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O YA N WRITING LIKE THIS IS GAARAS DEMON TALKING OK?

CH.4 Let the Torture Begin

Sakura looked at the room she was in. She could tell that someone had dug it recently. She knew she was underground because of that, also, there were no windows. It was small and a bit cramped. Her arms and hands were chained, the chains to her arms led up to the top of wall and hung by hooks. The chains on her ankles led to the bottom of the wall and were also held by strange looking hooks. She watched as Gaara pulled on the chains on the top of the wall so she was now with her back on the wall, legs barely touching the floor. As for her legs, Gaara tied them so she would not try to kick him while he had his fun with her.

Gaara smiled wickedly at the young girl before him. Sakura shuddered under his gaze. She was very afraid but did not want him to know that. "What are you going to do? Rape me?"

Gaara sniggered, "Don't flatter yourself you little whore. I would NEVER touch a filthy thing like you." his voice was filled with amusement.

Sakura cringed when Gaara spoke. He pulled out a few nails and a hammer. Sakura watched his every move. She watched as he pricked each of the center of her hands once with the tip of the nails. She had not suspected them to be so sharp, at least not sharp enough to make her bleed. Gaara smiled at the sight of her blood. His inner demon screamed for its release.

Let me kill her, let me spill her blood on the walls!

Gaara smirked wider, 'As you wish, but, I need to mess with her first.'

Torture her… make her scream… make her scream for mercy!

'Patience'

Sakura watched as Gaara mentally agreed with Shukaku. At this point she was very afraid of what he would do to her. She needed to find a way out. Struggling against her chains Sakura forced some chakra to them hoping they would release her. Gaara saw this however and watched. He found it to be most amusing when his prey was lively like her.

"So Sakura.." he came closer. "Do you think I like how you treated my Hinata today?"

Sakura froze, "H-Hinata?"

He nodded. "Yes, Hinata."

Sakura did not answer. This angered him, "Answer me you little whore!" she shook her head.

"Fine." he grabbed the nails and hammer tighter before walking towards her. "Since you are so intent on being a disrespectful little bitch… you shall suffer like one."
Sakura shook, "You are a sick freak!"

This caused him to laugh. Not a friendly laugh or an amused to laugh but a horrible blood chilling laugh. "Sick…freak…" he stuck the nail into her right palm piercing her flesh and causing blood to be released. He did not stop there however, he drove it deeper into her palm making Sakura groan in pain. The nail stopped its advance through her flesh when it hit the wall.

Tears came from Sakura's eyes. "Please stop this. I swear Ill be nice to Hinata"

"And risk you hurting her anyway? I think not" he made quick work of her left hand as he had to her right. He watched as she whimpered under his gaze. Gaara looked down at her feet, "Your not so tough after all are you?"

Recalling what had just happened when she had chosen to not answer she spoke, "N-no" her head hung low when she realized that he was not going to stop until she was dead.

Gaara grabbed her right foot with his hands. "Such small feet, and impeccable skin" he brushed a few strands of pink hair from her face. Sakura did not like where he was going with this. He took a nail between his index finger and thumb. Aiming at Sakura's feet he once again pierced her skin only this time it was her feet. Gaara smiled in satisfaction at his work. Since Sakura had never experienced much pain this was already unbearable for her. She always had Naruto or Sasuke to protect her but now, now she was alone.

Gaara walked to a small corner of the room where he had set everything down. Rummaging through the metal he finally found what he had been searching for. He found a perfect cat paw (A/N: GOOGLE it if you want to know what it really looks like! You can also find it under Spanish Tickler!) that he could use on her 'Impeccable' skin. It had a small handle that he could use. It also had four long spikes that curved slightly which resembled a cats claws. He raked the cats paw on Sakura's chest causing her clothes to tear where the claws once were. Blood soaked the remainder of her clothes as he repeatedly stroked her with it.

Sakura screamed in agony as her flesh was torn off bit by bit right before her eyes. Blood loss was beginning to get to her. Every time he pressed the cats paw to her skin he would drag it down slowly then quicken his pace. Sakura screamed in pain every time her skin came in contact with the now covered in blood metal. "Aw is the little pink haired bitch crying?" he taunted.

