The day started as any other day would, the nice breeze blowing, birds chirping and cute little rabbits running around. Everything was so pretty and peaceful…unless you are a certain kunoichi having to stand her two teammates arguing and seeing your useless sensei read a perverted book giggling from time to time.
"Teme"
"Dobe"
"Idiot"
"Stupid"
"Bastard"
"Loud-mouth"
"Arr-"
"EVERYONE SHUT THE HELL UP!!!" Sakura finally snapped.
Sasuke and Naruto stared at her in disbelief, and Kakashi dropped his book at hearing his usual innocent and polite student curse right in front of him.
"Sakura, did you just cursed?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow.
"It was the only thing able to stop these two, seriously it was driving me crazy" Sakura sighed. "Sorry about that sensei, I know it was rude to yell in front of you".
"Kakashi smiled. Same old Sakura.
"Well, aren't you going to apologize to us?" Naruto asked.
"Why should I?"
"Now, now kids. Its already late and we need to make up camp," Kakashi said.
"It's been a couple hours since we left Konoha and the sunset's in two hours yet, I think we can go on a little longer," Sasuke grunted.
"I agree, but then we won't be able to see anything"
"Hn" with his usual grunt Sasuke left to lift his tent. The others followed his lead.
After a few minutes, the tents were raised and the fire was warming all of them.
"Sakura, Sasuke you will take the first turn in taking guard." Kakashi ordered.
Both Sasuke and Sakura nodded. Naruto was mad to say the least.
"Hey! Why does the teme have to stand guard with Sakura-chan?"
"Because Naruto, I say so," Kakashi said with a wink directed to Sasuke.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes and replied with his usual grunt.
"Well we'd better get going to sleep, Naruto." Kakashi dragged Naruto to his tent leaving a dumbfounded Sakura and a very annoyed Sasuke
A couple hours later, Sasuke was reading a battered old book; and Sakura was playing with a locket humming a sorrowful tune.
Sasuke looked at her; one thought crossed his mind at the sight before him. She was beautiful. Even at night you could see the beautiful emerald eyes that shined with the fire's reflection. Her hair glowed and moved rhythmically as the wind moved it in a graceful matter. He smiled to himself inwardly thanking Kakashi to let him have some alone time with his cherry blossom.
Wait a minute… his cherry blossom? Where did that come from?
"Sasuke-kun? Are you ok?"
"Huh?" Sasuke looked over at Sakura to see her with a concerned look.
"Uh, never mind"
"Hn"
Sasuke went back into his book; it wasn't a book for that matter. It was a journal. Since he found it he was drawn to it and he felt like he needed to finish the book for some strange reason, and even when he wasn't reading it he felt the book calling to him. That's how he first found the book, or how the book found him.
FlashbackSasuke was walking down the library of his huge mansion, looking for a good long book to take on his mission. After going to different aisles and book stairs he couldn't find anything that drew his attention. Just when he was going to give up and gotten out to go to the nearest library he heard something.
Immediately his ninja senses were alert; there was someone in his house! He took out a kunai out of his pouch and wearily walked towards an aisle were he had heard the noise. He threw his kunai were he thought the 'perpetrator' would be.
"Who's there?"
He grabbed his kunai and looked everywhere. There was no one there and he attempted to leave when a book fell from the highest shelf. Right in front of him.
"What the- wait I've never seen this book before."
He eyed the book.
"This is not a book is a journal."
End flashback
Sasuke flipped to a page that had a drawing attached. It read:
April 20th, 1899
This is the second week since we've been by ourselves, and it's the first time in my life that I've ever felt happy. For each time that I see her, is as if all troubles go away; is as if she had some spell over me that makes me feel this way. Although over the days I've recognized this feeling and I came to the conclusion that is just so simple and yet so complicated.
I'm in love.
I know she feels the same way about me since she accepted to run away with me to this peaceful place. I still remember the life I used to have in Konoha; the same parties I was supposed to go to, the horrible meetings I had to endure and the balls that I was so often invited to because of my fair features. But with each passing day with the same routine I felt more imprisoned than ever.
Then it came the day in which my life would change forever. It was in a ball, and I one as many had been forced to go so that I could find a suitable maiden. I, as always, was surrounded by a mob of women, which asked me to dance with them. I turned them all down since they didn't draw any attention to me.
