I'll tell you now, this was unbelievably painful to write roflmao :'D I dragged on too much with tons of stuff, and then went really vague with other parts. I hope you still like this chapter anyway xD Sorry the update is so late btw, I had exams xD Which I think I failed roflmao! Pray for me T.T Also, I've planned the rest of this story completely, and so there is 100% guarantee this story will be finished. The whole story will have 9 (actually 10 including the prologue) chapters in total, and then there will be a seperate story sequal, which you don't have to read if you don't want to xD Since it will end up ItaSakuSasu xD

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Fragmented Lullabyes

Chapter 5

A Twisted Knight In Shining Armour

He smiled at her, rain trickling down the side of his face, dripping off from his chin and landing on one of her closed eyelids. Gazing at her, he healed her more fatal injuries like that painful looking gash in her stomach. As he healed her, the rain seemed to be washing some of the blood away from her, but only increased the area of blood stains across her shirt. After he had finished, no one would probably be able to tell she was ever injured.

Slowly, he placed the hand that wasn't holding her around the waist onto her forehead, and shoved his overpowering chakra into her head. Watching her sombrely as he erased all memories of him that she had, he kept reassuring himself that it was for the best.

Exhaling sadly, he removed his hand from her forehead, the jutsu done. Forming seals with only one hand, he gathered his chakra to form a ghost image of him. Giving him instructions to stay with Sakura, only to be visible by Sakura too, he inhaled the ghost image and gathered more chakra in his chest, infusing his chakra with the ghost to make it real and sort of living. He raised Sakura's head and locked his own lips with hers, breathing out the ghost image into her, the second stage of the jutsu complete.

Catching his lost breath again, his heart rate finally calmed down from the sudden lack of oxygen. He placed his hands on where her heart was, where the ghost image would reside until he decided to get rid of it, and summoned more of his chakra into her heart, sending a few last instructions and abilities to his image.

He sighed with relief, happy that she would now be safe, and caressed her cheek softly, gazing at her peaceful sleeping face as the rain pattered down on them. Leaning for one last chaste kiss before he left her, he shuddered at the warmth of her lips.

His jutsu would definitely keep her safe, it would be able to contact him and share Sakura's emotions and memories with him, allowing him to come whenever trouble would fall upon her. What's more, if needed, the image would be able to heal her slowly if she is gravely injured, and if she was hurt fatally where she would die, the image could give its own chakra infused life up to save her.

Assuring himself once more, he told himself that she would be safe, and that he could come to her in only minutes if she was in trouble, but the thought that 'only minutes' could be all it took for her to be fatally injured.

Scolding himself once more for thinking so negatively, he placed his now free arm under her knees and stood up slowly, not wanting to wake her up from her peaceful slumber.

Standing, he could see her teammates lying next to her, but he wasn't at all interested in them, helping them would not benefit either of them in the slightest. All he cared about was her.

Turning around, he headed towards Konoha's gates.

Reaching there in only seconds, it took the two chuunin who stood guard there a few moments to realise that Uchiha Sasuke was carrying Haruno Sakura, and he was trying to enter the village. Before they could even move to attack, Sasuke disappeared and reappeared behind them, causing them to tremble in fear slightly at his unknown power.

"Look after her, or I'll kill you all and destroy this village. Take my word for it Konoha ninja, if she gets hurt the slightest or is unhappy in anyway, I'll kill you all." He said simply, laying her down on the floor under a tree to make sure she wouldn't catch a cold, his gaze never leaving her.

The chuunins, Kotetsu and Izumo just watched in fear, not knowing whether they should attack such a dangerous man or to retreat.

They were answered with a quick glare from the Uchiha's famous sharingan, who then disappeared into thin air, leaving two gobsmacked chuunin behind in the rain.

Her eyes fluttering open, she finally opened her eyes. She couldn't see much but darkness so she wondered what the time was.

Still half asleep, she stared at what she thought was the ceiling in front of her for a few moments before realising her captor was sleeping beside her. Trying to get up, she struggled as she felt strong arms around her, and warm breath that tickled her neck. Struggling to get away from the raven haired man sleeping beside her, she tried to wiggle out of his arms, only to be brought closer to him. She sighed, and gave up trying again, watching as the man encaging her smiled without opening his eyes.

She narrowed her eyes, knowing he was awake. But even though he was awake and they both knew she knew he was awake, he had no intention of getting up yet. He hugged her tightly, pulling her closer towards his body. She blushed as she was only inches away from the man's handsome face, blushing even more as she felt against her body that he had no shirt on. Never before had she been so thankful that it was so dark, thankful he probably wouldn't be able to see her scarlet blush.

Suddenly, she realised that she wasn't wearing her normal ninja clothes, and struggled even more against him. He sighed, knowing the peaceful moment wouldn't come back again, and opened his eyes.

