I hope that those who have read the first chapter enjoyed it! And I loved seeing that there are already readers who are following this story! Anyways here is the chapter 2! Enjoy!
Recap:
"I had nowhere else to go," my voice cracked. Tsunade with tears in her own eyes reached out and pulled me back into a hug.
"It's going to be okay, Sakura I promise." I tightened my grip around her, and I couldn't help but believe her.
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I pulled away from Tsunade, and wiped away my tears after I was done Tsunade's hand then reached up and cupped my cheek, her thumb slowly rubbing along the bruise of my black eye. I couldn't help but turn my head away, ashamed of my appearance.
"Let's get you settled in, okay?'' Tsunade asked and wrapped her arm around my shoulder, using her other hand to close the still opened door. I nodded my head, making sure that my hood of my hoodie was still in place.
She lead me around the corner, only to have us bump into somebody who was making their way around the corner at the same time.
"Tsuna what is taking you- Sakura?!" a man asked with a surprise tone to his voice. I looked up to see a mane of white hair, and a tall man over 6ft wearing jeans, a white t-shirt with a leather vest over top, with some patches covering the front.
It was when I was looking up at the man, I saw the look of shock come across his face, and the color leave his cheeks as I realized he saw my bruises and cuts on my face.
"Who did this to you?" he asked in a calm voice, which made me more worried that he wasn't yelling.
"Jiraiya, not now, not with everyone else here, she's already been through enough and we don't need to put her under the microscope by bringing her into the group and having them stare at her." Tsunade stated with a tone of finality.
"They won't judge her even you know that!" Jiraiya said slightly raising his voice.
"And I said not right now!" Tsunade's voice also began to raise and I couldn't help but think this might have been a bad idea to come here, even though I know that it was the only place I knew I could come to.
"She's come here for a reason! I mean look at her Tsunade!" he yelled throwing his arm towards me. I could feel the tension in the air, not to mention realize how quiet it got in the house after he yelled.
"I know Jiraiya! It kills me to see her like this! And Sakura will tell us when she's ready to tell us what is going on!" Tsunade yelled right back at him.
"I'm sorry," I said quietly, which caused both of them to look at me I pulled myself away and moved more towards the door.
"I should go, I'm sorry I didn't mean to make things worse with me coming here," my voice cracked.
"No sweetie, please stay, let us help you," Tsunade said softly, I looked up to see both of them staring at me with looks of sympathy.
"Are you sure? I-I'm not trying to be a burden, I just have nowhere else to go right now, and I don't even know what else to do at this point, I'm honestly surprised that I made it this far." I said sadly.
"Come on Sakura, let's get you something to eat, then maybe a hot shower then bed, how does that sound?" I was shocked to hear Jiraiya say something so softly, I couldn't help but give a small smile and nod my head. He then wrapped me up in a big hug then took my hand and led me towards what I believe to be the living room, with Tsunade following behind us.
I started to tense up when I started to hear hushed conversations ahead of us.
"It'll be okay Sakura, I promise, they won't judge you, we're one big family here," Jiraiya said squeezing my hand. I squeezed back silently praying that he was telling the truth. I held my breath as we entered into the living room, as all of the conversations that were happening ceased, I turned my gaze to the floor, feeling some of my hair fall forward and cover some of my face.
"Alright guys, this is Sakura, and she'll be staying with myself and Tsunade for however long she likes, if you have a problem with that, then keep it to yourself, she's family."Jiraiya stated.
When I started to hear the sound of shuffling of people starting to stand up, I couldn't help but step back into Tsunade, who seemed to expecting this and wrapped her arm back around my shoulder.
"Sakura has been through some stuff, so I ask introductions be done at a later time. Come along dear." She said as she started to lead me through the living room towards the kitchen. As we were leaving I could hear Jiraiya tell the group of people in the living room the information of what you know, and I was just able to hear the expressions of "What!?" and "Are you serious?!" as well as "That's fucked up Jiraiya!" as we entered into the kitchen where I noticed another group of people who looked to be around my age, give or take a couple of years, and they all looked towards me and Tsunade as we entered.
I briefly looked to Tsunade and saw her give me a small smile of encouragement, as the unfamiliar territory was making my nerves sky rocket, as she left standing were I was making her way towards the fridge.
"Hey who's the new chick?" a man half yelled.
"Naruto do you really have to say it like that?!" a female voice asked in a slightly raised voice.
I heard the sound of chair being pushed, and I slowly turned my head a little bit, to see a pair of lavender eyes staring at me.
"Hi, I'm Hinata, sorry about Naruto, he really doesn't know how to use and inside voice," Hinata said softly. I looked more towards he appearance to see her sporting her long hair in a side braid, and was wearing a pair of black leggings, with a light grey off the shoulder sweater. I saw her eyes slightly widen at the sight of my face, but thankfully she said nothing about it. I jumped back slightly when I saw a bright blue eye stared at me.
