Working for Mr. Sasuke Uchiha

Chapter 4: This Sickening Feeling

-Tsunade's POV 8 Months Later-

"Again!" shouted the blond headed beauty from the corner of the room as she scribbled down on some papers she had been working on for hours. Her golden eyes glanced up at the cherry blossom hair woman in front of her. Yes, they had indeed been at this ex cerise for hours but she knew well enough that her pupil was tough. She reminded her of herself in more ways than one.

"Yes!" Came the reply of an out of breathe pupil but she continued with her training. She was going to get better, she had to. The past couple of months since Tsunade came to the mansion, she at least came 4 times a week she would teach and train Sakura daily for hours.

Sakura had developed her skill at a quick pace but Tsunade was determined to push her more and more, she saw her potential and wanted to harness that potential. She felt it was her that could help Sasuke, even if he thought he did not need her help but just her power he was greatly mistaken.

Tsunade had known this fact since the first day she had meet Sakura all those months ago. She could see in her emerald eyes that she was determined to help Sasuke, and not by her power. No, her power was just a step in the right direction she was going to heal Sasuke using a different kind of method.

Sakura might not even realize how important she had become to almost everyone in that mansion or even to Sasuke himself. He tried to hide it Tsunade knew that fact all to well. Sasuke had his wall up and it was going to take someone with a special gift and insight to take that wall down. Tsunade smirked as she stopped working on her papers looking up at her pupil working on an animal she had place in front of her.

Tsunade knew Sakura could do that, she could be that person for Sasuke, even if she tried not to think about it or even be that person. Tsunade had always kept people at a distance for so long and yet day after day she spent with this woman she felt herself change as well. She trusted Sakura and cared for her deeply as if she was a sister to her. Who would have though that after all this time Sakura would be this special to her?

Personally she could not believe it herself, and meeting her was something she had not planned for. When she received that phone call from Sasuke she was not only shocked but furious he wanted her to train his maid? After being Sasuke's ally for so long she was taken back by his offer and yet, she was intrigued who could have peeked his interest this much to have him call her?

She soon found herself face to face with this pink haired maid on that fateful rainy afternoon.

-8 Months Ago-

"This is Sakura," came his reply as the girl stepped out from the hallway and into Sasuke's office where she stood at the doorway facing "her."

"Sakura, hm?" The blond woman slowly turned her head to face the owner of the name before her. She was nothing like she had imagined and as she continued to stare at her, Tsunade slowly felt herself stand up and walk over to the woman who just stood there in the doorway.

Sakura tensed for a moment and she felt herself becoming nervous every second that Tsunade's eyes traveled along her body and inspected her head to toe. She could not believe she had agreed to do this for Sasuke but she was his maid and with her new power that seemed to come out of nowhere she wanted to know what was happening to her body.

Tsunade stopped a few feet in front of her and placed her hands on her hips and arched a brow before looking back at Sasuke sitting at his desk. "You want me to train her? She looks so frail and could break at any moment. You always did torture your maids, are you sure she is up to it?"

Sasuke said nothing because he felt he did not need to explain himself to her. He had called her here after all did he not? What more did she want? Sasuke had seen Sakura's potential first hand and he wanted her gift to help him later on.

When Sasuke did not speak up Tsuande was about to pound his face in before she heard the voice carried by Sakura reply. "I will work very hard, I may look fragile and weak but I want to do my best and help Mr. Uchiha in anyway I can." She then bowed before Tsunade and said once more, "Please train me Lady Tsunade."

Tsunade turned to face the girl once more, she was not sure what to make of her yet. She had only just meet her after all and Sasuke wanted her to train this Sakura herself. Not send over her assistant but her, Sasuke wanted Tsunade to bring herself over here and train her.

She wondered for a moment why Sasuke would not allow Sakura to step out of the mansion to come see her, that thought stopped her for a moment. He had told Tsunade to come to the mansion, and in person. Not to send and assistant but to come herself and take a first look at this girl he wanted her to train. She must be special in some way to him for him to even ask her in that manner.

Tsunade felt herself sigh as she placed her finger on her chin and tapped it a few times. "Do you still want her to perform her maid services to you Sasuke?" She glanced back at him and he only merely nodded as she stood there thinking to herself before she came to a decision.

"Very well Sakura, I will train you. Listen to me well, it will be hard and I will come Monday thru Thursday and you will train every afternoon and evening with me. You will still have to be a maid and perform your duties to Sasuke but even with all that you will not slack off understand?"