Indeed Sakura was not only screaming but crying her eyes out. 'All of this pain for one prank' she thought miserably. All this time, being mean to Hinata, Sakura was unknowingly making very dangerous enemies. Gaara watched her bleed, thinking about other methods of making her scream. He could always use his sand but he felt that dealing with Sakura should be a little more personal. Gaara dropped the bloody cats paw in the corner and picked up a whip. He found it funny that he was just beginning to have his fun and Sakura already looked like she'd been to hell and back.

Gaara adjusted the chains so now Sakura was facing the wall and her back was to him. How he loved sensing her fear, her tears, and her pain. He ran his fingers over the whip for a moment thinking about how she was going to suffer. Lifting up his arm he began to whip her back mercilessly. A puddle of blood began forming below her. With every whip it grew. Her back was now covered with deep gashes from where the whip had struck her. Once Gaara's arms were tired he decided on another method of torture.

He walked back upstairs to his apartment to grab a tub of water. He finally found one outside by the door. He also found that Hinata was no longer there. Frowning he decided to go look for her but not before helping Sakura get comfortable. He smirked at his idea of how to keep her for the night. Gaara dragged a sarcophagus (A/N don't ask me how he got one laying around ok?) down into Sakura's prison.

She had been crying for so long that she had not noticed that he came back. Her head seemed to be pounding from pain. She watched Gaara from the corner of her eyes. He dragged the coffin so the back was facing her. She watched him curiously and afraid of what he would do to her next. He then made her drink water and released her from the chains. Sakura could not believe he was letting her go. She made a run for the door but was caught by Gaara's sand. Smirking he opened the coffin revealing the inside to be full of spikes that would obviously puncture skin if someone were to be placed inside. Of course the spikes did not hit any vital organs, this way the victim would suffer. Each movement that the person would make in order to escape would cause them large amounts of pain. Gaara placed Sakura inside the coffin as she struggled to get free. She was extremely afraid.

"No please stop!"

He said nothing as he pushed her inside causing the spikes to drive themselves into her already bloody back. A blood chilling scream came from her as she felt the metal now inside her. Gaara closed the coffin causing more screams of pain from her. Strapping it tightly shut he made sure she was done screaming before sliding open the small metal mini door that allowed him to look at her eyes.

Inside the coffin Sakura was in unbearable burning pain. She struggled at first but soon learned that the more she struggled the more pain coursed through her body. She heard something like metal sliding on metal. Light touched her eyes as she looked out to Gaara.

"PLEASE! PLEASE! IM BEGGING YOU!! STOP THIS!!!" she begged.

Gaara simply laughed at her. "You are so pathetic. You want me to just kill you now?"

Knowing well that he would not let her go she decided to ask for death once and for all. "Yes!" she cried. "Just.. Just KILL ME NOW!!!"

He chuckled, "I have more important things to do now. Just try not to be too loud, you wouldn't want to have that pretty voice of yours to go away would you?" he smirked.

Sakura did not catch on right away until she realized, "The water!"

He nodded closing his eyes, "Yes the water.. What about it?"

"You did something to the water!"

Again he nodded. "So?"

"So? What did you do?!"

"Now now, what did I say about being loud?"

Sakura tried to scream out but instead her throat burned as if on fire. No noise came out of her throat except for a bit of air. She did not know what he had done to the water but it was obvious that she wouldn't be able to speak for awhile. Her throat burned from when she had drunk the water, she felt the burning slowly become stronger only this time it was in her stomach and lower abdomen. Gaara smirked at Sakura's panicked face. "Don't worry, its only temporary. After all, I want to hear you scream again when I get back. Although I'm not completely sure when I might come back. Maybe a week, maybe two, perhaps even a few months?" he sniggered at her eyes widening. "Have a nice night miss Haruno."

He closed the only source of light Sakura had leaving her to stare at the pitch black inside of the coffin. Streams of tears slowly made their presence known again.

Gaara walked upstairs, 'how could I not have noticed its morning already? And how could I not notice that Hinata was gone?' he frowned. He walked into the restroom and took off his clothing, then he stepped into the shower to clean himself of Sakura's blood.

