Sorry for the wait. . . I've been hooked on Call of Duty 4 for the past couple of days.

Thanks to the reviews and here's chapter 10!

"He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere."

- Ali ibn-Abi-Talib

Ino and Sakura walked to Ino's house. She walked Sakura over to the couch and made her sit down. Ino sat down next to her. They sat there in silence for a few minutes until Ino broke the silence. "So, you think Sasuke knows who did it?"

"I don't think. I know, Ino. I could see it in his eyes. He wanted this to happen." Sakura mumbled.

"I see. Do you think they go to our school?" Ino questioned.

"I'm pretty sure they wouldn't be younger than Sasuke, so either they would have to be a senior, or they're in college."

"Who would be close enough to Sasuke, that they would listen to him and risk going to jail?"

"If you think about it, any of his friends probably would."

"You got a point there."

"Do you think Gaara saw who it was?" Sakura asked.

"He might have. Why?"

"I think we should go ask."

"Sakura, I'm pretty sure they're treating him right now. For all we know, he could have died."

"Ino! How could you say that?!" Sakura yelled.

"Listen, Sakura. How do you know he's still alive?" Ino questioned.

Sakura looked at the ground. "Sakura, I'm not saying he isn't alive. I'm saying that we need to wait a little while until we see him."

"Okay." Sakura smiled.

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Ino looked at the clock. Six o'clock. "Okay, Sakura. Are you ready?"

"Yeah, just gotta get my shoes on." Sakura called back.

Ino waited until Sakura walked into the kitchen. "Let's go."

Both of them walked outside and into Ino's car. She then started to drive. "Are you sure you want to do this, Sakura?"

Sakura nodded. "Yeah, I need to do this."

The rest of the drive was silent. Ino drove into the parking lot and then parked her car. Ino glanced at Sakura before getting out of the car. They walked into the hospital and Ino went up to the front desk. Sakura waited by the door for Ino to come back. When she did, she lead the way to Gaara's room. "They said that the doctors just finished with his injuries. So our visit will have to be short." Ino told.

"Okay." Sakura replied.

Both of them walked up several flights of stairs until they reached the correct floor. Ino walked down the hallway. Ino stopped at room 504. "This is his room. Remember, you need to keep it short." Ino said.

Sakura walked into the room and Ino closed the door behind her. She looked ahead and saw Gaara laying in a bed, hooked up to certain machines. She walked up to him and stared. Certain parts of his body were wrapped in bandages and gauze pads over various cuts. Sakura grabbed his hand and held onto it. Every once in a while she held on tighter. But when she felt her hand being squeezed, she looked down. Gaara had a small smile on his face, and his eyes were only half open. She quickly wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling him into a tight hug. "I thought I wasn't gonna see again." Sakura said, with tears sliding down her cheek.

"Yeah, me to." Gaara replied, his voice sounding hoarse.

Sakura moved as she felt Gaara trying to sit up. She looked at him and saw that he had his eyes jammed shut from the pain of moving. Sakura pushed him back down on the bed. "You shouldn't move. You're in no condition."

Gaara opened his eyes and slowly nodded. "I'm glad you're okay." Sakura said.

"Yeah, me to."

"Hey, Gaara. Can I ask you something?"

"Hm?"

"Who was the person that drove in front of you?"

There was a long pause. Sakura watched as he thought it over before he looked at her. "It was Sasuke's brother. Sasuke was chasing me at gun point and his brother went in front of me." Gaara told.

"Is there anything else?" Sakura wondered.

Gaara stared at her. "I can't remember."

A nurse then opened the door. "I'm sorry, but visiting hours are over."

"Okay. Bye, Gaara"

"Bye."

Sakura walked back out into the hall. "So how is he?" Ino asked.

"He's good." Sakura turned toward the nurse. "What exactly were his injuries?"

"He has three fractured ribs, a laceration on his right temple, a long gash down his back which needed seventy-five stitches, and he has temporary memory loss." The nurse told.

"That's a lot." Ino commented.

"We're actually surprised he woke up as fast as he did. We were expecting him to be unconscious for at least another day."

"Okay, thanks for letting us see him." Sakura said as they left.

So that was chapter 10! I made this one longer than the last one. . . that one was really short. R&R