*~*~* Bruised or Healed *~*~*
~ Chapter Three ~
Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto. I wonder why we always have to write these? It's pretty obvious that we don't own it because we wouldn't be writing fanfics in the first place lol!
Author's Note: Hi everyone! Thanks for reviewing for last chapter! I swear! You people know how to make a person feel special!!!! Tee hee!!! ^_____^
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A couple of months have now passed since Sakura's interview. She was lying on her bed her eyes closed.
"I'm so tired! Man those kids really tucker me out ... I still can't believe he actually gave me the job," said Sakura to herself as she rubbed her temples.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = Flashback: The day of the Interview = = = = = = = = = = = = =
It was getting late it was now nine at night. Sakura looked down at her watch and let out a small sigh.
'How can a meeting be this long?' wondered Sakura.
'Well at least my mom knows I'll be late,' said Sakura to herself again.
"Sakura-san I'm getting sleepy," said Tsuki as he yawned.
"Ok let's get you to bed," said Sakura as she brought Tsuki into her arms. He rested his head on her shoulder and wrapped both his arms around her.
"Kuraku-chan are going to sleep to?" asked Sakura.
"Yes, I have to it's my bedtime," stated Kuraku motionlessly as she started walking up the stairs.
'Why does she have to talk like a goth? It's like she has no feelings, she seems to only know sadness ... I hope this isn't some horrible self-esteem issue that will lead her to suicide! Uh I'm thinking too much, it's just a phase! Sakura! Stop talking to yourself and get these kids to sleep!' said Sakura as she instantly snapped back to reality.
She walked up the stairs and walked cluelessly through the hallways.
"Now which one of these is his room?" asked Sakura to herself. She kept walking through as saw a door with a small red sign that said 'Tsuki' it looked hand painted by him.
"That's convenient," stated Sakura with a smile as she walked into the room.
She looked around with awe. His room was enormous! And it looked like a room any kid would dream of. With all of the colourful colours and bookshelf full of the greatest children books and a large toy box full of toys that bring the most of happiness. And his bed; the bed frame was a blue sports car and the bed had matching blue sheets and at the end of his bed it had a steering wheel.
'His room is like a playground! And his bed, I bet this is his heaven!' thought Sakura with amazement.
Sakura walked towards the bed and tucked Tsuki in.
"Sakura-san what about my pyjamas?" asked Tsuki sleepily.
"You can sleep in your clothes, I know for a fact that your to tired to move," said Sakura softly.
"Ok Sakura-san, good night," murmured Tsuki falling into a peaceful slumber.
Sakura smiled. She noticed that beside his bed he had a night-light. She turned it on and walked out of the room and turned of the lights. She looked back and smiled.
'He looks so drained out,' thought Sakura to herself walking out and shutting the door.
Sakura walked down the hall partly looking for Kuraku and partly just for the sake of walking. She continued walking and saw a black door with a silver moon painted on it.
'Hopefully this is her room,' said Sakura to herself as she knocked on the door. She heard no answer.
"Hello? Kuraku-chan?" asked Sakura softly as she slowly opened the door.
There was a faint blue light coming from a blue moon shaped lamp. Sakura looked around and saw Kuraku hunched over her desk with her head resting on her arms.
"Kuraku-chan are you alright?" asked Sakura softly.
Kuraku popped her head off of her arms and stood up from her desk.
"Yes! I'm fine!" Replied Kuraku sounding rather alarmed she quickly went over to her queen sized bed and jumped into it and wrapped the covers over herself.
Sakura was able to get a quick look at Kuraku's face and saw silent tears streaming down her face. She bothered not to ask her questions about it.
"Good night Kuraku-chan don't be afraid to give out a shout if you need anything," said Sakura softly as she walked out and closed the door.
Sakura quietly walked down the stairs and into the kids' playroom. She sat on a royal blue bean bad chair in front of the TV.
"Let's see if there's anything good on," said Sakura as she grabbed hold of the TV remote. As soon as she was about to turn the TV on she heard the massive entrance doors open. Sakura got up from her seat and walked to the entrance hall to see Yorokobi with a black suitcase full of paper work.
"Hello Sakura-san. Sorry for coming back so late. The meeting ended longer then I thought it would. Anyways how are the kids?" asked Yorokobi with a smile.
