This is a story that takes place when all of the characters are still young. I really have nothing else to say, because my story does not have a real theme yet. Please review nicely! It is SakuNaru… or is it SakuSasu? Maybe something else? You'll have to read on to find out…

"I don't have time for that stuff, Sakura. Seriously, you need to get your head out of the clouds. Not everything is so perfect. Face the facts, life isn't all fun and games."

"Aw, come on! Sasuke, I really like you, how come you won't even think about it?"

"Sakura, I don't have time for this, I have more important things than to deal with your stupid little crush." Tears began to fall down my face. "Sakura, you always cry. The first rule of being a ninja is to not show your emotions. You just don't get it, do you? You aren't strong enough to call yourself a shinobi. You can't even keep yourself from crying! Now, leave me alone, I have things to do!"

"Sasuke, how can you be so mean?" I cried. He always did this! He ignored my question and stalked off.

"Sakura, what's wrong?" It was Naruto, of course.

"It's… Sasuke…" I sobbed. The anger was visible in his face. Naruto has a huge crush on me, even though he knows I don't like him, and he always gets really mad at Sasuke.

"SASUKE!!!!" He yelled. Sasuke turned, that look off absolute boredom mixed with annoyance in his eyes, as always. That's what made him so cool! He never really cared about anything.

"I can't believe you, Sasuke!! You're always doing this! Don't you even care that your hurting Sakura's feelings? HEY ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?"

"Naruto, go away," he said simply.

"I WON'T! Not until you apologize to Sakura!"

"Who do you think is gonna make me? Surely not you, Naruto, the kid who barely made it through the Academy. I'd like to see you try!"

'Oh no… here we go again!'

"Okay, fine! I will! Let's go!"

'Naruto! What are you doing? You can't beat Sasuke!'

Sasuke smiled, 'This should be interesting…'

"Naruto, stop!" I yelled. "You'll get your butt kicked, just give up now!"

"NEVER!" He turned and glared at me. "Naruto Uzumaki never gives up! Even with the odds against me, I will fight to the death! It's why I'll become Hokage!"

'Stupid Naruto, with his stupid dream. When will he understand? Only the best of the best ever become Hokage, and Naruto… well, let's just say he wasn't the shiniest needle in the stack.'

Naruto turned to Sasuke.

Shadow clone jutsu!

He and his five clones all charged Sasuke. Sasuke, almost too easily, destroyed all five of them. Catching Naruto by the arm, he simply pushed him away. Next he ran at Naruto, who then jumped and turned, but Sasuke back flipped, punching Naruto in the face on the way down. He landed with his back to Naruto.

"Humph, this is way too easy. I thought that maybe you would put up a fight. Guess not. Well, I'll be going now." Sasuke stated, and then left in the opposite direction.

I went over to Naruto. "Are you alright?" I offered him my hand, but he refused. He stood up and stared at the direction Sasuke went. Suddenly, he turned his stare of hate towards me.

"I don't get it? How can you like him? He's rude and he thinks he's better then everyone! I can't stand him!" He continued to look at me, obviously expecting an answer.

"I… I uh, well, um…" I stuttered, at a loss for words.

"Whatever, I'm out of here!" Naruto stomped off, angrily. He turned around for a moment. "You do cry too much, Sakura."

Tears began to well up in my eyes again. Forcing them back, I thought, 'Wow… if Naruto is saying that, then it must be really true. They're right… I'm a horrible ninja! I haven't done a single useful thing since I became a Genin. I'm useless! I might as well give up!' I began to run, pushing through the crowded streets of Konoha, and into the outlying forests. Arms in front of me, I protected my face from the violent branches. My leg was cut on something, and I winced in pain but refused to stop. 'Why was I so useless? Why couldn't I get anything right? Sasuke and Naruto, what makes them so much stronger than me? They can just keep going and going, training harder each day…'

I tripped, and stumbled to the ground, and then turned to look at the sky. It was so pretty, the clouds simply floating across the pale blue mass. I just lay there. I closed my eyes and sighed. The warm grass softly fluttered from the breeze. I heard the sound of a bluebird, chirping so sweetly; it's lovely song floating along the breeze, following the clouds. The wind blew strong for a moment, making a mystical song of the leaves falling off the trees. Autumn was always so beautiful in Konoha. Red and orange and yellow leaves floating through the sky. 'I know, I should watch the sunset tonight. It might take my mind off of this whole annoying situation.' I turned on my side, opened my eyes and found myself gazing at the most beautiful flowers, which I hadn't noticed before. They were deep blue with white centers, and very tiny. I reached out to touch its petals. 'They're so soft…'

"Beautiful, huh?" The voice startled me. I sat up quickly to see Shikamaru staring at the clouds, his hands lazily resting on his head.

"Shikamaru? When did you get there?" I asked quietly, still startled.

"Oh, I guess I walked over when the leaves were rustling, so you didn't hear me. Sorry about that."

"Oh, no, it's fine really."

"These flowers are called Blue Mountain Flowers. They're sort of rare. I love coming up here around this time to see them."

"Yeah, they are so pretty!" I said, going back to feel the petal again. Shikamaru and I just sat there a while, thinking. Well, I was anyway. I could smell the smoke from chimneys and the smell of dinner. I was hungry, I realized, standing.

"See you, Shikamaru, I should probably get home," I politely said.

"Okay, see you." I took my time going through the forest. It was really wonderful, and something magic was in the air. It was weird. I couldn't tell what it was, but it wasn't right. Suddenly, I couldn't feel my legs.

CLIFFHANGER!! It's just a small cliff, though! Don't worry; she'll have plenty of time to climb higher later! Just wait and see! This story will be much better than the one I was going to write, but that one wasn't going anywhere, so… enjoy this, and please (nicely) review! It's my first story, so I'm kind of clueless!

-Kelsmur