DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN NARUTO. MASASHI KISHIMOTO DOES.
"Well, well, well. You're awake."
Sakura's eyes went wide and teared up as she saw the appearance of her abductor.
Slowly, the man walked to her watching her tiny movements as she backed up farther away from him until she met the cold wall.
He stared at her and smirks when she refused to meet his gaze and turned her head to the side. It agitated him and grabbed her cheeks to forcefully make her look at him.
"You're so beautiful. Tell me, do you want to have some fun."
Her eyes widened in terror and closed it shut and she shook her head furiously. In a while, tears fell from her enclosed eyes groaning in despair.
"Too late for that."
The man stood up and reaches something from his back.
"Say hi to your new toy, dear Sa-ku-ra."
Her eyes went wide open to look at him and prayed, prayed that someone would save her.
'Sasuke-kun...'
"You're Mine, Only Mine"
Chapter 17: "Insane"
Sasuke knocked for the umpteenth time on the cherry wood door which was Sakura's. But to no avail, no one opened it. It unnerved him thinking that something might've happened to Sakura.
"Sasuke?"
He looked behind him to see his brother, Itachi. Shaking his head in disappointment. "I don't think she's home. The lights are closed and the curtains are closed as well."
"Hn. I've checked the backdoor. It was closed too and the kitchen's window is closed." Fugaku joined in as he walked to the porch behind Itachi.
"Haven't she replied yet?" Mikoto directed her question at Sasuke, who glanced at her and shook his head, "No replies nor callbacks, I texted Ino and she told me that they don't have any plans today."
Mikoto sighed and looked much worried now, it didn't go unnoticed to Sasuke and from that he knew something is definitely going on, and that something isn't good.
Before Mikoto have a chance to speak, the Uchiha matriarch cut her out.
"Let's head inside and talk about this. It's freezing outside and I doubt that we should discuss it here." Fugaku stated as he begins walking to their manor just next to Sakura's home.
Mikoto followed her husband just as Itachi gave Sasuke a reassuring squeeze on his shoulder and guided him to follow. "I'm sure that it'll be fine. She might be out buying some groceries or anything."
Sasuke nodded assuring that he'll be fine but deep inside him, things just don't sit well, 'I know things won't be fine… but I wish it was.'.
He's not dumb not to sense it, he knows that something bad is about to happen and that may involve a pink-haired lady that he knows all too well.
Once inside, they went to the dining room as Itachi starts to boil water, getting four cups and bags of tea for the family in the cabinets. He leaned on the counter as he waits for the water to boil.
It wasn't what he expected when his parents finally went home, he expected it to be less… tense than it is now, he actually expected it to be a great thing for him and especially for Sasuke but now, it went all on the bad directions. And honestly, it might go on the worst direction as well.
As usual, Fugaku sat as the head of the family and Mikoto adjacent on his left. Sasuke followed to the right of him although leaving space for Itachi.
Fugaku sighed, he figured that his wife wouldn't and didn't know how to start the conversation and so he started it in a vague and yet more cautious way. "Mebuki might be in great danger."
The Uchiha brothers furrowed their eyebrows in confusion, "What do you mean, Tou-san?" Itachi asked. Of course, it's obvious that something's wrong seeing that Sakura's mother was on a stretcher when they arrive but was it something more dangerous than they expected, will it really make things go into the worst way possible, Sasuke held his breath unable to express the nervousness that he felt, 'This is going so bad. More importantly… Where is she?'
"They are being hunted by a man named Gato. He's a notorious wealthy man with an illegal business. Drugs, firearms, even human trafficking."
"How did this involve Sakura's parents?" In his Sasuke's worry and seriousness, he began asking questions as well.
Fugaku was about to explain what had happened but Mikoto put a hand on his, making him stop and nodding to him. This is her chance to tell the story. A horrible one but much to her despise it should be told aloud.
As Mikoto takes her time and choosing wisely where, to begin with. Itachi served them the hot tea and sat on his father's adjacent right. Mikoto took her time and when her mind is set, she takes a sip off of the tea and called her nerves only a little before starting to talk.
"A month ago, your father and I got a call from Oto, an important business meeting as you may guess. We decided to stay for a week. Mebuki..."
She stopped for a while looking down on the table and shaking her head, continuing, "I bumped into her in a restaurant,"
"You did? But Sakura told me that they are in Suna." Sasuke cuts her off as he recalled his conversation with Sakura.
"She did tell me that they are staying on Suna for half a year but Mebuki and Kizashi were there for the same reasons as ours. We decided set a friendly date just the two of us, like old times."
