Here's the next chapter. It took me a little bit, but here it is. Enjoy and if you have time please review. It helps me know if I'm doing well or not.

As soon as she lifted her head off the pillow, she knew she was in a stark cold bed. It didn't even feel remotely comfortable and Sakura could smell the familiar sharp bitter smell of disinfectant. Blinking her emerald eyes open, she immediately closed them again as the light flooded into her eyes. The room was way too white and combined with the blinding sunshine from outside and the fluorescent lighting, it gave her a splitting headache. Sakura knew she would have to brave it and get her eyes sensitized to the brightness but she wasn't particularly thrilled with the logic. She cautiously eased one eye open and then the other before she leaned up and propped herself back on her elbows.

She loved working at the Konoha hospital but she hated being a patient when she was usually in control as a Medic Nin. Her eyesight was a bit blurry at first but once it cleared she focused in on the haphazardly picked flowers by the side. And one in particular was of a very pretty orange and she would bet her life savings that it came from Naruto.

"Sakura-Chan!!"

Sakura swung her legs to the side of the bed, and grimaced when it caused a dizzyingly reaction. She held one hand to her head and glanced at the doorway and giggled for a split second. Sasuke had walked in first however, Naruto was trying to push him out of the way so he could get in before him. And Sakura was amused at the slight twitch in Sasuke's left eye from Naruto's antics.

And then she saw Sai standing behind them who only shrugged and pushed a bit to see if he could get through, however it got a bit complicated as Naruto tumbled into Sasuke before falling to the floor and landing hard. Sasuke's lifted his face from the floor and groaned and lifted his hand and brought it to his face before he rose up and lifted himself up with his elbow. He growled low in his throat which swiftly stopped Naruto's own groans of pain.

"Get off," Sasuke growled in a deep irritated tone, which spoke volumes to Naruto who knew when he used that voice that it was time to say it wasn't him or pretend he hadn't knocked him down. Sai just settled himself in one of the hospital chairs and only watched as the spectacle unfolded. He had only copied what Naruto had done, yet somehow Sai suspected that shoving someone out of the way was very rude.

Naruto hurriedly scrambled off the Uchiha, in a huge hurry and then all of a sudden he heard laughter and he knew it wasn't Sai or Sasuke, being the stoic guys they were. Sasuke was already standing up without even looking even remotely like he had been on the floor only minutes before. But he glared at Naruto, whose bright blue eyes widened when he realized he was being blamed for the incident.

"It wasn't my fault," Backing away from Sasuke, Naruto waved his hands in front of him as he gestured, trying to keep the Uchiha from attacking him. He looked anxiously around for Sai and immediately pointed at him and shouted, "Punish him! It's his fault!"

However with all the commotion happening in front of her, Sakura was holding her stomach as she laughed for a good couple of minutes before groaning out loud.

"Oh, my head!" moaned Sakura, her laughter instantly stopped as pain swept through her. She held her head in her hands, and avoided any sudden moves, hoping that if she just kept still and waited long enough the headache would vanish.

"Finally up, I see," a strong and distinct female voice remarked as she calmly stepped through the doorway with her high heels making a slight tapping noise against the tiled floor of the hospital. Her light blond hair was slightly longer, but still pulled back in its usual fashion.

"Lady Tsunade!" Sakura exclaimed as she lifted her head and stared in shock as her teacher stepped forward toward her. She never expected to come in contact with Tsunade-Sama, after all she had left Konoha soon after the Second Great Shinobi War. So Sakura had not even the slightest bit prepared for seeing her, even when she knew she would be finding other familiar faces during her stay. But seeing Tsunade now of all times, it stumped her and she thought that maybe it was the one from her time and not this time.

"Sakura, is it? You're lucky I'm even here," She drawled, putting emphasis on the lucky part. She shook her head, and clarified, "You were under a strong genjutsu however it had a delayed effect which probably explains why you didn't notice it in the first place. But the question is, who did you come in contact with?"

Sakura's eyes widened at the explanation and silently threatened Itachi for putting her in this situation. How was she supposed to answer Tsunade? She couldn't quite tell her that Uchiha Itachi did this or otherwise Konoha would declare her crazy for blaming what happened to her on a little kid or consider her stupid for not realizing how young he was. Next time, he better watch it and she was not going to show any fear or dreaded attraction. Which could have been a side effect of the genjutsu, she decided feeling more reassured and not as worried about her loyalties.

"Baa-Chan!!" Naruto shouted, dumbfounded as he stared with blinking blue eyes at her. It was Grandma Tsunade and Naruto couldn't believe it. She looked just like herself and he wondered how old she really was. Was she the actual age she looked, or older from her expert illusion skills? He wanted to ask, but he was smart enough not to say anything. But the omission failed to save him from her wrath.

"I'm not that OLD!!" She growled bumping his head hard with her fist as she closed in on the kill. She smiled viciously when he rubbed his head over the bump and backed a few inches away, "Now show some respect!"

Naruto glared after her, still tending to his head while Sasuke smirked at him. He shot him a look and returned to Tsunade who was smiling triumphantly and scoffing at him. Naruto scowled and pointed, "Why should I? You're not acting respectful either!"

"Don't mind him, he's an idiot," Sakura apologetically with a smile, before hissing at Naruto yet not moving in his direction to bop him on the head or stop him. She wasn't going to take the chance of her headache returning," Stop messing around."

"But she started it," Naruto muttered, crossing his arms and pouting as he glared out of the corner of his eyes. Tsunade wasn't the same one he knew, but she sure acted just as stubborn and temperamental. He'd thought she would have been more . . . friendly or something. But he should have never gotten his hopes up. She would be always the same cranky old lady, but he guessed it was okay with him.

"And I'll finish it," Tsunade threatened eyeing the boy before turning toward Sakura who had still not moved from the bed. She eyed her patient and asked in a soothing softer voice she usually used on her patients unless they were the stubborn sort, "How are you feeling?"

"My headache's killing me, but I'll live," Sakura wryly replied with a small smile hovering on her face, at the look of worry on their faces, "It's probably from all the tension and stress of the genjutsu," She glanced around a bit and asked carefully about Kakashi with Naruto's silly attempt at a alias , "Where's Kashi-Sensei at? Is he going to be late as always?"