A/N: Hi! This is my first fanfic! I hope you enjoy reading this as much as I have enjoyed writing this! Constructive criticism is welcome!
Dedication: This fic is dedicated to StormDragon666. She supported me all through me being a writer and encouraged me to put it on here. Thank you Storm-chan!
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. It would be cool if I did though.
Sakura's Secret
A little girl, no older than eight, was running through the busy
streets in
the main village of the Haruno Kingdom. Her short pink
hair whipped wildly
behind her and her emerald eyes twinkled with
excitement.
Why was she running,
you ask? She was running to meet her best friend at
their special
meeting spot, of course! She finally spots a pineapple-head in
the
distance and recognizes it instantly as the hairstyle of her best
friend
in the whole wide world, Shikamaru Nara.
She quickly picks up
her pace and arrived at the spot shortly. Shikamaru's
eyes turned
from the lazy sky to the new arrival. He was greeted with the
sight
of Sakura bending over with her hands on her knees, hair falling
over
her face, and panting with exhaustion.
He says, "You're
late, Saku." She straightens up and grins sheepishly. She
says,
"Sorry, Shika. My parents wanted to talk to me at the castle
about some
stuff." Shika's smile that he only wears for
Sakura quickly turns into a
frown when he remembered why he asked
Sakura to meet him at their special spot.
Sakura notices this and
gives him a concerned look and asks, "What's wrong,
Shika?"
Despite being so young, he knows that this will hurt her as much as
it
does him, but he knows that she deserves to know. Shika takes a
deep breath
and tells her something that she never expected, and
will break her heart.
"I'm moving to
Konoha tomorrow, Sak. My dad's company has a new
headquarters
there and he needs to be there to oversee things. I don't want to
go,
but you know he can't leave me here. The worst part of it's that I
don't
think I'll be coming back."
He suddenly hears
sniffing and even though her hair is in her face once
more from
bending her head down, he knows it's her. He can see her
crystal
tears running down her pale cheeks and quickly embraces
her and rubs her back
in a soothing manner. She starts to hiccup,
but that eventually dies down as
well.
He lets go of her
and puts his index finger under her chin and lifts it up.
As he
lifts her chin up, her hair falls back from her face and settles at
her
back and he can see her face completely. Her eyes have a sad
gleam in them and
her cheeks have a red tint in them from crying.
Shikamaru invites her to spend
the day together, and they do so,
because who knows when they would see each
other again. They have
a gut feeling, though, the kind that best friends
always have,
that they will meet again.
Sakura, out of the
blue, asks, "Shika never forget me, promise?" She holds
out
her pinky and he quickly interlocks his pinky with hers, "Promise."
They
smile at each other and their hearts feel a little bit
lighter.
-Next Day-
The loading van is
here and he is just getting ready to get in his car when
all of
the sudden he hears his name being called. He whips his head around
and
gets tackled in a big hug, so forceful that she knocks him to
the ground. She
grins at him and says, "I told you I would
make it!"
He grins back at her
and returns the embrace. He hears his mom calling the
both of
them, and she tells Sakura that they can share phone numbers and
they
will come and visit during their vacations. Sakura jumps
around like a mad
person cheering, when she hears the good news.
Shika gives Sakura one last hug
and gets in his parents' car. He
sticks his brunette head out the window, and
they both wave to
each other, until they can't see each other any more.
A/N: I plan on updating every other day, but if I can't, then I am sorry. My mom just got out of the hospital and I need to take care of her.