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Tsunade drummed her fingers along the wooden surface of her desk. She glanced at the clock on her wall and growled when she realized it wouldn't make a difference. She stared at the empty chair next to her. When Sakura had first become blind, Tsunade became depressed… and then she became angry. She felt selfish, wallowing in her sorrows while Sakura was the one in need of pity. Tsunade slacked off on her work and hit the bars harder and longer. Eventually things got out of hand. Shizune had tried to keep things quiet so the council wouldn't find out about Tsunades' current condition, but you can only hide for so long. So Shizune went to the only person she could think of…

Tsunade remembered when Sakura stumbled into her office, kicking her door open and walking in. Naruto was holding her shoulders, guiding her away from walls and bookshelves. "sensei!" she had screamed…

And suddenly, in one big flash… Tsunade came back to reality. Because here, standing in front of her, was Sakura. Just as wild and feverish as she had ever been. Tsunade stared at her for the longest time, listening to her rant on about duties and patriotism, and of course alcohol consumption. Sakura waved her arms around frantically, sometimes Naruto would put in a word or two, or nod in agreement.

Sakura had gotten back up… she had climbed out of the deepest ditch and stood tall. And after Sakura's yelling was done, she stood there fuming, her cheeks bright red from yelling. Naruto also seemed unnaturally peeved… Sakura must have been rubbing off on him. The blonde had been with Sakura almost non stop since she came back, his life had practically melted away and he stuck to keeping his last teammate from slipping away from him.

Tsunade smiled as she remembered these things… as hard as the times were, Naruto's bright blue eyes were never devoid of hope…

"…That's what I miss the most…" Sakura said as she settled herself comfortably next to her teacher. Tsunade's arm was wrapped tightly around her, and her sake remained untouched as she listened.

Tsunade, after some encouragement from Shizune, had decided to spend the day with Sakura. Naruto was uneasy to leave her alone but Sakura had assured him she would be all right… In truth, she really wanted to talk to Tsunade… not as a teacher, or a medic... but as one of her best and most trusting friends… almost like a mother.

Sakura sat close to Tsunade, wringing her fingers. And it only took a few moments for the older woman to burst into tears and throw her arms around the young medic.

So now they sat, snuggled together, talking about intimate and secret things. Things that Sakura hadn't even told Naruto.

"so what do you miss the most?" The blonde asked, resting her cheek on Sakura's head.

"The sky… Forests… Flowers… and Eyes…" She responded slowly, but the words came out smoothly, as if she had previously pondered the question.

Tsunade looked at her "Eyes?"

She nodded, smiling fondly at some lost memory, "Like yours, they're brown, and Ino's and Neji's, and Gaara's… Naruto's especially…" She licked her lips… "I miss seeing the eyes of my team…"

"What about Sa-"

"Him too..." she replied honestly and sighed. "I miss all of them… but when I think of them… It hurts…"

Tsunade nodded "This must be mental torture for you…"

Sakura shook her head and placed her hand on her chest "No… it physically hurts…"

With this said Tsunade sat up straight "what do you mean"

Sakura's voice was shaky "I think that whoever had me… I think they did things to me… but I can't remember… I can't remember anything…" tiny rivers of tears streaked her cheeks.

"Sakura you should have told me about this sooner! What if there's something wrong with you?!" Sakura shook her head "You don't understand!! I already examined myself and nothing is wrong… but whenever I try to remember… I become afraid of everything… and everyone… sometimes even Naruto…" Tsunade remembered some of Sakura's 'fits' and how she had screamed for help and begged for mercy…

They sat quietly for a long time… until Sakura spoke…

"I just wish I could see their eyes again…"

"That's what I miss the most…"

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A light knocking at her door snapped Tsunade out of her trance "Come in!" she barked in her usual fashion. The door opened and in walked Shizune, a sad expression on her face. "Tsunade-sama, I've just received word that Sakura's group had jus passed through the main gates…" Tsunade stood up, a wide smile on her face "Excellent! Bring them here at once and-" she paused looking at Shizune "Why the glum look Shizune?" she half laughed the words, but a prickly feeling of tension rose in the air. Shizune looked up at her "I was told, that Sakura is still wearing a blindfold…" Tsunade stood stalk still for a moment, before slowly sinking back into her seat… She shook her head disbelievingly. "Oh… oh Sakura…" She whispered.

Footsteps were heard down the hall and Tsunade straightened herself up "well… at least we tried… right?" Shizune nodded, not making eye contact with the older woman.

After a few seconds Naruto bounced into the room, with his customary smile and thumbs up. "Hey granny!" he yelled. Tsunade and Shizune looked stunned for a moment, then as the rest of the group walked in, all chatting casually, there shock only increased. Neji was politely guiding Sakura, with Sai on her left, and Sasuke keeping a safe distance from her.

"Tsunade-sama" Neji nodded.

Tsunade sat like a fish with its mouth open before Shizune nudged her. "oh!" she coughed and stood up "so… I take it the mission was… uh…" actually, she had no idea what the outcome of the mission was. She just stared at Sakura with confusion plastered onto her face. Neji recognized her look "ah well, so far it was a success... but the healers said it would be another month or so before we began to see results…"

"That's wonderful!" Shizune clapped her hands.

