Slyvia Here,
Hey, I just wanted to say THANK YOU SO MUCH for all of my reviewers! I love you guys! You really do keep me going! I can't wait for your next comments! Okay so this chappie has a small lemon but nothing too bad, you also find out what the guy's name is who kidnapped Sakura! Dundundun! The next chappie he will finally make his real appearance, this is also a somewhat sad chappie but enjoy! Reveiw!
Here is the next chapter!
"Sakura, we should go home," Sasuke said as he and Neji pulled an energetic Lee and Naruto off of her.
"Okay," Sakura sighed, suppressing a yawn.
Sasuke turned around to leave when he heard Sakura start to speak.
"Um, everyone, I'm-"
"No," Naruto said firmly as everyone stared at him.
"No, Sakura," Naruto trailed, "Don't be sorry, it's not your fault. Everything you said, it was right except for one thing."
"..?" Sakura looked up to see Naruto's blue eyes glistening with tears as he took her hand in his.
"We never stopped thinking about you," He said as he cradled her hand.
Sakura looked around at the sympathetic faces of her sensei's and friends. They smiled and nodded as Sasuke put a hand on her shoulder.
"We'll always be here for you Sakura," Kakashi droned out, smiling beneath his mask.
"Yeah," Sakura said shakily, "I know that now."
Everyone smiled and waved good bye as Sasuke walked Sakura back to his home.
'Take care of her Sasuke,' Naruto thought as he watched the two of them walk back, 'You got a second chance, don't screw it up.' Naruto sighed as Kakashi, Sai and Yamato came up beside him.
"You think she'll remember everything?" Sai asked Yamato.
"I think she will," Yamato smiled, "It'll just take some time."
"Naruto," Kakashi nudged his former student, "Don't worry about her, Sasuke will protect her."
"But-"
"He's not going to lose her again," Kakashi cut in.
"Yeah, I guess you're right," Naruto looked down at the ground.
"Naruto?" Yamato asked as Naruto still had his face glued to the ground.
"Let's get," Naruto trailed off, "RAMEN!" he screeched and jumped for joy as the three shinobi next to him quickly disappeared.
Naruto turned around only to see smoke fill the area and yelled out, "Oh come on guys! Don't do this! I want some ramen!"
Sasuke and Sakura arrived back at Sasuke's home hand in hand. Both walked in the door and trudged up the stairs to Sasuke's bedroom as Sakura yawned.
Sakura laid down on the bed as Sasuke laid next to her, propped up on his elbow. He stared intently down at her as she reached up and touched his face. Leaning into her touch, he wrapped his free arm around her waist, pulling her closer.
"Sasuke," she whispered as she let her hand fall.
He pulled her to his chest and rubbed her back as she started to fall asleep.
'She looks so peaceful,' Sasuke thought as they cuddled under the covers, 'I'll make up for what I did in the past Sakura, I promise you.'
"Sakura," Sasuke asked as she snuggled into his chest.
"Hmm?" she mumbled into his body.
"We still need to buy you some clothes."
She laughed as he kissed the top of her forehead and closed his own eyes.
"No! Stop! Please, let me go! Please! Stop!" Sakura screamed as she was continually beaten.
"Shut up! You're so annoying! Stop you're crying! They're never coming for you! They hate you! No one would love a weakling of a woman like you!" her 'master' continued to shout as he kicked her in the side.
She was flung across the room by his kick and crashed into the wall, clutching her left side. She coughed as blood stuck in her throat. Vomit and blood sputtered everywhere as she wheezed and shook with fear.
He approached closer and grabbed her hair, yanking her into his grasp, "You little whore! Calling out someone else's name in front of me! I will beat you until you call out mine!" He cursed as he threw her face first into the wall.
"Say my name!" He screamed as he bent down and picked her up by her throat, squeezing it.
"Sasuke! Sasuke!" Sakura cried, scratching the man before her.
Her 'master' grunted as he thrashed her back against the wall.
Cracked skull.
He dropped her for a second before punching her in the stomach and back into the wall.
Shattered ribs.
"What's my name?" He leered as he looked down at her form, writhing on the ground. His red hair pasted against his face from sweat and yellow eyes glaring.
'I know this name; I have to keep calling it! He wouldn't be so angry if it wasn't important, this name must mean something! Help me, Sasuke, whoever you are!' Sakura thought as she felt another blow to her side.
