Alright, I have to say the last two chapters were intense, I hope you guys liked it.
My heart aches a little, knowing that this story soon will be over :'(
Headache.
My headache was so strong that I even had problems opening my eyes. It was hard but in the end I finally opened them to find myself in a dark room on the floor. To my right was a window but someone put wood in front of it so that I couldn't get out or look out.
Slowly I pushed myself up, hissing in pain. Every single fiber in my body was aching.
I coughed lightly, feeling thirsty as hell.
Something tickled my nose and as soon as I touched it I gasped in pain. It was completely swollen, and it seemed that my eyes were, too.
After what seemed to be hours I finally managed to get up on my shaking legs. Standing there like a new born baby calf I wobbled my way to what seemed to be a door, it was not that easy to see, after all it was dark in here.
To my suprise the door opened when I turned the door knob and I slowly walked out of the room.
I stood now in the hallway of a very old cabin, the walls were made of wood. I followed the left and slowly walked down the stairs, trying not to make noise.
"Hey, honey. You're up already?"
Goosebumps rose all over my body and I slowly turned around.
Dean wore a simple black shirt with black jeans, he looked so handsome. His dirty blonde hair was a little tousled and his blue eyes were shining as he smiled. He casually walked to me giving me a kiss on the cheek. All the while I just stood there.
"You're still grumpy when you wake up, hm?", he laughed giving my butt a little slap. "Some things never change.", he said and walked into another room and I followed silently and slowly trying to not feel more pain.
"Where are we?", I silently asked as we stood in what seemed to be the kitchen and my eyes already wandered around to find a knife or something which I could use for selfdefence.
"I thought that we needed some time alone, babe. We lost so much time. We should concentrate now on things that are really important. On us.", he said while pouring some milk in his coffee.
"Why am I here?", I ignored his remarks and wanted to get more information.
"This is a little cabin in which I lived already for some time. I think this is the right thing for us, it is all reduced to the minimum, so that we can start to appreciate what we have. While I was looking for you, I realised that we fell apart without each other knowing. That's why you left me when I was not home and I want to change that. I want us to be what we were back then.", he said and handed me the coffee which I took. The heat from the cup felt good in my hands.
"But I don't want to be what we used to be.", I said and my voice crackled lightly. I felt the fear in my belly but I would not back down anymore.
"I want you to be gone. I do not want to be with you. I lived the life I always wanted when I finally left you."
"Oh, babe.", he sighed and crossed his arms, looking pitifully at me. "I knew you'd say that. But I'll proof you that this is what you really want."
My hands started to shake and the cup accidentally fell out of my hands, the coffee spilled all over the floor. Automatically I fell down on my knees, picking up the shards. Maybe I would find one piece big and sharp enough to hurt him?
My jeans were soaked in coffee and my hands quivered as I realised that the cup only broke in two halfs.
"Come here, you'll wipe that up later on.", Dean placed his hands on my arms and picked me up gently but my arms still hurt from being pushed down the stairs. When I finally stood on my feet he took my hand and we started to walk away from the kitchen and into a small bathroom.
"OH my god!", I gasped when I saw myself in the mirror. Dry blood that went from my forehead down to my chin. My nose was swollen and I was not a doctor but it looked broken and my eyes were swollen, too, that's why I had a hard time opening them when I woke up. Nobody would recognize me like that.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of you. You'll be just as beautiful as you were before.", he placed a gentle kiss on my cheek and I couldn't help it but slap his face.
Dean's blue eyes raged and his anger was present in his whole body language. He shoved me hard against the wall beside me and the world turned black once again.
I woke up and instantly regretted it. The headache I felt was so bad and my throat was still dry. For how long was I out again? I needed something to drink urgently. I groaned as I opened my eyes and saw Dean sitting on the other side of the table.
"Good morning, beautiful.", he smiled.
"Fuck off, Dean.", I said and wanted to get up but was being held back by ropes."You fucking tied me to a chair?!", I screamed and he smiled lightly. "You are nuts, I swear to god, I'll..."
"Nah-ah-ah-ah.", he held one finger up to tell me to shut up. "I have an offer for you, babe.", he grinned.
"What!", I spat at him.
