Brand new one-shot collection: Jukebox. Its called this because I tend to do song fics...like a lot. My goal is a good ten. Remember - these are ONESHOTS.

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Jukebox
Track 01: Don't forget - Demi Lovato

-

Did you forget?
That I was even alive,
Did you forget?
Everything we ever had,
No one left,
To forget,
About me...

-

It was an explosion.

One that I hadn't even seen coming - aimed to assassinate him. I can't even say his name now...its just too painful. He was the murderer of Orochimaru...

His own brother...

Multiple of innocents and convicts...

And he was a missing-nin at the age of thirteen.

An orphan at the age of seven.

And even though he lead a very dangerous life, I still kept loving him.

We met when I was about five years old, and by the time I was seven - he had me. Just like every other girl.

"Where is he?!"

"He's still there!"

"Sakura! Get him!"

"Hai!"

My fangirlish crush turned into a very passionate, but unhealthy love when we were assigned onto the same squad. Cell seven. Me, Naruto, and him.

"What's wrong with him?!"

"Head blow. Quick get me - "

"Please don't let him die."

"We won't. SHIZUNE!"

And then he left.

I only remember the very last thing he said to me. Arigatoo. Never in my life had I been so broken. It was made worse when Naruto left for two and a half years.

"C'mon Uchiha! Live!"
...beep...beep...beep
"He's coming back! He's coming back!"
...beep...beep...beep...beep

He came back two more years after Naruto returned, all of his ambitions fulfilled. And I was happy.

I was with him.

And you know what?

He wanted to be with me.

And for a year and a half - we were.

-

Ah, its so ironic how the hero never gets to be happy. So long as there are bad people in the world, people like Naruto, Kakashi-sensei, me, him, Tsunade-shishou - we will never be happy.

I see what he meant when he thanked me.

"Please wake up..." I whispered to him, very lowly.

His eyes twitched and I squeezed his hands with gentle pressure, my other hand held the engagement ring that he had given me. "...come back to me."

Very slowly, I could see his dark eyes. They were filled with confusion. His mouth formed into a tight line as he watched tears form in my eyes and fall down my cheeks.

And then he said one thing that shattered me completely.

"Who are you?"

-

It was been 1 year, 3 months, 2 weeks, 5 days, 7 hours, 32 minutes, and 14 seconds ever since we saved him. And he still doesn't remember. He was retired as a shinobi.

He actually never knew that he was a shinobi.

Just a merchant that sold shuriken, kunai, and other ninja tools in the shop across the street from my apartment. With a girlfriend.

One who just so happened to pick on me when I was a child.

"Sakura-chan! Let's go visit teme!" Naruto banged on my door. I sighed, placed my zori on, and hopped out the window, telling Naruto that I was already down.

It was a neat little shop.

Nothing out of the ordinary.

He stood behind the counter, a small smile gracing his thin lips.

(If he was smiling, then he must've forgotten everything.)

"Hello, my name is Uchiha Sasuke - " Wince. " - how may I help you?"

Naruto giggled and danced around me whispering. "Teme's being nice! Heehee. He's being nice!"

"...?" he gazed into my eyes; I could see some familiarity gleaming. The lump in my throat wouldn't go away. "I...I gotta go!" I gasp out before spinning on my heels and dashing out the d - .

"What are you doing here?!"

I didn't look her in the eye.

Ami.

"I'm leaving. You won't catch many customers with that attitude." I add before sprinting out into the street. I couldn't breathe, couldn't think.

My heart thumped rapidly as the traffic progressed in the street.

A few kids ran past me and knocked over a barrel...

...I watched as the barrel hit a melon stand, multiple melons rolled out of the stand, tripping someone who was attempting to haul a heavy crate up on a pulley - which just so happened to be right over me, 100 feet up.

He let go of the rope and collided with the ground, leaving the crate in midair..for about two seconds.

"SAKURA-CHAN WATCH OUT!" I heard Naruto shriek.

It was too much, so the only thing I could do was close my eyes and hold my hand where my last possession from him remained.

Crash!

"Are you okay?" a sickeningly familiar voice asked me.

"Sasuke-kun! Why'd you do -"

"If you finish that sentence, I'll kage bunshin your - "

"NO YOU WON'T!"

"Wanna b - "

"Will you two shut up!?!" he snapped at them, turning away from me for just a second. I realized that we were both on the ground. His arms were wrapped around me tightly and I could immediately see our old moments together.

"Sakura-chan?" Naruto ran to me, he looked actually scared. "Are you alright?"

