A/N: I Do Not Own Naruto. Well, not yet... Lol xD
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I Love You.
Eight divine letters.
Three powerful words.
And only one specific meaning.
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June 27, 7:00 a.m-- Uchiha Mansion (Last Day of School)
"Sasuke-chan time to wake up!" Yelled Mikoto from the kitchen. Sasuke slowly got out of bed. He went into the bathroom.
He just finished changing and was done brushing his teeth. "Hn, Otouto's looking good today," Itachi said with a smirk as Sasuke continued to brush his hair. Sasuke glared. "So," Itachi said as he walked towards Sasuke.
"What's the special occasion? Hm? Sakura-chan and you getting married?" Sasuke scoffed. "Last day of school." Itachi gave a small 'ah' as he started for the door. "Gonna say something special to her?" Sasuke didn't bother answering, Itachi already knew what he was going to say.
Sasuke finished up and ran down the stairs. He was in his usual clothes and he had his hair up perfectly. Most girls would die for him.
"Awww Sasuke-chan! You look so kawaii!" Mikoto said as she took out a camera from no where and snapped a few pictures. Fugaku rolled his eyes. Sasuke sat down and started to eat his breakfast.
"...Why are you so quiet, Sasuke-chan?" Mikoto said with concern in her eyes. She peered over to Sasuke's face. "Omigosh! Is it Sakura again? ...Do I need to get the sock puppets?" Mikoto asked looking at Sasuke directly in the eyes now.
Sasuke shook his head. "Goodbye, Okaa-san, Otou-san." And with that he headed off to school.
Once Sasuke was out the door, the phone rang. "I'll get it!" Mikoto said as she skipped to the phone. "Hello?"
"Eh... Hello Mikoto-chan," Sakura's mother said on the other line. Mikoto squealed. "Sasuke-chan is trying to look his best today! Me and Itachi think it's for Sakura-chan."
Sayuri gave a nervous smile. "Um, about that." Sakura had already left for school, looking expectantly well. Taiki gave her the you-know-we-have-to-tell-them look. Sayuri sighed.
"We're moving." Mikoto stood there for a second, then laughed. "Gomen, there must be static because for a second I thought you said you were moving." When Mikoto heard no respond, she bursted.
"No! You can't move!" She yelled, which made Fugaku give her a confused look. Still no response. Mikoto sighed. She knew there was no use argueing with her childhood best friend.
"...Where." Sayuri finally answered. "Back to Suna, we're leaving today." Mikoto's eyes went as wide as they possibly could get. She stifled a sob. No! Don't cry, you must be strong. Strong for Sasuke-chan.
Then realization hit her. "Has Sakura-chan told Sasuke-chan?" Sayuri shook her head. "No, I told her not to. It would be better, for Sasuke." Mikoto laughed. "Nope! Sasuke... well he doesn't like bad news."
Sayuri sighed. "You can tell him, once he gets home." Mikoto gave in and said yes. After a few moments of bidding goodbyes, they hung up.
Fugaku noticed his wife's sudden change of mood. "What happened?" Mikoto turned to Fugaku, with sad eyes. "The Haruno's are moving."
Outside The Uchiha Mansion
Naruto's eyes got as wide as they possibly could get. He had been staking out beside Sasuke's house, waiting for Sasuke. What he hadn't noticed though, is that he already left. Naruto stood up and started to run towards the school.
Ahh! Sakura-chan you can't be moving!
At Sai's House
Karin smirked as she watched Naruto run. They had placed 8 mini cameras on each of the small ninja's. "Everything is going according to plan..." Sai muttered. Daichi nodded.
"It's only a matter of time now." He said. Sai turned to his father. "By the way, wonderful plan to have Sakura-chan move." Daichi smirked.
Karin turned back to the monitor. Only a matter of time...
Konoha Kindergarten, 9:00 a.m
I sighed. School ends at 12:00 today. I glanced at my watch. 3 More hours... At that moment Naruto bursted through the door. Sasuke and I exchanged looks.
Iruka-sensei sighed. "So kind of you to join us, Naruto. Mind telling me why you're late?" Naruto scratched the back of his head sheepishly. "Erm... No?" The class laughed as Naruto took a seat.
Iruka settled them down. And with a bright smile he said, "Well, today is the last day of school! I hope everyone is excited as I am." The class was excited as he was, maybe even more.
Except for Sakura.
Sasuke noticed that his (I'd like you to take note to the word: his) cherry blossom wasn't excited, like he thought she would be. Naruto tried giving signals, notes, anything! To tell Sasuke that Sakura was moving.
Signals didn't work. Maybe I should've brought the puppets... And all the notes got taken away by Iruka-sensei. Iruka-sensei had instructed the class to write a small speech about their year here, and it will be read at the end of the day.
