Always Remember Me

A/N: Hi, and welcome to another chapter of Always Remember Me. Enjoy reading and don't forget to review! Reviews always make my day.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, or its characters, and possibly never will. Also, in the summary, the quote ('They say memory…') belongs to Oscar Wilde in 'The Importance of Being Earnest".

Summary: 'Hi! I'm Sakura. I'm a new student at Konoha High…and I have amnesia.' They say memory is the diary that we all carry around with us, but what if that diary is taken away? To top it all off, she has a freak going after her. What a life! (AU, SasuSaku)

Chapter Two: Introductions

When I arrived at dorm #125 the girls were already spread out around Ino's dorm. Tenten was passing around some chips and Ino was bringing out some diet soda. They greeted me as I entered.

"Hey, Sakura!" Tenten waved from her position on Ino's bed.

"H-hi, S-sakura-san," Hinata said. She was seated on the beanbag.

"Come on in, Sakura! I'm afraid Tenten's gotten the bed and Hinata's taken the beanbag, so you'll have to make do with my desk chair. Sorry," Ino apologized.

"No problem, Ino!" I said and took my seat. "Want some chips?" Tenten held out the bag. I gratefully took some.

Once we were all settled down, Ino began, "So, Sakura."

"Mmhmm?"

"Would you like me to start with the teachers or the students?"

"Huh?" What the heck was she talking about?

I must have had a funny expression on my face because Hinata started giggling.

"Ino means you choose which one you want to know about first. You can say she knows almost everything about anything that goes around this school. You'll need it, seeing as you just came here. She did that with me and Hina-chan too, when we were just new students here." Tenten explained.

"Oh, well that's nice of her. Teachers, I guess." Well, safest choice!

Ino closed her eyes and shifted into a crossed legs position. All that was missing was a turban, and she could pass off as a fortune teller.

"Kakashi," she said suddenly. "Hatake Kakashi is our homeroom teacher, as all of us know; most of the time – well, all the time actually – he's late for class, but we don't really mind. It gives us a chance to talk, do our forgotten homework, stuff like that.

"Don't forget his mask, Ino," Tenten added.

"Oh, yeah – his mask, I almost forgot!" Ino snapped her fingers. Why do people do that when they remember stuff, anyway? Well, whatever – back to what I was saying.

"They say," Ino began, with a silly grin on her face, "that Kakashi-sensei looks really hot without his mask on. He never takes it off, but Naruto always gets Sasuke to help him try to take it off. They've never succeeded, of course.

"I do want to see him with his mask off," Ino sighed dreamily. Tenten smacked her on the head. "No time for your silly fantasies, Ino."

"He's the guy with the adult book – that Icha Icha thing, right?" I asked. I hoped I was right, I didn't want to sound like I didn't know anything.

"Yup," - thank God - "and speaking of guy, I'll tell you about Maitou Gai next. He's our P.E. teacher. He kind of totally violates the dress code, because he wears a green spandex, but the admin doesn't care. He has amazing stamina, no doubt, that's why he's such a good P.E. teacher. Well, he has this nice guy pose. It's his signature thing. He is also in love with youth, and with Tenten."

"What!" Tenten shrieked and made a move to hit Ino.

"I'm kidding, Ten-chan, loosen up!" Ino laughed as she danced out of Tenten's clawing fingers.

"Erm, youth?" I clarified. Is it humanly possible to be obsessed with youth?

"Yes, youth! Like this…" Ino cleared her throat dramatically, "Tenten, my youthful blooming flower! That was a very youthful kick you did!" And she raised one hand in a thumbs-up, along with a cheesy grin, demonstrating the nice-guy pose.

"That wasn't funny," Tenten protested.

"Oh, but it was!" exclaimed Ino, laughing hysterically at what she had just done, even Sakura couldn't stop herself; Hinata just let out a few giggles.

"Right then," Ino began, once they had all calmed down, "Next is Ebisu-sensei; no one knows much about him, except that he's creepy and boring. Then, there's Yuuhi Kurenai-sensei, who teaches Home Economics; she's really pretty and has these nice crimson eyes. Sarutobi Asuma-sensei, he's in charge of science."