Tsunade gave a sigh of relief and sank back into her chair "so I take it the mission went smoothly then?" there was a long pause.

"Umm… not exactly…" Naruto mumbled.

Sakura swore several times that day, apparently another side effect was a potty mouth. She had sat through several detailed explanations of the mission, each one was different. Naruto, of course, had over exaggerated his side of the story. Sai struggled painfully with his story, trying his hardest to depict emotions. Neji had given all the technical basics, along with several hypotheses. And Sasuke had flatly stated his side, of course leaving several gaps in his story. Anytime her name was mentioned or a part of the story came up that annoyed her even the slightest, Sakura would mumble a string of profound words that would make the devil shiver. She could feel her fingers clenching together in anticipation. She was itching to do something fun, something exciting, and dangerous. She silently cursed her new mood swings... she didn't want to have to deal with this for an entire month. She let out a windy breath, slumping into her chair, waiting for the meeting to end.

"Sakura"

She sat up.

"Sakura I'm sure your tired, so I'll go over with the rest of this tomorrow, ok?" it was Tsunade… she was using her 'special' voice. The voice she used for patients, usually children. Sakura silently steamed about this. "ok…" she grumbled and stood up, holding out her arm. Within a second Naruto was there guiding her out of the room. She could hear the footsteps of the others behind her. Neji patted Sakura's shoulder "See you tomorrow" he waved to the rest of the group then left in a puff. Sai yawned quietly murmuring his awkward goody then leaving the trio to walk alone. "Hey Sakura you want me to spend the night tonight?"

Sasuke nearly slammed into a wall "what?" he said quickly, before he could stop the words from breaching his lips. Naruto turned to look at him "you say something?" he asked. Sakura ignored him "sure thing Naruto" if Sasuke were a lesser man, he would have stomped his foot. "but I don't want to go back to that room just yet.."

Sasuke noticed the slight edge in her voice when she said 'that room' she really hated that place…

She cried "Please Sasuke! Please don't leave me here!! Just … just take me back to Konaha… to that fucking room where I'll spend the rest of my life… Just get me away from here…"

Sasuke flinched at the memory, but pushed it aside.

"oh yeah?" Naruto asked, perking up a little "where do you wanna go?"

"Lets go eat" she said. Sasuke groaned… he immediately recognized the look on Naruto's face…

"RAMEN!!"

Naruto had slurped down Severed bowls before he even sat down, Sakura had ordered a smaller dish and a bottle of sake. Sasuke ordered a plain dish, not really interested in food at the moment. He watched in horror as Sakura expertly poured herself a very full glass and swallowed it down, her cheeks tinting pink. Naruto followed her example, his face twisting into a long smile "Man Sakura I forgot what a great drinking partner you were!"

"am!" she corrected elbowing him lightly.

"Right right" he agreed while pouring another glass. He slid it over to Sasuke "C'mon Sasuke! Join the fun!" Sasuke stared down at the drink for a moment before lifting the cup of burning water to his lips and swallowing it in one impressive gulp. Naruto whipped out the false admiration, clapping his hands and mouthing 'WOW'. Sasuke glared at him. The alcohol didn't do much other than relax him, he found himself laughing at things, or leaning over the table stupidly. He wasn't drunk, relaxed… was a better word. Although he couldn't say the same for his two companions.

Naruto declared that he no longer wanted to summon frogs, apparently plants were much more useful in battle. "I'm telling ya!" he shouted, flapping his right hand in the air like a fish. "Plants is like… all that, man!"

Sakura laughed a chirpy, musical laugh, clapping her hand on the table. "oh god Naruto! Your just soooo funny sometimes! I mean sometimes! You make me laugh sooo freaking hard that its like! Your like part funny person!" she slurred. Sasuke laughed at this and Naruto shook his head vigorously agreeing with her "I know I know!" Sakura yawned loudly, slamming her head onto the table "Fuck I gotta sleep Naruto, I laughed so hard that, my brain was all sleepy right then… and now I guess…" Naruto slung an arm around her "Your so smart! Like all the time!" He leaned over, his face twisting a bit. "Remember the time I broke my arm and you healed it! That was awesome!" Sakura nodded proudly, a wide smile stretching her cheeks. Narutos smile disappeared "and then that time you broke my arm and healed it and kept breaking it again and again!" tears poured out of the blonde's eyes as he recalled the nightmarish event. Sakura laughed at the memory and reached over the table to awkwardly pat Naruto on the cheek. He smiled again, laughing loudly and occasionally hiccupping.

A little while later, after Naruto had gone through several more fascinating stories, strange noises stated to come from his belly, "Uuuhhuo…." He gurgled, trying to finish his current story as he bragged his belly.

Sasuke smiled a half smile, knowing what was coming. "Like the time you-" Naruto heaved mid-sentence and quickly ducked out of the small booth and threw himself towards the nearest trashcan where he threw up a weeks worth of ramen. Sakura laughed again and Sasuke stood slowly, it was time to end the drinking. He nodded to one of the waiters, signaling her over. She smiled politely "can I help you?"

