Yo. I know this story has a lot of loose strings, but eventually you'll see what's going on, and erm..

Yep.

Enjoy! This chapter is called(wow I'm actually naming it) Change.

Guess what? I hate change... but oh well... here goes.. /

Song: We are one by Kelly Sweet

The pink-haired kunoichi lay sprawled on her sofa, staring at the ceiling. Her eyes looked somewhat detached, her hands dangled limply from her sides. She didn't even feel like doing schoolwork that day, let alone see her school bag. It would just remind her of...

Her phone rang again. Probably Ino or Tenten. She didn't feel like answering. Not now. Her face was expressionless, her eyes empty.

A tear rolled down her cheek, almost invisible. If anyone were to look at her, he wouldn't have been able to have seen it.

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Ino was starting to get a little suspicious and worried. Just what had become of Sakura after that night? She wasn't answering any of their phone calls, nor replied their messages.

When Sakura did not come to school on Monday, she held a conference with the other three.

A frustrated Tenten scowled as she paced back and forth the Sakura tree.

"W-What do you think happened, Ino?" Hinata asked with a concerned tone in her voice, her frown saying it all as well.

"Oh, SOMETHING happened alright, and I'm sure Uchiha Sasuke knows what's happening," she said in an irritated tone.

Zizi looked up from the book she was reading. (A little out of character, don't you think? To read a book) "We need to ask him what happened."

"H-how? Is he going to comply with us?"

Ino tapped her finger on her chin thoughtfully. "We'll just have to do it the hard way."

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She didn't come to school today. He didn't hear anything from her.

He didn't message her at all, nor call her.

How could he, after all he did to her?

Neji had realised that day he was a little off character, and when Sakura didn't come to school, he put two and two together.

He remembered the day Uchiha Sasuke changed and formed the Konoha gang, the five Konoha Kings. He remembered before that there was the day Karin had ran to him in school, her father walking behind her, her crying hysterically, his shouts of disbelief, when she told him she was pregnant.

For the first time, Uchiha Sasuke went really cold. His body went rigid; he turned stoic, cold, and heartless.

How could this happen to him?

Uchiha Sasuke had no choice but to marry her when the baby was born. Practically 5 months from now.

And when he formed the gang, the Hyuuga supposed it was to live what was left of his life to the fullest. He started dating random girls he met, he practically changed every part of him... except occasionally he would see the Uchiha alone, deep in thought, sometimes his face betraying his cool and calm facade, the regret in his heart... He never loved Karin. And because of a stupid mistake he had to spend the rest of his life with her.

"I didn't even remember anything..." Neji remembered him saying in a rare conversation once.

And he saw the look of pain in his eyes. Like the time when his brother left home.

And then he met a challenge. Sakura Haruno.

And Neji's best guess is that he fell for her. And she had fallen for him deeply, and now had to pay for the consequences.

Yup. Pretty much explains why she didn't come today.

Neji figured she probably wouldn't even come tomorrow, let alone the whole week.

Hmm. Maybe never.

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"SASUKEKUN!! WE LOVE YOU!!" a group of fangirls appeared, and made way for Karin, who told them to shut up since he was already hers, a grin evident on her face.

How disgusting.

She walked over to him and stroked his cheek with her sharp long fingernail. Her mouth curled upwards in amusement.

"Where's the bitch, hun? I thought you-"

"Shut up Karin. What do you want now?" his voice was suddenly cold, and without consciously knowing it, in his anger, he had activated the sharingan.

Karin and the people around them stood deathly still.

She took a few steps back as he walked slowly towards her, his grip on her hand icy cold.

"You've ruined my life enough, don't you think?" he said gruffly, his grip on her tightening, his anger threatening to spill over and consume him.

She could see it in his eyes, feel it. Her mouth opened to emit barely a whisper, a whisper of inaudible words.

And then, his mouth crept silently to her ear, and whispered.

"Just because you have my baby doesn't mean you can have your way with me."

Her heart stilled.

"When I marry you, I will be in charge. And you will do whatever I tell you to do. It's not the other way round," a smirk playing on his lips. "Never thought about that did you?"

And he left her, just like that, marks not only on her hand.

(A/N: YEAHH BABY!!)

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He was walking to his next venue with a deadpan expression on his face when he noticed something amiss in the janitor's closet. Four shadows could be seen through the translucent glass of the panel, and so he went in.

What he did not expect, however, was for four pairs of arms to force him down on a chair and tie him up with chakra infused ropes.

Ino stood up and looked at him on the chair tied up as if he was a piece of handiwork, and said, "Alright loverboy. Start talking."

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That day, Sakura finally lost it.

Sakura screamed and screamed in anger and hurt, messing up her room. Rage was burning up her insides.

