Warning: violence and blood =]...

Chapter 11 – Something to remember

Sakura looked around in a panic stricken daze, the fact that the mere thought of skinheads attacking her had occurred a few days ago seemed a little, strange. She was flat out on her back as they all advanced on her, some had hoods pulled up when others simply showed their faces, not worrying that she might see them in the dark. There was about eight of them, she counted, sizing them up as she rolled onto her knees before standing in a defensive crouch, ready to pounce at a moments notice. She took in their weaponry, noticing the odd wooden bat here and there, not good, one of the only things that could kill or harm a vampire was wood, ironically enough. It contained some chemical that didn't allow the wound it produced to heal like it normally would, instead it would heal at human speed, not something she was very fond of.

Some chuckled in glee as they trapped her, cutting off every exit she had, the flight strategy she had been planning completely useless now. Sakura readied her fists, awaiting their first move. Her eyes gleamed in the night sky as she scowled, showing her attackers that she wasn't going to go down easily. They just found this even more amusing however, some even nudged others sides as they made fun off her.

Sakura saw red; she had no idea what she'd done, where they just out looking for trouble? If so then she was going to teach them a lesson. Sakura was a pretty good fighter, especially with her fists, living on the streets had made sure of that, and the only rule to survival out there was to fight for it, by any means necessary. She was pretty sure these guys were vaguely familiar with it too; only it was probably on a duller magnitude.

As they grew closer she growled, deep in her chest, she could feel it vibrate in though out her body. None of her attackers backed away however, in fact, they only grew more exited, wanting to cause her great pain. She heard someone huff in the background before grunting out a simple 'get on with it' before the skinheads moved faster.

Sakura made the mistake of looking towards the voice, wondering where the voice had come from, she didn't remember there being a ninth member when she'd counted them but then again she could hardly see. Then she heard someone shift quickly, she had little time to react before a sharp and agonising pain shot up from her left side. She'd been stabbed. Sakura leapt away from her stabber and punched him square in the jaw, not bothering to check if he was still breathing when he went down.

The others began to attack then, she spent the next ten minutes dodging pen knifes, knuckle-dusters and was extremely careful of the wooden bats that were swung her way. Her side was burning in pain, because she was moving around so much her wound didn't get the chance to close up, she could feel her blood trickling down her side as she moved. Then a bat hit her square in the ribs, knocking the breath out of her and breaking a rib. She cursed herself for being so distracted as she took her chance to swing at someone trying to take advantage of her momentary relapse in concentration. She went full out, allowing her anger to over flow and take control. She took her arm away from were it had been cradling her sore rib and ignored the pain as she lunged at the skinhead. She punched him full force right in the gut and he went down like a rock, she wasted no time in turning around and having another session of dodging attacks.

Someone snuck up behind her and clobbered her on the back of the head with something metal, she went down, her eyes seeing white spots for a second before her body reacted to the large gash that now sat on the back of her head. It closed up pretty quickly but that didn't stop her attackers. They'd started to harshly kick her since she'd fallen to the ground; instinctively she grabbed her head and skilfully wormed her way out of the bully circle quite quickly. It didn't stop her body from aching however; the assault she'd just received was enough to put someone in hospital. She turned around and used the momentum produced to swing for someone else; she hit him straight in the right cheek and sent him flying backwards onto the ground where he laid twitching.

The five remaining skinheads stepped over the unconscious bodies and eyed her a little more wearily than before. It brought a triumphant smirk and a dangerous tint to her usually open green eyes. She took up her fighting stance even though her rib and body screamed out against the movement, she was tougher than your average street fighter, she knew this one because it was one of the many ways she used to earn money.

The skinheads that had no weaponry grabbed the bats left by the unconscious bodies much to Sakura's annoyance. Her fists were in front of her face like a boxer as she ran forward, ducking each and every blow, adding her own every so often. The pained huffs and grunts that came from her enemy's was satisfying to her ears, it was about time that they started feeling her pain.

