Disclaimer - I do not own Naruto
Author's notes - Here's chapter nine. Which will have the very start of Sasuke and Sakura's relationship. Oh - quick note. I'm not really into gay pairings at all, but in this chapter there is some highly one-sided Orochimaru x Sasuke...(Shrugs) He's Bisexual, I have to even it out. Hate me if you must for making Orochimaru hit on our poor (not so innocent) Sasuke. It killed me to write it...poor Sasuke.
Over the next two weeks, Sakura's daily lifestyle continued. She got up, went to school, came home, and depending on what night it was, studied, went to train, or went to model. On days where she had extra time in her night, she would do a small work-out in her room that was silent but harsh on burning fat. With all that going on her life became frustrating with each day that went by and was always thankful when it was Sunday, where she was then able to rest for at least twenty-four hours before having to get up and do it all again. The fashion show was this Saturday and it was only Thursday night. She had to encounter one more day of hell before walking. She didn't know if she could handle it.
"I can't do this." She told her ceiling as she fell backwards onto her bed. "I can't do everything they need me to do..."
So far on her list of things to do she had only completed half of one. Her weight was down to 107lbs and Orochimaru was satisfied with her for now. Her list concluded of things that wouldn't be achieved until she graduated or died, there was no way she could live this any longer. Sakrua grabbed her pillow, groaned, and smashed the pillow into her face to make the frustration go away.
Cocaine.
Sakura shot up from her bed and sent her pillow flying across her room. She needed a little bit of rest and wanted to make things disappear; cocaine was the perfect thing for the job. She hadn't used it since last Sunday and it was making her itch not being able to do them. Sakura pulled out the bag, her straws, and her same CD case that she always used. She moved the items to her closet where she then began to snort up the lines of cocaine. In no time she was knocked out by it's strong power and fell asleep in her closet.
When she awoke several hours later, Sakura ditizly walked out of her closet and plopped her body onto her bed. She had her body functioning enough to know if she played ill she'd be able to stay home today and get the extra rest she needed for the fashion show the following day. To her luck, her mother bought it and waited on Sakura for the entire day, in hopes that she'd feel better in time for fashion show.
"You must be nervous." Her mother said, bringing Sakura a bowl of soup. "Eat up and the weird feeling will go away."
When her mother left, Sakura, now feeling much better, jumped up and poured the soup down her bathroom toilet. "I may be feeling ill about tomorrow night, but I'm not going to throw my hard work away on a simple hundred calorie bowl of soup!"
A few hours later, to her surprise, Ino was nice enough to stop by after school with her makeup work and the grade she and Sasuke were given on their drug-project. (A+.)
"So is your weird bruise gone yet?" Ino asked, pulling up a chair to sit next to her in.
"It's almost gone, it just looks like my skin was stained my drops of grape juice."
"Too-bad it isn't gone. For that fashion show tomorrow night I heard that we will be wearing elegant evening gowns, which show off your shoulders." Ino said, shrugging.
"You know, they have makeup to cover things like that up." Sakura snapped at her, growing frustrated once more.
"Hm...so then what's up with your dilated pupils?" She pointed to Sakura's eyes and let out a small giggle. "They look really dorky like that."
Sakura frowned and said it was just because she was ill.
Ino shrugged again and then for some reason beyond Sakura's knowledge began to talk about Shikamaru. Oh how lovely Shikamaru was when he did this or that. How smart Shikamaru was in Language today when he got the question right. And how cute Shikamaru was when he fell asleep in class again today. It seemed to Sakura that she had all of a sudden lost her interest in Sasuke, but denied so when she asked. After a three-hour-visit from Ino, she finally left and promised that she'd be back on Sunday to talk about the fashion show with her. Sakura groaned when Ino left. Sunday was her day of rest, and it was something she was longing for even though she already had this Friday off thanks to her drugs.
Since Sakura was feeling much better in the evening her mother suggested she went to training just to get some of the stress and nerves of the fashion show off. She was highly grateful she went, as soon as she arrived, Lee had informed her that they were going to start her on something called a 'Form' which he described as a dance only with blocks, kicks, and different hand-techniques. Sakura was highly eager for this 'Form' and took no heed to pay close attention to the instructions Gai-Sensei gave her. After several attempts to put together the first ten moves, Gai paired Sakura up with a female student with long hair that fell to her ankles for self-defense. There, she and the girl named Kin where to take turns practicing a self-defense that protected yourself from the common wrist-grab. Several times, she felt like Kin purposely grabbed her wrist to hard just so she'd look better. Lee had warned her about rivalry among students, but she couldn't come to mind the thought of Kin wanting to rival against her who was a mere white belt. Perhaps it was because Kin and Sakura were the only women in the school.
