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Author: xWrittenInBlood
The most amazing Beta: Destroyed Illusions
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"There's bodies lying on the floor,
But I keep on staring…
My world is over, close the door."
Suffocating Under the Words of Sorrow - Bullet For My Valentine..
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Chapter Ten.
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"Oh, how sweet. The little toys get along!" The man's voice was muffled by the mask. They could practically hear the sick smile in his voice. "Well, in that case..." He advanced towards them.
Karin cringed away from the man, closing her eyes tightly and curling into herself.
Sakura kept her eyes trained on Karin's reaction, her heart going out to the girl.
'I swear, I will get you out of here, Karin.'
"Hey..." The man dragged out the word longer than needed. "You're new. Never seen pink hair before." He twirled a lock around his finger.
Something in Karin snapped. She had never spoken up to one of the men before, but now... Now she felt the need to protect Sakura.
"Get the fuck away from her!" She screamed, thrashing against the wall. She had to do something to draw his attention away from Sakura.
'Karin...' Sakura thought sadly. The man hissed at Karin.
"What did you say, whore?" She could feel his glare piercing through her. She flinched back, hitting her head against the wall, knocking her glasses from her face.
The sound of a crunch filled the air. "Oops, looks like your pretty glasses broke. So sorry." The sarcasm was dripping from his voice.
He turned back to Sakura, pulling a piece of black material from his pocket.
Blindfold.
He tied it around her head, hissing for her to keep still before dragging a blade along her arm long enough to make her freeze. "Good girl."
Sakura only growled in response, more shuffling was heard and the man spoke again. His voice wasn't muffled anymore.
Harshly yanking Sakura's hair, he brought it up to his face, inhaling deeply. The pinkette whimpered, partly afraid of what was going to happen to her. Mostly because she was disgusted.
"Even prettier than the last one..." He kissed her cheek and Sakura tried to pull her face away, but he gripped it with both of his hands forcefully.
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Sasuke lay in his room. In his and Itachi's apartment.
They didn't live in the mansion now.
"Sasuke?" Itachi called.
"Hn." It was hardly a reply, but it was more than Itachi had gotten in a while.
"I'm going out for a bit." He walked into the dark room, looking at his younger brother.
Sasuke looked like he hadn't slept in weeks. Deep bags colored under his eyes, though the rest of his skin was lily-white. His hair still stood in it's gravity-defying style, but it wasn't shining. In fact, it was kind of oily. He needed to shower.
"Whatever." Sasuke glared, turning up the music louder.
Itachi sighed, shaking his head before leaving the apartment.
He remembered to lock the door as he left.
The guilty feeling in Sasuke's chest still didn't leave.
'What is wrong with me? Why did I say that?' He wanted to die.
Something had to be wrong. That feeling should have left by now, yet it didn't.
"I swear, I would take back those words if I could." He whispered to the music.
It only screamed back at him,
"Don't turn your back on me! I won't be ignored!"
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Suigetsu stared at the picture he held in his hands.
Two people stood in a happy embrace. The short red-headed girl had her arms wrapped around the waist of a boy with silver hair. She looked like an angel, even with her red eyes. He always thought they made her even more beautiful.
The boy had his arms around her shoulders, due to the height difference. He was pulling her to him as close as humanly possible, grinning happily, showing his razor sharp teeth.
Suigetsu refused to smiled. If he showed his teeth, he'd be teased mercilessly. First grade was so cruel.
"Hey, why are you upset?" Suigetsu didn't even look up. He knew she wasn't talking to him. Nobody talked to him. "Hey? Hello?"
He finally looked up, his heart stopped. He was talking to an angel.
A red-eyed angel.
He smiled, but quickly covered it with his hand, looking away at the ground. She would probabl scream and run away now.
Small, soft hands wrapped around his, gently pulling his hand away.
"You don't like your teeth?" She asked. He shook his head, too shy to speak. He didn't want to show his teeth again. He felt embarrassed enough already.
"Awh, come on! Don't be like that! I have red eyes, but I'm not 'shamed of them." she said, pointing to her eyes for emphasis.
"Yeah, but you have pretty eyes," He blurted, before his eyes widened and he slapped his hands over his mouth once more.
Once again, she gently pulled his hand away. Her eyes shining with something. "Your teeth are so awesome! Let me see them!" She pried his lips apart.
"H-hey! Stop that!"
"Woah..." She touched his teeth. Suigetsu only looked at the ground.
Then a sharp pain came across his cheek. Tears welled in his eyes.
She had slapped him.
He stood, turning to leave, but she grabbed his hand. "I didnt slap you 'cause of your teeth, dummy. I slapped you for hiding 'em! Grow up already, I'm offering a friendship here!" She tapped her foot impatiently.
Oh, what had Suigetsu gotten himself into?
Still, he couldn't help but smile. After all, he had a reason too now.