Then a solid bat came flying into the back of her head, shredding her skin and allowing blood to trickle down her face and scalp. Sakura felt disorientated for a moment before she managed to land a kick in his goolies, he dropped onto his knees and gasped out in a squeal. Sakura punched his head, causing it to fly into the ground with a satisfying crack. She turned around to face the other four, happy to see no more wooden objects.

They were being careful, she could tell. They way they now hovered showed their fear for her. She almost smirked. Instead Sakura looked them in the eye, being sure to fill her gaze with as much acid as she was capable of producing.

"I suggest you bugger off, unless you want to end up like your friends here." She spat, moving back to nudge one of their faces with her foot. They all snarled but quickly shut up as she closed in on them, she marched up to them, preparing to punch the living daylights out of them. Instead they seemed to notice the danger and bolted, not bothering about their fellow skinheads, Sakura snorted, they were really scared little girls once given a piece of true fear. And to think Sakura hadn't even pulled her fangs out.

Sakura felt movement behind her and turned around just in time to knock the wooden bat that came swinging her way, the bat smashed in two from the force of it as wooden splinters flew through the air. A bolt of pain shot through her knuckles and up her hand as her knuckle cracked, she was sure. The man in front of her had his hood up, covering his face, but she caught sight of a few silver strands falling out as he dived back. Sakura took her fighting stance again, she'd completely forgot about this one.

"Who are you? Did someone send you?" Sakura demanded. She tried to clench her right fist but gave up, it would scream in pain at the slightest movement. The man in front of her straightened up, feeling that she wasn't going to attack him anytime soon with her now busted fist.

"That is none of your concern." He replied. Sakura's eyebrows shot up, surprised by his word choice, he clearly wasn't like the other skinheads, he was probably the one in charge. She eyed him carefully, making sure that she didn't miss anything. The man in front of her didn't make any hostile move, instead he just held the broken bat by his side limply and looked at her, even though he didn't show his face even once.

"Why did you attack me?" Sakura demanded again, she wanted answers. Now.

"Because your in someone's way, because of you, they can't get to what they want. That's all I'm willing to share." He said before he dropped the bat and ran off into the cover of the trees and bushes. Sakura made a move to go after him but gave up when her still bleeding side simply refused, the pain she'd ignored was now coming back with vengeance and Sakura found it hard to even move. She took a deep breath to assess the damage done to her ribs, and regretted it. Her entire chest lit up in a sharp pain, like lightening was travelling through it. Wood was definitely not something Sakura enjoyed dealing with… But had come to the conclusion that it wasn't just one rib that had been broken, it was more like four.

Sakura unzipped her jacket and checked to see how bad the stab wound was, it had began to clot and Sakura wondered if it had penetrated anything vital. Not that she should have been worried about it, it was a penknife, she thinks, that stabbed her, it wasn't wood so it would heal pretty quickly. It still really hurt though, and Sakura couldn't help but cringe in pain when she prodded it, the flesh was knitting together underneath before the skin closed up, only leaving behind a thin pink line that Sakura was sure would scar, it was pretty deep after all, deeper than her fangs could ever go.

Sakura gave up on her small check up, either way she'd have to go to the hospital. With shaky legs she began to walk, the only damage she'd received to her legs had been kicks and a few slashes but they'd all healed by know, it was the fact that she was so tired now that made them shake. Sakura looked around the clearing for a bit, searching for evidence of her attackers, the unconscious bodies that were scattered over the floor held no ID or anything relating to who they were or who sent them.

With an irritated huff and a cringe of pain Sakura moved out of the clearing and back onto the road to head back to the Mansion.

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The last thing Mikoto expected was to be woken up at three in the morning, but what she really didn't expect was for Sakura to come trundling in looking like she'd been through a war zone. When the butler led her through to the living room she was met with the bloody mess Sakura was in. To say Mikoto panicked, was an understatement.

