-Being blinded by the changes around you, only contributes for changing your attitude towards the people you keep close to your heart.-

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Dedication: To my lovely baby Lucas who just pierced his mouth:]

A/N: I was crying my eyes out while I was writing this, so…I hope you guys won't find it that sad.

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Chapter 10: It's time for changes

Previously:

"W-why…Sa-ku-ra?" And with that he collapsed on the floor.

It has been couple of hours since they brought Sasuke to the ER. Sakura was sitting in the lobby with her head clutched in her hands. She was currently waiting for the guys to come. They went off to a disco so they could hear their phones but when they got out of the disco they saw their messages and they rushed towards the hospital. It was now probably sometime after midnight and Sakura couldn't keep her eyes open anymore. She was dehydrated from crying and her whole body ached from the uncomfortable position she was seated in.

"Miss" Sakura didn't hear the young doctor so he tried again "Excuse me, miss" This time Sakura lifted her head up and she was startled to see the young doctor.

"Yes?" Her voice was shaky.

"The patient has three broken ribs on the right side and one on the left side. There is one massive bruise on his back with several others around the chest, legs and face area. He had internal bleeding and concussion. The patient also has fractures on his cheek bone, collar bone and shoulder which seem to be displaced. To be honest he's very lucky to be here, you brought him just in time."

"Could you please not tell him that I was the one who brought him here?" The young doctor saw the state that she was in and he felt sorry.

"".You may see the patient Uchiha if you wish." Sakura had a blank look on her face. Her eyes held pain and exhaustion and they no longer shone like they used to. Sakura merely nodded and entered the room. She stood by the door because she was too afraid to look at Sasuke face. 'Come on Sakura get a grip will you?' She thought to herself.

Sakura moved towards the bed slowly and her heart pounded faster in her chest when she caught sight of Sasuke's face. His lip was busted twice, there was a big bruise forming around the eyebrow area and another one at the side of his cheek. His cheek bone also looked awfully displaced. Sakura covered her mouth in order to hold back her sobs. She sat at the side of his bed and silently cried into her hand. She didn't know how long she had been crying and once again she dehydrated.

The door slowly creaked open, but Sakura was busy with staring into nothing in particular. A warm hand touched her shoulder. For a moment she silently wished that it was Sasuke's hand, but it wasn't. It was Neji's comforting hand.

"Sakura, are you ok?" Neji asked her softly. Sakura continued staring into nothing in particular. A tear fell down her cheek as she answered Neji.

"He asked me w-why"

"When?"

"…When he came at my door with a bloodied face" Sakura spoke softly. Her face was stoic and if you didn't see the tears that were sliding down her cheeks, you'd think that she wasn't crying.

"Who did this, Sakura?"

"Gaara did it." Everyone gasped and their eyes widened in shock.

"How do you know this?"

"Sasuke told me, before he collapsed. If you'll excuse me, I have to go outside." Sakura stood up and walked towards the door.

"Imouto-san, why are you going outside?"

"Smoking isn't allowed in hospitals" Sakura answered darkly and left the room.

-Time skip: A week later-

The past week went by rather eventless. Sasuke was released for home care but while he was in the hospital he allowed only his family and the fab8 excluding Sakura to come and visit him. Why I said excluding Sakura, you may ask? Well Sasuke was infuriated at her for hanging out with Gaara. He was also disgusted from her when he heard that she had taken Heroin. Sasuke couldn't believe how much Sakura had changed, and to think that she was the innocent little girl, who always studied and got straight A's. He was so angry at her that he couldn't even look at her. If they were in the same room together Sasuke might have lost his cool and he would have probably yelled at her, for all he knew he might as well slap some sense into her.

Sakura respected his wish and pretended that she was ok with that when in reality she was really hurt by his decision. Whenever one of the Fab8 went to visit Sasuke, and they visited him often Sakura would just put on a fake smile saying she's alright. Each time his name was mentioned Sakura would just laugh nervously and stay out of the conversation. She usually went for a walk to the park, just so she could be alone and away from everything that was and could be associated with him. That same week she had a talk with Kakashi-sensei, Tsunade, and Shizune as well as with the guys from fab8 (minus Sasuke). To say the very least that one week was intense.

