Author's Note: Hi everyone! I just want to quickly thank all of you who reviewed and persuaded me to continue the story! Make sure to read and review so that I know you wanna read more!

Quick Notes: In case I make some references to these things:

Kunoichi- girl ninja

Shinobi- boy ninja

The Hidden Leaf Village is also known as Konoha.

*IMPORTANT*Also, since this story will have more adult themes in it, I am making Sasuke and Sakura both 20 years old. By the way, I am so pumped for this fic and I have numerous, awesome scenes (in my opinion,) written out with a lot of Sasuke and Sakura. I'm debating about whether or not I might have to put up the rating but we'll cross that bridge when we come to it!

Chapter 2: Lucky Guy

"Sakura-san, I really wish you'd reconsider staying in the village with me," the man grasped a smooth strand of her pink hair in his fingers.

Sakura felt herself blush as she continued to monitor his pulse. He was a wounded Shinobi that she had been nursing back to health as part of her mission. The man was about her age and was extremely handsome with dark blonde hair that fell into his clear blue eyes. Not only was he kind and sweet, but he truly cared about her opinions and managed to make her smile every time she saw him.

But… Sakura had her duties to complete. The man promised to make her happy and Sakura had no doubt that he would be able to but there it was again. That annoying little irritation in her head that made her feel like she wasn't allowed to settle down yet. Because she had a home to return to and friends who were waiting.

Konoha, the Hidden Leaf Village, was more than just Sakura's hometown. She wanted to do everything and anything to always protect the small area. Hometowns were like that; they had strange holds on you, holds that you just couldn't break. But it was so much more than that for her.

Besides her blood-related family being there, there were her friends and ninja comrades who had become like a second family to her. Although Tsunade-sama scared her to no end, she had come to greatly admire the woman who had put her through vigorous training to become the successful medical ninja she was now. The skills she had acquired from the legendary Sannin were very much needed and desired by many villages, which was why Sakura had been sent to this small village.

Tsunade-sama, the fifth Hokage and present leader of Konoha, had sent Sakura on the solo mission of going to a nearby ally village that needed some medical service. Their ninja had fought and won against three other hostile villagers that threatened to destroy them. However their victory came at a terrible price; most of the soldiers were unable to even sit up, let alone help rebuild the destroyed village after the various battles.

Sakura had been sent to nurse and heal them back to health. And she had. Working diligently day after day, night after night, Sakura was able to heal the men and women after only two weeks of being there.

She had been given an allotted time of six months to finish the mission. Sakura wondered why Tsunade-sama had given her so much time but Tsunade-sama had insisted that when Sakura was done, she go and relax and get some training in. Evidently, the entire village thought she was becoming a workaholic and could use the R & R.

When Sakura had tried to renegotiate the required vacation time, Tsunade-sama hadn't been very… accommodating, to say the least. After she had thrown nearly every piece of furniture at Sakura, including her desk, which was pilled with large stacks of documents and missions, Tsunade-sama had proceeded to yell at Sakura at the top of her lungs about how she couldn't stand "brat ninjas who couldn't take orders."

Poor Naruto had to report to Tsunade-sama after Sakura had left. Sakura shuddered. She vaguely wondered if he got away alive, she was forced to leave on her mission right after leaving Tsunade-sama's office. Even if the woman was in her fifties, Tsunade-sama was still as strong, not to mention frightening, as ever.

"Sakura-san?" a soft voice made brought her out of her daze as a hand gently touched her cheek.

She looked up at the handsome man who was gazing at her intensely. Sighing deeply, Sakura got up from the chair at the side of the man's bed and pulled her medical supplies together. "I'm sorry, I guess my mind was somewhere else."

"Hmm. I know the feeling," he said as he smiled at her back.

"Well, it looks like you're progressing fine and will be up and about in no time!" She smiled at him in what she hoped to be an encouraging smile before he reminded her of his question.

"So, I guess that's it then?" he looked down as his hands in his lap as he sat up on the medical cot. "You'll be leaving today?"

Sakura smiled sadly at him before she leaned forward and kissed him gently on the cheek. "Yes, I'll be leaving."

She had just gotten to the door when she heard him laugh. "Sakura-san, he'll be a lucky guy." She turned to look at him in confusion.

"The one that gets your heart."

