So here is the second chapter of this fan fiction. Thank you for those who have already added this to their watch and hope I don't disappoint! I do apologise for any grammatical errors that you may encounter and hope they don't ruin your reading experience too much!

Athena xx

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Sakura ran faster than her shaky legs could manage, but she still pushed on. Her breath came out in ragged breaths as she tried to swallow her sobs, but the tears still ran blurring her vision. She clutched her abdominal, trying to stop the blood from gushing out. A sound resembling a cry of relief escaped her lips as she stumbled back into the town. She ducked into the first alleyway she found and slumped to the ground. Her hands took on the glow of green as she sent healing chakra into her hands assessing the damage.

It was catastrophic, his sword had nearly ripped her apart. She got to work repairing the damage and once again thanked her stars she was Tsunade's apprentice. The purple diamond mark new her collar bone disappeared as she used almost all her chakra to heal herself. After a few tense moments she started to feel her skin knit together and after a few more moments she was almost completely healed.

Stupid, stupid girl! You naive idiot! What did you think would happen?

That thought swirled round her head as she tried, unsuccessfully, to calm herself down.

You are strong, you do not fall apart like this anymore!

But no matter how many times she repeated it she could not stop her body from shaking uncontrollably.

Her head whipped around at a sudden movement from the entrance of the alleyway. She pushed herself against the wall, trying to melt into the shadows knowing she might not survive another fight this soon after the last.

'Sakura?'

Kakashi's voice penetrated the fog surrounding her mind and with a sob Sakura threw her arms around his familiar form when he was close. She felt his arms come around her and couldn't help the hiss of pain.

'What the hell happened?' He asked, his easy going manner lost as he took in her blooded and tattered clothes. She felt his hand asses her for damage and a dark look crossed his face when he saw the newly healed mark.

'Sasuke' she whispered, burying her head in the crook of his neck. His familiar musky scent calming her better than anything could.

She felt his arms tighten around her at the name of their former teammate and she had to stifle the groan of pain that threatened to escape.

'What happened?' He repeated. She couldn't look him in the eye as she told him the story, she knew what she would see even with half his face covered, she could now almost read him like a book. 'Idiot' was what his look would say and she didn't want him to add to her inner turmoil.

'I sensed his chakra signature while I was walking through the town and stupidly followed him'

'You should have held back and sent a message to me' he admonished

'I wasn't thinking right, after all the disappointments I couldn't help myself. I followed him to a clearing outside of town and he just turned and attacked'

'Are you ok?'

'He would have killed me Kakashi, I couldn't believe it'

She shivered as she recalled the fight, trying to push it far from her mind.

'I think you need a drink'

'I think I need several' she replied and she heard his laugh vibrate across her skin.

'You and me both, when you didn't come back you have no idea how worried I was'

She felt him disentangled himself but surprised her by tucking her into his side. He led her through the streets back to the hotel room keeping her out of view of passers by. They didn't speak all the way back and she was grateful for that silence. She knew that one word and she would break down, she wanted to be behind closed doors for that.

10 minutes later and she was safely back in the hotel room. He didn't say anything about the blank look in her eyes, he didn't saying anything as he had to lead her into the bathroom as her shaky legs could carry her no more and he didn't say anything when he heard her sobs intermingle with the sound of the running water. For that she would be eternally grateful.

The heat of the shower did nothing to ease her shaking, she curled into a ball and hugged her knees close to her body. She couldn't forget the look in his eyes as he ran towards her, sword raised. He would have killed her had she not defended herself. He was no longer the boy they knew, he was no longer their teammate and so she mourned him, the boy he had been. From now on he was no one but an enemy, one who she would not hesitate to kill the next time they met.

For the second time that evening Sakura looked at her scars in the floor length mirror. The new addition was even worse than the last, it ran from one side of her stomach to the other. She hardened herself to the sight of it, it would be a reminder of the bond he had severed today.