Disclaimer: Do I have to repeat it again? I don't own Naruto!
Story Title: True Love
Chapter 14: Beginning and End
Warnings: (Oh there's a warning in this chapter!) Just a little teensy weensy bit of angst, foul language and violence but hey it's still PG 13. I don't go overboard okay?
.: Start :.
The dark wintry sky is crying and beautiful snowflakes came dancing down from the heavens. This scene was perfect for a soon to be married couple but what if it wasn't? What if you know that you weren't meant for each other? What if it was the meaning of making the biggest mistake of your life? This is a portrait of doom!
"Isn't it just beautiful?" Daisuke asked his fiancé, breaking the silence between them.
"I don't agree with you. It may look that way but nothing is what it seems."
"What is up with that attitude? We need to get rid of that before we go back to Snow Country. My family will not approve with that kind of attitude."
"Then don't! I was thought of a worthless piece of crap! I wasn't worthy enough to be part of the Takeshi Family. I was nothing in your eyes. Your family despise me and what makes you think that they'll change that feeling?"
"That's not true. I love you! You were a somebody in my eyes. A beautiful and talented young girl. I even made the price of 1,500,000 gold pieces for you. Doesn't that show how much I love you?"
"Love? Love? Do you even know what love is?" She questioned. "You only noticed me because of my looks and talent but not because of who I really am! You never saw me as anything the first time we've met."
"Yes I did! I fell in love with you at first sight!"
"No you didn't! You don't remember now do you? Well I do!"
.: Flashback :.
"Look Daisuke, it's one of the Suichi children." Daisuke's mother said to his son. "Hmn. They're not even up to our standards." She said arrogantly. "Look at that one over there. She has a pretty face, too bad she's just not to our level. Must have no talent at all."
"You're very right Honorable Mother." A very young Daisuke said nodding his head in agreement with his mother.
.: End Flashback :.
"That was you?" He asked.
"Yes. Yes it was I, Daisuke. See how lowly you look at me before? I wasn't worth your time. I'm not worth it Daisuke so let me go. Please! I beg of you! Let me go!"
"Don't ever say thing like that about yourself!" Daisuke yelled pinning her to a tree. "I've made a right choice and I will have you as my heiress!" He said closing the gap between them. Daisuke lifted Yuukie's chin with one finger and brushed his lips gently.
"No!" Yuukie said pushing him away. "You know the rules of my family! I cannot kiss a man who is not my husband!"
"Well what's the difference? I'm already your fiancé, soon I'll be your husband too." He said as he tried to kiss her again but was abruptly pushed away again.
"Not until 13 more days. I may be your fiancé but I'm still not your bride."
"Don't try to push me away Yuukie because something bad may happen to your poor sick mother."
"You wouldn't dare!"
"Oh I would and I will do just that if you don't cooperate." He hissed into Yuukie's ear.
"You're going against the rules! You can't do that! And I can't believe that you'll have the heart to hurt my mother if I won't kiss you!"
"Well then let's start with your cheeks first then I'll make my way to you neck and collarbone then finally your lips."
Yuukie took a deep breath and braced herself as warm lips touched her cold cheeks. She was shocked by the contact and was about to push him away but Daisuke gave her a piercing glare and Yuukie gave in.
He gave little pecks on her cheek and all the blood rushed to Yuukie's face. She was nervous yes and she was bending one of the most important rules of all but what choice does she have?
He made his way down to her neck where he placed feverish kisses making her gasp. "Tilt you head." He said and Yuukie did just that giving him more area for him to kiss on.
Daisuke's eyes glinted and he gave a smirk. He was about to claim those lips when…
"Oy! What are you doing?" A voice called out.
Both of them turned their heads and moved apart. Yuukie's face was flushed and her breathing was ragged. "Sasuke-san?" Yuukie asked surprised to see him.
"What have you done to her?" Sasuke asked Daisuke after taking a look at Yuukie's flushed face. "I thought you couldn't kiss her until both of you were married."
"Mind your own business." Daisuke spat and continued on his ministrations but Yuukie pushed him off saying that she was embarrassed that Sasuke was looking at them. "Do as I say or you'll be an orphan, understood?" He whispered into her ears.
'Tell him to go away and leave us both alone.'
