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Chapter 1. "Sometimes holding a grudge can prove more useful than freeing forgiveness"

I was walking down the same road, again. The people turned their heads, or looked down when I walked by; again. They knew what was happening now, and what happened then. Ever since that he left, no one dared to look at me anymore. I guess knowing the truth and denying it is easier than accepting it and doing something to help. It's amazing how all of these ridiculously painful things sprouted up when he left me to rot.

Two years earlier.

The sun rose quietly, just like any other day, alarming the birds into a frenzy of chirping. Whispers echoed down the streets along with gasps and shouts. Unbeknownst, a frail-looking girl laid on a bench with tear stains branding her skin. A crowd was starting to form around her.

"Sakura! Sakura wake up, are you okay, what happened?!" A blonde spikey-haired boy screamed directly at the girl's face, waking her up instantly. She sat up with wide eyes, looking at all of the people standing around her. Tsunde, Kakashi, Naruto, Hinata, Ino, Kiba. They were there, maybe more.

"He..S-Sasuke.." Sakura whimpered out, the group looking her with knowing eyes; they knew all about it. Her head fell against her hands weakly, hiding her tears. "N-Naruto," God, she was sounding more like Hinata every second. "He's never coming back."

Sakura glanced up at the saddened faces, they pitied her. No. She didn't want pity, she didn't want any of it. She was so sick of being protected all the time and treated like a baby, like she was worthless.

"Sakura, it'll all be okay, everything will be fine," Ino managed to get out before she was slammed to the ground by pale hands. The pain in Sakura's eyes was overwhelming, soon to be melted slowly by rage. Ino's blue eyes held so much fear that the rest of the group had to rip Sakura from her.

"No. Nothing will ever be the same," She bit out harshly, taking off in a hard sprint down the road, not stopping to look back or even for a rest. All of the people littering the streets turned their heads or look away to anything but the pinkette's face, not wanting to see the pain and ferociousness filling them. Yes, nothing would ever really be the same.

End Recap.

I sighed out loud, thinking of those memories again. Again, again, and again. Ino and I never talked anymore, Hinata was forced to see me constantly, since I was always around Naruto and she still had a major crush on him. I was dragging everyone down.

No one knew about my home life, mostly because I had no more close friends to turn to. Everything unwinded at the seams after that day two years ago. I subconsciously picked at my fingerless elbow-length gloves, shoving the thoughts in the back of my head. I slapped on a fake smile for Naruto, who was currently running at me full speed with arms wide open. At least something didn't change.

He hugged me too tightly, smiling all the ways too over-exaggeratingly. Just like old times. Sighing again, I peeled his arms off of me and put them at his sides. "Naruto, Hinata could be watching. I don't want her to get the wrong idea," I mumbled, rolling my eyes at his confused face.

"Hinata? Why would she care?" Was he really that dumb, or just plain oblivious?

"Naru, you are so thick-skulled.." He grinned widely once again, earning himself a scowl. His face was going to permanently be glued that way if he kept that up. "So why are you following me?" He blushed, realizing I had known he was there for awhile.

"You have a special solo-mission from Granny Tsunde-sensei, and she sent me to get you!"He had taken to adding the sensei after she had trained me for an entire year, I surpassed even her, becoming the most powerful medic nin in the world.

I smirked inwardly. Finally I could get out of this place for awhile! Freedom, baby! I did a few unseen hand signs and vanished in a whirl of black rose petals. "She's gotta stop this creepy stuff already.." Naruto muttered, shaking head and running back towards the Hokage tower.

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"Why ME?! Why not Ino, she's the one who's all sexy and shit!" I yelled at the Hokage, slamming my fist on her stack of papers and snapping the desk in two. She sweatdropped, taking another gulp of her mystery bottle. "Give me answers NOW WOMAN!" I fumed at the drunk once again.

"Ino's team is already on a mission, TenTen and her ANBU team are off and away too, there's no one left here but Hinata and she'd pass out before even looking at the guy!" She barked out, making me sigh and then raise an eyebrow. What did this guy even look like anyway?

"Um, who's the guy I'm going to be attempting to seduce?" I asked, she threw a packet at me and I caught it with ease. Opening it and pulling out a large photo, I felt the blush sprint across my cheeks. This guy was gorgeous, libidinous, sexy. "What's his name?"

"Omey Yost, isn't he fine as hell?" I blushed harder, how was I supposed to seduce him?! "You'll be fine, don't worry. Oh you'll be travelling to the land of FlowerPetals. It'll make sense when you get there." I took another look at the photo and sighed. It was going to be a long week.

"Oh and Sakura, please stop hurting yourself..its killing me," Tsunde spoke softly, and I stood frozen on the dot. Did she know? "It's very obvious when I'm training with you close-range," She scoffed as I closed my eyes. "Can I, you know, see it?" The woman stared at me intently, she wasn't going to give up easily.

I pulled my gloves off and let her see the scars dancing from my wrists to the crease in my elbow. Some were in X's and others were jagged lines where it looked like a barbed wire was taken to the skin. Tsunde didn't say anything about the bruises and blotches gracing her neck and shoulders-cutting off at the fishnet lining hiding the rest-when I turned my head to the side.

