Bundyangel: Okay. Before we throw crack pairing plushies or sharp objects at me, let me get some things out.
I'm lazy.
I just am. And so I've decided not to make excuses anymore, and I'm not going to apologize for not updating. I have writers block, but I also think I'm scared of ending my first full-length story. (Prolly cause I haven't planned ANY of part II –cough cough-)) I've also taken on another fic of just kind of fluff and crap that just lets me get out my cute ideas.
If you like a jealous Sasuke and a Sakura out on a mission to find a new love and make Sasuke jealous in the process 'Loving Other People' is totally your story –thumbs up and smiles- No worries, its completely a sasusaku.
Another thing you all should be kind of aware of, my parents are getting divorced, so I'm highly emotional right now and I have no problem taking your review, setting you on fire with it and then making fun of you in the next chapter of my story.
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Disclaimer:
Me: All right I suppose I'll-...
-Shino steps from the shadows. -
Shino: Bundyangel-san does not own anything in the Naruto series. She does not claim ownership to it and she claims nothing.
-Shino leaves. Bundyangel blinks. -
Me: Uhh… Thanks Shino! On to the story!
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"Baaaka"- regular speech
'Baaaka'-thoughts, flashbacks, and italics
Baaaka-Inner Sakura's world
'Baaaka!'- Inner self's
The Ancient Curse of Love PART I OF III
Part 1 - Running from the pain
Chapter 11: The ones closest to you hurt most
By Bundyangel
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It is quiet here…
Looking around Sakura saw a vivid white place. There seemed no end to the brilliance and Sakura knew that even if she tried she would never find the exit to the purely tainted place. An unseen wind played lightly with her hair and clothes, making her palms cold as it whispered by, carrying with it light refrains and notes of a quiet lullaby.
Sakura felt like the wind and music blowing by her head, a lifeless immortal unfeeling being that was adored and untouchable. It was what she wanted, the love that was given, but not the pain that was forced with it as in the precarious human world.
Finally noticing the temperature change in her hands, Sakura lifted the numbed appendages to eye level and blinked at the crimson liquid clinging to the grooves and pads that identified her as the human she wished no longer to be.
As she stared at the red liquid running in tiny rivulets down her arms, the expanse around her shifted to a stormy gray and shattered into a million broken shards of reflective glass. Sakura continued to stare unfeeling at her hands, standing on nothing and everything at the same time.
Slowly her body started to dissolve into the wind she yearned to be and she closed her eyes in acceptance and lowered her arms, the last strains of music coming to her ears before it disappeared unheard once again.
Sakura stood strait in a fuchsia colored chakra bubble, unhearing to the screams, and unfeeling to the pain. Looking around with unknown to her, golden yellow eyes, Sakura stared at the various faces of her friends, comrades, and strangers she had seen briefly before. Sakura was curious why they looked so scared. It was quiet. The sun was turning the land a faint pink, and everything was peaceful.
Just like the expanse from her vision the bubble cracked and fell with small shimmers of blue and pink chakra. Sakura winced as the sounds of the world came to her temporarily muted ears.
An angry chakra lunged at her and not caring in the lightest, Sakura lifted a hand and caught the shinobi around the throat in midair, squeezing tightly. Sakura stared in fascination as the dark marks danced happily along her skin, and the shinobi she held in her tight grip scratched wildly at her arms, attempting to break from her merciless hold. Sakura continued to look at her arm, watching as the deep cuts the cloud man caused healed seconds after being created, leaving not one mark.
Another shinobi yelled something that sounded unreal to Sakura's ears and lunged at her in the same manner as the first man. In the same way as before, Sakura grasped this mans throat and instead of simply holding his airways shut, pulled him close to her curse-blemished face. Staring at him with unblinking golden eyes Sakura smiled lightly. Whispering lightly so only he could hear, the mans eyes grew in terror and hatred,
"A thousand crystal tears for you, its what you'd wish. A thousand tears of blood are what your death shall be. But here is a kiss for you on your way." Tightening her grip momentarily, Sakura kissed the man's cheek before effortlessly throwing him to her right, into a cement wall and through into the next one.