"Go away Sasuke… Leave us alone." Yuukie said to Sasuke with watery eyes. She gasped as Daisuke licked her earlobe.
"What are you talking about? You hate this guy. You aren't going to actually marry him are you?"
'Tell him that you are…You love me and have agreed to be married to me in 13 days.'
"I am. I love him and I agreed to be married to him in 13 days." She said as gripped Daisuke's arms, holding him still and trying to push him off as he began pecking and licking her collarbone, but to no avail.
"Cut the shit! I know that you hate him! This jackass! What happened to 'be true to your mother but first be true to yourself'?"
'It was all a lie. You are being truthful to yourself. You were just blinded by an annoying bastard to see the truth.'
"It was all a lie. I am being truthful to myself. I was just blinded by an annoying bastard to see the truth."
"Don't lie Yuukie! You're not being truthful to yourself. This is not like the Yuukie I used to know! You can't marry a stuck up bastard like him!"
'Why does he care anyway? He doesn't know anything. The Yuukie he used to know was just an act. This is who you really are my pet.'
"Why do you care anyway? You don't know anything. The Yuukie you used to know was just an act. This is who I really am…" Yuukie hesitated to say the last sentence.
"Say it or your mother will die!" Daisuke commanded.
"I am Daisuke's pet…" Yuukie finally said, tears were going down her cheeks looking at Sasuke in apology but she had no choice.
"You son of a bitch!" Sasuke yelled and pulled Daisuke by the collar and his fist connected with Daisuke's handsome features, sending him to fall face flat on the ground. "Go!" He urged Yuukie.
"I can't…"
"Go! Hurry! I'll handle him just go!"
"But…" Yuukie protested.
"Just go!" Sasuke yelled.
"You're really getting in the way!" Daisuke glared at Sasuke but smirked. Yuukie was about to make a run for it but Daisuke stopped him. "If you run you're mother will be dead. I have my own troop of ninjas waiting for my command. I can just call them over by this." He said holding a mechanism in his hands.
Yuukie stopped in her tracks. Sasuke yelled at her to run again but she shook her head. "I can't Sasuke, my mother will surely be killed."
"That's blackmail! You're so low you filthy dog!"
"Oh am I?" Daisuke said smirking, licking away his own blood from the corners his mouth.
"Yuukie-chan! Where are you?" A voice called out, Naruto's in fact. "Yuukie-chan…" Both Naruto and Sakura rushed to her side. She was a wreck; she was hugging her knees and kept whimpering. Her tears never stopped flowing as she shivered in fright.
"What happened to you Yuukie-chan? And what's up with them?" Sakura asked.
"They're fighting and I can't run away or Daisuke will call his ninjas and kill my mother." She explained with fear in her eyes.
"Naruto, the device in his hands. We have to break it!" Sakura said looking at Daisuke's hand.
"Right! Kage Bunshin No Jutsu!" Naruto said as he made the seal and a few of his clones appeared. "Sasuke!" Naruto called out. "Keep that bastard busy!"
"Alright." Sasuke said charging to Daisuke and throwing a few punches but was easily blocked by Daisuke.
"Is this all you've got? You really are weak for an Uchiha." Daisuke said sarcastically, laughing at Sasuke's face.
"You're going to eat you words through a straw when I get done with you!" Sasuke yelled.
"You, Mr. I've got a stick up my ass bastard is going to feel so sorry when we kick your ass. How dare you even touch our friend with your filthy hands! You're going down!" The Naruto clones said in synchronization.
"I'll handle you with ease!" Daisuke said so full of himself.
"Hn. We'll see about that." Sasuke said activating his Sharingan.
"Right, like I'll be afraid over mutated eyes."
"They're not mutated! They're your worst nightmare!" Sasuke charged at him. "Shishi Rendan! (Lion Combo)"
Daisuke fell flat on his back and dropped the device. Naruto took the chance to grab it but Daisuke had already made clones of himself and grabbed Naruto's hands and flung his aside. Naruto's other clones joined in and took care of Daisuke's clones while Sasuke fought with the real Daisuke.
The mechanism lay on the ground unattended and Yuukie seeing it ran and threw it to one of the tree trunks. She stomped it with her foot until the radio was crushed into pieces. Sparks flew and Yuukie smiled in triumph. Everybody stopped and looked at her. Yuukie faced Daisuke and stepped away from the now broken machine.
