Sakura was in her ANBU uniform as she went inside the ANBU office. ANBU's bow as she passed by and Sakura would reply it with a nod. She went to the second floor and went to her office.

Her office had a large wooden table with a reclining chair behind it. On her desk was a picture of team seven. There was a closet on the left side and beside it was a book case.

She glanced at the picture and sat at the chair. She took the framed picture and stared at it for a while. There, she saw her younger self at the middle, with Kakashi beaming behind her. Naruto was on her right, and he was doing a victory pose while Sasuke was on her left, his arms crossed and he had a small smile.

"Sigh…"

Seeing Sasuke's face, she remembered that she still have some duties at the hospital. So, she went to the closet and saw a tan colored cloak. She put it on and with a small puff of smoke, she went to the hospital.

"Sakura-sama, there is a patient at room 908 that needs intense medical attention." One nurse said as Sakura looked at the clipboard to see who the patient of the said room was.

Her eyes widened.

ROOM 908UCHIHA SASUKE

"Keiko, what is the condition of the patient?" Sakura asked, looking at the brown haired nurse. Keiko looked at her clipboard and flipped some pages.

"Ah, Uchiha Sasuke, he has numerous fractures, and some other major wounds. He also has minor wounds as well."

"And when was he rushed in?"

"About thirty minutes ago."

'So, maybe Tsunade told Naruto and his team.'

"And his fractures and his other wounds?" Sakura started to walk, as Keiko followed.

"His fractures are needed to be healed or else there would be infected. The minor wounds were already taken care off by the other medical-nins. But when they turned on trying to heal his major wounds, he refused."

Sakura and Keiko were on the stairs until Sakura stopped and looked at her.

"What? He refused?" Sakura asked as Keiko nodded.

"Since you're the only medical-nin that's closest to him, they decided that they should let YOU heal him instead."

Sakura fell deep in thought as she stopped again and looked at Keiko.

"If that was thirty minutes ago, you should have already told me."

"They said you were busy."

"Who said that?"

"We sent one nurse to call you but he said that you were busy and you were still having some important negotiations with Hokage-sama."

Sakura resumed walking.

"Yes, yes. That is true."

'AT LEAST HE HAS HIS THIRTY MINUTES OF PAIN!'

'He deserves it. He really does.'

When they reached the said room, Sakura held on the doorknob, took a deep breath and went in.

Sasuke felt his body being numb. His fractures were killing him, and he refused help from the medical-nins and insisted that he'll be the one to tend the wounds. But he couldn't escape from the hospital because of his wounds. And much to his surprise, the medical-nins, gathered together, talked for a while then left him.

He was then transferred to this ward and he hated being there. He makes him feel… weak.

And speaking of weak, he saw his former teammate come in dressed in her ANBU uniform topped with a tan cloak and her hair was in a ponytail. There was a clipboard on her hand and a brown haired nurse was behind her. Sakura eyed him.

"Keiko, you may leave us now. I can handle this by myself." Sakura said coldly, not taking her eyes off the Uchiha prodigy. Sasuke took his eyes away from her. When the door closed, there was a moment of silence.

"I don't need to be—"

"Don't act as though you're THAT strong Uchiha." Sakura stated, as Sasuke was shocked to hear that Sakura called him by his last name. Sasuke glared at her.

"I AM strong Sakura."

Sakura smirked.

"Oh yeah? If you are strong, then I dare you to stand up and leave this building." Sakura said. Sasuke tried to move his fractured legs but the pain was too much. He groaned.

"Now who's the weakling?" Sakura asked, looking angry. Sasuke glared back at her.

"Shut up."

"No. YOU shut up. Shut up while I tend your fractures, even if it is against my will, I will still heal you. I would rather let you die but the Hokage wants you alive."

"Then if you don't want to heal me, why don't you let the other medical-nins heal me instead?"

Sakura walked towards him as she placed a finger on his leg. Sasuke screamed in agony. Sakura smirked.

"Stupid. You were refusing their help. You were thrashing up the place and I am the only one who could heal you."

Sasuke gritted his teeth and realized that Sakura transferred a small electric current in his wound.

'Does she hate me THIS much?'

"Now shut up. If you'll refuse, I'll have to do it by force." Sakura warned him as Sasuke looked away. Sakura looked at him. She looked at a table and saw an injection. She injected it on Sasuke's left leg as it went numb.

'Anesthesia? What is she planning?'

Without a knife, and just by using chakra, Sakura sliced the skin as Sasuke's eyes widened. Sakura saw the broken bone as she placed it back to its proper place and stick it together with her own chakra. They formed like stitches around the wound. Her green chakra mixed with Sasuke's blue chakra.

When she was done, she closed the wound the usual way. She did the same routine at the other leg. When she was done, she checked his body for more major wounds, and found some and healed them with ease.

'Wow, I hate to admit it but she's good.'

"You can't use your legs for a week because of your wounds. And since you're brutally wounded, I would advise you to stay here for two weeks or so." Sakura said as she stood up, grabbed a pen from her pocket (her hands are bloodless… she used chakra remember?) and started scribbling on the clipboard.

"Sakura?" Sasuke asked, his voice hoarse. Sakura looked at him.

"What is it?" she snapped coldly.

"I want to ask you a question."

"Actually, I have one question to you as well."

Sasuke raised an eyebrow.

"Why did you self surrender to Neji's team? There should have a reason right? And as far as I know, your curse is still not complete, so why leave Orochimaru? I thought you wanted power to kill your brother."

Sasuke fell silent until he looked at Sakura. Sakura was shocked to see that his eyes were soft.

"I left because I realized that Orochimaru just wanted me to be his body. Yes, I would gain power but if Orochimaru was inside my body, everything would be useless. You're smart enough to understand." Sasuke explained.

"And that's not the only reason…" Sasuke said. Sakura raised her eyebrows.

"You have another reason? Well then, let's hear it." Sakura said. Sasuke gathered up all his courage to tell her.

"Because…"

"Because?"

"Because… I—I wanted to see you again." He said in a very fast manner but Sakura understood it. Instead of her eyes widening in shock, she smirked.

"You wanted to see me again? And why is that?"

"Because… for the reason that… that… that I…"

"Spit it out Uchiha." Sakura said, her mind going excited on what he's going to say. She didn't know why but she just felt that way.

"Because… I realized that… That I did the wrong thing leaving you behind and I missed you… badly."