Title: The Forgotten
Author: Twisted Ecstasy
Rating: T (13+ unverified: Contains Contents not suitable for children) – May turn M in later chapters –
Summary: Sakura goes into a coma for two years. Upon waking up, she has no memory of her past or anyone around her. "I dont really know who you are but you seem to be an important person to me. Why can't I remember you?"
Chapter last edited: 08/12/09
A.N: I rewrote this chapter! Please read it! Thanks.
The Forgotten
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When he left me I didn't know what to do.
So I figured it was best if I forgot him.
Though I admit it wasn't as easy as I thought it would be.
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Sakura ran swiftly throughout the trees, not looking behind her to see if the enemy had caught up. Her thoughts were purely on the safety of her team members that were now scattered in the forest. They had decided to split up and meet up once the problem was dealt with. What Sakura didn't expect was for all the ninja to follow her instead of split up like they assumed. Now, she had seven skilled sound ninja following her.
She pushed herself harder, running the fastest she had in months. But that didn't matter at the moment. She could sense the chakra so close behind her; hear the almost soundless footsteps closing in on her. Why had they followed her in the first place?
Each breath she breathed she made it as slow and calming as she could. Every step she took she made sure it was swift and balanced. Any wrong move and she would be done for. They followed her through the trees; she knew they wouldn't give up. This group of sound ninja was more determined than the last one. She was almost out of chakra and running was the only thing she could do.
Her eyes traveled everywhere at once, looking for anywhere to hide. But the thought quickly left her mind just as soon as it had come. She knew she wouldn't be able to hide so fast and not have them find her. She just wasn't that fast.
"Sakura-Chan," a flesh rising voice said, making her stop in her tracks. She knew that voice, it was way too familiar.
She looked behind her, not sensing the seven that had just been following her only moments before. She couldn't sense any chakra at all. "Where are you?"
"Over here," it said, somewhere around her.
She whipped her head in every direction possible but not finding anyone. The wind blew softly, rustling the trees. It was too dark to catch anything right away so she listened intently, searching for the enemy. "Show yourself!" she yelled, anger apparent in her voice.
"Now, now, Sakura-Chan," the person laughed, giving her more goose bumps. "No need to be so testy."
"Shut up and face me!" she shouted, looking in the direction of the voice.
"Hey there," a silver haired man appeared on the branch across from her. His arms were crossed and a sickening smirk was plastered on his face. "How has it been?"
"Kabuto," Sakura spat out, narrowing her eyes at the traitor in front of her. "What the hell are you doing here?"
Fixing his glasses, he jumped onto the same branch as her. "I," he started, stepping closer. "Have come here to bring you to Orochimaru."
She narrowed her eyes at him. She clutched tightly to the kunai in her hand, her palm sweaty. "What does Orochimaru want with me?"
"I think you know what he wants with you," he said, not moving any closer. He watched the girl in front of him carefully, ready for a chase if he had to give one. He would not fail at such a simple task. If he did then he knew what he had to do. Orochimaru would get her eventually. "No, I know you know."
"Enlighten me," she hissed, playing dumb. She knew what Orochimaru wanted with her. How could she not know?
Kabuto was ready to answer to the pink haired medic in front of him but stopped once he sensed a strong chakra not far off. His head swung in the direction of the oncoming chakra. What perfect timing the boy had, interrupting his conversation with the girl. He chuckled, looking back to Sakura. She was still in a fighting stance waiting for him to attack her. But with the jutsu he was going to use he didn't need to be touching her. Besides, all he needed was an object of the person her would use the jutsu on. And he already had a strand of her hair in his hand.
"I'm sorry, Sakura-Chan," he apologized, making hand signs. "But I'm going to have to cut this meeting short. Unfortunately for you," he wrapped the strand and his hand. "I'm going to have to put you to sleep for a while. At least until I can get to you." He looked up into the tree. "Fujimoto, hold her still." A man jumped down behind her.
"What do you mean?" she asked confusion evident in her eyes. She struggled when arms wrapped around her. "You aren't going to use that jutsu, are you?" she gasped from the lack of air from the man's grip.
"Ah," he smiled, his glasses gleaming from the moonlight. "It doesn't surprise me that you would know this jutsu. You're just like Orochimaru in so many ways."
"I'm nothing like that bastard!" she growled, disgusted that he would say that to her. She could feel the anger and fear consume her. She had learned this forbidden jutsu from one of the scrolls Tsunade had allowed her to read. And now Kabuto was going to use it on her. "You know this jutsu wipes out the memories of the one you use it on, right?"
"Don't think of me as a fool, little girl." He drawled, concentrating more chakra into the strand wrapped on his hand. Only a few more minutes and the jutsu would be complete. "I have an antidote for this jutsu. I created it just for you."
"I feel honored," she grunted, elbowing the man in the stomach. She rushed forward towards Kabuto, kunai ready. As soon as she lunged at him he vanished in a puff of smoke. "Shit," she whispered, looking around. At this rate, he would complete the jutsu and she would be down.
"Sakura-Chan!" She heard the angered filled voice of Naruto. He was racing towards her, a demonic chakra around him. She knew he was trying to control the nine-tails in him. "Sakura-Chan," he yelled again.
"Naruto!" she called, going to meet him. She took four large leaps and stopped in front of him. "Naruto, listen to me."
