Wow I thought I was all quick on updating but apparently it's already been a month. But here it is!
Crash, Bang, Memory Loss
"Where are they?" Kakashi said as he tapped his foot impatiently. "The contract ends at seven thirty."
"Stop worrying them Kakashi." Kurenai said, eyeing her charges, who were either pacing or staring off into space. "They know the boys are late and there could be a perfectly innocuous reason like a traffic jam or something."
"That doesn't explain why they haven't called and why they won't answer their phones." Sakura said dumbly.
"Yes but they could have just left the phones in the car when they took Naruto to the loo or went to pick up gifts for you. You're jumping to horrible conclusions that probably won't come true anyway." Anko pointed out logically but while the girls were considering how true her words were, the mansion phone rang.
"Hello?" Kakashi answered, considering he was the one nearest the phone. "Okay, what's wrong?........I see...........Yes, okay...................I'll be there as soon as I can." When he hung the phone, his face was carefully controlled when he said, "There's been an accident. A drunk driver hit Kuna's limo." At one the girls rose up and shot towards the door and the cars, with their teachers following them.
At the hospital they ran up at the same pace to the reception desk, while the adults parked the car, where Temari demanded,
"The five boys and the man in the car accident with the limo which room are they're in?"
"I'm sorry but we can't give out the information to people who aren't family members." The receptionist, with a snooty air, replied and Tenten growled at her.
"Sakura." Temari spat out and Sakura reached out a hand to clasp the pressure point between neck and shoulder and the receptionist fell forward.
"Hinatacan you?" Hana asked as they both flipped over the counter to see the receptionist's computer.
"Hang on...hang on....here it is! Rooms 137 and 108. It's Neji, Sasuke and Naruto in the first one and Gaara and Shikamaruin the second. That means it will be easier with boyfriends and family members." Hinata reasoned.
"Well then what the hell are we waiting around here for?" Tenten shouted and without another word they took off in two different directions.
At room 137 Hinata, Sakura and Tenten caught their breath for a few seconds before bursting into the room. They all slowed down as they saw their boyfriends lying in beds. Tenten walked forward slowly and then collapsed in a chair next to the bed, staring at Neji all the time. Sakura stumbled forward and then raised her hand to stroke Sasuke's face. He stirred slightly and she pulled back shocked, but then laid her hand on his forehead. While this was happening Hinata only had to step forward until she was at Naruto's bedside. She raised her eyes to his closed ones before she scrunched them closed again and tears leaked out from behind them.
"He's so still." Hinata managed to choke out. "It's like it's not really him, like his spirit is not here."
"I know what you mean." Tenten agreed and then silence fell.
Hana and Temari dashed up the stairs, too much in a hurry to wait for the lift. They slid up to the room 108 and flung open the door. Hana immediately ran in and threw herself on Gaara, burying her face in his chest. Temari gave Gaara quick glance, just to make sure there was nothing horribly wrong with him before placing herself gently on Shikamaru's bed.
"Hey lazy ass." Temarisaid softly and even though Hana heard her she gave no sign, so Temari carried on. "You're making me really scared you know? When Kakashisaid that there was an accident, my heart stopped. And then when it started beating again, it felt like it was choking me, it was that far up my throat. But if you wake up now I'll forgive you okay?" Temari looked at Shikamaru, but he remained unmoving. Temari'seyes filled and she pleaded with him, "Please wake up Shika." Then underneath her hand he started stirring and Temari watched in amazement as his eyes flickered open and slid into focus. His voice was heavy with disuse and an unusually confused look came onto his face.
"Where am I?"
"You're in hospital Shikamaru. You were in a car accident and went into a coma. I was so worried." Temari said in a relieved tone while Hana watched amazed from the other bed.
"Shikamaru you're okay!" She said delighted and Shikamaru turned his confused gaze to her. It then flickered to Gaara as he started stirring.
"Gaara-kun?" Hana asked in disbelief as Gaara opened his eyes slowly and then glanced around the room.
"Where am I?" Hana giggled slightly at Gaara'squestion which sounded slightly unreal with the tears still thickening her voice.
"You're in hospital Gaara-kun. You were hurt in a car accident." Hana said, smiling brightly. "I'm so glad you're awake." Gaara looked at her, but it was different from the other times. This time there was no love, no happiness which both Temari and Hana had been used to seeing in his eyes of late. There did not even seem to be any recognition.
"Who are you?" Gaara asked and both Hana and Temari stood up in shock.
"W...what?" Hana asked still staring at Gaara in shock. "I'm your girlfriend, Gaara-kun." She answered with a bewildered air.
"Yes otouto, how can you not recognise Hana?" Temari asked and Gaara turned his gaze to her.
"I don't recognise you either. And why do you call me little brother?" Temari gaped at him and managed to get out.