A woman screamed and many stared in terror or began crying as they saw the mangled and destroyed body of the former cloud shinobi, now a dead corpse. Many screamed again as Sakura raised her other hand, still clutching the now blue faced and dead man, and thoughtlessly tossed him after his comrade before turning and locking her eyes on the crimson pool of blood, that used to be her best male friend,
"Naruto… I'm sorry I didn't come in time…" Few caught the whispered words, and they blinked in confusion.
Naruto was standing about ten feet to the left of where he had fallen, restrained from running at Sakura by several shinobi. Even so, he was dragging them along, attempting to get to her again,
"LET ME GO DAMN YOU ALL! SAKURA NEEDS ME! CAN'T YOU ALL SEE THAT?!?! SHES REACTING THAT WAY BECAUSE SHE THINKS I'M DEAD! LET ME GO CALM HER DOWN!!!" Another two shinobi grabbed onto Naruto's arms and effectively held him back.
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'GODDAMN IT ALL!!!!!! I fucking told you Sakura! I TOLD YOU!' Inner Sakura kicked at the purple tinted marble wall in the inner sanctum of Sakura Haruno's mind. The place where Inner Sakura dwelled, and the curse mark rested.
Inner Sakura growled and made her body bigger, clenching a dark fist and punching at the wall. A rippling effect seemed to go out from the wall and suddenly it twisted. The wall began moving slowly, changing shape till it became hundreds of purple tinted white snakes with yellow eyes, entwining and slithering, flickering out black tongues or flashing white teeth in a mock of Inner Sakura's attempts to get through and help her human counterpart.
''It's no Good, Inner Sakura.''
Inner Sakura swung around to see a translucent blue version of Outer Sakura curled up in the corner of the room they were sealed in. Propping a hand on her hip, Inner Sakura scowled at the little person,
'Who the hell are you?' The figure looked up,
''I'm Outer Sakura's consciousness.'' Inner Sakura blinked a moment,
'… Huh?' The blue Sakura sighed again,
''I'm who talks to you through Sakura. When you have arguments with Sakura in here. It's actually me you're talking to. Outer Sakura can't really communicate with you. Generally I'm merged with her being, and that's why neither of you know I exist.'' Inner Sakura blinked in confusion,
'So… Why are you here?'
''The curse seal. It really is the reason you can't communicate with Outer Sakura. Because, Once it takes control, it takes my place and forces me in here, basically switching our positions.''
'Well, that sucks.'
''Yes, It does.''
'So… Now what?' Consciousness smirked,
''We wait till the opportune moment, then we kick the barrier the seal's made ass.'' Inner Sakura smirked and punched a fist upward,
'SHANNARO! I like the way you think Consciousness! Hells yeah!!!'
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Sakura lifted her calm eyes from the blood; the once dead depths now firm in a hard resolve. Slowly, Sakura bent down and with one hand picked up a fallen katana. Straitening again, Sakura lifted her free hand and brushed some bangs out of her yellow gaze. As soon as her hands lowered to its original position, she disappeared.
To the north about half a mile there were loud, mostly masculine screams and it continued traveling in a circle around the border of the city in a firm pace. Many of the people in the streets cried and curse, asking what the hell was going on. There were only a few amazed and horrified faces.
A few sets of Byakugan one and a half of Sharingan and a few practiced in chakra detecting, following the erratic streaming path of one distraught unfeeling girl, trying to save what was left of her village.
A microphone headset crackled, and two well-cultured voices conversed before it was shut off and two Byakugan users ran to the center of the village under siege.
By this time almost all civilians had been evacuated, and a special ops team was working on salvaging the homes of those defenseless, now long gone.
The blonde Goudaime stood on the top of her tower, fists clenched powerfully around the railing on the balcony overlooking her village, unable to do anything. Watching painfully as her shinobi fought the invaders and her people's homes were set alight, the fire blazing dangerously in a painful reminder of how they were never safe.
After the last attack the village suffered, and the death of the 3rd Hokage. The council had decided that in the future if they were under siege and the Hokage was not needed, he or she was to be kept out of enemy reach and well guarded by high level ANBU captains and the highest level of ANBU black ops.
