CHAPTER ONE

Eighteen year old Sakura Haruno lies in her bed sleeping peacefully, strands of her short pink hair spills across her face. Sakura's eyes slowly crack open as she sees a faint green glow. It takes Sakura a few groggy moments to realize that the glow she is looking at is coming from her digital alarm clock that sits on her nightstand, it clearly says one a.m. Sakura shifts her body to get more comfortable on her bed and wraps her brown blanket tightly around her as she thinks: It's way too early to wake up.

Slowly Sakura closed her weary eyes. All she wanted was to drift blissfully off to sleep for a few more hours before she had to report to the Fifth Hokage. Suddenly Sakura's eyes shot wide open as she felt another presence in her room. She quickly whips her head around and what she sees shocks and terrifies her. Sakura sees a tall pale skinned man with long black hair and piercing serpent eyes lying next to her on the bed. A smile that hinted at amusement and malice was on his face as he gazed at her.

"Orochimaru!" Sakura gasped.

Sakura's right hand dived underneath her pillow and pulled out a kunai blade. Using her chakra to increase her speed, Sakura made a quick slash at Orochimaru's exposed throat. Sakura's ears were filled with nothing but Orochimaru's cold amused laughter as his hand caught her wrist, leaving the kunai blade an inch from his pale neck. Still smiling at her Orochimaru said in his silky voice "You are a spirited one aren't you?"

A mixture of anger, fear, and desperation filled Sakura as she launched her left fist towards his face. She hoped and prayed that her fist would connect and force Orochimaru to release her right wrist so that she could escape and warn Lady Tsunade about his presence in Konoha. Her heart sank when she heard again Orochimaru's cruel laughter and saw her left fist captured in his hand.

Panicking Sakura tries to wrench her arms free from Orochimaru's hold but as she struggles, Sakura finds his hands to be as strong as iron prison chains and just as unyielding. "It's no use; you can't get away from me!" Orochimaru said as his gaze, filled with passion and cruelty, met her emerald green eyes.

"W-What do you want?!" Sakura asked nervously.

Orochimaru pressed his body against Sakura's, forcing his body on top of hers. Still looking directly into her beautiful eyes, Orochimaru whispered "You my little cherry blossom."

His voice sent a shiver down Sakura's spine but she couldn't tell whether it was from fear or…or excitement. Never in her life has Sakura had a man so close to her before and now, other than their clothing, the only thing separating their bodies was the thin brown blanket that Sakura still had wrapped around her. A part Sakura was so freighted that she wanted to scream for help and yet another part of her held back the scream. She didn't understand why after all this was Orochimaru she was dealing with, the Sannin that had nearly destroyed Konoha and the one who had stolen her beloved Sasuke Uchiha away with his lies.

Orochimaru leaned his face closer to hers, their lips only an inch from meeting. He smiles and says "You're so beautiful Sakura."

Sakura couldn't stop the small embarrassing blush she felt come to her face when Orochimaru, one of her greatest and most hated enemies, told her he thought she was beautiful. Nor could Sakura stop another shiver of fear and excitement from traveling down her, causing her to let go of the kunai blade she had been gripping, allowing it fall to the floor.

Confused thoughts danced through her head as Sakura tried to make sense of what was happening to her. Why is Orochimaru here? What does he want from me? Is he just toying with me or can…can he be serious?

"Orochimaru…" Sakura began but stopped in surprise as Orochimaru released both her hands. He slowly moved his left hand up to gently stroke Sakura's pink hair.

As Orochimaru continued to stroke Sakura's hair, his right hand began a tender caress of her body through the brown blanket that still separated them, causing Sakura again to blush. As his hands lingered over her large fully grown breasts, Sakura thought she saw, just for a moment, a look of lust fill Orochimaru's eyes before his hands slowly traveled down to her waist.

I…I can't let this continue! Orochimaru is just trying to get control over me for his own evil purposes! I won't fall for it! Sakura thought trying to deny the thrilling sensation she got from Orochimaru's touch.

"O-Orochimaru you have to stop this." Sakura said trying to sound calm as she purposefully averted her eyes from his.