"Sasuke! Sasuke help me! Sasuke!" Sakura cried as she was again lifted up by her hair.
"You little bitch, you must really be stupid; no one can hear you! Say my name!" He yelled into her ear as she continued to thrash around in his hands.
She panted as she screamed and brought her elbow back into his stomach, "Sasuke! Sasuke! Please, help me! Sasuke!"
With as sudden jolt his grip on her hair loosened and she rant towards the door of his bedroom. She didn't get far though, he grabbed the back shoulder strap of her dress, tearing it, and spun her around. He punched her in the face as she fell to the side, holding her bleeding mouth.
Broken jaw
"Say my name!" He screeched as he pushed her against the wall.
"No," She spat trying to get out of his hold.
"Fine, have it your way," her 'master' smiled as he took out a dull kunai, one that she forgot to sharpen that morning and ran it across the side of her face, "I wonder how long it will take to break you," he whispered running his lips over the trail of his kunai.
"…." She shook with fear and tried to push his face away from his.
"I guess we'll just have to find out, my Sakura chan," His eyes flashed as he pressed the kunai against her side.
He pressed harder under the dull blade cut into her skin. The pain was unimaginable, her skin sagged under the blade's pressure, wearing down the skin until it finally broke through. Sakura screamed as he pulled the knife and looked at some of her blood dripping from its tip.
He laughed as he plunged it into her side again and left it embedded. Blood poured down her side as she realized it had gone through the last of her ribs.
"Say my name," He whispered in her ear, "and I'll let you go."
"No," She gasped as he ran his hand down to the kunai and started twisting it around.
"Say my name you little wench!" He yelled as he pulled it out and stabbed her in the same spot again, giving a large jerk upward.
"Sasuke! Sasuke! Please, help me! Stop! Please!" She screeched as he pulled out another, sharpened, kunai and raised her hand.
"That's not my name Sakura," He growled and pierced his kunai straight through his hand into the wall. She shrieked in pain and tried to use her fingers to grab the blade, only succeeding in adding to the pain.
"Stop! Please! Stop!" She screamed as her raised her other hand and put anther kunai into the palm.
Broken hands.
"Say my name and the pain will go away," He mouthed against the side of her neck.
'I can't let him win! I have to be strong, someone will hear me, someone will come, someone will save me!' Sakura thought as she spit blood into his face.
"You little bitch, I'll kill you!" He screamed as he rammed another kunai into her ribs, this time he stuck the blade at an angle and used it as a crowbar to shift her rib cage. She screamed in agony as he pushed the blade further up into her ribcage and laughed.
"Say my name Sakura," He said sweetly watching her once white dress become soaked with her blood.
Ripped muscles
"Kitaro," Sakura muttered.
"What was that Sakura?" He asked as he applied anther kunai into the hole he had created.
She shrieked in pain and screamed his name, "Kitaro! Kitaro! Kitaro! Stop it! Please!" She yelled as he smiled and removed one of the kunai in her hands.
"That's better, now, clean up, I want my dinner," He smirked as her other hand was still pinned to the wall.
She slouched as he walked out to the room and turned to her.
"Don't ever say that name again," he growled as he slammed the door.
Broken bones, broken limbs, broken spirit, and broken heart.
"Sakura! Sakura! Wake up! Sakura! Sakura!" Sasuke yelled trying to pull Sakura out of her nightmare.
"Sakura!" He continued to yell as she opened her eyes, trembling with fear.
"Sakura?" Sasuke asked as she brought her hands to her face and ran them down to her stomach and side.
'What is she doing?' Sasuke thought quirking his head to the side.
"Blood, blood, he…blood…Sasuke," Sakura shook as Sasuke enveloped her into his embrace.
"Sssshh, Sakura, it's alright," Sasuke whispered.
Sakura shook in his arms, crying and muttering over and over again. Sasuke rubbed her back and arms and softly kissed her cheek. At his kiss she flinched away and clenched her eyes shut, clutching her ribs with both arms.
"Please, just don't-"
"Sakura, look at me," Sasuke said grabbing the sides of her face, "Look at me." He spoke softly and yet forceful.
She reluctantly opened her eyes to his dark brooding ones. He had no shirt on and sat in his pants holding onto her face. Tears continued to fall down her face as his thumbs rubbed them away.
