Author's Note: I really don't know where this idea came from. I was just watching some of my Naruto Shippuden (uncut) DVDs of the fight between Sasori, Sakura, and Chiyo.

I guess...the idea kind of just came to me as I watched it. Turning it off at the part with Sakura discussing the antidote and that three minute blah blah, I hurriedly took out the DVD and wrote this down! I had to, because I couldn't stop thinking about it! =)

This is an AU SakuraxSasori fic. I've never actually written the pairing before. And though I don't support the pairing much, I find it interesting anyway. I figured, I might as well give the pairing a chance, right?

Of course due this being an AU: None of the characters are ninja, chakra doesn't exist, Sasori's not a puppet, and Sakura and Sasori are sort of close in age! ...I wanted that to be clear. ^^'

Sakura's about...eighteen. And Sasori and his "friends" are about twenty or older. Realistic ages for this situation? That's for you readers to decide. ;)

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Naruto...yet. ;P

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Neighbors Are Such A Pain!:

Chapter 1;

In a small town called Konoha, everything was peaceful at the moment. It was about seven in the morning, and everybody was beginning their day.

Including one of it's female residents, Sakura Haruno, who groaned sleepily as the bright sunlight filtered through her bedroom window and into her eyes.

"Ugh! Just four more minutes!"

Sakura's groans for more sleep were then muffled as she buried her face deeper into her pillow; now on the verge of being suffocated.

Sakura eventually gave up as she couldn't go back to sleep. She sat up in her bed and yawned rather loudly as she stretched her tired limbs. Glancing over at her alarm clock, her eyes bugged out in pure horror!

According to her alarm clock, it was seven-thirty! She only had a short amount of time to get to work! She gasped loudly and jumped out of bed; falling to the floor as her bedsheets were tangled around her.

This was pretty much a typical morning for the eighteen year old, ever since she moved out of the house back a year ago to Konoha, her life was so disorganized and stressful. She couldn't remember the last time she'd actually gotten to relax for once!

Sakura cursed loudly as she untangled herself from the bedsheets on the floor and sat up on the floor. Her morning was so not going her way at all! Forgetting that her window curtains were wide open, and the fact that she left the window open that night for air since her air conditioner broke down in the summer heat wave, she stood up and threw her covers angrily back over to her bed. After all, she had no time for stopping to make it up.

"I don't have time for this! Ugh! Nothing's going right again, that damned alarm clock not going off on time!"

Sakura ran over to her mirror and nearly passed out at the sight of her hair; it was totally tousled and going in very direction possible! She now wondered why the heck she decided to have her pink hair short where it could easily get messed up.

But glancing back at the clock, she knew there was no time for gushing up. She had to hurry to the hospital before Tsunade chewed her out again!

Sakura dashed over to her drawers and pulled out her underwear, bra, and pants. She couldn't seem to find a shirt though.

"(Oh hell! Did I forget to wash up all my clean shirts? Nothing's going my way today! GAH!)"

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Meanwhile...

Meanwhile next door to Sakura's house, Sasori groaned as he walked out of the bathroom and into his room; he had just took a shower and got dressed. He had to get going to his job soon, but took all the time in the world to get ready; since he despised waiting, and figured his job could suffer the torture of waiting for him to show up. Sure he would probably get fired if he continued to keep that up, but he didn't care because he hated his job!

Sasori is Sakura's twenty year old neighbor who she strongly hates. Since the day she moved in next door, he annoyed her endlessly. And he loved every minute of it; seeing her angry face was priceless.

"Well, I guess I should be going to work...hey, what's going on next door?"

Sasori glanced over at the window and saw Sakura. Their bedroom windows were (much to Sakura's chagrin) facing each others. And he quickly noted that her window was open and the curtains weren't covering it.

He snickered to himself and grabbed his binoculars. He strolled over to his window and opened it. After all, the guy was very nosy when it came to his feisty neighbor. Looking through the binoculars at Sakura, his frown rapidly turned into a smirk.

Sakura was standing by her window not even noticing him. She was pretty much half-naked; wearing no shirt. Just her bra and pants.

Oh, how Sasori loved the view. But somewhere...he felt like the spying was wrong.

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Sakura meanwhile, frantically searched through the clothes basket that was (again, to her chagrin) right by the window. Unknown to her, Sasori was milking that view dry; not moving an inch from his spot.

Eventually, Sakura heard a very loud whistle. She jerked her head up and immediately gasped and then scowled as she looked over at Sasori staring through the binoculars through his window. Her face flushed with anger and she started yelling.

"HEY! STOP SPYING ON ME, PERVERT!"

