A Naruto Fanfiction

Behind the truth

Chapter 4

By Azalea14

Parings: Sakura and Sasuke.

Ok, I know this is such a late update and I'm really sorry for that. My computer crashed and I haven't been on the internet for a long time…I'm so sorry. But here's the next update and don't worry I'm not going anywhere, at least I hope so…--1. I just heard Asuma sensei is dead! I don't believe it…its in chapter 328 something…but still, why did he have to die. It's not like I'm a great fan of his but seeing team ten crying hurts so much…

Chapter 4

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The Morning light shimmered through the window and onto the sleeping pair. One of them stirred and shifted a little. The raven haired boy opened his eyes and rubbed them slightly, adjusting to the morning light. He turned his head around staring at the form next to him. There laid Sakura, Sleeping peacefully. Sasuke smiled but it soon disappeared.

A faint rustle came from the edge of the bed. Sasuke narrowed his eyes, as he sat up. He came face to face with his other team member. The blond was smirking widely, a hint of amusement in his eyes.

"Eh, Sasuke Bastard? Why are you and Sakura in the same bed?" Naruto asked wondering. His crystal blue eyes shimmered suddenly and shot from the bed. "You two did no just do what I think you did?" He asked slowly, not removing his eyes from Sasuke. A Vain popped on top of Sasuke's head, growling.

"No, You idiot!" Sasuke said in a dangerous voice. If you had looked closely at Sasuke's face, you would have seen a faint blush on his cheeks. Naruto chuckled in amusement when he noticed Sasuke's face. Sasuke shot out of the bed and grabbed Naruto by the neck. "What are you doing here anyway?" Sasuke asked. Why would the blond suddenly show up in the morning this early, especially in his house?

"Well, you and Sakura apparently didn't show up for training practise this morning. Kakashi sensei gave me promision to find you guys, so I came here and found you here with Sakura." Naruto replied, also taking a deep breath. Sasuke let Naruto go after he told him why he was there. What surprised Sasuke most that Naruto mentioned that he didn't come to training. The raven haired quickly turned around and stared at the bed side clock. His eyes widened once realising what the time was.

It was passed noon. Sasuke's left eye was twitching. "And when exactly did you come here?" He slowly asked Naruto not looking at him.

"Hmmm…About 3 hours ago, why?" Naruto replied clueless. There was a very bad aura around the raven haired boy as he slowly turned around to face Naruto. "Why didn't you wake me up?" He shouted enough for Naruto to hear him and making sure not to wake Sakura up. The blond whimpered slightly, scared of Sasuke's dangerous tone of voice. "I just got carried away by staring at you sleeping and to tell you the truth it was very amusing…" Naruto said rubbing his chin thoughtfully. Sasuke just shook his head before hitting Naruto on the head, earning an 'oww that hurt' from the blond. "You deserve it" The Uchiha growled.

Suddenly there was a poof sound from across the room next to the large window. The two boys turned to see what it was. There stood there sensei smiling under his mask, with his perverted book in hand. "Yo" He greeted them.

Kakashi's eyes moved from the boys and spotted Sakura sleeping in Sasuke's bed. He smirked under his mask. "Its about time you two got together, you really make a great couple." There sensei joked earning a glare from The Uchiha. Naruto and Kakashi only laughed at Sasuke as he muttered a few curses under his breath before grabbing a towel.

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Sakura opened her jade eyes, hearing the noises of people arguing. She rubbed her eyes and sat up, adjusting to the sun light. She saw Kakashi and Naruto laughing and a pissed of Sasuke. She raised her eye brow, 'What's going on?' She thought.

"What are you two doing here?" Sakura asked, staring at her sensei and Naruto for an answer. The both chuckled before Naruto waved his hand, "Don't worry, we were just going…right sensei?" Naruto replied smiling cheekily. Kakashi said a quick goodbye before disappearing into thin air. The blond soon followed. Sakura blinked, "Ok, that was weird." She muttered.

The pink haired girl looked around, and the memories of last night came back. She shivered slightly. Her arms wrapped around her self unconsciously.

'Hold on…' she quickly gazed at the clock and her eyes widened. "WHAT!?" She screamed before jumping out of the bed and rushing out of the empty room. Sasuke soon emerged from the bathroom fully dressed and wondered were Sakura had run of to. He saw the door open and soon rushed out. 'What's wrong with that girl?' he thought growling. He grabbed his jacket and ran out the door after Sakura, where ever she was headed.

