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Chapter Three

No matter how hard I try
You're never satisfied
This is not a home
I think I'm better off alone
You always disappear
Even when you're here
This is not my home
I think I'm better off alone
Home, home, this house is not a
Home, home, this house is not a

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Sakura did not emerge from her home for the next two days still too sore from her beatings to move more than a few feet. A few days later Sakura stepped out of the run down apartment building in the darker part of town. Today she wore the same outfit only washed so it didn't smell like blood.

Her stomach growled begging for food. It was already past noon and she hadn't eaten anything for the past two days. Her father told her they couldn't afford food so she would have to find it own her own. Funny how they couldn't afford food but they could afford all of his smokes and drinks.

Bending underneath a bush on top of a hill not to far away from home she spotted the yellow and white flowers and smiled. "found you!" she cooed to the flowers with a bright smile.

Digging some of the soil away she found the red delectable berries still on the vine.

Sadly there were only a few so after they were gone she was still faintly hungry. She sighted sadly. "At least there better than nothing." She thought.

She was licking the stray juices off her fingers when she heard someone coming up the hill she was sitting on. It was a dark haired woman with dark onyx eyes. Her garments were light in color and traditional in style. Around her arms was a tan woven basket holding all sorts of brightly colored flowers that grew along the hillsides. "Oh hello there. What is a pretty girl like yourself doing all the way out here all by herself? The kind woman asked lowering her basket of colorful wildflowers.

"Oh, ohayo-gozaimasu miss my name is Sakura. I was just up here eating some of these strawberries," she replied shyly with a faint smile hoping she wasn't in trouble.

"Oh you shouldn't be eating strawberries without washing them Sakura chan. My name is Mikoto Uchiha."

"Oh um, I don't mind if there dirty. They still taste the same to me."

The dark eyed woman blink to herself in mild bewilderment before replying. "No Sakura chan, I mean if you eat them before washing them you could get sick. I'm certain your parents wouldn't want that."

Hearing the word parents Sakura flinched. Lowering her head she let her eyes dull. Mikoto saw this and asked the rose haired child a question. "Sakura chan where are your parents?"

"Oh…my father? I don't know, my dad is at work right now and I don't know where exactly he works." Sakura lied not wanting to tell her he worked at a bar at night.

"Where is your mother?

"Mother?" Sakura asked as if the word were completely foreign to her ears. "A mother…I never had one. My dad said she died when I was born." She replied sadly a stray tear falling down her perfectly smooth cheek.

Looking at her Mokoto was shocked at how dull and emotionless her large green eyes seemed. Seeming to hold an intense amount of inward pain and anguish. "Oh I'm so sorry for you. It must be hard to grow up without a mother. Especially for a girl so young of age."

Sakura was about to say something when her stomach growled and moaned loudly still hungry. Blushing she hugged her gut willing it to remain silent.

"Sakura cha are you hungry?" The black eyed woman asked with a slight laugh. Sakura nodded slightly blushing even more. Mikoto was having a hard time stooping herself from picking up the rose haired child and shouting 'KAWAII' she was so adorable. "How about I treat You out to some nice tasty sushi with my son eh? I'm sure he would like the company. Would you like that?"

"Thank you I would really like that."

A little boy with black hair and dark onyx eyes stood with his hands in his pockets shuffling his feet back and forth in the dirt obviously waiting for someone. His expression was clearly one of loneliness as a small frown played at his lips. This changed however when the Uchiha woman called out to him with a smile. "Sasuke kun!"

"Mommy! I was waiting so long for you. What took you so long?" Sasuke asked with a smile happy to see his mother.

"I'm sorry honey I found one extra flower and thought I'd bring it with us to eat" She laughed pulling Sakura out from behind her leg.

Sasuke's curious expression turned to one of pure delight and glee seeing Sakura. Sakura chan!" He exclaimed jumping up and squeezing her in a huge bone crushing hug.

"H…hello Sasuke kun." Sakura stuttered trying to breath.

