HIYA PPLZ!

wahhh! i am sssssooooooooooo SORRY for not updating sooner!
you see...i had realli important end of year examz...and now..
THEY ARE ALL OVER! w00t! XD -dances around, pulls out party balloons and throwz confetti all over the place-
YAY! so...i'll be able to update sooner! -readers cheer-

hehe XP anyhu...thats why I was able to update nowz...hehe...so sorry for making you guyz wait! gomenazai!-bows- well...holidaiz are coming up...so PLENTY of updates then! and oh boy..i checked my inbox and i have over 3 pages full of story alerts! -.-u i have some reading to catch up on...hehe

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hehe... anywaiz, and...i'm not sure yet...but i've been REALLY into NejiXTenten fics lately...and have been quite addicted to them! so...my mind has been brimming with ideas for a nejiten ficcie...so i might eventually write one...hehe...

anywaiz...enough of my blabbering...here's chapter 7!

Happy Reading! and please review if you can! Arigatou in advance! n.n


"Text" dialogue

'Text' thought/ what the character is thinking

Text Authors Notes A/N

'Text' Inner Sakura


Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of the characters from the anime/manga. Kishimoto-sensei does XD
Recap:

"Caramel latte?" She asked the two.

"Mine." Sakura responded. "Thanks"

"And black coffee must be yours sir?"

Sasuke nodded.

Mizukai placed the drink in front of the respective persons and with a courteous bow she left the two to enjoy their beverages.


Forgotten Love- Chapter Seven
A Memory

Sasuke picked up the cup of black coffee and was about to take a sip when Sakura spoke out.

"Matte Sasuke! Before you drink that, would you like to try their caramel lattes? They are really good! Would you try some? Please?"

Sasuke paused in his action as he looked at the pleading Sakura.

"No."

"Please Uchiha-san, just try some?" She pushed her teacup forward and looked up at him with puppy dog eyes.

'Oh no…not THAT face…kuso…She's persistent isn't she?'

Now who could refuse THAT face? He finally gave in and responded monotonously.

"Fine."

Sakura inwardly jumped for joy at her victory and she smiled at him. Her smile made his heart leap and he could feel his blood rushing up to his cheeks.

"I'm sure you'll like it." She said cheerfully as she edged the cup forward a bit more.

Sasuke stared at the pink-haired kunoichi in front of him before lowering his gaze to the light brown beverage with frothy milk on top drizzled with a nice swirl of caramel. He sighed, and then placed his black coffee in front of Sakura before picking up the caramel latte himself.

Just ONE sip was all he had to take.

Sip.

Sasuke took a sip of the beverage and had immediately flinched at the over whelming sweetness from the caramel. He never liked sweet stuff, and he was quite sure that Sakura knew that as well. Why would she say that he would like it?

'Probably just forgot.' He answered himself and shrugged off that fact.

Sasuke lowered back down his cup only to see a giggling Sakura.

What was so funny?

He raised an eyebrow at her and shot her a look of confusion along with a hint of annoyance.

Sakura was trying her best to suppress her giggles but they kept leaking out. She tried to tell him but the sight was just too cute and the fact that he had no idea just made her laugh more.

Sasuke's eye began to twitch and if you looked really closely, you could see a vein throbbing above his head.

Sakura tried to catch her breath and in doing so, took out a mirror from her purse and handed it to the Uchiha. Sasuke, who was very annoyed now, snatched the mirror out of her hands and looked at himself.

What he saw gazing back at him made blood rush up to his face, reddening his cheeks.

Whilst drinking the latte, it had left behind a white froth milk-moustache above his lip. (Now can you imagine that?(X3 Kawaii Sasuke! LOL)

He quickly grabbed a napkin and wiped away his disgrace whilst Sakura continued to giggle in glee. His eyebrows furrowed and his eye continued to twitch but it all came to a stop when he finally noticed how melodic the lady in front of him s' laugh was. Her sweet giggle rang through his mind and his cheeks reddened, not from embarrassment this time but from how sweet her laughter was in his ears and how beautiful it made her look. The smile that was born upon her features fitted perfectly with her personality and upon noticing this fact he couldn't help but smile.

