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Chapter 7 She's scarred of Me?
People tend to forgive each other right?
Was he any different? He felt heartless, cold, unloved. So was he any different?
She's kind to all, and may forgive all. But not him.
I hear people forgiving each other for lying…
I hear people forgiving each other for silly things that make them mad, but..
Can she forgive me for showing her such a gruesome sight? Becoming a demon or monster?
Yeah right, no one's that kind, to forgive a low person like me.
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Everything feels blank, no meaning to it at all.
She sat up on the white soft mattress, feeling to tender like a cloud in the sky. The pain subsided. Her head felt like it could explode any minute now, she felt the pulse in her temples. What now?
'Do nightmares' predict the future?'
Was there any trust left? Is there any sort of bond left?
She couldn't bare it…
None of it…
She didn't feel any sort of connection left between the two.
Why?
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Why does it feel like she would regret it….
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The room was white, plain white. A simple painting hung right in front of her bed, an interesting painting she couldn't keep her eyes off of. It was a simple beautiful rose in a vase, and a hand reaching out to get it. The hand was not aware of the thorns on the rose, and the rose knew that its beauty would attract many.
It was a simple painting, but Sakura sat there trying decode any special meaning behind it. Nurses would come in and check up on her, and asked if she was alright when they realized that she wasn't moving much, and was only starring at the picture on the wall. It was the only thing keeping her mind distracted, maybe that's why the picture seemed to interesting to her.
She never had a keen eye for art, but even so this picture felt special. She couldn't help but feel like there is something in this picture that was calling her.
"Are you alright Miss?" the brunet nurse asked, shaking her left arm a bit awakening Sakura from the trance she was in. Sakura turned to face the nurse slowly, tilting her head, she examined the nurses face, and noticed her eyes showed that she was deeply concerned.
"I-I'm fine, really" Sakura politely responded not wanting to make the nurse worry. She even smiled to proof it. The nurse only nodded showing doubt clearly read on her face.
"Do you like that painting?" the nurse kept up the conversation, she nudged her head to the left to where the painting was located.
"Oh.. Yes, it's kind of mysterious to me…" Sakura again was caught by the beauty of the picture.
"I like it too" "If people tried to decode the message to this painting they would call the man foolish for trying to get the rose, it clearly has thorns. But maybe the man absolutely loves roses' so much that he doesn't care that he will get pricked, the name of this painting is called The Pain of Love…." the nurse explained, as she sighed. She too was observing the painting.
The nurse left a little after her speech, leaving Sakura a bit confused.
"Pain of Love?"
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~Flashback~
"Sasuke its absolutely important that you listen to me…" Kakashi stated in a firm voice. Sasuke knew the man was serious, there was no room for jokes or pranks in his voice. Sasuke kept his eye on him, as his teacher strolled around the room, but stopped right in front of his bed.
"It's nothing fatal, lets clear that" "But it seems Orochimaru has placed the curse seal mark on you…" Kakashi explained scratching the back of his neck. He clearly didn't have this prepared.
"Curse mark?"
"Yes, it's hard to explain I only know one person who has ever had the curse seal, but she's not here to give you the exact information" Kakashi sighed. Sasuke stayed silent knowing that there was so much that was going to be explained.
"What it does it boosts up your Chakra, It may sound exciting, but trust me its not worth the after-effects…" "It'll leave your body drained almost completely out of energy so as you can see using it can almost be fatal…"
"Well, it doesn't sound-"
"The more you use it, the more you become dependent upon Orochimaru and the seal itself…" Kakashi interrupted.
"Listen very well Sasuke…" Kakashi continued, Sasuke had no other choice but to listen. The focused glaring from Kakashi kept him very still, his stern face kept him quiet and listening.
"Don't use it, This is a matter of life or death…" "I don't care what the situation is, don't ever use it…" the icy tone kept replaying in Sasuke's mind. Sasuke only nodded, Kakashi stood still looking at him very carefully, then sighing.
