" Okay, Sakura. Time for your shot…" Tsunade replied, when she saw her pale pupil, shaking from head to toe, Tsunade quickly went to her side. " Sakura? What's wrong?" Sakura was shaken out of her consciousness and looked at her mentor, Tsunade. " Oh! It's nothing. I'm ready to take my shot." Sakura replied quietly. Tsunade nodded and began prepping for the shot. Sakura tuned out for a bit, but a pinch in the arm brought her back to reality.
Instead of leaving, Tsunade faced her patient. " Sakura. What's wrong? You can tell me." Tsunade soothed the shaken girl. " S-Sasuke. He came a few minutes ago." Sakura replied. " WHAT!" Tsunade replied. " No, No… It's okay. He didn't do anything this time. He let me go. He wants me to come to a decision, Tsunade-sama. He wants me to choose him over Neji. What should I do, Tsunade-sama?" Sakura asked. " I really don't know, Sakura. It's your decision not mines. But I do hope that what you decide is the correct one. I trust in you to make the right one. " Tsunade said as she left the room.
Sakura sighed and settled herself into the pillows, trying to get some sleep. But before she could, the door burst open and in came Naruto Uzumaki. " Sakura! There you are!" Sakura just groaned at the sight of his hyper ness. " Naruto, I don't have time for this. I'm tired. If you need something, do it and get out. Please." Sakura replied sternly. " Augh! All right, all right. I came here to see you, Sakura. Who did this to you? Grandma Tsunade didn't tell me." Naruto cried. " It's best if you didn't know. Now can you leave?" Sakura said. " Fine!" then the number one hyperactive ninja left the room, giving the pink haired girl some rest.
Neji waited at home, he was worried that he hasn't seen the last of the Uchiha. Sasuke was now at home, waiting for the chance to steal Sakura away from Neji again. " You will come back to me. I know it." Sasuke said as he fingered the photo they all took when they were genins. " All mine." Sasuke smirked. Sakura felt a chill in the hospital room. She got up and peeked outside her room, dimly lit hallways a shadow far down in the other corridor slipped past and she was on high alert.
Sakura scanned the hallways again and followed the shadow; it led her into a different hallway. ' Got to be cautious about this.' Sakura thought, biting her lip. " Sakura?" a voice questioned. Sakura was scared out of her mind and threw the kunai that was in her hand at the intruder. She saw that it was just Kakashi sensei. " W-What are you doing here, sensei?" Sakura asked after a moment of breath. " I was just on my way to visit someone. What are you doing out of bed at this time of night?" Kakashi asked. "N-Nothing." Sakura replied shakily. " All right, now get to bed." Kakashi ushered her back to her room. He closed the door and then his feature disappeared and was replaced with none other than the Uchiha. "Hn." Sasuke smirked and continued on his way home.
Sakura was just about go to sleep, when the door to her room opened and in came Kakashi-sensei. " K-Kakashi-sensei, finished visiting that someone yet?" Sakura asked. " I think Itachi's mangyekyo sharingan did a number on you, Sakura. I just arrived." Kakashi said. Sakura was bewildered. 'Just came? But then who's…' Sakura thought. She looked at the Kakashi who in front of her with curiosity. " Are you really Kakashi-sensei?" Sakura asked. " Of course. What's wrong? Is there someone else in the hospital with you?" Kakashi asked alarmed. 'Ok. This is Kakashi-sensei, but then who was the other one before? Naruto? No. Sasuke? Gasp! Sasuke!' Sakura thought. She paled at the thought of Sasuke Uchiha being close to her.
Sakura shivered and Kakashi noticed it quickly. " Is something wrong, Sakura?" " N-Nothing. I just want to sleep." Sakura replied shakily. Kakashi nodded and left the room, leaving Sakura to sleep. Kakashi went home after that. Sasuke still roamed the hospital, as night security. He checked every room and then went into Sakura's; Sakura was sleeping soundly. A quick search showed him that no one was in the room, Sasuke was about to carry her off, when she mumbled, " Neji, I love you. Please don't leave me…" That angered the Uchiha and so he stole her that night, no one noticed.