"Sakura, what was-"
Before he could continue Sakura held onto his arms and started shaking again, "It was a nightmare Sasuke! He kept stabbing me and told me to stop, I didn't and he just stabbed me again!" She cried.
"Who?"
"Him, Kitaro, he just yelled at me and told me to say his name! I didn't and he cut me, he just hurt me! He just wouldn't stop, he wouldn't stop, he hurt so much!" she screamed and started to whisper and sob repeating the same thing over and over again.
'Kitaro? That must be that bastard. I'll kill him.' Sasuke thought as he raised Sakura tear drenched face up.
"Sakura it's okay, he won't hurt you anymore, I promised. I won't let him." Sasuke bit out through clenched teeth.
'Why would he stab her? Why? What was she yelling?' Sasuke wondered as Sakura's voice trembled.
"Sasuke…"
'I'll kill that bastard, for what he did to her, I'll kill him. Sakura, I promise,' Sasuke vowed as he furrowed his brows, raising his courage to ask his next question.
"Sakura, why was he hurting you?"
Her eyes froze over in fear as she dug her nails into his arms and shut her eyes. He could tell she was trying to forget, trying to hide the pain she had suffered through, trying to define a dream versus reality.
She was trying to see her nightmare as only that but, she couldn't. It happened and her repeated clutching of her ribs was a reminder. She had to remind herself, no matter what; she had to stay in reality.
She couldn't fall into fear again, she had to, wanted to be strong: Strong for Konoha, strong for Sasuke and strong for herself.
"I was screaming for someone," she whispered slowly raising her eyes to meet his.
"Who?"
She hesitated on her answer before looking down again and whispering, "You."
Sasuke stared at her for a moment before she started crying again.
"Why were you screaming my name?" He asked dumbfounded.
"I remembered it but, he told me to only say his name," She look angrily down at the bed and dropped her hands from his arms. She clenched her fists as she spoke again, "I couldn't stand the pain and I said his name, he made me. I gave up, I-"
"No," Sasuke cut her off taking her hands into his, "You didn't give up, if you hadn't done what he asked you'd be dead."
"I should've died," she muttered until Sasuke jerked her hands around him and crushed her into his chest.
"Stop it," he growled, "just stop it, you made the right choice. You had to save your life."
She struggled against his grip to see his face but lost when he tightened his hold.
"I wasn't strong enough, I couldn't stop-"
"Listen to me Sakura, you are strong. You're strong for surviving what he did to you-"
"No, I was scared! He kept hurting me and I let him! I couldn't stop him! If I did it just made it worse! I was scared and did what he wanted! I was scared of him." She shouted pounding on Sasuke's arms.
"I was scared," He started surprising Sakura who stopped her movements, "I was scared that you were dead, that I wouldn't see you again and tell you I was sorry. I was scared that the only person who believed and loved me was gone." Sasuke held onto her tighter.
"Sasuke," Sakura whispered, "I was weak."
"No you weren't, you were never weak." He replied curtly.
"Fear is a weakness," Sakura said bitterly remembering how when her 'master' saw the fear in her eyes he would say that. He always saw the fear and terror behind her eyes and used it. He made sure she would always be afraid of him, no matter what.
"No it's not. It's strength; you overcame your fear of him and came home." Sasuke rubbed her back again as he felt her muscles loosen.
"I'm still scared Sasuke," Sakura confessed.
"He can't hurt you anymore Sakura, I won't let him," Sasuke kissed her forehead.
"Sasuke,"
"Sakura, I won't let him hurt you anymore, I told you already, you're safe here…with me," He answered pulling away to look into her eyes.
The moonlight reflected from her green eyes as the tears glistened in the corners. She, without hesitation, smiled at him. She saw his sincerity in his eyes, his love for her and she gave him his smile, the smile only reserved for him. She cried as his hard eyes made her feel safe, she hadn't felt that in a long time. She pressed her lips to his, still smiling.
Sasuke smiled as he held her face in his hands and kissed her back. He deepened the kiss as one of his hands travelled behind to her neck and the other down her arm.
Sakura flinched in fear of his hand down her arm but relaxed as his soft hands guided her down onto the bed.
