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Un-forgetting

Chapter Two

Sakura stood from the ground. She'd been unconscious for a day and a half. When she stood she looked around. Everything was a bit shaky. She decided it would be best for her to stop in at the nearest village.

The Sound.

Sakura didn't remember anything past what she did yesterday. This meant she knew nothing of Konoha, or Sasuke. Only of her ninja skills, and things about herself.

Sakura continued making her unsteady way down the path, to the village hidden in the sound. She approached the gates and the guards gasped at her. There was dried blood that ran down her forehead. Of coarse Sakura was unaware of that. The guards ushered her inside and to the hospital. She was checked out and they said she was fine, but had a minor concussion that caused major memory loss. Sakura frowned at that.

She didn't remember forgetting anything. After saying it in her head she laughed at the stupid sentence.

A kind nurse a little older than Sakura asked her "So, your names Sakura?"

Sakura nodded.

"I'm Kairi. I have to ask you some questions before you can leave. Okay?"

Sakura smiled warmly and nodded.

"Do you remember your last name?"

"Hai. It's Haruno."

"Okay, good. Do you remember the names of your parents?"

Sakura looked deep in thought. Her smile dropped and she shook her head no.

"Hmm. Do you remember what village your in now?"

"Hai. The Sound, right?"

"Hai. Good. Do you remember what village you came from?"

"No."

"Do you know how long you've been gone?"

Sakura shook her head. Another no.

"Do you know why you left?"

"I think I left to forget…to forget…something… or maybe someone…"

The nurse laughed "Well, I think you've succeeded."

Sakura laughed with her. "Kairi? Would you mind showing me around the village? I've just arrived, and don't know anyone, or where anything is. I'm afraid I didn't bring clothes or money with me when I left my village. I have nothing."

"Not much of a planner are you, Sakura." She joked. Sakura smiled. "No I wouldn't mind. You seem like a kind person. Fun to have around. I'll let you stay with me until you've settled."

"Arigato, Kairi-chan."

"No problem, Sakura-chan."

After Sakura was released Kairi gave her the tour of the village.

"This is the hot spring; we don't need it because we have a bathroom in the apartment. Thank GOD!" Kairi pointed to 5 boys peeking over the fence and staring at the girls bathing.

Sakura giggled and they continued.

"This is my favorite restaurant. It serves the best sushi. Ramen too."

Something in the back of Sakura's mind clicked at the mention of ramen, but as soon as it was there it was gone.

The tour moved on. Sakura was shown the best and worst places. The good and bad parts of town. The cheapest and most expensive shops. Jewelers, Tailors, Artists. Basically everything to see was seen.

Then they made a long walk back across town.

Sakura blushed when her stomach growled. It was the second time in the past half-hour. Kairi looked over at Sakura. Sakura's stomach growled again, louder. Sakura laughed and rubbed her talkative stomach.

"Stopping for food might not be a bad idea." Kairi said looking at Sakura.

"Heh...I have no money."

"I could pay..."

"I wouldn't want to be a burden."

Sakura felt cold air against her skin, then she realized that she'd subconsciously followed Kairi into the Ramen shop. Kairi sat at a stool and patted the seat next to her.

Sakura took initiative and sat in the seat. They both ordered their Ramen and Sakura practically scarfed it. Having not eaten anything other then fish and fruit, getting real food in her was wonderful.

Sakura ate until she was full -because Kairi said so, and she was paying- and Sakura was full after 3 large bowls. Kairi shelled out the cash and Sakura smiled contently. Kairi saw Sakura smiling and couldn't help but smile herself.

The girls then made their way out of the store and Kairi lead the way back to the apartment building. The sun had yet to set, but rain clouds were close-by.

'It's going to rain...'

Sakura smiled to herself Kairi mentioned something about the dark clouds. Sakura looked to her new friend and said, "I think i like the rain. When I think of the rain...I smile."

The brunette ran a delicate hand through her high sitting pony tail. The tail stopped at the bottom of her neck. She looked up at the beautiful blue sky, tinted with pink. Then at the grey and dreary clouds that approached and threatened to cover the marvalous sky.

She then looked back to Sakura. She said sternly "I don't like the rain. It depresses me. And the rain is harsh and cold. It gets everything wet, and you get a cold if you stay out too long."

Sakura frowned. "That's how most people see the rain. Only the bad parts of it."

Kairi looked at her friend and raised an eyebrow, "What good is there about rain. I don't think there is anything good about it."

Sakura smiled as she looked up. Her eyes were closed. Wind blew against her face, and her hair flowed with it. "I think the rain smells good, and it feels good on my skin. I like the way the clouds look in the rain. I like the puddles that are scattered across the ground. With rain, there's wind. And I love the way the wind feels. Besides, the rain reminds me of something...or someone."

A surprised expression crossed Kairi's face and she looked to Sakura. "Oh, and what or who would that be?"

"I'm not sure. It's pleasant to think about the person, but it also brings me great pain. I'm not sure how to describe it. But..."

"But what?"

