Warning - Gore at the end =] ( more like blood but whatever)

Song mentioned - When i 'm gone by Simple Plan

Chapter 5 - Double Edged Fear

Sakura awoke the next morning feeling like death. She couldn't remember a single thing from the night before, in fact the last thing she actually remembered was shouting at some person on the street to take a picture of her? As her heavy sleep crusted eyes opened a fraction she instantly closed them again, the light shining through the open curtain's blinding her and lighting the intense pain and sickness in her head and stomach.

She groaned in pain and turned over, gagging a little when the movement nudged her stomach. She opened her eyes slowly this time and looked over at the clock next to her bed. All thoughts of pain, sickness and sleep left her head when she saw the time; it was two in the afternoon! How the hell had Sakura slept through all of that! That was like a full day wasted! Plus she had work today, why had nobody woken her up!

Sakura sat bolt upright and felt a wave of nausea wash over her, she threw the covers back and ran full speed to the toilet. Thick red blood filled the toilet as she once again threw her guts up. That wasn't good, Sakura knew for a fact that now she'd be going mad like last time when it came to sundown. Luckily for her however the days were getting shorter thanks to the oncoming winter season. She always knew there was a reason why she liked winter…

As Sakura lent over the toilet dry heaving there was an almost silent knock on the bedroom door. Sakura shouted the person in with a croaky voice and cringed at the volume of it. A few moments later Ino came bouncing through the door with a grin that vanished as soon as she entered the bathroom, the smell of vomit and copper was in the air and Ino couldn't help but back out of the room with her hand firmly holding her nose.

"Oh my god Forehead! I knew Itachi said you were sick but this is just taking the biscuit!" Ino yelled. Sakura hissed and shrunk into the toilet seat she was slumped over. Sakura hadn't even realized that Itachi cared enough to even tell Ino, then again he wasn't as heartless as he let on, unlike a certain younger brother whom she believed was just as… Sakura couldn't finish that thought however as another wave of sickness ran over her and her head sunk into the toilet as she spilled the inners of her stomach.

From the other side of the bathroom door Ino cringed once again at the sound of her newest friend as she pucked her insides up and out. Ino had been under direct order's to not let Sakura attend work and also had to stay at her side. The first one she didn't see much of a problem with, in that condition it didn't look like Sakura was going anywherebut that bathroom. The second one however wasn't something she was personally looking forward to. She had a date tonight and didn't want to go smelling of puke!

Ino held her breath and walked into the danger zone with the glass of water she had brought up, hoping it could at least help to settle her stomach some. Sakura flushed the toilet when she heard Ino's careful steps coming up to her, the last thing Sakura needed was Ino seeing the blood she'd just thrown up. She turned her head to the side slightly, resting her head on the arm that was keeping her on the lip of the toilet seat. She eyed up the glass of water with caution and the pills that the pig was digging out of the pocket of her Uniform apron.

"Here, this should at least settle your sickness." Ino edged away once the glass and pills were set next to Sakura, her nose scrunched up as she was forced to breath in the horrid smelling air, thinking that she'd get some spray for it later. Sakura happily took the glass and pills. She popped both pills in her mouth and happily glugged the water down in one go.

Ino grabbed her arm and began to slowly help her up, making sure not to disturb Sakura's unpredictable stomach. As they made their way into the bedroom Sakura noticed a small tray filled with different types of food, most of which was bacon. Her face turned a little green and she avoided eye contact with the tray, the thought of even touching the tray turned her stomach in ways she'd rather not experience ever again in her life. Ino brought her back over the bed before practically burring her in the covers. Ino was not going to let her get out of that bed for the rest of that day if she could help it. Sakura looked like death, her skin was sweaty and sickly pale, the bags under her eyes made her look like an old woman and her usually perfect green eyes where bloodshot to the extreme.

"Ino, I need to get to work, I've got tones of stuff to be doing today." Sakura whined, trying to untangle herself from the cobweb of sheets. The blond pig simply pushed her weakened frame into the mattress and scoffed. There was no way in hell she was letting Sakura go anywhere outside of that room, she didn't really want to face the wrath of Itachi if she did, Ino liked having a job thanks.

