Hello again everybody, I am back indeed! I'm in a foul mood this week coz I found out Kakashi Gaiden ain't coming out till episode 203 and Bleach didn't come out last week and etc etc. I am also very sad, coz Steve Irwin (Australian Crocodile Hunter) died on the 4th of September this week too. SHOCKED AND APPALLED. Anyway, I would like to dedicate this story in his memory. Rest In Peace, Steve Irwin.
ANYWAY, I would like to tell people that SAKURA will NOT be getting all her memories in one piece, but broken up into parts. So to make a long story short, YES SHE WILL REGAIN HER MEMORIES AGAIN!
And NO, Sasuke will not be telling SAKURA what he just saw.
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RECAP
"Naruto-kun, are you okay? It's 1 in the morning," Hinata said. Naruto looked at her and asked,
"Hinata-chan, does anyone, live here anymore?" She froze. Tears started welling up in her eyes and answered,
"No, Naruto-kun, everyone in that house left…" Naruto stared, dumbstruck.
"Because… my twin brother, is said to had lived here…"
END RECAP
Sakura tossed and turned in her bed. She couldn't sleep even though she had a rough day trying to get away from the irritating Sasuke. He smirked and smirked, until she FINALLY punched him during English. THAT caused Sasuke and her to attend detention on Thursday with Kakashi-sensei the following week.
"I want to see that boy again… Who is he? He makes me feel so special and warm inside. Wait, was he… my boyfriend?" Sakura started shaking. Then crying. Her heart hurt so much; she wanted to see his face, to know who he was and how he looked like.
"I'll do, whatever it takes, to know who he is, his true identity..."
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Sasuke lay in bed. His face still felt raw and Tsuki already gave him an ice pack.
When he came back from school, Itachi laughed when he saw his little brother's face all red and bruised. Tsuki just gave him a reassuring smile and headed to the fridge to grab a cooling pack. When he slapped the cold bag onto his face, he told them Sakura had punched him for just smirking at her. Itachi burst out laughing but Tsukemi, who was drinking tea, dropped the cup with a SMASH!. Itachi stopped and helped his fiancée pick up the ceramic shards that covered the tile floor. She apologized repeatedly and went to get a damp cloth to wipe the mess. Itachi stood up and sighed.
"What's wrong nii-sama?" Sasuke asked. Itachi looked at his younger brother, holding the ice pack to his face.
"Tsuki's been acting weird ever since she met Sakura. She's been staring out the window for hours and thinking," Itachi explained. He shrugged and went off to find his fiancée.
"That dream… I should tell everyone…" Sasuke reached to grab his phone. He scrolled through his contacts. He reached Narutos' name and called. The phone was switched off and/or unavailable. He called Hinata but she too, didn't respond. Sasuke hissed and placed his Samsung SGH –Z540 on his bedside table. He stared up at the ceiling and sighed. He thought furiously, not noticing that he had fallen asleep.
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Sasuke woke up with a start. He looked at his alarm clock. 6.35am The time I wake up. It was still early for someone like him to wonder around school. Not caring, he took a cold shower and went to school in his sexy black Jaguar.
When Sasuke arrived at school, 30 minutes TOO early, he saw Neji looming around the school gates.
"Hey Neji, what's up?" Sasuke asked. During middle school, he and Neji used to be the worst of friends, but now, they were much closer.
"Hinata-sama wasn't in her room this morning. She's gone somewhere," Neji answered, looking up at the obsidian eyed Uchiha. Sasuke cocked his head on an angle.
"Hn. Anyway, I had a dream where the "Younger" Sakura told me to help her "regain" her memories." Sasuke said, looking at the large Sakura tree that was across the road from Konoha High. Neji stared at Sasuke and said only three words;
"Don't tell her (Haha bet you thought it was I love you, BUT IT'S A SASUSAKU FIC!)" Sasuke stared back at Neji with wide eyes.
"What? Don't tell her? It's her memories, I should tell her!" Sasuke shot back icily.
"So? It's part of your memories too. She told us she regained a memory. We're not even sure which memories she regained. But just don't tell her. She probably thinks you're not the guy that she used to love ya know," Neji explained.
Sasuke fell silent. The punch, everything she thought about him, that was true, she probably would never believe him if he told her that he was supposed to help regain those precious memories of hers.
"Oh hey Tenten," Neji's resounding voice broke Sasuke out his thoughts. Tenten came bounding to them, her hair tied in those oh-so-familiar buns.
"Hey guys, I went to stop Naruto from eating ramen this morning, but he wasn't there! Do you know anything about it?" Tenten asked curiously. Obviously, she was out of breath from running for location to location.
