"Mama… what happened?!"
Sarada ran right into her mama's room, looking with panicked eyes at the lying form of her mother whom she'd never seen so… weak before.
Even though she was raised to be polite, Sarada didn't even realize Tsunade standing beside the bed, watching her student like a hawk watched his hatched babies.
The pink haired medic looked at her daughter with blurred vision, her eyes full of weakness and hesitation when Sarada hold her hand in hers.
Kakashi was standing right beside Sarada, his mask hiding the bitter look on his face.
His eyes, however, were speaking more than a thousand words, never in his life had the jonin felt so… unsure and helpless.
"S-Sa… ra-"
Her mothers soft voice was nothing but a mere whisper, her beautiful green eyes without any spark or life at all. The strong medic looked like she just went to hell and came back from a horrifying trip she was forced to take.
"Sarada..."
The 14 year old hold her breath at her mothers words and Kakashi closed his sad eyes for rhis were the first words Sakura'd spoken after 24 hours.
"Mama… What happened to you? Why are you even in the hospital? Why are you hurt?"
'Hurt' wasn't exactly it.
Uchiha Sakura looked horrible, uncountable wounds were covering her body with bruises and swollen flesh making her appear even weaker.
Her arms were bandaged and Sarada could tell that there were many more bruises her mother didn't want her to know about.
Both of them were happy about the blanket that covered her hurt form, especially Sakura was glad that her daughter wasn't forced to see how pathetic she looked.
Sakura had been… destroyed.
Never in her life would Sarada Uchiha have guessed that someone would be able to even tome close to touching her beautiful, strong mother…
"A fight.", Kakashi answered for her, knowing that his former student wouldn't be able to find the words.
"Someone attacked her during her weakest moments. Your mother had many surgeries to finish and-"
"WHEN did that happen?! And WHY wasn't I informed earlier?!"
Calling Sarada 'angry' would be an understatement, more so, the black haired chunin was furious!
"She was found unconscious yesterday. The fight took place the night before and… you were on that mission..."
Her heart twisted and guilt was fogging her mind for Sarada started to feel even more anger towards herself. She should've stayed with her mother.
She shouldn't have accepted that damned mission in the first place!
"Who did it? Kakashi Sensei, who was strong enough to hurt Mama?!"
A pregnant silence followed and Sarada's gaze met Sakura's who looked so… so sad.
No. No, her mother looked devastated, hurt, empty and… broken.
"Mama, please tell me! What happened to you? Who did this-"
"I… I c-can't...-"
She couldn't speak. Sakura just couldn't speak properly and suddenly started breathing as if she was… suffocating. Like there wasn't enough air for her lungs to inhale..!
"Mama, please, look at me! I'm here, you're not alone, I swear!"
Sarada felt helpless and lost, it nearly killed her to see her mother like this.
"Can't you breathe..?"
Carefully, Sarada pulled the white blanket a little down and then…
She saw something that made her insides twitch with shock.
Angry red and blueish marks were covering her decollete, her neck and her shoulders.
Her hospital gown presented more than enough skin from her mother and when Sarada blinked twice, thrice… she noticed something else.
Bite marks.
Most of those weird bruises were… bite marks.
It took a while for her to completely process it but it suddenly hurt Sarada like a loud, devastating bomb.
Suddenly, the breath around her became thinner, her sight blurred and her chest burned like fire.
"M-Mama… What happened to you..?!"
She wasn't fully capable to understand those bite marks but her heart was telling her that an enemy must've done something to her caring mother that was able to completely destroy her.
Those marks…
Those damn, disgusting marks were not life threatening or breeding at all but something told her that the medic had suffered something she wasn't able to… handle.
"WHO DID THIS TO YOU?!"
An inner tumult was forcing her to feel more and more anger; worry, fury and hatred created a deadly mixture inside Sarada's heart.
"Tell me who hurt you! I swear to god, I will TEAR HIM TO SHREDS!"
Hey eyes bled red, the sharingan was vibrating out of anger.
Her third tomoe appeared even though Sarada wasn't exactly sure what happened to her mother. But those marks were enough to set her off.
She was going insane with blood thirst.
"You need to calm down.", Kakashi ordered and hold her back for Sarada's chakra was flowing like crazy.
"Your mom needs to rest!", Tsunade suddenly barked strictly.
"Kakashi, you have to take her out! Sakura needs to rest and stress like that will only make everything worse!"
Nodding, Kakashi took his little prodigy out of the room but before he could talk to her, Sarada started speaking very angry, hateful words.
"Where is my father?!", she barked.
"WHERE?! Papa… Why didn't he come back from his goddamn mission to protect Mama?!"
"Naruto wanted to inform him as soon as possible, Sarada.", the silver haired jonin ensured her, his voice heavy and full of sadness for he knew what happened to Sakura.
"But why isn't he here yet?! If he knows about her condition, then he should be by her side already!"
Actually, Sarada Uchiha was a calm, collected girl who followed the rules and understood certain decisions. Sure, her temper could be a little problem sometimes, but she still was a fine kunoichi with good manners and perfect self control.
