wa ha!! i have come out with the next chapter of the first story i have ever written with my most favorite pairing ever; sakura and sasuke!!!!

i have made a very evil cliffe at the end, just so you know. wahahahahahahaha!!!so, i just wanted to say that i am going back to public school this year, meaning that i will have more time off from school, meaning that i will have a bit more free time to write and such. but... that is still a month away, yeah.

btw, i am not going to use capitols in this, cuz im lazy like that

as sakura began to arouse from her slumber, the first thing she thought, was air. she could remember riding on the snake, and then she had fallen asleep. she now felt as if she were under a very stuffy blanket.

she tried to move the blanket off, but a hand shot out and stopped her. sakura went to roll over to wee who the hand belonged to, but she ran into someone's chest.

"eep!"

"shhh-" sasuke whispered "Orochimaru doesn't know your here. Don't give yourself away."

"air-" sakura tried to say softly.

sasuke rolled the blanket down and sakura found herself laying inbetween sasuke and a wall. her face became flushed.

sasuke smirked and scooted in a little closer.

"I don't want anyone to see you..." he breathed into her ear.

sakura felt her heart leap as she layed so close to him.

"what time is it?" asked sakura.

"The dawn broke about an hour ago."

"hmmm"

they fell into silence and sakura began to feel sleepy agian. before she was completely out, she felt an arm around her, pulling her in close.

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"where did you run off to, sasuke?"

"I was on a surprise errand for you, sensei."

"what did you find?" an evil grin spread across the vile man's lips.

"that konoha's defense needs some work."

"well done, my pupil." he paused before releasing sasuke. "you may go."

sasuke retreated to his room and took a deep breath. sakura lay on his bed, fast asleep. if orochimaru were to find out about her, and what she'd done for him, things would get nasty.

sasuke sighed and untied the purple rope holding his kimono on. the silk fell into a pile at his feet. if sakura were to wake up, thought sasuke, i wonder what she'd think.

he chuckled at that thought as he slipped inot a thin sleeping haori. to make an excuse in case orochimaru or one of his men were to come into his room, he pulled down his haori off his shoulders to reveal his bare torso. it would make it look as if her were naked.

he crawled into his bed next to the sleeping sakura. he didn't have very much room on the bed, and it was as if she knew what he was thinking when she rolled onto her side.

sasuke wanted to sleep, but he was too restless. dirty thoughts plagued his mind as he imagined sakura back in her room before she had gotten dressed.

No! he thought, your not like that! he shook off the images and pulled the blanket up over sakura's head to keep her from being seen.

he relaxed next to the sleeping girl; she seemed to have a wierd effect about her. but he still couldn't sleep. just as he was drifting off, sakura began to stir. he held the blanket over her head, but she called out for air. he pulled down the blanket enough for her to breathe, and she gasped when she realized how close she was to him.

why did he do it? he didn't know, but he was enjoying her reaction. it really made her look cute. he scooted in closer to her, to the point where she was completely pinned between him and the wall. he leaned down to her and whispered into her ear.

it took a few moments, but sakura finally relaxed and asked what time it was.

small talk, that was a good sighn.

he answered her and they fell into silence once again. sasuke watched her slowly drift back to sleep. he could remember all those nights he had layed here, wishing he hadn't left the village-wishing he hadn't left sakura.

what was it about her that made his heart leap every time those green eyes peered into his own? he sighed and wrapped an arm around her small frame. she was now his, and nobody was going to lay a had on her.

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"sasuke-" the evil man hissed as he leaned in the doorway.

sasuke opened his eyes slowly to rest on sakura's sleeping form. she was pretty hard to make out in the dark room, but he could see her soft pink hair lining her face.

"sasuke-" he was firmer this time.

when did orochimaru get here?! thought sasuke when did i fall asleep?!

sasuke quickly pulled the blankets up to cover himself-and sakura.

"im naked." sasuke said as he turned halfway around to face orchimaru. "what do you want?"

"I want you to stay here while i go to see- a friend of mine."

"Okay." replied sasuke as he rolled back over.

"I'm bringing kabuto with me, so be alert, boy." with that, orochimaru exited and the door slammed shut.

"did he see me, sasuke?" she asked quietly.

"no." he replied as he wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him.

sakura became tense, so sasuke loosened his grip. to his pleasure, she relaxed.

"sasuke?" she asked quietly

"hmmm?"

"Is there anyway i can have a bath here?"

"no."

sakura furrowed her brows. did that mean that sasuke doesn't bathe? ewwww!

he smirked and continued, "but there is a nice hot spring only twenty yards from the back gate."

thank goodness! thought sakura

sasuke let go of her and sat up. since it was so dark in the room, sakura couldn't see that sasukehad a haori on, and when she saw his bare back, she couldn't help but gasp and blush.

"What?" sasuke said with a smirk. "did you really think i was naked?"

"N-no!" sakura said quickly, blushing even deeper. "of course not!"

sasuke chuckled and got up. he pulled up his haori and offered a hand to sakura, who accepted it.

