Ch. 3 Cherry blossoms

Sakura's POV

There I was standing in the middle of a breathtaking garden full of cherry blossom trees. The petals of the trees were gently falling to the ground and surrounding me. There was a small pond in front of me that possessed some of the fallen cherry blossom petals. I slowly walked up to the pond and kneeled down and stared into it. There I saw my reflection and that is when I began to see the change I have gone through the past three years. I now become the apprentice of the present Hokage and aspire to become one of the top med-ninja. I saw the structure of my face now possessed a stronger and confidant pose, but still remind soft, gentile, and kind. My eyes still had the spark of green jubilance, but deep inside there is a hint of sadness from the pains and losses I have gone through. My pink hair is still short from the time of the Chunin exams in the Forest of Death. I became so lost in my thoughts of the past and the changes I didn't notice the rustle of footsteps coming closer to me from behind.

As I was staring into the pool of water, a shadow came over me. I couldn't tell who it was from the reflection from the pool of water because it just reflected a shadow and nothing else. For some reason, I wasn't nervous because I felt this person was not a stranger to me, but something like a long lost friend. Before I was about to face this shadow of a person, a deep voice stopped me, "I thought I find you here."

When I heard his voice, I gasped because I sudden realized that I was in the presence of my former teammate. I started breathing heavily and couldn't bring myself to face him. I didn't want to feel the pain anymore; I didn't want to get my hopes up for a lost cause. "Interesting you are the one ignoring me and I am the one reaching out. Ironic isn't it," said the deep voice. I finally decided to get the pain over with and face him. I got up from knees and stood up facing the pond. I took a deep breath and turned around and saw him, Sasuke

He was taller than the last time I saw him. He was definitely more muscular and filled out from his younger years. His eyes were still the deep pools of onyx and showed no once of emotional like they always have. His black hair was still messy as ever, but looks perfect at the same time. Our eyes met emerald clashing with onyx. "I understand if you don't want to talk. I didn't expect you to anyway."

He smirked and then his eyes began to examine me. "I can tell a lot has changed since I left, you look more confident than the last time a last saw you." I was still complete shock. Standing in front of me is the only person to steal my heart and left and now here he is complementing me. Finally, I came over my state of shock. Not once had a showed any true emotion until now.

"Well how can you expect things to stay the same forever? It has been three years, nothing stays the same forever," I mustered.

"I suppose I should not have expected to see the same Sakura I knew. But you are the same for what I can tell but different at the same time. I feel like I know you, but don't." He said.

"If you did not leave then this wouldn't be a problem." I said trying to make him feel guilty for his leaving his home, friends, and Team 7.

He did not reply right away, instead he took a step closer to me. I was surprised and waiting in anticipation of what he was planning to say or do. Then all of a sudden I felt his hand pushing some hair out of my face and he brought his face next to my ear and whispered, "Well, we'll just have to fix that won't we." His touch brought shivers down my spine. He then brought his face back in front of mine where again our eyes met once again. But this time his eyes possessed I hint of emotion. With our eyes lock onto each other it drew our faces inch closer together. My mind was facing with thoughts and I couldn't believe what was happening. I forgot all about my pain and sufferings caused by him and only could only think of this moment of bliss. Our faces inches apart and then –

BRING! My alarm clock started going off.

My eyes strung open from the noise. I was breathing so heavily and sweating slightly from the dream I was just experiencing. How could it have been a dream? It seemed so real. I thought. I could still feel his touch of my skin and his hot breathe on my ear. How could I feel his presence when he is miles away?

I turned off my alarm clock and sat up on my bed. I ran my hand through my hair and got out of my bed and walked to my window. Cherry blossom petals were dancing outside my window and following the wind that carried them. I then this made me remember the grove that Sasuke and I were standing in my dream.I left my window and went to my bathroom. I stood in front of my mirror and turned on the sink and splashed cold water on to my face. I then looked at myself, "Why can't I forget him?" I stared at my reflection expecting an answer to my question. Then a voice in the back of my head said, "Because you don't want to forget him and you keep holding on to his memory because you think that you don't he will be lost forever."

Sorry guys, I took a major break. School is swamping me with some much work it is driving me crazy almost. But I hope you enjoy this chapter. PLEASE REVIEW: )