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Her feet ran as fast as they could, as Sakura passed through people who were walking by. Her heart was beating fast none stop, as fear ran through her. She just hoped she wasn't too late. 'What was I thinking staying at his house?' She screamed mentally. Now her father would kill her, or even let her ever walk again. Her face just got paler and paler. There was no telling what would happen once she laid eyes on him. All she could hope for was a miracle.

Wishing wasn't going to do her any good, she knew that for sure. Sakura could fell the tears coming in her eyes as she ran faster away, long far away from the Uchiha compound. 'All I ever do is cry, why can't I be strong like Naruto and Sasuke. I've always been the weak one in our team.' The painful memories were flashing by her eyes as if reminding her she was nothing and needed to be scraped of the face of the planet. The memories of Sasuke telling her she was annoying hurt the most. They still kept haunting her. Even though her body seemed to have grown but her mind was still in the past, dwelling and asking for help. Nothing had changed since her mother had died.

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The rain was heavy outside with lighting flashing every minute. The autumn leaves flew away with the fierce wind as the large trees outside shook. A small girl around the age 13 was curled up next to a fire place, a hug of hot chocolate in hand. She was smiling while drinking the warm liquid. A woman sat next to her with dark pink hair. A grin on her face, showing how proud she was of her daughter. The woman gently stroke Sakura's short hair.

"Mom, do you think he will retune back to konoha?" The young kunoichi asked staring at the blazing fire in front of her. Her faces sadden at the thought of the only person she truly loved. Her mother smiled heartily, "Of course, all you have to do is believe he will and never give up. Can you do that for me?" Sakura brightened up, nodding.

Maya laughed heartily as she ruffled her daughters hair, a grin on her face. Sakura giggled. "Where's dad anyway, I thought he would be back by now?" the little girl asked her mother. The elder woman growled under her breath. The name of her husband hurt her deep inside. The trouble he had caused was enough to break anyone's heart in two. Her deep green eyes narrowed. Sakura shivered at her mother's facial expression.

The elder woman noticed Sakura looking at her, "Sorry dear..." She said kissing Sakura on the forehead, "I didn't mean to scare you. He'll be here any minute now, so don't you worry." She grinned at her daughter. Sakura clamed down a little but deep down she knew something was very wrong. "Why don't you go and wash up, ne?" Maya suggested. Sakura nodded and drank up her last bit of the chocolate. She got off the warm sofa and went up to her room.

Maya sighed deeply, also getting up. She stood still for a few moments, admiring the blazing hot fire in front of her. She only wished her husband would root in hell for making her and her daughters life miserable. She suddenly heard the front door open and she turned around quickly to see who it was. There stood a man with blond hair, and green eyes. He seemed to be drunk and mad at something, Maya could only guess it was her husband. His bangs covered his eyes, and she could tell what his facial expression was.

"Welcome back my dear…how was your day?" She slowly asked, unsure if she should talk to him or not. He moved into the house, not bothering to take his shoes off. Maya also noticed he held a bottle of sake in his hand and knew for sure she made a mistake in speaking to him. Sometimes she wondered what had happened to her old husband, who was kind and generous. But something must have changed him to be like this. She slowly backed up as he moved closer to her.

"What do you care?" He replied in a raspy voice, fear was not present in her eyes. "Of course I care about you." She said, confident.

The man suddenly started laughing hard, "Then tell me, why is it that I had heard you were going to leave me for good?" he narrowed his eyes, he moved closer to her and soon she was backed up against a wall. Maya shivered as she felt the alcohol in his breath come on to her face… She knew he was right.

"That's right; I was going to leave with Sakura. I can't let you hurt her or me again." She whispered but it was enough for him to hear her. The man suddenly grabbed her arm and threw her on the floor. The dark haired woman yelped as he roughly grabbed her again by the neck and backed her against the nearby wall. "Well, we can't have that now, can we?" he hissed against her ear making Sakura's mom shiver with fright.

Since he was still in his ninja outfit, he easily took out a kunai out of his pouch. He smirked noticing the fear in his wife's eyes. He chuckled deeply and licked the sharp kunai. "But I thought you loved me, why would you do something like this?" the woman asked shaking slightly. He turned his gaze from the kunai in his hand to the victim in his grasp.

