Ch. 1

Disclaimer: I do not own any Naruto characters.

Summery: Sakura got stood up and on that same night something painfully happens to her, and just when she was through with the person who she thought she loved for ever and always, he wants her back. Will she get back with him or would she leave him behind as something crosses her path and changes her life entirely…….

Reading text guide:

'Blah,' Samari

'Blah,' Inner Sakura

'Blah,' Sakura

"Blah" Neji

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I'm here sitting all alone on the bench waiting for you to come for our date. I looked at my watch and it said it was eight in the evening. I looked out towards the street hoping you'll come out eventually, but as it was before, the streets were empty.

Time flew by as I waited and waited. When hours came by, I looked at my watch again and it said twelve in the morning. It was then I knew that I got stood up.

'Who knew…. Who was I kidding? Sasuke-kun would never want to date a lousy, ugly, weak, and annoying girl….'

'Yo Saku-chan, don't be so hard on yourself….there's many fishes out there in the sea….we're just too good for him that's all….we don't need him….'

'Yeah you're right….we don't need him….he is an arrogant jerk, a stupid ice cube man, and a mother fuckin jackass….we don't need him….'

'That a go girl….we don't need a man to complete us…..maybe we just desperately want one because everyone has someone else…'

'Yeah….like how Hinata has Naruto to turn to…..and Shikamaru lends a shoulder to cry on for Temari…..and how Chouji is always there for Ino…..and how TenTen is always supported by Lee…..'

'Saku-chan, no need for the long list…..maybe we weren't made for any romance in our lives….'

'Tch….maybe not….'

'Come on let's go home….we have training with Tsunade at two in the morning.'

'Hai.'

I left the bench and hurried off home…. When I entered my house, everything was quiet which was unusual and I heard ragged breaths so I was on alert. I felt my way through the living room searching for the light…I felt around the walls trying to pinpoint where I am. Suddenly I hit something cold and sharp, I shrieked a bit when it pierced my hand.

I quickly brought my hand to my chest as I clutched it with fright. The wound wasn't deep but it stung like hell so I had to bit my lip from screaming out loud. If I had night vision eyes, now would be a good time to use them but I don't, so I couldn't see anything as something came and pierced my thigh.

This time I screamed but a cold and lifeless hand covered my mouth. The person had a weapon in his hand as he grazed my cheek with it and I could feel droplets of blood oozing out. Then he put the weapon into action as he swiftly went to my neck and dug deep making a long and deep scar…blood suddenly gushed out of my neck and sliding down onto my clothes and into my chest, tears silently slipped out from my eyes.

The person was about to strike again, but I didn't no where he was aiming at. I screamed out loud as a sharp object of what seems to be a kunai pierced through my stomach. Tears leaked out from my eyes as I whimpered. Without even a warning, the person twisted the kunai so viscously that I bit his hand so hard, I'm pretty sure my teeth pierced the skin and meat all together and nearly touch the bone.

The person let go and I ran out of his grasp and ran out of the house…moonlight streamed down and shadows lurked every corner….by this time I grew scared, nearly everyone was asleep making it easier for the man/woman to come out and get me and kill me in a deserted alleyway.

'Sakura calm down…you need to calm down.'

A kunai whizzed by and I looked at the figure who threw it. Onyx clashed into emerald.

'Sasuke-kun?'

'No Saku-chan…that's not him.'

'Itachi'

'No, Saku-chan.'

'Then who is he?'

'Saku-chan get the hell out of here now.'

'Inner, who is he?'

'Someone you don't want to know now lets get the fuck out.'

I quickly turned around and started to dash off towards the Hokage's office….but it seems to me that the figure knew exactly what I was thinking…because he suddenly appeared in front of me…

My shoes skidded into a stop, but not fast enough as the figure took me by the neck and lifted me up like a rag doll. From the angle I was in, the figure looked like a male, but he had long hair so I wasn't quite sure if he was really a male or not. My throat hurt and I couldn't breathe in very much air… I quickly did some hand seals that were unknown to me and he let go as he was soon surrounded by cherry blossom pedals. When I landed on my bottom, I quickly got to my feet and ran away from the man/woman.

