Chapter 2: Changes After Time

Disclaimer: Nah. No ownage. Although I do own a penguin skelanimal. guess what's he's name ?! MR. PENGUIN ! hell yes ! (:

A/N: Yeah, here it is. The new edition for 'A Promise'. yeah !! (: uhm okay, this is going to be focused on sakura. and this will be my first time trying out first pov. so yeah, bare with me.

Later That Night

Sakura tried to rub her tears away, tuning out her mother's screams. She had just attempted to run away from home, desperate to see Naruto, but have failed. Her mother just glared at her and ordered Sakura to go to her room. The girl obediently obliged, quietly running up the stairs to her room. Once she was in her room, Sakura turned on her lamp, creating a dim light in her dark room. She went under her bed, taking out a journal where she draws in. Sakura slowly flipped through the pages, smiling as she reminisced. She stopped when she saw a picture of her and Ino together. She drew it when she met the Yamanaka girl. Sakura quickly frowned and flipped to the next fresh page. She hastily brought out crayons, before busily drawing on the scrapbook. After a few minutes passed by, Sakura took a step back before admiring her work. There was she and Naruto, hugging each other in the lake. The girl genuinely smiled, before tears started form from her emerald eyes. Tears fell into the paper smudging the colors. Sakura tried to wipe away her tears and put everything back under her bed.

She curled into her bed, sniffing away to sleep...

Her mother glared at her daughter once again, before getting in the room. She quietly took the scrapbook, before ripping off the picture Sakura just had finished.

"Good riddance, Demon. I will make her forget about you," she hissed. Mrs. Haruno the book back under the bed, and walked away after taking one last glance in the room.

Sakura's Pov, timeskip . Early Morning (1)

"Wh-where am I?" I looked frantically around, searching for anything familiar. I panicked when I realized I was alone somewhere in the forest. I shivered from the cold breeze and of the fear of being alone.

"Sakura..." That voice. So familiar...

"Sakura, remember me..."

I closed my eyes, focusing on where the voice came from.

"Sakura... please..." I snapped my eyes opened and turned around. There was a boy. My hands came to cover my eyes, as a sudden light came in. I squinted my eyes, trying so hard to get a good glance at what's in front of me. Spiky hair ... ragged clothes... blue ... eyes...

I sprang up from my bed breathing heavily. I groaned in irritation. Every day, I have the same dream. Every day, I think about the boy. For the past 6 years, that's what I've been getting. The same exact dream, never going any further. I'm Sakura Haruno, age 12 and right now, I'm again pissed. I looked over to the stupid clock and frowned.

"Shit, I'm going to be late for Konoha Academy." Normally I wouldn't be cussing, but right now I needed to relieve some stress. I jumped off my bed, preparing for another day. Wait...it's the first day of a new school year. Oh, how wonderful... No not really.

I threw in a pink sleeveless shirt and a knee-high skirt. I brushed my hair before putting on my hitae-ate. I took a last look at myself, before leaving my house.(2)

Konoha Academy (Back To My PoV)

"Sakuraaaaaaaaaaa!!" Sakura turned around, before she got jumped by her best friend, Ino. The two girls giggled.

"Ino, we saw each other just a few days ago. You literally 'raped' me." Ino stared at her long time friend.

"Please, I didn't 'rape' you as you call it. Besides, you're not worthy to be raped Forehead-girl." 'Forehead-girl' glared at her friend.

"Ino-pig! I am so gonna whoop your fat ass!" Ino cringed, knowing full well what will happen. She took a step back, squirming away from the fury of the girl next to her.

"N-Now Sakura, relax for a bit will ya?!" Sakura took a step forward and Ino shrieked all the while, "Uhmm, hehe. You know Sakura, you look awfully pretty today!"

"AWFULLY?!" Ino tried again.

"You have a very gorgeous dress, but it dozen't look good on you!?"

"I'M NOT LOOKING GOOD?!" Sakura took a stepped further.

In desperation, Ino used the only thing she could think of, "Sakura... I love you?!"

Sakura smiled and hugged her friend, "Love ya too, Ino. C'mon, we're gonna be late." Ino was dragged by her friend, still shocked at the pink-haired girl reaction.

During Class, Sakura's Pov

"Naruto! Wake up in class!" I looked behind me, and couldn't help but blush.

'Dammit, I can't be caught blushing at Naruto! Eww!'

I paused at my thought. Wait, why is it wrong? I looked over to Sasuke, and he looked backed at me. He nodded before looking forward. I sighed inwardly. Sasuke was the heart throb of the school, no doubt about it. Good looks, great skills, and the mysterious bad-boy attitude a girl wants. Well, what most girls want. I'm not sure why I even like him, maybe it was just that one time when we were 6 years old. I smiled. We did get to see meet later, after the last time we saw each other by the lake. Although it's a big blur, I'm positive it's him. I think...

'Sakura-Chan... we promised...'

I shook my head. The dream is getting to me as usual. Ugh, I need to focus!

"Concentrate Sakura!" I muttered.

'Friends forever...?'

I looked down, my frown deepening.

"Sakura, may you repeat what I just said, please." Crap, I wasn't paying attention.