Sakura groaned in irritation as she struggled to get up under the firm hand that was holding her down. She hated being sick, or in this case hung over, Sakura didn't even remember drinking the previous night! Life sucks, she concluded as she gave up struggling to get out of the room.

"What's wrong with you anyways? Something you ate? You're always the first up so this is weird." Ino asked in that loud voice that made Sakura's head bang. As she cringed Sakura hid herself deeper in the sheets to block off the sound of the banshee cries coming from the pig.

Ino felt slightly offended, that groan of pain and annoyance was directed at her, at Ino Yamanaka! Friend and possibly best friend of Sakura Haruno who was the one doing the groaning! With an irritated huff Ino began to prod the covers over the large lump in the bed, trying to get a reaction out of the girl underneath.

Sakura wanted to smack that pig over the face and then rip her throat out with a butter knife, slowly… Couldn't she tell that Sakura didn't want the damn woman here, sure they were best friends and everything but still, sometimes she couldn't stand her. The stupid pig had some banshee cry, one that would never fail to make Sakura cringe with the high-pitched volume; she was surprised the dog's next door weren't barking.

"Leave me alone pig, I'm in the mood to sleep." Sakura grumbled. She wasn't in the mood for company at all.

"I'm under orders to stay with you until you feel better. So suck it up Forehead!" She said enthusiastically. Sakura peered over the covers and saw the bright grin Ino had sent her way. Maybe she'd just ignore her for now, that would be a good idea…

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Naruto sat back in Sasuke's office chair while he looked through some of the files on the desk. Sasuke was going through the filing cabinet on the other side of the room as both men went about doing their own thing for the moment, not that it would last long of course. As Sasuke returned back to his desk he motioned for Naruto to move, the blond just ignored him and kept going through the files he was about to submit.

"Dope, move." Sasuke stated in a bored tone, not letting any emotion through. Naruto looked up and grinned back at his 'best-friend' before doing as was asked. Naruto didn't really want to piss him off seeing as right now Sasuke had the power to fire him, not that he would but Naruto wasn't about to chance it. Sasuke sat down and looked over the papers that Naruto had left behind, it was the sheets about finalizing his band, the one that had been due in a month ago.

He picked up the sheet and began to read it over, adding his signature here and there and some other information that the legal department was oh-so-fond of. Naruto looked over his shoulder to make sure he knew what was being written and couldn't help but feel slightly uneasy, after all if there was one thing wrong with the form then the band wouldn't happen. Luckily however there wasn't anything that caused concern for the Uchiha looking over the sheet.

"How's the progress coming along? I expect you have a few songs finished by now?" Sasuke asked. Naruto gulped and straightened up from his position to nervously look over the room. The office was silent for about ten seconds before it was filled with a low growl coming from the indigo haired man. He couldn't believe it! They didn't have a song yet? What about that one Haruno sang last month! Or the one she sang for his father! What the hell have they been doing!

"You don't have a song?" Sasuke growled, letting acid slip into his normally calm and collected voice. Naruto panicked and threw his arms in front of his body in protection.

"W-we have got some songs, just not that much…" Naruto stammered, trying to defend himself and his band. Sasuke just growled even more, what the hell had they been doing this entire month!

"And how many song's have you actually finished?" He enquired.

"T-two, including the one that we finished today." Naruto stammered again. Sasuke's famous Uchiha death glare was in full effect and if Naruto weren't so used to it he'd have been running out the door screaming like a little girl.

"Two, seriously? And you can't complete a song without the whole band's consent, Sakura's not here today." He stated again in an obvious tone. Naruto just shrugged it off, trying to act natural, and failing.

"She's already handed in the lyric's and her notes, plus today was just mostly working out the kinks so really she already did give consent." Naruto replied, this time with out the annoying stutter.

"What's the song's then?" Sasuke asked absentmindedly. He turned his attention back to the paper in front of him, not bothering to get more worked up than he already was.

"The one she played for us and another one called 'when I'm gone. There good, it's different from what Sakura's used to she enjoyed it a lot, her face would light up and everything." Naruto grinned, happy for the change of subject. He also noticed how his friend's body stiffened when he mentioned Sakura, even if it was only for a mere second.