"What the hell did you do to me!?" She said, hoping she wasn't blushing. He sighed again in response, getting up slightly but falling on top of her as he nuzzled against her neck, still not wanting to get up.

"Oi! Wake up! What did you do to me!?" She shouted, on the verge of angry tears. Grumbling he burrowed his face deeper into the crook of her neck.

"Nothing, you had blood stained clothes on so I gave you mine, you could have had an infection or something. Plus, you would of stained the bed." He said simply, body relaxing once again as if expecting her to calm down since he answered it. He was proved wrong.

"Let me go!" She said as she thrashed about. Groaning, he started to get annoyed by her constant resistance. He rose above her and looked at her seriously.

"Sakura." He said dangerously, all humour taken out of his voice. She looked timidly at him as he straddled her, dark onyx eyes clashing with emerald.

"Don't worry. I have every intention of sending you back to Konoha soon. You don't have to panic so much." He said, getting up and out of the bed, wading through the thick duvet leaving a nervous Sakura sitting there.

He turned around once more, letting her have one last view of his onyx gaze before she fell asleep again.

"Go back to sleep Sakura, it's only midnight and you have wounds. I've already blocked and drained your chakra, so you can't fight me," He paused, watching her eyes sparkle in the darkness with unshed tears of fear and sighed slightly, "Even if you did have your chakra, I'm sure you're smart enough not to try to attack me, since I am going to send you back to Konoha once you healed. Don't worry, I'll try to avoid you as much as possible until then, and I hope you will do likewise." He finished, turning around and leaving the room before Sakura could ask him anything.

Sakura huffed, annoyed at his stuck up attitude.

One minute he's as affectionate as a new born puppy, the next he's as cold as the winter's midnight breeze, not even looking at her as he spoke to her. Sighing deeply, she let herself fall back onto the bed, looking again at the dark ceiling. Murmuring to herself, she asked to no one in particular, "Who are you..?"

Not expecting to be answered, she sat back up, and almost jumped in fright as she felt familiar arms wrap themselves around her.

She sat there wordlessly for what felt like ages, leaning slightly into the warmth of his body, the warmth of his breath tickling her ear every time he breathed in and out.

"Sakura." Her visitor said softly, making said person's heart beat faster, "It's been a while."

She gulped slowly, swallowing her previous anxieties and fears. "Where have you been?" She said in an almost inaudible whisper. In reply, her visitor hugged her tighter, but not too tight to be out of her comfort.

"Hm? What are you talking about? I've been with you all this time, haven't you noticed?" He said, his voice deepening with every syllable he pronounced, until it reached the point when it almost matched her captor's identically.

Sakura was shocked by this, and wanted so desperately to find out who he was, and who he was. Yet again, not learning her lessons from countless times before, she turned around.

Blinking back the tears that had unconsciously welled up, she looked down into the darkness, feeling extremely lonely again. She wasn't yet used to the feeling, and she hated it so much, but unfortunately whenever he would leave her, the feeling would come back and pierce her.

Still wanting to cry, she hugged herself. She shivered slightly, still shaken from her fears and frustrations. Slowly, warm arms encaged her again, but she could sense that it wasn't the visitor she wanted.

Not moving, she let her captor behind her reach for her hands, and shuddered from his warmth, suddenly realising her hands were freezing cold. He slowly entwined his hands with her own, his thumb stroking and massaging it as he sighed contentedly.

"Sakura." He breathed into her ear, rubbing his cheek against the side of her neck. Sakura heard his voice, and realised really how similar their voices were to each other.

"I thought I told you to go to sleep." He looked at her, watching her every movement. He hadn't intended on coming back in, but he could sense her uncertainties and her worries, and could even tell that she wanted to cry. Sighing, he pulled her down into the bed and wrapped an arm on top of and around her waist, the other arm serving as Sakura's potential pillow.

"I-I can't sleep." She stuttered, confused at his actions.

"Why?" He asked.

"…"

She thought before she answered. She didn't want to tell this man that she was scared of him, he might get angry and really give her a reason to be scared. She was scared, and she knew exactly why. It had nothing to do with the fact that this man could kill her at any second, after what had happened with her parents she wasn't so scared of death anymore. It wasn't because he was holding her, embracing her and hugging her. It was because she felt so safe in his arms, and she felt so comfortable in them.

She didn't understand what was happening to her.

Sure, she slept with him once, but that shouldn't have made her totally at ease in his arms. She was scared, that soon, she wouldn't be able to resist or fight against him at all. She didn't even know who he was, yet he could make her completely placid in his arms. She was scared that soon, she would want to stay here instead of going back to Konoha, where her home was.

