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Sakura rushed through the gates as if the devil himself was chasing her.
She did not know where she was headed but her legs carried her somewhere. Her mind was running wild with thousands of thoughts rushing through her head. Was he alright? How big was the injury? How serious was it? What had happened? Was he going to survive? She shook her head at that thought. He certainly would. He was strong and there was no way in hell she would let him die.
Her legs had carried her to a separate compound where all the young soldiers resided. Her feet swiftly padded the wooden floors of the porch without making a sound. A nurse was hurriedly running somewhere and she came face to face with Sakura. "Where is he?" she shouted slightly. Her eyes were starting to show panic and she knew she was loosing her composure. The nurse was taken aback and took a step back once the words left Sakura's mouth. The nurse knew who Tadashi was. Everyone in the Uchiha compound did. His victory over Sai and his amazing fighting skills spread like wildfire. And it was no secret that she had a brother. The nurse answered as she replied with slight fear. "H-He is in the west wing of this compound." she stuttered out and all she felt was a whoosh of wind on her left as she was left looking at the empty spot before her.
As she got closer to the west wing her sprint became faster. 'This could not be happening!' she chanted in her head. As she reached the medical wing she opened the shogi doors with a slight bang and was met with the sight of surprised nurses. Once they saw her they pointed in one direction. A room that was located in the end of the porch. As she reached the door she stumbled and tried to open the doors more quietly this time. Her eyes widened as her eyes recognize her brothers body. The nurses started to protest at her disruption but shut their mouths when they realized who it was.
"Leave." she said in an emotionless tone. As one nurse started to protest she silenced her with a deadly look. The room emptied as the nurses hurriedly left the room. She rushed to her brother's form that was placed on a futon at the opposite wall. She kneeled next to her brother's form and her eyes looked at his pale face. His body was sweaty and his shaggy brown hair stuck to his forehead. As she touched his forehead she discovered that he was running a fever. She quickly looked around the room and noticed a basin with a cloth placed next to it located at the bottom of the futon. She quickly grabbed it.
As she was about to dip the cloth into the cold water in the basin she heard her brother's barely audible voice. "Sa-Sak-kura..." he mumbled in barely a whisper as his hand reached into the air as if searching for her. She quickly grabbed his hand and gently squeezed it in hers. The cloth and the basin forgotten. "I am here, Yoshirou-kun." she said as she moved closer to him. His grip slightly loosened and his furrowed eyebrows returned to its normal position.
She gently brushed the hair out of his face and dipped the cloth into the water. Her other hand never leaving her brother's as she gently held it and squeezed gently. She dabbed the cloth over his face and then neck making him shiver and furrow his eyebrows. She wet the cloth one more time and then placed it on his forehead. She pulled up the covers all the way to his face to make sure he was comfortable and warm.
She sat there, staring at him for some time until exhaustion took over and she fell asleep by his side. Her hand never leaving her. The fear and sadness released itself in her sleep as tears gently rolled down her pale cheeks.
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It has been five days since she has been by her brother's side. She didn't eat much. The nurses would bring her food since she refused to leave the room. She knew she was acting childish but she didn't care. All she cared about was her brother and he needed her by his side. Thankfully she was released from her duty of patrolling and attending the daily training due to this event until things got better. The nurses had said that he had a long gash across his back. It wasn't very deep but it took some time to stop the bleeding. They also stitched the wound up. She frowned at the thought.
She should have been there by his side. She knew how painful it was. She had experienced such pain as a child after all. She did everything to protect him yet here he was wounded and unconscious. She was supposed to be there. She was supposed to protect him. She should have done something after she heard that he would be patrolling at night. She felt that something bad was going to happen yet she didn't follow her intuition. She felt like a failure.
The girls and some of the guys had come over to try and comfort her. But she just sat there holding her brother's hand. She did not acknowledge anyone and did not utter a single sound. Even Sasuke had come over. Only his words of comfort calmed her down a bit and made her feel better but she steel refused to leave the room.
