Eek! I'm so sorry for not updating on Thursday! I was a little overwhelmed with homework but I was still going to update the story. Then a fucking headache comes along which went for two days. On the second day, I also came down with a fever! Gee thanks kami! Is this because I made an OC?!

Anyways...Thank you so very much for the reviews in the last chapter, I'll update you on the votes:

Full Color- 2 votes

Memory Escape- 1 vote

Light within Darkness- 0 votes

Past Colors of Darkness- 1 vote

Now reviews!

Meow – True, there is going to be minor SasuIno but it is going to be one-sided (you can probably figure out which side). Sasusaku is endgame, no need to worry your pretty little head! ;)

BizzyLizy – And thank you for reviewing! Really appreciate it!

Dane21 – Oh Sakura won't give up on Sasuke! Otherwise this wouldn't be a sasusaku fanfic! I will be introducing a new way Sakura treats Sasuke, but remember that she is still unforgiving for his mistakes. I assure you, Sakura will not give up on Sasuke and that's a promise!

Just a note,

After I have released chapter 8, I will be taking a little vacation on updating say… one month. I have not yet planned the story past that stage of the story so I will be writing up new notes and story plans for the next 8-10 chapters of the story. Don't be alarmed when I do not update past that point. There will be a three day notice before I release the chapter nine and the rest of the chapters one by one.

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Her parents had finally enrolled her in the academy, although it was her second time Sakura still felt the childish glee she had felt the first time. This was the turning point and the start of her career, this was the point in time when everything had gone wrong and this time, there would be someone to fix everything.

With new found determination from her self-assigned mission, the rosette skipped past her parents and through the gates of the academy. Sakura couldn't help but squeal with excitement as a vague memory of her past life resurfaced.

There was a long line of parents at the reception, waiting to sign up their child. Loud murmurs and mutters filled the halls as her oka-san placed her hand on her shoulder.

"Sakura-chan, go play with the other children, oto-san and I will sign you up here," Mebuki smiled.

The blonde woman gave her a slight pat/push before she stumbled forward and out of the reception line. Her previous position in the line no longer seen as the large crowds filled of civilians and ninjas filled her place.

She picked up on some annoyed murmurs of the villagers further ahead in the line.

Isn't that the devil boy?

They let him enrol here too?

Pft, if the village is destroyed by that beast I won't hesitate to say to the hokage 'I told you so'

Such monstrosity, the hokage have lost his marble if the kyu-

Hush! You know it's illegal to say that!

Her attention snapped to the blonde further ahead in the line. Many villagers had gathered around the boy while also shielding their children away from the blonde. Many civilians directed their gazes at the boy as the chatter travelled down the line. Sakura had never seen this much hate from anyone, not even Sasuke. She shuddered.

She was telling herself to move, to defend him but she knew, she knew that even she couldn't handle the hateful stares. It would be too overwhelming, Sakura suddenly realised how lonely he was. Of course she knew that Naruto was lonely, but never had she expected him to be this lonely.

Sakura had seen him in his lonely hours on the swing at the park but that kind of loneliness was nothing compared to what she was seeing in front of her. She was disgusted; disgusted that Konoha's people could treat someone so horribly.

Naruto exchanged a brief glance with Sakura, knowing that she would be able to read all his thoughts within a few seconds of the connection between azure and emerald. She understood everything… and more…

Naruto backed away from the hateful glares before turning his back and heading behind the academy building, Sakura followed suit.

OoOoOoOoOoO

They sat side by side in a flower field where kunoichi in training would practice flower arts and where she had first met Ino. Naruto placed his elbows behind his back and leant back into the sweet smelling flowers and grass.

"You're my first friend Sakura-chan," He murmured.

"I didn't want you to see that,"

Sakura was silent and picked up one of the nearby flowers in the field and handed it Naruto.

"A broken flower…" He mumbled dejectedly.

"A broken heather flower," Sakura pushed the trampled flower closer to his chest and remembered the words Ino had once spoken to her.

"Do you know why I gave you a broken flower?"

Naruto shook his head and gazed down at the flower, it was once a beautiful flower but was trampled by careless kunoichi when practicing their flower arts.

"This plant is a heather flower. Heathers are a sign of solitude,"

"Solitude?" Naruto asked expectantly.

"The state of being alone,"

She continued.

"I gave you that broken flower because no matter how lonely you are, it only takes little effort to get rid of loneliness," Sakura gripped his hand and smiled.

"My friendship has already started to trample over your solitude,"

The corner of the blonde's mouth slowly lifted to a bright smile she had come to know in her old life.