"Where is he?" he asked, ignoring what she had said completely.
She grabbed his shoulders, making him look at her. "Naruto, you have to listen to me." She said quickly.
The blond kyuubi shrugged her off. "Where is he?" he repeated.
Sakura felt a big wave of drowsiness overcome her. He was finished with the jutsu, she was too late. "Naruto," she whispered, falling to her knees. She clutched onto his sleeve to keep herself from falling off the branch. She squeezed her eyes shut tightly, opening them to find them fuzzy. "Damn it, Naruto!" she said weakly. "Listen to me!"
The boy ignored her again, his eyes fixed on something in front of him. "I'm going to kill you!" he screamed, tossing Sakura aside and plunged forward.
Sakura could feel herself falling from the tree. She braced herself for the impact of hitting the forest floor but it never came. She opened her eyes and stared up into pool of red and black before shutting her eyes and letting the jutsu take its affect.
The Godaime tapped her desk lightly, looking from one person to the next. It had only been four hours since the revival team had returned and after everything they had told her, she was not happy. She sat up and poured herself a cup of sake, drowning it fast. The occupants in the room remained silent as they waited for the Hokage to speak. After a few more glasses she finally sighed and turned back to them.
"Uchiha Sasuke," she said, watching the black haired boy leaning on the wall. "I am putting you on probation for the time being. You are never to be unsupervised, understand?"
"Hn." The boy nodded, not really looking at her.
Rolling her eyes, she turned to the Kyuubi container. "I'm very disappointed in you Naruto. I really don't know how this happened but your actions could've killed Sakura."
"Baa-Chan!" Naruto protested, running up to her desk. "I swear, I didn't mean too! I lost control when I noticed that they went after her."
"Tsunade-Sama," Lee said, bowing in respect. "I was not far from Naruto-Kun, I can vouch for him."
She moved her eyes to Tenten and Kiba who just nodded.
"Whatever," she closed her eyes and leaned back. "Once I find out what is wrong with Sakura we'll continue. I need one of you to hand in a report. Your dismissed." She said, opening her eyes. "Except Uchiha and Naruto, you two stay."
Both boys stayed in place as the rest of the team left the office quickly. Sasuke looked around indifferently while Naruto watched the Hokage with wary eyes. He knew he had messed up badly on this mission and because of him something was wrong with Sakura. She hadn't woken up since the day of the battle and that was four days ago. The only way he knew she was alive was because of her breathing but no matter what he did, she just wouldn't wake up.
Tsunade looked at the two of them with narrowed eyes. She had been with Sakura the moment the team had returned until she had them all summoned to her office. She knew what was wrong with her pink haired apprentice but was only willing to tell the two people who actually deserved to know. She would tell Kakashi once he returned from his mission. "I know what is wrong with Sakura." She finally said.
"What?" Naruto yelled loudly. "Why didn't you tell us sooner?
"Because," she said, leaning forward and lacing her fingers together. "I didn't feel there was a need to tell the others." Naruto stood looking confused; while Sasuke was still looking indifferently around the room. "She's under a jutsu; a powerful forbidden jutsu."
"What kind of jutsu?" Naruto asked, anxious to know what had happened to the pink haired medic.
"It's a sleeping jutsu," she turned her eyes over to the Uchiha. He was still leaning against the wall, looking as if he had somewhere better to be. At that moment Tsunade want to walk up to him and punch him in the face. "She won't wake up until the caster dies or decides to wake her up." She paused, thinking back to what she read about the technique. "What I don't understand is why would someone use it on her and who?"
"Impossible." Both Naruto and Tsunade looked over at Sasuke.
"You killed them all, didn't you?" she asked, her eyes half lidded.
Sasuke glared into the eyes of the busty Hokage, ignoring the blond kyuubi. He had killed all the sound ninja in the forest, he was sure of it. Whatever was wrong with Sakura it definitely wasn't a sleeping jutsu like she had said. "I, among everyone, had killed every enemy in the forest."
Tsunade stood from her seat and turned to look out the window. "Are you positive?"
"Hn." He mumbled.
"Give me a straight answer Uchiha." Tsunade growled, whirling around and matching the dark hair boy's glare. "I don't want that mumbling shit. Tell me are you positive you killed all of them or aren't you."
Getting annoyed, Sasuke turned away from the Hokage. He was already getting off easy with a slap on the wrist he shouldn't push it. He took a few deep breaths and turned back. "No, I'm not sure."
"So that means she is under that jutsu, right?" Naruto asked, looking back and forth between the two.
"Yeah, Naruto, she is." Tsunade sighed, tearing her eyes away from the Uchiha. Both of them were getting on her nerves. "I want you two to leave right now…Not another word, Naruto." She said as he opened his mouth. "Just leave."
It was dark and musty in the underground tunnels. The only source of light was from a lone flickering candle in the corner of the room. A man stood in the center hovering over a coffin that read Orochimaru.
The silver haired man turned away from the coffin and sat beside it, a notebook in hand. He began scribbling away. Jutsu's, formulas, herbs, dates, people, everything that would help him in the events to come.
He let out a dark chuckle as the candle went out. "It will be soon Orochimaru-Sama. So very soon."
Yes, I rewrote the chapter and renamed the story. Please forgive me but I think this on with be better.
Anyways, tell me what you think of this one.
Thanks for reading. I'll have the next chapter up soon.
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