The beginning of it all

Hi guys. This is my first fanfic and I'm not one much for explaining myself. But I hope that you will all enjoy mystory. Just as a forewarning, my story will not be a fairytale. It's not full of butterflies and sugar and spice. This is a story that is full of pain and suffering. So if you don't like that kind of stuff, best shove off back to the main page now. But for my lovelies who enjoy my mind and all its ramblings, have fun.

Disclaimer- I don't own naruto. Wish I did. All the things that I would do.

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As Sakura fell to the ground, Naruto ran as fast as he could to catch her, only to flip to the right to avoid a swinging katana aimed for his head.

"I won't make it that easy on you. Your going to have to work to get her back. Everytime you fail, I'm going to give our dear Sakura here a little gift." Sasuke punctuated his statement with a nick to Sakura's left thigh. He watched in morbid fascination as her blood pooled on the crunched ground beneath her.

"You bastard! Give me sakura-chan back!" Naruto yelled as he charged again.

Running at Sasuke with everything he had Naruto launched a punch at Sasuke, Landing it right into Sasuke's stomach, Naruto sends him flying several feet into a wall, indenting it with his back. Naruto grabs Sakura with his left hand and swings her over his shoulder and races off Kakashi and Sai in tow. Out of sight of the Uchiha who has just begun to stand. What they doesn't see is Sasuke's smirk, or the sharingan spinning in his eyes as he watched them leave.

"Finally, something interesting. I never would have expected her to fight back. Perhaps I should pay more attention to what is going at home" He laughed darkly as he sheathed his katana and headed into the dark of the base. He was going to make plans that he would in time enact.

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My head was pounding as I woke from my sleep. Opening my eyes the light hurt like never before. It felt like someone was inserting a hot poker into my eye socket and twisting it. Groaning I sat up and placed my hand on my head. Hoping it would remain quiet as I took in my surroundings, I was greeted by deep blue eyes. Naruto's voice screeched into my ears as he noticed I was awake.

"Sakura! Your awake. How are you feeling!? Do you feel okay? I bandaged you up the best I could. I'm not an awsome medical Ninja like you. I hope it's okay. I hope your okay." he blurted out in rapid fire like he always does.

"Naruto. Your too loud. I seem to be fine. Other than a pounding headache and for some reason my thigh hurts im fine. What do you mean you bandaged me up? Where did I need bandaging?" I asked as I finished sitting up.

" Your thigh. Sasuke cut it pretty deep there during the fight. You got caught in our crossfire. Sorry." Naruto whimpered as he rubbed the back of his head.

" Oh. I'll take a look at it when we get back to Konoha. For now it looks like it was well done. I don't see any dirt on the bandage. Thanks for taking care of me while I was out…" I said as I looked to the ground.

" Don't worry Sakura-chan. We will get him to come home. Together." Naruto voiced as he patted me on the back." Are you hungry? Dinner is almost done. Kaka-sensei is cooking for us. Said it would be a real treat."

" If it's anything like last time we might just die. He doesn't know when to stop with the salt. It's like eating a block of it." I laughed with Naruto as we thought of the last mission we had been sent on with Kakashi-sensei. It had been a long time ago.

" Hey now, my cooking isn't that bad. It's just better seasoned than your used to. Now eat up. After we finish here were going to head home. Tsunade is going to want a full report and shizune will want to debrief us as soon." Kakashi-sensei stated as he gave us each a plate.

"Thanks Kaka-sensei. It smells good. Let's hope it tastes just as good as it looks." I said as I took the plate he handed me.

Taking a bite, I realized that it did indeed taste good. He had learned how to season his food.

"Wow. This is so good! Way to go!" Naruto exclaimed.

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" So let me get this straight, you did find Sasuke and he got away. Afterword, you guys headed back. Did I cover everything in a nutshell?" Tsunade stated as she spent time going over every little detail with an impressive force.

" Yes, we tracked him to the base using ninja dogs and an old shirt of his. We then separated and went our separate ways. Later I heard an explosion and came running to find Sasuke and sai having a lovely conversation. A small squabble and then I wake up at camp." I told her as she read over my written report.

"Good. Now all of you. Go home and get some rest. It's well earned now." Tsunade waved us away and went back to her sake.

