A/N: I love you all. Review? X)
Disclaimer: No, Sherlock. I don't own Naruto. - -'
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Love is a noble act of self-giving, offering trust, faith, and loyalty.
The more you love, the more you lose a part of yourself, yet you don't become less of who you are;
You end up being complete with the one who holds captive of your heart.
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Sakura got up tiredly from her bed, yawning, stretching. She changed quickly into a white shirt that was small, and pulled on her usual red top on top of it. She wore her black skirt, on top of the usual short leggings that she wore, that went just below her knees. She tied her hair up in a long pony-tail, as she made her way quickly to the kitchen.
She ate a small breakfast, toast or two, and a cup of tea. As she finished her breakfast, she dare not do the dishes, or she would be late. She glanced at the clock hurriedly, before rounding around the kitchen, taking a short-cut through the back porch. She grabbed her bag that she hung around her waist hurriedly, as she scrambled to get her sandal-heels on. She walked quickly out of the Uchiha District, walking hurriedly to the hospital.
She had glanced to others on the way, flashing them smiles and waving, and merely saying 'Ohayo.'
As she arrived at the hospital, she pushed through the glass doors, taking in the smell of the original UV, and the familiar and peculiar aroma of the hospital. She let out a breath.
"Good morning, Sakura-san." Greeted Shizune.
"O-ohayo.." Greeted Sakura back as she stiffled a yawn. She grabbed her clipboard and her white lab coat. She pressed floor 5 on the elevator, as she threw on her coat. As she heard the 'ting' of the elevator, she stepped out quickly, making a quick right as she headed towards the waiting room.
As she had expected, there was Tsunade. She greeted Tsunade as she panted, sitting herself down across from her on the love seat. She nodded.
"He's awake now. First thing will be breakfast." She handed Sakura another set of papers to add to her clipboard. Sakura quickly skimmed the paper, eyebrows furrowed as she studied it.
"Take me to him now." She said, standing.
Tsunade nodded. "As you wish."
They walked out the door, Tsunade leading to Sasuke's room.
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Sasuke woke up with the light pouring in the room. He rolled over, facing the other way. His room wasn't large, yet, it wasn't small either. It consisted of a bathroom, a couch and TV, a window that was on his side, a small counter and sink, and someone had brought in clothes that were stacked up on a table in between the couch and TV. Probably for me. He thought to himself.
He couldn't remember much what had happened. He didn't exactly know the reason how he got in this position. He had amnesia, he knew. So, he knew that all his memories were gone. Blank.Yet, sometimes, as he stared into people's eyes, something triggered in the back of his mind. He always shrugged these thoughts off, as they brought migraines to Sasuke.
Sasuke's gaze turned quickly to the door that was now opening. Two ladies walked in, one, thin and slender, face delicate walked in beside the other woman. Who he knew had the title of the Hokage's apprentice, and also is one of the top medic-nin. The woman beside her, the one with the blonde hair, her mentor, claimed the title of Hokage, also known as the top medic-nin.
"Sasuke," the hokage greeted. "I assume you remember Sakura -- Erm, from yesterday." She said. Sasuke nodded curtly.
Tsunade gently shoved Sakura forward, causing Sakura to flush. "She will be your personal medic, from now on. Don't worry, she'd match up to me anyday. Anyway, I'll be going now. Sakura, see you at lunch."
Sakura nodded her way, giving her a wave as she exited the room.
Sakura gently grabbed a chair, bringing it to Sasuke's bed side. She sat down, fumbling with the paper's nervously. "S-sasuke-k--" she broke off, "Sasuke," she then began. "This might be overwhelming, but in help to restore your memories, we will need to go through many procedures. Not any surgical, but mentally, and maybe physical." She said. Sasuke tried to tear his gaze away from her, but he couldn't. Those eyes held him captive.
He nodded. Sakura nodded in return. She beeped somewhere close to the door on a receiver, requesting for a breakfast, sent to Sasuke's room.
Sakura sat back down by Sasuke's side, taking a pencil out of her bag. "So, tell me. How's your head doing?" She asked, her eyes locked on him.
Sasuke stayed quiet for awhile. "Hn. It's fine. Head aches.. sometimes." He said. She nodded, jotting things down on her clipboard.
"Aa. Do you ever.. hear things? Or see things that just come out of nowhere in your mind?" She asked with eyebrows furrowed.
He nodded silently. "Tell me, how does it feel?" She asked.
".. I don't know. It feels like I know what's happening in my mind. It feels like I've seen what I'm seeing in my mind now. But.. I just can't lay a finger on it." He said as he gazed down to his bandaged hands confusedly.
Sakura nodded. "Aa, alright." Just then, a nurse, came walking in with a slight knock of the door, holding breakfast. Sakura thanked her, taking the tray from her.
"Are you hungry?" She asked Sasuke, who still looked down at his hands.