"He keeps telling us to 'Take care of yourselves, kids, you don't know what's coming up on the streets these days. One minute you could be listening to Fall Down Man or whatever you kids listen to these days and the next you're choking and getting convulsions.' Such a hypocrite, really, he tells us that and he chain smokes," Tenten rolled her eyes.

"…and he's rumoured to have a relationship wth Kurenai-sensei. It's so romantic," Ino latched on.

"D-don't forget A-anko-sensei, Ino-chan," Hinata reminded her.

"Oh, right!" There goes the finger snapping! "Thanks. So Mitarashi Anko-sensei teaches Chemistry. She's pretty good, except that she has an affinity with throwing pointy objects."

"Throwing pointy objects?"

"Yes, Especially at Naruto."

I grinned as I remembered the loud but well-meaning blonde, and imagining our teacher chucking sharp projectiles at him.

Ino went on about the other teachers, explaining about the staff to me with Hinata and Tenten commenting on or adding some thing every now and then. These people really do know almost everything about anything in the school.

"All right, Sakura! We're done – with the teachers, at least," Ino grinned at me.

"And if you thought that was long, then think again, because we have a much longer list of students than the teachers – definitely," Tenten laughed.

"Let's start with Inuzuka Kiba – he's a dog guy, and what most people don't know about him is that he keeps a dog in his room, named Akamaru."

"But…" I said hesitantly, "I thought we weren't allowed to keep pets, according to Section 45 Number 3 of the student handbook?"

Oh, darn – not again. I can't help mentioning the student handbook. They glanced at me curiously, but didn't press on and continued.

"Well, yeah, but we don't really mind, and his dog doesn't cause that much trouble – it's so cute, actually. Anyway, another weird thing about Kiba is that he ahs two red marks on his face; we tried to ask him what it was but he never really told us.

"Next we have Aburame Shino; we don't really know that much about him, except that he has this creepy aura which I can't really explain. After Shino is Neji – Hyuuga Neji – he's-"

"Hey, isn't Hyuuga Hinata's last name?" I interrupted.

"Yes, Sakura, I was just getting to that, actually."

"Oh, sorry…"

"It's alright. So, he's Hina-chan's cousin, but he's also known as the Hyuuga prodigy. He's a real ice cube, and he doesn't really talk a lot. Mysterious, actually…" her voice trailed off.

It is only in this sad world that ice cubes and Hinata are related.

"OH!" Ino said suddenly, "Tenten, oh my gosh, I just remembered that I forgot our Math books at the caf."

"What? How could you be so forgetful, Ino-pig? Well, I'll go get them," Tenten replied.

"Thanks, Tennie!"

"Don't call me that!" Tenten snapped playfully, and left the dorm.

"Okay, where were we? Oh yeah. Neji is also Ten-chan's long-time crush! She's liked him ever since they…well, we, really…were small."

That's so absolutely sweet and romantic! A fiery girl having a major crush on a mysterious ice cube! You could make millions out of a movie of that.

"I-is t-that w-why you t-told Ten-chan t-to g-et the M-math b-books?" Hinata asked softly.

"Well, of course Hinata. You don't want your amazingly pretty and beautiful best friend to die, do you?" I assume Tenten doesn't like her crush aired out in public.

"Ino, the books aren't there!" Tenten thundered as she barged into the dorm.

"What? Really? Wait, let me check…" Ino feigned surprise as she checked the door, "Oh. They were here all along…er, sorry, Ten-chan."

"Ino…" Tenten's voice trailed off, as flames popped out of nowhere, "Do you know how far a walk the caf is from here?" Ino squeaked. "No? Well, it's really, really far." She took a step forward. "DIE!"

"P-please, Ten-chan, d-don't kill Ino!" Hinata cried.

"Yes, don't kill me!" Ino said pleadingly. "I'm too young and beautiful to die! Noooo!" I looked on in amusement as Tenten proceeded to verbally assault the blonde.

Tenten's killer aura disappeared soon after, and we all calmed down.

