Black Mamba Chapter 13: Broken Hearts Break like Glass, a naruto fanfic

Author's note: This chapter has been edited from the original chapter, but it still has most of the original text.

Translation from Japanese to English:

Hikikomori – means "pulling away or being confined" and is a Japanese term for people who often social withdraw themselves to seek isolation. Stereotypically, an "emo" or loner in Western culture.

"Est-ce que vous avez vu une petite femme avec les cheveux roses et les yeux vertes?" - Have you seen a small woman with pink hair and green eyes?

Disclaimer – Takara does not own Naruto or any of the characters, but only the original characters. All rights of Naruto belong to Masashi Kishimoto.

Black Mamba

Chapter treize: Broken Hearts Break Like Glass

- Coeurs brisés sont fragiles au toucher. Une démarche insouciante peut prendre cette pause cœur brisé et briseraient comme verre…

In Sakura's dream

"Sasu-kun! Sasu-kun!" Sakura shouted out. "Stop hiding from me this instant!" A low chuckled answered her call of distress and Sakura grew pissed.

"This isn't funny! You know how much I hate hide-and-seek!" Footsteps echoed in the pitch black darkness and then she heard that annoying laughter again.

Sakura felt her cheeks burning red in rage, but then a cold shiver went down her spine. '"Sasu-kun wouldn't laugh or run from me like this," she softly spoke out of fear. Her bright emerald eyes hued down to pale grey as she felt that feeling of isolation take over her body.

A loud roar of a gunshot deafened her ears. She ran towards the spot where she heard the shot and that's when she stepped in something warm and sticky.

"What is this?" she looked at the puddle and smelled its strong scent of blood. The rusty metallic scent burned her sensitive nose and Sakura fought the urge to hurl.

She looked around and saw the puddle grew to a sea of blood. The blood was warm and fresh from a wound that's still gushing out blood endlessly.

"Sa-Sakura," a feeble and familiar voice begged. "Sakura…" Sakura turned around to see Sasuke's bleeding body and the giant gun shot wound where his heart is.

"Sasu-kun!" she cried out and the blurring tears blinded her eyes.

Sasuke groaned in agony when she rushed to his side. "Sakura, it hurts..."

"Oh please, Sasu-kun," she begged while crying. "Don't leave me."

He gave her a soft smile and closed his eyes into a frozen, eternal state. Death got him… Sakura resists letting out a blood curdling scream and sobbed onto Sasuke's corpse.

"Why?" she shrieked. "WHY?!"

"Because you belong to me," an aloof voice answered Sakura's cry of despair. Sakura looked up and saw her reflection or what she thought was her reflection. She saw a woman as pale as snow. The woman with long pink hair like cherry blossom petals, but her eyes looked so cold and distant. She seemed to be sneering at her.

"You're a pity to watch, Agent S," the woman stated coldly.

"My name is Haruno Sakura. Not Agent S!" Sakura yelled at the figure.

"Agents are never to love anyone. Love makes you weak," the woman smirked.

"Who the Hell are you to tell me all of this bull shit?!" Sakura fumed out and held back her tears.

"I'm you. The part of you that knows her duty," the woman replied. "Sasuke cannot ever be your lover. He's your past. Let go of the past. He's a pitiful man to begin with."

"Then I'm a pitiful woman to love him!" Sakura defended Sasuke even though she just insulted herself.

"Yes, but you have so much… potential," the figure whispered thoughtfully as if she were disappointed.

"I'm not going back to Sacred Flower!"

"You can run all you like, but you'll just be running in circles and find yourself back to the clan. You belong to me. You are a Flower Student. That is your fate!" her "reflection" shouted out. "You can never let it go. You'll always be a Flower because when Flowers die, they'll eventually return and bloom back to lovely flowers soon!"

"That's a lie!" But the woman disappeared and five giant black mambas (they're big poisonous snakes from Africa and said to have venom strong enough to bring down a lion or giraffe) charged towards her in blinding speed. Four mambas wrapped around each of her limbs and began to constrict her. The fifth mamba strikes out its fangs of venom with its black diamond eye glare. She couldn't find the urge to scream out from the top of her lungs.

End of nightmare

"SASU-KUN!"

Sakura woke up covered in sweat. What a horrible dream! Her heart beat was still beating faster than usual. She looked around to see she's still in Sasuke's bed and noticed Sasuke wasn't next to her. Sakura panicked. Where is he?!

"Sakura, are you ok?!" his baritone voice asked worriedly as he approached the bedroom's door frame with only a towel on while dripping wet. Sasuke saw Sakura's teary emerald eyes and trembling body and quickly ran to her side.

