A/N: Well first of all I wanted to thank those who voted, and reviewed. Things will get stranger and stranger from this point on. I truly thought I knew what I was going to write but...apparently I didn't. T-T well on with the story...Enjoy.
Disclaimer: DO NOT OWN NARUTO.
Chapter 10: Breakout
Never in a thousand years had Sasuke thought that someone would forget him. Looking at her frail figure tore at his heart, now that she mentioned not remembering him hit bulls eye.
" I-I'm going to call the doctor." Sasuke let go of her hand and made his way to the door on the other side of the room, slowly he turned around to glance at Sakura. This was just not happening...
" Doctor!Tsunade! Sakura woke up!" screamed Sasuke, as he saw three individuals running toward him. Naruto included, their faces in complete shock.
" Are you sure?" asked Tsunade, rushing past him she looked at the awaken Sakura. Seeing her awake caused Tsunade to collapse on her knees, her hands covering her tear filled face. " Oh...sweety!" she stood up and ran to embrace her daughter.
" MOM!" spoke Sakura, she hugged her mother back. Sasuke could not believe what he was seeing. How was it that Sakura remembered her mother yet she did not recognize HIM.
"Sakura-chan! I'm so happy!" it was Naruto this time. His face filled with happiness and relief.
"Baka!" teased Sakura as she smiled back to her best friend. This was it! Sasuke could not take it anymore. Roughly he turned to the doctor, his eyes filled with anger and fustration.
" Hey doc, why is it that she doesn't remember me? She seems to remember everyone else except me!" Sasuke made emphasis by pointing at Tsunade and Naruto.
" Could you please step outside with me?" ordered the doctor, Sasuke was left with no choice but to obey. He nodded and followed the doctor outside into the hall while taking a last glance at the bright smiling Sakura.
" So...what is going on?" Sasuke was impatient, he needed to know why his blossom didn't remember him.
" It appears that when Sakura rebooted her brain, she maintained pleasant memories in her memory data. All that caused her the slightest of stress or pain she has no knowledge about."
That was the answer then. Sakura did not remember him because of his stupidity, the person he most cared about now knew nothing about him. " Is there anyway that...she can regain those lost memories?"
" Their is a posibility of that, but the chances are very slim." truthfully answered the doctor.
" What if I, I don't know help her remember by making her re-live those moments." Sasuke was distraught and this idea was his last hope of recovering Sakura.
" Hhmm. I guess that could work, reminding her of what she forgot is a great way to regain memory."
...Three weeks later...
" I'm so glad I'm out of this place!" smiled Sakura, she was jovial and blossomed like a flower. Seeing her and not be able to touch her killed Sasuke. It had been almost a month since she had woken up, yet she still didn't remember him.
" Hey Sakura! You should follow teme here and rest. Tomorrow is a big day, we start simulations." spoke Naruto, he knew that Sakura knew nothing about Sasuke after the incident, so that was why he wanted to help him out.
All Sakura could do was nod her head and follow the sexy man in front of her. Ever since she had woken up he had not spoken a word to her, except when he mentioned his name. She couldn't help but notice how strange the man was, he was always daydreaming and maintained a look of loss.
Somehow she wanted to know more about this man, he was a mystery. A mystery that she wanted to solve.
" That is your bed and mine is the one by the window. If you have any questions let me know." with that Sasuke was about to step out the door, when he felt a hand hold his left arm. It was Sakura.
" You can't expect me to sleep with you! This is crazy! I can't sleep next to a male!" all she did was rant endlessly about how it was not appropriate for a woman to be sleeping in the same room with a man. Especially one she knew nothing about.
" Sorry pink princess, but there are no other available rooms. You'll have to deal living with me." taunted Sasuke, then the idea hit him.
Quickly he pushed Sakura againt the wall, both of his hands above her small figure. He was too close to Sakura to be able to taste her scent. She was intoxicating, like poison seeping throught his blood, causing it to boil from the heat.
To Sakura's surprise, the moment felt nostalgic, like she had been throught this before, dejavu you could call it. She was about to speak when her lips were ravaged by Sasuke's. The moment they touched was like an electric shock swallowed her whole.
Sasuke had been holding back all this time, and he could not hold himself back any longer. He wanted to taste her again, feel her heat to his touch. Embrace her lips like no other would ever do.
They parted as they both needed air. Sakura gasped, she felt cold at his departure. How could she let a complete stranger ravish her like that.
" Look Mister!" retorted Sakura, jabbing her forefinger on his chest.
" I just l-o-v-e how you get when you're angry." gently he brushed his knuckles against her jaw line, then moved to her lip, already swollen from the kiss. " Take care Sakura." Sasuke stepped out feeling accomplished. Sakura had not noticed that she had been holding her breath all along, until she felt pressure on her chest from lack of oxygen.
" I'll be waiting for you." Sasuke said, knowing what those words meant. He would wait for her to love him, to remember him.
" You...ahhhhh! I promise I won't let that jerk touch me again!" hissed Sakura under her breath. This Sasuke guy was dangerous, and just for that she was going to keep her distance.
Screw the whole mystery solving bit, it wasn't like she was a detective or something. She wondered what he meant by those words, he was so strange.
Not knowing what else to do to clear her head, she decided to unpack her belongings. It wasn't much, but it was plenty to keep her busy for an hour or so, before she hit the sheets for sleep, like Naruto had said, tomorrow was simulations and hopefully they will allow her to participitate in future missions.
...1500 hours pm Konoha simulation facility...
Everyone was getting their equipment ready, the general would split them into groups and ordered to infiltrate an enemy military base. The objective was to sneak in, make a breach on the army frontier. Step through and extract critical information back to main base.
