New Beginning.
And the song birds keep singing like they now the score.
And I love you like never before.
I stood up slowly and sat on the bed, my back facing her.
"Let me go... Please let me go!" She cried, pulling her hair desperately. "I can't do that." I growled from the pain in my stomach. She kicked it a few times.. She screamed and continued crying.
"I'm sorry." I said quietly and walked to the door. She continued to cry. "I'm sorry Sakura." I said again and closed it behind me.
It's been a week and she doesn't remember a thing. I will kill Orochimaru. What he done to her is...
"Sasuke?" I turned around to find Naruto on the doorway with flowers in hand. His face was pale, eyes widen.
"Naruto..." I looked down, ashamed from the scene he had witnessed.
"How is she...?" He asked walking to the table, placing the flowers in a vase. He sighted. "Don't answer that. I heard." I didn't bother looking at him.
"She hasn't slept or ate in days. I'm afraid she'll..."
"Stop it." I looked at him. "Don't pretend you care. I don't even know why Tsunade let you watch her." He hissed. He walked to the kitchen and opened a drawer. "You don't know anything about her. What she likes, what she is afraid of." He said loudly. I kept myself in silence. He came with cereal and milk in hands. "You'd better don't come in. I want to be alone with her." "She doesn't remember you." I this time hissed and he smiled. "She will." He grinned. "Believe it." He whispered. "You go rest, I know you've been watching her, so she won't try to escape." He said and walked to her room.
"I haven't slept normally since she woke up in the hospital." I said quietly walking to the guestroom I was staying in.
Naruto knocked on the door and hesitated for a moment. He wasn't sure if he was ready to see her like that. When he opened the door slowly, he saw her sitting on the floor hugging her knees in the corner of the room. She was crying. He was sure he would break down and cry too, soon.
"Hey, Sak." He smiled and walked slowly to her. She looked at him and he froze. Her eye was... Her face was... She was... It was too much for him. His heart was breaking. "I... I brought cereal. I know you like it." She stared at him eyes still watering. "I'm Naruto." He placed the cereal and milk on the floor and sat in front of her. He never let the smile fall of his face.
"I brought you a gift too." He looked through his backpack and took out a teddy bear. It was pink with cherries drawn on its belly. "I thought you would like it because it is well... pink." He chuckled and handed the toy to her. She hesitated for a moment, staring at the toy. "It's a gift for you. Take it." He smiled again and she reached her small hand to the pink bear.
She hugged it and stared at the floor. Naruto smiled widely. "Anyway, that chicken butt said you haven't been eating? You can't do that. What will you do when you are all skin and bones?" He took out the plastic bag with cereal in it, from the paper cover and poured milk in it. "We always did that on missions when we had no dishes. Please eat something. This cereal was your favorite." He handed the full now bag to her. "Just drink it, careful not to choke." He grinned and waited patiently. "Sakura, please, if you drink this, I'll show you the flowers I bought you." He reached his hand closer to her. "You're not doing anything good to yourself right now and you know it." He said and she looked at him.
"Just take it, it won't hurt." He smiled widely, and she stared at the bag. She was really hungry. She grabbed the cereal and slowly drank from the bag. Her stomach protested for more. Naruto laughed softly and stood up.
"Here is the thing. There are a lot of people outside protecting you, so you don't escape, but don't think of it as if you are held as hostage. When you stop resisting and trying to escape you can go out too. Now, let's have a normal breakfast okay?" He looked at her with hope in his eyes. She was still holding the stuffed animal in her hand. She was like a little child.
"Come on. Follow me." He helped her getting up and led her to the kitchen.
"Do you want pancakes?" He opened the drawers and looked for the ingredients. She nodded. "Pancakes it is." He turned on the hot plate and sat next to her. He yawned and scratched his blond head. "I should've gone to bed earlier last night." He examined her clothing. "Aren't you cold?" He asked her looking at her tank top. She looked at the floor. "Sasuke said something about can't making you wear any clothes." He murmured and looked at her again. "He said you punched him in the guts. Good aiming." He laughed. "You should've done this a long time ago..." He chuckled. "Say something, please." He looked at the table, smile fading away. There was silence.
"I'm cold." She said after a few minutes and Naruto smiled.
"Yo asshole!" He yelled and went to the stairs. "Stay there." He smiled at her and looked up.
Sasuke walked through the door, rubbing his eyes. He saw Naruto grinning like an idiot that he was.
"What?" He asked slowly. "Sakura said she's cold." Naruto grinned. Sasuke looked at him.
She said she was cold? She talked? He let out a small smile. "I'll be right back." Sasuke said and went back in the room. Moments later, he came back with one of his shirts. "Hey dobe, catch." He threw it at Naruto with a smirk and walked down the stairs.
When he saw her, it was like he was back in time when Team 7 was just reunited. When he came back 3 years ago. He saw the teddy bear in her hand. He smiled.
