I AM SO SORRY! I know its been forever since I've updated. I've just graduated last winter and the real world came at me. Most of the big events in my life finally passed so i'm hoping to update more frequently. Thank you all for being so patient with me. Please enjoy!
Sakura Kiss
I stood quietly in front of Madara as I held onto my right forearm. After grabbing the necklace from Itachi at the hospital, I had Killerbee drop me off some place close to Kabuto's hideout. If he knew what I was doing, he didn't show it.
"I heard from Kabuto that you made quite an act to get your friends to hate you." Madara smirked as he came up to me and caressed my face. I glared at him and he smirked in return. "The resemblance you have to Hana is impeccable."
"Don't talk about my mother, you murderer." I growled.
"Don't forget who has control of the lives of your loved ones." He continued to smile as he took the necklaces from me. He began to chuckle. "You call them your important people, yet they were able to throw you aside like nothing. Even after you did everything you can to protect them. Relationships and friendships will do nothing but slow you down in life."
I looked around the room to see Kabuto grabbing the necklaces and placing it on a computer. There were dark circles under Kabuto's eyes. The man looked like he hadn't slept in weeks. What had he been doing that was so important than trying to find Yumiko? That bastard! It's like Yumiko didn't exist to him anymore.
"I did my part of the deal." I frowned. "I isolated myself from my friends. I made them hate me and I got all the necklaces. Now give me the antidote." I demanded looking at the antidote that was tied around his neck.
"A deal's a deal." Madara chuckled as he reached for his own necklace. Before he handed it to me, loud beeping sounds came from the computer."
"A virus!" Kabuto exclaimed as he pulled away the necklaces. "She tricked us! This necklace holds a virus!"
My eyes widened as he lifted Itachi's necklace up in the air. How could that be? "N-No! Those were the necklaces I got from Naruto, Itachi, and myself!"
"What a shame…" Madara said as he placed back the necklace around his neck. "It seems like my cousin was trickier than he seems. Giving his oldest son a necklace with a virus; Seems like you failed your mission love."
"W-What? No! I did what you said. Those are the only necklaces I know of!"
"Because of your incompetence, it seems like poor Sasuke is going to have to suffer." Madara said as he put pressure on my shoulder. I cried out in pain as I fell to the ground. "Purple really is a nice color on you." He hinted at my bruising skin.
"Boss! We have to get you out of here!" A yakuza member shouted as he ran into the room. Bubbles seemed to appear out of nowhere as warnings of intruders were heard. I heard Madara make a "tsk" sound before letting me go.
"You have disappointed me love." With that, he walked away with Kabuto and the necklaces.
I weakly got up on my feet only to fall forward. Luckily someone with long light blue robes caught me. The scent of bubbles surrounded me. Looking up, I saw an unexpected face. A man with pale golden eyes stared down at me. Brown hair reached to his shoulders with bangs covering the left side of his face. He turned around to scout the area. A small emblem of three bubbles decorated his robes on the back. I let out a small chuckle that caught back his attention. Of all people to show up…
"Can you stand?" He asked as he kneeled down to check on me.
"Utakata…" I said as I reached out to get on my feet once more. My vision began to get dark and narrow. "What are you doing here?"
"Killerbee knew you were too prideful to ask him to stay back for help. He said you've been acting weird. He rounded up a few of the guys to come here. It seems I came here in time." Utakata said as he helped me stand. "So that's the new Yakuza leader huh."
"I thought you left this lifestyle to marry Hotaru." I questioned.
He gave me a gentle smile. "You saved my life a couple times in the past. I can't leave a debt unpaid."
"You and your honor." I chuckled before cringing at the shock of pain down my arm.
"So Jei was right. You did get hurt." Utakata frowned.
"I'm fi-"I fell forward as Utakata caught me before I hit the ground again.
"Sakura! Stay awake. Hang on." Utakata ordered me as I began to close my eyes. I heard new footsteps come closer as I heard Utakata gasp in surprise.
Soon a new figure appeared before me. All I remembered was a green jacket with white fur.
"Hang on, you idiot." It was a female.
I was so tired trying to protect everyone. I just wanted to rest and rest I did.
X
Everyone had met up at the hospital room the next day once word got out what their pink-haired friend had done. They were trying to make sense of what was going on.
"She did what?!" Neji seethed. Yumiko held onto him; she was quieter than usual.
