This is my first story so be kind!!! At the moment this is a test run of the first chapter. If I get enough positive reviews I will be motivated to update faster!! Constructive critisizm is welcome but please do not give me useless flames! I hope you like it and if you have any better suggestions for a title I will be sure to consider it!

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"Kaori Tanaka is reporting to us from Konoha High School about last nights Konoha vs. Sand basketball game and is currently interviewing a few of the players," a news lady said on the morning television. Haruno Sakura was sitting on her couch eating toast before school.

"Why do people care so much about a sport," Sakura thought. "Well, I should leave now. Bye kaa-san and tou-san, I will be careful walking to school," Sakura said to a framed picture of her parents, sitting on the mantle, as she walked out the door. Her mom died right after she was born. Being brought up by her dad, she was a tomboy, and she was always made teased for it. Her dad died two years ago in a car crash. Ever since then she has been living on her own in a cheap apartment. Sakura has been working at Chocolate Morale, a fancy restaurant everyday after school as a waitress to pay for it. Sakura approached a building with a sign out front that read 'Konoha High School'. She walked inside and sat down in her first bell math class. Her teacher, Anko-sensei, walked in followed by a tall boy with midnight black locks of hair that sparkle in the fluorescent lights.

"Students, we have a new student today. This is Uchiha Sasuke. He moved here from Sand. You can take a seat next to… Sakura-san." Anko-sensei stated as she scanned the room for an empty seat.

"Sakura-san, please help Sasuke-san and show him around the school and make sure he knows how to get to all of his classes," Anko-sensei said as Sakura nodded.

"Thank you Anko-sensei." Sasuke said sitting down, "Hello Sakura-san. I am Sasuke, a third year. What grade are you in?" he asked with a bright smile on his stunning face. He had dark black eyes to match his hair.

"Nice to meet you too, I am also a third year," Sakura replied once she regained composer after she heard his beautifully soothing voice.

"Does it always smell like disinfectant in the school?" he wondered.

"Yea, but you get used to it eventually," Sakura replied as class started and they had to take notes. In the free time after class, Sakura and Sasuke shared schedules. Sasuke had all of the same classes as Sakura. "I guess the administration planned this all out. I am an honor student after all. I guess they figured I could help him in all of his classes," Sakura thought.

Sakura had a long day showing Sasuke around. In calculus, she figured he would need help and leaned over to explain how to do a problem. It turned out that Sasuke had shown Sakura a short cut to make the problem go faster. After school she had to go to work for five more hours. On her way home through the park, she sat down on a bench for a break. Sakura was staring off into the garden, filled with lilies, snapdragons, and her favorite, roses, when she turned in her seat to see a familiar stranger sitting next to her.

"Oh, um, I didn't hear you sit down. I can be a bit spacey sometimes. Do you need help finding someplace?" Sakura asked Sasuke.

"No, I just wanted to sit in the park before heading home. What about you?" he answered in the same sweet voice from earlier. She looked him directly in the eyes, his gazing, mesmerizing, topaz eyes, putting her into a trance. She could feel herself getting dizzy. Sasuke blinked and turned his head away from her.

"Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't realize I was staring. It's just that…um, I thought that you had black eyes in class today. I'm on my way home from work," She said coming out of her trance.

"I wear contacts at school, to read. I got colored ones so I could look more normal. I always take them out once the bell rings," he looks back at her when he replies, but Rose could swear he was looking just barely to the side of her. She stands up, still feeling a little dizzy and wobbly.

"I see, but I like the color. Well I have to head home now. I'll see you tomorrow," Sakura tells him, becoming a bit uncomfortable. Their eyes meet again in farewell, her legs give out. Closing her eyes, waiting for the hard smack of the ground, two cold hands catch her to pick her up bridal style. Sakura opens her eyes taken aback.

"You really are clumsy. Be more careful next time you aren't feeling good. Do you want me to walk you home safely?" he asks politely.

Sakura thought for a second, "I don't have a good feeling about tonight. Does that have to do with Sasuke-san or is it just a coincidence? Then again, I can hardly walk. I won't be able to do anything if a faint walking home alone."

"S-sure, but my house is pretty far away. I don't have the money to live in this part of town," Sakura stutters, standing on her own two feet again.

"Its ok, I don't have anywhere to be. So, lead the way," Sasuke bowed to Sakura making her giggle, careful not to look her in the eye again. Soon, Sasuke engaged Sakura in polite conversation, talking about anything, from school, to what they like to do in their free time. Apparently, Sasuke did not have many friends either, anywhere he has lived, because he is always moving from place to place with his parents. Sakura told him about her parents and why she works so much. After thirty minutes without collapsing, they reached Sakura's house. Sasuke left saying he should be getting home, and disappeared out of the front porch light into the dark backdrop.

Sakura walked in to her apartment and tossed her keys on the kitchen table, getting ready for bed. About to turn off the bedroom lights, police sirens go off nearby. She immediately turns on the news to find a reporter talking about a body drenched in blood two streets away from her house.

"I hope Sasuke-san is okay! Maybe the reporter will say if it is guy or a girl," Sakura thought listening intently to the reporter.

"This is Yamanaka Ino reporting from Snyder Road. All police are telling us is a body was found drenched in blood with a slash in their neck next to a cherry blossom tree in the park. It is suspected murder, not suicide, and investigators are currently on the scene. No other information has been released. All citizens are advised to stay in their house and lock their doors and windows for the night. If anyone has information, they are to call the police immediately," the reporter said professionally.

"I should be safe. After all, I am on the second floor. I will just have to wait and see if Sasuke-san is in school tomorrow," Sakura thought. Lying down on her side, barely sleepy, she sees two topaz eyes staring at her from a tree outside her window and everything goes black.

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