"I love you to much to let you escape my grasp…that's why." He replied with no emotion plastered on his face. Without any hesitation, he jabbed the knife into her heart earning a gasp from his wife before she fell lifelessly onto the floor. The floor soon was coated with crimson liquid.

The man stared in shock at what had just happened. He stared at his wife's lifeless form that laid still on the floor. 'What have I done…' his anger over clouded his mind, causing him not to think properly. His eyes darted towards the noise he heard from the door. There stood Sakura.

She gasped once seeing her mother on the ground. Her world suddenly stopped. Fresh tears slid down her cheeks. Her knees felt weak and she fell on the ground, not removing her eyes of her mom. She turned to her father who was shaking with wide eyes. She spotted the kunai in his hand and nearly screamed. He did this to her?

"You did it!" Sakura screamed as she pointed an accusing finger at the man. He didn't faze or move. He suddenly growled and glared at Sakura.

"How dare you accuse me?" He growled, sending a death glare at his daughter. Sakura gasped, not seeing her father this angry before frightened her. The man never stopped glaring at her, "You did this!" he screamed.

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After that day her father had blamed her of his wife's murder. He couldn't take the guilt that was building inside him and took all his anger and stress on his little girl. Sakura had endured the pain of her mother's death but she also had to cope with her father blaming everything on her. Sometimes she actually thought it was her that killed her mother. If she had been there for her, none of this would have happened.

Her small feet ran as quick as they could as she hurried and turned down a road towards her house. She now stood in front of the house in which her life had changed drastically.

But unknown to her, it was yet to change again.

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Her shaking hands slowly reached out to touch the door knob. She opened the door slightly and not to wide. She peered in the room and stared at the place. It was a wreck. The couch was turned over, the chairs were everywhere, the curtains were half ripped and there was a small patch of blood on the floor. Sakura backed up slowly, the blood reminded her of her mother when she first saw her dead.

She franticly rushed to the kitchen and spotted her father laying on the cold floor, out cold. She sighed in relief knowing that he must have drake the sake and fallen asleep. And now she knew he didn't know were she was last night. She turned to leave the kitchen and fix up the house but a pair of hands grabbed her feet from below. She gasped and quickly turned around to stare at the man slowly waking up. He lifted his head u and looked at Sakura, glaring.

"Where were you last night?" He sneered not letting go of her ankle.

Sakura's eyes widen and she tried to escape his grasp. But he only held her tighter the more she struggled.

"Oh no you don't." He growled as he pulled her down making her fall with him. He got up and pined her down with him on top of her. She tried to pull free of his tight grips. He put her hands above her head and smirked as he noticed the fear in her jade eyes. "Now, you know the rule that you're not aloud to leave the house unless you're training or doing shopping, right?" He asked slowly enjoying the felling she was giving him. Sakura nodded, "I'm sorry." She whispered.

"That's not going to help you, little girl." He replied as he got of her slowly but not completely. The sake he was holding in his hand was still there and he grabbed it quickly before smashing it on Sakura. She quickly shelled herself by putting her arms above her face. She winced once the glass cut her arms leaving the blood to leak out. She had some cuts on her face as well.

She opened one eye and stared at the man who was no standing. He smirked and pulled her up roughly up on her feet before he slammed her against the wall. Sakura knew she made a mistake in coming back home, because now she was going to die in the hands of a murderer.

Hitoshi chuckled as she sat up from the hit he gave her, she didn't seem to be fazed or surprised by his attacks and that angered him. He pulled out a kunai. He was going to end Sakura's life the same way he ended his wife's. The thought of his wife made him sad and angry, so he decides to end it quick.

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Sasuke rushed in through the door and ran towards the room he heard a scream come from. He couldn't believe what he saw. It seemed that his heart nearly stopped.

Finally, done and finished chapter 4! I hope, hope, and hope you guys like it! I worked so hard in getting this chapter right, but I'm sure I made tons of mistakes…! I hope I didn't over do it on the flash back part; I just had to let it out. Oh and I don't know If I've mentioned it before but Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto are all 18-19 year olds. Also with the rest of the rookie nine and team gai! Oh and a very late happy birthday to Naruto! …I missed it…oww well, I won't update until I get at least 12 reviews or more. And thank you guys for your lovely reviews…they are so wonderful.

Happy Halloween!