You Were Always There

Chapter Twelve

This chapter may be a bit sad and graphic for some people, I apologize for this but overall I hope you like it anyway. :(

By the way, on the side is a photo of May-Elle and her younger brother!

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I was walking up to my house ~ I had an extrememly eerie feeling towards returning home just now. I somehow brushed it off before I got to the door. It's probably nothing to worry about.

"TADAIMA!!!" I shouted. As soon as I walked in I felt sick to the stomach. No one answered, no little brother coming running to greet me. Where did they go?

I ran around the house quickly, not in the living room, not in the bathroom I walked into Mother's room, not in here, what about brother's room? I ran to his room and opened the door slowly.

Sasuke's POV

I was still close to May-Elle's house, in fact, I was standing out the front still thinking of her. My ears began to be pierced with an extrememly loud scream coming straight from Elle's house. It sounded of horrible pain.

My heart missed a beat and I ran through the darkness and to her house as fast as I possibly could. "May-Elle?!" I shouted loudly as soon as I reached her open front door. I stopped and looked around, I heard crying upstairs. I ran upstairs and to the source of the crying room. I found the girl I loved on the floor holding her dead brothers limp body close to her on her lap, covered in blood and in a mental mess, screaming and crying.

My face instantly dropped and I got goosebumps. This could not possibly be happening to her. Not to her. Please.

I stood in shock and horror, I looked to her brother and her. May-Elle still didn't realise or care that I was there. Her cries of pain and sorrow were all too much for my ears to handle. She has no family left. Like me now. I walked to her and picked her up off the floor, she was limp and still a mess. I brought her to her brothers bed and set her down to lay. She lie looking at her brothers passed body, the girl I deeply cared for and loved looked lifeless laying there, silently crying there. I had no idea what to do in this moment.

"May-Elle, I will be back soon, I am going to tell the Hokage, don't do anything stupid and please just stay here. Please May-Elle" with that I leant down, and gently moved the messed hair out of her face then dragged my hand down her face and held her jaw lightly while rubbing small circles with my thumb and kissed her on the forhead softly attempting to comfort her at the slightest.

With that I ran out of her house and through the town to the Hokage's office. I reached it so fast and barged straight into the room. "May-Elle's house, go there right now, there has been a murder" I tried to speak as clearly as I could as I was out of breath. The Hokage stood up quickly and sent off his guards to go to her house along with him himself. The three of the men all ran to her house quickly, I followed behind.

As we were running back, my heart was hurting so badly. How is May-Elle going to be like after this, and tomorrow and what about the rest of her life? She loved her Mother and younger Brother so much.

We reached her house and as we got there I smelt the scent of death. The four of us walked in slowly. "Search the rest of the house!" ordered the Hokage to the one of the two shinobi.

the three of us walked upstairs to find May-Elle and her arms and legs cut, no, shredded up badly, she had a kunai in her hand lying next to her brother and hurting herself. My eyes felt prickling in them as there was a pang in my chest. She was losing a lot of blood, she looked pale, and dull, and lifeless. The shinobi picked up May-Elle's brother and took him downstairs. The Hokage had a look of despair and deep sorrow spread across his face. Things were moving around me too fast, I was stuck there. I snapped out of my state and began to shout "May-Elle!! What are you doing!?" I couldn't control myself. She didn't even flich or bother to look at me, or anyone in fact all she did was sit there waiting for herself to die.

I picked her up gently and carried her to the shower. I put her down and removed her blood-stained white dress until she was in her swimming costume again and turned the shower on to a warm temperature. "Here, you need to wash off the blood, come on" I said softly. She nodded and walked until she stood underneath the warm droplets of the shower. Her body was soaked with blood, so much of it ran down out of her once curly, now long straight hair, it was sticking all over her body. She wasn't moving in the shower at all. "I'm sorry I'm not leaving, I am scared you'll hurt yourself again. Just wash yourself up quickly and I'll run a warm bath for you. Are you alright with me just turning around?"

May-Elle's POV

I nodded and Sasuke turned around and began to fill the bath and added some bath salt and detol to the arising water. Thankyou Sasuke. I heard a knock at the bathroom door, Sasuke turned around and looked to me then began walking to the door. He walked out and held the door almost closed behind him. I heard small voices. I looked back the the floor and began washing myself weakly. I had no strength and nothing was in my mind besides sadness. I missed my family, my Father, my Sister, my Mother and my younger Brother.

My arms and legs were sore from the water hitting the cuts. I got out of the shower after turning the water off and began walking to the bath. Sasuke re-opened the door and accidentally hit me with it, but before I fell he caught me close to his body. "May-Elle, I'm so sorry!" he said worriedly. "That's okay" I said quietly.

He shut the door again, and grabbed my hands and brought me to the bath. He stepped into it and then helped me up into it too and sat me down in front of him. He began to get out, but I kept a hold of his hands and pulled him back lightly. "Stay in here with me" I spoke to him. He looked at me sadly and did a small nod. He took his shirt off and sat behind me with his legs and arms around me. "Thankyou, Sasuke" I began to cry again.

"It's okay" he whispered as he rested his chin over my shoulder, a slight tickle surged itself through my body. I felt tired and worn down, I rested my head against Sasuke's slightly and slowly began to fall asleep.

(TIMESKIP)

I woke up, and looked around, I noticed that I was in Sasuke's bed with him lying next to me with his muscular back facing my way. There were only a few clear memories coming back to me last night. I was in the bathtub with Sasuke and I can't anything remember before or after that.

I was trying so hard to remember last night laying there in bed still with Sasuke asleep soundly.

My eyes shot open... I remembered...