A/N: Hey guys! I had some more time on my hands so I am giving you all chapter twenty-three. Another short chapter, but important all the same. Please read and review. As always, I don't own Naruto!

Chapter Twenty-Three: The Treatment Begins

Going back to school the next day was very hard for Sakura. By now, the whole school had heard about Sakura's little "incident" about the ordeal in the bathroom. But, the one thing that was good for Sakura, was that she wasn't alone anymore. Sakura now had her friends back, she had her mom back, and she had Sasuke on her side. All of this was all she needed to make it through today and everyday after that.

"Hey Sakura, are you okay about talking to Tsunade about all of this?" asked Ino.

"Not really, but I have to start somewhere, don't I? I guess Tsunade's my starting point." Sakura looked back towards all of her friends and sighed.

"Well this is it guys. I'll see you later."

"Okay then, if you're sure," said Hinata.

"Oh, I'm sure. Bye guys."

Sakura then walked to Tsunade's office door and went inside. Tsunade was sitting at her desk, working on some paperwork when she came in. Smirking a little, Sakura sat in the empty chair.

"I thought I'd never see you do paperwork," said Sakura.

"Excuse me?" asked Tsunade.

"Remember my first day here, when you were crying for your sake? You refused to do any paperwork because of it, and Shizune had to take care of us."

"Ah yes, well you'll have to excuse my conduct for that day. Things were pretty stressful for me."

"Sure, whatever. I don't really care."

"Well moving on, let's get down to business. This whole thing about you trying to kill yourself, how did you end up at that point?"

"Well it's a long story."

"We've got a while, so start from the beginning."

Sakura and Tsunade spent two hours talking. Sakura had never talked like that in her life to anyone. It was as if this tightly closed lid was now opening up for the first time and a waterfall of words were pouring out. Tsunade just sat at her desk and took it all in. She didn't seem phased at all by what Sakura was saying.

"So that's it Tsunade-sama. That's the whole story, or what's played out thus far."

"Wow…I'm…I'm…"

"Speechless? Yeah, if I were you, I'd be shocked too."

"I only have one question though."

"Okay, shoot."

"If you were reluctant to tell anybody this, why open up and tell me in one session?"

"Oh, well that's easy. I told you because I was ready. I was ready to tell anyone, everyone all that happened to me. I am sick of keeping all those secrets. I had to always keep everything bottled up when my father was around. Even with him gone the fear is still there. But now…I just had this feeling inside of me that was telling me that it was time to share my story. This feeling has been with me since last night after the talk I had with Sasuke. After putting all the pieces together, I knew it was time."

"Ah. It's very interesting how you two went from hating each other's guts to this."

"Yeah, he's done so much for me. He's done more than I could ever ask for. I don't know how I could even thank him."

"Well, from what you've told me, he wants you back on the basketball team. Maybe that could be a way."

"I guess…yeah I'll do just that, after all I wanted to play ball at the beginning of all this and it's about time that I get that chance. Thanks Tsunade-sama."

"You're welcome. Don't forget about coming here tomorrow. This is long from being over with."

"Oh, I know. After all, this is just the beginning of a healing wound."

A/N: Well it looks like clear skies for Sakura. But will it stay this way? What do you guys think? Please review and tell me your thoughts. Reviews help make me post the next chapter faster. Well until next time!

Ja'ne,

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