"Erm, well, Iruka-sensei... you were just telling us that ... uhm..." I am screwed.

"Pst, he was just talking about how the fight against the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara developed the village we live in."

Whoever it was, 'I' turned out to be right. Looking behind me, I could see Naruto grinning at me. I just nodded at him before turning around, afraid of getting embarrassed. I felt a pang of guilt, knowing full well I hurt his feelings.

'He's old enough to know why...'

I looked to Sasuke. I could feel the blood rush to my head, making me look away...

Earlier This Morning, Naruto's PoV(3)

'Nothing but a demon.'

'Pure filth.'

'You were a mistake, I bet your mother never wanted to have you!'

I shivered. I couldn't see my way, but I kept on running.

'Your the spawn of satin! Go to hell where you belong!'

"STOP! PLEASE!" I say, "Ahh!"

I tripped over my feet, causing me tumbling down over blank space. I fell...HARD. I grasped my head as everything started to hammer down on me.

'Don't you EVER call me Mrs. Haruno, DEMON!'

I opened my eyes. Tears streaming freely from my pure sapphire eyes.

"Sakura..."

I caught a speck of pink in the corner of my eye. I looked to my right seeing the one I've looking for.

"Sakura help.."

I took a weak step towards her, but she took a step back. I stared wide-eyed at her.

"N-no. Th-They said yo-your b-ba-bad and a... a demon," she stutters out.

"Sakura please help!" I grew desperate.

"NO! STAY BACK!" With that, I watch as she ran away.

Before I could even react, everything came spinning around me.

I opened my eyes. I could already feel a pain throbbing in my head. I got up from bed, before slipping on a piece of paper.

"OH CRAP! AHH!"

I rubbed my head, feeling a bump threatening to grow. I reached my hand to the accursed paper, but my hand went to a halt. There was a roughly drawn picture of a boy with an odd scars on his cheeks and one girl with a unusual set of pink hair. I slowly picked it up with weary hands. I could feel myself tremble due to the picture. Six years ago, I met my first friend. Six years ago, I lost my first friend. Six years ago, we both made a promise... It's been so long.

I looked over to my single side-drawer. I took a frame, carelessly taking out the picture it held, to be replaced with my drawing. I took another glimpse at it, before preparing for school.

I wore a black skin-tight shirt with dark blue pants. I put over a red jacket. The jacket was special, bought by Sadaime-sama. He customized with a black fox on its back. The tail spreading all over the jacket. Hitae-ate tied to my right thigh. At last, I put on my bandages, hiding half of my face. One last look at myself, before leaving.

On The Way There

I could feel everyone's menacing glares all directed at me. Mothers ushering their children back to their homes. Men calling out death threats. Shinobi's watched wearily at me. I simply brushed it off without even caring. After all, I get this treatment every single day. What's the difference of today to make it all special. Hopefully, they would buzz off and just finally realizing staring won't make me 'magically' disappear in thin air. Oh boy, that would never happen. I'm making sure I'll be here for a long time.

Slowly making my way to the academy, I could hear a faint laugh up ahead. I squinted my eyes to catch a hint of pink and yellow.

'Sakura...' I thought.

"Sakura, I love you?!" I sweat-dropped.

"And Ino."

I passed around them, not wanting to disturb, errmm.. their bonding moment.

Konoha Academy

Blah blah blah. School has always been... well, boring. It's like any other day. I go to class, no one greets me. Stay on the same damn lonely chair in top left corner of the back row. Same old sensei teaching a crap load of nonsense. Always rely school to make your brain melt from boredom. Oh great, now we're moving on to history. I already knew all this, so I decided to take a well-deserved nap. That was of course, ruined when Sakura was asked a question.

'HM, should I help her out...or...bah, to hell with it.'

"Pst, he's just talking about how the fight against the First Hokage and Uchiha Madara developed the village we live in."

I grinned when she listened to me. I grinned even wider when she stared back at me, thought disappointed she only nodded.

'So much for being noticed. What the hell do I have to take for her to notice me...Forget it, I'll just try to finish this day as quietly as I can...'

With that, he fell asleep, not caring about anything in the world...

important:

(1) okay, so this is about 6 years of time skip. yes, i know i skipped alot of years. but please bare with me here. it will become clearer on later events. i shall explain it slowly, for character development is needed here. if i rush it, it would be a disaster with just a load of events. yoo agree with me yes ?

(2)okay so obviously, they're already certified ninjas. This is where the AU comes in. Let me explain. Practically, if yoo want to be in the Konoha Academy, yoo must pass as a ninja. They give yoo an examination whether yoo are fit to be taught in such school. If yoo are qualified, then yer a ninja, but still training. Genin is practically an academy student and a ninja at the same time. Genins have the benefits of missions but no teams. They also need to still be in school.

(3) this is practically gives yoo what naruto is doing at the same time with sakura. no big deal there...

well, hope yoo guys enjoyed. im really sorry if i haven't updated this and my other story. Please be patient, a lot had came up. I was just told that i needed surgery fer my back and my family members also need surgery. soo please just wait.

thank yoo to all the readers out there, and please rewiew.