I would like to address a concern from one of my readers.
Reader: Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain
-Reader posted in review of this chapter: "Oh...joy.
Using rape as the drama device is well. Poor. Disgusting to further the plot of a story.
Don't say the rape is need in the story and is required. There is no good reason for it in any sequenance to begin with just to further a plotline. That just poor thought really. Also don't say this is need or even just an instance because just makes the sense of belittling something disgusting that really shouldn't be done.
Somehow this is done as a easy way of you doing the plotline advancement of the "shock value" for the the drama. Sadly, poor choice of doing a plot story.
Laters."
I am unhappy about receiving this review for a few reasons. One: it's a flame with no constructive criticism. Two: I feel that I may have offended other readers, and this particular reader was the only one to speak up. There are thousands of well-respected published books and articles that are even more graphic than the scene I have written, and they are the entire foundation of the story being told. So please before you berate me, do your homework.
I will now state my intentions.
The scenarios in this story are written on a whim. I am a free flow writer, and I do not claim to be a good one. I write for recreation. Furthermore, I am offended that my story was not given a chance to be completed before conclusions were drawn as to what drives my story. I have already sent a lengthy PM to this individual stating my intentions for this story, with a few requests of my own.
So, ending that rant, I would like to warn you readers that this chapter contains material that some may find offensive. If you do not have the maturity to read a rape scene, please do not read any further.
Also, this chapter has been revised as of 6/6/2011 due to some content and grammatical errors. Im sure I haven't corrected them all but all I can do is try :D.
And the show goes on…
Ino sat at her desk pondering the events over the last few days. Sakura's argument with Sasuke, the apartment fire that almost claimed her best friend, and then there was Naruto. He was an enigma. The seemingly impossible feats he pulled off that night were too astounding to ignore. Even his own crew had said what he did was beyond impossible. She furrowed her eyebrows in irritation. Something was off about that Naruto. She just didn't have an inkling of what it was.
The door to her office opened and she looked up to notice a head of pink hair enter the room.
"I know that look," Sakura said, closing the door behind her.
"What look?" Ino replied, trying to play dumb.
"Ino, how long have we known each other? I can tell when you are up to something, you know." Her no-nonsense gaze brooked no room for argument.
"I was just thinking about you and how glad I am you are ok." She half-lied. "You really scared us all."
Sakura accepted the lie and nodded. She almost died in that fire. If it weren't for that Naruto guy, she would be in a pine box right now. Sakura, tried to picture his face. She had been sort of infatuated with him since that night, but she was in recovery, and didn't really have the opportunity to talk with him more. She really wanted to see him again, outside the hospital, to thank him. Maybe she would take him to lunch. Everyone knew fire fighters had huge appetites. She was broken from her thoughts by Ino calling her name.
"Sakura? You ok?" Ino looked at the pinkette with concern.
Sakura blushed. She was letting this man dominate her thoughts and she was already losing track of her tasks.
Ino noticed the blush immediately.
"Thinking of your blonde hero from the other night?"
Sakura's cheeks now matched her hair.
"Well wouldn't you Ino? He saved my life. Not to mention he is really cute." Her eyes focused on the desk to keep from having to meet her friends gaze. "There was something about his eyes, like he has seen a whole world and more. When he looked at me, there was so much caring there. How could a complete stranger care so much for someone he doesn't even know?"
A light bulb turned on in Ino's head. This was going to be one of her best ideas ever, and it was going to kill two birds with one stone.
"It seems to me you need to find this 'Naruto' and learn more about him. If you like him as much as I think you like him, and he likes you obviously by what you say…" She stood from her desk and raised a lecturing finger to drive home the point…"then it would be a great injustice if you two do not date at least once!" She crossed her arms under her breasts and stared at her pink-haired friend.
Sakura smiled.
"You're right Ino. Sasuke is out of the picture. He treated me like dirt anyway. It's time I found someone worthy of my affections." She smacked her fist into her palm for emphasis. She looked at her best friend. "I've got a fire fighting hunk's heart to capture!"
With that, she turned and walked out the door with her head high, feeling better than she had in a long while. Someone out there cared for her, and she was going to find him and return those feelings if he will let her.
As the door closed, Ino smiled at her own craftiness. If Sakura started dating the blonde fire fighter, she would have an "in" and be able to unravel the mystery that is Naruto.
