Ok guys! Umm... I've put a lot of thought into how I'm going to end this story... I think... THINK.. there will be two more chapters, maybe one... haven't decided yet... Umm, I hope you like it!! Please review!!
Gaara was walking around the block with Naruto, they had all seperated into pairs. Gaara's eyes flickered to everything once, somethings got looked at twice. He couldn't find anything that would tell him where Sakura was, fear was starting to make its way to the pit of his stomach. He needed to find her and make sure she was safe. Kio wasn't at his house, that made it all the worse for him. Gaara knew Kio was behind this, but someone had to be helping him, he couldn't have thought of this by himself, he wasn't that smart. Plus, he didn't even know where Sakura was when they took her.
Gaara's fist clentched at his side. The wounds from the glass split back open and started staining the cloth that was wrapped around his hand.
"Gaara Sabaku!" A girls voice called from behind them. Gaara didn't stop walking, he didn't want to talk to Ino at the moment, she would just piss him off to no end. "Gaara, I know where Sakura is!" He froze, Naruto spun around and stared at Ino.
"Where?" Gaara hissed slowly turning to look at her.
Ino gulped and took a small step back, she was holding something in her hand, it looked like a cell phone. "S-Sasuke has her." She whispered. "H-he sent m-me a text s-s-saying that h-he was go-going to deal with h-her then k-kill you." Gaara took a step towards her, she took another back.
"Where?" He growled, more angry then he had been. It was even worse now that Sasuke was in on it.
"A-at his f-fathers werehouse. I-I-I can show y-you."
"Let's go." Gaara flipped open his phone as Ino started running down the road, they followed. "TenTen, we've found her. Meet us at the Uchiha's werehouse." Then he hung up and stuffed the phone in his pocket. He was running by Ino's side in seconds.
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"Temari?" Hinata slowly pushed the door open. Temari looked over at her and smiled. "How are you?"
"Good." Temari smiled again. "Has Gaara called yet?"
"No, but I called Neji-nii-san. They found where Sakura is, they're on their way to get her." Hinata sat down on the edge of the bed being careful not to hit Temari's casted leg.
"Did Kankuro and Shika go to help?"
"I don't know. I told them, but I don't think they'll leave before making sure for themselves that you're fine." Hinata gave Temari a small sly smile. "Shika was really worried about you." She whispered in a small teasing tone.
Temari's eyes went wide realizing she had said her little nickname in front of someone other then her Shika. She blushed and looked away, "Was he really?"
Hinata giggled and then leaned closer to her. "Ask him your self. I'll be right back." Temari's head snapped around towards the door, and sure enough, Shikamaru was standing there. Hinata giggled as she left, softly shutting the door behind her.
"Er... Are you feeling better?" Shikamaru asked kicking an invisable rock with the tip of his toe.
"Um... yeah, I am." Temari blushed again and looked down.
"Temari..." She looked up only to have his lips meet hers. She was frozen for only a split second before she started kissing him back. "I really do worry about you." He whispered when they broke for air. He leaned his forehead against hers and stared into her hazel eyes. "Don't ever do that to me again." He whispered and kissed her again.
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"Don't you fucking touch me."
"So mean, Sakura, so mean." Sasuke chuckled as he pushed her leg, making her spin again. Sakura had to close her eyes to avoid throwing up, though she wouldn't mind if it hit Sasuke in the face, that would be funny.
Sasuke grabbed her by the waist, jerking her to a stop, Sakura's head fell forward, she was now looking directly into his eyes. "Fuck off." She hissed and kicked her legs up, hitting him in the stomach. He groaned and back stepped and few times.
"Now that wasn't nice at all." He growled, grabbing a metal pole. "I think you need to be taught a lesson." He swung the poll hitting her in the hip, a crunching sound echoed. Sakura screamed as she spun around, the pain was so bad. He swung again, hitting her shoulder blade, another crunching sound. Sakura screamed louder this time, hoping that someone would hear her and help her. Anyone, she didn't care who. "Now that wont do any good." Sasuke chuckled and grabbed her leg, one hand grabbed her hair and forced her to look down at him. "We're miles away from anyone who would want to help you." He let go of her and walked over to a machian, he pushed a butten and Sakura started lowering towards the ground.
