Holy monkeys! This was so hard to write! I had actually written this yesterday, but then the internet went down so I had to wait till today to put it up. Please enjoy it. I worked really hard. This is a new genre for me.

PG-13

Sakura's POV

Not my characters, but it'll always be my storyline.

Chapter 7
"The doctor will be right with you, please wait," said the nurse while me, Ino, and my mother sat in the waiting room. I turned to face my mom with my body at an odd angle as my foot rested on the chair next to me. Ino sat across the room from both of us. She looked really shaken up and frightened in a way. I would walk over and sit next to her, but with my ankle in worse condition from the fall than it originally was and my mother giving my the evil eye every time I try, I can't do anything. However I have gestured and spoken to Ino to come and sit next to me. Each time I think I have her attention, it turns out she wasn't looking at me, but right through me as if I weren't there. My mom was rattling on and on about how it may have been Inos' fault this happened to her. I sighed thinking of how I wished I could remember what happened after I blacked out.

The nurse entered the room and spoke, snapping me out of my thoughts. "Ma'am," she said to my mom, "the doctor is ready for the three of you. Follow me, please." We stood and mom helped me walk. I turned back and called for Ino to follow only to find she was right on my tail staring at the cold hospital floor, watching her feet shuffle childishly. She wasn't quite here with us. I suddenly felt very alone and shuddered at the feeling.

Slowly, step-by-step, we walked to our room. Mom set me down in the first chair she saw as we entered the room, then set herself on the closest thing to a chair near me. I frowned at her, seeing she left no seat for Ino to sit on. She frowned back and pointed to the floor. God, how I hated her at the moment.

The doctor, Yondaime, was a tall, handsome man. But he looked frighteningly like Naruto, with his golden blonde hair and eyes that seem to carry an ocean in each. He was all in all a really good-looking person. I felt the urge to ask him if he had a son, and yet I fear what his reaction would be so I've didn't ask. "So, what have we here?" he asked with a kind tone to his voice, "You are Sakura and that over there is Ino, right?" He pointed with the pen in his hand to Ino standing silently in the corner near the door. I nodded. My mom thought she should speak for us since she drove us here.

"Yes, you're correct. My daughter here seems to have twisted her ankle, but because of Ino," she bared her teeth hatefully as she said my friends' name, "I think Sakura's ankle in now broken." He squatted next to me and put one hand on my ankle, "This one?" I nodded, not being able to think of anything else to say really. "He tapped me ankle in one place, "Does it hurt here?" I shook my head no, but then let out a yell when a flash of searing pain shot up my leg.

He sighed, "I guess it did hurt. Well, your leg is broken, pretty badly too. You must've token a big fall. Now, can you tell me what happened to her?"

"I don't know what or how it happened, but Ino, my best friend, has lost her memory," I said, with my voice slightly fearful of what he might say next.

"Well, that was pretty obvious, but I can't understand why you don't know how it happened. Don't best friends know everything that happened to the other?" He said, smiling. "In any case, I'm going to have to keep the both of you here tonight, maybe longer. Mrs. Haruno, we don't seem to need you for anything as of right now so you should leave." I smiled a 'thank you' to him, but he didn't catch it. Mom argued.

"But I have to stay with my daughter! It's that Ino girl that needs to leave!"

Yondaime set his hand on her shoulder and stood, looking down on her, "Ma'am, please leave." My mother sighed and hugged me tightly, whispering in my ear before she left the room, "You stay away from that girl, even if she has lost her memory." And with that she left with Yondaime by her side.

He turned back to say something to me and Ino, "I'm going to leave you two alone in here. Please Ino, think hard about what you can remember, and Sakura, I'll be back to prep you for your cast." He shut the door on his way out.

I leaned back against the chair I sat in. Ino spoke quietly, she sounded like a lost child, "We are best friends?"

My eyes went wide as what I had feared was true. "Of course! We were the best of friends around. Although occasionally we get on each others nerves." I laughed nervously. Her eyes met mine and for the first time, they were actually staring at me.

"So then why can't I remember you?" Tears formed in her eyes. "Why is everything so scary and so damn unfamiliar? And if I have lost my memory, then how do I know this isn't real and you're not some figment of my imagination?"

"That hurt," I said, refusing to meet her demanding eyes.

She continued, "Who are you really? Maybe it's your fault I lost my memory! Huh, did you think about that!" She stepped nearer to me, her voice cracked as tears poured down her face. "Why! Why can't you tell me! If we were friends then you'd have to remember and know everything about me, right? Right!" I took advantage of how close she was to me and slapped her, hard.

"Snap out of it!" I yelled back, managing all my strength to stand and face her. Tears began to fall down my own cheeks. "You are my best friend! I stood up for you! I yelled at my own mother for you! I've protected you from her hatred! Now don't tell me I'm part of your imagination! I'm real! You're real! And we will face reality side-by-side like BEST FRIENDS SHOULD!" I screamed the last part, throwing my heart into each word.

Ino was stunned by my passionate outburst. She turned away, and sat where my mom had sat. We didn't speak for the rest of the time until Yondaime came back.

The cast felt weird as I attempted to scratch an area that was under the cast, just beyond my reach. I managed to get a hold of a fork and shoved into my cast to scratch. Ino chuckled lightly at my odd attempts, but she said nothing. Yondaime had with him a notepad as he sat down near me.