She was never good at anger management.

"I hate you!" she screamed to no one in particular.

I hate my life. I hate my mother. Damn her to hell with that stupid guy of hers.

Whatever his name is.

DAMN HER DAD. ESPECIALLY HER DAD.

The Inner Sakura wailed at having to relive the past again as the scene flooded through her mind.

-Flashback-

"Shut up-"

"No YOU shut up. Finally I get to-"

Slap.

Unexpected laughter by the other party.

"Why, for once in your life you are speechless. Cat got your tongue?...

"Yes! I found someone better than you, some boring rock to live with. I never loved you. I married you because I was pregnant."

"..."

Her mother's lips turned into a pout. An unpleasant one Sakura had never seen before.

"It was just supposed to be a stupid one night stand, don't you think so? Back then we were so young..." her voice sounded so wistful. And cruel.

For once her father spoke up.

"You want to end it now? What will Sakura think? Don't you love her too?...

"I thought we vowed to stay together for the sake of our child. "

"You're willing to let her go... just for him?"

Oh how his pained eyes hurt Sakura so. For she was feeling the same way as well.

Through the peephole, Sakura stayed silent as she watched the scene, fat tears leaking out of her eyes.

She dreaded to know her mother's answer. But she just couldn't look away from what was happening.

And her mother's lips parted into a sigh.

"No. But I love him nonetheless. As much as her."

And her father left the house just like that. He didn't come back the next day, the day after, nor the week after... he never came back.

He didn't come back for Sakura.

She remembered running to him that night, when he was already at the gate, begging him not to leave.

"Daddy...daddy don't leave me...please" the 9-year old pleaded as she tugged at his shirt, not caring whether she wet his shirt with her tear-stained hand, attempting to hold his hand at the same time.

His reaction was something Sakura never expected. And Sakura was never the same again after that.

He shook her hand off angrily, looking at her as if she was the most despicable thing in the world. His eyes looked at her with such hatred, as if they were screaming 'I'm so sick of you' to her over and over again.

And he left her there, screaming desperately for him to come back, not to leave her. His daughter.

And when her mother came forward to console her, she yelled at her not to come near her, tears spilling endlessly down her cheeks, her eyes burning with hatred. For whom she was unsure. And she ran off to lock herself up in her room for days. It was the last time Haruno Sakura cried in front of her mother.

And when she came out of her room, she was a different person altogether.

She had to move out a lot with her mother having a lot of'business trips'. From Suna to Kiri... to where else, she couldn't and didn't bother remembering.

She didn't really mind. In a way, whatever her mom did couldn't affect her anymore. She was permanently damaged.

Until she decided HE should move in.

This..this 'man'.

She didn't even remember his name. She decided she needed to leave.

She left, with Aunt Tsunade's help. Got a new home in Konohagakure, and got used to living alone, being independent.

In other words, she had disowned her mother, cut off whatever was left of their bonds and never contacted her.

Sure, her mother had cried. But her pain was incomparable as to when she felt it when she saw the look on her father's face. Not that she cared about her mother's pain anyway.

And Tsunade had help her tend to her wounds abit, giving her some time alone to regain a bit of her old self day by day.

Even though it was entirely impossible.

-end of flashback-

Sakura realised she had stopped breathing. Her mind was going haywire.

NONONONONONOOOOOO-

She needed a tranquilizer quick.

But she couldn't move her feet. She was choking now, her heart rate incredibly fast, tears unknowingly leaking out of her pained eyes as she struggled for air.

Her head felt like she wanted to explode. Her body convulsed violently and soon she was on the floor, clawing at her neck as if there was something on in her throat.

(A/N: O.O SOMEONE SAVE HER!! AHHHHH!!)

"Sakura?" she heard a familiar voice shout, alarmed. As fast as lightning she felt a pair of arms scoop her up and carried her to the couch.

"Sakura... Sakura...sakura...sakura..." she heard him repeat her name over and over like a mantra as he hugged her tightly.

Sakura attempted to stop crying and revelled in his warmth. He had come.

One hand was pulling her close to him, the other stroking her hair as if she was the most important thing to him in the world.

He just stayed there on the couch with her on his lap until she fell asleep and he could hear her steady heartbeat again.

Okay.

If you disagree with anything just review and tell me.

Her panic attack happened due to the shock of Karin pregnant and the realization of her loving him(almost at first sight... when he caught her ;)) It was sort of a catalyst and she sort of exploded I guess. You can only hold it in for too long...I think I needed to explain that part.

That was basically her past... and there will be SasuSaku fluff in the next chappie.

Review okay. If you want to. What a paradox! Gosh I feel so down after writing this... HAHHA

Ciao! Don't be so sad! XD