Summary: Haruno Sakura was not only blind but lost her memories from 6 years ago. When Uchiha Sasuke returned from his trip; he had been very difficult towards her and she might made him hate her instead. But when he offered her a place to stay, it turned out that her past with him might not be what she expected to be.

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Leading The Blind

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01 Chapter One

Namikaze Naruto was not sure if bringing her along was such a great idea. It was not as if he wanted to keep a secret from her but considering her current state, he was slightly hesitant about having her. He had woken up extra early today and put on his usual orange ninja gear because he knew he would face him today (or tomorrow or even the day after). Afterall, he way ready and had been looking forward for this day.

Six years; he left Konoha with his older brother and he had never sent any news to Konoha—to him to be precise. He wondered how his training went with his brother seemingly, he was undergoing training with one of the greatest shinobi Konoha ever had. Although it sounded intimidating, Naruto's body could only shake with excitement knowing that they would finally able to have their duel.

The sun was already above the horizon when he arrived at the Yamanaka's house. He had not told her yet but of course, he planned to tell her today. He was tempted to tell her before but his gut feeling told him either letting her know or not, it was still a bad idea.

The front door opened, revealing Haruno Sakura in her white summer dress with Yamanaka Ino standing a few metres behind her. He took note that Ino had been woke up by his loud knocking and Sakura was already up at this hour. Nevertheless, he grinned at Sakura who already raised an eyebrow at him.

"Why are you here so early, Naruto?" She asked, opening the door even wider to let him enter but he did not proceed.

"You can come back to pick up Sakura a bit later. It's still too early!" Ino yawned. She was rather surprised to see Naruto especially this early in the morning.

Ignoring both his female friends, Naruto quickly pulled Sakura by her elbow before Ino shut the door. He smiled playfully at Ino and yelled her at a distance, "I'll bring her back later!" They left a very angry Ino at the entrance.

"Naruto, where are we going?" Sakura asked, wincing as his grip began to feel tighter around her elbow. They were practically running at high speed as she felt the air pressure against her whole body.

"Naruto! I can walk perfectly fine without you dragging me around!" She complained more, already on the edge of getting mad at Naruto.

He glanced back at her for only a second thinking it would have been quicker if he carried her to their destination point but knowing it was Sakura, she never liked the idea of depending on anyone. The thought of her, as a girl, being carried by a man, even if it was Naruto, it was inappropriate. Plus, she did not want to look helpless regardless of her situation. Therefore, Naruto respected her decision and so the topic was not mentioned. Soon after, Sakura had stopped complaining and struggling altogether. Naruto hoped she was not too angry with him.

He saw Nara Shikamaru on the way, wearing his daily outfit. He had his hands inside his pocket and just exited from a nearby store. Naruto raised his free hand in acknowledgement to him. The Nara guy might know what they were up too but couldn't care less to join them. After all, everything they did was too troublesome to him.

XOXO

Sakura's feet were already killing her. It was a mistake to wear her heels today. She should have worn her flat shoes or perhaps her sandals. When was Naruto finally going to stop dragging her and walked at a much slower pace? There was no use complaining to him due to the fact he was ignoring her since earlier. She rather kept quiet and waited for him to stop than waste her breath into talking with him.

She was about to bump into Naruto's back but he caught her by the shoulders before doing so. They had stopped somewhere judging by the sound of the place. She knew the environment was serene and peaceful. The air smelled different from the centre of the village though it was always filled with good smelling food or flowers or just something pleasant.

Sakura straightened her clothes, dusting debris from it if any. She turned to wherever Naruto was, "Where are we?" She just had to ask. She felt insecure not knowing where she was. The area was almost too quiet for her but she knew they were still inside the village.

"At the main entrance", she heard him said shortly as he walked a few steps away from her.

"OK", she nodded and glanced around trying to get used to her surroundings. "Is there a bench around? I need to sit."

She already expected Naruto's hand in her left hand as he guided her to a bench nearby with a shallow tree above it. It wasn't just any shallow tree; pink, smelled of cherry blossoms—a tree with the same name as hers—she knew it by heart.

She felt for the hard wood with her hands before sitting down as perspiration dripped by the side of her face. She wiped it away with the back of her hand. She felt the intimidated heat snaking through her dress. It was a good thing that she wore a dress instead her usual red shirt and short grey skirt which maybe would made the sweating worse. The weather had been changing drastically as summer arrived. Not that she hated summer but the heat was unbearable for her.

She found it unusual to see Naruto waking up really early today unless it was an important mission or he had to do some errands for his father. And dragging her into this without telling her beforehand, it wasn't like him at all to be so excited. She then sensed someone approaching her. Her body went rigid not knowing who it was. She readied herself to put some distances in between but hearing his voice, she relaxed.

"Relax Sakura. It's me." His voice was all cheery and slightly high-pitched (not like a girl though if she had to add).

Hatake Kakashi smiled down at her and took the empty space next to her. He then pulled out a book from one of his pockets and began reading. She already predicted though on what he was doing; he was reading his porn book again. What was so good in reading that book? Maybe she should ask Jiraiya later on about it if he was in Konoha.

