Title: Grief is just love

Author: CreativityIsIntelligence

Word Count: 1,738

Page Count: 6 (Six)

Genre: hurt/comfort and maybe a little bit of romance here and there

Paring: SakuMulti (So Sakura paired up with multiple guys hence the name SakuMulti)

Keys

"Talking"

'Thinking'

Emphasize (or it could just mean sarcasm)

Emphasize (2)

….

Summary: After a traumatic event, Sakura's lost and broken but she is determined to find clarity somehow. (I don't know about the summary I might just change it soon)


Prologue

Three figures could be seen walking through the dirt road that led to Konoha. After a month away from their beloved village, they were finally heading back home. They had traveled to many beautiful and unique places over the course of their trip, but nothing could compare to Konoha, at least not in their eyes. Kizashi and Mebuki Haruno had insisted they go on this trip, saying that it would be a fun family experience, but the truth was they both noticed how their daughter had been drifting away from them, especially since she has recently just graduated and was placed on a team with the Uchiha. They knew they couldn't stop their daughter from growing up but they didn't want to let her go yet.

"Are you excited to be back again, Sakura?" Mebuki asked looking down at her giddy daughter, she was practically skipping, it warmed her heart to see her daughter so happy.

"Yes! I'm so happy, I missed Sasuke Kun so much" she said clasping her hands near her heart as she twirled around in her red dress.

Kizashi's expression turned sour, he opened his mouth about to remark on 'Sasuke Kun' when suddenly they heard a rustling sound, they all immediately froze, after a few minutes in silence they decided to pass it off as a wild animal.

Before anyone of them could react, a figure jumped down from a nearby tree, landing in front of them. The man easily towered above all of them, he had a muscular build, was bald and had a scar the went all the way from his scalp to down his left eye and across his cheek, he was wearing nothing but black and he had many weapons strapped across his body, some visible others not. He was holding a large dagger in his hand as he sent them, particularly Sakura, a bloodthirsty stare and his mouth twisted into a wide grin.

Quickly stepping in front of his family, Kizashi tried to ease their fear by trying to put up a brave front but he was trembling profusely, he grabbed Mebuki's hand

"Mebuki, honey listen to me, I want you to take Sakura and run to the village as fast as you can, make sure that you both get out alive and…I love you two deeply, please remember that"

"I will and I love you too" Mebuki whispered back, tears were running down her face, she didn't want to leave her husband she loved him, but her daughter – her daughter was still young, she had a long life ahead of her, and she as her parent had to make sure that she was safe and that she would have a future, Kizashi had already done his job, it was her turn.

Grabbing her daughter's hand, she ran as fast as she could towards her village, dragging her confused and horrified daughter with her. Behind Mebuki she could hear her husband charging in with a battle cry but she didn't stop even when she faintly heard the gurgling sound that was sure to be the sound of her husband choking on his own blood, she didn't even stop when her daughter tried to pull her back towards her father finally fully realizing what was happening.

Minutes passed and nothing happened but Mebuki didn't slow down. Just as the village gates came into view, she felt something sharp lodge itself into her back, her blood splattered onto Sakura's pale face. Sakura screamed, she told her to stop but her mother didn't listen she ran and ran until she couldn't, she collapsed, and when Sakura came to kneel beside her she used the last of her energy to shout.

"RUN SAKURA! RUN!"

So, she ran, Sakura ran as fast as she could, not looking back, for fear of that she might find the man close behind her, holding up his dagger that was now thoroughly coated with her parents' crimson blood. It felt like hours before Konoha gate came into view, she ignored the guards that yelled at her to stop, she kept running, she passed many people all of which stopped to stare at the crying, blood covered girl.

"SAKURA!?"

Sakura didn't know who screamed out to her but she didn't stop, after a few minutes she skidded to a stop and turned her hand from left to right trying to find anything or anyone that might help her, the Hokage tower was too far away, she had to find someone else. Her emerald eyes spotted a tall white building, she ran to it and slammed it's doors open, everyone's eyes turned toward her and immediately a nurse came up.

"Oh God! what happe – " the female nurse said stretching her hand out to touch the trembling girl but Sakura grabbed her hand and started to drag her out of the hospital, at first the nurse seemed to resist but once she fully comprehended the state she was in she relented.

Like before, Sakura didn't stop as the guards screamed at her, nor when one disappeared and the other followed her, he didn't seem as though he was trying to stop her, only follow her, it didn't matter to her as long as he didn't get in her way.

Sakura stared at her parents' bodies in pure horror and the nurse next her fell to her knee puking her guts out. the man had moved her parents' bodies so that the were lying next to each other, their bodies were cut up. Her mother's stomach was sliced open, her father's head was detached from his body, they had multiple needles sticking out of their torso and both of them had no arms or legs. Sakura soon followed the nurse and barfed everything out.

Sakura whipped the back of her hand across her mouth, she turned her head to look at the nurse who refused to face the awful sight again. Deep down she knew they were dead, long gone, but she was desperate, she didn't want to lose them. She didn't know what to do without them.

"What are you doing? Heal them!" the nurse desperately shook her head, she was no help, she couldn't do anything to help her parents.

"I'm sorry I can't, no one can, they're dead" Panic started to take over her body. She can't, she won't believe it, her parents are alive and if the nurse wouldn't heal them than she would.

"Fine of you won't do it I will" Sakura said steeling her resolve. She was scared, she knew that this was dangerous, she o had only ever watched the nurses and doctors do it from afar, and she had no idea how it worked or what you were supposed to do, but the thought of losing her parents terrified her more.

Forcing chakra to her hands, Sakura's hand began to burn as what looked like a blue flame slowly began to surround both her hands. Tears were falling from her eyes but she didn't stop, she moved closer to her parents' bodies her hands dripping with blood. Just as her hands were about to touch her mother's torn body someone appeared behind her grabbing her shoulders successfully stopping her attempt and healing her obviously dead parents.

Sakura struggled against their firm grip, desperate to get to her parents, the burnt skin on her hands had all but fallen off, and her whole hand was covered in the dark crimson color of her own blood. Before Sakura could struggle further, a pair of hands came down on specific points on her arms. Sakura screamed out as the chakra on her hands slowly diminished and her hands went limb, they had blocked her chakra pathways.

Tears raced down her face as sobs racked her fragile body. This couldn't be happening, her parents can't be dead. No, no they couldn't possibly be dead, she didn't want to believe it, she couldn't.

Looking at the motionless bodies, Sakura started to struggle again trying with all her power to get closer to their bodies, she wasn't going to let them die. She thrashed and screamed, she did all she could to get away from the person who was holding her tightly. She was prepared to fight, but before she could do anything, Sakura felt pressure on the back of her neck, darkness started to creep into the edges of her vision and before she knew it the darkness had taken over and she had fallen into dreamless slumber.


Author note: I know I should be focusing on 'Mistake Unforgiven' but I really wanted to write this, plus I already wrote r two or three other chapters for this fic and am already editing them but don't worry I'm almost finished with chapter two of 'Mistake Unforgiven' and I began on chapter three.

Anyway guys please review, and I would just like to say helpful criticism is appreciated but by that I don't mean I want you to write something like 'UGLY, UGLY, UGLY' because I swear someone once did that, it didn't really bother me much and I really can't blame him or her since it was on of my earlier fic's which I have long since deleted, now putting all of that aside, I just think that if you're going to take the effort to write a review might as well make it helpful or supportive or at the very least positive.

Good luck on whatever you need it for, whether it's a project, writing a fanfiction or even a test or homework even though it's only July. Bye