"I think that Karma should decide wether you can go or not. Karma should decide if you are worth it. But to be honest with you, I think that you have bad cards. You see, after all what you did and left me and all that. But I'll give it a chance, maybe I'm wrong.", he shrugged his shoulders and put a gun in the middle of the table.
I wanted to grab it but the ropes held me tight on my chair.
"Our destiny should be decided by karma.", he took back the gun and opened the barrel and placed one single bullet in it. He closed it again, spun it quickly and placed it back in the middle of the table.
"There is no better game than russian roulette. I have always believed that whoever ends up dead deserved it.", he calmly said.
"The rules are simple. Each of us gets to make one shot. There are a total of five bulletholes but only one is filled. You spin the barrel and then we'll flip a coin to see who starts. So, head or tails?".
"Dean! We can surely talk about it, right? Let's not make a stupid decision which we'll regret.", my heart nearly jumped out of my throat as I realised that I could die now any second. "Dean, please!", I begged. "Please, listen!". My quick pulse sent shocks down my spine and I started to try to tear the ropes apart but to no avail.
"Please!", I screamed and cried.
"Head or tails?", he said again.
"Dean, please! No, no, no, no!", I cried and my whole body shook while I still tried to get away. "Please, please, please! I'll stay with you, I won't ever go away again! Please, I'll do anything you want, please!" My pleads turned into screaming begging but Dean's face did not show any mercy.
He tried again a few times to ask me, but I only screamend and shook my head from left to right.
"Alright, then I'll make that choice for you, babe. It's head for you.", and with that he flipped the coin and it landed on the table with head showing.
"Lucky you!", he slowly clapped applause. "I know that I cannot trust you with that so I'll do it for you.", his calm voice send shivers down my spine and my tears stopped instantly when I saw him putting the gun shakily against his head.
Russian roulette was nothing about karma. It was just pure luck and maybe I was lucky this time? I felt hope rising.
Dean closed his eyes and took two deep breaths.
Click.
My heavy heart cried for justice but was gutted when the bullet did not pierce his head.
"So, I guess it's now 50-50. This could be the end of you. I wanted to tell you that I am sorry, for everything. But you deserved it all, Sakura.", I was about to faint due the tension between us. I was not even able to say a single thing. He calmly held the gun right to my head, his eyes were dead. I wanted to scream but something inside of me felt different. It was like something inside of me died already.
Click.
My mouth opened and a cry left it. I sounded like a siren with this weird noise.
"I hope you die, you bastard!", I can't explain what has gotten into me but I was not scared at all anymore. Of course I did not want to die but on the other hand it would be better than living with him for the rest of my life, right?
This time Dean did not close his eyes but looked straight into mine as he held it onto his head again.
Click.
"Oh, for goodness sake!", I yelled. "This can't be for real! You should be dead!".
"As I told you, K-"
"Just shut up and pull the trigger!", I yelled with such a power that I did not know I was capable of. "I can't listen to any of your bullshit anymore! I'd rather die than live for the rest of my life with you, asshole!".
Then I laughed. Hard.
"Why are you laughing?", he asked while pointing the gun at me.
"Because I can't wait for either one to die. If you die, I'll die, too. Who would untie me?", I laughed and tears flooded my face. "And if that bullet hits me, well I guess that's a quick death then. The main point is that I don't have to live with you anymore. And that's all I ever wanted!", my grin turned into something devilish that I couldn't explain it myself, my eyes widened. What was going on with me? "The only reason I don't want to die are my friends. Sasuke. Naruto. I am so sorry that I caused them so much trouble because of you. But I can't change it now anymore. Pull the trigger.", I explained calmly.
Dean's blue eyes seemed to halt. He still held the gun towards me but did not move a single muscle.
"What? Are you a coward now?", I still grinned. "I hate you so much! I hate you! I HATE YOU, DEAN! I HOPE YOU'LL DIE A SLOW PAINFUL DEATH! THAT IS MY LAST WISH!", I yelled and kept moving around eventhough I was still tied up and my saliva hung out of my mouth. "IF I COULD I WOULD STAB A KNIFE DOWN YOUR THROAT AND MAKE YOU CHOKE ON YOUR OWN GODDAMN BLOOD! I HATE YOU!", I let out a crazy laugh. "YOU STUPID COWARD! BEATING UP A GIRL! YOU ARE ANYTHING BUT A MAN!", my eyes opened even wider eventhough they were still in pain.
