Title: Hell's Playground
Short Summary:
Sequel to The Devil's Whisper-Sakura Haruno is romantically involved with Gaara Sabaku, who now runs the Suna Asylum with Sasori, the International Board of Mental Health is throwing a fit, and several very dangerous criminals are on the loose and looking for revenge.
Pairings:
Sakura/Gaara/Sai, Sasori/Deidara, Temari/Shikamaru, Kankuro/Ooc, Itachi/Ooc, and a surprise pairing.
Warning: Story contains implied and/ or scenes of: strong language, strong torture, sexual content, some rape, angst, adult scenes, strong violence and probably more…
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any of its characters. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.
:~:Chapter Six:~:
Finding the small café that they agreed to meet at, Sakura had arrived a little late, which she was cursing her extremely gorgeous lover for. She loved Gaara with all her heart but it sometimes annoyed her when he could distract everything from her.
After realizing that she was going to be late, Sakura had bolted up out of the bed where she had Gaara had made love at least three times and scurried to get dressed. She had been swearing then too. But it couldn't be helped with her nearly melting at the sight of his smug smile as he watched her the entire time. He had been enjoying himself way too much while watching her frantically look for clothes to wear to meet her mother at the café. She cursed at him and then ended up making out with him when he pulled her back onto the bed as 'punishment' for telling him to piss off. He knew she didn't mean it. And she knew that she didn't either. She just loved him too much for that.
And now, she was late to meeting her mother.
Sakura quickly pulled into the parking lot of the café and found a parking spot that was semi near the door. She scrambled to get her purse and get out as fast as she could. She couldn't believe she had gotten so caught up in love making with Gaara that she had almost forgot about her meeting her mother.
Hurrying into the café, Sakura looking around for Kiku Mi. There were quite a few people in the building, already being served and laughing with their own guests. It took a minute to even notice her mother but she found her waiting by a window, sipping coffee. She smiled faintly before hurrying over to the table.
Kiku Mi looked up the minute that Sakura approached and gave her a very loving smile as she started to rise. "Sakura…" She spoke as she quickly held out her arms for her.
Sakura hesitated though. She was still trying to get over the idea that her mother was back and wanting to be a part of her life. More or less, hugging her. But after a second, the rosette colored woman smiled and returned the hug. "Mom."
The two nearly identical women sat back down and a waiter hurried over to take their orders. They didn't start speaking until he was gone again.
"So," Kiku Mi started as she folded her fingers together and rest her chin on them. She was still smiling the loving smile at her daughter as she sipped her water until her frappachino would arrive. "Tell me everything! Everything that I've missed out…..in your life." The older woman spoke slowly with a hint of sadness in her tone.
Sakura grimaced right with her but kept a smile on her face. She merely shrugged as she copied her mother's sitting position and had to think for a second. "Well…it's kind of a long story."
"But I do want to know. Please tell me. What are you doing now? Are you married? Do you have any children?" Kiku Mi asked gently.
Again, Sakura grimaced as she felt her cheeks heat up. She didn't really know where to start but to think about being married and having a child, which she would be doing in about nine months, it was kind of…she didn't even know how to even say it. She wasn't sure what she could say that she had fallen in love with one of her patients and they were going to have a baby together. "Well, for starters. I am a Psychiatrist at the Suna Asylum. I work with dangerous mentally unstable patients, but I am doing really good with that. None of my patients are dangerous as they used to be." She explained, smiling a little when Kiku Mi's eyes lit up a little in surprise. "I studied under my adopted mother, Tsunade Orihime of Konoha Hospital in Konoha."
Kiku Mi smiled faintly but adverted her eyes. She didn't needed reminding that she had given up her daughter for some other lady to raise her.
"Anyway, I love my job very much! I love my patients! Like…..oh! Like Obito Uchiha. Well, we call him Tobi because he's reverted to having a split personality." Sakura went on to explaining about her patients.
