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Chapter 1 - Regret


Sakura Haruno

Rain splashed against the windows of my mother's car, creating a dark, yet calm, feeling to the cars atmosphere. Well, at least, on my half it did. My mother sat in the front seat of the car, giggling like a school girl as her boy friend proceeded to tickle and flirt with her shamelessly. I wanted to snap at both of them to watch the road, but who was I to spoil their day with my attitude? I had a bad day, but that didn't give me the right to spread it to them, no matter how much I loathed the man in the front seat, my mother's boyfriend, Daisuke.

Daisuke tried hard to get to know me, don't get me wrong, but no matter how hard I tried I could only imagine him as the man my mother had been having an affair with whilst married to my father. I could only imagine him as the bad, bad, man that took my daddy from me. He had tried explaining the affair to me, like my mother had, but I had practically bit his head off every time. I, for one, do not want to know about how he and my mom met in a diner and it was like love at first sight and then they went to a hotel every weekend. My mom's cover up was the "business trip" excuse.

I absolutely hated my mom for it, but in a way I still loved her. I just didn't love her as much as I know did my father, and I certainly didn't trust her or Daisuke, my soon to be step-dad. Most of the time, though, I let my anger consume me. I wanted to kill my mother every time I heard dad crying late in the middle of the night, and I most defiantly wanted to strangle her in the court room when I saw my dad's heart-broken face after the judge declared my mother had custody over me.

That moment was only a few hours ago, and it was very fresh in my memory. It stung to think of, my father's face all broken and longing for his daughter. Right now, I was absolutely murderous. They took me from my daddy, and I didn't even want to go with them. They were...stupid. As utterly teenager that sounds, it is true. They think their in love but their both in it for the physical rush.

And now, after brooding over all of this, I began to glare out side the car at the moving freeway. My hatred bubbled in my stomach, and I felt my hands tighten into fist. I kept them clench until I could practically hear the skin tear. I was so angry, so mad, that I felt ready to snap any moment. My right arm, my punching arm, gave a longing quiver when my mother giggled again. I wanted to punch something, or somebody, so bad.

Another giggle.

And another.

I heard Daisuke chuckle, and I snapped. My arm extended from the back seat, and as soon as my finger grazed the radio knob, I twisted it hard. The radio crackled to life and gave a terrifying screech, so loud my ear drums began to throb, and I was in the back seat. Daisuke covered his ears with a groan, and my mother's car swerved. I let the noise last for five more seconds before flipping the radio down.

"For god's sake, Sakura!" My mom scolded, "What the hell was that?!"

Our matching emerald green eyes met in the driver mirror, and hers widened when they saw the anger and pain in mine. I opened my mouth and said coolly, "Keep your hands to yourselves."

My mother eyes turned into a glare, "Sakura, Daisuke and I are grown ups, we are allowed to be-"

"What the hell ever, just do what ever the hell you were doing when I'm not around," I hissed.

Daisuke was looking at me and my mother nervously, but that was the only reaction that really came from him. It made me mad. If I would have done this with my father in the car he would have scolded me and told me I was grounded. Daisuke was no father, and he certainly wouldn't be mine.

"Sakura, Daisuke and I are going to be married, we're just getting-"

I spoke smoothly, "A head start on the honey moon. You've been on that head start for six months."

"Sakura Haruno! Do not talk to me that way! You will show some respect for both Daisuke and I!" My mother yelled, and I felt the car swerve again.

My whole attitude seemed to darken, and I let my head fall so that my bangs would hide my eyes. My body gave a giant shiver as waves of anger rolled down my spine, and tears of rage built up in my eyes. I clenched the fabric of the back seat in my hands before raising my head slightly. I opened my mouth and said every angry teenager's number one comeback:

"Make me."

The car swerved again, and my mother hissed, "What has gotten into you?!"

A cruel, humorless smirk made its way to my face. I spoke in a soft, deadly calm tone, "What's gotten into me? What got into you when you start cheating on dad? What got into you when you kept it a secret for six months? What got into you when you thought you could just take me away from my daddy and that I would accept Daisuke?! He's not my father, he never will be!! I hate him! I hate you!!"

My mother spun around to scream in my face, when Daisuke gave a startled cry of my mother's name, "Hikari!"