Sakura gave a nervous smile. 'Damnit! How do I tell him that I almost killed Tsuki?' wondered Sakura to herself.
"They were great! So well behaved! We went to the park we were there for about three hours they really love it!" said Sakura brightly.
"I'm glad you had such a great day. I'll take you home now I don't think it's safe for you to wait outside alone for the bus at this hour," said Yorokobi as he took his keys from his briefcase.
"Uh before we go I have to tell you something. I nearly killed your son," said Sakura nervously looking down at the ground.
Yorokobi had a confused look on his face.
"Well I don't mean nearly killed him by having a knife at his throat but you see while we were at the park he and I were playing with his red ball and he hit it extra hard and it went across the street and I went to go get but he said he wanted to do it so I let him but I still watched him. He looked both ways across the street and it was safe so he crossed it but then this red super fast sports car came around the corner at top speed I tried running after him but the car was to fast. I swear I was so scared but this guy saved him! Tsuki-kun didn't even have a scratch I was so happy! I was in tears because I was so happy! But anyways I wasn't responsible so I understand if you don't want to hire me," said Sakura sincerely she looked up at Yorokobi and he had a serious look on his face but it turned into a soft smile.
"That would be the right thing to do," said Yorokobi. Sakura gently nodded.
"But I'm not going to. Sakura your hired!" said Yorokobi with a smile.
"Wha? Why?" asked Sakura slowly looking confused.
"Because your a good person. You told me the truth, which I know in this case, is definitely not an easy thing to do and you could have said nothing happened and tell the kids not to say anything about and blackmail them. Some of my employees had that case with their nannies," said Yorokobi good-heartedly.
"Whoa. Blackmailing kids is low. If I ever did that I'd be in so much trouble by my mother! But thank you so much for the job! It means so much to me! I promise I won't let you down!" said Sakura very enthusiastically.
Yorokobi laughed heartedly. "C'mon Sakura-san let's get you home," said Yorokobi as he held the door open for her.
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"I still honestly can't believe he gave it to me! Honest or not! And he gave me good money just for that day," said Sakura with a smile on her face.
"SAKURA!! Can you come down here!" shouted Mrs. Haruno.
"Coming momma!" answered Sakura wondering is she was in trouble or not.
"Sakura dear can you run some errands for me?" asked Mrs. Haruno as she was mopping the kitchen floor.
"Sure thing!" said Sakura enthusiastically.
"Good! Can you go to buy me from groceries? And also get some flowers. Our other ones are wilting," said Mrs. Haruno as she took out a small change purse from a drawer and handed it to Sakura.
"There's a list in the purse and don't take to long ok?" confirmed Mrs. Haruno as she continued with the mopping.
"Yes momma," said Sakura as she walked to the door to get her stuff on. She smiled as she picked up her leather high-healed boots. She smiled to herself. She always wanted these boots but she could never get them because of the price but with her new job she could buy them in less then one paycheck. She sometimes felt guilty with how much money she made but Yorokobi always told her it was non-sense.
Sakura got out her black coat form the closet and put it around her self and placed the change purse in her pocket.
"Momma I'm going now!" said Sakura opening the door.
"Ok! Be back soon!" replied Mrs. Haruno.
"I know!" said Sakura obediently as she walked out the door.
'Damnit! I'm not a child!' growled Inner-Sakura. Sakura huffed and started walking towards the store.
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Sakura had just finished buying her mother's groceries and left the store with four bags full.
"Man I think she's trying to torture me! This stuff is heavy! Well all I need is her flowers," said Sakura sounding enthusiastic yet dull at the same time.
"Oh well at least the flower shop isn't far form here," said Sakura to herself with a sigh. She continued walking down the streets and drifted into thought on a certain blonde haired boy.
'That had to be Naruto, it should've been ... I haven't seen him since then though I hope he doesn't hate me ... wait why am I still thinking about him! That was months ago! He probably doesn't remember me, it's been to long since we last talked to each other,' though Sakura deeply. She snapped back to reality when she bumped into something or someone. Sakura fell down and so did the other figure. Sakura's groceries dropped and fell out of the bags and the other person's packages scattered around.
