GOMEN-NASAI!!!!!!!!!!!!! SORRY MINNA! I WAS AT CAMP FOR TWO WEEKS AND (well, duh) THEY WOULDN'T LET ME ON THE COMPUTER!! I'M SO SORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
HERE IT IS! THE LATEST CHAPTER OF LMSYJWIMO!!!!
if it's in italics, it's song lyrics. if it looks "like this", it's part of a flashback or someone's thoughts. it all applies to the context it's used in...on with the story now)
i don't own naruto or any of the songs used in this story. disclaimers are a real pain in the ass(
I've got another confession to make...
Bright lights burned her eyes.
I'm your fool...
Safe and gentle arms lifted her above the crowd. Sakura heard screams and excited cheers.
Everyone's got their chains to break...
They were coming from her. She looked down from her perch into gentle brown eyes.
Holdin' you...
"Otooji-Miroku..."
Her uncle's eyes shifted from hers to the man on stage. Sakura followed suit, gripping his hand that was supporting her. She was on his shoulders...
Were you born resist?
Sakura looked at the dark sillouette picking away on the strings of his red Telecaster. His white hair was long and wild, just like hers. She noticed the man looking at her, as if the lyrics of the song he was singing were meant just for her.
Or be abused?
Everything blurred around her in a second. Sakura clenched her eyes closed. When she opened them, she found herself in the front row of the concert, being bumped and jostled around in the mosh-pit. The singer stared directly at her with mysterious and knowing eyes as he belted out the lyrics to his song. Sakura stared at him with empty and puzzled eyes.
Is someone getting the best, the best, the best, the best of you?
Kakashi didn't want it to come to this. He tried to convince her not to part of the training today. Anytime the fiery Taisho was caught in this specific type of Genjutsu, she always went over the top.
FLASHBACK:
For Sakura, killing someone was like a game to her. And whereas others might be repulsed by the sight of death, Taisho Sakura relished it. He'd known this his whole life.
"No wonder Anko wanted to adopt her when she was recovered at the gate. If there's anything I know about Mitarashi Anko, it's that she can smell bloodlust from miles away." Kakashi thought. He remembered the times when he would drop the ten-year-old off at the sadist's house for training in torture tactics. He was a little hesitant, but one day he decided to voice his concerns about the mental state of his niece after Anko's rigorous training. But the Mitarashi woman replied to his musings with a suprising answer, her face set in an hardened stare:
"Only a decade has she spent in this world, and already she can match Morino Ibiki in intelligence about torture. But the difference between your niece and Morino Ibiki, is that she didn't need someone else to teach her about suffering."
"What do you mean Anko?" The Copy-Nin would retort back, everytime annoyed with Anko's crypitc answers.
"What I mean is, she didn't need anyone else to explain the art of human suffering and heartache to her because..."
"Because why Anko? Get to the point!"
"Because she's always been subjected to it."
"What? How would you know?" At this point in the conversation, Anko looked at Kakashi with a bittersweet smile on her face, then turned away from him as she continued.
"Don't be a fool Hatake! You know as well as I do what condition they found your brother's daughter in at the front gates of the city! Covered in blood not her own, fatal injuries that would kill a normal human, and her eyes! My God! Did you see the child's eyes?" Anko paused here for breath as a shaking Hatake Kakashi stood in front of her. Had it not been for her Ninja training, she might have not noticed him quake like he was.
In a calmer tone, she looked at her silver-haired comrade and asked "Every child comes to a point in their life when the light leaves their eyes. It breaks my heart when I look at that golden-eyed girl. Her light wasn't supposed to leave yet! Kakashi! Can't you see?"
"See what Anko?" The Torturess of Konoha could hear the defeat in her old friend's voice.
"Can't you see what has hapened to that life? If you can't, my advice to you is this. Never forget it either."
"What shouldn't I forget?"
At this, Mitarashi Anko turned to look at her friend and said, in a voice that knew from years of expireince and first-hand accounts. Anko looked Kakashi square in the eye and said:
The innocent can never last...
END FLASHBACK
"Sakura!!!!" Naruto yelled in concern. He started to race toward the barrier after what he had just seen.
FLASHBACK
Sakura kicked and punched, bit and tore, ripped and shredded everything and anything in her path. The blonde Kyuubi-Vessle was amazed at his best friend's skill and ability. Since when had she gotten this good?
As he and the other Chuunin watched her battle, Naruto noticed a clone come up behinde her. "Sakura-Chan! Behind you!" But it was too late. Naruto watched in horror as a REAL katana was stabbed right through her. He, along with Kiba, Temari, and Neji, followed by a few of the sensei's and Hinata, ran toward the Chakra-protected dome that housed the jutsu.
The clone disappeared after stabbing her. Sakura fell to her knees, her elbows sinking to the ground and her fists hitting the earth. There was a fierce snarl on her lips and her eyes filled with rage. ( A/N: Think of the way Sasuke looked when his curse seal activated during his fight with Gaara in the woods. Remember how he was all doubled over and stuff? That's how Sakura looks.)
END FLASHBACK
"Dammit..." Sakura mumbled. She could hear the pounding of footfalls as people ran toward her.
"Don't touch me!" She screamed at them. The Chuunin halted in their path toward her. "WHY THE HELL NOT?!" Naruto screamed back. "YOU'RE GOING TO DIE!"
"Heh,heh,heh..." She started to chuckle to herself. "What's so funny?! Sakura, Let us help!" Kiba yelled. "Help? I'll show you help." Sakura said quietly, half to herself and half to the group.
With that said, Sakura did something not even a kage could do. She stood up on trembling legs, albeit loosing her balance once or twice. Blood streamed out of her stomach. Then, something unexpected happened.
"K-Kiba-kun! Please, h-help Sakura-ch-chan!" Hinata pleaded quietly, just loud enough for the Dog-Nin to hear. "She'll k-kill hers-self!"
"Okay. Sakura! Stop! Please! Even you weren't made for this!" Kiba shouted at her.
"Not made for this? NOT MADE FOR THIS?!" When her trembling eyes met the Inuzuka's, he was amazed. She was sporting a determined grin and there was fire in her eyes.
"Not made for this?" She repeated. "Well, Inuzuka Kiba-" Blood dribbled out the corner of her mouth, and she coughed up a handful of blood as she supported herself on her knees.
Sakura gripped the handle of the katana that was sticking out her stomach. As her knuckles whitened from the force of her vice-like grip, Sakura wrenched the blade out of her body and yelled:
LET ME SHOW YOU JUST WHAT I'M MADE OF!
Finished! Ahhhh, that felt good! if you're confused about the conversation between anko and kakashi, it was a flashback kakashi had as he was running toward sakura with the rest of the group, from when sakura was younger. Also, the flashback from the beginning is just a little foreshadowing on Sakura's life. Future chapters will have little memories and flashbacks like this one, but from different people, and how they came to know sakura, or how she affected their lives.
What will happen in the next chapter?
Will Sakura go to the hospital for her wounds?
Will Neji come to her rescue? Or will Sasuke?
Will TenTen, Neji, Temari, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Kakashi shed some light on Sakura's past?
Do the Hyuuga and Nara families know more about Sakura's past than they're letting on?
all this and more in the next and coming chapters of : Let Me Show You Just What I'm Made Of
see y'all next time!!!!!