Chapter 2

"I still cannot believe it."

Ino, Hinata, Tenten and Sakura were eating and talking at Ramen Ichiraku, which had grown in size and popularity over the past several years.

"It's true, Ino", Sakura replied. "Your former crush is actually ticklish. It was such a great feeling to see him laugh like that."

"I tried to see if Sai was ticklish once and it didn't go too well", Ino reflected.

"I…I'm not sure if Naruto is ticklish but I g…..guess it wouldn't matter", said Hinata

"What do you mean?"

"W…well, he's always smiling and laughing anyways…"

Sakura considered this. "True. I guess I had such a fun time tickling Sasuke because he doesn't smile or show any emotion that often. It's a pretty great feeling to know that I can make him laugh even when he doesn't want to". She giggled just thinking about this.

"It sounds like so much fun. I think there is a problem here though. Don't you girls think so too?" said Tenten.

Sakura looked confused. "What's the problem?"

"You're the only one who gets to have all the fun. I think it would be a generous offering on your behalf if you share the fun with all of us." Hinata looked somewhat reluctant while Ino nodded enthusiastically about the idea.

Sakura was split on the idea too. On one hand, tickling Sasuke seemed like such an intimate moment just between the two of them which helped rekindle their romance. On the other hand, it seemed like it would be pretty fun if all the girls got together and joined in on it.

"I'll have to think about this for a few minutes". The other girls sighed and went back to eating their food.

Finally, Sakura announced, "Ok. Although our first tickling adventure was just a private moment between us two, I think it would just be too fun if you girls got to witness his ticklishness firsthand."

Ino cheered while Hinata and Tenten looked at each other with mischievous grins on their faces.

"Ok, so how do we do this, Sakura?"

"I'll think of something. Just leave it to me."

"Ok. We're counting on you to not let us down", Tenten said.

"I won't", Sakura promised.

"Ok. So what else is going on lately?"

The girls then chatted about events in their lives, such as Tenten's attempt to search for a partner, the success of her weapons shop, how Ino was doing with Sai, and how Hinata felt about Naruto being away all the time on important matters.

"I….I mean, it does feel bad. B…but I feel as if absence d…does make the heart grow fonder. I love Naruto more than I ever have."

"That's so cheesy, Hinata" said Ino.

However, Sakura thought about Hinata's attitude. Like Hinata, her husband had been away for a long time, although thanks to Sakura's actions and Sasuke's weakness, that wouldn't be the case anymore. She wondered if she would like Sasuke more now that he promised to stay home a lot. After all, would Sakura get tired of seeing Sasuke all the time? However, there was one factor that made Sakura love Sasuke a lot more lately. Of course, it was the fact that she knew how ticklish he was. She imagined herself tickling Sasuke even harder than she had before; her fingers would dig, poke and scratch at his sides, underarms and feet and he would helplessly laugh and squirm. He would try to get loose but just with a few light touches from her fingers, Sakura would stop that from happening and keep him right where she wanted him. With Sasuke at home more often, this fantasy had the potential to occur very often at their home.

Sakura concluded in her head, "Of course Sasuke staying at home will strengthen our relationship and make me love him more. I only was able to see his dark and mysterious side before. Now, I can really get to know his happy side." Sakura also knew that Sasuke did enjoy being tickled, at least somewhat, deep down, even though he would claim getting tickled was not enjoyable for him.

"Sakura, you've been pretty quiet now. What's the matter?"

"It's nothing." Sakura wasn't going to tell her friends about these intimate thoughts she had about her and Sasuke.

"You're not having second thoughts about our upcoming arrangement, are you?"

Sakura grew annoyed at this. "Of course not. I think it will be a fun experience for all of us. Even Sasuke."

The girls then dropped the subject and continued talking for a few more hours. When it was time to go, the girls said goodbye to one another and told Sakura that they would be waiting very soon for their plan to tickle Sasuke to be put into action.

Sakura thought about what kind of preparations she would need for this. Her thoughts raced around her mind quickly and each one caused a large amount of excitation. She realized that planning for the ambush was as fun as the ambush itself. Last time, she didn't prepare much at all; she just jumped on the opportunity(both figuratively and literally, as she had jumped on top of Sasuke and started tickling him immediately) last time, so this time, she wanted to do a little more preparation, to spice things up a bit.

After some thinking, she decided on a final plan. She dropped by the hardware store to buy some rope.

When she arrived home, Sasuke was there to greet her. She kissed him passionately and they went to sit down to talk together.

"Sarada's in bed?" Sakura asked.

"Yes. Where have you been, by the way? You've been out later than you usually have. Also, what's in the bags? Because it doesn't look like groceries."

