Gomenasai
Summary: When another Sasuke retrieval mission fails, stuff happens, especially to Sakura. While rescuing a boy on another mission, she makes a deal with an Akatsuki to find something for him, guaranteeing the safety of her and her friends. Breaking the deal, she and her friends escape causing Akatsuki to go after them. Soon, a tragedy happens. A few weeks later, news hits Konoha hard. Will Naruto's reputation of bringing a miracle to people's lives be enough this time?
Pairing: NaruXSaku. I'm so not good with summaries ahaha. Does that sound good though? Why I write such sad stories? I do not know.
Warning: This might end up as another tearjerker, so just a warning ahead of time.
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto sadly. If I did, Sasuke would have stopped being gay and come back to Konoha.
I've been getting messages from people saying, Naruto wouldn't yell at Sakura ever, which is true, but this is FANFICTION. This doesn't have to actually go along with the manga. Besides, I needed Naruto to act like that. I get other messages saying Sakura is a whore; first she's after Sasuke, then she's going after Naruto. I have nothing against any couples in Naruto unless they make no sense at all whatsoever. I'm a big SasuSaku fan, but that doesn't mean I don't like to test my writing skills on other couples such as NaruSaku. Just want to get that cleared. Thank you everyone for reading my story so far.
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Last Time on Gomenasai…
"Hey Sakura, it seems you met your friends. There's more but you just have to wait. Sakura began to smile as she clapped her hands. Tsunade's hands turned green as she put her hands over Sakura's eyes.
"What are you doing?" Naruto asked.
"I'm helping her with her blindness. She's not completely blind, but it will take me a while to heal it. Anyways, I came here to tell you who takes care of Sakura first. Like I said before, Ino will take care of her first for the first few months, then it will be Uchiha, then after that it will be you Naruto. After you it can be whoever wants to take care of her next"
"How come I can't take care of her first?" Naruto asked.
"Do you not want to take care of her at all?" Sasuke asked.
"Teme…" Naruto glared at him playfully.
Sasuke smirked. "Dobe"
Naruto smirked back. "Welcome back Teme"
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"Well you guys take care of Sakura, I'm going to get my house ready for her" Ino said as she walked away.
Naruto nodded as he looked over at Sakura as Sasuke was talking to her.
"Hey" Sasuke said as he held Sakura's hand. Naruto couldn't help but feel a little tingle of jealousy.
They watched as Sakura didn't say anything. She couldn't. Naruto watched as Sasuke cupped Sakura's face as she leaned on to it. Sakura just smiled at him.
"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you. I let him hurt another family of mine. I broke our promise. I'll do whatever it takes to bring you back to normal, even…"Sasuke clenched his fists. "Even if that means I have to stop my hunt for my brother just to see you get better. The dobe and I made a promise, and we want to keep it."
Naruto was lost for words. He never saw Sasuke like this. Sasuke really cared about Sakura. He could tell.
Sakura just stared to where she thought the voice was coming from as she smiled. It hurt him truly. "I'm gonna go now" Sasuke said as he said goodbye to Sakura. "Take care of her Dobe"
Sasuke closed the door as Naruto took a seat next to Sakura.
"Hey Sakura-chan" Naruto said happily as Sakura stared at the ceiling smiling. "It's Naruto. Sasuke and Ino left, but they'll be back. Everyone is so excited to see you. Gaara, Temari, and Kankuro are coming to visit you as well." Naruto didn't hear the door open. Soon what he heard shocked him. "O-Okay…" Sakura said. Naruto's eyes widened. She spoke just now. Something dropping to the floor was heard. Naruto turned his head to see Tsunade had dropped her clipboard.
"Did she just…?"Tsunade couldn't finish her sentence. Naruto nodded as Tsunade ran up to Sakura.
"Sakura, say something dear" Tsunade said.
"Okay" Sakura said smiling.
"Say something else. What's your name?" Tsunade asked. Sakura gave them a weird look before smiling. "Sakura"
Tsunade's eyes widened as she pulled Sakura into a hug. "She's talking Naruto. It's not much, but it's still something. She shouldn't be able to talk right now, but she is!"
