Sakura's Memories

Family, friends, feelings. Feelings, those were probably the major things that Id lost. Id lost the ability to get angry, sad, to love another individual. All I knew was hate. The one feeling that overpowered anything else that was inside me. And that was the only feeling that I thought would ever be inside my heart.

It wasnt until I lost you that I realized that I too actually had feelings deep down below. You helped them bring them out, you made me realize that losing something really tells you how much you loved that thing.

The daily pointless mission was today on a hill investigating for any signs of an intruder on a womans private property. It shouldnt have been that big of a mission, so none of us were enthusiastic about it. We randomly rumbled around the forest and glanced around for traces of any life form.

"Sasuke kun!" Sakura smiled from behind me while we were searching.

"What?" I asked glancing at her. The smile that I saw every single day since we were teamed up. She always pointed it toward me, so I naturally believed it would always be like that. People dont see the point in protecting something that they believe theyll never lose.

"Are you busy after this? Because if you arent, maybe you and I can. . ."

"Sakura. Im not interested in going anywhere with you."

Sakura looked dismally at the ground. "Its been a year," she muttered. "Cant we at least once?"

I looked at her condescendingly, "No."

Naruto sneaked up from behind her and said, "Sakura chan! Id be interested in going somewhere. . ."

"Shutup Naruto! I dont want to go anywhere with you!"

For some reason her refusal for Naruto always made me feel like I was a needed element in this world. Sakura accepted going somewhere with me, but refused it when it came to Naruto. It may seem childish but this made me feel like there was someone that depended on me.

About an hour later I heard a call from among the bushes. Sakura shouted out, "Sasuke kun! Kakashi Sensei! Naruto! Are any of you there?"

It seemed that no one else was in the area so I approached her. "Im here," I muttered.

"Sasuke kun, look at this," Sakura said. She was at the edge of a cliff and kneeled next to a red puddle, and that puddle was most definitely blood.

"Blood," I said examining it. "Its fresh, and its human blood too."

"Theyre still in the area," Sakura said standing up. That was when suddenly I sensed someone else was in the area.

"Sakura, get down!" I screamed. But just as I did a kunai flew from nowhere and hit Sakura in the leg. Sakura fell backward. I reached out and grabbed her hand. There we were, Sakura dangling off the edge of a cliff, with me trying to pull her up with my right hand. "Dont worry Sakura, Ill pull you up."

That was when suddenly something hit me on the back. I later found out that that was a shuriken of the enemy. Out of shock and pain my hand let go, but that led to. . .

"SAKURA!" I screamed as I saw the figure of my teammate fall. The hair flowing in her face looking like a Sakura petal falling in the wind. I ignored the pain of my back and jumped meticulously from rock to rock until I was at the bottom of the cliff.

Sakura was laying on the ground, blood streaming from her head. At first I thought she was already dead so I was in shock. Then I approached her and saw her moaning. I felt a sudden air of relief. "Sakura?" I said as I approached her. She was alive, but hurt. I decided that I would have to immediately take her to the hospital. I could contact Kakashi and Naruto later. At this time I thought I still had what Id always had. If only Id known that Id already lost it. . .

The doctors at the Konoha Hospital did what they could for Sakura, and said that all that they could do next was wait. They told me that her waking could be in a matter of hours, or it could even be a matter of weeks, or longer. I sat by her bed and hoped that the next moment she would open her eyes so I would be able to apologize, and so I can see her smile again. Naruto and Kakashi had come and gone. They were both flabbergasted by what had happened and decided that they would visit her as often as they could. Sakuras parents were away on a mission, which made me the only one who could sit by her bedside.

" I guess youre about as lonely as I am," I chuckled, watching her sleep.

The first night I stayed until visiting time was over, and the next day I came early in the morning. Because of the accident we werent to meet that day. It was when I was out of her room that Sakura woke up. Id gone out of her room to get something to drink for Kakashi and Naruto. When I came back with the drinks Kakashi was out in the hallway. "Sasuke. . ." he muttered under his mask. "Sakura woke up, but theres something odd about her."

"What?" I cried uninterested in the rest of what he had to say. I dropped the drinks and ran into the room. Naruto was crouched over Sakuras bed and Sakura was staring blankly into him. She turned to me as I ran into the room. "Sakura," I said as I approached her. She was alive, awake, she was still something that existed. Still something that had always been in my life, and that I believed forever would. But the words she muttered in return were what ended all of my hope.

"Who are you?"

I stood there, frozen. At first I was so shocked that I had to confirm what she said, "Sakura?"

"Sakura? Is that my name? Is that who I am? Where am I? How old am I? Do I have a family? Are you two my friends? Are you my family? What am I doing here, what. . ." Sakura burst into tears and clutched her head with both hands as she shook it back and forth. "I cant remember anything!"

"Sakura chan calm down," Naruto shouted. He ran to her side and put his arm around her.

I stood in my place in disbelief. I couldnt run up to her, I couldnt comfort her. I couldnt do anything but stand there. I felt as though Id turned into stone. Everything I knew, everything Id given into, was gone.

The Sakura that I had secretly cherished in my heart was gone. She was dead, and she left me in this world all alone.