"Oh my god! Sakura! Are you okay! What on earth happened to you!" She all but screamed as she rushed over to a cringing Sakura who only whimpered and hissed when Mikoto pulled her into a hug.

"Gah! Broken ribs, broken ribs!" Sakura chanted as she pulled away from the embrace and rubbed her chest as a sort of comfort. Mikoto could only stare as Fugaku finally entered the room, his eyes widening slightly as he took in the blood stained mess otherwise known as Sakura Haruno.

"What happened to you?" He asked. His voice letting some of the worry he felt seep through. She was a mess, plain and simple. Her head had had an open wound that looked sore and her face was coated in blood because of it. Her clothes were ripped in some places and she was covered in dirt, there was even a twig sticking out of her hair.

"I got mugged in the park. I was out for a walk and some skinheads jumped me." Sakura replied. She didn't really want to tell them what she really thought it was, it would only cause Mikoto to worry even more and it was her business, not theirs. It was her problem to deal with.

Mikoto covered her mouth with her hand, her eyes wide with worry. Sakura felt bad about making her worry, it wasn't fair to dump her problems on them both but she needed this treated, and they were the only people she knew who could do that for her, considering she didn't have medical insurance. Fugaku walked over and gingerly moved her head to inspect the two wounds on her head. Sakura tried not to twitch or wince as he made his inspection, she gathered he was trying to decide what to do. With a huff he stepped back and looked at Sakura.

"We're going to have to take you to the hospital, the wound on the back of your head is going to need stitches." He failed to mention the insurance but he gathered that she didn't have any. He would have gotten her some but he'd never guessed that she would have been mugged.

He then instructed the butler to go get the car as both he and Mikoto left to change out of their nightclothes. Sakura sat back down on the comfy sofa and tried once again to ignore her ever-growing headache that seemed to pulsate and grow with every annoying beat. Sakura instead distracted herself by thinking over what had happened that night.

The silver haired man had caught her interest, he knew what he was doing, he had everything planned out, she could tell, how else would he have known where to find her? Or what she looked like? Or how many people to bring? Heck, he had even made the Skinheads surround her, blocking off every chance of escape. This wasn't just some random attack, he'd planned this. The only question was now was why? It wasn't Vampires, this wasn't their style at all, they did things with their own hands, involving humans would be too troublesome. But there was no one else who Sakura could think of who hated her enough to do this, she was usually a very polite and friendly person, rarely annoying people, unless it was Sasuke, but that was just something that they did, that couldn't be considered a reason to do this to her.

Sakura flinched as someone came through, the noise the door made wasn't something that pleased her ears. A nicely dressed and slightly exhausted looking butler came through the doors and led her out to the car that was waiting for them. She sat quietly and leaned back, a sudden wave of sleepiness overcame her and Sakura couldn't help but close her eyes.

It was at that moment however that Mikoto and Fugaku decided to enter the car, they both slammed the door's shut before turning the small light on, causing Sakura to cringe. Her tolerance to light and noise intensity was only getting worse by the minute. Mikoto then nudged her side before talking in subdued tones.

"Sakura? Are you okay?" She shook her shoulder again and Sakura winced as it agitated her sore ribs. Mikoto then quickly stopped with a whispered apology. Sakura cracked open one eye and looked at Mikoto who had that worried expression on her face again, Fugaku on the other hand had a calculating one, Sakura didn't know whether she should be nervous about that.

Once they had began their journey to the hospital the car grew quiet, much to Sakura's happiness, her head ache wasn't as bad when there was little noise, even if she still wished the light would somehow magically go out. Once they'd actually arrived however it became very chaotic, because the Uchiha's had private care Sakura didn't have to wait long to get looked at, but she was still on edge. Sakura didn't like hospitals.