"Neji-niisan, Sa-"Hinata tried to speak up.
"Yup. We caught her in the act choking Hinata!" Ino spoke over her. "Gaara pushed her away in time before any damage could be done."
"Why would Sakura do that?" Karin had asked in disbelief. She had been out of town for the past few days and came back to see everything was in chaos.
"She's been acting strange." Shikamaru frowned. "She had kicked us out of the house and got into a fist fight with Naruto."
Everyone's eyes widened as Naruto looked at the hospital floor in shame. After they had fought, Naruto regretted it immediately. He was just so angry and couldn't control his emotions or his actions.
"She's crazy." Tenten spoke up. "That craziness has finally got to her. The blood she saw from Hinata made her lose it."
"She's gone ballistic!" Kiba frowned. "She threw a fucking knife at me. A KNIFE!"
"S-She started to yell at me out of nowhere too." Lee admitted. "I was a bit terrified if I were to be honest.
"Everyone-"Hinata tried to gather everyone's attention once again.
"That's not Sakura anymore." Temari spoke over Hinata.
"Did she come out?" Gaara asked. "If she did, Sakura isn't in control!" Gaara didn't like how everyone was ganging up on Sakura. That was his best friend. He had to trust her.
"She was freaking talking to her again." Tenten shook her head. "She said she would get it under control but she didn't."
"Get what under control?" Sasuke asked.
"There's a reason Gaara doesn't allow Sakura to fight." Temari answered. "Back in our Yankee years, Sakura was at her prime. Everyone had respected her until she became friends with Ino and Hinata. It pissed a few people off by how soft Sakura was getting. Soon, people took action. The girls had been taken hostage by a rival crew." She paused as she looked over at Ino and Hinata to see if they wanted to tell the story.
"Hinata and I had gotten dinner at a restaurant with my parents." Ino began to say as she gripped onto her left leg. "We had just walked out when someone had knocked my mom out and grabbed us. My dad tried to save us but he was knocked unconscious too. They had said they wanted revenge on Sakura. They placed a cloth on me and I fell unconscious as well…"
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Ino opened her eyes to see she was tied up in the back of a van. Looking down Hinata was still unconscious. Two men were in the back with them as they were looking at a video on one of their cell phones.
"Heh Ryosuke, look. Word got out quickly that we kidnapped the heiresses." A dark haired man said.
"It shouldn't take too long until that bitch comes for them." Ryosuke smirked as he ran a hand through his bleached blond hair. The sound of motorcycles echoed loudly around the parking garage they were in.
"Kenji, one of them is awake!"
Before Ino knew it, she was pushed out of the van and onto the ground. She twisted her ankle during her fall as she closed her eyes in pain. Ryosuke grabbed her by the hair as she tried to fight him off. The motorcycles were getting closer. Hinata was suddenly pushed out of the van as well. At that moment, more people have arrived.
"Ah, Shinigami!" Ryosuke said. He dropped Ino as she fell to the ground in pain.
Gaara, Tenten, and Temari arrived with Sakura behind them. The aura that surrounded her caused the two men to hesitate for a bit. The infamous Shinigami was in front of them and she was pissed.
"Ino! Hinata!" Tenten called out.
"It's about time you showed up." Ryosuke sneered, placing the bat against his shoulder. "You see, my men and I have been waiting to say our final goodbye to you, hearing that you're leaving the Red Scarves and the gang life for good, it seems." As if on cue, more men began to show up around the van.
Sakura had yet to say anything as she noticed the knife that was place under Hinata's chin. Her eyes widened when Hinata cried out in pain. A cut appeared on her neck as blood dribbled down.
"Sakura, stay there! I'll save them." Gaara shouted. Tenten and Temari moved to fight the other members, leaving Sakura and Gaara to deal with the two holding Ino and Hinata hostage.
"We had special orders to kidnap these two." Kenji said getting up and grabbing Hinata by the hair. She gave out a muffled cry. "You can't hurt us. You have fifteen minutes until two of our members call us to confirm the signal to shoot Hanabi and Neji Hyuuga."
Tenten stilled up at the name of her friend and his younger cousin. Looking at Gaara, he signaled her and Temari to go on ahead.
"We'll send help. I promise!" Tenten said as she got on a motorcycle and sped off as Temari did the same.
