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Chapter 8: Few more secrets

Karin woke up and looked around her. She was in a white room. She tried to sit up but felt a sharp pain in her head. Her vision was now blurry. She closed her eyes and opened them slowly. She sat up and ignored the pain. She saw her clothes on the chair next to her bed. She got up and walked to the chair. She put her clothes on. She wore a black T-shirt and dark baggy jeans. Her hair was on ponytail and her forget-me-not necklace was around her neck. Her Akatsuki ringer was on her right ring finger and she had her favorite sneakers. Then she put her special red cap on her head. She looked around and saw the door. She walked to it and tried to open it. The door didn't open. Karin sighed and muttered:

"Just great. Now how in hell am I gonna get out of here?" Then a notebook and a pen caught her eye. She walked slowly to them and started to draw. After a while there was a beautiful forget-me-not on the page of the notebook. Karin bit her thumb. A small drop of her blood landed on the flower. It began to shine and Karin smirked.

"It's just one more thing for Saki to explain." She whispered something to the shining forget-me-not and then threw it into air. The flower disappeared.

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Sakura waited patiently for her shisou to wake up. While waiting she patted her nightingale and was ignoring her teammates looks. She knew that they were quite angry with her but she didn't want to tell them anything. It would mean that they would become a permanent piece of her life and she wasn't so sure if she wanted that. Sakura had always been little scared of relationships; sure she had them but she always had an escape route, always a chance to run away. Only her two best friends couldn't be left behind. Sakura had tried; especially after their escape from Akatsuki. She knew that it could have gone easily but she just had to say good bye to Kisame which lead to Kisame telling everyone. That made everyone in Akatsuki to realize that the Flowers were going to escape. Sakura was getting annoyed with Sasuke's stare and glared at him. She really didn't need this right now. Slowly she got up from the bed and glared at Naruto who tried to help her. She could do it by herself. It wasn't like she hadn't done this before. She took her clothes from the chair next to her bed and began to put the clothes on.

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Melanie blinked when she saw a phoenix on her window. She closed her eyes because she thought that she was hallucinating. Her bird couldn't be in Konoha; she was supposed to be looking after the gate between Soul Society and Konoha. Melanie opened her eyes and still saw her phoenix. She sighed; this didn't mean anything good. Melanie sprang up from the bed and quickly sat back down as the room was spinning in her eyes. She closed her eyes and then opened them. Slowly she stood up and took her clothes. She went to the bathroom and showered. Then she dressed in white summer dress which had blue lilies on it. Her hair was curly and on two plaits. She had changed her eyes so she had her glasses on. She had her Akatsuki ring, her lily necklace and her sliver locket around her neck. She checked herself from the mirror and then but her blue sandals on. She smiled cutely and thought that she looked innocent enough. Melanie glanced at the window and saw the phoenix and whistled quietly. The phoenix reacted immediately; it flew away and Melanie knew that it was heading towards Sakura's window.

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Sasuke was amazed when he saw Sakura coming out of the bathroom where she had been dressing. She had dark shorts and pink tank top. Her signature black boots were on her legs and her Akatsuki ring was on her left hand. She had two necklaces around her neck: a cherry blossom necklace and a cross. Sasuke frowned; he had never seen the cross before. It wasn't so surprising though; he never paid attention on Sakura when they were genins. She had been so weak and annoying then and now she was still annoying. At least that was what Sasuke though because she made him think things that should be locked away. Sasuke looked around him because he didn't want anyone to see him staring at Sakura. That was why he missed the blush on Sakura's cheeks. Sasuke was amazed when he saw the dobe gaping at Sakura. He was about to make some move to make the dobe speak when Sakura said:

"What the hell are you looking at, Naruto?"

"That cross; you've never wore it before. What is it, Sakura-chan?" Sasuke couldn't help but smirk when he heard Naruto's question. He still called Sakura Sakura-chan which meant that he had forgiven her for keeping secrets. Sakura seemed to notice that too because Sasuke saw her relaxing. He saw how her eyes softened and turned his gaze away from her. She looked too cute like that.

"It's a gift from my twin, best friend and father." Sasuke saw Kakashi looking at Sakura sharply. It was clear that none of them had known about Sakura's past. Sasuke wondered why Sakura had never dropped any hints about losing her family. It was clear that it hurt her to speak of her past so Sasuke decided to make her a favor and asked:

"My teammate has a problem with his mind. Could you help him?" Sasuke flinched when he saw Sakura glare at him when he mentioned his teammates. Sasuke wondered why but then realized that Sakura was jealous. He felt a smirk to rise to his face; so she hadn't got over him completely.

