Chapter Two: Crashing Down
Contravene - To go against, or Defeat.
This is a Sakura and Itachi pairing.
"She was never prepared for a mission like this. The Entertainers destroying the world around her with greed and blood lust. She was just starting to find out who she was. She never thought she could fall in love with such a lethal weapon."
I own nothing Naruto related besides this story and the words I type.
Sakura squeezed the bulb to the blood pressure cuff, making the cuff tighten around her mock patient, Ino. Ino sat firmly in the chair, her left elbow and arm flat on the table. Her blonde hair flooding over her shoulders, and blue eyes looking at Sakura, waiting for an answer as to what her blood pressure was. Her figure was slim, and she was sure she was in shape, but she still panicked every time her blood pressure was taken. She just hadto beat Sakura's!
Sakura pushed the stethoscope to Ino's brachial artery as she listened to her blond friends heart beat for a minute with the pressure to her arm applied. Ino fought the urge to tap her foot impatiently, awaiting the results. Finally the pink haired female removed the stethoscope and wrote down results. Ino took off the cuff and started leaning over, trying to get the results.
The pinkette held the paper above her head, standing up and laughing. Ino stood up and started jumping for the paper, her symmetrical face turning into a scowl. "Come on forehead! Let me see! Did I beat you? Be honest!"
Shizune cleared her throat, making the two girls stop in their tracks. "You two can compete out of class, you are distracting the other classmates."
The two girls looked around, smiling innocently at everyone who was turned in their direction. "Sorry!" Both girls said at the same time and sat down in their seats.
Shizune came over and snatched the paper, smiling at the girls who gaped up at her. "Lets see... Sakura got 124 over 68. Good, good. And Ino..." She paused, as Ino leaned at the end of her chair. "124 over 68."
"The same?" Both asked in unison.
The teacher laughed quietly. "I guess we will have to wait until we start testing other things to beat each other at."
"I'll win forehead, just wait and see." Ino retorted, crossing her arms and huffing.
"In your dreams Ino-pig, we are at a tie thus far!" Sakura said, crossing her arms as well and huffing.
Shizune rolled her eyes, "You two are like a couple." She made her way back to the front of the classroom, collecting the papers from the other students. "Class dismissed, have a good lunch. Don't forget your homework, it is due next Monday."
Sakura threw her backpack over her shoulder and walking up to her teachers desk. Shizune looked up quizzically as Sakura put papers upon the teachers desk. "I know you were giving me two weeks to complete the beginning of the semesters schoolwork because I changed schools, but I went ahead and completed it. You never know what could pop up and distract you from your studies, y'know?" Sakura shrugged to add effect.
Shizune's eyes flickered for a second and then she flipped through the papers, "Yes, I suppose unexpected things happen at the oddest of times... Thank you for your hard work Haruno. See you tomorrow."
Sakura walked out of the room, making her way out to where everyone normally met for lunch as a small arm slid itself around her neck and dragged her forward. She growled until she realized it was just Naruto. "Sakura-chan, the most embarrassing thing happened yesterday with Hinata-chan!"
Sakura plopped herself down in their usual spot, Naruto sat down next to her and he continued with his story as everyone started arriving and sitting down, dragging out their lunches. Sakura nudged Naruto, laughing louder at his terrible luck. He had somehow carelessly knocked his meal all over Hinata's shirt and in panic he tried to wipe it off. You can imagine the look on the principals face when she walked in on Naruto and Hinata, with his hands on her shirt. He had stumbled for words so badly, and Hinata couldn't speak. It had nearly landed him two weeks in detention.
Sakura loved it here, even though she had only been here just slightly over a week, it was more welcoming than her private school. She guessed it was because her private school was full of snobby wealthy people, and though she had money, she wasn't in life to show everyone else up like them. She looked around at her circle of friends again and gave a sigh of content. Everyone had their unique little background and look. Shikamaru was lazy, eyes closed as he relaxed and listened to the hum of chatter. Next to him was Hinata and Naruto, along with Kiba, Tenten, Ino and Shino. Sakura did not know but a couple for longer than a week but she felt like she had known them for years.