He pointed to Naruto "Yeah… can you call a car for him or something?"

"A what?" she asked raising an eyebrow. 'oh that's right' he thought. "uhm… someone to make sure he gets home ok…" her face lit up in understanding "O yeah we do that all the time! Ill get someone for him" she paused, glancing at Sakura "what about her?" she asked, Sasuke turned to Stare at the pink haired girl, leaning on the table half asleep. "no… I'll take her home…" There was a pause and when Sasuke turned back to the waitress she was giving him a suspicious look. The girl crossed her arms, "Yeah right buddy, listen I'm the manager here and I'm not gonna let you take advantage of some poor girl" she stated. Sasuke glared at her "Take advantage of? Listen I'll do whatever the hell I plea- OW!" he cried and the girl stomped the heel of her shoe into his shin. "What the fuck!" he yelled, clutching the bruise on his leg. The girl gave him a haughty look "don't get sassy with me sir!" she snapped her fingers and two very big looking men wearing chef coats walked out from the kitchen. Sasuke glanced at them, this girl had no idea who she was dealing with apparently. The two men stood on either side of her "do you two recognize him?" she asked, her eyes never leaving him. One of them squinted "oh yeah he's the Uchiha punk, came back to rejoin his team recently" the other one nodded "Oh yea it is him" She eyed him for another moment "all right then… you can go" Sasuke sighed and walked past her helping Sakura stand up, his shin still burning. "Please come again!" The girl said in a cheery voice. Sasuke grumbled as he walked.

"woa'-woah!" she mumbled as her feet wobbled beneath her. Sasuke turned around to make sure Naruto had an escort, and sure enough, a very tired looking man was leading the blond towards his home. "ok then, lets go Sakura" he took her arm and led her out of the restaurant. Sakura's giggles erupted from her as she struggled to walk in a straight line. "aw fuck!" she said half giggling still. "do you… do you have any giggle idea how hard it is to be drunk and blind… at the same time!?" she wobbled forward and Sasuke caught her arm again, laughing lightly "Must be hard"

"hell yeah its hard!" she began to stumble more and giggled more loudly "oh shit Sasuke, haha, I'm sooo wasted!" she flung her head back stopping. Sasuke tugged her hand "C'mon Sakura it late lets go"

She giggle "nope!"

he laughed lightly "I'm serious lets go"

"…fine" she huffed, reaching forward letting him lead her away. Sasuke concentrated on his feet as his intoxicated partner leaned on him, giggled and whispering incoherent words as she stumbled onward. Sasuke gave a sigh of relief when he spotted the tower, Sakura's head drooped forward and he was sure she was about three seconds away from passing out. "Come on Sakura were almost there" he mumbled, tugging her forward.

The hallways were dark, he assumed almost everyone was asleep, he found the room easily enough. "Sakura lets go" he said again, she slumped forward, he grumbled.

She had to fall asleep when they were almost there didn't she? She couldn't have waited just a few moments? He sighed and scooped her up, walking at a quickened pace towards her room. He kicked open her door and walked towards her bed, frowning lightly as he noticed how light she was… how frail she had actually become.

He set her gently down on the bed, then sat down next to her. Tiny scars littered her body, he cringed as he thought of how they might have gotten there. There was one by her knee, a slash that traveled three inches up her leg. He traced his finger across it slowly, trying to decipher any type of hidden clue. Sakura froze, whimpering as he touched her. He immediately pulled his hand back, she was awake now.

"Sakura it'…s just me, its ok…" he reassured her, but he wasn't entirely sure if that was the best idea.

Her breathing calmed and she lifted her hand. He stared at it for a moment, it had pretty much been the law that when Sakura lifted her hand it was for Naruto, Sai, or Neji. And usually he was NEVER allowed to touch her. But now she was asking him to… he eyed her as he slowly lifted his hand, clasping it with hers. Her fingers tightened around his, "are you all right Sakura?"

She shook her head. "I'm remembering things…"

"Can you tell me what you'r seeing?" he asked, slightly more eager now.

Her hand tightened and her lips formed a thin line.

"Sakura I know it's hard but if you can tell me these things I can help you…" he whispered.

"they…" she ground her teeth for a moment. "they wanted me to make something…"

"what did they want you to make?"

"I think I made it for them… I think they got it from me…" she ground her teeth together.

"what did you make Sakura?" he asked more desperately.

"I didn't want to!" she cried, trying to pull away from his intense grip.

"Sakura tell me what you made! it's ok!"

"THEY MADE ME DO IT!!" she screamed, yanking her hand away she planted a heavy kick in his gut that sent him flying back.

Sasuke let a loud curse fall from his mouth as he hit a wall, the plaster cracking and crumbling around him. He felt several bones snap like twigs before he blacked out…

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Okay, who can guess what Sakura made?

If you can you get a cookie!!

Or , Idk… something,

Lol.

Allright, I know what your all thinking.. "Why the fuck did you take so long?" well I had extreme writers block and im having trouble finishing the story.. so if you have any ideas, please feel free to enlighten me!

Anyways! Please review! Im almost at 200 and that would be awesome!!