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Angel from the Dark
Chapter 25
Late afternoon sun shinned though the open window, casting a cool shadow in the otherwise dark room. A silver haired male laid on his king sized bed with an orange book draped over his face. His silver and black bed was half way made; the silver sheets slightly crinkled with his body weight and the black cover thrown carelessly over the bottom half of the bed. Silk black and silver pillows covered the entire top half where he was laying; all arranged carelessly.
'Naruto better have given Saku her gift…' He rolled onto his side, away from the sunlight. 'And she better come back and visit me…soon....never noticed how much a person impacts you life until they leave…'
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A patient with long blonde hair sat atop a stood in the art room across his red headed friend as his hands worked over a slab of clay. Quickly and precisely his scarred hands sculpted square after square, rectangle after rectangle. His crystal blue eyes were intense; in deep thought though his hands worked over the clay.
"Deidara." The red headed patient spoke, raising his head from his painting. "What are you doing?"
The blonde in front of him continued to work, without missing a beat his hands began to mold the pieces together.
"Deidara." The red head called again; this time putting down his paint brush to stare at his friend. "…Deidara." His voice grew slightly annoyed.
"Yeah?" Deidara finally responded absently.
"Deidara." The patient spoke, his voice dull.
"Huh?" The crystal blue eyed male looked up at the red head in front of him. "Sasori no Danna! When did you get here yeah?"
"…I've been here for the past few hours with you…what are you sculpting?" Sasori glanced down at the blonde's hands to see him still working, only slower.
Deidara grabbed at piece of clay and rubbed it along the bottom of the structure to reinforce the base. "This yeah? It's a house Danna…the house that Sakura and I were going to live in…me, her and Itachi yeah…before…but maybe if she comes back it will happen yeah…" Sadness then hope shown in his crystal blue eyes before he poked a slab of clay then glanced up at Sasori. "What do you think of the porch yeah? Big enough?"
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The spiky blonde strode into the living room to find a woman with short blue hair in a white dress sitting on the couch staring at her hands. Her coat and scarf was draped over the back of a chair, her boots by the door. He took a seat next to her and let out a long, heavy sigh. "She's sleeping now." His voice cut though the awkward silence.
"That's good." The blue haired woman mumbled before shifting uncomfortably. "Naruto…" She began twiddling her fingers. "About….Saku….ra…"
The baby blue eyed male stood then walked to the kitchen. "Look Konan; before we get started would you like some coffee?" His voice was laced with apprehension and fatigue. 'I need a cup of coffee before diving into this story again…'
Konan turned to see Naruto glide around the kitchen grabbing the necessary supplies for making coffee. "Sure." He nodded at her before pulling out two giant mugs from a cupboard.
'I never knew how much Saku went though…this is my opportunity to find out exactly what happened and I need to be vigilant…' A loud yawn escaped his mouth as he added water and clicked the 'on' button on the coffee percolator. 'Damn…long day and its not even time for dinner…crap! Dinner…maybe we should just skip it tonight…'
The low roaring sound of the coffee filled the stillness in the air and the fresh smell diffused from the kitchen and made its way into the living room.
The coffee peculator clicked off, signaling the coffee was done. "How do you take your coffee?" His deep voice called from the kitchen. "Or should I just bring the sugar and milk?"
"Just bring the sugar and milk….do you need help?"
"No thanks." The spiky blonde answered as he set a tray filled with sugar, milk and two mugs of coffee on the coffee table. "Here is yours." He handed her a mug then sat down on the couch.
"Thanks." She fixed her coffee with two lumps of sugar and a little bit of milk then sat back against the couch; coffee in hand. "I suppose…I should start from the beginning right?" Her voice was unsure as she asked.
Naruto sipped his coffee then nodded. "That would be nice…"
"Yeah…" She took a sip in her coffee then stared at her lap. "But first…can I ask some questions?"
