The hospital was pretty busy today as someone around the hospital.
"Good morning!" said a secretary.
"Good morning!" said the person as she entered a room. "Lani?"
"Hello Sa- oh, sorry Temari-neechan, I thought you were her." said Lani. "How is she, did she wake up yet?"
"Not yet…" said Temari as she opened the curtains. Lani hugged her doll tightly as a tear drop rolled down her cheek.
"It's all my fault. Maybe if I haven't told Sakura about my-"Lani was cut off by Temari.
"It's not your fault, Lani. Sakura helped you because she really cares about you." said Temari as she stroke Lani's hair. "Besides it only has been over a week. She has a lot of time to wake up."
"Can I visit her?" asked Lani. Temari nodded as Lani hopped out of her bed and held Temari's hand.
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Temari opened the door to Sakura's room. When she did, she was surprised to see Hinata there.
"Hey Hinata…" said Temari looking at Hinata. Hinata was shocked.
"O-oh, Temari-chan, you scared me." Hinata's eyes soon fell on Lani.
"Hello Lani…" said Hinata.
"Hey Hinata-neechan!" said Lani smiling at her. They soon looked at Sakura. Lani went up to Sakura and held her hand.
"Hey Sakura-neechan! I really miss you. Please wake up soon. I have a lot to tell you! I think I might be able to sing at the winter concert. Kazekage-sama said I could…" Lani began to talk about what happened over the week. Temari and Hinata went to a corner and talked.
"How is she?" asked Temari.
"I don't know…I just came. I'm really scared Temari-chan. Sakura is getting weaker and having all these attacks." said Hinata as tears began falling down her cheek. Hinata wiped them away. Temari just looked at Sakura. Soon she forced a smile.
"Hinata, you forgot who you're talking about. This is Sakura Haruno! She was taught under the Fifth Hokage! She's strong. Sakura won't let a disease stop her from reaching her dreams. She'll make it through. If Sakura was awake, she'd tell you to believe in her." said Temari. Soon a gasped was heard in the room. The two ran to Lani.
"What's wrong?" asked Temari. Lani's mouth opened in shock as she implored Temari and Hinata urgently to follow her gaze. While keeping her hand clasped with Sakura's, she swore she felt her fingers move. Turning wide eyes to Hinata and Temari, Lani beckoned her again. Sakura's hand squeezed hers.
Temari grinned at Hinata as she pointed her attention to the side of the bed. Hinata gasped in wonder when she saw that the ventilator machine was gone. They had been so busy talking they missed the fact that the wires weren't even present and Sakura was breathing on her own.
Soon the doctor that told Gaara the news came in. He was accompanied by a nurse
"Oh, we have visitors. Good morning!" said the nurse happily.
"S-Sakura-neechan's hand moved!" said Lani smiling.
"Oh, yes. You'll be very pleased to hear this. Her condition has greatly improving over the last few days. We've removed the ventilator and the pressure monitor when we considered her vital signs were stable." said the doctor.
"When will she be fully conscious?" said Temari. The doctor smiled at her.
"Probably around this week" said the doctor. Lani just smiled at Sakura.
"I knew you'd make it through…" said Lani.
"We have to tell the others!" said Hinata. Hinata went to the door as she went to open it. But someone on the other side beat her to it. Hinata got hit with the door as someone entered the room.
"Omg, you will not believe who is coming here in two days!" said Ino. Hinata weakly came from behind the door.
"Who?" asked Hinata.
"The guys!" said Tenten. "Gaara just informed us right now!"
"Wait…" Everyone looked at Temari.
"The doctor just told us that Sakura's condition is getting better, she'll probably recover around the week!"
"Really?!" said Ino as she looked at Temari then at Sakura then back at Temari.
"Wait, that means if the guys come here, and Sakura is still in a coma, then they'll be wondering where Sakura is!" said Tenten.
"Exactly!" said Temari.
"Well, then we just have to make up a plan for them to not find out about Sakura until she wakes up!" said Ino.
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Two days had passed as the girls gathered all the people of Suna and told them about the situation. They had all agreed to help out. They had one of the guards ring a bell to alert everyone that the guys were here.
DING
DONG
DING
DONG
People got ready as a group of people entered the village
"Suna, Uzumaki Naruto has arrived!" yelled Naruto.
