Chapter 4
She was so lost in thought, staring at her reflection in the window by her bed. She was met with dark, tired, regretful eyes, her face covered with bandages and bruises. "I look like a monster," she thought, and then continued, "Well, I am a monster after putting my baby in danger." She finished, placing her hand over her belly, rubbing in gentle circles. She continued staring at this "monster", she didn't even notice when three people entered the room. "Hey! She's finally awake!" said a young, blonde boy, a tone of excitement in his voice.
"Well duh, that's what the nurse just told us." a raven-haired boy pitched in. "Alright you two, behave yourselves," the older, adult male said to the now angry-pouting blonde and expressionless raven-haired boy. "That voice, it sounds familiar." She thought. The girl turned away from her reflection to see who was there to visit her. The two boys seemed to be the same age as her. "Why are they here? Did they walk into the wrong room or something?" she thought for minute when the older man said, "Well, you're probably curious as to who we are and why we're here," he stated, as if he could read her thoughts. "That scar is very familiar," she thought while trying to remember where she had seen it before. She sat there for a moment, trying to figure everything out when before nodding her head in agreement. "My name is Iruka, and these two boys are Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke. We are here because these two actually found you unconscious in the forest. We all wanted to make sure you were okay." There was a pause, she stated, "I remember you. You were the one who brought me here." Iruka smiled and said, "Yeah, that was me… How are you?" "I'm fine, I guess." She responded.
The girl looked over Iruka, realizing just exactly what he was. She waits then says, "You're a shinobi, aren't you." He answers, "Yes, I am." He looks at her and wonders if he had said the wrong thing. There was a long pause, broken by, "I don't trust the shinobi," she said as she began to turn her head away from them and back to her reflection. Anger began to rise in Naruto. It kept building up until he couldn't take it any longer. He then leapt toward the girl, shouting, "Are you crazy?! The Shinobi are the most trustworthy people I know!" He was about to continue when he was painfully interrupted by screams and sobs. "NO! Pl…please, d…don't hurt me! Please don't rape me! Oh God, not again!" She pleaded. Naruto's anger had ceased when he heard this. The three of them, even Sasuke, stood there with confusion written all over their faces. They noticed she was gone…
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"NO! Please don't!" she pleaded. The man kept coming towards her, ignoring her pleads. "Oh God! Pl… please don't hurt me!" She was hysterical at this point, but the man ignored this, continuing towards her. When he was close enough, he raised his hand and hit the girl. "SHUT UP!" he shouted. She was silent, trying to muffle her sobs while lying on the bed. The man began to undress her, hitting her every time she tried to refuse. The girl began to loose consciousness after being hit repeatedly in the face and head. The last thing she saw was revenge in his eyes. The last thing she felt was hatred rapidly entering her body, and in that moment she was gone.
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A voice slowly faded in. "I… I wasn't going to hurt or rape you." It was Naruto, with a tone of sincerity in his voice. The girl looks up at him, tears streaming down her face. She noticed that she was lying in the fetal position. For that past moment, it looked as if she wasn't there, and when she snapped back, she was met with worrisome faces. "Are you okay? What just happened?" Naruto asked. The girl didn't know how to respond to that without breaking the vow she made to herself. She was now caught and had to fess up…