A/N:.. And here begins the first chapter of my story…Hope you like it…Anyways, story is rated M, so beware kiddies :)…

Legal part: I do not own Naruto, or any other characters…Masashi Kishimoto does, I'm just jealous..Torn Between Love and Hate


Chapter 1: Not again?!

Flashback

She was running through hallways…millions of them. The heat was unbearable. She was all sweaty and tired like she'd been running for two days…

Suddenly a door appeared at the end of the hallway. She reached for the doorknob, opened the door…and there she saw him, her worst nightmare, the snake Sannin Orochimaru.

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Silence…

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She wanted to run away, but something deep inside of her told her she must stay.

Their eyes locked together, jade versus golden snake eyes. She got the feeling she had lost the minute he looked at her. And then he opened his mouth to say…

" Sakura!" Jade eyes opened wide. Sakura hurriedly looked around the room for anything suspicious, unaware of what she was afraid of. She pressed her hand to her chest and closed her eyes. 'Thank God it was just a dream.'

"Sakura, you're late for work! Hurry up!" She could hear her mother's voice perfectly now. She was calling her from downstairs with her 'ever-so-nice' tone of voice. Sakura looked at the clock, only to realize she was really late.

'Oh, how can I be running so late? I'm going to kill Naruto!' she thought as she walked to the dresser to get ready for work. As she prepared for work, she got even more pissed off. Last night, she had been working like hell in hospital. She had been tired and all she wanted was a good night of sleep, but nooo. Naruto had to come and pester her about stupid Hanabi Hyuuga's birthday party. She didn't even know the girl properly, but still she just HAD to come, even if she didn't like the idea much. Neji, the last person she would like to see, would probably be there. Why didn't she want to see him? Well, let's just say that they were in a "relationship", if you could call it that. Yes, he was sweet and gentle, and he had certainly done a good job helping her forget a certain someone, but still it just wasn't IT.

She wanted something more fun and exciting, and Neji wasn't that type. What hurt her the most was that, when they had broken up, he had told her that he loved her but still it didn't change the fact that they don't belong with each other. Anyhow, last night, Naruto wasn't the only one who had come to invite her to the party. There had been a whole bunch of them, mostly guys, who were practically yelling at her to come. So she did…and it wasn't that bad, if you don't count the idiots that were trying the whole night to get to her.

When she finally finished with her clothes, she sat in front of the mirror to comb her hair and to take a look at herself.

'What do they see in me?' Over, over and over again, she asked herself that question every time she looked in the mirror..

Over the years, she had grow so much, physically and emotionally. She was smart and good-looking, but she would never admit that to herself.

Her pink hair grown a lot, ever-so-innocent jade eyes, pouty pink lips just begging for a kiss. She also had a nice body, nearly perfect. But aside from all of that, she was empty inside.

Her daily life had become a routine for her, doing things that repeated themselves every day.

Get up, work, come home, eat, train, eat, sleep, etc. (But sometimes there were some other things added in the day, like be annoyed by Naruto, or get bored with Ino, Kiba and Shikamaru). And she was getting tired of everything.

On her way to work she couldn't stop thinking ' Ah, I'm soo booreedd! I wish I could do something fun or have something just happen to change my life. I'm tired of everything .'

As she walked into her office, she saw a bunch of paperwork and stuff just waiting to 'entertain' her during the day.

" Not again?! Why me? Oh well, it can't be helped," said the young medic, as she sat at her desk and got ready for work.

By the time she got home, it was starting to get dark. She wanted to go to see Kiba (since they had become best friends), but she was so dead tired from work that she could barely walk. And then she heard someone say, "Sakura…please wash the dishes, your father and I are getting out!" Her mother practically sang the sentence, and Sakura was starting to get really pissed! 'Great,' she thought.

"Ok, Mom! You guys have fun!" she yelled.

'Arghhh, I'm sick of this. Sakura do this, Saku-chan do that. Can't anybody see how tired I am of this? I work all day; I have to keep everything in check at home; I have to babysit Naruto and half of the village. And what do I get in return? Zip, nada….Ugh!'

As she made her way to the kitchen, she got an idea.

"Yeah, that is it! I'm going to go tomorrow to see Tsunade and ask her for a mission."

So she decided she would ask for a mission tomorrow. She wanted to leave as soon as she could.

It would definitely help her to relax...

When the dishes were done, she went to bed, and as soon as she had settled into the bed, she drifted off into a dreamless sleep.


A/N: And that was It for the first chapter. In the next one the story will become more interesting, promise…So I would like you to tell me what you think of this for now…So p l e a s e…REVIEW…Kiss