A small rumble emerged from the ground and everyone became quiet. They looked around the corridor as Naruto stopped eating his ramen. They sat under a tree in a grassy area for lunch, small clusters of flowers, adding a bright feeling. The ground shook more violently and Naruto suddenly stood up harshly, "Earthquake! Everyone get up!" He beckoned, trying to lead them somewhere much safer.
Suddenly a more violent rumble shook the earth and everyone was up and running towards the classroom. Everyone was ahead of Sakura and it was too hard to focus on everyone ahead of her to see where they had run off to. She was trying not to fall but ended up falling on her hands and knees, when something inside of her kicked in. The pinkette didn't know her eyes were closed until she opened them, seeing in a new light. It was like everything was slower than it really was, she stood and started moving forward before the force of a body slammed her against a wall.
"Fuck!" She called out as she opened her eyes to see a man, he laughed quietly at her form, so easily pressed against the brick wall.
"Now, now princess, what do we have here?" The man questioned, licking up her neck.
"Get off of me!" She tried to scream over the earthquake.
"Fiesty aren't we, little ninja?" He called, his sickly smell flooding Sakura's nostrils. He was tall and muscular, how was she going to get out of this? He dug his nails into the back of her shoulder, dangerously close to her neck.
"That's IT! FUCK OFF!" Sakura screamed, bringing a hand to his chest and shoving him. Within a second he was off of her and flew back, slamming onto the grass, unconscious. She looked at her hand, it glowed a blue color for a second and then was gone. She slid down the wall, shaking and looking at her hand.
Another body planted itself against her, hiking her up and to its chest. In a blur, the scenery changed from green and blue to a room, an empty room. She was too shocked to move or resist, so she just complied. Still pressed to the body, she looked around confused and dizzy. How did she get here so fast? 'Wait, that doesn't matter, who am I pressed against? And how the fuck did I do THAT?' She questioned herself as she stopped clenching the shirt that stuck to the other persons body. Her back was pressed against the wall, leaving no room to escape or look at the man she was pinned to.
He smelt musky, it was a welcoming smell to Sakura. 'It couldn't be Naruto or any of my guy friends', she thought as she tried to look up the walls shook more violently, so he pressed his body closer to hers and her hands latched back onto his shirt as she buried her face into his chest. She was getting awfully light headed and numerous times her knees tried to buckle below her from the force. He somehow knew she was starting to fall and hiked her back up, a hand around her waist.
His fingers interlaced with her pink locks, cupping the back of her head so she wouldn't smash the back of her head into the wall. The man grimaced and pulled her back up again from falling. It wasn't her fault, none of this was. A light broke and a small squeal came from the girl, he mumbled fuck under his breath and grabbed her butt, hiking her up, earning a squeal again from her. She was about to start kicking when he whispered to her.
"Cooperate, I need to move." The velvet voice spoke. "Close your eyes, I'm not going to hurt you."
Sakura nodded, sliding her arms around his neck and legs around his waist nervously. This was anything but normal, how could he see in the pitch black? She closed her eyes and she faintly felt the man shift and lay her down on something soft. His face rested next to hers, he could feel the shaking of the earthquake slow down, and felt the girl beneath him shake more. He didn't realize it until now, he was too focused on getting her safe. He hated earthquakes, it was the one time it was hard for him to focus on his chakra and abilites. The last light in the room broke and the man covered her face just in time. His hand began to bleed slowly, it wasn't that big of a cut, but it nicked her cheek as well. Finally the shaking stopped, a few more rumbles were heard but he knew it was over.
Sakura's hand came up to her cheek, she felt the glass slice into the skin close to her neck, and suddenly she realized he covered her face for a reason. "Your hand." She said, taking it in her own. It was still completely dark in the room so she had trouble seeing.
