Scattered Memories
Summary: Scattered memories; a dark future. When Sakura loses her memories, can she overcome her fears and regain her memory all the while trying to save Sasuke from the horrible future fate has given him?
Pairings: You'll find out: D
Disclaimer: These characters are NOT mine, I just torture them. XD All Naruto characters are copy-righted to Kishimoto-sama. The plot is ALLLL MINE though.
Time Setting: Right before the Sasuke Retrieval Arc.
How to Read:
"Speaking text."
'Thought text.'
Last Time:Sakura, still confused, asked, "So, I don't have parents?"
Tsunade and Naruto looked at each other, desperate for an answer. What could they tell her?
"Umm…Yeah…" Naruto began nervously. He couldn't lie to Sakura…he did, after all, have a crush on her. "But…they live far away…and you…came here to…uh…become a ninja!" He finished.
'Seems logical…I mean…being a ninja sounds pretty cool…' She nodded. "Okay then."
Tsunade smiled. Without her memory, Sakura was still as smart and as sharp as ever. "Do you have any other questions?"
Sakura looked up in thought. "Ummm…yes, actually. Do I have a supply of money or something? I mean, there are some things I need…"
Tsunade smiled again. 'Still remembering to take care of herself too…You're outdoing yourself Sakura…' "Yes…I'll get that to you as soon as possible and then Naruto can take you shopping. Just in case someone decides to target you, Sakura, you must stay with him at all times, understand?"
"Yep." She nodded, standing up. "Let's go, Naruto!"
"YEAH!!!!" He yelled, grinning a massive grin. "Let's go get your memory back!!" He bounced out of the room, Sakura following his footsteps with just as much pep.
Tsunade smiled, shaking her head. "I wonder what happens next…"
Chapter 3: Lest She Forgets…
After only a day, Sakura had moved in with Naruto, taking up the spare room in his apartment. It wasn't anything special, but to him, it was home. And to Sakura, it would become home – for quite a long time.
Just as she had gotten into the room, she threw a bag of clothes given to her by the Hokage aside and sat on the edge of the twin-sized bed, falling back on it, arms spread out. "What a day…" She mumbled, closing her eyes and sighing heavily.
Knock, Knock! The door opened a little, revealing a curious looking Naruto. "Sakura-cha…n…?" He stopped, seeing her asleep on the bed. "Heh…" He smiled, seeing her. 'Could I blame her? It's been a long day…' He thought, walking over to the bed, picking her up and putting her in the bed. Before leaving, he lingered and brushed some of her bangs from her face. "Night, Sakura-chan." He whispered before leaving.
-sSs-
A couple days passed, as Sakura and Naruto first got situated in the apartment before venturing out into the village. Since over this short period of time, Sakura and Naruto had already formed a bond, today would be the day they would go out together, heading to places they had been together, mainly the ramen shop.
"Ready?" Naruto asked, standing at the door in his usually, "Hit Me" attire – named promptly by Sakura.
She sighed, slipping on her sandals. "Yeah." She looked up at him, walking over. "Where are we going?"
He grinned. "You'll see." He grabbed her hand, opening the door and pulling her through, locking the door behind him.
"Okay, we're here!!!" Naruto said, finally letting go of Sakura's hand.
She stood and stared at the stand, reading the sign. "I-chi-ra-ku…Ramen Bar…" She said, sounding out Ichiraku.
He grinned. "Do you remember this place?!" He asked, walking up to one of the bar stools and sitting on it.
She followed, sitting next to him. "Ummm…not really…"
"Hi, Naruto!" A woman, standing behind the bar said. "Hi, Sakura!" She added, seeing Sakura beside Naruto.
"Ayame?" Sakura asked, looking at her, tilting her head slightly.
The girl turned toward her. "Yes, Sakura?"
Naruto looked at Sakura, "You remembered her!!!" He yelled excitedly. "RAMEN ON ME, BELIEVE IT!!!"
Sakura laughed and replied, "No…actually…her name just…popped up."
Naruto calmed down, a little saddened by her answer. "Well…that's okay…ramen's still on me!"
-sSs-
"Wow, Naruto, this stuff is really good!!" Sakura said, putting down her chopsticks. She had eaten at least 3 bowls.
Naruto, whose mouth was full, nodded. He was on his tenth bowl.
And amazingly enough, both were still going.