It was morning. The shogi doors were open to let in some fresh air as sun rays streamed into the room. The only occupants of the room were Sakura and Yoshirou. She was worried. Even though his fever had gone down he was still unconscious. She blankly stared at the wind chimes that hung on the porch. Gentle sound came as a small gust of wind moved the metal tubes.
Her attention was quickly brought back to her brother as she felt his fingers move in her hand. He slowly opened his eyes and looked at her once his eyes adjusted to the light. She stared at him with slightly widened eyes. He tried to sir up but winced and let out a sound of pain quickly bringing her back from her slight shock. She try to make him lay down but he refused and sat up with her help.
"Gomene." he said with a guilty smile as she stared at him.
She threw herself at him without a though and gently wrapped her fragile arms around his neck. Making sure not to hurt his back in any way. Her small form started to shake and tears streamed down her face as sobs wracked her body. He hesitantly wrapped his arms around her. His eyes wide in shock from her display of emotions. He hasn't seen her cry for so many years.
"I-I thought I was g-going to lose y-you." she whispered as she sobbed.
"Onee-chan..." His grip on her tightened.
"Never do this to me again. You know I won't survive without you." she said as she released her hold a bit to look into his eyes.
"I won't. I promise." he said with a small reassuring smile.
She nodded as she gently stroked his head.
She stood up on her knees and grasped his head gently. He wrapped his hands around her waist and she placed a gentle and loving kiss on his forehead.
A figure on the compound across watched the interaction with onyx eyes. His eyes held softness and a gentle smile grazed his lips as he felt relief wash over him. Tadashi's behavior and sadness affected him greatly. It was as of he felt the sadness that Tadashi did. Those deep green eyes displayed every emotion he felt. He really was a loving brother. His eyes left the pair once Tadashi sat back down. He had a meeting to attend to now.
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"Ne, onee-chan?" Yoshirou asked.
"Hmm?" she hummed while applying ointment onto the gash that was healing surprisingly fast since it was a bit deep. It has been only a week. She let his addressing of her as sister pass for now since he was recovering.
"Tsunade-sama, had come to see me." he said. Sakura's hand stopped moving for a few seconds as she looked at the back of his head.
"When?" she asked as she turned her attention back to applying the ointment. She refused to let the nurses to take care of him unless she was on the patrol.
"In the afternoon. During your patrol. She wanted to see you very bad and said she missed you. She also checked my wound and said she would sent some other ointment from home." he said as he picked at the bandages around his torso.
"I'll go see her sometime." she said.
"Stop fiddling with the bandages. They'll come loose." she said. Though she was exaggerating since she tied them tightly.
His hand immediately left the bandages alone as he started fiddling with the cover. He would never know how she knew what he was doing since his back faced her. He guessed that it was the power of sisterly and motherly intuition. She was his main mother figure aside from Tsunade and Shizune.
"I am getting back to night patrolling tonight." she said after a moment of silence.
"Two patrols in a day? Isn't that too much?" he asked.
"It's time to get back to my night patrols. The soldier who is replacing me in my night patrols keep falling asleep and Ssauke-sama get irritated. Plus, day patrols are troublesome. The weather is too hot and there are way to many people on the streets." she said as she closed the small container in which the ointment was held.
"Yes, but you had two patrols in a day and you are exhausted. I can see." he said with worry.
"Sasuke-sama needs me on the patrols since the bandits are attacking more frequently." she said as she stood up from her sitting position and stretched her arms.
"Hn. Sasuke-sama this, Sasuke-sama that, it's always about what he wants. What about what you want?" he grumbled.
"Yoshirou! Sasuke-sama is our leader. We have to follow the orders." she said as she put a warm blanket over his shoulders.
He humphed as he folded his arms across his tanned chest.
"Don't be so childish." she said as she kissed the top of his head and left after she strapped her sword onto her side.
