Sakura looked around wildly as she was forced to sit down. "Where am I? Where's Yūsei? Where is he?"
"Enough yelling!" One of the officers said, slapping her. They strapped her to the chair. Sakura gasped as a helmet was placed on her head.
"What's going on?" She asked.
"Look at this poor little girl," Someone said, walking into the room.
"Good morning judge," Officer said.
"Please, can someone tell me what's going on?" Sakura asked meekly. "Where am I? What happened?"
"Look at her, she's scared," Judge said. Sakura frowned as she heard the boredom in his voice. "Let's look at the complaints." The room was silent save for shuffling paper. "Where's her name?"
"What?" Officer said.
"Her name, what's her name?" Judge clarified.
"We don't know, she refuses to tell us," Officer said. "The blood work should be back soon. Just get on with it."
"Alright, let's see what we got," Judge said once more. "Malicious mischief, theft, blah blah blah, oh what's this?" Sakura tightened her fists as she heard the smirk in his voice. "Entering the limits of New Domino City without a license?" Sakura gulped as she tried to move her head, but the helmet wouldn't let her. "I do believe I just dealt with your boyfriend."
"Yūsei?" Sakura asked, relaxing at the name. She tensed when she realized what it had meant.
"Yeah, that's it," Judge said. "I gave him a gift, the same one I'm gonna give to you." Sakura's eyes widened when she saw a laser lower in front of her vision. She desperately tried to move.
"Stay still!" Officer shouted. She was slapped once more. Sakura took a deep breath as laser started up.
"A little tracking dye. It's too keep an eye on you," Judge said. Sakura closed her eye as the laser drew on her face. She opened them once she heard it turn off.
"I thought that would be worse," Sakura said in relief.
"Oh, we're not done yet," Officer said with a smirk. Sakura winced as she felt the new mark burn, the tracking agents setting in and activating. She choked back a scream as the pain grew stronger. She tried moving her head, but the helmet was still locking her in place.
"Stop your thrashing!" the officer said, punching her in the gut. Sakura coughed and tried to curl up, but couldn't.
"Wait!" An officer shouted, bursting into the room.
"What is it now?" Judge huffed.
"The blood work just came back!" the new officer said. Sakura's eyes widened and she shrank back in her seat, trying to disappear.
"Well, tell us her name!" Officer shouted.
"See for yourself," the newcomer said, handing the paperwork to Judge. Judge looked over it, his eyes widening.
"Who is she?" Officer asked.
"Sakura Haruno," Judge said.
"Haruno," Officer gasped.
"She's that missing girl from eleven years ago. The heiress of Haruno Company," Newcomer said. The three looked at her in thought. Sakura shrank back even further at their stares.
"H-Hello," She said nervously.
"This changes everything," Judge said.
"Let me out of here already," Sakura groaned, walking around the room. She knew exactly what would happen and she didn't like it one bit. She looked up at the security camera that followed her every move. "Please don't make me do this! Send me to the Facility! Please, I beg you!" She said desperately. However she got no response. "Figures." She rolled her eyes and walked around the table in the room.
She stopped in front of a mirror. Her eyes traced the yellow marker on her face. There was a yellow line running from her hairline down to her right eye. It even went over her eyelid. There was an upside down double pyramid under her eyes as well.
She sighed, knowing that she was being watched from behind the glass. "Will you at least tell me what happened to Yūsei?" She asked. "That's all I want, please, where is he?" When she got no response she growled and kicked the table. "Someone answer me!" She shouted.
"Relax, I'm here," Inner said, appearing beside her. Sakura looked over at her and glared. She noticed that there wasn't a yellow mark anywhere on her face. Inner seemed to know what she was doing and sighed, covering her right eye. "I'm sorry." Sakura looked away, glaring at the ground. She sat down in the chair and crossed her arms. "Hey, if it's any consolation, I would tell you what I knew about Yūsei in a heart beat if I knew." Inner said. "But I know as much as you do. Even less."
"Forgiven," Sakura muttered under her breath. Inner breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at her. They both looked up as the door handle moved. "Go." she said quietly. Inner nodded and disappeared. The door opened and Sakura steeled her face as her mother and father entered the room.