"Another bowl, please!!" Sakura yelled, a smile on her face.
Ayame nodded. "Of course!" She turned around, getting it ready while Sakura calmly waited for it.
Outside the Bar, a girl about Sakura and Naruto's age walked along the path, eyeing a certain kunoichi and Shinobi at the Ramen stand. "So that's where you've been, billboard-brow…" She smirked and headed toward the bar.
As she came inside, Naruto looked up at her and choked on his food. 'Oh god, not good, not good…she's definitely gonna say something about Teme…'
"Hey, Sakura-chan…" She said in a sly voice, sitting next to Sakura, letting her elbow rest on the counter, head in her hand. "I haven't seen you in a while."
"Here you go, Sakura-chan!" Ayame said, handing her the bowl.
Sakura turned her head after setting her bowl down on the counter in front of her. "Do I know you?" She asked, smiling sweetly.
The girl laughed. "Of course you do! I'm Ino!! Your archrival!!" She replied.
Sakura looked over at Naruto and leaned toward him. "Is that true?" She whispered.
"WHAT!?!?!?!" The blonde shrilled, slamming her fist on the countertop. "YOU REALLY DON'T KNOW ME?!?!?!"
Sakura smiled nervously. 'Wow…' "Um…actually, I don't remember anything about me. I know my name…"
Suddenly, the blonde seemed to have a revelation, gasping in thought. "So, you don't remember anything?"
Sakura shook her head. "No."
She smiled. "Nothing at all?"
Sakura was getting annoyed. She had a nice bowl of food, a free bowl of food, steaming right in front of her, calling her name. But no, she HAD to answer the Ino's questions. She didn't even remember her. Of course, as everything else was, she seemed familiar. "No. Nothing." She gritted.
The girl got a devilish smile on her face. "So that means that I, Yamanaka Ino," She smiled at hearing her name and looked at Sakura.
'Oh god, this can't be good!' Naruto thought, sweating bullets beside Sakura.
"Have Uchiha Sasuke all to myself!!!!!" She screamed.
For a moment, no one moved.
Naruto stared at the back of Sakura's head, sweat rolling off his cheek. He had no idea on how she'd react. Especially now, of all times.
Ino stared at Sakura strangely. She even seemed concerned. "Sakura…?"
'…Sa…Sasu…ke…?' Sakura thought, eyes wide, mouth slightly opened.
Ino suddenly gasped, seeing Sakura's eyes roll back into her head and she lost consciousness, falling back onto Naruto.
He had stopped eating some time ago and held onto Sakura so she couldn't fall farther than she already had, wrapping his arm around her waist.
"Naruto! What'd you do?!?!" Ino yelled, falsely accusing Naruto.
"WHAT!??!?!? I didn't do a thing!!!" He pointed at Ino. "It's all your fault, believe it!! Teme gave Sakura-chan amnesia and if she hears his name or anything to do with him will make her pass out!!" He yelled.
As sudden as she was to accuse him, she became calm. "Oh…well…that kinda sucks."
"No crap." Naruto stood up, holding Sakura around the waist, her head on his shoulder as he used his other hand to reach for Gama-chan, his frog wallet. He threw it up to Ayame, who caught it. "Go ahead and get whatever I owe you. I'd get it myself but I'm a little preoccupied." He said, grinning.
She smiled back. "Sure." She opened the wallet; taking what he owed and handing it back to him. "Here ya go."
"Thanks!" He said, taking it back, shoving it in his pocket. "I'm gonna get her home before she wakes up…"
-sSs-
"Naruto! Naruto, wait up!!"
As Naruto tree-hopped home, Sakura still passed out, lying on his back, he turned his head, slightly, seeing a head of dull purple hair.
"The Hokage's got some news for you!!" She yelled, jumping next to him.
He blinked at her. "Anko?" He asked, tilting his head.
She smiled at him. "You got it!"
"So, what's going on?" He asked as they jumped from housetop to housetop.
She looked up, brown jacket billowing behind her. "The Hokage told me to find you because she's got some news about…well…S-a-s-u-k-e…" She explained, spelling out his name, as the Hokage had instructed her to do. Her eyesight was then directed to Sakura, who was still passed out. "What's wrong with her?"
His eyes got wide. "You've got news about Teme?!?!?!"