She shivered again from her thoughts and urges, but her captor didn't seem to know that. Instead, he thought she was cold, and brought her even closer to him, holding her tightly as her shivering increased.

They stayed like that peacefully for a while since Sakura wasn't counting the time. During that time, neither of them moved an inch, the only sound being made were each other's shallow breathing. After only a few minutes of him holding her, she had already succumbed, leaning back slightly into his arms. In fact, if she hadn't fallen asleep about 5 minutes later, she would have probably have done the unforgivable thing and wrapped her arms around his own.

Watching her doze off, he too fell asleep against his will, smiling helplessly in the arms of the woman he loved.

Wincing at the sudden burst of light attacking her, she grumbled drowsily as she sluggishly woke up. Sleepily, she glared at the man standing in front of curtains that she hadn't noticed before, growling slightly as he walked slightly out of the way so more light could hit her. He stood there hands on his hips, smirking at her as the sun blinded her.

"Ohayou." He said softly, his voice completely tranquil. Sakura just groaned in response, her mind not awake yet and not remembering the fact she had been captured. Instead of screaming and roaring like she would have normally of done, she pulled the duvet over her head and dug under her pillow, wanting to go back to sleep.

Lightly chuckling at her antics, he walked closer towards her and pulled away the duvet, earning screeches of protest. Chuckling again, he kissed her on her cheek lovingly, before tucking her back into the bed, watching her relax as she drifted back to sleep.

Pulling himself away from her, he knelt down and got out a pad of paper from a nearby drawer. Jotting down a few instructions, he ripped out the page and folded it, placing the folded paper in her clenched hand.

Looking at her one last time before he set out for the day, he stood up and exited the room.

Waking up again an hour later, she found she was alone in the room. Standing up groggily, she felt something in her right hand. Unclenching her hand, her fist revealed a piece of paper. She took it and unfolded it, and tried to read it.

Since she was still groggy from her sleep, it took her a while to get her bearings.

Sighing, she read the note aloud.

『Koishii,

I want you to stay at home at rest. Well, my room.

I'll be back shortly so don't worry.

Don't go outside.

If you do, I'll be really angry with you.

Like I said, you don't want to run away from me,

I'm taking you back to Konoha soon anyway.

Sending my love, I'll see you soon.』

She looked at the letter he left for her, and compared it to the memory of the one he gave her long ago. Sighing, she couldn't and didn't want to even try to think about how similar they were to each other.

Her eyes narrowed as she read the note, especially when he told her not to worry.

"As if I'd worry about him at all!" She muttered to herself, "And as if I'm going to try to run away, but I'm definitely not staying in this room for the whole day. He can bite my ass."

Getting up, only staggering when the pain in her knees came back to her, she limped towards the window, looking out of it and seeing endless amounts of blue sky and fluffy clouds she limped kind of towards what she thought was the door. Grabbing what she thought was her own wallet, she also attached her shuriken holster onto her leg since she never knew when she may get attacked again.

She walked outside the door and climbed down the stairs painfully, her knees stinging.

By the time she reached downstairs, she was already getting used to the pain. She was sure that would be the worst of the pain she would get from her knees and she almost managed to walk without limping.

Walking down the stairs, she opened another door which when she opened, a sweet autumn breeze charged at her, letting her clearly know that she was outside. Smiling happily at the sight of the blue sky and the feel of air swirling around her, she giggled happily. Her expression immediately turned into a grouchy frown as she saw more endless spirals of stairs.

Not being patient enough to stick with the stairs though, she guessed it wouldn't be such a difference in levels of pain if she tried jumping from where she was to the ground.

All set for that idea, she walked slowly to a banister, and hoisted herself up, jumping off with confidence.

She grinned widely like a cat as the world whirled around her, the long snakes of metal encircling her as she flew down to the ground. Unfortunately, her landing wasn't like a cat, and she ended up crash landing in a tree.

Groaning, she got up painfully, aware that her knee was probably even worse than it was 5 minutes ago, but thankful she saved hours of her life from climbing stairs. Slowly climbing out of the tree, she took a whole 14 minutes to get down safely, her bad knee hindering her.

After a while of wandering in the direction where she heard the most people around, she managed to get over the pain in her knee and walk normally. Looking around for any signs of her captor, she guessed it wouldn't hurt to have a few drinks before she went back up those painful looking stairs.

Trying to find a nearby pub which didn't look like it had disgusting looking men, which was pretty hard since most of the pubs where she was were filled to the brim with fat pot bellied men, she smiled happily as she finally found one which looked decent.

Entering the pub, she smiled at the nostalgic smell of sake and cider, remembering all the times when her now-dead shisshou had drunk together. Back then, somehow most of her other memories around that time were fuzzy, she couldn't even remember why or how she had come to become the fifth hokage's apprentice. But it didn't matter now, she was who she was. Sakura didn't believe in lingering in the past, she lived for today only, as shown by many people around her, life was too short.