After practice, Sakura came home only wanting to take a shower and go to sleep. The day ahead of her was going to be long and she wanted to get all the sleep she could before hand. Her mother gave her a quick message from Tenten reminding Sakura that were was going to be a small party before the show where'd they'd be able to spend some time talking and catching up, and then another party after the show where refreshments would be and they'd celebrate having their first show of the year. As Sakura showered, her fears of the show melted away and she began to look forward to the show and it's parties.
"So, how many people are coming just to see you?" Ino asked as they drove up together to Kyoshi for the show.
"Just my parents from what I know of...they're only able to see the show. They have a business meeting right after."
Ino smirked. "Really? Only your parents? I'm having my entire family come, as well some of our friends. Naruto, Chouji, Hinata, Shino, Kiba...oh, and even Shikamaru said he'd come to watch me!"
"Great, I bet you're excited." She said sarcastically as she rolled her eyes.
"I am!"
The girls pulled into the packed parking lot of the 'Kyoshi Music Arena' at three and headed to the main room of the building, where several models, parents, and agents were busy in deep conversations drinking various drinks. Sakura quickly scanned the room to find a familiar face. In one corner, in her usual Goth-boy pants, corset tops, many wristbands, heavy necklaces, and thick eyeliner Temari stood next to another Gothic model and had her same usual look of irritation on her face. By the large window were Tenten and Neji. Tenten chatted happily to Neji, taking a few drinks in between words to catch her breath. In another corner was Sasuke. He was like Temari, silent and looking irritated. He wasn't drinking anything and seemed to be alone for now. To her luck, there was no trace of Orochimaru yet.
Ino completely missed Sasuke and rushed over to join a few models from the Suna agency, giving Sakura a small chance to be with Sasuke.
"Hello, Sasuke." Sakura chirped.
"Hn..."
Sakura leaned her body on the same wall Sasuke had his on. "How many shows have you been in so far?"
"Fifteen." He said flatly.
Her eyes grew, though fifteen wasn't that many, she was still impressed. "Wow. So, this must be pretty simple for you now?"
"Hn..."
"Are Kakashi and Rin here?"
"Not at the moment. They went out for a late lunch...they'll be back before the show starts."
To Sakura's luck, Orochimaru walked through the door with a familiar brand of alcohol in his hands. It was obvious he was going to start drinking in no time and he'd demand to weigh her before the show. It'd all end up with him yelling at her and demanding she lost a certain amount of weight before yet another certain date. Even though she was use to this date-setting and she found it highly helpful to stay motivated, Sakura dreaded it.
"Sasuke...Sakura..." Orochimaru walked over to them and opened his bottle.
"Orochimaru." They both replied in different tones of voice.
He took a long heavy drink of alcohol. "Sasuke...," he said pulling the bottle away, "you look so good today. And, Sakura, I need to speak with you for a brief moment, and don't worry Sasuke, I'll be right back."
Sasuke's eyes narrowed and he turned his head away with annoyance. "Annoying..." He muttered.
With hesitation, Sakura followed Orochimaru down the hall to the women's bathroom. He opened the door where the usual white scale sat in the middle of the floor. They both walked in and Orochimaru turned the lock to keep their privacy. He didn't need to tell her once more to remove her clothing, it was almost all off when he turned back around.
"Good girl. You're learning to listen and behave...what does it say?"
Sakura didn't reply and glanced to the mirrors beside her. She took a deep breath as she focused on her thighs. They were disgusting, large curved thighs which showed she had eaten a lot of fattening foods and hardly worked out, even if she was attending lessons.
"Sakura, what does it say?!" Orochimaru snapped at her.
"106."
He smiled and walked up to her, running his long fingers up and down her large arms. "Very good...just drop six more and I'll be so thrilled with you for reaching your first goal weight." His mouth was close to her face again and she had a feeling that he was snaking his arms around her entire body when it was only her arms. "I can tell you've been using the cocaine too...such a good little girl you're becoming, Sakura."