Sakura's hands slid up to Sasuke's chest and ran over his shoulders as he continued their kiss. Her soft fingers glided down from his shoulder blades to the middle of his chest.
"Sakura," Sasuke breathed as he broke their kiss and stared into her eyes. He ran a finger down the side of her face leaning over her body.
Sakura smiled and reached around his neck, pulling him down on top of her. She kissed him again and let a tear roll down her face.
Sasuke ran his hands down to the hem of her shirt and slowly lifted it up, carefully dragging his hands over her stomach. Her body tingled at his touch until he pulled her shirt off in one languid pull, looking into her eyes.
He went back to her lips with a small kiss before making his way to her jaw and neck. Running his lips down her neck he massaged her waist.
"Sasuke," Sakura sighed as his lips travelled down to her collar bone. He ran his hands back up the sides of her body and let his tongue dance on her skin as his hot breathed sent shivers through her body.
Sakura let her nimble fingers play in his hair as he continued to move across her body.
Sasuke reached around her chest and undid the bindings. He let them fall and stopped as he felt her body tense. She tried to cover herself and Sasuke only smiled and pulled her hands away.
"It's okay Sakura, I won't-" Sasuke stopped when Sakura looked down, ashamed.
"No, it's not that, it's," She sighed and removed her arms from her chest and guided his eyes to her chest, "my scars," she whispered.
'This is what she's been hiding, that bastard, this is what he did to her!' Sasuke thought angrily as he looked at the old wounds.
Fading jagged lines adorned her skin beneath her chest and stomach.
'Kunai,' Sasuke thought as he ran his hand over the scars. He saw Sakura clench her eyes shut and realized that the wounds still hurt, not physically but mentally. The scars upon her memory were worse than the ones on her body.
The scar that Sasuke stared at in sheer anger was the one on her left side. The skin had been burned and another kunai mark was embedded among the searing flesh. Sasuke griped the sheets, remembering what Sakura had said when she broke a dish.
". . He burnt me . . ."
"He stabbed me."
Sasuke shook with rage as he thought back to how she cowered away from him and begged him not to hurt her.
'How could he have done this?' Sasuke wondered as he placed his warm hand on her face. She opened her eyes, holding back tears as he kissed her lips.
"Sakura," Sasuke smiled gently.
"Sasuke, I'm ugly-"
"No, you're not," Sasuke moved back down her body and stopped at where the burn was on her left side, "you're beautiful," he whispered against her skin as he kissed her scars. She let out a light gasp as he ran his fingers over each mark and kissed it.
"Sasuke," Sakura breathed as Sasuke kissed down her stomach. He smiled into her skin and sat back up, claiming her lips. She ran her hands down his sides and settled them on the hem of his pants.
Sasuke straddled her hips as he bent down and kissed her neck. He moved his lips to her breasts and let his tongue roll over the skin. He wrapped his arms around her body and let his breath glide across a bud.
She moaned his name as he continued downward and kissed her stomach. He slowly slid her pants down and tossed them off the bed. He went and kissed her lips as he felt her hands touch the waist band of his pants.
He grunted as she smiled into the kiss and started to gently pull them off of his hips. He guided her hands and took his pants off; opening his eyes he kissed her eye lids.
"Sakura," Sasuke sighed as he caressed her face, silently asking her if she really wanted to do this.
She sat up and kissed his shoulder and put her hands on his chest, silently returning his answer with a yes.
Sasuke laid her back down and kissed her while positioning himself over her and slowly sliding in.
The rest of the night Sasuke and Sakura moaned out each other's names as they laid tangled in his bed. The night time breeze mixed with the lovers' scent inside Sasuke's bedroom as Sasuke fell on top of Sakura.
She wrapped her arms around him, loving his warmth, as he settled into the crook of her neck, breathing in her scent, his scent. She panted as he kissed her neck and sat up, looking into her eyes. She looked deep into his as he kissed her cheek and whispered into her ear.
"Sakura, I love you."
She smiled and let a tear run down her face, of which he kissed away, and whispered back, "I love you too, Sasuke."
Sasuke rolled over on his side and pulled her naked body to his. He pressed her body into his chest and let her doze off into sleep as she snuggled into his neck. He pulled a sheet over them and wrapped his arms completely around her, kissing her gently on the forehead before falling into his own sleep with the moon casting its shadow on the two lovers.
