Night Sky

Chapter Eleven: Night

Ages:

Sakura: 17

Sasuke: 20

Seth: 20

Gaara: 16

Ino: 18

School's out my hoes! Guess what? I have writers block so bad it hurts... I was actually curled up in the fetal position at one point in frustration... I have more written out... but at this point you definately dont want to read any of it... utter crap... I need serious help and suggestions guys... also anyone want to write a sex scene for me? (yup I have performance issues... laugh/cry) but yeah.. I (sort of) Liked this piece so I just put it up even though its short... just tell me what you think I guess... im seriously on the verge of tears...

In other news: Guess what? Next year shall be my senior year! I plan on finishing this fic by then... by the way you should read my other fics ^^ ugh.. I'll put up links to different stuff tomorrow as well as doing spell check (if I didn't pu it up right now I wouldn't have... would you have rather that happened?)

Okay go read now -_-

ps. My lovely cover was done by my wify... AKA the woman that lights up my life who I'm ust going to move in with without her permission after I move XD

The door shut with a thud and once again she was alone. She wanted desperately to hide in that room until it was time to leave in the morning, but only a few minutes after her master left there was a nock at the door. It was a woman in Uchiha uniform, "Miss Haruno?" Sakura nodded.

"We need to pack up this room, I have been ordered to escort you somewhere for the night." Of course Sakura could easily guess where that place would be: Seth's quarters… It was a sort of master suit. The whole area took up a sixth of the house's space. There was a sitting room, a small dining area, and of course, the bed and bath. His bedroom alone was probably twice the size of Sasuke's cramped guest room.

The slave found it ironic that Sasuke was ordering her to stay in this place when he had been the one promising to protect her. Maybe she just understood what he had been saying wrong. Maybe this was just some sort of business formality to try and keep him from holding a grudge toward him… not that Seth owned anything Sasuke could possible want for.

Thunder crashed outside, she hadn't even noticed when it started to rain, but now she could see the lighting flashing through the wall high windows in Seth's sitting room. Suddenly she felt tense… afraid.

As expected, Seth was lounging on the couch waiting for her to arrive. Terrifying black storm clouds blanketed the sky and hid the moon and stars. The only light in the room was a small lamp that let off a dull orange glow.

"Thank you for escorting her," He nodded to the maid as he dismissed her. Rain beat on the windows; Sakura turned to watch. The windows had been left open that night. She could see the trees bend under the force of the wind. She wished she were out there. She had always loved stormy weather. Seth cleared his throat, she pretended not to notice. Instead, she walked over to the window and placed both hands against it. She had no idea what she was supposed to do. Yell? Cry? Talk? Never.

Seth cleared his throat, "We need to talk." She didn't move so he stood instead, "Please, just let me have a conversation with you!" She laughed and turned toward him, "What do you want me to say Seth? That I forgive you? That I'm glad we can face each other after these three years of hell? Well I'm no-"

"I just want the truth! He stood beside her, "I know what I did! I know… but back then, before any of this… Did you love me too?" She didn't need to think about this. Instead of screaming like she spoke softly, but her vehemence could kill, "This is pointless! Why talk about the past when I'm leaving? All that matters is that I despise you now."

"Don't you want closure?"

"Closure? What's that going to do for me? You want closure so that you can stop feeling guilty about me. I'm leaving tomorrow and you'll never be able to clear your guilty conscience after tonight. Well good, I was looking for the perfect farewell gift anyway."

"You need closure so you can stop feeling sorry for yourself!"

She slapped him, hard. He punched the wall harder. The thunder was so near the windows rattled.

Sasuke's carriage bounced down the road that led back to his family's estate. The small space was pitch black until flashed of lighting lit it up like daytime for a moment. He would have much rather been able to stare at the moon all night tonight but it was pouring outside so hard the horses where constantly being scared into a gallop by rolling thunder. Sasuke sat across from his brother. He had assumed Itachi was sleeping until he broke through the sound of rain drops hitting the roof, "So you're leaving you brand new toy at the toy store… Why is that little brother?"

"It's none of your business." Itachi smirked, "Isn't it though? I mean, we wouldn't want to go repeating the past now would we?" The younger Uchiha glared at his elder and replied, "We will most definitely not."

He left her there so that she could leave with no regrets in the morning. He did not want what happened then to happen again because of his own lack of attention. He fingered the locket around his neck.

"Looks like someone's been doing a lot of thinking about the past." Sasuke didn't respond. His brother leaned in closer, "So, I've been trying to guess who you've been hiding inside that little locket," The younger quickly concealed the thing underneath his shirt, "Like I said before-"

"I wonder if it's a picture of mother, maybe Hina when she was younger…" Sasuke glared, but bit his tongue; he knew Itachi was enjoying his own mind games, a little road trip entertainment for him. All of a sudden the elder was hovering too close. With a hand on Sasuke's chest he subtly pressed the small piece of metal against the base of his throat, "Or maybe it's a picture of that slut?" Itachi licked his lips.

Sasuke wrapped his hand around Itachi's neck and pushed him back against the other side of the coach. His brother didn't even flinch… Sasuke could have broken his nose. Even now with his hands sucking the breath out of him, Itachi was still perfectly calm, staring into Sasuke's eyes. He smiled; it made Sasuke's grip that much tighter, "I swear, I don't give a damn what you say or do to me. I put up with your shit to keep the peace, but if you provoke me on purpose by hurting any of mine, I won't stop myself." He let go. There was the near inaudible sound of sound of Itachi catching his breath before replying, "Looks like I made you angry… hmm younger brother?" He sighed, "Honestly, all I've ever done is play a bit," but the elder's eyes said something very different.

Seth watched Sakura jump, but once it didn't give him the confidence it normally would have. When he saw her face it was almost looking at it for the first time. He saw anger, helplessness, and fear. Even with all these emotions clearly displayed on her face her spirit wouldn't give out. Her voice shook with every word, but she still managed to speak, "Maybe I do feel sorry for myself? So what? I am sorry! I'm sorry for ever being born onto this God forsaken earth where the one person I admired, and looked up to, the one person I felt really cared about me, the one person I loved could treat me like a piece of trash! One of his common whores! I'm messed up, but that isn't my fault. I've done the best I can!" She wasn't crying, but he finally understood that what he had done to he wasn't something that could be finished in one night. He remembered what Sasuke had said to him earlier that night:

I'm giving you one chance to make it better for her.

At this point though he wondered if he could ever really make it better for her. She had convinced him that there was nothing he could do that would hurt her, but the reality was there was nothing he could do now that wouldn't.

So he let her go.

I really want to say thanks to all you guys who review whenever I dissapear into the abyss that is me being to angry/frustrated to write... You have no idea how much I am encouranged on bad days when I get a random review! This post is only up because of my lovely reviewer Tiffany Chan... Oh actually I plan on replying to some reviews like soonish? So check you PMs!

*back to angst*

If this were the Salem Witch Trails I would burn myself at the stake so... yeah... ugh... ugh... ugh

review plz

ITS SO SHORT- hopefully I can force more up... but really this isn's easy... seriously would you rather have shorter more frequent chaps or longer more spread out... because I make short crap like that in a couple hours.