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It had been a few weeks after Yoshirou was wounded and thankfully his wound was almost completely healed up. The gash had healed up faster due to the ointment that Tsunade-sama had sent just as she promised. Sakura and Yoshirou had went to see her after Yoshirou was in state to walk around. According to Sakura that was two weeks and there was nothing Yoshirou could do about it except grumble about overprotective sisters and sulk on his futon.
Tsunade-sama was delighted to see her and Shizune had prepared a very big dinner. More like a feast actually. They also got to see Jiraiya-sama, Tsunade-sama's husband, after he had gotten back from his trip to another village. After the feast the two had gotten way too drunk and Sakura had sent Yoshirou after witnessing their heavy 'kissy-kissy session' as Yoshirou called it.
The two somehow managed to get to their room of course not without breaking some shogi-doors and making halls in the walls. If Tsunade-sama got a fit while she was drunk it wasn't pretty. Jiraiya-sama had received a huge bruise on the side of his head since he was being a sissy and just needed to 'take her already' if you know what I mean. Jiraiya-sama, of course, gladly complied. While the two were having a fun night the rest of the house was unfortunately unable to sleep and ended up listening to the 'wonderful sounds of love' as Jiraiya referred to them as. Poor Yoshirou had nightmares for weeks afterwards.
Sakura chuckled to herself as she walked next to Sasuke on their night shift.
"What's so funny?" he inquired with a raised eyebrow.
"Nothing." she shook her head as a small smile lifted the corners of her lips.
"How is Yoshirou doing?" he asked.
"He is doing good. His wound is almost completely healed up." she said with a small smile.
"That's good." he said as he looked at the lit up lanterns that lined the porches of the houses.
"Thank you for being there for me, Sasuke-sama." Sakura said with her eyes lowered to the ground.
His eyes snapped to her lowered head and he smiled a genuine smile.
"You're welcome. I just did what anyone would have done." he said.
"But you didn't have to. You are our leader." she said as she lowered her head even more.
"But I wanted to." he said.
Her head snapped up to meet his eyes as he smirked.
"It doesn't matter what status I am. You are important to me so I wanted to be there for you." he said with a smile.
Her eyes widened at his statement and she thought she would loose her footing any moment now. Did she hear him right?
"N-Nani?" she asked.
"You heard me." he said with a smirk as he patted her head.
A small blush covered her cheeks as she turned her head away from him. This was a dream come true.
A loud shout interrupted the moment and their heads snapped back to the direction they came from.
Naruto was running towards them. His hair disheveled and his uniform torn in some places.
"We were ambushed at the west side of this district. I lured them here so we will have company in about few seconds." he said with ragged breathing as he drew his sword and got into the fighting stance. The other two did the same.
They were surrounded in a matter of seconds. People in black yukatas and masks drawn over their faces surrounded them. Bandits. No one moved. It was complete silence until a lone leafe drifted from one of the trees and slowly fell down to the ground. Once it landed the figures moved and the fight began.
Once again Sasuke moved with ease and grace as if it was a dance. He sliced through the opponents necks with one swift movement and took the others that came at him with the same ease. Naruto chose to be more brutal since his nature was nowhere as calm as Sasuke's. He stabbed and sliced the opponents with roars and battle cries. Sakura attacked making sure that the opponents were just injured but not dead. Which revealed her soft nature that was hidden under her well built exterior. Though she had no problem in killing her opponents when necessary. Men twice her size launched at her with big weapons but they were to slow and were on the ground writhing in pain before their weapons even came close to her form.
Shurikens whizzed past her head as she moved to the side and deflected a sword attack. As she delivered a blow with her sword she kicked the man behind her with her left foot before he had a chance to strike at Naruto. Naruto thanked her with a grin as he returned to his opponents lashing at them like a wild animal.