"Oh! I'm so sorry! I wasn't concentrating at all!" said Sakura blushing furiously as she gathered her stuff and a bit of the other persons.
"Don't worry about it, it was an accident," said the female voice with a laugh. The voice had a foreign accent to it. She smiled and gathered the rest of her stuff.
"I know but I should have been more careful," said Sakura handing her the rest of her stuff. Sakura looked at the lady and she looked as though she was new to the country. Her skin was a tanned colour and she had curly ebony tresses. She wore a dark brown bandana on her head, which tied up to side of her head (similar to a gypsies bandana), which brought out her brown eyes. She wore clothes which looked similar to what a female peasant wore in the medieval times, over her clothes she wore a dark red cotton shawl, she may have appeared odd but overall she appeared to be a beautiful and nice person and she also appeared around Sakura's age.
'Wow she dresses.... weird,' though Sakura to herself.
"Sorry but I have to get going now, it was nice meeting you, and you should be careful with those boots once the snow starts coming which should be tonight or sooner well anyways see you later!" Said the lady with a smile as she started walking away.
"Whoa ... predicting weather ... she's definitely weird," said Sakura to herself as she walked the rest of her way to the flower shop.
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"Momma I'm home! And I got your flowers to!" Yelled Sakura as soon as she walked in the door.
"Good! Can you bring them into the kitchen dear!" Said Mrs. Haruno from the kitchen.
"Sure thing!" Replied Sakura taking off her shoes and coat.
Sakura picked up the four heavy bags of groceries and she held the flowers under her arm as she walked towards the kitchen.
"Oh thank you so much Sakura!" said Mrs. Haruno as she gave Sakura a kiss on the cheek and took the bags from her.
"No problem. Hey so where should I put the flowers?" asked Sakura.
"In a vase obviously! There's some in the cupboard though sweetie," said Mrs. Haruno sweetly.
"Thanks ma," said Sakura with a smile though it was fake. Sakura took out a simple glass vase and placed it under the faucet to let water run in. She could hear tearing from the wrapper around the flowers.
"Sakura! You got calla lilies! How beautiful!" Said Mrs. Haruno as she gave Sakura another kiss on the cheek.
"Thanks momma. I knew you'd love them!" said Sakura as she handed her mother the vase. They both heard the door open.
"I'm home!" Said a male voice.
"Were in the kitchen darling!" Answered Mrs. Haruno.
"Hey it's snowing! It took long enough to come. Christmas is going to come in a few weeks," said Mr. Haruno sounding pleased.
"That's great! But you're shoveling the snow once it starts piling up!" Stated Mrs. Haruno with a small laugh.
"I always do," sighed Mr. Haruno.
'Hey didn't that weird woman say it was gonna snow tonight? I'm right she is weird!' Said Sakura to herself.
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Sakura had just got out of her classes and she was now running as fast as her legs could (safely) carry her over the slushy snow to the bus stop so she could catch the bus to pick up the kids from their school. She never had to get up early in the morning to take them to school because their school was close to their house and Yorokobi left the house at the same time the kids would leave for school.
'C'mon Sakura! You can make it! Keep running!!' Said Sakura supporting herself as she continued running. She ran over ice but didn't notice it (it was hidden under snow) until she fell to the ground.
"Crap!" growled Sakura as she got back up on her feet and continued running to the bus stop.
Sakura finally made it to the bus stop and saw her bus about to leave. She forced herself to run even faster to get to the bus and the bus luckily stopped and opened its door to let her in.
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"Thank you!" said Sakura happily and nervously while getting off the bus. She quickly looked at her watch and noticed she was twenty minutes late and started sprinting to Yorokobi's mansion.
"C'mon I can make it! Those poor kids! They must be shivering!" Worried Sakura and she took a short cut and continued running.
"I'm almost there! ... I'm here!!" Joyously said Sakura and she unlocked the front gates and run up the stone stairs to which only led house and the lawn around it.
"Sorry I'm late! The bus was stuck in traffic!" said Sakura quickly as she made the top. She deeply sighed and hugged both of the kids tightly.
"It's ok Sakura-san! We made snowmans!" said Tsuki in his usual happy tone.
"Sakura-san? I can't breath," said Kuraku plainly.
