Kei-Kei Yuki: I found a beta, a very sweet and nice one, and I'm back with chapter three. Though I do wish to ask, what are some drabble ideas do you, the readers, have in mind or wish to see. I very curious to read your responses.

Beta by: Ana-DaughterofHades

A/N: Featuring Young!Naruko and Young!Sakura

Drabble Three

Sakura: The Cherry Blossom Festival

Large emerald eyes looked in wonder at the thousands of delicate and tiny pink flower petals that rained down over the village. From a distance, one could spot sakura trees being distinguished throughout the village as a sign that spring had arrived. "Mommy, aren't the sakura petals pretty!" exclaimed a little girl around the age of five or six, dressed in a red kimono that was decorated with sakura petals. A giggle escaped passed her lips as she twirled, sakura petals raining down on her.

"They surely are, Sakura, but try not to go wandering off too far. We haven't even reached the park yet," the mother lightly scolded her daughter who was paying her no attention. Running around, she caught sakura petals in the palms of her small hands.

Everywhere in the village, families could be spotted strolling down the streets of Konohagakure, dressed in kimonos. Delicious food vendors and merchants were out and promoting their business. Located in a variety of parks, families had picnic blankets spread out, and baskets of delectable food were prepared so they could watch the viewing of the lovely sakura petals that bloomed and rained all over the village.

It was a festival for families to laugh, come together, and socialize with each other, a peaceful and happy event that put everyone's mind at ease. Upon reaching the clear green meadow of the park, Sakura raced ahead while her parents found them an empty spot to set out their spread.

Meanwhile, Sakura was in her own little world when a sakura petal entered her line of vision; eagerly she tried to catch it, only for it to fly out of her hands. Attention now stolen, Sakura began following after the petal that was drifting further and farther away from her. Barely hearing her mother when she had warned her to not stray too far away and get lost, Sakura was already gone.

Her little feet did not falter as the pink sakura blossom continued on its journey flying far away from her; emerald eyes shimmered with the determination of catching the petal. Stretching out her little arms in hopes of grasping it in her hands, every time she thought she had it, it was always a centimeter away from her grasp. Nevertheless, she did not give up.

That was until she tripped on a tree branch that was lying on the ground and her face smacked into the dirt. "Ow..." Sakura eyes brimmed with tears from the infliction of her head smacking against the ground. Standing up on her feet, she rubbed her forehead when her eyes suddenly twinkled with glee.

She caught sight of her treasure only to notice how it was resting upon a head of blonde hair that belonged to a girl who looked around her age. The girl looked frustrated, trying to untangle the pigtail that was twisted up in the branches of the bushes. Leaves and dirt covered her hair as she was crouched down on her knees, determination and frustration flashing through her cerulean eyes. It was when the blonde finally got fed up that emerald made contact with cerulean blue.

"A-Ano... H-Hi!" Sakura shyly greeted the blonde who stared at Sakura for a second, before a blinding smile almost split across her face.

"Yo!" she grinned up at the pink haired girl, who returned the girl's grin with a small smile of her own

"Do you need some help?" Sakura asked the blonde, who blushed a pretty shade of pink.

"Maa, if you don't mind." The blonde sheepishly scratched her left scarred cheek as Sakura made way over to the bushes. Reaching out to untangling the blonde's knots and curls of hair that was tangled deep within the bushes, she squinted her eyes to get a better look at what she had to work with, before smiling in triumph when she finally got the lock of hair untangled.

"There! That should just about do it," Sakura proclaimed after freeing the girl's hair who pointed a pair of big watery cerulean eyes of gratefulness at Sakura and glomped the pink-haired girl in a hug.

"Thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you! Finally, I'm free!" exclaimed the little girl as Sakura smiled at the other's happiness before a question flew into her head. "How did your hair become tangled up in the bushes anyway?" The pinkette watched the blonde shake her hair like a wet dog, getting rid of the scattered leaves that nested within it.

"Oh, I was trying to get this!" In the open palm of the blonde's hand sat a shiny small emerald stone. "It's pretty right?" The blonde grinned, before opening her eyes and shooting Sakura a contemplative look, which made the pinkette feel nervous and a little uncomfortable with the way the blonde was deeply staring into her eyes before a wide smile appeared on her face.

"Your eyes tell me you're a good person," the blonde girl replied.

"My eyes?" inquired Sakura, blinking her pretty emerald eyes confusedly while the other fiercely nodding her head.

"Yep! You see, people's eyes speak to me. So that's how I know you're a good person. Something tells me you're going to be a strong person one day," grinned the blonde as Sakura felt taken back by the smaller of the two. Sakura concluded that the girl was strange, nice, but overall strange. Softly in the distance, Sakura heard the voice of her mother calling out her name.

"Seems like our time has been cut short. Here, I'll give this to you!" The blonde placed the emerald stone in Sakura's hands as she got ready to leave but paused when Sakura called out to her.

"But I never got your name? And why are you giving this to me?" Sakura asked the girl, who waited before turning around. The rays of the sun beamed down on her as she smiled and said, "Uzumaki Naruko, next, future Hokage, Dattebayo! So you'll remember the words I said to you. I meant what I said, I know you'll grow to be someone strong one day! Never forget it!" After those words were uttered, the girl ran off, and soon after, Sakura's mother appeared at her side, but not before catching a glimpse of the blonde girl's retreating back.

When her mother asked her about the name the girl who she met by accident, Sakura answered, seeing no harm behind it. Though, the frown on her mother's face told her otherwise, warning Sakura to stay away from the blonde pigtailed girl, explaining that she was a danger to her. This confused Sakura as the blonde seemed like a very nice person. Strange, but very nice.

Nevertheless, Sakura, being the non-disobedient child that she was, solemnly nodded her head, doing as her parents told her to do. Though, when her parents were not looking, she opened the palm of her hand and glanced down at the pretty emerald stone laying their, replaying the words the blonde had said to her. 'I meant what I said, I know you'll grow to be someone strong one day!' Her smile hidden from her parents who were discussing something that was of uninterest to her.

For a long time, Sakura would forever remember those words, even when she might forget the person who those words had come from. Deep down in her heart, it was those words that ignited a small spark in the pinkette. Unaware that one day in the future she would make those words come true.

End of Drabble Three