Then the main doors opened and the family that hosted the party descended from the stairs. First the head of the house and his wife, and lastly their daughter; it was as if an angel has fallen to the Earth. I knew at that moment that I would never forget what she looked like, she was vision of beauty. Her emerald eyes sparkled with joy, and her smile as radiant as a sun; her black gown hugged her curves and matched her black hair framed her angelic face.
I made way to introduce myself and asked her to dance with me. She smiled at me and accepted. From that moment I knew that this was the woman I would marry.
As the days passed we met more frequently, walked together etc. Then I gave her a golden locket that I made by myself. She was very happy when I gave it to her, and she always wore it from that day on.
Although my actions in the future seemed rush I don't regret it now. I can now say with all the confidence in the world that…
I love her.
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Sasuke's POV
I was struck by the last sentence. It can't be. It can't be that an Uchiha would willfully fall in love? Right?
I looked at the drawing. It was a locket. With a heart shape around it and a cherry blossom in the middle.
I checked the locket, which now rested on Sakura's chest, and I felt myself staring hard into the locket.
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Sakura's POV
I felt someone staring at me. I turned my head and saw Sasuke not looking but staring.
'What the hell is HE staring at?'
'Is he staring at what I think he's staring?''Oh, HELL HE'D BETTER NOT!!!! Because sexy or not I'll kick his perverted ass!!!'
'Do you think we should read his mind?''NO!! What if there are some perverted thoughts in there?'
'He wouldn't would he?''I don't know, but he's staring harder!! STOP HIM!!!!!'
"Sasuke Uchiha what the hell are you staring at?"
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Normal POV
"Huh?"
"You'd better not be staring at what I think you are staring!!!!!"
"N-No! I wasn't staring at that!!!" Sasuke pointed at Sakura's chest.
"Oh, ok" Sakura relaxed.
'Well that was a little embarrassing'"Sakura"
"Yes, Sasuke-kun?" she snapped out her trance.
"Where did you get that locket?"
"This?" Sakura asked while remembering how she got her locket.
Flashback"Mom! I'm leaving now"
"Sakura wait!"
"What is it?"
"I need to give you something before you leave"
Sakura's mother took out a velvet box from her pocket and opened it to Sakura, showing a golden necklace. Sakura's eyes widened as she started at the locket. It was beautiful. The locket was carved with a cherry blossom in the middle surrounded by a heart.
"Mom, its beautiful!" Sakura sighed.
"I know, it was your great great aunt's locket. It was passed down to every Haruno woman for generations, and now to you." She put the locket on her daughter's neck.
"Thank you mom!" Sakura hugged her mom and then she remembered that she needed to go.
"Oh my Gosh! I'm late! Bye mom, Love you!" She said as she opened the door and sprinted her way to Konoha's Gates.
End of Flashback"It's a family heirloom, my mother said that it was passed down from Haruno women for generations." Sakura touched her locket.
"I see, this is interesting" Sasuke said.
"Why?"
"Sakura, tell me to whom did it belong to?" Sasuke asked.
"To my great great aunt, Sakura Ayame Haruno"
Sasuke was shocked. He then seemed to be deep in thought.
"Does the name Daisuke Uchiha sound familiar?"
"No, should it?" Sakura asked
"Daisuke Uchiha was my great great uncle and this book is his journal" Sasuke waved the journal.
Sakura looked at the book, and then realized something.
'Wait journal? Can it be?'"Wait! Journal? It can't be the same man that fell in love with my aunt now can he?" Sakura was terribly confused.
"That's what I have in mind, and in this entry he says he loves someone with the initials S.A.H."
"Sakura Ayame Haruno"
"So… you figured it out didn't you?" a voice behind them said.
"Kakashi-sensei!" Sakura jumped.
"You knew about this didn't you?" Sasuke held his forever stone like face.
"Of course I knew, its my job to know. Every jounin and ANBU knows about the legend" Kakashi told them
"Legend? What legend?" Sakura furrowed her eyebrows.
"The legend of your ancestors, or as it has been known… the Legend of the Two Clans."
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DUN DUN DUN!!!!!! I'm so sorry for this super long update but I just couldn't find inspiration!!!!!!! Sorry!!!!!! I hope that my future chapters won't take as long as this one did.
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