"Oh Sakura, you're so naïve! I was merely watching the show!"

Sakura's eyes widened and then she scowled even more and brought both arms over her chest.

"YOU SICK ASS! YOU ARE SO GOING TO GET IT!"

"Well, that's what I want, Sakura..."

"I DIDN'T MEAN IT IN THAT WAY! KEEP IT UP, AND I'LL CALL THE COPS!"

"..."

"AND ANOTHER THING, I'D DUCK IF I WERE YOU!"

Sasori smirked even more and continued to stare through. However, he was slightly confused when she reached over into her nightstand.

Suddenly, Sakura cried out and threw a really heavy college dictionary out the window. It hit Sasori with great accuracy and knocked him back to the floor; the last thing heard was a moan in pain as Sakura smirked in triumph and closed back the window and curtains.

She then scowled and crossed her arms; gritting her teeth at the thought of that Sasori! He was probably the biggest jerk in the entire population of Konoha! And it didn't help that he acted like she was nothing more then a kid to kick around and at times like this one; a freakin' sex object!

"I swear, if he ever spies at me again one more time, I'll hurl MORE then just a dictionary at him! Maybe my KNUCKLES!" Sakura spat angrily.

She then glanced over at her alarm clock and she paled. Quickly, she hurried to find a decent smelling shirt out of her limited clothing.

After ten minutes, Sakura found a shirt finally! She then dashed into the bathroom and took a quick shower, brushed her teeth, and brushed her hair. Dashing over to the mirror, she looked at herself to make sure she looked alright.

Sakura was wearing a thin, dark blue shirt with quarter length sleeves, dark green pants, and some simple shoes. Her hair was in it's usual style and she didn't look as bad as she thought.

Besides, she worked at the hospital and would just be wearing her uniform anyway; not like she needed to dress up just to put on the uniform!

"(Finally! I'm dressed, and ready to get going...damn, this means I'll have to wait until lunch to eat! I hope I'll be able to hold out...)"

Sakura grabbed her purse and ran out of the room and down the stairs; nearly tripping over some of the scattered papers in the process. She reached the door and ran out; locking it behind her.

Besides, she didn't want that Sasori to try and sneak into her home to snoop! He's tried it before: with failed results of course, as Sakura had landed a kick to a very uncomfortable place.

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Shortly...

Sakura walked over to her car; but stopped in her tracks as she glanced over at Sasori's house. A part of her wanted to go over there and chew him out for spying on her. But then a responsible part of her wanted to hurry to work so she couldn't get fired from the only possible job she could get in the area with her education: not far into college.

...It was pretty needless to say, but the tough part of her won and she scowled as she strolled over to Sasori's house. Not even bothering to keep up her dignity along the way.

The green-eyed girl arrived at the door and knocked on it loud enough to be heard. In about thirty seconds, Sasori himself answered the door and smirked as he noticed it was Sakura.

"Sakura...what brings you here?" Sasori inquired.

Sakura furrowed her eyebrows together and then promptly slapped him good in the face. He yelped and stumbled back from the sudden attack.

"Hey! Are you insane?"

Sakura crossed her arms and stared glared with hate in her eyes.

"That was for spying on me this morning! You don't just spy on a lady in the morning while she's getting ready! For the love of god, have a little bit of sense!" Sakura ranted.

Sasori scowled at her, but then snickered slightly as he smirked.

"Well, I know that. But Sakura, when have you ever acted like a lady during the time we've been neighbors?" Sasori countered.

Sakura's eye twitched and she slapped him again; he expected it that time but couldn't dodge her fury.

"You are so obnoxious!" Sakura indignantly argued.

"And you are an annoying spoiled brat! So...it appears we're even, huh?"

Sakura growled and leaned against the door with one hand gripping the wall; fingernails digging into the brick, scratching it up.

"Why is it that I just HAD to have a neighbor like you? I would rather put up with having my old perverted English teacher back in high school, Mr. Hatake, as a roommate then put up with you as a neighbor!" Sakura spat.

Sasori chuckled; enjoying her ranting. Something about making her mad and upset really interested the guy. However, he did know when to stop after going overboard with it. ...It appears he's crossed that line again. He glanced at his watch and smirked knowingly.

"Hey, aren't you supposed to be at the hospital? It's eight now." Sasori announced.

Sakura stopped scowling angrily and her eyes widened in complete shock.

"WHAT! AAAH! DAMMIT, I CAN'T BE LATE AGAIN!" Sakura shouted.

She then did it; took off at the speed of light to her vehicle. She drove off in a hurry and nearly bumped into her own house with the car.

