Good Day! I'm inspired to write a Sasusaku, and with a little of NejiTen, NaruHina fanfic.
Takes place in Modern Japan and they are in highschool together.
A whole different plot with the same character personalities, etc.)

I do not own Naruto.
Story Written By: Sunkissedxoxox
Title: Ice as Blood

"Sakura Chan," her brother-like friend spoke up, "Aren't you a bit afraid of living here?" Sakura took a look around the outside of her home. Her mother, herself, and the plants around her were the only living items that stood inside the cage of branches in this specific forest. It was rumored that not one single bird would fly above the trees ever since many wildfires took place here.

She gave Naruto a half-smile then shrugged.

"Don't scare me like that," she joked but meant seriously and looked into her longtime best friend's eyes waiting for her judgment; instead she got an answer from her other friend, Ten Ten.

"I like it… It's simple and we need more houses like these, all houses seem so modern. Yours is set in old cultured Japan, it looks stable too."

Sakura nodded and again waited for Ino's judgement but she wouldn't breathe a word. Finally, Ino seemed awakened from her little world and looked down on Sakura.

"It's nice but we would have to go through the forest to visit you, and Hinata's too scared. She stayed back… Couldn't you have built it somewhere- safer?" she wondered.

"So that's were Hinata-Chan is!" Naruto exclaimed and rubbed the back of his neck with a sheepish grin on his face. "I thought she was lost."

"Well it's not like there's any animals here… Plus, there hasn't been a fire since three years ago," she answered while setting a tray of teacups filled with steamy bitter sweet tea. Ino helped herself while Naruto and Ten Ten admired their friend's soon to be shelter.

"Okay then…" Ino said a bit shakily in worry of what could happen.

xXxXx

While Sakura carried her books around the long halls of the school, she checked her math book if it still held her first written love letter that she would give to a special-secret-someone.

When she slipped it into Sasuke Uchiha's locker, she never noticed that he was heading towards her.

"I don't want that," he boomed coldly then shoved her out of the way. He opened the locker and handed the letter at her. When devastated little Sakura looked around to find crowds of snickering or people in awe staring at her, she couldn't help but cry and ran towards the bathroom with three other girls following her.

"Are you okay Sakura?" Ten Ten said handing her friend a cloth to soak her tears in.

"He's s-so h-heartless," Hinata complained while patting the pink hair that fanned on Sakura's back.

"What runs through his veins anyways?!" Ino wondered with full anger in her tone.

"Ice…" Ten Ten answered. "Ice does."

xXxXx

It was already after school and Sakura with her three best friends gathering around her walked towards the school's gate with a dark shadow around them. Suddenly, a familiar crystal eyed boy otherwise known as the second top scholar- Neji and his best friend Sasuke walked in the same path as the four girls.

Sakura noticed Ten Ten's knees weaken and she wondered what had caused it. After glancing about, her eyes landed on two boys who she was very aware of. Neji pointed at her and she looked away instantly.

"Isn't that the girl who gave you the letter?" he boomed loudly then broke into minutes of laughter, "Who does she think she is?". Humiliated, Sakura hid behind Ino and kept walking, trying to stick to her fast pace.

"Hmph." Sasuke said as if he couldn't care less.

Ino's tight fist trembled with anger and everyone knew she could've slapped Sasuke at that moment but Sakura held her with all God's might away from him.

"You stupid know it all! You don't even know Sakura and you already hate her! What kind of a man are you? What's wrong with her anyways?" she screamed towards Sasuke's back.

Sasuke stopped in his movement and turned around, looking at Ino's sky blue but fierce eyes with his onyx ones.

"I HATE CHILDISH NAIVE GIRLS!"

That was when Sakura's heart tore apart and she was certain she could've died. She let go of Ino and broke into a flood of tears but Ino stood there comforting her friend instead of hurting the raven haired boy who grew out of their sight.

I'd really like to recieve some reviews.