"Why you little whore," two yellow eyes shot through the darkness, staring up at the bedroom window as a figure stood in the woods, "I'll show you whose your master, you little bitch. Just you wait; you'll be back with me." He chuckled, "Just you wait." With that he ran back into the forest laughing maniacally.
The sun streamed through the window as Sasuke opened his eyes. He looked ahead and saw Sakura still peacefully sleeping in his embrace. He smiled as he kissed her eyes and watched as they fluttered open. She opened her eyes fully with a moan and wriggled in his arms.
He laughed and started kissing her all over her face as she giggled and put her hands on his chest. He stopped and sat up on his elbow, staring at her face.
'This is how I want to wake up every morning,' he thought as he moved a piece of hair from her face.
She smiled as she leaned in a kissed him on the lips. Sasuke deepened the kiss and rolled over top of her with his hand on her hip. She laughed lightly as he moved to the side of her neck.
Sasuke smirked and started to kiss down her neck when he heard a pounding at the door.
"Sasuke," Sakura breathed trying to nudge him off of her.
"Ignore it," Sasuke grunted as he continued trailing his kisses down her neck and to her collar bone, nibbling on the flesh.
The pounding grew louder as Sakura ran her hands through his hair and tried to move out from under him. Sasuke held her in place and groaned as he heard a certain blond spiky haired shinobi yell.
"Oi! Sasuke! Open the door! I know you're in there!"
No sooner had Naruto yelled Sasuke heard a scream and another voice.
"Naruto shut up! You're going to wake Sakura up!"
'Heh, Kakashi,' Sasuke smirked as he kissed Sakura on the lips.
"Ow, that hurt Kakashi sensei!" Naruto whined as Sasuke and Sakura heard another voice.
"Oi, dickless wonder, why can't you just leave them alone?" Sai asked as Naruto rubbed his head.
'Sai,' Sasuke smirked again and felt Sakura break the kiss.
"Sasuke, maybe we should let them in," she smiled and touched his face. Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows and sighed.
"Why?" he asked seductively grinning.
"Because Naruto might break down the door if we don't," Sakura responded kissing him on the cheek as she heard more pounding coming from down the stairs.
Sasuke sighed and rolled off Sakura. He stretched next to her and reached down sliding his pants on. Sakura started to get off the bed when Sasuke stopped her.
"Stay here, I'll get rid of them," he said walking out of the room.
Sasuke walked down the stairs and heard Naruto screaming into the house with Sai and Kakashi telling him to shut up.
Sasuke let out an irritated sigh and opened the door.
"Oi, Sasuke! What took you so long?" Naruto yelled as Sasuke hit him on the head.
"I was sleeping, dobe!" Sasuke said annoyed.
"Where's Sakura?" Naruto asked excitedly dodging another hit from Sasuke.
"She's sleeping, loser," Sasuke replied glancing up the stairs, "or at least was, no thanks to your pounding on my door!"
"Told you you'd wake her up dickless," Sai sighed as they stepped inside his house.
Kakashi merely sighed and started reading his perverted book.
"Why are you here anyway?" Sasuke asked the artist.
"I don't know, Naruto dragged us all out of bed to come over," Sai replied giving his fake smile.
"Yeah, he even dragged me over here," Kakashi said with his nose in his book.
Sasuke glared at his blond team mate and clenched his fist, "Oi, Naruto, what do you want at seven in the morning?"
"Eh? I just wanted to take Sakura out for ramen!" Naruto exclaimed.
'He ruined my morning with Sakura just to take her for ramen? Oh, he's dead,' Sasuke thought.
"That was it?!" Sasuke, Sai and Kakashi exclaimed.
"You idiot! You dragged us all out of bed just to come over here and pester Sakura!" Kakashi yelled.
"It's not that early Kakashi sensei!" Naruto whined.
"You woke me up at four in the morning Naruto!" Kakashi yelled back.
"I knew it would take you longer to wake up!" Naruto defended crossing his arms over his chest.
He shifted uncomfortably in the room when he felt Sai and Sasuke glaring daggers in the back of his head. He laughed nervously as Sai and Sasuke approached him.
"H-h-hey guys," Naruto stuttered backing up, "I-I-I just wanted to see Sakura chan and make sure-"
Naruto stopped as he bumped into Kakashi behind him.