The Fab8 were currently sitting in the cafeteria during lunch break, talking about the classes.

"You know I really don't get it, how could Asuma-sensei give us this much homework." Ino whined flipping through her notebook.

"How are you ever going to learn, if you don't do your homework?" Hinata said after chewing a piece of her tuna sandwich. Naruto just rolled his eyes and proceeded to slurp down his ramen. Shikamaru was sleeping as usual, Neji was reading a book secretly stealing glances at Tenten who was eating a pizza while reading a weaponry article and Sakura…well she was just staring at her untouched sandwich. Hinata noticed that Sakura's sandwich still wrapped and she hadn't even taken a bite out of it.

"Sakura-chan, aren't you hungry?" When Hinata made that observation all eyes were on Sakura, who slowly looked up and merely smiled.

"No, Hinata-chan I'm not hungry. Besides I ate yesterday" Everyone's eyes widened. She ate the day before and she wasn't hungry? Wow that was a shocker.

"What did you eat yesterday?" Naruto questioned.

"An apple, for breakfast." NOW everyone's eyes really widened in shock.

"Imouto-san you have to eat. An apple from yesterday isn't enough." Sakura smiled again and stood up.

"Ok then, I'll take my sandwich and eat it in the yard. I have to light a cigarette anyway." She took the sandwich and left towards the exit of the cafeteria. All eyes were on her as she slowly dragged her fatigue body through the cafeteria.

"She said she's gonna light a cigarette and she said it as if she was talking about candy" Neji said unbelievingly as he stared at Sakura. That's when he saw that she threw her sandwich before she finally exited the cafeteria.

"Did she just throw her sandwich away?" Ino asked.

"Yes she did and if she continues with this, anorexia is not going to pass her by" Neji said sadly.

-With Sakura-

'My life just can't get any better.' Sakura thought sadly as he made her way towards the exit. She looked at the unwrapped sandwich in her hand and felt like she was going to puke. She stopped in front of the can, threw the sandwich and continued walking as if nothing happened. She went outside and sat under a Sakura tree. She took out a pack of cigarettes and lit one.

"Well, hello cherry blossom." Sakura lifted up her gaze only to be met by a pair of menacing turquoise eyes.

"What the hell do you want?" Sakura growled and stood up immediately after throwing her cigarette away.

Gaara smirked "Come on now cherry blossom, there's no need to be so hostile."

"Oh you deserve much more than that. You bastard!" Sakura went over to him and slapped him as hard as she could. Gaara touched his stinging cheek, and growled with fury. He sent Sakura a glare but that didn't faze her in the least.

"I had quite the fun when I was beating the shit out of him" Sakura started crying and lunged herself towards Gaara. She fisted her small hands and began hitting him in the chest. Gaara watched her amused and then he caught her wrists and pulled her towards him.

"You should have seen the look on his face when ten guys, armed with bats and brass knuckles jumped on him." Sakura was crying uncontrollably.

"But what was even more fun was when we tied him. Yeah Sakura we tied him like a slut. Heck that's all he is." Sakura barely managed to stay upright. If it wasn't for Gaara who held her wrists she would have sunk to her knees.

"Please…just stop" Sakura whispered while Gaara just ignored her pleas.

"Oh, how I enjoyed when I kicked him, over and over again."

"P-please s-stop."

"There was a loud crack. I broke three of his ribs. And I watched him as he fought for breath."

"Stop it!"

"And when my boys got to beat him, oh I enjoyed every second of it. He was squirming like a little girl and he was spitting out blood. "

"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?" Sakura yelled.

"Because I want everyone to stop idolizing that stupid Uchiha. He's nothing but a looser and nobody seems to get that."

"What do you want from me?" Her voice was barely audible. She looked down at her feet and watched the little tear drops fall on her shoes.

"Nothing, I just have a little present for you." It was then when Sakura looked up and was met with Gaara's turquoise eyes. He let go of her hands and fished for something in his pocket. When he found the wanted object he took Sakura's hand and put the thing in her hand. He leaned down to whisper in her ear.