"Because I'm your sister." She turned to her boyfriend. "Shikamaru please tell him!" She almost demanded and Shikamarustared up at her with an unreadable look.
"Actually I don't know who you are either." Temari paled and took a step back.
"Okay what the hell is going on?" Hana demanded of the room but all the occupants were unable to answer her.
Back in room 137, the patients in there were also stirring.
"Neji! You're awake!" Tentensaid, surprised as she came back into the room with a glass of water. Neji glanced at her and tried to speak but all that came out was a raspy cough. "Oh wait here." And Tenten held the cup up to Neji so he could sip some of her water. "That better?" She asked concernedly. Neji nodded.
"Neji-nii-san!" Hinata cried in delight as she saw Neji was awake. Here a strange expression came over Neji's features...almost like hate.
"What's wrong Neji?" Tenten asked and Hinata looked scared.
"You haven't looked at me like that since the Main House and Branch Family disputes." Hinata whispered almost to herself. Tenten jerked her head from Neji to Hinata. She had heard a lot about the 'disputes' from both Hinata and then Neji and managed to get it from both sides. It was not pretty.
"But Neji's got over that ever since he found out the truth about his father..." Neji jerked his head to Tenten as she said this but he was cut off from whatever he was about to say when Sakura smothered Sasuke in a hug and he shouted for the whole room to hear,
"Who the hell are you? Get off me you crazy fan girl!" Time seemed to freeze at this and Sakura immediately released him.
"I'm sorry Sasuke but did you just call me a fan girl?" Sakura asked, slowly and carefully while Tenten and Hinata stared at them in shock, praying for Sasuke to give the right answer.
"Well yeah that's the only reason a random girl would be hugging me." Sasuke answered in scorn and Tenten decided to stand up for Sakura.
"What the hell are you talking about Sasuke? She's your girlfriend, she's allowed to hug you." Sasuke stared at Tenten in anger and well hidden confusion.
"No she's not." Naruto answered for Sasuke and the girls turned to him.
"But Naruto-kun you know that Sasuke-san and Sakura-chan became boyfriend and girlfriend after the dance." Hinata explained, perplexed. Naruto stared at her in well.
"No I don't and I don't know you." He answered.
"What?!" The three girls all shouted in unison and Neji seconded Naruto'sanswer with,
"Actually I don't remember you either." The girls spun to face Neji, wide-eyed.
"And I'm betting you don't remember either, do you Sasuke-kun?" Sakura asked her boyfriend cynically and Sasuke just shook his head. Tenten started massaging the bridge of her nose.
The door burst open of room 137 and the three girls in the room, still trying to digest the fact that their boyfriends did not remember them, spun round in shock.
"Who are you?" Sakura asked blankly as she saw the two large guys.
"We're hospital security, ma'am, and we have reports that you knocked a receptionist and are here 'to molest certain famous individuals' according to Uchiha-sama. And the boys' fiancées want you out of here. " The girls just stared at the man who said this in shock and then Tenten clutched her head.
"Woah too many shocks. So let me just get that straight: Neji, Naruto and Sasuke have all forgotten about us and Fugaku Uchiha-san is getting us kicked out the room because we might 'molest' our own boyfriends while at the same time bringing in their biggest fan girls posing as their fiancées who probably will molest them in their sleep." After Tenten finished her little speech Naruto stared at her with his mouth hanging open while Neji stared at Tenten with a calculating look in his eyes and Sasuke just looked angry.
"Yes that's right." One of the guys answered uncertainly.
"Now that's all settled we will totally come quietly." Sakura said brightly and the security guards looked hopeful.
"Really?" One asked and Sakura answered laughing,
"Nooo." At this the three girls rushed the guards who became a jumble of bodies until the two men fell to the ground and the girls were left standing.
"Well apparently we're being kicked out. Okay guys." Tenten turned to the boys in the hospital beds. "We need to find out what Fugaku-san is up to withthis whole fiancée business and what his general plan is so we'll be back soon hopefully." The girls sped out and not five minutes later, Fugaku Uchiha and three teenage girls came into the room.
"Otou-sama." Sasuke said straightening up slightly and Fugaku smiled at him slightly.
"Hello Sasuke, I'm glad you're awake. Now the doctor has informed me of your little memory loss and assures me that it will clear up in time. Now let me introduce your fiancées. This is Karin, Hazuki and Yumi." All three girls waved and smiled at the guys.
"But what about what that bun haired girl said?" Naruto asked confusedly.
"She's one of the members of Neji's fan club, the President actually." Fugaku answered smoothly and Neji nodded as if he was accepting this. Hazuki took this as a sign to sit down beside him.
"I've been so worried about you Neji-kun." She pouted slightly and Neji eyed her with contempt.
"Of course." He added coldly and Hazuki tried to carry on the conversation.
"I'm so glad you're woken up."