During the whole process, Kiku Mi only listened. Even after as they had gotten their lunch and started eating. She listened to every word that Sakura told her about her patients. She didn't interrupt once, looking very interested in everything. It looked like she was hanging on every word that Sakura was even telling her.
Eventually, and hesitantly, Sakura told her how she ended up getting a job at one of the most dangerous Mental Hospitals in the entire country. She watched Kiku Mi's face carefully as she told her about her relationship with Sasuke Uchiha. And as she explained, there was a darkening in her mother's eyes. She did not look pleased at all to hear what she said about how Sasuke used to beat her and use her up for sex.
Still, she did not interrupt.
Sakura then went on to explaining about how she even met Gaara, the love of her life. The very news to hear that Gaara Sabaku was a former patient at the Suna Asylum surprised Kiku Mi. But she still didn't interrupt at all. And the story even went on with the happenings of the Devil Murders at the asylum.
Once Sakura finished explained how it all ended with Madara Uchiha being arrested and put into prison for life and how she was now legally involved with Gaara.
It was only quiet for a moment as Kiku Mi let everything settle in. Sakura started chewing on her thumb nail a little, quite nervous of what her mother was going to say about the whole ordeal. She was afraid of what was about to be said.
And after a moment, Kiku Mi took a deep breath before looking firmly into Sakura's eyes. She wasn't smiling nor frowning in disapproval like the young doctor thought she would do. "This…..Gaara. Does he…is he kind to you? He would never hurt you, would he?" She asked with a little reluctance.
Sakura's eyes flashed in surprise but she was quick to shaking her head. "Oh, no! He would never hurt me! He never has. He's not crazy like everyone thought. He was just…..he's just had a very hard life and after all that happened to him, it weighs down on him. He loves me. In fact…." She cut herself, blushing furiously.
Kiku Mi narrowed her eyes a little, tilting her head to the side. She could tell that there was something that Sakura was hesitating into telling her. It must have been something pretty big to make her face blush as red as a cherry. "What? What is it?" She pressed.
Sakura inhaled deeply. She knew that she probably shouldn't tell her mother about her newfound discovery. She wasn't sure how she was going to take it. But….why hide it? Her friends and Gaara knew about it now. They were happy. And she was sure that Hanataro was ecstatic, though she was still planning on kicking his ass for telling Temari when she next saw him.
But…..what about Kiku Mi?
Biting her lip, Sakura looked into her mother's eyes, which were studying her carefully. She could tell that Kiku Mi was trying to figure out what she was about to say. "Um…" She hummed before smiling and folding her hands together. Why not just get it over with? "Actually, mother, I just told Gaara that he's going to be a father soon." She blurted out.
Kiku Mi's eyes snapped wide open and her mouth fell. She was definitely taken aback by the news. It even stunned her still a little.
Sakura smiled faintly, watching her mother's expression. She knew that it shocked her pretty good. It was enough to make her mother just sit there, staring at her for a good solid three minutes before her eyes narrowed a little. That made Sakura's smile slightly fade but not enough to leave. "So…you're going to be a grandmother in about nine months." She added.
For another moment, Kiku Mi continued to stare at her before she finally lit up with a big smile and tears filled her eyes. "You mean you're pregnant? You're going to be a mother? Oh, Sakura! That's great! That is such wonderful news! I am so happy!" She immediately sang out as she hurried around the table and trapped her daughter into a tight hug.
"I know! You should have seen Gaara's reaction!" Sakura laughed as she returned the hug before blushing. "Uh…..actually, maybe not."
Kiku Mi caught on as she pulled away and raised a coy eyebrow at her. She figured out what Sakura was trying not to say. She shook her head and sank back into her seat. "Oh, I bet he was really happy." Her head tilted to the side, looking thoughtfully away from her. "You know, just by looking at him…he doesn't…..seem the fatherly type. I'm surprised he was as happy as you told me."
