Haunted by the Past

Main: Sakura & Sasuke

A/N: Okay so I was going to update this story the day after I updated the last chapter, but then I couldn't write anything good, so I quit on it for a bit. And the past couple days I have been in Covington. I got a new car, yay!

And thanks to midnightsaphire for giving me a shoutout on Ch.2 of her story. Now, she gets this chapter and a big shoutout to her story. You guys need to check it out. Just look her up and read, "Once Upon a Vampire?" While you're at it, leave Midnightsaphire a nice review!

So anyways, back to the story! I know you guys all hate Sasuke right now and this is definitely going to cause some tension but it's all good. You just have to read to find out how all these events lead up to the big, huge, giant twist! Okay, well it may not be that major to some of you.

It had been almost two weeks since the party. Monday. Again. Sakura sighed as she got out of bed. The only good thing about it was that she only had to go to school two and a half more days this week because Saturday was Christmas and the break started mid-Wednesday. It was always so wierd how they made the schedule.

As she walked to her dresser, she looked at herself in the mirror. Am I not worth protecting? she asked herself.

Ever since the party, she'd entered a state of depression. She wouldn't talk to Sasuke and neither would Naruto for that matter. Ino was even angrier with the jerk than she and Naruto were and Hinata just followed along. She had a good heart. She tried to reason with everyone that perhaps Karin had purposefully enticed Sasuke to stay away, but who would believe a story like that? Only Hinata.

What had happened after Naruto drove Sakura home, you ask? Well, it went kind of like this:

Naruto runs almost every red light in town trying to get Sakura away from Kabuto and Itachi without them following him. He takes her inside using her key, conveniently placed in her pocket. Luckily her parents aren't home. It takes about two minutes for Ino to arrive and she rushes up the stairs to Sakura's room and finds Naruto tucking Sakura into her bed. She goes out of the room to talk to him and asks him what happens. When she finishes, they go back to the room to find Sakura awake. She tells Ino that Naruto should know what happened to her. Ino resists but then agrees and Sakura tells him about being raped four years ago. Naruto, naturally, gets mad. He demands that Sakura tell him who did that to her so that he can kill them. He is such a good friend. After they calm him down, he tells Sakura about Sasuke and she starts crying. Ino comforts her and then they all get mad at Sasuke. The End.

So, that's how they got to where they are now. Mad at Sasuke, Itachi, Kabuto, and a few even mad at Karin.

Sakura continued to stare at herself in the mirror. She'd not had a good night's sleep for almost two weeks and it was beginning to show. She had bags under her eyes, her hair was oily and unkempt, she'd been wearing the same PJ's to bed for a week, and she looked altogether miserable.

She sighed and then went to take a shower before getting ready for school. Once she'd finished her shower, she dried her hair and then got dressed. Never again would she wear a bikini to swim in and never again would she go to a party, even if she did trust the people that were throwing it. No matter what they say, there's always going to be alcohol involved.

Sakura pulled out a maroon sweatshirt and a pair of black jeans. Then she put on her fluffy boots. (A/N: I'm talking about those boots that are really popular right now with the wool-like insides.) She combed her hair then let it hang around her face.

She was walking down the stairs to the kitchen when her cell phone rang. She checked the caller ID. It was him. She started to answer it, but then stopped herself. Why should she talk to him? He didn't even try to help her that night. He only cared about that little slut of a girlfriend. Why should she be there for him when he will not do the same for her?

She silenced the phone and then walked out of her house. She didn't even feel like eating breakfast this morning. So many things ran through Sakura's mind right now that she didn't even know if she would be able to concentrate in school.

She was sitting outside waiting for the bus when she saw it. A blue Chevy Camaro was heading in the direction of her house. Sakura swallowed and then stood up to leave the bus stop but the car sped up and got to her before she could get away.

He had one arm hanging out the window and his face had a mixture of amusement and confusion plastered over his handsome features. "Come on Sakura, I'll take you to school. You shouldn't have to wait out here in the cold," he said. Well, he was sincere at least.

Sakura sighed and then turned around and walked over to the passenger side of the car. She got in and Sasuke looked over at her. "What's been going on for the past couple weeks? You guys have been giving me the cold shoulder," he said innocently.

"Don't act like you don't know," Sakura said quietly, trying to hide the bitterness in her voice.

"I don't know, Sakura. So, did you and Kabuto make up?" Sasuke said, still naive.

"Make up?" Sakura shrieked, looking appalled. She glared at Sasuke. "There is no making up for us. I don't even like him but he's...obsessed with me. He always was!"

"Always was? You mean, you guys dated before?" Sasuke asked as he drove away from Sakura's bus stop.

"Yes. In the eighth grade. I went out with him twice but...things didn't work out," Sakura explained, hoping Sasuke would not ask.

Worse. He understood. "He's a pig, you know. He and Itachi have been friends for a while. They're both pigs. That's why I didn't want you near Itachi, but then Naruto said you'd gone upstairs with Kabuto and I just...well, I thought that was bad but...she'd already said that you two were getting together."

"She?" Sakura asked. Maybe Hinata was right after all.

"Yes, Karin is also a friend of Kabuto and he'd told her he was courting you. So, when Naruto came to me, I just thought that he'd succeeded. What really happened Sakura?" Sasuke finally inquired. He'd stopped at a red light.

"Nothing," Sakura said quickly. She wasn't going to tell him. There was no way she would tell that stupid, uncaring, selfish-Sakura froze.

Sasuke had leaned over and his lips were pressed against her cheek. She blinked. Not the lips, and he hadn't tried to fondle her either. Why did he have to love that stupid red-headed slut? Why!

"Um...uh...well he...he got me drunk," Sakura said as Sasuke pulled away and then started driving again.

"And?" Sasuke inquired further.

"He...he tried to...um...Sasuke, I can't talk about this!" Sakura said, finally snapping out of her daze.

"It's okay. I think I understand," Sasuke said, a frown setting itself on his face. Sakura wondered if he was mad at her for not talking to him.

Sakura nodded her head in response and then it was quiet the rest of the way to school. Sakura was so confused now. She didn't know whether she should be mad at Sasuke or if she should hunt Karin down for almost causing her to be raped. Moreover, what would Ino and Naruto say when she pulled into the school parking lot in Sasuke's car?

"So you mean to tell me that you guys have made up? Already? Sakura, he left you for dead!" Ino said dramatically, her voice echoing off of the bathroom walls.

"We haven't made up. He just talked to me about it and he really didn't know what was going on. Karin had convinced him that Kabuto and I were dating," Sakura said in a lower voice, trying to reason with her friend.

"I told you so...," Hinata pitched in with her quiet yet taunting voice. She giggled slightly knowing that she'd been right all along.

"Shut up!" Ino yelled, glaring at Hinata who ignored her. "Sakura, do you trust him? Even after what happened? I know that I've been saying all along for you to start trusting guys again but this...well, what he did was unforgivable!"

"Ino, he didn't know. She tricked him," Sakura explained again.

Ino took a deep breath and then let it out. "Well, if you trust him, then I guess I will too. I can't tell you what to do with your love life."

"Ahem! It's not my love life Ino! He's just a friend!" Sakura said, her cheeks turning pink.

"Sure he is, Sakura-chan," Ino teased, trailing her finger along Sakura's cheek as she strutted out of the bathroom. Hinata giggled and followed her. Sakura stared after her friends, both irritated and embarrassed. Was she that obvious?

-End-

A/N: Woot! Finally finished this one. It was tough for me considering that I stopped midway and then I lost my train of thought. Oh well, it's finished. From now on, don't stop until I finish the chapter! Got it! Anyways, R&R!