It was late at night by the time Sakura left the hospital. 'These 16 hour shifts are going to kill me yet.' She thought to herself. She was walking to her car in the parking garage, digging through her purse for her keys, when she heard the sound of footsteps behind her. She turned, can of mace in hand, but no one was there. She looked around the poorly lit garage and continued moving toward her car, this time a little more hurried than when she started. As she neared her car she heard the footsteps again, this time right behind her. She wheeled around and pointed her pepper spray up in the air only to have her wrist caught in a very strong grip. She was quickly disarmed of her defenses and pressed up against a pillar by a man wearing a hooded sweat shirt.
"I told you Sakura, " the cold voice hissed, "We are not over unless I say we are over."
Sakura's eyes widened at the voice she was so intimately familiar with.
"Sasuke?"
Sasuke laughed at her surprise.
"It's good to see you haven't forgotten me." He slid his leg in between Sakura's thighs and pressed his knee into her groin. "Let's hope that all of that body remembers me."
Sakura flushed from the contact, but in total disgust. Sasuke licked and sucked on her neck, while keeping her firmly pinned to the pillar. He reached down with his free hand, into her blouse and grabbed a handful of bra and flesh. Sakura struggled to break free, but Sasuke was just too strong. She struggled until she just didn't have the energy anymore. Her body went slack, and Sasuke took this as compliance to his advances. He reached down to undo his pants.
"I'm going to show you what it means to belong to an Uchiha." His pants undone, he yanks her skirt up and grabs the hem of her panties. With one hard pull they rip. Something inside Sakura stirred and she knew that this was going to be it. She was going to be raped, and to make it worse it would be at the expense of her dignity and virginity. Despite Sasuke's advances in the past, she always insisted on waiting for marriage. So now, Sasuke was finally going to get what he wanted. With nothing left in her, she did the only thing she could. As Sasuke entered her, she screamed.
Naruto walked up and down the halls of the hospital. He couldn't seem to get the pink haired girl off his mind. Passing nurses would blush as he passed by, whispering to each other. Naruto assumed they were talking silly girl talk about the 'fire man' in the hallways. He made his way to the receptionist clerk at the nurse's station.
"I'm looking for Nurse Ino." Naruto said shyly. "Is she in today?
"We have a Doctor Ino, if that is who you are referring to, sir." The young girl replied, blushing under the gaze of the blonde man.
"Ah yes, Doctor Ino. Is she in? I wish to speak with her." He replied, slightly frowning.
Usually most people would be put off by a frowning man, but for some reason the girl thought it looked endearing on him. She blushed even harder and turned her gaze to some papers that were suddenly very interesting.
"Sorry sir, but Dr. Yamanaka is busy with a patient right now. Let me check and see if Dr. Haruno is available." The nurse picked up the phone and punched a few numbers.
'Dr.' Haruno? Great job Naruto, you fell for someone way out of your league.'
Naruto shook his head clear of his thoughts. He would deal with that hurdle later.
"Dr. Haruno will be fine to talk to, " He said "Is it ok to speak with her now?"
The girl hung up the phone and shook her head, "Sorry sir, but she just left only a few minutes before you came here asking. You just missed her."
'Crap. Well she couldn't have gotten too far. Maybe she was still here. Nah, that'd be weird and stalker-ish. Best to just try again tomorrow'
Naruto thanked the girl and headed toward the parking garage. He didn't show it, but he was disappointed that he didn't get to meet with the pinkette.
Naruto exited the elevator and headed toward his car. He fumbled in his pocket for his keys.
'I wonder if she even remembers me. Of course she remembers me, she kept thanking me over and over. I gotta remember though, she is a doctor. Way out of your league Naruto. Don't get your hopes up.'
Naruto was so distracted by his self-deprecating berating he almost didn't hear the muffled scream come from the other end of the parking garage. Naruto stopped to listen again to make sure he heard right. Another scream. This time it was blood curdling. At this point nothing was more important than helping whoever was screaming for help. As he ran the screaming god louder and louder, each one punctuated by a female voice sobbing and a male voice grunting. Naruto's blood ran cold at the thought of what was surely happening to the poor woman. He rounded the corner to see a man with his pants around his ankles on top of a hysterical woman. He growled in anger, almost feral like and ran over to the man committing the horrible deed. He ran over and grabbed the man by the back of the sweatshirt, and without even thinking turned the offender around and slugged him as hard as he could, catching him square in the jaw. The assailant went down and grumbled something indiscernible. Naruto turned to check on the poor young woman who had been subjected to such a horrible act. He saw a head of pink hair and he froze.