"Mommy she's the one I played with the other day, you know the one I told you about!" Sasuke cried pointing to Sakura without releasing his possessive hug on the green eyed girl.

"Well that's beautiful How about we all eat tighter now?" She replied Sasuke on and on bout Sakura

Sasuke took Sakura's hand and led her into the sushi stand happily. The young raven haired boy seated Sakura between his other and himself taking her left side.

"What would you like Sakura chan?" Asked Mikoto.

"Um I'll have whatever Sasuke kun is having. She replied completely clueless never being to a sushi bar. Mikoto bit her bottom lip and quietly squealed to herself the small child was so cute when she was confused. Sasuke also smiled feeling proud that Sakura chan was ordering the same thing as him.

Sasuke's mom smiled blissfully to herself as the two ate tighter already planning on hocking the two young ones up .'Their children will be so cute!' She though already planning out their futures, including their weeding, honey moon and so on and so forth.

"So, what were you doing on that hill when mom found you Sakura chan?" Sasuke asked between bites of food, not bothering to wait till it was fully chewed to speak.

"I was eating berries. What were you doing?"

"I was waiting for my mom and I guess you so that I could eat."

"All by yourself?"

"Yup, why do you ask?"

Sakura shrugged her shoulders up and down and turned back towards her food. "I guess maybe 'cause… that means you were alone. Being alone must have been …sad." She relied failing to find any other word to describe the feeling other than sad.

"Yeah but weren't you alone?" Sasuke asked coxing his head to the side in a cute manner as he asked the pink haired child his question.

Sakura blushed a bit to herself and shook her head. "Yeah I was alone but I have always end up alone so I'm used to it. It doesn't bother me anymore."

"Sakura chan…you were alone too?" Sasuke asked in surprise as his eyes grew wide with shock directed at the girl sitting next to him.

"Oh…um yeah I guess so. But please don't worry about me, I don't want you to." Sakura replied shaking her head with her eyes squeezed tight as she waved her arms in front of her face.

"Um Sakura chan….w…what did you mean when you said you always end up alone?" Sasuke asked stuttering a bit as a hint of pink crossed over his face.

Sakura looked down at her hands and sadly smiled. "I meant exactly what I said, that I always end up alone. I used to have friends in other villages but I had to leave them all the time since me and my dad move around a lot so I always have to leave them."

Sasuke looked a little scared when Sakura looked over at him and panicked a bit thinking that something was wrong with him. "Sasuke…kun…? Are you alright Sasuke kun?"

Sakura squeaked in surprise when he sprang forward and wrapped his arms around her small body.

"Sasuke kun?" She asked again in confusion at his actions.

"I don't want you to ever leave Sakura chan. I want you to stay here forever and never ever leave me. I don't want either of us to be alone 'cause if we are both alone tighter we don't have to suffer from the loneness. I don't want you to ever leave me Sakura chan."

"I don't want to ever leave you either Sasuke kun. I….I don't want to ever move again. It hurts too much to be alone and if I move again that is what will happen to me. I don't want to ever leave you and Naruto kun or this village." Sakura responded slowly and softly still a bit in shock from his sudden hug.

Sasuke scrunched up his face a bit and looked at her weirdly a bit before talking. "I don't mind if you have to leave that dumb Naruto but I don't want you to leave me Sakura chan."

In the background where the Uchiha mother was sitting she smiled brightly to herself as she listened in on their conversation. 'That's it Sasuke, fight for your girl!'

Sakura blushed a bit but broke out into a gentle laugh that rang in his ears like the melody of bells, making him smile as well. He liked her smile and now that he heard it he loved her laugh.

When Sakura was finished with the last of her food and was getting down from her high stool with Sasuke's help. The youngest Uchiha blushed and looked away at the small girl's touch.

Sakura was thanking Sasuke when a still feeling on the back of her neck caught her attention. She shook a little and wrapped her arms around her small body.

Sakura chan what's wrong? Are you cold?" He asked concerned.

"I…I think…no. It's nothing Sasuke kun," She replied shaking the feeling off.

