The Cherry Blossom and the Sand Man

Sakura was about five when her parents decided to take her with them to Suna to visit a friend. When they got there, Sakura's mom took her to the park to play while her dad talked about adult stuff with his friend.

"Sakura, please be careful. I will be watchig you from here, OK?" her mom said. Sakura nodded and ran to the sand box. She started to build a sand castle.

"Watch out!" yelled someone. A ball was coming straight for her face. She covered her face and waited for the pain. It never came. She opened her eyes to see a boy in front of her and a wall of sand in front of him. He turned see if she was all right.

She staired at him for a few minutes. He had crimson hed hair, pale green eyes, and dark rings around his eyes.

"Are you OK?" he asked.

"Yes. Thank you very much for saving me. Whats your name?"

"Gaara."

"Well Gaara, my name is Sakura." She said smiling.

He looked at her while she smiled. She had petal pink hair to her shoulders and emerald green eyes. 'she is really pretty and has a very nice smile' he thought.

"Would you like to build a sand castle with me?"

"I would like that very much." He said making Sakura smile even bigger.

ONE HOUR LATER

"Wow. It's so big. Stay here for a minute." She said and when he nodded, she went over to her mother.

"Mom."

"What sweetie."

"Can I have my camera for a minute. I found the perfict thing to take a picture of."

"Of course." She said handing her daughter's camera to her. Sakura went back to Gaara and the sand castle.

"Can you stand there?" she asked pointing to the spot. He obeyed. 'CLICK' she took his picture and pulled out a pad of paper and a pencil.

"What are you doing?" he asked her.

"I'm righting your name down so I will never forget you. Then next time I see you, I will remember that you were my first friend and you always will be." She said.

"Sakura, hurry up we have to leave now." Called her mom. She stood up and kissed Gaara on the cheek making him turn a deep red. She laughed at this.

"Sorry. That was for saving me today. And this is for being so nice to me." She said and gave him a big hug. And ran up to her mom and dad to leave.

"Sakura, did you have fun today at the park?" her father asked when he was putting her to bed.

"Yes daddy. I made a new friend and I took his picture so I need to develop it tomorrow." She said. The next day, she developed the photos and had it put in two sizes. She kept one in her locket and the other one for the photo album. She swore she would never forget Gaara.