"Thank you." She whispered.
Orochimaru brought the bottle by Sakura's face and took a long sip, when he brought it down it let out small gasp of satisfaction. "Come Sakura, our Sasuke is waiting."
Buttoning up her shirt, Sakura headed to the main room, there, she found a horror site of Orochimaru flirting with Sasuke. He moved closer and more around him each time Sasuke denied or ignored him, making comments about how good he was looking tonight or how he didn't care if the room was full of people, he wanted to do disturbing things to him. It surprised Sakura on how well he handled. Orochimaru being drunk.
Nintey minutes later, Sakura and the other models moved to another room. There they were quickly stripped from their clothing and put into different outfits while one person did their hair and another two did makeup. Her first outfit was a beautiful red silk kimono that was recently designed by Tsunade. She looked around and saw Tenten in a deep blue one, Temari in a black kimono, and Ino a light purple. She waved to the girls, though it was unnoticed through the large crowed of models and makeup artists. No where in the area did she find Sasuke and wondered if he was going to be in this first part of the show at all.
Soon, music began to play and the first model made her way out, when a signal was given another model followed. Sakura's heart was pounding, she was next, all what was needed to be given was the signal.
"Sakura, go!"
You can do this, Sakura...it's what you've been training for. Calmly and perfectly paced, Sakura made her way out onto the runway. The whole time, she kept her eyes forward and didn't dare look around to see the media and group of people she knew from school. At first she felt nervous, what if she fell? Everyone would see, yet, halfway down the runway her spirit was lifted and the rest of the walk was stronger and more confident. She placed her hands on her hips when she reached the end and struck two small poses before turning around and repeating what she did on her way down.
When she turned the corner from the runway and was out of the view, she rushed down to where other models began to put on their second outfit. As she did so, they quickly began to change her hairstyle to match her Valentine's Day themed outfit. Not yet, had she found Sasuke. Most of the girls were back now and it was possible that they switched between girls and boys in between clothing changes. When they lined Sakura up again, Ino was right behind her.
"Where you nervous when you first went up?" Sakura asked, taking a step forward after another model went out.
"Of course not! I had the walk down perfectly and I was obviously the best one on the runway." Ino smiled proudly.
"I was a little nervous at first" -- she took another step forward -- "but when I was about halfway through the runway, I realized how good I was doing."
"Go, Sakura." The man who was giving out the signals for the models called.
Sakura did as she was told and walked down the runway with a slight bounce and happy expression across her face. She was trained to work emotions with the themed outfit, and was doing her best to take the training to good use. Making her way back, she made small eye contact with Ino and smiled, Ino didn't return the smile and kept walking at her own fast pace.
For her third and final outfit, they placed Sakura in a long black gown and tied her hair into a bun to give it a much more mature look. When she went out onto the runway she gave the 'elegant walk' and struck very deep and seductive poses without looking like she was desperate. The final walk then took place after the men did their route of suites and were line up as boy, girl, boy, girl. Sakura's mood grew happier when she found out she was right behind Sasuke. She'd be able to walk right behind him for the final walk where every model would be scene, and possibly someone would take a picture with her next to Sasuke. Though the chance was slim, due to the amount of models there where, Sakura kept her hopes up. After she finished her final walk, the models crowded at the start of the runway and clapped fiercefully as Tsunade made her way infront of them.
"First off, I'd like to thank all of you for being here for making our first show of the year such a success!" Tsunade clasped her hands together. "I'd also like you to give a round of applause for these five lucky ladies who won in the modeling competition I held in November..." The first three girls that were called stepped up next to Tsunade and clapped as another was called. "...Sendok Temari...and Haruno Sakura."
Sakura stepped forward and clapped her hands, even though she was the last girl to be called.
After Tsunade excused them when their loud applause had finished, the girls stepped and Tsunade continued with her little talk. Mentioning once again how thankful she was for everyone hitting the show off, she then thanked a few more people for letting her set up here and other assorted things like that. When she finished, she gave a low bow and left the stage with the models.
"Sakura, you're coming to the after party, right?" Tenten called out, pushing through a few other models.
"Oh, of course. I'm just going to go. I want to change first, I'll meet you there." She waved back and struggled to get through the other models just to go to the bathroom. Luckily, she kept her clothes in a bag and unlike some of the models, she didn't have to go very far to get her clothing back. Allowing her to be the first of four to get the bathroom. Sakura was slow when she changed her clothing this time, the fashion show repeted through her mind. She was happy with how well she was, and she knew Orochimaru would be too. It was going to be a good night.
