Sakura stared at the old woman on the bed as her dark eyes, penetrating yet dazed, kept going back and forth between her and Shisui. Her long hair cascaded down her shoulders, faded silver tufts among still sable ones, reaching the edge of the hospital blanket that covered her whole body.

'Hello, obaa-chan, ' Shisui beamed, finally taking a step inside the room. Sakura followed him, coming to stand at his side when he stopped. 'It 's been a couple weeks, huh? I figured you 'd be sick of seeing just my face or Itachi 's, so I brought another friend with me this time. This is Sakura. '

It was Shisui 's birthday, and when he'd mentioned that he wanted to visit his grandmother the other day, Sakura had asked if she could go with him. Naturally, he had agreed, and he'd picked her up after her classes at the Academy had ended to head at the nursing home located behind the hospital together, even telling Sasuke and Naruto that they could join them.