Sakura stood up and smiled with a nod as she said gently, "Of course Lady Tsunade, I will not disappoint you."

-Present Day 8 Months Later-

That was 8 months ago and Sakura had kept her word. She continued to perform her maid services to Sasuke in the mornings, and train with Tsunade in the afternoon and nights. By the time Tsunade would leave she would be to exhausted to even change most nights and she would just fall asleep in her clothes.

Tonight was no different as Tsunade left and she had bid her farewell and she made her way downstairs and into her beautiful suite of a bedroom. She slipped off her shoes and stumbled over onto her bed falling onto its cloud like mattress. She let a soft sigh escape her lips before she looked down at her hands before her. Her power was to heal, she had no idea she had such an ability.

After 8 months of training she had come to realize that it was not an accident at all she was well aware of her gift. Although the more she trained the more she became aware of things around her. She had found that a lot of the people inside of the mansion seemed to posses some kind of ability as well. Sasuke and Naruto were the most mysterious of all.

Besides those two, there was another who had a mysterious power. Unlike Sasuke and Naruto she felt as though his was sick and twisted. His very presence could make anyone shiver and make you feel dead inside. She remembered the encounter she finally had when she felt this presence and seen his face just a few days ago.

-Wednesday Morning-

Sakura had already started on her cleaning duties and had been cleaning for sometime in one of the rooms Sasuke never seemed to touch. She had started to place things in order on each shelf, one was a little too high for her to reach and so she had placed a few books on the ground for her to climb on top of. Yes, not the smartest idea but she did not have a ladder or any other chair so this was the best option for now.

Standing on her toes she placed the book in its place as she tried to makes her way back down off of the books. Trying to be as careful as possible, one step at a time one small movement after the next she felt herself doing well with her progress before she felt something on her hand. She looked down at her hand to find a spider crawling across it and could not help but let out a scream as she lost her balance and came crashing down onto the floor.

Upon impact she had slipped and hit one of the corner desks she had the unpleasant experience of hitting and falling onto the floor. It took her a moment to pull herself together as she slowly sat up and placed her hand on her hand and looked at the other to find the spider gone. He probably jumped off in fear as well due to her crazy antics earlier.

She could only chuckle at herself for a moment before she felt her hand on her forehead touch something sticky and warm. She pulled her hand away to see that blood had started to make its decent onto her forehead and cheeks. She sighed gently and decided she had to treat it quickly as she closed her eyes and focused on her hand.

It began to glow green as she placed it on the spot of her head she felt the blood rushing down her head. She sat there in the room for a few moments as she began to heal her wound on her forehead. It was not long after that she felt a presence nearby, she had started to feel these presences in recent weeks. She had gotten used to knowing when Sasuke would come to check on her or when he would leave and come back.

No, this presence was nothing like his she felt as though she could not move. She could not even feel herself heal anymore as she tried to gather herself together. She felt silly for feeling this way about a presence before the voice from the doorway stopped her in her tracks.

"Sso, this is the new maid Ssakura." She gathered herself up to just turning and looking at the man who's voice it held. She felt her heart pound in her chest and her vision getting blurry as she tried to focus in on his face. The man had long black hair and pale skin, almost as pale as the snow itself. His piercing jade eyes never leaving hers as she felt her breath caught in her throat.

She did not even answer him, she couldn't. He on the other hand smirked in a devilish way as he walked over and knelt down in front of her mere inches away from her face, picking up the books in the way and setting them aside. "My, my have I scared you kitten? I had no intention of doing so.." He whispered and with just that whispered it sent shiver up her spine.

She wanted to run away, or scream, call for someone. She felt stupid for thinking of such a thing about a man but he, he was so different and she could not help but feel this way. He reached out with his left hand and gently placed his hand over where her cut was slowly healing up. "You have a nasty cut there.." He whispered as his tongue seemed to flick out in a snake like motion before slowly running it along his bottom lip.

That was it she was officially freaked out as she felt herself reach up with her right hand and slap his hand away from her cut. She could not believe what she had done but she felt as though she had to as she caught her breath finally and then said gently, "I am sorry for hitting you, but I assure you I am fine. I am Sakura, and you are sir?"

The man before her only smirked as he placed his hand to his side and said in his most sickening voice, "Mr. Orochimaru, it is a pleassure Miss. Ssakura."

