Title: A God's Cherry Blossom

Chapter One: Say Goodbye

Disclaimer: I Don't own Naruto or its characters and as with all my other stories, this is the only time I will be saying this. I recently became rather taken with the idea of Pein and Sakura and this is one of the two stories I'll be making. Its sister story will be called A God's Favorite Blossom. These two stories will also have cousin stories, however they will be an Itachi and Sakura. Which also makes me wonder about a Sakura Hidan… I'll let you know for sure in later chapters but for now.. ON WITH THE STORY!

"Talking" 'Thinking' 'Inner Sakura'

XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX SAKURA, SAKURA, SAKURA XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

"Come on Sakura were going be late if you don't hurry up!" Ino pig was in a big hurry to get back to school today because instead of going on the family vacation with her boyfriend she chose to go with her family instead and now I had to be rushed through my morning rituals just so she could suck face with Kiba.

"He'll still be there to suck face when I'm done Ino Pig! Five more minutes isn't going to kill you!" I yelled down at her. She and Kiba had gotten together in middle school, Hinata and Naruto had gotten together as well and so had Tenten and Neji. And who could ever forget Temari and Shikamaru? Gaara and Kankuro had both objected strongly until Ino had thrown some bimbos at them.

"Shut it Forehead and get down here!" She screeched up at me. I laughed and sat down at my vanity. Picking up my brush I started to undo various tangles in my hair that fell to mid back. Some days it really was a pain in the butt, but oh well. Then I slid on some black eyeliner on my upper lids in a very thin line to bring out the brightness of my eyes. My cheeks kept a natural blush so I grabbed my clear gloss, applied a light coat and then dropped it and walked over to my walk in closet. I peeled off my navy blue tank top and black spandex shorts. I threw the discarded clothes into the nearby hamper and reached up to the shelf containing three very large cloth bins. Finally reaching the target, I pulled it down after fishing out a pretty blue lace pair I replaced the bin. I shimmied into the thong and pulled down the bin to the right of the previously pulled bin and pulled out a pretty sky blue bra to match the thong and replace that bin as well. Trailing my fingers along the racks of clothes I had, I sighed not really having any idea on what to wear at all. It was the start of my first year of High school at Konoha high, the public school where all the annoying pricks went. Sadly my parents wouldn't put me in at Fire High the private Highs School where all my friends went… ugh even Sasuke and his stupid girlfriend Karin went there… of course his Brother Itachi was already a walking into Junior year with all of his friends.

"SAKURA HURRY!" My arm fell, and I finally just grabbed my favorite black spandex mini skirt that stopped an inch above my knees, and paired it with a ruby red tank top and topped that with my favorite black super oversized jacket that I had gotten from my dad a few years ago for Christmas. I leaned down and picked out a pair of black ballet flats. Finally done I walked out of my closet, grabbed my messenger bag off my night stand and started down the stairs. Ino would be mad that I'd left my hair so dull in this semi pretty outfit. Skipping the last step I went to grab my keys to my cherry red mustang, but a perfectly French manicured hand stopped me dead.

"And just where do you think you're going with that hair?" Ino was furious and I couldn't help but laugh. She gave a sharp frown and my smile faded as I lowered my head. She grabbed my shoulders, turned me around and shoved me step by grueling step back up the stairs to my room. It was simple but huge. Walking in there was at least ten feet between me and my bed that had been placed in the middle of the room, on the left wall was my closet, to the right was my bathroom, and on the far wall stood my vanity, dresser, and desk. Beside my bed against the north wall stood a night stand with a simple silver touch lamp. All the furniture was dark mahogany wood. My bed spread was black with little red and white flowers and stray wisps, the pillows matched. My bathroom towels were half red and half black. My hangers in my closet were the same, and my carpet was a deep plush maroon. I loved it and so did most of my friends. Ino continued to push till I was right in front of my vanity where Ino pushed me to sit facing away from the mirror. She grabbed the brush, and a hair tie and a deep red hair clip. I sighed for the hundredth time it seemed that morning and decided fighting her was useless, and just let her do as she would. Five minutes later she had pulled all my hair into a high pony tail and then clipped it into a fountain. My bangs were left to fell to my chin. Ino frowned, walked over to my bathroom and after rummaging around for a few minutes she returned with a pair of scissors. Pulling all my bangs together and twisting them in a spiral she began to cut in up and down directions. I scowled at her not happy with her treatment of my hair. Stepping back she threw away the now massive chunk of missing hair and setting down the scissors, she picked up a small mirror and let me see. I gasped, my bangs were perfect! They were short and shaggy but still came down just past my eye brows, she swept them to the right and smiled tugging me up, pulling the mirror out of my hands and returning it before tugging me out of my room, down the stairs and toward the front door.

