Author's Note: I like this chapter; it's the best "darkest" chapter I've ever written. I hope you'll like it!
Previously on Dangerously Sixteen: Reflections of Naruto.
Disclaimer: I have no sole ownership of the copyrighted characters of Naruto, however, I do own the characters that you have never heard of. HOWEVER, THERE IS ONE LINE THAT IS COPYRIGHTED FROM THE FILM "SIN CITY." I DO NOT OWN THE QUOTE, AND AM ONLY USING IT FOR THIS CHAPTER.
Title: Chapter 28
"Fucking let me go!" Kaede pulled in her arm violently from her mother. Her mother struggled her hold on her only daughter.
"Kaede! Stop it! You need help! Please!" her mother's grip onto Kaede's arm was firm.
The two struggled with each other. Kaede ran toward her bedroom door but her mother reached her back and pulled her down to the carpet. The young girl screamed for air as her mother dragged her body toward her and pinned her to the ground.
"What did you do to yourself? WHAT DID YOU DO TO YOURSELF?" Her mother's voice quivered with anger.
Kaede squirmed her body out of her mother's reach. She opened her mouth and clenched her teeth against her mother's soft skin and ran toward her room.
"Kaede!" her mother ran after her and heaved Kaede's arms toward the balcony and held her still.
Trying to set free of her grip, Kaede thrashed her body violently around in order to get away from her mother.
"Look at me! LOOK AT ME!" Her mother spat her words and drove her to the ground and fixed Kaede's body to the ground. The teenager's long blue hair separated in strands when it hit the red carpet. Kaede could feel her heart thumping aggressively as if it wanted to emerge from her chest. Beads of cold sweat dripped from her forehead as she became face to face with her mother.
Feeling hopeless, Kaede saw her mother pull her sleeves up. Kaede winced. She didn't want her mother to know, she never would want her to know.
She heard a gasp from her mother.
"Oh Kaede, baby…I'm so sorry," her mother's firm clutch onto Kaede loosened as the woman examined the red marks on Kaede's arms and wrists.
The woman's hands made their way to her mouth as warm tears streamed down from her eyes.
"Oh baby, I'm so sorry…" she shook her head and tried to embrace Kaede, however her swiftness caught her mother off guard and she got up and ran down the stairs.
"KAEDE! KAEDE! WAIT! WAAAIIITTTT!" her mother ran after her daughter.
Orbs of clear tears dripped from Kaede's face as she tried to escape her house. She didn't want to be in this situation.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
Three gunshots were shot off in the neighborhood.
In the dark corner of the streets, a young teenager stood alone in the darkness. She overlooked the neighborhood.
The squalid surroundings disgusted her as she drew in the danger lurking ahead of her.
A throng of strangers was coming her way. They were dressed in dark clothing, a few with some cigarettes in their hands. Two lifted their coats toward her, revealing either a sharp blade that could slit her throat in a second, or the old fashioned weapon: a gun.
"Hey Princess, want some shrooms?" the tallest stranger of the group stepped into the dim light in front of the teenage girl. His hands were exposed to her; a small bag was enclosed in his right hand.
"What's your name, sweetheart?" another of the people asked her. His hair was slicked back, and the greasiness of his raven hair glittered in the night. His complexion was chiseled with handsome features that could capture the heart of any woman. His hands made his way to his back pockets and his lips drew in as he puffed a few smokes against the soft texture of a cigarette.
Smiling at the strangers, the teenager stepped into the dim light from the corner. Her skirt was cut off two inches below her hip; she had on some sandals that looked worn out. The teenager's hair was curled in dreadlocks.
"Sure, babe," she reached for the bag the young man held out to her.
"Ah, ah, not yet, Princess," the tall stranger held up a finger in front of her.
"You never told us your name, sweetheart," the handsome dark stranger coyly played her.
The teenage girl opened her mouth and let out a smile.
"It's Kaede, sugar," her eyes fluttered with lust as she tried to lure the handsome stranger's attraction toward her.
