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Sakura lied in the hospital bed, watching the sun disappear behind the mountains, the air in the room was deathly quiet.

'Third day in the hospital. How are you feeling?' Inner Sakura asked.

'Like shit. I want to get out of here,' Sakura replied. But all she really yearned for was the company of her friends, who should be arriving any minute.

"Knock, knock," a male voice said from behind the white sliding door.

"Come in, guys," Sakura said, sitting up and circling her head to the right to greet her blond teammate, happy that her visitors had arrived.

Naruto said hello as he sauntered in and made himself comfortable on one of the guest chairs. Almost immediately after, Sasuke walked in with a bouquet of red roses, pink mini carnations, and lavender lilies in a clear vase.

"For me? How sweet," Sakura said with mirth, observing as he arranged the beautiful flowers on her nightstand.

"I brought you something too, Sakura!" Naruto piped in as he took something out from behind his back.

"Oh, you got me a stuffed fox?" Sakura asked gleefully, her face lit up with a giant grin.

"Yeah, Hinata got me one when I was in the hospital once. It kept me company, and I saw how lonely you were the last time I visited, so I got you one too," Naruto replied, handing her the orange and white stuffed animal.

"You're too nice, Naruto. Well, when you want to be," Sakura said with a grin while placing her plushie next to the vase of aromatic flowers.

'I wonder when him and Hinata are going to get together?' Sakura wondered.

'Once he becomes a man and asks her out!' Inner replied.

"Hm, I'm nice aaaaaall of the time! Right Sasuke?" Naruto asked while crossing his arms, trying to defend himself.

"Hn, can you leave now?" Sasuke replied, his eyes never leaving the wound on Sakura's left shoulder.

Naruto gave him a death glare before complying to his teammates request. He could see that he and Sakura needed some time alone. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow, Sakura! And I'll deal with Mr. Bastard here later."

When Naruto left, Sasuke came over to her and sat on the edge of the snow-white bed.

He lifted a warm hand up to her pale face and stroked her cheek gently, like he was afraid that she might shatter if he wasn't careful. "How are you doing?"

"A lot better than the first day. That was hell," Sakura replied, taking Sasuke's hand into her cold ones.

"How's your shoulder? Are you sure that you should be sitting up?" Sasuke questioned, deep concern in his once emotionless, black eyes.

"My shoulder and I are fine, Sasuke," she reassured him.

'Your shoulder and you are the same person, you idiot!' Inner Sakura responded from within.

'Shut up! I'm trying to have a nice moment with my boyfriend and you have to butt in?' Sakura exclaimed.

Some of the worry left Sasuke's eyes, but his face was still tense. "When will you be released?"

"Lady Tsunade said that if I did good today, then I could be out early tomorrow morning," Sakura said.

Sasuke nodded his head in response and squeezed her hands with his. "I'm still really sorry, Sakura. It's all my fault."

Sakura slowly leaned in to kiss her boyfriend on the cheek before saying, "For the hundredth time, it's not your fault and I accept your apology."

The guilt swam into Sasuke's eyes again as he stared at her angelic face.

'Why can't she just hate me? It was my fault that she got hurt. I promised that I wouldn't let her get hurt,' Sasuke thought, angry at himself for being so damn careless three days ago.

*Flashback*

"There they are," Naruto whispered loudly, looking at the four ninjas resting below.

Sakura's fist connected with the blond's head as she whispered, "Shh! Stop yelling! We're on an assassination mission, you idiot."

Naruto rubbed his severely bruised head as Sasuke hn'ed.

"Both of you need to be quiet or else-" Sasuke began before being interrupted by the rustle of leaves from behind.

Team seven jumped out of the tree as a male ninja, who looked to be about eighteen or so, jumped down behind them holding a long, slender, and rusty knife in one hand.

"Nice job, Sasuke, now we've been spotted," Naruto mumbled.

The three other ninja are now joining their friend, gathering around team seven.

"Three... two...," Sakura began counting down.

Naruto, Sasuke, and her all got ready for the inevitable battle.

"One!"

Sakura used the chakra that was collected in her feet to charge towards the nearest target, which happened to be a girl, about the same age as the knife wielding boy. As she got closer, Sakura compiled her chakra into her right fist, glowing green with energy. Before she made contact, the girl intercepted Sakura's attack with a kick to her jaw. Anger flashed in Sakura's green eyes as the girl backed away, getting ready for another hit.

"Aimi, get out of here!" The knife wielding ninja commanded, jumping in front of her.

Aimi had a frightened expression on her thin, pale face as Sakura got into a fighting stance. The girl doesn't move as the boy charged at Sakura, thrusting his fist at her. The pink haired girl blocked with her gloved hands and countered with a punch to his nose. An evident crack was heard as the boy winced and took out his rusty knife and flung it towards Sakura.

Sakura's eyes widened as she slumped to her knees, "Ah!"

She instinctively pulled out the knife and began healing the bleeding, open wound with her chakra. The male ninja charged toward her with another fist, but Sakura quickly stood up and dodged it. She then ignored the male ninja and starts running toward his only weakness, Aimi. Sakura concentrated her chakra into her fist and dashed toward the girl again. Even though the girl tried to block the attack, one critical hit to the her stomach drove her to the ground, groaning in pain while clutching her stomach. She started coughing up blood as Sakura swiftly took out her kunai and stabbed it into her heart, quickly ending the battle. She then turned her attention to the other enemy. For the first time, Sakura noticed that he had ghostly white hair and skin, but his dark gray eyes were a massive contrast. He looked at Sakura with pure hatred and unimaginable pain in his eyes when he saw the lifeless girl on the floor.