She looked around the pub and saw nothing too fancy, just the usual typical pub-like décor that she was used to.

A karaoke song player in the corner flashing annoying flashy neon lights and playing an annoying sappy love song from like the 70's, illuminating the checkered brown wallpaper a neon green.

Walking over to some brown coloured corner sofa, she crossed her legs and immediately relaxed, thankful for a place to rest her painful knees. A guy came over her and asked her what she would like to drink, so she just replied "The strongest thing you have." For some reason the waiter (A/N…Do they have waiters in pubs? XD) nodded, almost as if he understood exactly why she wanted one. As he turned back around, she let her eyes follow him until her eyes reached other employees of the pub, who in turn were all staring at her with mixed expressions.

Some were surprised, there were some even frightened, and some of them were even whispering about her. More of the women workers were probably saying nasty things judging by the way they gave a distasteful look at her whenever they thought she wasn't looking. The rest that didn't look surprised or pissed off looked a bit sympathetic even, making Sakura feel extremely self conscious.

Looking around, she noticed a lot more than just the employees were staring at her, the majority of the pub were looking at her as if she were either an alien or a well-known assassin, which she kind of was. The strangest thing was that some of the poorer ones looked at her as if she were some kind of messiah.

Trying to shrug it off, she sighed in relief as the same guy came back with a glass bottle filled with what she hoped was really strong sake and a cup. Filling her sake cup, she downed the first cup quickly, and instantly felt the alcohol reach her head. But, as soon as she downed it, she also felt slightly dizzy and nauseous, and it wasn't due to the alcohol.

Her hearing intensified by whatever drug she had been given, she heard pounding footsteps coming towards her, and heard a painful smack as she felt cold hands slap her across the face.

With her reaction slowed and her mind at complete and utter confusion, all she could do was turn her head slowly at her attacker and glare at the red headed woman standing in front of her, who was glaring just as hard back. The woman stunk of cheap perfume, and her thick glasses hid her eyes, which were probably really small anyway. Sakura could tell that the woman was a cheap one, bite marks marred across her skin, the very fact this woman wore an extremely revealing tank top which showed all those bite marks was enough to make Sakura laugh until she fell to the floor, but she was too drunk and dizzy to do anything but glare at the woman in front of her.

"The fuck are you?" Sakura hissed, her hands clenched into a fist, her drunken state tempting her to punch the living daylights out of this bitch.

"Who the fuck am I? You ask?" The woman started, her voice laced with spite and sarcasm, "Why, why ever would such a celebrity like you ever want to know MY name? Miss Haruno Saki or whatever."

"Sakura." She corrected, her fists clenching even harder, her nails digging into her skin, "If you want to use my name with your butt-ugly face, say it properly bitch." She smirked as she could see a fuzzy scowl appearing on the woman's face and an animal-like growl pounding in her ear drums.

"Well, Miss Sakura," The red-head started, "My name is Karin, and unlike you, I'm not a slut like you are, seducing my Sasuke-kun into your bed." Sakura's eyes narrowed at this, and inhaled sharply as she felt a burst of pain in her head.

"What the hell are you talking about Karin? Who the fuck is Sasuke, and I'm not a slut."

"Pfft, tell that to all the people in this village who he told to be courteous to you, and tell that to them all who told them not to mention his name to you."

"The hell are you talking abo-" She stopped midway to suddenly cough painfully, her head killing her and the world around her swirling with the same neon lights from the karaoke song player.

"Heh, seems like the drug I added to your drink is taking its toll on you. You'll be out like a light soon, and then the real effects of the drug will surface, and show people what a real slut you ar- AERCHH"

She was interrupted in her words by a strong fist choking her and strangling her neck.

A man, the man who captured her, was glaring at the floor with blood red eyes, the intent to kill etched within his very breath. His voice coming out as a deadly whisper, Sakura's hearing and sight left her as she entered the world of dreams. The people inside the pub had all gone silent, all of them waiting for what Sasuke would do, and what would happen to Karin.

"S-Sasuke-kun…" Karin said, her weak and flimsy hands reaching up to his hand and trying to detach herself from him.

"What did you do?" He said quietly, his voice wavering slightly as he fought the rage led impulses to kill this woman right then and there.

"S-Sasuke-kun… P-please… Let go…" She attempted, her voice coming out in choked squeaks.

"I won't repeat myself Karin… Answer my question if you want to live." He said angrily between gritted teeth, but to anyone apart from Karin, it was obvious he had no intention of letting her live.

"I…I only d-drugged her… Only t-told her what she r-really was here for…" She said, not daring to insult Sakura directly, especially when she was barely standing on the tightrope of death.

