A/N: This is Sakura's story so I took out the Gaara bits. If you had not read the new version of chapter four here's a little summary. Basically Sasuke and Gaara was a part of a gang called the Black Viper. They kidnapped a girl for ransom but the money went missing along with Sasuke ending up in a coma. Meanwhile, Naruto wants to get closer to Sakura…
[13]
I looked at the dish and decided to stop eating because I was full. I scooped up the big bunch of flowers and trudged groggily back to my room. I had drunk two glasses of Champaign and was feeling a little tipsy. I reminded myself to thank Naruto the next time I see him before slumping onto the bed.
I was dozing off for a while before a knock on my door interrupted my sleep. I opened my eyes to read 10 p.m. on my clock and wondered who it could be. It might be a colleague asking for a shift change so I trotted to the door. I opened the door slowly with my head slumped down.
"What do you want?" I asked annoyed but was shocked to see Naruto standing in front of me.
"Sorry, were you asleep?" he asked back.
"What do you think? Hmmm…" I replied and turned my back towards him. My half opened eyes were glued to the bed while my mind hoped Naruto would leave soon.
"I just came to check up on you," he said as he wrapped his arms around my waist.
"I appreciate your flowers but that doesn't make me change the view point on you. If you want to be my friend please let go of me," I said tonelessly and added, "Go back to your glamorous girl friends. We are two totally different people and we also live in two different worlds. Good night Mr. Uzamaki, manager of Uzamaki Hotel Corp."
Naruto slowly slid his arms off me and was quiet to absorb everything I had said. He replied, "But I like you!" and gave me a warm grin. He walked out of my room before turning his head a little, "You will see more of me, I promise."
After he had left I brushed my teeth as I had forgotten to do it earlier. I was about to lie on my bed before the phone interrupted me. "Grr…" I grunted before picking up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Hi Sakura, it's me Ten ten. I just wanted to remind you to meet me at 12 p.m at Otaku Shopping Center. You better come tomorrow to shop for your future God daughter or son!" exclaimed Ten ten happily.
"Since when did I become a God mother?" I asked
"You will be once he/she borns," said Ten ten.
"Ok. Do you know if it's a he/she?" I replied.
"Nope! We want it to be a surprise so we're going to buy both female and male baby clothes," answered Ten ten, "You see, we're planning to have more children. Lee has brought the cram and baby bed already!"
"Ok, I'll see you tomorrow. Good night Ten," I yawned.
"I'll let you off this time but you better not dog me tomorrow! Bye," said Ten ten.
[14]
When you're happy I'll share your joy,
But when you're sad, I'll try to fight away your sorrow;
I will always be there for you…
As Sasuke lay back on his bed and gazed up to the ceiling, his mind wondered back to the girl with pink hair. He tried to picture her face before an image of the girl who had visited him popped back up. 'What was her name again?' he wondered but couldn't remember.
Time past slowly before his eyes slowly shut and he drifted back into his dream. In Sasuke's case it might not have been a dream but a part of his memory.
The scenery had changed as the sky was becoming darker. However, Sasuke heard the same soft waves of the ocean and shuttered as two creamy arms wrapped around him from the back. He heard himself saying, "What's wrong Sakura?"
"Sasuke is there something that's worrying you?" she asked and added, "We're going to get married soon and I hope we don't have secrets between us."
Sasuke turned to see a Sakura with worried emerald eyes. He wrapped his arms protectively around her and assured, "Nothing's wrong…"
After that they decided to sit down and watch the sun set. The beautiful ball of orangey red went down quickly to rest under the horizon. Pretty things never last long.
Sasuke woke up as the sun light from the window was hurting his eyes. He remembered his pleasant dream but most of all he remembered Sakura. Already, he began to recollect memories of her. What he now discovered was that she was his girlfriend or perhaps fiancée because she had mentioned getting married to him.
"Rise and shine," greeted Ino's cheery voice and added, "I got you break fast."
Ino was carrying the mush potato to Sasuke before he said, "I want to see Sakura."
As the words registered in Ino's mind the plate in her hand fell to the ground. 'So he had finally remembered,' she thought selfishly. She bent down to clean up the mess with a tissue. She was also very quiet while being occupied with the task.
She couldn't help keeping in her tears because she was afraid to lose Sasuke to Sakura again. Ino gulped and said, "I'll get you another breakfast."