"Hey guys!" said a voice. Everyone looked to see Kankuro and Tenten.
"Tenten!" said Lee as he went up to hug her.
"Hey Lee! I missed you!" said Tenten as Lee lifted her up in the air and spun her around. Soon Lee put her down and kissed her.
"Tenten, where's the others?" asked Neji. But that wasn't what he was really asking. 'Where's Sakura?' thought Neji.
"They're around…" said Tenten.
"Tsunade, Gaara wants you, Shikamaru, Kakashi, Kurenai, Gai, and Jiraiya in his office. Tenten will take the others around the village…" said Kankuro as he led the adults to Gaara.
"Where's Hinata-chan, I haven't seen her in weeks!' said Naruto.
"She's helping out in the hospital with Ino and Sakura right now."
"To the hospital!" said Naruto.
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Hinata was carrying currently healing a patient right now and she hated it. You would too, if the patient was perverted.
"Come one Hinata-san, you and me can just sneak out. No one will mind!" said the guy as he pulled Hinata towards him. Hinata gasped as the guy's lips got closer.
The only thing the guy made contact with was a fist. "Stay away from my girlfriend!" yelled a voice.
"W-who are you…" asked the guy. The guy smirked.
"You're looking at Uzumaki Naruto!" said Naruto holding Hinata protectively by the waist.
"N-Naruto-kun…" said Hinata. Hinata hugged Naruto. "I missed you so much!"
"Me too Hinata-chan!" said Naruto. Soon the two let go. "Hey Hinata-chan, where's Sakura-chan?" Hinata's eyes widened.
"Um…Sakura-chan?" repeated Hinata. Naruto nodded. Before Hinata could say anything a nurse came in.
"Hinata, you're need in room 232!" said the nurse. Hinata sighed. Thank god.
"Sorry Naruto-kun, I'll see you later okay!" said Hinata as she gave him a peak on the cheek.
"Uh, alright Hinata-chan!" said Naruto as he walked out of the hospital.
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A couple of hours later, the girls caught up with the guys.
Neji noticed that Sakura wasn't with the girls. "Where's Haruno?" asked Neji. Sasuke looked up too. (A/n: remember Kakashi drugged Sasuke into forgetting about him knowing about Sakura's disease)
"Yamanaka, where's Sakura?" asked Sasuke.
"Um…she's uh…" Ino began to stutter.
"She's with a few other medics. They went out of town for bit, but they'll be back in two days…" said Shikamaru. Ino looked at her lazy boyfriend in surprise. What was he talking about?
"Hn…" said the two prodigies. Soon the two left to walk around. Making sure that they left, Shikamaru sighed.
"How troublesome…" said Shikamaru.
"Shikamaru, why did you say that?" asked Ino. Shikamaru scratched the back of his head as a gust of wind passed by the gang.
"We all know what's going on with Sakura…" said Shikamaru. The girls' eyes widened.
"Even Neji and Sasuke?" asked Tenten. Shikamaru shook his head.
"No…" said Shikamaru.
"Well, Sasuke-teme did find out but Kakashi drugged him into forgetting about it. So he doesn't remember." said Naruto.
"How did you guys find out about it?" asked Hinata.
"Well, Shikamaru called saying that he couldn't find Ino, and Lee said that he couldn't find Tenten, and I couldn't find Hinata-chan, so I went to check on Sakura-chan's house but she was home either. So Shikamaru and I kinda snooped around the house and found the pills Sakura was taking and showed it to Tsunade-baachan. She then told us everything." said Naruto.
"We also read Sakura's diary…" said Shikamaru.
"You read SAKURA'S DIARY!!!" yelled Ino. Shikamaru immediately covered his ears.
"How troublesome…" said Shikamaru.
"You are never to read a girl's diary ever!" yelled Tenten as she hit Shikamaru and Naruto on the head. "Bakas"
"N-Naruto-kun, I'm disappointed in you…" said Hinata.
"HINATA-CHAN?! Not you too!" said Naruto hugging Hinata.
"Anyways Hokage-sama and Gaara-sama decided not to let Sasuke and Neji find out. It's for the best, for all three of them. We all have to stop the two from finding out about Sakura until she gets better…" said Shikamaru.
"I'm in!" said Naruto. "Believe it!" Lee's eyes burned with youth.
