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Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. This is only a fan work.
'He looked into her eyes, finding himself lost in those emerald green orbs. They were beautiful.
They were the colour of bright emeralds that shone brighter than anything he had ever seen.
If he wanted, he could spend eternity just staring into them, and getting lost in those bright depths
that seemed to look into his very soul.
Sakura blushed as she realised that they had been staring into each others eyes for quite some time.
She turned her head to hide her blush. 'Damn it, I'm already blushing and all we did was stare at each other'
thought Sakura to herself.
The figure gave an amused chuckle as he saw that she turned her head to hide her face which was blushing furiously.
"What's wrong?" asked the figure in an amused voice.
"Nothing,"said Sakura a little too fast.
"Ehm..... by the way, why are you here? Shouldn't you be training?"said Sakura again, trying to change the subject.
"I just finished my training,"stated the figure.
"But why are you here? Shouldn't you be going home?"asked Sakura again.
"I should ask you the same question,"said the figure as he stared into her eyes again.
"I asked you first,"said Sakura childishly and quickly looking away somewhere else.
"Fine then. I saw you siting under the sakura tree and thought i'd join you,"he said with a flat tone.
"Why would you want to do that?"asked Sakura again, a lillte too fast. 'Damn it. I'm slipping again. Why do I always have to slip around him?'Sakura asked herself.
'Because you like him stupid, and you want to know how feels about you too,'answered her inner mind.
Sakura knew that it was true. She had liked him since the first time she met him. He was older than her by a few years but still she couldn't help it. He was cool, good looking, kind and a little mysterious. I mean, which girl wouldn't fall for someone like that.
The figure looked at her again, noticing that she was arguing with herself.
He had noticed quite some time ago that she tended to argue with herself when she was nervous or angry.
He always found that rather amusing since no one but him had noticed it.
Why had he noticed it? and further more why did he even care to approach her everytime he saw her?
He had been pondering on these questions for some time now but he knew the answer even without thinking
about it.
He liked her. Not only as a friend but something else.
He had felt it since the first time they met.
(falshback)
"Sakura don't go too far, okay? I'll be there in that restaurant,"said her mother as she pointed her finger towards a small restaurant on their left as she gave Sakura her permission to look around the town.
"Okay, mom,"said Sakura as she ran off to explore the town by herself.
She passed many shops, restaurants and houses as she kept on walking.
Sakura was lost in her own thoughts when she realised that it was getting dark.
She turned around to go back the way she came but realised that she couldn't tell one way from another.
Sakura and her mother had come to Konoha to look for a house so that they could settle down.
Her father had died when she was just a baby so, her mother had raised her.
Sakura kept on walking and soon the sun was already setting.
She broke into a run as she knew that it would be dangerous to walk around the town alone especially at night.
Sakura kept on running but she still couldn't find the restaurant.
She was standing in an alley.
She stopped to catch her breath when she saw someone approaching her.
It was a druken man who seemed to think that Sakura was a thief that had stolen his money.
He took out a knife daring her to run but all she did was froze in shock as she watched the man approach her
holding a knife.
She couldn't move.
'Run,Sakura. Run. Run. Run,'her inner mind screamed out to her.
'Hurry up......you have to run or else.........,'her inner mind said again as Sakura dashed for a hole in the fence
that she was leaning against.
After she had gotten under the fence, she ran and ran not daring to look back.
After a while, she stopped under a tree to catch her breath.
She looked back to see if the man had been following her.
She sat down, leaning against the tree after she had confirmed that the man was nowhere in sight.
She looked up into the sky. The sun had already set, and the stars were already filling the night sky.
Sakura closed her eyes as she thought about her mother who would be looking for her by now.
'How am I going to get home now?,'she whispered to herself as tears filled her eyes.
" Why are you crying?"asked a dark haired boy who was standing in front of her.
Sakura gave a startled cry. "Where did you come from? I thought that I was here alone,"said Sakura.
"I saw you in town and thought you looked lost so, I followed you,"said the dark haired boy as he sat down next to her.
"I was going to beat up that drunken piece of shit before he harmed you but you ran off through the fence. Nice escape, by the way,"said the boy looking impressed.
"Were you really going to beat that man up?"asked Sakura a little doubtful.
"I mean. You're just a boy and he would surely win,"said Sakura looking at the boy.
"You shouldn't judge people by what they look like,"said the boy as he cupped Sakura's face in his hand.
"I'm a ninja,"said the boy as he wiped the tears from her face.
"Oh,"said Sakura clearly suprised.