"Hi I'm Ino!" she said cheerfully. Her one eye covered by her bangs, the rest of her hair pulled back into a high pony tail. She was wearing a plum coloured crop top showing off her toned stomach and belly button piercing, paired with dark washed short shorts. Her mouth dropped when she got a better look at my face.
"Whoa, what happened to you?" She asked, which made the other people in the room look towards us. I just looked to the ground not wanting to say what happened out loud just yet.
"Ino!" I heard Tsunade say in a scolding tone.
"What? I was just asking a question!" She said directing her gaze to Tsunade instead of looking me.
"Alright listen, as I told everyone in the living room, Sakura has been through some stuff, and I want you all to keep your opinions and questions to yourself for the time being. That being said I think it's time to call it a night." Tsunade said, as she reached over and pulled me over to the kitchen island where a sandwich sat waiting for me.
"Come on you lot lets go." Tsunade said again, and I could hear groans and chairs being shoved around. I could feel people staring at me and I couldn't be more grateful that my back was towards then.
"Hey, Sakura right?" I heard the girl Ino ask as she came up to stand beside me.
"Ya that's me," I said softly, picking at my sandwich, glancing slightly in her direction.
"If you want I can come over tomorrow and help you conceal your bruises, only if you want though," she said quietly. I turned to fully look at her in astonishment, as I've always had to cover any previous cuts or bruises myself, and I was never very good at it.
"I would really appricate that, thank you," I whispered back, I saw her smile then gave me a slight wave and made her way out of the kitchen.
"Hey Sakura, do you want me to get your stuff for you?" Jiraiya asked as he made his way into the kitchen. It was after he asked his question that I heard the loud roar of motorcycles start up, and slowly fade as they made their way away from the house. "Are you not hungry?" he asked as well when he saw my picked at sandwich.
"Not really, I'm honestly just really tired, and if you don't mind," I responded, handing him the keys to my truck out of my sweater pocket. He took my keys out of my outstretched hand with a smile and made his way to head outside to my truck.
I looked back to the kitchen entry way when I heard Tsunade make clear her throat,"Alright young lady, do you want to tell me what's going on?" she asked me with her arms crossed over her chest.
I couldn't help but let a long tired sigh when she asked me that, I know I can't avoid the question from her forever, so I just looked her and said, "Tomorrow I promise I will let you know what's going on, I'm just so exhausted from everything right now." I looked at her and pleaded with my eyes that she will let this go for tonight.
"Alright, but don't think you can avoid this conversation with me. Let's get you into bed." She said, and she made the motion for me to follow her. We made our way out of the kitchen and went down a hallway that was just off of the living room. As we made our way down the hallway she pointed out the bathroom I could use and a linen closet where I could face cloths and towels, and the laundry room. There was too doors left. I found out that both were spare bedrooms. She opened the door that was to the right.
"This is where you will be staying. The window faces the west so you don't half to worry about getting the morning sun. I'll just go see what is taking Jiraiya so long."She smiled and made her way back down the hallway. I looked around room, to see the walls painted a soothing tone of grey, a black dresser off the to the left with a abstract painting above it. Off to the right was a queen size bed, with black and white patterned bedding, with a large soft black blanket sitting at the foot of the bed. I sat down on the bed, relishing in the feel of a soft bed, instead of a seat of my truck. I soon found myself lying down with my head sinking in the plush pillows and curling my legs up. I could feel my eyes starting to feel heavy. After everything that had happened in the past three days, I let myself succumb to a deep sleep, setting my worries aside till I woke up.
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I left Sakura in the spare room to go and look for Jiraiya, I found him still outside admiring Sakura's truck.
"Jiraiya! The truck will still be there in the morning, hurry up with Sakura's things!" I laughed to myself, as I watch my old man look like a kid in a candy store looking at the truck. He laughed when he heard me, and then grabbed Sakura's bags off the road and made his way back inside.
"Is she okay Tsuna? Did she tell you what happened?" He asked as he pulled me close.
I let out a deep sigh, and shook my head. "I have no idea how she is, and I asked her what happened, but she asked if she could explain everything tomorrow." I wrapped my arms around him, and felt him place a kiss to the crown of my head.
"We'll get everything figured out, I promise. Now let's go and give Sakura her things." I took the suitcase from him, and we both made our way back down the hallway to Sakura's room. As we entered the room, I couldn't help but smile as I looked to see Sakura fast asleep on the bed. I set her suitcase off to the side, and made my way over to the bed grabbing the blanket on the end, and gently placing it over Sakura. I leaned down and kissed her on the forehead.
"Sweet dreams sweetheart," I whispered softly. I head Jiraiya come up behind, I moved over a little bit, to see him lightly pet her hair, seeing that he hood and slipped off revealing her long pink hair. He leaned down and always gave her a kiss on the forehead. Once he stood up he grabbed my hand.
"Come my love, I think it's time for us to follow her lead in going to sleep." I let him lead me out of the room. I couldn't help but look back at Sakura's peaceful form, quietly closing the door as we left.
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