Hello! I'm back!!! Here's the second chapter! I want to thank all of you who reviewed the first chapter! Hugs those people REALLY tight Oops... sorry! I didn't mean to strangle you! Gomen! I love reviews! I love the reviewers too! Oh yeah! I already named my monkey plushy! I named him 'Tatsuki'!

Joal: Tatsuki! Can you do the Para-para dance?

Tatsuki: Of course! dances

Joal: applauses Kawaii desu!!! (==)

( Hey, Gaara's OOC here! (

See You Again

Chapter 2: Revelations

Sasuke caught the girl just in time to prevent her from hitting the floor. Then he slowly lifted her. He stared at her face for a long time. Exactly like Sakura. As that thought came to his mind, he felt a pang of sadness in his heart. 'Sakura...' he thought. Every inch of her looks exactly like Sakura. She even has the same height and same physique as her.

Sasuke rid his mind of his thoughts and carried the unconscious lady towards the counter.

Yoko saw that her friend was unconscious. She immediately hurried and ran to help Sasuke but he Sasuke seemed to be unwilling to let go.

"Where can I bring her? Do you have a staff room here?" asked Sasuke.

Yoko shook her head. "I'm sorry, we don't have any, Mr.-?"

"Uchiha... Uchiha Sasuke. I think we should bring her to a hospital." He said.

"I think so... but..." Yoko started.

Sasuke looked at her irritably. "What?!" he said impatiently.

"But sir, you see... we're not allowed to go out on our duty time. We have to ask permission first." Yoko timidly explained.

Sasuke's face darkened. "The hell? Where's your manager?" he asked, obviously ticked off. He gently shifted Sakura in his arms.

"Right here Sasuke-san." Said Yoko while gesturing towards a certain door.

Sasuke strode towards the door. Yoko, seeing that he could not knock because he was carrying Sakura did the knocking for him. Then Yoko slowly opened the door.

Yoko cautiously peered in the room. There, she saw the redheaded restaurant manager, Uchibaku Gaara.

Gaara's head was resting at the top of his utterly cluttered table. He was obviously sleeping.

Yoko approached the sleeping lad. "Gaara? Gaara?" she said as she desperately tried to wake him up but shaking him lightly. The redheaded man slowly lifted his head from the table and turned to stare at the person who woke him up from dreamland.

"Yoko... what are you doing here?" he asked with the tone of irritation in his voice. Then his eyes traveled from his shaky employee to the man who was standing at his door, carrying another employee of his. "Sakura! What happe-"he started, but Sasuke cut him off.

"Your worker here has fainted, so I'm gonna take her to the hospital, get it?" said Sasuke and he exited the room immediately.

Gaara was taken aback with what just happened to Sakura and with what Sasuke said. Then, he quickly stood up and started to pace towards the door. Then he abruptly stopped and turned to Yoko.

"What are you waiting for? Move, will you?!" he almost yelled at her.

"Y-yes sir." Yoko answered and quickly ran after Sasuke and Gaara who are already walking hurriedly towards the hospital.

Sasuke did not speak a word at their 10-minute long walk towards the hospital. His mind was deep in thought about the woman he was carrying. Who could she be? Why does she look like Sakura? Could there be a connection between her and his wife? So many questions are forming in his mind, he didn't notice that he amost passed the hospital.

"Sasuke-san! The hospital is here!" called Yoko who was a few meters away from him. He slightly nodded and entered with the two. Yoko immediately ran to the reception area. The nurse who was in charge quickly obliged and called for a stretcher where Sakura could be placed as she was rushed to a hospital room. The doctors acted quickly, checking if Sakura suffered other complications or if she just fainted. After a few minutes they announced that there is nothing to worry, that everything is all right. She simply fainted because of exhausting, perhaps.

Yoko let out a sight of relief as the doctors announced this. So did Gaara. Then he remembered that Sasuke was there, too.

"Introduce yourself." Said Gaara flatly.

"Uchiha Sasuke." He simply answered.

Gaara nodded. "I want to thank you for helping up bring Sakura here."

Sasuke didn't answer. Gaara ignored Sasuke's response. The three of them sat there inside Sakura's room in silence until Yoko broke it.

"Uhmm... I think we should be getting Sakura-chan's hospital bill now." She said, apparently talking to no one in particular.

Gaara stood up. "You're right." He stated and turned to exit the room when Sasuke spoke.

"I'm coming with you." He said suddenly as he stood up and followed Gaara out, leaving Yoko alone with Sakura.

The two men did not speak to each other as they paced towards the reception area. As they reached it, the nurse handed the hospital bill to Gaara. Sasuke inched a bit to see the name of the patient.

Sasuke was shocked and confused at the same time. "Gaara! Her full name's 'Haruno Sakura?!" he bellowed out loud.

Gaara look at him, completely bewildered. "Yeah. Haruno Sakura. What is it to you?" he asked.

Sasuke shoved back his hair. "Ha-Haruno Sakura is the name of my wife." he stuttered out of shock.

Gaara still looked calm. "Haruno is not an uncommon surname. And Sakura's a very common name." He said.

Sasuke looked pissed off. "Then why does she look like her?!" Apparently outraged at Gaara for disbelieving him.

