Connected

Red.

Sasuke's POV- 1:20 am still at the hospital
I can't stop replaying the words I heard last night.

"Goodbye Hinata"

"Kiba, did you...kill him?"

"No. I'm sorry, I shot him in the leg"

For some reason that made me feel relieved.

"Do you think he'll come back to finish the job?"

"There's a chance but it might take him a while with that bullet I put in his leg"

"What do we do?"

"Don't let Hinata go to her house. Give me a month, I'll figure something out."

"Do you know where she could go?"

"You see Sasuke, I didn't really come prepared with a list full of answers to your questions"

"A simple no would've been easier jackass"

"By the way can I ask you something?"

"What?"

"Do you know anyone by the name of Sakura Hotdog.. No Hardin, no wait fuck-"

"Haruno?"

"Oh yeah that's it"

"What about her?"

"Well"

-flashback inside a flashback-

Kiba's POV
"Who sent you?"

"I can't give that out stupid" He says as I knocked him to the ground.

"Tell me or I'll start cutting" I stab a knife to his leg as I'm pinning him on to the ground with more knives, making him unable to get up.

"Like that's going to help"

"You started it"

I cut in his leg and he yells in pain.

"Are you going to tell me?"

"Fuck you"

I cut once again and he yells louder.

"Shikamaru!"

I turn around and see a girl with 4 blonde pigtails.

"Temari? Get back in the fucking car he's insane!"

"You're insane! I told you to stop this! Please for our son!"

"Temari..."

She runs to him. I know I shouldn't do this but I really need to know who's trying to hurt Hinata. I grab her by her wrist and hold her while pointing a gun to her head.

"You fucking monster let her go!"

"Tell me who's fucking after Hinata and I might consider it"

"Sakura Haruno!"

I let Temari go and she tries to take the gun from me to shoot me, after struggling to get it back I accidentally pull the trigger and it hits his leg.

"Shikamaru!" She runs to him.

"It's okay baby, it's only my leg"

"Well I'll leave you two alone now"

Sasuke's POV
"What the fuck"

"Yeah well I gotta go now, I just thought I should let you know."

Hinata's still unconscious so she'll miss school for a while but Tsuande said she'll wake up soon. But tomorrow, I'll have to face Sakura. How could she do this?  I stare over at Hinata, she looks so beautiful sleeping..ah what are you doing Sasuke? You sound like a pervert!

I remember that I had her file that was still on the desk. I grab it and finally take a look.

16 times. 16 visits to the hospital (well with this one 17) just what the hell did you go through Hinata? I try to read the reasons why she came but we all know doctors hand writing. The only one that I could read says she has stitches on one of her arms. I walk over to her and try to lift the cover off slowly, trying not to wake her up just in case. I lift both of her arms and see nothing. I cover her up again. Did the files lie?

I let go and walk over to the window and look out into the night, suddenly I realize there's something glowing on my hand...is this make up? I turn over again but this time I grab a towel and run to the bathroom trying to wet it. When I come out I see a figure standing near her bed.

"Who are you?" I ask.

"Don't worry I'm a friend"

"That doesn't answer my question. Who the fuck are you?" I ask furiously.

"I want to apologize"

"For what?"

"For Sakura"

"What she couldn't do it herself? Figures."

"No that's not what I meant, I meant to apologize for her actions. She took this to far"

"Dam right, she did"

She walks away from the darkness and comes closer to me, I've seen this girl before. I think she's one of Sakura's friends.

"Oh where are my manners? My name is Karin Uzumaki"

"Sasuke" I reach out my hand for a handshake and she takes it.

"I know who you are, Sakura talks about you all the time"

"Well she should stop then"

"Look, I know what Sakura did was wrong but you gotta forgive her, she wasn't right in the-"

"Get out."

"What?"

"Get the fuck out. I don't want to hear anything about her, I don't want to know anything about her or her lousy excuse for friends"

"Sakura was just jealous!"

"She could've talked to me about it. There's a difference you know?"

"Difference between what?"

"Jealousy and Murder."