Originally Published: 06/06/11
Edited 09/04/16
Title: Abused Kunoichi
Summary: If only they weren't too scared. Maybe then they could have helped the poor child.
Notes: Sakura is 12 going onto 13. Tsunade is NOT the abusive parent. This story is also posted on MyShadowOfDoom and Jappa13 (Ao3)
Warnings: child abuse
Sequel: Abused Kunoichi: Escaped
Abused Kunoichi
Cries of pain echoed down the street. Screams for help echoed out of the house followed by bangs and crashes. All of them ignored. If only they weren't too scared. Maybe then they would have helped the poor child.
But if they did help, the worse would come to them and they would be no more.
They should have realised that they would be under the protection of the Hokage – Tsunade. Then they could have stopped this. They would have been able to save her before this happened.
Before the poor girl had to be taken to hospital, bleeding to death, from the beating dealt to her.
It was the worse one they'd heard. The cries louder than ever, the screams sending chills down their spines. They wished they could have helped.
But how could they?
How could Naruto have known about the bruises when she kept them hidden so well?
How could've Sasuke or Kakashi saved her if she kept up such a good mask of a child who wasn't suffering.
And now Tsunade is desperately trying to pull her away from the chilling grasp of death.
"Come on Sakura! Just accept my chakra!" she cried out. Her vision was blurry with tears, hands stained with the blood dripping down onto the cold floor. Sakura's body had given up, rejecting the chakra which was trying so hard to help her.
"We can put your mother behind bars and you can start your life again! You can live with me! I can adopt you and you can be the daughter I always thought you were! Please Sakura! Let me help you!" Tsunade sobbed desperately forcing chakra into Sakura's cold broken body.
She didn't want her to die. Tsunade didn't want her to pass on like the others whom were dear to her; her brother, her husband.
"Please Sakura!"
Tsunade knew what Sakura was doing. She knew Sakura was rejecting her on purpose. She knew that Sakura wanted to die after all the crap her own Mother forced her through, all the yelling and hitting and hurting and bleeding.
"Please Sakura… please… you're all I have left…" Tsunade sobbed.
Tsunade pushed the last of her chakra into Sakura, giving up everything she had. Her vision started to fade. With one final push she slumped down to the ground.
Everything went black.
… Where am I? ...
… What is this crying? …
… Who's talking? …
…What are they doing? …
…I want to die…
…Stop healing me…
"Come on Sakura! Just accept my chakra!"
…Why? ...
…I want to die…
…Why? …
"We can put your mother behind bars and you can start your life again! You can live with me! I can adopt you and you can be the daughter I always thought you were! Please Sakura! Let me help you!"
…Why? …
…I just want to die! …
… I want to forget what she did…
…Why don't you understand? …
…Why are you trying to heal someone that wants to die?...
"Please Sakura!"
… Why do you sound so desperate? …
…I am worthless…
…So why do you want me to live? …
…Who are you? …
… Do I mean so much to you that you want me to live? …
"Please Sakura… please… you're all I have left…"
… What do you mean I'm all you have left? …
…You must have a loving family…
…So why do I mean this much to you? …
…Why do you want me to live? …
…Why? …
…Who are you? …
…Where are you? …
…Why can't I hear you? …
…Why aren't you healing me? …
…Why do I have something heavy against me? …
… Answer me! …
…Talk to me! …
PLEASE!
Tsunade gasped, startling awake.
…Where am I?
Memories from the night before forced their way into her mind and she let out an anguished cry.
"…Tsunade?"
Tsunade froze. She knew that soft voice...
"Sakura?" Tsunade whispered looking towards the voice. A child sat up in the bed next to her, looking so small in the mountain of blankets.
Sakura.
Her Darling Sakura.
"Oh!" Tsunade cried and ran over to the girl. She pulled her in for a soft hug, wary of the bruises.
Tears fell from her eyes."Don't do that again! You scared me! I thought I lost you!" she cried, holding Sakura close.
"… Do you really mean it? And everything else you said?" Sakura softly asked, her trembling hands clutching desperately at Tsunade's clothes.
"I meant every word." Tsunade promised.
A soft smile graced Sakura's face and she relaxed into Tsunade's loving hug.
"Thank you…"