-----------With Hinata---------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Hinata laid on a comfortable bed. Her legs were bent and spread apart as she laid on her side with her arms under the pillow she was resting her head on. She wasn't sure why but she felt lightheaded. Getting up from the bed she reached up to her desk only to realize that it wasn't there. Opening her eyes she saw a chuckling Kakashi reading his Icha Icha Paradise book. He was seated on a chair across the room facing her. Hinata blushed seeing what he was wearing, old black sweats and his mask (naturally). That wasn't what she was blushing at though, she was blushing at the fact that he was without a shirt. She watched as he flipped a page, then looked up to her. Hinata tried to ignore his gaze and looked away, she was embarrassed that she was caught staring. 'oh no, now he's going to think IM a pervert!'

Hearing Kakashi chuckle she forced herself to look at him to see what was so funny. He stood up after putting his book down on the floor. "Hinata, why were you wandering outside at night by yourself?"

She shifted avoiding his gaze. Not wanting to tell him about the party and having Gaara take her to his apartment she lied. "I.. I d-don't re-m-ember." Well it was half true. She did not remember why she left his apartment.

The gray haired ninja stared at her. Searching for anything to explain why she was wearing men's clothing. He hoped nothing serious had happened to her. He did not know why but she had always caught his attention. Perhaps it was because she was the opposite of Naruto? Or maybe it was that he knew that Sasuke liked her? Or… it could also be that he, Kakashi also liked her. Not to a perverted extent but still, he did like her. He had always ignored these feelings since the relationships between teacher and student are not only forbidden and looked down upon but simply wrong. After all he was older than her. Not by many years but he was at least five years older than her. He smiled at Hinata from beneath his mask. Oh how happy he would have been to touch her again, sure she had been unconscious but the feeling was the same to him. He just wished that something like in Jiraya's books would happen to him. Kakashi wished that Hinata would be his.

Hinata saw Kakashi had become deathly still. He had closed his eyes and was now breathing rather slowly. Not noticing that he was trying to push her out of his mind Hinata jumped out of bed. Placing her hand on his forehead she asked if he was ok. He only nodded not wanting to see Hinata so close to him. Hinata could help but giggle softly when she realized that Naruto would do the same to her when she blushed.

Kakashi heard her giggling in front of him. Opening his eyes he saw that she was now holding her stomach with one hand and trying to stop the giggles with the other over her mouth. She even tried biting her tongue, something she would often do when she wanted to say something but knew she had to keep quiet. Hinata stopped giggling when blood came from her mouth. She stared in surprise, 'Did I bite it that hard?' she licked the blood from her lips.

Kakashi had not taken his eyes off of her actions since he had opened his eyes moments ago. Seeing her lick her lips clean from blood he felt a sudden part of him get hard. It was a good thing that his sweats were kind of bulky or else she might have noticed. Trying to get her to stop he cleared his throat getting her attention. "Are you hungry?"

She nodded in response. He motioned for her to leave the room then led her to the kitchen which was down the hall to their left. After they ate breakfast he turned to her, "If you don't mind Hinata I'm going to go take a quick shower."

"O-ok-ay" she watched him walk back down the hall to his room on the right then walk across the hall to the bathroom. After hearing him turn on the water Hinata sighed to herself. "I hope Gaara isn't mad with me."

Hinata noticed a small mirror on Kakashi's couch. She grabbed it hoping to be able to fix her hair and clothes before having to leave. The first thing she noticed was a purple bluish spot on her neck! 'oh god… please don't tell me it's a…'

"Hey Hinata, uh.. Why do you have a hickey?" Kakashi asked. He was already done with his shower and had come to ask Hinata if she wanted to take a shower too when he caught her staring at a spot in her neck with his mirror. 'I was hoping she didn't notice. Damn now what am I going to tell her?!'

Kakashi watched a panicked Hinata. Clearly she did not know who had done that to her. For that, Kakashi was grateful. But what would other people say? Damn, he needed to say something to her. She was now running around trying to find something to cover the hickey with. Sighing he went back to his room to grab a sweater. He handed it to her hoping that she would wear it instead of her other sweater from now on. He did like the view of her body but did not want other men to get any ideas.

Hinata thanked him and put the sweater on. She practically drowned in it. It was mainly black with some grey patches on it. She was glad that it covered her neck so her mysterious hickey could not be seen.

