000Sasuke's Point Of View000
Everything was so, perfect. I was living with Itachi, my brother, and I was doing rather well in school, I had the prettiest, caring, and at times shy girlfriend in the world, Sakura. But I knew no one could be perfect, everyone had flaws.
Little did I know, my perfection, the one that I love more then life itself, would be taken away from me.
Starting with this little visit.
We were all at Sakura's and Ino's house that night for the New Years Eve bash, of course, Sakura and Ino were the hosts, because this year was there year. Every year, on New Years, we'd have a little get together at someones place. And it was Sakura's and Ino's place tonight.
That's when Sakura remembered, "Oh! I have to go wish Ms. Kenta a happy new years!" she blushed, forgetting about the elderly woman who live down the road. "Well, considering as we don't know her, why don't you just to wish her a happy new years from us." Temari said, signaling Gaara.
I looked at her, feeling something in my stomach. Was Temari planning something? I didn't know, I merely shook it away, and nodded. "Go ahead." She nodded, smiling at me, slipping on her shoes, she walked outside. We all agreed that we would wait for her on her and Ino's front porch.
You should've went with her.. this little voice inside my head taunted. I started to worry, Gaara had just come outside, and Sakura was finally making her way back, and then it happened.
Something must of caught her attention, for she stopped, and looked over, she saw something, I didn't know what, and she bolted down the road towards us. There was a car aswell, speeding down the road at a fast pace, I knew what was going on. I knew it. he voice had been right all along. I should of went with her.
But I didn't.
Popping out of the bushed, was a rather big guy, stomping on the ground, he caught up to Sakura, grabbing her, and the car, well it stopped right by him.
That was the last I saw of Sakura.
000000 Chapter One: Hanging on.000000
It had been an entire three months since Sakura disappeared. Everyone had taken a hard hit, especially Sasuke, and Ino. Why would you kidnap, obduct an innocent seventeen year old? There was a reason behind it.
Sasuke remembered that time on New Years, when Temari had signaled Gaara, was she behind this little plot od Sakura's disappearance?
In the end, Temari had started to date Sasuke, not because he wanted to, but because she asked him to be her boyfriend, and he would've felt really bad if he turned her down, and she really wasn't behind Sakura's obduction.
Tenten wasn't too thrilled either. She was more.. snappy, she barked at quite a few people, mainly Temari, and Gaara. She knew something was wrong with them, they were seriously fucked up kids, she had even told them that too.
And, then there was Naruto and Hinata. Although the two were dating, they had been like Sakura's brother and sister, always watching over her. Telling her to be careful. It was pretty amusing watching Naruto panic when Sakura was five minutes late for something. Because he really likes Sakura before.
But, Ino had taken a harder hit then anyone, including Sasuke. Once Sakura was gone, Ino had fallen to the ground on her knees, and cried. And while the gang was trying to comfort her, she slapped then away, and locked herself in her room, refusing to come out until Sakura came home.
This lasted two days, only because she had school to go to.
Still, it was a mystery as to why Temari and Gaara were so quiet, not really caring that she was gone.
Why?
They were behind her obduction. They had hired Zaku, and although incredibly stupid, he was strong, and rather fast. He could easily grab Sakura, and take her to his basement, where Temari and Gaara would keep her.
Maybe by the time, if Gaara and Temari let her go, and she arrived at her home, Ino and her friends would've forgotten about her.
But something told Temari, that Sasuke wouldn't forget her, nor Hinata, or Naruto or Tenten, and Ino.
Everynight, Ino would poke around, calling for Sakura. Telling her that she shouldn't joke around like this.
But it wasn't a joke, it was reality, and reality's harsh, especially when you loose her best friend and your girlfriend, and you don't know if she's dead or not.
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"I told you to shut the hell up!" Gaara barked, hitting a crying Sakura, trying to silence her.
For the passed while, Temari and Gaara had come to Zaku daily, to check up on Sakura, and to well, hit her, and make her life a living hell.
Little did they know, Sakura was a white mage, and could heal herself, and had learned it from Hinata, but she was obducted before she could even learn a small fire spell.
You would think, by three months, Sakura would have learned not to cry infront of Gaara, but sometimes, he hurt her a little to much. Like today.
"Why?" she asked. Sakura always wanted to know why Gaara and Temari took pleasure in obducting her, then beat her sensless.
"Because, dear." Temari said, stepping infront of Gaara. "We like it, and you've been a bad girl. Taking Sasuke away from me." Temari made a tsk tsk sound, with her four inch sandles, she stepped purpously on Sakura's hand, causing her to push Temari down on instinct.
"You ugly large forehead little slut!" Temari whimpered, looking her her elbow.
Now you know how I feel. Sakura thought, waiting for Gaara's hit, which came with impact.
Of course, when you were locked in a basement, with almost no way out, you tended to get bored, and well, snoop around.
Sakura, of course had tried all possible ways of escaping. And about a month ago, Sakura had found a way out. The door. The basement door, although locked, you could pull the weak hinges, right?
Re thinking this plan over for the millionth time, she smiled. She was going to escape. And that was final.
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"You try to get loose, try to escape from this basement, and I swear to Buddha you won't see tomorrow you little rat." Temari snapped, giving Sakura a swift kick in the stomach.
Gaara nodded, agreeingly. "We're going out for the New Years Eve bash. Can you belive it, you've been locked away for a year." he laughed, pushing Sakura aside, he walked towards the cold metal basement stairs, and met up with Temari.