I sat there with a pencil in my hand. Nothing came into my mind. Nothing made me want to write about all the good times.
Because if I do, it'll only hurt even more. I sighed. I started to write anyways. Sasuke didn't seemed to have a hard time writing, mainly it was about how Sakura became his "friend' and about all the fun they had during the month of May.
Naruto was writing fairly quick. Hinata glanced over to what he was writing.
This year was the best! Sakura became my new friend. And Hinata is becoming one of the closest friends I have...
She looked away and blushed. Naruto-kun... (A/N: By the way, the eight of them are all sitting at a table.)
Konoha Kindergarten 11:30 a.m
I smiled at Neji and Tenten. "NEJI GIVE ME THE PAPER BACK!" Tenten yelled/said as Neji pushed her away trying to read what she wrote. "Guys!" Ino said, which brought the attention of the two. She looked at them hard.
"We don't want a repeat of Sakura's birthday," Tenten laughed nervously as she slowly put down the paper. "Right." Neji said, rolling his eyes.
"Class!" Iruka-sensei said, getting everyone's attention. "I hope all of you are done, would anyone like to share?" Many hands shot up, except for mine. "Okay, Naruto you first," Naruto stood up excitedly.
After a few minutes, it was Tenten...then Hinata. After her was Neji, Shikamaru, Ino...
Then it was Sasuke.
"This year was great. From September to April. But mainly the month of May," Sasuke shot everyone at the table a wry look, we returned it with a smile. Sasuke went on, on how much fun the had at Sakura's party. "Sakura had become one of the greatest friend I ever had. She taught me that being different is it's own reward. Arigatou."
Sasuke finished and everyone began to clap. Iruka-sensei stood up. He wiped a tear form his eye. "T-That was beautiful!" ...Sweat drop. Iruka straightened up and cleared his throat. He looked at the time.
11:50. 10 More minutes.
"Well, we have time for one more. And that person will be... Sakura." I stood up, and cleared my throat as I was now standing infront of the class. One thing went through my head as everyone watched me. ...I hate public speaking.
I took in a deep breath and started. "At the beginning of May, I thought I wasn't going to make any friends- that I was too different. But then I met Sasuke and Naruto," I shot them a smile and coninued on.
"Naruto was the most hyper-est person in the group of friendsI made. Ino had become my best friend. Hinata, the shy-est one, doesn't stutter anymore! Shikamaru was the smartest person I ever met, Neji was so prideful." I laughed a bit. The group was smiling, remembering the first day they met.
"Tenten was the weapon mistress. She gave me kunais for my birthday!" Tenten nodded as everyone laughed. "And then there's Sasuke. When I first met Sasuke I thought he was someone judgeing. But as I got to know him, he became the person I really trust. And I hate to say goodbye."
Confused stares went all around at that word. I looked back at my paper. "And I'm sorry I have to say that today. I love Konoha, especially all of my friends in it. But I can't stay here, I won't be here next year. And the reason for that... Is because I'm moving."
Everyone gasped. Then Naruto rememebred he was supposed to say that to Sasuke earlier, so he could think up something really special to say. "NOOOOOO! SAKURA YOU CAN'T GO!" I heard someone shout.
I never really noticed how much I affected the class. I guess you can say, I was their ray of sunshine-- always there with a smile. Iruka-sensei looked at Sakura now, he almost, just almost had tears in his eyes again.
Sakura was one of his best students. At that moment the bell rang. Everyone started to get out of their seats, almost looking sad. Ino was the first to rush up to me. "SAKURA! You... You can't move. Wh... What about Sasuke?"
We were outside now. The group was already gathering. There was Naruto, Hinata, Ino, Tenten, Shikamaru, Neji and... Wait wheres Sasuke? I looked around. But before I could make any further action, I saw my parents in the moving truck.
"Sakura... It's time to go" Sayuri said sadly. I waved goodbye to my friend, they were almost tearing up. I got inside the car. I didn't noticed that my cheeks were wet. I wiped away my tears.
"Ready?" Taiki said from the wheel. I nodded. He started the truck. All of the sudden there was a shout. "Sakura-chan!" I looked outside the window.
Sasuke was running after the truck. I gave him a sad smile. "I... I love you!" He yelled, this time knowing what it meant. "And I promise... we'll see eachother again!" I waved sadly back at him, as the truck got faster and Sasuke stopped.
It had started raining. He stood there, letting the rain hit him. I faced the front again. I knew I wasn't going to see him, ever again.
Or so I thought.
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The end! The sequel might be coming up in about... two weeks or so. It will be under 'Our Song'. Thank you for everyone who reviewed. I hoped you liked the story! And remember, your reviews are what made me keep writing, so much that I updated nearly everday. Review please! Ja ne!
-IPromiseYou