A/N - I'm sorry that it has been the better part of a month since I last updated. Really, really sorry. Feel free to send me a review with a bitch slap in it. The only thing I can really say is that I have been busy and shall further explain in my end Author's Note.

Warnings - a lot of bad language and extreme violence in this chapter. If you are squeamish be warned.

Chapter 30

I trembled in fear and fury as that boiling acid hissed it's way through me, lighting the torches of my nerves and leaving me dangerous, afraid and uncontrollable.

It was eating at me from the inside, lashing out and willing me to lash out with it. I could feel the burn. It controlled me, forced me to act or feel the pain myself. My conscious thought and own directions were locked away in a diamond cage, the only place for something so precious to me but it wasn't keeping those attributes safe.

They were being kept useless, dead and unable to help me, unable to burn with me. I was in flames, could see the flames on it all while knowing full well that my surroundings were perfectly untouched and solid. Myself, too. There would be no injury, or rather no added injury, covering my body when this was all over lest for my hands. They would be blistered. Those blisters had stung so much as a child. They stayed for so long, throbbing. Reminding me of what I had done.

Making me afraid.

I couldn't control it, but those men could. They could rile me up like this, force me to lose what I had worked so hard for. They controlled me. They hurt me, the lost pride standing up and screaming despite the lost parts of myself that had been torn from me. When they raped me.

They owned me in every way possible.

I was their toy.

I wasn't good for anything except hurting for others. And here I was hurting again for them. For Ino and Hinata.

Hadn't I done enough for them? It was getting hotter and hotter inside me, burning my eyes as well now, wrapping around my throat and rendering me silent. This I was thankful for. They wouldn't make me scream. No matter what I endured now they would get nothing from me. I wouldn't scream, I wouldn't flinch. I wouldn't hit back unless the fire drove me to.

But I could still feel the pain, threading through my fingers. I was alright. I was powerful. I was dangerous. And I was not in control. I could see it, could see through the orange rimmed image I received that I was reaching out for him, fingers wrapping around, twisting inside his neck as the flesh and skin bubbled and burned away to allow my blood covered nails to sink inside. His face contorting in pain could not bother me. I didn't care.

The medic knocked unconscious and bound away didn't surface to rush to the rescue as flames licked through veins, setting his blood boiling, bubbling over as it shot out, covering me, splattering me. Kakashi's voice echoed in, coming from a part of me that I could no longer find.

"Some people deserve to hurt."

My lips moved along with him, finally calm and a peace with what I was doing, but no sound came out. It would have been drowned if it had.

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"Go!" Kakashi's voice hissed frantically through the radio and the response was devastating. Squads charged through, marking their path with weapons and jutsu alike. Kurenai and Gai had used sensory jutsu beforehand to pinpoint the location of the victims and so hit with bombs.

Explosions, their targets exploding with them.

Both ninja jumped out of the way, dodging the debris that flew sharply up at them. They could see everything from their airborne position, including some signs of motion from their bloodied victims.

They had nothing personal against them. They finished them quickly.

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They had more than enough fighters here. He wasn't needed while the element of surprise still stuck and Sakura was more important than his petty vengeance. They deserved to hurt but she deserved his undivided attention. And he knew exactly where she might be found. He could sense her.

Kakashi tore the door out of the way rather than kicking it as he couldn't spare the time to make sure that it didn't hit anyone. He chucked it behind him. He fought the urge to empty his stomach. He fought the urge to kill the dead.

Instead he went for the man that was still standing, killing him quickly with a chidori. He couldn't stand to take the time to cause him pain. He too badly needed to get rid of Sakura's. She looked so pale and shocked as he looked at her, staring unblinkingly with tears trailing down without sobs and collecting on her chin. Her body was covered in blood, a large dried portion of it coming from between her legs. Her hands were blistered. He was glad that she used it.

He briefly looked over to Ino and Hinata who caught his vision as they cowered behind her and noted that they appeared unharmed. That was a good thing, he knew, but there was no justice to him in the fact that his sweet Sakura had been singled out to be broken and abused. She'd been hurt enough.

"Sakura..." He breathed out, rushing forwards to catch her in his arms and hold her close, his breath fanning over her soft pale cheek as he laid his lips against it. His arms were tight, but she didn't complain.

She could barely feel him, but she knew that he was close, holding her blood coated form close to him, tightly embracing her. She could hear his gentle words but it was only a small amount of comfort.

"Kashi..." She whispered raspingly into his ear. "He deserved to hurt."

His arms only tightened more. "I know."

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Sasuke finished with a quick hit as Ino entered his peripheral vision, demonstrating to the other bastards that he had only really been playing with their comrade, causing him as much injury as possible before putting his out of his misery. The prick deserved nothing better. Hinata appeared behind her too, and the men appeared to cower all the more.

"Where's Kakashi?" He called, reaching for his blade and eyeing up the remaining men.

"With Sakura." Ino replied. "She's in a bad condition so he's trying to convince her to return to the cottage for now."

"Ahh," Sasuke forced out a grim smile. "I'm guessing she's not listening?"

"You guess right." She flung an exploding tag into what looked like a mass of scared little girls, grinning in satisfaction as it gave the desired effect and the men scattered, trying to avoid as much damage as possible. "But regardless, we need to cause these bastards pain!"

They picked them off slowly, spending time effort and chakra on every individual victim, every prisoner that needed punishment. They'd lost all their aces and now learned of the world from the other side. They weren't liking it.

Hinata and Ino took to blocking the exits, cutting out the cowards who seemed remarkably high in number. It wasn't surprising that none of these bullies could really hold their own. Those remaining clumped together, and not a single person there could have anticipated the result.

Kakashi had lost. And these men learned the meaning of pain.

"Get back!" Kakashi roared at his fellow konoha nin as Sai and Yamato led them forwards. "We don't need any casualties of our own."

"But Sakura!" Naruto protested.

"Sakura can hold her own. And she deserves to be the one to end this. We need to get hold of one of their leaders. It's important that we get the location of the main base. Stay here."

They had no time to tell him not to, because Kakashi was already gone.

A/N - I'M SO SORREH! Right

1) I broke up with my boyfriend after a year. This is why I didn't update before Easter - I felt slightly justified in moping.

2)It was my little sis's bday on Wednesday so that's this week.

3) My laptop is with the wonderful people at PC world and has been since bank holiday Monday. I should have it back this weekend.

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to the wonderful people who reviewed this chapter - Laurie, sunshinestar16, Temarilyn, xxSazzyBabexx, Little-bad-Angel and MySoulIsYoursTakeIt. You are all lovely and I am so sorry that I haven't updated sooner. It will definitely NOT be this long till my next update.

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