Never okay

Chapter two

Sakura learns

A few days after the attack on Eden, Sakura was wandering the halls of the lair.

Orochimaru let them roam around as long as they made no move to escape. If they tried that, they would have been severely beaten.

Sakura rounded a corner and ran into Karin.

"Hey! Watch where you're going you stupid whore!" as usual, Karin wore little to no clothing.

"I wouldn't have ran into you if your ass didn't take up the whole hallway." Sakura countered.

She smirked as she remembered how Karin actually went anorexic when Eden said that.

Karin stiffened. "I don't see why lord Orochimaru would want a skinny, flat chested bitch like you,

He has Eden."

Sakura glared at her. "Eden doesn't want this life and neither do I, so get lost!"

Eden had also been walking around but she paused when she heard her name around a corner.

She sneaked closer to hear better.

Karin looked boredly at Sakura. She felt that Eden and Sakura were whores anyway.

"I don't know what my Kabuto-kun sees in that tramp. She should do us a favor and die, no one wants her here anyways."

Eden rounded the corner then.

"Its fine Karin, you can have him, he means nothing to me. I don't give myself to him, he takes from me."

Karin blanched as Eden continued. "And if you ever talk shit behind my back, I'll slit your bitch. Got it? Good. Im glad we see eye to eye on this."

Eden leaned in closer to Karin. "And you havent dealt with the shit I have. I know my father won't touch you because he believes you're worthless." She smirked when she saw Karin's eyes glaze over with tears.

She ran from there not looking where she was going.

Eden smiled at Sakura. "She sure can be a real bitch, but don't worry that's why I'm here."

She saw Sakura's worried expression.

"You're not skinny and flat-chested. You're just beginning to grow." Eden felt a smile grace her lips once again. The young pink haired girl was so innocent she couldn't help it.

Sakura sank to the ground. She didn't want this to happen! If she looked like a woman, Orochimaru and Kabuto would notice!

"Whats wrong?" Eden asked quietly as she knelt by the girl. "Sakura?"

Her heart broke as she saw the tears on the young girl's face.

"Sakura, like I said before, you're really annoying, but I told you I wont let them touch you for as long as I can."

She pulled something from the pouch she always wore.

"My mother used to wear this or at least that's what dad told me," Eden told Sakura as she slipped the thin chain around her neck. "I want you to have it."

Sakura looked at her. "I won't question why you gave it, but I have a question. Why do you call Orochimaru dad? None of us do."

Eden shook her head, a lot of people believed she was weird for calling him that.

"I've been here longer than I remember, I call him dad because he's the only father figure I'd ever had."

Sakura hadnt thought of it that way.

"After everything he's done to you, you still call him that?"

Eden swallowed and looked away.

"Up until I was fourteen, Orochimaru looked after me, he made me feel safe. But afterwards, I don't know. He always says I'm a failure, that I'll never be good enough. I don't understand, he won't tell me what im failing at, he just tells me im worthless."

Sakura placed a hand on her arm. "But you know your not worthless right? You could have a chance at life."

Eden looked at her hands. "He didn't mark you yet. I've been marked." she paused for a second. "That's it!" She grabbed Sakura's arm.

She ripped the shirt at the shoulder and pulled out a small carving tool.

"This might sting." She told Sakura.

Eden carved a small but intricate symbol on her back and forced chakra into the wound. It sealed almost immediately. Eden made a quick hand sign. Sakura cried out then slumped against Eden.

"Well that could have gone worse."

She picked the young girl up and carried her back to the room.

Sakura shook her head groggily. "Where am I?"

Eden popped into her view grinning widely. "Well the good news is, you will never be able to under Orochimaru's control, the bad news," she grimaced. "Is Kabuto could still control but not without fathers ok."

Sakura sat up confused. "What do you mean?"

Eden shook her head. "They marked us when we turned 16, well except me. Dad marked me when I was born. But you he's waiting on, you must have a really good ability. It's not like him to wait this long for it to develop without his help."

She handed Sakura a few books.

"These are medical journals I stole from Kabuto. You have a pretty good healing aura and these should help you learn, besides," Eden continued. "If you learn how to treat me, I wot have to deal with Kabuto as much."

Sakura smiled weakly at this. She wanted to help, honest! But the fact of the matter was she had figured an escape plan.

"Eden, you told me that if you protected me, I had to figure out a way to escape, well I think that I may have found one."

Eden perked at the idea. "Already? That's great Sakura. How?" Sakura pondered this, she had it planned out but she had to say it right or it wouldn't work.

"Maybe if you distract Kabuto when Orochimaru is out on a mission, I could leave the-," Eden interrupted her there.

"Wait a fucking minute!! You want me to distract Kabuto for you?! How am I supposed to do that?! And if you say some shit about womanly charms, I'll break your fucking neck!!"

Sakura's eyes were huge at this outburst.

"No, I was going to say argue or something, not the unexpected like flirting, he'll either see right through it or he'll be so stunned he wouldn't care but in the end he would know and that wouldn't be good for you. But if you guys argue then he'll be completely unaware."

Eden glared at her still. "Everytime we argue, it ends the same! Im not fucking strong enough! I cant fight him off!"

Sakura winced as Eden's hair went from the normal silver and black to crimson and black. She shrank back as the elder girl continued to brood.

"The only reason I would even contemplate doing this for you little girl, is because I know that no one, no matter how much I dislike them, deserves what could happen! I'll help you but if you get caught and brought back, your on your own."

Eden's hair slowly faded back to normal as she walked out of the room, leaving Sakura speechless.

A/N:

I think I might make Hidan, Eden's actual father… it works in my book.

Any more opinions on whether or not Sasuke should be an asshole or the knight in rusting (or shining armor, either way you help with the decision.)

And let me kno what you think about this chapter and what you think should happen next.

Im thinking of pairing someone up with Eden, it could be another Naruto character or someone NOT of that show… I love any and all opinions! Thank you!!!