I own nothing! I don't own Naruto or any of its characters! Just the OC's that come with Sarah's previous lifestyle, and even then, they're based off of the people they are in the story.
Orochi PoV
I raced out of the hideout, following the chakra signature. There was no mistaking that it was Sarah's. I'd finished my shower, and had just gotten into my boxer shorts when I felt it flare up. After hurrying into some more ninja garments, I'd hurried out to track her.
She was an emotional wreck, that I could tell, and a mental one as well. Her physical form and femininity was probably dying out, and she would most likely fear sex for the rest of her life now. I raced out, then froze. Doppelgangers in every direction – I would have to do the same.
I set out to go straight, knowing that if she was in too much pain, she'd go to Konoha to cry on Tsunade's shoulder. I veered off, heading to Suna for who knew why aside from my gut instincts.
Sarah PoV
I sat down on a branch to cry. After watching my husband cheat on me, Kabuto and Sasuke losing their virginity, all with Tanekechi clan members, I wanted nothing to do with them. Tayuya and Kimimaro, I could understand since they'd been sweet on each other for months now.
Sakura was right – he'd ended up throwing me away like a piece of garbage. He didn't even look at our children anymore, much less touch them. I really had been useless to him after all, in every way. I collapsed outside Suna, a familiar feeling of sand below me somehow comforting me.
I woke up in Suna the next morning, and began crying my eyes out on Gaara's shoulder. He, Temari, and Kankurou stared at me – they'd never seen me like this, and the latter two had never seen anyone aside from themselves go to their brother for comfort. I sobbed out the entire history that had started with the day the scrolls fell on top of me.
I hesitated on the part about the prostitute master trying to rape me, but gushed it out in more detail than anything else. Temari looked like she wanted to vomit before almost leaving. Kankurou and Gaara had forced her to stay, and she turned back to me nauseated. I told them that I'd been spending an entire bloody year trying to get back home to Otogakure, and when I do get back, Orochimaru's cheated on me!
I collapsed on the bed as I finished, mentally and emotionally exhausted. Gaara began wiping my tears away gently with the backs of his index fingers. They let me continue crying, my every emotion and mental reaction swirling in a black hole. I needed Sakura or Naruto – they'd know what to do.
Too bad they were on the outskirts on a walk to calm down from their mission. I'd showed back up right as Shippuden started over – I guess that's why I couldn't get home before now.
Orochi PoV
I raced out to Suna, and stopped in my tracks. Gaara of the Sand, the one tails host, was gently lifting her up with the sand from his gourd combined with that on the ground. He carried her off to Suna, and I grit my teeth in frustration. If it was a cheating war she wanted, it was a cheating war she'd get!
I gasped as Sasuke-kun's teammates came out of the desert village. They were talking animatedly, Naruto making a point. I leaned down and transformed myself into a small desert snake to burrow under the sand so as not to get caught.
"So, Sasuke-kun is being forced to come back?" Sakura asked, and Naruto-kun nodded.
"That's what Granny Tsunade told me. She said he was supposed to come back in a month or so now that I'm back," he reported, grinning. "Speaking of which, why is Sarah-chan here when Granny Tsunade offered her as tribute to that damn Orochimaru?" I wanted to bite that boy's ankle, but was forced to refrain in order to get more information.
"I don't know. She's spent almost two and a half years with him," she said, and I walked out from the Snake.
"One and a half," I corrected, and they gasped in shock, Naruto-kun preparing to attack me. "I don't want to fight, for once. I'm not in the mood."
"what do you want?" Naruto-kun spat, the Kyuubi's chakra rising within him.
"This was originally on my list of top ten things not to do, but, unfortunately, I don't have much choice anymore," I began as I rubbed the back of my neck. "I'm at a loss of what to do now that Sarah's run off. I have reason to believe she's in Suna. If the two of you will trust me temporarily, then I will explain on the way."