She glanced over at Sasuke and saw him gracefully slit the neck of yet another opponent. How could he have such a serene expression on his face as if he was just sitting and relaxing while drinking a cup of hot tea. Her eyes widened as more opponents started coming his way since they noticed that he was the biggest threat.
As Sakura kicked another man and sent him flying a few meters from her she saw a glint. She raised her eyes to the rooftop and saw a man ready to jump on Sasuke with swords in each of his hands raised. They glinted in the moonlight once more as he jumped. Sakura launched herself in Sasuke's direction hoping to get there in time to prevent the attack. Sasuke was too busy and didn't notice the figure until his shadow fell over him and he was too close.
Sakura pushed Sasuke to the side as she deflected the sword with hr sword. She did not have the time to deflect his attack with his other sword and it pierced her flesh. She kicked his in the stomach and launched at him as she slit his throat. The sleeve of her left arm became red as it soaked in the blood from the wound.
Sasuke shouted in her direction.
"I am fine." she replied as she sent a few poisoned senbons at the men charging at Naruto.
"Are you sure?" he shouted. Concern laced in his voice.
"Hai. It's just a scratch." she replied.
He looked at her skeptically and nodded hesitantly.
She winced at the movement as she felt the wound open up a bit more. It wasn't a simple scratch after all.
She looked around after she sliced the man's leg noticing about fifty bodies lying on the ground. Either writhing in pain or dead.
"Are you alright, Tadashi?" Naruto jogged over to her as he looked at his bloodied arm.
"Hai." she said as she put the sword back in it's sheath.
"A scratch doesn't bleed that much." Sasuke said as he pointedly looked at her arm.
"I am fine, Sasuke-sama. I'll take care of it." she said with a reassuring look.
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Yoshirou fussed over her like a father once he saw her bloodied arm.
He cursed the Uchiha as he gathered the bandages and the ointment from the shelves in his room.
He quickly shut up after she questioned him about him not being in bed at this hour.
"I was waiting for you." he replied as he placed the items by her side. "This is the latest that you have ever gotten back." he said as she took off the top part of her uniform revealing her bandaged chest.
Yoshirou soaked the cloth in hot water and cleaned the wound. The gash that revealed itself wasn't very deep but was bleeding a lot. He tightly tied a bandage around her arm to stop the bleeding. She thanked him as she put back on he uniform. The door slid open just as she was retying the belt around her yukata.
Sasuke stood in the doorway and his eyes quickly traveled to the bloody cloth in the basin and then to her arm. He quickly walked over to her and sat down next to her as he carefully took her arm. She started pulling it back but his gentle but firm grip refused to let her arm free. He raised the sleeve and looked at the bandage as it was getting redder.
"How deep is it?" he asked with concern.
"It's just a scratch." she replied as she tried to pull her arm away again.
"It's deep." Yoshirou said with light growl as he glared at Sasuke which made him receive a disapproving look from Sakura.
Sasuke sighed and let her arm go.
"I am sorry. I wasn't careful and you got hurt." he said with a frown.
"Well you better be-" Yoshirou's scathing remark was cut short.
"Yoshirou!" Sakura said in a stern voice.
"Fine." he grumbled as he put away the supplies.
She looked at Sasuke's apologetic expression and gave a small reassuring smile.
"It's not a big deal, plus you are a first priority." she said.
"But-" he was cut off as she placed a hand on his hand.
"I am alive and sitting here with you, aren't I?" she said with a glint in her eyes.
He smiled and shook his head as he got up.
"Get some rest. You have a day off tomorrow." he said as he opened the shogi door.
"No, it's fine! I can-" she started to object.
"No, it's the least I can do." he said.
She sighed and nodded. "Good night, Sasuke-sama." she said.
"Good night." he replied with a small smile.
He slid the shogi doors shut and walked over to the wooden poll that was supporting the porch's roof.
"He should have given you five days off." he heard Yoshirou mutter which was followed by a thump.
"Heeey! What was that for?" he exclaimed as he whimpered.
