In a small town in Japan; at leaf village junior high, Sakura Haruno and Itachi Uchiha, I

present your valedictorian and your salutatorian, That's me with the bubble gum hair and

big glasses the black haired boy is my best friend Itachi Uchiha, he's smart and honest

and sometimes a pain in my pin cushion, but he's nice, his little brother is great too, his

name is Sasuke, he's going with an exchange student, and she's nice, her names Meko

Yatashi, if you ask me they are a match made in heaven. As I stand up on stage listening

to Itachi giving his speech I think back to when we were first friends, he was so reserved

and quiet, I was too but still, he had told me that I had taken his lunch box, and I was

raised by my dad, who is teary eyed in the audience, oh boy, anyways, I said this is mine

we missed a few blows to each other, being in pre-k in all we were best friends ever

since, and today was maybe the last day I might see him for in a few months we were

going to high school and it could be different high schools, I sighed, the class clapped for

Itachi and now it was my turn, "Our Valedictorian Sakura Haruno" everyone clapped, I

swallowed and took the podium, "Fellow students, we are heading unknown, to high

school the big time the last course of our childhood before we hit our for our adolescent

years and into the world of adulthood, maybe some of us will be great maybe some of us

will now be but I will say to all of you guys that I am proud to be the Valedictorian of

your class year, so as we head into summer I want to say one more thing, I quote

Shakespeare, 'Some Men are born great others have greatness thrust upon them' lets all

be great!" I said stepping down from the podium, "I present the graduating class of 2000"

everyone cheered and cheered, I looked over to Itachi who smiled. After the ceremony

and my dads billion pictures me and Itachi had time to talk, "I say that was a great

speech, though Shakespeare?" I rolled my eyes, "you did any better?" Itachi pouted a

minute then shrugged, "ok so it was crap at least I admit mine was" I sighed, "fine I

killed the speech" I said finally, Itachi smiled, "told you"

"So Itachi what are we going to do for high school?" He smiled, "be friends get good

grades, kill the graduation speeches again" I went into the back of the car and pulled out a

painting I made, "here I got you a graduation present" I said handing it to him. I like to

paint, anything, that's why my nickname for Itachi is Monay, he has always called me

that since the fourth grade and I knew from the start that lilacs on a river was calming to

him, he hugged me, " I promise I will always be your friend" he said, "no matter what

happens, through all the girls and date and proms, your still my number one Monay" I felt

a tear slid down my cheek as I hugged my friend, Sasuke came by with Meko, "great job

on the speech Saku" he hugged me, "thanks for the painting Monay" Itachi held the

painting close, "Hey Sakura, come on were going to Charlie's to celebrate" my dad said,

I looked at Sasuke and Itachi "duty calls I hugged them, "bye Sasuke" I hugged him

tightly, "no breath Saku!" he said, I smiled, I hugged Itachi, "bye Ita" I said, he waved as

I went into the car and my dad started the engine.