Author: What's up you guys! This is my first Naruto fic so be nice! Well the idea for this story pretty much came to mind one day and stuck with me so I finally decided to give it a shot. I'm not too sure how descriptive I'm going to be with certain scenes that will be played out in this story so to stay on the safe side I'm going to rate this M. This won't be for the faint of heart; I will have indications of Child Abuse and Rape so if this is not for you, please refrain from reading. I write about these situations because they're real and people go through it every day and it should be addressed. The things that will be portrayed in this story is not from personal experience but I have known people from my past who have dealt with some of these scenarios.

Now on a much brighter note; those who do read, I hope you enjoy the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.

I stared up at the large three story building of Konoha High and felt a scowl quickly settle on my face. I was not happy to be back in this hell hole...but I'd rather be here than at home right now.

Sighing heavily I slowly scanned some of the students that hung around the outside of the building before slowly trudging my way inside.

I kept my head down and my black fitted cap pulled down low to draw as little attention as possible. The last thing I needed was to be noticed by the terror squad.

Finally stopping at my locker, I grunted as I was shoved from behind and my shoulder rammed into the steel door before I lost my balance and fell to the floor.

I gritted my teeth, climbing to my feet with my back still turned to the giggling culprit.

"Well well well...look who's finally shown their face back at school."

I mentally rolled my eyes as I glared at my locker. Of course the fucking terror squad would find me. Sighing, I shifted my book bag on my shoulder and finally turned, giving my tormentor a bored look.

"What do you want, Tayuya?" I asked as I looked over the short red head that was never seen without a hat; today she decided to rock a black beanie. Her dark brown eyes glared at me as the corner of her thin lips were curled up in a wicked smirk.

To her left stood Temari whom had her arms crossed over chest and a smirk on her face as well. She was much taller than the red head with sandy blonde hair pulled back in four spiky ponytails. Her pale green eyes were piercing as they locked on to me.

To the right of Tayuya stood Ino; the blonde Barbie look alike. She was slightly shorter than Temari with her white blonde hair pulled up in a high ponytail with bangs pushed to the side of her face. Her sky blue eyes were busy examining her cuticles.

"Oh nothing, just wondering where my favorite punching bag has been." Tayuya practically sang with a grin of innocence.

I glowered at the redhead. "None of your fucking business."

Tayuya gaped at me and from the corner of my eye I saw Ino shift her gaze to me, arching a brow in surprise.

"Looks like somebody has jumped up to another level of bitch while she was gone."

I glared at Temari and she returned it by a tenfold. "Whatever." I muttered, turning and stepping to the right to leave; I could come back to my locker later. Unfortunately Ino stepped in my way and I felt a low growl leave the back of my throat as I clenched my hands into tight fists.

"Move!" I snapped, resisting the urge to shove the blonde back for being in my personal space.

Ino frowned but didn't budge; much to my annoyance. "What's been up with you? You've been gone for a long time and no offense but you really don't look too good."

I could literally hear my teeth grind as I clenched my jaws. So what if I had bags under my eyes and was paler than usual and looked a little worse for wear. I had my reasons and it is nobody's business but my own so fuck her!

Though…as I looked up into those sky blue eyes and saw no signs of mockery but of genuine concern; I felt my hardened resolve begin to crumble and I quickly turned my gaze to look past her shoulder.

"I've been sick."

"For like 5 months?" butted into Tayuya as she apparently found her voice again.

I snapped my gaze towards the redhead with a frown. "Yes…I was out sick for 5 months."

"You got AIDs?"

I gaped at Temari. "No!"

"Than what is it? Cancer?" asked Ino.

"I'm not dying!?" I yelled, causing a few random students in the hall to look at us. I could feel the blush creeping up the back of my neck as I glared at the remaining few that had stupidly decided to continue staring and eavesdrop on my conversation.

"I'm fine…" I muttered through gritted teeth.

"You don't look fine." Shot back Tayuya.

"What's it to you?!" I hissed as I took a threatening step towards her. My patience has run out; all I wanted was to get through the day in peace! I didn't want to be bothered and I sure as hell don't want to answer stupid questions! Was that too fucking much to ask for?!

I felt a hand grab my shoulder and I whirled around and glared at Ino in outrage.

"Don't touch me!" I roared.

Ino snatched her hand back as if she hand been burned, taking a startled step back. "I'm…I'm sorry…we're just worried."

"Don't be." I snapped, breathing heavily. I just needed to breathe and calm down…everything would be okay.

