Author's Note: Hello, everybody! This is my very first Naruto fanfic so I hope everyone likes it. I thought of this idea last night when I was unable to fall asleep. I was very excited to begin writing this fanfic so I really wish that my dear readers would enjoy it. First of all, I want to warn the readers that there are lemons in this fanfic, that is why I put this in category M. The main pairing will be Sasuke and Sakura. Other pairings will appear as the story progress. In this story, Sasuke didn't leave Konoha to go to Orochimaru. I hope this is clear so there won't be any confusion as you read on. Enjoy!

Chapter 1: The Unexpected Encounter

The wind blew at Sakura's face and she couldn't help it but shiver. She had been standing at Konoha's main gate for almost thirty minutes now and Kakashi was still not in sight. She leaned on one side of the tall gate as she waited. With awkwardness in her eyes, she tries to look at the man who was leaning against the other side of the gate in front of her.

It was none other than Sasuke Uchiha, her childhood crush. Being a sixteen years old teenager, Sakura had to admit that she wasn't sure whether the feelings she had for Sasuke were just a crush or it is indeed love. She didn't know how to see it and she didn't know what to do either.

She knew very well that Sasuke still had tremendous hate inside his heart. His desire to kill his older brother had never changed after all these years. His desires were probably even stronger now compared to when he was a child. Sakura knew that the path of revenge was dangerous and dark. For so many times, she wished to pull Sasuke out of that path but she was scared. She wasn't sure what she was afraid of. Perhaps she was just afraid that she would lose him forever.

Sakura sighed and tries to erase those thoughts from her mind. She began looking around, wondering where Kakashi was. Although Kakashi Hatake being late wasn't something new to her, she began to feel irritated. It was most probably because of the tense atmosphere between her and Sasuke. Before, she had more courage to throw herself at him. Now, she worries too much and became hesitant when wanting to do something.

"I just don't want to be hated by him, I guess." Sakura thought and let out another sigh.

Sasuke noticed Sakura's sighs for quite some time now. Although he didn't show it, he realized how awkward it was between him and Sakura nowadays. Ever since Naruto left for training with Jiraiya two and a half years ago, the atmosphere between them just became more awkward as time passed. Honestly, Sasuke didn't quite like it at all.

Today, Team Kakashi had been given a mission by Tsunade. Ever since both Sasuke and Sakura became Chūnin and Kakashi was no longer in charge of them, Team 7 was renamed to be Team Kakashi. Sasuke had recently become a Jōnin along with Neji. Everyone in Konoha 11 was now at Chūnin level, except for Naruto who left before he could take part in the Chūnin exam. Of course, Naruto was still a part of Team Kakashi. Other ninjas were often asked to replace Naruto for the time being during missions. Right now, Sasuke and Sakura were waiting for Kakashi to arrive at the main gates with the other member.

Sakura couldn't stand the tense awkwardness between her and Sasuke anymore and took a deep breath before she went to approach him. She walked nervously towards Sasuke while looking down on the ground. Both of them knew they weren't strangers to each other, but somehow, there was something between them that was making things very uncomfortable sometimes.

When Sakura was already near to where Sasuke was, she tried to stand casually while looking up at the sky. She brought out as much courage as she could to speak.

"Kakashi-sensei is late again. Wonder where he is now." Sakura began regretting the second she stopped talking. "He must think I'm a weird person now. I just have that feeling."

Sasuke looked at Sakura for a few moments, as if surprised that she actually approached him and started a conversation. He looked at the ground again and said, "He is probably with the other member."

"I guess so." Sakura replied and began desperately to think of what to say next. "Wonder who's joining us in this mission. At times like this, I miss Naruto."

Upon hearing Naruto's name, Sasuke smirked as he said, "That dope is probably struggling at whatever training Jiraiya is giving him now."

Sakura laughed at what Sasuke had just said. She had always liked to see Sasuke talk about Naruto. He always had this relaxed look on his face.

"I sure hope Naruto comes back soon." Sakura thought as she looked up at the bright and blue sky.

That was when she heard Kakashi's voice.

"Yo. Sorry that I'm late. I went to bring the fourth member of our team today." Kakashi said and smiled under his mask.

Sakura just gave Kakashi a look to express her annoyance while Sasuke just stared at him with an emotionless expression.

The guy, who was the fourth member of the team, walked forward from behind Kakashi.

Sakura had a shocked expression on her face after looking at him.