Mikoto took a deep breath and carried on.
"She insisted to eat in a private restaurant, one that is hidden in anyone who didn't have the luxury. I was reluctant at first, she was never the person to throw their money for luxurious things but I thought that she just wanted to have a good time, but the moment that we sat there, in that private space... Mebuki... She..." Mikoto stopped for a while and take a sip of the tea that she has been eyeing for a while now, remembering how that day went.
She sighed and having her emotions and mind calm, she decided to continue. "She cried... Like for her life, her eyes... I can see that she's terrified. I calmed her down... And she... Started to tell me what happened—"
Mikoto remembered how Mebuki begged for her as she cried, "I don't know what's going to happen Mikoto, but please, please take care of my daughter."
"I was confused, I was worried and scared for her. I didn't know what was happening"
[FLASH BACK]
Mikoto was confused as she was terrified for her friend, she had never seen her like that before and her words, it hides a scary vibe that has yet to unfold.
"Please, please, just please Mikoto… I'm b-begging you… I don't know what will h-happen to us but it doesn't matter! F-fugaku! He has contacts on the police, right? Please… c-call him… just keep my daughter safe! Please… h-help me." Mikoto cried her eyes out, almost hyperventilating and eating her words. Mikoto immediately left her seat as soon as Mebuki started, running her hands on her back, trying to calm her down.
"Calm down, Mebuki. I'm here, no one's going to hurt you. Please, calm down and tell me what is happening. Maybe, I can help you."
Mebuki tried to control her tears as she speaks, "There's a boy... W-we... saw him near our house, in an alley... he's a lot younger than my daughter or your son... he's full of scratches and we did w-what... any parent would do... we... we kept him inside our house..."
Mikoto sat beside her ever patiently, patting Mebuki's back as she told the story that had happened, a week or not even if she guessed right.
"He was reluctant at first… more like… scared. He's s-scared for his dear life but eventually… h-he agreed. He told us that his name is Idate. We… took care of him, feed him, bathe him, clothe him and he started… t-talking to us." She stopped talking, shaking her head sideways, eyes are full of doubt, regret and pain.
"H-he said… he's f-from the Land of Waves… he ran away from a guy that he w-works for… When we told him that w-we can go to the police… he seems just… a-agitated and that the police don't need to be involved. He was a nice b-boy… he repaid us by h-helping on the market… h-he bought us food and g-gifts."
"Then one day... he told us that he's fine but he needed to go... we didn't ask for anything else… we let him go."
Mikoto nodded in understanding whilst calming her down. She stopped for a moment, to look at her this time with her hollow eyes.
"That's when everything started."
She saw light.
She felt wetness and cold.
A loud crash made her aware of her surroundings but she found herself paralyzed.
She can't stand.
She can't speak.
Her mind went full panic when she the realization dawned at her.
She was trapped in this hell hole, her hand and feet bound by the same chains as she remembered before only this time, smell blood.
Her blood.
"Say hi to your new toy, dear Sa-ku-ra."
[FLASHBACK]
Sakura felt scared for her life and very much confused.
'Just who is this guy and… what did I do to him?!'
"Sir, please! This must've been a mistake… I-I don't know who you are an–"
WHIP!
"Ahhh! P-please… I-I don't know what do you want from me!", she felt the stinging pain that almost cut her skin open, it wasn't just a whip that she dealt with it was also the force that the man applies to it.
WHIP!
"Ho-ho, you won't get away from here, you little bitch. You're going to pay their debt… WITH YOUR LIFE!". The man said as he crazily whips it again and again unto her body, bruises are now visible and yet the man didn't stop at all. He continued and continue like a mad man.
WHIP!
"NO! Please! I'll give you e-everything… is this about m-money? Please let me go!". She was crying but she didn't quite feet that, all that she has now is the adrenaline that is pumping through her veins. The man before her, torturing her isn't giving any details, she has no idea who he is, where is she and most importantly, why is he doing this.
WHIP!
"Money? MONEY?! I have more than enough of that if it wouldn't be because of your parents who meddle with MY business, YOU wouldn't be here!"
"My… my p-parents?"
Sakura was stricken by that idea, 'Mom and dad? But… why, what did they do…? Why?'
This may be a trouble that comes with their business, was it someone that had been jealous of their business but that is quite impossible considering that they weren't as big as the Uchiha or even the Senju corporation. It still baffles her. Confused by the fact that she was there because of her parents.
"Oh!" He stopped whipping her body and smirked at her. "Poor you. You didn't know, do you?"
