II – New Life

"Ugh... What happened?... Where am I?" I slowly opened my eyes, the first thing I saw was an off-white ceiling. I thought I was in a hospital until I felt moving below me as if I was in a car. I heard voices around me and my body felt too heavy to move.

"Sayako, can you hear me? Blink twice for yes." It was Itachi but he sounded muffled. I blinked twice to answer him. "Do you remember what happened? Blink once for yes, twice for no, three times if you remember some of it." I tried to turn my head slowly to look at the older Uchiha. His dark slightly ripped jeans was covered in mud, and I was able to see blood on his arms and his grey t-shirt. I realized then that I was in an ambulance, being taken to the hospital. I blinked three times to answer. "Don't worry, Sayako. You're safe now."

I slipped out of consciousness after Itachi stopped talking and woke up in a hospital room. I heard the loud beeping from the heart monitor and a faint voice that sounded like a news report on a television. "Sasuke, she's waking up." I heard someone say. At the moment eveything I saw was a blurr and everything I heard was muffled. After about five seconds my vision cleared and the noises were no longer muffled. A head popped into my view, familiar black hair and onyx eyes staring down at me with worry. I blinked a few times, trying to get my memory cleared up to remember names and such.

"Sasuke..?" I whispered, my voice was barely able to go any louder than that. The teen gave a small smile and took a hold of my hand, squeezing it gently.

"Saya, thank god you're all right. You have no idea how worried I was. First I hear someone's after you and then I get a call from Itachi moments after we hang up just to hear you were badly injured. Luckily, the gun missed your heart. How are you feeling?" Sasuke rambled, coming to a stop with a question.

"Honestly, I feel like shit." I told him, giving him the best smile I could manage. Sasuke's smile faded almost instantly, regret showing on his face.

"I should've went with you when you offered. Maybe the events that took place would've never happened. I might've been able to keep you from being stuck here." He muttered. I took my hand out of his loose grip, mustering up all the strength I could gather, and smacked him across the face. He had a surprised look on his face when his head involuntarily turned toward the tv.

"Don't say that. I wouldn't want you getting hurt." I said in a harsh tone. Sasuke smiled as he looked at me, as if saying that he should have seen that coming.

"Now that you're awake, I'm going to go get something to eat. Anyone want anything?" I turned my head to see Sasuke's brother, who has bee quiet up until now, stand up from his spot on the chair to my left and head towards the exit. The older man only pausing to get responses from his brother and I. I shook my head in response.

"Just water, please." Sasuke requested, looking at his older brother. Itachi nodded his head once before walking out of the room. We both were silent for what felt like forever, leaving me to think of what's going to happen now and what happened to my other friends that I was with that night. "What are you thinking about?" Coming back to reality, I look over at Sasuke who was looking at me with the same look he's always given me when I was deep in thought.

"I'm wondering what happened to the others, and what I'm going to do now." I replied, my voice barely audible. I was surprised that the youngest Uchiha was even able to hear me. He nodded his head in contemplation, a serious expression covering what any emotion he could have had on his face.

"Itachi and I have been watching the news for a few days now, waiting to hear if they found anyone else. They found two girls near the river, dead." Sasuke said, hesitating on saying the last part. My eyes widen in shock, not just because of him saying two companions she went with on the trip were dead but also because of him saying the word days.

"How long have I been out?" I asked, unable to hide the surprise in my voice. Sasuke looks at her, having forgotten that she had just woke up and probably thought it hasn't been more than a day until he spoke.

"You've been unconscious for two days, we were really getting worried that the doctors were wrong when they said the wounds weren't as bad as they seemed." My friend replied. "Oh, we've arranged for you to be moving in with me and Itachi once you're discharged from the hospital. You'll be attending Konoha High instead of Suna High." I heard every word he said, but my mind was too slow to really process the information. "Saya, are you all right?" I nodded my head as a response, unable to really voice out my reply at the moment. "You should get some rest. I'll be back tomorrow after school." I watched him stand up from his spot and lean closer to me, giving me a light kiss on the forehead before giving me a gentle smile that he rarely showed, even to me. "See you tomorrow." He muttered before disappearing from my sight.

I sighed as I closed my eyes, trying to let my mind process every single detail that was given to me. After a while of thinking I must've drifted off to sleep since all of my thoughts faded into nothing and nothing but darkness surrounded me.

A/N: Again, short chapter. It's gonna get longer soon, I swear! Just, need to think more creatively.

Me: I hate hospitals..

Sasuke: Then why'd you start this out at one?

Me: I didn't, it started out in a forest. I thought Uchiha's were supposed to be smart?

Itachi: You obviously don't know my little brother, then..

Sasuke: Grr... Shut up Itachi!

Me: Uhm O.o Let's not fight? Anyway, next chapter-

Sasuke: …. Next chapter is about Sayako's past. Beware of the horrible pain she went through..

Me: Sasuke, that's my line! Except for the sentence you decided to add in, I don't think it's that horrible. . Anyway, Next chapter, Neverending Nightmare.