"And what was that?" He asked, his eyes meeting hers and sending shivers throughout her body.

"T-That she w-was just a whore… T-that you were just using…" She said, wincing through her glasses as the man in front of her stayed still. Until suddenly the grip on her neck tightened, and she coughed out blood.

Wringing her neck like a chicken's, he then slammed her against a wall and threw her down like the trash she was, knowing she was already dead. Releasing her neck finally, he walked towards Sakura and picked her up bridal style, kissing her forehead softly.

He glanced at the owner of the pub slightly who had come out of the staff room when the two women started to argue, and the owner nodded understandingly. The owner gestured to two men in ruffian style outfits, and they picked up the dead corpse, and exited the bar through the back way, and everyone present knew they would never see Karin again, not that they liked her to start with.

Still angry, the Uchiha walked outside slowly, before disappearing into thin air.

Annoyed, he made his way to his apartment, and took in the complete events from his ghostly jutsu, understanding almost exactly what happened. He already knew that something bad had happened, his instincts and contacting jutsu urging him to run to the pub as he felt a shock through his spine. He didn't know what had happened, but all he had known was that it included Sakura, and that was enough for him to rush to her rescue.

He had to say he was pretty happy though that she had been sort of jealous about him, but the feeling was ruined at the reminding fact that Karin had blabbed his name. Now she'd have a great headache for the next couple of hours, his jutsu slowly eating away her memories of Karin mentioning him in front of her.

Arriving at his apartment almost as soon as he left, he set Sakura down onto the bed and put his hand on her forehead. Cringing inwardly and cursing Karin, he could tell straight away that she had a temperature. Whatever drug Karin had given her, it was extremely strong for such a small dose.

Analyzing the situation again, he sighed as he knew he'd have to do some more patchwork in his jutsu, each time his identity was revealed was the risk of Sakura remembering him way before he wanted her too, and each time she did hear it, the jutsu was designed to lull her unconscious.

Only 5 minutes later and Sakura's temperature had already went down, Sasuke thanking Tsunade that she had taught her to be a medic nin for her faster natural regenerative benefits. He took that back though as he saw her wake up slowly, her eyes blurry and her throat dry.

She tried to sit up slowly, but found herself being pushed down gently, and a hand being pressed against her forehead. It felt nice to have his cold hands pressing against her boiling skin since her body went back to feeling uncomfortably hot again.

Her eyes blurry still and her head pounding, she tried to and failed to focus on the man in front of her, and groaned slightly as the heat increased again.

"Ughhh…" She moaned.

"Do you want water?" He asked worriedly, ironic how a man who just killed a woman in a few seconds and tossed her away like dirt could 5 minutes later act so compassionate to another. All he got as a response was a slight nod. Going to where the kitchen was located in his apartment, he found a glass and filled it with water, and took out a pack of pain killers.

Returning back to her side, he placed the pain killers and water down, and gently sat her up so she wouldn't choke.

"Take these, it'll make the most of the pain go away." He said gently, bringing 2 tablets up to her and tipping the water from the glass into her mouth.

Sipping the water slowly, she swallowed the tablets and immediately felt better with her dry throat problem sorted. But after that problem, there were many more.

Narrowing her eyes, she spoke.

"Why did you help me?" She said, trying to make her voice sound as serious and intimidating as possible, but failed as her bearings still hadn't come back to her yet and her voice wavering as she tried to pronounce her d's properly. In return, the man just frowned as he rested her down onto the bed again.

"You don't need to know." He said, avoiding her gaze by staring at her shoulder.

"Hmph, if you aren't going to tell me anything, don't help me." She said, her words slurring as they both knew she didn't mean anything that she said. But the next thing she said caught his attention.

"…Did you sleep with that bitch Karin as well?" She asked grouchily, she didn't care if she sounded jealous, but Sasuke did. He looked at her, and what was close to a cheerful grin appeared onto his mouth. Sakura couldn't see it though, the images around her kept swaying.

"Why? Are you jealous Sakura?" He asked playfully, her name rolling off his tongue beautifully, sending shivers to Sakura's body. All Sakura did was roll her head away from him, closing her eyes and creasing her eyebrows in annoyance. His smile just grew wider in response.

"Ii yo, I have never slept with anyone apart from you." He said as he placed a hand on her shoulder, which was a big mistake.

As soon as he touched her, he felt her start to tremble, and watched as scarlet rushed to her cheeks, colouring them a bright reddish pinkish colour. At the same time, she opened her eyes and turned her head to look at him.

He shuddered slightly from her concentrated stare, he didn't know what the look in her eye represented at all. But he found out eventually as she got up slowly, leaning closer towards him.

