Chapter Three: The Past Revisited

DO NOT OWN NARUTO!

{Sasuke's POV}

Naruto was whining again.

'Why can't he ever shut up?' Sasuke thought looking at his blonde best friend.

"Why can't Hinata kiss me?" Naruto whined to Sasuke.

"I mean, You, Shikamaru, and Neji get kiss. What about me?" Naruto said pouting against the wall.

"Well, one, I don't get a kiss, I get a one hour make-out session." Sasuke said with a smug look.

Naruto mumbled, "Arrogant Bastard," under his breath then turned his attention to the window.

"Hey guys, Sakura's crying." Naruto said, worry in his voice.

He turned around and run for the front door without thinking.

Neji, Shikamaru, and Sasuke stood there looking lost before running after their blonde friend.

{Sakura's POV}

Sakura's tears wouldn't stop, but she didn't want them too.

She had held them in too long and now she just wanted them out.

Then the doorbell rang and she looked up.

"I'll get it." Hinata said letting go of her hand.

She ran to the door and opened it.

Naruto leaped in her vision.

"N-Naruto-kun, w-what a-are y-you d-doing h-here?" Hinata said looking at him.

He looked at her and she let him in.

Then she saw Neji, Shikamaru, and Sasuke standing out there sending murderous glances at Naruto as they followed him to the living room with the rest of the girls.

Sakura looked up and Naruto stood in her blurry vision.

"Sakura-chan, why are you crying?" Naruto asked kneeling down in front of her.

"M-my emotions d-decided to s-show themselves t-tonight, Naruto." She said as a wave of new tears made their way out her eyes.

"Sakura-chan?"

Sakura smile a sad smile and sighed.

She wiped away the new tears and looked up at her friends.

Some she knew forever, some she didn't know what they were but they were her friends.

"I'm . . . going to tell you the story of . . . how my parents were murdered."

Sakura said looking at all her friends.

They all looked at her and she sighed.

"When we were living in North Carolina, we moved into this big house with a wrap-around porch, two stories, and a swing.

It was everything I had a dream house being like.

And that was what everything was to me.

A perfect family, perfect home, prefect friends but nothing can stay perfect forever.

Soon everything will get dusty or rust.

And that what it did on my seventeenth birthday, it crumpled.

It started with my mom having an affair with are new neighbor.

I caught her one day with him at home.

I came home sick and I saw lights on in the house.

I opened the door to find my mom and him on the couch, doing things I never want to see again."

Sakura stopped and took a deep breath.

She took a glance at her friends.

"When I confronted her about it she told me that it was none of my business.

We yelled and screamed at each other for hours before I finally went to my room and cried; cried till I no tears left and only silent sobs came out.

Then my seventeenth birthday came and I woke that morning and got into a big fight with my mom.

It was about her cheating on my dad.

When I came home my mom wasn't there and I guessed she was over at the neighbor's house and I didn't think much about it.

I was still kinda mad at my mom.

I went to bed early that night because I had a test in the morning.

They still weren't home but I was getting kinda worried.

I woke up that night to the doorbell.

When I opened my door the police were there and I just knew something happened but I didn't cry.

They told me my parents were murdered. They said they wanted me to come with them, of course I said yes.

They took me to the police station and pulled me in to identify the bodies.

I could barely tell where their eyes where.

But they both had birthmarks.

Dad had one on his neck and mom had one on her wrist.

And even then I did not cry.

It felt like my mind didn't know how to process everything.

I spent the whole night at the police station and when I was released to go home I didn't want to go to that home.

I wanted to remember the good times.

The happy times with my family.

I was mad and angry but I never cry.

And soon I cut off emotion." Sakura took a deep breath.

She looked at her friends; some had tears in her eyes, while others stared at her emotionless.

She stood up and walked out of the room.

Walking in the kitchen she noticed Midnight in her bed curled in black and blue ball.

After wiping her eyes she got her a bottle of water from the fridge. "Sakura-chan . . ." She heard Naruto and turned around noticing all her friends had come into the kitchen.

"It's okay Naruto. I'm ok. It actually helped me talking about it." Sakura said.

Ino slowly came up to Sakura giving her a hug.

TenTen and Hinata came up behind Ino and hugged her too.

After they broke apart Naruto gave her a bear hug, and the rest nodded at her.

The boys stayed after that and they set up beds in the living room.

Sakura got extra blankets and pillows from the closet.

She sat on the couch to look at all of her friends.

Ino and Shikamaru were on the loveseat talking and laughing.

TenTen was telling Neji about some new weapons she bought.