Naruto smiled. Tsunade just smiled at Sakura. Another miracle…
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As the month of October began, Sakura was moved into Ino's house.
"Welcome to my house Sakura" Ino said as she pushed Sakura's wheelchair inside her apartment. "You'll be staying here with me for a few months. Tsunade will be dropping by every week to heal your eyes and maybe your voice box too.
"Okay" Sakura said. Ino wasn't surprised since Tsunade and Naruto had told her Sakura was starting to talk again.
"Everyone can't wait to see you Forehead-girl" Sakura stared off to space as a memory came to her.
"Hey aren't you the girl they're always teasing because you have such a big forehead?"A blond girl asked as she squatted down to talk to a crying girl with pink hair. Sakura could see the girl's face. She had big green eyes with pink hair but she could see the blond girl's face for it was blurry. The crying girl looked up.
"W-Who are you?" She asked.
"Who me? That's easy, I'm Ino Yamanaka. Who are you?" the blond girl asked.
"My name is…Sakura…" the girl muttered as she began to hiccup.
"Huh? Hello! I can't hear you. Let's try that again okay? Who are you?"
"My name is Sakura!" the girl shouted. Sakura was shocked. The little girl was named Sakura too?
"That's better" the girl said as she poked the girl's forehead. "So this is the famous forehead, huh? Whoa, it is kind of big, so that's why you hide it with your bangs?"
Little Sakura began to cry as the blond girl moved her bangs away. "Well, that's dumb! That just makes it worse. It makes you look like a sheep dog" Sakura still couldn't see the girl's face.
"Sakura huh?"
"Uh huh…" The blond girl began to walk away.
"Hey you know what? I got something special for you. Come back here tomorrow, okay?"The girl said as she waved goodbye.
"Sakura?" Ino's voice called her out from the memory. Sakura reached out for Ino as she moved closer. "Sakura, are you okay? I've been calling your name for a while" Sakura just nodded.
"Sakura" Sakura muttered as Ino gave her a weird look.
"Huh, I can't hear you?" Ino said.
"My…name…is…Sakura!" Sakura shouted. Sakura's eyes widened as Ino had the same reaction. Sakura began to fall off the wheel chair as Ino caught her and pulled her into a protective hug.
"I know" Ino said as she stroke Sakura's hair. "I know. Do you know who I am?" Ino asked. She felt Sakura shake her head as Ino smiled sadly. "Well, I'll make sure you remember me" Ino help Sakura sit on her couch.
Soon the door bell rang as Ino told Sakura to wait as she answered the door.
"Hey Ino" a lazy voice said.
"Hey Shika-kun" Ino said as she gave him a kiss.
"How is she?" Shikamaru asked as Ino let him in.
"She said her first sentence" Ino said excitedly. "What are you doing here?"
"I asked the Hokage if I could help you take care of Sakura. She said it was a good idea. That way I can spend more time with you and Sakura" Shikamaru said.
"Thank Shika-kun" Ino said. "Sakura guess who's here!"
Shikamaru watched as Sakura looked at the direction of the voice.
"Hey Sakura" Shikamaru said as he got close to her. "I'm Shikamaru Nara, one of your close friends"
"Did I keep you waiting, Shikamaru?"A girl with pink hair asked a boy with a pineapple shaped head.
"Not really…" He said lazily. Sakura tried to see the boy's face but it was blurry. "I just got here"
"Thank goodness! Well, here you go!' The girl handed the boy a piece of paper. "Don't forget I was the one who gave it to you"
"Yeah yeah…how troublesome" the boy said.
The pink haired girl just smiled.
"Okay" Sakura smiled.
"That's all she could say and her name. But earlier she said 'my name is Sakura'" Ino said.
"That's a good sign then" Shikamaru smiled. "She still can't see though huh?"
Ino shook her head as she sighed. "Tsunade is going to come every week to heal her eyes." The couple heard a yawn as they saw Sakura have a sleepy expression on her face.