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Tsunade felt like shit when she opened her eyes. She saw only white and when she sat up she saw Sakura sitting one her bed, Sasuke glaring at her, Naruto laughing on the floor and Kakashi smirking behind his mask. Tsunade stood up and glared at Sakura who smiling innocently at her. Sakura still had the nightingale on her shoulder. Tsunade walked to Sakura and looked at her and was about to yell when a forget-me-not appeared in front of Sakura. Sakura only tilted her head and took the flower. Suddenly a voice was heard all around the room.

"SAKI!!! Get me out of here! I can't stand this place. You know that I hate hospital. And don't smile so widely, it's not like I chose to like at a clinic! It was my father's idea and you know how stupid he can be. This place reeks like death and I want to get out. I still need to train with my sword and if I spent one minute in this room I'll kill myself. Oh; and tell your boss to paint the walls; white makes me think of snow and snow makes me think of cold and now I feel cold. So get your ass moving and save me!"

Tsunade's eyes widened when she heard Karin's talk. Her eyes widened even more when Sakura started laughing. Sakura's eyes lit up and her laughter sounded like heaven. Tsunade had never seen her student so happy. Tsunade made a decision in that minute; Sakura's friends couldn't be so bad if they made Sakura laugh so freely. Tsunade saw a nurse walking in the hallway and told her to free the raven haired girl.

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Kakashi looked at his student who was laughing. He had only seen Sakura like that once and it was when she was just a little kid and there was a festival. Sakura had been dancing with a boy who Kakashi couldn't recognize. Now Kakashi had found out who the boy had been and couldn't help but smirk. Sakura had a prince of her dreams and he was closer that anyone could guess. Suddenly Sasuke expression caught his eye; Sasuke was relaxed as he looked at Sakura. His eyes were emotionless but Kakashi could see the soft spot for Sakura in them. Kakashi shook his head lightly; that boy just couldn't express his emotions anymore. Kakashi closed his eye and thought that Konoha was in for a drama when Sasuke and Sakura's dream prince would fight for her attention. Kakashi felt a smirk on his face; this could be a perfect opportunity to make some money.

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Naruto tried to get up from the floor but fell right back down when he saw a phoenix on Sakura's window. He was about to say something when Sakura started to speak with her nightingale who was getting nervous.

"Tsunari, calm down! Nothing's wrong!" Sakura was about to say something else when Tsunari flew to the window. Then Sakura noticed the phoenix behind the window. She sighed and walked to the window. Naruto got up and ran to her. He stopped her from opening the window and Sakura raised her eyebrow.

"What's wrong, Naruto?"
"Don't open the window. Phoenixes are very scary and dangerous birds." Naruto was truly concerned for his friend but she only laughed.

"Don't worry, Naruto. I'm sure that Phoebe won't hurt me. She's Melanie's phoenix, but I wonder what she is doing here. I thought that Melanie made her to watch over the gate." Sakura kept muttering as she opened the window. The phoenix flew inside ad landed next to Tsunari. The phoenix tilted its head and opened its mouth to speak:

"Lady Melanie wanted you to know that we've got some company from the Soul Society. She went to meet up with them." Sakura groaned; couldn't Mel stay put for a three hours? Naruto was about to ask something when he was again interrupted by Tsunade:

"She can't possibly leave her room. I made sure of it." The phoenix glared at Tsunade and snorted:

"You're underestimating my lady. She's so strong that you could never understand." Sakura rolled her eyes. Phoebe had a habit of praising her lady and forgetting facts like she was injured. Sakura opened her mouth and asked:

"Where to?"

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Karin rolled her eyes when the nurse in front of her fell. She was about to comment on her behavior when she felt a familiar reiatsu. She stiffened and tried to locate it. Then she felt Sakura and Melanie's reiatsus approaching the familiar reiatsu. Karin cursed and took off. She didn't pay attention to anyone else but the familiar reiatsu which she could feel building up. Karin ran faster. She knew what would happen if the reiatsu grew too big. The whole Konoha would probably burn down. Finally Karin reached Sakura and Melanie who were both panting. Melanie saw her and shot her a smirk that said: You better make sure that nothing happens to us. After that Melanie walked with Sakura to the big stone and observed her. Karin noticed that Sakura's teammates were next to them and that the Hokage was with them. Karin turned to the familiar reiatsu and said:

"It's nice to see you again, Ichi-nii."

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Kuchiki Rukia ran through the hallways which lead to the office which belonged to Hitsugaya Toushiro. At the same time Rukia was cursing her fiancée. He was too irrational and would probably end up killing someone if they didn't stop him. Rukia stopped when she arrived to the door. She knocked and went in not eve waiting for the response. Rukia saw Hitsugaya Toushiro doing his paper work while his childhood friend was trying to get him out. Hinamori Momo had gotten over her taichou and was now in love with her childhood friend. Everyone thought that Hitsugaya returned Hinamori's feelings; expect Rukia and Ichigo who knew who Hitsugaya loved. Not even the person who Hitsugaya loved knew that he loved her. Rukia shook her head and focused on the mission. Rukia wasn't very happy to be the one to tell to Hitsugaya the news since he was already in bad mood. Hitsugaya noticed her and asked:

"Kuchiki, what are you doing here?"