"You'll regret if you ever use it…" were the last words he said before he left the room. The room was dead silent, he could even hear crickets chirping from the open window. Sasuke laid back down on the bed.
~End of Flashback~
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He opened his to see a familiar face hovering over his, maybe due to the close distance, or because his brain doesn't function at its best whenever he wakes up, but he couldn't tell who the person was. Until the face that was hovering over him gave him a little more space.
"Yep, he's still alive…" Naruto faked a bored attitude. Sasuke instantly pushed his face far away as his arm would allow.
"What the hell-"
"I should be the one asking you that!" "Don't give me that tough crap, what the hell did you do?" Naruto obviously was not in his usual perky self. The tone he spoke with Sasuke angered him even more for no apparent reason.
"What are you talking about?"
"Sakura, Who else!?" Naruto asked loudly he didn't give a damn if he was in a hospital or not, he wasn't letting Sasuke go. Naruto had flames in his eyes, and Sasuke could very well see he wasn't going to let this go.
Sasuke instantly froze.
He almost forgot about her…
How was she? Is she still…scarred…?
"Guilty is written all over your face! It's your fault she's like that!" Naruto spat in his face, he got so angered he jumped out of his seat as he spoke. Sasuke turned to face him, wanting explanation.
"H-How is she?" Sasuke asked quietly focusing his attention to his hands that laid dead on top of his thighs. He heard Naruto sigh and sit back down.
"Like a Zombie, the nurse said her body is getting better slowly, but…" Naruto spoke with uncertainly. He scratched the back of his neck trying to find words to say. Sasuke on the other hand was left on the edge of the bed trying to lean over to hear him, the dramatic pause was killing him.
"But what?"
"It's almost like her mind, or herself doesn't want to get better…" Naruto finally spoke. Naruto flinched as he said that he couldn't bare to tell him the truth, somehow he had a feeling it would hurt his friends feelings. Naruto was in love with Sakura, but he knows that Sakura only had eyes on Sasuke. Well at least she used to.
~Flashback~
Naruto was standing in front the door, nervous clenching tightly on the flowers he had bought hoping it make her feel better. He swallowed a bucket full of his own saliva, getting him more courage. He closed his eyes the minute his hand went for the door handle.
"Will you be opening the door soon?" a blond nurse asked politely poking his right shoulder softly. Naruto gave a startled yelp, and moved out the way letting the nurse open the door. As she as the nurse went in he followed right after her.
"Sakura?" he called out, when he noticed she was sitting just starring at the rose painting right in front of her bed. His voice brought familiarity in her mind, she slowly turned to face him, and gave him a forced smile.
"How are you feeling?" he asked as he put the flowers by the near table by the bed, Sakura of course saw them gave him a kind smile. He placed his palm on her forehead, and felt her temperature.
"You're burning up…" Naruto brought his hand back in shock. The nurse who heard this also took her temperature and left the room quickly to get the doctor.
"I don't know…" Sakura spoke once the nurse left, finding it more easy to speak now. Naruto sat down and gave Sakura a true sympathetic look, signaling that he will listen, and stay put.
"I feel kind of Scarred…"
"Of what?" Naruto asked, he observed the vacant look in her eyes. She was struggling to speak the words now.
"Of him…." Sakura kept him nameless, but Naruto had a gut feeling it was Sasuke almost every time she went through some sort of heartbreak, he would always be the one to point a figure at.
"What-"
Before he could continue the doctor came in, with the same nurse from before. The Doctor examined Sakura quietly before interrupting.
"I'm sorry where going to have to ask you to wait outside…" he spoke with professionalism, and such authority that Naruto only nodded, and walked away.
He sat on the sofa near by the room, he wanted to ask the doctor how she was, and he will wait patiently until he came out of the room. Sure enough it was worth the wait.
The doctor walked out of the room first, the nurse following him, but stopped right at the door frame. They talked quietly, the nurse was the first to noticed Naruto first, she nudged the doctor pointing behind him. She nodded quickly and left.
"How is she?" Naruto asked as soon as the nurse left, closing the door behind her.