Sakura's smile as gone and she frowned at her. She did not see Gaara that way. She knew that he would make a great father to her child! To his child. "Gaara will be a great father, mom. He was so happy to hear that. He even…well, he even told me that he wanted to love me forever and all." She told her.
"Well…I suppose. I guess I shouldn't judge him by the way he looks or his past reputation." Kiku Mi said, thoughtfully before wincing and waving a hand at Sakura when she narrowed her eyes at her. "Oh! Never mind! I'm just babbling!"
"What are you talking about? Are you worried because he used to be a dangerous mental patient?" Sakura asked, quite suspiciously.
Kiku Mi bit her lip anxiously before she shrugged. "Well…..yes. Actually. You just told me that he was the most dangerous patient in the Suna Asylum. I know you believe that he's not dangerous and I'm not saying that he is. But…with how violent his past is, do you really believe he's ready to be a father, Sakura? What would happen if the baby did come and it wouldn't stop crying? Does he even have the patience for constant crying?" She asked weakly.
Sakura's face fell. She saw the point that Kiku Mi was trying to push but didn't believe it for a second. She knew that Gaara had a hard time keeping his patience but she knew he would never do anything to hurt their baby. Long nights of crying babies or not. "Mother, Gaara was never insane. He…" She was saying.
Kiku Mi tilted her head, watching her daughter firmly. "I believe you when say that, Sakura. I really do. But spending so many years in an Insane Asylum…wouldn't that have done something to him? Just…..what if something does happen? How do you know he…..well…" She was saying.
"Mother," Sakura said firmly, her tone slightly dead. "I trust Gaara. He would never do anything to hurt me or the baby. You just don't know him like I do. He is quite capable of being my baby's father. He is completely stable."
Smiling tightly, Kiku Mi nodded as she waved a hand. "I'm sorry, Sakura. I'm sure you're right. Please forgive me for my doubts. I'm just…a little uneasy about the whole idea. But I believe you're right. I was just expressing my thoughts a little too loud."
The damage was still done a little. It did make Sakura think a little more on it. Though she was truly sure that Gaara would never endanger their baby. She still couldn't help but wonder….what if….
Immediately, Sakura shook her head, trying to rid herself of those thoughts. She knew better than to try and doubt Gaara. She knew him for hell's sake! She knew it was time to change the subject. She didn't want to think any more on it. "So, tell me about you! What are you doing now, mom? Where do you live now? Do you have a job? Well, of course you must have one! That really nice car of yours must have come from somewhere! Or did you get remarried to a rich guy?" She tried teasing her mother.
Laughing, Kiku Mi merely glanced out the window where they both could see the hot red corvette. ""No, actually, I never remarried after your father. I actually own a chain of bath houses in the Rain Country. They're quite….prestigious. Because of my businesses, I am quite….." She shrugged, looking innocently back at the surprised look on Sakura's face. "Well….I am quite wealthy because of my business. I have come a long way from what I used to be. I have done quite a lot to change. And it's not just because of the money. A lot of hard work and experience on the streets told me that I needed to make those changes. So I did a lot to do it."
"Bath houses? Really?" Sakura asked smiling brightly.
Kiku Mi laughed a little, lifting her hands as if placing herself on display. "That's right. And they're quite the hit in Rain Country. We get all kinds of customers in. From men to women! We use all kinds of exotic oils in our bath water and we even have a spa of some sort. Of course, it's nothing too cheap. Having such oils and perfumes that we use is expensive. So only the wealthiest of people come to our bath houses. But it works out." Her eyes lit up in a certain thought. "You know, I would love for you to come see me at one of my bath houses. Come try out our spas and such. You'll love it! And it might be good to pamper yourself and the baby."
Sakura smiled brightly before shrugging. "I would love to! I've never been to a spa before! Or an exotic bath house like you're making it sound like!" She then pulled a face. "But…..I actually have a lot of work to do at the hospital. I just don't know when I'll actually have the chance to come out there." She told her.