"He looks so much like Sasuke!" She thought and tried not to show her surprise too much.

As for Sasuke, he also found the resemblance between himself and the person whom he just met. They had similar dark hair and dark eyes. Though the new guy had shorter hair and paler skin compared to Sasuke.

"Good afternoon. My name is Sai." The guy spoke with a smile on his face.

Sakura felt slightly uncomfortable looking at him. Thinking that it was most probably because they had just met and weren't familiar with one another.

She smiled back politely and introduced herself, "My name is Sakura Haruno. Pleased to meet you."

Sakura looked over her shoulder at Sasuke and figured that he wouldn't say anything after all.

"That guy over there is Sasuke Uchiha." Sakura quickly helped Sasuke with the introduction. She wouldn't want the new member to think that Sasuke was unfriendly. Well, not that he was a friendly person in the first place but Sakura wanted Sasuke to show a good first impression.

Kakashi then took a step forward and explained briefly about the mission before they depart.

"Alright then. We better set off soon. Our mission is to go check out a village near the border which is located right beside a sea. A villager came to report that a sea monster had been attacking their village's fishermen and also other civilians. We were instructed to first observe the whole situation before taking any actions. If we think we can handle it on our own, we will take action without asking for reinforcement. It'll take us at least a day to reach there. So we'll be stopping by a town when night falls. Is everything clear?"

The rest nodded and followed Kakashi towards their destination. All four of them hopped from one tree to another, keeping up a fast pace so they could reach a town to stay for the night. It's best that the team could find a place to stay for the night as soon as possible. After all the missions Sakura had joined, she realized the importance of resting when they had the chance because you'll never know what will appear before you soon.

Sakura looked to her side where Sasuke was. His hair was blown around as he jumped but his face remained focus and emotionless. Sakura would often wonder, "What is Sasuke thinking now?"

It was also times like these when Sakura would unconsciously begin staring at Sasuke without being able to look away. To Sakura's ignorance, Sasuke actually knew she was looking at him. Every time he felt her looking at him, he wouldn't know what to do. Sasuke wouldn't admit that he was embarrassed because he didn't think so. But he couldn't find any other words to describe how he felt whenever his female teammate would stare at him the way she was doing right at that moment.

This time, Sasuke slowly allowed his eyes to move to where Sakura was. Sakura, upon noticing that Sasuke was looking back at her, quickly look away and blush deeply.

"Oh no, he caught me staring at him! That is so embarrassing! B-But, he is so good-looking!" Sakura thought and tried her very best to shake off all those thoughts and just focus on keeping up with the rest of her team.

Sasuke looked at Sakura's reaction and couldn't help it but smirk. He knew of the girl's feelings for him all these years but he just couldn't bring himself to accept it. It wasn't because he disliked her. There were often times when he found her annoying or irritating but he never did seriously hate her. It is because right at that moment, all Sasuke could think of was to get stronger so he could reach his goal; to kill his older brother who had murdered everyone else in his clan. With so much hatred inside his heart, he couldn't think that it was possible to open up some room in his heart for feelings such as love.

One day, just maybe, he could finally accept these feelings from Sakura. Who knows? Sasuke himself wasn't sure at all.

Along the way, Sasuke would glance back at Sai. Sasuke never did find interest in making new friends but getting to know a little about your teammate helps during a mission.

"Wonder what his battle style is. What jutsu does he use?" Sasuke thought as he occasionally glanced back at Sai.

Sakura noticed Sasuke looking at their new teammate and began observing him as well. All she could think of when she looked at him was how he looks so similar to Sasuke.

Upon realizing that Sasuke was back inside her mind again, Sakura sighed softly in frustration.

Though it was a soft sigh, Kakashi heard it clearly, thanks to his great hearing ability.

"Is something wrong, Sakura?" Kakashi asked, looking over his shoulder at his former student.

Sakura was surprised that Kakashi heard her and was suddenly lost for words, "N-Nothing, Kakashi-sensei."

Kakashi looked up at the sky to see that the moon had begun to appear and the skies were getting darker. He picked up the pace, making the rest of the team followed him as well.

Without looking behind him, Kakashi spoke to his teammates, "We are almost at the town we're stopping at."

Sakura smiled slightly upon hearing that.

"A nice hot bath would be great. We're been travelling for quite some time now and I'm all sweaty." She thought as she imagined being inside the hot springs.