"Wow! Thank you Sakura-chan!" Naruto tried to sound nonchalant but she could tell her words had a strong effect on him. The blonde started to gather orange flowers in bunches while Sakura let her imagination wonder elsewhere.

Off in the distance, she spotted a young Sasuke with Itachi affectionately patting him on his head along with the blue-haired girl. They locked eyes for a moment, the red and black pattern of the sharingan quickly flashed over her chocolate eyes before they disappeared as fast as they came.

Sakura blinked.

Did she just imagine that?

Sakura shook her head trying to clear her thoughts. There was no way that girl could've possessed the sharingan, the dōjutsu was only passed down in the Uchiha clan. She would no longer linger on the topic, there was no way the girl could've used the sharingan and that was it.

Her thoughts travelled to how she was going to save the Uchiha clan from the Uchiha massacre. She couldn't just kill Itachi it wouldn't be right and the future may turn out for the worse. The Uchiha were brainwashed and she had to get them to stop their ways of corruption. All the problems had risen from Danzo and the Elders.

Maybe it was time for new Elders…

Sakura gripped the blades of grass beneath her palm. The only reason this had all started was because of the ill-will of the Uchiha clan from being treated the way they did. If Konoha elected new Elders, she was sure that glory would return back to the clan.

"Hey Sakura-chan, are you alright?" Naruto asked.

Sakura snapped out of her thoughts and looked over to the blonde and the orange flowers in his hand. She smiled as she took the flowers from Naruto and smelt them. The aroma of sugar and salt reached her nose. It reminded her of ramen.

"I'm fine, these flowers look really nice. The last time I picked flowers with someone was when…" her voice trailed off.

FLASHBACK

The bullies had done it again; she should be used to it. It happened almost everyday since she had first come to the academy but it didn't lower the quantity of tears streaming down her face. Sakura sniffed, her body shaking and heaving along with the irregular breathing. They tugged at her hair, poked roughly at her forehead and called her mean names. She didn't like it.

Then the girls all ran away with their tails between their legs, Sakura didn't look up, she was scared that the person who scared them off was even meaner and harsher.

"You always get called forehead girl and get picked on, huh?"

Sakura lifted her head slightly, her bubblegum-pink bangs falling in front of her puffy, bloodshot eyes. Her arms desperately trying to wipe away the tears, she didn't want to be called weak.

The girl in front of her looked different from all the other girls, pale blonde hair that was short and a few strands of hair held together with a aqua-blue hair clip. She looked confident, everything Sakura was not.

"I'm Yamanaka Ino,"

"Sakura," She whispered shortly, her voice slightly cracking.

"I can't hear you. Speak up,"

Sakura didn't reply, her head lowered as more tears made their way down her cheek. She closed her eyes in a desperate attempt to stop the tears. Then the girl's skinny finger poked her forehead but unlike the bullies, her poke was light so it wouldn't hurt her.

"I see. So your forehead is wide," The girl's voice rang out.

Sakura looked up to meet the eyes of the girl, pale baby blue eyes. She was beautiful, so unlike her. The girl's finger receded and her whole hand went under her bangs, pushing the pink strands upwards to reveal her forehead.

"Just like a ghost," The girl's words were soft. They weren't mean and harsh; the blonde wasn't intending to hurt her. Sakura sniffed some more, she wasn't sure what this girl was trying to do but she spoke the truth. It was scary.

Ino held a red ribbon to Sakura before she pushed the rosette's bangs to the side before tying the ribbon a top her head.

"I'll give you that ribbon; you get picked on because you hide your forehead,"

"You're cute, so don't be afraid," Sakura's eyes widened, the girl had just complemented her, helped her.

That was the start to the friendship; they promised each other that they would be best friends forever but sometimes… Things just weren't meant to be…

END OF FLASHBACK

"Was when what Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked.

Sakura shook her head as if she was trying to clear her thoughts.

"It doesn't matter,"

She had been selfish in her past life, taking her bonds for granted. She had ended her bond with Ino over such a selfish reason. This was second chance for her; she would repair all the mistakes and make sure she wouldn't repeat them… And that was a promise she would never break!

Eugh, I'm sorry peeps. I know that I said that the chapters were going to be over 2000 words but I just can't seem to so it. I feel so bad when I end with chapter that isn't as long as it should be and for that I am truly sorry.

Though, some good things in this chapter happened. This is most likely my favourite chapter so far. The other chapters aren't going to be this fluffy in the sense of emotions and such.

Voting is still ongoing; the next chapter will probably be on Tuesday.

Ciao,

-LucidClockwork