"Nope. Same for Hinata over here," said Sasuke before Neji could open his mouth. It was oh-so-clear that Neji liked Tenten. Sasuke just saved Neji's ass before he could say a bundle of words tumbling after another.
"Really? Well, do you think… Hinata and Naruto… spent the NIGHT together? I mean, Hinata does like Naruto…" Tenten said thoughtfully. Neji stared wide eyed at Tenten.
"WHHAAAAT!" Neji burst out. Sasuke and Tenten jumped back from sudden yell. –silence-
-tumbleweed passes by, someone coughing in background-
"You didn't know?" Tenten asked. A vein popped out of Neji's head. Sasuke backed away from the couple, looking into the school grounds.
"YOU MEAN YOU TWO KNEW ALL THIS TIME AND NEVER TOLD ME?" Neji's voice broke one of Sasuke's eardrums.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN! YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO KNOW, SEEING YOU ARE HINATA'S COUSIN!" The argument kept on going and going until the gates finally opened. They continued squabbling until Sakura came, startled at the two lovers jumping down each others throats.
"What are they doing?" mouthed Sakura to Sasuke, pointing a finger at the quarrelling pair.
"I dunno," Sasuke mouthed back, both of them giving each other a smile before heading to their lockers.
Ino had already arrived at the lockers, after passing Neji and Tenten, staring wide eyed at both of them.
"Hey what's up with those two lovebirds?" Ino asked as Sakura reached her locker. Sakura shrugged and started her locker combination. 12, 48, 35. She pulled down her lock but it wouldn't budge. –twitch twitch-
"SASUKE!"
WITH SASUKE…
Sasuke smirked inwardly to himself. He was such a genius, asking Shikamaru to swap Sakura's lock with his, which, unfortunately, she didn't know. Sasuke walked to his locker location and opened the lock. 12, 48, 35. He opened it simply and flung the door open. Out spilled; a dead cat, a bag of doggy doo, a 5kg weight which sadly decided to land on his foot. Sasuke screamed and tried to drag his foot from under the heavy iron block.
"Sasuke! I believe you have my LOCK!" Sasuke looked up and saw an overpowering Sakura standing in front of him. She held up his lock which unluckily, was broken MYSTERIOUSLY. She dropped it on his head and grabbed her one. She left him there to SUFFER from the pain she had just inflicted on him.
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Gaara flicked through the pages of the photo album. There were pictures of him, Sakura, Kankuro and Temari. All together, playing happily in the large sand dunes near the coast of Sunagakure. He smiled to himself as he turned each page carefully. But most pictures were of her smiling with Gaara beside her. She had always thought of him as an older brother she never had. He remembered the day he had first introduced himself to her…
Sakura had stayed in the hospital. She had barely said anything, her green orbs empty and cold and her pink hair hung loosely around her pale face. Shiikure sat beside her everyday to tend to Sakura.
"Aunt…Shiikure…" Sakura whispered. Her voice was so soft that you had to strain to hear the girl talk.
"Yes, Sakura?" Shiikure asked hopefully. Her face lightened up, hoping Sakura could at least remember one single memory of the raven haired boy.
"Who…is… that?" Sakura pointed to the doorway where Gaara stood. He brought in a bouquet of daisies and orchids, as Shiikure said those were one of Sakura's favourite flowers.
"Oh, that's-" Shiikure was cut off by Gaara placing a gentle hand on Shiikure's shoulder.
"I am Gaara. We helped you when you had the accident," Gaara explained slowly. Sakura nodded. She smiled lightly at him and said,
"Thank-you… very much". Gaara smiled back at her and sat on the seat next to Shiikure. He spent hours talking to her. He began to visit her for an hour each day and he always brought her some pictures of places or his siblings.
Soon, Sakura was up and back to her cheerful old self. That was when she found out Gaara, Kankuro and Temari were her cousins. She would always smile when they came over on the holidays and they would go to different places to explore each day.
When Temari was 20 while Kankuro was 19, they both moved to different places to get jobs. Temari wanted to create a windmill company and Kankuro believed he would make puppets. Gaara and Sakura were left, but since Sakura had to go back to Konoha, Gaara was left alone.
After only a couple of days, Gaara was lonely. That was when he decided that he would move. He packed his belongings and moved away from the place he had been all his life. He bid goodbye to his aunt and left unnoticed in the darkness of Sunakagure.
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Tsuki sat on the large king sized bed in her fiancee's room. He had left to get groceries for dinner that night which would be beef stew. In her hand, lay a letter yet to be open. She had written it a couple of weeks before and yet, she still hadn't told Itachi. She didn't want him to know.