"Are you tired Sakura?" Ino asked. Sakura nodded as Ino just smiled at her, though Sakura couldn't see it. "Okay, let's go take a nap then" Shikamaru came and lifted Sakura in his arms as he brought her to Ino's room and laid her on the bed. Ino sat down at stroked Sakura's hair. In a few minutes Sakura had fallen asleep. Ino and Shikamaru left the door opened as they went into the living room.
"This must be really hard on you" Shikamaru said as Ino leaned onto his chest.
"It will be hard on everyone, especially Sasuke and Naruto" Ino said. "Naruto's in love with her, so this must be very heartbreaking for him. Sakura is like a part of all of us. Without her, we're incomplete"
"That was deep" Shikamaru joked. Ino stuck her tongue at him.
"I just can't believe something like this would happen to her. I mean her of all people don't deserve this. All the hurt I…people caused her…" Ino whispered but Shikamaru heard her.
"Well, maybe this is fate's way of giving people a chance to correct the wrongs they made. To give them a second chance to make things right" Shikamaru said as he felt Ino trembling. Ino nodded as she began to fall asleep. Shikamaru just smiled.
"How troublesome" he said as he lifted Ino in his arms. He brought her into her room so she could sleep next to Sakura. He soon watched as Ino unconsciously held Sakura's hand as Sakura held hers.
He still needed to pack his stuff since he was going to stay over for a month or two. He wrote a note telling Ino he was going to get some stuff.
A few hours later, Ino woke up to see Sakura still awake. She noticed a post-it note on her hand as she read it.
"I went to get some stuff from home to bring over here. I might go eat with Chouji later and he might come over as well. I hope you don't mind. It would be troublesome if you do. See you later.
Shikamaru
Ino smiled. She didn't mind. It's been a while since the whole team spent time together. Maybe Chouji could help out as well. There was an extra room the boys could share as well.
Ino soon watched as Sakura was sleeping peacefully. The bandage was still over her left eye. A memory came to her. A few months before Sakura's mission, Sakura had slept over at Ino's house. They were awake at night as they lied in bed having some girl talk.
Flashback
"You're so lucky Ino" Sakura said. Ino looked at her left.
"Why is that?"Ino stared at Sakura who was staring at her ceiling.
"You have Shikamaru, Tenten had Neji, and Hinata had Kiba." Ino frowned at Sakura's comment.
"Haven't we gone over this before? Well you are waiting for Sasuke. You love him and he loves you" Ino said. Sakura shook her head.
"It's not that type of love" Sakura said. Ino gave her a weird look.
"What are you talking about?" Ino asked.
"I finally realized that Sasuke loves me. But it's not like the love you have for Shikamaru. It's more of a best friend love or family love." Ino was shocked that Sakura said that with a smile.
"Are you okay with that?" Sakura tuned to her with a true smile.
"It's all I could ask for. He thinks of me as someone really important to him, like family. Besides…" Sakura began to giggle.
"What are you hiding Sakura?" Ino asked with a smile of her own.
"Besides, I'm in love with Naruto" Ino's mouth dropped as Sakura smiled to herself. Ino whacked her with a pillow for not telling her sooner.
End of flashback
Ino smiled with the memory. She was glad Sakura fell for Naruto. Naruto maybe be an idiot, but he truly loved Sakura and Sakura loved him. Anyone could see that, except Naruto himself. He'd
do anything for her. She looked at the bandages again. She wished she could do something; she was a medic for god's sake. She was the apprentice of Sakura Haruno.
Ino soon heard her front door open.
"I can't wait to see Sakura. She'll be so excited to see me" Ino could tell that was Chouji's voice.
"She still blind Chouji" Shikamaru said. Soon something came to mind. Ino quietly got out of her bed as she walked to her living room.
"Hey!" Ino said.
"So you're awake" Shikamaru said. Ino greeted Chouji as she put on her shoes.
"Where are you going?" Shikamaru asked.
"I'm going to the library. Watch Sakura for me okay" Ino said as she left.
"Ino going to the library?" Chouji said. "What's next, hell is going to freeze over?"