"Save it for when you need it. And remember…the first time is always free." He leaned away from her and strode down the yard. When he disappeared out of her view Sakura opened her hand and her eyes widened. A little packet with a white powdery stuff which Sakura immediately recognized as cocaine was lying neatly on her hand. She didn't have much time to ponder on things like why would Gaara give her that because someone walked up to her.

"Oh, we're switching to cocaine now, aren't we?" Sakura's head jerked up and when she saw Sasuke standing in front of her she quickly hid the little packet behind her back. Sasuke who was quick enough himself grabbed her hand and pulled it up. His eyes fell on the little packet.

"It's not what you think" Sakura tried sliding her hand away from his but he just responded by tightening his grip.

"Oh you don't wanna know what I'm thinking now." Sasuke said angrily. His eyes held the same red tint meaning that he was furious.

"Sasuke this isn't mine."

"Oh is it Gaara's then? Cause I saw you before. Oh what a nice chat you two had. I bet you were crying so he could give you the drug right? You wanna get high as soon as possible." he said the last part through clenched teeth and his grip tightened on her wrist causing Sakura to wince in pain.

"Ow, Sasuke you're hurting me."

"Uchiha what the hell are you doing? Let her go." The voice of Neji was heard from behind Sasuke and soon the rest of the fab8 arrived.

"Oh I'm so glad that you joined us. Come on Sakura tell your nii-san what's this in your hand." Sakura looked down, as tears started falling freely.

"…" Sakura kept silent. She couldn't utter a word.

"What is that in her hand?" Ino questioned.

"Come on Sakura spit it out. What's this?" Sasuke pointed towards the white packet, the object of discussion.

"I-it's…nothing" She tried to free her hand once again, but Sasuke wouldn't give in.

"Well since you don't want to tell them I will. It's cocaine" everyone gasped "Yeah and Gaara gave it to her. Surprisingly this little junkie took it gladly."

"I'm not a junkie" Sakura whispered and once again looked down. She could feel Sasuke menacing red eyes on her, but she couldn't stand looking at them.

"Yes, yes you are. Because taking Heroin is not something to be taken lightly. And now with the cocaine… I have to give you applause for choosing the best damned friends you could." Sasuke growled.

"What kind of Heroin Sasuke?" Tenten butted in.

Sasuke turned his head towards Tenten "Oh you didn't know that your best friend was taking heroin, together with her friend Gaara?" then he turned towards Sakura and leaned to whisper in her ear "What's it like when you feel it sliding through your veins?" then he leaned away.

"I haven't used heroin, Gaara is lying."

"To tell you the truth Sakura I believe Gaara more than I believe you because I cannot count the numerous times you had lied to me. I asked you not to hang out with Gaara, and now I hear you were taking heroin with him. What's next, methamphetamine, morphine, GHB?" Sasuke started yelling at her.

"I wasn't-" Sasuke cut her off.

"I'm not finished yet. You started drinking, smoking and now taking drugs, you disregarded the school and you failed English, which is the subject you love the most. You come home wasted every night and you smell like cigarettes. Speaking of which I found two empty packs of cigarettes in the garbage, I presume you smoked them in one night."

"But I-" Sasuke cut her off.

"I'M STILL NOT FINISHED!" He yelled even louder then before. "I'VE HAD ENOUGH WITH YOUR IRRESPONCIBLE BEHAVIOUR. I WANTED TO HELP YOU BECAUSE YOU'RE MY FRIEND BUT I GUESS YOU DIDN'T NEED THE HELP NEITHER THE FRIENDS. SINCE YOU FOUND YOURSELF SOME NEW FRIENDS WHO SHARE THE SAME LIFESTYLE AS YOU, GO AND HANG OUT WITH THEM, GET HIGH, DRINK, SMOKE, FUCK IF YOU WANT I DON'T CARE, BECAUSE I'M NO LONGER YOUR FRIEND."Now everyone looked dumbfounded. Mainly because of two reasons, one: Sasuke lost his cool and two: because everything he said to Sakura was just too harsh. He practically threw her hand away and the little packet was left in his hand. He started walking away but then he stopped in his tracks.

