Alright! Please forgive me for being so inconsiderate and not updating in like two years!!! Sorry!!! But, I was having trouble with my laptop so i couldn't get the story out yesterday! Sorry again!!! But, i fixed it!! Yay! Woot! Alright, well,i hope you all like this re-written version! I mean, I have a lot of different stories on my laptop, so i am revising them all in this manner! Yay! But, I hope to get some good reviews!!
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Shattered Fragments: A Broken Cherry Blossom
Chapter 1:
Feelings
She shivered as the coldness of the room, melted through her skin, numbing her slowly. Dull, lifeless eyes stared at the floor indifferently. She jumped at every small, insignificant noise, and searched every shadow that flickered even the slightest. If anyone was to see her now, they would see a broken doll.
Her mind was racing, she had forgotten everything that she knew, everything that she had held close to her heart before. Now, the only thoughts that crossed her mind were ones of fear and survival. She slow wrapped her scared arms around her bruised legs, and pulled them close to her chest.
She sat there, in the corner of the dank cell, and shivered, trying to conserve some body heat in order to stay alive. She had forgotten everything she knew, except her survival instincts and lessons. The thought of wanting to remember sometimes spoke quietly to her in the darkest corner of her mind, but then fear got the better of it.
She had forgotten more than just her memories and lessons. She had forgotten her feelings and emotions. The only emotions that she was aloud to were those of pain, death, hatred and most of all, fear. Fear was what ruled her life now, it made her think of her horrible kidnappers, and it let her mind wander to what they would do to her, when the thought or escape spoke softly to her.
It made her think of death and screams that echoed through the halls daily, in this lair. She was viciously ripped out of the dark confines of her mind, as the doors to her cell opened and slow menacing steps walked up to her, in the little corner she was in.
Her small, petit form began to tremble and her wild emerald eyes stared panicky at the floor. His voice sent stabs of fear through her entire body.
"Come now, Sakura-san, we need you. Now be a good girl and stand up for me, won't you?" Then the tears came. They poured from her eyes, and dropped noiselessly to the floor as the fear began to control her again, making her stand up slowly. She felt how stiff her body was, but the fear pulsed adrenalin trough her which rid her of the familiar numbness. She saw him smirk as the light cascaded only on his mouth, and half his body.
"Thats a good girl." He said mockingly with a synical sneer spread across his face.
"Two years..." Naruto thought sadly to himself. "Two years, and we still can't find her...Sakura-chan, please...please, whatever you do...just please be ok..." He looked up to see his familiar raven haired team mate.
"Oye! Teme! Hey, teme!" He shouted, and began to run up to Sasuke. He saw as Sasuke stopped and slowly turned around to wait. He had finally managed to bring back Sasuke, just like he promised Sakura. Once Sasuke was back, she seemed so much happier, but then she disappeared.
Everyone in the village went crazy looking for her. Everyone just loved her so much, it was kinda hard not too. Now it's two years later and most of the village has given up looking for her. They even held a funeral for her, but he wouldn't give up. H ejust knew she was alive, somewhere. He even saw Ino sometimes, but she always seemed in a confused daze, she was locked in her own mind, and only talked to Shikamaru.
Tsunade was going through a harder time, Sakura and she had been like mother and daughter, especially after Sakura's family had died, during Orochimaru's attack on the village. He snapped out of his daze when he caught up with Sasuke.
"Hey teme." He said solemnly.
"Hn." He just followed Sasuke through the streets and then finally managed out,
"H-Hey, Sasuke-teme..."
"What?"
"W-Well, have you, y'know, heard anything about, Sakura-chan?" Sasuke didn't say anything so he sadly sighed.
"No." His heart throbbed and then he said,
:W-Well, I don't care. I won't ever give up on finding her! I won't let her disappear out of my life, just like that! Right teme!?" He began to gain a bit of happiness as he reminded himself that she was still alive out there and no matter what he did he would find her and bring her back. He saw the strange glances of people passing by.
"There's no need to yell dobe." He stared incredulously at the young Uchiha prodigy standing next to him, he didn't sound like her even remotely cared about her. This made him instantly seethe with anger. He stopped in front of him and began to yell,
""What is wrong with you!? How can you be so calm!? You act like you don't even care what happens to Sakura-chan! You know what? You probably even don't!! You always act like you hate her and your always saying how weak and annoying she is!!! Well, I don't care if you don't care, but I won't ever give up on finding her!! You are such a bastard!!" Then he turned and ran off. He couldn't be near Sasuke right now.
He listened to Naruto yell at him and then watched as his best friend ran off.
"Not care about her? Hate her?" He thought to himself before turning and walking the other way, "But...I do care about her, that's why I finally let that snake bastard and came home, to be back near her. After leaving for so long, I didn't feel right, like a huge part of me was mission, my heart. I didn't realize it at the time, but when i left her on the bench that night, had unintentionally given her my heart. I came back, to be reunited with my heart."
He thought sadly to himself, then he finished his thoughts by thinking,
"Not care for her, Naruto...you dobe."
"Baka! Teme! Jerk! Sasuke doesn't care about Sakura-chan at all!! He always ignores her and hates her!!! He left her on a fucking bench!! How could he!!! That stupid teme!!!!! I can't believe he is so mean to poor Sakura-chan! I hate him so much!!" He thought coldly while hopping from branch to branch in the woods. Maybe to find a small glimpse of him beloved cherry blossom.
Well, he did love Sakura. He loved her more than anything, but now that he and Hinata had gotten together, she had turned into more of a sister figure for him. And he inadvertently gotten more protective over her, for everything.
He searched the woods over and over again until it got dark, and there was still no sign of his pink haired teammate. He sighed, defeated and sadly went back to his apartment. He stepped through the door and tossed his ANBU cloak and fox mask onto his couch. He then started to his room, but something on the chest caught his attention.
Going over he slowly picked it up, it was the...
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