Disclaimer: Kishimoto Masashi owns Naruto, not me. I'm making no profit off of this story.

AN: Please note the genres. Rated M for the death of a baby and language. Fifth in my When the Wind Bows series, and set about one month after A Passing Chill.

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A Piercing Loss by luvsanime02

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"He took my baby."

Thump. Thump. Thump.

"Sakura-chan-"

"Naruto? He took my baby."

Thump. Thunk. Thunk.

"Sakura-chan, stop. Give me the kunai, okay?"

"Go to hell." Thunk. Thunk. "He took my baby. He-"

Thunk. Thunk. ThunkThunkThunk.

"Stop it, Sakura-chan. Please. Stop it. He's-"

Thunk. "My baby. My perfect little baby girl. My-"

Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.

"…Our baby, Sakura-chan, all of ours. We're-"

"NO. No, not your baby. My baby. I'm the one who- She was my baby, and he took her."

THUNK. THUNK. THUNK.

"…You're bleeding. You're bleeding too much, Sakura-chan. You need to let me take you to the hospital."

Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.

"We're in the middle of the street. There are people everywhere. There are ANBU here who want to take the- him- away, but they don't want to scare you. You need to let go of-"

"How fucking dare you."

"Sakura-"

"Who the hell- Don't you tell me- She was my baby, and I-"

Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.

"Sakura-chan, you need to stop stabbing the body so I can take you to the hospital. Or you are going to bleed out. She was mine too, and I can't- I can't lose you."

THUNK. THUNK. THUNK.

"He took my baby."

"I know. Sakura-chan, give me the kunai."

"No."

Thunk. Thunk. Thunk.

"…Sasuke's coming back tonight. He knew that, must have planned this for when Sasuke was gone. And I can't- How am I going to- Sakura-chan, please give me the kunai? Please? There's blood everywhere, and I don't know how much of it's yours and how much- You're shaking. Sakura-chan, give me the kunai."

THUNK. THUNK. THUNK.

"He's already dead, Sakura-chan. You killed him. He's dead. Let me take you to the hospital. Let me-"

THUNK. THUNK. Thunk. …Thunk.

"Come here. Just let me touch you, please, Sakura-chan? Just let me-"

"Naruto. Naruto, he took my baby. He took my- Make him give her back.

"Sakura-"

"Make him give her back, Naruto. He took my baby. Make him give her back. Please. Please, I'll do anything-"

"Sakura-chan."

"Please. He took my baby. Just give her back. Just give her back. Just give me my baby back, Naruto."

("Wait are you waiting for? I don't care, get that thing out of here.")

"Naruto, give me-"

"Sakura-chan, please stop asking. You know I can't- I'd do anything to- But she's-"

"I trusted him. I trusted him. I fucking let him into our lives, into our home, and- He took my baby. He took-"

("No, I can carry her. Get away from her.")

"He was my friend. He was- How could he- He was my friend. Naruto, he was-"

"I know. I know, Sakura-chan. We're almost at the hospital now, and Tsunade-baa-chan's going to fix you up, okay? Whatever's wrong, we'll-"

"I want my baby back."

"I can't do this right now. I can't- Sakura-chan, please just- just-"

"Give me my baby back. Give me-"

"We're here, Sakura-chan. We're here, and Tsunade-baa-chan's going to take a look at you now, okay?"

…

"Sakura-chan, please don't- We'll-"

"…She had black hair."

"Sakura-chan, please. I can't. I can't-"

"I saw that much, through all the blood."

"Please, just let Baa-chan- Let her help-"

"Where's Sasuke-kun? I want Sasuke-kun. Where is-"

"He's been away for a few days, remember? He'll be back tonight. He'll be back soon. I can't do this."

"…I never even got to hold her. My baby. My perfect little Rei-chan."