My Ink Filled Heart
Disclaimer: Do I really need to point out, that I don't own Naruto?
Summary: Sakura discovers an old Manga book in her attic, written by a relative of hers. As she reads it, she is instantly transported to Konoha where she meets Naruto and the gang.
Pairing: KakashiSakura
"Talking"
'Thinking'
Inner Sakura
Sakura felt like she was dying.
There was no other explanation for the darkness creeping into her vision and the indescribable pain she felt radiating from her whole body.
A sharp pain and cracking noise from her hand came and a few tears leaked from her eye unwillingly.
She could hear someone screaming loudly, so loud she thought they might be screaming right into her ear. It was when she started to feel oxygen deprived and her throat throbbed that she realized that she was screaming.
She knew dying hurt, she came close to dying before, but this was a different sort of dying. One that made you wish that you were dead already so the pain would hurry up and go away.
Sakura heard someone speaking, probably Ibiki, but she couldn't understand a word they were saying. All she could think about was her hand and how much it hurt.
She tried willing her fingers to move but she was so exhausted that it seemed impossible.
Another voice spoke up, one she didn't recognize, and she felt someone grasp her chin roughly. Her head was tilted up and a light shined in her eyes, momentarily blinding her. She could feel drool and tears make its way down her face. She had never felt so helpless before, not even when she was sick in the hospital.
She'd give anything to go back to the hospital, anything at all, because now she knew; hospitals weren't hell on earth.
It was this place.
And Ibiki must be the devil in disguise.
Sakura laughed weakly at inner Sakura's joke but regretted it when her body was racked in an uncontrollable coughing fit. She felt her broken ribs keenly, and thought they might've pierced a lung. She wasn't sure.
"Are you going to tell me what you're doing here?"
Sakura tried to open her eyes but couldn't. Her head was still held firm by the mysterious figure and she didn't try to fight against it, knowing fully that it would be a useless endeavor.
"I don't know." She rasped, her throat constricting with the effort.
Another snap and Sakura's scream echoed in the small room. The other man let go of her chin as she struggled against the pain. After regaining her bearings she panted, trying to stay conscious. Her head lolled against her shoulders, too heavy to hold up.
"Please," she begged him desperately, more tears running down her face, amazing Sakura that she still had enough liquid in her body to produce them. "I just want to go home."
"And where is home? The Land of Fire?"
Sakura hiccupped, her body shaking with uncontrolled sobs.
"I don't know what that is…please you have to believe me."
Ibiki looked down at the young girl before him, watching as she shook like a leaf in the dim light of the room. She was nothing but a child, of that he was sure.
If he hadn't had a Hyuuga come in earlier he would assume she was nothing but a civilian kid who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. As it was, the Hyuuga informed him that the girl had chakra residual and that her pathways were developed enough to be considered at least a genin.
'This is enough to condemn you' He thought as he placed his large hand over hers. Sakura jumped in her seat, startled by the motion as she still had her eyes closed. A hiss of pain left her as his heavy hand settled over her broken fingers.
"I believe you. All you have to do is tell me about yourself and I'll stop."
Sakura would have nodded her head eagerly if she could. As it was she was only capable of her broken speech.
"M-my name is Sakura Haruno…daughter of Sana and Ryuichi Haruno, born in March 28." Sakura paused for a moment waiting for Ibiki to do something, something painful but instead she was met with patient silence, his hand still resting on top of hers.
"My f-father died when I was 6," she paused to swallow, her voice breaking from the strain of talking. "I was ill from 12 to 14 and am now 15. I currently l-live in Tokyo, Japan…I attended Meiyu academy and was to attend Nishikon high school in the fall…"
"And," Ibiki asked, his hand seeming to get heavier in the tense atmosphere. Sakura swallowed fearfully.
"That's all. I don't have anything else you would want to know." Ibiki sighed and it echoed loudly in the room.
"Not good enough," he said before his hand was suddenly crushing her own. She screamed as her broken fingers grinded against each other, each digit radiating pain so intense that she felt like her fingers wore being chewed off by some wild animal.
For all she knew that could be happening right now.
Ibiki could have let some wild dog loose upon her and it could be gnawing on her injured hand. She wasn't sure.
But she was sure that the darkness seemed awfully nice before blacking out completely.
"Is she dead?" Ibiki asked the man observing Sakura. The man, a medic nin assigned to the case, shook his head in a negative. After Sakura had passed out, he had flashed forward to check her vitals, Ibiki stepping back to let him do his work.