Tsunade felt tears slip down her cheeks as she saw the blur of red and pink that was her apprentice. She had lied. She couldn't control it, and even if now she was trying to do good, she was accomplishing horrid deeds. Things Tsunade would never ask or demand of the green-eyed kunoichi.
Sasuke narrowed his eyes in disappointment, the Sharingan flawlessly following Sakura's every move, as she ran around killing the cloud shinobi in brutal and often times grotesque ways. He didn't want Sakura scared to sound. He didn't want her there because she was afraid Konoha would look at her in disgust and distrust or fear. He wanted her there because she chose to come, feeling it best to take his offer.
He was disappointed in her lack of control. Sure, as much as he wished it didn't, the sight of Naruto dead might unnerve him a little, but he would never let the curse seal take over his mind so completely.
At the moment, Sakura was not even thinking of how the shinobi died, as long as they did. If they could never come back to harm her village, Sakura didn't care how it happened.
Sakura had been at it for at least half an hour, the marks going down her right leg, the last place to be unblemished. Sakura in her unfeeling state didn't realize the passing of the marks or how they had almost taken over. All she registered in her curse-clouded mind was that she needed to make things safe again. No matter what.
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I had been almost an hour before Sakura had circled the rim of Konoha, pushing the frightened cloud shinobi towards the center and the beginning of her assault.
Two pale, dark haired ninja stood poised and ready for what needed to be done. Neji was angry and concerned that Sakura had not listened deeper to his words, though he did not show it. Hinata was scared and worried for her friend, hurt that this was what had become of one of her good friends,
"Be strong Hinata-sama. No matter what, stick to what I told you. This is to save her." Hinata squared her shoulders and nodded,
"Hai, Neji-nii-san. For Sakura." Both house heirs stood side by side, Blood trait activated, following Sakura's every move even more closely then the Sharingan could hope for.
Sakura ran at them, hair and clothes pushed against her body and away from her face and she ran with incredible speed at them, her arms held lightly aloft at her sides, running in the standard shinobi pose, yet with the greatest of shinobi speeds.
Sakura stopped on a dim in front of them, looking them over quickly, yellow glazed eyes lingered on the headbands and Konoha's distinct symbols. She blinked at them slowly before shifting backwards and shooting forward again.
As soon as the shift took place, Neji and Hinata braced themselves and hooked their arms out, and with a bone jarring pull, caught each of Sakura's arms. Hinata wrapped bath arms around Sakura's left arm and held on tight; Neji grabbed her right elbow and wrist holding on equally as tight.
Sakura attempted to keep running, simply pulling away but their just as superior chakra control held them fast to ground, unyielding and determined to keep her in place. When that didn't work, Sakura shifted her weight and attempt to pull backwards, but that too, failed. Neji growled lowly, and Hinata clamped tighter onto Sakura's cursed arm,
"Stop it Sakura! You have done enough! Calm down, and collect yourself before you do something rash or unforgivable!" Sakura looked to Neji with a cool calm gaze,
"I am calm, and collected. I need for you to let me go so I may finish my job, and make sure that this village is safe." Hinata shook her head,
"No, Sakura-san! You aren't! Haven't you seen what you've done? You've killed at least a hundred shinobi. In less then 2 hours! Please Stop Sakura-san. Come back to the way you were before! Naruto isn't dead! he's fine! Kyuubi healed him. It's you who are hurt at the moment! So please stop!" Sakura settled her cloudy golden gaze on Hinata's silvery one,
"You. You don't understand do you? I saw Naruto be pierced through the chest with a katana. Don't tell me what I am or what I should be. I am merely saving this village, as every shinobi should. As for the amount in time? It is nothing. We are Kunoichi, Hinata. We are trained to kill, unfeeling, merciless, and without remorse." Hinata shook her head again fiercely,
"No! You're wrong! To be without emotions is to be dead! We are living breathing beings Sakura! We simply can't be emotionless!"
"Let go Hinata, Neji."
"N-no!"
"I will not."
"I see, well. That's too bad. I apologize Hinata-san, Neji. But you have forced this out of me." Sakura closed her eyes and lifted her left arm, pulling Hinata off the ground.