"What do I do… Kami-sama, help me… get rid of this pain in my heart and soul… cleanse me…" She thought sorrowfully. Tsuki stood up and went out of the room, still holding the letter clutched in her hand. She headed to the kitchen table and grabbed her car keys. She then left the house, without a backward glance at the large Uchiha mansion.
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Sasuke slumped on the desk. He was so bored, especially since it was History with Asuma-sensei who was the son of the 3rd principal of the school. Sakura was listening attentively at Asuma, scribbling notes down on her book. Ino and Shikamaru were sending notes to each other, mostly with capitals words from Ino. Neji and Tenten were glaring daggers at each other after the long argument which earned them a detention with Sasuke and Sakura on the same day. Both Hinata and Naruto still weren't there, missing out on the whole day of school. Sasuke glanced at the clock. It was 2.23pm.
"Yo," Everyone's head turned to the doorway where Kakashi was standing. He was holding his orange book and he seemed to be panting heavily.
"What is it, Kakashi?" Asuma asked, lighting a cigarette. Everyone turned their heads from teacher to teacher like an interesting tennis match.
"I need to see Sasuke, and also Haruno Sakura," Kakashi gasped. "It's urgent!" Asuma nodded and allowed Sakura and Sasuke to leave. Sakura stood up with a bewildered look on her face while Sasuke had the serious-but-bored look. All three of them left the classroom and headed for the office.
"Kakashi-sensei, what's wrong?" Sakura asked the mask covered pervert.
"Sasuke's brother called. He said Tsukemi was involved in a car accident," Kakashi responded. Sakura gasped while Sasuke's eyes widened.
"What?" Sasuke whispered. They arrived at the office and there stood Itachi, his face broken up and saddened.
"Sasuke, Sakura, quickly. We need to get to the hospital," Itachi said quickly. He grabbed Sasuke and Sakura's arms and pulled them out the door. He nodded at Tsunade and Kakashi and left the building.
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"Itachi, what happened to Tsuki? And why is Sakura coming?" Sasuke asked his older brother. He sat in the front passenger seat while Itachi drove. Sakura sat in the back, tears silently pouring down her face.
"She got hit. Well, she was the one who hit the other person the accident. She drove on a red light. She's usually so calm," Itachi answered.
After 10 minutes of driving, they reached the hospital. They rushed into Tsuki's room and saw a doctor shaking his head.
"No…no… NO!" Itachi screamed. He held Tsuki in his arms and sobbed into her shoulder. Sasuke stood there, frozen from the scene that was unfolding in front of him. Sakura started crying too, leaning on Sasuke for support. He lifted his hand and placed it on the soft pink hair and started trying to sooth her. She cried uncontrollably while Itachi still held Tsuki, wetting the hospital gown she wore. Her body was limp while her red hair streaked her pale face like a river drawn over her face.
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Tsukemi
Last name unknown
Born 3rd of May
Died 12th of February
Loved fiancée, wonderful sister-to-be
Sakura stared at the gravestone, lowering the bouquet of flowers on the mound of dirt that covered Itachi's dear love. Itachi had broken down in front of it allowing his younger brother seeing his one and only weakness.
"Sakura," Sakura turned to see a red eyed Itachi holding out a letter. It had her name printed out on it in fancy handwriting which must have been Tsukemi's.
"This was found with her when they removed her from the car. She had a whole stack in the back seat which they already distributed out to the people addressed to. But yours was beside her and clutched in her hand," Itachi told her, placing the letter into Sakura's damp palms.
"I'll open it later," she thought. She pocketed inside her black coat which she wore for the funeral. Everyone was there, including Hinata and Naruto who mysteriously appeared the day after Tsukemi died. She looked up at the grey sky and entered the car with Sasuke and Itachi back to the Uchiha mansion.
When they came reached their destination, Sakura placed herself onto the couch. Itachi went upstairs to find Tsuki's clothes while Sasuke headed towards the kitchen to make tea. She put her hands into her pocket and found the letter. She pulled it out and stared at it nervously. Sasuke came with the tea. She thanked him quietly and opened the letter. She held the mug while reading.
Abruptly, she dropped the cup. A SMASH entered the silent house. Itachi and Sasuke raced to the living room where Sakura was. Her hand placed over her mouth and the cup pieces scattered on the floor. The two Uchihas could see a tear drop from Sakura's porcelain face.
"Tsuki… she said… in the letter… that she… she... SHE WAS MY SISTER!" Sakura said in disbelief.
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WOW ANOTHER CLIFFY FOR ME!
Like I said in the start, this is dedicated to Steve Irwin, Crocodile Hunter of Australia. Rest in Peace, Crikey.
Next chapter will tell what happened to Naruto and Hinata.
(NO DON'T GET DIRTY THOUGHTS!)
Bye bye
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