Disclaimer: Thank Kishimoto Masashi for Naruto.

Déjà vu of events.

That's what happened. It seemed like the clock worked backwards as the two rivals began to clash for each other. As the raven-haired lad quickly emerged from where he was resting towards the spiky blond, who at the same time charged at him.

And it was as if her body was moving on itself, she ran as fast as she could to stop her 2 teammates. And like what I've said, it's déjà vu.

An elite jounin, maybe now on his twenty-six's, caught the two violent boys just on time to save Sakura's butt from dying. Even before her pace came to stop, her body fell down on the ground. Her eyes are nearing to shed tears once again.

As Kakashi threw the two enraged boys away from killing each other, Yamato readied himself to catch them. Thankfully, he catched Sasuke before he fell on the ground. Apparently, Sasuke passed out as he fell, probably and most likely, from fatigue. Naruto, on the other hand, managed to stand after Kakashi "caught" him.

Meanwhile, Sakura stayed on the position she fell: crouching on the ground while hugging her knees.

Why do we have to repeat this again? The day he left…. It was exactly like this. Her thoughts and tears came to a stop when a hand was offered right in front of her. It was Sai''.

"Ugly hag, get up. You look so pathetic. Look, he passed out already, meaning we can drag that bastard back now." He said, traces of concern can be heard from his deep voice.

"Sai…"

"I already know my name, so you don't have to tell it to me. You might even want to get up so could start going back." Sai smirked as he sensed that his insults got in to her nerves.

She took his hand rashly in hers and her body upwards. Being the strong man he is, Sai didn't even bulge from the weight Sakura placed on his arms to lift herself up. However, Sakura fell out of balance causing her to topple over Sai. Sai, on the other hand, impulsively placed a hand on her waist as Sakura grabbed his broad shoulders.

They stayed like that for a while, still shocked that they are on each other's arms. But, some blabbing from the back disturbed their "moment".

"Sakura-chan! Sai! We're going…" Naruto trailed off from his enthusiastic declaration when he saw the two, holding each other's arms.

"Ano… I just came to tell the two of you that we're leaving in a few minutes." Naruto said, turning around afterwards, obviously hurt from what he saw. In this, Sakura ran up to Naruto, leaving Sai rather shocked from what had happened and confused.

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"Tsunade-sama! Tsunade-sama!" a high pitched yelling can be heard reverberating in every wall of the Hokage Tower. Running in high stilettos, the young brunette slammed the door of the Godaime open.

"Tsunade-sama, something's wrong!"

"Now what about your yelling, Shizune" the blonde Hokage asked, obviously irritated by the noise Shizune had.

"Sakura-san, Sakura-san's missing!" Shizune half-yelled at her, obviously concerned for the said girl.

"Oh…"

"Oh? Is that what you can only say?! What if her sickness---"

"Don't be so loud about it!" Tsunade cut her off from finishing her sentence.

"I know you are concerned about her, but you don't need to yell at the world about her current state. We have no right to do such thing." Tsunade strictly said at Shizune, now bowing her head.

"Sumimasen, Hokage-sama." Shizune apologized.

"It's okay, I know you're just concerned, like what I've said a few seconds ago. By the way, she insisted her way with the retrieval team."

"WHAT?!! HOW COULD YOU LET HER TO DO SO?!"

"Who said I did? She didn't even ask permission from me. But I expected that to happen. Well, let's just her do things she wants to do." Tsunade frowned as she remembered the current state her beloved apprentice is now. "Her life is already cutting short, and I know she still has emotions for that Uchiha boy, though that topic wasn't brought up during our casual talks."

"Maybe she's still hurting." Shizune concluded as she approach Tsunade, carrying TonTon in her arms.

"Not maybe, she IS still hurting. I know it. I can see it through her eyes."

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A/N: Sorry for the late update! We had this retreat and I was gone for two weeks! Gomen!

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