Authors Note: Hey Guys, I'm already on Chapter 2, Ill try to get this re-reading thing done as fast as I can. Please remember to review after your done reading, I welcome everything. Plus reviews make you want to keep writing :D.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto, though I wish I did :(.

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The Nights End
By
KairiBloom

Chapter Two

Sakura ran away from Sasuke, eyes filled with tears and shame clearly written on her face. Why is this any of his business? Sakura screamed inside her head.

Sakura was deep in thought as she ran and did not noticed Sasuke running after her or that she had reached the edge of the forest.

"Sakura, stop running!" Sasuke said as he jumped and caught onto her waist, making both of them tumble to the ground landing in some leaves.

"Let me go!" Sakura screamed and started beating on his arms.

"Why are you running away from me?"

"It's none of YOUR business!!"

"Sakura." He sighed "I'm not saying you have to tell me what's happening" Sasuke looked up at the sky, the sun making him squint "I just want to know what made you run away from me"

"Sasuke I'm afraid to tell you" she whispered and looked at the ground

"Why?"

Sasuke had let go of her waist and was now sitting beside her leaning against a tree, Sakura was on his left sitting against another tree and fiddling with her fingers.

"I don't want you to hate me" Sakura said as tears started to role down her face

"Why would I hate you Sakura?"

"because.. It's my fault"

"what's your fault?" Sasuke asked confused

"my moms death"

"how could that have been your fault Sakura?" a puzzled expression came across his face

"I.. I was playing in the river and.. " Sakura paused

"and?" Sasuke urged her on

"and.. the current was to strong, my mom told me to not go in to far but I didn't listen"

"…"

"the current was to strong for me and started to carry me down stream, my mom jumped in after me and was able to bring us to shore but.."

"…"

"there were men who pushed her back in and she was already exhausted from saving me

so she was not able to swim back and she drowned"

"What about you?"

"they took me… I was later saved by the Anbu"

"how is that your fault?"

"I should have known better! I should have listened to her!"

"how long ago did this happen?

"I was seven when this happened"

"Seven? You wouldn't have known better"

"It doesn't matter" Sakura protested

"yes it does Sakura" Sasuke stood up and began to brush the dirt and leaves off of him

"Sasuke?" Sakura asked confused as she watched him get off the ground

"Someone who spends their whole life hating them selves because of something that happened in the past, instead of moving on and making their future better is someone who isn't worth my time" with the said Sasuke turned and started to walk away "and I thought you were better then that"

"I am better then that" Sakura said as she clenched her fists and bit her bottom lip

"oh?" Sasuke turned his head to show he was listening

"I'm not half as bad as you" Sakura said without thinking

"What do you mean by that?" Sasuke narrowed his eyes

"least I'm not trying to murder my own family" She mumbled more to herself and hopped Sasuke did not hear

Sasuke was now facing the ground and his bangs fell over his eyes causing a dark shadow, making him look frightening, Sakura was shaking at the sight. In a flash Sasuke was sitting on top of Sakura and had her pinned to the ground. Clearly he was angry as his almost black eye glared down at the girl underneath him.

"you know nothing about me" Sasuke growled "I suggest you keep your opinions to yourself"

"and you know nothing about me! You're such a jerk!" Sakura cried back

"I'm a jerk?" Sasuke growled "I'm trying to help you Sakura, but I don't need you putting me down hoping to make yourself feel better."

"Then leave me alone" Sakura spit at him

"I could kill you Sakura" Sasuke smirked seeing Sakura shiver in fear "and I wouldn't feel bad about it"

"Sasuke-Kun" tears rolled down her face "do it!" She said at last "least I won't have to

live in hell anymore"

"…" Sasuke furrowed his dark eyebrows and looked at her confused.

"That's right I don't care" Sakura started to writher underneath him

"Sakura" Sasuke did not have the angry look on his face anymore "why would you say that?"

Sakura looked at him confused "Sasuke-kun… I'm sorry" Sakura whispered "I didn't

mean it like that; I know why you are after your brother… I'm sorry"

"No." Sasuke let go of her wrists and got off of her "not that"

"What?" She sat up and rubbed her wrists.

"Why don't you care if you die?" Sasuke stood off the ground and took his normal stance, hands in pocket and head hung low.

"Because" she tried not to meet Sasuke's face

"Sakura" Sasuke voice was laced with impatiens

"I can't tell you Sasuke"

"Sakura, I'm not going to treat you any different" Sasuke tried to reason

Sakura look up at him confused "What do you mean?" she asked

"I'm not going to judge you"

"You wont care" more tears started to fall "Please Sasuke just leave me alone, I just want to be alone"

"If I didn't care then I wouldn't have followed you all the way out hear!"

"I guess your right" Sakura wiped some of the tears away

"I'm not going to sit here much longer, I have better things I could be doing. Either hurry up and tell me or I'm leaving!"

"No!" She said panicked "ill tell you" Sakura looked away not wanting to see his face as she told him

"Alright, but remember you don't have to tell me everything"

"Remember how I said my mom died?" Sakura watched as Sasuke nodded "Well my father has blamed me every since, I can't really blame him he's hurt. Since that time he has developed a drinking addiction and to take his frustration out he hurts me" Sasuke almost missed the last sentence because of how quite her voice got.

"He hits you?"