Naruto ran to the hot plate and began baking the pancakes. Sakura put the shirt on and looked at the table again. Sasuke sat beside her. "Would you like to go and buy you some clothes after we eat?" He asked her and she nodded, not looking at him. He felt strange.
Before he left she was always smiling around him. And after he came back she avoided him as much as she could.
And lastly, she disappeared 2 years ago.
"Sasuke, Tsunade called. You have to go to her today. I'll take her out." Naruto said, pouring the mix in the pan. "Hn." Sasuke nodded.
He stood up lazily and got his jacket. "Then I'm off." He looked at Sakura. She didn't respond. She didn't even look at him. That ticked him off. For seven days she'd been trying to escape, and now Naruto comes and everything's fine? He closed the door behind him.
"So now that the emotional disaster got out, how about we eat and go out?" Naruto grinned, looking at her. "I want to go home." She whispered. He averted his gaze from her, to the wall in front of him. "You are home Sakura." He cleared his voice, looking down at the pancake. "Once you remember everything, you'll feel right." He smiled. She didn't say anything. "I missed you, Sak." He whispered.
"So, how is she?" Tsunade rubbed her temples. Sasuke looked at her strangely. Messed up hair, red eyes... "Where you drinking? Again?" He asked lazily making her look at him. "Not your business you idiot." She growled, he chuckled.
"She tried to escape today." He looked at the empty bottle of sake next to her. "And?" She asked. "I caught her." He said and looked at her. "Naruto came a couple of hours ago. He managed to make her eat. They are going to buy her clothes today." He frowned slightly remembering how Naruto had affect on her. Tsunade smiled. "And she won't resist? That is a big progress." Sasuke frowned.
"You need to lie to her." She said and Sasuke looked at her, eyebrow raised. "If she asks, you are her boyfriend." Tsunade looked through the window. "She has to believe you. Say what you want, that you were married or childhood sweethearts. You choose. She has to believe you and believe she is in safe hands." Sasuke's frown was still there. "Lie? What if she finds out? What if she remembers?" "If she remembers, everything will be alright. Right? Now go to her and make a good lying." She said and he nodded.
He was about to close the door behind him, when he heard the Hokage speak again. "She is like my daughter, Sasuke. I want my daughter back." He nodded and closed the door behind him, leaving the woman alone with her thoughts.
"Come on Sak, say something. Don't you like it?" He looked at the orange T-shirt with a ramen picture on it. She didn't respond. He sighted and looked towards the door. "Hey granny, she used to shop here, right? Help me out a bit." He sank in the sofa rubbing his eyes. "I am depressed." He muttered. The old woman sighted at the picture in front of her. "Come on child, let's get you something... Normal." She raised her voice at the last word, looking towards Naruto. He frowned.
"Dobe?" Sasuke walked in the shop. Naruto looked at him and grinned. "Oh, hey Sasuke." Sasuke didn't bother answering back. "Where is Sakura?" He asked and Naruto frowned. "She's fine. She's just trying on some clothes." He walked towards the changing rooms. "It's been a while though... Hey granny, where is Sakura?" He asked the old lady and she smiled. "Oh she said something about a friend calling her and asked if there was a back door."
"WHAT?" They both yelled. "Hey! How could you..." "Naruto, there's no time for this. Come on!" Sasuke ran out of the shop and looked around. "You go to Tsunade and I'll go to the woods." Naruto nodded and disappeared.
Sakura ran as fast she could. She was afraid they would find her again. She didn't want to be there. She was scared, confused. She wanted her old home. She was running in the woods, she didn't know where she was going. She just wanted to get away from that village and go to Sound.
Why did they took her away from her family? The last time she saw her village, people in green vests were burning it.
"Sakura!" Oh no, he found her. No, not again. Her tears were falling, yet she didn't stop running. She stopped suddenly, looking at the view under her feet. She was on the edge of a cliff.
Sasuke stopped behind her. "Sakura, come on. You can't escape." He said, slowly walking to her.
"Shut up!" She screamed, still crying. She turned around and faced him. "I'm not going with you. Never!" She screamed again. "Oh, God." She cried. "Don't make another step!" She said and looked him in the eyes. "I hate you!" She screamed.
"Sakura, come on. Come with me, please." He tried to convince her. She shook her head, stepping backwards. She cried harder. He stepped towards her. She stepped backwards again. "You killed my family!" She said, tears spilling from her eyes. "They weren't your family." He hissed. "We are your family!" He now walked towards her. she wasn't going to jump. "Come on, come with me." He said quietly. They were face to face, nose to nose. "No." She said slowly and cried.
She stepped back and fell. Sasuke's fast instincts worked and he grabbed her hand. She screamed again. "You're not dying on me." He growled. "Let me go!" She cried. He started pulling her to him. She did everything she could, so he could let her go. She slapped his hand with her free one, she moved in midair. No effect. He pulled her and swung her like a piece of clothe on his shoulder. She was still screaming, punching him but with no result. He wasn't giving up on her.