"My hand is fine," he spoke. "Are you alright?" He questioned.
"I-I'm fine." Sakura muttered as she felt the body above her shift and move off of her.
"There are ambulances outside," He said as he started to disappear. "Be careful of the glass on the floor."
'He's gone.' She closed her eyes for a second, 'How can you feel that no one is in the room? You've never done that before.' She stood, trying to think if she could feel any injuries. She wasn't shaken up which was good, it made it easier to walk to the door and step outside. Everything looked normal, she hoped everyone was okay. As a breeze reached her hair she realized she had a small injury at the top of her head where her hairline reached her forehead. She reached her hands up to touch it as she walked towards where tons of students were crowded around ambulances. A question plagued her mind, "Who was he?"
Naruto came running to her and hugged her tightly. "I was so worried about to Sakura-chan! I came as soon as I felt you-" He cut himself off and laughed, rubbing the back of his head.
"Felt my what Naruto?" She questioned slyly.
"How about we get you checked out?" He changed the subject, walking ahead of her.
She stopped for a second in her tracks, looking around. The man she knocked away from her and onto the grass was gone, and she had no idea who the musky smelling man was. 'This is odd, maybe I am hearing and seeing things...'
Naruto ran up to an EMT and started talking, "This is Sakura Haruno, I think she hit her head and scraped her neck..." He said, instantly getting the EMT's attention.
It was a small woman, she sat Sakura down on the curb of the school and started pushing her hair back, looking at the small head injury. Naruto sat next to her and held her hand. Sakura for once was confused by him, he was a good friend but she had never held his hand. She gave it a friendly squeeze as the woman before her put alcohol on the cut on her cheek and head and the nail scrapes that occupied her shoulder. "It's minor, but how did the neck injury happen?" She asked.
"I-I was... Scratching my neck, and then the earth shook violently and my hand was dragged across my shoulder." She lied. What could she tell her? She wasn't even sure if that actually happened. Maybe she did scratch herself, there was no proof that she didn't. She looked at her fingernails, no blood occupied them, or skin for that matter.
"I see. Well you are fine, keep it them uncovered for the air. It's not a major cuts so they won't bleed much if anything. Just keep making sure they are kept clean." The woman smiled, removing her gloves. "You are all good to go."
"Thank you," Sakura replied, letting go of Naruto's hand.
Naruto inwardly bashed his head, 'You're so stupid! Holding her hand? You idiot! What if she thinks you like her?
"Thank you for being a good friend Naruto," She smiled lightly. Calming Naruto's nerves on the matter, he stopped tensing visibly and she sighed in contentment. An announcement came over the intercom.
"ATTENTION STUDENTS, THIS IS YOUR PRINCIPAL. DUE TO TODAYS EVENTS WE ASK THAT YOU LEAVE FOR THE DAY. SCHOOL WILL STILL BE IN SESSION TOMORROW. WE WILL HAVE BOARDS DIRECTING YOU WHICH CLASSROOMS YOU WILL TEMPORARILY BE STAYING IN FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK OR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. HAVE A GOOD DAY."
"I uhh... Better get going! See you later Sakura-chan! You have my number if you need anything!" He smiled like his usual self.
"See you later Naruto." Sakura smiled, and started off to her locker to grab her things. Everyone was scattered and talking to each other as if an earthquake was a big gossip bubble. All of the females were being overly emotional. Sakura got to her locker and opened it, a searing pain went through her head suddenly and she stared into her locker, a blank expression covering her face.
She stood looking at her locker when she felt someone down the empty hall. She closed her locker and went into the room, silently closing the door behind her. He sat there in all of his glory, eating dango. She had wondered where her dango had went...
She sat across from him and smiled lightly. "Itachi. You know you can't just waltz in here like that."
He sighed inwardly, "Hn," he replied.