Sakura sighed deeply as she sat down on a nearby rock and began to pull off her red kunoichi uniform. She was exhausted from completing her latest mission. And now she had five and a half months of training and relaxation to look forward to, she thought sarcastically.

She tore off her head protector with more force than was necessary as she fumed about how annoying it was that everyone thought she needed to relax so badly. Her fists clenched angrily as she continued to undress to get ready to bathe.

After healing the ninja at the small village she had been assigned to, Sakura had every intention to return to Konoha and beg Tsunade-sama to give her more missions instead of the impending "task" of resting. She decided to stop and bathe when she came to a secluded area in the forest with a large waterfall area.

She had just stripped down to the cloth that was wrapped tightly around her chest and her panties when she sensed the presence of others.

"You pervert! We don't have time for you to stop and fulfill your needs right now, Suigetsu! Do it on your own time, idiot!" a harsh woman's voice filled Sakura's ears.

"Damn it, you hag! Would you shut up? She'll hear you! No one is making you stay!" a man's voice snapped back.

"Looks like she already heard you," another man's voice calmly stated.

By this time, Sakura had pulled her shirt and shorts back on and leaped towards the bushes where she sensed the strange chakras.

There were three people standing there in shock. A woman with large hips and a scowl was standing the furthest, her hands resting on her hips with an air of conceit.

Next to her was a man with bright orange hair and a large muscular physique who was gazing at the flying Sakura in shock as she sailed towards them with her shurikens drawn.

The final person was also a male. He was lean and had silvery-blue hair. He was currently crouched by the bushes as he tried to hide. Surprise was written across his face.

Throwing her own chakra into her punches and kicks, Sakura managed to land a few hits on the lean male while the other two scattered away from the shurikens.

As she turned her attention to him though, he was suddenly gone and reappeared behind her, his arms around her body, pinning her arms to her sides.

"Mmm," he breathed in, "you're even softer than you look. Man, I wonder how you'd be when I-"

Sakura cut him off by lifting her foot up and stomping harshly on his foot. The man immediately released her as he began hopping up and down in pain, clutching his foot.

Turning around, Sakura saw that the other two had returned. The woman was glaring at her in disgust while the other male was looking at the man in pain.

"Suigetsu, let's go. That's enough," the taller male said.

"No!" the one in pain gasped out, "she might be a handful but… get her!"

Sakura's eyes widened. Just who were these guys anyway?

The woman snorted. "Hah! What is with you, Suigetsu? If you desire a woman so badly, get one of the ones back home to sleep with you. You know they all practically worship us."

"Shut up, I said I wanted her," the lean male said as he recovered from the painful hit. Sakura was still facing the other two when he leaped towards her from behind.

Sensing his chakra, she quickly sidestepped and filled her fist with energy as she threw it towards his face. But he surprised her and caught her hand easily.

"Hey babe, you might have gotten me by surprise back there but don't think I'm this weak," he winked at her.

Glaring, Sakura threw some more shurikens his way, making him release her fist in order to dodge them. She turned back warily to face the other two. They hadn't attacked her yet but they all were traveling together so if things got worse for the lean man, they would probably rush in.

Sakura decided to attack them first instead of giving them the chance when she might not be prepared. She quickly did a replication jutsu and charged towards them.

The two looked at her in surprise as she jumped in the air. The female kicked at her, but only her clone vanished as Sakura appeared behind the woman and punched her square in the back. She fell to her knees, coughing and gasping.

The other male was now ready to fight as he lunged towards her. Sakura let him put her arms around her body as she quickly rearranged her arms and pulled him to the ground with a loud bang. He groaned on his back but made no move to get up.

Sakura straightened up and dusted her hands together as she smiled. Three on one. Not bad, she thought. Just then she felt her world spin as she became woozy and fell backwards.

Oh no! She had forgotten to be careful to preserve her chakra. She had spent the better part of it those past two weeks taking care of the injured ninjas in that village and had been exhausted. It was supposed to take her quite some time in order to regain her strength back completely and then these three had showed up.

As the world around her turned to black, she felt a male's arms catch her.

"Well we can't leave her here," was the last thing she heard.

Sasuke was having trouble concentrating with the amount of anger he was feeling right now. Not only had his team brought a prisoner with them, it turned out to be his former teammate, Sakura.

"Again," his voice barked.

"Erm… what?" Suigetsu grinned stupidly at him.

