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Chapter 1: The day she was given hope.

It was just another day for one Haruno Sakura. She walked through the streets of her home town with all eyes on her. She looked up and took note of all of the male population staring at her in awe. The girl scoffed and mumbled to herself.

"Disgusting vultures," she spat.

She continued walking through the streets, whilst receiving stares and cat calls. There was no concealing it she felt horrible. You see, Haruno Sakura was what you would call, 'the village whore'. That's probably the only to put it truthfully. She has a tall, slender figure, jade eyes and most unusually, pink hair. Her tresses of pink hair landed just below shoulder length and floated as she walked in the breeze. There's no doubt about it, she was very beautiful and to guys, she was very very hot.

The pinkette stopped in front of the club door and sighed, she actually hated her life. You may be thinking why? She has looks, sure… but what good are looks if all they're used for is to seduce men? The girl has a boyfriend… although to her, he's not a how a boyfriend should be. And, she has talent… the pink haired girl is highly skilled when it comes to fighting, and she has immense power.

What about her boyfriend? Sakura was pretty sure she actually despised him… It was impossible not to. He was the leader of the infamous 'Black Dragon' gang. He pushed her around, he forces her into things… and on top of that he sleeps with other girls, even when Sakura herself is around, literally right under her nose. But what else could she do, she had fighting skills… but they had guns… One false move by Sakura and she knew she'd be dead, with no room for doubt. Sakura was also alone; she had no one, so even if she was able to escape from his grasp where could she go? It was like being in a prison and even though she was able to walk around freely, she wouldn't dare to try and leave the village.

She sighed again as she knocked upon the wooden door and as soon as she did it opened.

"Babe, you're here. Finally."

Sakura's eyes flickered to the man who stood up to greet her. He was a rather tall and lean man, who had dark hair and red eyes. He was slim and sported a black, pressed suit. The type you'd usually see hit-men and con-men wearing in the films.

The pinkette managed to smile, a fake one at least. She took a breath to calm herself before answering, "Good afternoon Ryu."

The young man chuckled as he pulled Sakura into an aggressive kiss. And in that instant Sakura cringed inwardly and she knew what he wanted tonight. She hoped and hoped each and every day for some kind of interruption, anything… a thunderstorm, a car crashing into the side of the hideout, a stranger knocking upon the door… just something.

"Do you understand your mission?" the gang leader said.

A chorus of 'Yes' and 'Hai' could be heard from the members who had stood to await orders.

"Kaka-san, are you sure about this?" a long haired girl asked.

The tall leader nodded. "Positive." He replied as he gave a smile to the girl before turning to his gang and shouting. "Alright, you know what to do. Now let's crash this party."

Sakura swallowed hard as Ryu moved to her neck and began to lead her towards the bed. She couldn't do it, not now… not with him. She couldn't give it to him, she refused… so she couldn't help but let out a squeal of protest against him.

The man took a small step back, "babe, what's wrong?"

Sakura shook her head.

"Good, because I think it's about time. It's time for you to finally give yourself to me." He almost shouted.

Sakura couldn't hold back. As soon as her head hit the pillow she began to struggle and scream. "Please Ryu! Get off me!"

"Now, now Sakura. Just let it happen." He spoke darkly.

"Get Off!" Her anger rose, she would not let him take her virginity… she'd protect it with her life. She promised herself that when she had turned 16, 5 years ago. So taking his head in between her little hands she put pressure onto his temple, putting as much force into it as she could. When she finally pulled him up enough she threw him against the wall and jumped off the bed running towards the door.

"You fucking bitch!" Shouted Ryu. "You're not going anywhere!" Sakura looked at him as he pulled out a knife from under his bed. He walked towards her and with his free hand grabbed onto Sakura's wrist tightly. "You'll pay for that you know." He said threatening her. The girl knew this was her only chance so she threw one solid and strong punch in his direction, aiming towards his face.

The next thing she knew Ryu had the knife he was holding in Sakura's arm, but Ryu was sprawled out on the floor. He struggled to get up and touched his nose. He growled darkly, "you made me bleed, you fucking slut!" Sakura flinched as the pain from the knife shot up her arm, that was it… it was over for her now… she had no power. She knelt down onto her knees clutching her arm tightly as Ryu stood back up and grabbing a gun from his belt strap. "Die."