"Stop being ungrateful." Sakura said.
Sasuke chuckled at the exchange and leaned against the poll as a heavy sigh escaped his lips. He really was starting to experience more than friendly feelings towards Tadashi. He knew this was wrong but he could't do anything no matter how much he denied it.
He sighed once more as he headed to his own room.
A glowering figure with piercing blue eyes standing on the porch of the main Uchiha compound went unnoticed by him. Hell was about to break loose.
A/N: I could have ended it right here since it is almost ten pages but I'll continue since I love you guys so much and I promised a super long chappie. he he he Things are about to get heated up! Kyaaa! I am so excited!
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She really thought the nightmares were over after not bothering her for a few weeks but life wasn't fair so she once again tossed around in a restless sleep.
Flashback
Her tiny wrists were tied up by the ropes that were attached to the ceiling. Each arm facing in different direction.
Her small form was clad in a dirty dark red yukata that did nothing to warm her up in the chilly winter weather.
Her knees were scraped as they rested on the wooden floor of the room. Her small feet scratched and numb from the cold.
Her eyes were downcast. A blank look on her face. No thoughts raised through her mind like they usually did. She didn't even acknowledge her surroundings. It was almost as if she was alone in the room and no sound was heard. But it wasn't true she just learned to ignore the voice of that low life animal and the whipping sounds against her skin.
No sound or reaction came from her.
Gone were the days where the harsh strikes of the whip made her cry out in pure agony and beg for him to stop as tears rolled down her cheeks. She wouldn't give him that satisfaction anymore. Which angered him even more.
"You useless piece of sh*t. How dare you be so ungrateful after we took you and your retarded brother!" he yelled as another harsh blow connected with her back.
She wanted to retort and lash out at him after what he said about her brother but she wouldn't give him the pleasure of receiving a reaction from her. Not now not ever.
"You two should just been killed with your spoiled parents. You are no use anyways." he growled as he kept giving harsher blows each time. Blood pooled at her feet as the yukata was completely torn and her whole back was exposed. Long red gashes oozing with blood were littered all over her back. More blood seeped through.
A panicked voice filled her ears.
"You are going to kill her. We will get in trouble." the man's wife said in her irritating screechy voice.
"Who cares if she dies? We can just throw her off a cliff." he said as he gave another harsh blow and walked to stand in front of her.
"Wothless piece of sh*t. Just like your parents." he said as he kicked her in the stomach.
A true heartless animal.
She coughed up blood but there wasn't even a whimper or a tear.
He untied her hands and dragged by her arm. As her body left a red trail of blood on the floor his wife complained about cleaning it up. He took her by the waist and held her to his side as her limp legs and arms dangled in the air.
Screeching and terrified cries of her brother reached her ears as they entered the hallway that led to the main entrance. She stared at the toddler with blank eyes as he stumbled after the man trying to grab her arm. His chubby cheeks flushed and tears spilling down his cheeks.
The man swung open the door almost ripping it off of its hinges and walked out. The cold winter wind hitting her body harshly. He threw her over the stairs and she landed in a big pile of snow. Her wounds seared with pain in contact with the snow. Her brother came flying next. Thankfully she caught him before he could be hurt and she fell back into the snow drained of any strength she might have had before.
"You two can freeze to death for all I care!" the man shouted before he slammed the door shut.
This is how their life has been for the past two years. Whipped for the stupidest reasons. Insulted and treated as slaves. This is how her father's brother and family treated them. Thankfully Yoshirou wasn't treated as bad and was only hit a few times. She did everything to keep her baby brother safe. She had taken hundreds of blows for her defenseless baby brother. She wouldn't let anyone hurt him if she could help it. He was the only precious treasure left in her life and she would hold on to it with all her strength.