"Sounds like a reasonable enough request," the pinkette grudgingly commended. "Naruto, we can always bash his head in later, let's go. For Sarah-chan."
"For Sarah-chan," he repeated before letting me lead them back to Sunagakure.
"So let me get this straight," Sakura verified as we reached the outskirts. "You two got stuck in another dimension, then got separated as you were transferred back here without her. she was attacked and stayed in the hospital, but was forced to stay a year after you got back. you thought she was dead, and had sex with another woman, and Sarah caught you using her invisibility Jutsu. Now you want to go to her to explain things and get her back."
"And make things right," I nodded, then sighed. "Damn, there's too many guards. Well, when in doubt, go in as a snake."
"Or," Naruto said quickly. "I can get Sarah out here."
"Like she'd fall for that," I scoffed. "She's no fool – I made sure of that when I trained her. However, she's probably attempting suicide right now. Try, Naruto-kun. Oh, and Sakura – Naruto-kun was telling the truth. Sasuke-kun will be coming home to you within a few weeks."
"I told you," the blonde said as Sakura followed after him in shock. I retreated a ways, not wanting to get caught, and sat down as a snake again.
Sarah PoV
Naruto had rushed in, right as I was about to commit suicide. I sighed – I'd have to stay strong for a few more hours – for him and Kakashi-sensei. It was the least that I owed them as their friend. Sakura was in unnaturally good spirits, and even began chattering away about what she was going to try to do with Sasuke back in Konoha.
"Good luck with that," I said dimly, and they looked at me.
"Are you okay? You haven't been yourself since you got here. What's wrong?" Sakura asked confused.
"How would you feel if Sasuke cheated on you with another woman?" I asked, and they flinched. "Point made. Naruto, how would you feel if Hinata cheated on you with Kiba?"
"What does Hinata have to do with anything?" he asked, and I mentally slapped myself – not until Pein's attack, you dolt!
"Nevermind. I can see you're – forget it. just, forget it," I said moodily. I wanted to die – why couldn't they leave me alone?
"Sarah-chan, Sakura-chan and I have been talking, and – we think that you should at least go talk to Orochimaru and see if he can help you get over why you're crying so much," Naruto said quickly.
"You don't get it, do you, you hyperactive dunce!" I screamed at him. "He's the whole damn reason for everything going wrong in my life! I hate him! I wish he'd never been born!"
They stared at me, both in shock, and Sakura put her hand up to my shoulder.
"I think it's time we take you to Lady Hokage. She'd know what to do," she said gently. The next day, I let Lee carry me back home for his race with Guy-Sensei. I couldn't bring myself to move otherwise.
Tsunade PoV
The seven of them returned home from the mission victorious. Chiyo of Sunagakure had died on the mission alongside them, but had done it as an atonement of sealing the Bijuu inside Gaara in the first place. That, and she'd trained Sasori herself in puppetry. Guy had waltzed passed me – literally, waltzed and danced – on his way to taking Kakashi to a room to rest. What on earth was I going to do with that man? I turned to find Lee walking up calmly, a sorrowful expression on his face. I soon realized his load.
Sarah had left the Sound.
"Sarah! What the hell are you doing here? Where's Orochimaru?" I asked, and she curled up tighter. I sighed, my brow furrowing. If she was pouting like this, something had gone terribly wrong with him. I led Lee to a different bedroom, one that Kurenai was in. he set her down gently on the bed, and she immediately panicked and flew into a frenzy.
"Sarah-san, please, calm yourself!" Lee cried out, and he was forced to grab her arms from behind as I grabbed her legs.
"Sarah, nobody's going to hurt you here. You're safe, I promise," I assured her. Something wasn't right – I'd need Inoichi to be sure of what was wrong with her. "Sarah, Kurenai and I will stay here to make sure nothing happens. Hospitals are places of refuge, not prisons."
"That's what the last one said," she whined, and I stared at her in shock. She was traumatized by a hospital – no wonder she'd curled up in a ball when Lee walked in and threw a fit when we put her in a room.