"Time is ticking Shinigami. Let's see if you still deserve that title." Ryosuke chuckled.
"You will be fighting me." Gaara spat as he pulled out his crowbar. The others quickly pulled out their weapons but had taken a step back the moment Gaara stepped forward. They weren't stupid; they knew the stories of these two.
"Going to have someone fight your battles for you?" Ryosuke smirked as he grabbed Ino by the elbow and pulled her roughly up against him. Hinata tried to scramble away but was grabbed by the collar of her shirt and was pushed down roughly. Ino narrowed her eyes as she lunged at Kenji holding Hinata down. Hinata's eyes widened with panic as Ino looked behind her. Ryosuke had a bat and slammed it hard against her leg. Ino cried out in pain as Ryosuke hit her again. Before anyone could process it, Sakura had a knife against the man's throat. Even Gaara seemed surprised. He didn't see her move.
Ino bravely looked up at Sakura with teary eyes and froze. She had never seen Sakura fight and she wasn't sure if she liked what she saw. The man seemed to have a death wish as he spat at Sakura's face. Ino blinked before she saw a shower of red liquid spray around. Sakura had struck her knife into the man's jugular. Before she knew it, Sakura was gone and had stabbed the man that held Hinata. Gaara had gone and helped the girls and moved them to safety.
"Hinata, call for help. I have to help Sakura." Gaara spoke as he handed her his phone.
Ino didn't say anything as she watched her pink-haired friend dance her way around the crowd and blood spilled everywhere. That wasn't Sakura. Her friend wouldn't enjoy killing people like that. The screams of terrors of the grown men seemed to last a long time until there was no one else left standing. It was a blood bath.
"Sakura!" Gaara screamed as Sakura began to walk up to him. He pulled out his crowbar. "Sakura, it's me! Gaara! You need to snap out of it. You beat them all. Now come back. Don't let her continue to take over." Sakura said nothing as she went after Gaara with her knife.
A motorcycle came in as Fuu arrived with Yugito.
"Tenten sent us to he-"Fuu paused as she took in the scene. "Oh no. Sakura, stop!"
"W-What's happening?" Ino asked. Her leg felt like she was on fire and she was about to faint.
"Sakura is known as Shinigami for a reason." Yugito answered. "She can kill men easily as you have just seen. Recently, we noticed that she has been emotionally unstable recently when she fights. Like it's hard for her to control herself and come back to normal. It's like she can't tell who is friend and foe at the moment."
A yelp was heard as Gaara fell to the ground, holding on to his arm. Blood seeped through his fingers. Sakura began to walk towards Ino as she hit Yugito out of the way. Fuu went to protect Hinata. Ino's eyes widened as Sakura twirled her knife and stared at her. She suddenly raised it up in the air as Ino closed her eyes.
"NOOO!" Hinata and Fuu screamed.
"SAKURA, YOU'RE GOING TO HURT INO!" Gaara yelled.
The sound of the knife dropping was heard as Sakura fell to her knees and tried to catch her breathing. Ino stilled and watched as Sakura's eyes went back to normal.
"I-Ino-chan…" Sakura whimpered. "I'm so sorry." Ino was pulled into a hug as Sakura began to tremble. The blonde didn't care that she was getting blood on herself.
"Thank you." Ino said as her voice broke. She began to cry as well.
The sound of police cars heading their way caused Gaara to quickly grab Sakura. "We can't be here. We have to go. We can check on them later." Sakura allowed herself to be grabbed by Gaara as they hopped on the motorcycle and drove off as Yugito and Fuu followed.
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Later that night, they were in the hospital as Inoichi and Hiashi were in the room that the girls were staying at. Sakura had come by with Gaara, Tenten, and Temari after they had cleaned up.
"Sakura-chan!" Hinata acknowledged as she came into the room with the others.
"I apologize." Sakura said as she gripped the hem of her shirt and looked at the ground. "It was my fault that Ino and Hinata were kidnapped. I had left the gang life and they wanted revenge."
A loud slap was heard as Sakura felt her face burn. Ino's father stood in front of her, his hand in the air.
"F-Father!" Ino cried.
"Gang –related?" Inoichi shouted. "How dare you get Ino in this situation? She could have died!"