Peace of cake, right?
" Idiot, stop making so much noise will ya!" she couldn't believe her luck, stuck with the idiot of Naruto and the mystery of Sasuke. Couldn't have asked for better.
" I'm sorry...it's just, I think something got in my pants. It itches..." Naruto kept rubbing his butt on the tree's trunk. Causing the sound of rustling.
Both Sasuke and Sakura ignored his reply and concentrated on their target. They were only feet away from their objective.
Sasuke signaled Sakura to head left while he maintained right. Naruto would cover their backs as both sneaked unnoticed past the guards into the military confinement.
Guns close to their bodies the three of them set out to do their duty. Everything was going perfectly fine to the point in where they entered the base, only to be met by barking guard dogs. They had forgot about the freaking dogs!
" Sakura we should..." Sasuke turned around to find Sakura walking to the dogs, without a care in the world. She was crazy, maybe that amnesia she has affected her more than they thought. " Sakura!" he whispered, but she was ignoring him completely, she just kept advancing with caution toward the two guard dogs that were intently looking at her. Sasuke feared the worst, they could attack her.
Sakura felt no fear as she walked up to the dogs. She was calm and secure that she knew what she was doing, she just hope Sasuke would not do something stupid if things went wrong. Carefully Sakura extended her left hand to touch one of the dog's face. She was inches away when the dog began to growl, baring its teeth with an intent to kill.
"She's done for." Sasuke thought.
She did not hesitate but continued to approach the dog. She kneeled on both knees, her eyes filled with compassion. With care she touched the dog's face, feeling the fur under her fingertips. Gently she began to massage its cheek while keeping eye contact with him. The growling stopped and Sasuke was left in awed.
She did it.
Both dogs were mesmerized by Sakura and began licking her hands, wagging their tails in invitation for her to keep touching them. Sakura turned to look at Sasuke, signaling for him to walk ahead of her as she maintained the dogs busy.
Quietly Sasuke passed Sakura and headed for the room where the files they were looking for were located. As he stepped into the room he noticed that there was something off. As if air was being sucked out of the room. Quickly Sasuke grabbed the scroll and ran for Sakura.
" We have to get out of here. There is something off..." Sakura looked at him, she knew what he meant.
" I've been hearing a ticking noise, that could be it." spoke Sakura looking up at Sasuke.
" A bomb! Let's go!" Sasuke took hold of Sakura's arm and lifted her to her feet. The dogs hypnotized by Sakura followed her outside. "Naruto! Let's go, this place is about to explode!" Naruto then followed them into the forest not questioning his reasoning.
A minute later the entire tent was blown up into ashes. Sasuke, Sakura, and Naruto looked at the current event. That had been an extremely close call.
" Great job teme! We could have d-" Naruto's eyes widened as he looked at Sasuke. He was bleeding! " Sasuke! You're bleeding!" Sakura snapped her head toward Sasuke, she could see a stain of blood on his lower abdomen.
" Lift you shirt!" ordered Sakura.
" All you say darling!" teased Sasuke wincing as he moved his body in a sitting position in front of Sakura.
" Don't get too cocky Uchiha. Medical reasons only." smiled Sakura. Underneath the shirt was a wall of pure muscle, immediatly she felt her cheeks blush. She's never seen anything quite like this, except in magazines.
Sakura concetrated her chakra on his abdomen, the moment she place her palm of his skin it seemed like her hand was burning. She could feel him, his heart, his breathing, his heat. Everything was visible to her.
" Distracted?" Sasuke's voice snapped her back to reality.
" N-no." stuttered Sakura, not noticing the gleam in Sasuke's eyes. He knew that she felt attracted to him, but she was fighting the feeling. " Stop moving will ya? I need to heal your wound. It's not deep, but a piece of wood got caught in your skin from the explosion." explained Sakura.
" You're so annoying Sakura." answered Sasuke, wanting to see her reaction. Sakura froze.
flashback
" Sasuke..." called out Sakura, she was shaking and did not know what to do. " I-I won't leave you." Her words surprised Sasuke, her complexion was filled with worry, fear, and compassion. The things he most hated in life.
" SHUT-UP! I don't want to hear you... you're so annoying." his words wounded her more than the sharpest of blades ever could.
" Why can't you accept it! You can't do it on your own all the time!" tears stung her face. Why was she crying? He meant nothing to her, yet his expression touched her deep.
" I'm not going to argue." before Sakura could even react, Sasuke had disappeared before her eyes. She was left shaken to the core, what was she supposed to do now.
" Stupid Sasuke. How can you not see it? It's right in front of you." slowly a smile became apparent on her face.
What was going on?
Sakura became dizzy and was about to collapse when Sasuke caught her.
" Sakura! Sakura!" screamed Sasuke, Naruto was now standing next to him. " We have to go back, this is only a simulation anyway. Call them to pick us up." directed Sasuke. He looked down at the woman in his arms. It felt right to hold her, even for a second.
" Hebi to base! Hebi to base! We are ready for pick-up!" Naruto spoke throught the radio transmiter on his ear.
"On our way Hebi! " responded base.
" They'll be here any minute now Sasuke." If only he could tell them. Maybe then they would realize that they were meant to be together.
A/N: Well another chapter gone. Hope you guys like it, and to a reviewer named SMILE, the moment I read your comment I was on the floor laughing my butt off. Thank you so much to the other reviewers too. I love you guys. Oh..almost forgot please vote for "Entwined lives". Voting will be closed this week sunday. Immediatly after I will get working on the story if approved. Thank you again! ;)