"Moving on, there's Rock Lee. He really stands out because of his unique appearance – green spandex, bushy eyebrows, big eyes, bowl cut, just like his idol, Gai-sensei. He thinks Gai's a god, and also constantly talks about youth. He's pretty nice, I guess.

"Next is the fat, chubby, healthy, plump, stout, over-eating, food-stealing pig called Akimichi Chouji."

"Don't forget obese!" Tenten put in.

"Erm…is he really that fat?" I asked.

"Well, no, I suppose. He is round, though, and…fat," Ino finished lamely. "Whatever! I won't forget Nara Shikamaru. He's Chouji's best friend and they like watching clouds together. He is the…" Ino searched for a word, "the epitome of laziness. Insults just slide off him like water. He's smart too. It's just too bad his mantra is 'troublesome'."

"Right, next is – I mean, are – the Sand Siblings: Temari, Kankuro, and Gaara; they're transfer students, like you, except that they're from another country. Then, we have Uzumaki Naruto; everyone likes him, he's pretty much the all-around guy. He's friends with Sasuke too, and that's a feat, even though all you see them do is fight."

"N-naruto-kun l-likes ramen v-very m-much," Hinata said.

"Yes, she's right, and he says dattebayo a lot. Lastly, there's Uchiha Sasuke. Everybody thinks he's cool, because he is," here Ino sighed dreamily, very much like what she did with Kakashi, "and he's sort of like a celebrity in our school. Sasuke's the 'Most popular guy' and all that jazz. The president of his fan club, Karin, will kill you if she sees you communicating in any way with him. She seems harmless, but she does stuff and few do dare to try and muster up enough courage to talk to him."

"The guy has a fan club?" I asked incredulously.

"Yeah! You have to admit he's cute. I think every girl save for one or two have had a crush on him, some more than others," Ino said.

"Well, you're right. His hair can be considered nice, if you don't mind the chicken resemblance. But his eyes are the nicest, I guess. They're a really pretty shade of black and deep and you know. Overall, you can say he's kind of handsome-" I stopped when I realized I was rambling. The other girls were looking at me and wisely nodding.

"I don't have to be a brain surgeon to say that you're at least a tiny bit attracted to him," Tenten said knowingly. I bit back the urge to say the same thing about her about Neji.

"I'm not!" I just said defiantly. I don't like him, he's just cute and – never mind.

"Uh-huh," Ino said dubiously. "Anyway, moving on - you know who we are, but we don't know much about you, except that your name is Sakura and your family name is Kaimi, and you transferred from Kunai Public School which is-" Ino pretty much memorized everything I told her about my school. She was probably gathering information when she was asking me about my life. The girl must be good at memorizing all this gossip.

I'm getting a teensy bit afraid, actually.

She finally finished her monologue. "Right, so we know only that, but nothing else! It's your turn to introduce yourself to us." Hinata, Ino, and Tenten smiled at me.

Well, what' the harm in doing it?

"I'm Kaimi Sakura, as you know," I began. "I had amnesia seven years ago in a car accident. My parents are dead because of that. I don't know any of my relatives, which is why instead of living with them, I live alone in my apartment. I've survived all these years from funding from the government, and I have a part-time job as a waitress." I let out a breath I hadn't known I was holding.

Ino, Tenten, and Hinata looked at me gravely. There was a brief silence.

"S-so, you d-don't r-remember a-anything at all?"

"Well, I do remember my first name – Sakura. The doctor gave me a temporary last name to use for the moment. I…I also remember this boy I used to play with, when I was really small, who gave me a stone before he moved away." The stone in my pocket felt warm against my leg, suddenly.

"D-do y-you still h-have the stone, S-sakura-chan?" questioned Hinata.

"Of course I do. It was found in the pocket of the jeans I was wearing during the accident. I carry it everywhere I go – it's the only remnant of the past I have left," I said. I took it out of my pocket and showed it to them.

A/N: There! I hope it didn't suck too much. But sucky or not, reeevieeeeeew! Pleeease? With chocolate on top?

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