Chapter Tweleve: Emergency!
After twenty minutes in silence, they finally came up to Sakura's driveway. Sakura sat in the car for a few moments, taking deep breaths to calm herself, hoping that her father wouldn't hit her that hard so that she wouldn't have to cut herself too deep.
But that was what Sasuke was worried about. Between her father hitting her and she cutting herself, how would her health hold up? Could Sasuke just drive off and leave Sakura there by herself? No he couldn't. That was something he wouldn't do.
"I'm going in with you."
"No, if you go in then once you leave he'll cause worse damage to me."
"Then I won't leave."
"Oh come on Uchiha! You and I both know that you have to leave at some point, and once you do…well we won't talk about that."
"Look Sakura, just be careful, okay? And try not to cut yourself please! Stick up for yourself."
"Okay, okay Uchiha! Sheesh you act like I'm getting ready to kill myself or something. I can pull my own wieght, after all, I've been doing so since I was eight. Look, I got to go now. Don't worry about me, remember we hate each other. Let's keep it that way."
Sakura then grabbed her stuff and got out of the car. Taking her steps slowly, she finally got to her front door and let herself inside. All the lights were off and there was a dead silence over the house.
"Everyone must be out," said Inner Sakura.
" I wouldn't count on that," said Sakura.
" Well then let's just be on our guard, eh?"
"Yeah. We're really late tonight, so who knows what he might do."
" True."
All of a sudden, Sakura started hearing footsteps from a distance. They started coming closer and closer towards her. She knew it was her father. She was a little bit afraid, but she seemed ready. Finally, the footsteps stopped right in front of her and an extremely drunken father stood right in front of her, with a knife in his hand.
"Father."
"Where've you been girl? Y'know what time it is?"
"Seven o'clock."
"Seven o'clock. SEVEN O'CLOCK! WHAT THE FUCK WERE YOU DOING THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT YOU HAD TO STAY OUT THAT LONG?"
"Nothing Father."
"NOTHING? Oh you were doing something Sakura and I know what it was. You were being a prostitute. THAT'S WHAT YOU WERE DOING! RIGHT WHORE? RIGHT?"
"No father, I "
"Don't you say no TO ME!"
Then he lunged at her and started to beat her. Sakura tried her best to defend herself, but this was her own father. She just couldn't bring herself to hurt him. She wasn't going to end up like him.
He held the knife to her neck. Pressing it harder and harder, causing blood to starting bleeding out.
"What…w-what about Mother?"
"Your mother? THAT BITCH ISN'T GOING TO STOP ME! SHE LOVES ME. SHE'LL DO ANYTHING FOR ME AND NOTHING FOR YOU!"
"No! Mother! Please come quick! Make him stop! Someone HELP ME!" cried Sakura.
"Nobody's coming for you Sakura because nobody cares for you. Not even those friends of yours care. So, prepare to die."
"AIEEEEEEEEEE!"
"DROP THE KNIFE NOW MR. HARUNO!"
Sakura woke up with a very bright white light hitting her eyes. Where was she? How did she get here? She tried to sit up, but it hurt her too much.
"Sakura? Sakura are you okay? Oh, I'm so sorry, I'm very sorry!"
Sakura turned her head slightly to find her mother gripping her hand very tightly. It was the first time in a very long time that her mother had showed this love towards her. She was very happy that tears silently poured out.
"Mom, where are we? What happened?"
"Sakura we're at home. You fainted right after that friend of yours saved you from your father," she replied.
"Uchiha! How is he? What about Dad? How are you? Are the police here?
"Calm down Saku-chan, everything will be fine and explained soon. Don't worry so much."
"Saku-chan…it's been a while since you've called me that. I…I really missed it."
"I know, I know," replied Mrs. Haruno as she pulled Sakura into a long hug. They stayed that way for a few moments then Sakura was called over for some questioning by the police. She did her best to answer them, leaving out the part about her cutting herself. That was personal. And if she told, they would cart her off to some rehab center, and that wasn't going to happen.
"Sakura, I'm…I shouldn't have let you go in alone. I "
"Uchiha, shut-up. You did the best you could. Now because of you my father can't hurt me anymore, I'm getting my mother back, and I'm alive. Thank you. I owe you my life."
"No problem. So did you tell the police everything?"
"Only what they needed to know. The cutting deal is none of their bussiness."
"But Sakura,"
"Don't worry about it. What I told them should have my father locked up for a long, long time."
"Yes, but the cutting. I really think that you should get some help."
"I don't need help. I'll deal with it on my own. I'll stop when I need to."
"But "
"End of discussion Uchiha."
Just when Sasuke was going to say something else, Sakura's mother and an officer came up to the two.
"Uchiha Sasuke and Haruno Sakura, you two are lucky to be alive. Mr. Haruno was putting up a really mean fight against the two of you. It's a good thing that Mrs. Haruno called us as well. Mr. Haruno won't be hurting you again Sakura. The abuse ended tonight."
Sakura then did something she hadn't done in a very long time. She knelt down on her knees and began to weep her eyes out. She never showed this much emotion before. Mrs. Haruno then knelt down beside Sakura, held her in her arms and began to cry as well.
"You guys will be able to continue living in this house once we finish our investigation. But until then, do you have a place to stay?"
"Uh yes. We have a close family friend that we can ask. Her name is Yak "
"No Mom! We can't stay with Ino,, Tenten, or Hinata's families. They don't know anthing and I plan to keep it that way for a while. You know, until I'm ready."
"Okay then, who would we stay with?"
"Me Mrs. Haruno. After everything that's been going on, 'm sure my family won't mind," said Sasuke.
"Oh really? That is so sweet of you Sasuke," replied Mrs. Haruno.
"Well then, we shall be in touch Mrs. Haruno. Until then, please take care of yourself and you too Sakura."
With that, the police left the home and Sakura and her mother got some of their things together and left with Sasuke. Finally, it was all over. Mr. Haruno could never hurt Sakura anymore. It was as if a heavy wieght was being lifted off her shoulders.