I turned to leave and walked right into Kakashi's chest. "Sakura. Do you mind if we take a moment to talk?" He chuckled as he helped to steady me.

"Sure. Can we walk towards my house as we talk? Or is it something that needs to done more privately?" I asked him as we began walking.

" What happened out there? You froze. I haven't seen you freeze like that since you were a genin. What did he say to you?" He asked concerned.

" He said that he would ….. that he would enjoy breaking me… what the hell does that even mean! Kakashi what did he mean?" I asked him, my voice breaking different octaves as my brain tried it's best to keep up.

" I'm not sure. But I can promise you one thing. He won't have the chance to even look at you. Much less be able to put his hands on you. I will protect you with my life. After all, you were my student first and now your my family. I'll take care of you." He said as he gave me a hug.

Hugging back I thanked him and walked into my house. It was a little dusty as I hadn't really been home in some time. I had been sleeping in the office at work due to the long hours that I had been pulling for the last two months. I put my bag down and sat on my couch, coughing as the dust flew up to greet me. I knew I would need to go shopping here soon as all my food had gone bad.

Sighing as I got back up and went to my linen closet and grabbed new sheets to put on my bed as I knew that my old ones were dirty. " I need to make sure I get home more often. I might start to forget where things are in my own home" I giggled as I pulled the old sheets the bed to replace them with the new.

" Next ups long bath. God do I need it. This has not been an easy last few days." I said as I ran the bath. Adding bath salts and oils to help get rid of the dirt from the journey.

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Coming out from her bath, Sakura felt more relaxed than she had in weeks. What she failed to notice was that she was no longer alone in her home. Humming as she went to the pantry, she grabbed a packet of ramen to make for a quick dinner. Putting water into a pot she put it on the stove and turned on the burner.

" You should pay more attention to your surroundings Sa-ku-ra, someone might sneak in and take you" she heard a deep voice say as she was pushed into the stove.

"Sasuke. What the hell are you doing here? Get the hell off me." She squirmed as he only pressed harder, the edge of the stove cutting into her stomach.

" No. I will never let you go. You've shown me that your willing fight me. Which for some reason, interests me. So I decided to come and get you. You have 5 minutes to pack a bag." Sasuke said as he pushed me into the bedroom.

"Hell no. You had better either leave now or I swear I will report you to Tsunade. I am not going anywhere with you." She yelled at him as she threw a lamp at him.

It only served to make him smirk. He knew he was faster than her, stronger than her, better than her. He wanted to make it fun though. Suddenly an idea piped into his head. " How about we make a deal then?" He smirked as he grabbed her fists in one of his hands and tossed her into his lap.

" I'm not making any deals with you. You deranged….. you deranged asshat!" She squeaked out at their intimate position. She was not having any of this, squirming around to try and get out of his hold she noticed something under her. It was uncomfortable and hard. " OH MY GOD. Really? Your getting off on this?"

" Be quiet and listen to me. Three days from now, meet me on our old training ground. We will spar and see who is the strongest, to the winner of the spoils. If I win you will leave with me. No fighting and no fussing. Understand?" He said with an air of dominance.

" What will I get if I win?" She asked curious now.

" I'll come back to the village and stay. Do we have a deal? You can bring whoever you like to watch as well. Just know I'll be handing you your ass on a silver platter." He stated with a semi-blank expression.

" We need Tsunade to give permission for something like that. That's a deal the village would have to-" I started, but he cut me off by shoving a paper into my hands that was written in Tsunade's own hand that gave the approval of such a deal. " She seriously already agreed to this. When did you put this in motion!"

" Started about a week ago. I beat you guys here. Now, do yourself a favor and get some rest. I knew that you would never willingly leave with me, so I had to get creative. I'll leave you be for the time in between our bout, but you better be ready when time comes. Ne, pet?" He said as he stood, putting her on her own feet and walked to the door. " Just so you know, I do not tolerate disobedience. It will be severely punished. See you in three days."

With that Sasuke was gone, leaving Sakura to mull over everything that had just occurred. Could she win? Was she strong enough to win? How would she even do it? So many questions through her head as she looked at the paper. Could she bring him home? She got up and turned off the stove, no longer hungry and headed to bed.

" I have to try" was the last thing she said as she fell into a deep sleep.