"That's nice." Neji said, still in the same cold manner. Fugaku frowned when he saw this and when he turned to his own son his frown deepened.
"Sasuke-kun, I'm so happy you're awake." Karin cooed and Sasukeglanced at her with a disinterested look.
"That's good." He said politely.
"And now that you're up we can talk about wedding plans." Karin said happily and Sasuke stared at her in horror.
"I can't remember meeting you Karin so why the hell would I want to work out wedding plans?"
"Because we only have 2 months left to do them in." Karin pouted at Sasuke's harsh tones.
"Two months? But I'm not even 18!" Sasuke answered in horror and Karin giggled.
"I know but we were so in love that we just had to push ahead. And since we have our parents' permission we can do it." She giggled again and Sasuke muttered to himself.
"I doubt that very much."
Naruto was having better luck than the other two at least. Since Yumi had had a revelation just a few hours ago, she was busy thinking on that rather than fawning over Naruto.
Should I go for Naruto now he's free? But then I will be choosing a side and I just know that Hinata and the others will come up witha plan to get them back. Am I actually calling five teenage girls, six if you count Ino, smarter than Fugaku Uchiha leader of the business world? Yumi stared at Fugaku for a while. Yep I am. I know that those girls are going to fight for what's theirs and as much as I don't like to admit it but the guys are theirs. And I really don't want to get in their way. That decided Yumi looked at Naruto.
"Here Naruto-kun let me fluff your pillow for you." Yumi reached around Narutoto get his pillow and when her mouth was near his ear and out of sight of Fugaku she hissed, "Naruto-kun don't look surprised. When you get released from hospital, look under Gaara's bed. And don't show anyone but your bandmates what you found." Against his will Naruto did look shocked when Yumi leant back and said sweetly, "All better Naruto-kun?" Naruto just nodded dumbly and Yumi sent him a smile and a warning look.
"Stupid bloody coke machine." Temari kicked the vending machine and it finally choked out several drinks. "Thank you." Temari told it sarcastically as she gathered up the drinks and took them back to her friends.
"Hey Temari, don't take your problems out on the coke machine." Hana tried to joke to relieve the atmosphere and Temari played along.
"But the coke machine is the cause of all my problems Hana." Hana smiled slightly at Temariwho smirked back. However both their smiles fell as tears started to fill Hana's eyes.
"Don't cry Hana-chan." Hinata said to her as she hugged Hana to her.
"I just don't understand what happened. It all went by so fast." At Hana's words they all fell silent and became too choked up to speak. It was Sakura who finally took charge.
"Okay that's enough moping. It's time to fix this." She said firmly and one by one her friends raised their heads, stared her in the eyes and smiled.
"So what do you propose we do?" Tenten asked Sakura and Sakura smirked at her.
"What we do best of course. Create complete insanity." They all smirked as they caught her meaning.
"I like it." Temari said smugly, sipping her Pepsi.
Back in room 108 the boys were doing the same. They had kicked their fiancées out of the room and hospital and were having a little heart-to-heart chat.
"I don't believe Uchiha-san when he said they are our fiancées." Neji started with and although Sasukelooked angry, he gave a defeated sigh.
"I guess you're right. There is no way I would fall in love with Karin." He said her name with disgust. Naruto looked around as if searching for someone before leaning in and speaking so quietly that he forced the others to lean in like him too.
"Yumi whispered something to me. It was about looking under Gaara's bed when we got released from hospital." Gaara looked surprised and then nodded.
"Do you suppose that Yumi is on our side then?" Shikamaru asked and the others thought about it.
"She could be but I wouldn't trust her if it wasn't in her best interests." Neji answered slowly. "What I want to know about is who were the girls that were kicked out of the room by Uchiha-san."
"Yes there were girls in our room too. They called themselves our girlfriends and then one said she was my sister but otou-sama said that was just lies." Gaara said quietly and Naruto looked revolted.
"You went out with your sister?"
"Dobe." Sasuke said while hitting him on the shoulder (due to his head being in bandages).
"Teme! You bastard!" Naruto yelled and Shikamaru looked annoyed.
"Shut up Naruto and no his sister was my girlfriend." He answered and Neji turned to Gaara.
"Is your father a good father?" Gaara shook his head definitely. "Has he acted in your best interests before?" Another shake of the head. "Has he lied to you before?" Gaara nodded. "Are you willing to believe him now?" Gaara shook his head slowly. "Good." Neji grunted.
"I don't like believing anyone for anything, so what we can do is gather the clues and make our own conclusion. The girls could have been desperate fan girls, but they could have been telling the truth." Sasuke stressed and Shikamaru sighed.
"I really want to get out of this hospital." Murmurs of agreement came.
With the girls, they were all hidden down an unused ward of the hospital since they had already been chased by one set of security guards and did not want to run into another.