"Is that what you truly want Sakura?" Orochimaru asked smirking down at her.

"Yes." Sakura said still unable to make eye contact with him and cursing herself for enjoying his caress.

Shrugging Orochimaru slide off her and seemed content to lay next to Sakura with his left arm draped across her hips. For a long time Sakura lay motionless next to Orochimaru, afraid of what might happen if she moved or glanced back over to him. She entertained the possibility of trying to rush out of the room and escape but something she didn't quite understand again held her back. Sakura had definitely been afraid when Orochimaru had first forced himself on top of her but as he had stoked her pink hair and caressed her body, Sakura felt something comforting and exciting about it.

Rolling over Sakura and faced Orochimaru. His eyes were closed and several strands of his long black hair had fallen across his pale face. Apparently Orochimaru lay asleep next to Sakura. She couldn't help but smile as she watched the pale man sleep and listen to his rhythmic breathing. Slowly and cautiously Sakura brushed Orochimaru's fallen hair away, her hand rubbing against his pale smooth skin. Her hand lingered over Orochimaru's pale cheek, gently holding it as Sakura realized how warm and inviting his skin felt.

Sakura nearly jumped out of her skin when Orochimaru spoke to her despite his appearance of being in a deep sleep; he said "What a nice feeling."

Forgetting who she was with for a minute, Sakura smirked and gently slapped Orochimaru's cheek she had been holding, teasing him back for pretending to be asleep. To her dread and terror Sakura suddenly remembered who she was with; unsure at how he might perceive her slap she braced herself for the worst. Orochimaru's eyes opened, and to her relief all he did was chuckle and say "I was right you do have spirit."

Orochimaru smiled and reached his hand over towards Sakura's. Taking her hand in his, Orochimaru said in an affectionate voice "It seems you've come a long way since I first met you at the Chunin Exams."

"Don't talk about my past." Sakura warned as she removed her hand from Orochimaru's.

Smirking Orochimaru said in an amused voice "Yes that's right, you were the one who claimed to be in love with Sasuke. That is before I took him away. I wonder what he would think if he saw the two of us here, in bed together?"

Sakura's face became contorted in rage as she growled at Orochimaru saying "How dare you! If it wasn't for you Sasuke never would have left and would still be here! Do you even realize how much pain you've caused me! I hate you Orochimaru!"

Still amused by Sakura's anger, Orochimaru said "If you like, I could take you to visit your beloved Sasuke?"

Sakura can feel her face grow red as she yells "Get out Orochimaru! Get the hell out!"

Orochimaru only smiled at her response, which irritated Sakura even more. Getting out of bed, Sakura reveals the taut red T-shirt and tight black shorts she was wearing that showed off her body's amazing curves and striking figure. Ignoring Orochimaru's smirk and even more his eyes as they roamed over her sensuous body, Sakura walked over to her window and opened it. Pointing out it Sakura yells "I said get out!"

Chuckling Orochimaru walks over to her and cupping her cheek he says in his charming voice "Alright I'll leave you for now my little cherry blossom."

Suddenly Sakura found herself in Orochimaru's arms, their lips pressed together in a gentle yet passionate kiss. In that moment her anger at Orochimaru seemed to evaporate as his lips caressed hers. Sakura closed her eyes, letting a moan of pleasure escape from her as she enjoys her first kiss. At one time she had waited on Sasuke hoping he would be the one to give Sakura her first kiss, but as Orochimaru's lips pressed on hers Sakura couldn't image anyone else but him kissing her.

Sakura slowly opened her eyes and to her astonishment Orochimaru was gone, as if everything that had happened that night had been a dream and that now she was finally awake. Sakura knew in her heart that it wasn't a dream because if it was she would have forgotten her loyalty to her friends and village and rush out after Orochimaru instead of staying in her room and looking longingly out the window, hoping to catch a brief glimpse of Orochimaru…knowing in the end that she wouldn't.

What's happening to me? Sakura thought as she shut her window and slowly walked back to bed.

Laying down Sakura sighed, knowing that she wasn't going to get anymore rest that night and said "Tomorrow's going to be a long hard day."