She lay in the snow as she blankly stared at the cloudy sky. Snowflakes covered her bloody and beaten body. This was the harshest beating she had ever received in these two years. Yoshirou sat sprawled next to her sobbing and hiccuping at the sight of his sister's state. He was only a toddler but he understood what was happening. His sister was always beaten and bruised. He would lie by her side wailing as she bled. But this was the worst it had ever been.
She could barely feel her limbs. Her breaths were uneven and her lips trembled from the cold. Her body paled every minute. She was glad that Yoshirou was dressed warmer. She always made sure he was dressed warm to make sure he didn't catch a cold.
"Shhhh, o-onee-c-chan is h-here." she whispered weakly as she lifted her hand to touch his chubby cheek.
"O-Onee-chaaaaan..." he wailed as he cradled her hand in his small ones.
She smiled weakly.
She started crawling with the only strength she had left in her body. Behind that fence she would be free and if she would be to die now she did not want to die in this man's residence.
Her body protested at every move she made. Her hands scraped the icy snow and cut her skin with its sharp frozen edges. Her brother walked beside her as she crawled still wailing.
She heaved a sigh of relief once she was outside of the gates. Panic surged through her at the thought of what would happen to her baby brother if she died. What would happen if that man got his hands on him.
She moaned in pain as the side of her head connected with the icy ground. She started somewhere across the street her eyes hazy. There was a snow storm and you could barely see anything. Was this it? Was this how she would die? Was she kept alive only to go through hell and then die two years after?
Her whole body had become numb but the searing pain on her back never left as the cold wind harshly hit her bloodied back. What had she done to deserve this? Even her baby brother that hadn't done anything? So why were they going through this? She did not know.
She heard snow crunching under someone's feet but did not look up. She did not have any strength. The person's steps became hurried and then abruptly stopped as they reached her. A person leaned down and started shouting something. She did not know what since she was slowly losing consciousness. All she saw was light bangs framing the woman's face and panicked dark eyes as her lips continued to move without emitting a sound before Sakura blacked out. Kami-sama hadn't abandoned them after all.
Flashback End
Sakura sat up on her futon with a yelp as a thin layer of sweat covered her skin. She was panting slightly her back burned as if she had those same open wounds on her back. She grabbed for her sword when a hand landed on her shoulder.
"Shhh, it's me." Naruto said as he looked at Tadashi with concerned eyes.
Sakura calmed down slightly at the familiar and comforting voice.
"Are you alright? You were whimpering in your sleep." he said.
She lowered her head and her bangs covered her face. Tears brimmed her eyes and she buried her face in her hands. Soft whimpers came from her as tears poured out of her eyes. She felt relief when she realized when it was another dream and not the reality. She was forever grateful to Tsunade-sama for saving them from death that night. She was eight and a half and Yoshirou was almost four at that time. Their parents would be very sad if they had died that night.
"Tadashi! What's wrong? Did I do something?" Naruto asked in a panicked voice.
She shook her head as she sniffed.
The shogi doors opened. Suigetsu stood in the doorway rubbing his eyes like a kid.
"What's the commotion in here? Can't we have some peace at night?" he asked as he yawned.
A pillow was thrown at his face.
"Can't you see that Tadashi is upset?" Naruto whisper shouted as he looked at Suigetsu with a disapproving look.
One glance at Tadashi's crying form and Suigetsu suddenly didn't look sleepy anymore.
He rushed to his other side and sat down by him.
"What's wrong?" he asked worriedly as he patted his back. He had been feeling strange around the kid lately and couldn't figure out why. He knew he had some kind of feelings towards him but did not know what kind. Now he finally realized what kind of feelings he had for the pink haired teen.
Tadashi just sniffed and shook his head.
"Oh, come on. You can tell me! You're like a little brother to me." Suigetsu said as he kept patting his back.
Tadashi's head snapped up to Suigetsu's face as the words left his lips.
"A-Arigatou." he said as he sniffed and then wiped his tears from his cheeks. What was she doing? She should never show any weakness! She could get her secret revealed if she acted carelessly. She inhaled slowly and exhaled in a sigh as she brought her emotions under control.