Naruto wondered what could have possibly happened this time to make him act like that. He didn't understand why Sasuke didn't just break up with Karin and go with Sakura; he clearly liked her more than he'd let on, even if he didn't even know it. It was stupid really, he and Karin had nothing going for each other; in all honesty, Naruto believed it was only sex that was keeping them together. That in Naruro's opinion was definitely not the sort of relation ship you wanted to keep, which is why Naruto nearly had a heart attack when they first got engaged. Of course though he will keep his mouth shut about it. That was mostly because he was almost certain that Sakura didn't seem to possess a single cell in her body that was capable of loving, she always had some sort of wall around her in that department.

It was a real shame actually, she was a really nice woman who deserved to be loved, but she just wouldn't have it. It was like that guy that works in the sound department, it was so obvious that he had a crush on her but she just didn't acknowledge it, he almost felt sorry for the guy. Take note of the almost there, Naruto knew he was only following his dick, but it was still a shame, she just sort of left him hanging.

"Why are you here anyways? What happened to that assistant of yours." Sasuke brought him out of his thoughts and blushed at the mention of his assistant. He thought that maybe he should be worrying about his own love life for the moment.

"I-I just felt like talking to you for a bit, you know?" Sasuke didn't miss a beat with that blush, he knew about his friends current love interest. Sometimes he wondered when that guy would actually gather the courage to ask her out. He'd liked her for some time now and she definitely liked him back.

Sasuke rolled his eyes at his hopeless friend and pushed the sheet's away from him, not wanting to look at them for the moment. Naruto sat down in the chair opposite him and propped his head lazily on his hand before looking out the window behind him. Sasuke simply lent back in his comfy chair and closed his eyes; enjoying the rare silence he got when in the blonds presents.

The silence was short lived however when the buzzer to his assistants desk outside began to make that irritating shrieking sound. With a groan he lent forward and opened his eyes before pressing the button and speaking in that collected business tone again.

"Yes."

"Mr. Uchiha, someone is here to see you." She simply stated, knowing that he hated long explanations.

"Fine, send them in." He simply stated before turning to Naruto who was still sprawled across his desk like a child.

The door creaked open and a pink head of hair caught Sasuke's attention. The only thing that crossed his mind was the image that was forever burned into his memory from the night before. His head snapped around to look for the woman and found her closing the door carefully behind her. She was looking very casual today; she wore only a pair of jeans and a dark hoody with a white strap top underneath. Her face was still slightly pale from her extreme hangover but there was not trace of the slick layer of sweat from before, also the bags under her eyes had disappeared and she looked much better.

"Haruno." Was all Sasuke said as he watched her advance on them both. Naruto's head was up like a shot when her name escaped Sasuke's lips, he hadn't expected to see Sakura until Monday at least, so this was a pleasant surprise, or not considering his earlier thoughts.

"Sakura! I thought you were ill!" He boomed, not caring that both Sasuke and Sakura cringed at his volume. Sakura looked over at Naruto and gave him a grin, it was a little strained from his earlier actions but still genuine.

"Hey Naruto. I was sick, but I feel better now so I decided to come in, I wanted to ask Sasuke something." She chirped in her normal happy tone. Sasuke was glad that she was feeling better, but that didn't excuse her actions, he was still mad at her.

"What do you want?" He growled. Naruto turned round and gave him a scowl, not thinking that it was appropriate.

"Nothing really important, it was about last night actually." She chirped again but he noticed the caution in her eyes this time. Sasuke knew instantly what she meant and thought it would be best to get rid of the witnesses. He glared at the blond, hoping that he got the message without him having to say. Naruto huffed and with an irritated groan as he got up.

"I guess I'll see you on Monday or something, I'm going home. Bye Teme." Naruto waved as he walked out the door, leaving the nervous Sakura and the annoyed Sasuke behind.

Sakura walked up to the huge desk with steady steps, testing the water before taking the plunge, so to speak. He seemed a little mad at her but that was to be expected, she'd been drunk as hell last night and that probably hadn't sat well with the Uchiha brothers, she didn't know if they had helped her last night, but Ino told her that Itachi had said to watch over her. That all on its own was enough for Sakura to guess that Sasuke might have been there, plus his body language was a dead give away right now. As she sat down in the chair across from him Sakura couldn't help but feel the ice cold waves flowing off him, she couldn't help but shudder at the sensation, his coal eyes were so intense.

