Parings: SasuSaku, NaruHina. Maybe NejiTen & ShikaIno later on!

Summary: Sakura had just endured the hardest thing in her life, becoming mute. What other bad things could possibly happen to her, or will it get better?

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto!

"Speaking"

"Thoughts"

"SHOUTING"

Inner Selves

A/N – Author's Note (if you don't know what A/N means!)

Chapter 1: Becoming Mute

The young 6 year old woke up, not knowing where she was. She looked to one side, then the other side. She looked at her arm and saw an ECG monitor, and an IV attached to her. She then knew where she was, the hospital. As she slowly got up, a nurse came into the room and said, "Oh! You're finally awake, Sakura-san! My name is Nabouri Hoshi (A/N: is that even an Japanese last name?). How are you feeling, dear?"

Sakura couldn't answer. She tried talking but she couldn't. Sakura then realized how and why she was here.

Flashback

An unknown man had just broke in and entered the Haruno's residence. Sakura, at that time, was sleeping peacefully until she heard some cries of screams coming from downstairs. Startled, she slowly approached the first step of the stairs. What she saw was something that she would of never imagined.

The blood-curled screams came from her mother, as she saw her husband lay limp on the ground. Sakura realized that her father was dead. She ran down the stairs and started crying, "OKAA-SAN!"

"Sakura! Get out of the house and run as far as you can from here!" her mother cried.

Sakura didn't listen though; she went to help out her mother to ward of this evil man who killed her father. The man started beating her mother. She repeatedly kicked and screamed at the man saying, "STOP HURTING OKAA-SAN! STOP HURTING OKAA-SAN!"

The man started to get annoyed of her pounding on his legs constantly so, as every criminal mind does, he hit her to the other side of the room, nearly knocking her out. He then, pulled out a knife and started charging at full force for her. The man screamed at Sakura, "I'LL FUCKING KILL YOU, YOU BRAT!"

Sakura covered her head, thinking that would protect her from his knife. But what she didn't see was that her mother was running towards her. She was waiting for the pain to strike, but she didn't feel neither pain nor blood. When she looked up, all she saw was her mother kneeling over her, and blood spewing out of her mouth. The man kicked her mother out of the way so that he could finish his job.

He started beating Sakura like a punching bag, but what really got her was when he kicked he in the back of the neck/back area. She coughed up blood from her mouth from the brutal kick to the back of the neck. Before any more damage could be done, the police charged into the house and cuffed the man.

Apparently, the next-door neighbour heard the screams from the Haruno's residence and called the police to check out the once-was peaceful home. The police had also came along with the ambulance incase anybody was injured. They took Sakura into the ambulance and rushed to the hospital as fast as they could. After 2 minutes of being in the ambulance, Sakura had completely blacked-out.

End of Flashback

The nurse didn't know why she wasn't answering her until a doctor came in to check up on her to see if any other damage was conflicted onto her now-fragile body. The doctor then looked at the back of the neck and saw a huge bruise planted on her pale skin. He asked Sakura, "Can you try to talk for me, dear?"

Sakura tried to talk, but nothing was coming out of her lips. The doctor wasn't surprised about this, he knew exactly why she couldn't speak. She's mute, the doctor thought. He then whispered to the nurse that she was mute. The nurse looked beyond shocked, maybe on the verge of tears.

The nurse left the room and the doctor explained to Sakura that she as indeed, mute. She was shocked. That guy must of hit her very hard to make her not be able to talk for the rest of her life, or so the doctors say. Sakura knew that her life was going to be tough for a long time.

So, whatcha think? Plz go easy on me, this is my first fanfic so I'm still learning how to use and all that jazz. I hope you liked it. Plz R&R (Read & Review) Thanks! Ja ne!

Awai-Chan