Naruto leaned into her line of sight and looked at her with a questioning look.
"Gomen. I just had a very bad dream." she said quietly.
"What was it about?" Suigetsu asked curiously.
Sakura shook her head as she laid back down on her futon and brought the covers up to her chin.
"Forgive me, for waking you two up." she said.
"It's alright." Naruto said with a grin and Suigetsu just shook his head as he sighed.
"Get some sleep, girly." Suigetsu said as he patted Sakura's head.
She didn't reply as she watched Suigetsu get up.
"Good night." Naruto said as he yawned and followed Suigetsu but not before bumping into the door and cursing under his breath.
Sakura sighed as the shogi door closed.
Why was this happening to her?
o.o.o.o.o.o.o
A few days had passed since Sakura hadn't had any dreams and got some sleep. She was thankful for that. Sasuke-sama hasn't been able to go to the patrols for over a week so she hadn't seen him for a while. He was loaded with meetings with the elders and the visitors from neighboring villages.
Sakura turned a another corner inside the main Uchiha compound saw Natsumi walking her way. Once their eyes met Sakura bowed as Natsumi came towards her and stopped.
"Hello, Tadashi-kun! I haven't seen you much lately." Natsumi said in a sweet voice.
"Yes, I have been busy lately, Natsumi-sama." Sakura replied as Natsumi smiled.
Natsumi smiled as she brought her hand up and traced Sakura's jawline.
"Nee, you're complexion is so small and you son't have the harsh angles to your face like the other guys. I like that." she said.
"N-Natsu-" Sakura was cut off as Natsumi silenced her with her finger and grabbed her hand.
"You're hands are not big and they are so soft." she said with a mischievous smile.
"What are you doi-" she was cut off once more as Natsumi hugged her.
Sakura started to pry her arms off of her but she just would't let go.
Natsumi's next words made her freeze.
"This will teach you to know your place. Don't you ever come near my Sasuke-kun." Natsumi said quietly with a devious smile as she slung her arms around Sakura's neck and pulled her towards herself.
Sakura stumbled and landed on top of her. Natsumi started touching her hair as she giggled and Sakura caught her arms and pinned her to the floor. Natsumi smirked as her eyes glinted.
"Kyaaaaaaa! Help me! " she screamed. Knowing that the guards weren't far away.
"What are you-" Sakura asked slightly panicked and irritated. When she realeased her grip Natsumi gripped her arms and wouldn't let go.
Natsumi kept screaming and 'strruggling'.
Sakura heard a shout and the next thing she knew she was lifted off of Natsumi. Her arms were brought behind her back and she was forced to her knees.
Natsumi cried as she shook and looked at her with scared eyes.
"What do you think you're doing?" the guard shouted.
"This is Sasuke-sama's fiance and you dare lay a hand on her." the one holding her arms shouted.
"I didn't do any-" she stopped as her eyes widened in horror as she saw the figure appear from one of the rooms down the hallway.
"What is going on here?" Sasuke asked with a calm but irritated voice. His eyes narrowed and filled with worry once he saw Natsumi. She launched herself at him and started sobbing uncontrollably.
His eyes narrowed even more as his gaze drifted to the guards and then met with Sakura's widened in horror eyes.
"S-Sasuke-sama this s-soldier forced h-himself on Natsumi-sama." one of the guard said as he tried avoiding Sasuke's intense stare.
Sasuke lost all of his control once the guard told him what happened.
His eyes flared with anger as he glared at Sakura.
"You!" he shouted as he dashed towards Sakura. He grabbed her by the collar of her uniform and slammed her into the wall. The air left Sakura's lungs as she gasped. Sasuke grasped her by the neck and squeezed. His eyes seemed to turn a dark shade of red.
"Sasuke-kun, don't!" Natsumi shouted as she hugged him from the back.