"I'm sorry about last night, it was my fault and I take full responsibility." Sakura said quickly, making sure to break the ice in such a way that wouldn't come back to bite her in the ass later on.

"You better be! Have you got any idea what you put us through!" Sasuke growled. He looked so intimidating in his big leather chair and black suit, she was finally starting to understand why the Uchiha family was feared and respected so much.

"Actually I can't remember a thing, so no, I have no idea." Sakura muttered. Sasuke's eyebrow twitched, he hated it when she acted like this.

"Well would you like me to enlighten you?" Sasuke said in a voice that was dripping with sarcasm. Sakura noticed this and went up on the defense in a flash, not even bothering to think about her actions, her stubborn side was telling her not to take a single word of this, but her pride was telling her to stay calm, something she'd never been good at.

"Yes sasuke, that would be lovely." She stated through clenched angry teeth. She hated how he made her feel so small, his intense eyes just kept drowning her and she hated it, she needed to prove her worth too! Even if right now wasn't the best time.

"Then listen closely Haruno. You came back drugged up to the brim, acting like a five year old and threw up blood on my parents door step, which I had to clean up no less! You then looked like you were on the brink of death and worried the living shit out of us! Do you even know how worried we were about you!" Sasuke shouted. He had stood up half way through his speech and leaned over the desk, placing his hands firmly on it and looking Sakura dead in the eye.

Sakura was taken back for about five seconds; she hadn't even realized that she had even consumed drugs. No wonder she had acted like a fool, drugs weren't exactly something you gave to a vampire, half-breed or otherwise. Her surprise was short lived however as she saw red, nobody talked down to her! Even if she deserved it or not, and certainly not by this stuck up ass!

"Like hell were you worried Uchiha! When do you worry about anything! You only care about getting money, not about me, I'm just some investment that you want to keep on a leash. Well guess what Cockatoo head I'm not some bank statement, so get off my back!" Sakura shouted. She also stood up when she began to shout and met Sasuke's death glare with one of her own. He seemed unaffected however as he just kept staring her down, both not giving in.

A burst of thunder could be heard overhead and Sakura blinked, successfully breaking eye contact with the Uchiha. Sasuke smirked and Sakura growled low in her throat, something that wasn't entirely human sounding. Sasuke leaned back and placed the cool emotionless face back in place, not letting Sakura see anymore of him without it.

Sakura refused to look at him in the eye and instead settled for the dark rain clouds outside. The sun was beginning to set and because of the near black clouds it already looked like late evening. Sakura could feel her thirst building up again and heard the faint traces of beating hearts. She'd have to make her escape soon, unless she wanted to have the Uchiha for dinner, there was no way in hell she was going to allow any part of that smug, arrogant bastard inside her, the mere thought caused her to shudder.

With one last glare she turned to leave, intent on getting revenge some other day. However the low dangerous voice coming from the Uchiha made her stop in her tracks.

"Where are you going now? Running back to your dealer? I'm sure he'd love that." He sneered. Sakura didn't even bother turning around, she had no interest in seeing that angry heated glare that she knew was in place right now.

"Piss off Uchiha." She simply stated before walking out the door.

Sasuke sat back down after the door was firmly closed. He let out a huff and massaged his temples. He hated how she brought out the worst in him. He picked up the phone with his other hand and dialed Itachi's home phone.

"Hello." Came the tired voice of his older brother and Sasuke didn't even bother with the 'hellos' that one must share.

"Get the car around here, Haruno's on the move." And with that he slammed the phone down.

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The rain was coming down in buckets as Itachi and Sasuke trailed the streets of the clubbing district of Konoha. Itachi was dressed in simple jeans and a waterproof when Sasuke was still in his suit, his thick coat doing nothing to keep the rain out.

About two hundred yards ahead of them they could see the fainted trace of pink bobbing up and down. They'd been following Sakura through the streets for a little over an hour now; she'd walked from one end of Konoha to the other in the teaming rain.