"I'll get to the bags in a moment. I was out eating ramen with a few girlfriends. We talked about our lives, mainly our love lives. Although, Tenten did tell me that her weapons shop has picked up a bit more success lately."

"Good for her. She deserves it for all the hard work she's put in"

Sakura was surprised that Sasuke actually gave out a compliment for once. He only gave one in what seemed like once every year.

"It must be from what happened yesterday. He sees me as someone in charge now, and he wants to impress me by being nice", she thought to herself.

Sasuke continued on. "So what's in the bags?"

Sakura said nothing. She smiled flirtingly at Sasuke and batted her eyes at him. She slowly walked towards the middle of the room and beckoned Sasuke to follow her. Enticed, Sasuke went over to her when she stopped. She looked romantically at Sasuke, closed her eyes and leaned forward.

They embraced in a long and passionate kiss. His hands wrapped around Sakura's waist while hers wrapped around his neck. Afterwards, Sasuke grinned, which made Sakura blush.

"That one was really good", Sasuke said.

"Well I have something even better. Wait here and close your eyes. It's a surprise."

Sasuke did as she told and Sakura took the rope from the bags. Just right after she bought them, she infused chakra-draining jutsu, which worked better than the chakra-draining seal, onto it, to ensure Sasuke wouldn't be able to use his strength to just break them in half after he was tied up. It would drain him just enough so that he couldn't escape but that he could still struggle in them. The thought of Sasuke squirming around in the ropes turned Sakura on a bit.

She walked over to him and told him to turn around. Sasuke obeyed.

"This will be fun, I promise." She then gently urged Sasuke's arms together behind his back. Sasuke, still enticed with Sakura's affection, thought nothing of it. "It will be just as fun as our little tickling session we had yesterday, in fact."

Before Sasuke could react to that last sentence, Sakura wrapped the rope around his hands and then his wrists, tying them together behind his back. Sasuke's eyes widened in terror, like it had yesterday. He struggled to break free but the chakra-draining was already taking place. He wasn't going anywhere.

"Sakura, no! Not again! I already told you I hate being tickled!"

Sakura kissed him on the cheek, as if to mock him. "I only half believe that, Sasuke. I think the other half enjoys being made powerless by your cute wife! Besides, tickling you, even if it is torturous, is just too much fun to pass up!"

Sasuke said nothing but continued to struggle to no avail. Sakura then gently urged him to the floor, where he laid face-down. Sakura took the rest of the ropes and bound his feet together as well. She then told Sasuke, "I'm going to be adding in something extra this time."

Sasuke asked panickingly, "And what's that?" By now, he was well aware of how cruel Sakura could be and worryingly contemplated on what Sakura was planning to do to him this time.

"I've invited a few friends over to join me this time. Sure, it was fun to have you all to myself but I can easily have fun one-on-one tickling sessions with you anytime. I wanted to share this fun experience with my girlfriends!"

Sasuke was too stunned to respond. Sakura continued, "Now that I've got you bound and defenseless here, I can call them over. They should be here in about 10 minutes or so. Then the fun can begin!"

At this point, Sasuke knew he wasn't going to escape from the ropes, but yet, the thought that he was going to be tickled by multiple people panicked him so much, that he struggled even harder against them.

Sakura started walking towards the phone when Sasuke lost all control and blurted out, "You're evil!"

Sakura turned around and leaned over Sasuke's bound body. "That's not a nice thing to say to your wife, Sasuke. Now I'll have to punish you." She placed her hand on Sasuke's neck, which she hadn't tickled before. Sasuke jerked as soon as she put her hand there, and Sakura knew what to do. She grabbed Sasuke by the hair with one hand, to keep his head still, and she lightly fluttered her fingers with her other hand, on his neck and tickled him.

"AHAHAHAHA!" Sasuke laughed. Sakura instantly got a feeling a dominance and joy when he laughed. Only one day had passed by when she last tickled him, and yet, she enjoyed it so much, as if it had been years.

"What was it you called me? I don't think I heard you, Sasuke." Just like last time, she began laughing along with Sasuke, like his laughter was contagious. She stopped after a few minutes, remembering that this was supposed to be a group activity.

She started walking to the phone again. Sasuke pleaded to her to stop. "I'll let you tickle me every day from now on! Just don't invite other people over! I beg you!"

"Sorry, Sasuke. Besides tickling won't be as fun if you just let me do it, silly boy!"

She picked up the phone and called Ino, Tenten and finally Hinata. After a few brief minutes, she put away the phone and turned back to Sasuke.

"Good news, Sasuke. They're all coming over in about 10 minutes!" she grinned cruelly.

"Any last words?"