Author's Note: OMG we reached chapter 10! That is a huge number for me seeing as my last fanfic was only 8 chapters long. Also I just wanted to say thanks for the bunny to Asa because her cute little bunny really did motivate me to work on the Chapter hahaha. Well…ENJOY :p

Disclaimer: I do not own anything.

Chapter 10: Remember Me

I walked into the classroom and took my seat; today was the first day in which Sakura would return to school after being released from the hospital. I haven't seen her since Pervy Sensei erased her memories…

"Wh-what did you do to her?" I asked after seeing Sakura pass out.

"I meant what I said Naruto. She can no longer be with us…not until she has her powers. If she continues to be here, she may encounter even stronger and more dangerous enemies than just Orochimaru. Sure she'll be in danger without us, but we can protect her from the shadows. She doesn't need to see us to be safe," Jiraiya stated calmly

I glared at him, "So that's it? We're just going to kick her out? Do you really think Sakura will sit back and let you kick her out like this?"

He returned my angry stare, raising his voice, "Of course I know that! She's too thick-headed to just let us abandon her. That's why…why I erased her memories. She won't remember anything about me except that I'm her teacher and the same goes for Orochimaru. She'll remember everything that doesn't have to do with SATF."

He lowered his voice and took on a more compassionate tone, "And to avoid pain, I made sure she doesn't remember ever speaking to you, she merely knows that you sit next to her in class."

I shook my head, "No…no you can't just do that! To avoid pain? To avoid pain? You're not avoiding any form of pain by doing something like that! No! I won't accept this! She'll remember me. She...she has to!" And with that I ran off, leaving Jiraiya and the hospital behind.

I shifted in my seat, the memory still vivid and painful. I glanced over as Sakura arrived, taking her seat next to me.

'She has to remember me, she just has to,' I thought before turning to Sakura, "Good morning."

She didn't even bother looking up from her book bag as she searched for her notebook, "Hm? Oh, good morning."

"So how are you feeling, Sakura-chan?"

"Fine. Why do you ask? Uzumaki, right?" She had finally looked up at me there was this distance between us, her green eyes barely showing any trace of genuine interest in me or anything I might have to say.

I gave her a worried smile, "You don't have to call me by my last name, Sakura-chan. I mean, were are friends after all."

"I'm sorry but I have no idea what you're talking about Uzumaki-san. This is the first time we've ever spoken."

Furrowing her brow, she tilted her head awaiting my answer. Before I could respond, Uchiha entered the class room. Instantly, she turned around and perked up.

"Sasuke-kun! Good morning! How are you on this beautiful day?" she seemed to be in a daze, her whole face lit up, her eyes were shining and she was twirling a strand of pink hair between her fingers.

'As she did this it almost seemed mesmerizing the way she seemed to perfectly twirl her soft hair, hair that made me wonder if it would really feel like silk on my finger tips…'

No! I can't be thinking like that…but most importantly even though I must admit she looks angelic, it hurts to know that her smile brightness and shines with an incredible intensity, that used to be my smile. Mine. And now she's giving it to that stupid guy.

Anger and another emotion that I couldn't quite place my name on coursed through me. I glared at the Uchiha. My hands were balled up in fists at my sides. I was trembling 'Why? Why did this have to happen?'

Sakura smiled, taking her eyes off Sasuke and turning to look at Naruto. The blonde's eyes were full of fury in as he glared at Sasuke.

'What's his problem?' Sakura wondered. She shrugged, pushing her concern away. Oh well, not that I care anyway.'

Kakashi arrived much too soon for Sakura's taste, putting an end to her 'Sasuke-kun Admiring Time'.

Soon enough, lunch came and Sakura quickly ran to the empty table where Sasuke was eating. She smiled, "Hi Sasuke-kun."

Sasuke merely lifted a brow; he was confused at Sakura's sudden turn to fan girl. He simply shrugged it off, not caring one way or another. Ino and her gang entered the cafeteria and spotted Sakura at Sasuke's table. Ino recalled warning Sakura, and what was Forehead doing? She strut right into Sasuke's life, ignoring Ino's words.

'How dare she!' Ino was livid. She, along with her followers, headed over to Sasuke's table to take what they thought was rightfully 'theirs'.

"Hey, Forehead! I thought I told you to stay away from Sasuke-kun!" Ino yelled as she slammed her hand on the table.

Sakura snorted, "And what makes you think you have any right to tell me what to do, Ino-pig?"

Ino glared at her, "Shut up you piece of worthless trash! You're a pathetic excuse for a Sasuke fan girl. No, you're a pathetic excuse for a woman in general! So why don't you get your butt out of the chair before I smack some sense into you?"

"Me? A pathetic excuse for a woman?" Sakura crossed her arms over her chest, "I'm sorry Ino, sweetheart, I think you hit your head because I'm pretty sure you are the pathetic one here. So why don't you just walk away, along with your little group of airhead followers, PIG?"

Ino scoffed and huffed in irritation as words left her. Out of irritation, she began to walk away with her girls, but not before Karin remarked, "You'll pay for messing with us, nerd."

Sakura sighed, "Finally! I thought they would never leave."

While this was happening, a very important meeting was being held in the Principal's office…

"So we're clear then? Jiraiya, you'll teach Hyuuga Neji and Yakushi Kabuto, Anko will continue to teach Kaguya Kimimaro and Sohma Tayuya, and Kakashi you will take on Uchiha Sasuke." Principal Sarutobi reviewed what had discussed.