"What happened, Sakura?" He wrapped his arms around her body and pulled her into a comforting hug.

She didn't say anything as she tightly embraced him as if she hasn't seen him for a long time. They hugged for awhile until Sakura realized her bare breasts were collided into his hard, wet chest, which made her feel uncomfortable in a good way.

"Can you let go of me now?" she asked with a blush on her cheeks.

Sasuke smirked at her request and faked a hurt look, "Aww. Sakura doesn't want me to touch her."

She rolled her eyes at his mocking tone and gave him a kiss on the lips, "Just shut up and go finish your shower Sasu-kun." Sakura gave him a smile and that made Sasuke chuckle lowly. He gave her another kiss on the lips and walked back to the bathroom.

With Sasuke after 20 minutes

He wore his usual black tee-shirt and a pair of denim Old Navy jeans. When he entered his kitchen, he smelled freshly brewed coffee.

"Morning," she greeted him with a smile. Sakura was wearing his white tee shirt as pajamas that made him smirk. Hot…

"Is it black coffee?" Sasuke asked as he took a whiff of the bitter, but strong aroma.

"I thought you don't like sweet drinks?" Sakura questioned curiously.

He chuckled a little bit, "That's true. Black coffee is fine, Sakura."

"By the way Sasuke," she started off. "Your refrigerator is bare" He laughed at her remark for it was true. He never really eats at home. When was the last time I had a nice home cooked meal? Sasuke pondered.

"Then take my credit card and buy some food and clothes," he said while going through his wallet to find his credit card. He handed it to her.

"Aren't you scared that'll I overuse it?" she mocked.

"If you misuse my credit card, I'll punish you later in bed with hardcore treatment," Sasuke taunted and showed her an evil smile, which made her flinch away from him. "So enjoy shopping a bit. See you later." He gave her a quick peck on the lips before drinking down his black coffee and left through the front door of his apartment, but then halted.

"Oh, one more thing," he smirked and wrapped his arms around her tiny waist. He breathed into her ear. "Meet me here before night falls." Sasuke slipped a card in the front pocket of her shirt and gave his love another kiss that was longer and sweeter. He winked at her and then left the kitchen as fast as he could.

He seems to be in a rush, she thought silently.

With Sasuke

With swift movement, he got into his sleek silver Porsche and drove a little above the speed limit. Shit, I'm going to be late! He thought angrily and pressed down the gas pedal a little harder. Sasuke arrived to the HQ in about thirty minutes later and quickly got out of the car. He had some information to get…

In the HQ

After going through the process of the computer asking for his ID and number, he stepped into the busy but secret high-tech building of UCHIHA. A lot of his close friends or acquaintances worked for his dad as assassins, assistants of assassins, trackers, detectives, and all of those private police figures.

Sasuke ran into Naruto who is one of his oldest best friends. Naruto was only a little younger than him by a few months and he was known for being an extremely obnoxious, nosy man. Naruto has bright blond hair and cerulean blue eyes and was sun-kissed tan. He always wore bright colors to work and today he decided to go with a neon green sports jacket and matching sweatpants. He wore a white tee shirt under the bright green jacket and new white running sneakers that looked spotless. Naruto grinned widely at Sasuke. Garish retard… Sasuke twitched while gripping his briefcase as he stared at Naruto attire with distaste. Since when do professional assassins wear flashy clothing?

"Oi teme!" Naruto blared out loud and earned a loud smack on the head. "OWW!"

"Shut the Hell up, dobe," Sasuke growled. "You're a fucking embarrassment."

"You didn't have to hit me with that damn briefcase of yours!" Naruto yelled and earned another hit on the head by Sasuke's briefcase. "Damnit!"

"What do you want anyways?" Sasuke fumed with a straight face.

"I was just wondering if you know why Neji gave me the silent treatment today," Naruto massaged his large bump on his head. "He usually just gives me a smart ass remark and goes on with his way, but today he looked sort of dead."

Sasuke raised and brow at first, but then remembered why. He hasn't talked to Neji for a bit. Is he still mad?

"Ehhh… you're doing the same look as Neji!" Naruto waved his hand in front of Sasuke's face. "Is it awkward faced hikikomori day?"

SMACK!

"The only thing awkward here is your presence and your gaudy taste of clothing, Naruto," Sasuke scoffed as Naruto groaned in pain from another briefcase attack. He quickly headed towards Neji's office and turned the metal knob of Neji's heavy wooden door. The room was pitch black except for the bright computer screen with Neji typing rapidly on the keyboard.