"Sakura!" Her mother gasped, running over to her. She held out her arms, reaching out to hug her daughter. Sakura stayed still and allowed her mother to do as she wished. Hitomi pulled back, looking down at her daughter. "It is you." Hitomi moved, allowing Takeno to see Sakura.
"What's that mark on her face?" Takeno yelled at the officer that brought them in.
"She entered the limits of New Domino City without a permit," Officer said. "It turns out that she's been a resident of the Satellite for some time now."
"How did you get back here?" Hitomi asked. Sakura looked away from her mother, frowning. "Oh, never mind, I'm just so glad you're back. You're finally back."
Hitomi urged Sakura into their house. Sakura's eyes widened as she saw two other families sitting there as well. And she knew exactly who they were. The Uchihas and Uzumakis, partners of her father's.
"So it's true!" Minato gasped, standing up.
"Security did find her," Fugaku said.
"I'm so relieved," Mikoto said, smiling at Sakura. Sakura backed up, but Hitomi pushed her further into the living room.
"Sakura, you remember Naruto and Sasuke, right?" Hitomi asked, gesturing to the two boys. Naruto ran forward and hugged Sakura tightly.
"I'm so glad you're back! I've missed you so much," Naruto said happily. He was pulled back by Sasuke.
"Give her some room idiot," he said. He looked at her, noticing that she looked a bit panicked.
"Oh poor dear," Kushina said, noticing the same thing. "We've overwhelmed her."
"Nonsense, she's just fine," Takeno said. "She probably hasn't socialized with people in a while." That seemed to snap Sakura out of it.
"Yūsei!" She gasped, remembering her friend. "Where is he? Where's Yūsei?"
"Yūsei?" Hitomi repeated.
"Is he the one that took you from us?" Takeno asked angrily.
"No! Yūsei's my friend! He brought me here! Where is he? I have to know if he's okay!" Sakura said, breathing quickly.
"Sakura, calm down," Inner said, appearing beside her.
"I can't," Sakura said, her breathing picking up. "Not until I know where he is."
"Sector Security told us that you came here alone," Hitomi said. "You must be mistaken."
"No!" Sakura shouted. "I came with Yūsei! He's gotta be-!" She gasped as she remembered everything Jack said. "Take me to the Facility! I've gotta see him!" Her parents looked at her in shock, as did their guests.
"You're not going to the Facility," Takeno said.
"And why not? I would have gone there anyway if they hadn't of figured out who I was!" Sakura said.
"You really would have gone to the Facility?" Naruto asked.
"If it meant I knew where Yūsei was than of course!" Sakura said.
"Calm down!" Inner told her, moving in front of her.
"But Yūsei," Sakura breathed.
"Will understand," Inner said. "We knew that this was a possible outcome of going with him. He'll understand. Just calm down. Panicking isn't going to help us at all." Sakura nodded and steadied her breathing, taking slow shaky breaths.
"You feeling alright?" Sasuke asked. Sakura blinked, realizing that he had drawn her close. Naruto was rubbing circles on her back, trying to calm her down. She pushed them away and backed up. She shook her head and ran. She opened the first door she found and ran into the room, closing it behind her.
She turned around and leaned against the door. She noticed she was in a bathroom. She walked over to the sink and splashed her face with water.
"What happened last night?" Sakura asked.
"I don't know," Inner said. "I don't exactly have all the answers."
"Right, sorry," Sakura said. "But what do we do about them?" She asked, gesturing to the door. Inner looked around, her eyes settling on a window. Sakura followed her gaze and sighed.
"We're 40 stories up in the middle of a city, next," Sakura said.
"Sorry, that was our normal plan," Inner said. "We could just wait it out."
"They'll come knocking soon," Sakura said.
"Maybe you could try going back out there, you've calmed down," Inner said.
"Alright, yeah, I could do that," Sakura nodded. She took a deep breath and opened the door, returning to the living room. She was confused when she didn't see everyone else.
"Where'd they go?" Inner asked.
"I hope you're happy," Takeno said. "They left because of the stunt you pulled."
"Don't blame me for that," Sakura said. "You were the ones that jumped me with all that. By the way, what the hell was that?"
"Sakura, mind your tongue," Hitomi said.
"No!" Sakura said.
"Why don't we just sit down and talk about this," Hitomi suggested, sitting on the couch next to her husband. Sakura sighed and dropped onto the arm chair. She crossed her arms and hung her feet off the edge.