Kakashi, Jiraya, and Anko all nodded. The latter spoke, "This is the best layout. We know that Kaguya Kimimaro and Sohma Tayuya are working with Orochimaru, although we have no solid proof. I also think that Yakushi Kabuto is a bit suspicious, but Sasuke Uchiha isn't with him and therefore there's still hope the boy has not been corrupted."

Jiraiya crossed his arms, "Sasuke is jealous of his older brother. He wants his brother to feel the shame and frustration that comes with living in the shadow of a sibling. He wants to crush Itachi and prove himself to his father so badly that he would do anything to achieve his goal."

"Yes, during our training sessions I noticed that. I also realized how Orochimaru was beginning to take interest in him. The problem, and biggest danger here, is just how much interest he's taken in the boy. If he's too interested, then there's no hope: he will have him. When Orochimaru wants something he gets it." Anko informed them.

Once a few more things were discussed Kakashi, Jiraya and Anko left the room leaving Sarutobi alone to think about his former student Orochimaru and how far he's fallen.

The day for Naruto, Sasuke and Sakura was uneventful until the time for SATF lessons came around, and neither Naruto nor Sasuke liked what they saw.

"Who's this?" Naruto anxiously questioned Kakashi.

"Since Orochimaru-sensei has been categorized as a villain and is on the run, we've distributed his students between Anko, Jiraya and myself. So from now on, you two will be training together under my guidance," Kakashi stated while both ignoring and answering Naruto's question. The tall man clapped his hands, addressing his two pupils, "Okay! Now boys, turn around and face each other and let's practice by applying what you know in a fight."

'Just great! Out of all the people in the Snake's group, I had to get the guy Sakura keeps drooling all over,' Naruto bitterly thought as he turned around.

Kakashi looked at the sight before him and, although Naruto had turned around, Sasuke had silently refused to do the same.

Kakashi sighed, "Sasuke?"

Nothing.

"Um, excuse me, Sasuke. Could you please turn around so we can get this over with?"

…

Naruto scoffed, "Forget it Kakashi-sensei! If he's too chicken to face me, then we shouldn't force him."

"Hah!" Sasuke turned around, "Like a dobe like you could beat me!"

"What did you call me?" Naruto roared in anger.

Sasuke smirked, "Hn. You heard me, or are you hearing impaired as well as mentally impaired?"

The Uchiha's words caused Naruto to charge forward with his fist pulled back. Sasuke merely dodged the intended blow. Naruto responded with a barrage of punches, all of which Sasuke dodged.

Naruto kicked; Sasuke dodged.

Naruto punched; Sasuke dodged.

This went on for some time. It came to a point where Kakashi even sat down and began to read Icha Icha. Just when Kakashi was about to end it (end what? His book or the fight?) Sasuke got tired of dodging and decided to attack. He began to mercilessly punch and kick Naruto. After a good while of Naruto being beaten like a training dummy, Kakashi put an end to the fight.

While all of this was going on, Sakura was studying at a public library. She was sitting in a nice desolate area. Suddenly, Ino and her groupies approached. Tayuya used her powers to put up a sound barrier, unbeknownst to anyone, so they wouldn't attract unwanted attention.

They walked up to Sakura, and Kin grabbed her by her hair. Sakura struggled as Karin crept behind her with a knife and whispered into Sakura's ear, "I told you, you'd pay for messing with us, nerd."

Ino came up to Sakura and slapped her, "That's for insulting me." She pulled her fist back, "And this is for Sasuke-kun!"

Sakura closed her eyes in fear and anticipation. In that instant, she seemed to disappear as Ino's fist hit an invisible wall a few inches from Sakura's face.

"Wh-what's going on?" Ino stuttered.

Taking advantage of the situation Sakura took a hold of Karin's knife, cut her hair and made a run for it. She ran all the way to Wal-Mart and suddenly she felt a hand on her shoulder and let out a startled scream and was once again visible and as she turned around she came face to face with Jiraiya.

I sighed as I arrived home to find Jiraiya at my dinner table. Or, rather, my family's dinner table.

"Oh, hello, Naruto! I was hoping you'd get here soon. Man, you're in pretty bad shape," Jiraya said as I sat down in front of him.

I took my seat, "Yeah, yeah. Don't rub it in."

Jiraya leaned forward, "Listen up! Sakura's powers have broken the seal. She's back in the SATF!"

I smiled from ear to ear, as relief pored down on me, things were finally looking up, "That's great! Now she can finally remember me! And she'll stop chasing that stupid Sasuke around and thing will go back to normal again."

"Um…I'm sorry kid. I hate to burst your bubble, but it just doesn't work that way."

My face fell, "What do you mean? What are you trying to say?"

He sighed and looked straight into my eyes, his tone deadly serious, "She won't remember you…ever."

Author's Note: Woo hoo! And an awesome cliffy for all hahaha. And if you're a bit confused on the whole Sakura thing with the hair cutting, the powers and Jiraya, relax `cuz I'll explain it in detail in the next chapie =)

Unfortunetly this week I have a math test on the History of Geometry, a History test on the Geogrophy of the US and a Chesmetrty test which involves memorizing a very long list of vocabulary words. So by the time I'm done I'll only have like 3% of my brain cells left, therefore the next chap might be late but if it all works out and I find time to write in between studying then it should be up on August 31 and if it's late September 5th. Bye bye! Reviews are welcomed, appreciated and very motivating!