Letting go of her chin, he watched as her head slumped forward, the straps binding her to the chair the only thing keeping her up, before turning to face the interrogator.
"She passed out; probably from the pain."
Ibiki scoffed at this.
"All I did was break a few of her ribs and fingers. I'm not even getting started yet."
"That's with seasoned ninja. This girl isn't much older than a newly graduated genin."
Ibiki could hear the angry undertone in the man's voice and decided not to push it. Medics were always a bit sour when it came to interrogation business.
"What do you suggest then?"
The medic paused, his wire-rimmed glasses slipping down his nose.
"Her interrogation session is done today," He decided. Ibiki frowned but conceded. There wasn't a lot he could do to someone unconscious either way.
"Fine. Lock the door when you're done and meet me in room 47 for interrogation with the Iwa nin," He said as he crossed the room to the one and only door. Sparing the medic one last glance he swung the door open and departed to his next interrogation session.
The medic pushed up his glasses, the dim fluorescent light catching on the reflective lenses. Turning to the unconscious girl, he sighed.
"My, my Sakura," He said softly, hands glowing a pale green as he reached out to heal her broken ribs. "What an interesting puzzle you are indeed." After a few minutes of him mending the bones back together again he stopped when they were back in there original position.
Finished with her ribs he moved on to heal her broken fingers, the bones broken and jutting out through her skin. Sighing at the damage he quickly righted the broken fingers the sound of bone scraping against bone filling the silent room.
Casting his glowing hand over them, he watched as her bones reattached themselves, her skin kitting up any puncture wounds it received. Satisfied with his work he smiled at the girl. "Until we meet again, little Sakura. Maybe then I'll know your secret."
Kabuto patted her head and walked to the door, exiting as quietly as he had entered.
Sakura could hear voices quietly talking, their speech coming out muffled and broken in her half awake state. Her head was pounding and her throat was so dry it felt like it was full of sand.
She tried to lift her heavy lids and groggily swung her head back. She came face to face with a man with pale blond hair and striking cornflower blue eyes.
He was pretty, she decided.
Next to him she could see, Ibiki, his face set in the same neutral expression he always graced her with. They seemed to have been discussing something but stopped when she woke up. Her vision spun, probably from dehydration, and she was semi glad she was strapped to the chair otherwise she probably would've keeled over by now.
"Sakura," Ibiki stated her name and she turned her unfocused vision to him. The two of him. "This is Inoichi and he is an expert at interrogation."
Inoichi stared at her blankly and she smiled widely, her chapped lips bleeding at the action. Her face took on a sort of deranged look as she smiled with her bleeding lips.
She didn't care though because she was going to die.
She knew it. Otherwise, she would be released already, what with her knowing absolutely nothing of what they were talking about. No, she knew. They were going to torture her until she was nothing but blood and bones.
'Let's give them hell then,' she thought grimly. Inner Sakura nodded her head in agreement.
"Well," she croaked, "what are you waiting for? Let's get this party started already." Inoichi stepped back and flashed through some weird hand signs, making Sakura think he was signing something to Ibiki.
It was after he placed his hand on her head and her vision began to darken that she realized he was doing something else entirely.
"How long has she been in your custody Ibiki-san?" Inoichi asked the interrogator as he was lead through the lower levels of anbu headquarters. This was the part of the building that held many of the recently captured rogue ninja, the ones that were to undergo torture and interrogation by the head interrogator himself.
They were here for only a short while before they left. Usually in pieces.
"For two days so far." Ibiki answered as they reached the last level of the complex. Walking down the long hallway before them, Inoichi observed the many cells they passed while Ibiki stared stolidly ahead.
"And what information have you gathered so far?"
"Nothing of importance. Kids name is Sakura Haruno, 15 years old and from a village called Tokyo. She claims not to know which country she resides in and when I ask her which village or country she's aligned with she always says she doesn't know what I'm talking about."
Inoichi nodded his head in understanding.
"Has she shown any aggressive nature or ability?"
"Besides crying? No, not really." Stopping before one of the cells, Inoichi watched as Ibiki flashed through some hand signs before unlocking the seal over the door. Swinging the large door open Ibiki and Inoichi crossed the threshold and were greeted by the sight of their bound captive.
The first thing that surprised Inoichi was her pink hair. The second was how young she looked.
