(Note: This is my second fan fiction, so don't expect high-quality!)

Sasuke's eyes slowly opened to the sunlight of the morning. The hospital room was filled with sunlight from the window. He narrowed his eyes at a blurry image in front of him. Since he had just woken up, everything was a bit… fuzzy. He squinted until he saw a light pink and red color.

"S-Sakura?" she leaned forward in her chair, slowly she came closer and closer to him until the space between them was completely gone. Her lips brushed across his gently.

And then he woke up.

"Damn it! Why do I always wake up like that?!" he looked around the room, no sign of her anywhere in the blue and green room. He heard a quiet knock at the door. But it was only a warning, and a nurse came into the room with that obviously fake smile. She was pretending to be exceptionally giddy this morning… must be a visitor.

'Maybe it's Sakura!' His inner-self snickered.

'Shut up!' He replied in his mind.

"Good morning, Sasuke! A very pretty lady is here to see you!" The nurse said happily.

'Oh, you hear that my bastard friend? A very pretty lady!' his inner-self mocked him again. Why did his inner-self mock him?

"She'll be up here in a minute or two. I just wanted to tell you!"

"More like warn me…"

"Hm? Could you speak up? You were mumbling."

"I was just wondering who she is?" The nurse smiled before leaving.

"You'll just have to be patient Sasuke!" he sunk down in the bed.

'I think she does that on purpose! Hey, bastard, how'd we get into this hospital anyway?' inner-Sasuke asked.

'Oh yeah…! After your probation was over and you were a Leaf-Ninja again you saw Sakura and-'

'Shut up!' Sasuke cut his inner voice off, but it continued.

'then you tripped and fell off of a short wall… that was really clumsy, bastard, I gotta tell ya…'

Sasuke continued to bicker with his inner self until he heard a slight tap on his door and then a creak followed as someone opened the door.

"No… not… you…" He whispered inwardly.

"Sasuke! You really scared me! Are you alright? Are you feeling better? Wow, you've changed! You're so handsome! But are you feeling better? I haven't seen you in forever! Why'd you leave? Why aren't you answering my questions, Sasuke?" Ino asked through a bouquet of flowers, apparently not realizing she didn't give him enough time between questions to answer. And he really didn't want to answer her second-to-last question.

"Ino, leave me alone please." He said as calmly as possible, with just a hint of annoyance in his voice. She didn't get the message.

"Did you know that there's a new girl living in the village? Her name's… uh… Iza, I think… She says she hates bugs, I can't wait for her to meet Shino!" Ino giggled.

"Ino…" Sasuke started.

"Hm? What is it Sasuke?"

"Get. Out." He said like it was an order.

"Okay… but Sakura's coming to see you too today! I saw her in the flower shop!" She left the room with a wide smile.

A knock came a little while later, he looked at the clock beside him, 1:28pm.

'Ooohoohoo! Looks like Sakura finally came, Bastard, bet you wanna see how much pain you left her in?!' Inner-Sasuke teased.

He saw two people come in with large flower arrangements in front of them.

"How are you?" Sakura said as she put down the flowers she was holding. The person beside her was unfamiliar to him. She had red-brown hair and it was short and all in her face. Her outfit looked like a sweater with the mid-section cut off and she had a skirt and shorts on. She looked pretty strange, even next to the pink-haired Sakura.

"Who is that?" he asked. The girl bowed to him and said in a soft voice,

"My name is Iza, pleased to meet you."

"Do you have a last name?" her face darkened.

"I'd rather… not say."

"Um, Iza… thank you for helping me bring the flowers. You can go if you want." Iza smiled and left the room. Sakura sat down but looked angry.

"She'll forgive you because you didn't know." He raised an eyebrow. She sighed.

"Iza was found by an ANBU squad on the outskirts of the village. When they found her, she was on the verge of death with her clothes torn and wet from the heavy rain." Sasuke looked towards the door Iza had just left.

"What happened?" Sakura looked at the floor.

"She… she only remembers bits and pieces. But she's not allowed to tell anyone but the Hokage and me.

"Why?"

"Um… it's not something that she should talk about publicly I guess." She stared at him.

"What?"

"Why did you come back now?"

"What do you mean?" he said eyebrows raised. She sighed and looked a bit angrier.

"Why, after five whole years did you come back?" he looked out the window, avoiding her eyes.

"What do you care?" She stood up.

"Do you not care or are you just an idiot?!" she yelled.

"Hn…" he smirked at her; "You're still annoying…" she looked furious and left the room, slamming the door behind her.

'Smooth dude… REAL smooth…' Inner-Sasuke said. Tsunade walked in shortly after.

"Sasuke, you may go home now. Your injuries were minor but we just wanted to let those bones heal." She said and left, I guess she has better things to do.

Sasuke was on his way home in the lantern lit night. He had his hands in his pockets and was trying hard not to think. He didn't look up when he saw a shadow on the ground but it might've been wise to.

Iza walked along a pathway. She didn't want to go back to Sakura's house. It's not that she didn't like it, it's just, she would prefer to be in the forest or somewhere outside. She watched her feet as she walked, ignoring the shadows. They'd get out of the way, she didn't have to.

Sasuke and Iza crashed into each other. A loud 'thump' sound was heard.

"Watch it!" Sasuke said angrily from the ground. She rubbed her head.

"What do you mean, 'Watch it'? We're BOTH to blame." She said calmly.

"Whatever…"

"You look a lot like him…" she mumbled to herself. Sasuke stood up.

"What?" she smiled.

"Oh, nothing…" he passed by her and she turned around and followed him.

"What?" He said, noticing his stalker.

"Um… what's your name, you know mine but I don't know yours." She coolly.

"Sasuke Uchiha." She stopped in her tracks, he turned around.

"Uchiha… that's… it sounds familiar…" he raised an eyebrow.

"It should, it used to be famous." She held her hands together in front of her.

"Used to be…?" She asked quietly. He turned away.

"I'm sorry…" she said. He held his hand up.

"I don't care…" she started o follow him again, her boots quietly tapping the pavement.

"Why are you following me?" he said nonchalantly.

"I'm not bothering you, so deal with it." She said calmly, almost nicely.

'Hey, bastard, does she seem a little… strange to you?' Inner-Sasuke asked. Sasuke looked over his shoulder but for some reason, she wasn't there. He turned around and she stood in front of him.

"Um, if I describe someone to you… uh… never mind." She walked past him. When he turned around, she wasn't there. How odd…