"Well, let's start with your ankle, Sakura, how did that happen?" He said as he pointed to my leg with the pen in his hand.

"Just your typical accident. I was racing with Ino, and winning too, and I didn't see…" I hesitated to find out how to say his name without hurting myself. No longer could I love a guy who said something so cruel to me in my time on pain. I eventually just said it, "Sasuke, this boy in my class, in front of me. I sorta ran into him, and then I flew into some other boy and hit the ground. I think I hit my leg on the ground wrong or hit a rock. But as Ino helped me to the office… I… I can't remember… I just remember waking up on top of Ino on the stairs and then coming here."

He finished writing the necessary information and then looked me in the eyes, "Why can't you remember?" What kind of a stupid question is that? I blinked to show him I knew nothing, but his expression told me to try harder. He then spoke up, "Tell of this Sasuke guy. You paused before saying his name. Does he have any part in your life?"

My eyes went wide. Not just a doctor, this guy must have been a psychiatrist too. How did he know? "Well I have… had a… crush on him… but after I fell he said... some mean stuff to me. He made me think it was… my fault for tripping over him. Was it?" Yondaime shrugged.

"Ok, Sakura, you seem pretty down about this entire thing. I don't have an exact answer. I do have a fair guess of why you may not be able to remember anything, and I think I might know why Ino has lost her memory."

"Go on," I said.

"It's either, some sci-fi incident happened and aliens took over your body temporarily or you both were under the influence of super-powered midgets," He looked at us carefully, "No? Sorry, I thought I could get one of you to laugh. It works on most kids. But anyways, seriously, I think that you, Sakura, were so down about this Sasuke fella and you may have been so shocked of how mean he was, and from twisting your ankle, that you just lost consciousness. But that's just a guess. Now, you say you remember waking up in a stairway?" I nodded and turned to see Ino listening intently. "My guess would be that since you two are such good friends, from what I've heard, that you may have lost consciousness at the top of the stairway and Ino saw this. She probably managed to catch you or save you from any worse harm then already done. Now, most people lose their memory from a strong or severe hit on their head. If you look closely to the back of Inos head, underneath the ponytail, you'll see a nice big bump. She probably hit her head on stair in saving you. Sakura, you should be grateful."

I saw Ino's expression after hearing this. She made eye contact with me. "I did what? But, if I did…" Ino stared deep into my eyes as though I had the answer.

"And if my guesses are anywhere near correct, we need to take Ino in for some examination. Sakura, I'm going to let you be alone for a while to let this information sink in a bit, ok?" He stood and gestured for Ino to follow. Suddenly, I jumped up and grabbed Ino around the neck from behind, "Don't go. I don't want you to be alone."

Ino broke from my hug and faced me; a grim but happy-like expression was on her face, "I won't be alone. I'll have the doctors. You just think Sakura." She patted my shoulder and left with the doctor. They closed the door on their way out.

I plopped myself down on the chair where I had just sat. I looked out the window to see the sun setting. I thought back to the many sunsets Ino and I watched together while playing out in the field near her home. These memories even brought back the memory of when we first met. We played tag and fell asleep in each other's arms in the shade of a forest. Ino was the greatest friend I had ever had. All my other friends were only my friends because I was rich. But after my mom left my dad, we got poor, fast. I lost all my friends and turned to books and magazines for fun. Then I moved here.

But of course, I had also met Sasuke. My crush for him was beyond even my control. I just noticed I'd be ignoring Ino with all my Sasuke-talk! How could I have been so…?

I was getting quite frustrated with myself. How could I ignore her, making her feel unwanted like the people at the orphanage did? How could I? Oh, Ino! I'm so sorry!

But why do I like Sasuke? What's so great about him? He never did anything. He was never nice to me; he never treated me kindly. Heck, he never talked to me unless he had good reason. Why did I ever like him?

In the back of my mind, I heard a voice so quiet that I seemed just above a whisper of the wind. Because you love her.

Love who? Ino? What's that got to do with Sasuke? I mean, yeah. I do love her, but only as a friend… I thought.

Oh. My. God!

I do.

I love her.

I'm in love with Ino.

But what am I going to do about it? She doesn't remember anything. She doesn't even remember anything we've ever done. Or worse, I don't think she remembers her past or that she's an orphan.

Oh, Ino. I feel so alone. What am I to do to help you?

TBC…
Hi again! I sure hoped you liked it. Sorry, if some stuff sounded repetitive. And now, reviews:

Spork ai: Why wouldn't I be hyper? Sugar is my god! Sorry, there won't be SasuGaa in here. In my fic, Sasuke is a jerk (but not always), and Gaara is creepy. But maybe in my next ficcie I'll put Gaara in again. He's fun to write. Haku is hard to write about! I had to watch the entire 1st season, twice, to even try and write Haku properly. There will be more Gaara and Haku in this story (I think). Don't worry; Gaara won't do anything funny to Sakura. But he will stalk her a lot and get in fights with Naruto a lot. I'm a yaoi/yuri fangirl. Het is ok, but I refuse to write it unless a fan asks nicely. No, you're not being rude! You're just fine. I'd like to have more reviews like yours! Thanks.

Yugi-obsessed: Yep, finally caught up to the teaser intro. But there are still lots more to come.

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