Yes. Smile. Not a smirk, but a TRUE smile from his heart.

Sakura upon noticing this calmed down immediately from her giggles and stared in awe at Sasuke. He looked absolutely amazing when he smiled like that and it made Sakura feel as though she could've just melted onto the floor right there and then. Sasuke looked irresistible in her eyes at that moment and she could say that her photographic mind had taken that image one thousand times and stored it into the most-important-and sexiest-thing-I've-ever-seen part of her brain. She fell into a trance of drooling over his hotness.

'A gentleman, great physique and an absolutely perfect and charming smile…boy, he's making a good impression of this meeting…he is P E R F E C T!' She thought and this time Inner Sakura just nodded in agreement.


"Sakura?" Sasuke called out her name when he noticed her blank eyes that were narrowed half dreamily all off a sudden when she had cut off from her giggles earlier on.

Sakura snapped out of her trance at the mention of her name. She noticed his stare and looked away blushing slightly. She averted her gaze and it fell onto the black coffee in front of her. A quick thought sprung into her mind.

"Ne Sasuke-san, since you tried my caramel latte, how about I try your black coffee in return?" She said whilst picking up the cup.

"Sakura, I'm not sure so sure that you'll like it."

"Why?" What makes you say that?"

"You like sweet stuff, and that is a sugarless black coffee."

Sakura looked down at the beverage once more then just shrugged.

"I'll never know if I like it until I try it right?" She responded with a smile.

Sasuke just smirked in amusement at her response and watched as she raised the cup's edge to her plump lips.

Sip.

She licked her lips slightly then he eyebrows furrowed at the peculiar taste. A prickly feeling soared through her senses afterwards and she felt a sudden sharp pain at the back of her head. Her vision began to blur and the world around began to spin around in a circle making her feel dizzy. It spun faster and faster until finally the whole image blurred into complete darkness.


Sasuke watched in utter confusion at Sakura's reaction. The smirk was wiped off of his face the moment he saw Sakura's face go pale. It can't be that bad could it?

His eyes widened as he watched in horror when her eyes went blank and then rolled to the back of her head. Her body went limp, making her lose her balance and she fell off her seat.

Sasuke sprung up from his seat and rushed to her side.

"Sakura? Sakura!" he called out to her as he held her in his arms.

'What the hell was in that coffee!'

Out of curiosity he glanced back at the table and picked up the cup containing the black liquid. He raised it to his nose and sniffed it. It smelt of the usual coffee aroma but his strong sense of smell picked up another smell that eh did not recognize. He came to a conclusion that there was another unknown substance within the coffee.

'Wait…unknown substance…coffee…drink…Sakura.' Then it all hit him.

"Someone has poisoned the coffee…" He breathed a breath he didn't know he was holding.

"Someone call an ambulance!" He heard someone call out as a crowd began to gather around the two.

"Sakura…stay strong…" Sasuke whispered out to her. 'Don't leave me…' He thought as he held her in a tight embrace, like holding onto his last source of life.


Sakura felt as though she was floating. Everything around her felt calm and soft. She slowly opened her eyes and felt comforted by the sight. Soft white feathers were falling from the blue sky above her. They looked slightly transparent as they fell and lay all around her.

It was so relaxing.

She shut her eyes again to hopefully enjoy this peacefulness but the moment she did, she felt the world around her dissolve away. Her eyes shot open just in time to see the last pieces fly away and fade into the white surrounding, like slipping away from her grasp.

'Where am I?'

A sudden blinding bright flash answered her thought.


(In memory mode- the following part of the story should be imagined in a faded colour or in a sepia hue. Its up to you XD)

'I don't know if I should take the chuunin exam…but…I don't want to let Sasuke and Naruto down…' Sakura approached the meeting place where Kakashi had told them to go if they wanted to enter the chuunin exams. She could see Naruto and Sasuke already waiting there.

