Chapter1: Childhood Dreams

The little pink haired girl watched the crowds come and go. Her mother had put her into her favorite outfit today, a red top with a brown skirt and a little bag that had a panda face on it. The pink hair girl sat on a bench in the park with her back up straight as she waited for her mother to come back to pick her up. She made a promise with Sakura that she will be back after three minutes; Sakura believed her. So she had been waiting for her mom patiently; however, half an hour had already passed by and Sakura still saw no sign of her mother. She was getting scared, but she never showed it on her face. Her mother had told her never to show her fear in front of people.

People in the Konoha village stared at her strangely as they have never seen such an adorable little girl in the village before. That indeed was true, she and her mother had come from another village that is within the fire country. Everybody from her village knew that her mom was the strongest priest in her village. Sakura was so happy today when she heard that her mother was bringing her out of village and to play in Konoha. But after her mom had disappeared her excitement fell. The five-years-old Sakura looked at her watch. It was already five o'clock in the afternoon and her mother still hadn't come to get her.

"Hello, are you lost child?" Ms Haruno said with concern in her eyes as she saw Sakura sitting on the bench.

"No." Sakura was a bit nervous, she remembered that her mom had told her not to talk to strangers.

"Why are you sitting here alone? Where are your parents?" Ms Haruno asked softly.

"Mom said she will come and pick me up." Sakura said.

"How long has she been gone?"

"Mom promised to come and get me!" Sakura almost shouted, this woman in front of her was making her nervous.

Mom promised, she said she would pick me up and go home with me. Why isn't she here yet? What did I do wrong? Is it because I won't study the things that she wanted me to do? Sakura gasped as tears slowly blurred her vision.

"Don't worry child, I'm Ms Haruno, would you like me to help you find your mom?" Ms Haruno asked kindly.

Sakura nodded her head. Ms Haruno gave Sakura her hand. Sakura stood up and took it. Ms Haruno's hand was soft and warm, she also smelled like flowers. They walked down the street of Konoha as Sakura told Ms Haruno about herself.

Sakura's mother was the strongest in the village. She knew little about her father because he died before Sakura was born. Her mother was the strongest Priestess in her little village and although she was very busy with her duties, she always spent time with Sakura and played with her.

Ms Haruno brought Sakura to the 3rd Hokage. After a day of walking around Konoha village, they still couldn't find Sakura's mother. Sakura started crying half way, and now she had gone to sleep in Ms Haruno's arms. The Hokage considered the situation, and he decided that it was the best for Ms Haruno to take care of Sakura right now until her mother comes back to get her back.

After some time of adjustment, Sakura had finally felt comfortable living with Ms Haruno. On the day that Mr Haruno had come back from his business trip, he was surprised to find out about Sakura. In fact, Mister and Missis Haruno was a married couple who couldn't have a child.

"What's your name?"

"Sakura." She said almost in a whisper.

"I'm Mr Haruno, my wife has asked me to fix the air conditioning in your room Sakura. Would you like to be my assistant?" His voice was very gentle, just like Ms Haruno.

"Okay!" Sakura smiled, and he patted her softly on her head.

Sakura was now in her second year of ninja elementary school, her friend Ino-chan was sitting beside her. The teacher was now passing back their test.

"Haruno Sakura." The teacher called from the desk. Sakura stood up and took the test paper. She got perfect as Ino had expected.

"Sakura-chan got perfect again on the test?" one of her classmate asked.

"Yes." Sakura said happily.

"Why are you always getting high marks? You want to be noticed by Sasuke-kun and take him away from us, don't you!" that girl was a bit upset.

"Hey! Sakura-chan gets high marks because she studies hard. Who care's about that Sasuke boy?" Ino stood in front of Sakura and shouted at that girl.

"Thank you Ino-chan." Sakura gave Ino a faint smile as she followed Ino out of the classroom.

"No problem. But hey Sakura-chan, tell me, are you really going after Sasuke-kun?" Ino asked as if she didn't care about Sasuke.

"No…I was just thinking that…if I don't get high marks, maybe my parents won't want me anymore." Sakura said.

Ino stared at her, and ended up laughing hard. Sakura stared back in confusion.

"Sakura-chan, what were you thinking? Of course you parents would still want you even if you get a bad mark on the test. After all it's just a test. You are their daughter, they love you, you are more valuable to them than marks."

"……." Sakura stayed in silent while Ino was still laughing. That secret she kept away from everyone…she didn't want to be left out anymore.

"Sasuke-kun, how about a date?" Sakura ask, excited. This was just like every normal day after a mission.

"You are even weaker than Naruto. Instead of wasting your time on some date thing, why don't you put your time more into training." Sasuke replied curtly.

"Sakura-chan, would you like to train with me?" Naruto asked, smiling sheepishly.

"NO!" Sakura stuck her tongue out at Naruto.

She walked away from Naruto, and started walking home. She was a bit taken back by Sasuke's words. That was why she didn't wait for him to leave first. She didn't want to be physically strong because it reminded her of her mother too much. Between physical strength and intelligence, she chooses intelligence instead and Sasuke would never understand why.

It was days later that she discovered something that would change her destiny. The night before, Kakashi sensei told her team that they had to pack their belongings because there would be a field trip tomorrow. She did as she was told, the team was on time at the meeting place, except of course for Kakashi sensei.

"As I said, we would be gone for two or three days because for this new mission, we have to travel to another village." Kakashi sensei started unrolling the mission scroll that was given to him.

"Our destination is the 'Hidden Seed Village'. It's a bit far away from Konoha but we'll get there by midnight if we keep up with the speed."

As soon as Sakura heard the word Hidden Seed, her head shot up as her gaze was met by her teacher. That was where I came from…Father and mother tried to search for my real Mother there. But they said that they couldn't find her. I didn't bother to search for her either…I was so afraid that I would be alone again.

"Sakura." Sakura heard someone say her name and she was pulled back into reality. It was Kakashi who was calling her, and her two teamates were staring at her.

"Oops sorry, I wasn't paying attention."

"Anyway, our mission is to bring something from Hidden Seed and deliver it back to Konoha. If everything is settled, then we will leave immediately."

"Okay, let's go!" Naruto shouted.

And so, the four ninjas jumped and disappeared.

TBC…

Author Notes: Hello I'm Wa, and this is the first time that I wrote a Naruto fanfic. If anything sound stupid here please, excuse me. I'm not that good in writing or describing something, but I love it. Therefore, please give me some review and comments. Lastly, give yourself credit for reading this author notes.