"Heh...she's just so cute." Sasori mumbled to himself, smirking still as a slight blush spread over his face. "...But yet, she's such a spoiled brat..."

Sasori then whipped out his cellphone and dialed a number.

"Deidara? Yeah...whatever man. Listen to me closely, come on over here on Leaf St. I got something to tell you and have you do that might be worth your while..."

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Sometime Later...

Sakura returned home from the hospital and sighed as she got out of her car. Glancing at her watch, she noticed that it was about five.

"Wow...I've never been so glad to be home. Work was awful today..."

Sakura walked over to her house and placed the keys into the doorknob to unlock it. But just as she did, a sudden loud blast of music made her gasp and drop the keys.

"Wha-what was THAT?" Sakura stammered as she turned around.

Turning around, Sakura narrowed her eyes as she realized where it came from: Sasori's house.

"Oh of course, I figured he'd decide to blast some loud music while I'm trying to go home and relax!"

Sakura clenched her hands into fists and walked over to the door of her enemy's house. She loudly punched on the door and awaited for the redheaded pain in the butt to answer the door.

However, instead of Sasori answering the door like this on their daily 'routine', another guy answered the door: he had blue hair, pointed shark teeth, and odd features.

"Hey, why are you banging on the door like an idiot?"

Sakura's eyes widened and she stumbled back in horror.

"OH MY GOD! SASORI'S GOT A SHARK MAN FOR A BODYGUARD? GET AWAY BEFORE I CALL THE POLICE!"

The guy gasped and then suddenly looked very angry.

"WHAT? I AM NOT A SHARK MAN! IT'S A SKIN CONDITION!"

Sakura scowled and pointed indignantly at him.

"You so are! Don't lie to me; I see right through lies!"

Suddenly, another guy sighed and pushed the 'shark man' out of the way. He had dark hair tied in a long ponytail, onyx eyes, and a scar over his face.

"Kisame, calm down." The other guy said in a flat, emotionless monotone. He then glanced over at Sakura and stared at her. "...Oh, who is this? She seems...familiar?"

Sakura blinked. She then squinted to look at the second guy and realization struck her. She gasped.

"Wait! You're my old boyfriend's older brother; Itachi! What are you doing in Sasori's house with the shark dude?" Sakura inquired; all while smirking.

The Itachi nodded.

"Oh yes, me and Kisame are friends of Sasori's. And...you must be his annoying neighbor he always talks about. I never knew that you were the 'brat', Sakura."

Sakura scowled and clenched her hands into fists. So...Sasori always talked about her? He probably just bashed her several times.

Kisame meanwhile, grinned at Sakura; making her flinch. He then leaned against the doorway.

"So...what brings you over to his house, Sakura?" The shark man, A.K.A. Kisame asked.

Sakura crossed her arms and sent him a glare.

"I am here to rant to Sasori. Can you get him?" Sakura replied.

Kisame shrugged his shoulders and then turned around.

"SASORI! THE 'CUTE LITTLE BRAT NEXT DOOR' IS HERE TO SPEAK TO 'YA!"
Sakura rose an eyebrow and looked over at Itachi in a really puzzled way.

"...Cute little brat next door?" Sakura asked.

Itachi sighed.

"He always describes you that way. But don't ask me why; I know nothing about it."

Sakura thought for a minute and gagged.

After a few seconds, Sasori walked up to the door and pulled Itachi back so he could get through. Sasori was scowling at Kisame and...blushing?

...What?

Sakura immediately scowled at the sight of Sasori and placed her hands on her hips.

"Kisame, stop shouting that!"

Kisame sighed and then walked off. Sasori glared at him the whole way and then smirked as he looked back at Sakura.

"So...what is it this time?" Sasori innocently asked.

Sakura's eye twitched.

"You should know! I was trying to enter my house and then some really blasting punk music nearly caused an earthquake! I thought I lectured you before on how you shouldn't blast music when a neighbor is exhausted and trying to relax for once!" Sakura ranted.

Sasori looked annoyed and he sighed as he leaned against the doorway. The two stared at each other for several seconds before he finally spoke up again.

"...Well honestly Sakura, you really can't control what I do and not do. So...I don't care about that one bit. What are you gonna do about it?"

Sakura scowled and raised her arm. She slapped him in the face again and he scowled at her as he rubbed his cheek.

"...Oh, you got pwned..."

Sakura and Sasori looked over at Itachi who was standing close to the doorway watching them. When he saw their death-glares he took the hint to walk away. Sakura then sighed and walked off as well.

"Big jerk...always annoying me and bashing me..." Sakura grumbled as she walked away back to her house.

