CH21: The truth

Warning: Swearing, Implied Sexual Content, Implied Rape.

Disclaimer: I do now own Naruto© or any of the characters

A/N: Sakura's parent's names are correct. They were released just after Road to Ninja was announced.

: 2kitsune :

After getting the folder from Sai, Hidan and Sasori instantly decided to walk over to the Redhead's apartment to read it; after an hour of reading both of them were so horrified that they needed to take a break, and quickly decided that they shouldn't tell Deidara about this yet.

Immediately after finishing Sasori whipped out his phone and dialled the school, making a appointment with Tsunade on Monday; and demanding that Sakura and Deidara would be there too.

-Monday-

On Monday Deidara hadn't planned to be out of bed this early, he had planned to wake up late and watch anime for the rest of the day; but at 6:30am Sasori and Hidan were breaking down his door, demanding him to get dressed before dragging him out the door and into Akasuna's red Ferrari.

At ten past seven they were on school grounds, the blonde nervous and the other two headstrong; with his hand intertwined with Sasori's, Deidara hurried across the campus towards the Principal's office.

"Ah, Akasuna, Iwa, Deidara, Please have a seat" Tsunade greeted them as they walked in, pointing out four chairs sitting in front of her desk; But what surprised Deidara the most was too see Sakura already taking up one chair, head held low as she keep silent.

When they were all seated Tsunade gave them all a pointed look before saying, "Now, I can only guess why we are all gathered here today, but seeing as Mr. Akasuna made a appointment I think he can start"

"Thanks" Sasori answered, Deidara watched as the Redhead turned slightly and started, "I, uh, made this appointment to show you this" The redhead then pulled a manila folder out of his bag and handed it to Tsunade; the platinum blonde stayed silent as she flipped open the folder.

"Oh" she muttered, peering over her glasses Tsunade quietly handed Sakura the folder, "I think it's better if you read this, Ms. Haruno"

Going pink Sakura opened the folder, instantly she let out a shriek, "This is my folder!" she half by yelled, "How dare you!" she then added, pointing it towards Sasori, "How did you get this!?"

"I can't say" Sasori answered, smirking to himself, "I think you should read it, Sakura"

Audibly gulping Sakura lowered her gaze back to the folder, Deidara watched as a bead of sweat rolled down her forehead at which she wiped away; taking in a breath Sakura slowly began to read, her shaky voice barely heard.

"Haruno Sakura" she started, "Aged, 17; Born, 1991; Parents, Haruno Kizashi, Haruno Mebuki; Status, D-Dead" at the end Sakura's voice wavered, ducking her head the girl's pink hair covered her eyes as she continued reading.

"P-police record; Theft, Arson, Drug use, DIC, Harming a police officer, and, and-"here she stopped, and looked back up with pleading eyes at Tsunade, "Do I have to read this out?" she asked.

"Yes" Tsunade simply replied, "You do, continue"

Sakura stayed silent, dropping her head again; Deidara watched her trembling hands that were resting on her knees, and how he thought he saw a tear sliding down her cheek, "M-murder" she finally whispered.

"What!" Hidan yelled, finally speaking up; Deidara was surprised that he had managed to stay silent anyway, considering how much of a hot head his Silverette friend was, "You let a Murderer into our school!" he hissed to Tsunade, his purple eyes flashing.

"I didn't know" Tsunade answered, looking reproachable, "Explain yourself" she commanded Sakura; feeling nervous Deidara pushed his chair a little closer to Sasori and made sure to grab the Redhead's hand, intertwining their fingers.

"I'll have to start right from the beginning" Sakura started, "Do you really want to hear all that?" she didn't sound excited to be telling everyone her deepest secrets, but then again she didn't seem like she didn't want too; her voice set in a flat monotone that gave absolutely nothing away.

Instead of an answer Tsunade nodded.

"I was born into a rich family" Sakura started, sounding dead, "I was a daddy's girl, always getting what I wanted when I wanted it; I had friends and lot's of them, well, I don't know if I could really call them friends, in the end they were just pretending to like me"

Here Sakura paused, as though this was already too painful for her.

"It all started when I was six" she started, "It was my birthday, and I was dressed in a pretty pink dress with lots of frills and lace" here she smiled, "It was all perfect, my friends, my family, over fifty presents; but then it changed when we cut the cake, I couldn't find my mother and when I found her" here Sakura breathed in deeply, eye flicking back up and down, "She was having sex on my father's drawing table, and it wasn't with my father"

"It tore my family apart, and two years later, My father shot my Mother and brought me here to Japan" Sakura whimpered, hands clenching into fists on her knees, tears now falling freely, "But when I was ten, a man came oversees, he was my Mother's lover looking for revenge; and when he found us, he shot my Father, and left me sobbing in the corner covered in my families blood"

"After that I had to live on the streets, it was hard for the first year, and I nearly died so many times" after saying that she sniggered, and let out a burst of laughter, "I was raped at eleven, and after that I sold my body on the street for Money, I wasn't known as Sakura then, I was re-named as Karin"

"But at thirteen, I was saved, I found a group of kids around my age who also had to live on the streets; we named ourselves the Saints, though we were in no way Saint like" here she did actually laugh, looking up to give Deidara a pathetic smile, "We robbed people, stole money from stores, we stole alcohol and took drugs, we were street smart and the top Childs gang, life was great"

"But at fourteen it all turned to shit again, a group of twenty year olds stormed our hideout" stopped briefly Sakura had to take in a deep breath before starting again, "They killed everyone, but I hid in the underground cellar as they stole everything; I thought they had all gone when I came out, but I was wrong, a thirty year old man captured me and made me his sex slave in a 'Adult's club'

"It wasn't too bad, yeah, I was raped against my will and it always hurt like hell; but I was given free alcohol and drugs so I could be well gone when it happened, in a way he was actually being nice" a small smile graced Sakura's lips, "At sixteen there was a accident, my 'master' came in drunk and tried to have his way with me, I was asleep and so to start with I refused, but then he held a gun to my head" here she paused, and had to held a hand to her mouth.

