Haunted by the Past

Main: Sakura & Sasuke

AU, Sakura was in the eighth grade when it happened. Her parents away, she walks to her house alone in the dark and a man jumps her from the shadows, rapes her, and then leaves her broken to suffer the pain for the rest of her life.

A/N: Chapter 3! Thanks to princess-dq, twilight-twins2, and Midnight Saphire for being my first readers to add this story to their alerts. Your reviews were much appreciated also. As promised, here is Ch.3 of HBP. Enjoy!

"So you have to like, text me every day and on Fridays, we can all go out to the movies or something! This summer is going to be awesome!" Ino said.

Her mood had visibly brightened since learning that Sakura and Naruto were now friends again. She'd pulled them into a giant bearhug upon finding out, you know one of those where no one can breathe except the hug-giver.

Now, it was time for them to leave the school for the final time before Summer began. (Same day as last chapter, just later on) Most of the other people were in tears, but these four were not. Ino, Sakura, Hinata, and now, Naruto were happy.

Kiba, Shino, Shikamaru, and Chouji all stood in a huddle nearby, watching their other three friends say their goodbyes. Sakura did not count any more, not after she'd ignored them for three years. They were not mad at her, however, just they felt left out.

"Maybe we should talk to them," Chouji said as he munched on a bag of Salt&Vinegar chips (a/n they're my favorite. :D)

"Nope. Too troublesome," said (well you can probably guess who) Shikamaru.

"Naruto's over there. Maybe Sakura's not PMS-ing anymore," Kiba said, loudly enough that Sakura probably heard him.

'crickets chirping', said Shino. (IOW, he is silent)

Shikamaru shrugged and then the four of them walked over to their other friends to say goodbye.

Sakura froze as the group of guys came over to where she and the others stood. "I...um, have to go. See you guys later!" she said to Ino, Hinata, and Naruto before the other guys could even get to them.

She rushed away from the group and headed towards the bathroom, to wait until the buses got there. She'd be glad when she got a car. As she rushed into the lobby of the cafeteria where the bathrooms were she ran smack into a tall, muscular guy with grey hair, and steely eyes.

"Hey, Sakura-chan, long time no see," he sneered at his ex-girlfriend from junior high.

Sakura gasped as she pushed herself off of him and then walked around him to go into the bathroom. She knew it was rude to ignore him, but something about him just gave her the creeps. It couldn't have anything to do with the way their relationship had ended three years ago. No way.

Sakura ran into the bathroom, went to the nearest (and cleanest) stall and shut herself in. She held her phone in her hand, waiting for 3:00 to get here, all the while thinking about the cold chills that ran down her spine when Kabuto spoke to her.

Finally, after three hours of driving, the city limit sign was in sight. Mikoto looked over at her son. After an hour of pestering her about where they were going, he'd become silent and after a while, she heard him snoring lightly.

So that left us where we are now, Mikoto driving, and her son, covering the side of the car in drool. "Sasuke-kun, wake up..," she cooed in a motherly voice.

Her son, Sasuke, grumbled and began to stir. He opened his eyes as he sat up, looking at their surroundings and all he saw was...green. Lots and lots of green, but not just that: it was sunny. This place was definitely different that their old home, and its dense forests and constant rain. But Sasuke had always liked the rain, so he peered out the window, searching for a promising raincloud. When he found none, he returned to pouting.

"So...where exactly are we?" he asked, trying to hide his curiosity with a level voice.

"Konoha, land of the trees," she said, with a mixture of seriousness and mockery. So I guess you'd say she was "seriously mocking."

Sasuke, however, didn't find her humor all that humorous. "Hn."

After a moment of silence, he finally said, "So why exactly did we have to move three hours away from home?"

"This was the best place within ten hours, so there," Mikoto said, although not very convincing.

Sasuke knew that the only reason she'd gone so far away was to get him away from Karin. In truth, she'd never liked his girlfriend, and she showed no signs of ever liking her. Of course, the feeling had been mutual.

Sasuke's mother held Karin's past against her. Karin was not necessarily the purest or the most innocent of girls, Sasuke would vouch for that, but she'd changed...honestly. She used to date multiple guys at once and she'd slept with more than she could count on both of her hands, but Sasuke had fallen for her, and after a year of her staying true and pure, he'd begun to believe that she truly had changed.

His mother was just in denial, and there was no way that it was the opposite. Sasuke couldn't possibly be in denial. That's what he claimed anyway.

"Sure," Sasuke said, realizing how long he'd let his mom wait for an answer. "One last thing: Why couldn't we have waited until summer was over to move here?"

"Well, I figured you'd want to make some friends before the school year started," Mikoto explained cooly.

"Hn."

-End-

A/N: I know this is short but I had nowhere else to go and I wanted to update today since I did kinda promise it to you guys. I'm trying to figure out where to go with Sakura's part. The next chap will probably be a timeskip to the first day of school, or at least the last week of summer vacation or something. Yea so anyways, REVIEW, and goodnight!