Sasuke got up as the sun was going down. He hadn't slept all day for a long time, Sakura needing things done during the day while she was out. He got up slowly and then made his way to the bathroom. He cleaned himself and then stood at the mirror, looking at all the marks that looked like a bunch of ghosts on his skin. The scars from the abuse that you couldn't see unless you looked really hard. Or if you just knew they were there.

The male stared hard at himself and them turned sharply, he walked to his room, naked, and dressed in clothing that he'd left out to air over night... and day.

He ran a hand through his hair and wandered down the stairs toward the foyer, planning to go find something to eat, seeing as how there was nothing in the house, because he hadn't lived there in over a year. When he opened the door, the cool air felt good on his skin. It gave him his stoic confidence back. He shoved his hands into his pockets after he locked up the house and then he walked himself down along the streets of the large compound, letting memories flash around him as he walked on.

At the gate he took another key from a hiding place and used it to open the lock and pulled the gates wide opened, leaving them that way as he began to run toward town, in a mental heaven as he flew down the road, his hands tight to his back, body arched forward for little wind resistance.

Sasuke skidded to a stop when he got to the long main street with all the restaurants and shops that were open and shining with lots of lights. He stuck his hands in his pockets and flipped his hair out of his face a little, his bangs being longer, and falling over his eyes. He strode lazily down the way, looking around until he head Naruto begin to call his name. He located the male and saw him and the she-devil, Kakashi was there, too. "Sasuke! Hey, didn't expect to see you, Sakura said you were sick!" he said in a too-loud way, excited to see both his old team mates.

It took Sasuke a few minutes to calm his heart, but his cool mask stayed intact. He groused at Naruto for being too loud and then sat down on the corner most stool, on Kakashi's other side. He ordered a round of Ramen for all of them, feeling great for being out of Her clutches. But it was obvious that the Pink Demon hadn't told Naruto that he'd skipped out on her, because Naruto was talking to Sakura about their future wedding and that he should be the god father for their kids. Sakura acted like this wasn't the first time that he had said anything to her about this.

They ate and laughed and joked and such. And when it was time to leave, Kakashi was the first, saying that Iruka wanted to talk about something. And then Sakura made to get up, saying an over joyed good bye to Naruto before she paid for her ramen and turned to Sasuke, "Well, we're leaving, lets go!" Her eyes flashed and Sasuke looked at her with a very bored expression, he was out from under her, he didn't have to go back.

"I left yesterday, I'm not leaving with you," He said in a numb tone.

Naruto watched them with confusion written all over his face before he saw Sakura start to tear up. "Sasuke! Why do you have to be so mean to me?! All I've ever done is love you!" she wailed.

Sasuke looked at her and then turned to pay for his and Naruto's food, muttering a quick, "Keep the change," before he got up and turned to walk off in the other direction, not wanting to see the Pink Demon's crocodile tears. But he turned to walk down the bar street and was caught by Ino, Chouji, Shikamaru and Hinata. The men were smashed, and the women were being good girlfriends and walking them home. Upon sight, Ino dropped Chouji and pointed an accusing finger at Sasuke,

"You bastard, how dare you show your face after you broke Sakura's heart!"

Ino raced toward him, and Sasuke made to jump out of the way when Sakura appeared behind him and pulled him to her. "It's okay, Ino, we're going home now to have a talk," Sakura chirped and Ino calmed instantly. She waved them off before she went to pick Chouji back up, who was too drunk to understand what just happened.

Sakura held his wrist in a vice as she transported them to her bedroom. Anger rolled off of her and Sasuke began to tremble at the sight of her bed room. The She-devil pushed him onto her bed and it squeaked at the weight placed on it. "You're not allowed to leave this house! I've told you and told you, but you did anyway!" She screeched and was on him in a matter of seconds, fists pounding into his body and leaving it bruised and broken. Sakura did this even after he was screaming in pain and crying.

She beat him on the bed until she tired of it and pushed him to the floor and began to kick him repeatedly in his chest and stomach. His ribs cracked and he threw up ramen and blood all over the wood of the floor. When she was finally done with him she walked away, returning with a bucket or water and a mop.

"Clean it up," she ordered.

Sasuke was too weak to deny her. He knelt on the floor, unable to bring himself any higher, and cleaned up the mess she had prompted him to make. He got it all up while she watched him from her place on her bed. When he was done he looked up to her to tell him what to do now, his body screaming to his mind that it wanted to just die and leave all of this in the past. But he just wasn't strong enough for that.

Sakura beckoned him to her and when he was at the foot of her bed she pulled him up and held his broken body to her. She told him how he shouldn't run from her, because this is what happens when you leave the one that love you most. That love hurt. Sasuke let her talk, falling asleep as she held him there, drained and battered. Sakura let him sleep, but she placed him on the mat that she had been forcing him to sleep on recently. She stayed up, watching him sleep all night.