She kept wondering through clouded thoughts that she might be discovered, she hadn't even thought of changing clothes, which was odd, Sakura was normally on top of things like that. Now she was worried that someone might ask why she had fresh blood on her skin and no wound, or why she had no medical records to begin with. But she convinced herself that they wouldn't ask her that, all she needed was some stitches and a splint for her knuckles. Nothing to worry over... right?

Mikoto had disappeared once they got an appointment, saying she wanted to tell Itachi and Sasuke, for reason's Sakura couldn't quite understand, it was probably her sleep deprived mind that caused it. Sakura sat down on the hospital bed and quickly laid down, her eyelids becoming incredibly heavy as she tried desperately to block out the bright hospital lights above. Just as she felt sleep take over however, Fugaku shook her shoulder, annoying her ribs and pulling her away from dream land, unfortunately. Sakura tried her best to glare at him but the bright lights above didn't help, it only made her cringe and squint.

"Let me sleep." She murmured, not caring at how weak and pathetic she looked right now. Fugaku just gave her a blank look before answering.

"It's not good to sleep after a head injury." He stated simply. Sakura frowned, she wanted to sleep! Sakura closed her eyes anyway, hoping to at least block out the light and tried her best to ignore fugaku who kept on nudging her shoulder.

It was about five minutes later that a doctor in a white coat came through with mikoto trailing behind. He had a clipboard in hand and was writing something down before he turned to Sakura.

"Hello Miss Haruno, would you like to tell me what happened here?" He asked in a gentle voice, something that Sakura liked, it didn't irritate her head as much. Sakura sat up and gave a huge yawn before answering.

"I was out for a walk because I couldn't sleep and got jumped when I passed the park." Sakura explained in a sleepy voice. The Doctor nodded with a creased brow before scribbling something down on the clipboard. Mikoto walked over to Sakura and rubbed her back soothingly, as if she was trying to comfort her, Sakura couldn't help but melt into it.

"Okay, could you tell me where exactly it hurts?" The doctor asked as he walked towards her. Sakura removed her jacket so he had easier access to her ribs as he began to move his hand over her ribs, testing for anything suspicious. He moved over her sore area and Sakura hissed in pain.

"Right there, I think there's about four broken. It feels it anyway." She gasped as he began to prod the area more. He nodded his head and continued his examination of her ribs.

"Yep, definitely broken, but I think it's only about three, I'll have to get an ex-ray. Let me see your hand." He pointed down at the hand she'd been cradling on her lap and held it out for him to see. Her middle knuckle had swollen to twice its normal size and it was pulsating, something she was sure couldn't be considered normal. He took her hand in gentle ones and began to prod it slightly, trying to get a reaction from her, which he did, Sakura hissed out and tried to take her hand back.

"I'll need to ex-ray that too. Lets see your head, I'll clean it up for you." He offered before grabbing a small light from his pocket. Sakura edged away as he made a move to grab her head. He ignored it however and lightly pulled her eyelid up before flashing his torch at it. Sakura hissed as a flash of white-hot pain flashed through her head and she tried to squint. He didn't let her however and only held it open with little effort on his part.

"Follow the light with your eyes please." He commanded and Sakura tried her best to do as was commanded. He switched eyes every so often before he finally turned it off. He then instead walked out the door and came back shortly after accompanied with a nurse who was carrying a bowl of water, come cotton buds and what appeared to be a pair of tweezers. The doctor left the nurse to wash up Sakura's face as he turned to Fugaku who had taken residence in one of the chairs by the bed.

Sakura watched as the nurse opened the bag of cotton buds and used the tweezers to pick one up and dip it in the water, which smelled a little like disinfectant. Sakura hissed as the damp cotton touched her open wound, the nurse apologised before continuing to clean out the wound. The woman worked slowly, being careful not to agitate the wound further and Sakura was grateful, even if the disinfectant did sting a little.

"Miss Haruno?" The Doctor asked as he walked up to her, the nurse was just finishing up as her walked over and she made her leave, assuring Sakura that her head would get better soon.

