Bloom in Blood Chapter 10: For A Friend, a naruto fanfic

Chapter 10: For A Friend

Drip...

Drop...

Drip...

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Drip...

Drop...

The noise was becoming annoying now.

Drip...

Drop...

Drip...

Drop...

It sounded like water from a faucet that was not properly turned off.

Drip...

Drop...

Drip...

Drop...

Amazing how annoying such a small, quiet noise could be. Or maybe I was just that easily frustrated. Usually most people found this noise calming. I just found it very nerve-racking.

Drop...

Drip...

Drop...

Drip...

A new sound. It was one of relaxing.

Drop...

Drip...

Drop...

Drip...

It sounded so familiar. Like something I had heard a few days ago, or something that I am used to hearing.

Drop...

Drip...

Drop...

Drip...

Ah, now I recall. It sounded like blood dripping from a hanging, dead body. Something that kind of relaxed me. I am so masochistic.

Dun...Dun...Dun...Dun...Din...Din...

Now it was a different sound. It kind of sounded like a piano.

Dun...Dun...Dun...Dun...Din...Din...

I loved pianos. They just made such a soothing sound. It was even more soothing that listening to the blood drip from the dead...the ones I had killed.

Din...Din...Din-Din...Din...Din...Dunanina

So soothing. When I was younger I had always wanted to play the piano. I still do. Pianos are like...life. If you take everything one step at a time, it always ends out right...easier, in a way.

...

"Sakura," a voice called to me. I heard it, even though it sounded kind of far-off, but I heard it. It sounded like a females. "Sakura, sweetie," it called to me again. Yes, it was definitely a feminine voice. All at once, three questions flew into my head.

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Did I die?

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If so, then when did I die?

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Is it my mother calling me?

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Suddenly, I heard a familiar male voice call out to me. I struggled to open my eyes, but I just could not do it. It was as though something was holding me back.

"Mom," I called back out, trying to find her voice among the other voices I was now hearing. Struggling, I opened my eyes to find myself back on my bed in the house Itachi, Sasuke, and I resided in currently. Around me were four figures: Anko, Mikoto, Sasuke, and the very most important of them all, Itachi.

I slowly sat up, Mikoto's hand holding my arm and helping me up, with Anko's hand behind my back just in case I was dizzy or something. Mikoto and Anko looked at me and smiled, Sasuke gave a small smile, and Itachi, the one who mattered to me most for some unknown reason, smirked and looked at me from the corner of his eye.

"Sakura, sweetie," Mikoto called me in a whisper-like form. Then I realized it was her who called to me when I was knocked out. "Do you need anything? Are you ok?" I shook my head and at that instant, I noticed something.

Mother always said I was good at reading peoples' faces and emotions. I could always tell when something good or bad was amiss. All I had to do was close my eyes and let my senses do their "magic".

...So, that is what I did. I closed my eyes, still aware of the now curious faces around me, and sat still on the bed.

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A whole whirlwind of emotions came to me in that instant.

Sadness...

Ecclesiasites 7:3

Sorrow is better than laughter,

because a sad face is good for the heart.

Happiness...

Proverbs 15:3

A happy heart makes the face cheerful,

but heartache crushes the spirit.

Confusion...

Genesis 11:7

Confuse the wicked, O Lord,

confound their speech,

for I see violence and strife in the city.

...and the most strangest of them all...

...

Love...

Exodus 15:13

In your unfailing love

you will lead the people you have redeemed.

In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.

And then it all dawned back on me.

"Hinata!" I screached, pulling the covers off of me and getting out of the bed. Before anyone could put a hand on me, I ran to my purse that was now on my nightstand. Suddenly, a hand grasped my wrist and pulled me, until I fell back on the bed. Looking at my wrist I saw it was Itachi and I began struggling against him.

"Please, Sakura, calm down," Anko's voice pleaded, and I heard, but paid no attention to. I still continued to struggle.

Realizing that Itachi was not going to let go soon, I relaxed, and stopped my thrashing. Taking deep breaths, I looked at Itachi, my eyes probably showing pain.

"It's all my fault," I whispered. This time I had meant it. I felt Itachi loosen his grip and I continued, my eyes looking down at the sheets. "If she didn't know me, she wouldn't have been kidnapped. She wouldn't be in this dramatic life. She wouldn't be wherever she is now. She wouldn't be de-,"

"Don't," Itachi's deep voice interrupted my pity party. Looking abruptly, I quickly slid my hand from his light grasp I got up.