Deidara was surprised at how silent everyone was, no one dared to talk or even make any sound; the Blonde felt Sasori squeeze his hand in assurance, instantly making him feel better.

"I don't know how I did it, but suddenly the gun was in my hand and he was on the floor" her voice dropped to a whisper, "I killed him, every other man in the club, and all the other whore; I remember finding my best friend from the Childs gang was in, I had no idea he was even here, but in the end I had to kill them all too"

"This was all in Kyoto, so, I covered my tracks and tried to run; but the cops found me, and I was sentenced to a year at Juvy seeing as I was a minor, and after that? I moved here to Tokyo, and enrolled at Konoha Academy"

"I changed my name back to Sakura, Karin held to many bad memories and the police were looking for me under that name; so it wasn't that hard to hide, I see Karin as my alter ego, my darker side that's probably still there"

Even after she was finished no one dared to talk, "And that's it" she added, glancing hopefully at Tsunade.

Standing up Tsunade walked around her desk, then proceeding to sit on the edge; glancing at Sakura she dropped her head before calling out, "Sai, please come in"

Amazed Deidara turned to see the doorknob turn and Sai step in, for a split second his black eyes met his and the two Artists smiled at each other.

"I want to hear what you have to say" She said, looking at Deidara, "And then you" now she was looking at Sasori, "And then you" now it was Sai, "Go on" she urged, crossing her arms over her huge chest.

"Uh, well, Sakura's never really liked me, and I never really understood why until this year, un; I guess that's when Sasori started talking to me, at the time Sakura was dating Sasori but I didn't see him like that, un, I just wanted to be friends" here Deidara paused to take a breath "But that's when I started to notice things missing, like my wallet, and my bag had been looked through, I brushed it off as nothing but then" Deidara's voice dropped, and even he was finding it hard to speak, "She threatened me to stay away from Sasori, she had someone figured out that I'm really a boy, and she burnt me with her cigarette"

To prove his point Deidara pulled down the collar of the quarter sleeved shirt he was wearing, exposing a burn on his left collarbone.

"And you?" Tsunade spoke, now looking at Sasori.

"Well, Sakura and I were going out till about a week ago when we broke up" Sasori started, not sounding interested, "I always noticed how mean she could be sometimes, and how she always wanted to be dominant; then I heard what she had been doing behind my back, and I dumped her"

"And what was she doing?" Tsunade asked, leaning forward to stare at the Redhead intently.

"Getting someone to go through Deidara's stuff, teasing him, bullying him, burning him, threatening him; I guess some habits die old" Sasori answered, Tsunade nodded thoughtfully and turned her body towards Sai who was hovering between Sasori and Hidan, "And you?" she snapped.

"I was one Sakura's cronies" Sai laughed, seeming all too pleased about this, "the other one being Ino, Sakura got me to steal Deidara's wallet, school records, and hospital records, she threatened me with a gun when I refused to tell her about what I read in the hospital records" looking over at Sakura, Sai sneered.

"I refused and Sakura told me to leave the country or she would kill me, seeing as she had a gun to my head I thought she actually would kill me; but I never left, and Sakura knew that too because she had planted a tracker in me" Sai explained, his attention back to Tsunade.

"Hm, I see" the Platinum blonde mused, "Okay, come in, I think you've heard all you need to hear!" Tsunade then yelled; Deidara, Sasori, Sai, and Sakura whipped their heads around to see who was coming in now.

And through the door, burst three policemen who immediately ran to Sakura's side and handcuffed her hands behind her back, "Sakura Haruno, you are under arrest for killing over thirty men and ten children, you have the right to remain silent"

Sakura didn't even fight; she just sat there with her head down and her hair covering her eyes, Deidara almost felt bad for her, but then again someone who had killed deserved to go to jail, even if she had done something so petty as bully the Blonde at school.

"We are going to take you to the station now; if you fight we won't hesitate to tazer you" One of the policemen said, still staying silent Sakura rose from her seat and let herself be marched from the door, her head held high as her last bit of dignity faded

Once the door slammed closed Tsunade did the oddest thing, she let out a huge sigh of breath and began to grin at them apologetically.

"Sorry for that" she said a little too loudly, "And I'm sorry for not believing you"

"You better fucking be!" Hidan spoke up, scaring everyone, once again everyone had forgotten he was there seeing as he had stayed quiet this whole; and for once Tsunade didn't snap at him for swearing, she just nodded.

"I am, and, I have some good news for you three" she said a little to eagerly, her eyes flashing happily; Sasori, Deidara, and Hidan were taken aback a little, and nervously grinned back.

"You three are now re-enrolled in Konoha academy for helping catch a criminal, and because I never really wanted to expel you Deidara, I personally have no problem with cross dressers or which gender they identify with" With her blue eyes locked onto Deidara she grinned, a wide friendly grin.

"Really?" Sasori echoed, "We're allowed to fucking come back!" Hidan yelled pumping his arms into the air; while everyone was being loud and congratulating everyone Deidara mouth 'Thank you' before leaning over and passionately kissing Sasori, pulling the finger at Hidan when the Silverette wolf whistled.

The end.

- Eplilouge -