"Sorry about that Kuraku-chan," replied Sakura with a small laugh as she let go of the two kids.
"Hey! So do you kids wanna go inside?" asked Sakura as she walked towards the door.
"Nope! I wanna finish my snowman," said Tsuki as he patted snow on the top boulder. Kuraku didn't say anything but she to was patting snow on her snowman so Sakura only assumed she wanted to stay outside as well.
"Hey Sakura-san! I have a good idea! Can you and me make a snowman together! We can make a big snowman because you're big! My snowmans are always small," said Tsuki with quick changes of emotions.
"Sure thing! Let's get started on the big boulder," said Sakura with a smile.
Tsuki and Sakura continued working on their big snowman and soon Kuraku joined in with them, which made Sakura happy that Kuraku wasn't trying to avoid her or anything like that.
"We did it! Our snowman is as big as you Sakura-san!" said Tsuki happily.
Sakura smiled he was right about that.
"That was fun," said Kuraku with a small smile.
'Whoa! She smiled! I'm getting better at this then!' thought Sakura happily to herself.
"Sakura-san? Can we go inside now?" asked Tsuki sweetly.
"Sure thing kiddo!" said Sakura with a smile as she walked over towards the door to unlock it. Kuraku and Tsuki closely followed behind her.
"While you two get your winter stuff off I'll go make some hot chocolate. Sound good?" asked Sakura as she placed the keys in her pocket.
"Yes!" said both the kids at the same time Tsuki sounding more enthusiastic. Sakura nodded and walked towards the kitchen. As she got there she saw a yellow note on the counter that was addressed to her. She took off the letter from the counter and opened it. It read:
Sakura I know this is short notice but one of Kuraku's class mates I think her name is Misao well anyways Misao will be coming over today at around four thirty to work on a school project. Misao's nanny is also going to be coming along with Misao two younger siblings (I think Kumo and Mori are their names but I'm not to sure about the nanny's name though). Sorry for the sudden change.
Yorokobi
Sakura folded the note and put it in her pocket.
"No problem, at least their nanny will be there to help," said Sakura as she looked over at the clock. It was only four.
"I should get the water boiling," said Sakura s she took out a kettle and put it under the faucet. Sakura put the kettle on the stove and walked towards the entrance to see how the kids were doing. The kids were in their playroom obviously since there weren't in the entrance. Sakura smiled to herself as she saw Tsuki's winter clothes scattered around the entrance while Kuraku's were neatly put away.
"Tsuki! Could you come here for a moment!" said Sakura loudly but sounding sympathetic at the same time.
"Coming Sakura-san!" replied Tsuki as he came running to the entrance.
"What's wrong Sakura-san?" asked Tsuki sounding energetic.
"You didn't put your stuff away," said Sakura without sounding upset.
"Sorry," said Tsuki sincerely.
"How about I help you put it away?" asked Sakura sweetly.
"Sure! My jacket it always so hard to put away! It' s hard to put my jacket on the hanger and it's too high! Sakura-san is it ok if you do my coat and I'll put away everything else? I think I can do," asked Tsuki as he gathered his mittens, hat and scarf.
"Sure thing," replied Sakura sounding amazed as she took his coat and opened the closet. She took out the hanger and placed his jacket on it and put it the closet. She watched him put his mittens, hat and scarf in a small wooden box.
Sakura smiled and ran back to the kitchen at the sound of the kettle {A/N: You know when the kettle makes that high pitch scream ^___^} and quickly took the kettle of the stove. She opened a cupboard and reached her hand up to get a couple of mugs. She heard footsteps come into the kitchen.
"Hey Tsuki-kun," said Sakura pouring hot water into the mugs.
"How'd you know it was me?" asked Tsuki.
"I Just do," said Sakura with a smile.
"Can I put my own chocolate dust in?" asked Tsuki rather cutely.
"Don't see why not," answered Sakura as she opened another cupboard to get the hot chocolate powder.
Tsuki cheered and got out a couple of spoons.
"Sakura-san can I open the gate? Misao is here. Did you know that she was coming?" asked Kuraku in monotone.
"It's four-thirty already? Well yeah sure let them in!" answered Sakura sweetly.