"Oh, I'm sure that your boss will allow you to take some time off." Kiku Mi said, waving her hand as if it was no big deal at all. "You need to take time for yourself once in a while. Don't stress yourself too much, Sakura. It's not good for the baby. Please, promise me that you'll at least try." She begged, taking a hold of Sakura's hand.
Shrugging and smiling, Sakura promised that she would try and that made Kiku Mi smile quite happily.
The lunch went on and both mother and daughter got to know each other again. It was quite the pleasant visit that they had. They enjoyed talking with one another. But by the end of it, it was time to take their leave. They did so with smiles and hugs with one another before they went their separate ways. Sakura found herself smiling as she got into her car and started driving off.
Kiku Mi was smiling til the end, waving her daughter goodbye. But when she couldn't see Sakura anymore, her smile was gone and she looked deadly serious. It looked like their plans would have to change. What Sakura had said, it changed everything.
Pulling out her phone, she was heading straight to her car as she put Him on speed dial. She waited until he picked up before climbing into her corvette. "It's me. We have a serious problem with the plan now. My daughter is fucking pregnant. We need to make a few minor changes." She spoke before starting up the car and driving off.
The cafeteria hall was full of loud and destructive prisoners. There were guards stationed all over the place, watching them very carefully as they gathered their food and went to find a place to sit. No one seemed to care what was happening as long as no fights broke out.
Sasuke was there with Suigetsu and Jugo, poking at the mush that was supposed to be called nutritious food. Well, in truth, the food wasn't so bad. But his appetite was kind of gone right at the moment as he thought about, once again, killing his uncle and that pedophile son of a bitch, Orochimaru. His two friends knew what he was thinking about but they knew it was useless to trying to talk him out of it. He just watched as his eyes kept flickering across the room towards the isolated eating area; a small area surrounded by a chain linked fence.
That was where Madara was sitting, eating his food in silence.
"One of these days…" Sasuke growled for probably the fifth thousand time since he even learned that he was in the same prison as his uncle.
Suigetsu rolled his eyes before sharply nudging the raven haired prisoner and earning an icy look for it. "For fuck's sake, Sasuke! Give it up! You'll never get close to him! He's one of the isolated prisoners! The guards will never let you get close to him."
Huffing with anger and irritation, Sasuke took a big bite of his mashed potatoes and gravy from his tray. He didn't want to argue with his fellow prisoner right now. He just wanted to sulk a little and plot the murder of his uncle.
Suddenly, the room went dead silent. It was like someone had muted the entire room.
Blinking in surprise, Sasuke looked up and around the cafeteria. He frowned deeply to see that all of the prisoners had shut up very quickly and were staring off towards the doors. He narrowed his eyes before turning in his seat to see what they were staring at. What could have…oh.
It was the new prisoners finally joining them in the room. All three of them were wearing their usual orange jump suit prison uniforms and waltzing into the room as if they owned the place. They didn't even seem to care that everyone was staring at them. Or more than likely staring at the giant of a man, Zabuza Momochi. He was walking right behind that short girlish looking one, looking around with a dark look. The semi tall blonde had his hands shoved into his pockets, looking around in such a sly way. He looked highly amused by how quiet it had gotten all of a sudden.
"Oh, man." Suigetsu groaned in misery as he looked nervously at Zabuza. "Why'd they have to bring him in here? Someone's going to die."
Sasuke merely glanced over at him, shaking his head. He didn't see what the whole deal was with this so called mass murderer. Sure, he was big. He was really big and dangerous looking. But after having to deal with someone like Hidan a year ago, he didn't care how dangerous one could get. He'd looked death right in the face and came out okay.
But then again, it wasn't exactly his death that he had witnessed, now that he thought about it.