"Yes?" Sakura replied though yet another yawn. It had to be about four am by now, Sakura really wanted to sleep.

"How's your head? Are you having any headaches? Are you dizzy at all?" He asked as he gently moved her head to get a better look at her wound. Sakura thought for a moment before answering.

"My head's really sore and my tolerance to light and sounds not to good." She answered honestly. He nodded, his brow creasing again as he spoke.

"Okay, I think you've got extreme tiredness too, I'll have to get someone to watch over you, I think that maybe you've got mild concussion. I'm afraid you'll be staying with us for a while." He stated, Sakura resisted the urge to groan, the last thing she wanted was to be stuck in a bed for a few days, she'd need to feed at some point, maybe she could go to the blood bank…

"Will she be okay?" Mikoto asked, concern running through her voice. Sakura looked over with tired eyes to see Mikoto on her feet at the foot of the bed.

"She'll be fine, just need's plenty of bed rest and some supervision for the next few nights, sometimes people can slip into coma's with head injury's when they sleep so I don't think it'll hurt to be a little careful." Mikoto's eyes widened at the prospect of Sakura slipping into a coma, which was the last thing she wanted, after all, she'd grown rather attached to Sakura.

The doctor then disappeared out of the door again with a quick 'be right back' and left Sakura with a now even more worried Mikoto. She then soon after began to gush over what had just been said. Sakura cringed at the amount of noise that the woman made and once she realised she was causing Sakura pain had quickly shut up.

When the Doctor came back in he had a glass of water in one hand and a packet of pills in the other. He gave them to her and Sakura was more than happy to take it, the painkillers she was given didn't taste all that good but it was rather effective against her killer headache. But what worried her was the curved needle he whipped out from god knows where. Sakura felt slightly uneasy as he advanced with it, slowly threading the thread through it. But instead of jumping out of the way she just gritted her teeth and let him get on with it. The feel of the needle sliding through her scalp was not in the least bit a pleasant experience, but she didn't exactly have much of a choice in the matter.

"What did you get hit by? This is a pretty big wound, I wouldn't be surprised if this scars." He asked, concern running through the Doctors voice as he spoke. Sakura sighed, she didn't like scars very much.

"With a bat, he snuck up on me when I was distracted with someone else." She said. Her nose cringed at the memory of her falling flat on her face, though she shouldn't be surprised, it was wood after all, but that didn't stop it from burning up part of her pride, oh well, she still won after all.

"Whoa, that must have hurt." He said, Sakura just replied with a simple 'yeah', not wanting to go into detail.

"There are a few splinters in your skin actually, I'll have to remove them once I'm done here." He commented absentmindedly as he continued his work. Sakura just cringed, no wonder her skin was really irritated, wooden splinters wasn't a pleasant experience for anyone, half-breed or otherwise.

Shortly after he'd done that he began with pulling out the splinters and Sakura found her self thinking that him sticking a sharp needle through her scalp was actually more pleasant than pulling out tiny wood chips that felt like red hot knifes.

Sakura began to daydream, hoping that it would take her mind off of what was happening to her head. The room had become silent as the doctor worked away on her head, something she actually enjoyed, seeing as her ears found no reason to act up.

That silence was shattered however, when the door was swung open and crashed against the wall. Sakura hissed and cringed as the doctor only jumped, luckily though her head remained unharmed from it. Sasuke stood at the door, completely out of breath and red faced, like he'd run the whole way. To say Sakura was shocked was an understatement, she knew that Mikoto had phoned him up but she never expected him to show. A small smile came to her lips at how worried he looked, she liked the fact that he cared.

"Sasuke? What are you doing here?" Fugaku asked, getting up from his seat. Sasuke just looked around the room before closing the door quietly and walking over to Sakura.

"Mum said she got attacked, I couldn't just sit back now could I?" He questioned and shot a small glare at his father. Was he suggesting that he would simply go back to sleep if he heard Sakura had gotten mugged and sent to hospital? It was an insult that he thought so.