"Yamamoto-sou-taichou wanted me to tell you that Ichigo has left."

"Left where?"

"To a new dimension."

"Why on earth did he do that?" Rukia mumbled something and Hitsugaya didn't hear her.

"Could you repeat that?" Rukia sighed and took a deep breath. She prepared herself for yelling and said:

"Kurosaki Karin has been spotted there." Suddenly the room became cold but it didn't disturb Rukia. She was used to the cold but Hinamori was shivering and when she tried to tell Hitsugaya that she was cold she got an icy glare. Rukia felt bad for her but knew that she was going to get the worse part. Hitsugaya turned to her and muttered murderously:

"How do I get there?" Rukia turned to leave and when Hitsugaya didn't follow her she said:

"Yamamoto-sou-taichou made us a portal which should lead us to Konoha." Hitsugaya nodded and followed her. Rukia shook her head and muttered:

"You're in deep trouble, Karin."

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Sakura tilted her head as she watched Karin fight with her brother. Watching them made her miss her brother. Not Yuki but Damien. Damien had always protected her and had been quite over-protective of her. She remembered when she kissed a boy on his cheek Damien had almost killed the poor boy. Their father had stopped him but when he found out that someone had touched her princess he had almost ordered Yuki and Damien to kill the poor boy. Yuki had only glanced at his father and muttered something about troublesome father and had taken Sakura's hand and pulled her inside. On the next day Sakura found out that there was a new law in their village; no one was allowed to touch Sakura Jing without her brother's or father's permission. Sakura felt a tear on her cheek and was about to wipe it away but before she could it someone's hand was on her cheek and wiping her tear away. She followed the hand and was surprised to see Sasuke. When Sasuke saw Sakura looking at him he smirked and pulled his hand away. Then he turned his gaze back to Karin and Ichigo. Sakura looked at Sasuke for a while and then turned her gaze back to the two siblings. She failed to notice the smirk on Sasuke's face when he saw her blush.

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Suddenly Melanie glanced up and smirked slightly. She knew that she was mean since she enjoyed the times when Karin and Sakura were uncomfortable and this was the only time when Karin had to choose her words. Melanie had kept a tab on her two best friends and knew everything about their lives. She knew that she shouldn't be surprised by anything that happened to them but when Karin fell in love with a shinigami she was startled. Melanie chuckled quietly to herself. Only Karin could fall in love with a death person.

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Karin shivered as she turned to Rukia and Toushiro. She had never seen Toushiro so furious and smiled sheepishly:

"Hi Rukia-nee and Toushiro! What's up?" Karin saw that Toushiro closed his eyes and clenched his fists. When he opened his eyes, Karin knew that she was going to get a lecture.

"Kurosaki Karin, if I remember correctly you said that you would spend a night over your friend's house. You certainly didn't mention that this house was in different dimension." Toushiro's voice was cold and Karin noticed that even Melanie and Sakura shivered a bit.

"Well I knew that you would get worried and I can take care of myself Toushiro. I'm a big girl."

"No, you're not since you don't know the risks of dimension traveling. You could have got yourself killed and no one would have known."

"Toushiro, I have done this since I was a kid. It's nothing new." Toushiro's glare became colder as he said:

"What the hell do you mean, Kurosaki?" Karin flinched as she heard her family name. She closed her yes and took deep breaths. Then she opened her eyes and said coldly:

"You don't need to know everything about me, Hitsugaya-taichou."

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Then something pink ran next to Naruto. Sakura stepped between Hitsugaya and Karin and smiled to her best friend and then turned to Hitsugaya. She took his hand and shook it as Karin slapped her own forehead at Sakura's stupid behavior.

"It's a pleasure to meet you at last. Karin has spoken a lot abut you." Then Melanie appeared next to Sakura and smiled to him.

"You're welcomed to stay." Hitsugaya nodded and turned to Karin who was walking towards Konoha. He sighed and followed her. Ichigo was about to follow them but Rukia shook her head. She hugged Sakura and Melanie and said something to Sakura which made her blush. She dragged Ichigo to the portal and waved to them. When they finally were gone Sakura sighed:

"I wonder if Konoha can take the drama we bring."

Hi! Please review and vote which pair should break up: Shika x Ino, TenTen x Neji, Karin x Suigetsu or Kakashi x Rin. All of them aren't together yet but they will be. This question is very important since it affects how I'll write. And please read Together by darkpetaltaki. It's an excellent story. Tell her hi for me. So review and vote. Maybe I'll update before 29th. Ciao!