"What are you doing?" Sasuke asked.

"Research," Neji simply answered and continued his fast typing.

"Look Hyuga. I'm sorry and I mean truly sorry," Sasuke sighed and tried his best apology voice, as Uchihas don't apologize.

"…"

"Neji?" Sasuke said it louder. "I'm sorry."

"I don't care about the apology Uchiha. Quit apologizing. You sound like a woman," Neji quietly spoke. "I'm not mad at you at all."

Sasuke looked at the coffee haired man with a glare at first, but then softened his stare, "What do you mean?"

"It's not your fault exactly. Tenten and Sakura were working for someone and whoever that someone is, they're going to pay," he answered with cold steel at the last part.

"You mean Sacred Flower clan?" Sasuke added.

"So you know?" Neji questioned and stopped typing.

"Sakura told me."

"Then I suppose she didn't tell you the location, leader, or the clan's formation?"

"No," Sasuke shook his head. "I'm not going to force her for that info."

"That's perfectly fine because I got plenty," Neji pressed one key and the printer started to print out many pages of some sort of written document. Sasuke saw the first word out of the pile of papers: MISSING.

"What is this?"

"Information out of my research," Neji took the pile and handed them to Sasuke. "It was hard to find at first, but after looking for many hours I found out what took them.

"Sacred Flower is an all woman assassin organization skilled wit all sorts of weapon such as daggers, bow and arrow, crossbow, guns, kunais, sebons, razor fans, whips, and many unique unknown weapons.

They disguise themselves to fit into society or they are seen with a dark purple/black jumpsuit as a uniform. Many designs or outfits are custom designed by the disciples. The disciples can be disguised as any ordinary women, whores from brothels, dancing entertainers, mothers, and more. They are all lead by a leader who is called the Mistress and must follow the 74 rules of Flower conduct. (10 are listed)

Never show your weakness to your enemy, especially a man.

Never cry in front of a man.

Obey all laws of the Flower conduct

Never bed with a man unless you earned consent from The Mistress.

If you are pregnant and your child is a female, give up the child to the clan to rise as a Flower disciple.

The child is forever bound to the clan until The Mistress gives consent.

If refuse rule 4-7, kill the man or kill your child.

Torture will be done if these rules are broken and The Mistress decides punishment.

All Flowers are your sisters. No Flower is left behind.

Each Flower cannot reveal information outside of the clan.

"Flower disciples have code names and usually use letters or names of flowers to represent their names. Most Flowers are erased of memory to prevent emotions overwhelming them. Memories may return when the Flower is exposed to something in their past, but not all memories can be brought back as it may take a whole life time. Every 10 years Flowers get their memories erased to prevent memory gain.

"The location of the clan's base is unknown, but it is reported to be found in a ravine of unknown purple mist."

Sasuke listens to each rule and sighed. Seems like Sakura broke most of them because of me…

"Do you have any idea why would they take your Tenten?" Sasuke asked.

"My guess is that they're building some sort of army," Neji glared at the clan's symbol of a black mamba wrapping its body around the silver dagger.

"That sounds reasonable," Sasuke agreed.

"Tenten had a skill for weaponry. She could classify every single one from the top of her head and she knew how to use it properly," Neji stated. "Perhaps they need women of skill. What was Sakura talented in?"

Sasuke thought hard before he answered, "Sakura used to win gold and silver medals for rhythmic gymnastics. She was extremely flexible and knew pole dancing too."

"Those are definitely useful skills for the disciples," Neji nodded. "Tenten disappeared for three years. I went to her house one morning to find it burned down to ashes. The firemen didn't find any bodies near or in the house and found out it was fire. Tenten swore to me that she wouldn't ever commit suicide so she had to be taken away by someone. I believe you faced a similar situation with Sakura?"

Sasuke winced at the old memory, but agreed.

Flashback

"Sasu-kun, I'm pretty thirsty," Sakura whine. She fanned her face with a brochure in her hand.

"You're tired after walking three blocks?" Sasuke raised a brow.

"Pretty please get me something to drink?" she put on an adorable, pleading face.

"Alright," Sasuke sighed. They stopped at a bridge overlooking the city. "Just stay right here."

Sakura rolled her eyes, "I'm not a dog, you know?"

"I know," he chuckled and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. Sasuke dashed as fast as he could to the nearest store that sells cold refreshments.

He returned fifteen minutes later with two bottles of Sakura's favorite drink. Cherry flavored Coke with a hint of vanilla. When he got to the spot he left Sakura, his jaw dropped.

