Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Of Love and Betrayal ❯ Revealed Secrets ( Chapter 11 )

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Warning: Lots of Angst!

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“Her muscle, organs and tissue in her stomach are badly damaged, we need to get her to a hospital quickly,” Naizu said and took off again.

When they reached Konoha Kakashi ordered Naizu and Kaijo to go take Sakura to the hospital and he would go inform Tsunade.

`You better be okay Sakura,' Kakashi thought his heart beating fast in his chest.

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- XI -

Revealed Secrets(Revised)

 

Sakura's body shuddered again in his arms causing Naizu to tighten his hold on her. He quickly made his way to the Konoha Hospital, Kaijo close on his heels.

“We need a doctor now! She has torn muscle and organs in her stomach she needs to be healed immediately,” Naizu said sternly.

The small desk assistant nodded her head and two nurses came running out with a hospital bed in tow. He gently placed Sakura's shaking body onto the medical bed and watched as she was hurriedly wheeled away to the intensive care unit. Naizu and Kaijo followed the nurses but were stopped and told to wait outside of the room as Sakura was moved into a large room. The two ninja sat numbly on the bench outside of the room Sakura was in. Even though they had just met the pink-haired Kinochi, they had come to care for her greatly. Kaijo, unable to sit, stood and started to pace before the closed doors. Naizu sat with his chin in his hands, his brows furrowed in worry. This is how Tsunade and Kakashi found them when they sped around the corner ten minutes later.

“You three wait out here, I will come and get you when she is stabilized,” Tsunade said and immediately walked through the door. As the door swung closed the three men heard a blood curling scream being ripped from their teammate's throat. Naizu saw Kakashi's face instantly go pale and his eye fill with fear. In the time he had been with Kakashi he had never seen such an expression on his face. The fact that he saw fear in the man's eyes showed him just how much their new teammate meant to his captain. He stood and laid a hand on Kakashi's shoulder squeezing gently.

“Don't worry she will be okay,” He said quietly trying to reassure the man.

Kakashi's black gaze flicked to his face and he nodded and sat on the bench, his gaze locked on the red light above the closed doors.

-0o0-

Two hours later the red light died down and a tired looking Tsunade walked out of the door. All three men stood immediately, their concerned eyes locked on Tsunade.

“Sakura will be okay,” Tsunade finally said and each man sighed in relief.

“She is being taken to her room to recover you will be able to visit her in a little bit but first I have to speak with all three of you. Come this way.”

Tsunade turned and led the three men down a small corridor and into an unoccupied room. Once all three of them had entered and closed the door, Tsunade turned to them and motioned for them to sit at the table.

“There is something I need to tell you guys, something about Sakura's past and the reason for her injury today… This is something not even Sakura knows that I know.”

Tsunade turned to gaze out the window, her back turned to the three shinobi; her honey gaze scanning over the village of Konoha.

“When Sakura was 16 she was captured by Sound nin on a D rank mission. She was taken to Orochimaru's stronghold and held there as a prisoner. At that time her old teammate Uchiha Sasuke had been serving Orochimaru to gain power in order to kill his brother Uchiha Itachi. Orochimaru ordered Sasuke to rape and torture Sakura to show that he had no emotional ties to Konoha anymore,” Tsunade paused, her eyes closing as she felt her heart constrict in pain.

“Sasuke did as he was told; he brutally raped Sakura numerous times… Sakura had loved the Uchiha dearly and had respected and trusted him as a friend just as Naruto had. She had been traumatized just from the fact that this person that she had both loved and trusted would betray her in the worst way possible. Not only had the Uchiha raped her but he had also let his comrade Kabuto work his twisted experiments on her. Orochimaru had wanted to use the Uchiha as his next vessel but he also wanted the Uchiha's child. So he had impregnated Sakura with the Uchiha's child and then taken the embryo out of Sakura. In doing this he had destroyed her tissue and had made it so that Sakura could not have children anymore. He never took the torn and damaged tissue out and Kabuto had used a strange herb on Sakura's womb so that her tissue would slowly die away. That is how Sasuke wanted her to die, slowly and painfully.”

Tsunade turned to the group and found three pairs of shocked and disgusted eyes. Her gaze landed on Kakashi who looked as if he would puke at any second. She knew hearing this was hard for him especially and she walked over to him, gently placing a hand on his trembling shoulder.

