Caught In A Cobweb of Truth And Lies

Sakura looked stoned at the water as she sighed silently. She wished she could remember, anything of her past, big or small it didn't matter. But now she was feeling as if she was walking unsure in the dark, with no one to guide her. She had to push herself to find the courage to ask the other what had happened, and if they had any clue who she was. Somehow they didnt give that familiar aura of someone who knows you and treats you as an old acquaintance-or even recent for that part. It just didnt stick together.

Gladly, the men had cut woods with sharp metallic pieces they had dragged from the small plane and they had managed to cut some thin but somehow strong wood from some small trees close to the shore. She had spent those hours together with the other girls, trying to fish for the night food, using some thin wooden rods they had made so rushingly stealing some pieces of the wood logs the men had gathered.

It didn't seem to work, without a boat it was rather hard to catch fish. Most of them would scare away and escape, the shallow waters in which the girls stood not being of their favorites spots.

After 2 hours of fishing, Nao had caught two small fishes, Nicole two as well and Sakura one.

Gladly, during the procedure, she had initiated a rather calm chat with the other women, trying to fish information about herself besides fish.

Nicole told her she had no idea who she was, but she did tell her that the flight they had taken had parted from Rome with Japan as destination.

But when it came Nao's time to talk, Nao hided the fact that Sasuke had told her that Sakura used to be an old friend of his, in fears and jealousy that Sakura might mean something more to him than he admitted she did.

So, by the end of the talk Sakura was rather dissapointed with how little information she had gathered for herself. But she didnt keep her hopes down, in thoughts that the guys might know some stuff about her.

Nicole assured her that Cain had no idea either about Sakura, seeing as he was her bf and he would have said a thing if he knew Sakura.

Nevertheless, Sakura was determined to dig up more into it. Just sitting like that and doing nothing while she had no idea about her identity drove her crazy and she prefered giving a battle to find who she was even if it was fruitless, than stay in the passively dark, feeling more lost than she already was.

By the night, they had made a fire and they had sat around on wooden logs, roasting the fish they were about to eat. The small houses were half ready, they would have to sleep in the open for the night, but tomorrow Sasuke said he believed they would be done with them.

Sakura couldnt help looking at Sasuke while he talked. That man had something on him that attracted her in a tense way, waking up strong feelings inside her. She didnt know what they were but they were intense. As he talked, her eyes would wander from his own eyes to his perfect nose, to the way his lips moved so gracefully but weakly when he talked, and finally down to his perfect chin. Observing him for some time, she came to the conclusion that he had rather feminine characteristics, and the most obvious masculine thing about him was his silent but intense attitude.

Then again, his form felt rather familiar to her and as minutes went by the more she thought he might know off some things about her. But she couldnt keep silent for long more, watching everyone else talk and making plans for surviving in the island while trying to find a way to get back to the civilized world in the same time.

''A map would be perfect right now…'' Cain sighed, pressing Nicole onto him, as he sat next to her on the wooden log, holding his fish with the other hand.

''And a dot to show us were exactly we stand in that map.'' Dai said raising his eye brow mockingly.

Sasuke looked at them both silent and pensive. Nao put a hand on Sasuke's shoulder and rubbed it cutely.

''Hun, are you okay?'' she asked, not failing to catch a glimpse of Sakura's jealous glance at her gesture.

Could she have found her memory and be fooling us all? Who are you, Sakura? She thought in a dark way.

Sasuke pushed aside and down next to him his almost finished fish and gave Nao a nod.

''Just wondering of what is to happen to us.'' He said rather in a low tone as if he didnt want the rest to hear him.

But they did. And so Dai turned his head to look at Sasuke, trying to hide his own pessimism that was obvious in his aura.

Cain again didnt pay much attention, busy fooling with his girlfriend as if they were alone.

A tensed silence followed, as if everyone was thinking the same dark things with Sasuke, with the exception of Sakura, who had set as her priority one thing before she moved on to any other worries.

''Who am I?''

Suddenly, everyone turned and looked at the pink haired girl who had broken the silence so unexpectidly.

Sasuke stared at her with an unreadable expression, as if he was trying to see through her.

Dai looked at her for a moment before getting up and closing the distance that separated them. He sat down next to her on the wood log and smiled weakly.

''I know who you are. Excuse me for not telling you before. I forgot with all these chores Sasuke-sama had us do and such.''he said earning a glare from Sasuke.

''You do?''Sakura asked, a glimpse of hope flashing in her big green eyes.

Nao watched the conversation that was to take place rather uneager. She didnt want Sakura to learn that she knew Sasuke, and she hoped only that Dai didnt know about that.

''Yes, I mean, just general information but I guess it will do for a start, right?'' Dai asked, flashing the nice guy smile.