"Naruto!" Sai and Sasuke yelled.
"Uh, what's going on?" Sakura asked as she walked down the stairs in Sasuke's old clothes.
Sai stopped his aimed punch for Naruto's face as Naruto stopped his thrashing while Kakashi was holding his arms behind his back. Sasuke stopped strangling Naruto as they all dropped the blond boy on the floor with small blushes on their faces.
"Ah, good morning Sakura," Kakashi smiled.
"Sakura!" Naruto yelled running for Sakura and spearing her into the ground.
"Naruto!" Sai, Sasuke, and Kakashi yelled as Naruto hugged Sakura.
"Uh, good morning Naruto," Sakura breathed through his hug.
"Sakura! I missed you! I missed you!"
"I didn't go anywhere Naruto?" Sakura asked looking over his shoulder at the other three men.
"I know but, I still missed you!" He squeezed harder until she pried him off of her.
"Oi, dickless, let her breath!" Sai yelled.
Naruto quickly got off of her and helped her to her feet. She smiled as Sasuke walked over to her side.
"Idiot," he muttered.
"What did you come over for Naruto?" Sakura asked sweetly.
"Ramen! Let's go get some Ramen!" Naruto yelled throwing open the door and walking out.
Sasuke, Sai and Kakashi quickly ran to the door, closing and locking it behind him. Sakura smiled and tried to stop laughing as Naruto banged on the door and yelled to be let back in.
Sai, Sasuke, and Kakashi stepped back from the door and laughed along with Sakura while Naruto kept banging on the door.
He finally stopped and Sakura opened the door, telling him that they could go get some ramen.
The group walked to the ramen shop as Naruto sung about what and how many bowls he was going to eat.
"Where's Yamato?" Sasuke asked Sai.
"He got assigned a mission early this morning, he should be back in a few days," the artist replied looking over to Sakura and smiling.
"How are you feeling Sakura?" Sai asked.
"Great, Sai," she smiled as Sasuke inwardly smirked.
Sakura, Sasuke, Sai, Kakashi, and Naruto ate their ramen and laughed about their old genin stories, hoping Sakura would remember some of them.
Naruto started talking about their mission into the land of waves when Sakura piped in, "that was our first mission right?" she furrowed her eyebrows as Naruto smiled.
"Yeah, it was Sakura." He replied with big grin.
"I remember it," Sakura smiled back as Sasuke squeezed her hand.
As the group finished their ramen, Naruto finishing his fifth bowl, Ino, TenTen, Shikamaru and Neji walked up behind them. Ino immediately grabbed Sakura and hugged her while Shikamaru muttered, "troublesome woman."
"What was that Shikamaru?" Ino asked dangerously.
"Uh, nothing," Shikamaru stuttered as Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji snickered behind him.
"Sakura how are you? We've been worried," TenTen said as she gently hugged Sakura.
"I'm fine, um, uh," Sakura stuttered embarrassed looking back to Sasuke with pleading eyes.
'She still doesn't remember everyone,' Sasuke thought and introduced her to Ino, TenTen, Shikamaru and Neji. She smiled shyly at them.
"Oi, Sasuke, didn't you buy her any clothes yet?" Ino asked as Sasuke just sighed along with Shikamaru.
"I was going to go today," He muttered as Neji gave him a sympathetic look.
"Why don't we take her?" TenTen smiled seeing Neji's relieved face.
"Uh, Sakura, is that okay?" Sasuke asked not knowing how she would react. She swallowed hard and nodded.
"Great!" Ino yelled in Shikamaru's ear, giving him a quick peck on the cheek. She and TenTen both grabbed Sakura by her arms and dragged her away.
"Bye Sasuke!" Sakura smiled over her shoulder as Ino dragged her forward.
"Oh, Shikamaru! I'm using your money!" Ino laughed as she ran with Sakura and TenTen.
"Troublesome woman" Shikamaru muttered as he felt around for his missing wallet. "She took my damn wallet," he muttered to himself as Sasuke and Neji smirked.
"How do you put up with her?" Sasuke asked shivering.
Shikamaru just shrugged as Naruto and Sai laughed at him.
"She still doesn't remember everything?" Neji asked Sasuke.
"No, she's trying though," Sasuke sighed looking down at the ground absent minded.
