My name is Sakura haruno. I've been a student at Konaha University high since freshman year. That would make 3 whole years in exact. My senior year was right around the corner as I waited patiently for it to start this morning. I was very excited to see my boyfriend, and all my friends.

As the clock struck 7:00, I grabbed my bag and ran out the door, without eating breakfast. School started at 7:40 but I wanted to get there early to see everyone. My mom didn't even have time to say goodbye, and wish me luck. I'm not even sure she knew I left already.

As I ran down the streets of town, people smiled and waved from their front porches. They've seen me run down this road everyday for the past 3 years and there was one more year on its way. Even sometimes one of the neighbor's dogs would playfully chase me and I would race him down the street.

It was all good times that were coming back to me, as I walked closer to my school. 'I hope he doesn't decide to skip the first day.' I thought to myself. At the thought I chuckled and walked through the schools gates.

Lots of people were already there and were already in their cliques. I looked around to see if I could find my best friend but she was nowhere in sight. 'Maybe she didn't come early.' I took another step and looked at the different crowds to see if I could find her.

"Sakura!" As soon as I heard the familiar voice I turned around. And there he was; my boyfriend. With his semi-long black hair and purple eyes. He seemed to be in a good mood. "Hey Nori! How are you?" "I'm good how are you? I haven't seen you in awhile."

As he said this he moved in for a kiss but I turned away. "I'm fine Nori…..but…..you know the rules." He laughed and rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, yeah sorry I forgot." Instead of the kiss on the lips he leaned in and kissed my cheek.

"I got to go, I'll see you later babe." He walked off and waved as I waved back. In case you're wondering why I didn't kiss him, was because I haven't had my first kiss yet and I was nervous, So I told Nori that I needed time to get ready for it.

Yes I know it's sad, I'm now a senior and I'm not even brave enough to kiss my own boyfriend. *sigh* I kept looking for my best friend in the crowded hallways, when there was a loud OMG noise from a group of girls to my right.

They were all eyeing Sasuke Uchiha, the most popular guy in the school. I swear I could have seen the girls' drool touching the ground as he walked by. I rolled my eyes and kept walking. There was a time when I liked him, but that was before I met Nori. (And before I knew how spoiled rotten he was!)

He thinks he can have any girl he wants. One week he dates some red head and the next week the red head is heartbroken as he runs off with some blonde chick. It's the same cycle each time. One girl a week.

As I walked down the hallway a group of girls clogged the hallway. I raised an eyebrow as they were all gossiping about something. "He's here, he's really here." One said. Another looked as if she was trying to shove her way out as the others kept whispering about a boy being 'HERE'

And with my good luck the girl trying to get out of the crowd was my best friend. "There you are, Ino!" She carelessly ran over as soon as she broke free from the group of girls. "Hey Sakura, what's up?"

"Well I just saw Nori and noticed his hair got a bit longer since I…………..last…………….saw………………him……."my mind drifted back to the gossip behind Ino. "Hello? Earth to Sakura!" My mind snapped back into focus when she clapped her hands together in front of my face.

"Who….who are they talking about? Whose back?" Ino just looked at me then she glanced over to the gossiping group of girls. "Oh! Ummmmm what was his name?" She turned to face me again and rubbed her chin.

"Nobaru………..no……………Noriko…….no……" She started to pace as she thought. I just raised an eyebrow and looked at the clock. "Look Ino if you don't remember, its okay; the bells gonna ring soon anyway." Ino stopped in her tracks and looked at the clock too. "Your right." She looked at me once more. "I'll try to remember by lunch and tell you then."

She smiled at me and talked once more. "I do know his name starts with an N, and he went to the same elementary as most of us in this school. If you see him you might, or might not recognize him; he went to the elementary WE went to."

"He did? Why didn't he come to this school for freshman, sophomore, and junior year?" Ino just shrugged and looked at the crowd of gossiping girls once more. "I heard he had to switch schools at the end of 8th grade and went to a different high school for awhile."

As she turned back around to continue the bell rang and people scattered to their new classes. I just smiled and gave Ino a goodbye hug. "I'll see you at lunch. Try to remember his name for me!" I called out as I ran down the hall. I couldn't hear her over the loud roar of the students but I know she said 'Okay' or 'You can count on me!'

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As I entered my first classroom I looked around to see an unfamiliar face, but everyone I knew from last year, not from 8th grade, or anything. I sighed and walked inside all the way. Once I did a bunch of girls said Hi to me simultaneously. It almost scarred me, like the rehearsed.

I walked over to the clipboard hung on the wall to see where I sat. 'Kuso…..' I cursed to myself as I found out who my partner was. I turned around and with a deep breath; I sat down next to Sasuke in the middle of the classroom.

The teacher walked in and wrote her name on the board. "Bonjour, and welcome back to French 2, if you had a different teacher last year my name is Miss. Rei." Everyone said Bonjour back and went back to talking as she went through some papers on her desk.