Daisuke gave out a maniacal laugh. "You really think that you've won my little Yuukie-chan? You should know well that I'm very well prepared." He said taking another device and Yuukie's face fell. "Hiro, take care of the job for me will you?" A 'roger!' was heard and it was Daisuke's time to smirk in triumph.
"You're a madman! I will never marry you!" Yuukie yelled.
"You've got nobody to take care of you Yuukie, I'm your only guardian left. I can't believe that you could be this disobedient. It must have been the influence of your annoying so-called friends. I'll teach you a lesson."
Everyone was looking at Daisuke with hatred in their eyes. Yuukie after hearing Daisuke's words fell to the forest floor clutching her heart. What would her family say? She disobeyed Daisuke and her mother will be murdered. Daisuke had won after all… She should give up while she can.
"You win Koibito… I give up… Take me away. Please forgive me."
"Now that's more like it. Let's go now shall we?" Daisuke said in a sweet tone.
"Yes…" Yuukie answered.
"I don't believe it! You're just going to give up like that?" Sasuke yelled.
"You're an interference!" Daisuke yelled, putting on some gloves. "I'll end your life once and for all! Devil hands!" He yelled as the glove gave out black fire. He charged at Sasuke, whose eyes widen.
"Daisuke don't!" Yuukie yelled running towards him. Yuukie knew what Daisuke was going to and she doesn't want him to do it either.
She grabbed at the charging hand but Daisuke pushed her. Sasuke just stood there, no jutsu was going to hurt him. Yuukie pushed Sasuke out of the way but Daisuke hit her instead. She fell to the ground from the impact and was clutching her stomach. She began to cough up blood and her breathing wasn't normal.
Sasuke grabbed Daisuke by the collar and punched his face again. "What the hell did you do to her!" Sasuke asked enraged.
"That moron, she got in the way!"
"You'd better tell me now on what you did to her!" Sasuke said tightening his grip on Daisuke's neck.
"Its the Takeshi family's special technique; The Devil's Hand. It freezes the blood from flowing and if it is not treated, she could die in 10 minutes."
"Cure her you evil bastard!"
"I can't do it! I'm not a medic-nin I'm only an Elite Ninja! And get your hands off me! If you want her to live, get her to your Kage and she'll be able to cure her. But you'd better hurry if you want her alive."
"Naruto, Sakura you get her to Tsunade-Sama. I'll deal with him."
"Hai!" They said and Naruto lifted Yuukie and they both went their way to the Hokage tower.
"You!" Sasuke yelled trying to squeeze the life out of Daisuke with his bare hands. "If anything happens to her I will kill you myself!" He said letting go.
"You were the cause of all of this. So don't blame all of this on me. If you didn't interfere, she wouldn't have tried to save you." Daisuke said getting up and dusting himself. "Riff raff." He added.
"Asshole." Sasuke cursed and made his way to the Hokage tower.
Sasuke had arrived at the Hokage tower and he was asked to wait outside and sit with his team members while Yuukie was being treated. He opened the doors and his teammates glanced at him with worried eyes.
"How is she?" Sasuke asked as he sat down, plopping his elbows on his knees and resting his chin on his hands.
"Not very good. Tsunade-baba didn't guarantee that she'd live. She might not make it, or she could be just fine or she could come out of those doors with a disability." Naruto said sighing. He stood up and paced around.
"What happened to Daisuke?" Sakura asked.
"Hn. I let the rat go run his way. Nearly wetted his pants, that bastard."
"That big jerk! I can't believe he really had the intention to kill! If Yuukie-chan recovers, I think she'll have a very shocking surprised that would make her want to commit suicide."
"Why?" Sasuke asked. "What happened?"
"You remembered when Daisuke held that second radio? Well he told his troops to murder Yuukie's mum." Sakura answered.
"How is she?" Sasuke asked again, if all does not go well, the whole Sanada Clan would be extinct.
"Fortunately, they were caught and arrested. But the bad news is that Yuukie's mum got some serious injuries and is being taken care of as we speak." Naruto stopped his pacing.
"That idiot was in the way. I could have taken him by myself but she had to be in the way and risk her life. That was the most idiotic thing she's done!"
"As if Sasuke! She was brave! You risked your life too when you saved me from Haku's needles. That means that you were being an idiot too!"