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Sasori sighed as Sakura walked away. He rolled his eyes and stepped back inside, closing the door behind him with a loud sound. As he walked back into the living room, another one his friends ran up to him. A guy about his age with long blond hair in a ponytail and deep blue eyes wearing some plain clothes.

"Sasori! Itachi just said you got pwned by the girl next door! He also said she's even cuter then what you described; what's up with all that?" The blond guy asked.

Sasori sighed and walked on past, the other guy followed him back into the living room.

"Oh, it's nothing. But Deidara, I'm going to need those fireworks you got for me..."

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Sakura entered her home and immediately threw herself into a chair; groaning as she tried desperately to ignore her now-throbbing forehead.

"Work was awful...and that Sasori just topped everything off! I don't know if I can even continue to live here." Sakura ranted to herself. "Or at least move into a different house...but my money's a little too tight for that and also-"

Sakura was cut off by the phone ringing. Rolling her eyes, Sakura got out of the chair and walked over to the coffee table where the cordless phone was. She sighed and picked up the phone; bringing it closer to her ear.

"Hello?" Sakura answered.

A little giggle was heard in response, Sakura smiled as she knew right away who it was.

"Hi, Sakura. It's Ino! I have something really great to tell you! You aren't going to believe this when you hear it..."

Sakura blinked at those words.

"Really...? What, Ino?"

Sakura and Ino were really close friends and have been since childhood. They occasionally acted as rivals over simple things, but they maintained a tight bond.

"Remember when I mentioned a while back how I was going try and get a job at the local hospital? Well...I'M IN!"

Sakura's eyes widened and she gasped and nearly dropped the phone in surprise. Collecting herself she grinned and patiently waited for Ino to stop screeching.

"That's really great, Ino! We're going to be working together!" Sakura commented.

Ino laughed on the other line. And then a short pause followed before Sakura broke it.

"So anyway, what's goin' on lately besides that? How's it going with Shikamaru?" Sakura asked; smirking at the very end.

Nervous laughter was her response. And if the (weirdly naturally) pink-haired girl had Ino standing there in front of her, the blond girl would probably be smiling real big and blushing as she clasped her hands together. Ino was extremely girly; kind of unlike herself.

"Pretty darn good I think. And Shikamaru and me are wonderful together; next week is going to be the tenth anniversary of the day we became boyfriend and girlfriend! And I'm getting a vibe that it's going to be one hell of a night!"

Sakura couldn't help but swallow loudly as Ino went on. One thing she didn't like was the loud girl's open talk about her and the lazy guy's relationship! She wouldn't mind talking about every detail!

"Ino, please!"

Sighing was heard on the other line and Sakura frowned as that happened.

"Right, right. Sorry. Anyway, how's things going in your life? Do you have a guy yet?"

Sakura looked annoyed and threw her other hand in the air as she walked over to the couch.

"Ino, there's more to life then guys! I've told you a million times: I am fine with being single!" Sakura protested.

"...Hey, chill out! Just let ME know when your tired of the...ugh...single-life. Because Shikamaru has a couple of other friends who happen to be quite hot! Let's see their names...um...Kiba, Neji, G-"

Suddenly, a really loud explosion-like sound was heard. It lasted over ten seconds and pretty much made the house jump off the ground it seemed!

Ino gasped on the other line and Sakura's eyes widened as she yelped.

"SAKURA! WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?"

Sakura shrugged her shoulders and ran over to the other side of her house; the phone still being held in place.

"I don't know! Let me look and see!"

Sakura made it to another window and quickly peaked through the blinds. Looking through, she had a good view of Sasori's backyard. And in his backyard; him, a guy with girly blond hair, Itachi, a goofy looking guy who wore a orange mask, and a young woman with blue hair and amber eyes.

Sakura growled under her breath and grimaced as the guy with girly blond hair shot off some fireworks! FIREWORKS? This didn't seem right at all!

"Well? SAKURA, WHAT WAS THAT?"

Sakura closed the blinds and then raced up the stairs to her room. There, she started to strip off her clothes and put on different ones with the phone in the crook of her neck.

"It's Sasori! Apparently, him and his little posse are shooting off freakin' FIREWORKS!" Sakura replied.

Ino gasped on the other line and would have looked confused if she was there.

"Why? The Fourth of July isn't for three weeks!"

Sakura groaned and slipped on some other clothes; now wearing a gray camisole, dark red capris pants, and sandals. She didn't even bother to put away her dirty clothes as she raced out of the room.

"I don't know why they're doing this, but I'm going to end it. Sorry, but I have to hang up!"