"Jesus…you don't need to get so defensive." muttered Tayuya as she eyed me wearily.

"SAKURA!"

I froze as my retort was cut off by an obnoxiously loud voice. A warm smile graced my face; my boys!

I turned and spotted blonde spikes bobbing through the crowd of students as he tried to push his way closer to me.

I furrowed my brows in confusion; when the hell did the hallways get so packed?

I finally caught sight of his bright blue eyes and his 1000watt grin when he broke through the crowd. Before I could react I found myself crushed in a bear hug and lifted off my feet.

"OH MY GOD!" the blonde spun me around with a laugh.

"I thought you weren't coming back for another two weeks?"

"Naruto…I can't breathe." I gasped as I tried to wiggle out of his grasp for precious air.

"Get off her you idiot!" Naruto was suddenly ripped away from me and I sucked in oxygen greedily. I looked up into a broad chest clad in a navy blue t-shirt and I couldn't stop the grin that formed as my eyes finally stopped on onyx orbs.

"Sasuke." I said simply.

"Sakura." He replied just as simply with a smirk. He suddenly leaned in and pulled me into a tight embrace. I soon found my face flushed against his chest and I marveled at the smell of burning firewood engulfing my nose.

"Hey you bastard! I was talking to Sakura first!"

"Shut it, Idiot! You were suffocating her." snapped Sasuke as he pulled back from me to yell at his friend.

"No I wasn't! I was giving her a hug!"

"She was turning blue!"

"No she wasn't! She was just flustered from being pressed against this glorious body."

Sasuke gaped in horror. "What the hell are you talking about?!"

"Boys." I spoke softly, barely holding back my laughter at Naruto's ridiculousness. The both of them immediately snapped their heads towards me.

"Come on. Let's go." I replied. The both of them nodded and as I turned, I felt Sasuke tug me back by the hoodie of my sweatshirt. I looked at him questioningly but he didn't say anything, only grabbed the strap of my book bag and pulled it off my shoulder and placed it upon his own shoulder alongside his book bag.

As I started to complain that I can carry my own stuff, Naruto swooped in and draped an arm around my shoulders and began to lead me down the hallway with Sasuke falling into step on my other side. I casted a backwards glance over my shoulder to see Temari, Ino and Tayuya glaring at our retreating backs, jealousy burning in their eyes.

I sighed as I fought against my conscious telling me to go back to them…to tell them why I've been so cold, to tell them why I really had been gone for so long…and why I couldn't be their friend anymore. I blinked back the tears that threatened to fall and turned away from them.

Things were better this way…

I exhaled a shaky breath and looked at my boys…my brothers…my very over protective brothers…maybe…they were more like body guards?

Yeah…

That sounded just about right.

I looked up at Naruto whom was babbling on about God only knows what. His arm was still slung over my shoulders as he held me protectively against his side. He had gotten slightly taller since the last time I had seen him and his voice a tad bit deeper. He had a black folded bandanna tied around his forehead to keep his hair from his eyes and I could smell Ramen coming off his loud Orange t-shirt. He had his free hand stuffed into the pocket of his dark baggy denim jeans with a long silver chain that connected to the front of his jean and disappeared into his back pocket; bumping against his thigh with every step. I glanced at his black Etnies before turning to Sasuke whom was busy glaring at anyone who so much as looked in my direction. He had ebony locks hanging in his eyes with a black beanie that was pushed to the back of his head, leaving the back sagging. His navy blue t-shirt fit snug against his frame that matched his navy blue vans. He had both of his hands stuffed in the pockets of his black skinny jeans, both of our bags hanging off one shoulder. I noticed that he had also gotten taller as well even though he always had the height advantage out of Naruto and I.

Sasuke suddenly caught my gaze and gave me a small smile, nudging me in the shoulder before glaring at another victim that was staring at me. I giggled softly, reaching out and looping my arm through his and pulled him closer to me. Without looking at me, he smirked and playfully bumped his elbow into my side.

I grinned; yeah they were my body guards but they were definitely my boys too.

I had tried to push my boys away too like I had done the terror squad…but they were having none of it.

They latched onto me like blood thirsty leeches.

Blinking, I stopped in my tracks and looked at my surroundings. Why were we in some random classroom?

I looked to both Naruto and Sasuke as they had moved to stand in front of me. Without warning, Sasuke reached out and grabbed my hat and pulled it off my head. My pink locks tumbled down my shoulders and fell around my face.

