Ummm... Please reveiw? Gets smacked on head by random person Oh wait not yet...

P.S.-this chapter is rated Pg-13 for some mild language...just to be safe!!!

Chapter Twelve

"Hey Hinata and me call the kitchen!" Naruto yelled when they had all once again gathered in the living room.

"Hinata and I." Tenten corrected him. Looking confused Naruto said,

"No I mean me(he pointed to himself) and Hinata(he pointed to her). Not you and Hinata." Rolling her eyes Tenten pushed the blonde into the kitchen and then helped Hinata over to the only chair. Shutting them in she returned smiling.

"Neji and I'll just stay here, ok?"

"Oh I was kinda hoping that I wouldn't have to move Shikamaru." Ino pointed to the snoring chunin shrugging hopelessly, "I'll just wake him up." She amended a few seconds later.

"Then, umm Sasuke and I will go upstairs?" Sakura turned questioningly to Sasuke. In reply the raven haired teen nodded and gave his standard "hn".

Moving off in the direction of the staircase Sakura faintly heard Ino muttering and soft foot steps behind her. Sasuke's foot steps to be exact. Climbing the stairs the kunoichi realized that the house was getting darker and darker. When she could no longer see any thing at all(she was in an extremely long hallway) Sakura turned around to face Sasuke. Realizing that she could neither hear his breathing nor his footsteps she began to panic.

Think, where could he be?

He's probably getting a candle.

Good, now that we're calmer can I ask you something?

Sure.

Okay, do you have a death wish?

No.

Then start BREATHING!

Unintentionally Sakura had stopped breathing and if there had been light on one would have seen her face take on a blue twinge. Gasping in air she fell to her knee's holding her head. Not breathing for an extended amount of time had made the young ninja quite dizzy, so dizzy in fact that she fainted.

"Sakura, What are you doing?" Sasuke had in fact gone back down the stairs to get a candle. Upon returning he found Sasuke laying on the ground unmoving. When she didn't respond he nudged her with his foot. Unorthodox yes, but he figured that would have gotten her up, albeit yelling.When she didn't move at all he knew something was wrong.

"Naruto?"

"Yeah?"

"Why are weinthekitchen?" Hinata rushed the last part of her sentence, why, because of course Naruto had turned to face her.And being as she couldn't move all to well, the shy girl could only blush and look away.

"Well it's obvious isn't it? I can get something to eat and we have a supply of ice for your ankle." Hinata hadn't realized that Naruto had taken her bag of melted ice and filled it up again. As he handed it back to her she thought of something. No one not even her, ever expected Naruto to think of anyone but himself so when he did it always came as a surprise. It was nice when someone thought of her, she realized and when that some one was Naruto it was even better.

"Thank you." She giggled at him as he slipped and caught himself as he crossed back to the fridge(but only after she new he was all right). Turning to her he said,

"You should laugh more often. I like it when people are happy." Naruto was just full of surprises today. He always struck Hinata as more of the type of person who would want others to make him happy, but what he really wanted was for his friends to be happy instead.

"Your...amazing."

"Huh? What'd you say Hinata-chan?"

"Oh...um. Nothing, thank you Naruto!"

"Hey Hinata-chan?"

"Yes..."

"You can call me Naruto-kun if you want."

"Thank you...Naruto-kun."

Sitting in the room all four girls had been in earlier Ino leaned up against the lone couch, while Shikamaru was sprawled on the floor near her. Feeling the need to talk, even if the only other occupant of the room was sleeping, Ino made sure he was asleep before starting.

"Shikamaru I'm gonna be perfectly frank with you ok? All my friends say that you like me, as more than a friend. Now I'm not saying they're right but if you do or even if you don't, I wanted to say thank you. Because I've told you this but I'm not in love with Sasuke any more, and it's been kinda hard dealing with that fact. That sounds crazy but think about it, he's the one I thought about spending my life with, the one I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. And now I'm learning that I never really even liked him, he was a distraction. From who? Sakura says it's you, but I'm not sure, don't get me wrong I like you but only as a friend right now. I'm learning to stand on my own again, and when I've learned to walk then maybe, just maybe I will like you. Or possibly love you. So thanks for being there, even if you were sleeping most of the time." Sighing she layed down next to him and before she drifted off to sleep Ino muttered,

"I'm glad we had this talk."

"Me too, Ino, me too." But Ino who was sleeping didn't hear Shikamaru's whispered confermation.

Sakura could feel some thing soft under neath her, a bed, or maybe a cloud. It sure felt like a cloud, maybe she was in heaven...

"Sakura, wake up...your annoying...your weak and will never amount to anything..." or maybe she was in hell...or possibly still alive, after all the devil sounded a lot like Sasuke.

"Sakura if your not awake then we need to talk." But I am awake Sasuke, I just can't move or anything! "You've changed, a lot. I used to think it was for the better but now I'm not so sure... God dammit this shouldn't be so hard! Alright, you've changed and so have my feelings about you...for you. Arg I'm a ninja damn it, this shouldn't be so hard!" Calm down Sasuke...or wait are you the devil? "You know what, this is stupid." Unable to speak the correct words even in front of the seemingly comatose girl Sasuke had no choice but to show her how he felt, which he did.

Saskura felt some thing press against her mouth. Sasuke! Oh my god Sasuke is kissing me! This what I've been pretending I've wanted my whole life! And now that it's happening, I'm not so sure what I was afraid of...Wait how did I remember that...

And like a flood it hit her,

"Naruto your annoying."

"From now on, we're rivals."

"Sasuke-kun! Over here!"

"Ino-pig!"

Ino, I'll miss you...

As she bolted up right, Sasuke took a step backward. Turning to him she said,

"I remember."

Yes Sakura did say PRETENDING this woll be cleared up in the next chapter

This was Sakura's last thought in the second chapter before she lost her memory

With that all cleared up I'd just like to say please reveiw! Because 1) I didn't personally like this chapter all that much and I'd like to know what my readers thought and 2) If I get 3-5 reveiws the next Chapter will be out by Monday.

-Fumei