"SHOOT! NOW SHOOT ME FINALL-"
Boom.
I have never felt so satisfied in my life before as the bullet finally hit my forehead. The impact was so strong that it made me fall back while still sitting on the chair. I was in harmony with the warm feeling of peace that I felt from my head to my toes. I did not have a single care in the world, I was not scared at all anymore.
The only thing I regretted were that the last thing I saw before dying was Dean. His oceanblue eyes. This man was a maniac but now I could finally find my peace and he would never ever get a hand on me anymore.
1 week later.
"Naruto?", Sasuke called the blonde haired man. when no one replied he walked down the stairs and knocked on Kiba's door.
"Yeah?", Kiba's brown eyes looked tired. No one was able to sleep since Sakura was kidnapped in this house. A professional cleaner came and removed any blood and any body of evidence. Some vases were missing, the curtains, too. They had now no table in the living room but no one bothered about it. They all stayed in their rooms anyway and avoided to stay in the hallway or the living room for too long after what they had seen happened there.
"Have you seen Naruto? He is not in his room.", Sasuke said tiredly. It was hard for the guys to keep up a straight face for the media when their friend was missing.
Kiba shook his head and slowly closed the door.
Sasuke walked back upstairs and into the garden and saw the poolhouse door was open. He paused for a second. Since Sakura dissapeard he has not stepped into the poolhouse and always tried to avoid that place. He gulped and slowly walked towards the door and looked inside. Naruto was lying on Sakura's bed, Artemis was right next to him enjoying Naruto's caresses.
"Naruto?"
"Hm.".
"Itachi called. They want us to come to the police station.", he stated and Naruto's hand stopped on Artemis belly.
"Did they find her?", his voice raised hopefully but he did not look up. Sasuke took a deep breath.
"Don't know. He told us to get there now.", it seemed that Sasuke was already preparing for the worst.
"Then let's go. Maybe they found Sakura-chan and she is now there so that they can take care of her..", Naruto got up quickly, his hair fell flat on his head and his eyes were fire red.
Neji, Shikamaru and the girls all lived now in a hotel room. Even Hinata. She tried to be there for Naruto but he wouldn't let anyone come near him except for Sasuke.
"Maybe you should wear something less... comfortable than that.", Sasuke nodded towards him but his blonde friend didn't seem to listen. Instead he grabbed his keys. "I'll drive.".
When they arrived it seemed that some of the police officers tried to avoid them and both guys had a strange feeling about it.
"Itachi.", Sasuke greeted.
"Did you find her? Did you find Sakura?", blue eyes shimmered with hope and eventhough Itachi was always professional he felt bad for what would happen next.
"You guys should come with me. Follow me please.", he led them to a room where only the three of them sat down.
"Spill it already!", Naruto got all excited to hear if they found Sakura or where she was right now or if she was alright but Sasuke's eyes filled with tears. He knew that this here was not about good news. His stomach twisted and he paled.
"Today we found a backbag with video material in it. Next to that backpack was a corpse. We analysed the material and the wounds on the dead person were exactly like the wounds that we saw on the video. I am sorry to tell you this, but we're sure that we found the dead body of your cousin, Naruto.", empathy was in Itachi's voice as he looked between the two young men in front of him. Sasuke's breath stopped and he was unable to hold back the tears anymore. He cried silently and buried his head in his hands. Not saying anything anymore.
"This can't be true!", Naruto got up and his chair fell back. "This can't be true!", he yelled even louder and his eyes had a strange glimmer in them as if they would change.
"Please sit down, Naruto. Sasuke. We need one of you to check up on the corpse and confirm the body to be Sakura Haruno."
"SHE CAN'T BE DEAD!", Naruto was still in rage and pointed aggressively at Sasuke's brother who did not seem to be impressed by that, he was rather glad that at least one of them could show feelings.
"The video we found shows her execution. She was..."
"I have to see it!", Naruto snarled his teeth.
After discussing why or why not they should see it Itachi gave in to Naruto's pleads and played the video after closing the window curtains.