Again, Sakura looked behind her to check on her other teammates. Sasuke was being Sasuke, his usual emotionless expression on his face. As for Sai, he didn't have much expression either. Sai smiled at Sakura when he realized she was looking at him. Sakura felt embarrassed for staring at him and awkwardly smiled back.

"I have such quiet teammates for this mission. Seriously, it is time like this that I wish Naruto was here to liven things up a bit. Well, it's not that I don't enjoy having Sasuke around." Sakura tried her best not to giggle at the thought of Sasuke in her mind, again.

Kakashi suddenly stopped at a tree up in front, making the rest stop too. He turned around and smiled at his teammates, "Well, here we are. We are stopping at this town for the night. I want everyone to rest well and prepare themselves for what's to come tomorrow."

Kakashi led the way towards a hotel in the town. It was at the foot of a mountain and looked really cozy. Kakashi was at the receptionist desk and Sakura overheard him asking for four separate rooms. He soon came back to the others and handed them their room keys.

"You're free to do what you wish now. Dinner is already brought into your rooms. We'll meet up at the front door at 7 AM tomorrow. We'll be able to reach our destination before night falls if we set off around that time. Well then, goodnight." Kakashi smiled and was gone the next second.

There were a few moments of silence before Sai spoke, "I'll dismiss myself as well then. Good night."

"Good night." Sakura replied as she looked at Sai walking towards his room.

"Let's go to our rooms as well!" Sakura said to Sasuke and they both went to the same direction. Not because Sakura was stalking Sasuke or anything but their rooms happened to be next to each other.

Sakura opened the door to her room and looked at Sasuke, "Good night." She smiled brightly at Sasuke who just opened the door to his own room.

"Night." Sasuke replied and went inside his room.

Once Sakura was inside her room, the first thing she did was jumping onto the bed. The bed was wider than a single bed and it was so soft.

"So comfortable." Sakura sighed happily as she rest her tired muscles.

She sat up and looked at the table in front of the bed. There was already dinner prepared for them and a sudden sound coming from her stomach tells her that she better eat first before going into the hot springs.

Dinner was delicious, as expected. Being so tired, Sakura lied down on her bed and fell asleep. When she woke up, she realized that she had slept for a few hours. Sakura hurriedly took her towel and change of clothes. She hasn't taken her bath!

It was already 11 PM so there weren't anybody outside except for the lady behind the receptionist desk. She went into the changing room and took off all her clothes and undergarment. She folded them neatly and placed them on one of the lockers provided. With just a towel in her hands, she went inside the hot springs.

She sighed happily at the warmth she was feeling on her skin and allowed herself to relax. It wasn't for long though because she soon felt the presence of another person inside the hot springs. Due to the thick fog, she wasn't able to see clearly. But the chakra she felt seemed really familiar and she was getting curious of who the person was. She tensed up a little and tried to go have a better look on the person present besides herself.

She slowly walked to another part of the hot springs where she finally show who the person was.

"S-Sasuke!" Sakura's face couldn't get any redder than it already had. She became speechless as Sasuke looked at her. He knew it was her after detecting her chakra but he didn't quite expect her to go all the way to this side of the hot springs.

It was awkward as Sakura stood still, not moving an inch.

"Oh no, what should I do now? Did I go into the males' bath by mistake?! But I'm pretty sure it was the females' bath I went into!" Sakura's mind was getting messier and it felt as if the heat was getting to her head.

Sasuke finally spoke but he wasn't able to bring himself to look at Sakura, "This is the females' bath. In case you're thinking that you might had walked into the males' bath by mistake."

Now, Sakura was very surprised.

"W-What are you doing in the females' bath, Sasuke?! Are you a per-"

Before Sakura could finish her question, Sasuke quickly said, "The males' bath is currently being cleaned right now and the lady behind the receptionist desk asked me to use the females' bath instead. Since it is already so late and there wouldn't possibly be other people. Well, at least we thought so."

"I see." Sakura replied and finally was able to loosen up a little and leaned at the sides of the hot springs, hiding herself up until her neck.

"What should I do now?! What should I say?! Oh, what have I gotten myself into! This wouldn't happen if I didn't fall asleep!" Sakura's thoughts were getting crazier and her face was getting easy to read.

At the part where they were, the fog was less thick so they could see each other clearly. This had just made the whole situation more awkward than it already had. Unconsciously, due to nervousness, Sakura began going further down into the hot springs. Before she realized it, water had gone into her nose and she began coughing quite hard.

