Ch. Title: His Decision
Theme: Girl literally forgets boy, boy had to prove himself to girl etc etc etc.
Genre: Angst/Romance/Comedy
Word Count: 2,750
Pairing: Sasuke and Sakura
Ch. Summary: Continuation of events from Chapter 7.
A/N: Naruto is such a big SS fanboy. (Naruto 688 *nudge-nudge*)
When we have so much in store...
tell me what is it I'm reaching for...
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Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura were still stuck inside the suspended elevator. But, the pink-haired kunoichi woke up momentarily when she had a confusing dream. She then jerked up and looked at her sleeping companion if he was awaken, but upon seeing that he was still sleeping silently, she just stared at his dozing form.
She thought it was cute that his expression was soft when he was sleeping peacefully, far from his sullen and gloomy appearance when they suddenly see each other.
The emerald-eyed kunoichi then quickly thought that the Ibuprofen for his fever that she had given to him won't last that longer, so she decided to use her Healing Jutsu on him when he woke up.
Suddenly, the Uchiha survivor's body moved and Sakura worriedly whispered his name, "Uchiha-san?"
The dark-haired ninja groaned and slowly opened his eyes. Upon opening his dazed eyes, he saw a familiar face staring at him. A pair of emerald orbs was looking worriedly at his figure.
Sasuke quickly jolted up and asked, "Sakura."
"Uchiha-san, how are you feeling?"
"Hn. A bit dizzy, but I'm okay now."
Upon hearing his reply, the pinkette's tension is relieved that he was alright now.
She then replied, "That's good to hear."
Uchiha Sasuke stood up from the elevator floor and he thought that it's almost night-time and they're still trapped inside. He then pounded the closed doors, but he felt that weakness was overcoming his body, he then leaned towards the wall and Sakura caught him in time.
She grimaced and turned towards him and announced, "It's no use, Uchiha-san. Let's just wait for them to rescue us."
Sakura slowly let the dark-haired aloof boy slid down the walls and she quickly felt his forehead, it seems like his fever is going back. She immediately opened her palm and suddenly a green light was radiating from her hands, placing her palms over his head down to his torso.
The pink-haired medic declared, "Be still, this would lessen your fever."
The former avenger quickly listened to her pleads and he let her healed him through. When the obsidian-eyed Uchiha met the emerald-colored eyes of the medic, he noticed that her face blushed and without saying anything, he suddenly moved his head behind her ears and whispered,
"Sakura…Thank you."
When Sakura heard those words, a sudden buzzing sound invaded her mind.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!
It was nighttime and she saw the moon lit up at the sky, it seems like she was crying and her heart was aching. Then a figure suddenly moved towards behind her and whispered into her ears,
"Sakura , thank you."
Then her vision blacked out upon hearing that sultry voice.
BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZT!
The medic kunoichi suddenly jerked upon hearing those words, she then mused,
'That's the same dream…I want to know, who are you?'
She shook her head quickly and glanced over the brooding boy's face that was inches away from hers. When the dark-haired avenger was about to steal a kiss from the medic's cheeks who was still healing him.
The elevator doors opened suddenly.
Without warning, the two quickly looked towards the door and saw the startled faces of the maintenance workers who were also confused as them.
One worker exclaimed, "Hey lovebirds! This isn't a hotel. What are you two doing anyway on a broken elevator?"
Upon hearing the worker's voice, the pinkette stood up quickly and murmured, "I—I-We—we're not doing anything…"
The dark-haired Uchiha followed her pursuit and glared at the maintenance workers. He didn't say anything, but he quickly exited the elevator upon seeing that the door had suddenly opened, ignoring the worker's words.
Sakura felt that the aloof boy was embarrassed by his actions, she instantly announced to the workers and bowed, "Thank you for rescuing us, we didn't know it is broken. Excuse us."
The pinkette quickly grabbed her belongings and hurriedly followed the brooding dark-haired Uchiha and leaving the confused and bewildered maintenance workers behind.
Upon seeing his retreating back, she shouted, "Uchiha-san!"
Uchiha Sasuke stopped when he heard her voice and tilted his head towards her direction, he was hoping that she didn't notice he was about to kiss her before the elevator door had opened. He grimaced at her arriving figure.
He just simply said, "What?"
"I just want to make sure that you're alright now."
When the pinkette was about to press her hand on his temples to check his temperature, he quickly dodged her hands and bitterly announced, "Aa. I'm fine now."
Upon hearing those words and saw his cold-blooded action, she hid her shocking expression and just nodded and mused, 'Why are you like this, Uchiha-san? Why so… why so distant?'