"They weren't all from me, you should know that much, "I spat at her, and her eyes widened as I yanked my gloves on and disappeared once again.

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I appeared in my room with a soft 'thump' and quietly packed for my mission. I hardly had any clothes to bring, especially nothing seductive-worthy, or anything at all for that matter. I inwardly groaned as I thought about shopping for sexy clothing. This is where I need Ino, but I guess I ruined that, too.

"Shit," I cursed out loud, watching the locket fall to the floor and snap open. A picture of Sasuke, Naruto, Kakashi and I; the other side holding a picture of my mom, dad, and I. That was before my mom died, which was all my fault also. She had died giving birth to me..and that's when my father finally snapped.

There was a sound of glass breaking downstairs, and I immediately froze. He was awake and he was going to be pissed. I started flinging things in my bag and opened the window to jump out just as the door slamming open, revealing my overly drunken excuse of a father. The sight made me want to throw up.

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Sakura was soon standing at the gates, the sun had just set, and she was panting and trying to wipe the blood from her lip at the same time. She clutched the packet closer to her body as she walked past the large green doors to Konoha, turning back to see them close behind her.

She took off at full speed, not wanting to waste the last shreds of daylight. Chakara engulfed her entire being, pushing her legs faster than ever, she moved with the air, silent and fully guarded. She felt free for once in a long while.

Her pathetic attempt of a campsite held out through the entire night surprisingly, and Sakura awoke to the sound of birds chirping that she'd come to hate every morning. She groaned and tumbled out of her tent onto the still dewy grass, laying on her back staring at the cloudless sky for a while.

Rubbing her eyes and slipping her gloves into place, the pinkette threw some sweats and a red tanktop on, letting her hair cascade down to her waist. She had to find a hotel, go shopping for overly-revealing clothes, and stalk a sexy random potentially dangerous man for information. What a fun, eventful schedule she'd planned!

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Sakura understood what the name of this place meant now. The streets had flower petals of all kinds spewed everywhere, looking literally untouched and without a tear or smudge on a single one! There were Sakura trees blooming all to the sides of the town, lining it in pink. It was beautiful, she had to admit it.

People continued staring at her as she walked down the street, well there's a first for everything, right? Sakura came across around fourteen hotels/motels before she actually found one that looked half-decent. It was named "Sakura's Paradise" She snickered at the thought.

"One room please," The clerk behind the desk gave her a weird look before scribbling some things down on a piece of paper. "How much?"

"Oh, all women stay for free at this hotel, so no worries!" This man was definitely a creeper. Sakura nodded and took the key from his hands, walking the endless stairs to her room: 333. The door clicked open and her jaw literally snapped off. It was huge!

There were paintings of Cherry Blossom Tree's all along the black walls, with a white comforted king sized bed with a light pink canopy flowing from it. It was like the room was specially designed for her! Sakura sighed in content as she sunk straight into the over sized bed. Maybe today wouldn't be as bad as she thought.

There were so many stores to chose from that it ended up putting Sakura on the verge of a migraine. She closed her eyes and spun around, opening them in the direction her finger was pointing. "Delicious Deviant's" It read. But apparently it WAS a clothing store, so she skipped in happily.

Skidding to a halt and looking around the shop, she noticed the clothes were fit for classic strippers. Well, she might as well have fun whilst she's here, where else would she get the chance to do this again?

In Suna.

"Kazekage-sama, we have another opportunity to make peace with the Land Of FlowerPetals, but it requires you to go personally and sign the documents," An elder said rather slowly for Gaara's taste, his patience was wearing thin as it is.

"So be it, I'll leave at nightfall, I want to get this done and over with as soon as possible," Gaara replied in his deep voice, ending the meeting and walking back to his house-er-mansion to gather his belongings. He wondered if they were just sending him on another suicide mission to get rid of him, again. These people were so predictable.

All of the walls were coated in black paint, with red vines weaving through all of the halls, Gaara had designed it himself in one night. He sighed as he reached his room, pushing the doors open and moving to sit on his large black and red dressed bed. The walls were different in here; red with black specks everywhere, like the paint cans had exploded all over the walls. Makes sense, since that's what actually did happen.

He figured he didn't really need much, just some boxers and extra clothes, so he set off to fetch Temari and take her with him, he knew how much she loved that stupid flower town. He sighed again, rubbing his left temple. This was going to be one long trip.

Sakura burst out laughing as she looked at herself in the mirrors, she was wearing leather booty-shorts and a red corset. She had to admit, she did actually look pretty damn good in the top, now that her breasts had grown twice the size over the years. She ended up buying that, a short black dress that dipped low in the front, and some black and red lingerie just for the hell of it.

She appeared in her hotel room, and hurried to take a quick shower and get ready to hit the clubs. This guy had to be in the only club in town, at least. Right? Her hair had soft waves, she traded her gloves her a pair of fishnet warmers, and added a smokey eye with light red lipstick. All in all, she looked hot, and she was ready to creep on some guy for the night. And so with that, she began her walk down the crowded streets, never noticing the pair of onyx eyes watching her from afar.

Don't go assuming things just yet about the mystery guy!

Tell me how it was^^

-Nina