A/N: Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry guys! T_T I got so busy in my school work that I have no more time to do this fic. Anywayz, I'm back in action so I'll get to continue this fic. I'm so sorry for the wait. But now I think I can update sooner since school ended already. I promise that I'll try! Sooo, let's start! XD
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Sasuke was pretty much aware of his surroundings now.
He has been awake for more than an hour already and has been willing his body not to move or do anything that might make anyone aware that he has already regained consciousness.
So far, he can conclude that he is currently in an hospital room with two other people inside. One of them was definitely sleeping or unconscious based from the steady rhythm of her breathing. And yes, that person is definitely a girl since she has the same chakra as the one he was fighting with the last time he was standing.
The other person is Shizune, the hokage's assistant, here to make sure to report it to Tsunade whenever he wakes up.
He remembered the hokage being here about an hour ago along with two anbu level ninja, who was beaten to a pulp by a very enraged hokage. He remembered hearing bones cracking when he first woke up.
Sasuke sighed inwardly while making sure that his body is still as relax as a person who is sleeping.
'Just when will this person leave? Or will she even leave at all? Surely she needs to go to a bathroom sometime right?'
He might not be able to keep this faking sleep act for long. Sometime he will have to stretch his already stiff muscles and blow his cover. Not that he is afraid of being interrogated by the hokage or anything, he's just not in the mood for it yet.
He is still feeling exhausted despite knowing that he has been sleeping for at least a day or more.
'Well, i bet I would've still been sleeping if I weren't awaken by that loud shouting. Stupid hokage, shouting even though she is well aware that she is in an hospital.' Sasuke thought. He kept cursing in his mind when he suddenly heard a loud sigh followed by a small rustling coming from a chair and someone standing up.
'Finally.' Sasuke though as Shizune made her way to leave before disappearing from the room with a silent thud of the door.
After double-checking if there were any other person inside, Sasuke slowly opened his eyes and let it adjust to the light of the room. His body, however, didn't do as much as twitch. He just let his eyes roam for a moment taking in everything in sight. This is, after all, the first place he get to see in Konoha after three years.
"Tired of fake sleeping?" a low and slightly hoarse voice whispered.
Sasuke's eyes widened slightly in surprise. 'She was awake!' he thought before recomposing himself.
Slowly, he turned his face to his side wearing his usual blank expression.
"You knew." he said. He noticed that his voice was even hoarser than hers. 'Just how long was I out?' he thought.
"You were stiff. Too stiff to be sleeping." she muttered.
"If you knew that I was awake, why didn't you tell Shizune?" he asked.
"I was never ordered to report whether you are awake or not. That's their problem, not mine." she answered in a strange monotone.
Sasuke stared at his companion. Her face was as blank as his. Her long black hair flowed down to her waist and as she continue to stare at him, he noticed her strange deep purple eyes.
Sasuke's train of thought was broken when he heard voices on the hallway outside. He noticed two familiar chakras as two anbu level ninja approach their room. The same two that was here an hour ago. He frowned slightly then closed his eyes again.
'How annoying.' he thought as he heard the door open with a loud bang.
Wave Country
"Whew, I think I ate too much. My stomach feels like it's going to explode! Mou, and to think that I'm on a diet." Sakura grumbled half-heartedly as she and Hinata exit the restaurant.
"Well Sakura-chan, you did finish at least 4 cups of rice and 3 different kinds of dishes." Hinata smiled.
"But I can't help it! I never knew the wave country has such great food! Everything was delicious! We've ought to try some more tomorrow!" Sakura explained.
"But Sakura-chan, didn't you just say you're on a diet?" Hinata asked.
"Well, yeah but it'll be a waste if we don't try it." Sakura defended.
"But don't you think you'll be fat? Almost everything you ate was full of calories and-"
"Oh, don't mind me. I'll exercise everyday so I won't get fat. I'll also return to my diet when we return to Konoha." Sakura exclaimed happily.
Hinata smiled at her friend's conclusion. "Well, if Gaara-kun starts to think that you're fat, don't say that I didn't warn you." she warned half-heartedly.
Sakura grinned. "I'm sure he wont mind. If I get fat then he will have his own personal stuffed toy that he can hug anytime." she joked.
"If you say so." Hinata shrugged. Sometimes she wonders about the irony of her friend's taste buds. Not that she didn't liked the food, it's just too sweet for her liking. She prefers ramen, not that she's being biased. No, definitely not.
'I don't prefer ramen just because Naruto-kun loves it.' Hinata assures herself. Although part of it is because she always get to eat with him whenever she goes to Ichiraku. Nope, definitely not biased.
"Hey Hinata! What are you daydreaming about? Let's go back to the inn now. It's already late!" Sakura yelled from the other side of the street.
"Ahh... ha-hai!" Hinata yelled, blushing lightly, as she crossed the street to her friend.
Kazekage Tower
"ACHOO!" Gaara sneezed loudly from his position in his bed.
Realizing what just happened, he looked around frantically to see if there was anyone who heard his sneeze. When he saw no one, he breathed a sigh of relief and went back to staring at the pictureframe in his bedside table.
It was a picture of him and Sakura on their first 'date'.