"Fine. But hard to explain, her wounds should be healing" "But the wounds, aren't healing at all, it's like she doesn't want to get better…" the doctor spoke the truth with tint of confusion and yet little sadness.
Naruto was about to bombard the doctor with more question, but through the intercom he was called to the emergency room, and without even saying excusing himself, he left in a hurry.
End of Flashback~
"I told you not to use it…" Kakashi warned with a little bit of teasing yet there was still some serious tone to it. He sat down next to his bed, Sasuke snickered angrily.
"Well if it didn't she w-would've…" he couldn't bring himself to finish the sentence, it seemed impossible for him to speak such horrible words. The mere fact of him thinking it made him feel a bit sick.
"I don't think so, if that was indeed what they wanted, why didn't they do it right away? And for some reason wait about like five minutes for you to arrive?" Kakashi asked tilting his head. With a look telling Sasuke to rethink the situation.
"Are you saying that they just wanted to use her?"
"Right. Think about it. If they wanted to do it, well they would kill her, the most quickest yet quiet way possible" Kakashi explained.
"So then why kidnap her?" Sasuke asked feeling little stupid. It made no sense to him at all.
"Well I have a possible reason, but I don't think I should say it out-loud" "But what a coincidence that you came right away to save her…" Kakashi spoke with an palpable voice.
"if I were you I keep my guard up…" Kakashi sighed and stood up slowly looking a bit tired. What could he be doing that is taking so much energy when they haven't been on any missions today?
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Sasuke leaned against the wall as he walked, his head felt a bit dizzy, his feet were pounding. His brain demanded to go back to bed, but he couldn't not until he saw with his own eyes. The sun was slowly setting down, after a nice nap Sasuke found a new determination to go see Sakura. And nothing was stopping.
The building seemed so large all of sudden, the hall he was walking on felt like it stretched all the way to heaven. He remembered the way the nurse took her and followed the same route, he read the patients name on the door. His face was pale and sweating, his breathing quickened. Something told him he was near her.
"Mr. Uchiha?" the nurse that took care of him, who was strolling around the hallways noticed him. She ran towards him about to wrap his arm around her neck, but he pushed her away, mumbling some inaudible things.
"Mr. Uchiha, please you can't walk.. Please…" the nurse begged standing right in front of him blocking his route. He simply pushed her away with the most energy he had.
"I-I have to…" "To see her…" he mumbled the only driving force making him take a step after step. His bare feet felt like paper, jelly, and even more weaker things he thought of in his head. With every taken step felt like he was stepping on broken glass, yet why didn't he stop?
Sakura Haruno.
He found it. He opened the door, and saw her peacefully sleeping, her sweat matted her hair close to her face. As if his mere presence brought a disturbance in the air, and then her eyes were scrunched together. It didn't take any idiot to know what was happening, she was having a nightmare, and he could easily bet what it was about.
The nurse standing by could only watch something inside her told her not to disturb the man who was walking as if he were in a trance. She watched as he approached closer to the pink haired girl on the bed, she slowly walked inside the room. She was somewhat afraid of what he might do to her, so she stayed near by.
"S-Sakura-" just before he reached her bed, he collapsed, an arm stretched out forward to grab onto something to stop him, but his mind went black. The last thing he remembered seeing what Sakura's sicken face.
"Doctor!" the nurse yelled as soon as she saw him hit the ground, he was fine a moment ago, but all of sudden collapsed. The doctors with some nurses came in, seeing Sasuke on the floor. They quickly picked him up and took him back to his room.
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Next day…
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"How are you feeling?" the same nurse asked her shaking her a little to wear off the drowsiness from the medicine.
"Fine, better than before.." Sakura replied with more energy than yesterday. She actually felt more better, as if she could actually jump out of bed, but she knew better.
"Well, I hear a handsome Romeo, slipped in…" "It spreading all over the hospital…" she giggled like a high school girl. Sakura only gave her a puzzled look.
