Chapter one: Lifeline

This is the sequel to Tainted Angel. You have to read that story in order to understand this story. Yuyiko is now in Suna, where more of the story unfolds and - well, read for yourself.


Disclaimer: Never had been, never will be.


Warning: A teaspoon of lime

Yuyiko sighed and wiped the sweat from her forehead. It had been a long day and she was more than tired.

"Another day's work."

"You're getting really good at this Koyuki. Do you really think that you should be working in your condition though?"

Yuyiko smiled. It had been four months since she left Konoha. As soon as she got to Suna, she had to cast away her name and assume a new identity. She had no past as Koyuki, but had the ever-searing memories as she ever had as Yuyiko.

"I'll be fine. I haven't even reached my second trimester yet."

Yuyiko smoothed a hand over her swollen middle. She was five months pregnant and in no hurry to give birth. Somehow, she couldn't formulate the very idea of having his child,

although the reality of it is as solid as the ground under her feet.

"Well, as long as you're sure. You've done more than your share of work here anyhow.

Why don't you go on home and take it easy? I'll see you next week."

"There you go giving me days off again."

"Just take it and run girl!" There was a warm smile on the old man's face.

"Lord Gaara put you up to this."

"No, we made it up together. Now go on home child, and you take care of that baby."

Yuyiko nodded and left.

She worked at a small convience store in the center of Suna. Though all her expenses are paid, she wanted to earn something, so she started working. Gaara didn't approve of her overworking, so he made sure to give her more than enough off days and extended lunch breaks. Yuyiko would confront him, but he would play innocent and deny it. If it weren't for the smirks he'd give her, she's half-way believe him.

She made her way to the apartment complex she was staying in and set about washing some laundry.

"Sasuke..."

Yuyiko stiffened, but made no move to turn. She couldn't look at him, she didn't have the courage.

"Yuyiko...I heard about the baby."

Her hands flew instantly to her middle. "...and?..."

Her tone was a little more than frosty, and Sasuke could sense it.

"I wanted to tell you how much I want to support you. I never meant to hurt you."

"...but you did..."

"I-I love you. You were the first person I ever came to love, I can't lose you now."

Yuyiko was stunned into silence. She couldn't believe her ears.

"Yuyiko...I love you. I married Sakura so that I wouldn't hurt her. Please say that you forgive me."

She still couldn't speak. She couldn't get her body to completely function correctly.

"So you're gonna use me as a whore too?"

"What?"

Yuyiko spun around and marched up to him.

"Am I to be used when you're not bedding your wife?!"

Before Sasuke could speak, Yuyiko slapped him across his face, leaving an angry red mark.

"Am I to be an adulteress?! Am I not good enough?! Am?!"

Sasuke touched his cheek, a heated glare to his eyes.

Yuyiko pressed on. "AM I?!?! ANSWER ME DAMMIT!"

Sasuke swiftly grabbed her wrists and forced her to the wall.

"YOU HAVE MY HEART YUYIKO! YOU ALWAYS WILL HAVE IT! YOU ARE MY LOVER! WHETHER YOU WANT TO BE OR NOT!"

With that, he kissed her fiercely, forcing her to surrender to his urgency. When he released her, he gently caressed her face.

"I followed you when you first came her, though I couldn't get close to you. You were suffering when you left, so I wanted you to get better before I told you. Since then, I've been coming up here everyday to see how you were. Will you let me enter your world?

Yuyiko snuggled closer to him. He made love to her, something no man has ever done.

She felt complete and happy for the first time in many years.

"Sasuke, you have to go back to your wife."

Sasuke smiled and rubbed her back. "Wife?...oh, right..."

He got up to go take a shower, then put his hastily discarded clothing back on.

"I'll see you again tomorrow."

He looked into Yuyiko's dark eyes; they were clouded with concern.

"This will hurt Sakura deeply."

He sighed, then went over and kissed her forehead. "I know, I'll find a way, somehow."

"You're doing well. Better than I expected from a common whore."

Yuyiko's eyes immediately flew open. She knew that voice. She knew that voice all too well.

"My first child. A new body to possess."

Yuyiko sat up and faced him.

"You're so cruel Orochimaru. To do that to your own child..."

He advanced toward her, a sinister grin on his face.

"Yes, my child. You had no right to run away, you belong to me. Your body and mind belong to me!"

He grabbed her and dragged her out of bed. She screamed and struggled against him with all of her might.

Laughing, he dragged her to the balcony and hung her over the edge by her neck. Night had fallen and he probably killed the guards, so noone would save her.

"Do it..."

Orochimaru looked into her eyes and saw defiance and life, something that startled him. Only one other person looked at him with such defiance. The likeness was so frightening, he nearly dropped her.

"Oh no my dear, I plan to keep you around for a while. You will mother my children and supply fresh bodies for me. My own personal whore."

Her vitals are unstable...

There's too much blood...

Contractions are getting closer together...

Oh God, she's flat-lining...


What happened to Yuyiko? What can Sasuke do at this point? What's going to happen to the baby?

This is the beginning of Angel's Redemption. I hoped you like it. To here more, please read and review. I'd really apprieciate it.