Both men watched the video with worried looks as Sakura and Dean were sitting at the table, Sakura going crazy and Sasuke and Naruto nearly threw up after seeing how the bullet pierced Sakura's head and blood spraying everywhere.
"Dean burned her body afterwards.".
This was too much for Naruto. He threw up in the paper bin and Sasuke sat there motionless. The second he saw the blood flowing on the floor everywhere he shut down his emotions. He would go crazy and destroy everything that would come near if he hadn't done that.
Naruto raged. "This is all your fault!", he yelled at Itachi and opened the door just to scream at all the other officers.
"This is all your fault!", he screamed and pushed everyone that came close to him. 7 men were needed to get a grip on him. "It was your fucking job to find her but now it's too late! She's dead because of you! I'll kill you!", he yelled while the men had trouble to keep him in place.
"We cannot work with him when he is like that. My colleagues will take care of him. Do you think you are okay with checking up on the corpse? I must warn you, it is not easy on the eyes but someone needs to do that.".
Sasuke was not sure about that. Was it even in his rights to see if it was Sakura? She was Naruto's relativ after all.
Itachi looked at his younger brother and knew right away what was going on inside. "Little brother, Naruto can have a look at her, too, of course. But I don't think that he is ready for it right now."
Sasuke nodded. Eventhough he was mentally not ready to see his dead, burnt, girlfriend he knew he had to make sure it was her.
They walked outside and he threw a glimps through the window and saw his blonde friend still arguing and pushing the officers.
The ride only took about 10 minutes but none of the Uchihas said anything. They just didn't know what to say to each other.
When they arrived at the hospital they took the elevator and pushed the last button and the elevator went down. The doors opened and they were greeted with a strange smell and plain white walls. They silently walked next to each other through the long corridor.
"This way.", Itachi opened a door and they saw a sterile room with a wall full of metallic cubes. Sasuke was starting to sweat at the thought of dead people being so close to him.
"Hello, Dr. Shizune. We are here to check upon the dead girl that was found today. My brother here, Sasuke, knew that girl.", Itachi polietly greeted the woman in her white cloack.
They talked a little but Sasuke could not concentrate anymore. All he saw was that Doctor walking to those metallic cubes, open one and then she pulled her out. The body was in a black bag and Itachi lightly nodded for Sasuke to follow.
The only thing he heard was his heart beating. It was so loud he was sure the others must have heard him.
"Are you ready, Mr. Uchiha?", the woman asked and waited for him to answer.
"He is. You can open that bag.", eventhough Sasuke was his younger brother he knew he sometimes had to go hard on him. Sasuke was an intelligent, handsome man but sometimes he needed some help. Of course it was hard to see his dead girlfriend, but he also had to go on.
Shizune opened the zipper and revealed a very badly burnt body. That body was burnt from head to toe.
Sasuke couldnt take his eyes of her.
"Here and there are some places which are just slightly damaged. Probably because of wet leaf as she was found near a river. You can take your time, we will give you a few minutes. Please do not touch her.", Shizune and Itachi walked out and Sasuke was left alone.
He watched her intently and tried hard to find something that would tell him, that this was not his girlfriend. But everything seemed to be her. She was just as skinny, that small face and nose, her body length was the same. Her hair was just a little shorter, but probably because it burnt more quickly. There was even a strand which had some undamaged hair, pink hair. A hole right in the middle of her forehead.
He couldn't help himself, the tears just flooded his face.
Agonizingly fast his tears fell on the burnt hand of his dead girlfriend. "I am so sorry!", he sobbed. " I should have-", his eyes stopped on her hand and he blinked a few times.
Since Sakura started working with Kakashi she had her manicure done every 4 to 5 weeks. He knew that because he kept track of how long she was out and patiently waited next to his window to see when she would come home. He was always super grumpy about this because he thought she would make herself look good for Kakashi. His jealousy always drove him crazy. So as soon as she came back home he made his way downstairs to try to get any interaction with her, even if it meant getting into an argument or something.
He quickly dried his eyes and examined the hands without touching them.
"Itachi!", he yelled. "Oh my god, Itachi!", Sasuke's tired red eyes had found new hope in this evidence. With quick steps he walked to the door and called out his brother. Itachi turned around. "Are you alright, Sasuke?"