'They have always been stronger than me…I have always fallen behind…and left behind…'

She greeted her teammates as usual, putting on a smile on her features to hide her thoughts.

"Ohayo Sakura-chan!" Naruto greeted back. Sakura turned to Sasuke and at the sight of him, an image of the previous day with the encounter of the mysterious shinobi who had killed Sasuke right in front of her came into mind. It was all just a genjutsu but the thought still horrified her. Sasuke, lying lifeless on the floor with kunais pierced through his body and all along the ground around him. She shuddered at the thought.

"O-O-Ohayo…Sasuke-kun…" She greeted her stoic teammate.

"Aa." came his reply.

'She's lacking confidence…and not seeming like her old self…' Sasuke thought as he noticed her sudden change in tone and in action.


Sasuke's eyes were filled with fear as her body, in his grasp, began to feel cooler than before. At the sudden drop in temperature, he placed three fingers on her neck to check for a pulse.

There was none.

'Kuso' He thought.

Sasuke heard someone on the phone calling an ambulance.

'There's not enough time…' He was not going to lose her, and with that thought he decided to perform CPR on her.

Laying her fragile form gently on the floor, his panic-stricken eyes eyed her pale face, despite her usual porcelain skin, then to her slightly parted lips in desire. He recalled the night when he had left her and had captured those lips before departing, without her knowing of course, since he had knocked her out.

'No! Now is not the time to think about that! This is a life or death situation!'

He mentally scolded himself for not remaining focus on the task ahead. Remembering the procedure for resuscitation, he quickly put it into action.

Sasuke pinched her nose with one hand and cupped her chin with the other.

'Am I taking advantage of her?' He hesitated for a while before taking a deep breath and sealing his lips with hers.

'Breathe…one…two…three…four…'


TBC...

Please review if you can! anywaiz...

wahh...T.T another cliffie...gomen pplz...if i put it ALL in it would've ebcome too long...gomen ne pplz! I'll try to update sooner so that you wouldn't have to wait so long!

you know what? i hate the fact that i'm not even up to the part where Sasuke FINALLY sees Sakura and Gaara together! gah...and its ch 7 already...and yeah...hehe..gomen...it'll come! but not for like..another 5 chapters...and thats just my estimate...wahhh! gomen! gomen! TT.TT


anywaiz...here are some answeres to last chappie's reviews!