A flash of black flew past Sakura's eyes. And when she looked again, a man stood in front of her in a fighting position. Then he spoke, "I don't think you want to do that."

"Oh I think I do, believe me." Ryu seethed at the new comer.

"Hn. Did she do that to you?" He said signaling the bleeding and bruises that covered Ryu's face. Ryu said nothing. Then the 'new man' chocked out a few laughs, "You let a girl beat you up? You're weak." Ryu still said nothing. "And I see the knife that I guess you stabbed her with?" The next thing happened too quickly for Sakura to see. There was a flash of black and a click. When Sakura looked up the stranger had Ryu pinned down on the floor and holding a gun to his head, "It makes me sick when filth like you think it's okay to treat girls that way, now it's your turn to die." With one press of the trigger the gun sounded and Ryu stopped moving.

Sakura looked up at the mysterious man, it was too dark to see what he looked like though. Before she could say anything the man had his hand in front of her, "take my hand" he said. Sakura hesitated but grabbed onto his hand. "It's okay" he said. "I'll take you out of here and to my village… you'll be safe there." For some reason Sakura didn't seem to distrust this man so she slowly stood up, but her footing faltered and she lost balance.

However, the man caught her quickly and helped her to stand again. "That wound looks nasty; I'll try to be quick okay?" Sakura raised her eyebrow. "Lean on me." He said and Sakura did so, confused. The man yanked out the knife from her arm and quickly placed pressure on it, only earning a small scream from the pinkette.

"Thank you." Sakura said.

The man nodded in politeness before the pinkette spoke again, "Can I know the name of my savior?"

Said man chuckled slightly, "Uchiha Sasuke. And you are?"

"Haruno Sakura."

The next thing Sakura knew she was opening her eyes and looking at a room which consisted of one bed, some chairs and white walls. She wondered where the hell she was, and just what happened.

She rose from the bed and walked towards the door and slowly opened it, peering out to the other side. She saw a group of people talking together, she couldn't hear what they were talking about, and so she ignored them and looked around the huge hall more. There were people sitting at computers and others working with small metal gadgets. Where the hell has she been taken?

"Oi Sasuke!" Sakura's eyes flicked to where she heard the name. She'd heard that name before…

The man nodded in politeness before the pinkette spoke again, "Can I know the name of my savior?"

Said man chuckled slightly, "Uchiha Sasuke. And you are?"

"Haruno Sakura."

Oh yeah, he saved her from Ryu. And she saw him, she could see him very clearly now. He had black hair that was spiked; he had onyx eyes that were half covered by his bangs. His form was tall and muscular, as she could see the outline of his abs under the shirt he was wearing. Sakura's breathing increase, by which she didn't understand at all.

"What?"

"Your girl seems to have woken." The tall man said as he looked straight at Sakura.

Sasuke spun around and met Sakura's eyes in his glance. "Aa" he said as he walked over to where Sakura was standing. "How're you feeling?"

Sakura shrugged, "okay, a bit dizzy… but otherwise okay."

Sasuke pushed her into the room she had previously occupied. "Get back into bed" he said as he pulled up a seat and stuck it next to the left side of Sakura's bed. Sakura obeyed the man and laid back into her bed.

"Sasuke-san?"

"Don't be so formal, just Sasuke."

Sakura jolted slightly. 'Ah so he's a guy that gets straight to the point? Interesting…' "Sasuke-Kun?"

Hearing her add the suffix to his name made him smirk. "That will do." He said.

That's when Sakura first saw the famous Uchiha smirk, and she was glad she did. It took all of her self-control to keep herself from blushing like an idiot. She soon pushed all of the thoughts out of her mind and turned to face the Uchiha.

"Thank you." A small, but true smile graced her lips.

Sasuke looked up at her and managed a half smirk, half smile… well at least he tried right? "You're welcome. Now sleep." Sasuke told the girl as he stood up from his chair. Only when he heard a small squeak from the girl lying in the bed did he stop and turn to face her.

"Ne, Sasuke-kun?"

