What now?

"He doesn't remember anything."

What do you expect me to do now?

"Nothing?"

We're starting all over, I should be happy but we worked so hard just to create this friendship.

"Nothing and no one."

This relationship.

"But..."

Now what do I do?

"This could be permanant or it could be temporary."

Especially since I minus will be here without you.

Sasuke froze in the place he stood, he felt like someone had just poured a whole bag of salt into his very painful very bloody wounds. He squinted then fell to the ground ignoring the glass that now cut into his skin, he felt so numb and he felt like he was bleeding everywhere. Like all his concerns all his self conscious benefactors were being shown to the world on a gigantic billboard with his picture place right next to it, everyone was laughing now, and he was alone here. He turned his head to Sakura who placed a hand on his shoulder. He was shaking now as he bent his body forward. He asked slowly, "What if he never remembers..."

She seemed unsure of what to say as she took his hand in her own bending forward, "Sasuke, don't worry about it. I'm sure everything well be fine."

Lee walked towards them both bending towards them. Sasuke turned to them as she whispered slowly, "Everything is going to be okay..."

He gritted his teeth tears threatening to fall as he looked over seeing Naruto looking out the window. He was tall and lean and he looked the same from afar that is until he moved closer. The pain in his eyes were vigilant and it seemed that it would never disappear this pain in his eyes as he reached his hand out. He was confused and dazed and if he did begin to remember what if, what if he remembers things that had no meaning until he remembered everything? Like what if suddenly this happened and he hated him? Like the time they fought on the roof top? Like the time they fought before he left to Orochimaru? He would hate him...

As if on cue Naruto turned to them through the broken glass the doctor inside the room turned following his gaze. Naruto stared at Sasuke for a moment as Gaara had left refusing to look at Naruto he now sat in the waiting room his head up to the ceiling while Temari and Kankuro stood stiff near him unsure of how to help him. It was a three way intersection and at this moment he was the prime target sitting in the middle as all the lights said go.

Kakashi walked towards him slowly, "Sakura, Lee you go ahead and return to work. I'll take care of him."

Naruto continued to stare as the doctor left the room. Sasuke looked up his shoulders hunched as tears weilded up in his eyes. He felt like he was 3 years old again and running away from his dad after he just said no to whatever it was. He ran away quickly as Kakashi yelled after him, "Sasuke!"

Everyone stood still knowing better than too follow. Something almost as bad as this would be to see the Uchiha Avenger cry.

Gaara laid there as he whispered, "He doesn't remember anything..."

Temari nodded flinching as he moved afraid of his reaction yet he only laid his head inbetween his legs and stared down to the ground gripping his head. Kankuro walked towards him his hand hesitant and he then placed it on his shoulder. Kankuro whispered, "Don't worry this is Naruto remember? He beat you, he can definately beat this."

Temari kicked him almost for the lack of sensitivity but then Gaara whispered, "You're right..."

They stopped as Gaara nodded to keep himself believing what he was saying. Temari took a seat on his otherside pressing his hand to him carefully. She smiled softly, "Come on Gaara stop moping now okay."

He looked up for a moment staring down the hall seeing the broken window and the glass being cleaned.

Sasuke sat in the garden rocking himself back and forth as he placed his hands together his thumbs pressing firmly against the sides of his nose. He shook rocking back and forth shutting his eyes so tightly as if to stop the tears that continued to fall down his face. He hissed his back suddenly continuing back and forth. Naruto had forgotten who he was, Naruto didn't know who he was. He was just someone else, he was a stranger to him right now. Right now Naruto was almost like a child, he didn't know who he was and he didn't know if he could claim that he knew Naruto anymore.

Suddenly he jumped as he heard a familar laugh and hurried footsteps. Turning his head quickly he wiped away the tears embarassed as he saw Naruto the 18 year old Naruto running through the hospital garden chasing after a butterfly like as he said before a 3 year old. Swallowing hard he felt the strings of his heart being cut to shreads one by one and soon it would sink into the pit of his stomach and break until suddenly it was nothing.

Staring he watched as Naruto froze laughing brightly turning his head to Iruka who seemed to have been crying also since his face showed swollen red eyes. Naruto was laughing and called out to him, "Iruka right?"

Just as his heart was breaking he knew that the same thing was happening to Iruka. He whispered softly, "Yeah, I'm Iruka..."

He smiled his toothy smile, the smile he had on his face when they were young and they had agreed in conversation to something. This was the smile of Naruto Uzumaki but this person at the moment was not Naruto Uzumaki. He stood and turned to leave until he saw hidden in the shadows was Kakashi. He looked beaten down as he whispered, "What's worse than being hurt?"

Sasuke turned away this time shamed as he whispered, "...seeing someone you love being hurt."

Kakashi nodded slowly then turned, "How do you think Naruto feels, he saw Iruka crying you know and so he is the one who said to come out. He apologized to him...this isn't his fault."

They both turned as Sasuke whispered, "This is cruel...this is unfair.Hasn't he suffered enough?"

Kakashi turned back as Sasuke took a hesitant breath as suddenly Naruto's body seemed to tense up and fall backwards up lucky instantly Iruka gripped his body in his own arms. He shook his vigourously, "Naruto?"

Sasuke ran towards them quickly falling beside him as he saw that Naruto's eyes remained open. Iruka reached for a pulse then screamed, "Kakashi! He's not breathing! His heart isn't beating!"

As if on cue suddenly rushing over came some nurses. They pushed Sasuke and Iruka back quickly as Sasuke stood there. That was a moment that was a moment where he would see what if would have been like if Naruto was gone, he needed to think, would he rather have an empty book or none at all? Swallowing he turned to see Iruka shaking furiously as Kakashi holding him tightly the pain in his eyes obvious for his lover. Sasuke turned his head then ran blindly back into the hospital, "Naruto!"

He thought to himself the last part as the two doors shut behind the unconscious Naruto, "I forgive you..."