A/N: This is not the original chapter but I guess I have to type something to get this fic going. Sorry for the long wait... even I hate waiting.

Yakuza II

"You know," he began, causing his partner to turn to him. "This would be a perfectly good idea... if we didn't have to wear these stupid costumes!" Kisame yelled, annoyed at how he had to wear a shark mascot, even if that was his namesake. He was irritated all the more when little kids started pulling on his blue fin. Sasori, who was in a cute-looking scorpion mascot, one hand holding a bunch of balloons while the other held onto a little boys hand, wasn't the least bit affected at his disguise. "Just shut up and do your job, they'll be here any minute."

"Of all places why did they have to come here in a water park?"

"Aren't you glad to see your relatives?"

"Huh?"

"The sharks."

Silence...

"Fuck you Sasori!"

And the kids cried while their parents hit Kisame with their bags.

Chapter 4: Red and Blue

"Oohh..! Look at the fishies!" Naruto grinned, pressing his face and palms against a glass container where different kinds of water creatures swam; his bright orange shirt reflecting on the aquarium, contrasting to his black cargos as he went from one place to another. A smiling Hinata who wore a light blue shirt and white capri's tailing behind him. "This guy is too hyper..." Shisui murmured, running a hand through his hair while his best friend was engaged in a glaring contest with a shark. "Itachi?"

"I hate sharks..."

Shisui rolled his eyes at this. "Just because you almost got eaten by a shark when you were ten, doesn't mean you have to hate them for thinking of you as a fish." he smiled when the long-haired Uchiha continued glaring at the great white shark that seemed to return the same intent gaze. "So, we have a hyper Naruto, a patient Hinata, an insane Itachi and a good-looking Shisui! What a great team!"

"Come off it Shisui-niisan, you're not that good looking. And we're here to gather information, not to have fun. "

"You tell that to your best friend and brother Sasuke, they're the ones who are goofing off, and yes, I am good-looking."

"Then how come you still don't have a girlfriend despite courting and getting dumped so many times?"

He heard a few giggles and snickers from the other members of Sharingan, including Sakura and Ino's. Shisui sighed, rolling his eyes as he pulled Itachi by the back of his black collared shirt's collar, ignoring the protests of Itachi as he spoke through the transmitter once more. "Don't rub it in Sasuke, just because you're a babe magnet or just because you already have a girlfriend who you didn't need to court, doesn't mean that you can put me down..."

"Who said I was a babe magnet?" Note that Sasuke shuddered at this. "And who says I even like being one? Besides, it's not my fault that I fell in love and Sakura did as well. It's just not yet your time, or it's not your fate as Neji would say."

"Hey!" Neji intercepted. "Don't go talking about fate when you haven't mastered it yet Sasuke."

Sasuke groaned at this. "Enough of this nonsense; just go get some info about SNK."

He got a round of "Roger" from some of the members as he sighed and shoved his hands in his pockets. "Relax will you? Your right arm still hasn't healed completely so take it easy." he turned to his girlfriend who linked her arms with his left. "Aren't you at least glad that you're not wearing a suit or your yakuza uniform?" True though, it was a nice change to be wearing something not so formal or flashy, even if it still catches the attention of some girls passing by, including-ahem- gay guys. He shuddered at this. "Why do we have to go here anyway? We could always gather information in the police department..." he murmured, until realization hit him when he slowly turned to a smiling Sakura. "You just wanted to come here..."

"Yep!"

"Because of the penguins..?"

Sakura grinned sheepishly and made a "peace" sign at him, dragging him to where the penguin show was. "Consider it a day-off as well Sasuke. I mean, it's been a while since we had a date right?" she asked, her pink hair tied to a half-ponytail, her clothes composing of a black ruffled skirt reaching her knees, a white tube top and over it was Sasuke's dark blue denim jacket which he lent to her since he did not want anyone to look at her with... lust. To complete her look, she added silver dangling earrings, black boots and a choker with black lace and a silver cross as a pendant. He gazed at her when she smiled at the black and white birds that started to perform. A small smile tugged on his lips as he continued to stare at her, not realizing how a penguin just jumped and splashed on the water, causing him to get wet at the process.