She nodded. "Yep!" Before she could blink, Naruto had turned around and was speeding off toward the Hokage's office. She stopped, landing on a rooftop and watched him become a bright orange dot on the sky. 'So…it really is true…Sasuke did leave…and Sakura lost her memory…' She thought, smiling as she watched him. 'This is one crazy team…'
Before long, Naruto had reached the Hokage's office, Sakura now quite awake, standing next to him.
"Naruto-kun…what are we doing here?" She asked looking at him.
He blushed at the suffix and replied, "Well…ummm…"
"I've got some news for Naruto, Sakura-chan." The Hokage, sitting at her desk like usual, interjected, holding her pet, Ton-ton.
Both of them looked over at the Hokage.
"Is it about…" Naruto led on, not finishing for Sakura's sake.
She nodded.
"About what?" Sakura asked, looking back and forth between the two.
There was no answer, both of their eyes kept from her emerald eyes.
"What aren't you telling me? I mean, I have a right to know, don't I?" She asked, still looking back and forth.
The Hokage sighed, shutting her eyes, hand resting on Ton-ton. "You're right, Sakura-chan, like always…but I'm afraid we can't tell you at the moment. But you'll come to know in time, okay?"
Sakura sighed. "Okay…I guess I'll wait on the balcony, then." She said, walking over to the glass doors, opening them and walking outside, shutting the door behind her.
"So, what's going on?" Naruto asked, foot tapping on the ground, arms crossed.
Tsunade sighed. 'Boy is he impatient…' She opened her eyes, brown staring directly into blue. "I got a radio call a few minutes ago from Shikamaru. He informed me that the Sasuke Retrieval team was currently fighting the sound four…but also that Sasuke was in sight, or at least close enough to be taken back."
Naruto's jaw dropped. "WHAT?! I gotta go!!!" He yelled, jumping up and heading for the glass doors.
"Naruto, wait!" Tsunade called, standing up, disturbing Ton-ton and trying to stop him. "You've gotta think before you bring him back!!!" She yelled.
But, it was too late.
Naruto had already opened the door and rushed out it, tree-hopping as fast as he could to the area where he felt the most chakra – where he would find Sasuke.
Sakura poked her head in. "I'm supposed to stay with him right?"
"Supposed to." Tsunade replied, sighing.
Sakura smiled. "Okay!" She turned heel and jumped off, mimicking Naruto, though she wasn't near as good as him – or how she used to be. 'Maybe if I follow him I'll find out what they aren't telling me!' She thought, jumping off.
"SAKURA!!!!" The Hokage shouted, trying to call the pink haired former kunoichi back, but to no avail. She sighed heavily, sitting down at her desk. "I need a drink…"
Flashback
"Do you guys get it?" Someone asked.
Sakura looked up at him, seeing a faded image of someone. As always, they seemed familiar, a blob of silver on their head, face obscured by another blob, though this time it was navy blue.
She looked to her left to see Naruto and another faded person on her right. 'Who are these people…?'
"YEAH!!!" Naruto yelled, throwing a fist in the air. "It's just using our chakra to help us jump from tree to tree, believe it!!" He added.
"Shut up, dobe, we got the first explanation, we don't need yours, right, Sakura?" The one on her right said.
She blinked, her stomach turning. "Yeah…" She agreed, her face flushing without meaning to. 'Why am I blushing?' She thought. 'I don't even know who that is…'
"Bet I can do it better than you, teme!!" Naruto screamed.
"No way, dobe." The other retorted.
So, she watched as the two jumped up into the trees and began this "tree-hopping".
Flashback end
Sakura regained her footing, pushing Chakra to her feet, remembering exactly how to tree-hop. "Wait up Naruto!!" She called, seeing the orange dot in the distance.
I know, i know, it's been WAAAAYYYY too long. But, as you can imagine and/or relate, i've been ridiculously busy. Xmas shopping, forgeting to send my stories...school...it's just been too long and somewhere along the way, i lost my motivation. but, yesterday, i found the most adorable SasuxNaru fic EVER. It was that amazingly good, it got my motivation back. :D So, i'm gonna continue writing this one, Ten Tails on a little break...(After writing 426 pages in Word in less than a year/ in more than a year, i think i'm entitled to a SMALLLL break.) Anyways, i gotta go, i'll see you all later! And yes, the story is FINALLY starting to pick up!! XD