Forgotten Loyalty

--

--

--

--Sakura's P.O.V.-- (the next day):

When the colorful lady, Tsunade, came to pick me up, she helped me get into my clothes. At least she said they were mine. The main piece of clothing was a deep red dress with white trimmings. I don't really like the color. Underneath the dress I now wore black capris. I like my capris. The color is nice...pleasing. Like when the sun falls and the little lights come out...You can't have the little lights without the black of night. We are now walking down the streets. I can't help but stare in wonder and amazement, while Tsunade chuckles at me. A sunspot blond girl, dressed all in purple, ran up to us. She pulled me into a crushing embrace. "I-I c-can't b-b-breath" I gasp. "Oh! sorry!" she says, letting me go. "I'm glad you're finally out of the hospital!" she says, relief plastered on her face. She's really loud, a welcome relief to the quiet of the white place, the hospital, and the white people, the nurses. "Um-um,wh-who?" I ask quietly. "Oh! Sorry Sakura! I'm Ino, I'm kinda your best friend, heh heh..." My eyes widen "Be-bes-best f-friend?" I stutter. Ino grins "Yep!heart" I smile happily. Tsunade taps me on my shoulder. "Hai?" I ask, looking back at her. She smiles before asking "Sakura-chan, would it be alright if Ino-chan here showed you around the rest of the village?" I smile wide while nodding my head 'yes' vigorously. She chuckles at my antics. "Alright, alright" she laughs. Tsunade nods toward Ino, who bows. The colorful lady leaves. As soon as Tsunade is out of sight Ino grabbs me by the hand and pulls me into a run "Come on, Sakura-chan, lets go pick some flowers!" she yells. I smile "Yeah!"

--Ino's P.O.V.--

This is nice.I look over at Sakura. Just like old times. I swear, as a kunoichi, that I won't call her billboard brow. She likes the yellow flowers it seems. Sakura smiles up at me "Ino-chan is very pretty, like a flower." I feel myself blush. "Thank you, Sakura-chan" I say smiling. "You are too" She smiles at me. It feels nice, this is nice. It hasn't been like this since we both fell for Sasuke-kun. I almost forgot how nice it is to have my little Sakura around. It's nice. "Huh?" Sakura questions. I tilt my head at her, confused "What is it?" "Who are they?" she asked pointing behind me. I glance behind me. "Oh, that's just Naruto-san and Kakashi-sensei." I return my gaze to Sakura, her eyes were bright with some hidden thing. They seemed to glow. She lesned in close to me, just as she had done whenever she wanted to tell a secret when we were little. "I-I know Ka-ka-shi sen-sei" she said, her delight obvious "I met him at the hos-pi-tal." She grinned before blinking in seeming confusion. "Who's that?" she asked,pointing again. I turned to see a certain raven haired shinobi. I squeled "Saasuke-kun heart!!" I yelled, waving to him. As usual, he ignored me. But that won't stop me! He's just playing hard to get! I run up to him and wrap my arms around his neck "Hello! Sasuke-kun!!heart!!" He glares at me with those irresitable eyes. "Get. Off." "But, Sasukeeeee-kun! I missed you!heart" Sasuke growled before pushing me to the ground. "I said Off" he said coldly. The next thing I know is Sasuke flying backwards and sakura was standing where he used to be with her fist outstretched. Sasuke hit a tree, hard. The tree crashed to the ground from the force. Sasuke flew through the rubble and hit another tree. This tree fell to the ground as well. The third tree stopped him. It had a large crater in the trunk, but it was still standing. I looked up at Sakura, speechless. she just, she, she just punched...Sasuke!!

--Sakura's P.O.V.--

I stared at my fist. I'm scared. "H-How did I d-do th-that?" I whispered. I looked down at Ino and remembered why I had struck the raven-head. I bent down to Ino's side "Are you a-alright?" I asked. Ino stared at me as if I had sprouted a second head. "You." she finally gasped out "You just punched...Sasuke!" aher voice raised a bit at the Raven-head's name. Suddenly I felt ashamed. "I-I d-didn't mean to, I-I j-just..." Someone burst out laughing. I turned to see a blond boy dressed in orange. He had three scars ( I think) on either side of his face. They looked like whiskers 'hee hee so cute!! Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!' I had to agree with my inner self 'Oh!!I bet this is Naruto-san!! Kyaaa!!' I tilt my head at the...'what shall I call him?...Nurse is white lady, Tsunade is the colorful lady, Kakashi is the mask man. Ino is sunspot girl, and Sasuke is raven-head. Hmn...what shall I call him...? 'Mr. Whiskers!!heart!!' my inner self screamed. I sweatdropped, Mr. Whiskers it is. I looked up at Mr. whiskers. "N-Naruto?" I asked. Mr. Whiskers grinned. "That's me, belive it!!" he said/shouted in a sing-song voice. I smiled at him. "That was awesome, Dud, Sakura-chan, I can't believe you hit the teme!" he shouted. "teme?" I asked, tilting my head at Mr. Whiskers. "Yeah, Sasuke-teme" He said pointing to the raven head, who was gingerly trying to get up. "Sasuke-teme!" I said in the same sing-song voice that Naruto, Mr. Whiskers, used. Ino, Naruto, and Raven-teme all gaped at at me. "You-You called Sasuke-kun a-a-a teme!" Ino gasped out. I blink at her "So?" I asked truly confused at why they would make such a big deal out of it. I mean Mr. Whiskers called the raven rave, so it's okay. Right? Ino opened her mouth to say something, but just shook her head. I then remembered my flowers. I ran and picked up the delicate yellow flowers. I then ran over to the mask man, Kakashi. I smile as I present the flowers to him. " For me?" he asks. I nod 'yes'. He hesitates for only a second before taking the flowers, a smile on his face. "Thank you, Sakura cahn heart" I smile in delight, glad that sensei liked his gift. "U, Ka-kashi-sensei, could I go back to Lady Tsunade's, please?" Sensei smiled at my queation. "Sure."