Sakura then clicked off the phone and placed it back on the hook. She dashed out of the house to go to Sasori and give him a piece of her mind!

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"Look at that! We should really do this EVERY three weeks-before the Fourth of July, un!"

Sasori rolled his eyes at the blond guy, A.K.A. Deidara.

"Deidara, I can't possibly do this all the time. After all, the pink-haired brat next door would chew me out again." Sasori mentioned.

The young woman with the blue hair rose an eyebrow and looked over at Sasori as she brushed her locks back behind her ears.

"Sasori, you always mention this girl a lot." She commented.

Deidara looked over at her and smirked; he nodded at that as well. Looking back over at Sasori, he couldn't but smirk more as he noticed the visible blush across the redhead's face.

"Konan's right, un. You do actually! Something you wanna way, hmmm?"

Sasori scowled at him and was apparently annoyed.

"Will you just concentrate on the fireworks?" Sasori hissed.

The blue-haired woman, A.K.A. Konan, crossed her arms and was about to say something. But then Sakura dashed through the gate and into the backyard. She looked ticked off and panted as she glared at everybody and pointed accusingly.

"Hold it! Hold everything!"

Everybody looked over at her and blinked repeatedly as Deidara set off more fireworks that lit up the now-dark sky.

"Sakura! What the?"

Sakura glared at Sasori and slowly made her way over to him. She placed one hand on her hip and other had an iron grip on the annoying neighbor's shoulder.

"What is your problem?" The masked guy asked innocently as he looked over.

Deidara looked over at the masked guy and scowled at him. Seemingly irritated wither by Sakura's unexpected arrival and interruption, or the guy's obvious question.

"Shut up Tobi, un!"

Sasori meanwhile, looked at Sakura as she continued to glare him down.

"Hey, we're just getting ready for the fourth!" Sasori explained. He grabbed Sakura's hand and pried it away. Smirking at her and teasingly tousling her hair as if she was a little kid. "Besides, you know how I don't like to wait for something I always look foreword to."

Deidara perked up and grinned.

"I look foreword to it too! Did you see that perfect shot? It was a bang!"

Itachi sighed and shook his head at Deidara's comment. Sakura even rolled her eyes as well and came to the conclusion that he was obsessed with any kind of explosions or things that were like a 'bang'.

"Deidara, we all get it." Itachi spoke up.

Sakura rolled her eyes again at the scene and then returned back to looking annoyed at Sasori. She growled and fixed her hair back, all while glaring.

"Can you not do it tonight? Think about other people's feelings for a change! I'm a hard-working young adult trying to make it in this LIVING HELL of a world! And I don't appreciate or accept your ways of always looking down on me and treating me as if I'm a child, all while ANNOYING ME TO THE POINT OF MAKING ME WANT TO DROWN MYSELF WITH FREAKIN' ALCOHOL!" Sakura yelled as she cornered Sasori up to the gate.

Sasori looked kind of shocked as he stared at Sakura's face: rage was evident. Meanwhile, Sasori's little 'posse' all exchanged looks of confusion with widened eyes. Konan however, was smirking knowingly and had her arms crossed over her chest.

"...Sakura..."

Sakura gritted her teeth and reluctantly released her iron grip she had on Sasori's neck. She could have easily crushed his throat if she wanted too; since she had been taught self-defense and had a black belt in it.

Sasori stared at her in annoyance and rubbed his neck; finally getting to breath again.

"I didn't mean to take it this far, Sasori. But I just want you to stop this. Will you?"

Sasori thought for a minute. And the guys in the background all blinked while Konan continued to smirk. Sasori stared into Sakura's big green eyes and didn't know what to do.

After all, those eyes really made him melt pretty much. To him, they were amazing. Although he actually thought that way about Sakura in general; though that's not something he chose to admit.

Awaiting an answer, Sakura stared at him. She hoped that would make him feel her pain and show him she's dead serious.

However, Sasori's response to that was definitely not something she wanted to hear...

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*Awkward silence as I nervously glance away* Well...?

Yeah, I don't exactly know why I chose to write this. Maybe it's because watching those episodes really made something click.? Darn the inspiration Naruto gives me! :P

Well, this isn't over. It was supposed to be a two-shot. So the last chapter should come whenever I can write it; I still have a few other fics to update.

Honestly, I'm not sure if I like how this one turned out. -.- And yes, I know that everybody is probably way OOC.

*Nervous laughter* And this is a little embarrassing...but I can't really determine what genre(s) this fic is under. -_-' Usually I can, but not this time. You think you could help a girl out and tell me what genre(s) this story belongs in? *Uneasy smile*

Read and review~