I do not own Naruto. If I did the soundtrack would be ten times better.

Talking…

Thinking…

Chapter 1

5 years later…

The morning sun shined down through the windowpane. The light fluttered around the pink and white room landing in certain places and kicking up to others. It found it's way to a girl still enthralled in sleep. Her face was calm as the light danced upon it casting a halo over light pink hair. She stirred and her eyes opened. Sitting up she stretched and threw the cherry blossom covers off to the side. Standing, she looked out the window.

"Good Morning."

Walking from her bedroom Sakura stepped into the bathroom. Waiting for the water in the shower to warm she looked in the mirror. Reflecting back at her were big emerald eyes. Her hand reached up and ruffled her short pink hair. Her lips formed a smile. Looking back at her was a beautiful girl.

"This is the year," she announced to herself. "The year that I break out."

Keeping those words close to heart she got ready for school.

"Crap! I'm gonna be late for the first day of school," she yelled as she bounced down the stairs. She slipped on her black shoes barely even getting her foot in.

"Wait Sakura."

The pink head turned to see her mother standing with a piece of buttered toast.

"Thanks mom."

"Don't mention it. Oh and hey! Tell me if you see any good looking guys at your school." Her mother winked and Sakura blushed lightly.

"Mother your married. HAPPILY married."

Her mom playfully acted like she didn't hear her daughter. "Have a good day,"

"Bye!"

With that Sakura turned to the door and flew out into the semi coldness of early September. She ran and crammed her toast into her mouth. She was doing pretty good in not hitting people. Or signs. Or poles. The scattered potholes here and there.

Sakura turned at an odd angle for the crosswalk while putting her coat on. Not paying attention she ran across the street.

She was halfway across the road when she heard the loud honking of an incoming car. The screeching and swerving mixed with screaming weren't audible over the beating of Sakura's pulsing heart. She closed her eyes tight even though that couldn't brace her for the crashing of the car.

She felt hard concrete and the scraping of skin on sidewalk. But something else too.

Warmth?

When Sakura couldn't hear anything she opened her eyes. On top of her was something big and black and warm like a human.

"Are you okay?"

She looked around to see were the voice was coming from and realized that it was the big black thing.

Pushing herself up she tried to focus. There were people everywhere and broken glass scattered in front of shops. The car went right threw a boutique that had a full glass front displaying the manikins modeling the latest fall fashion. Scarves and jackets were still flying in the sky when Sakura looked up. The strange overpowering smell of cinnamon was almost suffocating making her sweat and breathe even harder.

A hand was outstretched and Sakura gladly took it. She was pulled up only to be looking in electric blue eyes that were filled with worry.

"Are you okay?" the voice repeated.

Sakura looked down at her knees and hands that were scrapped and beginning to bruise. She looked up again. The boy had blonde spikes that fell into place perfectly. His skin was a bit tanned. She had to admit that she was pretty jealous.

"Yeah. Just a bit shaky but I'll be fine." She watched as the ocean like eyes softened and brightened up again. He flashed her a big toothy grin that reached up across his face.

"Oh! I can see that you go to Kohona High!" He pointed to her uniform of a dark blue skirt, plain white shirt and dark blue cardigan with the gold curly KH of Kohona High printed on the top left pocket.

She looked down at his attire of dark blue shirt and pants with the same KH printed on the left pocket.

They started walking towards the school.

"Yeah. It's my first day. I'm a senior. My name's Higorashi Sakura " She replied.

"Really? My name's Naruto. Uzamaki Naruto. Your gonna love it at the high. Lots of nice people," At this his happy-go-lucky face dropped. Sakura looked up. His eyes were thinking about something else. She looked even closer. Three thin scar lines were drawn across both of his cheeks. He looked down so that she couldn't see his face. Then he smiled and looked up again.

"I can be your first friend in a new adventure," he almost shouted.

Sakura stopped at his words. He stopped and looked back.

"Okay," Sakura started slowly, "but only if you promise."

Naruto looked at her like she was four and then a warm smile slid across his face. He walked forward. Sakura held out her small pinky waiting to seal the promise. Naruto's pinky rapped around hers and they shook their hands up and down smiling and laughing like children.

"I promise," Naruto said.

The rest of the trip wasn't very eventful. Apparently Naruto has been living in Kohona all of his life. When Sakura told him that she lived in a different country most of her life his eyes sparkled with interest. This lead to Naruto shooting Sakura with thousands of questions which she gladly answered.

By the fiftieth question Sakura and Naruto were standing in front of the huge rod iron gates that guarded the school. Beyond the gate was a building that looked rather old and hundreds of students walking and talking in the same uniforms.