"Unacceptable!" Hiashi frowned. "I allowed you in my home and you repay me with this. You put my family in danger. If you want to continue to see Hinata, you will stop this nonsense and never fight ever again. Leave this terrible life. Promise me!"
"Yes." Sakura slowly said.
"Why are you going so easy on them?" Inoichi frowned. "Ino, you will no longer associate yourself with scum like her."
"H-Hey!" Tenten began to speak up.
"I'm sorry." Sakura said again as tears formed in her eyes. Green eyes looked over Ino's leg that was in a cast as she looked back at the ground. She immediately turned and left the room for the others to follow her.
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"Sakura promised not to get involved with the gang-life after that..." Gaara said. "…For all our sake. I was the only one who was able to calm her down when that would happen."
"That still doesn't explain why Sakura has been acting strange." Shino said as he took a step forwards from the corner he was occupying. "She didn't spill any blood from what we knew of."
"She tried to kill my cousin!" Neji spat.
"There's something more going on than we know!" Gaara argued. "There has to be."
Everyone began to throw out their opinions as Yumiko covered her ears. Karin looked confused and didn't know what to say. Hinata watched everyone yell at each other and take sides. Something was boiling inside her.
Anger.
Frustration.
She was done.
"ENOUGH!" Hinata shouted shocking everyone in the room.
"H-Hinata…" Naruto slowly turned to her.
Tears were forming in Hinata's eyes as she glared at everyone in the room. "Sakura-chan loves us! She wouldn't do this to us unless she didn't have a choice. She's done so much for us and here we are thinking she's so evil. But I know Sakura-chan! You guys claim to be her friend. You guys claim to love her. But do you really if you're able to doubt her this easily? There has to be something else going on. Maybe someone forced her to do this!"
The room was quiet as they took in what the Hyuuga Heiress had said. Karin let out a whistle. The fact that Hinata got everyone to shut up without stuttering was an amazing feat.
"H-He hurt her." A small voice filled the air. Everyone looked at the Kabuto's sister as she tried to stop her tears but couldn't.
"Yumiko, do you know what's going on?" Naruto asked.
Yumiko nodded as she wiped her tears away. "Sakura-neechan said not to tell any of you. But she's hurt. She's been getting hurt this whole time."
"What are you talking about?" Sasuke frowned.
Before Yumiko could speak, the door to Hinata's room opened rashly as Tsunade walked in.
"Too many people!" Tsunade frowned. "Leave!" Everyone left except the sons and Yumiko. Noticing this Tsunade's eyes narrowed. "Take the kids outside, Hatake."
"But baa-chan-"Naruto began to say but the glare Tsunade gave him caused him to close his mouth and walk out.
"How are all my lovely students?" Kakashi popped in with his infamous orange book.
"Sakura's gone crazy." Sasuke frowned.
"So you all decided to visit Hinata instead of going after her and seeing how she is?" Kakashi inquired. There was something in his tone that caught the sons' attention.
"What do you know Kakashi?" Shikamaru asked as his eyes narrowed.
Kakashi sighed as he put his book away. "So little faith in Sakura. I'm so disappointed in you all, especially you Naruto. Here I thought out of all the brothers, you knew the most." Kakashi began to walk away.
"W-Wait? What?" Naruto pouted.
"What have I always taught you guys?" Kakashi asked. "Look underneath the underneath." With that, Kakashi turned the corner. Sai quickly followed after him to see that he had disappeared. Gaara and the others soon met up with them once again.
"What is going on?" Neji sighed as he ran a hand through his hair. Naruto unconsciously placed his hand to his chest to grab on to his necklace that Tsunade had given him long before when his eyes widened. He was so used to having the necklace around his neck; he didn't realize it was gone. But where had it gone? He thought back to his fist fight with Sakura.
"No…" Naruto whispered as he began to run down the hallway to where Itachi Uchiha laid.
"Dobe, where are you going?" Sasuke called out as everyone began to follow him.
Naruto ran into Itachi's room and breathed heavily.
"Naruto, what's happening?" Ino asked.
"The necklace!" Naruto practically screamed.
Sasuke took a deep breath as he looked at his brother lying on his deathbed when he noticed something was missing. "My brother's necklace is gone. He always wore a necklace."
Everyone took a second to gaze at the older Uchiha. His skin had bruise like marks that went from the sternum down. Naruto's eyes narrowed at those. Sakura had similar marks on her shoulder.
