Part 4

Chapter twelve

Painful relevance

Cast in Stone, Ground Down To Sand

I DON'T OWN NARUTO AND ILL CRY IF I WANT TOO

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Today's Soundtrack

I am a Raver- DJ Rankin

Her vision faded in and out. Out and In. And smeared view of purple eyes were in her view. A few outstretched arms. A smiling face, some green eyes. Some brown eyes. Some purple. Tears pricked and her eyes stung at the three smiling faces and their outstretched arms as if welcoming her. Father, mother, Lils…

The image had a ripple send through it as if her unshed tears landed on a puddle, the puddle their faces were in.

The golden halo behind them dimmed a bit as a wrinkle went through their smiles.

"Go away. Run run run run run run run. No. Don't come here. Go away." The smiling faces chanted worry wrinkling their angelic faces and there smiles never leaving.

"Why… don't you want me? don't you miss me…" Sakura replied, trying to reach past the water.

"No. Go away, run run run and don't look back. We don't want to see you here again. Go go go. Run run run." They chanted again.

"Why? Why? Mother, papa, sister…" She chocked… " I am almost there… I can almost touch you." Her finger tips touched the puddle, her fingertips turning black where the water had touched.

"NO. go back, go back, run run run, go away go away, don't come back, don't look back."

The picture of the little five year old lily crept closer and closer to the surface of the water.

"Yes sister….. Go away. They don't want you, I don't want you, and the sooner you leave this place the sooner your power can be mine…" Lily's purple eyes bled an evil yellow color.

"W-what."

Then Sakura watched as her two parents jumped on Lily, beating her, chocking her. As they chanted, "Leave her, leave her, leaver her."

The five year old closed her eyes after they had bled back to purple.

"No!" She shrieked, "Not her! No! No!" her limbs jolted and flared out as she noticed the puddle getting smaller and smaller as her parents continued to choke her baby sister. But no matter how fast her limbs moved she couldn't get closer, she couldn't save her… just like she couldn't save her from her first death…

She sprung from her bed. Sweat glazing over clammy skin.

Her head shot left to right and back again, not calming until she felt the familiar feel of soft sand glide over her arms and forehead. "G-Gaara…" She chocked, tears misting her eyelashes.

Scrambling over her bed sheets she clawed at her hospital gown, clawing at her lower abdomen. Finally the paper dress ripped and she stared at her red raw skin. Nothing. Not one speck of inked skin. She fell back into the fluffy pillows, "Gaara… G-Gaara…" Shaking her head, she rid her eyes from the tears.

"They were there… they were there… I saw them… They were there."

A hand softly crept its way down her arms to her fisted hands, and lips kissed and trailed each knuckle.

"Its fine, your fine. I'll kill that girl, I'll kill her for doing this to you."

"I… I…" She took a deep breath and then furrowed her eyebrows, "I don't think she was a grass nin… I don't think she was a she… I…I…"

Gaara wrinkled his brow in frustration as sand grains pulled up the hospital bed covers up to Sakura's chin.

"You should sleep." He said monotonously.

She jerked her head to see him.

His hair was sticking up in every direction, his skin paler and the rings around his eyes so completely dark. His shirt was wrinkled. His knuckles… dirty.

"You haven't left me. This whole time. How long was I out?"

"Nine days. You're a chuunin congratulations. Tomorrow's the ceremony and then we're heading back to Sand. Now sleep."

And this time… she listened.

A/N: I'm so sorry I took so long. But I have had SO much and many things going on… like hmm.. . My new man, three months on the 28th 3 And my AP. BIOLOGY… I hate science. . I also exploded my kitchen when I baked a few days ago but …oh.. Yeah… OVER 2 FEET OF SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!! And in seattle its kind of a big deal. Its not rain. ITS WHITE! YEAH!

Love you, happy Christmas and a merry new year. Love you BAI !