''Anything will do.'' Sakura smiled sadly, as she felt Sasuke's stare burning her skin.

Talk about intensity, she thought shivering inwardly.

''Well, do you want me to tell you here or should we go somewhere alone? Maybe you would feel more comfortable learning stuff about yourself without strangers close by.''he said and with that he placed a hand on her knee.

Sasuke felt an intense urge to break their conversation and tell Dai that he didnt have to take her away for that or say something to put that guy in his place but allas Nao was by his side and jealousy scenes would come on heavy to him after the terrible dinner he had just eaten.

Sakura looked at Dai not really understanding what he wanted at first but then after rethinking it real quick, she decided she would indeed feel more at ease if the others werent around when he'd let her know personal stuff about herself.

''S…sure.'' She said, shallowing her fish, as she let it down and watched as Dai got up and extended his hand to her.

Sakura took his hand in hers as he helped her up but something felt off about this. Why was Sasuke sending death glares her way so suddenly? Did he hate her? Or dislike her? It seemed so. And this saddened her for a reason she didnt know.

Dai walked first and only stopped before the beginning of the forest. Sakura looked at him hesitantly, then for some reason she looked into Sasuke's eyes, as if she was asking for confirmation. Sasuke looked back into hers, but he didn't seem to have that hating glance now. More like as if he was merely frustrated. Right then, Nao dragged Sasuke's chin, forcing him to turn to face her, as she crashed her lips softly on his , in a tender kiss.

Sakura looked fast away. For a reason she didnt know, she felt as if that Nao girl was breeding negative feelings towards her person. So many things she didnt understand. Perhaps, if Dai let her in who she was, she might find the truth behind everything she felt now.

Looking up determined, she waved to all the people sitting in the campfire and went after Dai who vanished behind the trees briefly after she joined him.

Walking by his side in the forest, she asked him to not go too far as it wasnt necessary, nor was there much light to show them the way among the thick trees and Dai complied after some brief moments.

He made her sit down on a small but steady rock and he did the same, taking a post next to her, but still keeping somewhat a distance.

Back in the campfire, Sasuke wanted to run after them and drag Sakura back with him. But besides his obvious jealousy feelings that were eating him up, something else was off here. Dai's suggestion to go away to talk about stuff that normally they would come to learn sooner or later was rather suspicious. Besides, the guy didnt just go far, he had to hide Sakura in the damn forest for god's sake.

Gladly, the moon light was passing through the branches and was lighting the spot up a bit.

Sakura fixed her glance at Dai, looking at him in curiosity as he had taken a both formal and familiar stance in the same time.

''Are you ready to find the truth?'' he asked, rather stressed.

Sakura gave him a weird look, swallowed hard and replied.

''Yes, please, don't keep me waiting anymore.'she said turning closer to him.

He looked deeply into her eyes with sincerity, and he coughed softly before speaking.

''Well, your name is Sakura Haruno, you are a ballet dancer, you are 20 years old, your home town is Konoha but you live most of the time in Paris with your father, where you go around the country or Europe to perform in ballet shows. You are very good at what you do and you are somewhat known in your environment. Your parents are divorced. Your father is working in a big company that has many branches in the whole of France and some even out of it. Your mother is a doctor in Konoha, that owns her own medical office. She also has a cottage by the sea. She used to have waist problems but she got over them for the most part. You left Konoha a few years ago because you thought it would be better for you to spend more time with your father. You booked an emergency flight from Rome to Konoha, after your mother asked you to do so. You were at Venice, in one more ballet dance, just a day before the flight.'' Dai said and with that he stopped to take a breath and to let Sakura have the information sink in her confused skull.

She looked at him in disbelief, thinking of all the things he had just told her.

One question popped first in her mind, which she phrased in rather freaked out but also calm motion.

''How do you know all this stuff about me?'' she asked, returning her shocked glance to him.

Dai looked at her with sympathy for some moments, then he took her hand in his tenderly and squished it softly. Taking a deep breath, he fixed his glance on her as if he was trying to tell her something unbelievable-mostly to him.

''I am your boyfriend.''

Cain and Nicole had covered the sand with huge green thick leaved they had cut from the trees and had laid down on them, in the arms of each other, under the stars, trying to fall asleep, too tired to stretch their day more, both of them.

Sasuke and Nao had done the same, only that Sasuke pretended he was sleeping. He really couldnt come down, thinking of various wild scenarios involving Sakura and Dai doing God knows what alone in the woods. He was wondering why it was taking them so much time. And who was that guy? Sasuke hadnt seen him before. Did he really know Sakura? He couldnt know. Sakura and him didnt have the time to talk properly about many things during their brief encounter in the plane or else she might have mentioned about him. Rolling around himself to find a better position, he wished Nao had fallen asleep so he could sneak away and check the situation for himself, but right when he was about to get up, he heard her saying:

''Sasuke, my love, why did you turn away from me?'' she rubbed her face against his back.