"Okay I stole Shikamaru's chart when we hiding at the nurse's station. Akina-san recognised me from when I came here with Shizune and Tsunade, so it was pretty easy to get it. Plus the fact that she can tell people she knows Uchiha Sasuke's girlfriend is just a plus." Sakura answered their unspoken questions as she crouched down behind the bed they were hiding behind. She flipped through the chart. "According to this, they used an experimental pain killer that is also known for bringing patients out of comas. However it also causes temporary memory loss," There were cries of outrage but Sakura silenced them with, "Wait there's more. They knew this and so proclaimed this as a side effect to anyone who wished to use the drug. All three of the boys' legal guardians knew this and still used it."
"Those bastards." Tenten hissed vehement ally. "They took away the freedom of choice from Neji and the others!" Sakura nodded grimly and said,
"So what we need to do is make them curious enough about us to doubt their guardians and their choices until they remember."
"But first what we have to go is visit Bill and make sure he's okay." Hana suggested and the others looked slightly guilty at having forgotten him and agreed.
"He's not at this hospital but rather the one down the road." Hinata commented as they were trying to devise a way of getting out the hospital without getting caught by any security guards, police or bodyguards of Hiashi, Fugaku or the Kazekage who were gathering in large mobs at the bottom of the building.
"Why isn't he in this one?" Hana asked curiously.
"Because even if he's Kuna's driver, he's still just a driver." Temari answered bitterly and Hana looked mad for a second before letting it drop.
"Hey Sakura," Tenten said slowly and Sakura turned to her slowly.
"Yeah Tenten?"
"You know how to drive a motorbike right?" Sakura nodded at Tenten's question and Tenten grinned. "Well then I think I've just found our way out of here." She pointed to three police motorbikes leaning against the side of the building and the others shared her grin.
What felt like minutes later, the five of them were speeding away from the panicking police on their own motorbikes. Tenten grinned savagely at Sakura as they sped along with Hana on the other motorbike and parked a block away from the hospital. They dumped the bikes and hurriedly stuffed the gloves they had worn in their pockets before dashing off down an alleyway just before sirens came round the corner.
"Wow I never knew breaking the law could give you such a rush." Temari said calmly as they slowed down as they got to Bill's hospital. As they entered the waiting area, they gave nods of approval. This felt a much more comfortable place than the rich, snooty one the boys were staying at.
"Warton Bill-san please." Hana asked in her most polite voice and with her brightest smile. The receptionist smiled back.
"Sure, what relation do you have with the patient?" She asked and Hana looked nervous.
"Well we're only friends of his but we're worried about him and his wife and his children. They're only little and we're hoping that we could comfort them during this hard time." The receptionist fell for Hana's emotive manipulations and she smirked slightly as she thanked the receptionist for giving them the room number.
Inside another hospital room, looking at the still body of yet another friend the girls felt very depressed.
"I hate this." Tenten muttered before Hana had the courage to approach Yoko, Bill's Japanese wife and the reason he relocated to Japan.
"Yoko-san?" Hana asked cautiously, because even though they had met several times before, it was difficult to predict how people were going to react in times of stress.
"Okay Hana-san, how nice to see you again." Yoko stood up, drying her eyes and her children stirred. "Taro, Mai wake up." Yoko always used her children's Japanese names, following the tradition of her parents while Bill used their English middle names.
"Hana-chan! How are Gaara-kun and the others? They were in the car with Otou, are they okay?" Mai, also known as Sally, asked Hana anxiously as she rushed to hug her. Taro, also known as James, was a lot more restrained than his sibling but rushed to Hinata when she held out her arms for him.
"They've woken up from their comas but they appear to have amnesia." Sakura answered and the two children looked confused. "They've lost their memories so they can't remember the last few years." Yoko looked horrified and James and Sally looked upset.
"Does that mean they won't remember us?" Sally asked horror-struck and Hana nodded sadly. "But you can help them right Hana-chan?" She asked again.
"I'm sorry hime." Hana slipped into the nickname she had christened Sally with ever since she found out what her name meant. "But they don't remember us either." Yoko let out a choked gasp and Sally buried her head in Hana's stomach.
"I'm sorry girls." Yoko said her eyes filled with sympathy. "I know that must hurt." The girls smiled at her.
"It hurts more because they don't want to get to know us again. We got kicked out the hospital." Temarisaid with a defeated sigh as the girls sat down in any available seats.
"That's horrible." Yoko said, horrified.
"It's okay, we have a plan." Tentensaid confidently even though it was off put by the pain flashing in her eyes. Yoko laughed with tears choking her voice.
"Of course you do, you are not the types to give up without a fight." She said.
"And Bill's the same." Hinatareassured her as they stood with her in silent vigil over Bill's beside.
Yoko- Positive
Sally- Princess
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