Author's Note:

Naruto=not mine, Storyline=mine.

No one is meant to be alone.

Chapter 7: A destiny to lose

It had been 4 years…

…since he left her, since Team 7 had broken, since she fallen backwards into hell…

Flashback

Her tears streaked her cheeks, they were her weakness that proved to the world she was in pain, the boy who had taken her heart was leaving her, and she would lose him if she didn't do something.

Sakura had tried everything in her power to get him to open up to her, they had become closer, there had been a bond between them; she had felt it. Team 7 had been strong if only for a while, but Sasuke he had other things on his mind, she could see how he pushed others away further than before.

Things only got worse over time…

Sasuke had changed after the chunin exams he was colder, more power obsessed then ever, Sakura although to her dismay had tried asking Sasuke to eat out with her and Naruto; only he wouldn't look at her. He wouldn't have anything to do with his Team or her outside of training.

They were his weakness he had to shed in return for power.

Kakashi had talked to the boy and watched over his back since the chunin exam, Orochimaru had made his move giving Sasuke the cursed seal, and now he could only watch the cards fate dealt. It was not within his power to stop Sasuke, he knew that the boy had only revenge written on his mind, he just hoped the boy would come to him for help and not fall into the corrupt darkness of the seal.

That night Sakura had awoken as her heart cried out something was wrong, she felt unsettled, disturbed; her Uncle had forbidden her to meet up with her Team unless it was for missions or training, but she had to follow her heart.

…and she was glad she did for she found him about to leave her world undoubtedly forever, she had found him walking down the back path that would lead him away from Konoha.

"Don't leave Sasuke…you have no idea how much you mean to…Naruto…and the team"

He stopped in his tracks.

She couldn't say her name; she didn't want to be heart broken, but it was pointless her heart was already broken.

Did she have it in her to tell him her feelings?

She stared pleadingly at his back, her love for him did not falter, not matter he had pushed her away. She could hear her own shortened breaths and the world seemed so small, so dark, and so hopeless, she felt lost with no path to follow. She had no where and no one to turn to as her heart was torn from her, it had after all always belonged to him, he just had yet to realise it.

"Why do you have to go?"

He didn't have to go elsewhere to become stronger, did he? She had realised after she had met her Team, that by having bonds you could become stronger, those bonds no matter how small and insignificant were powerful, they had forced her to grow stronger so that she could protect those precious to her, she had realised that after battling that rouge Nin in her first C ranked mission.

If Sasuke had those bonds he could grown powerful too…

With those bonds, with Sasuke, she believed she could overcome her Uncle, she believed she could be strong enough to ask for help, to escape from the devil. But…he wouldn't face her, was he even listening?

"Sasuke…please…I…need you, we all need you, we can help you become stronger here, Kakashi-sensei can train you; we all will help you, so you don't need to go"

The wind swept through the trees blowing their tresses in the breeze, he was silent; she couldn't get through to him.

"I can't lose you Sasuke, how can I make you understand?"

Look at me, listen to me, Sasuke, please, you're my everything, I'm risking everything to tell you this tonight, I might die, couldn't you at least look at me once…even if it was to glare…please…my Uncle he…Sasuke…

Her lip trembled, she was on the verge of tears, the boy she had given her broken heart to ignored her, it brought back painful memories. Her heart, her hope, her all, she had given it to him, and was left with nothing. She bit her lip to stop a sob from escaping, she had never wished for his heart in return for she knew it was too much to ask for, she just wanted him to accept hers.

…but he had taken everything and given her nothing in return, she was a broken doll, a heartless doll…a shell of something that couldn't have been the most beautiful of all…

…but he hadn't given her the chance to fly…

"I wish you would be happy…you mean the world…to me, I wish I could make you happy too, will you let me?"

Nothing.

It was now or never…

"I…don't know what I should do without you, Sasuke, please, I can't go on if your not here…I need you…I…I love you…Sasuke, I love you"

There, that was it, she had told him, she had let him take her heart completely, she had shown him her feelings that she had endured in secret; she had become emotionally defenceless for him, but she was losing the battle, he wasn't going to listen.

He wouldn't look at her, he couldn't her, he only needed power.

He wouldn't acknowledge her, bonds were for the weak.

No more…

He wouldn't accept her; revenge was all that mattered; she was nothing.

He couldn't waste time on 'friends' which he didn't need, this girl was nothing to him.

…she's weak…useless…pathetic…

"Sakura…you're annoying"

Blank…her cloudy eyes filled with tears locked with his, they showed nothing, nothing at all, no emotion, nothing she had said to had meant anything…so it was just her who had felt that way…what a fool you have been Sakura.

The hot tears threatened to fall.

He was leaving.

"Sas…Sasuke, pl…please…please don't leave me… I love you more than anything!"