"What the-!"

He could hear some of the people laugh at him when his hair and shirt was dripping wet. "Fuck, good thing I wore a black shirt..." Well, he was supposed to be wearing his denim jacket but being a possessive gentleman, he lent it to Sakura. "Damn penguins…" he cursed, glaring at the birds that seemed to mock him. "Aw, don't be mean to them!" Sakura said, looking at one penguin that approached her, holding out its flipper to shake her hand. She smiled and shook hands with the bird as it went back to the water.

"See? They're smart!"

"Smart my ass, the moment they form a mafia, then I'll consider them smart."

Sakura rolled her eyes at this and continued clinging to her boyfriend's arm. "You're so mean." She muttered, looking away, her happy mood dispersing. He let out a frustrated sigh and looked at the penguins. "Why me?" he asked himself, eyes averting elsewhere. He saw his brother from afar, glaring at a shark mascot. "I hate penguins and Itachi hates sharks…" he thought. "So Uchihas hate water creatures…" he murmured.

"What? How could you?" Sakura asked, hearing what he muttered. "Huh?" he asked back, raising a brow at her. He sweat dropped when she was in her chibi form, eyes big and puppy-like as tears threatened to fall. "How can you be so mean? Water animals are my favorite type of creatures!" He blushed, feeling something well-up inside of him. "Oh shit." He cursed, grabbed her hand and dragged her away, not minding how the crowd of Americans watched them in amusement. They were, after all, speaking in Japanese, so this caught the crowd's attention.

"W-where are you taking me?" she asked, not resisting his pull as they reached a secluded area, where not too many people were around. He pushed her to a wall and cornered her there, both his hands against the wall on both sides of her head. "S-Sasuke..?" a smirk answered her when he leaned closer to her. "Didn't I tell you before that your puppy-eyes turn me on?" he asked, nuzzling her neck as she shivered, clenching her fists and resisting the urge to pull him closer. "Y-yes…" she whimpered. "So why did you show me those eyes that are so tempting?" he asked, feeling aroused when she whimpered. "U-um… b-because you-" she got cut off when his tongue licked across her throat, causing her to gasp and pull him closer by instinct.

Sakura heard him suppress a laugh and she looked at him, seeing him holding in his amusement. "You are so…" he trailed off, not exactly knowing how to put it into words. She glared mockingly at his grin, and couldn't help but return the smile as well. Heck, if her smile was contagious, so was his. "Baka." She murmured, kissing him softly on the lips and pulling away slightly. "Sorry." He whispered, and she gave a nod.

"Sasori…"

"What?"

"Itachi is glaring at me…"

"So?"

"Can I please attack him now?" Kisame asked in a soft voice. Sasori rolled his eyes at this, annoyed that his "partner" disturbed him from watching the two couples who were having their moment. "No." He sensed Kisame's frown. "One is because you'll blow your cover, two, there are too may people and lastly, his little brother may be busy with Haruno, but I'm pretty sure he'll find out about us if you attack now."

"Damn…" he turned to Itachi with a forced grin. "Why are you glaring at me young man?" he asked in a goofy tone. Itachi's brows only narrowed dangerously, causing Kisame to shift awkwardly under the intent gaze of the Uchiha. "Crap, this guy is freaky."

"I hate sharks…" he muttered. Kisame was sort of enraged at this. "How could you hate them?" he asked, suppressing the urge to strangle the long-haired Uchiha. "They almost ate me…" Kisame had to sweat drop at his blunt and childish answer. "So you hold a grudge against sharks?" Itachi blinked and glared again. "You think it's childish? My brother there hates penguins because they splashed him with water when he was five! Even up until now, he detests them! Isn't that more childish?"