"What's so special about the necklaces?" Lee asked.
"It's what he wants…" Yumiko finally spoke. "He hurt Sakura-neechan really bad because he wanted the necklaces."
Naruto took a step back in shock as he finally realized what was going on. Sakura was still trying to protect everyone. The bruises that Yumiko was talking about were what happened to Itachi and it had happened to Sakura. Sakura had taken the necklaces and went to Madara. But why act the way she did? Why was she still trying to do everything on her own? Unless…
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"H-He threatened that if I didn't do t-this deal for him, he-he'd…"
"Sakura…" Naruto began to say.
"H-He threatened to kill S-Sasuke-kun. Sasuke-kun is poisoned as well but his is dormant. If I did it, Madara would save not only the Uchiha brothers, but give me an antidote as well. I can't tell you what the deal is, or else he'd kill Itachi the moment he finds out."
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"Sakura-neechan…she was poisoned by the new leader." Yumiko began to cry again. "She's going to end up like him." She pointed to Itachi. Everyone paled at the thought.
"Sakura-chan, I told you to rely on us…" Naruto cried.
"You know who the leader is, don't you?" Gaara frowned.
"Yeah…" Naruto said slowly.
"Well who is it?" Sasuke asked. This new Yakuza leader was getting on his nerves. He poisoned Sakura, just like he had with his brother and cousin Obito. Even Orochimaru had fallen victim to this poison. But what did they have in common?
Naruto opened his mouth but didn't say anything. How could he? Telling Sasuke that his last living family member was the reason behind everyone's deaths and attacks…he couldn't do that.
"It's your uncle." A new voice said.
Everyone turned around to meet viridian eyes that nervously stared back at everyone in the room.
"Raiko…" Sai frowned. There were things they didn't get to talk and clear up. It was still awkward to be in the same room with her and everyone.
"My uncle?" Sasuke repeated.
"I'm sorry I've kept this secret to myself for so long, Sai-kun, Sasuke-kun…everyone. I asked Haruno-san to do the same but I didn't think she'd do this." Raiko said as she clenched her fists. "Uchiha Madara is the Yakuza's new leader. He was the one who blackmailed me from before. He's the one I told you about."
"I don't believe you." Sasuke said. His uncle was his only living family member left besides Itachi and Obito. But they were practically on their way to death's door.
"You don't have to believe me, just listen. Sakura is being blackmailed as well right now. Before any of us make any moves, you have to know the truth about everything." Raiko took a deep breath. "Madara is my godfather, Sasuke's uncle, and Sai's biological father. He is the reason behind the deaths of your parents. He killed your parents. Just like he killed Neji's, Naruto's, and Sakura's."
"W-Why?" Neji asked with tears in his eyes.
"Madara killed the third principal of the school when the principal found out that he had planned to kill Fugaku and his family in order to become the heir of the Uchiha clan." Orochimaru said walking into the room. Tsunade and Jiraiya were holding him up.
"O-Orochimaru!" Sasuke said as he ran up to him.
"Your parents eventually figured out what was going on thanks to Hana, Sakura's mother. With that information out, Madara knew he was in trouble so he killed them to silence them. He framed Itachi and threatened to kill Sasuke if he didn't stay quiet. He killed everyone else for the same reason."
"Why didn't Sakura just tell us?" Ino asked ashamed that she had doubted Sakura.
Orochimaru said nothing as he looked over at Itachi and noticed that his necklace was gone. He made a face. "That girl is going to get herself killed."
"She asked me to keep this a secret from you guys." Tsunade came forward. "She has been poisoned by Madara for a long time now. Hikaru was able to give me plans for the antidote. Luckily I was able to make something to give it to Orochimaru. He isn't fully cleared yet but it helps keep the others dormant. I will be giving this to Itachi and Obito in order to help their recovery."
"Sasuke has poison in his system as well. He was threatening Sakura with that." Naruto confessed.
"I know." Tsunade said. "She had come and told me about her plan. I told her to go ahead with it if she was able to get Naruto's necklace."
"What's so important about these necklaces?" Temari frowned.
"They have information on them, don't they?" Shikamaru figured out. Smart boy.
"Yes, however Itachi's necklace was a fake that Fugaku Uchiha created that would erase information the computer."
"Like a virus." Shikamaru continued.