"I'm Karin."
"Suigetsu."
Karin became his smile.
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Suigetsu sighed, pulling out of the memory.
"I miss you..."
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"Hey - Hey - Hey! Leave the newbie alone! Boss said not to touch her yet!"
Sakura almost sighed in relief. Whereas the man groaned, pulling away from her.
"You marked her? Fuck, boss is gonna flip!" The man who had just entered yelled, looking at the multi-colored bruise shapes on her throat and collar bone. "Oh well, not my problem. You realise he's gonna kill you."
"Shut up."
And then they were gone.
"Saku-" Karin choked back. For the past half an hour, she had to listen to Sakura's quiet whimpering and the man's enthusiastic moans. "Sakura?"
Sakura inhaled deeply, before exhaling again. One of them had to be strong. Even though Karin was older, Sakura was 'the newbie', she had no reason to be as afraid as Karin, right?
"Yeah, Kari?" She asked quietly.
Karin felt a smile cross her face, and she felt a little peace in her heart.
"I'm sorry for all of this."
"You have nothing to be sorry for."
"He cut you."
Sakura froze. "How did you know that? I thought he broke your glasses." Damn it, don't think about the arm! It'll start to hurt.
"I don't need glasses. I can see perfectly fine. The lenses are just plastic. I wore glasses when I was younger. I liked 'em." Karin explained. "They just didn't need to know that."
Sakura sighed. "Anymore secrets, Kari?" She asked amused.
Karin laughed lightly, a little forced. "Yeah, I think if you move this way a bit, I can untie that blindfold with my feet."
"Who said I wanted your smelly feet in my hair?"
"Just shut up, Saku."
At least there was a distraction from this Hell.
Sakura pulled herself over to Karin's direction. Karin, on the other hand, pushed herself further to Sakura, stretching out with her legs as far as she could.
"Just a little more..." She stretched with everything she had. "Gotta believe I can do it... I can do this." She hooked her toe under the
material.
"Gotcha!" She cheered quietly, flicking the material over the girl's pink hair.
In the process, Sakura's hair flipped into her eyes. She shook her head, trying to push it all back into place.
"Nice hair, Pinky."
"I want to bite you."
Karin wiggled her toes in Sakura's direction. Sakura just smirked.
It was so surreal. Like they weren't captives in some dark, dingy place with a mystery location.
Maybe it was what was keeping them going. Karin had regained her sanity the second Sakura was dragged into the room. It was some instinct that just kicked in, and she obviously wasn't the only one to feel it.
"Kari," It was barely a whisper as she was falling into the darkness. "I keep my promises."
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It had been three days.
Sakura hadn't come to school. The uneasiness Sasuke felt had doubled. Tripled. Quadrupled.
Neji came to school each day, in hopes of Sakura miraculously appearing. But she hadn't.
Shikamaru had talked to Neji, and the two of them had searched high and low for any trace of Sakura, yet they could find none.
"You don't think..." Shikamaru started, but Neji interrupted him quickly.
"No. No! She wouldn't do that. Never." He held his head, closing his eyes from the unwanted thoughts.
"Sakura.." He shuffled closer to her, slowly raising his arms to wrap them around her. She flinched at the action, reflexes kicking in instantly; she shoved him away in a swift, rough push.
Neji crashed to his side, obviously not expecting the reaction he had pulled from her. He lay there, watching as she withdrew to herself once more, the shaking becoming even worse.
She looked so fucking fragile.
He couldn't help but hate himself for it.
Slowly pulling himself from the dirty ground, he inched closer to her once more.
He left his arms apart. He had to wait for her to come to him. He leaned back, his arms supporting his upper body.
Seconds passed. Seconds turned into minutes. He was worrying that she would catch hypothermia or something.
She finally threw her cold, wet body into his own frozen one. He grunted lightly as her little body hit his, throwing them both to the ground, he wrapped his arms around her, closing his eyes as a smile tilted his lips.
Despite the cold, he felt warm.
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Neji laid against a tree trunk, one of his arms around Sakura's waist, the other dragging carefully through her hair, smoothing it out.
Sakura lay fully against him, her head on his chest and arms wound around his waist. Her eyes were closed and she looked peaceful.
"I would never leave you like that. Why would you want to leave me like that?" She asked him quietly.
He had no answer. No lies.
She hugged him tighter. "I don't want you to ever leave."
He kissed the side of her head. "I won't leave you."
"You already tried."
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"Neji! You are impossible!" A pink-haired girl chased the long-haired boy around her apartment. "Get back here!"
Neji chuckled lightly, but kept running. Damn small girl. Small body mass - faster runner.
She jumped on the sofa, tackling him to the ground.
Neji shook his head, turning to Shikamaru. He regained his composure, looking at his friend with confidence. Pearl eyes shining with determination.
"No, she would definitely never leave us like that."
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