Kisame took a few steps back at the enraged Uchiha. "O-okay… you didn't have to be that mad…" he turned his back on Itachi and regretted it when the Uchiha suddenly jumped on his back and straddled him like a horse, at the same time punching his shark suit. "You freakin' piece of-overgrown fish! Don't you there turn your back on me!" he couldn't say bad words because there were a lot of kids watching them. "Sasori! Help! He's gonna kill me!"

Itachi stopped and jumped back, staring at the two mascots. "Sasori…" he whispered, eyes narrowing. "SNK…"

"Che, you idiot," Sasori said to Kisame, removing the hood of his lobster costume. "I guess our cover's blown." Kisame smirked at this and removed his suit. "Finally, I get to fight!" he gave an eerie smile to Itachi. "So I guess I am famous."

The older Uchiha stared at him for a few seconds before asking. "Who are you?"

This causes a classic Kisame falling down on the ground, anime style, with Sasori sighing and not believing his fate of having to be stuck with an idiot. "His name's Hoshigake Kisame and he will be your opponent." Sasori ran towards the younger Uchiha without warning, leaving Itachi yelling at his brother and to be stopped by Kisame when he attempted to run after Sasori."Like my friend said, I will be your opponent." Itachi clicked his tongue at this and glanced at his surroundings, seeing kids watching them in amusement, thinking that this was some sort of action show. "Might as well keep this less bloody…" he thought, glaring at Kisame when he took out a sword that was as huge as Zabuza's. "Meet my samehada, it'll be the one who will skin you alive!" And he charged at Itachi who evaded every swing of the big weapon. "Damn, I knew I should've brought some weapons." He got a cut on his shoulder as he backed away a bit, glaring at Kisame who smirked. "I can't use my gun with too many kids and old people watching."

"Don't turn your attention elsewhere when in a fight Uchiha!" Kisame roared, shocking Itachi when he all of a sudden appeared in front of the Uchiha and slashed his samehada against the boy's left shoulder, scraping some of his skin as the long-haired Uchiha grimaced and fell on the ground, staggering to get up. "Why are they attacking us in a public place?"

Kisame smirked when he saw his opponent's brows knitted in question. "You're probably wondering why we didn't get Haruno last night when we had a chance, especially when she and your younger brother were still alone. Also, I bet you're thinking why we're attacking now."

"Yeah, basically, you've read my mind. But it really confuses me about last night." He said, managing to stand straight. "Why didn't you take her?"

"Simple, we had to weaken someone first." He noted Itachi's eyes turn red at this. "Figure the rest on your own." And again, he charged, attempting to hit his other arm. The Uchiha prodigy quickly ducked and jumped a few steps back, ignoring how some awed their fight.

Itachi eyed his blue-skinned opponent who smirked, the Uchiha's blood dripping from his samehada. Flinching, he turned his sharingan eyes to his left shoulder where a lot of his blood slowly flowed down his arm. "Shit…" he cursed inwardly. "They weren't after Sakura last night…" he thought, glaring menacingly at his opponent. "You guys…" he started. "You were targeting my little brother…" Kisame's smirk broadened. "Bingo."

"But… why would you target Sasuke?"

"Aside from the fact that if we get rid of him, Haruno will be easy to take," he thought for a while, causing suspense and tension to build up. "Gaara's orders." He said bluntly, before diving in for another assault. Itachi narrowed his eyes as he managed to foresee Kisame's moves with his sharingan. "In other words, you were having a hard time getting rid of him, and this Gaara guy is waiting for another opportunity to battle my brother. So why can't he face Sasuke now?" after thinking about it, it hit him, and he smirked at this.

"He's weaker than Sasuke when my brother's in full potential."

Kisame frowned at this. "I guess you aren't called a genius for nothing."

"Still though," Itachi frowned as well. "Why isn't Gaara here then? If he wants to fight Sasuke that badly, why would Sasori be the one who will engage himself with a combat with my brother?"