"Count me in too! I will stall my rivals until Sakura-san's youth comes back!" Soon everyone put their hands in.
"FOR SAKURA!" everyone said.
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Neji woke up at the hotel he was staying at. His beautiful white eyes opened as a ray of light entered the room. Neji looked at the calendar in the room. Two days had passed since Sakura left for that mission. She should be arriving any time today. He looked at his roommates, Lee and Sai. They were still asleep. Neji got up and changed. As he walked out of the room, he saw Sasuke walking out of his room.
"Uchiha…" said Neji as he glared at Sasuke. Sasuke noticed the glare and glared back.
"Hyuga…" said Sasuke as the two began to walk down the hall. "Where are you heading?"
"To eat, you?" asked Neji as the two increased their pace.
"Same…" said Sasuke. The two began heading down the street to find a place to eat. They both power walked to a restaurant. The two began to try to enter through the door at the same time.
"Move it Hyuga!" said Sasuke. Neji tried to move more.
"Unless you move it first!" said Neji. Soon the two felt someone grab them by the shoulder. They looked behind them to see a certain green eyes.
"Gaara…" said the two. Gaara nodded at them in acknowledgement. The two let Gaara enter the restaurant as they followed after him. The three all sat down and ordered their meal. Soon it was silent.
"Gaara, when's Haruno coming back?'" asked Neji looking at his tea in his hand. Gaara didn't bother to open his eyes.
"Soon…" Gaara said. Neji frowned. Like that helped. Soon the waitress delivered the food as the three ate in silence. Green eyes looked at white eyes. White eyes looked at onyx eyes and onyx eyes looked at green eyes. The three got up, paid for their food, and walked out of the restaurant.
As they went outside, Gaara looked up in the sky. "Sakura should be here any minute…" said Gaara as he went to his office, leaving the two alone.
"I'm going to the gates!" said Neji and Sasuke at the same time. They glared at each other as they raced to the gates. They met up with the guards.
"Did a pink haired girl enter through the gates?" asked Sasuke. The guards looked at him. Onyx eyes and raven hair. They looked at the person next to him. White eyes and long coffee hair. This must be the boys the Kazekage was talking about.
"She just entered a few minutes ago. She probably went to get something to eat." said the guard. Neji and Sasuke quickly ran to look around the restaurants.
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Ino and Tenten went to visit Sakura with their boyfriends. "Is she getting better?" asked Lee.
"I don't know…" said Ino. Tenten opened the door as the four entered the room. There Sakura was still on her bed. Shikamaru noticed something that shouldn't be in the room.
"Ino, I thought you said that Sakura was able to breathe on her own…" said Shikamaru. Ino looked at him.
"She is." said Ino. Shikamaru frowned.
"Then why is the ventilator and the pressure monitor in the room?" asked Shikamaru. Ino and Tenten snapped their heads to the direction that Shikamaru had pointed at. Their eyes widened. The machines were back in the room. Soon Tsunade came in the room.
"Tsunade, Sakura, she…" Ino was cut off by Tsunade.
"I know. Last night, once we thought that her condition was getting better, it had gotten worse. I don't know what's happening to her, but she wasn't able to breathe on her own last night. So we had the machines back on. At this rate, we don't know if Sakura is going to get better…" said Tsunade. Everyone was too stunned to say anything.
"B-but, the ball and the winter festival…" said Tenten. Tsunade squeezed her fist.
"She is not performing at the winter festival!" yelled Tsunade.
"Why not?" asked Lee. Tsunade didn't say anything as signaled them to leave. Shikamaru was the last one to leave the room. He saw Tsunade looked at Sakura.
"Ai…" whispered Tsunade. "What should I do? I'm scared; I already lost my brother, Dan, and you. I don't want to lose Sakura too. Please help me…" said Tsunade. Tsunade started to close her eyes as she hummed a tune and started to sing it to Sakura.
Kimi wo suki ni natte Dorekurai tatsu no kana?
Kimochi Fukurande yuku bakari de
Kimi wa Kono omoi kidzuiteiru no kana?
Ichido mo kotoba ni wa Shitenai kedo
Yuki no youni Tada shizukani
Furitsumori Tsudzukete yuku
Hold me tight Konna omoi nara
Dareka wo suki ni naru kimochi
Shiritaku Nakatta yo
I love you Namida tomaranai
Konnan ja Kimi no koto
Shirazuni ireba Yokatta yo
Tsunade began to quietly cry as he put her hands to her face. Shikamaru frowned as he closed the door.