Without hesitation, Kaede quickly snatched the bag and zipped it open. Her lips curled up in contentment.
Before she could place her lips against the grassy substance, the young man who caught her attention walked up toward her. His eyes glistened as shiny emerald stones. Compared with his complexion, he almost looked like…a vampire.
"Aw, sweetheart, you look like you're alone," he moved his sultry body against Kaede. His slow movement gradually pushed Kaede's body up against the wall. He placed his hands against the cold bricks and dipped his head to face Kaede's.
"Sweetheart, why don't you come on over and crash at my pad," his fingers maneuvered between the thin blue strands of Kaede's hair.
A peculiar sensation surged through Kaede's body as she felt the young man's cold hands dance across her cheeks.
She knew she was in dangerous territory.
Kaede tilted her face toward the stranger and gazed into those ominous emerald orbs. Her thin lips softly tapped against his.
The teenage girl felt the stranger press his body gently against hers.
She tilted her head and slid her tongue into his mouth. Her hands waltzed against his firm chest and felt a little miracle emerging below him.
"Is my sugar getting a little too excited?" she giggled with pleasure as she pressed her lips against his, in front of the group.
Kaede could feel his heart beating against her succulent breasts. To excite him even more, she let go of him and leaned against the cold brick wall.
"Aw, sweetheart. Why did you stop?" his low voice whined in a childish way.
"Do you want more, baby?" she lowered her voice and played with him with her seductive smile.
The young stranger turned his head to face his friends, who were mesmerized at the sight, and turned back to face Kaede.
He grinned slyly and revealed bright pearly teeth that glittered in the dark.
"Why don't you come on over to my place, sweetheart? I'll show you a whole new world there," he tilted his head and enticed her with his voice.
Kaede threw her head back and giggled.
She placed her arms against the wall and pulled away from the young man. Her light eyes shone in the murky light, which gave her face a gloomy tone of color.
"Aw sugar, you just gone and done the dumbest thing in your entire life," Kaede tilted her head sideways and crossed her legs.
The young man lifted his eyebrows, "Huh?"
"I'll show your little boy a whole new world!" Kaede raised her voice and balled her hands into a fist and shoved it below the young man.
"UGH!" his voice bellowed out.
His friends from behind him ran toward her.
"Aw, Princess, you shouldn't have done that," the tall man strode toward her.
"Come and get me, boys," Kaede winked at them and started to run.
Kaede continued to run from her mother. The long run exhausted her body; she knew she had to stop. She clutched onto her arms and glimpsed at them as she continued to sprint.
She didn't regret it.
Kaede slowly arrived at her own home. When she approached the doorstep, she could hear the vibrations coming from inside.
"Shit," she whispered to herself.
She slowly placed her hand on the cold doorknob and turned it slowly. When she arrived inside the living room, she heard loud noises coming from her mother's bedroom.
"Fucking hell," Kaede knew the man was home.
She ran up the stairs toward the master bedroom and when she got there, she stopped dead in front of the room.
"PLEASE, STOP! STOP!" screams escaped from the woman's mouth.
"I'LL SHOW YOU, THAT NO ONE MESSES WITH ME!" the man, in his early forties, slid out his leather belt and wrapped it around his mother, and tied her against the chair.
"NO, PLEASE STOP! STOP!" tears flowed down from her cheeks, as she tried to keep the man off of her.
"DON'T MESS WITH ME BABY, YOU KNOW THAT!" the man thrashed his hand and slapped the woman. He held her by her hair and knocked her over.
From outside of the room, Kaede peered from behind the door. She leaned in, and accidentally opened the door, which led a loud creak.
The man turned around and saw a little copy of the woman he loved to play with.
He wiped his grimy hands against his stained shirt and snorted. He pulled back his hair as if to make some appealing look to the young girl.
"Hello little Kaede," he slowly makes his way toward her.