She blushed furiously as he came closer to her.
His eyes were the darkest colour she had ever seen.
Sakura immediately fell for him as he stared into her eyes.
"Good. You stopped crying,"said the boy as he smiled at her and stared into her emerald green eyes.
Somehow he found that it made him feel uncomfortable to see her cry.
He wanted more than anything to see her smile. To smile at him.
"What is your name?"he asked her as he played with her pink locks.
"Sakura,"she answered not knowing why she felt so attached to the boy.
'Stop it. You've only known him for less than a day,'her inner mind argued back.
"Sakura. It suits you,"said the boy still satring into her eyes.
"We're siting under a sakura tree,"said the boy again clearly amused.
"But it never blooms. They say that it has been cursed. This tree will never bloom as long as it lives and grows in this world,"said the boy staring at the tree .
"Then how do you break the curse?"asked Sakura looking at the tree as well.
"You are lost with nowhere to go but still you ask on such matters?"asked the boy with a amused glint showing in his eyes.
Blushing, Sakura turned her head to look anywhere else but at the boy.
The boy gave a small amused chuckle.
"Fine, I'll tell you how,"said the boy mischieviously.
"Close your eyes,"said the boy again.
"Why?"asked Sakura.
"Just do it,"said the boy again.
Sakura closed her eyes. She found that it was rather embarassing being so close to the boy.
She could feel his warmth next to her.
He looked at her seeing that her eyes were closed.
He came closer to her taking in her scent.
She smelled like cherry blossoms in spring.
He smiled as he lowered his lips onto her forehead and kissed it.
Sakura blushed as she felt him kissing her forehead.
Startled at the sudden action, she opened her eyes to find him staring at her.
"What did you do that for?"asked Sakura as she turned scarlet.
"Well you were the one who asked me how to break the curse,"said the boy clealy amused at her reaction.
"Yeah but I didn't ask you to kiss my.....,"said Sakura not finishing her setence as the boy came closer to her again.
"Okay, well then next time I'll have to kiss your lips since you don't want me to kiss your forehead,"said the boy as he came even closer to her lips.
Sakura froze as he slowly brushed his lips against hers and kissed her cheek.
Then he slowly moved his lips to her ear.
"Did you think I was going to take your first kiss when we've only just met?"whispered the boy into her ear.
Sakura blushed two shades of red at that question.
She looked at him, noticing that he was staring at her.
"It's rude to stare at people,"said Sakura trying to cover up for her blushing since she had thought that he was going
to kiss her.
'You wished that he did,'said her inner mind.
'I did not,' Sakura argued back to her inner mind.
Although she thought so, she knew that she had actually wanted him to take her first kiss.
"Well you're staring at me as well,"said the boy as he leaned back against the tree.
Sakura quicky turned her head away.
The boy gave a small chuckle as he said"I was supposed to kiss you to break the curse. A prince will always kiss a princess to break the curse, right?"
"I hope that the tree will bloom this spring,"said Sakura looking up at the tree and smiling.
"I'm sure it will. Since I've already kissed this fair princess next to me,"said the boy.
Sakura giggled at that comment.
"Well then, my fair princess, I think we had better get you back home,"said the boy as he stood up and offered
her his hand. He had wanted to see her smile and now she was laughing.
He felt his heart race.
She took his hand and the boy pulled her up, against him.
Sakura found herself in the boys arms and her head was against his chest.
She blushed at the position they were in.
He felt her against him.
Her soft and fragile body in his arms.
He gave a soft sigh as he knew that he had to let her go.
"Well then, let's see if we can find your mother,"said the boy as he let her out of his arms.
"How did you know that I was looking for my mother?"asked Sakura.
"Well, that's for me to know and for you to find out,"said the boy as he took her hand and and lead her through town.
They passed many shops along the way, still hand in hand.(wooo)
At last they found themselves in front of the restaurant. Unwillingly, they both let go of their hands as Sakura's mother came rushing out of the restaurant.
"Where were you? I was so worried,"said her mother as she embraced Sakura in a fierce hug.
"I was with .........,"said Sakura as she noticed that the boy was already walking away.
Sakura wriggled out of her mother's embrace and ran to catch up with the boy.
"Hey! Wait,"called out Sakura as she ran after him.
The boy stopped and turned around.
"What's the matter? Coming back for another kiss?"said the boy playfully.
Sakura blushed but managed to catch up to him.
"No! I just want to know your name,"said Sakura panting a little.
"Uchiha. Uchiha Itachi,"said the boy as he walked off again.
(end of flashback)
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