"Hey hot stuff." I quickly stopped myself as I dug through my bag. I slowly turned my head to see a grinning Sasuke. "UGH!" I rolled my eyes and took out some papers and a pencil. "What's wrong..?" He scooted closer as I stated to copy some notes down as Miss. Rei silently wrote them down on the board.

"Leave me alone Sasuke." I couldn't exactly see him but I could tell he gave me another stubborn look. "Why?" He asked. I dropped my pencil and beamed at him. "YOU KNOW I HAVE A BOYFRIEND NOW LEAVE ME ALNOE!" Everyone, including Miss Rei looked over.

Embarrassed I looked back forward and bit my lip. Miss Rei just raised an eyebrow and turned back to the bored and mumbled a French curse under her breathe. As I got back to my notes I could feel Sasuke's black eyes still on me.

"But you don't love him……" I gasped and looked at him, bringing half the class' attention to us. "Of course I….I do." He raised an eyebrow and looked forward. "Yeah sure, then why don't you kiss him?" I gripped my pencil tight as he spoke those words.

"Because………..I'm…………….I'm not ready." He looked at me with a confused look. "How can you not be ready to kiss the one you love?" I felt my eyes widen as he spoke. I was just about to reply when Miss. Rei interrupted. "Excuse-moi? (Excuse me?)"

"Oh! Je regret, madam! (I'm sorry, madam)" I apologized and went back to note taking. Sasuke just rolled his eyes and started taking notes as well. When we were done Miss. Rei gave us a small lecture while I stared out the window and watched a squirrel putting his acorns in the tree.

I smiled as it had a hard time. I thought it was quite cute. But as the squirrel almost fell off the branch, I panicked and stood up. Once again all eyes were on me. My face turned completely red and I sat back down. 'Please let it be okay….' I slowly looked back over. It caught its balance and crawled back over to its acorn.

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Lunch was now in session and the cafeteria was crowded with people. I looked around for Ino as I came out of the lunch line with my food. I scanned the crowd and soon my eyes fell on to a blonde girl swinging her arms around. "SAKURA OVER HERE!"

I chuckled and waved back; letting her know I was on my way. As I walked her way I looked to see if I would recognize the mysterious boy Ino had spoken about, but then I realized what good would it do if I didn't even know what he looked like.

I set the tray down, and as I sat down someone ran and sat down on the chair first, making me sit on their lap. I blew my bangs out of my face as I knew who it was. "You always do this Nori." He just chuckled and looked around.

"Well there's nowhere else to sit."

"Liar, there's one right there." I pointed to the seat next to mine. He simply rolled his eyes and mumbled the words 'fine' and lightly pushed me off as he got up to sit in the other seat. I sat down and ate my lunch as we had a funny conversation about Ino's boyfriend Sai.

"Oh! Sakura I still don't know his name but I do know what he looks like now." I looked at her with a noodle still hanging from my mouth. I swallowed and responded. "Where did you hear it from?" "Some girls were gossiping about him in science today."

I leaned in closer as Nori snuck a few bites from my tray. I noticed but decided not to say anything. "Go on." "Well I heard from their gossip that he has golden blonde hair. Its spiky and a bit shorter then Nori's hair." Nori was drawn into the conversation as he heard his name.

"His eyes are blue and he's got weird birthmarks." Ino rubbed her chin. "I forget what they said they were, or where they were but he has them." I just nodded as Ino described the mystery man. "How tall?" I asked. "About 6 foot maybe shorter, maybe taller; I'm not exactly sure."

My curiosity grew stronger as time went by. Did I really know this guy? Even if I didn't exactly know him he was still in the same 8th grade as me. I wanted to meet him, almost more then I wanted to spend time with Nori.

*RING RING!* Nori stood up and grabbed my tray, "Thanks Nori." He nodded kissed my cheek and disappeared into the crowd. I looked at Ino as she fixed her skirt. "Shall we be going?" Ino looked at me like I was crazy. Like she didn't know we had the same class together next.

"Ino we have the same class." "OH RIGHT!" She laughed nervously and we walked out of the cafeteria together and into the hallways. Ino and I had to make a quick stop at our lockers first to grab our math books. We had a nice conversation about this mysterious guy as we unlocked our lockers.

I always hung my bag on the opened locker next to mine since no one occupied it. It came in handy when I needed it out of the way. Ino was mumbling about something as I hung my bag up. I don't exactly know what she was talking about this time but it was something about Sai, I know that for sure.

I went to grab my book out of my locker when there was a tap on my shoulder. "Scuse me?" I starred at my locker for a moment thinking about the voice I just heard. In a way it was kind of……..dreamy…..'What are you thinking you're dating Nori?!'

I turned my head to face the boy that had just asked for my attention. On my way I noticed Ino was starring at whoever it was with an 'OMG ITS SASUKE!' look. I closed my eyes thinking it was Sasuke but when I turned my whole body around; book at hand; and opened my eyes, I was speechless…….