Sakura slowly shook her head still confused for the reasons of her captivity while the man before her kneeled before her to level to her, bringing her face by her chin onto his face. "You poor, poor little thing. You know… You're such a beaaautiful girl."
He said as he caressed her face and moving an inch closer, "We could settle this, you know?"
Sakura scrunched her face as she tries to get off of his hold on her, she knows what he's about to say. She's disgusted by him, if she thought that this man is evil, it just went way to worse.
"What do you say? You could be released from these chains and begone from this filthy room and we can move to my bedroom instead and I ca–"
"NEVER YOU UGLY BASTARD!"
Sakura didn't let him finish as she spits on his face, finally getting away from his hold and farther away from him, back against the wall.
This didn't sit well to the man, he kneeled there before standing up in fury, "YOU BITCH!", he grabbed the whip again and this time, he didn't stop whipping her again and again, no matter how she cried and begged him to stop, he never did.
Her fair skin was filled with violet, blue and black bruises. Some parts of her skin were even torn and scarred by the intensity of his tortured whippings, blood running through her skin as she fell to unto the ground trying to shield her skin, trying to stop the madness, the pain.
Slowly she felt light-headed.
Like the world is turning.
And yet the man didn't stop hitting her, again and again.
[END OF FLASHBACK]
She lost consciousness after that.
And now…
Her eyes teared up as she felt the pain again, she felt the stings and felt her body sore from the bruises on her body. She cried and cried.
'Why is this happening to me? What did mom and dad do that he's doing… this to me?'
It was left unnoticed to her when soft footsteps entered the room.
"Why, you're still alive?"
Her eyes went wide and looked on the source of the voice, it was a different voice. A familiar one. And she was terrified of how familiar it is.
Sakura started to open her mouth to speak only to cough up coarsely.
"My, my, Sakura, you're really that determined, huh? No one's gonna save you. No one."
Sakura cried at this, 'Is this the end...? It can't be… I… I…'
The man walked a little more towards her, showing his face, illuminated by the small light source on one of the walls of the room.
Her eyes widened. 'But it can't be…'
She can't believe her eyes, and yet she can't be wrong. She saw that man before, his red hair, his smooth voice, that eyes. 'That eyes…'
But it confused Sakura more than before, she tries to find a reason to all of this, was this all a dream? Was this a horrible prank. She can't find a reason why. Not even a hunch. Nothing at all.
Seeing that Sakura already realized who he was, he forcefully grabbed her arm to make her sit.
Sakura groaned in return; he was holding her right onto where she was bruising. It was too forceful, nothing to the man that he had known.
The red-haired man proceeded to hold her chin to make her look at him, eye to eye. "What do you think? Were you surprised? Oh poor you. You didn't even know. You didn't even expect it, don't you?"
Tears still pouring down from her eyes, she forced herself to talk, "W-why… why would y-you…" Her voice sounded coarse, it sounded nothing like her at all.
He was surprised to hear her speak but he laughed at her in response.
"…why"
Having enough of his laugh, he let go of Sakura, not minding how hard she hit the ground, for all he cares. He glanced at her only to see her still conscious.
"Tough bitch. Why don't you just die already? I need my pay, for heaven's sake. JUST DIE ALREADY!"
"That's enough."
Another voice had interrupted the man before her, this time it wasn't familiar to her. He stopped before the light source making his face obscured by the dark.
"Boss need's us."
"Tsch. Boss my ass. He should just take my suggestion and kill her already. If he wants his so-called revenge, he can just cut her head off and send it to her parents! We already killed his dad! What else do we need to do?!"
Sakura can't believe her ears. She was shocked and confused.
'My… my dad? N-no… What's happening… w-what's…'
"You! Look what you did?! She wasn't supposed to know that!"
The other guy jumped on the red-haired guy and pushed him square to his cheeks. Bruising his cheeks off. "What's wrong with you?! It doesn't matter anyway! Hear that bitch?! You dad is de–"
Before he can even finish his words, the other guy dragged him out of her cell.
They left her there on the ground.
Bleeding.
'D-dad… no… they must've t-taken the wrong person… m-my dad… he can't be… he can't be dead… h-he can't… no… no.'
And going insane.
A/N: Hey there! I'm baaaaack!
This time I'm really going to finish this story and will start another one.
I'm constantly going to have one-shots or drabbles just to keep my writer's block away!
Please do review and maybe you have a cool idea that I can turn into a fanfiction~
I'll be happy to do it!
Btw~ Are you guys up from a mystery AU fanfics? I'm having an idea for one!
~Yatsu Narurasuke