"I really wish I could remember."

Kairi smiled and patted Sakura on the back. "You'll eventually remember everything. the memory loss is only temporary. Everything will come back eventually. Or at least it should."

"You mean it might not?"

Kairi smiled wide and punched Sakura lightly on the arm. "Nah, I'm just kidding it will all come back, it just might take a while."

"And how long is a while?"

"Oh…I don't know. Maybe a month, maybe a year. Maybe a week, maybe 3 years. You'll never know. But it will all come back. I promise."

Sakura smiled. "Kairi...are we there yet?"

Kairi laughed and nodded yes. Directly in front of them was the building. They went inside and started to climb the stairs.

8 8

Sasuke had been resting in the Sound for a while. He had originally left the village to gain power and fight his brother but he wound up killing Orochimaru and aimlessly wandering from place to place.

He'd been here in the Sound for a week, maybe two. He liked it here. As long as you stayed out of the bad part of the village, you'd be fine. The people were kind and loved to smile.

He'd sent a message to Konoha saying he killed Orochimaru about a month ago. He explained what had happened. And asked that some tell Sakura that he apologized.

He never got anything back. Probably because he didn't leave a return address.

Sasuke stood from his couch. He had fallen asleep. He looked around the room, then made his way to the door. He was hungry, and it was time for dinner. He never cooked, so he would make his way to a restaurant.

Sasuke walked out the door and made his way down the hall to the stairwell. He heard two girls laughing and could have sworn one sounded like Sakura.

He'd thought about her a lot. Now that she wasn't around to shower him with her care and affection. To ask him for a date only to be shot down. To constantly want to talk to him, only to be ignored. He missed her.

He missed her warm smile. Her kindness, her innocence. Her laughter. He'd hear her voice all the time and if he ignored it, it went away.

Sasuke sighed then he heard the laughter again and what sounded like Sakura talking. It sounded exactly like Sakura. Sasuke looked up from the floor and he froze. In the middle of the hall way, right in front of the two girls.

One girl had short brown hair and big hazel eyes. She was in a light blue short sleeved shirt that had what was probably her clans crest on the front. And regular black pants. It was the other girl that made Sasuke loose the air he was about to breathe.

She had on a dirty red dress that cut off at the knee and had slits in the sides that went to her hip. She had black capris underneath that. She had a white circle on the front flap of the dress.

The girl had big jade green eyes. She had a hair color that rivaled cotton candy, or bubble gum. it was definitely Sakura. Her hair had grown to mid-back, she was more curvy, and was taller, but it was definitely Sakura.

Just...older.

Prettier.

Sakura and Kairi headed up the stairs to her apartment and walked up to the second floor. Kairi had been talking about one particularly funny day at the hospital. They were both laughing hysterically.

That was until Sakura heard her name. She stopped and so did Kairi. She looked up. She didn't recognize who it was. He looked thoroughly shocked to see her. Sakura turned from the boy to Kairi.

"Who is he?"

"Uchiha Sasuke...he lives next door to me."

She turned back to the boy. "Ok...Sasuke. Um...do I know you...or do you know me. You look very surprised to see me?"

Sasuke was hurt that Sakura didn't recognize him. His hair was a little longer but in the same style. His face had lost it's roundness and it made him look older, but he still looked like himself. He was taller and more toned. He traded his old outfit for a black shirt and pants, with the clan's symbol on the back. The collar was still high and it hid the back of his neck.

Sasuke regained his composer and looked at Sakura. "You don't remember me Sakura?"

Sakura shook her head.

Kairi took a small step forward and said to him "Sakura hit her head and got a concussion. She doesn't remember much of anything from the past." Kairi then had a huge smile plastered across her face. "If you know her, maybe you could help her remember."

Sasuke looked at Sakura. She looked confused. She was thinking hard about something. Before Sasuke could answer Sakura said something.

"You look familiar. I think I did know you. We were friends once...right?"

Sasuke nodded "In a way. We were teammates."

Sakura smiled. Sasuke had wanted so long to see her smile. He couldn't help himself and a smile spread across his face too. They were in rooms that were right next to each other. Sasuke figured it must have been fate.

It didn't really matter who did it, all that mattered was Sakura was brought back to him and he wasn't going to let her be hurt again.

A/N: Ok, ok. So, yea about the song. It's not here, yea. I wrote 7 pages...last time I only wrote four. Seriously before this stories the most I've written on my fics is 3 pages a chapter. So 7 is a lot. Anyway, I decided to cut it short because I didn't feel like putting in what's going in at Konoha and the next part with Sakura and Sasuke is sad. Yea. You can hate me when you read the next chapter. It's bad. There will be YELLING! And SCREAMING! And CRYING! And remembering... yup and the SONG! It will actually BE there in the next chapter. SO rejoice while I try not to make a HABIT out of TALKING in CAPITOLS! For EMPHASIS of coarse.

…CAPITOLS! Ok...I know what your thinking...And I want you to know... I'm NOT crazy...often.

Saayu-chan