Sasuke, with his speed, was beside Sakura in less than a second and was pulling her up from the hot springs, trying to make sure she didn't choke on more water.

His had his right arm over her shoulders to support her as he spoke, "What are you doing? If a ninja such as yourself would be hurt from drowning at a hot springs, you will definitely become a laughing stock."

Sakura managed to catch her breath and she turned to Sasuke, "I wasn't focusing. Anyway, that was such a mean thing to say! You shouldn't sa-"

Sakura suddenly realized how close she was to Sasuke and couldn't bring herself to say another word.

Sasuke, on the other hand, started to feel aroused by the whole situation. Sakura's skin was soft under his touch and from where he was, he could see a clear view of her breasts. They were slightly small, just like how she complained about all the time, but it looked very alluring to him. He suddenly felt blood rushing to his lower regions and he couldn't stop his erected penis from touching Sakura's thigh.

Sakura, upon feeling Sasuke's erected penis, let out a soft moan. She quickly put both hands over her mouth, embarrassed of the sound she just made. Her face was redder than it was earlier and she felt her face burning.

Sasuke, who had clearly heard the moan coming out of Sakura's mouth, felt the desires to feel more of Sakura.

"Sakura…" Sasuke whispered as he turned the girl in front of him around and kissed her softly. Sakura's eyes were wide in shock at the sudden action but soon closed her eyes to feel the pleasure of having Sasuke's lips on hers.

The soft kiss soon turned into a passionate one and Sasuke's tongue licked Sakura's lips, as if asking for permission to enter it. Sakura, of course, was more than willing to open her mouth and let Sasuke's tongue explore the insides of her mouth. Their tongues battled for dominance as Sasuke began caressing Sakura's breasts.

Sakura let out yet another moan at the touch and put her arms around Sasuke's neck. Sasuke's penis was getting harder due to all the pleasure and Sakura could feel herself getting wetter in her lower regions.

Wanting to feel more of Sakura, Sasuke let one of his hands to touch her womanhood and began softly touching it. This action had caused Sakura to moan even louder as they kissed.

Sakura, who also wanted to feel more of Sasuke, removed Sasuke's hand away and rubbed her wet womanhood against his hard member. Sasuke moaned at the pleasure and his head went back slightly at the feeling.

Sakura pulled back Sasuke's head and continued the kiss as she rubbed herself against him. Sasuke then reached down and began rubbing at Sakura's clitoris, making Sakura moan so loud that it almost sounded like a shout.

"Sa-Sasuke!"

Hearing Sakura call out his name that way just made Sasuke even hornier.

Sakura, who was getting more daring, used both her hands to hold onto Sasuke's hard member. Sasuke melted into her touch and began grunting and moaning as she began stroking his erected penis. Sakura continued kissing him as she stroked Sasuke's long and erected member.

"Sa-Sasuke… You're so huge." Sakura said, feeling hornier as she gave Sasuke a hand job. She was still a virgin and she had never even kissed anyone before Sasuke. But being a sixteen year old teenager, she knew quite a lot regarding sex.

"Sa-Sakura. It feels great."

Sakura blushed when she heard Sasuke said that and immediately stroked him at a faster pace as she deepened the kiss as well.

Sasuke went to touch Sakura's womanhood again and put one of his fingers into her and used his thumb to touch her clitoris.

"Sasuke! Ah… Sasuke!" Sakura could no longer hold back her moans and she felt her orgasm coming real soon. She wanted Sasuke to cum as well and was stroking him in an even faster pace as Sasuke put two more fingers into her vagina, trusting in and out at the same speed as she was stroking his hard member.

"Sakura, I'm going to cum!"

"Ah, Sasuke!"

Both of them came at the same time and they held each other in their arms. Sakura blushed as she looked at Sasuke in the eyes. And for the first time, she actually saw a small blush on Sasuke's face.

Sakura smiled, not knowing what to say next.

Sasuke smirked and leaned down to whisper at Sakura's ear, "Want to continue at my room?"

Sakura suddenly felt wet again and she definitely couldn't say no.

Both of them quickly went to get changed and went into Sasuke's room. Sakura felt nervous but excited at the same time. To be able to be so intimate with the guy she loves was truly making her happy.

Sakura was still near the door as she watched Sasuke standing in front of the bed and removing his shirt.