The three new prisoners looked around before they moved off into different directions. Zabuza had only paused for a moment to share a look with the smallest prisoner. Just by looking at one another, they seemed to have had a conversation because the small one nodded as if he read the giant's mind. Then he began walking towards the cafeteria line while Zabuza went over to a wall and leaned against it, watching him as he went. The blonde one snorted before starting to walk through the tables, meeting many of the other prisoners' eyes.
One of the prisoners, however, smirked as he slowly went by him before he reached up and slapped the blonde right on the rear end. "Hey, little cunt. I'll be seeing you later tonight." He sneered.
The blonde man immediately stopped for a moment, staring forward with a stoic look on his face before he smirked and turned his eyes onto the prisoner. He recognized this one from being the air humper from the yard. His lips turned up into a deeper smirk before he turned fully towards the prisoner. He folded his arms and leaned over him. "What's your name, hotstuff?" He asked in quite the smooth seductive voice.
The prisoner grinned and shared a chuckle with some of his fellow prisoners before he stood up to face the blonde man. He even placed his hand over his groins, rubbing it a little, ignoring the raised eyebrows and eye rolls from some of the prison guards. "The name's Meizu. And what's my new whore's name, eh?"
"The name's Garuda Iwa." The blonde remarked in a sly tone.
A few smiles of the prisoners surrounding them were wiped away as they stared at him with surprise. They obviously had heard that name before. Their friend, Meizu, however, hadn't. He was still smirking as he leaned closer to Garuda, reaching up and cupped the new prisoner's face. "Gaaaarrrrudaaaa, eh? I'll enjoy crying out that name tonight. And you better make sure you scream out mine."
Garuda gave a side wards smirk as he leaned into the other prisoner's hand. He actually looked highly amused. "Oh, don't worry, Meizu. I will definitely do that. And you will be screaming mine in the end too, yeah?" He remarked.
"All right you two! Break it up!" A guard called over, tapping his guard stick against his leg.
Smirking at one another, both prisoners went their separate ways. Garuda was still smirking as he looked over his shoulder at Meizu before he started finding his way towards one side of the cafeteria. He was smirking as he looked across the room towards the smaller new prisoner to see he was getting harassed now.
"Dude, Meizu! Maybe you should rethink about fucking that one." One of Meizu's friends said, now sounding nervous.
Meizu snorted as he gave him a look. "Why? You want him? Tough! He's mine! You can have what's left of him when I get done with him."
"Dipshit, do you even know who that is?" Another prisoner asked dryly.
Giving that prisoner a look, Meizu shook his head. "No. I don't care! He's mine tonight! It's been a while since I had something fresh. And he looks like he's going to be fun as hell. I'm gonna fuck his brains out when I get the chance."
His fellow prisoners just shook their heads. They wanted to go on with it but knowing Meizu, he wasn't going to listen. It was going to be a shame when he learned why Garuda Iwa was even in prisoner in the first place.
"Hey, sweet cheeks." A prisoner remarked as he stepped up right behind the girly looking newbie. He made sure to nearly pressed himself against him, much to the new prisoner's annoyance and unease when he tensed up. "What's the name of the little cunt I'm gonna be fucking tonight?"
"I suggest you refrain from calling me that. And even more so, I will politely ask you to step back." Came the smooth, soft voice of the newbie.
The prisoner just grinned wickedly before he reached right around the newbie and cupped his groins. "Oh, don't be like that…" He was saying.
The very second that he was touched, the young man jerked his hips away from the offending hand and swung away as fast as he could away from his offender. His eyes were blazing with annoyance, yet unease. "Do not touch me." He warned.
The offending prisoner just snorted, now starting to stalk the young one towards a wall. He wasn't going to let this one get away that easily. "Oh, I'll be doing a whole more than that to you, little girly boy. And you can't do anything about it." He said, now reaching for him again. He barely even registered the gasps from right behind him. He didn't even realized that HE approached so swiftly.
That is until the giant prisoner had a hold of his wrist in a nearly bone crushing grip.