"Ladies first," Naruto slightly bowed and opened the gate for her.

"Why thank you my good man," Sakura joked.

Naruto slicked back his hair. "I am a gentleman," he bragged stepping in after her.

Sakura looked around at the huge garden. Fall flowers adorned the green yards with golden leaves scattered all around. She had to look up to see the buildings. The old European architecture had vines wrapping around the entire building. Students going in and out were pushing huge wooden double doors open. The whole campus consisted of gardens and the five huge buildings.

"Wow," Sakura couldn't help but look in awe at the beautiful buildings probably belonging in Rome or England.

Naruto had to shake Sakura a couple of times before she came out of her trance.

"Sakura, we have to get to class and you don't want to be late do you?" Naruto asked.

Sakura's head bolted.

"Your right! I can't be late!" Sakura grabbed Naruto's hand making him blush a deep crimson and pulled him to the nearest double doors. They ran down the marbled hallways while Sakura would say 'Left?' and Naruto would answer in a dull voice 'No. Right' after five minutes of them running in circles the right door came into view. They bolted in to find only half the classroom full and no teachers.

"What the hell!!" Sakura yelled a bit too loud.

Naruto scratched his head and stepped back. "Did a tell you that Kakashi is always at least an hour late? Ooops?"

"Naruto?"

"Yes Sakura-chan?

"Can I have a word with you outside?"

"Ummmmmm. Yeah sure Sakura."

"Good"

Five minutes later a very happy Sakura stepped into the room followed by a very bruised Naruto.

"Sakura-cha-" Naruto was cut off by Sakura's hand.

"Naruto do we need to discuss something else?" Sakura asked.

"No I think I got it." Naruto's tinny voice quivered.

Sakura turned on her heel and sat at her desk. She took out her books and put them on the table in front of her. She decided to look around at her classmates and study them. She would have to see their ugly faces all year any way. Green eyes scanned the right side of the classroom. Sitting alone at the desk the farthest right was a girl with short black hair. Her pale eyes were looking at the changing trees outside. Her face looked worried or thoughtful. About what Sakura didn't know.

Another girl was talking to a boy with long black hair and pale eyes sort of like the girl's who was sitting by the window. The girl he was talking to had dark hair gathered into buns. She was sitting on the desk with mud halfway up her white knee high socks. She also had mud on the hem of her skirt. She was now wiping the mud of her cheeks and laughing with the pale-eyed boy.

To the left was a girl with long platinum blonde hair tied in a ponytail. She wore a pressed uniform with bracelets and necklaces of gold and silver wrapping around her long neck and thin wrists. Sitting across from her was a guy with spiky brown hair put into a ponytail. His eyes were drooping and he was hunched over supporting himself with one hand to his cheek. The girl went on running her mouth until she flipped her blonde hair and hit the boy. Sakura could hear him say something like 'troublesome' which caused the girl's face to scrunch up and hit him some more.

The other half of the room was filled with people that were just sitting around playing cards or talking in hushed voices.

"What a great class," Sakura whispered to herself sarcastically.

The overpowering smell of cinnamon came over her again and she looked up to see Naruto standing above her. His face was covered with band-aids but he looked happy. He was about to say something when a voice cut through the whispers and little noises. Naruto looked up and ran to his seat.

Standing at the front of the classroom was a man with gray hair. He had obviously tried to tame his spikes with gel but it wasn't working because little tufts of hair were poking up in an odd arrangement of directions. He was holding a book up to his face and giggling like a little girl. He looked up with lazy eyes like he had just seen the class in front of him.

"Your late!!" yelled half the class.

"Well you see there was this purple penguin in a pink suit and-"

"WHATEVER!!!!" yelled the entire class.

"Fine," the teacher started. "I'll take the harassment for the first semester but I can report you to Abuse Against Teachers. AAT." He looked away and sniffed, "To think. My own class."

The entire class huffed in frustration.

"Okay, okay. My name is Kakashi for those who don't know. I will be your homeroom teacher. Good enough."

The entire class nodded in agreement.

Halfway through the class Kakashi declared that it was independent study time. Meaning that he would read his stupid book. Sakura was looking down at her paper when a scent filled her nose. Her head ached with and she closed her eyes. She herd screaming and blood being thrown on a black background. She shot her eyes open and looked up.

"You late Mr. Uchiha," Kakashi stated.

"Like you've never been," the boy who just walked in shot back.

The boy had jet-black hair spiked in the back. He had headphones on with the wire trailing to his pocket. The first couple of buttons on his uniform were undone so you could see his collarbone through his cream skin.

Sakura looked at him through a picture frame.