But this situation was different because some damn scumbag dared to injure her beloved mother. Her mother, her mentor, her… life. "
Mama could've died and she wouldn't have even been with her!
"What? Sarada, where are you going-"
"I'm going to the hokage's office and speak to uncle Naruto! Enough is enough!"
It was in those times that Sarada Uchiha took more after her pink haired mother and to be honest… Kakashi didn't expect it any different.
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"Sarada-chan..?"
Naruto was a little startled when his best friend's daughter suddenly stormed into his office, her eyes glowing like a red inferno.
Of course he knew that she was aware and Naruto also knew why exactly she decided to look for him.
"Nandaime-sama.", she started, knowing exactly that it angered Naruto when she spoke too formally to him because it sounded far too distant.
"Where is he?"
Where is my father?!
Yeah… Naruto knew exactly what she wanted to know and it pained him.
It was him who found Sakura-chan and never in his life had the blonde hokage felt so…
Helpless.
Broken, useless and utterly helpless.
The fox ninja wasn't used to Sakura being hurt that badly and to his shock it was far worse.
She wasn't simply 'hurt'.
No… Sakura-chan was… Someone just..!
He couldn't even think those words for it infuriated him, awoke the beast within him which would definitely destroy the building in the process if he didn't control himself.
"I sent him a message.", he told her quietly, his eyes full of sorrow and agony.
"I told him that Sakura was hurt and that she needs him know… He-"
"What did he say in return?", the black haired kunoichi demanded.
"Uncle Naruto, you have to tell me! What was his answer? What did he say when you told him about Mama-"
"Nothing.", the hokage answered, knowing how much this would hurt her.
But lying was never an answer and Naruto knew that it would make things even worse, so that's why he had to tell her the truth, no matter how painful it was.
"I didn't get an answer from him, Sarada-chan. I… I don't know when he'll return, dattebayo..."
The hokage's words felt like a hard slap in her face, her heart jerked painfully under her heavy chest. Never in her life had Sarada been so… speechless and shocked.
Never in her life had she felt so much anger and hatred for her father.
Her goddamn father who was NOT there to protect her mother.
"Until your mom gets better, you're gonna stay with us. Hinata can't wait to see you again and promised to make your favourite food.", Naruto smiled to change the subject.
"Don't worry about your mama. She'll be okay in no time, I swear! Her injuries… will be healed soon, this is nothing Tsunade-baachan can't fix, dattebayo!"
His smile was fake, Sarada knew. She was aware that something horrible must've happened to her mother because… her eyes…
They looked like they'd seen hell.
Sarada could tell from looking at her mama's eyes that someone hurt her so much that it would take much longer than a few days for her to heal properly.
Someone destroyed her mother…
"Once your mother gets better, we will find out who… did this to her.", Naruto promised to his goddaughter, knowing how much she suffered from all this.
"Papa… Why didn't he...-"
"Sarada-chan, trust me, he will come back.", Naruto ensured her and seemed to really believe that.
"He loves your mama deeply. You know that he would do everything for-"
"I don't care!", the young chunin interrupted him with furious, fierce eyes.
"We don't need him! From now on, I will be the one to protect Mama from harm! I will be there for her and I will do anything to make her happy again!", she shouted angrily, looking so much like her mother right know.
"We don't need him anymore! I can take care of my mother myself and I will help her heal! So you can tell my father that he shouldn't bother… He doesn't need to come back because we don't need him!"
Saying those words, Sarada turned around and slammed the door shut, making the wall crack by the impact.
Naruto was flabbergasted, didn't know what to say or what to think.
Going after her would be no use for he knew that Sarada needed time to think, time to adjust to this situation…
Hopefully, Boruto and Mitsuki would help er calm down.
During those times, it were comrades and friends that were able to cheer you up and especially his son would know how to make her smile again.
And Naruto swore that he would find that fucking bastard who did that to his best friend.
Whoever did that must've been an incredibly strong opponent because -let's be real- Sakura-chan belonged to the strongest shinobi's in the world, having surpassed Tsunade in the age of 17!
Uchiha Sakura was a talented, powerful fighter and Naruto didn't know anyone but Sasuke and himself who could survive a death battle against her.
So who did that?
Who dared to… rapeher?
Who was able to injure her so much, who knew when exactly to attack her to win the fight?
Naruto would find out and whoever did that to Sakura-chan would pay.
The hokage would make sure that he would not rest until he found that son of a bitch and give him a punishment that will make him believe he's in fucking hell.
"Damn it, Sasuke..!", he grunted, his fist connected harshly with his desk as he watched his old photo with old Team 7 looking at him.
His eyes softened when he saw Genin Sakura-chan smile at him, her green eyes full of life and energy which wasn't comparable to the was they looked now.
"Where are you, you fucking idiot..? Your family needs you, dattebayo..!"
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So, here's a little something I tried to write and I hope you liked it.
I know this chapter is quite short but I first wanted to see If you even enjoy this story before writing longer chaps, ya know? :D
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