The character do not belong to me, I'm just borrowing them a while to put words in their mouths.
The young girl woke up slowly, the sun shining in her face. She weakly raised an arm to shield he eyes from the harsh light. She made a low uncomfortable sound, she seemed to have numerous aches but her head was the worst and the sun hurt her eyes. She looked around for a clock trying to figure out what time it was. She finally found it on the side table. It was just after eight. She wasn't sure what, but she had the feeling she should be up to do something, she just couldn't remember what. Then her eyes widened and she gasped, her arm dropped to her side and she sat straight up in shock. She couldn't remember who she was, nothing. Not her name, where she was, the date… it was all gone. Somewhere inside her she heard a voice telling her sharply to calm down. She took a deep breath and then the door opened. A gorgeous tall, well endowed, blonde woman entered.
"Ah, Sakura, you're finally awake, you had us worried," she said walking over and checking her vitals.
"S…Sakura? Is… is that my name?" the young girl asked hesitantly.
The blonde woman stopped what she was doing and looked Sakura straight in the eye, checking her critically. "Sakura, what do you remember?" she asked in an even tone that gave nothing away.
Sakura stopped and thought for a moment, scrounging her brain for anything, any memory at all. She took a shuddering breath and swallowed, "I… I can't remember anything," she said, her panic rising in her voice and she seemed close to tears.
Tsunade put her hand on Sakura's. "Sakura, calm down, it will be alright. You did get a hit on the head. I'm sure that's all it is. Now let me take a look and then we'll let your parents and some of your friends visit with you. With amnesia the only cure is time; don't try to force it. That will only make it worse." Tsunade examined Sakura and then sat down. "Now, I'm going to give you a little information before I let the others in. Your name is Haruno Sakura, you're fifteen. My name is Tsunade, I am the Hokage of Konoha which is your village. You're training under me to become a medical nin. You were in a fight with other ninjas and from what I've been told were slammed against a tree and knocked unconscious. That is probably what caused the amnesia. Now, the best way to help cure amnesia is to find familiar things. Basically just live your life and your memory will come back on their own, in their own good time. There's no telling how short or long that time will be, the only thing you can do is wait and keep moving forward. Once you're feeling better we'll do some tests to see what you remember and what you don't and we'll go from there, for now, just relax and visit with your friends." Tsunade instructed. "I'll let them in after you've eaten," she said as a nurse brought a breakfast tray in.
Tsunade left and Sakura was left alone with her thoughts.
Sakura ate slowly and mechanically her thoughts on everything else. 'Haruno Sakura,' she kept repeating to herself over and over trying to find a spark, to find something familiar, but it didn't seem to mean anything to her, she couldn't remember anyone saying her name, calling her, happy, angry nothing. She shoved the food away and went to the washroom. Since she didn't seem to have any trouble standing she decided to take a quick shower. Afterwards she felt refreshed if not any less trouble and she pulled on some fresh pajamas climbing back into bed just as her parents came in.
Her mother hugged her around her neck, "Oh Sakura, don't you recognize us, it's Mother and Father?" asked crying just a little. Her father didn't say anything, but you could see the pain in his eyes that his little girl didn't know them.
Finally it was too much for them and they left promising to come back tomorrow her father leading her mother away who was still crying. And finally her friends came in.
Naruto came barreling in first dragging Hinata behind him. He'd met her on his way to visit Sakura and had taken her along for the ride. "Hey Sakura!" he said skidding to a stop by her bed, "For sure you remember me, I'm your teammate Naruto, I'm going to be the next Hokage! The greatest Hokage ever! Believe it!" he exclaimed flashing her his foxy grin.
Sakura couldn't help but laugh. He had enough energy for ten people. She shook her head still smiling though, "Sorry… Naruto, I don't remember anything," she looked to Hinata who's hand Naruto still had in his grasp. "Is she your girlfriend?" she asked.
Hinata who was already blushing because Naruto was holding her hand turned bright red and immediately passed out.
"Hinata!" Naruto exclaimed catching her and then swinging her up into his arms, holding her as though she weighed nothing. "She always faints," he said shaking his head, mystified, and completely distracted from Sakura's question.
"I'll call a nurse," Sakura said, concerned and pressed her call button. A nurse came in a moment later and tsking led Naruto out so they could check her out, though apparently this wasn't the first time this had happened.
The rest of her friends came to visit all day. It was like a parade in and out of Sakura's room. Everyone had heard what had happened and they all came most with flowers. By the late after noon Sakura was exhausted and finally alone again as she closed her eyes to take a nap. She heard the door quietly open and a low voice whispered, "Sakura…"
And that's where I'm going to leave you. (Insert evil laugh here.) Review if you like it, constructive criticism is always welcome, oh, and if you find any typos let me know so I can fix them.
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