Gaara slowly turned his head to face him. "What are you talking about?" he asked.

Sasuke grabbed his wallet and opened it. He then pulled out a certain picture and showed it to Gaara. Gaara's eyes widened in shock as he saw it. She definitely looked like the woman in the picture.

"Where is your wife?" he asked.

"Dead..." Sasuke answered, sadness evident in his voice.

Gaara smirked. "If she's already dead, then you don't have any business with this Sakura." He said.

"Where is her family?" Sasuke asked instead.

Gaara went silent. "I- I don't know." He said.

Sasuke was once again pissed off. "You have her to work for you and you don't have an idea where she came from?!" he almost yelled at Gaara.

"I found her." Gaara said.

Sasuke was intrigued. "Where did you find her?" he inquired.

Gaara began to explain where he found Sakura...

flashback

The wind was blowing hard, carrying the sand with it. It was definitely a hot, scorching day.

Gaara was alone in the desert, a solitary traveler. He was leaving his hometown to go to Konoha to seek his destiny there. He was sick and tired of his life there, so he decided to go to Konoha.

He was walking... until he saw something on the horizon. There was something there. Pulling out his kunai, he readied himself for an attack. He was already accustomed to this because lowlife bandits are common in places like this. They make a living from robbing travelers who pass by this area.

But it was not a bandit. It was a man carrying a pink-haired woman. Seeing him, the man smiled and approached him.

"Take her." The man said dropping the woman on the hot desert sand.

"Who are you?" Gaara asked the man.

"You don't have to know." The man answered. "Take care of her for me... I mean for my brother." He added as he chuckled evilly. Then he disappeared.

Gaara knelt down next to the woman. She was unconscious and has several bruises on her body. He turned her around to look at her face. He was taken aback with her beauty. Then he gently lifted her up and carried her.

When he arrived at Konoha, he went to the inn and requested for two rooms. He put the woman on the bed and bandaged her wounds and bruises. Then he went out to eat a bit.

After he ate, he went back to the room to see that the woman has finally woke up. "Who are you?" she asked him.

"Gaara." He answered. "Who are you?" he returned the question.

The woman's face contorted as though she was trying to remember something really hard. "Uchi... no... Haru... Haruno Sa... Haruno Sakura." She blurted out.

Gaara pulled out a chair and sat down. "Can tell me who that man is? The one carrying you?" he said.

Sakura began to think again. "I-I don't know..." she said shakily.

Gaara sighed. "Okay... just tell me where you live. I'll just take you back home. Your folks must be worrying." He said, straightening up.

"I don't know." Sakura said.

"What do you mean you don't know?" Gaara asked.

"I don't know who my family is... all I remember is my name." She said.

Gaara frowned. He has no choice. The woman has to stay with him.

end of flashback

"That's it. Then I decided to put up a restaurant, since she said she can cook." Gaara added.

"Could you tell me what did the man looked like." He hopefully asked Gaara.

Gaara began to think. Then he looked at Sasuke for a few seconds. He opened his mouth to speak. "He looks like you, but he's older."

Sasuke was positive. "ITACHI!" he said.

"Itachi who?" Gaara asked, obviously not knowing what Sasuke was talking about. But Sasuke was not able to answer because he scooted out of the hospital quickly.

"What a weirdo." Gaara muttered under his breath as he paid Sakura's bills.

Sasuke's POV

I ran. I was positive that that man was Itachi. I was wondering about what he said... 'Take care of her for me... I mean for my brother.' Could it be? Could it be that that Sakura is the real one? Then who was buried in Sakura's grave?

I stopped running. I was already at the cemetery. I ran to Sakura's grave. Naruto, Ino , Shikamaru and Hinata are there.

"Sasuke! Yo!" the dobe greeted me. I have no time to mess with him. I pushed him aside. I began to claw the ground.

Shikamaru grabbed my shoulder. "Hey easy! I know it's been hard for you, but you don't have to do this."

"It's none of your business!" I yelled at Shikamaru. They do not know what is happening. They just don't.

I continued digging. I could hear Ino and Hinata sobbing. They do not understand me, I thought.

I stopped when I reached the coffin. I tossed it out. It seemed weird. The coffin was light.

I climbed up and paced towards the coffin. But Ino stopped me.

Ino began to speak "Sasuke! What do you think you're doing?! Sakura's already dead! What's the point of-"I cut her off. I pushed her, causing her to land on the behind.

I knelt beside the coffin. With shaky hands I opened it, expecting to see a body. But there was none. Only a piece of log dressed in a burial outfit. Ino shrieked when she saw it. Naruto was dumbfounded as well as Shikamaru. Hinata was wide-eyed.

"Sakura's still alive." I said.

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Joal: Muahahaha! Another chapter done! Woooo! Sakura is still alive!!! Where could she be?

Tatsuki: I ate her!

Joal: NOOO! COUGH HER OUT! makes sakal Okay! Please review this chapter! I'm gonna post the next one soon. I want to know what you think about my work. If not you're gonna be on trouble because brandishes kunai

Lump-of-readers-who-did-not-review-who-are-badly-wounded: SHE KNOWS WHERE YOU LIVE!

Joal: Right!