"Just remember what they said." Zaku snapped, adding in his two cents.
So there was Sakura, sitting up now. She felt dizzy, weak, Her clothes were torn, and she had a few cuts on her face from Temari and Gaara, sometimes from Zaku, too. She also had bruises, which wouldn't go awaty, and she was in quite a bit of pain, she even did a full body cure spell, but sometimes wounds were too deep, and you needed to let them heal naturally. She also felt violated. During her time in Zaku's basement, Gaara.. tended to touch her, where she didn't want to be touched, he also said unpleasant things. She was glad she chose tonight to escape.
Of course, Sakura was incredibly skinny now, due to the lack of nutrition, and food she was given. She had a lost a good fifteen pounds, maybe twenty.
She stood, making her way towards the stairs, she waited until Temari, Gaara, and Zaku were gone.
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I can't believe it. It had been an entire year. A year to this day. She was gone, away from all of us, it was soo hard. I mean, I hated waking up every morning, and having to get ready by mysellf. I wouldn't be able to hear Sakura singing in the shower, or telling me to calm down, seeing her hug Sasuke!
Anyways, today I wanted to host the New Years Bash at mine and Sakura's place. I think it was in everyone best interest.
I had made sure everything was perfect. Sasuke, Itachi, and Shikamaru were the first one to arrive. "Hey, Ino!" Shikamaru greeted, giving me a hug. I laughed, "Hey there Shikamaru!"
Eventually, everyone had arrived, and Temari and Gaara even brought some big guy named Zaku. I didn't know why, she just did.
We had grown apart, slowly. I mean, we all hung out, but Temari and Gaara had hung around with the popular crowd. Sure, Sasuke and Itachi and Naruto and Shikamaru were the most popular people, but they didn't want to hang around with us.
For the first three months, it was was extremely hard to cope with Sakura being gone. I didn't even know if she was alive or not. She'll be fine. Kakashi-san told me countless times. Sometimes I believed him, sometimes I didn't.
Anyways, it was around eleven o'clock at night, and we were all sitting down in the sunk in living rom celebrating the new year ((2005 )), though, during the night, a few fourteen year old kids kept knocking on the door, then running away before we answered.
I was having a great time, laughing at Naruto's patehetic jokes, and Shikamaru's embarassing moments.
I also laughed when Naruto said that the next time the damned door was knocked on, he and Itachi would go and kick those kids' asses into the middle of Konoha! Even Neji laughed, Tenten smirked too.
Everything seemed to fun. But, I saw Sasuke, and I saw he was only putting on fake smiles, and fake laughs.
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I couldn't believe this. They were laughing, and cracking jokes. Didn't they remember this was the same day Sakura went missing?
I laughed a few times, I mean, it was the new year! a time for changes, and a time for laughs.
I remember, this old quote my mom used to tell me: Learn from Yesterday, Love for Today, and Hope for Tomorrow.
So.. I have tried to follow that quote. But it was difficult, I mean, Sakura was gone, she had probably been raped, beat around, and most likely killed. It's happened to many times, why should now be any different?
She was a beautiful girl, weak, defenseless. Perfect target for some sick pervert.
I laughed as Naruto said he'd kick a little kids ass into the middle of next week if he knocked on the door again. Itachi agreed, which caused everyone to laugh, even Tenten.
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"Okay." Sakura said, looking at the hinges carefully. "If I pull this.." she went to work, pulling hinges and screws, the door wobbled slightly, And she smiled, "Mission Complete!"
It was a long porcess, an hour to be exact. Pulling, and swearing, and she did it, she could escape. An entire year, she was going to go home. Finally.
She crept towards the back door, which was in the next room buy the basement door. She managed to open it, and walk outside, succesfully.
But the excitement, and adrenaline was too much, and Sakura felt dizzy and weak. It's dark outside, so Sakura assumed it was around eleven or so, and had a bit of a limp, due to a wound she could not heal.
She had a short walk; Zaku's house was just down the road from hers.
She was coming home, and they didn't know. Well, this would definitely be a surprise for them.
Sakura stopped, leaning against the wall of her home, out of breathe, dizzy, willing to fall at any minute.
The door was locked, so she knocked a few times. 'Pick up!' Sakura thought.
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"Haha! I knew they'd come back sooner of later!" Naruto asked, hearing the door knocked.
"They're eager, ne?" Itachi asked, hearing the the knock five times.
"Let's go!" Naruto said.
Itachi agreed. "We'll stay here, tell us what happens!" Shikamaru said, Ino giggled, watching as Naruto and Itachi so casually walked towards the front door.
"Listen kids, we're going to be nice an-" Itachi stopped, there, he saw her, on her knee's, looking at at him and Naruto, pleading for the two let her in.
"I-s ttha-t S-s-a-ku-r-a?" Itachi asked shuddering on every word.
"My God, Sakura-chan, is that you?" Naruto asked.
Sakura nodded, "Dizzy.. fall.. Gaa-" already on her knees, Sakura fell to the ground, unconscious.
Naruto scopped her up, she was incredibly light. "Go get Ino!" he told Itachi, he nodded.
"I-i-no?" he studdered.
"Itachi, what's wrong?" Shikamaru asked, standing.
Itachi motioned for Ino to come to the hall where the door was.
Ino walked towards the hall, looking pale, she screamed, running through the hall, towards the bathroom, grabbing the first aid kit, she ran back through the hall, passed the lounge, where everyone was sitting.
Itachi came back, and sat down, looking paler then ever.
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