He nodded. She helped him sit up properly, as she put the food in front of him. "Well, you go and eat. I'll be back soon." He nodded. She walked out of the room, stealing a glance back at him. She sighed mentally.
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"Is he stubborn?" Tsunade asked her apprentice that sat across from her.
Sakura shook her head mutely. "No. He seems to cooperate.." She said as she ate her lunch silently. Tsunade nodded reluctantly.
"Aa, well it's best you get back." Sakura quickly glanced at the clock that hung on a wall, and nodded. "Arigato, Shishou." Tsunade nodded. "I'll see you later."
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Sakura walked into the room quietly, pulling a large bag along. She placed the bag down beside the chair that sat beside Sasuke's bed, sitting herself down also.
"Sasuke," she called out. "Can you turn around?"
He did so without a word.
"Did a nurse come and bring you lunch?"
He merely nodded.
Sakura noded in return, pulling out some large piece of thin paper. She held them face down in her lap. "Alright, I want to see how your memory is. I'll have Naruto come in soon. You remember him from yesterday, do you not?"
"I do."
"Alright, let's get this going." She pulled one picture up. She too, looked at it herself before showing it to him.
There, on the picture were 4 figures. One man in the back, older than the three that stood in front of him. 2 boys, and 1 girl. The girl was in the middle, smiling giddily, as the two boys beside her scowled in the picture. It was the picture of Team 7 in their genin days.
As Sakura flashed him the picture, he stared at it blankly, his eyes seemed to close, and stay closed for a bit, then open again, and close for awhile. He held the side of his head in one hand, as his eyebrows furrowed.
He snapped his eyes opened. "I.." He stammered. "I see it. I feel something. I just can't.. I.. know that I've seen that before. I feel it."
Sakura nodded. She pointed to the older man in the back."That's Kakashi. You've met him before." She then pointed to Naruto. "That's Naruto. You've met him also." Sasuke studied the picture carefully. Sakura pointed to herself. "That's me." She pointed to Sasuke. "And I'm guessing you know who this is." She said.
Sasuke raised a brow. "M-m..e?" He said, baffled. Sakura nodded.
"We were on the same genin team. Kakashi was our sensei." She said.
Sasuke nodded slowly. "Do you.. feel anything.. different?"
Sasuke closed his eyes shut, tightly. His body trembled once, then, he saw something. A replay.. without color.
Smile! The man with the camera said. Sasuke and Naruto pouted, as Sakura giddily smiled, pulling two hands under her chin. Kakashi's hands found their way to Sasuke's and Naruto's head, as Sasuke crossed his arms, scowling.
Sasuke hammered his eyes opened. "I.. remember. A bit." He said as his eyebrows still furrowed. Sakura nodded, placing the picture on the bottom of the pile.
She then faced another picture to him. It was the picture of the gates and a bit of the Uchiha District. Sasuke studied it, shaking his head as he opened his eyes. "No."
Sakura nodded, pulling more pictures up. There, on the picture was Sasuke sprawled on the floor, senbons dotting his body, as Sakura's limp figure sprawled on top of him. Sakura shrugged as she saw this picture.
"I don't know how they got a picture of this.." She said. Her eyes watered at the memory.
Sasuke closed his eyes. This time they stayed close for a short while. He opened them slowly. "I remember.. A little. Not much. Not much.." He said.
Sakura pulled up more pictures, he nodded rarely, the rest of hte pictures he shook his head. As they finished the remaining of the pictures, she glanced at the clock, and it showed that they had spent an hour on this.
Sakura sighed, playing with the end of her hair that was in a long pony tail.
"Alright. Questions.."
She took her clipboard in hand, and a pencil in the other. She began. "Do you.. see things often?" She asked.
He nodded. "Constantly?" She asked. He nodded once more. "Every time I see a person.. I.. Just see things. In my dreams, also."
Sakura nodded, writing things down. "What might you see when you see people? Example.. Naruto."
He closed his eyes, thinking of the blonde-haired man. "Loudness.. Bickering.." He said. "Exactly what do you see?" She asked as she wrote all this down.
"Naruto.. Younger? On a bridge.. Pointing.. my way? Screaming.. Teme." He opened his eyes. "That's all.. I could see. It just plays over and over if I think of him." Sakura nodded. "Aa."
"Your memory is pretty strong for amnesia." She added.
He looked at her, nodding slowly.
"Ahm.. What's the chance of getting my memory back?" He asked quietly. Sakura looked up from her paper.
She glanced at the paper once more, flipping through his records and files since he's had check-ups with Tsunade. She shook her head as nothing had gave her a clue.
"By the way you're remembering things.. I'm not sure if you're memories could be restored. Maybe.. 25 percent, you would be able to get your memory back. But, our hospital.. cares a lot. Especially to the ninjas who serve for our beloved Konoha. We will do all we can to help you." She said as she tried to hide the pain in her eyes by looking down at her clipboard.