"I HEARD THAT!" Ino shouted from outside.
"How troublesome…" Shikamaru said.
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Ino looked through the books trying to find anything that talked about curing blindness. Ino checked out a few books but it wasn't enough. "Maybe I can find something in the hospital"
"Find what?" a voice asked.
"Hey Sai-kun" Ino said. "What are you doing here?"
"Reading and checking out books. This is a library after all" Sai said. Ino made a face. Ino soon looked at the book in Sai's hand.
"How to act in different situations?" Ino questioned. Sai blushed as he kept the book closer to his waist.
"I'm trying to figure out what to do with this situation with Sakura. I don't know what to do…" Sai said holding the book tight.
Ino just smiled. "Books aren't going to help you. You have to experience it by yourself. Besides, the best thing you can do for Sakura is just be there for her. Well I have to go, see you later"
Sai watched Ino walk away as he thought about what she said.
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Ino looked through all the scrolls talking about blindness and cures for it.
"I should have looked here in the first place." She looked outside the window to see the sun setting. "I better go home now. They're probably waiting for me."
Ino carried the books and scrolls in her bag as she walked across town. Ino passed by her family's flower shop. She had moved out of the house to live on her own, but her parents didn't want her to. They soon got into an argument which led to Ino's bad mood the time Sakura had come over with Sai.
Ino sighed as she walked away and headed to her house. When she opened the door she saw Shikamaru sleeping on the couch as Chouji was reading a book to Sakura. She was slowly falling asleep as Chouji finished the book.
"Hey Ino" Chouji said.
"Sorry I came home late. Did you guys eat yet?" Chouji nodded.
"Yup. We went to the Korean barbeque with Sakura. They heard about Sakura's condition so they gave us all you can eat barbeque for free!" Ino watched as Chouji's mouth got watery.
Ino sighed. "What are we going to do with you Chouji" Ino joked as she softly slapped Chouji on the cheek. He just grinned.
"So you and Shikamaru are going to be living together as you take care of Sakura?" Ino blushed as she nodded.
"Is it okay if I can stay too? I want to help Sakura get better." Chouji said as he looked at the sleeping form of Sakura. Ino smiled.
"Of course. You and Shikamaru can share a room"
"Okay. I'll be here tomorrow then. Bye Ino!" Chouji said as he left.
Ino lifted Sakura and brought her to her room as she put her on the bed. Tucking Sakura in nicely, Ino grabbed a blanket and pillow and joined Shikamaru on the couch.
Shikamaru opened his eyes as he saw blond hair under his chin. He smiled as he put his arms around Ino and went back to sleep.
The next morning, Chouji had come and made breakfast as Shikamaru was helping Sakura talk. Ino was sitting next to Shikamaru and Sakura as she was reading the books and scrolls she got.
"Breakfast is served" Chouji said.
"Let's go eat Sakura" Shikamaru said as he got up and helped her up. He had forgotten she couldn't stand. She was about to fall as Chouji caught her. Shikamaru sighed as he looked over to his girlfriend to see her looking at a book.
"Aren't you going to eat breakfast?" Shikamaru asked.
"Not hungry" Ino said as she flipped a page.
"Don't tell me you're on a diet. You probably didn't eat dinner last night" Shikamaru said as he sat down next to Ino and looked at one of the books surrounding Ino. "Blindness…" He looked to see Ino concentrating on the book. He sighed as he grabbed Ino by the waist.
"Up you go" He said making Ino drop the book.
"Shikamaru! I was reading" Ino shouted.
"You can't help Sakura if you're hungry. So eat" Shikamaru ordered as he led Ino to the dining table. She saw Sakura smiling at Chouji who was helping her eat.
"Hey Sakura" Ino said as she took a seat next to her. Sakura turned her head to the direction of the voice as she smiled at the wall next to Ino.
"Hello" She greeted. Ino patted her head as the four ate breakfast. Ino looked at all of them. She and Shikamaru were like the wife and husband. Chouji was like a dotting uncle and Sakura was like their child. They were a family.