Leaning dangerously close to his face, she didn't know what was happening to her. As soon as he had touched her skin again, she felt unbelievably hot and flushed in her body, and found herself urging for something she didn't know of. She looked at him, and somehow she knew he had whatever she wanted.

She leaned even closer, placing her small hands on top of his yukata, before slipping between the folds and tracing his ribs with her fingers. Before her victim could react and try to push her away, she pressed her lithe body against his own, leaning even closer to him to the right of him past his face. She ran her hands down to his abdominal muscles, and nibbled gently on his ear lobe. Taking in a sharp breath through gritted teeth, he cursed under his breath.

"S-Sakura… W-What are you doing…" He said between pants, stuttering and stumbling on his words whenever Sakura licked the back of his ear. Placing her hand on top of one of his, which were supporting their weight as he unconsciously leaned back as far as possible away from her, she retreated back, but only so far to meet his lustful gaze.

"You don't want this?" She said, her voice sweet and especially alluring. Sasuke groaned in response, he knew if this carried on much longer he would lose control again, and this time he wouldn't even try to let her go again. Turning away from her, trying to focus on the window, he almost hissed out the next sentence.

"Sakura… Stop… Neither of us want this, I'm warning you koishii, I won't hold back if you keep tempting me." He said. Sakura's gaze never left him even though his had, and they stayed still.

A smile suddenly appeared on Sakura's face, a smile not genuinely happy or completely sarcastic, a smile that a predator would give to its prey as they knew that they had won. She moved her hand up towards his chest and viciously tugged on his yukata opening, pulling it off of him and earning a dangerous glare from Sasuke.

She was annoyed at him, and he was annoyed at her, this was her stupid simple-minded revenge against him. Serves him right for acting so cruel and cold at one moment whilst so loving in another. Serves him right for hanging around sluts who made her angry, and serves him right for keeping her in some place whilst not even telling her anything.

Still smiling but still drunk, she said cruelly, "Who said I don't want this?" before pressing her lips against his.

And as soon as she had, he surprised her by crushing her down onto the bed, pinning her down onto the bed and kissing her passionately. She didn't know what was going on with her, but like his own, her mind had completely gone blank, and all common sense had left her.

Brushing her hands across his body towards his shoulder, he parted their lips for a brief moment to groan seductively, before kissing her even harder as she tried to pull his yukata off of him. When she found she couldn't, Sasuke helped her, his rougher hands enveloping her own, helping her pull off his garment. After that, he lifted himself up from her, and leaned down again at her neck, sucking and nibbling the hollow section of her neck. Whimpering as he nibbled at her skin, she tangled her fingers through his silken hair, tugging on it slightly whenever he bit into her harder than usual.

With his hands slipping under her shirt he explored her body, taking in and memorizing every reaction and part of her that made her gasp and moan with pleasure, his self control completely left him. He had no intention of letting her go now, not now, not ever, and he would show her that, thoroughly.

"Who… Who are you?" She asked, her voice quivering from her earlier mourning. She had just woken up and been told her parents had been brutally murdered, and all she could was hold her tears until she was left alone, or when she thought she was alone. The man behind her just put his hands on the sides of her shoulders gently, understanding somehow what pain she was going through. When he didn't answer, she asked again, scared and unable to move, somehow sensing the massive load of chakra this man had, or was.

"Who are you?" This time, he leaned in towards her, resting his cheek slightly on the top of her head, bringing his arms around her front and pulling her towards him into a hug.

"A friend." He whispered, his voice deep and silken, his embrace gentle like his voice. Sakura didn't believe him though, and she didn't even know who this man was, and turned around.

As soon as she did the man disappeared, but the warmth that he had lingered on her skin where he had touched her, and his two words resonated in her head over and over. Turning back around, she looked down to the thin white blankets, tempted to cry again. The room was unlit, the nurse turned it off when she had left Sakura, expected her to go to sleep. Sighing, she wondered dismally what she would do now. She didn't want to fight anymore. Somehow, after her parents were gone, there nothing worth fighting for anymore, nothing left to protect.

Lost in her thoughts, it took her a few seconds to realise that he had come back again, his arms wrapped comfortingly around her, his chin resting at the crook of her neck. She could feel his vibrant warmth again, his breath caressing her ear. She was lost, so lost and confused. She didn't even know what to do anymore.

Finally, tears rolled down her cheeks, and they wouldn't stop. Her silent crying turned into soft whimpers then into hysteric wailing. As she cried, all he did was rub away her tears with his thumb, his knuckles pressed flat against her cheek softly, not interrupting her painful suffering with respect.

After a while, her cries turned into silent streaming tears once again, as she breathed heavily.

"What should I do now?" She asked, knowing he was listening. She didn't even intend to listen to what he would say, she didn't even care if he even bothered to listen to her. All she knew was that if he was going to stay with her and not let her cry alone, she'd bring him into this fully.