"S-Sakura?"
Naruto was dumbfounded. Sakura looked at Naruto, but it was almost as if she didn't see him. As if she were only aware that another male presence had appeared in front of her. She quickly snapped out of her stupor and yelled at the new-comer.
"DON'T TOUCH ME! GET AWAY FROM ME! PLEASE DON'T HURT ME ANYMORE!" She scrambled away from the blonde and up against a nearby car. She stayed huddled there, shaking uncontrollably. The pinkette curled up in a ball and continued crying, all the while repeating, 'please don't hurt me anymore.'
Naruto's heart died then. Such a nice girl. Such a horrible act. Something inside him snapped.
He turned to face the bastard that called himself a man, only to be met with a punch equally as fierce as he issued only moments ago. Naruto looked up into a pair of red eyes, punctuated by three commas around the pupil.
'What the fuck? What's up with those eyes?'
"You dare interfere with me and my girlfriend? Do you know who you just messed with?" The Uchiha glared at the blond man in front of him. "You have just sealed your fate dobe. I'm going to kill you where you stand."
Naruto still freaked out by the man's eyes didn't even see that he was now right in front of him, winding back a hard right hook. Naruto was no street fighter by any means, but years of growing up by yourself and living with rough, rowdy fire men taught you that you needed to know how to take care of yourself. Naruto brought his arm up to block and went to counter with a left jab. Naruto was confident he was quicker than the man in front of him, but seemingly at the last minute the man dodged the punch, almost as if he knew what Naruto would do to counter, and countered with his own punch to Naruto's side. Side stepping the blonde, the man gracefully swept passed Naruto, locking his other arm and the flipping him with the momentum.
Naruto landed on his face with a thud. Almost as soon as he landed the impossibly fast 'sweater wearing super ninja' was on Naruto's back, pulling both of his arms back, while his foot pressed down on Naruto's neck.
"This is your fate for crossing an Uchiha." Sasuke smirked, basking in his soon to be had victory over the larger man. He pressed his foot harder into Naruto's neck. "This is lights out dobe. Pity you didn't put up a better fight than that; but it was to be expected. "He grinned evilly at the blonde haired man under his feet. "Your fate was decided the moment you decided to throw the first punch at me. Now DIE!"
Sasuke pressed his foot down as hard as he could on Naruto's neck, trying to break it.
'I'm going to die. I can't fucking believe this is the way I die. THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!'
NO! You will not die here. Taste true power and know that your rightful place is above that bastard Uchiha.
Naruto recognized the voice. It was the same voice that spoke to him the night he saved Sakura from the fire. But this time is was completely clear. It was so loud in his head that it dominated his very being.
Now Naruto felt like he wasn't going to die. In fact he knew he wasn't going to die. If anyone was going to die, it was going to be the bastard holding him down.
Sasuke's eyes widened at the sight in front of him. His foot was being pushed back by, well, he wasn't really sure how to explain it to himself rationally. It looked like… tails. Red, glowing tails.
There was a pulse of energy and Sasuke's vision went white momentarily. When his vision cleared, he saw something in front of him that shook him to his very core. No longer was there a blonde haired man in front of him. What stood before him now was something altogether different. It still resembled the blonde haired man, except that his features had taken on a very feral and beastly look. Elongated canines peeked out from under his lip. Dark whisker marks appeared on his face and his hair seemed to grow wilder by the second. The most disturbing feature however, wasn't any of these changes in appearance. The blonde's blue eyes were no longer human. They were now a fire red, slit pupils bisecting each eye.
No, this was no longer a man. This was a monster. Sasuke shook himself from his shock. He was Uchiha. He was superior to all men.
Naruto glared at the man in front of him. He felt an immense power coursing through himself right now. Comparing the power he felt now to the apartment fire a few days ago, was like comparing a mountain range to a tiny pebble. The well of power he felt seemed without limit. He focused back on the man in front of him and readied himself. He was shocked at this new feeling. It was something he thought he would never be able to accept in his entire life.
It was a feeling dark and sinister.
It was an urge to kill.