He shook her off and dropped Sakura to the ground.
"Take him to the cells." he ordered as he stared down at Tadashi.
The guards obeyed and roughly lifted Sakura up and dragged her to the cells.
Natsumi smirked as she followed Sakura's form with her eyes.
Sasuke ordered one of the guards to take Natsumi to his mother as he started walking after the guards dragging Sakura.
The figure observing behind a corner went unnoticed as it rushed off somewhere.
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Sakura was brought down to a dark dungeon. Torches were placed on the walls and some cells had a small window with wooden bars which let in some light from outside. She was roughly thrown on the dirt ground of one of the cells. Sasuke entered the cell as he looked at her with cold and emotionless eyes.
"Leave us." he ordered. The guards nodded and closed the wooden cell's door.
Sasuke's eyes once again lit up with anger.
Sakura stood up from the ground. Sasuke punched her in the stomach as she slammed into the stone wall behind her. Blood spurted out of her mouth as he threw punches at her. He grabbed her by the collar and swung her away from the wall. He punched her in the face and she went flying to the ground.
"You piss of shit! I trusted you and this is what you do to me!" he shouted as he kicked her in the stomach.
"How dare you touch, Natsumi?" he shouts and grabs something that is hanging on the wall.
Something connects with her flesh and it takes a moment for her to realize what exactly it is and her eyes go wide.
A whip.
The all too familiar object connects with her flesh as she rolls away and coughs up more blood.
The whip slices through the skin on her back opening the old wounds and creating new ones. More and more red gashes appear on her body and they become deeper once the whip connects with the same spot it had hit before. He shouts at her and calls her names but she does not understand his words she just hears his angry voice and the whip which connects with her flesh.
He kicks her again as she rolls onto her side. The whip connects with the side of her face leaving a red line. The whip slices across her stomach and chest. Her chest bindings are ready to fall off since they are completely torn in the back. Her uniform is filled with holes and turns crimson anywhere it is torn.
Silent tears pour out of her eyes.
She does not utter a sound even though the wounds sting and searing pain is sent through her whole body once her back connects with the ground. The scene is all too familiar.
She does not cry because of the pain.
She cries because this is her strong, brave, kind, Sasuke-sama doing this to her. Only because of one person. Only because of one sentence. That is all it took for him to lose his control and do this to her.
'You are important to me.' his words echo in her mind as her eyes meet with his angry black ones. Rage burning in them. More tears come out as she let's out a sob. She notices that her voice sounds like her real one. It is not the lower tone that she uses when she is Tadashi.
Liar.
She is not important to him. Never was and never will. She just made it all up. That warm feeling that warmed her heart and soul when he said she was important. He just said it to make her seem important. She is important to him just as much as dirt on the roads of the village.
Another harsh slash against her back and everything stops. The door is swung open and collides with the wall as she sees his feet, walking away from her, through blurred vision. She let's out another chocked sob until there is nothing but the barely audible sound of her shattered heart beating erratically in her chest.
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A panting maid runs up to Yoshirou as he swings his sword.
"Y-Your brother! He w-was taken to the dungeon to be punished by Sasuke-sama." she says breathlessly.
He looks at her with confused expression before the information settles in and his eyes widen.
He runs.
Just like his sister had. He runs to her hoping that she is unharmed.
Runs using all his strength just like they both have done when the other one was in danger or trouble.
He does not know about the horrific scene that he will see once he gets to her side.
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Muahahahahah. I am so evil. Another cliffy! *evil grin* I told you this was so much worse than the previous one. This is the longest chapter that I have ever written! Eighteen pages! Well seventeen and a half since the A/N takes up half of the page. Wasn't sure about leaving the scene with Suigetsu and Naruto comforting Sakura but ended up just leaving it there. Not pleased with it but oh well. The ending is the same as the last chapter you could say. he he Now click that review button. You want the next chapter to come faster right? he he Ja ne! =^_^=