"Lee, get Inoichi Yamanaka. He'll either be in the shop, or interrogating someone. Tell him it's an emergency," I ordered.
"YOSH!" he yelled before vaulting out the window. Like teacher like student. Sarah and Lee were two of a kind – both taught by lunatics, both turned lunatics.
They returned a few minutes later, sarah rocking back and forth on her bed. Inoichi looked at her, then pled silently that she wouldn't be the one. I put my hand on her back, and she swirled around, feral. She relaxed when she saw it was me, and went back to rocking back and forth.
"Lady Hokage, I don't think it wise," he began moodily. "The last two times I went in her head she repelled me, the first time sending it backwards on me."
"Do it – I need to know what's wrong with her so I can heal her. she won't talk," I ordered, and he used his mind reading jutsu. His eyes widened in shock, and he audibly gasped.
Inoichi PoV
When I performed the jutsu this time, she welcomed it. she channeled me through everything – even what she'd hidden before. She'd only excluded the sexual content with Orochimaru out of decency for herself. My eyes widened in shock at her treachery to the Leaf, and I audibly gasped as I saw him attack her mother when she faked her death, shocked that the snake had feelings. I'd have to keep her treachery a secret – otherwise the treaty would be made null and void and Orochimaru could attack again.
What really shocked me, though, was the pain she went through while Orochimaru and her were stuck in another world – she'd been almost raped and had almost died numerous times within an hour. I withdrew as she got to Suna, knowing I'd reached the end.
"It's not pretty," I said at last after swallowing quite a bit of bile. "Here…" I put my finger towards her to show her the memories that affected her the most prominently, and she audibly gasped as she watched the horrors of the teen's life unfold.
Tsunade PoV (again)
As the last of Sarah's memories died away, I stood there. She'd been through as much pain and heartbreak in a year and a half as I had in twelve. I nodded towards Inoichi, who left, shaken. I sat down on the edge of Sarah's bed, and let her cry onto my shoulder. It would be the best cure for her right now to sort her feelings out.
"Sarah," I said gently. "It's not your fault. Nobody in Konoha blames you."
"I betrayed you all," she sobbed, then went back to crying. We kept up this same style of routine for a few more hours, and I stood up to go.
"Sarah, I want you to talk to Kurenai if you need to talk to anyone while I'm not here, understand?" I asked gently, and she shook her head.
"No – Anko. I want Anko," she rasped out. Anko? If she was wanting Anko, then it was worse than I thought. Much worse. I'd have to contact that old snake and squeeze every last drop of information out of him before wringing his neck.
"Alright, I'll send Anko over," I soothed, putting her hair behind her ear. "Be good for Kurenai-chan, okay?"
"Okay," she croaked out.
I headed over to the Hokage office. Teams Guy, Asuma, Kurenai, and Kakashi were waiting for me – Sai and Yamato included.
"Is she going to be okay?" Sakura asked worriedly, and I nodded.
"I'm sending Anko over there since she best understands what Sarah's going through," I told them, and Yamato's eyes widened.
"then – she's the one who was tribute? And Orochimaru threw her away?" he asked, and I shook my head.
"No – it's all just a big misunderstanding between the two of them, that's all. Things have led to others, and they haven't seen each other in a year. He thought she was dead, cheated on her without realizing she was alive, and she caught him with the invisibility jutsu. She was already a wreck before that – it just made things all the worse," I explained. "I'm letting him in the village for the sole purpose of seeing her alive again – and to hopefully bridge the gap between the two."
"So, what about Orochimaru? Will he attack us?" Hinata fretted, and I shook my head.
"No – I'll talk to the elders and tell them it's a renewal of the treaty that I'd made with him before. There's a reason I took a second apprentice alongside you, Sakura," I said, and she gasped.
"you don't honestly mean-?" she sputtered, and I nodded.