"Yeah." I croaked out, scrambling out of his old on me. My ring glittered in the sun, catching his attention. Almost as if it were a reflex, I hid my arm behind my back, twisting my fingers together.

"Are you sure?" he warily asked. Naruto just winked at me and mouthed 'go for it!'.

"Yes, I'm sure." I verified, standing up and dusting my clothes off. He stood up as well, staring intensely at my precious ring that my own Sasuke-kun had given.

"Where did you get that?" he whispered to me, haunted. I bit my lip and turned from him. "Answer me." he told me.

No one could hear us, because they were bickering again in the background.

"Where did you get that?" he asked again.

"My...fiancé." I said, staring at him again. "Before he was caught in an accident." his eyes widened and his mouth dropped open. No sound escaped his lips.

And then I left.

-

Night.

"Hm..." I hummed as I sat down on the bench.

I was feeling nostalgic after the accident eariler today, so I came here. So many memories of him having memories.

I didn't even realize the tears sliding down my cheeks.

"Sakura."

No.

I won't even listen -

"Sakura."

- to that voice.

Why am I punished for my actions?! Falling in love, being happy...it's not fair! I wonder if a kunai to my throat would kill me fast enough -

Oh!

Arms wrapped around me tightly.

"Aishiteru." the voice whispered.

I spun around . . .

. . . and saw nothing.

I was - I am alone.

-

Maybe I should turn into a nun.

. . . no, its already too late to be one. He made sure of that.

As I sit in my old treehouse and watch the two hold hands and walk into their little shop, I notice that look on his face.

The one where he's not content.

Does he realize?

"I love you Sasuke-kun!" Ami told him, embracing him tightly. My heart constricted painfully as he responded to her hug murmuring that he loved her too.

Why can't I just die?

"Sakura-chan!"

Naruto's urgent scream pierced through me so suddenly, I couldn't move. Instead I turn around, to meet a floating explosive tag.

From the corner of my eye, I can see his frightened expression, Naruto's pained expression - he already lost one friend, his very best.

I see the black cloaks dance around Naruto - laughing in his now tear-stained face.

"You will never be able to save her."

"But I can." he said, his eyes glowing red; like a sudden possession of my Sasuke-kun.

. . .

. . . its too late.

-

Our love is like a song,
You can't forget it ...

Now I know how he felt.

Those explosions really do knock your head off.

Oh, how I wish that blow did kill me.

But it didn't.

"What if she doesn't wake up, Teme?" I heard Naruto ask very loudly.

"Shut your mouth dobe, we're in a hospital." he barked impatiently.

The two sat in silence, something gripping my hand gently, stroking it gently. Naruto spoke again.

"Hey Teme?"

"Hn."

"Welcome back."

"Aa."

The nostalgia numbed the pain searing through me, I fought to keep my face even.

It was then that realization clicked in my dim mind.

'Welcome back.'

'Shut your mouth dobe, we're in a hospital.'

Was he holding my hand?!

Dare I open my eyes . . .

. . . I did.

The light in the room nearly blinded me, or so it felt. I squinted as I tried to look around me.

When my vision came back, I realized that I was in the hospital.

"Sakura-chan!" Naruto gasped dramatically.

"Dobe." he growled.

Very slowly, very cautiously I sat up; my head spun even with the slow movement. I groaned in annoyance.

"Ow. . ." I muttered, rubbing my head with my free hand.

"SAKURA-CHAN!" a yellow blur flattened me, I had the air knocked out of me, causing the person next to me to hiss in annoyance. Naruto chuckled and let me go. "No more frowns, okay?" he whispered to me before jogging out of the room.

Onyx.

It amazed me that I could still get lost staring at him.

"Sakura." he articulated my name clearly.

My heart hammered against my chest now; it didn't make it any better now that he was reaching for my face.

He took my face tightly between his hands and pulled me close - placing his lips on my trembling ones. As I remembered, his lips were warm - addicting.

I guess that's why I kissed him back.

I heard Naruto chuckle and leave us - I even heard the faint 'Hina-chaaaaan!' in the hall. But I passion and love from Sasuke-kun's kiss left me so focused on him. Only him.

"I haven't forgotten about us."

-

You've forgotten...
...about...
us.

Don't forget.

-

"I know you haven't. I love you Sasuke-kun."

"I...love you too."


SAPPY LOVE FIC NUMBAHHH WANNNN ;DDDDD

Hardee-har-har.

Took me a while to complete this - we're talking about a good three months! LOL. Um, I hoped you liked it.

I'll make sure my other oneshots to this are more...comical.

Yeahhhh (: So for now, feel free to review.