Chapter seven: Chaos Comes Knocking

I DON'T OWN NARUTO! MASASHI KISHIMOTO DOES! YOU CAN'T SUE ME!

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Not sure of the pairings yet. Ideas are very much welcome. ^_^

AN: Sorry about the weird ending for the last chapter. I forgot there was already an AN at the end. My bad. *sweat drop* Also I know I brought this chapter quickly but I felt that the best way for Sakura to heal is if she has this one last battle with her father and gets over her fear for good. I know it might be sudden but I couldn't really hold it off much longer. Not without feedback from the fans.

Sakura sighed. "I'll be fine Tenten. Go to school. I can't do much anyway with my back acting the way it is. Temari and the older kids are here to help." She said. "Are you sure?" Tenten asked anxiously. "Yes. Go. I need you to bring my work home anyway." Sakura replied. "Ok." Tenten caved. "Thank you. Say hello to Hinata for me too ok?" Sakura said. "Ok." Tenten replied cheerfully. As soon as Tenten left, Sakura sighed and took a muscle relaxer, knowing it would help immensely. "Temari are you ok running the house for a few hours until my back calms down?" She called. "Yeah. No sweat. I brought you something to eat." Temari replied cheerfully.

Sakura finally got out of bed without falling to the floor in agony about three. "School's just letting out. I have to go get Gaara, Tenten, Kankuro, and Shino. Do you mind being alone for about thirty minutes?" Temari asked anxiously. "Yeah. Go ahead and go. Borrow my car if you want. I'll be fine. I have to do laundry and clean a little." Sakura replied. "Are you sure?" Temari asked. "Yes. Go Temari. I'll be fine." Sakura replied again. The blonde took off in Sakura's car and the pinkette sighed. "Honestly. It's like I'm some fragile flower that can't be unattended for five minutes." She mused to herself as she started her clothes and did the dishes Temari didn't do. Sakura heard the door and assumed it was one of the others so she didn't think much about it.

Sakura gasped sharply as she was roughly shoved against the wall and hands caressed her stomach. "Hello Koneko. Daddy's home." A familiar voice purred in her ear. Sakura shoved her elbow back viciously thinking it was Sasuke. "Ooh you've gotten spunky since we last saw each other. I like that. It'll be a lot more satisfying to break that delicious spirit of yours." The same voice said. "Fuck you Sasuke." Sakura snapped. "Who's Sasuke? Not your boyfriend I hope. I'll be very disappointed with you." The voice replied. Sakura paled as the voice finally sank in. "Dad." She rasped weakly. "Did you miss me princess?" Sakura's father sneered. Sakura drove her elbow back again and caught her father in the chin. He stumbled away from her and Sakura turned so that he couldn't shove her again. "I didn't actually. In fact I barely think about you except briefly in passing. I've settled rather nicely into this new life." She replied flippantly.

Temari gasped when she heard something shatter inside the house. The blonde ran toward the door, thinking Sakura had another episode and her eyes widened when she came in to see Sakura and her father fighting viciously. Sakura was nursing an obviously broken arm but her father was favoring his left side. "We can't get involved. Sakura has to do this by herself. If we help her now, she'll never overcome her fear of him." Tenten said as she forced herself not to step in and help her best friend. "I know. I just hate seeing her hurt like this." Temari replied shakily.

Sakura cried out when her father grabbed her hair and flung her into the coffee table, breaking it under her weight and cutting her with the glass at the same time. She snapped a kick from her back but her father just laughed and grabbed her from the floor. "You should have died with her. How fair is it that you got to live but my precious wife and son had to die?" He snapped as he wrapped his hands around her neck. Sakura went completely limp in his grasp because if she struggled, it would just kill her faster. "It wasn't my fault. You lived too you know." She retorted roughly. "We'll both join them won't we? I'm going to kill you and I bet your friend will kill me and we'll both be with your mother and brother." Sakura's father said cheerfully. Sakura's eyes widened and she started to struggle then. "No! I don't want to die!" She cried. "It's ok. Just let go and relax. It'll be over soon enough." Sakura's father tightened his grip until Sakura saw black spots dancing in her vision. The emerald eyed teen slowly stopped fighting as the lack of oxygen got to her and her eyes slipped closed. "That's a good girl. Just sleep. You'll wake up with your family soon enough." Sakura's father coached her. Sakura went limp again as she slowly suffocated from her father's grip.

A steady beeping noise filtered into Sakura's ears as she began to regain consciousness. The pinkette groaned softly and opened her eyes a little. "Where am I?" She rasped weakly. "She's awake." A male voice calmly announced. Tenten and Hinata swam into view and Sakura smiled weakly. "Hi." She said. "Oh thank the gods you're ok! We thought we were too late! I'm so sorry we didn't help you but we knew you needed to face him alone!" Tenten wailed. Sakura winced from the loud sound and Hinata gently shushed their friend. "How do you feel Sakura?" She asked. "Like death pissed on me and then cheerfully ran me over repeatedly with a tank. Cackling the whole time." Sakura replied weakly. Tenten laughed a little hysterically and Sakura smiled slightly. "You were clinically dead for ten minutes. I'm glad you came back. Your father was rearrested for attempted murder and he won't be getting out of prison for the rest of his life. He's on suicide watch because of what he said when the police arrested him." Temari said from Sakura's right. "That's good. He needs help too. I'm not afraid of him anymore. Not now that I know that all he has wanted was to be with mom and Hiro again." Sakura replied. "The doctor will be ecstatic that you're awake. We refused to let her pull the plug and kill you." Temari said.

Dr. Senju was indeed shocked when she came in to a patient that was very much alive and awake to boot. "I guess I can stop bringing the paperwork to try and convince these guys to let you go." She said. "Yeah. I'm very much alive. So when can I go home?" Sakura laughed. "Not for a few more days yet Sakura. You were clinically dead for ten minutes. We have to make sure your brain didn't suffer from the lack of oxygen. We also have to make sure you're still able to walk and such." Dr. Senju replied. "I can walk fine if you lower this bed rail." Sakura stated primly. Dr. Senju laughed. "Can't do that just yet. Sorry kiddo but rules are rules." She said. Sakura sighed. "I know. I bet I look like shit." She said. "You do." Dr. Senju assured her. "Thanks." Sakura said dryly.

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