She brushed her fingers over his eyes and emitted a green chakra, within a few minutes she stopped and he blinked, his red eyes looking at her. His vision was fine, however his eyes had been hurting him from overuse and causing him headaches. Usually they didn't phase him but they had distracted him lately. He stood up and looked down at her, she really was something. He admitted he shouldn't of just come here, and even though he could hide his chakra he could still be caught. He then realized it wasn't him he was worried about, it was her. She had gotten orders from the Third Hokage, but he wasn't supposed to have anyone else find out, and he had to leave quickly, but first...
"Why?" He asked finally, after all of this time
Sakura lifted his Akatsuki sleeve and sneered at the cut, changing the topic. "You need to learn how to heal minor cuts." Doing a few hand seals, her hand glowed a calming green, she pressed it to the mans minor wound as it fainted from red to pink, signaling it was healed to the best of her ability. It was hardly visible, and she praised herself inwardly at her job well done.
"Why do you avoid my question?" He asked.
"I avoid it, because-"
A locker slammed shut near her and she blinked out of her trance, looking around to see a nearly empty hallway. 'What was that?' Her mind kept wandering to other things though, it was like it was rejecting the little cut scene. She faltered for a second and grabbed her things, heading off to the bathroom that was down the hall. She entered, going to the handicap stall and locking herself in.
She started running the water at the sink and looked at her face and neck, her shirt was torn slightly. She ran water over her face with her hands and turned off the water, batting her face with the paper towel used to try her hands. She studied her face for a long moment, and then looked at her hand as though it was so interesting. She thought for a moment at the scene in the memory.
"I'm losing my mind, but here goes nothing..." She did the hand seals that she remembered and all of the sudden her hands glowed green. She fell back against the wall in shock, and the chakra that was at her hands immediately disappeared. She held out her hands as if they were aliens and studied them. 'What is this?'
She took a deep breath. It healed him right? It healed the man... she couldn't remember the face but she knew this healed him. Maybe... Maybe it would heal her wounds? She shakily stood back up in front of the mirror, copying the hand seals again until her hands emitted a green color. Hesitantly, she lifted a hand to her neck wounds and gasped as she felt a soothing sensation, the pain dissipated and the wounds started to close, turning a dull pink color that nearly blended in with her skin.
She then moved her hand to her head and watched as it turned a light pink as well, and kept the hand there until it turned the same pink color as her neck. Now was the part she didn't understand, how did she stop it? When she got shocked, it stopped... She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, withdrawing the sensation from her hands. She opened her eyes to her hands looking completely normal and the wounds still healed.
"What is wrong with me?" She whimpered out, sinking down the wall confused. She grabbed her backpack and keys and headed to her motorcycle to get off campus. Reaching her cycle, she put her helmet and jacket on and strapped her backpack on her back. Her phone rang and she sighed, taking off her helmet and answering the phone.
"This is EMS at Konoha Medical Hospital. Are you Haruno Kairi's daughter?"
Sakura's breath caught in her throat, "Yes... I am."
"We need you to come to the hospital immediately. Your mother got into a car crash with the earthquake."
Suddenly her thoughts of the man who held her during the earthquake and the weird cutscene were gone, and replaced with getting to the Hospital as quickly as she could. "I'm on my way." And with that, she hung up the phone and put her helmet on, starting the motorcycle and speeding off, forgetting about the glowing that consumed her hand not but five minutes ago.
The good thing about Konoha was that there was many hospitals, this one was close. Sakura sped, weaving through traffic going well over the speed limit. Traffic because of the earthquake was in front of her, but she would not stand for that. She weaved through them, glad she had a motorcycle instead of a car. Finally she got to the hospital, parking to the nearest spot that she could and jumping off and running to the reception desk.
"May I help you?" The receptionist looked at her warily.
"Haruno Kairi, what room?"
"3rd Floor, Room 313."