"How can you say that?" I practically screamed. "I'm a mobster. You know how it is for us. We bring everyone dow-," again I didn't get to finish. This time it was because of a smack that stung my left cheek. It was Mikoto.

When I turned to look at her, her head was turned downward, going from left to right. I heard a noise that came from her chest area...a sob, maybe. When she looked up and looked into my eyes I saw that i was right.

She was crying.

"Mikoto," I whispered out, "I am so sorry."

She looked down at me and enveloped me in a hug. "You just look so much like her when you cry," and I realized it was mother she was talking about. Hesitantly, I hugged her back. "That's why, when you do cry, I want you to cry out of happiness, not sadness. She never cried out of sadness. Never..." Mikoto's voice died out as she let go of me and gave me a smile. I smiled back at her and she turned to look at Itachi and Sasuke. "Are they ready?" she asked. Sasuke looked at Itachi, to confirm, I guess, and nodded.

Anko looked at me and explained. "Itachi and Sasuke called their friends when we heard you struggling to wake up." Anko turned her heard toward the two brothers, then Mikoto, and back at me in four seconds. "Sakura, they're going to help you find Hinata." I nodded my head. For some reason, I don't think I was surprised at that. Now, I tend to think of them as less than my enemy, well, at least one of them.

"Where's Fugaku?" I asked, trying to keep my voice as polite as possible.

Everyone shared glances when I asked that. It was Sasuke who spoke first. "Mom and Anko are going to search for him," he looked at his mother before hesitantly continuing. "We believe Father has something to do with this." Just as I suspected. I mean, the man wasn't even here.

"Anko, I want you to take some of my bodyguards," I commanded. "Just...not Kaykashi. We can't even let him no," I explained as I grabbed my purse and slid my gun out. I began to follow Itachi and Sasuke outside the room, guns in their hands, when Ank's voice stopped me.

"Sakura," she called. I turned to look at her and saw fear in her eyes. Mikoto's mirrored Anko's, too.

Hesitantly, I walked over to hug them. "I'll be fine and so will Itachi and Sasuke," I confirmed in a whisper. Letting go, I walked down the stairs and outside, Anko and Mikoto following me to say goodbye, I guess. Itachi and Sasuke were waiting for me by two black Escalades, one filled with Naruto, Shikamaru, Neji, and Sai. The other Escalade held Kisame, Sasori, and Deidara, in it.

"Let's go Sakura," I heard Itachi call as he grabbed me by the waist and hurried me to the passenger side of his car and put me in. Sasuke was going to protest, I could tell, but by then it was too late.

As we began to back out of the long driveway, I heard Mikoto call us. Itachi and Sasuke winded down the windows.

"Itachi Uchiha! Sasuke Uchiha! You two better keep my future daughter-in-law safe, or I'll end up kicking your asses. I swear! One mark on her and you'll have one burning ass each!" she screamed and at the instant, I felt myself blush.

As we drove onto the parkway, I clutched my gun to my heart, both hands holding it tightly. I got Hinata into this, damn it. Even if it kills me, I will get her back, one way or another.

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"Are we having an emotional moment?" I heard Kisame ask from behind me. I grimaced at him for the rear-view mirror. "I mean, do mob bosses even have those?" He continued to tease, and I felt myself give a little smile.

I disgusted myself, at the point. How could I smile at a time like this? My best friend could be being threatened and I'm smiling? Or she could even be worse?

And yet, after thinking that, I answered smugly, "Only the most amazing mobsters have emotions. If you don't," I looked up to look at his expression, "than you're not that good."

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"She got you there," Deidara snickered out.

When he could not make a come-back and tease me anymore, Kisame decided to move on to Itachi, who was driving patiently and quietly, but still quickly. "So, that's why you're such a good mobster, Itachi. You always show affection when you look at-," Itachi glare made him abruptly stop.

Sasori merely sighed and said, "Kisame, you can't win."

I wondered what Kisame was going to say, but quickly brushed it of, looking back at the road. So many emotions were going through my body, all at once. Agony was probably the most conducive.

Every time I look a my phone, I keep praying that it will be Hinata calling me from her house, telling me she's fine and it was all just a joke.

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...but, somehow, I knew this was real. This was not a dream. Because of me and my twist up life I may lose my best friend in the whole world. She is practically like my sister. What if I killed her? Did I just condemn someone with so much innocence into a world of eternal darkness?

Unless...

Heaven's real. At this time, that's all I could wish for.

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How easily I could give up hope?