She sharply turned yet another corner which was followed soon after by the two brothers who were hot on her tail. Another crash of lightening was heard from over head and lit up the dull street corner for a fraction of a second. The only sound reaching Sasuke's ears at that moment was the pounding rain and the odd car driving past.

Sakura looked just as wet if not more than Sasuke, her hood clung to her head and offered little protection against the rain and he could see the small tremors coming off of her tall frame, even from that distance.

Finally she stopped outside a dark shady alleyway, the two brothers instantly ducked into a doorway, as she looked around frantically, her hair was stuck to her face and her lips were quivering from the cold rain. Her green pools searched the area over and over again; she swore she noticed some movement behind her a moment ago. But gave up thinking they must have turned into one of the buildings.

Itachi let out a deep breath when she turned into the dark ally. He thought that maybe their cover had been blown, which would suck. He looked over at Sasuke and noticed his far away expression. His brother had been acting weird since he came to pick him up earlier; he was looking really frustrated and confused. Something that was very uncommon with him. Itachi had tried to ask him but was met with a glare every time he so much as breathed upon the subject.

Now that look had only intensified as Sakura turned into the ally. The sky roared once again and let loose another flash of lightening. The weather seemed to be reflecting Sasuke's obvious bad mood, Itachi thought with sarcasm.

Sasuke was on the edge of insanity! He'd been waiting so long for this moment, she was obviously about to meet up with her dealer, yet why did he just want to turn and run? Why did he feel like he wanted to live in ignorance around her? The very thought made no sense, Sasuke Uchiha ran away from nothing! He was so close… so close to catching her red handed… so close to saving her….

The dread in his stomach would not leave no matter how much he wished it gone. That unnerving, gut wrenching fear never quite leaving him, Sasuke felt sick, something he wasn't used to and didn't want to get used to, he just wanted to turn and run. But he wouldn't, he had too much pride and stubbornness for that.

Sasuke didn't know how long they waited there in the doorway in the heavy rain; it had probably been about an hour and a half. Groups of people had walked past, and every time they did he noticed that in the darkened ally there was a small sign of movement, like someone was refraining themselves from something.

At last though a man walking by himself came past, he looked to be no more than late twenties, he had on a business suit like Sasuke but it was a light grey. He walked quickly through the rain with his briefcase held over his head. As he passed the alleyway where Sakura was hiding in however he was suddenly taken off course. It was so fast that Sasuke might have missed it if he wasn't watching so closely. The man had been grabbed by the color of his jacket and basically dragged into the alleyway. Both Itachi and Sasuke knew exactly who had just grabbed and dragged a fully-grown man like it was nothing.

They both stood there in disbelief for a while until they heard it. The most horrible sound to ever reach either mans ears. It was a cold-blooded, cringe worthy scream. The voice was high and panicked, the fear that was thread through it made Sasuke turn even paler than he usually was. The voice was in pain. It was broken and unbalanced.

Suddenly it was cut off and Itachi was the first to react. He grabbed his brother's arm and pulled him out into the rain, having no idea what so ever what he was about to be faced with. The mere thought of what could be around that corner was unthinkable. As both men ran down the street towards the ally they both felt the uneasiness gurgling in their stomachs.

Another flash of lightening lit up the sky as they turned the corner into the ally, the outline of two figures up against the wall were visible. The nearby street lamp illuminated the space enough for the two brothers to see exactly what was going on.

There against the wall was Sakura and the man. Sakura seemed to be wrapped around the man, supporting him in his unconscious state, her mouth placed firmly at his neck. Another flash of lightening announced itself and Sasuke caught sight of the blood…

Blood was everywhere; it was all over their clothes, their skin... hair… his neck, her chin…

Sakura let out a gasp and sharply turned around, letting the limp man fall to the floor. Her entire jaw line and most of her cheeks were covered in the red substance and her mouth was open in shock and surprise. There, sitting in her mouth comfortably was the all to familiar white gleaming fangs with a fresh coating of blood dripping from the delicate points.

The last thing Sasuke remembered was Screaming when the memories began to over flow his already panicked mind…

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Okay well thanks for reading! Pleeeease review cuz it makes me want to write faster and i get happy! Sorry the chapters not as long but i ran out of things to say =[...