Sasuke took a deep breath, it will be difficult to talk about it. Sakura leaned in, she wanted to hear every word.

"Many bad things happened last year. Rai's parents were arguing all the time, on the edge to becoming divorced." Sasuke began.

"What were they arguing about?" Sakura asked politely as possible.

"Who should retire to keep an eye on us, Rai and his younger sister Yuuki. You see they both had very demanding jobs. Rai's mother was a top notch detective, always on crime scenes, always investigating, and always getting the bad guy behind bars. His father, on the other hand, was a cop, a very good one too, but there were times he'd end up in the hospital. And it always caused his mother grief." Sasuke explained. "One time he got hurt badly, shot near the heart, Rai's mother was in pieces, when he recovered she told she wanted him to quit his job. But he didn't want to, he refused. And that's how it all started."

"She just asked because she cared." Sakura mumbled.

"He knew that, but he didn't want years of training to go to waist." Sasuke replied.

Sakura had the erge to say he was selfish but knew that she would've done the same if someone had told her to stop being a ninja...or in Misaki's case, a Naruto fanatic. So she held her tongue. It would've probally made Sasuke angry anyway. She waited for him continue his story, or rather Rai's story.

"The fighting continued for a while, a whole school year. Yuuki was always rather her sensitive, so the constant fights really effected her. And at that time she was dating Takumi, so she relied on him alot." Sasuke sighed, Rai's emotion's were starting to stir. "So, when she found out he was with another girl...cheating on her...she...well...tried to kill herself."

Sakura face looked shot down. She didn't know how to react. Sasuke wanting to get through with the story as quickly as possible.

"Tried...?" Sakura questioned.

"I got to her in time, thank whoever's working the world...there was alot of crimson blood..." Sasuke closed his eye's and saw it all again.

Sakura began to realize that it was almost similar to his own trauma. The whole bloody ending to a betrayal. It made her heart cringe in sadness, but she knew better then to take pity, she didn't feel it either, she just felt sadness and rage, and somehow, regretful.

"Rai told me about that..." She said. "He told me to stay away from him...he also told me that Arashi Yuuki almost died, and about a bathroom full of blood."Sakura stared at her hands. "Why do I feel like I'm somehow responsible...?" She whispered.

"That wasn't the end of anything, just the begining..." Sasuke face became very hard and serious. "One day Rai had a skating compitition to go to and his parents were suppose to come and see him, but they never showed up. Rai was unhappy about that and he didn't want to see them right away because he knew he would just blow up in their faces. So he stayed at the skating to blow off some steam."

All the images started coming into his head. Like it just happened yesterday.

"When he came home, all the lights were off, and it was pitch black...but when he turned the lights on, it was like a storm had entered and left. It was trashed up and things were everywhere. He had immediatly ran through the house to check everything else. But when he came across his parent's room...blood was seeping under the door..." He paused to take a breath..." He opened the door and there on the floor, together. Dead. Slaughtered...killed."


Sakura woke up the morning...the story Sasuke had told her couldn't stop coming in her head. 'No wonder he was like that yesterday...' Sakura thought. 'I should probally apologize...'

Sakura tried to get up. But for some reason her legs felt heavy. ' Damn...all that running and drama yesterday...' She tried to get up and off the bed but the heavyness of her legs messed up her balance and made her fall on the bed again. Thing is, there was a action figuer of herselfand her head landed on it...

"Ow!" She hissed. "That hur-..."

"How could you do this to me! Why would you do this to me!" A girl cried. "Takumi..."

Takumi walked past the sobbing girl. "Yuuki..." He said in pity. "Sorry but...you're not enough..." With that cold statement, he walkd passed her with no difficulty.

Yuuki dropped on the floor and cried.

Sakura( normal sakura) looked and saw Rai hiding behind his house's gate. He sprinted to his crying sister, dropping his skating gear, and kneeled next to her and held her close. He kept rocking her like a baby until she fell asleep in his arms. He carried her inside, and closed the door with his foot.

A flash of white to her to the tree with the diamond shape in the middle.

'Why am I here now?' Sthe looked around. She saw a figure in the distance, walking closer to her. "Misaki-chan!" Sakura exclaimed.

