Hey!! This is the next update! Last chapter was with Sasuke and his team, now it's with Sakura and the others :)

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Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

"Hmmm..." Sakura groaned, shifting slightly in her hospital bed.

Beep. Beep. Beep.

"Wait... That sounds like..."

Beep. Beep.

She jerked up into the sitting position, surprising the previously asleep Naruto.

"Sakura-chan?!" He exclaimed in an utterly surprised tone.

He smiled goofily. Sakura frowned. His goofy smile seemed forced.

"Naruto...? What... happened?" She muttered, staring at her bandaged form.

"A mission of course!"

She gave him the 'what-the-fuck-I'm-not-stupid-you-dumbass-I-know-it-was-a-mission' look.

If that look actually exists that is.

The young Kyuubi container seemed to have understood that look. "Well you asked!" he exclaimed, grumbling incoherent things.

She sighed, rubbing her sore head slightly as silence reigned over in the room for a couple of minutes.

"Say...Sakura-chan..." The blue eyed boy started, looking down at the floor.

She raised a brow. "What is it Naruto?"

He shifted uncomfortably. "What do you remember...? From the mission I mean..."

She stared incredulously at him. "You're serious?"

He nodded hesitantly.

Sakura gave him a weird look before furrowing her brows, a sign she was thinking.

"Well... I don't know what to say.. I mean we were on a mission to the Mist village... An A ranked mission I think. To retrieve some scroll from a really well guarded palace or something... and then we were traveling back with the scroll and there was an ambush and... I don't really remember much from there really..." She said, rubbing the back of her neck.

Naruto seemed a surprised. Then she saw his brows furrowed in deep concentration, and the sparkle of obvious confusion in his eyes.

"What's wrong?"

He jumped slightly and then grinned. "N-Nothing Sakura-chan!" he exclaimed, scratching the back of his head nervously.

She looked at him awkwardly. "Are you sure?" She pressured.

He nodded frantically. "Yea!"

"...Okay..."

Insert awkward silence.

"Well!" Naruto cried out almost too happily. "I'm glad you're alright Sakura-chan! But I really have to go! You know... lots of stuff to deal with..." He explained quite quickly, engulfing her in a big bear hug. "Take care!"

And he ran out of the room in a hurry, leaving a dumbfounded Sakura on the hospital bed. "...Well... he's acting weird today..." she murmured, lying back down on the hospital bed.

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"Don't forget to take your meds Sakura" Tsunade called out softly, smiling and waving goodbye to her.

She laughed. "I won't Tsunade-shishou!"

Tsunade's smile widened and she waved one last time before returning inside the hospital, her cheery smile switching to a sad one. "Sakura..." She murmured sadly.

Sakura skipped happily on the road, smiling at the beautiful nature surrounding her. She saw Ino walk by with Shikamaru, Chouji was walking behind the couple.

"Ino!" She called out, laughing slightly.

Ino turned around and her mouth stretched itself in a big smile. "Sakura!" She cried out happily, tackling the girl in a hug. "Sakura I'm so happy to see you! Naruto told me about all of what happened and what Sa-" She rambled on before she was cut off by Shikamaru's hand as soon as she was about to pronounce Sasuke's name.

Shikamaru gave Ino a warning look and Ino gave him the 'I'm-so-sorry-it-slipped-out!" look while Sakura looked at them both quizzically.

"Nothing, Sakura. It's nothing..." Shikamaru said, releasing Ino's mouth.

Ino was looking down and Shikamaru seemed a little nervous and uncomfortable.

'Close call..' Shikamaru thought.

"What's going on?" Sakura asked, looking at them both weirdly.

"Nothing!" Ino said immediately, refusing to meet her eyes.

"Mendokuse..." Shikamaru muttered, unheard by Sakura but surely clearly heard by Ino.

Ino subtly elbowed him on the side, smiling optimistically at Sakura. Shikamaru winced and glared at Ino.

"Well I'm sorry Sakura, Ino and I have important things to take care of..." Shikamaru said monotonously.

"That's right! Ja ne Sakura!" Ino shouted cheerfully, taking Shikamaru's hand and quickly leaving.

Sakura shook her head in confusion.

"People today... are acting really weird..."

And it went on like that several times. People never really looked directly in her eyes, and they always seemed in such a hurry. Busy day in Konoha she guessed. Too many missions to give out...

She had passed Neji, Ten-Ten and Lee who were casually training. When they saw her coming to say hello, Neji and Ten-Ten looked down while Lee was smiling apologetically. He hadn't been that cheerful to her. Neither had he been that 'youthful'. They too were apparently in a hurry. Well Ten-Ten and Neji had a mission while Lee had to run his laps around Konoha with Gai-sensei.

She ran into Kiba who immediately disappeared after seeing her. It was an awkward meeting. He didn't even want to look at her.

Then came Kakashi. He had been acting more normal then the others. Still reading his porn book. But his eyes seemed a bit more sad and apologetic. He had asked how the mission went, and she had told him it went just fine.

After that she ran into Hinata whom was the most awkward meeting of all. First of all she had been talking extremely fast and without stuttering. Second she diverted her gaze from her eyes. Third, she didn't fiddle with her fingers even though she seemed extremely nervous. It was odd really.

But later on Sakura concluded that maybe Hinata got out of her shell finally...

The sunset came and she didn't run into anybody else really. Everybody was home already, eating dinner with their families or whatnot. Sakura decided to keep on walking since the weather was actually pretty nice and warm.

She sat down at her favourite spot: The hill beside her usual training spot. She could see so much from up there. She sat there, arms supporting her body, and stared calmly at the sunset.

She giggled as two birds flew together, chasing each other around and circling around each other. The birds went to rest on a branch near her and nuzzled each other with their beaks. Sakura smiled at the sight. She saw something inscribed in the tree and approached it curiously. Her eyes widen as she read what was inscribed in it.

"Team 7 was here!

H. Kakashi

U. Naruto

H. Sakura

U. Sasuke"

"U. Sasuke...?" She read, now utterly confused.

And at that moment a cold breeze passed by and she shivered slightly, rubbing her arms. The breeze erased her smile and obsidian onyx eyes flashed in her mind. They were mesmerizing really.

She shook her head and frowned.

"Must be my imagination..." she mumbled, getting up.

She walked home that night, feeling a little weird inside. Those eyes kept haunting her. And that name.

Why did she feel like she knew those eyes?

And that name... She heard it before...

She collapsed on her bed, staring up at her ceiling with half open eyes.

"U. Sasuke...

I've heard that name somewhere before today..."

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Oh oh oh! Starting to remember some things isn't she? Hmmmm what will happen!? Well.. you'll have to read more to find out ;)

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