Once the person moved, one of the pedals jerked and it triggered the others, they all soon turned into kunais and it pierced the figure. I stopped for a rest and heal my stomach wound since it was oozing out more blood than I had expected. I didn't have time to heal much of it though, because I soon heard a poof and I knew that it was a substitution that fell in the jutsu.

My eyes quickly darted to where the man/woman was supposed to be dead or at least wounded, but he wasn't there, only a log….

Chuckles came above me as I looked up and I heard the person say, "That was a neat trick you pulled bitch, but that wasn't good enough…"

I looked at the figure and shrieked, "Who are you?"

He evilly chuckled, "You'll be seeing more of us around….we want you dead…out from this world….and I'm filled with glee that I'm going to be the first one to kill you myself…"

"W-what do you want from me?"

"What we want is your power….since we can not have it then no one will ever will…"

"What are you talking about?"

"In time brat….in time…"

I gasped as he jumped in front of me, his back facing where I was planning to head for. I turned around and ran for it. He reached out a hand which was able to grab my now long hair ever since the chunnin exams and he pulled on my hair, hard. I shrieked at this and made a mental note to myself…keep hair shorter… my wound from my stomach opened and blood came out more as the wound from my neck opened bigger.

I shrieked as he dragged me by my hair into an alleyway. I whimpered even more…

'Inner what do I do now?'

'Saku-chan, I want you to fight back as if your life depended on it…'

'My life does depend on it Inner!'

'Fight back then!'

I took out a kunai and quickly sliced my hair that the figure was holding that way I can free myself. I then took the kunai and stabbed the man's leg and quickly got up and ran for it. But the man caught up with me as he pulled out a katana and pierced my stomach. The sharp tip went into my stomach and went out the other way…

He pulled out the katana and blood dripped all over on the ground and squirted all over his own set of clothes as well as mine… He pushed me down and left me there to die. When he was about to walk away, I did some quick hand signs that I was unfamiliar with too and four blue butterflies came flying at the figure at top speed and went into his body. He shrieked out as he began to cough out blood, bits of lungs and heart came out.

He then doubled over in pain. He dropped onto the ground and laid there on the floor as his eyes were clouded with blood and it leaked out onto the cement. His ears and nose had blood gushing down with a lot of amount. In matter of seconds, blood started to bubble from his mouth. His skin color changed into a green color. And it looked like it was shedding off from him. Soon bubbles began to form on his skin and looked like warts.

His shoulders began to deform as it began to look like something from the inside is blowing him up like a balloon. Soon enough he exploded and blood splattered all over the alleyway. But worst of all it splattered all over me, covering my whole front body completely with blood.

Slowly I began to get up, using the walls to keep my balance normal. I knew I had to get help quick before I died right there in the alleyway. As I walked out of the alley, I noticed that I was not far from Kakashi's apartment.

'Wow he dragged you out this far?'

'Inner…'

'Gomen….'

Right now was not the time to argue with my Inner so I healed what was barely even half of the wound made from the katana. As I went up the stairs to the second floor, I stumbled over in pain…I had to get there…..if Kakashi wasn't there, then will….at least I can always ask Guy for help….

I crawled over to his door and I sat right next to his door. I knocked and knocked….no one came….so I knocked harder….but I shrieked in pain when the wound that I just healed had reopened itself.

'Damn it…Kakashi where are you?'

Soon enough the door knob jingled and out came a man with a familiar mask on and white hair… he looked down at me in utter shock and I slowly whispered the words, "H-help….m-me….."

The next thing I knew I passed out completely….thinking that I was dead.

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Hope you all like it…...oh and this is a Neji&Sakura story….read on and no he's not related to Hinata in this one and Neji's out of character in this one too…..but please don't let this discourage you……please read and review…….

Gomen for the summary….as you all know….. I suck at summaries…..

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