Web of Deceit Chapter 1: Ambush!, a naruto fanfic

Web of Deceit

Summary: Haruno Sakura was considered a normal girl, then again; its not everyday that you find out your related to Orochimaru!

Age of Characters

Haruno Sakura --- 16

Uchiha Sasuke --- 17

Uzumaki Naruto --- 17

Hatake Kakashi --- 29

Orochimaru --- 52

Yakushi Kabuto --- 22

Main Pairing

Sasuke x Sakura

Author's Note

Heeya, I've had this story in my head for like EVER and I decided to finally get it up on I'm SO happy (And it's not because I am hyper on sugar!) Okay, so maybe I lied a little... (Sigh) Well as you should probably know, this story is a Sasuke x Sakura romance fic, no reading if you don't like it (Smiles) seriously though, who doesn't like this pairing; its too kawaii!!! XD

Anyhoo, you all should also probably know that this story is rated M for a very damn good reason; because yes, there is going to be A LOT of lemon in this fic, so again if you don't like it then leave; now that we have that settled, ON WITH THE STORY!!!

Chapter 1: Ambush!

The day was peaceful, just how Haruno Sakura liked it; her gaze dropped to the ground outside as she watched with an intense gaze as she watched the infamous Uchiha Sasuke walk around Konohagakure with his hands languidly stuffed in his pockets.

She sighed for the umpteenth time this morning...

He will never change

She rested her cheek on her fist as she took a sip of her lemonade; a bitter smile etched its way onto the girl's beautiful face as she eyed Sasuke... Her lips parted, almost as if she was going to say something, yet nothing came out...

A ring came from within her house as she sat up and headed towards the cordless phone, removing it from the receiver and holding the sleek, black phone with care; Sakura closed her eyes in a tired gesture as she spoke.

"Hello."

"Hey forehead girl, wanna do something today!?!" Spoke an excited Yamanaka Ino.

Rolling her eyes as her emerald orbs darted to where her clock was, Sakura read the time out loud as she sighed once again; she knew that if she said no, Ino would never and I mean never shut up about it...

"I guess-"

"Great, I'll be right over!" Ino declared, clearly happy with the answer she received.

Blinking her eyes in confusion, Sakura placed the phone back on the receiver and headed into her bedroom to get ready, she didn't even get ready when she first woke up which was a while ago since she could not find peace in sleeping any longer.

This will have to do

A white tank-top adorned her top half and made her curved stand out all the more; a red skirt was quickly pulled on afterwards as she took a look at herself in the mirror; the skirt was a little too short for her liking and the top was kind of low cut...

A knock was heard at her front door as she heaved and fumed at herself for picking out such a ridiculously revealing outfit, but it was too late to change and it could be worse, somehow...

Opening her front door, Sakura gave a wide smile to her friend since childhood, Yamanaka Ino. The woman smiled in return as she grabbed the young girl's arm and literally dragged her out of her own home.

"Nice outfit by the way, forehead..." Ino mused.

If Ino likes it then I know its too revealing!

Oh kami-sama

Sakura gave her friend a weak smile as she forced out a quick 'thanks' and the two girls ended up entering Ichiraku Ramen Shop; rubbing her temples, Sakura was a little... Shocked was it? To not find Uzumaki Naruto slurping up a bowl filled with ramen...

Eyeing the owner of the shop, Sakura parted her lips.

"Where's Naruto?" She asked as she and Ino took a seat and ordered some ramen.

"I think he said that he was going on a mission..." The old man said as he placed a finger on his chin in a thoughtful manner while smiling at Sakura.

"Oh yes, he did mention something about a mission to me..." Sakura said while thanking the man's daughter for the ramen.

Ino seemed to be in her own little world as she began to eat her noodles, Sakura merely smiled at her friend for being so oblivious to the world around her; unlike Sakura, she was always on her toes...

Sometimes...

Paying for their ramen, Sakura and Ino thanked the man and girl before leaving the shop and heading over to where all the madness took place; the heart of Konohagakure... Entering a small boutique filled with a few people, but other than that it was completely empty...

Catching sight of a pair of earrings, Ino walked over to the self as she placed one of them in the palm of her hand and inspected it before checking for a price of some sort...

$12.95

Quickly taking out her wallet and extracting a twenty dollar bill from within its depths; she handed it to the clerk who swiped the piece of jewelry and took the girl's bill while searching for the right amount of change as he handed it to her.

Ino smiled at the man as she turned to Sakura and raised her perfectly trimmed eyebrows at the pink haired girl who was currently checking out a few rings.

"Find anything?" Ino asked.

Showing Ino the emerald ring that she tried on, Ino looked at it with wide eyes as she squealed in happiness and shoved Sakura towards the counter; insisting that she just had to buy the gorgeous ring...