Time seemed to slow as the headlights of another, oncoming car flashed in our windshield. I heard the screech of tires, but I couldn't determine on whether they were my mother's or not. All of a sudden, the harsh ring of metal scratching against metal filled my ears. I felt something searing hot cut my stomach as a bright light seemed to envelope me. I felt and hear sparks all around me, and a cold feeling spread through my body. It was freezing and numbing, and seemed to draw me in. I hear my mother scream, or was that my own? I couldn't tell. Was my mouth open in pain, screaming out worthlessly, or was it snapped shut in agony as everything seemed to spin around me? I couldn't tell any more.

I was numb.

Soon, the numb became a black cloud that enveloped me slowly and silently. It was warm now, and comforting. It reminded me of my father, and how he would always hold me when I was sad. I liked this darkness. It was...calming. Was this death? A part of me hoped so, it hoped for it so much...


The smooth pace of a hospital heart monitor was what I awoke to from my dark slumber. Every part of me felt heavy, and my stomach felt kind of numb. I tried to move, but a sliver of pain shot through my entire being, making me groan softly. Everything hurt when I moved. Everything seemed to be scraped, pulled, or bruised. What happened to me?

"Sakura?" A soft voice flowed through my ears, and I wanted to respond.

When I tried to make my mouth move, all I got was a bunch of pain. I managed to make my vocal chords move, and let out a small, "Mmm..."

"Oh, you're awake! How do you feel, Hun?" The voice asked, and you could tell there was a smile in her voice.

My eyes lids fluttered, my lashes brushing against my cheeks. It didn't hurt badly, and I tried harder. With enough effort, my eye lids slid open and I got my first glimpse of the world after my voyage in the darkness. It was blurry, but I could see colors. I could see a lot of white, all around me. My eyes finally caught sight of a dark, brown color. It framed a light tan color, and I could barely make out two dark colors swimming in the tan. A person?

Tears leaked from my eyes at the new light, but I adjusted quickly. I was correct; the colors above me were, indeed, a person. It was a woman, in fact. She had beautiful dark brown hair and black-brown eyes. She had a figure, but it was hidden behind a white nurse's outfit. All in all, she was very beautiful.

"...Who...a-are..." My voice cracked, and I felt a sudden sting in my dry throat. It was like having strep throat, a really bad case of it, too.

The woman smiled and held a cup towards me, and placed the straw inside it to my lips. I barely opened my lips, just enough to get around the yellow colored straw. She smiled, and said softly, "I am Shizune. I work here at Konoha Hospital. Sweet heart, you were in a terrible wreck. You've been in a coma for three weeks now..."

Those words opened the floodgates, and my memories came piling in. I remembered being taken from my father, being angry with mom and Daisuke, yelling at mom, and then the bright light. Mom...

I let the straw fall from my lips, and I asked weakly, "Wh-Where...is m-my mother?"

A simple frown came to Shizune's face, and her eyes fell to the white blankets that covered my aching body. Her lips parted and she said softly, "You were injured very badly, Sakura. You were impaled by a piece of the car, right through your lower areas. You lost both of your ovaries... Your right arm is broken, and you were cut across the cheek. You hair had got burned and charred, and we cut it to your shoulders. You have burns all across your lower neck, and the palms off your hands are also burned. You will need to re-"

"Where is my mom?" I asked more sternly, swallowing once to try and rid myself of the sore throat I carried.

Shizune refused to meet my eyes as she said, "Hikari and Daisuke were in the front of the vehicle, and the got most of the injuries... I'm sorry Sakura, but they didn't make it."

At first, I felt extremely calm. I starred at Shizune blankly, before I out right lost it. Tears trailed down my cheeks, and I sobbed, despite how much it burned my throat and made my stomach ache. I shook my head over and over, muttering between my pathetic cries, "You're lying! Lying!"

Shizune took me by the shoulders, forcing me to look at her, "I'm so sorry, Hun, but I am telling the truth..."

I could hardly believe it. My mother was dead, and the very last word I had every said to her was...I hate you...

A cold ache spread through me, and I felt myself crying harder. The only thing that I could hear was the pace of my heart monitor as it increased in speed and Shizune yelling for the doctor.

I hate you!

I hate you!

I hate you!

Those cold words that had once came from my lips echoed through my head as black took over my vision, and my head fell back on the pillows. I let it consume me, and welcomed its numbing pain. It seemed to be the only comfort I would have for a long time.


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