"Yes – I trained that medic to use in and exchange with Orochimaru. I give him the medic, he gives Sasuke back to Konoha," I explained, the others relaxed in assent. A rogue medic trained in exchange for an Uchiha – it was worth the trade. The Sharingan had to stay out of Orochimaru's clutches at all costs.
"How long until he gets here?" TenTen asked, and I looked at her and shrugged.
"Hokage-sama! Orochimaru's nearing the village!" a pair of ANBU cried worriedly as they hopped down behind me.
"Let him come – I have a feeling I know what he wants," I told them, and they looked at me in confusion. "Ino, Hinata, TenTen, Sakura, go get Anko and head to the room Kurenai's in. Sarah's going to need all the help she can get when he shows up."
Orochi PoV
I raced into Konoha, the ANBU avoiding me – they must have Sarah, if that's the case. I raced off to Tsunade's office to find it empty with a bunch of male chunin gathered outside. Naruto-kun was there again, so I decided to stop by and at least try to weasel information out of one.
"Naruto-kun," I greeted as I landed beside him.
"Gah!" he jumped back in shock. "Orochimaru, damn it, don't do that!"
"I assume Sarah-chan's back if you're not attacking me," I accused, and he flinched.
"What's it matter to you? You cheated on her, why the hell would you go back to her after what you did to her?" he retorted angrily.
"I thought she was dead, anyone can make a mistake so simple when a loved one goes missing for a whole damn year and doesn't even come home to take care of her children," I answered immediately.
"Wait – children? Plural?" the Inuzuka asked in disbelief. His small rat of a puppy had grown considerably – I'd have to experiment to see which was bigger, him or Absolution. The ninken growled angrily, his hair rising.
"Yes, children," I said as I began weaving hand signs and then place blood on my right arm.
"Wait, your summoning contract is on your left arm!" Naruto protested.
"For my other summons, yes," I corrected. "However, this is more valuable. Summoning! Absolution!"
My familiar Absol appeared at my side, his eyes narrowed. He looked around, wary, and spotted Akamaru growling at me. He lowered his head, and his horn began glowing in preparation for an attack. I stamped my foot, signaling to stop, and he padded back over to me.
"Absolution, Sarah," I told him, and he nodded before sniffing the air. His eyes furrowed before he padded over to the green clad chunin with weights on his legs. He growled, rearing up to tap the boy's back. "Follow his scent. Where was it last before here?"
He sniffed again, then growled before taking off like a bullet. I raced after him, anxious, and followed him to the Konoha hospital. Of course – she would be mentally traumatized by everything. The nurses went to get onto me, and I stopped them with a glare and a thumb jerk to my headband. They nodded, and told me Tsunade was waiting for me. Good – a reception. I raced upstairs, eager to see my love again. I was sorely disappointed with what I saw as I got there. Anko was sitting next to her, rocking her back and forth as the two of them cried together, and the other five Kunoichi were glaring at me, Tsunade excluded, who was wearing a perfect poker face for once.
"Explain," Anko growled glaring at me, and I saw Sarah stiffen in her arms. Stalling for time, I did.
I explained everything that I knew from my point of view – even the part where Kabuto had said that one of his most trusted sources had informed him that Sarah was dead. I openly scolded myself by adding that I should have used my mirror to verify the truth of his remarks. I openly admitted that I'd taken the second wife on as a backup, but would demote her immediately to slave and nanny. When I was finally done, it was silent except Sarah's ragged breathing.
"So, you're saying that you're regretting everything since she tried to hit you with that IV?" Tsunade verified, and I yawned just before yawning. "You skipped sleeping to get here, didn't you?"
"Ah, the price of having teammates," I sighed. "They always know your many quirks. Like how Jiraiya had sex with the idiot that was forced onto me by Sarutobi-Sensei."
"Wait – what?" she asked, confused. I smirked, letting my eyes and laughter tell everything. "It was you! You – you killed your own sister!"