That guy looks to fake. He should cut the whole snotty thing and get with it. Come on.

Unfortunately the only desk that was available was next to Sakura so she just sat there and looked strait ahead.

The bell finally rang and Sakura bolted up out of her spot almost running for the door. She didn't even wait for Naruto or cared where his was going. She just opened the door and breathed the fresh air. Students were already draining out of classrooms like little ants.

She made her way to the lunchroom and grabbed an apple and cookie. Her eyes scanned the entire room for Naruto but couldn't find him anywhere. Then she saw some girls from her class. She went to sit with them but they all put their bags on the empty seats. This happened a couple times before Sakura went out the back door to the huge empty lawn to eat her apple and cookie in silence.

The pink haired girl made her way to the nearest bench and looked down at her lunch. Her eyes started to tear and before she knew it she was hysterical with tears.

This is horrible. She thought. Where's Naruto?

Sakura leaned down and put her head in her lap. The silence was refreshing. No other students were out because it was cold but she found it comforting. She listened for noises like birds and cars. The wind brushing swiftly though the trees. She got up and walked to the other buildings exploring. She went down a little to the far back of the campus. She was about to turn a corner when she heard voices coming from the alley next to her. She peeked her head around the corner to see what was going on.

Standing in the middle of four huge guys was Naruto. Sakura couldn't believe this. Were they his friends? They didn't look very friendly. She took one step forward and stopped when she felt two eyes on her. She turned her head to see the one of the guys looking at her.

"Sakura!!!" Naruto yelled at her. "Get out of here!!!"

But it was too late and the guy had Sakura by the back of her collar pulling her along the dirty ally way. He sat her on the ground still holding on to her collar.

"What are we gonna do with her?" one of them asked.

"Oh we'll think of something," the one holding Sakura replied. Sakura could barely breathe. She was clenching her fists so hard that she pierced her skin with her fingernails.

"Let her go," Naruto said through clenched teeth. "She has nothing to do with this and you know it."

"Yeah," the guy on the right answered, " but that's what makes it fun."

At this the enraged Naruto swung a punch to the guy. He missed and was hit in the stomach instead.

"Naruto!!!" Sakura yelled. But her wasn't listening.

He kept on swinging punches until he was on the ground being kicked in the ribs and face.

Sakura sat and watched while her only friend got beat up by a bunch of guys she didn't even know.

"Are you watching this?" asked the one who was holding her. "This is what were gonna do to you after we have a little fun with ya first." He licked his lips and Sakura could have thrown up. The others had stopped kicking Naruto and were coming towards her.

Sakura didn't know what to do. She kept on trying to think but nothing came. Her mind was blank.

"Boys if you want to have some fun with me why don't you let me go." She asked.

The guy holding her laughed and let his grip go a little.

"Not a chance."

"Oh to bad." She whispered and reached behind her and grabbed the guy's hand and ripped it off of her collar. She whipped around and twisting his arm as he screamed. Taking her left hand she punched his face and let go of his arm. He smacked against the wall. Sakura bent down on one knee and did a roundhouse kick and down went the other two boys. She hopped up and jumped on both of the boy's groins with all her weight. She turned towards the last boy who took out a knife. Her eyes flamed with rage as he charged her. The knife pierced her palm and she pulled back. Flipping the knife so that she was holding it in her hand blood running down her forearm.

"Don't think I won't kill you!!!!!" Sakura screamed as the boy whimpered on the ground. She readied the knife and was plunging it down when her head started to burn. It started to ache as she screamed out in pain. She fell to the ground and held her head. There was a flash of silver and then darkness.

"Sakura. Sakura."

She stirred from her sleep and opened her eyes to see a lady standing over her.

"Sakura you've been in a bad accident," the lady said.

"I have," Sakura asked.

"Yes you and your friend fell down a flight of stairs but it will be okay don't' worry."

"My friend…" Sakura looked over to see the shape of a body wrapped in white bandages and then a mess of blonde spikes sticking out of the white. "Naruto!" she tried to sit up but a pain shot through her and she had to sit back down.

"Don't worry every thing will be okay."

"Okay," Sakura replied. But everything wasn't okay. She remembered seeing a fight. A fight with her in it. She was watching herself beat up the guys in the alley way.

I didn't fall down a flight of stairs, she thought, someone else was there and covered for Naruto and me with a lie. Who?

She asked this question again before closing her eyes and letting sleep overcome her.

Finally I finished this chapter. Sorry it took so long I was doing other things and didn't have much time to write but this chapter is longer than my other ones so hopefully that will be good enough for ya'll. Read and Review.

Thank you!