"Kakashi-sensei, what are you doing here. I thought you had the day off today", Sakura turned to look at him. She shifted uncomfortably because she was sweating a lot. The heat was insane and she felt a cold Popsicle would do the job to cool her down.

Kakashi merely chuckled, "I don't suppose Naruto had tell you yet."

Sakura shook her head and was sure that her sensei was smirking under that mask of his. Her mind was thinking about the heat not wanting to know the purpose of her being there anymore—she lost interest. How did he ever survive wearing a mask over his face when the temperature was really high maybe over boiling point?

Kakashi's eyes were glued into the book he was reading at the moment leaving Sakura to sigh and fan herself with her hands hoping it would cool her down. She heard Naruto walked over and stood infront of them, not affected by the sun at all.

"I wish you were this early every session, Kakashi-sensei," Naruto groaned, putting a hand over his head to shade his eyes from the brutal sun.

"One of my students is coming back," Kakashi smiled, glancing over his book.

Sakura intended to listen to their conversation, not wanting to interrupt them but when she heard Naruto mentioned something, "Teme must be happy training under his brother. Why did it take him 6 years to train?"

Teme? She thought aloud. That word seemed awfully familiar to her but she could not put herself to where she had heard of it before. She knew it must be from Naruto because he did mention this 'Teme' before when he was filling her in about their past. She had a thoughtful look on her face in which Kakashi seemed to notice that.

"It was for a good cause that sensei asked Itachi to bring him along", Kakashi commented clearly giving her an obvious clue.

Sakura's eyes widened, standing already on two, "Y-you don't mean—"

"Naruto."

Naruto turned his head to where the voice came from. He already knew it was him. Two figures were by the main entrance; one slightly shorter than the other. The Uchiha brothers had finally arrived safely in Konoha. They looked different from when they left. There was something different about them especially the younger brother. He looked so much stronger. Naruto could feel his strength even from where he stood (about 15 metres away from them to be exact).

He rushed towards the brothers and pulled the younger one in his arm giving him a friendly hug. Kakashi had followed suit, putting his book away. He patted Uchiha Itachi by the shoulder and smiled in satisfaction at their safe arrival.

"Teme, you look different!" Naruto grinned from ear to ear. Has it really been six years since the last time they had met?

Uchiha Sasuke looked taller standing beside Naruto even if the difference was an inch. His dark ebony hair was longer until it reached just above his shoulder. His skin was tanned due to too much sun exposure. His eyes were still dark coloured as ever. He wasn't wearing his ninja gear from the day before he left anymore. Now, he entirely had a new look; a sleeveless indigo colour jacket that had a zip along the middle and a three-quarter black pants, his left leg wrapped with white bandages while his forehead protector rested on his forehead as always.

Sasuke only smirked at his comment, "Bet I'm stronger than you, dobe."

"Let's have a duel right here then!" Naruto beamed already taking his position. He could not wait to start anytime soon but Kakashi abruptly interrupted them so as to stop Naruto any further.

"Hold it, Naruto. You'll have your duel once they settled in. They just arrived anyway. Let them have a day rest," advised Kakashi, receiving a nod from Itachi.

"Sasuke-kun?" Naruto and the others turned their heads around to the pink haired girl they seemed to have forgotten or noticed. Everyone especially Naruto was startled by her voice. How could Naruto completely forgotten about her? He was after all the one who brought her here.

"Sakura-chan", Naruto smiled sheepishly. He was about to approach her but she was already on the move, walking toward them. Something inside told him, it wasn't such a good idea after all.

"Is Sasuke-kun really back, Naruto?" Sakura asked in a small voice. She took another step and stopped infront of the two brothers. It amazed Naruto and Kakashi how she knew where they were.

She did not wait another second as she took hold of what was infront of her. To their surprised, Sakura had embraced the wrong guy. Itachi too shocked to speak whereas Naruto's jaw dropped. Sasuke looked surprised as well and Kakashi tried not to laugh.

"Sakura-chan, you hugged the wrong guy," Naruto said as a-matter-of-factly. She released her arms immediately and blushed madly by her actions. She was making a fool out of herself infront of them.

"Sakura," his voice deep and she turned to where it came from. Sasuke leaned forward leaving a few good centimetres between them. She could feel his warm breath tickling on her face and her blood rushed onto her cheeks.

He waved his hand infront of her face when he heard a sharp call from Kakashi, "Sasuke!"

Sasuke abruptly dropped his hand to his side.

Sakura only shook her head already knowing what he had done. She was already prepared for something like this to happen to her whenever she met someone. She braced herself and took one of Sasuke's hands, waving it across her face again.

Kakashi had on a stern look. Naruto looked away.

"I think you know it already but as you can see, I'm blind", she flashed an-all-too painful smile.

XOXO

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Note: First of all, I would like to apologize for leaving this story for quite sometime now (2011 until now !?) As you might have noticed, I've decided to change the plot just because I really forgot how I actually wanted the story to be. Secondly, thank you so much to the wonderful readers/reviewers who posted their comments and even favourite and follow this story. It means a lot to me that there are still people out there who still want to read this story. I did at one point give up but reading your comments, it made me really happy that stopping was not an option. So thank you everyone out there! :)