Author's Note:
Rurouni: Ah, gomen for such a long, LONG absence of updates, but I needed a break. I got more done on my website for once, and spent my extra time enslaving myself by drawing. Thank you all for being so VERY patient.
Sasuke: Do we really have to continue this pointless thing?
Rurouni: Yes. Stares at feral, impatient reviewers We HAVE to continue it. ;;
Gaara: walks into the author's room and see's them ... turns to leave
Rurouni: Gaara!!! Drags him back You can join us in the author's room.
Gaara: No.
Sasuke: Like we have a choice...
Kabuto: Let's just start the chapter...
Sakura: Ok! Gets the chapter Here it is, chapter 2! RR and we hope you like the chapter!
Gaara and Sasuke: No, we don't.
Rurouni: By the way, Fanfiction has decided to hate me and the stars aren't working. So for the time being thoughts will be in little dash things like these - .
Chapter 2: RevivalLight poured in from the window next to the cool metal bed. The room was small and quiet, and it took awhile for his eyes to adjust to the faint trail of light. Sasuke sat up, yawned, and ran his fingers through his hair. Today he was being released from the hospital. He was still a bit weak, but he was well enough to perform his usual tasks again, so the hospital staff had decided he could leave. Sasuke yawned as he slowly ambled out of bed and dressed himself in his usual attire.
-The quicker I get out of here the better...-
He pushed open the thick, soundproof door that blocked his room off from the rest of the hospital and headed down into the lobby to eat an early breakfast. As he padded down the hallway the initial idea of finally getting out of the hospital began to wear off, only to be replaced with the many other ideas that followed it. Since he would be returning to his home, he would have to start living with Itachi again.
-Great...-
He mentally groaned.
-Just what I need...-
His mind then drifted to the thought of the other genin. He had heard about Tenten, but his nurse had told him that she had recently been released from the hospital and that she had been fine. All of them were probably fine, Sakura included.
-Sakura?-
Why had he thought of her at that particular moment? It seemed odd to think of the pink haired kunochi at all, but his thoughts were erased when he reached the lobby and turned to order his breakfast.
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"So what have you been doing? Konoha suit you?" Tenten questioned her boyfriend."Nothing really. Konoha's fine. How was the hospital?" Gaara replied back.
"It was fine, but I missed you." Tenten chimed. Gaara couldn't hold back his smile. He had never been missed by anyone before. They fell silent again for a while, and it was Tenten who started the conversation up again.
"When do you leave?"
Gaara turned to her. She hadn't elaborated, but he already knew what she meant.
"In three days."
He mumbled back unhappily. He had just been thinking about leaving, and he didn't want the thought to return to him. Not when he could still be with her.
"Well...maybe you can stay a bit longer?"
Tenten added hopefully. She as well didn't like the notion of Gaara leaving, but what troubled her more was the thought of Gaara being engulfed in his pain once again.
-If I'm not with him, the Sand could turn him back into how he was.-
The idea plagued her mind.
"...Gaara?"
"Yes?" Gaara replied. They had walked into a secluded part of the park. The rays of sun that pierced through the trees glided over the damp grass. A butterfly drifted by and landed on top of Gaara's head. Tenten laughed at the strange sight, and Gaara smiled awkwardly.
"Promise me you won't let yourself be controlled by your anger."
"Sure. Promise."
He didn't understand why she was asking this, but he would keep his promise anyways.
"Besides," he added, "my new purpose is you."
Tenten blushed, and then pulled him into an embrace from behind.
"Love you."
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Itachi walked alongside Shzune in silence.-It's official. I'm a hated worm.-
Itachi mentally whimpered as Tsunade's assistant refused to so much as glance at him.
"So...uh...nice to meet you." Itachi mumbled in an attempt to shatter the encompassing silence.
"Ya." Was her cut-off response. Itachi omitted a heavy sigh. He obviously needed some serious social reintroduction.
"Since we're going to be spending a lot of time together, you wanna do something to get to know each other?" he continued in hopes of re-deeming himself.
"Whatever." She replied without turning.
-GAHHHHHHH!!! What did I do wrong?!-
"How come the cute girl hate me?..." He mumbled to himself.
"Oh, so you think I'm cute?" Shzune replied catching his words. Now she was interested.
"I never said YOU were cute. I could be talking about anyone." Itachi blushed in annoyance.
"But you were talking about me." Shzune snickered and teased, " Fine, I'll go to dinner with you tonight. Wanna call it a date?"
"No." Itachi groaned. Shzune laughed to herself as Itachi mentally tore his hair out.
-I need to go find a wall to bang my head against...-
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Rurouni: I know, I know. I FINALLY update and this pathetic trash is what I give you? But before you storm into the author's room and rip me lib from lib, I PROMISE I will NEVER take this long to update again! I just really needed a break from fanfic but I'm back now! The next chapter will be back in swing, and I'll try to make it a long one.
Sasuke: Great... --;
Gaara: I hate you all.
Sakura: By the way, Rurouni has added a chat room to her website with a fan fiction section in it. So if you want to give her ideas, instead of reviewing or e-mailing her you can post there. She checks it often enough. ;
Rurouni: addicted Wheeee! It's like the joys of reviews in conversation...
All: O...hides from Rurouni
Kabuto: Well, hope you enjoyed the chapter. See you all in chapter 3!
Sakura: Bye!