She tapped the clipboard with her pencil, biting her lip to fight back emotion. So hard that she could almost taste the blood. She held the clipboard closer to her, once hand firmly around it.
Sasuke looked at her baffled. He looked at her hand. There, on her left hand.. The ring finger was a simple ring. It had 3 diamonds on it. In the middle, was a pink flower. A cherry blossom, he thought to himself. And beside them, were 2 circle diamonds.
He couldn't help himself. "What's that?" He asked abruptly.
Sakura's head jerked up. "O-oh.. This?" She asked sheepishly, wiping away unshed tears. She blinked them away. "O-oh.. from a friend." She said.
He nodded. "You're engaged?" He asked once more. "Sorry to pry.." He said sheepishly.
Sakura shook her head. "No! I'm not engaged." She lied. He nodded as he said "Aa."
Sakura took a glimpse at the clock. 3 o'clock, it said.
She stood up from her chair, placing all her belongings back into the bag.
"Well, my time is over. I'll have Naruto come in tomorrow. I'll see you tomorrow, Sasuke-kun." She opened her eyes widely. "S-sasuke.. I mean." She flushed. She looked back slightly, waving.
He nodded in good bye.
As he heard the click of the door, his mind raced. Sasuke-kun.. Sasuke-kun.. His heart beat increased rapidly. He heard that before. He knew it.. It triggered something in the back of his mind. He knew he had heard that many times in his life before.
He just doesn't know who's mouth had uttered that. But it had sounded so familiar. So familiar that he couldn't place a finger on it. It frustrated him. Frustrated him to no extent. All these playbacks, all the things that he could see and hear in his mind infuriated him to no extent. He would go ballistic soon. But he had to hold himself back. He had to.
He lay his head back, as all the thoughts came rushing in. He squeezed his eyes tighter, fighting for rest. Fighting for some sleep..
The scene was blurry. The only thing he could make out were to figures. Blurred.. figures. Black.. and Pink blurs. It focused sometimes. Only sometimes.. But rarely. The voices were muffled.. Yet clear.
The blurred started to focus.. On.. a familiar girl.. She.. was.. crying?
"To me.. I would be just as lonely as you.." The voice rung through his head. Sakura. It was Sakura.
It blurred again. All he could hear were muffled cries, and it blurred for a long time.
It focused once more. This time.. It wasn't Sakura. It was another figure. A boy. Black hair, onyx eyes.
"From here on out.. We all begin new paths." The boy's back faced Sakura's. Then.. the vision focused on the boy's face. He was wearing a bag. And it was.. Sasuke! It was Sasuke.
It blurred once more. This time.. longer than ever. It focused once more on the young Sakura.
"I.." She placed two hands on her chest. "I love you with all my heart!"
The focus stayed as the whimpering, sobbing, and crying Sakura continued on to cry out.
"If you were to stay with me.. There would be no regrets.. Because every day we'd do something fun, we'd be happy.. I swear!!" She cried out.
"So.." She took a breath. "I would do anything for you!!" She cried once more.
"Please, just stay with me.." She sobbed, as the tears continued to fall from her jade eyes.
Sasuke remained quiet.
"I'll even help you with your revenge.." She said as the sobs took her.
"I don't know what I could do.. But I'll try my best to do anything."
She sniffed.
"So please.. Stay with me. Or take me with you if you can't stay here."
She sniffed twice.. her head hung low, her tears soaking the pavement.
Her body shivered as a cold wind blew.
It blurred again. The sight was not clear. Then.. it focused. On him.
He turned around, a smirk pasted on his face.
"You really are.. Annoying." He said hastily.
The girl's head jerked up, her soaked eyes wide opened. The tears flowed quietly.
He stuffed his hands in his pockets, now.
"Don't leave!!" Sakura begged as the tears fell down from her chin.
"If you do I'll scream!!" She said helplessly.
It blurred once more. Longer, and longer.. Then, it finally focused.
Before anything was seen, he was behind her.
"Sakura.." He whispered in her ear.
Sakura's body jerked, and her eyes widened.
"Thank you."
Then, there was darkness. Nothing was seen at all.
There was only one thing heard.
"S-s-sasuke-kun.." Was the last thing heard.
Sasuke hammered his eyes open. His breathing heavy, and his head ached.
He moaned sorely, as he clutched his head.
The door opened. "Sakura?" He called. There stood an unknown nurse. She shook her head as her face flushed.
She placed the tray that she held beside Sasuke, as Sasuke stared plainly. The nurse exited quietly, slipping out the door with the click of the closing door.
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I still can't bring myself to forgive myself of how short this chapter is. I'm sorry. I promised this would be a long one. Ahh! I'm sorry, dear loves. Please review!?
I LOVE YOU ALL.
- OBJ