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After Sakura finished explaining every little detail on what happened with Gaara, she then explained she was going to stay over at Sasuke's house for the next little while, until things cleared up. Ino, although thought it was best to wait until the rain stopped, relented, and agreed with Sakura's decision.

The brunette had then packed all of the things she needed. Clothes, makeup, accessories, the girl thing. She had one duffle bag which had managed to fit in quite a few things. Sasuke smirked, watching as she -with trouble- made her way downstairs. Slipping on her coat, and shoes, she grinned. "Ready to go?" she asked as she threw the duffle bag over her shoulder. He nodded, offering to take the heavy bag from her.

The two raced outside, into the pouring rain, Luckily, Sasuke's car was close by, popping the trunk, Sasuke set her bag inside, not wanting to break any fragile objects she might've packed. Closing the trunk, he hops inside the driver's side, grinning at the soaking Sakura, who was staring at him, with a small smile.

"It's... wet out there." Sakura said. "Thanks for stating the obvious." Sasuke laughed, Sakura laughed too. Turning the car's ignition, Sasuke pulled out of the driveway, and made his way down the deserted road.

It was hard to see, due to the fact that the rain was pouring down with a hard force, smacking off the windshield. Sasuke was getting frustrated, and Sakura thought it was best to keep quiet.

Finally, the two had reached their destination; Sasuke's house, he threw the keys to Sakura, telling her to unlock the door, while he got her duffle bag. With a nod, the now shivering Sakura rushed up the four steps, she unlocked the door, opening it, she was greeted by warmth, she smiled, Sasuke had come inside a few minutes after her, shutting the door, and he made sure it was locked.

He grinned at Sakura. "Damn, it was cold outside!" he saw his girlfriend was shivering, and said; "If you want to take a shower and get changed, then you can." she smiled gratefully. "What about you?"

Sasuke snickered, "There's more then one shower in this house..." stepping closer towards her, he wrapped an arm around her shoulder. "But if you wanted..." he began, trailing off with a wink.

Laughing, Sakura pushed his arm away. "I'm going to go get changed." literally dragging her duffle bag up the stairs, she made her way down the rather long hall. At the very end, was a spare room. It was mostly Sakura's, because she was usually the only one who was ever over at Sasuke's, so; he let her decorate it the way she wanted too. Before Sakura's abduction, Sasuke and Sakura, (-being both equally rich, thank to their parents-) had gigantic houses, six bedroom, four bath, four story houses, and -mansions-

When their parents passed away, Sakura, decided to let Sasuke have his own room at her home, incase he needed to cool off, or wanted to spend the night, and Sasuke did the same thing.

She smiled; 'her' room was still the same, light purple covered walls, same white carpet, same purple and white bed settings, light wood dressers, bed side tables, and decorations. Setting her duffle bag on her bed, she unpacked her things, grabbing something random; she walked towards the bathroom, which was connected to her room.

After taking her shower, she brushed out her damp hair, and slipped on whatever she chose. Which in this case, were a tight fitted light, almost white pink t-shirt, and a pair of baggy baby blue track pants, which were also her p.j.s

Once organized, she made her way towards Sasuke's room; he wasn't there, so she guessed he was downstairs. The rain was hitting the windows, and the thunder was loud. She didn't mind though. She walked towards a door, which led down to the basement, which was also the lounge. There was dark wood flooring, the walls were painted beige. In the far corner, was a fancy bar, with bar chairs, a high tech looking stereo too. After, there were two steps, which led down to a plush mavy blue couch, with lounge chairs, there was a large Plasma screen TV. There were numerous pictures too.

Sitting on the couch, flipping through random TV channels, was Sasuke, hair was damp, but he didn't really seem to care. She then sat down beside him. "Hey." she greeted. Sasuke's attention was then focused from the TV, to her. With a goofy grin, he replied; "Hey."

The rain poured down that night. And the thunder was rather loud. The lightning wasn't so bad though. Fortunately.

Sakura, who was in her bed, was dreaming, well... Not dreaming. Having a rather disturbing nightmare.

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Huddled in a corner, she looked around, pink hair was damp, clinging to her face, and her emerald green eyes were lifeless, no hint of hope in them, She was rail thin, the rain was hitting her head, and she really didn't mind.

It was only a week ago, she had lost everything. Thanks to Temari, and Gaara. Happy with Sasuke, Family -Ino- and friends, she knew it wouldn't last. Rumors had started, growing worse and worse by the minute.

She remembered it like it was yesterday, she was walking down the empty halls, where she saw Temari, with... Sasuke. "Sorry, Sakura, but Sasuke doesn't talk to poor, trash like you." Sasuke, who was with Temari, snickered.

Yes, that girl in the rain was Sakura. She currently, was homeless, sitting in the alley way. After Temari and Gaara spread rumors, things had become horrible for Sakura. Her friends turned on her, leaving her there to fend for herself.

But what hurt the most, was Sasuke. Sasuke had turned on her.

Her best friend even kicked her out of her own home.

So, here she was. Sitting. "Sakura." a voice hissed, standing, she looked to where the voice called her. Emerging from the shadows was Gaara, Sakura's abductor, along with him, was his partner in crime, Temari. Edging towards her, Gaara pressed his lips towards her.

The last two things Sakura saw, were Gaara's hollow green eyes, and Temari plunging a knife through her stomach. With that, her world went black.

Forever.

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Sakura woke up, sweat fling from her forehead, she also had tears in the corners of her eyes, gulping, and she sighed.

'A dream... a horrible dream. .' she reminded herself. But, the dream scared her, and she felt like she was being watched. Honestly, she felt like crying.

It was still pouring down with rain, and she was scared. What if Gaara found out she was at Sasuke's, and he was in the house. What if... he was in this room, hiding in the shadows?

The dream had scared her that much. She knew Sasuke's room was just down the hall. Sitting up, Sakura grabbed a light purple blanket, wrapping it around her shoulders, she walked down the hall, she opened her door, and made her way to his room, ignoring the rain, and thunder. She pretended it wasn't even there.

She smiled, there was Sasuke's room. The lights were off, so she assumed he was asleep. Opening the door, she was rather surprised. Sasuke was sitting on his bed, watching TV, while typing something down on his laptop. Like in the lounge, he averted his attention towards her.

'She's been crying...' he thought, noticing her eyes were somewhat red. "Hey." he greeted, standing up, he walked over to her, wrapping his arms around her shoulders. "Holy shit, you're freezing!" he exclaimed, letting go of her.

She didn't respond. She merely walked passed him. Sitting on his bed, she sighed. "I... had a... bad dream..." she began, trying to find the right words. "Um, it was more like an awful nightmare..." He sat down beside her, "If you want... you can talk about it..." she nodded. "Well, it started off with the rain..."

Sakura then began to tell her nightmare to Sasuke. "And then, after Gaara kissed me, Temari killed me, with a knife..." he stared at her. Not believing how she could dream something like that. "I... wow..." was all he could say.

"Um, I came into your room, because I was wondering if I could… stay with you tonight... the nightmare really scared me... and I was afraid to sleep alone." she blushed, wrapping the light purple blanket around her shoulders. Although the rain was pouring, and Sasuke's light was off, he could clearly see her red face.

Sasuke nodded. "Sure." he set his laptop on his desk, and turned off the TV, fixing the pillows, he waiting until Sakura had made her comfortable, before he lay down next to her. She had snuggled up next to him, eyes shut; feeling much safer then she had fifteen minutes ago. Sasuke, had his arm wrapped around her waist, his chin was resting on the top of her head.

It wasn't long before Sakura had fallen asleep. And the last thing Sasuke heard was:

'Thank you'