Sasuke cursed inwardly but rolled around to face her, taking her in his arms, rather secretly frustrated.

''Sorry, I wasn't feeling comfortable, so I thought I'd switch sides.'' He whispered in her ear but she put a hand on his chest, and pushed him back to look into his eyes.

''You're thinking about that girl, again, aren't you?'' she hissed in a bad mood.

''No. I am not. Can we please sleep now?'' Sasuke whispered, closing his eyes exhausted.

''Don't lie to me, Sasuke.'' Nao pressed, her eyes burning holes on his eye lids.

Sasuke didn't talk no more after that so in the end she gave up trying to investigate him and rolled around on her own, falling asleep after some minutes.

Sasuke sighed relieved inwardly. Jealousy was such a pest. Then again he felt like a hypocrite complaining about it, since he felt jealous about Sakura himself, even if he didn't have anything with her anymore.

Back in the forest, Dai was still trying to convince Sakura she was his girlfriend but with no success and Sakura seemed to be doubting his words more and more as the time passed by.

He held her hand tightly in his, preventing her from getting up and walking away.

''What? My…my boyfriend? I don't believe you.'' She whispered rather bitterly.

Dai gave her a pretentious tired look. With swift movements, as if he had practiced for this very thing many times in the past, he dove his hand under his semi open white but dirty and torn shirt and unburied a locket that was hanging around his neck and rested against his chest.

It was tiny, round and golden, though it seemed to be old and not as shiny as it once used to be.

With a little bit of effort, he unwrapped it from around his neck, giving it to Sakura.

Sakura looked at him not understanding, then back to the small locket, resting in her palm.

''Open it.'' Dai urged her, smiling encouragingly.

Sakura looked at him for one last time confused, then she turned her glance at the locket and brought it close to her face. She noticed that two letters had been engraved on the outside.

D & S

Dai…and Sakura?

Her curiosity outpowering her disbelief, she clanged it open putting some effort and her eyes widened in surprise as she noticed the photo laying inside.

It was her and Dai, hugging each other and smiling brightly to the camera. They both seemed to be dressed formally.

Not understanding what this all meant, -how could she be with someone that didn't ignite anything inside her, after all?- she returned her glance slowly to Dai, question still in her eyes.

''This was my gift to you for last Valentine's, hun. As you can see, we both were taking our relationship very seriously.'' He said smiling satisfied with himself.

''We? But…what if you are lying? Why?'' Sakura had lost her words and the color had left her cheeks, as she was still trying to recover the shock from all the things she had just heard.

''Then how would I know all these details for you, hun?'' Dai asked.

''Please, don't call me hun. And how would I know if you are telling me the truth? About everything?!'' she asked, standing up and slapping his hand away.

Dai sighed and stood up calmly, as he took the locket she had thrown down in his hands and put it back around his neck.

'' You dont have a choice, I am afraid. And I dont have many ways to convince you seeing as all our stuff was destroyed in that crash. But just think of this: What reason would I have to lie to you about who you are? About who I am to you? You are going to find out for yourself either way, when your memory comes back.'' Dai said as he walked by her side slowly as she made her way back to the shore.

''What if my memory doesn't come back, Dai? What happens then?'' Sakura said, sending fiery glares his way.

''Now,I wouldn't risk lying to you since we can't know whether it will come back or not.''

Sakura gave him a defeated but bitter look. His logic had good base but she was too afraid to trust anything.

''It is just too sudden for you. Trust me, I will help you find your memory back with time, I will do my best. And then you will remember who I am and who you are, yourself. I am not lying but I can only wait for you to believe me. You have nothing to lose, at this point.'' Dai said smiling.

''You're right about that, Dai. I just have nothing to lose, seeing as I lost it all already when I lost my damn memory.'' Sakura said as she fastened her pace.

Reaching the shore, Dai looked back at her as she came to a sudden halt.

Looking up to him tired, she smiled faintly.

''Please, do mind your business. I just need some time alone to think. I will join you, later.'' Sakura said, trying to regain her composure after all she had learnt.

Dai seemed hesitant but he complied after a brief pensive silence.

''As you wish. I will be by the tend, trying to sleep. If you need anything or you remember anything, do bother me.'' He said kindly.

Sakura nodded coldly and turned her back on him, her head leaning downwards, her eyes pinning the thin sand.

For some reason, she felt even more confused than before. She heard Dai's soft footsteps on the sand as he walked away from her.

She slowly started walking off to the rocky side of the shore where she climbed on the sharp rocks and sat down on the edgy ones.

She looked at the moon's reflection on the sea, in deep thoughts, as the waves crashing against the rock graced her with their intoxicating oceanic water drops.