funeral of his best friend. The man was like the father he never had, and just to protect me, he got killed. At that moment not even his painful eyes would bring me down. I was a princess ready to marry the man of her dreams. I didn't have a care in the world, until it hit me hard. . . what kind of best friend was I? I was too conceited at that moment to care. He considered me his next best friend, yet what have I done for him . . . only caused a lot of pain in his life.

That was the longest carriage ride I had gone on. We spent 72 hours on that trip and through that trip it rained like there was no tomorrow. I was facing you after we arrived, Tsunade. You were not my birth mother, but you cared for me the same remember? You adopted me when my parents died. You had your husband then, but a few weeks later he died in the war we had against King Orochimaru. My real father was knight and had died protecting your husband, and my mother was the young maid girl that was always by your side. You said to me once, when I was small and you were trying to comfort me;

"It was an honor for me to take care of you"

The carriage arrived at the large castle, at midday, the rain was still at bay without any signs of dying any time soon. The castle entrance was gorgeous beyond belief. On the sides was a unbelievably large cherry blossom garden with an expensive iron bars blocking the passage. In the middle of the entry way was a enormous fountain, if Sakura didn't know any better she would have said it was a swimming pool; along the edge of the fountain were small flower pots with roses and other flowers. Sakura smiled as the queen and her son, Sasuke stood infront of the entrance awaiting their arrival.

When the royal family realize their arrival Mikoto, the queen, waved enthusiastically. Sasuke rolled his eyes in annoyance.; although his mother was a high status queen she sometimes acted like a mire pleasant woman with no manners what so ever. He tabbed his mother shoulder to catch her attention and made clear his disapproval. Sasuke then turned around and made his way towards the inside of the castle.

Mikoto stared at her son; he had lost his sense of happiness his he saw his older brother's madness reach to the extreme where he murdered the rest of the royal family,half of the servants working the night shift, and his father in one night.

His brother, Itachi, was the first and the one next to the thrown. Itachi had always been better in everything. He was one of the strongest fighters in the kingdom, he was an expert in weapons and was a genius in both strategies for war and clearing his education. He was the perfect child. Sasuke was always behind the shadows feeling forgotten and full of rage towards his brother. . . The reason for sparing the life of the two was unknown. He left after murdering the family and joined on of the most feared gang of thieves all kingdoms. . . the Akatsuki. The only information available on the Akatsuki was that it was made up of the most powerful, power-hungered warriors, and criminals.

Mikoto looked up from her thoughts only to be greeted by the sight of the carriage coming to a stop. The knight all quickly got some cloths and use them as shields from the water for the royal queen and princess. Sakura smiled and mouthed a thank you towards Naruto and headed towards the palace entrance. Tsunade's and Sakura's guard were suppose to go under cover as mere servants to insure 1oo safety on the royal family.

"Welcome Tsunade, my old friend!!" Mikoto exclaimed as she walked and greeted the blond queen with a hug. Tsunade was wearing a beautiful lime green kimono with a plain white obi. Her sun-lighted hair was tied back into two lower pony tails. Tsunade look much younger that she was, but beautiful non the less.

Sakura was wearing her favorite light pink kimono, with cherry blossoms designed into the beautiful garment. Her obi belt was a plain white matching Tsunade's. Sakura's bubble gum hair reached to her lower back; but in this occasion it was nicely combed and pulled up in a single high ponytail. Sakura was a very beautiful young lady and well developed for her age. She her hands were so smooth and she had a light touch of pink in her cheeks to make her pale cream skin more lively. Her deep emerald eyes showed maturity and glimmers of joy.

Sakura's eyes looked at Sasuke's mother. She was a woman of 35 years old, with long dark raven hair. Her hair was loose but kept in place with the pure gold tiara she had on her head. She was wearing a midnight blue kimono with white falling leaves as the designs. Her obi belt was black with embossed with rose patterns. Her onyx eyes were full of excitement mingled with sorrow.

Sakura had met the woman where she was younger but only once. Sakura sightly bowled as a greeting to the queen. Mikotoonly smiled and responded.

"Don't be so modest dear! Come, dear friends the party will start and we must be ready!!"

Mikoto quickly summoned a young maid to lead Tsunade and Sakura to their rooms; were their luggage awaited them.

The evening was just perfect, the large castle was filled with laughter and music. The endless rain had finally stopped and the night couldn't be more perfect. The moon was full and lighted the courtyard with light. Sakura was getting a fresh air from the long hours of festivities. She was quit disappointed at the party though. Sasuke had ignored her presence, even though the had to dance at least a song together; he complete looked though her with his cold dark eyes. She was sitting in a dry stone bench under a cherry blossom tree. Her eyes keep wondering into the sky, and caught the sight of a shooting star. Her lips developed a small warm smiled as she wished on the star.

'I wish I could truly find Love'

Sasuke looked over were Sakura was as he watched her stare deeply into the sky. He wasn't sure why but he wanted to know his future wife better; but there was no space or time for love in his life. He wanted to avenge his father and the rest of the family's death. Itachi might have been the one and only person he admired, but now all that honor and respect that he had for the man had transformed into pure disgust.

The woman infront of him, gave him the impression of a weak minded woman. He was disappointed that his mother had chosen this weak woman to be HIS wife!! It was unacceptably. He stood there a few more moment watching her until her emerald finally caught his.

Sakura quickly stood p and headed towards her fiancé with a glimmer of hope.

"Sasuke-kun want to join me for a talk. . . after all we are . . . you know engaged"

At that moment he looked at me with the coldest glare, and spoke the words that broke my heart into million pieces.

"I will never love you, I will never respect you, you will only be useful for one thing . . . to give me a heir . . . other than that don't expect any conversations from me, for I will ignore you like the pest you are!"

I was broken . . . I was hurt . . . I didn't know what to do except run.

Run.

Run away from the cause of my pain . . . I loved him! Why couldn't he see that! I ran outside the castle main door and kept running avoiding the glares around me . . . i ran until my feet couldn't go any further. I wasn't aware of my surroundings at the moment. My weak body had collapse under a willow tree in the forest, I wasn't awake of HIS presence at the moment either.

Before I knew his warm breath was in my face. I looked up only to be met by dark onyx orbs staring into my eyes . . .

A/N: So what do you think? Please Read and Review!!