Fugaku just gave a grunt before taking his seat again. Sasuke had actually had quite a hard time getting there, Karin hadn't been in the best of moods when he told her he was going to see Sakura. In fact, it was almost strange, when he told her she'd been sent to the Hospital he swore he could see some evil glint in her eye, but as soon as he told her he was off she'd went ballistic at him, saying that he shouldn't bother and just stay with her. The thought had angered him greatly, she wasn't the centre of the universe and she needed to realise that. But regardless of that, Sasuke had felt panic stricken, he had no idea what sort of condition she was in, if she was seriously hurt then he honestly didn't know what he would do…

"Are you okay?" He asked, worry never once leaving his voice, but he didn't care, Sakura was his priority. Sakura just looked up at him as the doctor continued to pull out the wooden splinters from her head.

"She's got a few broken ribs, a busted knuckle and mild concussion, but apart from that she's fine." The Doctor said, not once looking away from what he was doing. Sasuke nodded his head, taking in what had been said. Sasuke would have to talk to Sakura later about this, he had a feeling that it wasn't just a mugging, which was why he'd been so worried.

"Will she be okay?" He asked. This time it was Sakura who answered him, even though she sounded incredibly tired.

"I'll be fine, don't worry so much. It's weird when you do." Sakura joked, making him frown at her. But he was glad that she was well enough to still be cracking jokes. A lazy smile found its way onto her lips and Sasuke couldn't help but smirk back, he took a seat next to her and waited for the Doctor to finish.

After about another fifteen minutes the Doctor left and came back with some bandages and a small splint for Sakura's head and Knuckle. He worked quickly and efficiently, gently wrapping the white bandage around the now stitched up gash on the back of her head. After that he made quick work on the splint, it didn't take long for him to adjust it to her hand, something Sakura was happy about, the quicker he finished the sooner she could sleep.

After he finished he began to scribble down some notes on his clip board before he attached it to the end of the bed, he then walked over to the small bed stand and pulled open a drawer to pull out some hospital pyjamas', Sakura and Sasuke both cringed painfully at them, even though Sasuke wasn't even the one wearing it.

"I'm afraid that you'll have to wear this, there's the bathroom over there and I'll leave you for now but I'll get a nurse to come in and check up on you throughout the night. And I'll get an ex-ray ready for you tomorrow so I can take a look at your ribs." He pointed over to the door that opened up into a small bathroom and walked out, waving goodbye as he went. Mikoto stood up and walked over to Sakura, who was now holding the nightwear with instant dislike.

"I'll bring you some clothes tomorrow, I'm sure you wouldn't want to wear that thing any longer than necessary." Mikoto said lightly, but Sakura could hear the concern through her voice. Fugaku then stood up also and walked over to the other three at the bed.

"Mikoto, Sasuke, we should leave her to rest for now, I'm sure we can come back tomorrow." He said in his usual monotone. Sasuke frowned, he didn't want to leave just yet, not with Sakura in this condition anyway.

"I'll stay." Sasuke demanded in his firm commanding tone. Sakura was surprised to hear it coming from him, he usually wouldn't willingly stay in her company for too long, it made her wonder about his intentions, but it did make her smile, the thought of not being alone the whole night in a hospital was rather comforting.

"Fine then." Fugaku said before turning around and leaving the room, Mikoto trailing behind. Sasuke raised an eyebrow, he agreed? Just like that? Maybe he was just too tired to argue, he thought.

Sakura stood up on shaky legs and made her way to the bathroom. Sasuke watched wearily, waiting to see if she would trip up or not. She didn't, to his relief, but his worry didn't die. He would talk to her later, once she's had some sleep, the woman looked like the walking dead.

Sasuke waited for her to come out of the bathroom and held in a laugh when she finally did come out. The hospital gown she wore was at least two sizes to big, and the look on her face was priceless.

