Chapter seven

When Sasuke woke up, he didn't have a clue where he was. All he remembered was fighting with Orochimaru. Was he alive? Had he been killed? And where in the world was he? Suddenly he remembered something else. A girl with pink hair trying to help him. Who was she? Then he remembered the same girl, only younger, trying to stop him from leaving Konoha. She had also been his teammate. The annoying one who had a crush on him. But what was her name? Let's see, how can I not remember? Um…there was Kakashi, Naruto, and…? Sakura! That was her name! But did she make it? Am I alive?

Sasuke opened his eyes slowly. He was in a small bed, but it was pitch black and he couldn't see anything else. There was a person at the end of his bed. Who…? Sasuke thought. And where. And why. And what. The list of questions goes on! Ugh I hate being so clueless!!!!

The person seemed to be sleeping, but it was too dark to tell for sure. Slowly, Sasuke sat up to get a better look. Darts of pain shot up his leg. He reached out to turn on a light or something, but couldn't find one. The person at the end of his bed stirred. Whoever it was sat up and stretched. Suddenly the light flickered on. The person was Sakura. She looked at him, blinked a few times then yelled,

"SASUKE-KUN!" She ran over and threw her arms around him. Her knee slammed into Sasuke's leg.

"Ow!" he cried "Sakura, that hurts!" Sakura backed off a bit.

"Sorry, it's just… Sasuke-kun you have no idea how worried I've been. Do you know how long you've been asleep?" she said. Sasuke shook his head.

"Well, two days since you woke up the first time, but you weren't really yourself so that doesn't count. Then three days before that is when you got here, so about five days!" said Sakura.

"But… what happened? Where is here?" asked Sasuke.

"You mean, you don't remember?" said Sakura. Sasuke shook his head. Sakura opened her mouth to say something, but Tsunade rushed in before she could explain.

"Sakura, what in the world is all the racket about? You-," Tsunade stopped talking when she realized why Sakura had made so much noise. "He's awake?" she questioned. Sakura nodded and smiled. Sasuke was still confused.

"Um… what the hell is going on?" he asked. Sakura turned to him.

"Well, um… where should I start?" She asked herself.

"How about the beginning," Said Sasuke, irritated.

"Ok… well you came back to Konoha, remember?" Sakura began. Sasuke nodded. "But you were all beat up, and I didn't have enough Chakra to heal you completely. So I pulled out all the weapons and stopped the blood from flowing out. But then you collapsed and I had to drag you to the hospital. Well, I ran into Kakashi and he helped. We got you to the emergency room and Tsunade and I started to heal you. But, I almost ran out of Chakra and…um; let's just say I was asleep for three days after that. When I woke up you were in bad condition and it took us a long time to get your fever down. That's pretty much it. You've been asleep since." Sasuke could tell that she was leaving something important out.

"Wait, you said that I was awake for awhile two days ago," He said. Sakura looked at Tsunade, then back to Sasuke.

"That's not really important, you were only awake for a few minutes and…" her voice drifted off as Sasuke gave her a cold glare. Now he was sure she was leaving something out. He noticed a strange mark on Sakura's leg.

"What's that?" he asked, pointing to it.

"Just a scrape from one of my missions," Sakura replied in a would-be casual voice. She was definitely hiding something. Sakura always had been horrible at lying. Sasuke decided to drop it, knowing she'd give in and tell him one day. He glanced around and saw that two chairs had been pushed together at the end of his bed. He realized that Sakura must have slept there every night he'd been here.

Wow, that girl is still obsessed. Still, it felt weird to know that he actually had people who cared about him. He looked up at Sakura. She was in deep conversation with Tsunade. He heard his name mentioned a few times, but didn't bother to eavesdrop. Soon Tsunade ended the conversation by saying that it was late and that they should go back to sleep. Sasuke watched as Tsunade left and Sakura went back over to her 'bed'. Sakura noticed his stare.

"What?" she asked. Sasuke just shook his head. "I bet you're hungry," Sakura continued. She bent down and picked up a package. "I bought these earlier, for when you woke up." She opened the package. Inside were a few rice balls and tomatoes. Sasuke picked up a rice ball and, realizing how hungry he was, shoved it in his mouth. Sakura laughed and sat down on the bed.

"So, how are Kakashi and Naruto?" asked Sasuke.

"Well, Naruto is well on his way to becoming Hokage and Kakashi is as perverted as ever. Yesterday he went and saw the movie of that book he's always reading. Naruto's on a mission, but I think he'll be back tomorrow," Sakura explained.

"What about you?" Sasuke said, quietly.

"Well, I'm a Jounin and when I'm not on missions I usually help out around here," Sakura said, gesturing to the room. "I want to know, Sasuke-kun are you going to stay here or will you go back to Orochimaru?"

"It's late, we should go to sleep," Was all Sasuke said. He could tell that the answer he had given did not satisfy Sakura, but she didn't press the subject. Instead she went over and flicked off the light.

"Goodnight, Sasuke-kun," She said, settling in to her 'bed'. After she'd turned the light out she thought she heard Sasuke whisper, "Goodnight, Sakura."