"Well, I hear Mr. Uchiha came in yesterday to see you, but you were asleep…" "Oh! He is so handsome…" she giggled once more going into her own fantasies, which of course sent fire straight through Sakura's stomach, she was angered, yet not to the point were she herself realized it herself.
"Why?" she couldn't think of any reason for having him visit her. Her nurse laughed again, Sakura got to know her nurse, she was charming, and gave off a sister-like vibe. Her perfect white smile gave Sakura a mother-like feel as well, the nurse looked young. she looked like she was barely hitting her thirties.
"Well, I wouldn't know…" "But I hear he wasn't in any condition to walk around, I wonder how he's feeling?" she spoke and her mind wondered about. Sakura went wide-eyed with the news, he came to see her? While he was still injured? Why?
"Besides does Juliet need a reason to have Romeo by her side?" she lighted up the mood a bit. She gave Sakura her perfect smile, then left the room.
"Juliet…" "Romeo…" Sakura mumbled to herself in the quiet room.
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"Well it looks like you will have to stay here another day, with the little stunt you pulled off yesterday…" the nurse nagged him. Sasuke of course sulked in his bed looking the other way. He paid no attention, nor did he really care. What happened yesterday, he didn't understand himself, but it felt like the right thing to do.
"Do you want to hear good news?" she asked in a more lively voice, catching Sasuke's interest, only a little bit. Not enough to make him turn around to face her.
"About the girl you saw yesterday?" she pried hoping to get his attention, or to at least get him to feel better. And it worked! His head spun around quickly, his handsome face he had been hiding made her turn a dark shade.
"Well I hear she will be released today, so that means she's feeling better" she spoke in a kind voice, that made Sasuke a bit delusional, a voice that was warm like a mothers. Sasuke's eyes for a quick second flashed an emotion of relief, and happiness, before returning back to the lifeless state they were before.
"Oh.." was the only thing that came out of his mouth. Even if she was feeling better, would she…
Could she…
Hate him?
There was knock on his door, and the nurse went to get the door, he heard her gasp softly. He heard the nurse whisper something to his guest, but he still didn't not look up to see who it was. he kept starring at his lap as if it were going to be more interesting than his visitor. boy, was he ever wrong.
"H-How are y-you feeling?" her sweet voice echoed through the silent room, Sasuke's head automatically darted towards the door. He went wide-eyed at the sight, he couldn't believe it. Sakura, she was standing there right in front of him. she was standing at the doorframe, she made it look like she was looking at him, but in all truth she wasn't. Sadly enough Sasuke believed she was, this gave him a relief feeling, for a little while.
Does that mean she wasn't scarred of him?
"S-Sakura?" his voice cracked, sounding a bit hoarse as well like as if it want used for days. Before he could say anything, Naruto came bursting through the door, she wasn't alone. Somehow that hit him deep, it felt strange this foreign feeling. He felt kind of disappointed. Both of them took a seat at the took empty chairs next to his bed, and Sakura took the one closest to him. She sat about a foot away from the table near his bed.
The three of them talked and talked nothing more. Naruto was the only one who kept it from being awkward, Sasuke through careful analysis, realized something. Sakura looked uncomfortable, like she didn't want to be here. Naruto must have made her come, or else she wouldn't be here.
And something made it painful obvious for him to see, what he was afraid of him. After the nurse came in with the glass of water, and placing it next to his table at arms reach of course. When Sasuke went to reach for his water, he noticed her small flinch. Her eyes scrunched up as if he was going to hit her.
This felt like a sharp blow on his stomach, he was angered yet more depressed than anything. She quickly went back to Naruto's conversation like nothing happened, hoping he didn't see her reaction.
Sasuke saw alright…
And he knew why. He felt like crap, he looked down on his lap ignoring the small laughter coming from the two, what was worst is that he seemed totally invisible to her.
She was scarred of him…
Well how was it? Man this was about 10 pages long in the Microsoft word thing…
Man my fingers hurt! .
I know it took a while for this chapter, but look how long it is, I think this chapter has a lot of foreshadow in it, maybe that's why it took so long to put together..
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