"I swear your parents bought a mansion just to infuriate me!" Ino growled. She was right though the mansion my parents had bought was excessive with eight rooms, each had their own bathroom. Then down stairs on the first floor there was an industrial sized kitchen stocked daily with only the freshest ingredients from the local market. There was also a theater, a living room, the guest bathroom, and the main entrance. In the basement there was an Olympic sized swimming pool, a full track, a state of the art gym and of course a whole section set up specifically for boxing, fighting, sparring and any other type of combat, as well as four walls and three racks just for weapons and gear of any desired sort. The attic, it was one massive room spanning the length of the whole mansion and it was my room. The mansion its self spanned the width of six football fields and stood twice as long. It was three stories not including the basement. Each level had a wraparound porch. Grabbing the keys to my mustang, we finally stepped out of my house onto the stone walkway leading up to my front deck. I locked the door and noticed a note from my parents. Ripping it off I stuffed it in my pocket, I'd read it later during the day. We took each of the six steps quickly off of my porch, turned left down the path, went over the wooden bridge and to the six car garage. I typed in my personal pin code into the security pad by the first door. Pressing 'Enter' I waited as the third door opened quickly. I walked over, pushed the unlock button on my keys, then hit the trunk button, lifting the lid, Ino and I threw in our bags and I slammed the lid shut. I smiled, walked to the drivers side, slid in and turned on the ignition. Ino grabbed the Aux cord and her IPod.

"I am not listening to it's a Barbie world again!" I growled at her. She sniffed and her head dropped in sadness. I sighed..

"Fine! One time, but that's IT!" I huffed. She cheered instantly. I shook my head at her and backed my car out of the garage. Once we were out and halfway turned around, I reached up to the small button on my visor and pressed it, watching as the garage door slid shut silently. Seeing the little red light flicking to life on the security pad again I nodded, and cut the wheel to the right heading down the half mile driveway. At the end I pressed the second button on the visor and waited as the front gates slid open. Pulling out almost to the main road, I pressed the button again and drove out as the gate slid firmly shut again. I sped up and got ready to get onto the onramp that lead toward her school. I'd have to drop her off first since she had refused to drive today saying Kiba was going to bring her home after their welcome home date. I rolled my eyes and listened as she blared it's a Barbie world and sang along, this was by far one of the longer twenty minute rides I would probably ever be able to think of. Flooring it we rocketed down the off ramp and screeched around a few corners pulling onto the long three mile drive to her fancy pants private school. I slowed down and halfway enjoyed the drive as the Barbie song went off and a more sensible song came on.

"I don't know why you listen to that crap Ino." I said seriously considering castrating Naruto for showing it to her.

"Oh come on Sakura! Cheer up! You'll never get a boyfriend being all Debbie Downer! Besides, I happen to like that song." Her words cut a little more than they should have but she was right, I was one of the last in our friend circle to not be taken by someone. Heck, even Lee, Shino, and Choji had all found girlfriends. I truly was the last one not taken. I gripped the steering wheel a little harder and wished she would have just driven herself today.

"And I really don't see why your parents won't let your aunt Tsunade let you join Fire High! Besides all the uniforms and separate dorms, it's amazing even the cafeteria is way better than crappy Konoha High! Don't even get me started on those god awful Bathrooms!" she groaned wagging her finger at me.

"Ino, your pushing it." I said speeding up, the gates finally coming into view. This weekend Ino would have to lug all of her crap out of my house and move into her new dorm at Fire High, all students were required to live on campus, and only exceptional juniors and the senior class could apply for coed dorms, all the lower classmen had to live in separate dorms on opposite ends of the campus. The Coed dorm lay smack in between the two. The various buildings lay scattered at various points. As you came in the Main gates, you came to the student parking lot, then further back was the main office and on connected to it was the Headmistresses' office and home. Then further to the west was gym/Field house, to the east lay the four buildings for classes, each four stories high, one for each grade level, and beside them was a two story cafeteria building. Then to the south spread way, way, way out were the three dorm rooms, a circular courtyard lay in the very middle. It held a fountain, Marble benches, Rose bushes, and four archways, one for each of the cardinal directions. The sprawling lawns were perfectly manicured. All the bushes were trimmed daily and the surrounding forests were kept at a distance. The forest had a ten mile thickness and beyond them lay a nine foot fence with barbed wire at the top, the fence ran along the whole perimeter of the school so that there was only one entrance and one exit. I slowed to a stop at the gate and rolled down my window.

"Hi, I'm just dropping of my friend so she can get to class, she's moving in this weekend." I smiled up at the male guard, his face was set hard.

"All students were supposed to have moved onto campus two weeks ago." His voice was gruff and unhappy with us.

"She just got back from vacation." I plead with him, and watched as he stepped into the booth, picked up the phone, dialed a number and had a conversation with whoever was on the other end of the line for a good five minutes before hanging up, sliding open the window and looking pointedly at me.

"You have five minutes to get inside, drop her off at the far end of the student parking lot and get out, she'll have to walk from the parking lot. Oh, and your aunt says hi Sakura." He said finally cracking a tiny smile. I flushed and gave a bright smile before driving forward as the gates opened and then closed again behind us. I navigated the parking lot to the far end narrowly avoiding hitting some dumb blond guy walking with a red haired boy. Both glared and continued along their way. The red head was a friend to the blond headed boy, and the blond was Ino's cousin, Deidara.