"So, Sakura, what do you like?" TenTen asked as she walked Sakura into a store.
"Um, I don't know," Sakura replied looking down at the floor.
She couldn't remember the last time someone actually cared about what she thought and liked. She shivered when she remembered how her 'master' used to just strip her of her clothes and told her what she would wear. She dressed for him, not of her free will, but his.
"Sakura, go in the dressing room and we'll bring you the clothes!" Ino exclaimed pushing Sakura into the nearest dressing room.
Over the hours Ino and TenTen argued with each other over what Sakura would and wouldn't like until they finally agreed on a red shirt with a black mesh top showing her stomach through the fabric. Ino handed Sakura the top and she tried it on, shuttering in the mirror when she saw her scars come through the fabric.
"Oi, Sakura, what's taking so long? Are you okay? I want to see the top!" Ino knocked on the door.
"Sakura? Sakura?" TenTen asked.
"Please, can I have another top?" came a small voice from the other side of the door.
"Oh come on Sakura, the shirt isn't that bad!" Ino yelled, "Come out, we want to see it!"
Sakura sat on the ground as Ino said the last part, remembering her 'master.'
"Come out Sakura, I want to see the clothes I bought for you," Kitaro smiled leaning against his couch. He made Sakura change into her new clothes in the bathroom and awaited her to come out.
"Sakura, come on, I want to see my clothes!" He yelled growing annoyed.
"No! I don't want to come out in these!" Sakura yelled through the door, locking and leaning against it.
"Open the door," Kitaro said dangerously as he tried unlocking it.
"No! Just leave me alone! I hate you!" She yelled as the door hand was ripped from its position.
Kitaro grabbed her hair from behind and dragged her out of the bathroom, throwing her down against a small table.
"You will do as I say!" he screamed smacking her.
She cried and started to back away when he grabbed her hair again.
"Oh no you don't, I said I wanted to see the clothes and I will see them," he smirked as he lifted her up exaiming what she was wearing.
Sakura stood ashamed as he watched her breath nervously in his see through white dress. It drooped low on her chest and showed her cleavage as the back dipped low on her. She shuddered as he pushed her up against the wall and started to kiss her face. She struggled against his grip and kicked him in the groin.
He fell down as she ran but fell when he grabbed her ankle.
"You little bitch, I'll make you pay for that!" he smirked.
That was when he first started beating her. He bloodied her so much that day that she could barely move. She screamed for someone to help her, she screamed until her voice was barely audible. She stopped when no one came, no one heard her cries, and he left her on the floor in her once white dress, bleeding all over.
The last thing she remembered him saying was, "Look at your mess, it better be cleaned up when I get back!" with that he left her lying on the floor.
She did as she was told, even through the pain; she cleaned the room spotless until she passed out.
"Please, I don't want to come out, just, can I have another dress? Please!" Sakura pleaded as tears cascaded down her face.
"Sakura-"
"Please, you don't understand, I can't come out!" she cried.
TenTen tried to stop Ino as she barged through the door and saw Sakura sitting on the ground trying to hide her stomach.
"Sakura?" TenTen asked behind Ino.
"Get out! Just go! Please, just leave me alone!" Sakura cried as she moved in the corner, still remembering her 'master's' beating.
"Sakura, please, what's wrong?" Ino said walking towards her.
"I can't show you, please just leave! Just get out!" Sakura screamed putting her head into her hands.
"Sakura, it's okay just let me see," Ino said as she pulled Sakura up and pushed her arms away.
Sakura tried fighting her back but couldn't. She settled and let Ino see the shirt.
"Oh my God," Ino whispered as she saw why Sakura was crying. She dropped her hands and looked into Sakura's eyes.
"Sakura I-"
"Are you happy now!" Sakura yelled as she looked at the ground.
"Ino? Sakura, I'm sorry, I-" TenTen gasped as she saw the burn scars and kunai marks.
"Just leave me alone! Just get out!" Sakura yelled pushing them out of the room and shutting the door behind her. She cried as she took off the shirt and looked at herself in the mirror.
She ran her hands over the scars, remembering each one. Each one had its own story, each had its own terrible memories attached to it, she could never forget. Those scars wouldn't let her. She turned around and felt the scars that stretched across her back from his beatings. She remembered them like they happened yesterday, every lashing, every bruise, and every tear she cried she remembered.