"yes"

"Sakura" Sasuke sighed "why didn't you tell anyone? "

"Because I don't blame him and I don't want him to hurt anymore" Sakura looked at him in the eyes

"well Sakura I do"

"…"

"And I'm not letting you got back home now"

"WHAT?" Sakura screamed "what do you mean? Sasuke you promised you wouldn't be

like others"

"I did promise, and I wont be like others" Sasuke grabbed her arms stopping them from hitting him again "I wont tell any body"

"What do you mean? Sasuke I have no where else to go"

"Come live with me"

"What?" she looked at him confused

"You can come stay with me until we sort this out"

"…" Sakura's face turned a dark red "s-stay with y-you?" she stuttered

"What do you have a problem with that?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow

"n-no"

"Then what"

"He wont let me leave" Sakura said serious

"Who won't?" Sasuke said as helped Sakura to her feet

"My father"

"He's not going to have much of a choice" Sasuke said as he put his hands in his pockets and started heading back to the village.

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked as she ran to catch up with him

Sasuke stopped and looked at Sakura in the eyes "If you stand up to him and show him you wont put up with his shit anymore then he wont stop you."

"Sasuke-kun" Sakura looked at him frightened

"Don't worry, ill be there incase he tries to do anything"

"Please don't hurt him" Sakura said slowly

"Why?" Sasuke looked at her confused

"He's still my father"

"So what? He's abusing you"

"Sasuke… maybe we shouldn't"

"Why not?"

"Because I don't want to start any trouble"

"He started it the minute he put his hands on you" Sakura couldn't hold back a smile

"Sakura, don't feel bad he's the one who brought this upon himself"

"Okay" Sakura looked at the ground, suddenly her mood changed from gloomy to cheery

"What do you think Ino will say when she finds out I'm living with you?" Sakura teased

"I wouldn't care less what she thought or had to say" Sasuke rolled his eyes

"What about Naruto?"

"The dobe?"

"Yup" she smiled

"I don't really care" Sasuke sighed knowing Naruto was going to make a huge fuss about it

"Sasuke-kun?"

"Hn?" Sasuke was starting to get annoyed by all the questions Sakura was asking

"What are we going to tell them when they ask?"

"I don't know" Sasuke shrugged "just tell them that your parents are out and you didn't have anyone to stay with so you came to stay with me"

"Ice berg Sasuke-kun?" Sakura looked at him and couldn't help laughing because of the glare he was giving her "I don't think they will believe me"

"Why?"

"You wouldn't let anyone ever stay with you, especially me"

"Meh, then say whatever you want" Sasuke shrugged "I don't care"

"Ill say we are dating"

"…"

"How's that"

"No?" he stated clearly and glared at her

"But Sasuke-kun?" Sakura pleaded

"No! You can come up with something better"

"Fine" Sakura sighed and looked at the ground

"Hn"

"Well not yet anyways" a huge smile came on her face as she jumped on Sasuke and they both fell to the ground

"Sakura" Sasuke gasped "Get off of me I can't breathe!"

"hehe" Sakura laughed as she got off of him, Sasuke glared at her "we will one day right?"

"What?"

"Date" Sakura smiled

"…" Sasuke rolled his eyes and got back to his feet and began to walk away

"Hey wait!" Sakura jumped off the ground and ran towards him "you didn't say no…Sasuke-kun" Sakura grabbed his arm, Sasuke sighed and kept walking

"Sasuke-kun…" Sakura pleaded

"if you keep bugging me then it will be no for sure" Sasuke rolled his eyes 'It can't ever be a yes Sakura' he thought to himself 'I'm an avenger'

"Eeep!" Sakura let go of his arm but had a huge smile on her face, Sasuke looked at her and gave her a funny look

".."

-After training ended with Naruto-

"Sasuke-teme" Naruto yelled and Sasuke turned and looked at Naruto with an annoyed expression

"Where are you taking Sakura-chan?"

"Home?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow

"Why?" Sasuke started to walk away feeling he didn't need to explain himself to Naruto

"if she needed some one to walk her home she should have asked me"

"never mind Naruto" Sakura glared at him

"but Sakura-chan?" Naruto whined

"leave me alone" Sakura started to walk away "I'm going to stay with Sasuke-kun for awhile"

"What?" Naruto looked at them confused "why?"

"She has no where to stay" Sasuke answered again "her dad left for awhile so she's going to stay with me for a month or so."

"She could have stayed with me" Naruto whined

"Maybe, but she doesn't want to dobe" Sasuke rolled his eyes

"Teme, why are you guys moving in together?" Naruto shouted "she's old enough to stay home alone"

"Maybe she doesn't want to?" Sasuke asked

"And YOU of ALL PEOPLE would let her stay with you?"

"..." Sasuke glared at Naruto "Your annoying" Sasuke sighed, he could tell Naruto wasn't about to leave them alone.

"We're dating" Sasuke said as he grabbed her hand and started to walk away, that shocked Naruto even Sakura was shocked as she stared at their hands intertwined. Naruto was left standing there with his mouth wide open.

"WHAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?!?!?!?!" Naruto's scream could be heard from all over the village but Sasuke just smirked and kept walking.

-Half an hour later outside of Sakura's house-

They didn't speak for the whole way but still held each others hands until they reached her house and Sasuke let go. Sakura seeing the house started to shake.

"Sasuke, I don't want to do this"

"It's alright Sakura" Sasuke smirked "he's not going to touch you this time, Ii-desu?"

"Arigatou Sasuke-kun" Sakura said as she smiled sweetly at him

"Are you ready?"

"Hai" Sakura breathed in heavily and they headed for the door.

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Authors Note; I only made one or two changes in this chapter. Nothing major yet again, lovez you all 3.