"FIRST KISS"

by: chibiabi

(A/N: Hello!! This is my first Naruto fic! Anyway, some info, the guys are all on the range of 18. The guys are the only people who are 19. Sakura didn't meet Sasuke yet, or so she thought! wink wink Hehehehe!! I'm sorry if I'm not very descriptive of their clothes! I like to focus more on the story… Besides, there are so many characters!! Ok, that's all! I'll just add more in the next chappies!! Enjoy!!")

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Naruto series. It's as simple as that!! But waaaiiit, I do own Taiku!!! Wahahahah!!

Chapter 1: Intoduction

A young woman was sitting in the window seat beside her bedroom window, staring at the outside world. Her waist-length hair, which resembled the shade of the pink rose, flowed gently with the soft wind. Her eyes, bright emerald eyes, scanned the deep forest that surrounded her home. She looked back to her hand, and tangled in her delicate fingers, was a necklace. The necklace was made out of pure silver and it had a cross for a pendant. She played with it, tossing it into the air, then catching it. She sighed. She buried her face in her knees and closed her eyes.

"Why do I keep having these dreams? I thought I buried these memories deep in the past." She mumbled to herself, her face still in her knees. She did not hear the faint knock on her door, as she was in deep thought. The knocking came louder and soon, the door opened. The girl did not even look up but just said, "I'm busy, Taiku… Leave me alone for awhile…"

"Mistress, I have been informed by your sensei that you are going on a mission. He said that you are going to meet with your new teammates tomorrow. He was going to let you meet them today but I told him that it was your 18th birthday." The man who was referred to as Taiku said. He brushed back his powder blue hair, which had always been messy. His dark-blue eyes looked towards his mistress. He looked at her with an affectionate and brotherly glance. "I'm sorry, mistress, but I think I know what's bothering you. They've come back… Haven't they?"

The girl just nodded… He was the only one who knew about her past. The past that she wished she could forget. She looked up and gently smiled at her guardian. He looked down and he also smiled. He was an exact imitation of her older brother except her brother was dead. He held a closed fist out to her and slowly opened it. Inside was a small bottle. The girl took it and looked at her guardian in puzzlement.

"Mistress Sakura, this will help drown out the dreams. You have been having dreadful headaches and this is a sort of medicine. I hope it will help you." Taiku stood up and left, closing the door gently behind him.

She was Haruno Sakura, a young lady of 18. That was her identity but few people knew of her personality and character. Orphaned at the age of 7, she was brought up by her grandparents in the Haruno Mansion, right in the middle of the Konoha Forest. She started training and by the age of 10, she wanted to train herself to forget about her past. She successfully did. Her grandparents did not make her take the ninja tests. So, she had no friends. She escaped their mansion when she was 12 and met a few people her age. She smiled faintly at the memory…

FLASHBACK

"Yes!!! I'm free!!! Oh yeah!!!" a younger version of Sakura exclaimed as she skipped down the dusty path. She tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear and smiled happily. She looked around her and found a small ramen house. Inside, she heard someone shouting happily. "Hmmmm… I wonder who that is? Oh well, I am hungry. A ramen won't hurt!"

"Mister!! I want another ramen, this time, with miso and beef!" A young blonde-haired boy, about a year older than Sakura, said as he shoved another empty bowl beside him. Sakura stepped inside and smiled at him. He stopped talking for a while and looked at Sakura, his blue eyes peering intently into her own emerald ones. He smiled a foxy grin and held out his hand, "Hi!!! I'm Uzumaki Naruto!! Are you new here? This is the first time I saw you here!!"

"Hehe… No, I'm not new here. I've lived in Konoha for 5 years… But I've never been to the village! Anyway, I'm Haruno Sakura!!" Sakura said as she took the boy's hand. He smiled more and asked her where she lived. She blushed slightly and said, "Ummm… I, umm, live in the forest. My house is right in the middle of it. My grandparents really don't allow me to go out…"

"Oh…" Naruto said as he gazed at the new bowl of steaming ramen in front of him. He looked back at her and smiled again. Sakura ordered a ramen and was eating happily when Naruto suddenly exclaimed, "Hey!! Guys!!! Over here!!!"