"Where is she?!" he panicked, but then chuckled thinking it was one of her silly, childish games of hide and seek.

"Ok, Sakura. You win!" he waited for her musical giggle, but the silence answered him only. Beads of sweat formed at his forehead and he felt his blood running cold as the seconds on his wristwatch kept ticking.

"This isn't a joke Sakura!" he growled impatiently. More time went by and without thinking, his feet moved and he became frantic.

"Est-ce que vous avez vu une petite femme avec rose cheveux et vertes les yeux?" the raven haired boy demanded to strangers. He went hysterical as they all shook their heads no.

More crowds of people shook their heads at Sasuke's questions. Tears blinded his vision as the sun was going down to the horizon. The river beyond the Eiffel Tower turned to the color of sherbet from the color of the descending sun. He let out a frustrated cry once the sun went down and black began to paint the sky night and there the once all might Uchiha Sasuke broke down and sobbed. 'I failed you… Sakura…'

End of flashback

"You ok?" Neji asked. "You spaced out on me."

"I'm fine," Sasuke snapped. "I was thinking about something."

"I'm just wondering," Neji started off as he thought it was an unusual question. "Sakura was raised in your clan, but wasn't adopted. Do you have any idea why?"

"Well my mother never spoke about. She always ignored the topic and distracted me with something else. It was odd," Sasuke put his index finger on his chin. Something is very off…

"I remember seeing a woman who looks a lot like her, but more sinister. What was her name?" Neji urged.

"Sasana," he simply answered. Neji quickly typed the name in his PC and found an ominous profile. Sasuke saw the eerie face from his childhood all over again.

"It's so nice to meet one of the Uchiha heirs…"

"I will be leaving my daughter in your care Mikato…"

"Care her as if she was your child…"

The familiar faded green eyes glared at him like snake eyes. She looked beautiful, but deadly. Sasuke clearly saw the resemblance of Sakura and Sasana of the same empty inhuman grey eyes and the same pale lips that always scowled.

"An assassin, venom user, seductress, and an elite Flower disciple," Neji listed, "One of the Sacred Flower's legendary killers, but disappeared for nearly twenty years." The coffee haired man frowned at the info. "Nicknamed Agent S."

"What does this all mean?" Sasuke asked with a little worry in his voice.

"It means Sakura is going to die," Neji's calm voice answered, but the death-like tone replaced it.

With Sakura

She looked at the clock tower and saw it was 2:30 in the afternoon. I think I bought enough. Sakura wore a polka dot black and pink sundress and black tie up stilettos. Her pink hair was done in a tight bun and one long bang covered part of her pretty face. She looked at her heavy bags. Ten bags of things she spent with his credit card. He's going to kill me all right. At least I bought him tomatoes, Sakura smiled a little from the small plastic bag of the red plump fruit.

The sun began to set and she stared at the golden glow that was going down the horizon. I never noticed it was this pretty during the afternoon. I've always been a night type of person. She smirked at the times she killed many men, but then felt pang of guilt. Although, I do feel bad for all those people I killed mercilessly. Sakura set down her bags and sat on a wooden bench. She looked at her hands. They were pale and seemed harmless hands for a woman who killed and tortured people for three years.

"Am I a sinner?" she asked herself. "Does he hate me for committing so many crimes while enjoying them without any memories?" A strange gloom came over her. Sasuke thinks I'm good and can change back to the old me… she gazed at the golden light again. I don't think so. I did so much that it's hard to erase the things I done in the past.

"Sakura-san?" a timid voice called out and Sakura faced Hinata Hyuga. She's the maid and close friend of hers from the clan. Hinata wasn't exactly a Sacred Flower disciple. She didn't have to follow all rules of Sacred Flower since she has a boyfriend and the clan approves this. The only rule she follows is keeping the clan's location a secret. Hinata just cleaned the whole clan and never had to hunt down people, kill targets, or steal anything like Sakura. Hinata seemed so sinless. I envy her.

"Hinata? What are you doing here?" Sakura asked, as she was surprised to see the indigo haired woman wearing a baby teal colored dress.

"I'm shopping, but I saw a pink hair and next thing I knew, I see you," Hinata smiled.

Sakura laughed, "Yea, I'm the one and only pink-haired Sakura in Paris." She stuck her tongue out from her little joke.

The indigo haired woman giggled and asked her friend, "So how are you doing?"

"Umm," Sakura stammered. "OK… I guess."

"You're doing "OK" for a wanted assassin by Sacred Flower clan?" Hinata asked suspiciously.