Sakura didn't even give her thanks, running off to the stairs, not bothering with the elevator. She was glad the hospital wasn't impacted with the earthquake, that would be a disaster. Reaching the 3rd floor, she bolted out of the stairwell and to the room. The air caught in her throat at the sight. Tubes, everywhere. Her mother was unconscious and the doctor stopped and looked at her. Her face was bloodied up along with her body, Sakura was sure.
"You're the daughter of Kairi Haruno?" The doctor asked.
"Y-Yes, how is she?"
"I am doctor Ryuki. Your mother got caught in the earthquake and as you can see, she landed in pretty bad condition unfortunately." He directed Sakura to a seat and forced her to sit. "They had to cut her out of the car. She really is in ICU but unfortunately we don't have any more room in ICU. A piece of metal punctured a major artery. We managed to get her stable, but it doesn't look too good. Her lungs are being overworked. We don't want her to move. If she wakes, we might be able to put her on a breathing machine, but until that happens, we don't know the severity of it." Sakura took all of this in, sucking in a little bit of air, trying to hit realization. Her father rushed in, and the doctor rushed him out of the room to tell him his wife's condition without repeating it to the frail girl sitting in the seat.
Sakura started bawling quietly screaming why in her head. Her mother and her didn't always get along, in fact over the years they had grown more distant. Her mother had started to worry about work more and less about her. She remembered trying to impress her mother and her mother just picking up the phone, waving her off and saying "Good job honey." While talking on the phone. Sakura had tried so hard to impress her but gave up when neither of her parents showed up to her last graduation.
Her mother was an only child who grew up with almost nothing. Growing up, she had to get a job to try and support her mother and go through school at the same time. Sakura understood that her mother did not want to have that kind of life for Sakura, and it was true, Sakura never grew up with any financial troubles. Sometimes though, Sakura wished her mother would stop looking back and focus on her as a daughter, she had tried to impress her so many times. How come no matter what she did, it never worked?
At age 6, Sakura had been the top of her ballet class. At age 10, the top of her private school for grades ranking. Age 14, She had perfected pointe. Age 16, She had gotten her license and stopped relying on her mother for rides. Now at age 18, she could say her mother wasn't there for her after she turned 10. Those recitals, getting her license, graduation, anything. Though her mother rejected her a lot, Sakura still cared for her. She faintly wondered if it were her in the hospital, would her mom get there as fast as Sakura had?
Her father came in and Sakura stood, sobbing onto his shoulder as he wrapped his arms around her. Her father hadn't been any better than her mother. He had no idea how to be a father, and as much as he tried to be there for her, he always ended up busy with other things. In reality, her parents weren't very good... parents. They were too consumed with their own lives to care about her, as soon as they deemed her old enough to take care of herself, they let her and stopped watching her. At first it was relief that she was trusted, until they let go of all of their responsibility as parents. Sakura had to be her own parent.
Her mom stirred and Sakura ran to her side, jumping out of her fathers arms. A nurse quickly came into the room and checked her mothers vitals. "Mrs. Haruno. I need to know if you think you could breathe on your own for a few minutes." Her mother nodded slightly, and the nurse carefully removed a tube. A lot of coughing emanated from the mother and soon it was silenced as a breathing machine was attached to her nose and tucked behind her ears.
Sakura could see the urine bag below her mother and slowly a little bit of blood seeping into it. She didn't care at the moment, she just wanted to know her mother was okay. "Mom, mom..." Sakura grabbed her hand. "How are you? Is it hard to breathe? Do you need a drink?" Sakura thought for a moment on using the healing thing she had learned earlier, but she hesitated. She couldn't do it in front of people, what if they thought she was a freak?
Sakura's mother nodded and Sakura brought the straw to her mothers lips. Her mother took a quick sip and rasped out, "I'm sorry."
"No no, don't be sorry!" Sakura squeaked. "How are you feeling?"
"I am okay," Her mother breathed raggedly as the nurse checked her vitals.
"Well Mrs. Haruno, you are currently stable. We will keep you here for quite a bit." The nurse said only that reassurance. That didn't sound good, but it could be worse.