"Don't you dare say anything. Ever." She threatened. Sasuke only chuckled in amusement, she shuffled over to the bed and climbed in, kicking Sasuke as she did so, silently telling him to move. He complied easily and watched as she closed her eyes.

Within seconds she was under, her breathing evened out and deepened, the bandage on her head slipped slightly as she moved. Sasuke pushed it back into place as he took a seat by the bed. He watched her sleep for a while, finding it enchanting, he turned off the light and let the moon light seep through into the room. Her skin almost glowed now, her hair now looking like an almost red in the dark, or lilac.

Sasuke was glad that she was okay, in fact he was sure that she'd be back to her old self again. The thought made him smile, not smirk, it was weird how she affected him sometimes and he would constantly wonder how she did it. Was it a Vampire thing? He doubted it, she didn't give off that sort of vibe and like he'd said before, Sakura only ever acted herself. And that didn't involve any form of trickery, she was far to pissy and hot headed for that. But then again that was one of her charms.

He wondered idly what it would be like to have her as his fiancé instead of Karin, it would certainly be more pleasant to go home at night, and wake up in the mornings for that matter. She wouldn't cling to him and beg for attention at every move he made, she wouldn't suck up to him to stay in his good books and she certainly wouldn't ask for sex every two minutes. That kind of relationship was the one he preferred, he found. Sasuke had realised ages ago that Karin wasn't the one for him, in fact, it was almost laughable at how different they were. The only problem was that he couldn't just break it off with her, he didn't work that way, and it would be dishonourable to leave her for another woman. He would have to have a very good reason for breaking it off too, and so far he had none. So he was stuck with her.

Sasuke shook his head, he wasn't 'in love' with another woman, yes, he did want to get rid of Karin, but he wasn't in love with Sakura. She was just the catalyst that started his dislike for Karin, all she did was make him realise that he preferred women who had a little more personality than simple-minded lust. Something that was the base to Karin's personality, the rest was just her looks, yes she was very attractive, but he'd realised that he now preferred personality to looks. And he'd be forever grateful to Sakura for that.

But then he wondered, what if he did feel something for Sakura, the way he acted tonight certainly showed that he did. He'd acted purely on instinct as he rushed over to the hospital, he'd been so worried that it wasn't even funny. The thought actually scared him, Sasuke was pretty sure that he'd never actually 'been in love' before, as cheesy as it sounds. He thought he'd been in love with Karin, but that thought had died when he met Sakura.

Sasuke looked down at the sleeping woman, tucked up in the sheets, her face half buried in the pillow and covered by the thick bandage. She wasn't the most attractive female he'd ever met, she had no curves and a huge forehead, not that he'd point this out however, she'd probably punch him into next week. But, she had the most amazing eyes, the oddest hair colour that actually blended perfectly with her eyes and had the perfect height, she wasn't small by any means, it was the perfect height in his opinion.

He tucked a strand of loose hair behind her ear, noticing how soft her skin was, his fingers lingered there for a moment. He studied her face to see how deep a sleep she was in, which was pretty deep, if she'd been even the slightest bit conscious he probably wouldn't have a hand right now. He couldn't help it, Sasuke was plagued by the idea of love and wanted to test his theory.

With a little hesitation, and a few deep breaths, he leaned forward, his heart was beating frantically and he thought his stomach would explode from the amount of Butterfly's attacking it. He stopped an inch away from her face, and took yet another deep breath. Why was he finding this so hard! He'd kissed plenty of people before! It wasn't anything knew to him! Yet his nerves still wouldn't die down.

Sasuke closed his eyes, swallowing his nerves and licked his lips before he leaned forward. His lips gently touching hers…

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Yeah! Early update! I had nothing to do today since the weathers so crap. CURSE YOU SCOTTISH WEATHER! seriously, i think i've only seen the sun about eight times since the summer, no joke. Anyways, i hopped you liked it! And please review! i absoultly LOVE to hear feed back, whether it be good or bad! THANKS FOR READING!