The baby blue eyed man frowned. "Questions? For what? I think you ought to be answering my questions instead seeing that you made her faint in the café then I had to carry her back home."
"I know I know it's just…I want to know how much of Saku…ra you know…about."
Naruto leaned against the cushions and let out a long sigh. "We've known each other since we were born. We did everything together; we were and still are the best of friends…The years have only brought us closer together."
Konan nodded; a small smile on her face. "Good…like I said before; I met her, her freshmen year in high school…her father was…was not a good father; though I'm sure you know that." She glanced at him to see him nod. "He would always talk down to her, tell her she was worthless and would amount to nothing. He would constantly say she was nothing without him."
"I know that…but what I want to know is how could I not know she wasn't going home? I thought…I was there with her though everything…when did she stop going home?" He scowled as he tried to understand how he missed that fact.
"…The middle of her freshmen year…when she and Deidara became really close…she stopped going home." Konan bit her bottom lip. "Deidara was 16 at the time; a junior. They became real close because she took all advanced classes…I was a senior, age 19…I started school a bit late."
Shifting was heard from down the hall.
Silence filled the room.
The baby blue eyed male listened intently before speaking. "She's still sound asleep, continue." The coffee swirled in the mug before he took a gulp.
"Right; they grew to be close friends. Best of friends actually. Just about every day that she wasn't with you, Sasuke or Kakashi she was with him. She actually joined the Akasuki before really getting to know him or Itachi…I was the one to tell her about the organization; she actually me them though me then got to know them though the classes."
"Wait; so she joined you all freshmen year?"
Blue hair bobbed as she nodded, sipping her coffee.
"How could I not know?"
"Well…we did tell; ask her not to tell you all…"
"Why?" His voice sounded broken. 'And she listened? She didn't tell me about her not living at home…about these guys…why? I thought we told each other everything…'
Silence fell between the two.
"Now is not the time for the silent game Konan." Naruto hung his head as he spoke.
"…Your past was questionable."
"…How bad was her home life? To leave and not tell me…? Why did she leave? What happened?"
"He…he was an awful man…like I said he verbally and mentally abused her…and she is the type of person that cant take that kind of thing…she left because it was too much for her psyche to handle…and we all gave her a place to go…our doors were always open to her…no matter the time; day or night…one am or two pm. She was welcome anytime at my place, Deidara's, Itachi's even Leader welcomed her precious self to his home anytime she needed somewhere to go…"
Naruto scowled at the blue haired woman beside him. "Why would you do such a thing? Just because you gave her a place to hide doesn't mean he wouldn't go looking for her at some point…you should have token legal action…" Realization then dawned on him after he spoke. "Which is what Kaka-Sempai did…how? When? Why? I-h…he…"
Konan gave him a small sad smile as she placed her now empty mug on the coffee table. "Kakashi realized the damage we were doing before any of us did…she was our little doll before she knew it. We worked her broken body and mind until she cracked…and we never realized it till it was too late…he found out about us when he followed her one day from his house…" A smile came over her tired face as she spoke. "It was a cool, autumn afternoon. She had left her jacket at his house and he followed her to Deidara's…it was then that everything ended and began. He barged into Deidara's house without knocking and marched right up to Sakura who was hiding behind Deidara and Itachi. She was so afraid of Kakashi…."
"Afraid? Why?" He sat back up to look at her.
"Afraid that he would be upset with her actions…that night…he took her back to his place where he told him everything…from beginning to end…and that night; after she fell asleep in his bed from crying her eyes out, he decided to adopt her as his own daughter."
The spiky blonde stared at the blue eyed woman in shock. "K…Kaka-Sempai really took Saku in as one of his own?"
She nodded sadly. "In two days he had the papers organized….and in three days he had us agreeing not to see her or contact her anymore…" Tears welled in her broken eyes. "H-he said the morning…after she told him e-everything…she-she had no memory of…of us…or her…her father…" Naruto rested a nervous hand on her shoulder to try and soothe her. "He said…it was her…her way of getting over the p-past…."