"Simple," the shark said, swinging his samehada at Itachi who evaded it by an inch. "To further weaken him."

He glared at the red-head guy who merely stared at him with a bored expression. "If only Temari hadn't injured your right arm, I would've enjoyed this some more." Sasuke just continued glaring at him as he tried to move but couldn't. The strings were too tight on him that it had him bound, and Sasori was playing puppeteer and he was the puppet. "Damn, this is the last time I'm going to a water park…"

Sakura just stood there, watching the whole thing. It happened too fast for her. A while ago, they were just talking, then Sasori attacked and Sasuke managed to keep her out of harms way. But the more they engaged themselves in a hand-to-hand combat, she, nor Sasuke, wasn't able to notice Sasori wrap some nylon strings around Sasuke's limbs to secure him. "I can't believe that there would be other people who can actually manage to catch Sasuke this easily." She thought, hands clasped in front of her chest as she tried to think of something to help her boyfriend.

"Now then," Sasori said, swinging his hands as Sasuke moved against his will and faced Sakura, both giving confused and deep thinking frowns to Sasori. "Let's do this a lot more different." He said, waving his hands some more as Sasuke moved towards Sakura, looking as if he was attacking her on his own free will. "What the-!" they both said as Sakura tried to evade the assault. "Sasuke, what's going on?" she asked, clearly aware that he was not doing this on his own. "If you haven't noticed it yet, he's controlling me with strings." He said bluntly, trying to at least lessen the force of his attacks. "Sakura, come on, put the training you've been through to good use until I get out of these ropes!"

She nodded and furrowed her eyebrows in concentration, raising her arms up in a fighting stance as she blocked a kick and a punch from Sasuke, or rather, Sasori's control on Sasuke. Somehow, whenever she planned on giving him a punch of her own, she would always hold back and pull away and again, stick to defending herself instead. "What's wrong Haruno? Can't hit a guy?" Sasori taunted, ignoring the glare the couple sent his way. "Sakura, see if you can get to him," he whispered. "If I'm correct, he's defenseless when he's controlling someone as his puppet." He turned his gaze back to her. "I'll try to stop his control on me when he directs me to attacking you."

"Okay." And she ducked another kick from Sasuke as she quickly ran towards Sasori and planned on landing a quick kick on his shin. Sasori jumped out of the way, barely evading the offense coming from the girl. He smirked. "Not bad, you're pretty aggressive, but not enough to stop me." He pulled onto the strings, along with Sasuke as Sakura sensed her boyfriend come up from behind. She swerved to the right to avoid his fist and pushed Sasuke forward.

"Don't you have a weapon?" she asked from behind him. "No, but I do remember telling you to slip a combat knife in one of your boots." Sakura mentally slapped her forehead at this, forgetting that she did have a blade hidden. Taking it out in a swift movement, she squint her eyes and saw a few of the strings reflect the sun's light, and she expertly cut the thin wires that prevented Sasuke from moving freely.

Feeling his limbs free from the bounds of Sasori, he smirked and turned to give Sakura a knowing look to which she nodded in understanding before blocking a kick Sasuke gave her. The red-haired SNK member sighed. "Enough playing around and bring her to me Uchiha." He said, moving his wires as Sasuke tried to interpret the movement the enemy wanted him to do. In a blink of an eye, he was behind Sakura and had her in an arm lock as she pretended to struggle from his grip. Sasuke glared at Sasori. "Damn you..!"

Smirking, Sasori pulled at the strings as Sasuke approached cautiously, all the while discreetly taking the knife from Sakura as she kept struggling. "This is way too easy." Sasori thought when the two neared him. "Looks like SNK is better after all."