"That was totally different. I was saving your life, dobe."
"No it isn't! How is it so different eh Sasuke?"
"Just shut up."
"I rest my case." Naruto said triumphantly.
After 5 long and tired hours of surgery, Tsunade came out of the doors, sighing and pulling off her mask.
"Oy brat. Wake up."
"Damn it old hag I'm trying to sleep!" Naruto muttered.
A vein popped from Tsunade's forehead and her eyebrow was twitching from the nickname the blond gave him. Has he no respect for the Fifth?
"Wake up you ungrateful brat!" Tsunade yelled, smashing her fist onto the bench, waking Naruto up with a start.
"Wha- What did you do that for?" Naruto asked irritated then he looked at Tsunade's face and asked. "How'd it go? How is she?"
"Calm down. She's fine, a little sore but just fine. And no visiting until she wakes up, got that?"
"But WHY?" Naruto whined but stopped when he saw the murderous look Tsunade was giving him. "Fine. Aa! Where did Sakura-chan go?" He turned his head left and right but saw no Sakura. "Sakura-chan?"
"Someone called?" Sakura's voice asked as she came in with Sasuke behind her. "Tsunade-sama, how did the operation go?"
"It went well. You may all go now. You can visit her tomorrow at the General Hospital. You all saved her life. She could have died if another minute was spared. Oh one more thing, who did this to her?"
"The son of a nobleman from Snow Country, Sanada's fiancé, Daisuke." Sasuke answered.
"Him? Well that explains why her blood…" Tsunade didn't finish her sentence but went her way.
"Her blood was what, Tsunade-baba?" Naruto asked.
"It's nothing. Just go home. It's late and I believe you have training in the morning? Well this morning so just go." She said waving her hand, gesturing that they should go their way.
The next morning, Naruto and Sakura went to Konoha General Hospital to visit Yuukie. They had big smiles plastered on their faces. Their mentor, Kakashi had given them the day off since they saved Yuukie. However, when they entered the room, their smiles faded.
Yuukie was lying on the bed motionlessly; a mask was on her face with a tube on it, connecting to an oxygen tank. Her heartbeat was being monitored and it was beating normally. That's one of the good news but her breathing wasn't normal at all. It sounded as though she was suffocating.
"Hey, Yuukie-chan?" Naruto called out but there was no answer from the unconscious girl.
"I don't think she's even awake Naruto." Sakura said approaching the girl. She sighed and sat on the unoccupied chair beside the bed. "You'd better get well soon." Sakura said placing a hand on top of hers.
Naruto sat next to Sakura and gave Yuukie a big hug before leaving without a word.
"Where are you going Naruto?" Sakura asked.
"I'm going out for a while to visit Yuukie-chan's mum. I won't be long. I'll come back later.
Naruto opened the door to Hana's room and greeted her. "Hey Auntie."
"Ah young one. Come in, come in."
"Hey Auntie, how are you doing? I heard that Daisuke's ninjas attacked you last night,"
"That's right. He must be angry that Yuukie didn't want to marry him."
"He sure was! Yuukie-chan is in the hospital right now! She got hit by Daisuke's Devil's Hand technique."
"Oh my. Is she all right? Is she even alive?" Hana asked, worried about her daughter's health.
"She's fine but unconscious. But Auntie, why are you letting Yuukie-chan marry the one that she does not love? You did it when you were young too didn't you? And you backed out from it."
"Yes, I suppose I did. I just didn't want Yuukie to suffer what I've gone through."
"She will suffer more with that bastard Daisuke. She was really upset when you wouldn't let her back out of it."
"I really don't want her to marry Daisuke but…"
"Come on Auntie, she needs o make her own choices and be free from you family's curse."
"Well, I guess that you're right."
"Thanks for seeing it her way." Naruto said opening the door, ready to leave.
"No young one, thank you for opening my eyes."
"Sure, no problem!" Naruto said waving as he left.
It's been a week and still Yuukie hasn't woken up. Naruto and Sakura were kind of worried about it. What if she stayed like that forever? Sakura was reading a book and Naruto was holding her hand. The door opened and they glanced upwards to see Sasuke.
"What are you doing here?" Naruto asked.