Sakura sighed. Hinata is way too observant to see Sakura lying.

"My reputation as an elite assassin is ruined," Sakura frowned unhappily.

"I'm sorry," Hinata said and hugged Sakura. "I brought something that might make you happy."

"What?" Sakura sulked and wiped a tiny tear from her cheek with the hem of her sundress.

"This," Hinata showed a bag.

"How is a shopping bag going to make me feel better?"

Hinata sighed, "Not the bag. I mean what's inside of the bag."

Sakura took a peek and saw her clothes. "How did you know?"

"Tsunade ordered me to get rid of your clothes, but I held onto them in case you ever want them back," Hinata smiled kindly. "It's a good thing I saw you today."

"Oh My God, thank you so much Hinata-chan!" Sakura thanked her kind friend and smiled brightly.

"Not a problem Sakura-san," Hinata's smile suddenly turned grim. "But remember to watch where you are. Just before I walked towards you, a Sacred Flower was watching you for a while, but left when I talked to you. Be careful Sakura-san. Sacred Flower is a vengeance clan and they don't take things lightly."

"I understand," Sakura answered seriously.

"Once they get you. You'll find it harder to leave," Hinata warned. "It's either stay or die."

Sakura nodded and Hinata waved goodbye and left Sakura alone. The sun settled and the night sky began to appear. Sakura called for a taxi and went on her way home.

With Sasuke and Neji

"What the Hell do you mean?!" Sasuke barked loudly.

"The clan stated broken rules shall be punished and Sakura is also a daughter of a serial killer. Killing is in her blood. She was born to murder those around her. Her own mother killed her father! That already proves she's a natural murderer and is bound to the clan's rules."

Sasuke felt numb. His heart broke like glass as it was so fragile to break. He denied the cold truth, "You're wrong!"

"It's one hundred percent true. You even admitted she forgot about you!" Neji yelled.

"But she's remembering me slowly! It's a good sign!" Sasuke grew frustrated in his words. "She won't give in to killing!"

"Yes, but once the clan gets her, she's a goner," Neji's voice grew cold and stiff. "The clan learns from their mistakes and they will know what to do to her."

Sasuke let out a stressed out sigh, but suddenly loud shouting was heard.

"Grab her! NO! IDIOTS! I SAID - GRAB THE FREAKING BLOND! YOU DUMB ASS!!! NOT ME RETARDS! AHHH WATCH THE HEAD!!!" Naruto screeched out. Sasuke and Neji heard a loud smack on the head and more crashes.

They quickly exited out the room and saw what was going on. A glass table broke into thousands of pieces and was all over the floor. Naruto was on the floor with two unusually large bumps on his head along with he was knocked out from the pain. Shikamaru, Kiba, and Lee were tackling down someone whom they seem to have difficulty with. Sasuke took a closer look.

It was a blond haired young woman whose hair seemed to be as long as a whip. She was wearing in a tight purple jumpsuit and her daggers seemed to be aiming for Kiba's neck. Shikamaru was holding down her legs as she tried to kick them like a wild horse. Her ice blue eyes looked angry and glared at everyone in the room, as she would let out a high pitch scream constantly.

"Get. Off. ME!" She thrashed around and made some of the guys tremble.

"What is going on?" Neji ordered Shikamaru to tell him the situation.

"This noisy woman was caught on the surveillance cam and Naruto stupidly confronted her, which caused her to run all over the place. We've been chasing her down for a bit until we tackled her down," Shikamaru lazily said.

Sasuke and Neji gawked when they saw her dagger had the same sign as the clan's symbol.

"TAKE HER AWAY!" Naruto shouted as he somehow got out of his unconscious phase and once again earned another smack on the head. Suddenly a computer announcement declared:

UCHIHA SASUKE TO THE MAIN LOBBY

Sasuke raised a brow and walked towards the front of the building. From there, he saw Sakura standing in front of him behind the bullet-proof glass security door. She waved at him with a bright smile and Sasuke smiled back at her until he noticed the many bags in her hands. He scowled at the bags before glancing at her. She's so dead!

Sakura looked at him sheepishly, "Sorry Sasu-kun." She looked at the floor a bit embarrassed and then averted her eyes to see the blond haired woman glaring at her. Sakura winced at the glaring woman with a face that looked so hurt.

She looks like she's suffering a broken heart that broke like glass. Sasuke examined and worried about Sakura. Please don't go away again Sakura…

- Broken hearts are fragile to the touch. A reckless move can take this broken heart break and shatter like glass...

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