"Would you like me to walk you home?"

She nodded. Together they walked towards Hinata's apartment occasionally talking.

------------With Sasuke--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sasuke was eating his food quietly at Naruto's favorite ramen stand. He wondered why the blonde boy wasn't there. Usually he was the first one there when they opened. He paid the lady for his food and left towards Hinata's apartment. He figured she would be there by now. Then he would begin to work on making her like him. Sasuke imagined Itachi's face if he found out that Hinata preferred Sasuke over him.

Smirking Sasuke remembered that it was his teams turn to watch over the Kazekage. He sighed, 'well, at least I get some time with Hinata'

Finally making it to her apartment he knocked a few times. He grew worried when no one answered. Just as he was about to leave he ran into Kakashi and Hinata. He stared at both ninja. "Hinata, its time to watch the Kazekage"

She gasped, "Oh! I-I for-got! L-let m-me g-et re-ad-y" she bowed to both ninja and tried to unlock her apartment. She searched for her keys in her pockets, even on the floor. Nothing. Trying to think back to when she lost them she remembered that Gaara was there when she dropped her keys (A/N remember ppl in chapter 2 or 3 she dropped her keys and ran inside with her cousins?). "M-may-be Sa-ba-k-u no Ga-ara h-as th-em?"

Sasuke and Kakashi raised an eyebrow. "Why would he have your keys?" the gray haired ninja asked.

"I drop-ped m-my k-keys wh-en he w-as he-re"

Sasuke groaned a bit remembering the incident. How could he forget? The little cousins were more like monsters to him. "Fine. Lets go find Gaara. Then we will come back so you can get ready"

Hinata smiled, "T-thank y-ou."

Kakashi had been in utter shock. Sasuke actually speaking more than one sentence? He would surely tease Sasuke later about this and his crush on Hinata.

All three walked to Gaara's apartment. Kakashi knocked repeatedly but no answer.

"You know he's not here." Temari looked down at the three ninja from the roof. "I mean its obvious. If he did not open the door the first time you knocked-"

She was interrupted by Sasuke. "We are only here for Hinata's keys"

Temari blinked twice. "Her keys?" 'Now why would Gaara have Hinata's keys?' she asked herself as a million perverted thoughts and possibilities ran through her head.

"Y-yes m-my k-eys" Hinata tried to not stutter but couldn't help it. She was slightly afraid of Temari. She was an incredible fighter after all.

Temari studied Hinata carefully. "Relax princess, I have your keys. Gaara told me to give them to you which I was going to do today but since you came to me you've given me one less errand to run." Temari grabbed Hinata's keys from her right pocket and tossed them down to her. Unbeknownst to Hinata Gaara had made an extra set of copies as had Temari. Hinata smiled up at Temari, "Th-thank y-you"

Temari smirked, "No problem princess."

Hinata blushed a bit. No one had ever called her princess before. It was weird that Temari would even call her that but Hinata could not argue since she was afraid of angering or offending her.

Kakashi and Sasuke walked Hinata back to her house. Once inside she told them she was going to shower and get ready. The boys nodded at her. Kakashi sat on Hinata's couch to continue his perverted book. As for Sasuke, he was thinking about what would happen today. He hoped the second team was still watching Gaara since Sasuke obviously did not know where the hell he was and did not want to waste his time looking for him.

Hinata hopped into the shower letting the hot water run over her body. After scrubbing herself clean she wrapped a red towel around herself and walked to her room. She changed into a black tube top which had fishnets to cover up her arms and stomach. She also wore black tight pants with some black and grey combat boots. Looking at herself in the mirror Hinata decided to wear Kakashi's sweater. On the way over to her house he had told her that she could keep it since it was too small for him. She had blushed and tried not to accept it but now she was grateful he had pushed her to. It was baggy on her but as long as it covered her body she did not care.

Hinata walked back downstairs to see Kakashi was reading on her couch while Sasuke was leaning on a wall with his eyes closed. She sensed a bit of tension in the air but chose to ignore it. "I-I am r-re-ady"

Kakashi muttered a small "Hn" while Sasuke opened his eyes and nodded. Soon they were on their way towards the training grounds to meet the last member of their team.