It was silent behind the glass. Tsunade stood behind Sarada as she watched her mother sitting at the table, talking to herself.

She was home.

She couldn't believe her mother was home.

They told her she couldn't see her mother like Ino-ba because she reacts badly to the Sharingan...

And hers still hadn't deactivated.

"So Ino-ba is going to help her?" Sarada asked, never taking her eyes off the woman behind the glass.

"Yes, Sara-chan. Ino and everyone else are going to do their best to help."

Sarada raised her hand to the glass, yearning to touch her mother again. To embrace her. To be comforted by her.

There was a knock on the door and Shizune poked her head in.

"Tsunade-sama, there's an emergency down at the hospital. We're needed their immediately."

Tsunade nodded and placed a hand on Sarada's shoulder but she shook her head.

"Please let me stay a little longer," she pleaded, turning her watery eyes on the busty blond.

Tsunade's eyes softened and she moved her hand to the top of her head and ruffled her hair a little.

"Okay but I'll be sending the first person I see to come stand with you, okay?"

Sarada nodded and Tsunade ducked out.

As she watched her mother, a crystal tear rolled down her cheek.

"Mama," she whimpered.

She was so close yet too far. Her eyes moved to Sakura's door that she could see from behind the window.

Finally, she left the observation room.

How bad could it be?

Sasuke and Naruto walked down the hall towards Sakura's room and the observation room when they spotted Sarada at the end of the hall, outside her door.

"Sarada?" Sasuke called but Sarada ignored him and swiftly entered through the door.

Sakura's door.

"Is she crazy!?" Naruto bellowed as the two ran for the door.

Sarada locked the door quickly behind her and let out a sigh. She turned back around.

And once again, emerald clashed with red.

Sakura leapt over the table with a scream, lunging for the cowering child.

Sasuke and Naruto burst in, kicking down the door, narrowly missing Sarada just as she clenched her eyes shut and screamed.

"Sakura, stop!"

Ino sat down with Kiba, Hinata, Shino, Choji, Lee and Shikamaru, going over her plan. After Tsunade passed, Sasuke and Naruto went to go grab Sarada.

"Is it really a good idea for all of us to go into her mind? Wouldn't that be a little too much for her?" Kiba asked.

Ino shook her head. "It's not what you think, that we will all actually be in there. Using my family's jutsu, I will connect all of our minds first. Thoughts, feelings, everything. Then, I will reach out to Sakura's mind. Think of it as me being a medium. While I will be the only one actually there, you will all experience and witness what I do."

"I don't think I understand. Why do we have to be there? What are we supposed to do?" Lee asked.

"Right now, Sakura doesn't know who she is. Think of her as a blank canvas with no paint to paint with. We -her friends- will provide her with the paint that made up Sakura's picture before Kuromaru wiped it clean."

"You mean we will be showing her our memories of her? Of what she was like before she was kidnapped?" Shino asked.

Ino nodded. "Exactly. Not too much to overwhelm her. Just enough for her to get a basic understanding to form her own mental ground. It will be fragile which is why I would be going in alone. You will all just be connected to me and see and feel as I do."

"I think I get it now," Kiba nodded.

"Good. What I need you guys to do is go home and meditate and think of any memories that you feel defined Sakura."

With a nod, they dispersed.

Sarada shook but when nothing happened, she slowly opened her eyes that had clenched shut. Her head was turned to Sasuke who had grabbed Naruto by his shirt, keeping him from moving any further and the two men were staring near her with trepidation.

Her head turned back and she gasped at how close Sakura's fingers were to her face. No, not her face.

Her eyes.

Sarada trailed her eyes up the shaking hand to the face behind the limb who watched her with a mixture of confusion, anger and fear.

"Don't...move..." Sasuke spoke gently to Sarada who nodded just slightly.

Two fingers were stretched out from her palm, as if Sakura was going to tear out Sarada's eyes.

"K-Kill!" Sakura hissed. "No! Yes! Mine! Evil! Mine! Red!"

Her screams were visibly affecting Sarada who began to shake more.

"M-Mama?" Sarada whimpered.

For a moment, something shifted in Sakura's eyes before she screamed and threw herself away, back to her bed, in the corner of the room where she faced the corner, shuddering, twitching and panting.

Sasuke quickly pulled Sarada into his arms and exited the room, leaving Naruto to stare at Sakura's shivering form as she rocked herself back and forth on her bed.

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A couple of days later, they all met under the Hokage tower, a massive room for interrogation. It wasn't for an interrogation but it provided the big enough space for everyone to sit comfortably.

Sakura was laid down on a table, unconscious so that her mind was relaxed. On her left was Naruto and on her right was Sasuke. North of her was Kakashi and south was Ino. The four around Sakura each had two people diagonally behind them on either side. Behind Sasuke was Lee and Temari. Behind Kakashi was Sai and Shino. Behind Naruto was Kiba and Hinata and behind Ino was Shikamaru and Choji.

A large seal was painted around all of them so Ino didn't have to waste too much chakra trying to keep them all connected. Once the connection was made, Ino only had to wipe out a part of the seal and it would be released.

"Where you are sitting is not at random," Ino explained as she held her hands up, showing them the hand sign they'd all need to make. "Those with the strongest memories needed to be closer to her and the rest outside. Those on the inside will create the floor with their memories of her. They must be strong enough for me to stand on to begin my search. The others will set walls with their memories so that I don't get lost or go off track. Once the walls and floor are in place, Sakura's mind should settle enough to form the hallways of her mind. That is when I will start going through her memories but let me tell you right now," she spoke as she made eye contact with each and every one of them.

"We know Sakura was tortured," she continued. "We know that she was most likely raped, based on the state we found her in. We will see what she saw through her eyes. We will hear her thoughts and feel her emotions. We won't feel the physical pain, but the emotions could be suffocating. Do you all understand?"

Everyone was silent as they nodded.

"No matter what we see, hear or feel, do not drop the hand sign, understood? Doing so prematurely could tear apart Sakura's mind and it would be lost to us forever."

With that said, she began going through the many hand signs, her father supervision just outside the seal. Finally, forming the last sign, the Ram, everyone made the Tiger hand sign.

Starting from Ino, the seal glowed blue, leading from one person to another until they were all connected except Sakura.

Worry, fear, anger washed over them all from each other. Of course they were all worried and scared of what to find. Of course they were angry that one of their loved ones was raped. There wasn't much clashing in emotion and suddenly, their thoughts weren't their own. They knew what each other was thinking, much like what happened in the war when Naruto's feelings came across Ino's jutsu.

She gave everyone a moment to try and sort out their own emotions and thoughts from everyone else, to ground themselves before she asked.

"Is everyone ready?"

Mixed feelings came across but as one, they agreed.

"Yes."

Ino nodded as she made that last connection to Sakura.

"Let's do this."

OHHH SHIT!

They are just about to enter her mind!

I hope I explained Ino's plan and actions well.

I didn't want anyone to be overly confused or whatnot so yeah.

It made sense, right?

Not too bad?

No, I didn't watch state of Origin coz I was playing xbox xD

Anyone play IMVU?

You should totally add me coz I'm starting to get back into it.

The next chapter is going to be VERY heavy.

Considering we will be hearing Sakura's thoughts and feeling her emotions during her violation and torture, it could get quite dark so have google search with kittens up and ready

xD

It's small but I didn't want to actually start on Sakura's mind yet.

Ready and review guys!

Tell me what you're hoping for next chapter and I'll do my best to accommodate!

- Mee 3