heartillyangel- hi! wow..i've been back from singapore for like..almost a whole month nowz! lol! i'm realli happy to know that you think that this fic is not boring...XD coz i do...and i sometimes just hate what i write...lol coz i'm currently beginning to realli dislike this fic...for how long it is dragging things...anyhu...thanx for the review! -huggles- hope that you enjoyed this chappie!
pei-chan- hi! no...they aren't fighting...thats for later...oopz...pretend that you didn't hear that...>.> hehe...thanx!
saiyan princess5- hi! glad to know that you love this fic! hehe...and yeah...sasuke's hair is a dark bluish to black...if you watch carefully in the anime and see parts where light is relected off his beautiful silky raven hair...(getting off os track there...lol coz i'm a major fan of our dear sauske-kun...absolutely love him...hehe) yeah..his hair is dark black blue as u might say. n.n thanx!
kisherry- hi! MEEP! No! please no flames! gomen for not updating sooner! -puppydog eyes- please forgive me? LOL XD hehe..thanx!
shadow kunoichi- hi! wow...i'm sorri i wasn't able to update sooner...hope you understand... :( thanx for the review btw!
Fanadict - hey hey...no need to shout...i did mention that it would be sasusaku...its a love triangle see? anywaiz...thanx for the review!
angelgurl079- Hi! LOL...i did consider the liquid to be laxatives...but it isn't...it was dun dun DUN! POISON! LOL XD. yay! a cookie AND a brownie! yummmmmo! w00t! hehe... thanx! n.n
saki-kun- hi! hehe...no..teh figure was not gaara...and its just gonna remain anonymous...lol...i haven't figured out who it was myself! LOL anywaiz...yeah...i'm realli hating myself for not making sasuke find out sooner...lol...not until like...5 more chapters does sasuke find out that sakura and garaa are together...and thats just an estimate...aiya...anywaiz...thanx for da review!
lexy499 - Yup! me too! i absolutely ADORE that couple! and neji tenten! hehe...anywaiz...thanx for that review!
animeforever24- hi! don't worry! i haven't lost the interest int he pairing...just my inspiration to write...but now i'm back in business! hell yeah! XD i went and read some all time fav sasusaku fics...and watched Naruot anime(all eps i have which is only up to ep 115) and got back into the pairing! so rest assured! i'll still be writing! though i have been havign this major crush on Neji-kun lately..and absolutely LOVE nejiten ficces also...hehe anywaiz...thanx for the review! oh and thanx so much for your help! ttyl!
kayla - hi! lol...sorri...i think that i've been doing that alot lately...leaving cliffies...T.T hehe hope that you liked this chappie! sorri to make you wait. thanx for the review!
Hao'sAnjul- hi! yeah...well...in my weird little fantasy..i can picture sasuke being such a gentleman...you know...doing anything for sakura...haveing the respictive manners and all...even though he would NEVER be one..and i guess it just let it slip into my writing...hehe..oh and the blue liquid? lol...you found out in this chappie...hehe...a twist in events ne? anwyaiz..thanx for the review!
dopeyanjooL- hi! thanx! yeah i had a good time in singapore...hehe..thoguh i only managed to drop by a cafe ONCE...it was so croweded...with geeks playing internet games n all..aiya...T.T i was like...the ONLY girl there! yikes! >.> LOL...thanx for the review!
KaTLeYa KaSSaNdRA KaReN LiN- Hi katleya! wahh..T.T i haven't been on anime tribe in agez! i miss you guyz! all of yous! everyone! wahh! -cries fountains of tears- i'll try to catch up with you guyz sooon! hope that you liked this chappie! thanx again! ttyl!
Sagitarious Devil- hi! hehe yeah...yumm...coffee...hey..i like that...'spiked coffee' hehe...had a nice ring to it...haha...thanx for the review!
Yachtzee- hi! i'm glad that you like this fic! hehe...wow...thanx for the fav also! hehe..yeah...sasuke is kinda OOC...and so will be garaa as a warning...XP anywaiz...thanx!
CrAzY-SiLLy-Me- Hi! hehe...thanx! i know i know...cliffes are soooo evil lol...but then i just couldn't help it...gomen ne. hope that you liked this chappie! thanx!

veracytzwolves, emily, YingYang-chan, charl, Kurenai Chinoumi, RobinAmon, So-kun-
Thanx so much for your reviews! sorri that i took so long to update! hope that you enjoyed this chappie! thanx! n.n


Wowzers! O.O so many reviewers...and so many new readers! hehe...thanx guyz! -throws every reader a cookie- enjoy!
hehe..hey did you guyz recognize the scene sakura's remembering? its in the anime...so yeah...hehe

Next chapter...

Chapter 8- Acknowledgement
Sakura receives a flashback from her team 7 days because of the sudden shock from the poisoned coffee...Will Sakura live? Will Sakura be saved in time? What will Sasuke do? and the biggest question of all...
WHEN WILL SASUKE FIND OUT ABOUT GAARA!

LOL XD not for like another...FIVE chapters! GAHH! AIYA! WAHHH! TT.TT
hehe..anywaiz...i have decided that that mysterious figure will remain anonymous...coz i just dunno who i should be...this is one of those random things that happen in fics to continue the plot.. those kinda things ya know...hehe...anywaiz...

Please review if you can! n.n

Until next time...

Ja!

--(Aitashiaku©)--