Star In The Dark
By:
0Serpentina0
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Summary: Sakura didn't feel the love and concern she wanted in the place she calls home. As she grows up, she started to seek the love money can't provide. Great tragedies, secrets revealed…mysteries uncovered. (Saku/Sasu/Gaa/Neji)
Italic- flashback
Bold italic- character's thoughts
(Inside the parenthesis)- Author's side notes and reactions
CHAPTER ONE
First Meeting
In the midst of Konoha, you will notice the stunning, exclusive three-story manor of the eminent Haruno family. The family has been well-known throughout the decades, from their great, great ancestors up to the present possessor of the family name, which roots immense jealousy through the tycoon society. Unknown from the prying eyes of the people, in the depths of the mansion, behind the portraits on the parapet, there lays a great, sinister secret that the clan have manage to efficiently concealed under their vast riches; they fear that someday, someone would uncover their secret that would cause havoc to their well-honored name.
Meanwhile, under the eering silence of the mansion, a young pink-haired girl is busy drawing on her drawing pad in her room. Suddenly, she hears loud footsteps making their way across her room; as she listens intently to it, the footsteps diminished and were replaced by a series of gentle knocks on her door.
KNOCK…KNOCK…KNOCK…
The door swung open and there standing is a silver-haired man in his early twenties in the doorway.
"Kakasshh..." the little girl tried to blurt out as the young man entered the room.
He chuckled at the young girl and he started to pat her head.
"Hello Sakura-chan!"
"Hello! How are you?"
He only smiled in response; instead, he reveals a plastic full of sweets.
"Is that for me? Thank you very much!" and she started digging the contents of the plastic on her pink, fluffy bed. Meanwhile, Kakashi is enjoying himself watching the tiny figure of the girl eating.
"Did you pick a raspberry flavor? The last time I tasted it, I didn't like it."
She single out a deep pink-colored toffee and unwrapped it; she uncertainly place it on her tiny mouth.
After a few seconds, her face crinkled a little.
"It's raspberry!" And she starts to fish out a new one on the pile of sweets in front of her. He's weary eyes roams the entire room. The hefty room is composed of a bulky pink bed, a warm carpet where all her toys were scattered, side table full of small picture frames, a cozy couch and a study table. He saw the drawing pad Sakura has been scribbling awhile ago; he picks it up and scans each page. The pages consist of usual untidy doodles of the young girl. He was about to lay it again to the bedside when he notices something. On one of the sheets, there is a girl drawn crying in an encircled room. He gazes to it closely; the girl on the sheet seems to be similar to the pink-haired girl munching on the fluffy bed. I have expected this before; she doesn't seem so happy in this mansion. As always, no excitement happens here…
All you could hear is the clattering of the expensive chinaware in the dining room. There are six people eating in the long, oak, dining table; two of them are much younger than the rest, a male and a female. The brown-haired woman is already 25 years old; the other one with short, neat silver locks is 16. The group eats under the warm, glowing chandelier above them.
"How's the construction operation at the Hidden Leaf Village goes?" the oldest man in the room asked at the man next to him.
"Father, the construction is almost ninety percent complete; I've already set a meeting to the CIO of our rival firm, I think we should propose a good partnership contract to them as soon as possible…"
"This is so useless." the silver-haired boy muttered to himself. "They can't even utter a single word that's not about that fucking business firm of theirs; we seldom see each other in this mansion, and now that we have gather for once in a while, their still concern is that business that they were tending to. "
"…and for ten years, we are secured to our position in the stock market; that time, Kakashi can now overtake to my position as the CIO of our firm." He continues as he looks expectantly at the silver-haired adolescent in front of him.
He rolls his eyes; "Now their expecting me to be eager at the fact that I will be the soon-to-be-heir of the company. Nonsense! " he thought.
"I've already lose my appetite." He declares as he stands up from the dining table.
"A man with multiple piercing on his ears, with several tattoos and have devirginized many women at his young age is what you expect to be the next heir of the company?" he stated as he stares at the vulgarized expression of the people in front of him. They seem to be rooted in their seats in bewilderment; except for one.
"Brat…"
He hears the distant murmur of the brown-haired woman. He smirks; it just gives him great satisfaction when he scandalizes his family. He reached the end of the dining room; he grasp for the knob of the glass door. Then he faced them again;
"I think not."
He snaps back into the reality when he notices that someone is pulling the hems of his shirt; it is Sakura.
"Kakashi? Is there something wrong?" Sakura is in front of him.
"Oh, sorry…I nearly dozed off." He lied; he remembers that he should enrolled Sakura to her school.
"I completely forgot about your enrollment. Do you want to come?" he asked her.
"Where are mama and papa? Are they coming too?" she asks him. He replied
"I'm sorry, but they won't come."
He notices that Sakura's shoulders droop a little. She's disappointed. He reaches for her little hands and squeezed them;
"Don't worry, there will be next time." And he smiles at her reassuringly. "Let's go."
They arrived at Konoha Academy at 11:00 in the morning. The accounting office is filled with people enrolling; some of them were wear-out mothers together with their small children.
"Mother, let's eat barbeque after we enroll. Please, please mother." The chubby-looking boy of Sakura's age pleads to her mother.
"Okay, okay…but we must go home first; you're filthy." She replied. Meanwhile, Sakura is watching them unhappily; she grips Kakashi's hand firmly.
They look so happy…
After they enrolled, they went to the park to stroll a little bit. He notices that the pink-haired youngster in his side seems so unusually quiet.
"Is there something wrong?" he asked. She only shakes her head in reply. Bright, glowing orange rays touch the bridge of his nose; he checked his watch and he realized that it was already past their lunch time.
"It's already past noon. We need to eat now; stay here in this bench and wait for me while I buy our food."
"What do you want to eat?" He asked.
"…I want barbeque…"
"Okay." And he seeks for the nearest food stall in the park. Meanwhile, a young boy approaches Sakura.
"You seem so lonely sitting in the bench alone. Do you want to play with us?" The boy asked.
She raises her head slowly; a young boy with raven-haired locks is standing in front of her. "Do you want to play?" he repeated because he thought she didn't hear him. It will be her first time to play with strangers in a different environment; she was used to play inside her room alone or with her only childhood friend, Hinata.
"Hello…can you hear us?" another boy approached her. She stands up and nods her head. "Do you mind if we just play here?" the red-headed lad said non-chantly as they walk towards the middle of the park. She shakes her head.
"By the way, I'm Gaara and he is Sasuke. What is your name?"
"I'm Sakura." She mumbles.
"Is your hair naturally color pink? Sasuke's family has an unusual pair of red eyes like my hair…"
She didn't hear the next words anymore; she just stands there, overcome by a new feeling develop to her heart. A sprout o f friendship emerged deep inside her young heart. She doesn't know that this is just the beginning of new happiness, miseries and adventure laid at her…
What do you think...is it Sasuke or Gaara? Just put it on reviews okay?
For those who are confused about Kakashi's role in Sakura's life in this fanfiction, eventually, he is Sakura's godfather.
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0Serpentina0
"darkness is within me..."