Torn between her first crush and the two people who taught her so much…

Hyuuga Neji…

Sabaku no Gaara…

Uchiha Sasuke…

Ah! No! Don't set the time and date of my death! I want red roses on my funeral please! Waahahaha! Sorry…Gaara won't be back this time…not on this chapter but maybe the next one, I was planning for him to come back this time but another idea came into my head, so please be patient and wait ne! Thank you!

"SAKURA! COME ON! WAKE UP OR YOU'LL BE LATE FOR TRAINING AGAIN!" Haru shouted as he walked up the stairs to her room. As he entered her room, he saw a sleeping Sakura under the covers.

'She's cute when she sleeps but she's late…again…' he thought to himself as he neared the bed. He pulled the covers really hard and Sakura curled herself into a ball.

"WAKE UP!" he shouted into her ear and she winced.

'I hear bells…' she thought to herself as she tried to get rid of the ringing in her ear.

"What the heck was that for!" she glared daggers at him but he just smiled back at her.

"You're officially late for training."

"I don't have training today, Gaara's not here." She fell back onto her bed.

"So? Neji and Sasuke are training with you today, or did you forget?"

She mumbled something into her pillow but he couldn't hear.

"What did you say?" he leaned his head in to hear her better.

"I don't wanna train, you can't make me." She mumbled into her pillow but it was louder this time.

"Come on, I don't wanna drag up to the bathroom…you're too heavy for me." He smirked as he turned around to leave.

"I am soo not that heavy!" she got out of bed and went to the bathroom, glaring at him as she past the door.

'Gets her every time. Why are girls so conscious about their looks?' he sighed at that thought and went back down the stairs.

"Hey guys! Sorry I'm late!" she yelled out as she ran up to them with Haru beside her.

"No you're not." He smirked at her.

"Yea, but they don't know that." She stuck her tongue out at him.

"So, what are we gonna do for training huh?" she smiled as she tilted her head.

"The usual sparring and some meditation." The white eyed boy spoke as he stood with his arms crossed.

"…" the other with the raven hair stood with his hands in his pockets with the same unreadable face.

"Ok then! I'll partner up with Haru. How's that sound?" she clasped her hands as she spoke while Neji and Sasuke stared at the pink haired shinobi. They really wanted a chance to talk to her, but they didn't want to make it too obvious or eager.

"Sure, whatever." Sasuke shrugged and walked off while Neji followed.

"What shall we do?" she turned around to look at Haru who just stood there casually.

"Uh…let's start with meditation then sparring." He took a seat on the grass and gestured for her to sit beside him.

"I'm sure I don't have to tell you how to meditate." He smiled at her.

"Hey, I'm not that stupid!" she leered at him.

"Really?" he replied with no sarcasm in his voice which earned him a smack on the head.

"That hurts!" he spoke as he gingerly rubbed his head. She decided to ignore him and begin her meditation but couldn't really clear her mind because of the wincing voice she got from Haru.

"Shut up, I'm trying to meditate her." She sneered at him as he finally quieted down and closed his eyes. He started to take long, deep breaths and she followed him.

'Just think about your breathing, breath in, breath out.' She thought to herself as she concentrated on her breathing. The she heard a clash of weapons not to far away.

'Must be Neji and Sasuke.' She breathed in again but her thoughts were once more interrupted by another clash of weapons. Haru peered at her from the corner of his eye and saw her eyebrows furrowed in irritated concentration.

"Just breath in and breath out, ignore the others." He spoke softly to her.

'Breath in and breath out, in and out…' she thought and found herself eventually thinking about nothing but those two things. 'Breath in and breath out, in and out…'

It was almost as if her surroundings were much clearer, she could hear the birds chirping and the wind dancing on the grass. She focused on her breathing and didn't realize what happened until she opened her eyes, that she blocked a kunai that came right to her head.

'Woah.' Her eyes widened as she looked at the kunai she held in her hands. Not far away, she could see Neji and Sasuke running up to her.

"Hey, you ok? I wasn't aiming for you." Neji panted as he ran up to her.