"What are you doing?" She asked in a whisper, she had no strength to scream again.
He just chuckled and pushed the butten again, the chain jerked pulling her arms up higher, she groaned in pain. Sasuke walked over to her and took a knife out of his pants pocket. He put it to the rim of her jeans and started to cut them off.
"No." Sakura weakly whispered. "No, please, no." She tried to push him away, but he slapped her across the face.
He finished cutting the jeans and pulled them from her body. She only had her panties and bra left to cover herself. Sakura looked down at her body, she had blood all over, most of it was fresh and running down to her newly exposed legs. There were bruises all over her white and red skin, they were dark against the white of her skin. She could feel pain coming from every part of her body, mostly where he had just recently broken her shoulder blade and her left hip. They hurt the most at the moment, but she could feel others. Her collar bone, her wrist, her ankel, her knee had been popped out, she could see it disformed from where she was looking down.
Sasuke grabbed her chin and made her look up at him, they were now eye level with each other, though Sakura was still a foot from the floor. She never realized how much taller he was then her. Sakura's eyes closed, the blackness was taking over, she couldn't hold it back any longer, she didn't want to. She wanted the blackness, the nothingness to eat her whole, to take her away from the pain. It would save her from this monster. It would take the pain away, just make it dissapear. It always did. Sakura was hoping for the blackness for once, she wanted it to come.
Just before the blackness fully took over there was something that sounded like shattering glass. Someone yelled her name. Two someones, more then two, four, five, or six someones. One voice was louder then the rest, more clear.
"Gaara..." Sakura whispered before the blackness swallowed her.
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"That's it!" Ino pointed to a big metal building. Gaara sped up his pace and was now running ahead of them. Neji and TenTen had joined them a few seconds ago, he could see Kankuro running towards the werehouse a little over.
"Ino," Naruto took Gaara's spot next to the other blond. "Why are you helping us?"
Ino sighed and looked over at him with a sad smile. "I like Sakura, even though I was mean, which i'm really, really, sorry about, that doesn't mean I don't like and respect you guys. Sakura doesn't deserve to have something bad like this happen to her, I don't know what he will do and that's what scares me. I know he'll probably try to rape her, but I don't know if he'll go farther then that, and with Sakura's dad in on it, I really scared."
"How do you know about her dad?"
"Sasuke tells me everything. I'm glad he told me everything this time, or I wouldn't have been able to help." Ino gave him another sad smile and turned to try to run faster, they all did. Kankuro took up a spot on the other side of Ino, Neji and TenTen were running up ahead with Gaara still in the lead.
Gaara slowed to a stop and dropped to the ground to peek in a small window that was close to the ground, what he saw made his stomach twist with anger and disgust.
Sakura was hanging from chains that were tied to the cieling, she had blood all over, and Sasuke was cutting off her pants. It looked like Sakura was trying to get him away, but she couldn't move. Gaara could see her shoulder blade popping out in a not normal way, and her left leg was limp, a bone was poking out of her skin at her hip. Her ankel was twisted in a unnatural way, and blood was coming from her collar bone. Rage flooded over Gaara, sand started whipping all around him.
He flipped backwards and slammed his feet into the glass, jumping down. "Sakura!" He yelled and stared running towards the startled Sasuke. He could hear the others jumping down and yelling her name as they followed. Gaara pulled back his fist and slammed it right into Sasuke's jaw before he could react. Sasuke flew back into a wall, coliding with a big slam. The force of his punch made Gaara fall to one knee as he stared at Sasuke, rage started to fill him again. He slowly stood and stalked over to the guy on the floor. Blood was dripping down from Sasuke's mouth, but he was laughing. Gaara punched him again, his head slammed into the wall. Sasuke was out. He no longer moved or laughed.