"Why are you acting like this?" Takeno asked suddenly.
"Like what?" Sakura asked.
"Oh boy," Hitomi said with a sigh.
"Like you were forced to be here!" Takeno shouted.
"Have you ever thought I didn't want to be here?" Sakura shouted back.
"What happened? Did you get attached to the person that took you?" Takeno asked.
"No!" Sakura shouted.
"Than what, fall in love with him or something?" Takeno asked.
"No," Sakura said with a snort.
"Then what? Answer me!" Takeno ordered. Sakura shook her head and scoffed.
"Looks like nothing's changed," she muttered. She looked at them and glared. "Nobody took me, I ran away."
"You what?" Takeno growled.
"But why would you do that?" Hitomi asked.
"You two locked me in my room!" Sakura said.
"We didn't know what to do!" Hitomi said. "You were destroying everything. You nearly killed one of the maids."
"She came into my room with a knife," Sakura told them. They both looked shocked at that. "She came in and was muttering something under her breath. I was an abomination, possessed, things like that. She was a threat so I reacted accordingly. Besides, it's not like you treated me any better."
"Well what were we supposed to do?" Takeno asked.
"I don't know!" Sakura shouted, glaring at him. She faced forward, glaring at her feet.
"Why did you go to that filthy place? Why did you forsake your family?" Takeno asked.
"I found a new family," Sakura said.
"Very well, I have a client to speak to," Takeno said. "We'll discuss this later."
"Who is it?" Hitomi asked, trying to switch the conversation.
"Fugaku, Minato and I have a meeting with Mr. Goodwin. Jack Atlas crashed his runner," Takeno said. Sakura blinked and looked over at him in shock.
"Jack Atlas?" She repeated. She straightened herself slowly.
"Yes," Takeno said.
"Can I come?" Sakura asked.
"Why would you want to go?" Takeno asked, heading towards the door.
"Think of something, anything!" Inner told her.
"A chance to meet the Jack Atlas!" Sakura told him, forcing a smile on her face. "Even people in the Satellite have heard of him. I've always wanted to meet him. He's just so cool, and an amazing duelist. Not to mention he's so handsome."
"Honey, why don't you let her go with you?" Hitomi suggested. "Get her out of the house for a while.
"The last time she came with me to work she ran off," Takeno said.
"I won't this time, promise," Sakura said. "Please." She looked at her father pleadingly.
"Well why don't you invite Sasuke and Naruto as well," Hitomi suggested.
"Fine, I'll ask," Takeno sighed in agreement.
"Good job," Inner said. "I'm so proud of my little actress."
"Thank you," Sakura said with a smile, talking to both Inner and her father.
"Ugh, why did you have to get me new clothes first?" Sakura groaned. Her father had forced her to change, but seeing as she didn't have any clothes, they had to take a quick shopping trip. Sakura had ended up with a white low back shirt with bell sleeves. She was also wearing a long dark pink layered skirt. And the most dreaded of all, ugh, she shivers every time she sees them. Red high heels.
"You look really nice," Naruto told her.
"Thanks," Sakura said.
"Now behave you three," Minato warned them.
"We will dad, promise," Naruto told him.
"Sasuke," Fugaku warned.
"Don't worry so much father, you've got nothing to worry about," Sasuke said.
"Sakura, don't run off again," Takeno told her.
"I promise not to," Sakura said, smiling brightly.
"Alright, this is it," Inner said. "We find Jack and get him to tell us exactly what happened to Yūsei. And get our revenge."
"No," Sakura hissed.
"Is something wrong?" Naruto asked.
"Huh? Oh nothing, I'm just really excited," Sakura said. "Dueling is a lot different in the Satellite than it is here. Plus, duel runners are illegal, so I can't wait to see Jack's legendary runner up close."
"It's gonna disappoint you," Sasuke said. "The guy crashed it, it needs work done to get it up and running again."
"Well maybe I can help repair it," Sakura suggested.
"What do you know about repairing a duel runner?" Fugaku asked.
"A lot actually," Sakura said, not letting him scare her. "Yūsei built a duel runner so we could come here. I helped him built it. Though I will admit I was mainly running diagnostics and statistics. But I still know a thing or two. Besides, you do a lot of repairing and building things in the Satellite."
