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Bittersweet Return Chapter One

It was a perfect morning at Konoha Village, the sun was up and the clusters of white puffy clouds roll by as birds happily chirp in their nests and tree trunks.

Naruto woke up with high spirits that day since a perfect morning means a perfect day for training. He got up from bed and started off to the bathroom to get himself ready for the day ahead. He looks at his reflection at the mirror, ruffles his hair and mutters; "It's going to be a nice day today..."

Naruto was already walking out from his house to get some breakfast at his favorite ramen shop when he suddenly noticed a familiar figure walking towards him. It was a guy with black hair and very thick eyebrows; he was sporting a green outfit with orange socks and bandages on his arms.

It was Rock Lee, he was grinning a little from what Naruto could see in his position. But when Naruto took a good look again Lee was looking serious. Lee stops in front of Naruto and greets, "Hey there Naruto!"

Naruto looks at Lee in disbelief; he has never talked to Lee ever since they passed the Jounin test and that was about three years ago. Ever since the test, they have been very busy with certain missions and the other stuff that they never even got the chance to talk.

So it was a real surprise to Naruto when Lee approached him. Lee smiles in response to Naruto's look and says, "So...you see Naruto...I was just wondering if the rumors about you and...you know---"

"Sakura...right?" Naruto cut him off. Lee looked affronted with what Naruto did and nodded in response. Naruto sighed and said, "Yeah...yeah we did..." Lee smiled a little but quickly changed it into a sad one when he saw that Naruto was looking at him.

Lee was about to say something to break the brief silence but Naruto cut him off again, "Would you mind if I go now? I...I'm really hungry. I haven't eaten breakfast yet." Lee answered back, "Yeah, sure. Go ahead..."

Naruto quickly walked away from Lee. He wasn't really at the right mood to talk about his relationship with Sakura at that time. Reliving the day when Sakura broke up with him wasn't what Naruto had in mind. He was working so hard to forget it so talking about it with someone, moreover Lee, could be really devastating.

Meanwhile, at the village's local cemetery, Sakura was standing in front of two gravestones with traces of pure sadness and frustration in her face.

She was carrying a branch of full-bloomed cherry blossoms in her right hand. "Hello mother...father...." Sakura whispered, "It's been a while...." She forces a very weak smile in her face and looks up. She closes her eyes and feels the morning breeze graze her face.

Sakura returns her gaze to the gravestones of her parents, feeling the wind blowing off her hair and the cherry blossom petals.

She sighs and talks to the stones in front of her, "I have a branch of your favorite flower, mom... I got it from the Sakura Tree you and father planted at our backyard when I was little...I saw it this morning and thought that maybe, you wanted to see it... It's really pretty"

Tears start to form in Sakura's eyes; she gulps up some of her courage and wipes her tears away. "Well, it's already late in the morning...And Ino- chan asked me to help her with some house work...I'll leave this branch here...so that...so that you could look at it all you want...Bye then." said Sakura.

Outside the village, a man with raven hair and eyes was standing with a bag suspended at his back. He steps inside with traces of uncertainty in his movements. He looks around and lugs his bag higher, smiles a weak smile and continues to walk into the village.

As he saunters on into the village, he glances around the houses, shops and people around him. Some of the village people notices the man who was walking and starts pointing at him and whispering, "...isn't that the missing nin?" asked one of the girls looking straight at the man.

"Yes! I know who he is...He's the Uchiha!" answered the girl beside her.

"Uchiha Sasuke?! Where?!"

"Over there! The man standing in the middle of the street!"

"Omg! It IS him!" shouts the girl in the middle of the talking girls. The girls start to giggle and talk about Sasuke and as to how handsomer he is now.

Sasuke, on the other hand, is oblivious to all this, he was still looking around; wandering through the village he used to live in. As he walks past a certain shop that sells flowers, a woman with blonde hair notices him and looks wide-eyed. The woman stands up and runs off to the streets to confirm of whom she thought he is.

At that same moment Sakura was already on her way to Ino's shop and was humming happily. Suddenly, Sakura stops dead on her tracks, she stares at the person in front of her. She gasps and puts her hand over her mouth.

"Sasuke...kun..." Sakura stutters in shock.

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AN: Was it good? Or bad? I'm really sorry about this chapter because I'm not that good at writing introductions. I suck at it!
Please review! Thanks again for reading my fic...I really appreciate it!
This is my first fic so please take it easy...on me.. O.o;