As she was about to leave Sasuke stated, "You're crying, why?"
"Because I like you and I have always liked you before you met Sakura. You once said that you'd protect me but I guess I was only naïve to believe you," she replied before wiping a tear and taking off.
A few minutes later a refreshed looking Ino came back with a fake smile plastered onto her face. She said, "Here you go," before turning to leave.
Sasuke grabbed her hand and whispered, "Wait."
"If you want to call Sakura I'll make the arrangements for you. Looks like I've woken from my dream of being with you. It's back to reality for plain little old me," remarked Ino.
"I may have remembered Sakura but I don't think I can love her like before," said Sasuke softly and added, "But I don't think I can love you either."
The words pierced Ino's heart but she felt a little relief that he doesn't love Sakura anymore. Perhaps she stood a chance if Sasuke learned to know her well. She gave Sasuke a happy smile before leaving the room.
[15]
The next morning…
When Sakura woke up she looked at the floor and spotted the half dying flowers. "Oh you poor things," she stammered and got up to look for a jar. She put some water in it before sticking in the roses. She took a long sniff at the beautiful scent of the roses and felt refreshed to start the day.
She brushed her beautiful hair before applying a little bit of make up. She put on a sweater and a striped skirt before turning her small telly. She clicked onto her favorite show that was aired every Sunday. She watched it for a few seconds before cracking up as usual. She loved the comedy in the show and watching it always brightened her up.
After the show ended she felt hungry and decided to go down to the restaurant to eat. Meanwhile, Naruto had called Neji to meet him for an early breakfast. Naruto had told Neji of his plans to follow his dream girl. Neji was slightly curious to see the girl who had caught his friend so head over heels. The two sat down and began to order their breakfast.
"HA! I have intelligently picked a spot where I can see her but she can't see me," laughed Naruto.
"It doesn't take a dummy to figure that out," pointed Neji.
"Oh what do you know?" beckoned Naruto.
"So she's a worker here, is she pretty?" asked Neji.
"She's a room cleaner; actually she's going to be my personal cleaner one day! Of course she's pretty," declared Naruto.
Their conversation was interrupted when the waiter came to place the meals they had ordered. Neji ordered a French quiche while Naruto went for sausage and eggs.
"Eh, how can you eat that crap in the morning?" asked Neji.
"It's nice, I like it!" said Naruto with a mouth full of sausage and spoke with his mouth full, "Have you found your true love yet?"
"No, please don't speak with your mouth full. It's disgusting," said Neji.
"Look she's coming," shouted Naruto ignoring him
A girl with long silky pink hair came in to sit at the workers quadrant. Neji studied her features from a distance but did not find her breathtakingly beautiful as Naruto had described. Her best feature was probably her eyes but the rest was plain and ordinary.
"She's ok," said Neji.
"She's more than ok but what would you know," stated Naruto and added, "But she's mine so you can take your eyes off her now."
After Sakura had finished breakfast she headed off to the nearest bus station. On the other hand, Naruto sat at the back of Neji's car and ordered him to follow the bus when it came. Neji stopped the car around the bend and began following the bus once Sakura hopped in.
They drove for a while until they saw Sakura hopping out and walking towards the shopping centre.
Neji found a parking space and parked his car. He and Naruto followed Sakura curiously both wondering who she was meeting up with. Finally, Sakura reached a pretty café in which a lady with two hair buns greeted her.
Neji took a step closer to study the features of the authentic Japanese woman. Now she was beautiful and breathtakingly gorgeous. She possessed a different aurora than Sakura which attracted him deeply. He was about to go in to take a seat closer to her before Naruto tug his arm.
"What are you doing?" He barked.
"Drink coffee and perhaps sit closer to the beautiful ladies," replied Neji.
"What about me?" he asked.
"What about you?" Neji smirked and entered the café without Naruto.
A/N: Ne ne! Remember earlier how Neji mentioned, "Probably one of those girl's that you can never have." And Naruto replied, "Like married girls?" Well, Lee may have a new rival… Meanwhile, Sasuke has finally remembered Sakura but how will their relationship continue? Updated for Zornoid13 and Red Junko thank you for reading.
I found a picture of Tenten with Lee (no spaces) http:elfwood.lysator.liu.se/ fanq/j/d/jds2/ tentenleecopy.jpg.html
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