He raised his eye brow, motioning for her to continue. "Could you er… Well… Could y-you-" Sakura looked down as she twiddled her fingers together. "Would you mind?" She signaled the chair that he had previously been occupying.

Sasuke sighed and sat back down onto the chair. "Would I mind staying until you fall asleep?"

Sakura, with her head still lowered, nodded slowly. "If you wouldn't –"

Sakura got cut off when she felt a hand touch her shoulder, she looked up and came face to face with the eyes of the Uchiha. She wasn't sure how long she gazed into his eyes but however long it was, she didn't want to look away ever. But there was something in his eyes that she noticed when she looked away from him. Pain and anguish. She was pulled away from her thoughts when Sasuke muttered two words to her. "My pleasure."

Sakura had spent a week in that same room, the nurse that attended to her wounds insisted she was not to walk anywhere for the week, so Sasuke took to visiting her. That, she was grateful for, and she was very thankful to the nurse that had healed her wounds. The knife penetrated more than she thought, and any movement of Sakura's arm caused blood loss. The door to the room opened and in stepped her usual nurse.

"Sakura-san, how are you feeling today?" The long haired girl smiled at her.

"Hinata please stop calling me that, I hate formalities…"

"Could you please answer my first question then… Sakura."

Sakura smiled and nodded, "gladly." Sakura looked at the girl, she had long, dark purple hair. Her eyes were a light lavender colour and were pupil-less. Over the time that Hinata had looked after Sakura, they had become great friends, almost like they'd known each other for their whole lives.

"I feel great today." Sakura smiled. "Ne, Hinata?"

Hinata looked at Sakura, "Yes Sakura?"

"When can I get out of here? This room is too closed off from everywhere else…"

Just as the girl was about to reply the door opened and in stepped Uchiha Sasuke. As he walked him, he looked at Sakura, and smirked. "You can leave this room today if you like."

Sakura's eyes widened. "Is that true, Hinata?"

Hinata only smiled and nodded at the girl. "I'll be going now Sakura, I hope to see you again soon." She gave Sakura a friendly hug and then left the room, closing the door behind her.

Sakura's eyes trailed over to the figure that was looming over the foot of her bed. Her gaze again locked with his, but this time Sakura was unable to hold her ground and looked away flustered. What was surprising to the Uchiha, is that he had to take a couple of deep breaths to actually calm himself down. After he was fully satisfied, he sat on the same chair he had been for the past week and looked up at Sakura.

"Good morning Sasuke." She smiled.

"Hn."

Sakura giggled, before she got infuriated by his use of non-words, but now she got used to it and giggled whenever he did it. "What brings you to see me today?"

"I need to ask you something."

Sakura looked at him for a moment. Then spoke, "Shoot."

"You can leave this room now… which also means you can leave this place and this village. So, if you want me to, I can take you back to your previous village, it's safe there now, you won't have any problems."

Sakura stayed silent. Sasuke took this as an answer that she wanted to return to her old village. He admitted he'd miss her, she made him smile, which he hasn't done since childhood. It was just nice for him to have a change of scenery , someone fresh to talk to. He got up and said, "I'll get the arrangements ready."

"Sasuke…"

"I'll be back in five."

"Sasuke…"

"Two minutes."

"UCHIHA!"

Sasuke jumped slightly, and his eyes widened for a second. He swung around to meet her glare. "Will you stop and listen to me?" She almost shouted.

"What is it Sakura?"

"Isn't there any way I can stay?"

"Huh?"

"You heard me Sasuke. I don't want to go back to that village of vultures… I don't want those men looking at me like that again… I don't – I don't want – I –"

Sasuke rushed the girl's side and placed his arms around her. "Calm down Sakura. You don't have to, I just assumed you'd want to, because –"

"Because what? I have nothing to go back to. I never have. So why can't I stay here?"

Sasuke chuckled slightly. "Sakura, you need to calm down. You can stay here, if that's what you want." He felt Sakura nod on his chest. "Hn, then it's settled."

Huh, I know… crappy first chapter? xD Well, Tell me what you think, any ideas? I'm pretty sure I know the storyline of this story now. The title of this story… I just came up with on a whim, so that's why it's pretty shocking heh. Oh + This is only going to spread across 7 – 15 chapters, and yes the next chapter WILL be longer.

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