A / N: Well here is chapter 4!! XD Updating quicker than I thought! ;; This is chapter is going to be slightly longer…so Enjoy
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Chapter 4 – Cherished Memories
xX Recap Xx
Looking back down at the bangle that now dangled on her thin wrist something caught her eye. She brought the bangle up to her face and inspected it closely, but what she found was not something she had expected… On the bangle engraved two initials bonded together by a single heart…
Her heart leapt a beat but when she glanced back up to where Aki-kun had been, he had disappeared…
xX End of Flashback Xx
Smiling slightly to herself she continued her way home.
Maybe Tokyo wouldn't be so bad after all…
xX End of Recap Xx
She slid the key into the lock and carefully opened the door. It gave a squeak as it swung open. For some reason, Sakura had a gut feeling that something wasn't quite right. Walking into the house she looked around for any sign of her parents. Why weren't they home yet?
Suddenly, the phone rang behind her and she jumped a metre high in fright. She turned around and carefully reached for the phone, her hand shaking.
"H-hello?" She held the phone up to her ear and gave the usual greeting.
"Is this Miss Sakura?" A professional voice enquired over the phone.
"Yes… W-why do you want me?" Her voice wavered as her gut feeling got even worse.
"Your father wants you to come to Tokyo Hospital. Now."
Without saying another word she dropped the receiver and sprinted out of the house, not caring that she had left the front door open.
An empty taxi drove by and she quickly flagged it down.
"Tokyo Hospital. Please drive quickly." She informed, climbing into the taxi and closing the door behind her.
The car wove through the traffic zooming past other cars and Sakura tapped at the seat anxiously. They stopped at a red light, and she felt the urge to scream at the taxi driver to keep on driving. Chewing through her nails, she barely managed to resist the temptation.
The taxi skidded to a halt in front of the entrance of the hospital, and she hopped out. Ignoring the taxi drive's protests behind her, she ran into the hospital. Huffing, she informed the lady behind that counter that she had been called here and her name was Haruno Sakura.
The young lady told her to go to level 3 and she would see her father. Not bothering to wait for the elevator to come back down, she jumped up the stairs as quick as she could, stopping at the corridor of level 3.
A lone figure sat on one of the chairs, his eyes red and puffy, clearly showing he had shed a large amount of tears. Sakura's father looked up at his daughter with a tired face, his eyes telling her everything that happened.
No…Mum…she…she couldn't have…
She turned around and fled back down the stairs. As tears made their way down her face, she broke into a run and sprinted out of the hospital.
She didn't want to talk to any one; she didn't want to see anyone. She just wanted some time. Alone.
She passed the local shopping centre; she passed the school; she even passed her house. And finally, she was obliged to stop. Her legs ached and cried at her to stop running. They couldn't bear the pain any longer.
Once again, she found herself standing by the river that she had once shed many tears into. But this time she walked along the river until she got to a tree. She swiftly climbed onto the second branch and sat there, her legs swinging over the side.
Alone at last, she blocked out everything and let her thought drift to the cherished moments with her mum.
xX Flashback Xx
Sakura sat on her bed, her fringe covering her abnormally large forehead.
As soon as she had arrived back home from school, she had run upstairs and locked herself into her bedroom. Tears stung in her eyes every time she recalled the insults that had been thrown at her in class.
"I bet her parents are as ugly as her!"
"Gawd, I reckon! They must be pretty ugly! I mean ugly and ugly equals EVEN uglier!!"
The whole class burst into laughter.
One thing Sakura really couldn't stand was people insulting her parents along with her. So she meekly told the bully to shut up.
But she only got a mean reply.
"Ooh. Forehead bitch trying to be tough, eh?"
Three gentle but sharp knocks woke Sakura up from her little unpleasant reverie and her mum's melodious voice floated into her room.
"Sakura, can I come in?"
She replied with a muffled yes. The door opened and her mum came in and sat on the bed next to her.
"What's wrong dear?" A comforting hand rested on Sakura's shoulder.
She looked up at her mum with a tear-stained face.
"They insulted you mum, they in-insulted you…"
With a sob, she buried her face into her mum's chest, breathing in the familiar scent of lavender perfume.
She felt her mother's soothing arms wrap around her in a hug, and then heard her calming voice next to her ear.
"It's alright Sakura. As long as you know their wrong…They're just jealous of your beauty. My little cherry blossom is the most beautiful girl on Earth."
Sakura sniffed, "Thanks mum."
Haku smiled at her only daughter, "Be proud of your looks, Sakura. Stand up against them; show them you're not a cherry blossom bud. You're a cherry blossom that's bloomed into the prettiest on the tree."
xX End of Flashback Xx
Her mother's voice still echoed in her mind, as she climbed down the tree and walked back home…
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A / N: Well, there it is!! ( I will try and upd8 ASAP since its holidays foh mee…but unfortunately there's holiday hmwk!! gahhhh dies oh wellz…
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