"I accidentally deflected it to you." Sasuke panted as he ran up beside Neji resting his arms in his knees.

"I'm ok, I didn't realize it was coming at me until I caught it." She smiled at them.

"Meditation makes your surroundings come clearer, don't you agree Sakura?" Haru's eyes were still closed as he spoke to her.

"Yea, I think so too."

"Ok, why don't we stop our meditation here? And start with sparring." He got up and looked over at Sakura, a bit of drool could be seen coming from her mouth.

'I can't believe she fell asleep…' he sweat-dropped as he stared at her. He could still hear the clashing of weapons from both Neji and Sasuke as they fought while he crouched down beside Sakura and gave her a nudge in between her ribs. She swatted his hand away and went back to sleep.

"…Uh…let's see…" he nudged her again and she mumbled something like "Get lost or I'll kill you…"

"I see there's a bit of Gaara in her…" he poked her but she didn't respond.

"Hm…SAKURA WATCH OUT!" she winced as she fell to her sides.

"What, what where!" she looked around agitatedly as Haru laughed at her.

"What!" she glared at him.

"You're drooling." He tried to suppress another laugh as she wiped the drool off with the back of her hand.

"Geez, can't you be a little bit more mature?"

"Well, yea but at least I don't end up falling asleep when I'm meditating."

"Shut up." She leered at him as she got up from her seat.

"What now? Sparring?" she brushed off the stray pieces of grass on her dress.

"Yup, why don't we start now!" he spoke as he threw a kunai at her but she dodged it. She jumped away and performed a few hand seals and suddenly a water dragon appeared from behind her and charged at him but Haru countered it with his own attack.

"Suiton! Suiryuudan!" the force of the two dragons pushed them away but their feet dug into the ground so they didn't get far. She looked at Haru as she took out the fans in her pouch, she knew that Haru hadn't seen these weapons yet so it would be a good advantage to her.

"What are those for? It's not that hot!" he pointed at her with a bemused look on his face. She smirked at him.

'You have no idea.' She thought to herself as she ran up towards him, hands on either side of her. When she was close enough to him, she exposed the hidden shards of metal and slashed at him, he jumped back but not without a cut on his shirt.

"This is my favorite shirt!" he yelled out at her as he ran up to her with three shurikens in each hand. He threw it at her but she deflected it with her fan. He continued to rush up to her while performing a few seals of the bird, rat, horse and more.

"Mizu Bunshin no Jutsu!" he yelled out as clones of himself appeared beside him. Sakura did the same and used Kage Bunshin to counter his Mizu Bunshin. The copies attacked each other while the real ones stayed behind. As the last one of the duplicates disappeared, a shinobi of the Mist appeared in front of them.

"Haru, is it?" the ninja looked at him.

"Yes? What is it?" Haru spoke as he placed on a mask of seriousness.

"You are needed back in Mist." The messenger spoke as he handed over a scroll to him. Haru took it and opened it up, scanning it contents.

"I guess my vacation is over neh Sakura?" he smiled at her but she frowned back.

"I shall wait for you by the Konoha gates." The messenger spoke as he bowed and disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"Looks like my time here has past. Sorry Sakura." He walked up to her but she kept her head down.

"I'm really sorry I have to leave, but I'll try to come back as soon as possible ok?" he spoke as he placed his thumb and forefinger on her chin to make her look up.

"How long will you take?" she said in between small sobs.

"As soon as my business in Mist is done, I'll come back."

"How long will you take?" she repeated looking at his face.

"One month, I promise."

"You promise?" tears slid down her face onto the grass.

"I promise and I'll write to you too, how does that sound?" he let go of her chin and she came forward for a hug.

"Great…" she sniffed into his shirt. "I'm sorry about your shirt. I can fix it for you." She mumbled out.

"Nah, it's ok. I've got a spare!" he laughed as she punched him.

"Baka."

I'm sorry, I know I said that Gaara would be back in here but I guess everything is up to the speed of my fingers and also the speed of my ideas…Waahahahha! It's all random so yea…