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Flashback

Our shadows hit off the trees, the owls hooted in the midnight sky the moon guiding us to our destination, we would have been there almost an hour ago was it not for Kashini falling and spraining her ankle. It was easy to heal but Daisuke insisted we stay and relax for a while, to make sure Kashini was okay and that my chakra would come back sooner.

"Sakura?" Daisuke called from ahead, she hated to admit it, but she was a lot slower than them

"Hai?" She called slightly embarrassed, he looked so much better in the moonlight the, soft trickle of the light bounced of his skin making him almost glow.

"The village is straight up ahead we'll be there in 20 minutes, would you like us to go on ahead and get a hotel room?"

'Wait you can go faster? Ugh...I'm slowing you down.' Blush filled my face as I noticed that I took a lot longer to answer, I probably looked stupid.

"Hai...good idea...go on ahead, I'm right behind you." I smiled nervously throwing my hand up in the air, hoping they would take the hint to go on, while I laughed nervously under my breath. Once I saw them nod to each other, they jumped up on a branch and began to run quicker. I stopped and leaned up against a tree bark, 'crap I'm exhausted and they can go quicker and still have energy, so I was just slowing them down. Ugh I'm a terrible excuse for a ninja.' I felt my throat tighten up, I was going to cry I could feel it,

'NO' I promised myself I would never cry again, ever since Sasuke came back. Sakura looked up at the stars and sighed, "Sasuke..."

'Crap did she just say my name? No there's no way she could possibly know I've been tailing her, watching that Daisuke character, I stayed back, controlled my chakra and made no sound, but why else would she say my name, and why is she all alone!' Sasuke stared across at his girlfriend as the moon hit her fair skin her body looked like something a goddess would envy. Her chest rose and sunk with every quick intake of breath. He wanted to go up to her and kiss her all over. The way she looked almost taunting him, the way she looked in her mission outfit and how the moon complimented her hair, and skin, she almost glowed; her emerald eyes were extra bright because of the light, almost calling him to her. Sasuke looked up where Sakura looked and sighed, "Sakura..."

Sasuke shivered and stood into a defensive stance, someone was coming. This chakra signature was not one he recognized, it was weak but, it could pose as a threat. Sasuke grimaced at the smell that accompanied the new visitor. The smell of sweat, alcohol, and vomit was so strong it made Sasuke almost gasp for air. Turning slightly around the tree he looked at the approaching shinobi. He appeared to be a chunin or jounin from Suna, nothing Sasuke saw as a threat. However it was the way the man walked and looked at Sakura, his pants beginning to budge as his eyes screamed out in lust, which made Sasuke want to kill this new man. When he spoke, Sasuke wanted to rip his throat out.

"HEY GIRLIE WHAT'S A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE GIRL LIKE YOU DOING OUT HERE ALL ALONE?" the drunk shinobi called, his long purple hair glimmering in the moon light, as his scared face told a story of how often he had been in battles. Sakura's head shot up at the new arrival,

'How come I didn't sense him sooner?' She looked puzzled at the new man and then a wave of scents hit her nose. She wanted to throw up, this man should be barely able to walk, from how much alcohol he seemed to have consumed.

Sakura grimaced she didn't want to hurt someone who was so intoxicated, it just wouldn't be fair. She was about to ignore the man and jump in the other direction when he appeared right in front of her,

"oh I know..." he said sliding his hand up her shirt while the other on her waist..."your here to pleasure me!"

Sakura objected and pushed back on the man's chest, muttering something about his smell and how she is a ninja and not to be taken lightly. When he ignored her he leaned in for a kiss she lifted up her hand and smacked his face. The slap echoed through the forest followed by an evil snicker, looking up at the drunken shinobi she was even more frightened her hand clenched in a tight fist, but she quickly loosened it.

'I can't hit him, it wouldn't be right'. She turned around and began to run but she wasn't quick enough, the shinobi punched her hard in the stomach, right above her navel causing her to spit up and knocking her unconscious. She slowly leaned forward and he caught her roughly by the shoulders, pushing her up against a tree.

"Bitch, did you honestly think you could beat me, huh?" He spat in her face. Letting go of her shoulders he dropped her to the floor and kicking in her ribs.

He began to unzip his pants and walk around to her back side "Oh well, I can still have my fun."

'What is Sakura doing! She can easily defeat this guy and all she does is slap him? No I can't go in there, I'll blow my cover, and she'll send me back and run for comfort with.' He grimaced 'Daisuke.' He looked over again at his girlfriend, just then she received a punch to the stomach 'SAKURA STOP THIS! PROTECT YOURSELF!' he almost pleaded. However when he saw her get kicked to the ground he knew he couldn't watch this anymore. Sasuke stood and quickly sprinted to his new number one enemy.