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Sasuke and Neji looked everywhere. They were getting tired. They looked almost everywhere. Soon they spotted someone with pink hair. Sakura!
Neji and Sasuke ran after the person. They saw the person enter a shop. "A craft shop?" asked Sasuke. Neji opened the door. The soon saw the person with pink hair dress up in a wedding dress.
"Sakura?" said Neji as he reached his hand out and grabbed the person by the arm. The person turned around to see a man?
"Does it fit Jun?" asked a voice. Coming into the room was a man with long silver hair.
"It fits perfectly Ayame, but I think you have guest." said Jun. Ayame raised an eyebrow as he looked to see twp petrified men.
"Don't you think this wedding dress looks absolutely stunning?" asked Ayame. Sasuke and Neji nodded.
"Um, should you be trying the dress on a man?" asked Sasuke. Ayame smiled.
"Temari had said the same thing with her girlfriends…" said Ayame.
"Was a girl with pink hair with her?" asked Neji. Ayame paused to think.
"Oh you mean Sakura?" asked Ayame. "Yup, she was with her, I made her a costume! Anyways, what do you think the dress is alright?"
"Um, yeah, but like Uchiha said, should you be trying that dress on a man?" asked Neji.
"Why of course, he's the one who's going to wear it." Neji and Sasuke began to twitch. They looked at Jun to see that he was waving at them. Jun started to pull on his hair. It ended up being a wig.
"My fiancé wanted me to wear a wig and this on the only one they had left." said Jun. "Did I look like a girl to you guys?" The two nodded. Jun smiled. "Well, I'll be taking the dress now!" said Jun as he paid for it. Sasuke and Neji left the store immediately.
"I'll look for her some other time…" said the boys as the left.
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Hinata looked at the calendar. Just 8 more days till the ball. Four days had passed and Sakura still hadn't waked up and Neji and Sasuke were getting suspicious. They kept telling them that Sakura was either out of the village or at the Hospital. Hinata sighed as she went to get Naruto at his hotel. Before Hinata knocked she heard voices.
"Dobe, where's Sakura?" asked Sasuke.
"Um, at the hospital…" said Naruto.
"Every time I go to the hospital, she's never there!" said Sasuke.
"Well, she's there now…" said Naruto. "Go ahead and check…" Hinata soon heard a door opened.
"Hinata-sama?" asked a voice. Hinata turned around to see her cousin.
"Neji-niisan!" said Hinata.
"Have you seen Haruno?" asked Neji. Hinata raised an eyebrow.
"Why are you looking for her?" asked Hinata.
"Not again, Hinata-sama, please, just tell me where she is." said Neji. Hinata looked at him before sighing.
"She's in the hospital!" said a voice. The cousins looked to see Sasuke and Naruto coming out of the room.
The two prodigies glared at each other before heading to the hospital. Hinata and Naruto looked at each other before chasing after them.
"Wait!" said Hinata.
Neji and Sasuke raced to the hospital. "Where's Haruno Sakura?" asked Sasuke.
"Who?" asked a nurse.
"Haruno Sakura. She has pink hair and green eyes!" said Neji.
"She around…" said the nurse before leaving. Why was everyone giving them an answer that doesn't help?! Neji began to use his Byakugan. His eyes widened at what he saw.
"Hyuga, what is it?" asked Sasuke.
"I spotted Sakura, but she's…" Neji immediately went up the stairs with Sasuke following him.
The two heard someone behind them. They looked to see Naruto and Hinata behind them. The two still began to head to recovery room. They finally reached Sakura room.
"Wait! Don't opened the door!" yelled Hinata. Naruto began to stop them but it was too late. Sasuke had opened the door. Neji and Sasuke looked into the room and were surprised to see what they saw. Neji and Sasuke's eyes widened.
"Sakura…" said Neji and Sasuke. Hinata closed her eyes and Naruto just stared at his friends.
Neji and Sasuke saw…
And I'm going to end it here! Haha! Cliffhanger! I've finally updated. I just had so much homework and tests. Sorry about that. I won't update until I get 15-20 more reviews. Sorry, but yeah…