Sasuke closed his eyes in an effort to control the urge to just throttle the people in front of him. "Again… explain again why you brought her."

Sasuke and Team Hawk were assembled in one of the many rooms in the Uchiha manor. For Sasuke, the entire day had been ruined by Suigetsu's little stunt so he felt no pleasure in training outside or doing anything else for that matter. So they had all went back into the large mansion and brought Sakura to one of the guest rooms, where Suigetsu had laid her to rest on the bed there. Then they all went to the room next door to talk.

Sasuke's fist was clenched. Relaxing was definitely not his strong suit. Out of all of the women Suigetsu could have brought, he had brought Sakura. Sakura, his little, annoying, love-struck former teammate. Sasuke hadn't bothered to give her a closer examination while she was unconscious. He assumed she was probably still the annoying little girl from his past. He didn't have time to waste around with her.

"Well, you see, I just saw this pretty shade of pink while we were coming back so I went to investigate and there she was, stripped down to her chest bindings and panties, ready to take a bathe! I couldn't get over how gorgeous she was so I had to take a closer look-"

"Oh, please!" Karin interrupted rudely, "you wanted to see her bathing and because you couldn't do it quietly enough, she," Karin gestured accusingly towards the sleeping girl on the bed, "attacked you."

"Us. She attacked us, Karin," Juugo reminded her quietly.

Karin seethed.

Sasuke's dark aura fell around the room in dangerous waves. "So," he began in a furious whisper, "you're telling me you bought her here because you are enthralled with her?"

He may have meant it as a question but it came out as a statement.

Suigetsu looked at him and grinned again, as he tried to dispel the fear of the dark aura.

"Yeah, more or less. See unlike all of you, I wouldn't mind having someone else to keep warm with and enjoy life with," he laughed.

Sasuke scowled. Juugo shook his head.

Karin blanched. "You idiot! You can't force her to like you and frankly, who would?"

Suigetsu turned his head to her. "Listen, you old hag, I know that you can't get anyone to stay with you at night but I prefer to have a nice warm body wi-"

"You jerk! I can get a man if I wanted to!"

Suigetsu pretended to tell a secret to Juugo. "Yeah, sure she can. But I wonder if she'd have to immobilized him first? Of course he'd have to be blind! Who would want to be in bed with that?"

"Asshole! I heard that! And I'll have you know I am very desirable!" Karin spat nastily.

"Quiet," Sasuke's voice commanded.

The two shut their mouths. Although Sasuke wasn't the official leader of Team Hawk or anything, the other three were assembled because of him and listened to his words in order to avoid his wrath. It was as Suigetsu liked to put it, to him, Sasuke liked to talk like he was in charge. Unspoken, he was their boss.

Sasuke leaned his head back. He was sitting on a couch in the living room. Suigetsu, Karin, and Juugo were all standing up.

Sasuke had to think about this. Now that she was here, should they just try to return her somewhere? But she was unconscious still and as Sasuke had felt, her chakra was low. He felt himself grow enraged again. What was she thinking traveling alone with barely any chakra left? What an idiot. She was just begging to be killed.

Plus, although he was Team Hawk's unspoken leader, that didn't exactly mean he could force anyone to do anything. Meaning of course, if Suigetsu wanted to keep her, he technically could. Sasuke felt his fist clench tighter, if that were possible. For some reason, the idea of Suigetsu wanting Sakura bothered him. Perhaps it was because he knew Suigetsu's reputation.

Think, Sasuke, think.

Okay, so if they kept her, what benefits could it bring?

She was a Konoha ninja, and Sasuke had every intention of enacting his revenge on the small village he once called home.

Then it came to him. If Sakura was here, no doubt that Naruto, being the obsessed idiot he was, would try to find her. With Naruto out of Konoha, it would be undoubtedly easier to destroy the little village. Then Sasuke would deal with Naruto.

"We'll keep her," Sasuke said.

Juugo raised his eyebrow. Suigetsu clapped his hands together.

"WHAT?" Karin shrieked. "B-b-but why?"

Sasuke again felt an urge to plummet his teammate into the nearby wall. Hmm, his anger control was interesting. "She is from Konoha and we can perhaps use her as blackmail."

"How do you know she's from Konoha?" Suigetsu asked.

Sasuke lifted Sakura's forehead protector that had been resting on the table after Suigetsu had removed the heavy metal object from her head. The leaf symbol on the front shined brightly.