"It's not her!", he smiled and pumped a fist in the air.
"What do you mean it's not her? She looks just like Sakura, that pink hair, the body..?", Itachi came close and observed his little brother to check if he was going crazy right now. Maybe he should've taken Naruto to check on the body.
"No, no! It's not her!", Sasuke took Itachi's hand and dragged him towards the dead body. "Look!", he pointed at the hands and Itachi waited for Sasuke to explain.
"Sakura always had her nails done! She even went to an appointment a few days before we left!"
"Maybe she got them off?", Itachi tried.
"No, she wouldn't do that. This nails do not even look like they had polish on!"
"Sasuke,", Itachi tried again. "Those nails are black from the fire."
"It is not her!". Normally Sasuke would get angry at his brother because of questioning him but all he could think about was how glad he actually was that this was not Sakura.
"I want a test. She is Naruto's cousin, test their blood! It will prove that they're not relatives!"
"If the body cannot be confirmed to be Miss Haruno then we will have to do so. Itachi, please bring Naruto here.", Dr. Shizune interrupted the two young men before they would get at each other.
"Well, I don't know what to say except for that this was not Haruno, Sakura.", Dr. Shizune said to Naruto, Sasuke and Itachi while examining the papers in her hand.
"The results said 0,00% chance of blood relationship. Mr. Uchiha, you had a very good eye to see that small thing that would lead us here.", Dr. Shizune lay the papers down on her desk and crossed her arms in front of her. "We also took some tests on the hair. It was dyed pink."
"But how come that the wounds are exactly the same? Why does that girl have the same wounds like my cousin? And why was next to her the video tape of Sakura?", Naruto was glad that the found body did not belong to Sakura but still couldn't explain why there was a dead girl that looked like her.
"We are just in the dark like you, Naruto. We are trying to find out now if she had a family we could contact right now.", Itachi explained. "Maybe we can find out more like that."
Dr. Shizune looked between the black haired and the blonde and sighed. "I do not want to keep your hopes up, boys. The video was clear. He shot her in the head. We saw the blood. There is absolutely no chance of her being alive. In my opinion that man is a murderer who just wanted to lead you astray. We sometimes had corpses here that were kept in basements or in fridges for years because the partner said he could not live without him or her. He probably just wanted to give you a body to bury and have a funeral so that he could still live with her.".
"She must be alive!", Naruto whispered angrily not in the mood to hear anything about Sakura being dead. "She must be alive! She must be alive!", he slammed his fist on the table.
Sasuke did not want to tell him to calm down. It was his right to explode and be angry. He honestly wanted to believe that she was still alive but what they saw was definately a shot in the head. No one could survive that. His heart broke at the thought of never seeing her again, never hear her laugh again, never seeing her get mad at him again. He turned his head and looked at Naruto. He looked like a homeless man, his hair greasy and all over the place, dark circles under his eyes, skin was pale and he did not shave since they arrived at the house.
"Naruto.", his voice was thick and the blonde looked with tears in his eyes at him.
"I am sorry.", he whispered and Naruto's lips quivered.
"But Sasuke..!", Naruto whispered back and tears fell down his cheeks. Sasuke's black eyes watched his best friend slowly realising that no one could survive a head shot. No one.
Just like the the first time when they walked in the house and Naruto finding the blood, knifes and bullethole in the wall he cried. Sasuke placed his arms around Naruto and let him sob into his chest. He felt just like Naruto, but he had to be strong now for both of them.
Silent tears fell down Sasuke's cheeks onto Naruto's hair. He took deep breaths trying to not let the emptiness eat him up.
Dr. Shizune and Itachi walked out of the room trying to give them some space.
Never in their lives have they felt something like that before. Their beloved girlfriend and cousin was dead but they were not even able to say goodbye and bury her like she deserved to.
Oh man.
Poor Sasuke and Naruto. First they realise that the dead girl is not Sakura but seeing that video it's pretty clear that she is dead.
What do you guys think, Sakura got shot in the head, is there a way of her still being alive? I mean, she got shot after all, right?
Who do you think suffers more, Sasuke that lost his one true love or Naruto who has lived most of his live with Sakura?
Will there be a new chapter?
You'll never know unless you altert this story!
I hope that you liked it so far.
xoxo