“She had known about this the entire time, and we have been working around the clock to find a cure to fix her womb. She has clung onto the hope of being able to have children and so doing, she would refuse to get her womb taken out. I was reluctant to make her because I knew just how much she was hurting inside. We still have not found a cure so we had to take out her organs. During the mission she had received a hard hit to her stomach which had caused even more damage. The way her womb had looked when we took it out of her… it had rotted away to almost nothing. Seeing what that man did to her… I wish I could go back in time just so I could punish the Uchiha.” Her voice shook with rage and her hand tightened painfully on Kakashi's shoulder.

Kakashi didn't feel the pain; he was too absorbed in his own turbulent thoughts. He knew that Sakura had been raped from the way he had found her but the extent of torture she had endured broke his heart. He felt an overwhelming wave of guilt and sorrow go through him. He should have been able to save her from that pain; the torture she had to go through, it was disgusting what Sasuke had done to her. His hands curled into tight fists at his sides and he shook with rage at the thought of his former student; the one he had so trustingly taught the Chidori too, the one that he had seen himself in.

Tsunade walked back to the window and lowered her head so that her bangs covered her eyes.

“How do you know all of this? Did she tell you?” Kakashi asked.

Tsunade heard the waver in his voice and her fists tightened at her side.

`Kakashi… you always hold everything inside.'

She turned to face the trio. “When we rescued her I used a technique to extract her memories so that I could see what she had endured. She doesn't know that I know all of this. The reason why I'm telling you all of this is because you are now her family. As a team you will be fighting and dying together and this will be an issue that will fuel many of her emotions. I want you to be able to understand her through her temper and the mask that she puts on to the world. Inside she is still a lost girl, hurting from betrayal and heartbreak.” She tuned to Kakashi. “Kakashi you wondered why I put her on your team… the reason is because she needs you. She needs all of you to heal. I just hope that I made the right decision to pass her into ANBU…” She trailed off.

“You may go and see her now, she is in room 210, and she is probably asleep so you shouldn't stay long. Just please, when she wakes up, please help her to live again.” Tsunade said, her honey eyes silently pleading with the three men. She then turned and left the room leaving the three men stunned.

-0o0-

Kakashi, Kaijo, and Naizu all entered the quiet room where Sakura was placed. Each set of eyes were drawn to the sleeping woman on the white bed. Kaijo and Naizu stared down at their new teammate with a new sense of awe and respect, now knowing the hell that she had been through. They never would have guessed that she had been so traumatized in her past by the carefree way she acted now. Kakashi walked to the side of the small bed and gazed down at the pale face of the woman he now realized he loved. He didn't know how this slip of a girl had gotten through his barriers but she had and now knowing all the pain she had lived with by herself all of these years broke that same heart that loved her.

His saddened gaze slowly studied her sleeping face. He looked at the familiar pink lips that he had kissed the small nose he longed to nibble on, her closed eyes that hid the pain that she held inside. He sank to his knees and slowly slid his hand under her limp hand. He laced his fingers through hers and rested his forehead to her own. His one eye gazed at her closed lids and his hold on her hand tightened.

“I'm so sorry Sakura… you had to endure all that pain, so much pain by yourself. I left you, abandoned you…” Kakashi drew in a shuddering breath and he shifted so that his head rested against her shoulder.

Kaijo and Naizu witnessed the scene before them. They could see the conflicting emotions swimming in Kakashi's eye and they realized that their captain loved this woman. Naizu's gaze flicked to the sleeping woman and then back to Kakashi's pain filled face.

`You love her don't you Kakashi?'

His lips curled into a small smile and he turned and left motioning for Kaijo to follow. Heedless to their exit, Kakashi continued to gaze down at the sleeping Sakura. A lone crystalline tear slid from his eye and fell onto her pale face. Kakashi closed his eye and lowered his head more tears dripping to land on Sakura's pale face. A small frown formed on her lips and she slowly opened her emerald eyes. When her vision focused she saw Kakashi's face hovering above her own. Another bead of moisture fell onto her face and she realized that Kakashi was crying.

`Why is he crying?'

She felt her left hand being held by his, their fingers entwined. She brought her right hand to his face and gently wiped away the falling tears. His eye opened, startled. Her frown deepened as she saw the deep pain and guilt in his onyx gaze. Her eyes narrowed and she slowly lifted his head band to reveal his closed Sharingan. She then curled her fingers around his mask and slipped it off his face. Her eyes drank in the sight of his face. His perfect lips where in a frown and his open eye stared intently into her own.

“I'm sorry Sakura… all that pain you went through and I had abandoned you…how could you not look at me with hate?”