"I don't know where orochimaru is, so we're - technically- going to sneak out. please keep up." sasuke looked curiously back at sakura, who was now yawning.

she blushed again because she knew that she looked really bad, especially because they were getting ready to sneak out.

"I'll keep up." she said hastily.

Sasuke smiled to himself before cracking the door open and making sure the coast was clear.

sakura kept up, but just barely. sasuke could move as fast as lightning, and the walls were a blur before her. if sasuke hadn't been holding onto her hand, then she would've lost him for sure.

they had moved so fast, that sakura blinked and they were out in a mountainous forest area. sasuke went on a little farther and stopped so abruptly that sakura ended up running into him, but it almost seemed as if sasuke had planned it that way when he smirked.

"oh sasuke!" sakura cried in frustration "what did ya do that for?" she looked at him and made a boo-boo face.

"what?" he said, looking innocent. "why would you think i did it on purpose?"

"to be mean." she wined.

sasuke chuckled and turned to point into a wall of trees.

"the spring is right beyond those trees. you go ahead and bathe while i make sure nobody comes in to take a bath. "

sakura knodded and wandered through the brush. a wave of steamy heat came over her in a wave, making her a little dizzy, but she regained her senses as she removed her sandals.

unbeknownst to sakura, sasuke was looking down from a tree, spying on her.

sakura slipped down her spandex, but kept her underwear on so that in case someone should waltz in on her, they wouldn't see thier goods. she then took off the rest of her clothes.

the water felt good to sakura as she stepped in. there was a convieniently cut rock that made it so that she could sit on it and the water would rise to her chin. ther was a wonderful waterfall at the far side that was splashing warm water in from the underground water store.

sakura pulled her hair up into a bun to keep it from getting soaked as she washed herself.

sasuke turned scarlet as he tried to calm the hardness that had come to say hello. he tried to cover it up with his hands, but that in itself, gave him away.

go get her!

no! he thought against his feelings.

you know you want her! can't you remember all those nights you wished you had her?

sasuke fought against all the urges, wishing that the voice in his head would just go away.

sakura sighed happily before she stepped back out of the pool.

she got dressed quickly and walked back out into the clearing where she had last seen sasuke, but now, it seemed as if he had disappeared.

"sasuke?" she called as she looked around. "sasuke-kun? where are you?"

wind rushed past her, mixed with silk as sasuke landed behind her. "hmmm." he grunted in answer to her call.

"oh!" she breathed in surprise. "there you are."

sasuke took a deep breath as he suppressed the urge to seduce the girl. he took her hand and led her back to his room in a flash.

sakura sat back on the bed and backed up to lean against the wall. she tucked in her legs and rested her chin on her knees.

"sasuke-kun?"

"hmmm?"

"will i ever see my home again after this?"

"..."

sakura's gaze fell, as did her heart. she was really going to miss her mother, and ino, and even that stupid naruto. sasuke watched as sakura's spirits fell, and it made him nervous. could she still love him if he took her away from everything else she loved? the chances were slim.

sakura began to cry, and she buried her face in her arms.

ahhhh! sasuke screamed in his head. what am i supposed to do now?! he began to panic in his mind as he just stood there staring at her.

what to do? what to do?!

when somebody becomes unrational, they do unrational things, and that's exactly what sasuke did.

he wrapped an arm around sakura and pulled her into his arms and he held her as if she were his precious baby. she looked up into his eyes, shocked. he pulled her into him, as he leaned down to meet her. as thier lips touched, sakura stiffened, but she soon relaxed as she accepted him and kissed him back. she no longer felt grieved, but now felt an overwelming joy. the one man she had dreamed of kissing, of loving, and accepted her, and kissed her first.

sasuke's tongue explored the vast expance of sakura's mouth, while she, too, explored sasuke. she wrapped her arm around sasuke's neck and pulled herself up to sit in his lap. he pulled her into an even deeper, more passionate kiss as she plunged even deeper in her entoxicating joy.

when she couldn't take it any longer, sakura pulled away, to sasuke's disliking. she then took hold of sasuke and began to cry again into his haori.

"i-i," she began. "i want to be with you, sasuke, but, do you even want to be with me? am i just a toy, and a pawn for you?"

she had a feeling that the kiss, was only a way to keep her from crying.

when he didn't answer, she began to sob.so that was it. she was only a pawn to sasuke; a pawn to help him get rid of orochimaru.

she pulled away from sasuke and stood up.

"so that's the way it is." she said sadly before walking away.

she ran out the door and wasn't surprised when sasuke didn't follow her. she wandered around the halls, looking for some way out.

there were so many twists and turns, that, when she decided to go back to sasuke's room, she couldn't find her way back.

she was so frusterated that she just collapsed on the floor and cried once again. why hadn't sasuke follow her? did he even care?

after awhile, the tears waned as she just layed there. eventually, someone should happen to come by, right?