"Isn't it obvious Naruto? Sasuke-kun came here to visit. Right Sasuke-kun?" Sakura said sweetly.
"Actually no. I came to say thank you. She's still not up yet?" He said approaching the bed and pulled something from his pocket. He took out the same bottle to wake up Yuukie the last time she didn't wake up and ripped off the oxygen mask.
Both Naruto and Sakura gasped. "What are you doing? She needs that do breath dimwit!" Naruto yelled.
Sasuke placed the bottle under her nose and her eyes fluttered open. She gasped for air and Sasuke placed the mask back on her face. When her breathing was steady again, Yuukie tried to sit up but Sasuke stopped her.
"Don't sit idiot, you're injured." Yuukie gave him an apologetic look. "Hey, thanks back there and..." Sasuke said in a soft voice. "Don't ever do that again! You are such an idiot! How could you just risk your life like that! I should be the one on the bed not you!" He snapped.
Yuukie turned away and faced the wall. She shouldn't have jumped in the way and try to save Sasuke. She got in the hospital as a punishment. "But overall, thanks…" Sasuke said heading towards the door.
"Y-you're… You're we-…" Yuukie tried to say.
"Don't talk idiot. Just rest." Sasuke said before closing the door, leaving.
The next few days Yuukie was allowed to walk around the hospital and stretch her legs so she went to visit her mother. She could finally walk without using the mask but she mustn't run or else she could be out of breath.
Since after the operation, she couldn't breath as she usually could. Must have been a side affect from the blow of the Devil's Hand. But Tsunade said that she'd be okay after a few months.
Yuukie knocked at the door of her mother's room. After she heard her mother said 'come in', she braced herself and opened the door and entered the room. "Mum? Are you okay? I'm sorry that I got you in this mess. I did agree on marrying him but he got angry because he wanted to brake the rules and kiss me."
"I know. Naruto told me. Yuukie I'm sorry if I was keeping your happiness locked away. You can call the wedding off and choose whom ever you want to marry."
"R-really?" Yuukie asked in disbelief. "Y-you mean it mum?" And when Hana nodded Yuukie gave her a big hug. "Thanks mum! Hey, why don't we go to the hospital's garden tomorrow?"
"That would be a great idea. Now why don't you go back to your room and rest. I'm feeling a little tired myself."
"Okay mum." Yuukie said heading for the door. "Oh and mum? I love you." She said giving her a small smile.
The next morning Yuukie woke up and got dressed. She was going to the gardens with her mother today and she was really looking forward to it. She went her way to her mother's room and knocked on the door but there was no reply.
"Mum?" Yuukie called out, yet still no answer. "Mum?" She asked opening the door but the whole room was empty. She saw a nurse walking towards her and she asked where her mother was.
"Are you the child of Mrs. Sanada?" She asked.
"Yes." Yuukie said. "Yes I am. Why? Did something happened to her?"
The nurse had a solemn look on her face. "Tsunade-sama has called for you." She said leading the way.
"Umm… Okay but what does this have to do with my mother?" She asked but the nurse didn't say a word.
They reached a room and the nurse knocked the door. "Come in." Tsunade's voice was heard.
Yuukie entered the room and something didn't feel right. Why was her mother not in her room and why has she been called? The pieces of the puzzle don't fit.
"Yuukie… I have something to tell you. It concerns your mother."
"W-what is it Tsunade-sama? Why is she not in her room? Did she fell ill again?"
"Not exactly." Tsunade's voice was serious and Yuukie didn't like it one bit. "Did you know that your mother has a swollen liver?" (1)
"No Tsunade-sama, she never told me. She only said that she was ill. Why do you ask?"
"Well the thing is Yuukie, sometimes… Fate will do some awful things to your life." (2)
"What happened Tsunade-sama? Please, I want a straight answer."
"I'm sorry Yuukie but she died this morning."
"M-mother d-died?" Yuukie repeated then her world went back.
.: End :.
Hey this is a very serious thing! You can die from this! (1)
Okay, now she sounds like Neji! (2)
A/n: Oh my goodness! This is the longest chapter I've ever written! Wow! Ahaha you are probably wondering why Hana had to die but that will come out in the next chapter!
Sorry if there were any spelling or grammar mistakes that I weren't aware of. And I admit that in this chapter Sasuke was totally OOC with saying thank you and all so forgive me!
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