Hinata cried out lightly but held on tight, refusing to release Sakura. A stray tear trickled down Sakura's cheek as she pulled her arm close and then flung it out hard. The chakra pulsing in her arm forcing Hinata off, and shot her through the air, tumbling over before smacking into a cement building. Hinata gasped in pain and her back arched of the building as she slowly slid down it, a faint trail of blood in her wake,
"Hinata-sama!" Hinata reached the ground and slumped over sideways, coughing up blood, as her hair spilled over her face, covering her glazed eyes and blood covered chin,
Neji narrowed furious eyes at Sakura and pulled a hand back to force his organ destroying chakra into her body. As he shot his hand forward for her stomach, his hand was slapped harshly away. Neji stared surprised at Sakura, and her blank gaze. Her movements were almost unconscious reflexes; as if she didn't even realize what she did,
"I am sorry Neji." Sakura pulled back the hand that had just blocked his attack and before he could do anything, she pulled back her fist, concentrated her chakra and shot it forward at his face.
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Sakura's consciousness had taken to concentrating her little chakra, focusing on her bond with Sakura to allow her to see what was happening. Suddenly her eyes snapped open to reveal their pale green gaze and she quickly stood running to the curse seals' barrier, making hand seals of her own,
''It is time! Attack now Inner!'' Inner Sakura looked up surprised,
'What?! OH! SHANNAROOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!' Inner Sakura stood strait and took her chakra to her fist running at the barrier with consciousness.
The two inner personalities of Sakura threw their concealed and combined chakra at the barrier, the moment it went completely white and see through. Both yelled out the same time it broke into shards,
'Hells yeah!!!' Inner did a victory dance as consciousness disappeared and stopped the deadly fist heading for the male Hyuuga's face.
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Sakura's eyes shot open and her iris's grew extremely small, her fist stopping inches from Neji's face, her fist opened the chakra coating it wafting away in the breeze like a blue mist.
Sakura started trembling as her head spun around to stare at the fallen bloody heap of Hinata,
"No…" Tears gathered in her gaze as she let go of Neji and took several steps back, before collapsing to her knees.
Sakura's iris's widened again and Neji stared at her as they continuously changed between an emerald green and a golden yellow. Sakura couldn't take her eyes off of Hinata. She had done that…
She had done that to HINATA!
"Oh God!!! No! Oh god, Hinata, No! No no no no! NO! Oh dear God No!"
Sakura cried openly covering her ears with her hands, before pulling them over her face to cover her eyes as she rocked back and forth, shaking uncontrollably. Freezing suddenly, Sakura pulled her hands away from her faced and stared at them.
They were covered in blood. They were coated layer over layer over layer of that sticky sweet liquid that gave life to all beings.
Sakura's hands started shaking and she ran her hands into her hair, giving the light pink strands dark crimson highlights as she started rocking back and forth again,
"No, No. Oh God NO! Please No, Please. PLEASE!" Sakura coughed and turned, vomiting up everything that was in her stomach, into the dirt of the road.
All color left her skin, leaving it an ashy gray, making the streaks and splatters of blood even more vibrant. Sakura pulled down her hands and stared at them again, still covered in blood.
Curling them into fists as sobs shook her body and tears clogged her throat, Sakura slammed her hands into the dirt and then tipped her head back mouth open wide and eyes squeezed shut as she screamed the most loud frightened hurt scream the people of Konoha had ever heard in their lives.
Sakura screamed until the birds flew from the trees and people covered their ears.
She screamed till even Neji winced before running over to Hinata and trying to help her the best he could.
She screamed and dug her nails into the dirt hard enough to break them, and pull them back.
She screamed more and more until the marks receded on her body but her eyes turned a green and yellow color.
Sakura screamed until her throat bled and she was forced to stop and coughed up some blood before her eyes rolled into the back of her head and she fell over unconscious.
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Bundyangel: Oh yeah, I'm already expecting the hate mail. I know it got really dark, and really ugly, really really fast, but uhh… I'm twisted okay? I think this is the best chapter I've written in my life.
Please review and tell what you thought
Also I apologize for any grammatical mistakes or spelling errors. I check this myself and I don't have a beta so yeah. Spell check doesn't grab everything.
One chapter to go people!