"It seems your time there may actually have some use," Fugaku said, looking away. Sakura glared at him and stuck her tongue out. Sasuke and Naruto both chuckled and her. Sakura smiled widely as the adults looked back at them. The elevator doors opened and they were in a long hallway.
"This way," Minato said, leading them down the hallway.
"Oh, you're here," Mina said, noticing them.
"Yes, I hope you don't mind, but we brought our kids," Minato said, gesturing to the three teens. Mina's eyes widened when her eyes landed on Sakura.
"O-Oh, no, it's no problem," Mina said. "Mr. Atlas and Mr. Goodwin are out in the yard looking over the runner." She led them through the hallway and opened a door, leading outside.
"He's got a complete house on top of a building," Inner said, scoffing at how rich it looked. Mina led them over to Jack and Goodwin.
"They're here," Mina announced. The two turned around. Jack's eyes widened when he saw Sakura. Sakura smirked and waved at him.
"Sorry we crashed the party," Sakura said. "Once I heard where dad was going, I just had to come along."
"Plus our children will take over the company, so it's good that they learn the ropes," Minato said. "And get to know our clients."
"I understand completely," Goodwin said. "Mina, please get some refreshments for our guests." Mina nodded and rushed off.
"So, shall we see the runner?" Takeno asked. Jack gestured to the white runner.
"It looks fine to me," Naruto said.
"Well it's not," Jack said. "The runner burned out and the systems crashed."
"How did you accomplish this?" Sakura asked. Jack glared at her, hearing the mocking tone in her voice.
"I was practicing," Jack said simply. "Got a problem with that?"
"No, just curiosity," Sakura said.
"This shouldn't be a problem to fix," Minato said. He tried accessing the systems, and hummed. "It really shouldn't take more than an hour."
"I would appreciate it if you could do it quickly," Jack said. With that he rushed off, passing Mina. Sakura narrowed her eyes.
"Drinks?" Mina said, holding out a tray with several cups of juice.
"Why don't you guys go?" Minato suggested. "Really, this is only one thing. And you've already learned this."
"Sure," Sasuke said. Sakura took no time in running off.
"Follow her please," Takeno asked. Sasuke and Naruto nodded and ran after her.
Sakura entered the living room and smirked when she saw Jack.
"There you are, I've been searching all over for you," Sakura said. Jack looked at her and frowned.
"What are you doing here? I thought you were going to the Facility with Yūsei," Jack said, pouring himself some coffee.
"Well, I was going to go, but then everyone found out who I was so they sent me back to my parents instead," Sakura said. "But you knew this already, didn't you?"
"I don't know what you're talking about," Jack said, sipping his coffee.
"You knew exactly what would happen when Sector Security found me," Sakura said.
"And what if I did?" Jack asked. Sakura narrowed her eyes at the smirk on his face. "Now let's get back to my question, why are you here?"
"Well," Sakura said, stepping forward. "My dad said he had a meeting with a client and then he said that Jack Atlas had crashed his runner. Guess that duel caused more damage than I thought."
"Cut to the chase," Jack said harshly.
"Right, well, so my dad said your name and I thought 'Hey, maybe Jack knows what happened to Yūsei,'" Sakura said. "So I thought quickly and said that I had always wanted to meet the famous Jack Atlas. I played the part of a fan really well actually. And so he let me come, and here I am."
"Fantastic," Jack muttered.
"Now what happened last night?" Sakura asked.
"You don't remember?" Jack asked mockingly.
"Kinda hard to when I blacked out because I was in so much pain," Sakura said.
"You were in pain?" Jack asked. "Where?"
"My whole body," Sakura said. "But Inner got it worse." Jack quickly walked up to her and grabbed her right arm. "Hey! Jack! What are you doing?" Jack pushed her sleeve back and stared at the unmarked skin intently. "Let go of me!" Sakura grabbed Jack's arm, her fingers gripping the mark on his arm. Both of them pulled back slowly, looking at each other.
"Where'd she go?" Naruto groaned. "We're so dead if we lost her."
"Calm down loser, she couldn't have gotten far," Sasuke said. "She can't use the elevator without a key." They entered the living room and froze. Jack had an arm wrapped around Sakura's waist. Sakura's hands were on his arms. And they were locked in a kiss. Their eyes were half lidded as they kissed.