Sakura looked at where Naruto was waving and saw five other people. There were two girls, one was blonde and had beautiful blue eyes and the other, had dark hair and silver eyes and was fidgeting. She had a slight tint of red on her cheeks. There were three guys, one had black hair like a coconut and small round eyes, another also had black hair but was held up in a ponytail that made it look like the tail of a chicken, (A/N: No, not Sasuke!!! Nyehehehe!!) and the last had dark brown hair and had the same eyes as the dark-haired girl.

"OY!!! Naruto!!!" the blonde girl said as she saw him. She saw a girl beside him and smiled at her, Sakura blushed. The girl sat beside her and flipped back her hair, which was in a high ponytail. The girl was obviously overconfident of herself. Sakura smiled shyly at her, noticing the girl's beauty, and went back to her ramen. "Hi! I'm Yamanaka Ino! Who are you? I've never seen you before!!"

"She's Haruno Sakura. She lives in the Konoha Forest. Her folks don't allow her to go out much!!" Naruto piped out for her. The rest of the group crowded around them and took a good look at Sakura. "Guys, don't crowd her! She's not used to attention! Anyways, Sakura, these are my friends!"

"H-hi… I'm Hyuuga (A/N: Is that how you spell it?? O.O) Hinata… N-nice to meet you…" the dark-haired girl shyly said as she smiled at Sakura. She had pretty silver eyes. Sakura smiled back at her and looked at the boy with black hair. He had really round eyes. He made a funny pose and exclaimed, "I am Rock Lee! It's a pleasure to meet someone as pretty as you!!"

"Shut up, Lee. Hey, I'm Nara Shikamaru…" the guy with the chicken hair said as he bonked Lee on the head. The other guy just stood there, glaring. Sakura shot a friendly smile at him but was just answered by a cold glare. Shikamaru just said, "He's Hyuuga Neji. Hinata's cousin, I think."

"Oh, yeah, I'm Haruno Sakura. I know Naruto introduced me but it feels better to introduce myself!! I just turned 12 a few weeks ago. And I really don't go out much because my grandparents are really strict. I live in the big house in the forest. You can see it from the watchposts." Sakura said as she nodded to all of them. She liked them all except she kinda disliked Neji for being so cold…

END OF FLASHBACK

She sighed. She hasn't seen them for a while now. When her grandparents found out, she was grounded for a month. They were hoping that she didn't meet anyone for she was too precious for them. But since they died when she was 14, her friends have been coming to her house…

"Hey Sakura!!!" a bright voice shouted to her. Her eyes turned to her door and in the doorframe was Ino. Hinata was behind her, smiling shyly as usual. She asked them to come in. Ino was still wearing her training clothes-the sleeveless black top and tight pants- her figure excellent. Sakura envied her secretly for that. "Are we going or what?"

"Be there in a sec. Hi Hinata!" Sakura said as she put on the necklace and looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a black tube top that was 6 inches in width, exposing her tiny waist and navel. She would put a shirt on top later which was open and was almost as small as her tube top. She was wearing a tight, white skirt that ended just above her mid-thighs, and black spandex shorts that was way shorter than her skirt. (A/N: If you guys know Ragnarok, the game. She's wearing something similar to the female hunter. Except it's a shirt and a black tube top. It's that small. ) She brushed her hair and left it as it was. She smiled at her reflection, happy at what she saw. "Who else is coming?"

"Umm, the guys and us… You know, the usual people. Gosh, Sakura, I just wish that the guy who I have a crush on right now would ask me out!! I can't take it anymore!" Ino said as she stood at the doorframe, she sighed. "All he ever does is train and I don't know how to approach him! I mean, he's so handsome and all but he's so cold! Just like Neji was."

"Well, I guess you have to try harder! Look how soft Neji-kun is now." Sakura said. It was typical for Ino to say that. She had been talking about this guy since forever. Ino shrugged. Sakura fixed her room and closed her window. She stopped to think, head tilted to one side, she suddenly said, "You know, my sensei said that I'm going on a mission tomorrow. It's weird… I'm not even an official shinobi… He said that I have two new teammates… I wonder who they are?"

"Don't know… But, Neji is still cold. You're the only one who can make him soft. Unlike Hinata here." she replied. Hinata looked up and smiled sheepishly. Ino sighed, she was still thinking about her crush. She had a slight tint on her cheeks. Since Sakura doesn't go out much, she had never even met the guy. She really didn't care. "Geez, let's go!!"

