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Chapter 5: The Pain of Trying To Forget.

"Would you just stop being a baby and hold still!" the blonde woman yelled as she trying to heal Naruto.

Naruto shot up from his bed in shock moment ago to find some strangle woman over him. "Who are you!?" he grabbed her wrist, holding her back from further attacking him.

"Naruto would you knock it off! I'm suppose to be healing you while Sakura is talking your doctor." The woman fought back.

"Sakura? Who the hell is that? And why is she talking to my doctor?" Naruto's head began to hurt. "This what the doctor must have meant when he said my head would hurt when I was trying to remember." He said to himself.

"Naruto I swear to god!" she yelled continuing to fight.

"Ino what are you doing!?" The pink haired woman walked in with a surprised look on her face. "I asked you to heal him, not fight him."

"WHAT! I'M NOT! HE JUST…BUT HE...UGH!" Ino wrenched her hands from his grip. "He's playing dumb with me and it's really starting to get to me."

"Ino...he…" Sakura began.

"Ino…?" His head pain worsened, but he showed no sign of pain. His memory may be gone, but his pride and instinct were still intact. He knew he had to hide it.

The doctor cleared his throat. "Maybe I should explain the situation to you too Miss. Please, come with me, I'll explain everything." Sakura nodded in agreement as the two stepped out of the room. Naruto's eyes traveled over the pink haired girl, he felt comfort in seeing her, but at this point he wasn't sure what was real. Slowly she walked toward him and pulled a chair up next to his bed. Naruto became a little nervous when she looked into his eyes and grasped his hand.

"I-I'm so glad you're alright. As soon as we got the message, Ino and I rushed here as fast as we could." Tears rolled down her face. "The doctor explained everything to me; your long term memory is damaged, while your short is fine…so I guess that means you don't remember me do you?"

Naruto shook his head. "She told me your name was Sakura…" She smiled in response, but Naruto saw the masking of the hurt he had caused by not remembering her. "I'll be honest; I don't remember you, or anyone else."He scoffed. "Hell I don't remember a single thing…but, what my head doesn't remember, my heart is trying to help sort out. I've seen plenty of people in the past twenty four hours…some just workers, others supposedly friends, I dunno. What I'm trying to say is…is that you're the first person to make me feel…normal. I think I can trust you, how much I don't know, but with that I want to know if I can trust you…because until I can remember the others, I'm gonna be looking to you for help." Sakura sniffled as leaned in and gave Naruto a hug.

"Anything you need, anything at all…I'm here for you."

Naruto smiled. "Okay then." He cleared his throated. "Then answer some questions for me." Some turned into a lot, and Sakura did her best to fill him in. Where he was from, who he was, who his friends where, and so on. Naruto took as much as he could in, and although none of it made sense to him, he felt he atleast had a base now.

"So that girl…is Ino? Why is she such a loud and abrasive girl?" Sakura let out a small laugh. "Honestly though…what is she to me?"

Sakura remained silent, "She's a friend of yours…" she went quite.

"And?"

"There's nothing else Naruto…"

"Then why does it hurt? Why was it went I woke up and saw her above me, my heart almost beat itself out of my chest, I…I couldn't breathe, it was unreal. And you want me to believe all she is to me is my friend?"

Sakura remained quiet. "Naruto…she."

The door to his room slid open, as the blonde slowly made her way in. Almost instantly Naruto saw her eyes. Puffy, red, and if he wasn't mistaken, drag marks where tear would have fallen.

"Ino?" Sakura asked.

"Let's just get ready to go." She turned toward Naruto. "In a few hours you'll be discharged and we'll be heading out." Naruto felt strange. The beautiful girl in front of him was in obvious pain…and only half of him cared. He knew now she wasn't a just a friend. "And about before Naruto…I want to say"

Naruto cut her off. "It's not a problem…"

The room went silent. The doctor yet again cleared his throat to break this brutally awkward silence. "Ladies if you wouldn't mind leaving for a bit, I have some more things I want to go over with Naruto. Besides your fiancée has been informed of your arrival, I'm sure he expecting you."

They began to walk out. "You two married?" The girls stopped and turned around.

Sakura pointed to herself. "Yeah, I mentioned it earlier."

Naruto stared at the blonde. "Ino?"

Ino stood there quietly, not sure how to respond. "No…I'm not." She walked out of the room.

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Feeling the rays of the sun hit his face, Naruto stirred in his bed for a few moments before heading into his bathroom. He sighed after he splashed of cold water in his face, sitting down on his toilet, annoyed and still confused, he put his head in his hands. And now, just like the days before, he had woken up at sunrise for no good reason at all. It had been four days since he had woken up and three days since he was transported back to Konoha. From there, Naruto assumed is where all this trouble had began. He was still clueless to whom everyone was, though names like Kiba and Sasuke were making some leeway, atleast Naruto thought so. Yet even with the names and the small amount of trust that followed, nothing of major importance followed. When he returned he was ordered by an older woman to have daily check ups, Naruto found it unnecessary, but before he could complain the woman began taking shots of warm sake. He still couldn't believe she was the leader of this village, and he still couldn't understand why she kept calling him a brat.

Today though, was something special. It was Hinata birthday, and she was having some sort of big party at her mansion. He remembered Sakura laughing as she told him this last night at the hospital. Something about Ino pretty much forcing Hinata to have a party while her father was away. Naruto reached for a pill as the pain began to sit in. He smiled though. He remember most of what happened yesterday, and a few bits of the days before, he knew he was making good progress. The party was later though, Naruto was due for his morning check up and he was no where near ready. Quietly he opened the door to Sakura office, and saw her and Ino talking. What's going on in here?

"I just don't think it's a good idea Ino. We're trying to help him remember his life before the accident not play with it. Besides he's only forgotten for now, it'll come back to him eventually." Sakura said as she leaned back in her chair.

Ino sighed. "I know this already…but you've seen him these past few days. He's hasn't been this happy in months." Ino sat down in front of her. "All I'm saying is that we bend the truth a little…and when he remembers, he can choose how it'll be."

Are they talking about me?

Sakura rested her hands in her palm. "Why are you doing this?"

"I want to make him happy…we screwed each other up pretty bad this past year…all the sex, the lies, the yelling and screaming…it's not healthy. This may be for the best or may blow up in my face."

"And what does Sai think of all this? Have you even told him yet? He's a member of team 7 too."

"I haven't told him. I haven't even spoken to him in weeks." The two sat in silence. "Sakura what happened to us…"

Sakura shrugged in response. "We grew up I guess. I knew one day we weren't going to be like our younger selves anymore."

I really wish I understood what they were talking about…

Naruto opened the door with a smile on his face. "Morning!"

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I feel as though my characters are a little OOC, from my own observation and a few flames, and its been really bugging me. So much to the point that it's annoying and I don't want to write this anymore. Anyway, this chapter is a little longer than the last but I wanted to get this out there. As always please review.

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