Ino listened to Sakura's cries and looked over at TenTen, "I think we should get Sasuke."
"Yeah, stay here and I'll find him," TenTen looked back towards the door of the dressing room and walked out holding back her own tears.
"So, what has Sakura said about him?" Sai asked as Sasuke sat down on his couch. He invited the guys back over to his house, not wanting to worry Sakura if she came back and he wasn't there.
"His name is Kitaro, that's all I know," Sasuke sighed remembering her screaming in her sleep last night.
"It's not much but I should tell Tsunade," Kakashi said leaving Sasuke's home.
"How is she doing?" Naruto asked looking at Sasuke's worried face.
"She's okay," Sasuke replied.
Naruto, Sai, Neji and Shikamaru saw his face and didn't believe him, "Sasuke," Neji started, "how is she really doing?"
"Not good," Sasuke whispered.
"What do you mean?" Shikamaru asked as Naruto only clenched his fists.
"He beat her," Sasuke muttered, "a lot," he added.
"How-"
"Sasuke! Sasuke! Open the door! It's Sakura!" TenTen shouted banging on the door.
At hearing Sakura's name, Sasuke bolted to the door and threw it open, revealing a panting and exhausted TenTen.
"What's wrong?! What happened?!" Sasuke asked as TenTen struggled to catch her breath.
"We had her try…. On some clothes…. And she…" Without waiting for her to finish Sasuke's eyes widened.
"Where is she now?" Neji asked.
"With Ino, she wouldn't let us near her," TenTen replied.
Sasuke pushed passed TenTen as the others followed behind him. Before long, Sasuke and the others barged through the store finding Ino crying next to the door with her hands in her lap.
"Sasuke-"
"Move Ino," Sasuke said forcefully as he knocked on the door hearing Sakura crying behind it, "Sakura? Sakura? It's me, open the door?" He said softly, the others back up and gave him space.
"Sasuke?" came a small voice behind the door.
"It's me, come on, please, let me in," Sasuke pleaded jiggling the handle of the door.
He felt it turn all the way open and he quickly entered, shutting the door behind him. Sasuke stared at Sakura on the floor crying with her knees up, hiding her naked chest.
"Sakura, what happened?" Sasuke asked sitting down next to her.
"I couldn't let them see, I couldn't!" She cried into her hands.
Sasuke pulled her arms away and let her cry into his chest. She held onto his shirt as she mumbled incoherent words about her scars.
Sasuke noticed how the scars from her stomach and side ran to her back. He saw new ones, different ones from the night before. He realized what she hadn't wanted them to see and held her close.
"Sakura, let's go home, I'll bring you back some other time," Sasuke whispered and kissed her lightly on the head.
She nodded into his chest. Sasuke pulled away from her and took off his own shirt, placing it over her small form. He picked her up and walked out of the dressing room.
Ino and TenTen along with the guys were standing there waiting for them to come out. Ino cried into Shikamaru's shoulder as he rubbed her back.
Ino immediately looked up and cried harder, "Sakura, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to! Sasuke I-"
Sasuke cut her off with a small smile, "It's okay Ino, you didn't know. I think that's enough for today."
"Yeah," Shikamaru agreed pulling Ino back into his embrace.
"Sasuke-" Naruto started to ask.
"No, Naruto, not now." Sai spoke for Sasuke as Sasuke walked past them.
"Neji," Naruto whispered.
Neji without even asking used his byakugan. He was sorry but he wanted to know what happened. He quickly turned it off when he saw why TenTen and Ino were crying.
"Neji, what is it?" Naruto asked.
"You don't want to know," Neji replied, ashamed that he had used his byakugan to pry into Sakura's business but, he couldn't help it.
Neji cringed at the thought of how her scars looked; the thought of how they left her for a year to endure what she did made him feel horrible. Shikamaru and Sai caught onto Neji's same fear and narrowed their eyes thinking about Sakura's condition.
"We should leave now," Neji spoke up.
"Yeah," they agreed and left the building.
Okay, so what did you all think? I feel bad for Sakura! But don't worry she will remember everything soon, Neji isn't a jerk for using his Byakugan, i just thought it would fit well with story if he could see what happened. I'm kind of running a bit of a guilt trip but OH WELL! It's cool!
Well until next time
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