"Okay, okay, Ino..." Sakura mumbled.

The man laughed slightly at this as he scanned the ring and handed it to Sakura who immediately slipped it onto her 4th finger on her right hand and watched as the piece of jewelry sparkled in the light...

Handing the man the money owed, Sakura and Ino left the shop only to come across Uchiha Sasuke as he walked past them without a single glance there way; the hurt look in Sakura's eyes made Ino angry as she called out to Sasuke.

"Hey, Sasuke; doesn't Sakura look nice today?"

Elbowing the blonde girl in the gut, Sakura blushed furiously as Sasuke looked over his shoulder, boredom evident in his eyes as he scanned the pink haired girl; a sigh left his lips as he averted her gaze and parted his lips set in a thin line.

"Whatever..."

Rolling her eyes, Ino took hold of Sakura's wrist as she headed towards a small smoothie stand, ordering lemonade for herself and one for Sakura; she insisted that she would pay for the two of them as Sakura thanked her and began to quietly drink her lemonade.

"So, what happened with your crush on Sasuke?" Sakura suddenly asked out of the blue.

Looking at her, Ino gave out a little giggle as she took a quick sip of her lemonade before answering her dumbfounded friend who was looking at her weirdly...

"Ano, I've found someone else." A blush rose to her face as she looked at Sakura.

"Shika-kun..."

Sakura gave her friend a warm smile, though on the inside she was slowly breaking; was she the only girl still madly in love with Uchiha Sasuke!?!

She was

Ino sensed the sensitivity of the current topic as she gave Sakura a wry smile before throwing out the cup the lemonade once resided within...

"Sakura, he's not worth it..."

"How long are you going to chase after him for?"

Blinking uncertainly, Sakura also threw out her lemonade.

"I do not chase after Sasuke."

Now she was starting to get mad; glaring at the blonde woman, Sakura smirked when she watched Shikamaru eyeing the blonde girl from afar... Poking Ino on the shoulder, Sakura pointed to where Shikamaru was, but he quickly turned his head away; obviously embarrassed that he was caught staring at Ino...

Laughing a little, Sakura patted Ino's back as she walked in an opposite direction as her.

"Go to him."

"You sure?" Ino asked.

Nodding her head and giving Ino the thumbs up sign, Sakura walked towards the outskirts of Konohagakure where it was nice and quiet and peaceful, though her in the corner of her eye she saw Sasuke walk past her, a sad small graced her lips as she hung her head low...

I'd give anything just for you to notice me

As she neared Konohagakure gates, Sakura watched as they slowly opened to reveal none other than Uzumaki Naruto, Inuzuka Kiba and Hyuga Neji; Akamaru was happily on top of Kiba's head as he slept peacefully.

Naruto waved at Sakura as he neared her and eventually 2 out of three of them were standing in front of her; Neji merely scoffed and walked off in another area of Konohagakure, hands in his pockets, just like Sasuke...

"I thought you were on a mission?"

Nodding his head, Naruto dusted some dirt off himself as he grinned at his female friend.

"It was a piece of cake; all we had to do was retrieve a scroll..."

"So I'm guessing that the mission was-" She started.

"A success..." Kiba stated as he showed Sakura the scroll with pride; clapping her hands together, Sakura smiled brightly.

Naruto's blue eyes caught sight of his rival/friend and he instantly ran towards him with Kiba and Sakura following right behind him; Sasuke flashed Naruto a smirk as he spoke.

"Your back already, dobe?"

Punching him lightly on the arm, Naruto smiled sheepishly as Naruto scratched the back of his head while pointing out that he was going to go and get some ramen.

Oddly enough, Akamaru woke up and took one look at Sasuke before hopping off of Kiba's head and tackled Sasuke to the ground who was totally oblivious, Sakura who was standing somewhat behind the fallen Uchiha let out a small laugh.

Sasuke's eyes were tightly shut as the small pup attacked his face with licks; making Sakura laugh even harder as she watched Akamaru attack Sasuke with his wet tongue, causing Sasuke to groan in annoyance until Kiba eventually called Akamaru off.

Sasuke ran his hand down his wet face as he slowly opened his eyes, dearly wishing that he had never opened them in the first place. Sakura looked at Sasuke as his eyes went wide and then a small blush rose to the crests of his cheeks; eyes not averting their post.

Now getting why Sasuke was blushing, Sakura's face reddened like a cherry as she took one step back and nearly had a heart attack as Kiba stared in utter shock, had he just witness Sasuke looking up Sakura's skirt?

"Pervert..." Sakura mumbled under her breath as she stomped off, the blush not leaving her face...