At this moment she didn't care of the consequences that would come from her confession, she would accept her due punishment from her Uncle without a fight, she deserved it, whatever he gave her, she was…useless…and…annoying.

…but she would regret it later if he left and she could have stopped him. She did not want her heart to be meaningless.

"SASUKE IF YOU GO I'LL SCREAM!"

He vanished from her sight and she froze her eyes wide.

He was…gone?

"…Thank-you…Sakura" He was behind her. He had always had unbeatable speeds she thought bitterly. The pressure point on her neck was hit, why Sasuke?

Her world faded, she was nothing to him, she was nothing…

…why I needed you?

She slipped into the uncomfortable darkness alone.

End Flashback

Back to reality…

It was her own fault that she had tripped and fallen in love, but it was their fault she was alone, they had left her to be eaten by a devil.

Her broken eyes met the mirror; she couldn't even recognise her own reflection. She had changed since the day team 7 died, Naruto had left soon after Sasuke to train with a legendary Sanin and Kakashi had moved on, working closely with the Hokage monitoring the Akatsuki's movements.

They had all left her, her bonds that she wanted to protect…left.

…her Uncle had laughed psychotically…

"…Sakura, my dear Sakura, your worthless, it's the reason why they left you, no one wants to know a fucking bitch like you, you'll just ruin them…"

She had cried out Sasuke's name when she was left alone at night after her Uncle had finished his torture, but no matter had many times she had called he had never come, it was silly of her, he hadn't heard her when she was by his side, so there's no way he will ever hear her now when he was gone from the village.

…stupid Sasuke…

Sakura had quit being a Kunoichi, it was an obvious thing to do, she couldn't carry on with no team or mentor, she was now a normal civilian. She smirked, it wasn't like she had quit entirely, no that wasn't the case at all; she still trained in every spare second she found. She would not be weak, not any more. She would not be underestimated.

Over the past four years she had grown, she developed her own extensive healing techniques and had combined them with simple ninjitsu's at first, but then she toyed with ideas and allowed these simple techniques become stronger and more powerful, they were now unique like her.

…but no matter how strong she had become with physical power she was still mentally broken, no matter how she had grown she was still like a child frightened by the big bad monster under her bed.

Her Uncle was still her own private demon possessed with revenge, he hated her fouled blood, her entire being laughed at him as she was the produce of their love, the love of his brother and her mother, he would destroy that love at the cost of his own insanity.

…how pathetic…

The girl in the mirror had pink hair that trailed down past her waist; her bangs were dyed red with blood from the gash that splayed itself just above her right eyebrow. Her eyes were unsightly and animalistic, daring the world to make its move, the girl's eyes mocked her, they were cold and hard like emeralds; they taunted her.

She grinned, she had an intoxicating beauty, and the blood that coated her pale perfect body gave her a poisonous edge, if you get too close you'll die.

Sakura leaned in watching how her delicate finger touched the girl in the mirror, they were the same; she was the girl. She glared in anger as she hissed at the reflection, her hand formed a fist and it connected to the mirror.

The clatter of the shards resonated through the tiny bathroom.

Sakura gave a bitter laugh into the now soundless area.

"Useless girl, no wonder they left you, you're pathetic" Her tongue tasted the red liquid that dripped from her knuckle and left her lips red.

She tensed from her musings; something had slipped inside her house.

Something wasn't right. She could feel the presence of an outsider. Silence. The girl moved like night itself, silent and deadly. She crouched down behind a counter; the intruder was in her living room.

Her eyes shifted to the shadows. Cold green surveyed anything and everything in her vision, was her mind playing tricks on her? Something was there. Wasn't it?

The floor board groaned.

Someone was there. She fumbled to find a kunai in the dark; she left bloodied hands prints on the floor, she had stashed her weapons under some loose tiling where her Uncle could not find them.

Her pulse quickened in anticipation, she had found what she was looking for.

"…show yourself or die, in fact why don't you just die?" she whispered to the being in her house as she rolled out of her hiding place and flung the small knife at them. It couldn't have been her Uncle in the adjoining room as he had only left an hour ago after he found out that he had consumed the entire houses alcohol supply, and of course he needed that alcohol to make her tortures all that more inventive.

Sakura prowled forwards her target pinned, she smirked as she performed her own hand signals; this technique was bound to be very painful, although she hadn't tried it on a human yet it did create the desired effect she was aiming for on a mountain lion. The lion had been suffocated by its own body, she had taken notes as she watched it choke out inaudible hisses and growls; the technique seemed to destroyed blood sells carrying oxygen hence the suffocation.

"Haruno Sakura, stop!" It was a clear voice, one of a female and it quivered slightly. She raised an eyebrow, someone knows her name? Her eyes narrowed as she cast a fire ninjitsu to shed light upon her victim.

The woman had red hair, brown eyes, concealed herself in a travelling cloak, looked to be around 20, and supported no village identification.

Just who had found their way to hell?