Sakura heard the three other girls leave the bathroom and then one more entered. She heard the door lock, obviously this model wanted privacy. Her footsteps were heavy and from the space at the bottom of her cell, she saw the girl coming closer. Sakura quickly slipped on her shirt and began to button it up, possibly the girl was one who wanted as much space as she could get.
"You were lovely tonight, Sakura."
Her eyes grew wide and she turned around to see who was behind the door. When she opened it Orochimaru stood in front of her with one of his disturbing smiles. "Orochimaru," she gasped out, "you scared me."
"You were lovely tonight, Sakura." He repeated, taking a step closer.
Sakura bunched the top of her shirt to cover up the large amount of skin that was left and returned a small smile. "Thank you."
He continued to walk up to her until she was up against the wall. His smile grew as he reached up to caress one of her cheeks. "Sakura...if you lost a bit more weight, I'd be able to call you beautiful..." His free hand reached up and began pull some hair away from her face. "For now, I suppose lovely will have to do..." His face leaned closer to hers and moved in for a kiss.
"Don't touch me." She cried, turning her head to the side to avoid this.
"You can't get away from me, Sakura...no one ever can." One of his hands grabbed her by the wrist and pinned it against the wall. The other hand that grabbed her free wrist, pinned it up by her head and his hips were pushed against hers. "Fighting will make me hold on tighter." He hissed at her, squeezing her wrists.
"Let go!" She screamed, tears began to pool at her the rim of her eyes.
"Stop resisting." He hissed once more and pushed his hips harder against hers as he began to move in for more kisses.
Her tears streamed from her eyes and she continued to cry. "No! I won't let you do this to me!" With all the strength she could gather, Sakura brought up her knee and hit Orochimaru in the crotch. To her great luck, Orochimaru let go and dropped down in pain, tearing her shirt as he went down. Sakura didn't take heed, she jumped over Orochimaru in the tiny cell and rushed to the door, she quickly unlocked it and ran down the hall, caring less that she was only in a bra. She needed to find a phone, and quick too. She had to report this bastard for what he just did. Her legs felt heavy as she continued to run through the building, unlike the agency, she didn't know the layout of this building and finding a room to hide in was going to be hard. Luck hit her once more when she spotted Sasuke a few feet in front of her, and without any second thoughts, she ran into his arms and buried her face into his warm body.
"Sakura!" Sasuke said in surprise.
"Sasuke! He...tried to...he was going to...oh, god!" She clutched his shirt in her fists and more tears began to spill.
"Calm down, Sakura. Who was trying to do what to you?"
"Orochimaru!" She screeched, ignoring Rin and Kakashi's confused faces. "He was...please, we need to get a phone and call the police!"
"No, Sakura."
Her eyes grew. "What?"
"We can't call him in..." Sasuke whispered in a highly calm voice.
"Why not?!"
Sasuke looked back at Rin and Kakashi who still wore confused faces. "Come with us...I'll explain it to you later." He pulled on Sakura to follow and they rushed to their car and told her to get in and that he'd take her to the hotel where they were staying until her parents came back from their meeting. Rin sat in the backseat with Sasuke and Sakura, and rubbed Sakura's shoulder to calm her down, telling her everything was going to be alright while she explained the horror that had just been upon her. Hyperventilating and shivering from the cool air and experience.
"Here...you look cold." Sasuke took off his shirt and handed it to Sakura.
Sakura took his shirt and slipped it over her head. "Thank you, Sasuke..." She choked out in between tears before returning to her story.
Author's notes - (Laughs nervously) Well, I'm sure chapter nine was a jaw-dropper for a few of you...I obviously don't know much about models, so I took a good guess at the fashion show. The one fashion show I've been in was a really hectic and I didn't want to write about Sakura not being able to find someone to zip the back of her dress up, lol. Hopefully it was enough to make this chapter work. Now, I do know that because Orochimaru was hitting on her in that way, that the proper thing to do would be to call the police, but from my poor information, they don't actually report them most of the time...Er...look on the bright side...it's going to mean more SasukexSakura from now on.
Thank you for reading.
(I just realized how evil I am! Sakura had attempted-rape just before her birthday!)