He turned towards Sakura "Here, we don't want you to fall in a crisis for not taking your drug sooner." he threw the little packet of cocaine in Sakura's face and left. Sakura stared at the little packet which was lying down on the ground. Little tears had already started to form in the corners of her eyes and she had no hard time of keeping them in.

"Imouto-san? Is that true?" Neji spoke softly. As much as he wanted to yell at her he thought that Sasuke said enough already and knowing how fragile Sakura's heart was, he didn't go with the option of yelling. Sakura merely shook her head no.

"Sakura-chan we're your friends, you know that you can tell us everything." Naruto said softly as well. None of them really wanted to disturb Sakura more than they had to. After all she lived through enough as it is and there was no need for additional disturbances. Sakura just lifted her head up, wiped her tears away and smiled the same fake smile.

"I'm ok guys. I won't let the Uchiha's words get to me. Now if you'll excuse me I have a thing I have to do. Remember that I love you guys so much, and that I'll do everything for you." Sakura went over to everybody and gave them a hug. "I have to go now, but always remember that I love you." She fake-smiled again, took the packet off the ground and with that she left.

"Why was she saying that he loves us?" Naruto said. His brain was working twice as much as before trying to figure out why she had said that, but still he couldn't quite put his finger to it.

"Ugh I hate that fake smile. She just smiles like that as if nothing has happened when in fact a lot has happened. I don't know what I'm gonna do with her. I'll have to call her mother." Neji said as he took out his phone.

However Ino felt that there was something more to it. She motioned for the girls to go with her.

"Neji don't call her mother yet. We'll have a talk with her first." Neji nodded and the girls were on their way. Sadly for them Kakashi sensei caught up with them in the corridor and called them in his office. Sakura was hiding behind a door hoping that her three best friends would not notice her. She was very grateful that Kakashi decided to call them in his office. She waited for them to leave, then she turned abruptly and bumped into someone. Sakura lifted her gaze up and was met with blood red eyes. She knew two people who had blood red eyes, Sasuke-occasionally when he was furious and Karin though hers could never match with Sasuke's beauty. And since these eyes were more menacing they had to be Karin's.

"Watch we're you're going pinky!"

"Don't call me pinky, four eyes."

Karin scoffed "You did not just call me four eyes."

"And what if I did? You're gonna call your posse to beat the hell out of me, just like the last time? As if I'm scared of you."

"I can do much more than that, bitch." Sakura's hands began curling into fists.

"I dare you"

"Oh I will, don't worry. But it won't be just my posse beating you; it's gonna be Sasuke-kun too."

"Yeah, like he would ever help you."

"Well regarding the fact that we're dating, I'd say he'd help rather gladly." 'They're…d-dating?' Sakura thought to herself.

"I don't believe you. You're lying."

Karin smirked, she hit a nerve"Actually, I'm not lying. You can ask him yourself. Wait on second thought; don't come near him, because I know that you were the one responsible for his beating."

"What?! Are you crazy? I would never do that."

"Oh I know you would that's why I told Sasuke that you were the one responsible. Poor you, now Sasuke hates your guts."

Sakura couldn't control any longer. "You lying bitch" Sakura raised her fist and just when it was about to connect with Karin's face a restraining hand caught Sakura's wrist in a painful grip. Sakura's emerald eyes widened as she stood in front of the aggravated face of Sasuke. His eyes held the same red tint and Sakura felt almost lost in them.

"I would appreciate it, if you didn't hit my girlfriend." The way Sasuke said that, it seemed like he didn't care at all about her. Sakura noticed that but the fact that Sasuke called Karin his girlfriend made her mind go blank. She stared at him unbelievingly. Her emerald eyes widened, while Sasuke's red ones narrowed.

"Y-you t-two are…d-dating?" Sakura stuttered out. She could hear her heart shatter in millions of tiny pieces. Now that's something that cannot be repaired. Sakura felt like her heart was made of glass and Sasuke just took a hammer and smashed it into tiny pieces. To top it all up she felt like Sasuke was now stepping on her broken heart, so he could smash the tiny glass into even tinier pieces. Yes, that's how bad Sakura felt at that moment.