Sasuke's face hardened as he narrowed his eyes at nothing in particular and stood off as he managed to rid himself of the blush on his face, soon after standing up on his own two feet and chasing after Sakura who seemed to be muttering to herself.

Though, Sasuke had no time to talk to Sakura about the accident because a fellow leaf ninja appeared out of nowhere...

"Tsunade-sama wants to see you two in her office."

It was simple, but the two instantly stopped walking only to disappear along with the leaf ninja and appear in the 5th hokage's large and messy office, the two sighed as they watched the blonde haired woman gulp down a small cup filled with sake.

"You wanted to see us, Tsunade-sama..." Sakura mused.

Looking over the stacks of paper on her desk, the woman smiled at the two, hiccups soon following after as she put down the cup and gave the two a serious face.

"You two will accompany each other on a mission, it shouldn't take anymore than a few hours; you are to collect a scroll located in the land of mist..." She stated.

Sakura took a step forward.

"When do we leave?"

"Right now..." Tsunade said as she downed another glass of sake.

Sasuke rubbed his temples as he and Sakura left her office after receiving a scroll containing a map from Konohagakure to the land of Mist; Sakura had the scroll in hand as she and Sasuke parted and went home to change.

Sakura was currently wearing her old red dress from when she was a mere girl of only the age of twelve; though it was recently purchased, she had asked a tailor to make an exact dress of the one she wore, only a little shorter...

Stripping herself as she pulled on the dress, Sakura looked at herself in the mirror as she gave a faint smile before flipping her hair and pulling on a pair of tight black shorts underneath the dress and attaching a weapons pouch around her waist where kunai and shuriken were kept.

Remembering to put on her hitai-ate, Sakura placed it in the same place it always was worn, like a bandana or headband that girls often wore... Taking the scroll and pocketing it, Sakura left her home as she met up with Sasuke near the front gates which opened for them as they stepped out of Konohagakure and traveled throughout a large and dense forest.

Sasuke was so quiet the entire journey and Sakura felt a little uneasy around him now; not even knowing why, Sasuke stopped them from advancing any further as he pointed towards a river below where the two could wash up and take a quick break.

Splashing her face with water, Sakura watched as the river's current crashed against moss covered rocks; sending shivers down her spine. Sasuke pushed himself away from the tree he was leaning against as he walked behind Sakura and stared at his reflection in the river...

His eyes seemed to be filled with so much hate as well as boredom; he always felt awkward around Sakura now that they were alone, clearing his throat as he bent down next to Sakura who seemingly moved away from him...

"About earlier..."

Sakura looked at Sasuke as she eyed him with curiosity.

"What about it?" She asked.

"I already know that you didn't mean to look..."

Sasuke suddenly turned away as that image popped into his head as a blush appeared on his face as Sakura stood up and stated that they should get going.

Agreeing with the female, Sasuke and Sakura set off once again towards the land of Mist where they had to collect a scroll of much importance for the hokage of the village hidden in the leaves...

For Tsunade

"They still following us?" Sakura asked as sweat beaded down her forehead.

Nodding his head but saying nothing, Sasuke extracted a kunai from his pouch as he pointed to an area where he could sense the enemy; just a few minutes ago they were ambushed by a band of rogue ninja intent on killing them.

"I got the girl!" Came a voice from behind the two as the dodged the man's attack.

Sakura rolled out of the way as a large and bulky man appeared from the treetops and ran after Sakura who defeated him with much ease...

All that training with Tsunade paid off

Catching a kunai in midair, Sakura hurled it back to its owner as it embedded itself within the flesh of the man's neck, blood spilling from the wound and staining the front side of his clothes as well as the forest floor.

No matter how many rogue ninja they defeated, more and more kept appearing out of nowhere and eventually Sasuke and Sakura where forced to flee and get as far away from them as humanly possible!

Stopping for a third time since their narrow escape, Sakura wiped sweat from her creased forehead as she drew her brows together and listened intently for any sounds whatsoever...

None came

Just the heavy breathing of her and Sasuke; they were extremely tired of running and they already knew that they were knocked off course; they didn't even know where they were anymore at the moment!

"We're lost..." Sakura said simply while checking the map before handing it to Sasuke.

He couldn't pin point their location, he didn't even know where they were! Yells sounded from behind the two as they snapped their heads in that direction and let a scowl appear on their faces as a number of rogue ninja appeared from the bushes.

"Great, their back..." Sasuke murmured.

Sakura flung a few shuriken at a few of the ninja but that served in nothing...

Deciding to make another run for it, Sasuke and Sakura only managed to go so far before they were once again ambushed once again... Sighing in annoyance, Sakura took on a few of the ninja who came at her...

Gathering chakra to her hands, Sakura made a fist as she punched the ground beneath her, creating large craters everywhere; caving in the ninja who were unable to dodge the attack and ended up getting every bone in their body crushed...