"Sister? Tsunade, you didn't know?" I asked, curiosity piqued as to why nobody had. "She was forced into my home after she was orphaned when her mother drowned the day we became shinobi. A drowning that I caused by putting ice in her mouth while she slept!"
"You murdered an innocent woman the day we became genin?" she practically screeched, and Sarah's eyes widened at the tender age I'd killed at. "What about the Chunin that was your father's best friend? I presume you killed, him, too?"
"No, the ANBU did," I frowned. "He got what he deserved for killing my father and raping my mother to death – both right in front of me, Tsunade! They were tortured to death in front of me on my fifth birthday! How do you think I was supposed to deal with it – laugh? No, I'm not Naruto-kun, not when I saw the light die from my mother's eyes right after I'd gotten to her and told her I loved her just after that monster left."
"You – what?" she murmured quietly, shocked. "Why didn't you tell us? We're your teammates, you should have told us!"
"Jiraiya broke all trust that he made when he had sex with the girl I had originally planned to make my wife," I growled. "Why else to you think I killed and tortured her to death the first chance I got in the Chunin exams?"
"You sick bastard," Sakura half-yelled, eyes wide with shock.
"And I'll be sure to destroy that useless Tanekechi concubine in a like manner by ensuring that she dies in childbirth," I growled, pointedly looking at Sarah's reaction out of the corner of my eye. No change in her behavior – something had happened in the other world. Something irreversible.
"And if Sarah double-crosses you? What then?" Sakura asked angrily.
"She already has when she tried to hit me with her IV in the hospital a year ago," I retorted. "In her defense, however, she was still in traumatic shock. I'm still trying to decide if her screaming, cursing, and threatening fit that followed the pole would count in the same medical issue…"
"Orochimaru, there's something you should know if you're taking Sarah home with you," Tsunade said warily, and I turned to glare at her. "Sarah's – not exactly all the way there. Well, she's home, but – there's a few loose screws. Simply put, she's been mentally and emotionally scarred by the problems that the other world caused. Ino, go get your dad and tell him that it's the same thing as before, same place. Hinata, go beside Kurenai. TenTen, get beside Orochimaru. Sakura, you take that side of Sarah."
"Tsunade," I hissed, narrowing my eyes dangerously at her. "If you so much as –"
"Cool your jets, it won't hurt her physically. We're just going to have a bit of a memory revealing to explain what I'm talking about. Ah, Inoichi. I need you to perform that jutsu again – only this time, Orochimaru will be going with you instead of me," she said as the blonde male appeared at the window.
"Yes, Hokage-sama," he sighed before shuddering while weaving hand signs. I stepped forward, and allowed him to take my mind into Sarah's memories. I felt myself getting compressed, my every fiber hurting like heck. I could smell male arousal – and it wasn't me this time – and I opened my eyes to the warehouse that Absolution and I had found her in. I rewatched, and motioned for him to fast forward before I puked.
"Sarah, I need you to think back on when you tried to hit Orochimaru with your IV pole," Tsunade coaxed, and the memory shifted immediately to show her hitting me and screaming at me. I realized now that she was mentally unraveling at the time – she was literally going insane from the pain inside her mind, body, and heart.
I watched in silence, growling angrily every so often as something new and cruel was forced upon her. Her clan had openly mocked her for being separated from me, and even banished her for marrying me, but not to the point that her things were stolen. She'd gone to the shed and completely changed the lock to a combination lock with a spell tag on the back of it that only a ninja could open if they knew the original password. She'd even reinforced the door with a spell tag to protect her things and make sure that nobody could break in.
She'd been forced to live off of the land for weeks on end, eating meat that she hunted and caught, smoking it as she needed to. Hunger still stole her feminine curves from her, something I found disturbing and haunting. I watched as she became less of a human and more of an empty shell of a zombie. I watched as she fought battles with her inner self, her inner demon, and began talking about whether she wanted me back inside of her or dead at her hands.
I was jerked from the jutsu by a searing pain in my waist – Sarah had stabbed me just above the fatal zone for men.