"Gaara..."
Gaara spun around at hearing a whisper. He stared at Sakura. She was trying to lift her head to look at him, but it only bobbed a little. He ran over to her, lifting her head so she was looking at him. "Sakura?" His hands swept over her face, rubbing some of the blood, smearing it across her cheeks. "Get her down!" He yelled, not looking away from her for a second. Her eyes were barely open, her breathing slow.
"Got it!" TenTen called. She slammed her hand down on a botten and a buzzing sound echo'd, Sakura lowered into Gaara's arms. Neji ran over to help him, unlocking the chains around Sakura's wrists as Gaara held her to his chest.
"Sakura?" Gaara whispered again, worry and pain showed clearly on his face.
"What's going on in here, Sasuke? I told you not to take her down-" A lage metal door opened revieling Kio. He stopped when he saw Gaara holding Sakura, softly whispering to her. His eyes roamed over the group that was in the werehouse, his eyes landed on Sasuke against the wall. "Shit." He whispered and started to run back the way he came. Kankuro, Naruto, and TenTen started running after him. Neji stayed with Gaara, though his heart told him to go with TenTen. But he knew she'd be fine with Naruto there.
"Gaara..." Sakura's voice was thick with pain. She winced as a sharp pain flew through her hip.
"Sh. Don't talk." Gaara's voice had a tone to it that she never heard before. She stared up at his face with half lidded eyes.
"I'm sorry." She whispered, a small smile coming to her face. "I love you. I'm sorry I didn't know that sooner." Her eyes slowly drifted shut.
"Sakura." Gaara patted her cheek, her eyes opened slightly. "Don't say that like it's the last time you will." His voice was thick with emotion.
"Silly panda." She whispered, her hand slowly lifted from her side and touched his cheek. Neji's eye brow rose as Gaara's new nickname. "Don't be sad. I love you." She whispered, her eyes slowly shutting again.
"Sakura." Gaara patted her cheek, but her eyes didn't open. "Sakura, look at me. Sakura." He voice sounded paniked. His hands got a little rough as he patted her cheek, he shook her whole body, trying to get her to open her eyes. But she wouldn't, and deep down, he knew it. A tear slipped from his eye as he lowered his head and rested his forehead against hers. "I love you, too." He whispered, more tears ran down his cheeks. "Please don't leave me...."
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Hinata walked down the hall, her feet dragging slowly. She was worried about all of her friends. Mostly Sakura, no has called her sense they found out where she was. Neji promised he would. Was this bad? Or was it good? They could have found her and was bringing her home, maybe they just forgot to call her. But, Sakura could be really hurt or dead... Hinata swallowed the tears the threatened to fall. She needed to be strong. Sakura was going to be fine, Gaara wouldn't let anything like that happen to her.
Hinata sighed and continued her walk down the hall, she didn't know where she was going, she just let her feet take her. Hinata clutched her cell phone tight in her hands, hoping it would go off at any second. Hinata gasped. It was vibrating in her hand. Her heart pounded as she flipped the phone open.
"H-Hello?" She whispered.
"Hinata?" Naruto's sad voice came from the other end.
"Yes, Naruto-kun?" She whispered, her voice high with fear.
"..." Naruto hesitated on the other side of the line. She could hear his breathing slow and deep. "We have Sakura..."
Hinata let out the breath she didn't know she was holding. The cool air rushed into her lungs.
"But, its not good..."
Hinata's breath was stollen from her. She dropped the phone, it clattered to the floor. Something was wrong with Sakura, she could feel it. Tears poured down her face, she couldn't breath. Her lungs had come up with her tears, she couldn't feel them.
"Hinata?!" Her phone screamed. She clumsily picked it back up. "Hinata?!"
"I-I-I'm here, Naruto-kun." She whispered, her voice cracking.