--Sasuke's P.O.V.--

I gaped, stunned, at the pink haired girl, Sakura. Sakura, my number one most annoying fangirl, just...punched me. ...she punched me. And she called me a teme! That's-Taht's-...That's just...wrong!! What the Hell?! I punched the tree that had stopped me in frustration. To my utter surprise it cracked and crumbled into a pile of debree. The Dobe, Naruto, gave a yelp of surprise when the tree colasped. Kakashi-sensei had started to lead Sakura, but with the crash he turned to stare wide-eyed at the rubble, then at Sakura, then back again. Kakashi-sensei closed his eye and sighed. "Let's go, Sakura-chan heart " he said cheerfully. I stared at Kakashi, my favorite teacher ( though I would never admit it), in misbelief. He's just gonna let her...get away with it. Not even a scolding. Nani?! What the hell is going on?! I scowl as the two dissapear into the trees surrounding the field. What just happened?!

--??'s P.O.V.--

I stare at the ebony haired man laying in the bed of the hotel room I was currently renting for the two of us. It was a cheap. peice of crap room, but it served it's pupose. I can't say the man was my friend, because he wasn't. H is my partner, and because of that I now sat beside him during the rare occation that he was injured. I won't admit it to anyone, but I was beginning to get worried. He's been out for a god-damned week!! This is just to much. I sigh, I have to relax. I don't know any medical jutsu so there isn't anything I can do. Just relax. The man, who has some how managed to couse me worry, moved. I watched him intently, while putting up the front that caused me to appear uninterested. It would do no good for him to suspect anything. His eyes flutter open, but they're not the deep crimson color I am acustumed to. Instead they are a slightly dulled black. " 'bout time you woke up, Itachi-san." I told him gruffly, alerting him to my presence. The man, Itachi, turned to face me, he looked quite therally pissed. I gave him my best shark grin in atempt to ease his temperment. He just glared. "I'm going to kill her, Kisame-san, I'm going to kill her." "hmn..." was all I said, nodding for his sake. After a moment of thought I asked "Why?" Even without his sharingan activated, the glare Itachi sent my way sent chills down my spine. "She beat me." he said, his voice deathly calm. "She beat my tsukuyome." I gulped. In all my time in the company ao Itachi, I have never, NEVER, heard of anyone beating his tsukuyome...ever! The idea that a patetic chunin could b eat him was...impossible! And Itachi was...angry. That was scary in itself. Itachi was NEVER angry. It caused me to tremble on the inside, always keeping my composier on the outside. Still even in my fear, I wasnt to care for the Uchiha. Wait, what!! no no no NO. Itachi sighed heivily. I turned to him with a raised eyebrow. He looked tired, defeated. It hurt to see him like this. "i'm going back to sleep." he said simily. I nodded, as he closed his eyes. And slept.

--Sakura's P.O.V.--

Kakashi-sensei took me 'home', right after I punched Raven teme. 'forgot the teme's real name, hee hee.' The colorful lady, Tsunade, was still at Hokage tower doing paperwork. At least that's what Kakashi sensei said. Kakashi-sensei said that I had to apologize to the teme later, because I probably gave him a huge shock. I don't think I did. I'm more worried about Ino. I just can't get that look on her face out of my head. I don't understand that look, I don't know what it means. 'Damn it !! I don't get it !!' I sighed in frustration. I don't regret punching Raven-teme, but...'I don't know !!' I jumped on the bed, to forget the odd feeling. It's fun! I jumped and jumped and jumped. Just s few more feet and I'll touch the ceiling! I will! Just a few more feet!

--??-??'s P.O.V.--

The pain is agonizing as Konan, the only female in my organization, binds my wounds. Damn that biju, damn it to hell !! Damn this world. Damn it all ! Konan pulls the binding too tight. I snap at her. She flinches. I sigh in frustration. This occurance has never happened. NEVER! ...heh, I'm...injured. Itachi and Kisame are still not back from their mission...Damn them. "L-Leader-sama..." Konan whispers, her blue hair hanging in her face. "What." She hangs her head. Odd she never hangs her head. I feel the panic course swiftly through my systems. "I can't heal you." she whispers. My ringed eyes widen. Konan has never failed me, NEVER. "I am Sorry." I hear her whisper, barely. My mind reeled. Konan couldn't heal me. And none of the other members are good with medical jutsu. Only Zetsu or Kakuzu have more than the basic knowledge. But neither of them are better than Konan...damn it! It wasn't possible for me to stay in an injured state. I will have to... kidnap a medic-nin. A powerful one. "I can not stay like this." I said to Konan.She nodds. A look crossed her face as if she remembered something. "What is it?" I asked, no demanded of her, gritting my teeth against the pain yet again. Konan gave me a look of concern, befor replying. "I have heard that the sannin, Tsunade, Lady of elixars, has taken an apprentice." I raised an eyebrow above the pain "go on." A nod. "Tsunade is the best medic-nin around, so she more than likely passed on some, if not all, of her secrets to her apprentice by now." I nod "A powerful medic-nin?" I question. She nodded the affirmative. I was silent for a moment, thinking it over, before speaking " Bring Zetsu-san here" I ordered, dismissing her with a wave of my hand. She nodded, bowed, then went in search of Zetsu.