Hey there! it's been a while! here is chapter 9!
warning : contains violence.
"I almost went blind last time thanks to you,remember… your 'courageous' move as you sprayed pepper into my face" he threw his hands in the air and tried to sound as dramatic as possible when he said the word courageous. Sakura knew she was in trouble.
"Then I got my ass kicked by Sasuke…hhh but tonight you are on your own" the second guy said, a grin forming on his face and his eyes twitched with evil.
"What do you want from me?!" Sakura yelled at the two and a shadow came out the darkness behind them.
"Decorate your pretty face dear teacher."
"Karin!" Sakura yelled.
"Well you don't look pleased to see me… that's sad." Karin said while faking a pout. "you see, if you are Sasuke's girl, you have to be worthy: so we are going to put you to a little test."
"Karin have you lost your mind? What are you talking about?"Sakura shouted.
"Sasuke deserves the best… you hear me THE BEST… that's not you." She looked her up and down. "Let's get started shall we?" she chew her gum and took a step back allowing the two boys to step closer to Sakura. One reached for her hair, he pulled her closer and grabbed her by it.
"Go on now Juu, I got her." he said to the other guy.
Sakura's eyes darted to the blond guy and felt tears burning her eyes. What should I do? How to get out of here? She had nothing she could use as a weapon. she has gotten used to Sasuke taking her back home, she felt safe and let her guard down and now she pays the price.
The next thing she heard was the sound of flesh hitting flesh, it was like squashing an apple. Her jaw burned, she tasted blood on her lips and she fell to the ground.
"Not so fast-" the pale guy reached for her hair again and pulled her to her legs.
She yelled at him and tried to free herself, she scratched his hands and pulled herself further just to be grabbed by the hand again, another fist landed on her face and she felt it go numb.
No one walked by. Her purse was on the ground a couple of feet away. If only she could reach for her phone. Call someone and get help. If they kicked her one more time on the stomach she felt she would likely pass out. She can't risk that. She had to keep her mind awake. She had to fight back.
The beating stopped for a moment and she heard gunshot in the distance. It was a dark calm night and the sound traveled for far distances. So maybe she should try to scream again...maybe someone would hear her. But even if they did, would someone actually come to rescue her? Who would want to get in such trouble? No one.
Karin sighted loudly.
"Ahhh the sound of our precious Sasuke erasing those useless bastards off the planet. Ehh we need to hurry thought…" she looked down at Sakura then crouched down next to her."Having fun yet? You see, ballerina, you need to get your shit and get out of here… leave Sasuke alone and forget about him. we can't risk having him grow weaker by caring for such a pathetic creature." she let out a sound of disapproval and a look of disgust appeared on her face " look at you...all bloody and messed up…you look too ugly."
Sai came running and yelled:
"The cops are nearing around here."
"What?! How could they possibly know we are here? We haven't even started yet?" a red haired boy yelled over the sound of gunshot.
Sasuke's face darkened and anger was pouring out of him:
"We have to go, we can't risk getting caught in the middle of a shooting."
"What about our revenge? Ori won't be happy about this." Sai mumbled.
"Would you rather spend ten years behind bars?"
They all went silence and could hear the sound of police sirens a couple of blocks away.
"Go, go, go!"
"Freeze!" a familiar voice yelled from behind.
Sasuke turned around and was surprised seeing his blond best friend shielding behind his car and threatening them with his gun.
"What are you doing?" Sai laughed.
"I think he finally lost it.. Hey kid aim your gun somewhere else..." someone else said.
While Sasuke just froze and stared at his friend.
Karin pushed back her red hair and whispered to Sakura:
"I want give you a souvenir, something to remember me of. The girl you feel sorry for, you think you are trying to save.. god you should see how pathetic you look! "
she then grabbed Sakura's wrist in one hand and a knife in the other.
Sakura tried to pull herself together. Find all what's left of her energy to fight back when Karin pushed the knife to her skin.
When Sakura opened her eyes. someone was calling her name:
"Sakura! Sakura can you hear me? Open your eyes Sakura!"
Detective Lee… is that him?
The next time she opened her eyes, she couldn't feel anything except for a terrible headache. she was in a white room. she looked around and saw no one. it was dawn and sunlight threw its shadows inside the room. Suddenly she heard voices from outside followed by footsteps, then detective Lee appeared in front of her.
"Sakura, can you hear me? Sakura I need to ask you a couple of question. Would you like me to help you up?" he said as he reached for her.
"Don't—don't touch—me"
Lee froze in place and eyed her weirdly.
"It's me. Lee. Sakura do you recognize me?"
"I do… stay away…from me." Sakura stuttered.
Seeing the agitated state Sakura was getting into, the nurse asked the detective to leave and come back later.
Sakura fell asleep again and the nurse walked out and shut the door.
A few hours later she walked back, carrying a needle, painkillers and a bottle of water. After she left, Sakura closed her eyes and tried to remember what happened. Her wrist… she looked at her hand and there was a white bandage covering it. Tears ran down her cheeks, her throat was sour, her head was about to explode but she tried to remember what happened after that… she must have lost consciousness when they caught her wrist, then police came, Lee was there…he must have taken her to the hospital.
She stared at the white ceiling and felt a steel knife stuck in her heart. She pushed herself up and got out of the bed, she headed to the bathroom and stared at her reflection in the mirror, her face was all bruised, black eye and scratches all over.
She pulled her gown and starred at the bandage around her waist… her bones ached.
Then her eyes darted to her pink locks, she starred at it and flashes from last night came running to her, how they touched it, smelled it, pulled it and laughed at it. She felt like throwing up. Her eyes fell on scissors and she started chopping off her hair.
Tears fell to the floor along pink locks. She couldn't bare looking at it and remember how dirty it was. she was staring at her work when someone knocked on the door and called for her. She walked out and faced the man.
A frown appeared on the detective's forehead. the man looked as if has lost his voice.
"I saw you… you and Naruto… "Sakura was hardly breathing but the anger storming inside of her kept pushing her to go on "yo-you-betrayed-everyone's trust…how could you" her hands started shaking. But she kept the cold look in her eyes. how could he be involved in this. he was like a safe harbor for everyone, they trusted him and he kept the hope from disappearing from their lives.
"Wait, what? What are you talking about? Sakura you got it all wrong! Naruto is one of us, Naruto is working undercover! "
Soo what do you guys think?! please let me know! ~~
PS: I decided it's gonna be more than just one chapter to end the story xD