After an hour walking to the Haruno residence, Sakura finally gave up. She was exhausted. So was he.
"Uchiha-san!" An ANBU appeared before him. "Go to Tsunade and tell her that I found her." He said and walked in the house. He placed her like a toy on the sofa and rubbed his temples. "Do you have a death wish or something..." He muttered walking to the kitchen. "It's my fault. I should've looked after you." He continued. She didn't make a sound.
"When are you going to understand, I'm not letting you go again?" He walked to her. "When are you going to understand, I'm not loosing you again?" He kneeled before her. I think it's time I tell you everything." She looked at him. He reached the picture on the TV. "You know this picture?" He pointed her face on it. "This is you. six years ago. This is me, this is the idiot. This was our teacher." He looked at Kakashi and hesitated. "2 years ago, you disappeared. After that Kakashi too. Do you know how much we looked for you two?" He sat next to her on the sofa. She refused to look at him. "You are mistaking me as someone else." She said slowly. "How can I mistake my girl for someone else?" He yelled. She looked at him, surprised. "Do you know how hard it is... to look at you screaming how you hate me and want to get away?" He grabbed her hands. "Do you know how much I missed you?" He looked at the floor. "You have amnesia. I bet you've been asking your "family" about your past. Did they tell you anything that made sense?" He asked her, making her tears spill again.
"I can answer all of your questions. Believe me, I know almost everything about you. Me and Naruto." He stroke her hair. "If I tell you what I can, will you stop trying to escape?" He looked at her wet eyes. Those emerald eyes, that he managed to make them cry almost every time. She nodded slowly. He smirked. "That's my girl." He whispered.
And let the lying begin.
He spent all night talking about their times from the academy to their genin years. She sometimes laughed. Sometimes he'd laugh with her. He wasn't his self that night. He talked so much, laughed too. And she was like a child. He made up stories how he confessed his love to her. She would blush. He would fell awful for lying to her.
He told her about his fights with Naruto. About the girls.
About Kakashi.
He never thought they would talk like that. Well, he. He rarely talked to her, without telling her she was annoying. Or weak.
Weak. He felt weak now.
She asked about her parents. He never really knew them. They died in a mission long ago. Before he got back.
Then she asked about their "us". "How long have we dated?" She asked and his smile froze on place. "Three years now." He said and she nodded. "What did I like to do?"
"Annoy me." He said right away. She looked at him, slightly shocked. "You loved it." He smiled again. "I did too." She blinked.
"It's ok. I know you are confused. You will understand in time." He placed his hand on hers. She didn't say anything. Just blushed.
"Tomorrow you'll meet someone special. She is like your mother." He said and opened the door to her room. The teddy bear from Naruto was sitting on the bed. She looked at him and he smiled softly. Her hair was longer, he noticed just now. He ran fingers through her silky locks and wished her goodnight. Maybe this night they could sleep normal. It was already three o' clock.
She should rest.
"I don't know Tsunade. How would she react when she remembers everything? I mean, we are lying to her." Naruto looked through the window. Tsunade smiled at the boy. "A medic is taught to do everything he has to comfort the sick one. Sakura would know that." She said, pouring alcohol in her cup, for the fifth time. Naruto looked at her strangely. Are you sure you can drink? I mean aren't you a bit old?" Tsunade's eyes widened, flames took over her irises and Naruto trembled. "I guess I should...Go. Go! Yes, go! Goodnight, Hokage-sama!" He stormed out of the room, and after he closed the door behind him, he heard something hit it on the other side. He sighted. She sure has an attitude.
He walked towards his apartment, thinking. How would they find Kakashi, is he like Sakura. Will Sakura be alright? He missed her. Seeing her like that, screaming and crying... He didn't like it. It made his heart break. Why was everything so hard? Since Kakashi and Sakura disappeared everything seemed so hard.
Kakashi looked at the moon. He chuckled. "You can come out, Naruto." He said, making the blond sight.
"Why can't we come with you?" He said disappointed while walking his sensei. "Because, I have to go alone and spy on Orochimaru. If we want to find Sakura, we must listen to the Hokage's orders." He tapped his student's head, like a puppy. "A year and a half is enough. We have to find her already." Naruto nodded slowly and too looked at the moon. "I'll do anything to find my student." He said in a whisper, and put on his ANBU mask.
"Hey, sensei." Naruto said smiling at him. "Be careful." He said and his teacher nodded.
That was the last time he saw Kakashi. After a week, the reports from him stopped. That was exactly six months ago.
What do you think?
I started this story on a notebook before 6 months. I just started school and forgot about it. Yesterday I found the notebook, and thought: "Hey, there's a stupid idea! Let's put it on fanfiction" :D
Thank you for reading it guys! :3
