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Sakura Haruno. Average teenage girl. Pretty. Popular. Lots of friends. Perfect boyfriend. Perfect World. Perfect Everything.

Or so she wished.

Sakura Haruno. Dark. Outcast. Abused. Broken.

Ever since Sakura's father died, she was alone in the world. Her mother blamed her for her fathers' death, and punished her for it.

It was a nightly ritual. Her mother would come home drunk and angry. She would find Sakura, and punish her. 'Worthless' she would call her. Her mother would leave her there, broken and crying. Sakura would clean herself up, and go to bed. Her mother always made sure, even in her drunken state, to make sure the bruises weren't in places that would be visible.

But, everything was about to change for Sakura Haruno.

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