"Oh Okay!" he chipped happily as his mother emerged after paying for their meal.

"Um…uh S…Sakura chan do you want to hang out with me and my mom today if you don't have any plans for the rest of the day. We have stuff we need to do later before twilight but until then you can hand out with us until then." Sasuke asked speeding up the last part.

"I would love to Sasuke kun, just as long as I get home before twilight." She replied cutely turning her head to the one side letting a few stray locks that framed her face fall out from their position tucked behind her ear.

Sasuke cheered happily latching on to her arm and hugging it. In his mind thinking, 'Ha ,my Sakura chan will be with me all day and I'll be sure we don't run into that dobe Naruto.'

"Sasuke are you okay you had a weird possesive-never-gonna-let-go-of-something look on your face."

"What? Oh no it's nothing Sakura chan. Come on let's go."

Sakura Skipped home humming to herself with a bright smile. She still had around an hour left before she need to be home but Sasuke and him mom had plans so she decided to leave them to that. (Despite the face that Sasuke didn't want to let go of her waist.) She could have sworn She heard him shouteing something along the lines of 'no my Sakura chan' or something like that when his mother dragged him away.

"He's funny." She laughed remembering the look on his face as he struggled under his mother's iron grasp.

Her thoughts were, wherever, interrupted but a annoying bark directed towards her. "Hey you pinky!" A girl with bright blond hair and icy blue eyes barked placing her hands on her hips with a scowl.

"Yes?" Sakura asked gently, missing the death glares she and the girl standing next to the blond were shooting her. There was a third person behind them but she seemed to shy to do anything. Sakura didn't take any deep notice of either's clothing other than the blond wore mostly purple and the girl with black hair wore mostly navy blue.

"Don't play dumb with us pinky," The girl with long black hair and cold fiery eyes sneered. "We all saw you with our Sasuke kun a few minuets ago so don't deny it."

"I don't deny it. Sasuke kun and I were together with his mother a few minuets ago." Sakura replied completely oblivious to the killing intent that surrounded the two girls.

"You little bitch! Did you hear what she just said Ami. Did you hear the way she talked to us about our Sasuke kun. Like she knows him or something!" The blond screeched to Ami like some obnoxious animal.

"The little tramp, how dare she act like she knows our Sasuke kun. There is no way we can let this sin go unpunished Ino." The girl named Ami replied talking to the blond who Sakura guess was named Ino.

"Um My name is Sakura in case you were wondering. Do you guys know Sasuke kun too? Maybe you guys could play with Sasuke kun and I the next time we go to the park or something."

Ino and Ami instantly ceased their hissing and stiffly turned towards the pink haired girl like she was a weak demon about to be punished for a thousand years of evil deeds. "What… did you say." Ino asked

"Oh well Sasuke likes to play at the park but he doesn't like playing alone so he asked me if we could play together one day and you know what they say the more the merrier." Sakura replied smiling.

"That's it! You can't go anywhere near our Sasuke kun you little bitch!" Ami screamed her face turning red. She had asked Sasuke if he liked to play on the playground with her but he told her he didn't like that place. She realized that it wasn't the place Sasuke didn't like but the person he would want to go with.

"Hinata, this is your last test in order to join our group. You have to make sure this bitch knows her place and doesn't see out Sasuke kun ever again!" Ino said pulling a white eyed girl out from behind her and throwing her forward with a gruff rudeness.

"H…h-hai Ino sama, Ami sama." The blue haired girl stuttered stumbling forward her fingers playing with one another. By the way she was shaking Sakura could guess that this girl was nervous and scared.

Sakura smile brightly running up to the stuttering girl and extending her hand. "Hey there Hinata, you're really cute when you play with your fingers like that! Would you like to be my friend?"

The white eyed girl gasped and froze in shock. Someone was asking her to be their friend. No one asked her to be their friend. It was always the other way around. She turned around and stared at Ino and Ami, they simply glared at her in a highly threatening manner.

