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… Time Skip

Bitter Taste

My eyes wandered up to the clock hung high on the wall. Fuck.. 1a.m... how am I suppo-The sound of loud pleading interrupted my thoughts. Turning my attention back on the tied up man I sighed, "You should have never betrayed the Hyuuga, Baji." I murmured coldly, stepping closer to his beat and bloody body as he squirmed in fear under my gaze. "It really is a shame. You could have been an important asset to us, instead of just another lowly bandit." I leaned over in front of him, one hand on his shoulder and one behind my back, "But you decided to be greedy and steal what's ours..", "Please Hyuuga-sama! It'll never happen again!" he yelled out frantically. Standing up straight I smile, pulling out the vile from behind me. "Oh Baji.. I know it won't," he sighed slightly in relief allowing his swollen eyes to close. Silly little man.. Your not safe.. I opened the small vile, one of many that I had, and held it over his crouch, "I'll make sure of it." His eyes snapped back open and I emptied the contents of the vile onto his pants, A loud scream erupted from him followed by many more. A sadistic smile formed across my face, "Scream all you want Baji.. No one can hear you, The acid will take care of you slowly." I whisper in between his shrieks and stepped back, leaning against the table and watching it eat away at him with amusement. No remains will be found..

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I sat at the kitchen table, a bottle of vodka in one hand and my cell phone in the other. The loud ringing echoed through my cloudy head like a siren, I dropped it on the table and stood up lazily, letting the nearly empty bottle slide out of my grasp and crash to the floor. "There is no way in hell I'm going to school today…" I mumble to myself as I glance at the clock on the stove. 7:30 a.m.… Classes started thirty minutes ago. Sighing and grabbing my now silent phone I exit the kitchen and tiredly walk up the stairs to my room. I'll sleep for a bit.. Just until Sakura is about to get out of school.. Flinging my door open and slamming it behind me I take a few step forward and collapse onto my awaiting bed. Instantly falling into a deep and dreamless sleep .

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I sighed and rolled over, forcing my tired eyes open to look at my clock, "Fuck… It's 4:50p.m… They've been out of school for like two hours.." Rubbing my eyes I sit up slowly, my over worked body aching immensely with every shift, "God I'm exhausted.. But I need to go tell Sakura I'm sorry for not being there to take her home.. Itachi didn't even bother to go to school so I know no one else told her where I was.." slowly I slide off the edge of my warm inviting bed, a hiss escaped me as my feet pressed against the freezing hardwood. Shit it's fucking cold.. I sat there for a few minutes letting my body adjust before standing and heading towards my bathroom to shower, "I'm pretty sure she won't appreciate me smelling like booze when I go see her.."

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I pulled out of the large garage quickly before taking off down the street towards the pinkette's house. Hopefully no ones home.. But it won't be hard to find out which room is hers if her dads home.. As I got closer to her house my mind began to wander back to those emerald eyes and that shy smile, "Damn she's beautiful.." I said aloud as I turned the last corner and made my way to her house. Shutting off my bike and slowly walking it into the thick bushes surrounding her yard I leaned my bike up against a large tree before approaching her home. A large truck was parked in the driveway, "Fuck, he's home.. Oh well, time to find that window." The sky was now completely dark, it was well after 6p.m. and I was freezing my ass off as I walked around the house. I should have worn a bigger jacket.. It's fucking co- I was stopped in mid-thought by the sound of rock music blasting from a nearby window. "Bingo.." I whisper as I move closer towards the sound, looking up I sigh loudly. Of course its on the second floor.. Glancing around I notice the ground level deck has a large grill set up a few inches away, smiling I proceed to climb on top and knock on her window. I heard a quiet gasp from in between the loud lyrics and the blinds were pulled open. I smiled sheepishly at her surprised expression, with my free hand I motion for her to open the window. A minute later I sat cross-legged on her bed, she looked worriedly at my shivering form. "Hold on. Let me get you some tea" as she turned towards her door I caught sight of a darkened bruise on her cheek and immediately grabbed her hand, "Who did that.", her eyes widened, "N-No o-one.. I f-fell.." It was easy to tell she was lying; of all people a trained murderer can tell the difference between a clumsy injury and a purposeful one. "Don't lie to me Sakura..," I whisper carefully, her eyes filled with tears. "H-Hinata-chan.. I-I can't t-tell y-you.. G-Gomena-.", "Sakura get your ass out here!" a loud yell cut her off, quickly she flinched in fear at the sound, Well that gave me my answer.. The thought left a bitter taste in my mouth."Y-You h-have to h-hide! Q-quickly!" she whispered as she frantically pushed me into her open closet and shut the door.

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It was at least twenty minutes later until I heard her door shut again, before that all I heard was crying. Slowly the door to my hiding spot opened as she softly grabbed my hand and led me out, not looking at me as she sat on her bed, her bedroom only lit by the moonlight shining through her window. The whole house was silent, sitting next to her I placed a cold hand to her heated cheek, careful not to press too firmly. She slowly faced me and the sight of her face, bloody and beaten was enough to rip my heart in two. No.. Not her.. Her eyes glistened as fresh tears slid down her cheeks. Neither of us said a word, as I laid back against her wall and gently pulled her into my arms as she wept silently. It was heart-wrenching to see her being treated like the assholes I dealt with on a daily basis. Her body was shaking in fear and her eyes were tired, but she was scared to sleep. She doesn't deserve this.. Holding her protectively I leaned down and whispered in her ear, "I'll protect you Saku.. You can sleep now.. I won't leave until I have to.." as if my words coaxed her, her breathing calmed and she drifted off. Leaving me fighting away my urges to go destroy that monster they refer to as Captain Haruno.