"Ah! Sakura! W-wow...you really are beautiful, its an honor to meet you!" Misaki bowed lower then Sakura thought one could. "And we're not in danger!" She smiled.

Sakura blushed and smiled, a bit embarassed at her sudden compliment. "Ehehehe...nice to finally meet you, too...why are we here?" Sakura asked.

"This is the only place we can meet face to face...I need to tell you something important." Misaki informed her. " Takumi caused everything. He caused Rai's accident and my own...you two were brought here because, well I guess, we're the same...and you to can fix the damage that has been done...:

"HOLD ON!" Sakura said. "How did he cause all this, he's just a plain human!" Sakura protested.

"A sadistic human being who gets a kick out of another's suffering and agony." Misaki said bitterly. "He's the one who lured me and my brother in that alley way the day he died...!"

Sakura gasped...she knew he was a creep but, a murderer? She just thought he was a hopeless love sick teen. Seems that things are not what they seem...of course.

"Before that I was with him though...as his girlfriend...I heard about Yuuki, but I didn't think that he would do that, so when Rai kept telling me to stay away from him and about what happened to Yuuki because of him I became furious and became distant from him." Misaki said sadly. "I'd do anything to say sorry to him." She whispered.

Sakura was just trying to understand how all of this could've fallen in place. It all seemed like a dark, twisted, messed up puzzle. "Don't worry, you will." She assured.

"I was also mad at him for not telling me what was wrong with him...so since he didn't trust me, I did the same in turn..." Misaki chuckled a bit. " A year later after all that I found out it was all true, just weeks after my brother passed. I was so furious and sad...it was too much, but Takumi wasn't in town for 3 weeks..."

"Where did he go?" Sakura asked.

"I don't know...I never found out either... But when I saw him come back to town, at the crossroads...I just lost it and ran into the crossroads without thinking...and I didn't see a car coming toward me...and then..." She punched the inside of her hand to make a point.

Sakura breathed...it all was so much to hear. "All that in over a year...amazing..." She sighed.

"That's how it started for me, but Rai...he lost more than I did. He pretty much lost his whole family..." Misaki said, gloomly...

"His sister is still alive, right?" Sakura asked hopefully.

"Yes...but Rai sent her to his Uncle and Aunt in another city and told them to take good care of her and that he'll visit whenever he could." She glanced at Sakura. "To protect her from Takumi..."

"Good move." Sakura murmmered

Misaki stood up straight from the tree with the diamond shape in the center and looked at Sakura right in the eye. "Now, you know how it all began for me...Sasuke still doesn't know...but he will soon I hope." Misaki said. "Now, wake up, Sakura..."


"Wake up,Sakura...!" A hushed voice called out.

Sakura sat up instintly and her eyes flashed opened, almost hitting the voice's host in the head.

"Whoa, Sakura! You okay?" Sasuke said dodgeing her deadly head butt.

"I'm fine, just fell back on the bed and hit it on something hard..." She looked on the spot where her head was. She found a action figure, he mini me... "Oh, wow..." She rolled her eyes.

"You hit your head?" He asked. He felt the back of her head to check for swelling and/or blood. "Hmm...I don't feel anything, you sure you're fine?" He asked again.

"Yes, Sasuke-Kun..." She said sweetly and batted her eyes.

"Uhuh...then what...did you just go back to sleep with mini Sakura under your head?" He questioned.

"No!" She protested. "I dreamed that I was talking with Misaki-chan...or at least it was some sort of dream..but before that I had a dream about Takumi and Yuuki, what happened when he broke up with her." Sakura said sadly.

"You dreamt what?" Sasuke exclaimed. "What did Misaki-San say?"

Sakura paused and took a moment to breathe, she looked right in his eyes.

"Takumi is to blame for everything."


I AM ALIVE! And in Mexico for three weeks. I wanted to make this chappie and angst and twisty as possible for you all, you deserve it. Anyway so so so so so so so so so so sooooooo sorry! I havn't updated in so super long, I DON'T DESERVE YOUR FORGIVENESS! but blame Masashi Kishimoto- Sensei...he's killing the the SASUSAKU DREAM, there for...HAS GIVEN ME A HELLISH CASE OF WRITERS BLOCK!

SASUSAKU 4 EVER!

MUCH LOVE- NATSU OGAWA!