"Get off of her!" he screamed kicking the man in the side of his chest watching as he fell down to the ground. Not wasting an opportunity Sasuke ran over to the shinobi to punch his face. He jumped on top sitting on top of the man's chest and punched his face repeatedly adding strength to every punch, and increasing his speed. The man spit up blood and was knocked unconscious.

'This is it!' he raised his fist and collected chakra to that one area, this blow will do it, kill him in an instant. He lowered his hand, but it was caught in mid air by...Sakura.

"Sasuke...stop." She choked out her hand covering her stomach as she slouched over slightly, slowly losing her balance swaying in all directions.

"Sakura look what he's done to you, he deserves to die!" Sasuke spat while standing up grabbing his girlfriend by the shoulders rather roughly holding her still.

"No Sasuke...he's drunk, he doesn't know what he's doing...and besides...I let it get out of hand." She looked away at the tree hiding her face from his gaze.

He hated her when she was like this, that she was such a pushover even to the enemy, and she always blamed herself for everything. He sighed he couldn't do anymore damage even if he wanted to, it would upset her. He slowly walked her over to a tree and sat her down pushing her back up against the bark. He kneeled down in front of her and began rolling up her shirt. Sakura turned a bright red and quickly objected and let out a small gasp throwing her shirt back down,

"What are you...?"

"Stupid let me see where he hit you." Sasuke asked, sounding annoyed and concerned at the same time.

"No...it...it doesn't hurt." She turned her head slightly to the right avoiding his gaze. Grabbing her stomach lightly.

"You're the worse liar...ever." He stated and continued to roll up her shirt, revealing a dark bluish purple bruise forming it was bigger than the size of his hand and took up almost all of her stomach. He slowly and gently ran his index finger from her navel to her chest marking out the bruise, he watched as she silently winced every few seconds his finger passed a sensitive area. He mentally slapped himself, he should have stepped in sooner. Looking at her and the state she was in he was filled with emotions, he was concerned about her but angry she didn't try and stop it. What if he hadn't shown up?

Just thinking about that made Sasuke even more upset. He looked up into her worried eyes and glared daggers at her. 'Why didn't she do anything?'

"Why did you let him hit you?" he bellowed in her face making her lean back fear evident in her eyes, completely taken off guard.

"Sasu..." She began slowly lifting her hand to his face; he pushed it away which made her gasp.

"Did you want to die? I mean how could you let him so close to you?" he screamed in her face ignoring her eyes as they started to turn glassy,

"You're a terrible excuse for a ninja" he said and instantly regretted it. The look on her face, it was as if HE had just beaten her repeatedly. He didn't mean to say it, It's just seeing her in this state, and him not being able to do anything about it. He couldn't control all of these emotions.

"Sakura...I" He began quieter than before, concern and worry forming in his eyes, as she slowly stood to her feet using the tree to support her, tears rolling down her face

"Just go back Sasuke! I don't even know why your here this wasn't your mission! Just leave me alone!" She cried as he stood to his full length and reached out to grad her wrist and turn her towards him

"Sakura stop..." He sighed as he notice how she was fidgeting to get free.

"NO SASUKE! LET ME GO!" She cried as he loosened his grasp. She sighed,

"THIS TIME IM LEAVING YOU, ITS WHAT YOU'VE ALWAYS WANTED IS'NT IT, I'M A TERRIBLE NINJA, AND GIRLFRIEND. I HOLD YOU BACK AND MAKE YOU SCREW UP...you don't even love me. I don't deserve someone like you." She turned away from Sasuke and began walking towards the village Daisuke and Kashini were located at. Sasuke felt as if he had been hit in the face, this pain was something new to him, he felt tremendous guilt towards Sakura, however he was angry at how explosive she had become.

"SAKURA LISTEN TO ME!" He shouted, almost pleading for her to turn around.

"NO just leave me alone Uchicha... I never want to see you again," she almost spat and started running towards the trees, ignoring the pain in her stomach, the pain in her side, and the pain in her heart.

Sasuke stood dumbfounded in the middle of the forest, looking at the place his girlfriend once stood. His insides felt as if they were getting split in two, and if someone was using his heart for target practice getting every hit accurate. His throat closed up and he found it rather difficult to breathe he looked were his girlfriend had disapered through the trees. He sighed, there was no point in following after her, she was still angry and upset and he himself had not calmed down, it would only make matters worse. Sasuke turned back towards the direction of Konoha, and began walking.

'Crap!'

A/N: So this is my very first time writing and I want to thank you for all the fav's and alerts but it's the reviews which make my day so please Review :)

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