Disclaimer: Naruto characters belong to Kishimoto Masashi.

Summary: Sakura is a poor factory girl, while Sasuke is the son of Mr Uchiha, a wealthy entrepreneur. Naruto is a delivery boy, while Ino is the consecutive designer of Uchiha Shopping Co. (Yes, this is an Alternate Universe!)

A Life Lived in Fear is a Life Half Lived…

~***Loving You From Afar***~

Chapter Thirteen

"Can't you be more gentle?" asked Naruto and whispered, "Lesbian."

"I heard that!" yelled Sakura.

"OK it's all my fault. Go and take a shower because Kono will be waiting for us," commanded Naruto and added, "I'll like to take another walk down the beach."

Sakura found some clothes and went inside the bathroom. She was weary of the fact that there was no lock but Naruto was outside. She decided to take a bath to relax herself than the small triangle shaped shower. After she filled some warm water in the tub she slid her long slim legs and sat herself. "Hmmm…" moaned Sakura.

Meanwhile, Naruto sat on some sand as more memories flooded inside his head. He recalled the long black hair girl with the very beautiful amethyst eyes. They had been lovers; in fact it was Naruto's first love. He remembered meeting her at a beach around dusk.

//Flash Back//

Naruto had no family; he was an orphan who had never got adopted by anyone. When he was sixteen, he chose to live by himself with the help of youth allowance. At first he took up some part time jobs but when he could drive he became a deliverer altogether.

Straight after high school Naruto and his friends decided to go on a trip up the coast. He went with Choji, Shikamaru, Shino and Kiba. They all had turned 18 and were young men who wanted to explore more of the world. When they finally reached the Gold Coast in Queensland they fled out of the small car.

"Kiba why couldn't you get a bigger car?" complained Choji.

"I can't afford one between why don't you go on a diet?" asked Kiba, "So you don't hog up so much space."

Choji got so offended that he wanted to fight with Kiba but Shino and Shika broke them off and tried to calm them down. Naruto didn't care about them and decided to check out the girls. It was already very late in the afternoon and many people had left but Naruto spotted a girl with silky black hair along the beach.

He approached her and realised she was painting the horizon with a cheap watercolour pallet. Being young and all, Naruto wanted to run his hands along the silky hair and see how pretty the girl looked. From the instant Naruto tapped her shoulder she turned swaying her beautiful hair.

Soft purple eyes met dazzling sea-blue ones and nothing could break the intensity of their gaze in that instant. Kin broke off the silence and asked, "Who are you?"

She had a sweet toned voice that fluttered into Naruto's ears. After another moment of silence Naruto laughed, "Oh I'm Naruto and you're a great painter."

She chuckled back and answered, "It's nothing, and I'm Hin- I mean Kin. Nice to meet you Naruto."

"Kin," repeated Naruto softly, "That's a weird name."

Hinata did not tell Naruto her real name because she did not, could not get close to any man. Her father would never allow her to choose a boyfriend because she had a fiancée from birth. She had argued that her generation were allowed to choose whom they liked but being a strict traditional father he was. He wouldn't listen upon his daughter's plea. She furthered argued that the man she was engaged to might not want her but he shook that thought off too.

"Look, the sun's setting," said Kin and added, "It's beautiful."

They sat down to admire the lovely scenery ahead but Naruto had adverted his eyes at Kin's beautiful smile. "So how long are you staying here?" asked Naruto.

"I don't know," she said solemnly and was interrupted by a girl.

The girl whispered that Mr Hyuga would like to see her at dinner so Kin excused herself, "I must go, nice meeting you."

"Wait, will I ever see you again?" asked Naruto.

"I like your eyes, they're so pretty. Yes, I love the beach because it's next to the sea," she said softly.

"Then I'll see you here, tomorrow?" wondered Naruto.

Kin gave Naruto a soft nod and left.

//End of Flashback//

Naruto decided it was his turn to take a shower so he headed back to the cabin. Sakura had just realised that there was no soap in the bathroom. She got out and wrapped a towel around her to scurry down the short hall into the room. As she was searching her luggage for a piece of soap Naruto had entered silently. As Naruto came closer to get some clothes Sakura's towel was slipping off unnoticed.

"Found it," shouted Sakura as she stood up in triumph. 

In that instant her towel fell off as Naruto gazed towards a naked Sakura. He chuckled and gave a moan at the sight. His groan became larger and all emotions were devoid by his sexual desires. He walked closer towards Sakura as she bent down to pick up the towel. As Sakura's head came up Naruto stood right in front of her.

Naruto's eyes had become a red shade from his arousal as he leaned toward Sakura.

"What are you doing?" asked Sakura before she was cut off by Naruto's seizure of her mouth.

"Hmm…" groaned Naruto as he yanked at her towel so that her body was against his thin T-shirt. He did not know what had come over him but he wanted Sakura more than anything. He placed her gently on the firm bed even though she struggled. He took off his shirt quickly, which allowed time for Sakura to yell at him.

"NO, I don't want," cried Sakura begging Naruto to let her go. She could feel his firm male member against her thighs and was too shocked to say anything.

She felt a new sensation that she could not describe as she felt Naruto's strong chest. He trailed his hand on her buttocks to her small firm breasts and she wailed in agony. It did not feel right because there was something missing between them. LOVE. They were missing love and suddenly Sakura felt violated. Naruto was going to take off his pants but his conscious forbade him.

"Please don't," whispered Sakura with tears flowing down her eyes.

As hard as it may be to stop when he was so excited. He stopped; he did not want to hurt her and vowed to himself that he would not touch her in that way. Unless, she wanted to and after this thought his eyes softened back to a blue shade. He picked up the towel on the floor and wrapped it around a very scared Sakura.

He whispered, "I will make you love me," in a husky voice that tickled Sakura's ears. He grabbed some clothes from his luggage and went to take a shower. Sakura sat down to calm her feelings. Her body had responded to him and if it wasn't the little conscious remaining in her, she would have given all to him. She did not know much about Naruto nor does she know much about Sasuke. Suddenly, Sakura became curious and wondered why Naruto had been so sad this morning. She did not realise her hand had trailed up to her lips where he had kissed her.

Sakura realised why she was in a towel, "I HAVEN'T FINISHED BATHING!"

"Would you like to bath with me then?" replied Naruto, "There's enough space for both of us…"

"Grrrr…" grunted Sakura and waited for him to finish.

When Naruto finished bathing he noticed Sakura's clothing. A smile lit on his face as he studied the silky panties. His eyes trailed towards the bra and he desperately wanted to know her size. Just when he was about to look Sakura rushed in to see a fully naked Naruto. She had just remembered that she had left her clothing in the bathroom.

Sakura went red in the face as she got a good look at his groan area but managed to yank the bra off Naruto's hand, "Don't you dare," snarled Sakura.

"Che, I'll find out one day," said Naruto.

When they both had finished getting dress, they went to check up on Kono.

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"Onii-chan," cried Kono and added, "What took you guys so long?"

Naruto smirked while Sakura blushed but all thoughts were broken as Kono accused, "Did you do it yet?"

"Do what," replied Naruto innocently as Kono whispered something into his ears.

"You still have tonight Naruto," cheered Kono before two fists came to squeeze his head.

The doctors said Kono was all right and that he could leave the hospital. But he must carry his puffer at all times. (Kono suffers from asthma remember? Too much television for this young man V.V)

Durian: Oh well I hope you liked and this trip of theirs would end soon! I'll be putting more Sasuke and Hinata will be introduced shortly…

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