Well, if you can really call that a date. For the whole day, they were stalked by almost everyone that they knew so they didn't really get much of 'alone time'. Except when they entered the picture booth.
At first he was reluctant to enter since entering that kind of place is really out of his character. But, obviously, Sakura was able to force him inside.
They posed for four different pictures.
The first one was Sakura grinning while Gaara was sulking in the corner of the picture. The next one was Sakura pulling Gaara's arm while pointing at his face with a smile as Gaara glared at the camera. The third one was Sakura kissing Gaara on the cheek while Gaara has a slight surprised expression with a hint of blush on his face. And the last one was Sakura smiling brightly on the camera with one of her hands wrapped on Gaara's arm while the other hand was making a peace sign as Gaara looked at the camera with the sides of his mouth slightly twitched upward. Both of them slightly blushing.
He smiled lightly at the memory. Both of them recieved a copy of the pictures. He decided to put the one's he recieved all together in one picture frame that he can stare at whenever he has nothing to do.
Those pictures never fails to put a smile on his face whenever he saw them. And he thinks, maybe, just maybe, the same thing happens whenever she take a look at them too.
Hokage Tower
Tsunade stared blankly on the piece of paper that is on her desk right now. She's been trying to understand what is written on it but she just can't seem to get a word into her head. She sighed, finally giving up on the piece of paperwork.
"Just come inside." she muttered, bored. The door to her office opened slightly revealing two anbus.
"Tsunade-sama. You called us?" Kira said bowing slightly.
"Yes, can you two make yourself useful and stay on Sasuke's room? Shizune has a lot of things to do so she can't really stay there every time." Tsunade said.
"Ofcourse." Kira said then headed for the door. "We'll go now."
"And Kazuki." she started sweetly. Said anbu turned nervously around.
"Y-yes Hokage-sama?"
"If you try and leave again, you'll earn more than just a broken arm." Tsunade said with an overly sweet smile plastered on her face.
"R-right." Kazuki said before laughing nervously.
"You may leave now." Tsunade ordered. The two anbus disappeared on the hallway before the door even closed.
Tsunade sighed again. 'This whole mess is giving me a headache.'
She stood up and went for the closet beside her table and began searching for something.
'Where did I hid that sake again?'
Konoha Hospital
Kazuki grumbled slightly as he and Kira entered the hallway to Sasuke's room.
"Why is it always me that gets to be threatened." he muttered.
"Well, at least your ankles weren't sprained." Kira sighed.
"The bone in my arm was dislocated an hour ago and you're worried about a sprained ankle?" Kazuki yelled before a flying sandals hit his head.
"Ow! What the hell!" he exclaimed.
"No yelling in the hospital." Ino said as she made her way to them, retrieving her sandals in the process.
"You didn't have to hit me! What are you doing here anyway! Shizune is the only person allowed to enter this hallway!" Kazuki yelled as he folded his arms across his chest.
"Then why are you here?" Ino asked raising her brow, mimicking his action as she crossed her arms as well.
"Because the hokage said so!"
"Yeah right."
"I'm telling the truth!"
"Didn't I tell you to stop yelling!"
"You're yelling yourself!"
"Shut up!"
"You shut up!"
The argument would have lasted longer if Kira didn't clamp his hand on Kazuki's mouth.
"Sorry Ino-san, I'll shut him up, we'll go now." Kira said while scratching his head with his free hand.
"Alright, just stop yelling, he's disturbing the patients on the other side." Ino said.
"Okay, see ya!" Kira waved as he dragged a struggling Kazuki across the hall.
"Boys." Ino shrugged as she left the hallway.
"She thinks she's so tough." Kazuki muttered.
"Would you shut up already, you're disturbing the patients." Kira said.
"This place is isolated! There are no other patients here except for Lina and Sasuke!" Kira said.
"Would you stop being a baby?" Kira sighed as they reached the room.
"I am not being a baby!" Kazuki said as he opened the door with too much force that caused a loud bang.
"What is your problem!" Kira hissed.
"Everything!" Kazuki exclaimed before scanning the room. "Lina! You're awake!"
The said girl just stared at him. "You're noisy." she stated simply.
"Told'ya." Kira said. "How long have you been awake?"
"Hours." Lina said.
"Kazuki, call Tsunade-sama." Kira said.
"Why don't you call her?" Kazuki grumbled. Kira stared at him.
"Fine I'll call her." he muttered before closing the door rather forcefully.
Kira sighed before he looked at Sasuke's stiff form.
"Why don't you stop faking your sleep? It's rather uncomfortable to do that don't you think?" he stated. Sasuke made no sign that he heard what Kira said. He still lay motionless on his bed. Kira sighed.
"If that's what you want. I'm not forcing you to move. You're just making it harder for yourself."
"Just leave him be. He's not asking for your opinion." Lina said with a hint of boredom on her voice.
"I guess so." Kira smiled.
A moment of silence
"But I still think it sucks not moving for that long."
"Shut up."
A/N: Sorry if it's a bit short but I'll try harder next time... This time I focused a bit on the OCs, so that you guys have an idea about their personalities... I hope you don't mind... Stay tuned for the next chapter!... Hahahahaha.... Thank you so much to the people who reviewed to this fic so far. I'll be back! Please review...
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