"Turn around." Hinata did, slowly, but she did. The line went dead in her ear. Naruto stood behind her with his phone shut by his ear. "Hinata..." He whispered, he was panting. He must have ran until he found her.
Hinata slowly stood up from where she was crouching on the floor. Naruto took the steps needed and hugged her tightly to his chest. Hinata shook with the sobs that came from her body. She grabbed him around the neck and pulled him closer to her. She was scared that he would leave her, too. Naruto held her back tightly, ignoring the people who stared as they passed. He didn't know where anyone else was. They had seperated when they got to the hospital. Naruto ran to fined Hinata, Kankuro to see his sister, TenTen and Neji went somewhere, TenTen crying. Gaara... Naruto shook his head, he didn't want to think about Gaara, all he could see was his crying friend, all of his pain clear on his face.
Shouts was heard from down the hall, they were on the emergency level.
"Hurry up!"
"I found the pulse!"
"She's breathing!"
"Her pressure she dropping!"
"We're losing her!"
"Get me a blood transfer!"
"Keep her eyes open!"
"Get him out of here!"
"You need to leave, Sir!"
All of those yells echo'd through the hall. A loud smashing noise came, followed by five men dragging Gaara out of a room. "Contain him!" Another yelled.
Naruto kissed Hinata's forehead and raced towards Gaara, standing in front of him. "Gaara!" Naruto yelled, putting his hand on the redheads chest. "You need to let them work! She'll die!" Gaara froze. His body shut down, he was barely breathing. She was already dead. She died at the werehouse. And these imbasils wanted to take his girl away from him. Gaara let out a growl, but still didn't move. "Let him go." Naruto whispered. The men holding Gaara slowly let go, hands held towards him incase he tried to run back to the room.
Hinata watched with big eyes, the tears were slowing. She watched as Gaara fell limp against the wall, staring at the room where they had just pulled him from. Muffled shouts could still be heard. A long beeping sound came from the door, all was silent. Hinata's eyes never left Gaara's, for he was still crying. She had never seen him cry, never seen him show much emotion at all. She slowly walked over to him and sat down next to him. Without looking at Gaara, Hinata rested her head against his shoulder and took hold of his hand. Naruto sat next to Hianta, and took her other hand. The three sat there, saying nothing. The only sound they could hear was the flat beeping noise that sounded.
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"Temari?!" Kankuro burst into the room. Temari was lying in her bed talking with Shikamaru, but when her brother came running in, she sat up and stared at him with big eyes. Kankuro strode over to her and hugged her tightly. Temari hugged him back a little confused. Then she realized what was going on, and hugged him tighter. Tears formed in both of their eyes. Shikamaru looked out the window to ovoide being seen while he, too, cried.
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TenTen looked up at Neji's face. Her cheeks stained from the tears. Neji loosened his grip around her so that she was able to look up at him without struggling. They both knew what was happening. A wind blew, Neji's hair drifted over his face a little, TenTen brushed it away. She leaned up and slowly captured his lips with hers, giving him enough time to pull away if he wanted, but he just pulled her closer, lowering his head to her.
They had walked to the roof of the hospital, TenTen felt sick and she needed air, so Neji walked her up here. TenTen's hands slowly made their way around his neck, pulling him down closer. His arms tightened around her waist.
When they broke for air, they didn't move much, their lips were barely touching as they gasped for air. TenTen looking into his pale eyes, they were both happy and sad. She guessed that hers looked the same. She was happy because she finally knew he liked her as much as she liked him, but then sad because of their friend. A tear ran down TenTen's face, Neji kissed it away.
"Do you want to go back down?" He whispered.
"Yeah." TenTen whispered back. "I want to see Temari." He nodded and kissed her forehead. Then they both walked back to the stairs hand in hand.
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Ok guys! Review and let me know what you think please! If you didn't like it, don't hesitate to let me know, I want to know what I can do to make it better!! Thanks everyone!! R&R!!!
-AmyC103