AN: Guest, yes, Karin has always been crazy. I believe your question is actually answered in this one.
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Chapter 2
Sakura's arm lay limply in her lap as she leaned against the wall behind her, her body sore and in pain. Her wrists were the worst, the cuts were very deep. Her ribs were the next, bruised without a doubt.
Her head leans back against the wall, her heavy lids shutting. Her head ponds and all she wants is sleep. But, her lids open, she was keeping watch. Naruto was sleeping a few feet away, his whole body shivering in the chill of the area. His wrist were worst then hers, she had used bits of her shirt as bandages.
Neither of them could handle much more. They have to figure a way out of this.
She flinched as the iron door scraps open. Naruto bolts awake as well, slowly backing towards her. She wants to stand so badly, not uselessly sit on the ground as Karin stands over her, but there is nothing left inside her. Her stomach growls and her mouth feels dry.
Karin enters as both of them had been expecting, a container of yellow liquid in her hands and a paper bag under her arm.
"My children must be hungry," She cooed, bending before them, ignoring their heated stares. She began to remove things from the bag, a big wooden spoon, two bowls, two small spoons, and a handful of napkins. She fills the bowls with the liquid from the container and sets one in front of Sakura and another before the quietly panting boy. She lets the two spoons fall into a bowl each. "It's my special soup, I use to make it for you guys when you were ill." When both teens only stare at the bowls. "Eat..." The woman says looking between them.
"I sort of can't move..." The girl bit out bitterly. She winced as pain raced across her body. She wheezed out a breath. "I think my wrist is broken. I think you broke my wrist."
"Oh dear... It's only pain." The woman smiled with a shrug, her hands lifting and pushing a strand of Sakura's sweaty hair behind her left ear. Sakura shies away, glaring at the woman, the woman's hand follows her. "I have always believed if you spoil a child you ruin them. What was I suppose to do with such disrespectful behavior?"
Sakura has nothing to say, believing the crazy woman wouldn't listen to her any way, instead she looks towards Naruto, sharing a look with the exhausted looking blonde boy.
Karin began digging through a bag at her side, tugging out a tube of medication. "Now, let me take a look at those cuts."
She began with Sakura first, lifting the girl's shirt and hoody, rolling it up showing off discolored skin, a black and blue abdomen. Sakura tries to push the woman away from her, but only ends up getting out of breath and coughing as in pain, energy spent, the girl allows the woman's hands on her, taking care of the tiny cuts on her body caused by her punishing stick. Sakura skewered her lids shut the whole time, her mouth clenched, her head leaned against the wall behind her.
Karin moves to Naruto next who is panting weakly, air wheezing through his lips as his body shivered.
"Naruto..." Sakura lifts her head, worriedly watching her friend, "He needs help." She turns to the woman. Naruto's normally sun-kissed skin had faded pale. The woman only continues to apply the clear cream to the wounds underneath his shirt. "He needs help!" Sakura repeats, wincing as she attempts getting up.
"He's fine," the woman shrugged again, finishing and gathering her items. "Watch how you speak with me, my Lily-chan. He'll be alright in a few hours." Karin was leaving. The crazy woman was actually leaving.
Sakura stared after her for awhile, before a strangled moan escaped her sort-of friend had her beginning to panic. "If... if you're his mother... you should be more worried about his state." The girl hissed, quickly calling out to the woman. "He obviously needs help."
Karin turned quickly, eyes narrowed. "I am his mother. I have my proof." Sakura only stared. "Do you want to see it?" No. All Sakura wants is for this woman to help him. "I'll show you."
The woman left, the iron door shutting behind her loudly. Sakura frowned, her gaze falling back onto the whimpering, sweating Naruto. She quickly moves towards him, her hand landing on his forehead which was burning up.
Dryly swallowing, she looks around, attention falling to the bowl of soup on the floor near his feet. The girl carefully picked it up and dips it's spoon in, letting the liquid fall back into it, tiny white chunks were float around in it. Turning to Naruto, she crawls to him. "You have to eat this, Naruto." She lightly says. "You have to eat, I think."