"Oh," Suigetsu mumbled.

Karin looked distressed. First Suigetsu, now Sasuke, too? What was with that girl? "Come on, Sasuke, we don't need her for blackmail. We can destroy the village without her."

"She stays."

Suigetsu grinned mischievously at Sasuke. "Why'd ya change your mind so fast, boss?"

"Hn."

"Oh great, back to one word responses. No really, tell us!" Suigetsu said enthusiastically.

Sakura groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. She still felt completely drained. Pushing herself up into a sitting position, she was surprised to find that she was lying on a bed. Looking around her, she saw that she was in a large room that she had never seen before.

What was going on? Then it hit her. The last thing she remembered after leaving the injured village was that she was going to bathe in the waterfall and then she had fought against three strangers.

"Well, we can't leave her here."

She gasped. They had taken her with them. Moving as quietly as she could, she got off of the large bed. Somehow, she needed to escape. Although she had won back there in the forest, Sakura had sensed the three's chakra levels. There was no doubt that they weren't fighting her seriously otherwise she could have definitely been injured in a three to one battle.

As she tiptoed to the door and out into the wooden hallway, she froze when she heard a familiar voice. So familiar yet different, it hurt.

"She stays."

It can't be. There was no way. The world around her began to spin. Concentrating deeply, she forgot all about trying to escape and headed towards where she heard the voice. She stood in the doorway of a beautiful living room. The entire mansion was a gorgeous traditional Japanese masterpiece.

She heard the voice murmur in annoyance. "It doesn't matter…"

Then another male's voice. "Why?"

A female's voice cut in. "Because the princess is awake and listening to everything we say now!"

Then four sets of eyes traveled to the door to lock onto her. She could only see the striking onyx ones and nearly lost herself in their depth.

"So you're awake, babe!" Suigetsu exclaimed, his eyes running over the girl's body. She seemed to be in a sort of trance and was staring at Sasuke. Suigetsu turned to look at him. He was looking at her with indifference, like he usually did.

She took a few steps into the room, her eyes unmoving from their position on Sasuke.

"How ya feeling?" Suigetsu tried again to get a response out of the girl. What was with chicks and Sasuke anyway?

She took one more step into the room before her pink lips opened. Suigetsu leaned forward to hear what she had to say. He still hadn't heard her speak yet.

"Sasuke-kun…" her voice was a whisper.

The room was so quiet, a pin drop could heard.

Suigetsu's eyes fastened on the girl. "Sasuke-kun?"

Karin was livid. "Sasuke-kun!" Her voice was accusing as she turned to glare at Sasuke.

And then Sakura's body slackened and she fell forward.

The only indication that Sasuke left his spot on the couch was the displacement of air as he moved forward and caught the girl in his arms. Just as quickly, he tossed her body to Suigetsu, who quickly held his arms out to catch her. Sasuke returned to his position on the couch, a second later.

Sasuke relaxed back into his prior position only to feel his teammates' eyes on him.

"She knows you," Juugo said softly.

"She knows you!" Karin's voice was seething as she spat and looked at the slumbering girl in Suigetsu's arms.

Suigetsu was frozen. "She knows you."

Sasuke scowled angrily. This little game was getting annoying. "Yes, she knows me. We were…teammates."

Yeah so this chapter wasn't my favorite but I felt it was needed for background info and getting to know the characters and how they will be portrayed in my fic. Soooo tell me what you think! How did you like it? Did you not like it? (Why the HELL didn't you like it!) Just kidding haha! Anyways, if you don't read my rambling or rants, I'm sure bold-faced will get your attention. So please review. Did that work? Did it get your attention? :D

IMPORTANT EXTRA NOTE: I just wanted to add something about my characters again. They will be in character meaning that I will portray them as close to their actual personalities as the manga and anime. That being said, I feel it's important for there to be character development since we all grow up and everything (except Naruto who still wears a hideous orange jumpsuit, though I must admit, it is getting better.) Sasuke and Sakura will act and be according to how I feel they have grown up since I have made them both 20 years old in order to introduce mature themes and ideas into the story. And seriously, I CAN'T WAIT to reveal later chapters with those awesome Sasuke and Sakura scenes in them. You. will. be. stunned.

Thanks again and BE TRUE AND REVIEW! - yes, my lame attempt at rhyming.

Chapter 2: Lucky Guy