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"Don't," I heard a voice from the left take me out of my reverie. Looking up at him, my eyes were filled with questions. "Don't blame yourself," Itachi continued. Here we go again? What's up with people trying to make me feel as though it's not my fault. Whose else's fault could it be?! She's my best friend. The kidnappers are probably my damn enemies. This happened because I needed her help in something so simple. "She's been your friend forever. You never kept the whole mob business a secret. She knew exactly what she was getting herself into when she started being friends with you," Itachi concluded, eyes still on the road.

"Well then maybe I don't deserve any friends."

Silence.

"I think you do, Sakura," came Deidara's calm voice from the back.

I shook my head in defiance. "It's too hard for me to keep them."

"We're here, aren't we?" asked Kisame, looking at me from the rear-view mirror. He had his usual toothy grin in place.

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They were here...and it's not even any of their business.

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"We don't plan on leaving anytime soon," Sasori said in a promising voice.

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I felt the corner of my lips begin to tug. I really did not deserve them at all.

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"Bring on the trouble," Deidara said confidently. "I'll take 'em out with a boom!"

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I let a small giggle at this.

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"It's an for one and one for all situation," Kisame said.

I nodded my head in agreement. How on earth did I become good friends with people who, three months ago, I would love to stay away from?

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How had I even learned to trust them?

I felt a warm hand grab mine. Looking up, I saw Itachi look down at me, his driving with no flaw.

"We'll find her...alive."

...And I smiled wide at that comment.

"Thank you," I whispered, even though you could barely hear it. That was something new to me. Saying my thanks to the enemy.

Suddenly, Itachi's phone began to ring.

"Yes, Sasuke," Itachi answered. His eyes narrowed at what he was hearing. My heart immediately became solicitous. What was going on? I heard the engine roar louder and we sped faster down the barren highway. "We're on our way," Itachi said and shut the phone. I looked up to him, concern broad in my eyes. He smirked at me, but it wasn't his usual smirk. Something was behind it, but I didn't know what. He looked as if though he was battling on telling us...me. "Sasuke and his friends found something."

The car slowed to a stop after twenty minutes from Sasuke and Itachi's phone call. Whatever Sasuke had found, it must have been important for Itachi sped down the barren highway faster than the police chief when chasing a high speed chase. All I could do was grasp the leather seat tightly and pray not to get in an accident.

We had turned off exit 413, about three exits away from the docks. When I saw that we had past the docks exit, I registered that in my thoughts and pushed it in the back of mind, but not too far back, just in case it was a well-needed clue. Maybe this was a decoy and Hinata was really back at the docks, rather than wherever we were headed.

When the car stopped, I saw that we were at the old Gremming's Cemetery. This was the place we had thought of burying my mom, but decided not to. Kakashi, since I was too young, had decided to bury her in London, England, the place where my father was last seen. I haven't visited mother for a while. She was always good at being calm in situations like this. Maybe she could help me calm down right now.

As Itachi turned off the engine, I already opened my capsule case, checked if the pistols were in there, and shut it back, ready for a fight, if necessary. By the time I had taken my seat belt off, my door was open, courtesy of Itachi. I slid out of the car and walked with Deidara and Kisame to where Sasuke and his friends were standing. This was all done in silence. It seemed like everyone knew something bad was happening, except me.

Once everyone was circled around each other, Sasuke looked up and stared into my eyes. Something bad was happening...I could feel it in my bones.

"Have you ever seen this before?" Sasuke asked me. I peered around Kisame's shoulder to look.

My eyes widened. "T-that's the bracelet I just gave Hinata," I whispered out. Grabbing it from Sasuke, I turned it around and around, until I gasped. "There's blood!" I nearly shrieked. "We've got to-,"

BOOM!!!

Itachi pushed me out of the way just in time. A pistol came rocketing through the air, the exact spot where I was standing.

"Damn it!" Sasuke screamed.

Somewhere on our side, I heard a gun shoot back. It didn't seem like it hit anyone, though. Itachi carefully helped me, but not too far up, only far enough for us to be in a crouching position. I checked my gun once again and looked at him in the eyes.

We nodded our head in sync. "Let's do it."

Yay! I got this chapter out to you guys before Christmas time. AND THIS IS THE END OF BLOOM IN BLOOD! NO SEQUEL OR NOTHING. IM GIVING IT UP. Just joking! I couldn't resist. We still have a couple of chapters to go before the real end of the story.

Anyway, I had to take a break from this story. I needed some help, not verbal help, just help. So I took a trip to the Twilight Achive and read some stories. This helped me alot. Now I plan on using more description.

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