ok well um oh disclaimer: no i do not own Naruto if i did Sakura-san and Gaara-kun would probely be together now.
um i dont think im one of those crazy anime writers.
Sakura-san: Cha! ok
me: hey! im the one controling the keyboard here aint i?
Sakura-san: :P fine i guess...
me: thank u.
Gaara-kun: can we get on with the story now? or do i have to kill u?
me: how dare u! fine i guess i could pair u with Ino-pig...
Gaara-kun: *sweats* ahh n-no no thats fine i like Sakura-san.
me: thats what i thought. huh? oh dam it look what u did! now im acting like a high anime writer. ugh... sobs..

A little girl, about five, with cherry blossom pink hair was just waking up from sleeping. As her eyes fluttered open she recalled her dream, but it was more like a nightmare in her eyes.

Nightmare flashback.

"Mommy?" She called out looking around her. She was in her, small but cozy apartment, but it looked deserted. "Mommy, were are you?"

As she turned she saw a little trail of blood coming from the living room starting in the kitchen. "Mommy, Daddy are you okay?" She asked going towards the living room. As she got closer to the room she could smell the copper that was getting stronger with each step.

Just one more step and she would be able to see something she was not ready to see in her five years of her life. Taking that last step she saw her parents staring blankly without blinking up at the ceiling with a kunai sticking out of their hearts.

"NO! MOMMY! DADDY!" She yelled. She couldn't feel her legs so she kneeled down hard on the floor next to her parents. Her eyes glassy with tears threatening to spill over. She knew enough to know were to feel for a pulse. First checking her mother's pulse even though she already knew that her mother was gone. Nothing, she checked her father, he was the same as her mother.

Tears finally spilled over she stood up, and ran out the front door. She wouldn't stop running until she couldn't run anymore. She found herself at the playground. She went
over to the sandbox and sat down hard in the soft sand. Crying her eyes out, she pulled her knees up to her body, hugging her knees. A sob tore through her body, making her cry even harder.

"W-who are you?" A little boy the same age as her asked. The first thing she saw that his hair was red, blood red. Making her think of her parents death.

Nightmare flashback end.

The nightmare left her scared and wondering. Scared because her parents died even though she knew it wasn't real. And wondering who the boy with red hair was. She didn't know now but he was going to be her best friend.

"Sakura! Come down and eat breakfast!" A female voice said from downstairs, disturbing Sakura's train of thought.

"Coming Mother!" She called down to her mother. Sakura sighed. 'It was just a nightmare, it wasn't real.' She thought throwing her blankets off of her. Swinging her feet to the side of her bed, she got up and started to change her cloths she set out last night. After getting dressed she bounded down the stairs to the kitchen to eat breakfast before going out. As she sat down in the chair at the table her mother put a plate down in front of her with eggs and toast.

"So what are you going to do today hon?" Her mother asked looking at her daughter while putting dishes in the sink.

"Um... Can I go to the playground Mommy?" Sakura asked after taking a bite of her eggs.

"Of course you can honey. Right after you eat and brush your teeth, and hair. It looks like a chicken made a nest of your hair." Teased her mother.

"Yes Mother." She said looking down at her food, embarrassed at the comment. "May I be done?" Sakura asked after quietly finishing.

"Yes you may. Teeth and hair." Her mother said pointing to the bathroom they shared. "Okay. I'm going." She said getting down and going to the bathroom.

A few minutes later Sakura came out of the bathroom with nicely brushed pink hair and clean teeth. "Love you mom, see you later." She said giving her mom a quick kiss on the cheek. "Bye, stay out of trouble. And don't stay out too late. I'll come and get you though. Okay hon?" Her mom asked. "Yes mom, bye." Sakura said running out the door.

At the playground.

Sakura looked around the playground, then saw the sandbox. Thinking she would make a sand castle, made her way over to it. Sitting down she got to work. Piling sand on top of sand, she shaped it into a cylinder. Flatting the top to be even, she moved on to the next tower. Sakura was in her own world, not hearing the laughter of the other kids playing ball. Not feeling the harsh sun beating down on Suna.

She couldn't hear the children complaining at the one who kicked the ball too hard. But she did hear the kids yelling "Run, it's Gaara!" or "Monster!". Wondering what was happening she looked up from her sand saw the retreating backs of the many kids that were playing in the playground.