"Precisely…" Tsunade nodded. "I made copies of the information that was on Sakura's and Naruto's necklaces. Those were part of the inheritance they got from their parents. Sasuke has the last part of the piece." Sasuke shook as he covered his face with a hand. All this information was too much to take in.
"W-Why?" Sasuke sounded so lost. "Why is she doing this?"
"Because she loves you." Raiko answered as she hesitantly looked over at her ex-boyfriend. "Just like I love Sai. I did everything I did to make sure he would be safe." Sai looked at Raiko with a look no one could really read.
Everyone was silent as Sasuke looked at Raiko to Sai and then to his brother. "All this time…" Sasuke muttered as he walked out of the room.
Tsunade sighed as she looked at everyone in the room. "I'll talk to him." She announced as the sound of her heels clocking faded down the hallway.
Naruto took steps towards the door as he looked back at Gaara, Tenten, and Temari. "We have to talk to the others. It's about time all the gangs truly work together for this."
X
Clouds definitely held up to its name as Naruto, Tenten, and the Sabaku siblings walked up to the hookah lounge that the Lollipops and Ladies were known for being. The room was filled with different flavored smoke.
"Heh, look who came in." Karui said as she was seated on the couch closest to them. "What do we bring the honor of you four?" The sarcastic tone in her voice was not lost to them.
"Where's Sakura-chan?" Naruto asked.
"Karui, be cool." Samui ordered. Temari and Tenten held their stance. This was the person that over-throned Sakura out of nowhere.
"I heard you guys abandoned her." Omoi soon joined in. The four tried not to have the look of guilt show on their faces, especially Tenten. "No wonder she went straight to Madara with how you guys treated her."
"You know nothing." Gaara spoke up as he sent a look to Omoi warning him to watch his words.
"I had to go save her because her friends couldn't." Killerbee said coming into the situation. The group stared each other down. The hostility between them all caused everyone in the lounge to become quiet.
"We're going to face Madara." Naruto soon announced.
"Now why would you go and do something stupid like that?" Omoi questioned.
"Sakura-chan has been poisoned!" Naruto growled as he took a step towards Omoi.
"I already know that! WE have been trying to help find a cure and something to win up Madara unlike a couple people I know. You guys made Sakura do everything to protect you all when it was your parents that started it all." Omoi fired back. "Now tell me, what have you been doing?"
Naruto was about to throw a punch when Gaara held him back. "Remember what we came here for." Naruto huffed as he pouted and stuck a hand out to Killerbee.
"Let's work together to help Sakura-chan out." Naruto proposed. "All the gangs will come together as an alliance to take down Madara and the Yakuza."
"It's about time." Killerbee smirked. "Been waiting for you four to come back and join us. Sakura had gone to Madara last night and it didn't turn out good."
"Madara discovered the fake necklace…" Tenten spoke up.
"Yes. Luckily, I knew something was wrong and sent Utakata and a couple others to come and rescue her."
"He's retired." Temari frowned.
"This was his way to return the debt he owed to Sakura. I don't know where she is though. Someone else came and took her." Killerbee frowned.
"What do you mean someone else took her? How can you let someone else take her?" Naruto yelled.
"It was a ghost from the past." Killerbee pinched Naruto's cheek. "She'll be okay."
"How do you know that?" Gaara asked.
"The person that took her was no other than the first leader of the Ladies…"
X
I slowly opened my eyes as I took note of my surroundings. I was in a room. A boy with magenta eyes and long pale-green hair hovered over me, treating my injuries. He looked familiar but I couldn't place it.
"It's about time you woke up." The voice of the woman before I fainted spoke.
I looked over to see a woman with red lipstick, has fair skin, dark eyes and light blue hair which she kept in a spiky ponytail with long strands of hair framing her face. She had a frown on her face.
"G-Guren-senpai…" my voice was raspy and it hurt to speak.
"Want to tell me why the person I trusted my gang to decide to walk straight to her death sentence?"
"It's a long story."
"You aren't going anywhere, so I have time. Now speak." Her voice cold.
I closed my eyes as I allowed myself to think.
Guren.
She was the founding leader of the Ladies with Yugito as the second leader who helped create the all-female gang. Yugito had discovered my talent as the Deadly Cherry Blossom and requested I join the Ladies. Guren didn't agree and had me do tests to see if I was worthy. No matter how good I was or how many people I defeated, she wasn't satisfied.