"Yes." Sasuke answered shortly. He could see the pained expression on the pink haired girl before him and it hurt his heart too, but he was so mad at her that he just pushed that feeling aside. Karin went over to him, pecked him on the cheek and smirked evilly at Sakura. Sasuke had a hard time controlling the growl that was building up in his throat when Karin kissed his cheek. He let go of Sakura's wrist and he instantly missed the heat that was radiating from it. He wrapped his arm around Karin's neck and she responded by wrapping hers around his waste. Sakura was on the verge of crying, but she was holding back the tears. Gulping the enormous lump that had settled in her throat she finally managed to speak. She lifted her gaze up and was met with Sasuke's eyes.

"C-congratulations." Sasuke stared at her emerald eyes and noticed how lifeless and glassy they looked. He realized that the shine he liked so much was gone. "Umm…I have to go now. Goodbye Sasuke, I wish you both the best." Sasuke's eyes widened. The way she said it, it was as if she was leaving, and the wishing thing…it was as if she really meant it, as if she really wished them the best. 'Why Sakura? Why?'

"Thank you billboard-brow, I'm sure you'll find someone as ugly as you and that you'll both be as happy as me and Sasuke-kun." She pecked him on the cheek again and Sasuke almost let the growl escape his lips. Sakura fake-smiled and turned around but before she left, Sakura turned towards Sasuke with a single tear sliding down her cheek "Good bye Sasuke" and with that she left. Sasuke's eyes twitched when he saw the tear sliding down her cheek. 'Why did she say goodbye? It can't be. She's not…leaving, is she?'Sasuke's heart felt like it was going to fall apart and it hurt him badly. But this pain was different than any other that he experienced. It couldn't be compared to the pain her felt when he was beaten up because this one was worse than that. This one pained his heart and his mind, but the cold Uchiha couldn't decipher what it was. 'Maybe it's better this way, but if she plans on leaving I won't allow her.'

-With Sakura-

She was in her room sobbing into her pillow. The world seemed crashing down on her. So many things had happened to her. First Sasuke hates her, second he's dating Karin, third Gaara ruined her life and fourth she had an alcohol and cigarette addiction. Sakura knew that she had no other choice but to leave. So as soon as she got to her dorm she started packing her bags. She was quick enough to pack all of her things in just 15 minutes but then she looked at a picture with all of the fab8 and she started crying uncontrollably. After 5 minutes of nonstop crying, she finally calmed down. 'I must go now, before the others come back.' She took her bags and put them near the door, then she entered the bathroom to look if there was something that she forgot to pack. She took everything that she needed and slipped her hand in her pocket contently. That's when she felt the white little packet that Gaara had given her. She thought of throwing it away but something inside of her told her to keep, for she might want to use it sometime. But then again why sometime when she could use it now. Sakura went into the room again and took out her credit card. She poured some of the cocaine on the glass table and with the help of the credit card she made two white thin lines.

"I guess this is it. One time probably won't hurt." Then she sniffed the white powder in. She sniffed the other line too unaware that someone was looking at her through the half opened door. Sakura felt happy after she had sniffed the cocaine. She felt invincible and creative. She felt like she owned the world.

"That felt really good." Sakura commented after she stood up and whipped the white powder off her nose. She took her bags and left towards the parking lot. Somehow she ended up going through another corridor which resulted in missing the girls.

"Sakura? Sakura are you here?" Ino said as she entered the dorm. Tenten went into the bathroom, Hinata looked through the closet and Ino looked through the nightstand.

"Empty" Ino said.

"Same here" Tenten said.

"It's empty here too." Hinata said.

Ino groaned and supported her elbows on the windowsill. That's when she saw Sakura walking towards the parking holding bags in her hands. She quickly pulled out her I phone and dialed Sasuke's number.

"Hn" came Sasuke's voice on the other line. He sounded really furious.

"Hello Sasuke it's Ino."

"What do you want?"

"Sasuke, Sakura is leaving…"

There was a pause on the phone then the Uchiha finally spoke "I don't care" and the phone line went dead.

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