"Ya know Sakura, Hitting Sasori and Deidara isn't the right way to make friends around here." She giggled before smoothing out her hair one more time. I laughed and pulled up to a park at the farthest end of the student parking lot.

"Whelp this is where you get out so I can get on to my crappy day at normal school." I chuckled. She gazed unamused at me before checking her makeup once more, throwing open the door, getting out, closing the door, and walking to the trunk. She tapped on it once, I popped it and after she got her bag she slammed down the lid and I couldn't help the cringe. She smiled and waved and Kiba came bounding up to her instantly devouring her face with his. Her pretty purple tank top and matching sweat pants and hoodie getting messed up. Her hair had been pulled into a high bun and she of course had done her make up to the nines going all out with the sparkle eye shadow and eyeliner. Surprisingly she wore uggs instead of her normal heeled boots. I shook my head, backed up a tiny bit and drove toward the gate not even bothering to wave as I passed Naruto who was pulling at Sasuke who was being hung onto by the ever present Karin. I wanted to gag but I chose to ignore them instead.

'Hmm I wonder where Hinata is? She's usually with Naruto.' The gate keeper saw me coming and opened the gates right as Naruto came running toward my car. I slammed the gas peddle and was long gone before he could make five bounds. I half way felt bad but I didn't want him to see the tears running down my face either. Ino was lucky and was able to stay with all our friends while I had to go to the crappy regular school that always got vandalized and broken into. I hated that my parents wouldn't just let me go to school with everyone but they thought that it was a bad idea since they walked in on Sasuke and Naruto fighting because Sasuke had accidentally tripped and fell and his lips had landed squarely against mine in a forced kiss. Naruto had thought he had done it on purpose but he honestly hadn't. The damage was done though, because after my parents saw them swinging blows at each other and me crying they had deemed the boys as a bad influence and wouldn't let me be anywhere near them or any school they went to, even if my aunt ran said school. It just wasn't fair. My phone started to buzz and the song How you Remind me by Nickelback came blaring out of my phone. I sucked in a deep breath willing the tears away, I slid the answer bar to the right across my iPhone 4, allowing the call to stop the music so that the conversation was channeled through my sound system instead.

"What?!" I snapped unhappy that I had been called by Sasuke.

"What's wrong?" his voice was deep, much richer than the boyish squeak it had been when we had last hung out and my heart clenched.

"You know what's wrong. And to top it off Ino was rubbing it in on the way over here." I cried, knowing he knew I had left crying. He sighed into the phone and I could just see the look of exasperation on his face.

"You'll be 18 in two weeks Sakura and then you can come whenever you want despite your parents wanting you nowhere near us." His voice dropped a little deeper and it made me shiver slightly.

"It's too long!" I cried at him gunning back onto the onramp heading to the opposite side of town not ready to face today's ridicule.

"You can do it Sakura! Just remember our pact. I have to go Karin is coming back." There was a click and music was pouring through the sound system again. I sucked in all the breath I could and held it all in my lungs till my tears stopped. Then I slowly let out all the trapped air, almost chocking at the last second. I slowed down on the off ramp and turned left and right down a few streets. Pulling into the cracked up parking lot, I was jostled along until I slid my car into park in the last spot at the very end of the lot. First block was already well under way, I may as well wait the last twenty minutes till next block. With that I cut the engine and picked up my phone to check the time. It was nine thirty. I scrolled through my contacts coming to Ino's Name and sent a quick text.

To: Ino Pig

From: Cherry Blossom

You owe me big time.. I missed first block!

With that I hit send and shut my phone off. Throwing it onto the passenger seat I reclined a tiny bit and stared at the roof suddenly remembering I had the note from my parents to read.

Sakura,

We left early this morning on an emergency call, it seems a teenager was involved in some sort of gang activity and was in need of intensive care. You know what to do if we don't make it home in time to see you off tomorrow.

We love you Sakura.

-P.s. we have a surprise for you in a few weeks for your birthday.

-Love mom and dad.

I smiled and yet was slightly annoyed that they were the ones being called when there were five dozen others capable of taking care of any situation that they could take care of. I jumped as the sound of sirens wailed past the school, I couldn't see the vehicle to determine which set of teams they belonged to but I could almost guarantee you that they were ambulance sirens. I sighed, sent up a prayer for whatever poor soul it was being carted off in the meat wagon and slid the note into the glove box before removing the keys from the ignition then opening the door and shoving the phone into my bra as I stood and exited my car. I walked toward my school pressing the lock button on my keys and dropping them into the inner pouch of my black messenger bag after slinging it onto my left shoulder. I stood in front of my second period class.

'Ugh, Math.' I thought.

'Better than the creeper that teaches P.E during 4th block… we may want to skip today, if I remember correctly were supposed to be doing laps in the pool today.' Inner chimed in for the first time all day

'Blehh! I probably will skip. Bye for now inner.'