She wanted to run at this moment to get away from this moment but then she heard the voice of the man behind him and felt herself become relaxed. "Orochimaru, step away from my maid. You do not have permission to be down this far into my private quarters."

Sasuke stood in the doorway and she felt relived unto she took a good look at him. His eyes, they were red like the time before. She felt herself shiver once more but neither of the men noticed as Orochimaru stood up and faced Sasuke with his famous smirk on his face.

"Now, now Sasuke my dear boy do not get upset. I was only down here because I heard you had a new maid and I wanted to see who she was and how she was doing. Seems she had a nasty cut on her head you might want to take better care of your precious employees." Orochimaru walked towards Sasuke and turned whispering something in his ear that made Sasuke react that Sakura had never seen before.

Sasuke's eyes widened before he quickly narrowed them and he gritted his teeth before he swiftly turned to what appear like hitting him. Before in a moment Sasuke and that man vanished.

-Present-

Sakura's eyes snapped open as she heard a knock on her door. She must have drifted off for a moment thinking about that encounter. Ever since that day Sasuke seemed to be avoiding her more than usual and she had wondered why. It had bothered her to say the least but she tried not to let it worry her.

She let out a small yawn escape her lips as she answered a "coming" and felt herself drag her feet across the floor and to the door. Opening it revealed the man who occupied her earlier thoughts, Sasuke. She was a bit taken back that he was even there, at her room. He never did that before but she tried not to make it seem that she wasn't too shocked to see him there.

"Mr. Sasuke, good evening. Um, is there something wrong?" Sasuke stood there and looked at her before he spoke up in what seemed to be an almost caring tone?

"Sakura." He started and seemed to stop as his eyes never left hers, she felt her heart pounding and the warmth to her cheeks start to rise before she whispered back a soft reply of, "Yes?"

He reached out and took a lock of her pink hair in between his fingers and she almost melted as he continued to stare at her. "Did he hurt you? Orochimaru?" She was a bit taken back by his question but she tried to keep her composure as she felt herself reply to him once more, "No, he didn't. I am fine I promise."

He seemed satisfied with that answer and slowly let his fingers slide from her soft pink hair and he nodded, "Good."

"I can't lose you Sakura." With that he turned and walked down the hallway and turned once more at the corner and out of her sight. She felt her heart pounding in her chest and there was noway it was going to stop anytime soon.

"Did he really just say that?.." She tried to snap out of it to pull herself together but with those words. He had, had her. Hook line and sinker she had always had some sort of feelings for him but now they had grown. She slowly walked back into her room and closed her door as she slide down against the door and onto the ground. "Sasuke.."

"Lady Tsunade?" Sakura said as she turned to her master who sat in her usual place in the corner doing paper work the next day. Sakura had a hard time concentrating all day since the encounter with Sasuke last night.

What was even more distracting was the nagging thought she had in the back of her mind, and she had to ask someone and she felt Tsunade being the powerful woman she was could give her answers. Tsunade did not even glance up from her paper work but replied, "What is it Sakura? Why have you stopped training?"

Sakura bit her bottom lip as she felt herself muster up her courage to ask the question she had been longing to ask since they first started training that afternoon.

All time seemed to slowly stop as she uttered the question gently to her teacher.

"Do you know who Orochimaru is?" The room was still and Tsunade stopped her writing before she tried to comprehend what Sakura just asked. How did she know about a man like him? Did Sasuke..?

She threw her papers to the side and slammed her fist on the table causing a crack to form on its surface and it made Sakura jump back a few steps as she stared at her teacher before her.

"Lady Tsunade?" She seemed to whisper as Tsunade looked up at her pupil with her golden eyes, "Why do you want to know anything about that snake?"

"My lady?" Sakura whispered not really sure what to take from that answer, before Tsunade spoke up again in a very stone like, and threatening voice.

"Stay away from him Sakura, or he will kill you."

I told you I was back there is no lie here in these words! I hope you liked this chapter it was actually a lot of fun for me too write! I am here for good until I finish this story I promise! Karin will come back to make an appearance later, this chapter was mostly focused on Orochimaru and Tsunade.

I hope you enjoyed it! As always pleaaase review, I love love love your feedback it actually makes me write faster and I enjoy hearing your opinions! Hopefully this chapter I will get a lot more feedback!

ps. I also hope all the going back and forth did not confuse anyone. Just so you know the present now will be 8 months into training with Tsunade.

Until next time!

-Krisy