Passing my hat to Naruto, Sasuke than brushed my hair back with his fingers until all of it was free from my face. I saw the scowl that appeared as his fingers gently traced down the right side of my cheekbone that was swollen and already turning black and blue.

"I thought you said this stopped?!" growled Naruto as he gripped my hat in one hand and the other bald up into a tight fist.

I stepped away from Sasuke and snatched my hat from Naruto, twisting my hair with my hand and tucking it under my hat.

"It did."

"Than what the hell happened to your face?!" snapped Naruto.

With a huff I crossed my arms over my chest . "Look…everything has been good. My mom hasn't been drinking for the past few weeks like she promised and we've been getting along." I sighed, rubbing at the back of my neck.

"Than at like 3am I wake to her trashing the place and stumbling around drunk off her ass. She was cussing and screaming like a lunatic and there were liquor and beer bottles everywhere. I tried to get her to calm down and go to bed and she flipped her lid and hit me across the face with a bottle. Then she started yelling some crazy shit that I couldn't even understand, and then she stormed out of the house. I decided I wasn't going to stick around and wait for her to come back."

"Where's Angel? Is he okay?" demanded Sasuke.

"He is fine; he slept through all of that. I took him to daycare before I came here."

"You walked all the way to the daycare and then to school? Why didn't you call me? I would have picked you up!" Sasuke shook his head in disapproval.

"I didn't even think about it; I just wanted to get out of there. Plus the walk helped me to blow off some steam."

"You're not staying there tonight. You're coming home with us." stated Naruto with finality in his voice.

"I'm not staying with you guys again." I mumbled.

'Why?" demanded Sasuke, his eyes narrowing dangerously.

"Because things are different now...and Angel is here now too. I don't want to burden your family Sasuke. They've helped me enough."

"Stop being annoying Sakura!" snapped my dark haired friend. "My family adores you and Angel. You are not a burden, my parents and Itachi speak highly of you."

"It's true Sakura. Mom and Dad want you to live with us; mom took it pretty hard when you left." replied Naruto, his cerulean eyes pleading with me. "Come home."

I shook my head. "I'm not going home with you guys." I raised my hand when both boys began to protest. "When I was in the hospital my grandma asked me to come live with her; I'm going to take her up on that offer. I can't do this anymore."

I watched my boys loosen their tense postures and sigh in relief. Naruto stepped forward and pulled me flush against his chest and wrapped his arms loosely around my waist.

"I don't think I can handle seeing you in the hospital again Sakura." His voice cracked and I could feel his body begin to tremble against me. I knew he was holding back tears.

"Don't worry about that...it won't happen again." I mumbled into the fabric of his shirt. I snaked my arms around his waist and gripped the back of his shirt with both hands, embracing the warmth his body radiated.

"Hn."

I glared at Sasuke when I heard him grunt in disbelief. "It won't."

"I'll believe that when you are free of that woman." He spat, jamming his hands roughly into his pockets, deep frown marring his features.

"I just told you I'm going to talk to my Grandma after school. Will you guys be able to take me up there?"

"Of course!" proclaimed Naruto.

"You will have to hang around school until our football practice is over with though." added Sasuke.

"That's fine. I can get most of my homework done while I wait."

"When do you need to get Angel?" asked the blonde as he finally got his emotions under control and pulled away from me.

"I have to get him before 5:30pm."

"That's plenty of time; practice is over at 4:30pm so when can pick him up before we take you to your grandmother. " said Sasuke, having everything all figured out.

I nodded, turning my head to look at the clock above the door. My eyes about bulged out my head when I saw we only had 5 minutes to get to class.

"Shit! We're going to be late and I didn't stop at my locker."

"What class you got first?" asked Sasuke.

"History with Kakashi." I replied.

"Ooooooh! No fair! That bastard's always late!" whined Naruto.

Sasuke smirked at my questioning look. "He is always like 20 minutes late to class and always has some retarded excuse for it."

"Aaah." I replied in understanding.

"Hey I'll catch you guys later. I have Science with Orochimaru and he's an asshole so I better not be late." The blonde bolted out of the room leaving Sasuke and I shaking our heads at his abrupt exit.

"Idiot." muttered Sasuke before turning to me. "Come on; let's head to your locker."

I sighed heavily, nodding and following after my friend.

Hopefully the rest of the day will go without a hitch…hopefully.

Author: Hoped you liked and please review me your thoughts ^_^