Chapter 2 - Destruction Successful

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Sakura sat up in the bed pain shooting through her side. Her hand flew to her mouth to keep herself from screaming. The last thing she needed right now was attention being drawn to her. She had a world of things to figure out, but the pain in her side continued to warn her that if she didn't lie down she would be in trouble. Sakura carefully lowered herself back down, doing her best not to cause herself any more pain as she did so. She lie there starring up at the ceiling as she thought to herself. She was not alone with her thoughts long when a nurse entered the room.

"Thank heaven, your finally awake." The nurse said as she began writing something down on what Sakura assumed to be her medical chart.

"How you are feeling?" The nurse asked with no kindness, and no smile to match.

"Like Chidori just hit me." Sakura said laughing a little at her own comment.

"Well, that sounds about right." The nurse said her keeping the exact same expression.

"Um…you know what Chidori is?" Sakura asked, confusion written all over her face. Chidori was a technique that only Kakashi and Sasuke knew, how in the world would a nurse from the Sand know what it was?

"Well, I don't exactly. Gaara-san explained it to me as best he could." The nurse said as she began to exam the wound on Sakura's side. Sakura simply lie there dumbstruck.

"Um…why exactly…." Sakura suddenly yelped in pain biting her lip to keep from totally losing it. The nurse had removed the bandage and was replacing it with a new, clean one. Sakura kept mentally yelling at the woman, telling her to hurry up and finish putting on the bandage.

"Look, Gaara-san told the Doctor and I about Chidori because it is quite difficult to treat a patient that was hit by a ninja technique if we don't know anything about the technique." The nurse said annoyed.

"Wait, what are you talking about?" Sakura said on the verge of a yell.

"Oh dear…..you don't remember do you?" The nurse said for the very first time sounding like she genuinely cared.

"I can't explain it to you right now. I will see if Gaara-san can do it when he has some free time. The sound ninja are very busy right now trying to figure out a way to win back Konoha." The nurse said as she put away Sakura's chart and quickly exited the room, leaving no time for Sakura to question what she meant. Sakura sighed and mumbled to herself.

"'Gaara-san' better get here soon or I am going to go insane with questions!" Sakura said aloud trying to mimic the nurse when she said Gaara's name. She flinched again at the pain in her side, now even more angry because of how much pain she was feeling.

Sakura waited several hours just starring at the ceiling counting tiles and even naming them. When she had literally become bored out of her mind the door knob moved and the hospital room door opened. Sakura immediately became alert and focused all her attention on the door. There was a slight hesitation from the person outside the door, but the person finally walked in. Sakura was both shocked and thankful at who she saw. It was Gaara of the Desert. So the nurse wasn't a little liar after all. That's quite shocking. Sakura said to herself. She attempted a smile at Gaara, but from the expression on his face, there was nothing worth smiling over. Her expression quickly faded back to the way it had been when Gaara first arrived seconds ago.

"Are you feeling better?" Gaara asked expressionless and emotionless.

"I'm not sure. I don't really know how I felt before." Sakura said a smile coming across her face again at her own ability to make a decent joke. Gaara grabbed an extra chair in the room and set it beside the hospital bed. He then took his place on it.

"Sakura, do you remember anything?" Gaara asked diving right into the conversation.

"Well, I remember going to bed last night. I was in my room and in my own bed. Then this morning I suddenly woke up here. I find it hard to believe I slept walk the whole way here. And the nurse said something about Chidori and Konoha, but she would not stay long enough to give me a whole story. I was hoping you might, since I seem to be at a loss for my memories." Sakura said attempting to sit up. Sakura again flinched in pain as she pulled herself up to a sitting position, and unexpectedly was given aid by Gaara.

"Thanks." Sakura said. Gaara said nothing, his expression once again staying exactly the same.

"Listen closely, Sakura. And try to keep breathing even after you hear what I have to say." Gaara began. It must be something terribly important, he's being so serious……even for him. Sakura commented to herself.

"First of all, you could not have possibly been in your room last night. You were here. You have been here for nearly a week, recovering. Konoha was attacked, and after a fierce battle it was destroyed. Tsunade-sama was not killed, but no one knows where she is. It is believed that she is hiding somewhere with other ninja's of Konoha plotting a way to take back the village. Uzameki Naruto is also missing, no one knows his location. Whether he is dead or alive is also unknown." Sakura could feel her hearrt begin to mentally bleed. Naruto missing? Konoha……Hokage-sama… Sakura thought to herself unable to even complete a sentence. She could hear the words Gaara was saying but somehow they seemed completely unreal. Like she was in some kind of dream world, and soon she would wake up, and everything would return to normal. Sakura was quickly snapped out of her hopeless dreaming by a firm shaking of her arm.

"Sakura, I know this is difficult but please listen." Came Gaara's familiar voice. Sakura blinked back threatening tears and turned her face to meet Gaara's.

"The man that defeated Konoha is an old enemy of both you and the village. His name is Orichomaru and I'm sure you know him well." Sakura sat for a minute stunned, but then fiercely willed herself to nod a 'yes'.

"When the nurse spoke earlier of Chidori what she meant was that the attack that wounded you was none other then Chidori itself. If you had not moved to the side as you did, Chidori would have hit you head on and probably killed you."

"But wait, how did I get hit by Chidori? The only people that know that technique are Kakashi-sensei and Sas…..Oh God, please no…." The tears that had been threatening to fall were finally released as Sakura slowly began to put two and two together.

"I know little of the fight between you and Uchiha Sasuke. Actually, it is only assumed that he is the one you fought. Evidence points to that fact. You were indeed hit by Chidori, unless there is another type of attack that can concentrate that much Chakra. Other then the Rasengan, but no ally of Orichomaru's possesses the ability to use that attack. Therefore the only reasonable explanation is that Sasuke was your oponent at the time. After you were are hit with Chidori you fell unconscious. It is thought that Naruto stepped into the battle, but seeing that you were the only witness there, no one knows the true story. You were found by a group of sand Shinobi who were scouting the area for Konoha survivors. You were the only one that was found to be alive. Hundreds were killed, and those who were not killed are probably either seriously injured or have escaped into hiding somewhere. Most likely with Tsunade-sama. Hopefully you will re-gain your memory of the event, but if you do not, I suppose no harm is done." Silence filled the room for what seemed like an eternity. Gaara awaited Sakura's response, and Sakura simply attempted to process all the information given to her. After realizing that Sakura did not plan to, or was unable, to say anything at the time, Gaara got up from his chair and put it away. "I will send a medical ninja who can hopefully heal your wound enough so that you are able to move around properly without any pain. Although the full wound will take quite a long time to heal." Gaara told her as he headed for the door. He reached for the handle then stopped and turned to look at Sakura.

"Nothing is over, until it is over. Konoha is not lost, and Sasuke is only lost." Sakura quickly snapped her head up just in time to see Gaara leaving the room. Those words that he had said began to play over and over again in her head. He's right. Sasuke is only lost. He is not dead, and he is not gone forever. Neither is Konoha. Things will not stay as they are now………I will not allow it!