"What do you want to do today Sakura?" Ino asked.
"Outside…" Sakura said.
"You want to go outside?" Ino tilted her head. Sakura nodded.
"She's beginning to say more" Ino commented. "You're doing a good job Shika-kun. The others will be surprised when Sakura is able to talk properly"
"Yeah…" Shikamaru said as he wiped some syrup away from the corner of Sakura's mouth from the pancakes they were eating.
"I heard Naruto-kun and Sasuke are on a special training" Chouji said he stuffed a whole pancake in his mouth.
"Really? why?" Ino asked as she fed Sakura another slice of her pancake.
"Cho welp fhem flear ver fwoughts wuv Fawuwa" Chouji said with his mouth full. Sakura laughed as Ino yelled at him about eating with his mouth full. Shikamaru just said his catchphrase. Chouji swallowed his food as he repeated what he said.
"To help them clear their thoughts about Sakura" Chouji said. "They'll be coming back the week before Halloween"
"That's right Halloween is coming" Ino said excitedly. "We should get Sakura a costume!"
"Kinda early to think about it Ino" Shikamaru said as he took a sip of his orange juice.
"What do you want to be for Halloween Sakura?" Ino asked Sakura. Sakura looked down as if she was thinking very hard. She was quiet for a long time.
"Sakura?" Ino asked again.
"Don't forget Ino, Sakura can't really think…" Shikamaru whispered. They watched as Sakura began to cry. She began to shake her head.
"I-It's okay Sakura. When you find out what you want to be, tell me" Ino said in a motherly voice. Sakura soon nodded as she smiled. "Shikamaru and Chouji are going to take you outside. So I'll change you"
The men watched as Ino got up from the table and put her plate in the sink before heading out. She came back a few minutes later with the wheelchair.
"Let's go Sakura" Ino said in a calm voice as Sakura nodded.
Chouji looked at Shikamaru. "Ino isn't okay, is she" Chouji asked.
"I'm afraid not. She feels guilty about this, so she's doing everything she can to help her" Shikamaru said in a sad voice.
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"Say goodbye to Ino, Sakura" Chouji said as they were outside. Sakura waved at the door. Ino smiled and waved back even though Sakura couldn't see her.
"I'll see you later Sakura" Ino said.
Shikamaru pushed Sakura's wheelchair as Chouji walked on the other side of her. The three passed by the marketplace as they heard the villagers gossiping about what happened to their cherry blossom.
"Poor girl. I heard her teammates left her as she fell off a cliff" One of the villagers said loudly. Chouji noticed Shikamaru's knuckles turning white as he ignored the villagers.
"Really? I heard she tried to kill herself"
"I heard that rumor too. She was stressing too much. She fell into depression when Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki left her. Then her parents died. She was alone. Her sensei weren't there for her either. That poor girl"
"No way! I heard she was caught by Akatsuki!"
"Oh no. It must be that Naruto's fault. He put his teammate in danger due to his you know…"
"Shush, lower your voice, they might hear us. We're not supposed to talk about that. Besides the Nara boy and the Akimichi boy are close to that boy"
"Stop talking. You don't even know what you're talking about" A voice shouted. Shikamaru and Chouji looked to see the Sand Siblings talking to the gossipers.
"Kazekage-sama" The villagers bowed. Gaara just nodded his head.
"I hope to no longer hear any more of this talking" Gaara said. Temari soon looked up.
"Hey you! Are you going to stand there or come and greet us?" Shikamaru pushed Sakura to them as Chouji followed. Everyone looked down at the person in the wheelchair.
"Sakura…" Temari whispered. Gaara just stared at Sakura not knowing what to say. It was awkward. Kankuro felt grief when he saw the girl. He soon moved up to her.
"Hey Sakura" Kankuro said as he squatted down. Everyone watched as Sakura reached out her hand, grabbing nothing but air. She had missed Kankuro's face. Kankuro grabbed her hand and placed it on his face. "It's me Kankuro"
"The poison is in his bloodstream, I have to remove it quickly!"Sakura saw girl, probably 16 hovering over somebody. She looked like the girl from her last vision.
