Wow... Just, wow. You guys are so awesome, you make awesome not awesome. In fact, you become epic. That's how awesome you are XD
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watchingtherain1
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Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto *cries*
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Call me, so softly, my love,
And should I never wake,
I'll kiss your lips so sweetly,
'Til both our hearts doth break.
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They were screaming. Screaming in pain, screaming in fury, just screaming. At me. Sakura was there, angry tears were pouring down her cheeks. Tears of hurt. Tears of betrayal. Because her father had demanded payment of me, and I was too scared to refuse. Kasumi was there, beside her daughter, and the look of devastation in her eyes was worse than her daughters. I had torn apart her family. It was all my fault.
And Akumu was there, with a smug little grin on his lips.
"It's all your fault, Hinata," he said to me, and I felt my body shake.
It was my fault. This family, they had adopted me, given me shelter when I'd needed it, and I'd repaid them by tearing them apart.
The Blood of Ivory
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Chapter 11
Hanabi appeared at my side, and her eyes looked dead. Her once sleek, raven hair was matted with blood and… And some other liquid. Her clothes were torn, and concealed so little that they may as well not have existed.
"Why'd you leave me, Hinata?" she whispered, her voice thick with tears, though none spilled from her eyes. "Didn't you love me? Why'd you leave me with him? You said you'd always be there. You'd always protect me."
And her eyes blazed with life, like a fire had been ignited within the pearly depths. "You weren't there for me!" she screeched, and my knees buckled.
"I'm sorry, Hanabi. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to leave you there. I just… I had to get away."
"No! You abandoned me! You left me to him!" The fire faded to a simmering heat, and a smile threatened to tear from the corners of her mouth. "But you know what?" She whispered, her voice so soft that I had to strain to hear her. "I like it."
My eyes widened in horror, and I went to pull away from her, to deny it. How could my beautiful little sister say such things?
"I like it, Hinata. I like it when he fucks me. I'll tell you a secret?" My skin was cold, and I was shaking, trying to cry but tears wouldn't come. I wasn't to be granted that small mercy. "He groans out your name when he comes, and he puts a bag over my head. He likes pretending that I'm you, when he fucks me. But I'm okay with it. He feels so good, when he shoves himself inside me. And it feels so good when he comes, when he pushes himself as far as he'll go, and I can feel him. Hot… And wet… And so deep inside me."
"No," I whimpered, and covered my ears with my hands to block out her voice. "No Hanabi. Please, please stop it. I'm sorry I left you. I'm so sorry…" Her voice was inside my head.
I like it when he fucks me, Hinata. I like it when he comes.
I like it when he rapes me.
"NO!" I screamed, and sat bolt upright in my bed. I was disorientated. Confused. Where was Hanabi? "Hanabi?" I murmured in the dark, my fingers searching along the coverlets for her hand. "H… Hanabi? Are y… You there?" The tears had finally arrived, and they fled my eyes with a vengeance, as if they were escaping from all of my pent-up misery.
But she wasn't there. She wasn't safe, because I'd left her alone, in that house of horrors, and I was too much of a coward to go back and help her.
Eventually, I managed to push the covers aside and head towards the bathroom where I could clean myself up. The nightmare had shaken me, but that wasn't the only thing on my mind.
Gaara hadn't left my thoughts since he'd confronted me in front of the school the other afternoon. I was so afraid that he knew, but how could he? And I was terrified that he'd get angry at me because I'd had to refuse him when he'd asked me to stay back. But what if he didn't know? What if him asking me to stay back was only a ruse? Did he want to… No. He couldn't. He wouldn't.
He wasn't looking to take advantage of me too, was he? There was evidence supporting that… What Sasuke had said to him that day in music… What if he was just trying to…? Surely he wouldn't! He'd been through a lot, although what that was, I didn't know… He wouldn't try and hurt me too. He couldn't.
But what would I do if he did?
I suddenly felt so tired. I was so sick and tired of everything. Of being afraid, of crying, of having nightmares. I just wanted someone to hold me. But no one would. I wouldn't let them. And so, I held myself. I curled up on the bathroom floor, and wrapped my arms around me. I held myself. I held myself together, lest I fall apart. Lest I shatter like a porcelain doll before the hammer. When all life hinges on that one final blow, and the one dealing in takes sick humour from the fear in your eyes.
"Oh G... Gods," I whispered. "P... Please… Help me."
So yeah... Most of you said that it's going at an alright pace, with has me wiping my brow :) I think I may do some GaarHina interaction next chappie, but don't hold me to that! I just wanted to get this one up :)
So Happy New Year! I hope it's a good one, and if not, then don't fret; it's the last one! Damn Mayans... :Z
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