"…So she just…forgot about her father…and you all?" Words mumbled in perplexity.
She nodded solemnly.
"…It broke my heart…to know that I could have helped her…I could have adopted her as my own and helped her…kept that man away from her and still have her as my own…"
Naruto stood then began to pace the room. "But she simply forgot? But she didn't forget about me or Sasuke…and what about Kaka-Sempai? How could-I mean…"
"She blocked out all the bad in her life…we were bad…we pushed her and pushed her…" She sat back against the cushions and rubbed her eyes. "Deidara pulled her away so that she could forget in pain…Itachi tried to hide the truth from her…allowing her to hide in her own world…Leader-Pein…he tried to control everything about her…he kept her like he would a doll…she didn't have to do anything for her self …"
Confusion flashed in the males baby blue eyes. "Truth? Conceal? What the hell really happened?"
"Itachi didn't want her to know the truth about anything…he wanted her to remain innocent; in a way she still is…" A small smile danced on her lips. "…It was a self defense mechanism what happened to her…that she forgot us all…she was on the brink and Kakashi saved her…and he simply told her that he was her best friend as was you and Sasuke…he never told her that he adopted her and she no longer had to worry about her father..."
Naruto sat down on a sofa near the couch she sat on. "…She went though so much…and I never knew…"
"…Kakashi said…that she must have overheard him while she slept…"
"What?"
"That when he was calling his lawyers…she must have heard what he said an in her mind she…she whipped us and her father out...blocked us out in her mind…"
"Why?"
"He said that he said she needs to forget her past…to forget her dad…forget us…"
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Moon light shown into the dark bedroom, showering a beam of light onto the otherwise black bed. The young pink and black haired doctor shifted in her slumber; her face scrunched in uncertainty as she dreamt. The black covers rose and fell in sync with her steady breathing.
"Mhhhuuummm…Kaka…Sempai…"
A teenage version of herself dressed in her pink and black long sleeved and long pants pajamas sat in the middle of Kakashi's bed; in her arms she clutched one of his pillows to her chest as he stood across from her holding a plate of chocolate chip cookies and a glass of milk. His pajama pants hung loose at his hips and his long sleeved black shirt clung to his muscles.
"Saku…" His voice was gentle and soft. "I'm not upset with you okay?" He sat beside her on the bed and placed the plate of cookies in her lap. "Will you tell me what's going on?"
Fear flashed in her eyes at the sound of his question.
"All I want to do is help you Saku…help you…" He rested a hand on the small of her back. "Eat a cookie, you must be hungry." She nodded and slowly picked up one cookie and brought it to her lips to take a small bit out of it. "You know Saku…" Her green eyes darted up to his bare face. "I will adopt you…"
"Kaka-Sempai?!" Cookie crumbs fell from her mouth as she tried to speak.
"I'll adopt you if you tell me what's going on." He brushed some fringes from her eyes.
"…Okay…"
"You'll tell me?"
"Yes."
"Everything?"
Pink hair swayed as she nodded her head. "Those guys you met; they are part of the Akasuki as am I." She took a bite out of her cookie and Kakashi sat back against the headboard. "I no longer live at home…I live with Dei-Chan and Itachi-Sempai's. Naru Naru doesn't know….I left home because…he kept calling my worthless and that no one wants me…that I cant make it in the world on my own…I should be grateful to him…" Her voice became panicky as she spoke. "He said I will amount to nothing and that I should just give up at life…I can't…I can't…please don't make me go back…please…" Tears slid down her pink cheeks as she crawled over to him and collapsed in a fit of tears on his chest.
"Saku…"
"Please Kaka-Sempai! Don't make me go back!" Her small hands fisted in his black, long sleeved, shirt.
"Saku I won't." He rubbed soothing circles on her back. "I won't make you go back."
Sakura rolled over in bed so that the moon light now fell on her face. In the light, her glistening tears slid down her face as she slept.
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