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It seemed only minutes after Sakura had fallen asleep before Ino woke her up saying that Shikamaru had come by only a few moments ago to ask if they could talk. Sakura had nodded in understanding and bid her farewell before she left. Now she looked around at the mess fully taking it in now that it was light out. She sighed sitting with her legs crossed on top of her black bed sheets. She ran a hand slowly through her pink locks forming a plan of action in her mind.

She figured it'd be best to clean up the chaos now instead of later. She slide off the bed standing up putting lids on the correct boxes and putting them in the trash. She clipped chip bags shut, put her movies back, recycled the soda cans, and vacuumed. Once she had cleaned up for the most part she looked around satisfied. A picture on her nightstand caught her eye. It was face down, but she knew exactly what was on the photograph.

She stood there for a second then turned to her dresser grabbing some loose black jeans, her normal color red tank top, and a plaid red, white, and black, long sleeved shirt. Sakura pressed her hand against the side wall by her door and forced chakra through the walls making a perimeter. She made her way to the bathroom and undressed turning on the water. She waited for it to warm up enough and got in letting the water run over her. The warmth relaxed her muscles and she put her face under the water closing her eyes.

Her dream quickly flashed across her mind and she snapped her eyes open checking the house for anyone. She scanned finding no one and slowly relaxed trying to calm down. She had to keep tellign herself it was just a dream, but those crimson eyes kept starring back at her in her mind. She shivered from the intensity in which they had starred at her.

Sakura sighed turning off the water she stood there watching the last of it swirl down the drain with her hand against the wall. Those eyes, the more she thought about them the more they didn't seem as familiar as she thought. She shook her head trying to rid herself of the images and stepped out grabbing a pink towel and wrapping it around her body. She wrung out her hair and wiped the steam off the mirror. She looked at her reflection and sighed at the bags under her eyes.

She got dressed and pulled on her shoes sitting on the floor. She looked around her apartment feeling eyes on her back.

"I really am becoming paranoid," she muttered standing up. She walked out her door locking it behind her. She walked out down the two flights of stairs to one of the main streets of Konoha. People bustled pasted her. Some being off duty ninjas like herself, or ones returning from missions, but there were also civilians. She started walking her hands in her pocket as she did so. She watched the people around her. There were families with small children, teenagers hanging out, and...couples. She looked away from a couple looking in a jewelry store picking out a engagement ring that even though they knew they couldn't afford it was still making them all lovey dovey. She hadn't realised but the corner of her mouth had turned down slightly and her eyes became ever so colder.

Sakura walked through the streets thinking about everything that had happened the last couple of years. She kicked the dirt remembering how much of a fangirl she use to be. It sickened her to no end when she realised she had declared her love for a murderous bastard that left her on a cold stone bench in the middle of the night after doing so. She sighed knowing that no matter what there was always going to be a small part of her that loved Uchiha, Sasuke. No matter how much she had tried to bury that part of herself she knew it was going to stay until he came back and then maybe only then could she move on completely. She scoffed to herself when the thought of Sasuke coming back crossed her mind. The only way he would ever return would be in a body bag.

She walked to the hospital to check on things even though it was her day off. When she walked through the automatic glass doors she saw nurses and doctors were running around shouting at each other as they all were coming out of one room. Sakura looked around trying to figure out what was going on and why she hadn't been informed. Everyone was telling her the same thing. She saw a nurse that she was closer with and grabbed the upper part of her arm quickly.

"Mitsuki-san what's going on? Who's in there?" she asked the younger nurse pointing to the room.

"S-Sakura-sama I was told not to tell you...Gomen-nesai!" she said quickly running off to go get things. Sakura looked after her shocked that she just kept getting the same answer. Her intellectual mind raced trying to find answers. Even if it was Sakura's day off, if the patient was in this bad of condition they were suppose to call for her. And why wasn't Mitsuki suppose to tell her who it was? Her eyes widened in realisation. There were only two people she could assume were in that room. One being her very best friend. She ran quickly into the standard hospital room. Sakura pushing the nurses and doctors aside to get to the person on the bed.

She was greeted with blonde hair and an abnxious orange jacket in her sight. Her eyes quickly scanned over the uncousious form. Sakura's breath caught as she starred down at Uzamaki, Naruto. She searched the people healing him for someone hopefully.

"Shizune!" She called to the women, when her eyes landed on her. The dark haired medic snapped her head up towards the konorichi. "What's his condition?" Sakura asked frantically.

"Three broken ribs, a fractured leg and wrist, internal bleeding, and a collapsed lung," She listed off the injuries. Sakura's emerald eyes widened and she immediately gathered green, medical chakra in her hands and started pushing it in Naruto's body. Others doctors started backing off as she worked concentrating on his injuries. They had gotten him in pretty good condition so it didn't take much for Sakura to get him stable. She finished up his leg working up to his lung. One of his ribs and collapsed it, and usually that would mean surgery, however somehow the rib had moved out of his longer and only needed to reconnect with the other part. She sealed the lung creating new layers of tissue there. Once he was in stable condition, she stepped back her chakra disappearing and wiped the sweat off her forehead with the back of her hand.

She turned twards Shizune after the other doctors and nurses left.

"What happened?" she asked.

The older women sighed looking down at the white tilled floor, then meeting her eyes.

"Naruto was on an S-ranked solo mission. It... It involved Uchiha, Sasuke." she informed her. Sakura's fist clenched tightly and she ground her teeth together, glaring straight ahead into the hallway. She growled trying not to let her emotions get the better of her, but failing as anger spread through her body.

"Sasuke did this?" she asked and Shizune nodded hesitantly. "I swear that fucking bastard!" she seethed clenching her fist tighter.

"Sakura...there's...there's more," she said quietly not sure if she should inform the pink haired medic or not.

"More?" she asked astonished starring wide eyed. "What more can there possibly be? Don't tell me his mission was succes and now there is either a dead Uchiha or he's being held in captivty."

"No, and no. Naruto's mission was a failure, however we... we found out something. The team Sasuke had formed, Team Hebi, is close to here, which can only mean one thing." Shizune spoke in a business like manner.

"Uchiha, Itachi is near Konoha and the only reason for that is..." Sakura said turning to look at Naruto. " the person laying in that bed."

"Hai. We believe the Akatsuki are planning to try and capture Naruto again." Shizune finished. Sakura looked at Naruto worriedly then out the window into the trees that danced gently in the mid-afternoon breeze.