I woke up in a white room, on a bed with white sheets and I was wearing a white robe. I had no idea where exactly I was; no one was around, it was quiet. I knew it as early morning, maybe dawn. The sun was just peaking over the horizon, shades of burnt orange and fire red filled the empty, colorless room. The sound of birds singing filled my eardrums and the smell of fresh air brushed past my nose.
I started to wonder where I was, how I got there and most importantly; who I was.
I got off the bed, the floor was cold under my bare feet, and I walked to a mirror that was leaning against a wall, a full body mirror. Long blonde hair, bright blue eyes, pale skin, and long legs, skinny, I looked normal but something was off; I didn't remember myself. I touched my face and ran my fingers through my hair with my other hands, it was silky soft and my face was smooth, I must have taken really good care of myself, maybe not with my weight, I was almost too skinny. I hitched up my white robe and underneath it was scars on the upper part of my thighs. My fingers tips ran over them, that was when someone walked in and almost screamed.
A girl, who maybe was about my age stood there, jaw dropped, shocked and speechless. She had shot pink hair with emerald eyes, she wore a nurse's outfit, white like my robe. I now figured that I was in a hospital but the room was nothing like a regular hospital room.
The girl's eyes started to water and she ran towards me, hugging my tightly.
"I can't believe you're awake!" She cried between her sobs.
I didn't move, I didn't talk. I had no idea who this girl even was, but she seemed to know me.
Then some other lady walked in and her reaction was the same as the pink haired one. She had blonde hair that was tied into two low ponytails, light brown eyes, and an extremely large bust. She seemed to be in her mid or early 30s.
"Lady Tsunade, it's a miracle! She woke up!" The pink haired girl squealed happily, hugging me tightly again.
"Sakura, don't smother her. She must still be very weak." Sakura let go of me very quickly and then walked me back to the bed. Tsunade or Lady Tsunade how the Sakura girl called her, walked towards me; she seemed very intimidating.
"How are you feeling?" Tsunade asked me while she was checking my chart. "Cat got your tongue?"
"Who are you?" When I asked her, she eyed me carefully.
"Hmm?"
I asked who she was again and she started at me, wide eyed and then turned to the Sakura; whose expression was even worse.
"Lady," She started to speak but was cut off by Tsunade's hand.
"You don't remember us?"
"I don't know who I am." Sakura gasped. She looked to Tsunade, worried.
"Which means, you don't even know where you are?" I nodded my head. Tsunade let out a deep sigh and then pinched the bridge on her nose.
"What are we gonna do?" Sakura asked in a loud whisper. "We can't tell her what happened, can we?"
Tsunade shook her head; "No, we can but it would be best if we didn't Sakura."
I felt like if they had forgotten I was sitting right in front of them. They went on thinking I wasn't listening.
"Do I take her home, no one is there anymore so I don't think it would help very much?"
"No, if he found out she's a wake now, don't you think he'll come try and find her? And her home would be the second place he would look, the first being here." Tsunade paused. "Taking her to your place would be another place he would look."
"Excuse me, but can you two please give me some information as to who I am and why I'm here?" I was getting irritated with their chatter. I was right there! I could hear every word.
"I'm sorry," Tsunade started. "We can't tell you why you're here, not right now anyways; but we can tell you other things."
"You're name is Ino Yamanaka," Sakura took over. "You were in a coma for almost a year, it would have been a year next month." I didn't know how to react to that. I was in a coma and they couldn't tell me what for, not yet anyways!? "You are 18, and you've been living alone since you were 16. You're parents, passed away in a car accident." But they could tell me that? "I am Sakura Haruno, I or was your best friend." Was? "This is Tsunade, her and I both work here. She's the best doctor around and I am her apprentice."
"Ino, you have no memory. We need to start doing tests to figure out why you lost your memory, so if you don't mind, would you please stand up and let Sakura help you onto a wheelchair?"
A few hours later I was pretty much dragged back to the hospital room. Sakura stayed by my side for most of the night, it was nice having some company. She said that Tsunade is such a great Doctor they don't stay at one hospital for too long, she's always needed elsewhere, and since she's her apprentice she also needs to tag along.
"This is our hometown, I haven't seen this place in a really long time, after I left we slowly stopped talking and soon after that we didn't talk at all. When Tsunade said that we needed to some back here, I was so excited because I was going to see my best friend again!" She sighed and then looked away. "But that was when you first got in your coma, I was heartbroken. I made sure when I felt that the nurses took really good care of you until I got back. We were only here for almost a week, we were getting ready to leave by the end of the week, which is tomorrow and I was just praying for you to wake up so we had a reason to stay longer, now look! You're a wake, I'm so happy now." She hugged my while she started crying but this time I hugged back. "This is just great, tomorrow you might get out and we're gonna do so much together. Like go to the spa because you look like you need it and then we're gonna go get a big buffet because again you look like you really need it, you're way to skinny."
"I really would like all of that Sakura, thank you." I smiled and she smiled even bigger.
"I can't wait to tell everyone that you're a wake now!" She glanced at the clock on the wall and her face lit up even more. "Wait, they might even come over and see for themselves!"
Soon enough someone other than a nurse walked in, two people actually. They both had the same reaction as Sakura.
"INO!" They both screamed.
A boy with spiky blonde hair and blue eyes and a girl with pale skin, light lavender eyes and long dark hair. The girl was crying and the boy had a really big grin on his face as they both hugged me.
I talked to them for almost an hour before they had to leave. Their names were Naruto Uzumaki and Hinata Hyuga, they've been my friends for just as long as Sakura has and they've been going out since Hinata finally confessed her feelings for Naruto.
Sakura left a little bit after them, Tsunade had called her. That must be great, working under one of the greatest doctors around. But it seem like to much of a hassle, having to be moving around a lot.
I sighed to myself and rested my head back on the pillow. Even after hearing all that information about me and my friends, nothing came back to me. Sakura said memory loss is a very difficult thing to work with. Because no one really knows how long you're gonna be without it. It could be a few hours, days, weeks, months, years and maybe even forever. It kind of scares me, the thought of not being able to remember anything from my past for as long as I live.