"No one else matters." He answered simply. She wanted to turn around again, but she guessed that he'd disappear again, so she stayed still thinking.

"Naruto was the last one who was with your parents." He added, causing Sakura's eyes to widen with shock.

"How do you know this?" She asked bewilderedly. This man knew too much that he wasn't supposed to know. She waited there in silence, waiting for his answer. Unfortunately, his answer wasn't what she was looking for.

"I know a lot of things koishii." He answered almost inaudibly, his breath brushing the side of her neck. She frowned at his vagueness and struggled against his hug, not wanting to stay in his embrace any longer. The man sighed defeatedly as she struggled in his arms, letting her go only because he was worried for her well being.

"I told you the truth koishii, it's up to you to decide what to think of it." He said simply, and disappeared once again as she turned around again. Sighing, she took on board what he had told her.

She could tell that the man was trying to blame Naruto for the death of her parents, but she loved Naruto, he was her best friend. But even though she kept telling herself that Naruto wasn't the cause of her parents death, her visitor's words lingered in her head, repeating themselves over and over again, forging even more doubt in her heart.

Tiredly, she lied back down onto her hospital bed, and stared dismally out of the window next to her. The moon was out that night but it was slightly reddish. She winced as the clouds moved away from it, bathing her with what felt like angry moonlight. The town looked almost surreal at night time, the tops of the buildings highlighted with the ethereal silvery crimson glowering over it. The light seeped through the clouds only rarely, dark red illuminated clouds were surging towards Konoha, maybe it was God mourning for her since no more tears seemed to be able to condense.

She was staring at the clouds expressionlessly, she couldn't make herself cry anymore. She wanted to of course, but something in her heart… Something in her heart wouldn't let her. It was strange, she was the girl known for crying too much and letting her emotions engulf her in her job, but now she couldn't remember why she wanted to cry back then. She felt empty, like something was missing from her. She was trying to find or work out what she was missing, but a series of muffled knocks on the door shook her out of her reverie.

Turning towards the door slowly with her head, she watched lifelessly as she saw blonde tresses peak through the door as it opened.

"Sakura-chan? Are you awake?" He whispered, or tried to at least. His whispers were only slightly softer than his usual shouting. Sakura just responded with an unladylike grunt. Taking that as a yes, Naruto entered the room slowly.

He looked ragged. His eyes had bags under his eyes, and he too like Sakura, looked like a wreck.

"Sakura-chan…" He started, looking at her as she turned her gaze back to the window. He was slightly glad that he couldn't see her face, the guilt would destroy him completely, "I'm… I'm so sorry…"

Sakura looked out the window, focusing on the blurry sparkly droplets that were gathering at the window sill. Her eyes were clouding up with tears, but at the same time she wasn't crying. She thought back to what the man had said to her, that Naruto had been the one last seen with her parents before the murder, that Naruto was the cause of their deaths. She shook her head slightly, not enough to catch Naruto's attention, but enough to shake some sense into herself. There was no way that what the man had said could be true, she thought, she didn't even know this man and he had called himself her friend, disappearing whenever she tried to look at him. Naruto cared for her, she thought, trying to reassure herself, but no matter how much she reassured herself beforehand, nothing could have prepared herself for the next blow.

"I'm so sorry… Sakura-chan… Please… Forgive me…" He started, looking down onto the floor whilst biting his lip, his body shaking from the sorrow and anger that surged through his body as he reran the memories in his head. Sakura turned to him, rubbing her eyes slightly to dry the spare tears, and looked at him confusedly.

"What's wrong Naruto? You didn't do anything." She said, her words disguising her heartless voice, her body void of any emotions at the moment.

"That's exactly it! I didn't do anything!"

"…"

"I…"

"…What's wrong? You're acting weirdly…"

"I was the last known person with your parents before they were killed, only a few moments before they were killed." He said finally, his voice laced with nervousness and worry, his anxiety and fears scrawled all over his face. Sakura just looked at him, looked into his eyes. Her face showed a lot of things. Anger. Sadness. Pain. Betrayal. Hatred.

All of the reassuring and facts about their friendship could not stop her anger, the only thing in her mind now was the fact that Naruto could of but didn't save her parents. Reasoning left her, her common sense flew away, and her compassion abandoned her.

Suddenly, she looked at him sharply with a strong glare that broke his heart, and she sent a deadly whisper to him saying, "Get out."

Naruto understood her emotions, but he couldn't stand there and let himself lose one of his friends, even if it WAS his fault. Refusing to move, he stepped forward slightly, his blue orbs screaming desperation and begging for forgiveness, "Sakura… Please…"

"GET OUT YOU FUCKING MONSTER."