The night I had gained my new reputation as Shinigami was when we all had gone home from another trial of mine and Yugito and Guren had gotten into an argument about me becoming second-in-command. She still wasn't giving me any chances and had stormed off. I had gone after her to figure out why she was being so stubborn.
That night I found out that Guren had been keeping an eye on a little boy name Yukimaru. His mother, who Guren had become friends with, died and had lived with his father who seemed to have an alcohol addiction.
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"Why are you following me?" Guren asked annoyed as she kept walking ahead of me down the alley. She turned the corner and stopped.
"Because you're being unfair. Why won't you acce-"Guren covered my mouth with her hand as she signaled me to be quiet. I looked to see what she was seeing.
We were in front of a house. There seemed to be a couple of large drunk men entering the house.
"What are we doing here?" I asked quietly.
"My friend went missing a couple days ago leaving behind her son. Her husband and his friends are the ones behind her disappearance." Guren frowned.
"How do you know?"
"He has a history of alcohol abuse and domestic violence. Miako never went to the police about it but had told me about it. Before she disappeared, Miako had bruises she kept hidden with make-up and clothes. The night before she died, she asked me to watch over her son just in case anything happened. The next day, I got news that she had ran away, leaving her husband and son. Like I'd believe that bullshit. Miako loved Yukimaru. She would never abandon her son."
"You think something happened in the house?" I asked.
Guren nodded as she looked back at me.
"Go back now and don't tell anyone about this." She ordered me as she made a move towards the house. I quickly grabbed her as I held my ground. "What do you think you're doing?"
"I'm not letting you go in there on your own. I will go with you."
"You'll get in the way, you idiot." Guren glared at me.
"I won't abandon my Sukeban!" I glared back.
Guren looked back at me shocked before a small smile appeared on her face.
"It won't be my fault if you end up getting hurt." She said as she pulled out her bat with nails sticking out.
"Don't worry about me." I smirked as I pulled out my crowbar.
We snuck into the house from the second floor as we heard the husband and his friends getting drunk downstairs.
I followed Guren to what seemed like the son's room. When we opened the door, it was empty.
"Where is he?" Guren asked in a panic tone as she quickly moved to the master bedroom. There a little boy was crying as he touching something that was blocked from our view by the bed.
"Yukimaru…" Guren called out as the crying stopped.
"Aunty Guren?" Yukimaru asked as he got up from his spot and turned to face us. With the moonlight entering the room, we saw the scarlet stain that covered his shirt. We immediately stepped forward to see Guren's friend lying in a pile of her own blood. She had large bruise marks around her throat signaling that she had been choked.
"Momma won't move." Yukimaru began to cry again. Guren became oddly silent as I quickly grabbed Yukimaru and led him to the closet.
"Stay here and don't open the door until you hear someone say the magic word." I said with a smile I forced on my face.
"Magic word?" Yukimaru repeated.
"Yes, the magic word is Sakura Kiss." I said closing the door. Yukimaru nodded.
I looked back at Guren to see her breathing heavily.
"I'll kill him." Guren seethed. She made a move down to the kitchen as I followed.
"You son of a bitch!" Guren cried as she swung her bat at the closest person to her.
"What the fuck?" A drunken man said as Guren spilt his blood on the floor.
Within five minutes, three men were face down as Guren and I were covered in blood.
We made it back to the room we left Yukimaru. I gave the magic word as Yukimaru came out crying. Guren went to her friend and cried.
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That night, Guren gave up the gang life in order to take care of Yukimaru. I had gone back to the base where we went with the story that I had killed Guren for the position, giving me the title as Shinigami. Yukimaru was our secret behind why she left the life without the consequences. Police had come after reports of fighting from neighbors. We left Yukimaru so we wouldn't get in trouble. However, Guren made it her goal to become Yukimaru's guardian. Miako had left a will stating that if anything were to happen to her or her husband, Yukimaru would go straight to Guren and not the family.
So why had she appeared in front of me now after all these years?
"Are you going to tell me or not?" Guren frowned.
I took a deep breath. "Okay."
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Sorry to end it there. Hope this exceeded your expectations. You're beginning to learn more about Sakura's gang life and how it will slowly tie into what's going on with Madara. Please wait for my next update!
Love Kumiko
