Hello Teenage Baltimore!! I'm Corny Collins...lol!! I love hairspray!! Sorry but this has nothing to do with the story I just love the movie musical and both CD'S!! Lol anyways...I'm updating this story kinda fast but because the chapters are so short it'll be easier to update depending on the length. Also because I update Silent Life every Wednessday or Thursday somtimes on weekends but Prison Garden can be updated Monday or Tuesday or whenever I have already updated Silent Life I'll continue to type for Prison Garden and most likely update a day or two later. And with summer coming up...this is going to be so fun!! lol anyways I also for got the disclammer but sadly to say inthis story the characters will not be saying it, it'll just be standard. So...

I do not own CCS and that's all you need.

'Why did you change...after everyone was gone? Did you ever really love me? Then why?

-Ashley Lawrence

Sakura's POV

My eyes slowly but carefully opened to see if I was out of the garden but sadly, I was not. I looked around and frowned everything was dark but I could see clearly that the garden was dead. I got to my feet and felt around for anything that was alive but I knew all too well feeling was much sadder than seeing. I hate the feeling. The door creped open and I ran back to my spot on the dirty floor. It was him...my father.

"Your awake I see." He said with his same wicked smile.

"Yes father." I replied like a robot.

"Come I want you to have lunch with me before I leave again."

'Its already lunch time huh? I was out for that long...' My father held out his hand to me and I took it.

"Of course Father." We walked together in silence to the dinning room.

He sat me down at the far end of the long table and he sat at the other end. The servants brought our lunch and soon went away except Reu who stood by my side. My father glared at her but she did not move. Why did she always do that? Stay with me when she knew she could be badly hurt or...worse.

"As you well know Sakura I will be going back on my travels to continue the excavation."

"Yes Father."

"I'll be away for about a year so in that time frame I will have frequent visits since I will be very close to home. I will leave in two days. A ball is going to be held for the Prince's birthday starting from today." I wanted me to go it was obvious but guess what? I don't want to.

"Ie." I said staring at him with a blank face.

"What?"

"I don't want to go." I said firmly,

"Your mind will change when night fall comes." He dismissed himself and went to his living quarters. I let go of a long breath I had no idea was being held inside of me. I slumped in my chair and looked towards the celling. A cherry blossom was painted on it. I looked to my left and saw Reu staring sadly at me.

"Little Lady you could not challenge him like that you don't know what he is capable of." I heard Reu say but I ignored her comment.

"If I don't I'm never going to be free, I must try."

"But if you do you could loose your life." continued Reu, I hung my head in defeat.

"Reu..." I bit my lower lip. "I'm scared of him Reu, really scared." I could imagine her surprised face, I've never told her how I feel and this was one of my deepest fears. Suddenly I felt someone embrace me tightly.

"Don't worry my little cherry blossom. Everything is going to be alright."

"Little Cherry B-Blossom..." No one had ever called me that since my mother died and my father...of course he would never call me that out of affection. He hated me. Out of nowhere I hugged her back with equal strength.

"Arigato Reu."

Nightfall

Currently I was helping Reu in the kitchen. I always wanted to know hoe in the world she cooked all those meals in a single day. I was really fun helping her with dinner! I saw all different kinds of spices and ingredients. What I loved the most was that I finally had someone to spend time with! Me and Reu were always distant from each other but she would always help me out with my father when things got too serious even when I was locked in the garden for a good while my father would forget I was in there and Reu would help me out feed me, cloth me, and talk to me. Suddenly my perfect afternoon come crashing down all too soon.

"Oh Sakura." I heard a sickly sweet voice call out. I quickly cleaned my hands and face then I went to answer the kitchen door.

"Yes father?"

"Come get dressed darling the carriage is waiting for you outside." He said smiling at me. I shivered but stood my ground. I said what I meant and I do what I say!

"Ie." I said with a blank expression.

"Excuse me?"

"I told you before I'm not going to the Prince's Birthday Ball!" My voice was raising and that was another mistake that I knew I was going to pay for soon.