"AH!" The prisoner gasped in pain as Zabuza yanked his offending hand away from the young prisoner, holding it until his bones were screaming in pain, causing him to do the very same thing. "What the fu…?"
"If Haku has to ask you to not to touch him again, I'll be ripping your fucking arm out of its socket." The deep, guttural voice growled out before he roughly shoved the prisoner away.
"You mother fucking son of a bit….!" The prisoner snarled as he rubbed his extremely sore hand.
The giant of a man swung to face him, even while blocking his view from his younger counterpart. He gave the prisoner the most deadliest look, that even everyone watching was holding their breath. The look even made the prisoner flinch as if he'd just been punched in the face. A deep rumble was slowly rising its way out of Zabuza's lungs as he balled up his fists even as he stood protectively over his young friend, Haku. "Want to fucking finish that?" He growled.
"All right, you two. Knock it off." A guard spoke up as he hurried over to stop the fight before it even broke out. He looked very uneasy about having to try to break this one up, though. He, like many of the guards, were highly imitated by the very size and reputation that Zabuza even held. He really hoped that the giant would just cooperate before things really got ugly.
Zabuza growled as he turned a deadly look on the guard, causing his step to falter and his face to pale. He would have boomed out an insane laugh just by the look on the man's face. The guard looked ready to piss himself for even having to face someone so dangerous like this one. And even as the giant prisoner started to take a step towards him, a small hand on his arm stopped him. He didn't even have to look at Haku to see that it was him.
"Please don't, Zabuza. We shouldn't. It is only our first day here." The soft soothing voice spoke.
Again, Zabuza growled but took a step back with a jerking nod. He turned his head to look at the much smaller man and snorted. "Soft as always, Haku. Don't let these mother fuckers walk all over you, ya hear?"
A meek smile broke out on Haku's face but he nodded. "I won't. Thank you for coming to my defense." He said softly. His only reply from the giant was a "hn."
"So, you're here."
Garuda didn't glance over his shoulder as he stood near the chain link fence. He just folded his arms and looked as if he was enjoying the show that was happening near the food line. He gave his head a little toss, trying to get his long bangs out of his blue eyes. "Yes. We are, hn?" He said in a very low voice without having to look at Madara Uchiha.
Madara cupped his chin into his hand, watching the scene before them carefully before letting his one good eye flicker to the back of the blonde's head. "You, Iwa, I understand. But how the hell did the ANBU catch Momochi and Haku? And alive?" He asked in a lower voice.
Tilting his head with a disgruntled look on his face, Garuda did not look amused by his words. He met the one dark eye of the man behind him, shaking his head. "You're making me sound like some kind of fucking pussy, Uchiha, hn. Don't underestimate me, all right? Besides, you don't worry about what we're doing here. You just be ready tonight, hn. Things are definitely," He paused with a smug smile on his face as he looked back at Zabuza and Haku as they were now going down the food line. "Going out with a bang, no?" He remarked.
"I see." Madara murmured with a growing smirk on his face. "Then I will prepare myself for tonight. Give me an idea of what you have cooked up for tonight, though."
"Well, it goes like this…" Garuda remarked in a very low voice as he gave a rough estimate of what was going to happen.
No one really saw or heard what they were even talking about to each other. Nearly everyone's eyes were on the giant new prisoner, Zabuza as he intimidated one of the lunch guys into giving Haku an extra scoop of food, each.
No one but one.
Sasuke had been watching the blonde one, the one called Garuda Iwa as he slowly made his way towards the isolated lunch area and started speaking to his murderous uncle. He didn't know what they were talking about. But he had a pretty good idea.
Author's Note:
I know! I know! I know! I'm so sorry for taking so long to update this story! Writer's block SUCKS! It's been really busy lately that I haven't had a chance to work on this story. But I swear, it won't happen again. At least I hope now. Anyway, thanks for all of your patience. I'll have the next chapter up and going as soon as I can.