While avoiding his melting glare, Haruno Sakura decided to ask the dark-haired boy, but it seems like she was too embarrassed to ask him, she just stuttered, "Uchiha-san, Did—you…uhm…tried to uhm..k—kiss—?"
Upon realizing that Sakura was inquiring further questions about his crazy idea to kiss her on the stuck elevator, he just shrugged at her while avoiding her gaze and replied, "I don't know. Just forget that it happened."
When the pinkette heard those emotionless words from his lips, she nodded quickly and Sasuke saw that she was smiling at him, but she was faking it,
She quickly croaked, "I see. So uhm you can just keep that lab coat and oh please don't forget to drink some medicine for your colds. It's nice to see you again, Uchiha-san."
After saying those words, the pink-haired medic turned her heels towards the other direction of the hospital and without looking back; she wiped a single tear from her right eye.
Meanwhile, the Uchiha survivor looked towards her retreating back. He creased his forehead when he realized he made a mistake by saying those cold words at her. But what would he say to her? That he was her missing memory and she was madly in love with him?
That would just make things complicated than ever, now that Kumogakure ninja is in the picture.
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The next day…
It was Saturday morning and most of the Konoha ninjas have their day off for today, Yamanaka Ino decided it's time to show Sakura the video they've been filming for her for days. She had already told Naruto to go to her house this afternoon and bring Sasuke along with him.
While the Yamanaka kunoichi would be bringing along the pink-haired amnesiac to her house, after Sakura's morning shift at the hospital, she is greeted by her blonde best friend.
The medic kunoichi raised her left eyebrow and questioned her best friend, "Ino-pig, what brings you here?"
Ino then replied, "Listen…There's something I want to show you, forehead. Are you free this afternoon?"
Sakura creased her forehead and wondered what her best friend was up to. She was merely curious.
The medic kunoichi quickly agreed and told Ino that she will be there at her house after her shift.
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After the events yesterday with his pink-haired teammate, Uchiha Sasuke keeps thinking about his conflicted situation. If he would tell Sakura that he was her missing memory, for sure she would be shock and what if she wouldn't believe him?
What if she'll get angry at him for not telling the truth in the first place?
That's it. Whatever he chooses to do he'll be in a conflicted situation. This is too troublesome to think about it. He mused.
The Uchiha survivor was still lying on his bed, also deeply thinking that out of all the memories that she must've forgotten about, why only forgot him?
But the dark-haired ninja thought about the Kumogakure ninja. He thought he wasn't out of the picture yet, Sasuke knew that this Shi person has an ulterior motive other than being friends with their pink-haired teammate. If his hunch was right, that Kumo-nin starting to like Sakura.
And the thought of them being together sickens him.
He mused; Sakura can't fall in love with that blonde-know-it-all. Why would she choose that idiot over him? He's not even from here in Konoha and for god's sake, he's an outsider.
He wondered if there's a possibility that their pink-haired teammate was also falling for that Shi person. But just thinking about it made him ill. He shook his head decided to take a shower… Then a loud knock was heard from his front door.
The former avenger quickly walked towards his door and when he opened it he saw the smiling face of his idiot best friend.
"Sasuke!"
Upon seeing his grinning face, Sasuke sighed and he quickly closed the door from his face. Thinking that he would just barge his front door anyway, and he was right. Naruto quickly knocked again and after the third knock, he quickly forced himself inside his house and exclaimed,
"Teme! You bastard, what kind of friend are you closing that door on my face?!"
But Sasuke just stared at him ambiguously and with unreadable expression replied, "Tch. You're annoyingly loud this morning, Naruto. Go away."
Naruto heard his words and instead getting angry, he just smiled at him, "Heh, still stuck up as ever. Anyway Ino wanted us to visit her house this afternoon."
The Uchiha survivor creased his forehead and thought the Yamanaka kunoichi wanted to throw a party. He just grimaced, "For what?"
The former kyuubi ninja thought what Ino had said to him that never tell Sasuke about their despicable plan. The blonde ninja immediately remembered what had Ino had told him yesterday, "Naruto, just don't tell him our plan, if he asks what is it for, just tell him it's a small get together with friends. Alright?"
Naruto looked over to the dark-haired former avenger and lied, "She said it's just a small get together with friends."
But upon hearing those words, Uchiha Sasuke just frowned and he thought it was just waste of time to attend nonsensical parties like this.
He turned towards to Naruto and answered,
"Hn. I see. Tell her, I'm busy and I can't make it."
Uzumaki Naruto realizing that his best friend will be such a pain in the ass to convince to come to the Yamanaka residence, he quickly widened his eyes and smirked and he immediately thought of using Plan B when their first plan has failed. He quickly uses his Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu to knock over the dark-haired Uchiha.