Cringing when she was kicked from behind, Sakura landed on her two feet as she brushed the attack off and ran at the bulky man; he was enormous and compared to him, Sakura felt like an insignificant ant...

Jumping backwards, Sakura threw a kunai at the man who jumped into the air and to Sakura ultimate shock, dropped a few already lit bombs her way; causing her to jump out the way before she was blown to pieces!

Punching the ground again, Sakura was angered when the man avoided all of her many craters and instead threw more bombs her way...

"You're not as dumb as you look." She said.

This made the ninja angry as he made three clones of himself and all of them jumped high into the air, numerous bombs falling from the sky as Sakura did her best to dodge all of them to the best of her abilities; though they fell short...

She failed to notice another undetected cloned from above as he dropped two of the lit bombs her way; Sakura didn't have nearly as much time to dodge them as she had done previously with the other ones and instead she had to shield herself with her arms.

She hissed in pain as she felt as if her entire right side was being burned off; her body it the ground as she lost her breath for a second before feeling herself roll off the side of the cliff her and Sasuke where fighting near...

She used her left hand to hold herself up, for her entire right side felt immobile, she just couldn't move her entire right hand side; her hand hung lifelessly at her side as she let out a low groan of pain...

Blood ran down her arm as cuts and burn marks adorned her pale skin, her face was ashen from the bombs explosion and her vision was beginning to blur with each passing second; her lips formed one name only...

"Sasuke..."

She could hear cries of agony as the Uchiha finished off the last of his enemies; he knew there would be much more to come, the smell of burning corpses burned his nose as he had previously used 'fire style: fire ball jutsu' to defeat the ninja.

He watched as Sakura lost her grip on the ledge of the cliff, his eyes widened as he took hold of her arm and tried to desperately to haul her up...

"I see them, their over here!"

Sasuke immediately looked over his shoulder as he watched a few more rogue ninja appear from behind him and take out a few kunai and shuriken... Sasuke drew in a deep and uneasy breath as a few shuriken were embedded into the flesh of his back, causing him to grunt in pain as he looked at Sakura's saddened expression.

Blood ran down his arm and dripped onto the corner of Sakura's face as she watched Sasuke's pained face... Her eyes closed for a split second as she heard the ninja advancing towards Sasuke; they kept getting closer and closer!

Taking in an unsteady breath, Sakura loosened her grip on Sasuke's arm as she slowly began to slip away from him and ultimately life itself... Sasuke held onto her tighter as he drew his eyebrows together.

"Sakura, hold on..."

She let a sad smile grace her lips as she was now holding onto Sasuke's hands; her eyes closed again before her lips parted; Sasuke's eyes widened a fraction...

"I love you..."

And that was that, her grip on his hand totally loosened until she was no longer held up by him, instead her body fell lifelessly towards the ground far, far beneath her; it would surely kill her, no one would be able to survive after that...

A loud cry left Sasuke's lips as she quickly dodged a soaring kunai and unleashed the power of sharingan as she took on the remaining seven shinobi who came at him with their weapons in hand and smirks on the smug faces...

Flames erupted from the Uchiha's mouth as they were all engulfed in scorching flames that took their very lives as they screamed...

Sasuke fell to the floor, in both exhaustion and pain...

Even as Sakura fell to her death, she could have sworn that she heard Sasuke yell; the wind from beneath her was causing her to get whiplash as she tried to take in oxygen; failing miserably, Sakura didn't cry or scream for her dear life the entire way down...

She hadn't cried in such a long time, though when the backside of her body hit the rocky ground beneath her, tears fell from her half closed eyes as her lungs began to work harder and harder just to take in oxygen they were being deprived from...

Crimson blood pooled around her head as she felt immense pain erupt from all areas of her fragile body that was now oh so broken... And in her time of death, the darkness felt somehow... Comforting to her at the moment...

A chuckle was heard as she let her eyes stay open for a moment longer before she caught sight of two equally yellow and sinister eyes that held nothing but sheer amusement... And just by that, Sakura knew exactly who the man was, evil clouded all around his being as he bent down next to her.

Darkness overwhelmed her as she was succumbed by it, taking in one final breath that was though to be her last; why was Orochimaru here, what did he intend to do to her?

Orochimaru, the one that would save her life?

Author's Note

So, how was that first chapter? I hope it wasn't too crappy, ne? Anyways, I'm really tired, I just hope that you enjoyed it as much as I enjoyed writing this first chapter; by the ay this story is going to be very long XXD

P.S: The summary of the story will begin to tie in with the story in later chapters (5-7)

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Sorry for ANY spelling mistakes OR grammatical errors you have seen! XXD