He lightly moans in response. The blonde tries to hold up a spoon full to his lips but he turns his head away.
"Come on..." The girl nearly begs. "Eat.." After much couching, the boy finally takes a spoon full. Sakura sighs in relief, until he throws it up into his lap. She tried again, her own stomach gurgling at the boy's puke. "Come on..."
He eats nearly half of the bowl before he falls into a sleep Sakura is unwilling to wake him from. Instead, she leans against the wall beside him, wincing quietly from irritating her own bruises and wounds.
An hour Karin returns, a DVD player under her left arm and a photo album under her right. The woman wears a small sun dress, decorated with large yellow flowers. "I had all my home videos converted as soon as I got out." The woman explained, setting the machine in front of them. She hands Sakura the album.
She hesitated before opening it. The first laminated photo is off a blue eyed baby wearing a baby blue cap, under it the name is Hidoshi. On another photo are two babies, one barely twelve months old sitting in Lauren's lap, leaning over watching a baby in a pink blanket in wonder, wisps of pink hair visible, under it are the words 'Hidoshi, 1, Lilly, two weeks'. The next one is of a pink haired, brightly smiling toddler hugging an older blonde haired one, both grinning, only Hidoshi has a cut on his chin.
Not wanting to admit it, but the girl recognized who the little girl toddler looked like... and it was her. She lets the album fall from her hands, still not willing to believe this, her hands shook.
"Alright, I got it." The woman spoke up finally, moving away from the machine. It blinked on.
First it was unfocused but when it came into focus a smiling faded pink haired, smirking toddler about three years old appears, a pink water gun in her hands as she quietly snuck up on a little blonde boy, about four, diligently working on mud pies. Sakura can recognize both children and it is them. But the woman could have taken these from one of their homes, only...
Sakura watched as she hits Naruto right in the face with the water, he quickly jumps up, pouting. "Lilly!" The child whined. She watched as she laughs her baby laugh, pointing at the boy. She watched as the boy smirked a familiar smirk and scoops up a handful of mud and hits her in her pink bathing suit top. A mud fight ensues as a man laughs in the background, lightly cheering them both on.
Sakura frowned. Then Karin appears on screen, seeming to suck life out of everything, both children clam up, stopping their playing. The children bump into each other, hands finding each others. Both of them looked so afraid.
"What is going on here." The woman hissed. "Why are you both so filthy? Do you have any idea how much those cost?"
"It was my fault." The man's voice appeared again. "I egged both of them on." He quickly defends them. "It's my fault."
"They both understand I how fill about them being filthy." The woman said shortly.
"They're only kids, babe." The man laughed nervously. "I thought we were going to have fun today...? A cook-out... Come on... We're engaged..." Finally the woman's scowl leaves and a sigh leaves her. "Well, you clean them up you made the mess."
The video goes on for another hour and Sakura catches glimpses of a silver-haired man when he hands the video camera to Karin to cook, but nothing eventful happens after.
"Whose the man?" Is all Sakura can say, her insides numb. This woman wasn't lying. She couldn't understand what was going on, her mom was her mom, but... this woman wasn't lying.
"My first husband, he loved you kids. We broke apart when you were taken." The woman sniffs closing the machine. "I'll leave the album to fill in Hidoshi when he wakes." The woman pets Sakura who hasn't the energy to move away. "I love you both."
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Naruto flipped slowly through the album, glancing up at his friend who was watching him intently.
"So..." She looked at him closely.
The tired boy nods. "I... I think I remember her." He quietly admitted. "When I was out, I was having these odd dreams... ones with that woman yelling at me and screaming... I remember you too." He coughed a little. "I... think" She was hoping he wouldn't actually say that.
"So, you think she's really our mom?"
The boy shrugged.
"She's not my mom." The girl said strongly. "A mom wouldn't treat her kids like this... I... We have to get out of here."
He nods in agreement. "How?"
She leaned her aching head back into the wall, eyes shutting. "I dunno..."
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