Naruto was fighting one of the older ninjas. He had short brown hair with matching eyes and a lean build.

Naruto did a back flip to avoid the kunai that was thrown at him. He landed on his feet and took three shuriken out of his ninja pouch, thrusting them at his opponent, who deflected them with another kunai. His opponent ran towards him, his hand rolled into a fist. Expecting a punch, Naruto was caught off guard by the kick to his chest that sent him flying back into a nearby tree, scattering fragments of wood everywhere. Naruto gave an angry huff and stood up, shaking off the pain.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Naruto said, eight clones appearing as the smoke dissipated.

The brown haired ninja bounded toward the clones, slashing through each one, trying to find the real Naruto.

After piercing through the last Naruto on the field, the ninja looked around in confusion before he heard, "Rasengan!"

Before he could even turn around, intense agony shot through the enemy's back, his skin and muscle tearing off of his bone. Naruto stood up, panting and wiping the mixture of blood and sweat off of his cheek, and looked down at his now deceased opponent.

Sasuke was fighting the other older ninja. He was also a brunette, but with pale violet eyes. His built body shone threw his tight, black shirt.

"Come on, Uchiha, are you scared?" The stranger taunted.

Sasuke unsheathed a new sword that looked like a smaller version of his Sword of Kusanagi. It was Sakura's father's sword; the one that he gave him daughter on the day he died. Sasuke dashed toward his enemy.

The brunette jumped back, putting distance between them, and pulled out his own sword. Sasuke swung and the sound of metal colliding rung through the air. The other ninja pulled out a handful of shuriken and threw them in the direction of Sasuke. He blocked the weapons with the blade of his sword, but he did see that his opponent was running up toward him. The ninja lunged while Sasuke quickly tried to back away. The tip of the sword sliced into Sasuke's arm and warm, crimson liquid started to run out.

Sasuke gave a grumble of annoyance as the opponent said, "Ha, I thought the Uchiha's were powerful?"

Sasuke then slashed forward angrily at his opponent and the sound of metal pierced the air again. The enemy ran back, trying to make a gap between them, but Sasuke was too quick. Sasuke swiftly drove the sword forward and stabbed his enemy in the chest, piercing through his lung. The Uchiha then channeled electricity through his sword and into the now inanimate body. Sasuke collected the sword back, gave a 'hn', and surveyed the area around him, wondering where Sakura was.

The white haired ninja bore his venomous glare into Sakura. He was shaking with built up rage. The enemy then darted away as Sakura stood there in shock. She quickly recollected herself and sprinted after him. Sakura saw Sasuke in the distance and yelled his name, "Sasuke!"

The Uchiha turned around, stumped as to why Sakura was running in another direction. Before he could ask what was wrong, Sakura's eyes suddenly widened and she faltered and fell to the ground. Sasuke ran toward her, leaning down to help her sit up.

"What's wrong?" He asked, supporting her back up.

"I... I don't know," Sakura responded, her breathing was ragged.

"When did you get that? How bad is it?" Sasuke asked while pointing to the wound on her shoulder, anger present in his deep voice, his eyes trained on the ninja who was still running away.

"His knife. It's not bad. It wasn't that deep," Sakura informed him, clenching her jaw because of the pain.

After hearing that she was in decent health, Sasuke went after the white haired ninja.

"Sakura! Sakura!" the medic heard as Naruto ran into view.

The image of Naruto got hazier as he ran closer. Sakura started feeling lightheaded before her body went limp and she slumped to the ground.

The last thing that she heard was Naruto calling for her boyfriend. She remembered him saying the words 'infection' and 'poison?' and 'spreading'. The last thing she saw was Naruto's worried face, joined by Sasuke's extremely concerned and hurt one. The last thing she felt were two strong arms picking her up. The last thing she smelled was the sweet and spicy smell of Sasuke's blue shirt, before the darkness claimed her.

*End Flashback*

"It's getting late, Sasuke. You should probably go home now," Sakura said meekly.

Sasuke looked outside and noticed that the sunset that he saw when he came in here was now gone. In it's place was a full moon, illuminating Konoha with it's natural glow. He didn't want to leave her, but he knew that she was right.

"Go to sleep, Sakura. I'll come over tomorrow morning to see if Tsunade will release you," he said as he leaned forward for a good bye kiss.

Sakura returned it and said her good bye. As Sasuke left the room, he turned the light off. The only light now was radiating off of the moon outside.

'Beautiful...,' the pink haired girl thought as she laid her head down, ready for sleep.

Before she had completely closed her eyes, she saw fierce, piercing red eyes outside her window, looking directly at her. But she couldn't fight back the deep slumber that was pulling her into a world of darkness.

Welcome to my new story, also known as the sequel to Her Unforgettable Past, His Unforgettable Past! Also, if you are reading this because you read Her U.P., then thank you so much for staying with me throughout this experience.

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Thank you to chronicxxinsanity for helping me with the flashback scene :)