When the dark-haired former avenger was about to walked away from him, the blonde ninja quickly shouted, "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu times one-hundred!"
With his fast reflex and intuition, Uchiha Sasuke quickly avoided the other clones, but eventually Sasuke is defeated by the overwhelming Naruto clones.
After the other Naruto clones had caught the dark-haired avenger, the former kyuubi container announced, "I'm sorry, Sasuke. But you're really the guest of honor at the party."
And the other clones proceeded to cover his head with a burlap sack. The poor Uchiha survivor was still struggling and wriggling his head and possibly cursing his best friend to death under that sack.
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When Naruto arrived at Ino's place, Naruto was sweating like a pig. First he almost ran out of chakra because he just uses a large amount of his energy to knock down the Uchiha survivor, second he and his other clones carried the resisting Uchiha all the way from the Uchiha compound up to the Yamanaka's residence.
Upon arriving to Ino's house, Naruto is greeted by a smiling Ino and her expression changed when she saw the poor Uchiha who was still struggling under that burlap sack and the other clones of Naruto who are having a hard time holding the former avenger.
Ino who was still shock at this disturbing picture asked him, "Naruto! What the hell is this?"
Naruto just sighed and gritted his teeth towards the Yamanaka kunoichi and exclaimed, "This bastard doesn't want to come here in the first place, so I forced him with the help of my other clones."
The Yamanaka kunoichi heard Naruto's explanation, but she just shook her head from confusing situation. She just gestured them to come in and let the poor Uchiha free.
When the other clones untied the burlap sack from the dark-haired's head, Uchiha Sasuke quickly grabbed one of them and punched each of them until they disappeared one by one into a mist of smoke.
Sensing that it was all clones of that idiot, he immediately glared at the original Uzumaki Naruto and when he was about to punch the living daylights out of him. The Yamanaka interjected and shouted, "Alright, stop this! Sasuke-kun, we wanted you to be here because of Sakura. So calm down okay?"
The dark-haired Uchiha tilted his head towards the cerulean-eyed kunoichi and asked, "Who's stupid idea is this?"
Then Naruto decided to come forward and stared back at the Uchiha angrily and spatted, "Ours, Sasuke do you realize that you can lose Sakura-chan forever with that attitude of yours?!"
The dark-haired Uchiha seethed angrily, "I already told you this, I don't care. So stay out of my business."
When suddenly a loud knock was heard from the front door and Ino hurriedly announced, "Can you please tone down the fighting at my house? It seems like she had already arrived."
The Yamanaka kunoichi rolled her eyes at the sudden drama and outburst of these men; she can hardly think how her pink-haired best friend could handle her intense teammates every day.
Thankfully the two Team 7 members calmed down and when they saw the front door had opened, it was their pink-haired teammate with that Kumogakure ninja.
Upon seeing the messed up situation, Naruto quickly dashed over Ino and whispered, "What the hell is he doing here? I thought we have a plan that only Sasuke and Sakura-chan will be here today?"
The Yamanaka kunoichi creased her forehead and quickly replied, "I don't know Naruto. When I went to the hospital this morning, she was alone and I never thought she would bring along that Kumo-guy."
Naruto immediately went over to the dark-haired brooding boy's side and murmured, "Sasuke, she's supposed to be here alone. That's our plan. I don't know why she brought along that Shi-guy."
Upon hearing those words, the former avenger's expression turned into a sour one. After getting pissed at his best friend for forcing him to come here, now he has a new dilemma brewing, just mentioning this guy's name, made Sasuke's blood boil.
Now that he was seeing Sakura and the Kumogakure ninja together, he was shaking furiously and Naruto sensed his darkened aura judging by the way his best friend glared at the two new arrivals.
Naruto thought quickly of an idea to excuse them from the living room and went at the back part of Ino's house.
The former kyuubi container announced looking directly at the disturbed Uchiha who was still glaring at Sakura and Shi's direction, "Sasuke, I know you're upset. I'm sorry alright? But we just wanted to help you both. The rest of the gang did something to help Sakura-chan to regain her forgotten memory of you and that's why I dragged your ass to come here."
The dark-haired former avenger exhaled and looked towards Naruto and replied, "So do you think this would work?"
"We're not sure, but at least we're trying. Unlike you."
Upon hearing Naruto's answer, the Uchiha survivor just narrowed his eyes and obviously infuriated declared, "I told you before, If she doesn't want to remember me, it's not my concern anymore. If she wanted to fool with that Kumogakure-nin, then be my guest."
Naruto just blabbered,"Are—are you by chance jealous over that Kumogakure ninja? Because judging by your actions and words, you really are! So you still care about her well-being, I knew it!"
But the former avenger just exhaled and replied, "Hn. Shut up."
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tbc
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