"NO! DON'T GO NEAR HER, YOU BASTARD!" Kaede's mother shouted from behind him.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP, BITCH! OR I WILL RIP HER TO PIECES!" he swirled his body around and threatened the woman. His face turned to gaze at the young girl.
"CALL THE POLICE, KAEDE! CALL THE POLICE, PLEASE! GET OUT! RUN!" her mother screamed at the top of her lungs, to save her daughter.
"Why don't you come here and show you daddy how much you love him, little Kaede," his voice blurred the screaming and yelling of Kaede's mother.
Frightened, Kaede turned around and began to run.
"Come back here, sweetheart! Don't make daddy mad!" he went toward her and locked the door behind him. The door muffled the mother's shrieks.
Kaede sprinted down the stairs with the man running after her.
When she reached the living room, she felt something hard pull her away from the room. By the time she realized what was happening, her skirt was being slid down below her legs.
"NO! LET GO OF ME!" Kaede tried to get up, but the hard pressure of the man pinned her down.
Her eyes glimpsed at the man and knew instantly what he was about to do next.
She was right.
The man hastily trapped Kaede and held her in position, as he made his hands toward Kaede's secret garden.
"NOO! NOO!" Kaede cried out with tears.
"You made daddy mad, Kaede. Now, it's time to punish you!" Kaede saw the man drop his pants and starting to move toward her.
She was lying on her back, on the carpet. She couldn't move. She was trapped.
She was in dangerous territory.
Kaede felt his rough hands move across her chest. She felt the buttons pluck off of her new shirt she just purchased. She closed her eyes tight.
"Shh, don't worry Kaede. Daddy is going to be good to you," his hands slowly caressed the teenage girl's breasts and gradually pressed his thin lips across the sensitive surface of Kaede's chest.
With every touch he made, Kaede squirmed.
His hands slid down below her navel and explored the forbidden treasure between Kaede's upper thighs. His fingers slithered and pressed against her.
Kaede screamed out in pain.
The man began to pump his fingers inside.
One.
Two.
Three.
Kaede wriggled her body for freedom. She didn't want this.
"You love this don't you, Kaede? I knew you were always daddy's little girl," a devious laughter cackled from the man's mouth as he bent down close to her and thrust his body into Kaede's.
With the man's body pressing against hers, she could feel something emerging. Much to her horror, Kaede tried to scream, but the man muffled her cries with his hands.
It was too late.
Kaede's eyelids draped her eyes as she prepared for the worst. She felt her soul drown in darkness.
It has been a year.
Kaede walked back home and went into the living room when she heard her mother moaning in the bedroom.
She walked up to check up on her.
"Again?" Kaede thought to herself.
It was another man.
Another client.
"Thanks, babe," the man wrapped his belt around his trousers and when he headed for the door, he saw Kaede.
Ignoring her, he nudged his bulky form out of the door and exited the house.
Kaede went inside the room and saw her mother pulling up back her dress.
"It was shit," her mother turned around and greeted her daughter.
"Who would want to fuck a man who flops around like a pancake?" Kaede rolled her eyes.
"Kaede…" her mother stopped Kaede from moving.
"Happy Birthday," she whispered.
Sliding her eyes toward her mother, she whispered, "Thanks. Happy 13 for me."
"I'm only doing this to support us. There's some bread and milk on the table. That's all I could afford tonight," Kaede's mother glided her lipstick against her thin lips.
"Where are you going, tonight?" Kaede poured herself a glass of milk.
"Out, baby. I'll see you tonight again. Don't stay up too late," her mother left the house.
Glimpsing at her self-inflicted wounds, Kaede stopped at a corner and took her breath. She wanted to run away, run away from everything.
The teenage girl began to run into a nearby store. She quickly snatched the closest knife she could find and ran to a secluded room.
Trying to catch her breath, Kaede pulled up her sleeves and closed her eyes.
She felt all of her pain go away as the cold touch of the blade waltzed against her skin.
Kaede felt free.
Author's Note: I hope the chapter was not TOO intense for you. I hope you liked it! PLEASE REVIEW!