"I thought you said she was 15," he couldn't keep the accusatory tone out of his voice. This girl looked the same age as his daughter Ino. His gut clenched guiltily at the sight of her. Ibiki merely shrugged.
"That's what the girl said." He said loftily.
Inoichi swallowed down his discomfort and observed the girl more closely. She looked like a kid, not some hardened criminal he was expecting.
"Ibiki, I'm not comfortable with interrogating a kid who looks old enough to be in the same class as my daughter…." He trailed off when he realized the girl was starting to regain consciousness as her breathing became shallower. He watched as her lids slowly opened to reveal shocking green eyes. She blinked dazedly at him and his face transformed to the blank poker face he often used during interrogations.
"Sakura," Ibiki stated her name and she turned to look at him. "This is Inoichi and he is an expert at interrogation."
She seemed to be in thought for a while before she smiled widely at him, her lips splitting and cracking from the action.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Let's get this party started already."
Taking a step back, he flashed through the familiar hand signs before placing his hand over her head. He watched as she lost consciousness and his vision distorted for a moment before changing to the inside of Sakura's mind.
Inoichi glanced curiously at the room he was situated in. There was a western style bed in the corner of the room, a desk with books and a lamp on it next to the bed. To his right was what seemed to be a closet, the word memories painted neatly on top of the sliding door.
He took a few steps before he stood before it. Reaching out he was just about to slide the door open when he heard someone.
"Hey."
Swinging around he came face to face with some type of shadow creature. He quickly leapt back to put some distance between them, a kunai held tightly in his hand. The shadow creature looked exactly like the Sakura girl, the only difference being her coloring and the kanji on her forehead deeming her as "Inner Sakura".
"What are you doing in Sakura's head?" She asked sharply and Inoichi surmised that this must be Sakura's alter ego or split personality. Instead of answering he threw his kunai at her with lightning speed, watching as it connected solidly with her head. Her head recoiled a little from the speed.
Instead of toppling over like he expected, the creature simply absorbed the kunai like a sponge. Shifting her head she was once again staring at him, this time with narrowed eyes.
"You shouldn't have done that," the thing snarled before pouncing at him.
He quickly reached behind to slide open the closet, stepping through it and closing the door on the girls face. The door shuttered from the force of the girl colliding with it and he could hear her hiss angrily.
"You're gonna regret invading this mind old man. Shannaro," The creature muttered on the other side.
Inoichi ignored it in favor of observing the new place he had entered. It was a hallway filled with different doors, each labeled with a different memory. Walking down the long hallway he passed the doors, reading and storing each memory name in his mind. Passing one door listed as cancer and another listed as moving he reached one that made him halt. It was labeled Naruto.
Believing that this was what he was looking for he reached out to twist the knob, halting when he pushed it a few centimeters open. Pausing, he spun around to see Inner Sakura inches from his face, his kunai held firmly in her hands.
"Told you, you'd regret it," she said, a cruel smile twisting her innocent features. Then she stabbed him in the chest.
Inoichi woke with a startled gasp, chest heaving from his heavy breaths. Ibiki looked at him alarmed, waiting to see what his prerogative would be.
"Dangerous," he gasped out. "She's dangerous and after Naruto."
That was enough. Sakura's fate was sealed with those words.
Hooray! A relatively quick update (by my standards at least)! I hope you guys are happy with this as it's actually my longest chapter yet. I'm trying to make all my chapters longer because I'm hoping more people will review (insert puppy dog eyes). Anyway, I don't really watch Naruto anymore, so I kind of do't really know how Inoichi's jutsu work. I hope this was pretty close to it. Please tell me what you think about the story. Constructive criticism welcome…..and a beta reader O.O.
What will happen to Sakura now! Why was Kabuto there! Where is KAKASHI! Update quick and I'll show you in the next chapter :P
ForeverQueenofDarkness Thanks for reviewing :)
FarEien I know I'm such a procrastinator. Thanks for reviewing :)
Emjan-chan well the story is set before the time skip however Sakura is older than all of the Naruto gang. I'm actually debating on whether or not to make Kakashi a little younger to make the age gap shorter though. I don't plan on really going into the romance aspect of the story until Sakura is a bit older though. Nothing really heavy duty right now due to her age and current mental state.
gOtOHeLlXP I'm so glad you like my story! I updated quickly just for you :)
Teacher's Secretary You're one to talk you slowpoke :P
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