Then she saw a boy her age standing with the red ball in his hands, head looking down trying not to cry. She noticed he had red hair. This shocked her. 'Wait that was the boy from my dream! He looks really sad. I'm going to try and cheer him up.' Getting up as she thought, brushing the sand off her bottom, made her way to the boy with red hair.

"Hi! My name is Haruno Sakura. Are you okay?" Sakura asked getting closer, a concerned look on her face.

"Aren't you going to run away like the other kids?" He asked. Getting ready for the cherry blossom haired girl to run away, living him all alone again. He only wanted to give them the ball back. He didn't want to hurt them.

"Why would I run away like them? You don't look like a monster. The only monster I saw was the kids running away. That was very rude." She replied.

"Oh." He said clearly shocked. "M-my name is Sabaku no Gaara." Gaara said, voice quivering.

"Gaara, That's a nice name. Do you want to play?" Sakura asked, a big smile on her face.

"Y-yes, I would like to play." Gaara said, a small smile on his own face.

"Okay. Let's play in the sandbox. I like the sand, it feels so warm." Sakura said dragging poor Gaara by his hand to the sandbox.

'Why isn't my sand moving? My sand is suppose to shield me from threats. Maybe Sakura isn't a threat to me.' Gaara wondered, scared his sand didn't work anymore.

"Hello, Gaara? We're here." Sakura said waving a hand in front of his eyes. Stepping aside to let Gaara see. "Come on Gaara-kun!" She said pulling him in the the sandbox, sitting down in the sand in front of her almost forgotten sand castle. "You like my sand castle Gaara-kun? It's not much but I like it." Sakura said head down.

"N-no i like it S-Sakura-chan." Gaara said not sure if he could call her Sakura-chan.

"Really? Thank you Gaara-kun!" Sakura said looking up blushing, then hugging him. Gaara then started to blush too.

"Watch what I can do Sakura-chan." He said after Sakura let go of him. Moving his hand sand started to move in a blob. It started to form in to a small teddy bear.

"Do you like it Sakura-chan? Sakura-chan?" Looking at Sakura he saw her staring at the sand teddy bear transfixed. "Sakura-chan?" He asked again.

"I-It's beautiful Gaara-kun. I love it. Can I keep it?" Sakura asked looking at Gaara now.

"Yes you can. It's just like a real teddy bear, soft." Gaara said handing her the bear, embarrassed and blushing.

"Thank you Gaara-kun." Sakura said holding on to my bear. "Here you can have this. One of my friends gave it to me." She said untying the red ribbon she always wore.

"T-thank you Sakura-chan." Gaara said taking the ribbon and tying it on his wrist. Looking up he did something he never did before, he gave her a hug.

"Gaara! Time to come home!" Someone yelled to him.

"Sorry Sakura-chan I have to go home. That's my uncle Yashamaru." Gaara said standing up.

"Okay Gaara-kun. See you tomorrow here, okay?" Sakura said standing up too.

"See you tomorrow." Gaara said turning to walk to his uncle to go home.

"Wait Gaara-kun!" She said stopping Gaara and turning him around. Sakura gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek. "See you tomorrow best friend." She said turning around to go home.

"Friend? I'm her friend?" Gaara asked confused. As it dawned on him he ran to his uncle yelling, "Uncle Yashamaru! Uncle Yashamaru! I have a friend best friend I have a friend!" Gaara hugged his uncle. "A friend." Whispered Yashamaru. "Yes her name is Haruno Sakura uncle. She's really nice. She gave me this." Gaara said showing his uncle the red ribbon he got from Sakura.

"That was nice of her. Is she unhurt?" Yashamaru asked concerned that Gaara hurt another kid.

"Yes uncle, Sakura-chan is unhurt. When she hugged me the sand didn't even move!" Gaara said recalling the hug, smiling.

"Really. Didn't even move?" He said unconvinced.

"Yep. It was weird. My heart started to beat faster, and I felt warmer, and my face was red." Gaara told his uncle looking down.

"That's fine, come on, let's go get some lunch. How does that sound?" His uncle said walking towards the house they shared.

"That sound good." Gaara said, his stomach growling as he started to walk remembering every thing that happened that morning. Smiling all the way home.

me: okay what do you think? and i kno i might of spelled things wrong or put -kun or whatever. plus this is my FIRST Naruto fanfiction so bear with me.
i kno i they might be out of character. i havnt watched the shows in a long time. so sry. R&R please its the only way to grow. thank u. oh i was thinking a bout adding another chapie. what do you think?

me:(updated 1/3/2010) it was bugging me so I fixed it!