Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.

Note: This one is going to be very very dramatic and is rated for violence.

"Get away from me!" She screamed as pain radiated through out her body. It was happening again. Her father was at it again. Even though it hurt so much, she knew she was stronger and could take it better than her mother. The punches, and kickings, her poor fragile mother would shatter. Sakura, on the other hand, being a ninja, could better withstand the pain.

"You hittle whore! Where's yer mutter? Huh? Tell meee, damn you!" Whenever her dad came home like this, or if he snuggled his sake bottle for a few hours, Sakura would force her mother into hiding and claim she didn't know where she was.

"I don't know! I swear! Aaah ughh..." A strike to the back of the head. What an ass. She did love her father, or atleast she thinks she does, but one day, he would pay for it.

"One of theeese days I'm goin to get yer mutter, youuu know thet?" You'll never touch one hair on her head, you bastard! Another hit, this time hard enough to knock her down. "An one uf dese days, Ima make you into a real women, ya hear? Ima, show ma whore of a dotter, a reeeeeal man!" She struck out her leg and kicked him in the stomach, sending him flying. With a loud bang and some plaster dust, her old man was out. For now.

Sakura struggled off the floor and out the door to bring her mother her home. For all she cared her dad could sleep there all night long.

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"She's got bruises again" Sakura heard some of the other genin murmur as she passed through the academy to get her next mission. As always, she ignored them and walked through the halls, her nose held high.

"Um...Sakura-chan, hows everything going at home?" It was Ino Yamanaka, Sakura's 'frenenemy'.

"Fine, why wouldn't they be?" she retorted. She couldn't let them find out, bad things would happen if people found out. Her mother and her could be separated, her father would go to jail. She hated him at times for what he did, but he was her father after all.

Ino dropped her voice to a whisper, "Well I overheard your mother crying last night when my mother was with her in the back of the flower shop and I just thought that maybe something was wrong-"

"Nothing's wrong, everything is just fine!" Sakura spit.

"Well you don't have to be such a priss about it, billboard-brows! I was just trying to be nice, sheesh!" And with that, she staunchly walked off. Sakura continued to the room where she would meet with her teammates and receive her next mission.

Naruto's Point of View

"Aaaw! When will we ever get a better mission! I'm not a baby!" Naruto whined, and Kakashi scolded him. The way Naruto saw it, he could kick anybody's butt. Why should he be chasing grass and pulling up weeds?

"Ah, Sakura, you've finally joined us, it's unusual for you to be late." Kakashi said as Sakura walked through the massive doors.

"I'm eh... Sorry. Late night, and my alarm clock erm... didn't go off." In truth her father had thrown it at her last night. That's how she had gotten this lovely black eye. She'd covered it up the best she could with make-up, but she was afraid that it was still pretty noticable.

"All right then, now that everyone's here, we'll give the mission's details." Iruka Sensei said nervously, scratching the back of his head.

As he babbled on about the mission, how much income it would bring, blah blah blah, Naruto scrutinized Sakura's face. Something just wasn't right. "Hey Sakura" he whispered.

"Hmm?" she said, a little shocked from the sudden interruption.

"Something's different about you..." He cocked his head to the side.

"I... well uh...-"

"Naruto!" Iruka sensei yelled, "Do you want this mission or not?" His face was getting red with agrivation.

"Well, not that one exactly..." Kakashi put his hand over Naruto's mouth and apologized.

"Of course we'll take it, and we are very grateful, aren't we Naruto?" He gave an extra squeeze.

Naruto growled from within his headlock.

"Dismissed." Said one of the councilmen, and thus Team Seven left.

But before hobbling out, Naruto noticed Kakashi eyeing Sakura warily, and Sasuke glancing curiously.

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Chapter 2 anyone? I tried to put some suspense in this one. In the next chapter I'm thinking about one of the team members finding out. Anyone have ideas about who? The next chapter will be known as, The Interrogation.