He looked at Sakura with concern in his eyes and said, "If you want me to stop, just say so, okay?"

Sakura didn't know why but she felt touched hearing that from Sasuke. She felt somehow treasured?

She nodded and nervously walked towards Sasuke. It wasn't clear earlier at the hot springs but now, Sakura could clearly see Sasuke's body. His abs was incredibly alluring indeed and his muscles looked so well developed. Sakura blushed slightly and looked away.

Sasuke smirked as he looked at how his body had affected the girl in front of him.

He leaned down for yet another passionate kiss and quickly pulled Sakura's shirt over her head. He skillfully removed Sakura's bra and pulled her short pants down along with her underwear. Sasuke then carried Sakura onto the bed and continued kissing her passionately.

Sakura stopped the kiss and said, "Why am I the only one who is totally naked?"

Sakura then went on top of Sasuke and removed his pants along with his boxers, revealing his already hard member.

Sakura looked at it hungrily and went down to lick the tip of Sasuke's erected penis.

Sasuke grunted at the feeling of Sakura's tongue on his member and closed his eyes as he felt the pleasure building up.

Sakura continued licking the lip and proceed to licking the shaft as well. Feeling bold, Sakura began putting Sasuke's huge penis into her mouth and moved her head, putting Sasuke's penis in and out of her mouth.

Sasuke grabbed Sakura's head as he lustfully looked at Sakura sucking on his dick.

"Oh, Sakura. That feels great. Faster."

Sakura listened to Sasuke and moved even faster, licking his shaft at the same time.

"Sa-Sakura! I'm going to cum!"

Sasuke's cum shot into Sakura's mouth. Sakura sat up and looked at Sasuke and said, "Your cum is so warm." She swallowed the cum in front of Sasuke, showing an expression that she had enjoyed it.

Sakura had never felt so bold in her whole life. But she felt as if she could do anything right now without caring about embarrassment. It was most probably because she was really horny and desired nothing but Sasuke.

Sasuke pushed Sakura onto the bed and began kissing her whole body and one of his hands moving towards Sakura's wet womanhood and began fingering her in a fast pace.

Sakura didn't suppress her moans as Sasuke fingered her while his thumb was touching her clitoris.

"Sakura. I couldn't wait anymore." Sasuke said as he positioned his hard member in front of Sakura's drenched womanhood.

Sakura nodded and Sasuke began slowly putting his dick into Sakura's tight hole.

When he reached her barrier, he looked at Sakura for confirmation.

Sakura smiled softly and said, "I want you to take my virginity, Sasuke. So, please?"

Sasuke smiled back at her and stroked her hair before thrusting through her barrier.

Sakura screamed at the pain and held onto Sasuke's back, nails scratching his bare back as she waits for the pain to wear off.

When pleasure replaced pain, Sakura spoke, "Sa-Sasuke. You can move now."

Sasuke started with a slow pace, slowly thrusting in and out of Sakura as he moaned.

Sakura was getting impatient and urged Sasuke on, "Sasuke, faster."

Sasuke then went deeper into Sakura, hitting the right spots and making Sakura scream in pleasure.

"Ah! Sasuke, faster! Harder! It feels so good! Sa-Sasuke!"

Sakura's moans made Sasuke go even faster and Sasuke himself couldn't suppress his own moans.

"Sakura, I'm going to cum."

Sasuke knew that most kunoichi was consuming birth control pills and he knew Sakura was too.

"I'm going to cum as well. Cum inside me, Sasuke!"

It took just a few more thrusts and Sasuke shot his cum deep into Sakura just as Sakura reached her orgasm as well.

Sasuke leaned down and kissed Sakura softly on her lips, before rolling over to lie down on her side.

Sasuke wrapped his arm around her shoulder, pulling her against his chest. It didn't take long before both of them drifted off to sleep.

Little did they know, Kakashi passed by the room because he had decided to go for a midnight stroll since he couldn't sleep. He didn't have to see to know what was going on between two of his former students.

He smiled and sighed softly afterwards, murmuring to himself, "If I knew this was going to happen, I will just ask for three rooms and save some money."

Author's Note: How was it? I hope everyone enjoyed it! Sorry if there was any mistakes! Please review! I would like to know what the readers think of this fanfic. Any corrections and suggestions are welcomed but please be nice. Please look forward to chapter 2! Thank you for reading!