Sakura pulled up the chair next to her mothers bed. Her father visibly sighed in relief and exhaustion, "I was so worried." He mumbled, making both women look at him slowly.
"Tell her." Sakura's mother rasped.
"Tell me what?" Sakura asked, the room only filled with the three of them.
"I will tell you later." Her father said, "Right now focus on your mother before she needs to rest again."
Sakura looked back to her mother, "I am sorry I wasn't that good of a mother. I got caught up in work when I should have been there for you."
"You did your best given your work." Sakura tried to soothe her. "Are you tired?"
"Yes," Her mother admitted. "Are you okay, the... earthquake?"
"The earthquake hit school, it's okay. A nice man helped me to where I wouldn't get hurt so much..." Her thoughts trailed to him and his smell, it was still on her. He sounded familiar, she tried to remember that cut scene, but her mind rejected it again. She would try in dig it up later, she decided. She snapped back to reality and realized that her mother had fallen asleep. Sakura lightly placed her hand next to her body on the bed.
Her father sighed and took another seat, "Get some sleep, you have school tomorrow. After wards I will tell you."
Sakura looked at her father and huffed. "Tell me now, I am no child."
Sakura's father nodded, standing up and motioning her to follow him. She let go of her mothers hand and followed her father out of the room, closing the door behind her. He walked along the hall quietly, still walking with Sakura trailing him. They got to the elevator and entered, her father still not talking.
"Where are we going?" Sakura asked.
"The roof." He pressed a button and the hum of the elevator echoed in her ears as they ascended upwards and came to a halt, the elevator doors opening and both bodies exited. They exited a door, out to the roof and her father stopped finally, sighing.
"Dad, what's wrong?"
He turned to her, clearly upset. "Your uncle... he..."
"He what? What's wrong with uncle Kei?"
"He won't be coming around anymore." Her father stated.
Sakura squatted down in disbelief, covering her mouth with a hand. "W-what happened to uncle Kei?"
"He..."
"He what?" She hissed in tears, "What could he have done?"
"He did business with the Shutsuensha... he never came out." Her father choked out.
Sakura stood and crashed into him, hugging him and crying along with him. Her father hugged her back, trembling. Sakura had never seen her father cry, but after losing her fathers closest friend and brother to these monsters, she could understand this. Her mother couldn't be there to comfort him, she could.
The crying died down. "What did he do business for? Is he stupid?" They broke away, wiping their faces and taking a deep breath.
Her father shook his head. "Sakura..."
"No, I'm sorry-"
"No... Sakura..." Her father said, taking a deep breath and putting his hands on either of her upper arms. "Listen to me!"
"What father?" Sakura stopped trying to speak, looking at him.
"Think, what happens to people who go into the building?"
"T-They don't come out?" Sakura asked, confused.
"Good... good, what else?"
"I-I don't know? What are you getting at Daddy?" She asked, her voice breaking. Sakura wasn't sure if she wanted to hear what was coming next.
Daddy. He hadn't heard that word in a long time. "Nothing... sweetheart. How about we get back inside to check on your mother?" He smiled a reassuring smile.
Sakura sighed, relieved. She wasn't sure if she should of believed him or not but it was the best she could do given the circumstances.
They headed back into the room in silence, Sakura once again sat in the chair next to her mothers bed, contemplating everything that happened earlier in the day.
Her father sighed and took another seat, "Get some sleep, you have school tomorrow."
Sakura reluctantly nodded and tried to position herself comfortably in the chair. She thought about the earthquake and the man who held her as she shook, and brought her sleeve to her nose unconsciously, smelling him in. It was a nice smell, she admitted to herself. She tried to dig up the memory and only got one piece of information that stuck.
The man in the daydream was Itachi Uchiha.
The man holding her sounded like the man in her daydream.
Connecting things together, she realized something.
The man holding her, the man she had seen her first day there, the man with the red eyes was him.
Uchiha, Itachi.
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