"Hey, Sakura… Why were you playing with your necklace? And where did you get it? I really like it!" Hinata suddenly said as she straightened out her black skirt. She was wearing a red tank top with a yin yang imprint on it. She had a very curvy body since she too was in the age of 18. She had been going out with Naruto for some time now. Her hair was now up to her shoulders, her eyes becoming a beautiful oval shape. "I mean, I always see you play with it!"

"Well, remember when I told you about when I moved here?" Sakura said as she grabbed the t-shirt and put it on. Hinata nodded and Ino shooed them out of the room. Sakura took her black ribbons and started to wound them around her hands as she continued, "I lived in a remote village and I had a close guy friend there. He was a year older than me. We were really close because I spent almost all my free time with him. The day I turned 7, we made an oath. He told me that he would be my first kiss. Pretty stupid for kids, huh? I mean, I don't know is he's still alive or what."

"Woah… Sakura… I didn't know about that story! You have a lot of secrets! You should share some, you know." Ino said as they went down the stairs. They said good-bye to Taiku and went out the door. Sakura had finished wounding the black ribbons on both hands, making her look like she was wearing gloves. Ino continued, "Then, what happened??"

"Ino-chan, I have a life full of secrets that you would hardly dare believe… Oh yeah, see this "S" mark here?" Sakura said as she lifted the sleeve of her shirt and showed them a scar on her right bare arm. It was shaped like an "S." Hinata gasped and nodded. "Well, on that day, we did this. He had a kunai with him. It was pretty bloody, if you ask me. I was wondering if he planned about this the day before. Anyway, he gave me the necklace. I gave him one like that, too."

"How romantic…" Hinata sighed. Ino looked at her questioningly. She blushed and giggled. Ino just shrugged and smiled. Hinata shook her head, "Nothing… I was just thinking. Wait… What happened next? Why was your scar shaped like an "S?"

"That was the first letter of his name, too. I just don't recall his name, though. He said that he'll find me when we grow up. All I have to do is find a guy with a scar like this in his left arm!" She said as she covered her right arm. They walked to the forest clearing and saw her three of her guy friends. "We're here!!"

"About time, too, birthday girl! And here we thought you were eaten by a bunch of wolves." a young man said as they neared the group. He had silver eyes and long, dark-brown hair. Sakura just laughed and said her apologies. The man brought out a package from his pocket and handed it to her, "Happy Birthday."

"Aww… Thanks, Neji-kun. You shouldn't have!" she gave him a slight peck on the cheek. Neji smiled and stepped back so the others could greet her. He and Sakura grew to be close as siblings when her grandparents died. For a cold-hearted guy, it was weird. The others gave her a few packages and Lee gave her a huge teddy bear. She smiled and said, "Thanks, you guys! Wait… Where's the fox??"

"Right here, Sakura-chan!!!" a voice called out from behind the picnic table. A blonde head popped out, carrying 10 bowls of take-out ramen. He put them on the table and ran towards her, his arms reaching out. As he neared her, she punched him in the head, a vein in her forehead, "Baka! C'mon, Naruto! What's the big idea??"

"Well, I didn't have time to get you a gift! So, I guessed that a hug would do!!" Naruto said as he rubbed the part of his head that throbbed. Sakura sighed, kissed her fingers, and touched Naruto's bump with the fingers she kissed. All at once, the swollen bump glowed and shrank until it was gone. Naruto jumped up and down happily and shouted, "Arigato, Sakura-chan!!!"

"C'mon, let's celebrate!!" Ino said as she pumped her fist in the air. They all sat down at the picnic table and started to eat. They, however, did not notice the shadow behind the Sakura tree in the clearing…

"Sakura…" a deep, husky voice whispered. The shadows revealed a young man with black hair and dark onyx eyes. (A/N: Yes… It IS him!! Woohoo! Go Sasuke!! screams and faints) He turned around and disappeared once more into the shadows…

(A/N: Wahahahahaha!!!! The end of my very first chapter!!! Oh yeah!!! Wait… You guys have to review before I post the next chapter, or else it would all be too sad… Anyways, if there are any Filipino peeps, reading this- Mabuhay at Kamusta??? Wahaahaha… I am so whacked… So, I would really like it if you could give me suggestions coz I'm having a hard time with the plot… It's pretty complicated. Ok, tnx!! Ja ne!)