Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Death By Love ❯ His Past ( Chapter 6 )

Death By Love

regret - [re-gret] v, n
1) A sense of loss and longing for someone or something gone.

2) A feeling of disappointment or distress about something that one wishes could be different.

forgotten - [fer-got-n] v.
1) to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall.
2) Fail to mention, to banish from one's thoughts, to leave behind unintentionally.
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She was walking home. The cold wind blew past her, causing her pink hair to fly in different directions.

She had just come back from a mission and was completely drained of chakra. It was amazing that she could still walk.

She was almost home, so she quickened her pace.

Then, a hand grabbed her from behind. One hand over her mouth to keep her from screaming, and another hand around her waist, pulling her back.

Sakura tried to scream, but couldn't. And because she was so tired, it would be a challenge to get away from him.

He was pulling her back now. Probably taking her into the forest to kill her. She managed to let out a coughed scream for help.

Suddenly, the grip her attacker had on her loosened.

Sakura looked back to see her attacker dead on the ground. She looked up to see who had saved her.

It was…

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Sakura woke up with a jump and held her head in pain. She hadn't had that dream in a long time, and when she did, she always woke up with a terrible head ache. She never got to see the person who had saved her in the dream either.



She got up slowly and went to take a shower and get something to eat. Then, sat on the sofa in the living room to take a look outside. Today was bright and sunny.

There was a group of children playing catch outside, the five children stood in a circle and threw an orange ball to each other. Sakura then noticed a small boy, sitting far away from the children watching them play. He looked sad and lonely.

Someone threw the ball to hard, and it landed right in front of the boy. A girl with brown spiky hair went to retrieve it. The boy held up the ball and it looked like he was asking the girl something. The girl snatched the ball back and yelled something, and went off to play with the other children.

The boys' face twisted in an emotion Sakura couldn't quite place. She then saw him slowly walk away with his head down.

Sakura felt a deep pain in her heart watching the boy walk away with his head down. The small boy reminded her of Gaara.

Was this how he was treated as a child? She thought as she grabbed her shoes and ran outside.

Naruto had told her of Gaara's past. She thought that was terrible. How could anyone treat a child that way?

When she finally caught up with the boy, he was sitting in an alley like place with his head down. She approached him slowly and took in his appearance. His clothes were torn, dirty and ragged. His shoes were broken up and worn out. He looked as dirty as the alley he was sitting in.

She sat opposite of the small boy and tapped his shoulder. He looked up in surprise. She could now see his tear stained cheeks and bright green eyes.

“Hi!” Sakura said as cheerfully as she could.

The boy just stared at her for a minute, and then said, “What do you want?”

“I saw how those children treated you…I just wanted-''

“They're always like that.” The boy interrupted. “I never get to play with them…because…because of this.” He held out his hand and she could see what was wrong. He had an extra finger between his index finger and his thumb.

It was something so small…she would have never thought he was getting excluded for something like that.

“The other kids call me a freak.” He said looking down. “I don't have any friends…”

“I'll be your friend then.” Sakura said, trying to keep smiling. She remembered herself when she was small, and how the other children made fun of her because of her big forehead.

The boy looked skeptical for a moment. Then gave a small smile.

Sakura then walked around town with the boy. He told her his name, which was Mareo meaning rare and uncommon. He told her about his father who had died and his mother who worked hard to support him. He told her about everything. Sakura wished Gaara would open up to her like Mareo did.

When 12:00 rolled around. Sakura told Mareo that she had to go to work now. He looked disappointed, but understood. He had said that she was his very first friend.

Sakura felt like she accomplished something today. As she walked up the front stairs of Konoha Hospital. She had been taking care of Gaara for over a two weeks now.

Every day was like a routine now. She would first go to Tsunade for his medicine, then try to get him to talk to her until she had to go. Most of the time, she tried to talk to him. She would get rewarded with a death glare.

She had really started to like Gaara. But she knew he would probably never feel the same way she did.

She entered Tsunade's office to find that she wasn't in there. Now normally, she wouldn't do this, but decided that she would go through Tsunade's stuff. First, she opened the desk to find a stash of sake. Then she opened another part of the desk to see a large looking document.

The document held all the deaths and sick people who have ever been in this hospital.

She skimmed through it. Looking at all the people in the hospital first.

Chiori Matsuragi - Fractured Leg. Stayed in hospital for 1 week. Recovered.

Yuki Itama - Blood loss. Kept in the hospital for 2 weeks. Recovered.

Hinata Hyuga - Passed out. Kept in hospital over night. Recovered.

Sakura smiled when she read that. She probably saw Naruto…

Naruto was listed a lot of times for different reasons. Most of the times was over working himself.

Sakura was surprised when she stumbled across her name.

Sakura Haruno - This information will be with held from this document. Cause? Severe Trauma. Recovered ???

Sakura stared down at the file she held in her hands in disbelief. Severe trauma? I don't remember ever being in the hospital for that. She wondered about the question mark beside recovered. This document was updated every day, would that mean that…she was still…still…

Sakura felt like she was going to lose it. She flipped the book to the death section and began to skim through. She had a feeling that she would see something. What? She didn't know.

She began reading the names out loud.

“Fujita Hurai, Sakina Umachi, Kaede Saiu,-'' Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a name that looked familiar. Before she could read it, the document was snatched out of Sakura's hands.

Tsunade stood behind Sakura with the document in her hands. “Sakura, what do you think you're doing?”

“I'm sorry Tsunade…” She started. “It's just that…I saw the document and-''

“Never read this document. The only person who should be reading this…is me.”

She decided not to tell her boss about her name in the document. But she really wanted to get her hands on it again, and read that name she didn't get a good look at.

Tsunade handed Sakura Gaara's medicine. And Sakura left the office in a hurry.

She didn't know why but she felt like Tsunade was hiding something from her. She remembered a time when she was asked to go on a mission...

Sakura stepped into the office and waited to know about the mission she was going to take.

“Sakura, remember when the snow country attacked the part of the village?” Sakura shook her head and said, “When did this happen? I don't remember that.”

She had never seen Tsunade so horrified. She quickly covered her mouth and said, “Never mind. Forget I ever brought it up. I'll get Ino to take the mission.”

Sakura walked down the hallway and opened the white door, and stepped into the room. To see Gaara eyeing her as she sat down on the white chair next to his bed. He already had his hand held out in the position so she could give him the needle.

After she did. She glanced at the brown necklace that hung around Gaara's neck. She had been wanting to ask him about that ever since the first time he had come here.

“Gaara…you'll be leaving the hospital soon…you're healing faster than I suspected.”

“How long do I have?” He asked, actually interested in what she had to say.

“About…two or three days.” She said. Looking at the necklace again. After listening to Mareo open up about himself. She hoped Gaara would too.

“Umm...Gaara, what does your necklace mean?” She asked, hoping he'd tell her.