"Someone go and get me a bowl of water" A nurse brought one to her.
"Here you go Sakura-san" the nurse said. Her name was Sakura too?
She watched as the girl's hands turned green and pulled out something purple and put it in the bowl. After an hour she got all the purple stuff out. Sakura watched as the other Sakura put her hair down.
"I took all the poison out of Kankuro's body. He's going to be fine" She smiled. Sakura moved over at the table to see this Kankuro, but his face was blurry, just like that blonde girl.
"Okay!" She said.
"She's blind?" Temari whispered to Chouji shocked. Chouji just nodded.
"She has amnesia as well" Shikamaru said.
"Hey Sakura do you remember this voice?" Temari said as she walked up to Sakura. "It's your one and only Temari" Sakura did the same to Temari what she did to Kankuro.
'You're like an older sister to me' a pink haired girl said.
"Really?" A girl with four pigtails said. Again she couldn't see their faces, but why!
"Yeah, I wish I could be like you" the girl said. "You're so strong and brave. You're not weak"
"Thanks Sakura, but you're really strong yourself. You even got Gaara scared with that crazy strength of yours" She watched as the girls hugged each other. Sakura looked at the girl. Of all her visions, she could only see the pink-haired girl's face, but she couldn't see the others. Her name was Sakura too. Was that her?
"Okay" Sakura said. That was all she could say. Temari just smiled sadly as she looked over at her younger brother.
"Gaara come over here" Gaara slowly walked up to Sakura.
"Hello Sakura-san, this is Gaara" Gaara said. Sakura reacted the same way.
"Gaara, can you help me?" the other Sakura asked. They were at the beach as it seemed like the girl was trying to make a sand castle.
"Help with what?" the red-head asked. He looked down to see the girl's sand attempt of making a sand castle.
"Sand castle of course" She said. The guy sighed as he made a few hand-signs. Soon the sand below began to move as it created a huge sand castle.
"Gaara, you're such an awesome friend" the girl said as she hugged him.
"Awesome friend…" Sakura repeated what the girl said in her vision.
Gaara's eyes widened as Shikamaru went to them. "She said something, didn't she?" Gaara just nodded as Shikamaru smiled.
"This is great! Now Sakura will be able to talk to us more" Chouji said.
"Well, we'll see you guys around. We need to set up our apartment." Temari said.
"Bye Sakura" The siblings said as Sakura just smiled and waved her hand. She began to pick up this habit when people say goodbye to her.
For the rest of the day, they took Sakura around town as they let her get some fresh air. They soon came back to find Ino on the floor in the living room sleeping. Books were opened around her.
"She wore herself out" Chouji said.
"I'll put Ino in her room" Shikamaru said. "You take Sakura to Ino's room as well"
Chouji nodded as he took the sleeping Sakura in his arms. She was light, a little too light. He began to have a bad feeling about this. The boys tucked in the girls as they closed the door. Shikamaru and Chouji went to their room as they went to sleep.
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The boys woke up and went to check up on Ino and Sakura, but they weren't in the room. They went to the living room and kitchen, but they weren't there either. They soon checked in the backyard to see Ino and Sakura in a big hammock. They seemed to be talking as Sakura was laughing.
"Hey you two" Ino greeted.
"Hey Ino. Hey Sakura" Chouji and Shikamaru said. Sakura just waved and smiled to the left of them.
"There's breakfast at the table" Ino said.
"Did you two eat yet?" Shikamaru asked.
Ino nodded. "Yeah, then Sakura wanted to go outside. We were just talking. We soon found out what she wanted to be."
Shikamaru raised an eyebrow. "What do you want to be for Halloween Sakura?"
Sakura just smiled as a butterfly flew around her.
"Butterfly" She said in a soft voice.
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Another chapter done. I feel so terrible for her. I'm trying not to make this really sad, not working. Well I hoped you guys liked this chapter. Please review everyone, I beg of you. I really expect alot of reviews, but you can't always get what you want huh?
-Kumiko