"Kinomoto Sakura! Do not raise your voice at me!" I was getting mad! I didn't care if he was my father! I am sick of getting beaten! I'm sick of being hated! I don't want to feel like that garden!! I DON'T WANT TO BECOME IT!

"I'm not going!" My father's insane look entered his eyes again and I knew I was about to pay. Dearly.

"Reu leave! Now!" Reu glared at him.

"No! I'm staying right here!" My father searched her from foot to toe. Why was he doing that? Either way I knew it would be bad if Reu stayed here.

"Reu do not make me repeat myself." He hissed. Still searching her. I could see the fright in Reu's eyes and I could not let her suffer for something that concerned me.

"Reu...I'll be alright just go, don't worry about me." I gave her a reassuring smile. It was fake but that was all I could do for her. I couldn't control my father, but I could control who he used and that was enough.

"If you need me just call my name."

"Alright." She slowly exited the kitchen. When the door closed my father slapped me across my face.

"YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING CHILD!!"

"FATHER STOP!!"

"DON'T RAISE YOUR VOICE AT ME!" He raised his fist and hit me in the stomach I was still standing but he decided to start kicking me. And mind you for a man in his forties he kicked pretty damn good and hard!! "WORTHLESS! DISCUSTING! UNBEARBLE!! NO WONDER YOUR MOTHER KILLED HERSELF! YOU KILLED HER!!" He raised me by the neck and pushed me against the wall squeezing my neck.

"F-father I...I can't b-breath." I said struggling against his strong grip. He held me harder and raised me higher on the wall. My feet could not touch the ground. I kicked but it did not affect him.

"SHUT UP!" He grabbed a near by knife and raised it yo my left check. The tip of the blade started to slice through my skin as if I was just another vegetable or meat. That was the thing about knives, it did not care who you were if the wielder wanted to cut a human the knife would gladly do it so long it could cut something. "Now are you going to the ball!?"

"N-no..." He pushed the blade deeper into my skin I screamed in pain but my father smiled with satisfaction. I'd lost and we both knew it. "I'll go..."

"I did not hear you what did you say?" He turned his face and let me see his ear simultaneously pushing the blade in deeper I screamed louder. I wanted to call Reu...I wanted to so bad, but I knew she would get hurt even more than I am so kept my mouth shut. I could feel the tip of the blade touch my cheek bone and it began to scrape at it

"I'LL GO!! JUST STOP!!" He withdrew the blade and let go of my neck. I dropped to the floor. I looked up and I could see half of the blade was covered in blood, the other half was still clean.

'Half the blade in my face...why do you hate me so much? What have I done to you father? I don't understand...'

"Now say it." He hissed into my ear. My eyes started to sting. But I didn't cry. I couldn't cry not in front of him because then...then I would surely die.

"NO!! WHY CAN'T YOU BE LIKE BEFORE?! WHEN MOTHER AND TOUYA WERE HERE? Why...why...WHY CAN;T YOU BE MY FATHER AGAIN!!"

"Go get dressed Sakura! The carriage is waiting." He finally said after a long and unbearable silence. My blood severed as my tears but even thought I was sad I could have sworn I'd saw his eyes soften but I knew that was the only human I would ever see in him never to be seen again.

"WHY CAN'T EVERYTHING GO BACK TO NORMAL!?" My father left and a protective figure loomed over me. I looked and found Reu. "Reu why can't things go back to normal? Why...Why...Why...I don't understand." My voice was quivering but that was all I would let myself do. No tears. She took me into a tight embrace caressing my hair.

"Come let's get you ready before he comes back."

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Sakura's POV

I heard someone close the balcony door and curtains. My heart pounded hard when the thought of my father came into view. Tears wanted to get loose but I would not let them. I would never let them fall until I found someone that could make them! I covered my head with my hands and my body began to shake violently just thinking of what he would do to me. I could feel somones hand raise and I could hear their hands rushiing down I waited for the stinning pain of his hand then...