"Sakura-san the counter is to high for me to reach," said Tsuki slightly whining. Sakura picked him up and placed him on top of the counter where he happily placed many scoops of hot chocolate powder into the mug. Sakura put scoops for Kuraku's hot chocolate and took out more mugs for Misao, her nanny, Kumo and Mori. Tsuki jumped down from the counter and tried reaching for his hot chocolate (which Sakura handed to him) and walked out of the kitchen, Sakura looked around for a tray and with success she found one and placed all the mugs and she walked out of t he kitchen. She heard the door open and heard people say their greetings but there was a voice, which was familiar to her, it was the same foreign voice she heard before.
'There is no way!' thought Sakura to herself as she quickly placed the tray on a skinny table in the hall and walked towards the entrance and right there appearing in front of her wearing the same style of clothing and a matching bandana. It was the lady she bumped into the previous day.
"Hello! So nice to see you again!" greeted the woman kindly as she helped one of the younger siblings with his jacket.
"H-Hi, you must be the nanny," said Sakura oddly.
"Yes. I'm Tilita-Camilia Zingaro. But you can call me Camilia like everyone else does," she said warmly while helping the other sibling with her jacket.
Sakura looked over at the eldest of the kids (which is Misao) she had bright red hair with dark blue eyes. She looked very shy which reminded her allot of Hinata. She had to younger sibling with her they both were the same age (as Tsuki) and looked slightly alike (Sakura assumed they were twins) they both had light brown hair and dark blue eyes.
"Hi Kumo! Hi Mori! Come and play!" said Tsuki with a laugh as he and the two twins ran into the playroom.
"Sakura-san we'll be in my room," said Kuraku dully as she led Misao to her room.
"Misa if you need anything don't hesitate to get me," offered Camilia with a smile
"Ok Cami," replied Misao with a shy smile as she walked the rest of they up with Kuraku to Kuraku's room.
"So would you like some hot chocolate?" asked Sakura as she walked back to the skinny table to get the tray.
"No thank you, I'm fine," replied Camilia kindly.
"Ok, would the kids like some Hot chocolate?" asked Sakura.
"Their mother won't let them have chocolate drinks, or any drink relating to candy," replied Camilia with a sigh.
Sakura had a weirded-out look on her face.
"I know weird rules eh? Poor kids don't know what there missing, hey by the way I never got your name," stated Camilia with a smile on her face.
"It's Sakura," replied Sakura simply. "But anyways why don't we go to the living room? They have a TV there so we can occupy ourselves since the kids are busy with there own business," suggested Sakura as she began making her way to the living room.
"Sound great," agreed Camilia as she grabbed her big bag and followed Sakura.
"This is a very nice house," said Camilia with awe as she took a seat.
"Yeah. This is the type of house I'd love to live in," said Sakura with a small smile.
Camilia nodded and took out a green tracksuit orange lining and a small sewing kit. Sakura eyes went wide.
'Tha-thats Naruto's!' Thought Sakura to herself.
"Oh do you mind if I fix these clothes?" asked Camilia noticing Sakura's look thinking she did something rude.
"No not at all. Sorry it- I just know someone with the same suit," said Sakura with a nervous laugh.
"Ok, thank you! These belong to a good friend of mine. He keeps training and always ripping his clothes and I'm always fixing them for him (she laughed heartily here) but I don't mind, I've gotten so used to it now," replied Camilia with a smile.
Sakura noticed her hot chocolate and took a sip of it.
"What is the name of your friend if you don't mind me asking," asked Sakura casually while taking another sip.
"Of course not! His name is Naruto," answered Camilia as she started sewing a rip on his tracksuit.
Sakura chocked on her hot chocolate, she swallowed it with a hard gulp.
'She knows him! Ok Sakura don't act freaked out act casual!' demanded Sakura to herself.
"Sakura-san is there anything wrong?" asked Camilia noticing an odd look on her face.
"No! Nothing at all!" replied Sakura with a sweet smile.
'This really is a small world afterall,' thought Sakura to herself.
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Hey so there's chapter three! ^.^ Heh, anyways sorry if I didn't end the chapter to well but I promise the next one will come up shortly, well it's more of a little Christmas bonus I promise it will be cute! ^____^
Thanks for reading and please review! They keep me going! There my fuel! Tee hee ^___^
~SpiritGoddess