Sakura's eyes narrowed. “What are you talking about Kakashi?”

“Tsunade told us everything… everything that they did to you.”

Sakura's eyes widened in fear. `They knew… they knew everything!'

Deep sorrow overtook her and she turned her face away. “How could you not look at me with disgust in your eyes? I'm disgusting… used up…” She whispered viciously, tears flowing freely down her cheeks now. Kakashi took her chin in his hand and gently turned her face to him.

“Don't ever say that Sakura! Don't you dare! I would never think of you as disgusting… how could I?” He whispered and before he could stop himself he lowered his face to her own and claimed her soft lips.

Sakura's eyes widened in shock, she couldn't believe what was happening; Kakashi was kissing her.

She had to admit that even though she knew it was wrong and she should push him away she couldn't. The pain that she saw in his eyes, and utter helplessness she saw there, it made her want to help him forget his pain. She wanted to heal him, she wanted to take all his pain into herself and leave him happy. She closed her eyes and dug her hand into his silky silver locks. It was a gentle and lazy kiss. The kind that was hesitant and searching. Both of them were hurting and both wanted to heal, but they were scared even though they would never admit it. They were scared to death to let another person into their hearts. Sakura pulled away first and Kakashi pulled back his eye wide. Sakura could see the instant regret on his face and she felt another pang of hurt flow through her.

“Sakura I…”

“Don't Kakashi, don't look at me like that, don't you dare look at me with those eyes. I've seen enough pitying stares and guilty faces I don't need your pity Kakashi. I kissed you because I wanted to kiss you not because you took advantage of me,” Sakura said her voice shaking with anger.

“Sakura… nothing could ever happen between us, we are comrades, teammates, I am your captain and I can't be anything more… I just…. Can't,” Kakashi whispered and stood up, slipping his fingers from her hand and turning away from her.

She had to admit it hurt to see another man turn their back on her, but more then anything it angered her.

“Tsunade said that you will be better in a day, you don't have to go to practice tomorrow, stay home and rest,” He said and then left, knowing that even though he loved her, they could never be together.

Sakura gazed at the door for a long time after Kakashi had left. She didn't believe the words he had said. Nothing could erase the memory of the look in his eyes as he cried. She had seen such pain and caring in those shadowy debts that she just couldn't believe his words. Her finger touched her lips. She had kissed him and it had felt exactly as she had dreamed of. He had been gentle and caring. That kiss had been burned into her memory and her eyes tiered up as she remembered the feel of her fingers in his silky hair, the way he held her so gently, almost as if afraid that she would break or something. A small smile found its way onto her face and she licked her lips still tasting him.

He had said that they could never be together, that he was just her captain but she refused to believe that. She had seen what he had felt for her; she had seen it in his eyes. He believed they would never work; well she was not one that gave up so easily. She smiled and her eyes glittered for the first time in years. She would prove him wrong, she would fight her way past his cold mask and into his heart.

`Kakashi I see the pain that your in, you feel the same pain as I do, you feel the same attraction as I do. I will prove you wrong in this.'

Her eyes started to get heavy and she knew that she was getting tired again. As her emerald eyes slipped close and she fell into the comforting darkness of unconsciousness she uttered the name of the man that she had unknowingly began to fall in love with.

“Kakashi…”

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Authors Note:

Wow such a sad chapter… well I was listening to some sad Naruto music while I wrote this chapter which always affects my mood when I write. So in this chapter Kakashi finally realizes that he loves Sakura, but as always, he fights his emotions and tries to push Sakura away, afraid of opening himself for more pain. Sakura on the other hand doesn't realize that she is falling in love with Kakashi. She does however know that Kakashi does feel something for her and she is determined to find out what. Even though she is afraid of betrayal she is craving what Naruto and Hinata have. Well I hope you guys like this chapter, even though it's probably the shortest chapter so far. I'll be updating this fic in a week as always. I might be ending this fic by my 20th chapter but I'm not sure yet. Oh and I have started a new fic it's a Sasuke/Sakura fic, I know I know I've been bashing on Sasuke a lot in this fic but I don't hate him. I am also in the planning stages of a Sasuke/Naruto fic so that one will be coming out soon too. But don't worry I will be updating this fic as much as usual.

 

Next Chapter:

Sakura finds out that she had her womb taken out and she doesn't take this information well. In her fury she tears up a very familiar place and she goes to Kakashi for comfort. What happens between them as emotions overflow and inhibitions are thrown out the window?