She had almost screamed those words at him, and she had a whole 5 blissful seconds before she had finally realised what she had said, and the look that Naruto gave her broke her heart. She was about to apologise, expecting him to keep trying to stay with her, to keep their friendship still intact, but instead, he turned to leave.

"Fine. I won't bother you anymore." He whispered, really and truly whispered it and left the room, leaving Sakura behind.

"I told you so…" The man's voice appeared again, his voice smooth and crisp, but she didn't hear him. He leant down to her and hugged her from behind, trying his best to console her. All she did was stare down in front of her at the bed sheets again, her anger increasing by every second.

She tried again, to reassure herself that it wasn't his fault, and that she was the one who had gone overboard with her words, but she wasn't convinced. He had left her. He had left her parents to die. She thought she had meant something so much more to him than just this, but apparently she was wrong.

"Koishii…" He said again, this time she heard him. She felt herself suddenly sleepy, and let herself lean unconsciously into his warm body. Staring at the wall lifelessly, she let him bury his face into her neck again, and waited for him to continue.

"No one matters but you." He said, and immediately she understood everything.

No one but her would matter, she would live for herself and herself only. To her, her friends were her life, but her friends obviously didn't feel the same way. Why should she risk her lives for them anymore, when they can't even be bothered to fight for their friendship. Why should she care for them, when they couldn't be bothered to visit her in hospital. Why should she train to protect them, when all the aimed to protect were their material goods. Enough was enough.

From then on, she would work for her own sake only, She'd live her life selfishly, free from their binding fake friendship and care. She would sever all ties between them, and live life how she wanted to.

And from then on, she became the strong uncaring kunoichi she is today.

Still asleep, she nuzzled against his bare neck unconsciously, not realizing what was real and what was still a dream.

Opening her eyes, she saw his dark onyx eyes watching her peacefully and a slight smile that somehow made her feel extremely light-headed. He gently withdrew his arm that was on top of her waist, holding her down as they slept peacefully, and placed the palm of his hand on her cheek, his hand touching her so lightly, it was as if he thought she might break under his touch.

"Ohayou, Koishii." He said happily, beaming like a kid who was just given a giant multicoloured lollipop. She looked at him sleepily in response, grumbling as she cuddled towards him, burrowing into his chest making him chuckle at her cute sleeping instincts. He wrapped his arms around her once again and pulled her even closer to him, knowing that their peaceful moment would be shattered soon.

And just as he expected it to be, it did.

As soon as the drowsiness wore off, her eyes widened with shock and confusion. Struggling against his embrace, she tried to wriggle out of his arms, blushing as she remembered that they were both naked.

"Let me go!" She said, preparing herself to argue in the process. Instead of obediently obeying her command, he did what she also expected and held her even tighter. But instead of letting her get away with her protests, he pulled her up to sit up, then pushed her down onto her back onto the bed, earning shrieks of anger.

"Let me go!" She shouted as he quickly unwrapped his arms from her, and pinned her wrists to the bed.

He leaned down to her, and smirked sadistically into her ear.

"I don't think so Koishii. You're mine now." He said triumphantly, pulling himself back up, grinning even more as he saw her reaction. All the colour had left her face, and she had stopped struggling. Her lips were parted with shock, and it made him really want to kiss her.

"W-What do you mean? I-I thought you were going to take me back!" She stuttered, terrified. All the while Sasuke was staring at her naked body.

"Don't blame me Koishii," He said, leaning back down and resting his body on hers, his mouth back at her neck making her nervous, "You're the one who pushed me over my limits. I can't hold myself back anymore. I was planning on sending you back, but you didn't listen to my warnings. You're mine now." After he finished speaking, he pressed his lips on hers, kissing her passionately.

Only pulling away after they both ran out of breath, he whispered on her lips breathlessly, her eyes drooping from all of the shock.

"I'll warn you now Koishii. If you even dare try to run away, I won't be very happy. And if you do manage to run away, I'll kill and destroy all those who get in my way." He said sinisterly, enjoying watching her shudder under him at his words.

Wordlessly, he put his right hand on her forehead gently, and shoved chakra into her, forcing her unconscious and sending her back to dream land once again.

"Sweet dreams koishii." He said, before kissing her on the forehead gently.

"I warned you didn't I? Koishii

You never did listen to me, did you.

But it doesn't matter now,

You're mine.

And you always will be mine.

If not, no one else can have you."

I hope the chapter wasn't too dark or anything or vague/boring D: I promise it'll get better ;~; *has a plan* xD

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Also, there will be tons of DeiSaku (of course, there will still be tons of SasuSaku next chapter too but the main highlight is DeiSaku to bring up the SasuSaku if you get what I mean xD) next chapter! Look forward to it!

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