"How would one know my name and whereabouts? Speak now or great pain." A feral edge laced Sakura's voice and she loved it.

"S…stop, I'll talk, I'm your sister!" Curiosity nudged Sakura slightly so she withheld from her attack. Yes, curiosity had killed the cat, but she didn't give stuff about the cat. Curiosity wouldn't kill her, not yet. She would find out exactly what this woman wanted.

The said woman looked absolutely petrified, perfect.

"Liar, I have no family" She stood above the woman looking down at her, tilting her head she glared at her, begging her to lie again.

"I'm not lying, we're sisters, well half sisters, my mother, your mother had me when she was young, and I was put up for adoption. My adopted parents they told me of my mother and so I asked around for the Haruno family and ended up here.", the woman frantically muttered.

Sakura looked unimpressed.

"…and what type of people did you ask? There aren't any I know of who know where I live." Sakura smirked triumphantly inside she had caught the woman in her own web of lies.

"…w…well it wasn't really people, but one person, mainly, she, she can find people…it's one of her gifts."

Her laugh came out as harsh as ice. How the hell could this be true? And yet she saw no lie in this woman's eyes, she was…rendered speechless…she had a sister… It was, this whole situation was delusional. It was pure madness.

She had a sister, a sister…

She had family apart from her Uncle, this was what she had always wanted, wasn't it?

Then why could she feel…nothing.

No emotion…no sense of joy or happiness enveloped her like she had always imagined it would of have.

She felt nothing.

Her emotions had been spent, and her heart had been stolen, there was nothing she could give this sister.

Her fire jitsu extinguished itself and the two women were left in the darkness, Sakura could hear her sister's breaths they were quick unlike her own.

She was afraid still.

"…fine, I believe you, I'm not going to hurt you now, you can stand" With that said the woman stood obeying pulling the kunai out that had kept her attached to the floor, she seemed more at ease now that Sakura had believed her, but there was still something wrong with her.

Sakura could taste her fear.

"What's wrong with you?" she grunted in annoyance, she was serious when she had said she wasn't going to kill her…for now any way.

Her sister squeaked and fidgeted, her hands clammed down on her cloak.

"It's nothing, wait, no…um, is this where you live?" Sakura raised an eyebrow at her, "It's just that, I well, I think someone…died here, I mean earlier, well I heard glass shatter, and there…th-there's blood…on the floor."

"…do you believe in hell?"

The devil lives in hell you know…

This may have amused her but she couldn't believe how stupid she had been for not realising, she had a sister, and he was due back, she had to get her out, now!

Sakura pushed the woman towards the back door without hearing the woman's answer, time for this family member to escape from the devil that had cadged her, she may not be able to feel, but she knew that this woman did not deserve her destiny too.

"Listen you, we may be related, but this really isn't the time or place for you to be here, it was nice to have met you, but you have to go, and please don't come back it's for your own good." She glanced behind her, it was funny; she didn't notice the blood anymore.

"Wait, Sakura…I came here for a reason, I want you to come live with me, this, um person I asked for information, she told me my mother was dead but that I still had a sister who needed a home, that's why I wanted to meet you no matter what, and that's why I came with every intention of taking you with me…" she was cut off, "Sisters or not, it's unwise for you to stay here or for me to leave suddenly."

"…but, I want us to be family, please, at least let us talk more, I want to know you."

"That's not a good…" She was cut off this time to her surprise.

"Sakura, please, you're my only family left." The woman wined, Sakura's eye twitched, "Fine, we can…talk…tomorrow…at the red bridge at noon, now go."

She had managed to push the woman of the house and into the yard where the moon light shined through the clouds, she sighed, she couldn't give this sister what she hoped for, for she had nothing to give.

"OH MY GOD, what, Sakura your covered inn blood? What happened? Were you attacked? We have to get help!" Her sister grabbed her upper arms analyzing her body, she shuddered inwardly, it was weird for someone to touch her and for it not to hurt, too weird.

"Don't… fucking touch me." Sakura hissed as she roughly pulled back and stepped back into the shadows of the house, she didn't like people to see her like this.

"I…I'm…so-rry…I didn't mean…I only thought…"

Great, she had upset her, she sighed.

"Just meet me tomorrow, ok, and let's pretend you never saw me like this", why did she always have the worst of luck? How the fuck was she going to handle a sister with her Uncle prowling around?

"…ok, bye." Her sister looked defeated and disappointed.

I'm sorry I'm not what you expected, I'm sorry for being so…pathetic…

Sakura rubbed a hand against he face in annoyance, she was bound to regret agreeing to meet with her.

There was a pause before Sakura took a breath; she couldn't let her go like this…

"What's your name?"

The woman stopped. Her cloak swished round as she twisted back to Sakura, her hands clasped behind her.

"Hana" Her sister beamed back before she disappeared from view.

…so…she has a sister…

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