Naruto was talking to Hinata making her blush.

She couldn't help but smile at them.

She looked down at her hands and sighed.

She knew that she had to tell them but she didn't know when.

"Sakura . . ." She looked beside her and onyx eyes met her emerald ones.

"What haven't you told us?" Sasuke asked in a whisper.

Sakura looked away and noticed her friends.

They were looking at her waiting for her to answer.

"Sakura . . ."

"T-the thing I haven't told you is the reason . . ." Sakura said looking down at her hands.

"F-for what?" Hinata asked coming to sit on the other side of her.

"Well, the police think that there's a reason my parents got murdered.

They haven't caught the guy who did it but they think that it was my old neighbor.

I think that mom didn't want to leave dad and my neighbor wanted to run off with her but she said no.

And the police tried to bring him in for questioning but he was gone and they couldn't find him.

They said that I needed to move somewhere he can't find me in case he wants to kill me.

So I came here." Sakura said taking a deep breath.

She looked at them again and they were silent.

"Well? Please say something." They were looking at her with pity and sadness in their eyes.

She sighed and let out a small laugh.

"Please don't pity me. I have put up with this for a year.

I don't need pity.

I like living alone.

It helps me think.

The drawing helps me too.

That heart you were looking at in lunch, I drew that after I heard my parents were killed.

It was all my emotions put into one thing.

The year that followed I started doing drugs and I locked my emotions up.

I didn't want to cry anymore I didn't want to feel.

I had one night stands and boyfriends that didn't mean anything.

The only thing that helped me get through it was when I almost overdosed.

I was sent to the hospital and almost died.

They sent me to rehab and I got clean with some help.

It was like hell in a bottle.

During the process I couldn't handle it being clean and I decide to try suicide.

But that didn't work.

I was caught and put under surveillance.

I got out three months ago and I have been doing fine ever since.

I was here for two months.

I got bored one night and went out walking.

I found Midnight in the road and took her home with me.

And here we are." Sakura said taking another deep breath.

Her friends were speechless. "But I'm not ashamed. It is part of my past I have to except that." Sakura said taking a sip of her water.

"Sakura-chan, do you have any ramen? I'm hungry!" Naruto said looking at her and rubbing his stomach.

They all looked at Naruto.

Sakura sighed and went into the kitchen to fix him so ramen.

She smiled as she thought of her friends.

She was glad the darkness didn't swallow her whole like last time.

She was glad that her emotions and tears came out tonight.

Sakura didn't have to fake smile or force back tears with them anymore.

She could be herself. "Hey! Forehead, how 'bout a makeover?" Ino said from behind her.

She turned with the ramen in her hand.

She sighed and smiled as she walked into the living room.

She placed the ramen in front of Naruto and turned toward Ino.

"Do I have a choice?" Sakura said looking at her three best friends.

"Nope!" Ino said smiling as she pulled Sakura up to her room.

~.XxX.~

Sakura was in hell.

Ino kept pulling and tugging at her hair.

She was cutting it to a medium length.

Ino said it was going to come to just beneath your shoulder blades.

Hinata was going through her clothes and TenTen was messing with her make-up.

"S-Sakura, why d-does you h-have so m-much black?" Hinata said holding up one of her favorite shirts.

She smiled, "it is one if my favorite colors."

"God, forehead, you have too much hair!" Ino said from behind her.

"Not my fault, Pig!" Sakura said crossing her arms.

"There all done!" Ino said as she stepped back.

"Ok, TenTen it's your turn!" Ino said stepping back and letting TenTen take over.

"WAIT! Don't I get to see my hair?" Sakura said looking around her at the evil smiles.

"NOPE!" They all said in unison, and then laughed at their evilness.

Sakura sweat dropped as TenTen came closer to her with the eyeliner.

~.XxX.~

{Sasuke's POV}

Sasuke was getting bored.

After Ino had dragged Sakura up the stairs and Naruto had finished his ramen, things got really quiet.

Sasuke was looking at Naruto who was passed out on the floor.

He was staring daggers into his head for giving them away.

"Uchiha, staring at him is not going to help are situation." Neji stated not looking at him.

"No but how 'bout we have some fun?" Sasuke said with a smirk.

"Too troublesome." Shikamaru said with his eyes closed.

"What fun?" Neji said narrowing his eyes.

"Well, I saw some permanent markers in Sakura's kitchen." Sasuke said getting up.

"I like your style Uchiha." Neji said with a smirk.

Neji got up and stood next Naruto as Sasuke got the markers.

They stood in front of Naruto's face and smirked evilly.

They uncapped there markers and got to work.