Naruto Fan Fiction ❯ Bloodied Hands ❯ Bloodied Hands ( Chapter 1 )

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Summary: Every day, Sakura gets up an hour early to clean her nails.

 

Bloodied Hands

 

Every day, Sakura gets up an hour early to clean her nails and paint them. She has, ever since she killed her first man. It does not matter how tired she is, how much she's trained the day before, or if she has a mission.

 

Every morning, Sakura sits in her room and soaks her fingers in warm oil. She rubs in lotions, and then she carefully pushes back her cuticles. She trims her nails and files them smooth, and then carefully wipes off yesterday's polish.

 

She selects the clear base coat, and then the layer of pink that perfectly matches her lips, and then the thin bottle of white, and then the top coat.

 

And then, oh so carefully, she applies all four layers. And then she buffs her nails and washes her hands yet again.

 

Every day, her hands are spotless, her nails glistening.

 

But she can still feel the blood on them.