"Well what are you doing just standing there like that, waste her!" Ino shouted.

"Do it or else we won't be your friend and you'll be alone again. Is that what you want?" Asked Ami.

"N…n-no." Hinata stuttered back in response.

"Then do as we say!" Ino sneered.

The white eyed heiress looked at Ami and Ino and then at Sakura who still stood there with her hand outstretched. She couldn't hurt this girl, she didn't deserve it.

"N…no!" Hinata cried squeezing her eyes shut and clamping her hands over her ears. "I…I can't do it! It's not right."

"We didn't ask you if it was right we told you to do it!" Ami shrieked

"Ah cut the crap if you can't do it I will!" Ino snarled walking forward and slapping Sakura harshly across the cheek sending her off balance. Hinata gasped as Sakura fell to the ground clutching her cheek in surprise. But other than that she didn't move or attempt to stand up again.

"And for you…"the blond snarled turning towards Hinata with her icy blue eyes gleaming in anger. "How dare you betray us and then disobey our orders after everything we did for you. Is that the thanks we get for befriending you huh?"

Ino raised her hand to slap Ino and Hinata covered her face with her hands in fear, waiting to be struck down. The slap never came.

"What the?" Ino stuttered trying to pull her arm out of the green eyed girl's grasp that held fast to her wrist like iron. "Who do you think you are you bitch?"

"I told you, my name is Sakura and I am Hinata's friend. I don't really care if you hit me it doesn't hurt that much but if you try to hurt my friends I won't hold back."

Ami shuddered at the look in Sakura's eyes as she held onto her friends arm. It was clearly sending a message to the two of them. 'Back off before I make you.'

"You two really are pathetic, picking on the weakness of other and using it for your own gain is unforgivable. What you did to Hinata was wrong and I won't let either of you two harm her ever again." Sakura coldly stated throwing Ino's arm down and sending her into the dirt. "Don't you dare mess with my friends you bitches or else I'll kick your sorry asses all the way into the next village. Hinata is done taking your shit for you."

Ino shivered holding her throbbing wrist close to her chest and glared hard at the pink haired girl standing over her. "Whatever, we're going. Come on Ami!"

The black haired girl helped her friend up and the two of them sprinted a few year before turning around to shout something back to the green eyed girl. "You better watch your back Sakura, this isn't over." Ami shouted.

"Count on it bitches!" Sakura shouted back letting out all her pent out anger that had been harbored in her heart ever since the first time her father hit her. The result was Ino and Ami running off like a heard of demons were hot on their heels.

Sakura turned towards Hinata who was still shaking from the close encounter with the blond and smiled brightly. "Hey Hinata are you okay, I hope those creeps didn't scare you too much. You don't have to worry about them anymore as long as I'm around. You're me friend and I always protect my friends."

"Friend…? A…are you r-really my friend now Sakura san?" She stuttered a bit amazed.

"Yeah you can count on it, but on thing we need to fix is that name you have for me. Don't call me Sakura san, is sounds like you don't know me. Call me Sakura chan, that's what all my other friends call me."

"Ah…o-okay Sakura c-chan." Hinata stuttered with a small smiled gracing her light pink lips. "You're my f-friend now."

"That's right!" Sakura cheered rubbing a bit of the dirt of her sore cheek.

A few tears gathered around the corners of the white eyed girl's eyes and she sniffed. She was so happy someone wanted to be her friend out of their own free will and not because she would work for them. That was a true friend, and she found one. She never thought the was someone alive out there caring enough to except her into their hearts. It was no wonder Sasuke liked Sakura chan so much. It was hard not to.

"Come on I have some time before I need to go home, let's go play."

"Ah, h-hai Sakura chan." Hinata squeaked shyly as Sakura grabbed her hand and began to drag her off in the direction of the playground. Her smile grew thinking about how she had finally found someone who wanted to be her friend for no other reason other than she wanted to. She felt so happy all of a sudden.

'Thank you Sakura chan.'


Haha Chapter three. It's late sorry. Please review!

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