Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. Masashi Kishimoto does.

A/N: Consider reading this and listening to The Fray's Syndicate heehee.


Sasuke walked down the stairs. The hallway it lead to reeked of urine, mold and decaying flesh. He heard the moans of pain, the angry curses, the relentless begging and the silent sobbing. He saw the helpless, the hopeless, and the dead. Suddenly, silence consumed him as the prisoners shut up and watched him walk by. Some glared and some silently pleaded with their eyes, but all of them knew their efforts would be wasted. For Sasuke Uchicha only had eyes for the prisoner in the cell down the hall. He would come several times a week to visit the prisoner. Sometimes his visits were short and brisk and sometimes they were long. The duration of his visit depended on his mood. If he was remorseful or depressed, the visit would be longer; if irritated or bothered, short. Remorse, depression and anger were the only emotions people felt these days. Happiness did not exist anymore, not since Madara took over, not since the allies lost. Mothers would cry after giving birth, not out of joy, but out of fear for what would happen to her child, her baby. Sasuke quickly walked down the hall, ignoring the hands of the other prisoners reaching for his legs, reaching for a chance, a chance for him to end their suffering. Sometimes he would grant them that, besides, Madara wouldn't care if a few of his prisoners die. He caged them here to have them waste away in the first place.

Sasuke finally reached the cell. He unlocked the door and went inside. It was silent between the two of them. He noticed she didn't finish her last meal. Sighing, he went over and picked up the remains of her meal and walked over to her.

"Sakura... you need to eat."

"Oh! You're back! Odd.. I don't remember hearing you leave though."

Sasuke looked at her. He felt so angry, so sad, so guilty. This was all his fault. He stared at his dirty, pink haired teammate. She was emaciated. Her collar bones were more prominent than ever before and her face was hollowed out. She had bags under her eyes. Sasuke had to look away for a while.

"Oi! You brought me food!" She pointed at her leftovers.

Sasuke frowned a little. She's forgetting things. "Aa." He gave her the leftovers of her lunch. She barely picked through the meal the first time she got it. Hopefully she eats more this time.

"Sakura..."

"Yes...erm..." She smiled.

"Sasuke. My name is Sasuke."

"Oh you! I knew that already! Sasuke."

"How are you feeling? Any headaches, pain, nightmares?" inquired Sasuke. Any memories of the past? Any memories of me? He thought.

"Fine! No pain! Although I am having these weird dreams. I dreamt that we knew each other before this... but that's impossible! I only met you last week."

"Last year."

"Opps! Hahah I meant last year."

At times like these, Sasuke just wanted to grab Sakura and shake the hell out of her. Sasuke didn't know whether to continure hoping that she'll snap out of Madara's spell and the amnesia or just end both of their miseries and just kill her. Although he would never lay a hand with malicious intent on her, not in the present that is, sometimes he still wondered if it would be the best for her if he just killed her. He could live with the pain of losing her as long as that meant that he didn't ever have to see her beautiful face and then hear her ask him who he was. Yes, he was selfish. But, who wasn't selfish nowadays.

"Sasuke?" Sakura was getting worried. Sasuke still didn't answer her yet. She reached out touch his face. Sasuke flinched. "Sasuke-kun?"

"Sakura!"

"Yes?"

"Sakura! You're back!"

"What are you talking about?"

"My name! You said it. You said it that way."

"What way?"

"What?"

"Are you okay? Do you have a fever?" Sakura touched Sasuke's forehead to feel his temperature.

Sasuke flushed red. He backed out of Sakura's touch.

"Sasuke! Are you okay?" Worry laced her voice.

"STOP IT."

Sakura pulled her hand back from his face. "Sasuke! What are you talking about!"

"Don't say my name if you don't even know who I am."

"What are you talking about? I know who you are. You're Sasuke Uchiha. The guy who cares for me and visits me and"

"THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT. Stop acting like you care about me. YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW ME! You're just some shell of her."

Sakura slapped him and then gasped in shock of what she did. "Oh.. I'm so sorry."

"Forget it. After all you're not her. She's long gone." Sasuke got up to leave the cell.

"THEN WHO AM I?" Sakura was frustrated.

Sasuke silently stood in front of the cell door.

"WHO AM I?" Sakura started to tear. "WHO AM I and who am I to YOU? Why do you care so much about me? Why do you always come to visit? I can see it in your eyes. Every TIME you come to visit, you're actually secretly hoping for something. You want something from me. But you already know that something in me will never come back. Yet you continue to live in this fantasy world thinking that if you think hard enough about the past that it will magically appear in the future. BUT NO. The past has passed. You need to move on."

Sasuke was silent.

Sakura walked up to him and looked him in the face. "Who am I?"

"You are Sakura Haruno. You are Sakura Haruno of the Leaf. You are said to be the next best medic after your master, Tsunade. You got captured by Zetsu. You got tortured by Madara. You were hurt multiple times by me. You are in love with me. You are my first love. You are what I want. You are what I need. You are what makes me feel. You are my weakness."

"But I'm not any of that anymore.."

Sasuke held his breath. "I know."

"But you could always teach me. Teach me how to be that. Teach me how to be that girl you so desperately want me to change back into. Tell me what was so special about her. Tell me about her life. Tell me about her memories, about your memories of her. Teach me how to fall back in love again...with you."

Sakura snaked her arms around Sasuke's neck and pulled him in close. She leaned in and kissed him once. Then she grabbed him by the collar and pulled her back into the depths of her cell. Tonight she would make sure he stays and tells her everything about who she was supposed to be while she listens. Tonight she would also try to make him understand that even though she knows of her past and his expectations, she has changed and even though she will try her hardest, she won't ever fully revert back to who she was back then. For who she is now, is what she feels most comfortable as.


A/N: I think I sort of fucked up the ending :\... heheh sorry for the language. Anyways reviews are ever so welcome ^^ 3 They make me happy and a happy me means more chapters in a faster time.