"True," Sakura grinned, earning a shocked look from Sasori when she ducked and Sasuke managed to give Sasori a cut on the left side of his chest, deep enough to wound him but shallow enough to not kill him. "But Sharingan's still the best." Sasuke said with a smirk, swiping blood away from the blade as he reversed it and ran towards Sasori, his obsidian orbs turning to red to make sure he won't get caught up with the strings again.

"Damn it." Sasori cursed, holding onto his wound as he tried to keep up with the Uchiha's speed. Kabuto had warned them about Sasuke's agility and stealth, even his wittiness was hard since he never seemed to run out of ideas even in the last possible moment. "It's no wonder why Gaara wants him to go down," He thought. "He's too much of a challenge." He could feel his body weaken. Sasori was a man of limited stamina, and even a minor injury can cause him a big disadvantage, which is why he would mostly fight within long range or use his opponent against his enemy's comrade. "I have to do something before we retreat. There's no way we'll succeed in kidnapping Haruno, nor will I be able to kill Sasuke. Maybe Kisame can handle Itachi but," he averted his eyes to his partner and Itachi. "Itachi is another Uchiha prodigy, Kisame just happens to have a good amount of stamina in him."

"You're too preoccupied with your thoughts Sasori." Sasuke muttered, having been successful in giving his opponent another cut. "I think it's best for you to retreat just to keep yourself alive," his eyes narrowed. "If my sources serve me right, you're an SNK member who is known for the ability to control other people, but your flaw is that you have a weak and low stamina and resistance when it comes to fighting."

"You've been researching a lot, I guess you're hot on our tail, but not close enough to figuring out our main goal."

"What do you mean?"

Sasori managed a smirk. "Gaara has a twisted mind, that I agree, but because of this, we actually fool minds easily. Just the mere fact that you taught we were after Haruno last night is already good evidence. Not to mention that you all think we're after Haruno Ikichi's death and want his daughter dead too. Actually, it's far from that, and I have to tell you this, you are still too far from discovering our main goal."

Sakura, being a daughter of a good politician decided to question the SNK member. "What exactly are your goals and why are you after me?" Sasori turned to her, his smirk widening at the process. "Your father did not sign the deal that Gaara offered, and because of that, he is just two steps away from obtaining his goal. The offer my boss gave was even tempting to Ikichi, but he seems to have a strong will and a strong love for his only daughter to not accept power over the States."

"What deal was that?" Sakura asked, still standing behind Sasuke's extended arm that prevented her from taking any step further. "I'm not just about to tell you, in fact, I've told you a lot already." And within seconds he reappeared in front of Sasuke and quickly kneed the boy on the gut, causing him to double over at the unexpected offense. "I'll have to reschedule our fight then, Uchiha, until then, please stay alive a little longer." Sasori whispered. "Long enough for you to witness something painful for your heart and mind." He hissed and added a few more words that caused Sasuke's eyes to widen. Sasori took a few steps back, catching Kisame's attention as he threw a smoke bomb on the ground, taking this as their chance to escape.

"Hey, are you guys okay? SNK amateurs started appearing out of nowhere earlier!" Naruto yelled through the communicator. "Naruto," Itachi began, dashing towards his little brother when he noticed his eyes having a flicker of rage. "Get the others and tell them to head back, we need to talk about SNK's real mission."

"Damn it!"

They all watched as Sasuke continued shooting the moving practice targets. No one dared to stop him whenever he was in this situation, no one, that is, except Itachi. "Sasuke," he said, his voice stern as he placed a hand on his little brother's shoulder. "Enough of this and tell us what Sasori told you."

He cursed and continued shooting, his eyes blazing red as he made sure each and every target was not spared by the bullets. "Sasuke."

"WHAT!" he asked, rather, yelled, glaring at his brother who looked taken aback a bit as the rest took a few steps back from the two Uchihas. "What did Sasori say?"

Sasuke spared Sakura a glance then back at the targets, his brows knitting some more as his eyes half-closed. He continued shooting the targets; all the while ignoring Itachi's question as the words the red-haired parted earlier plagued his thoughts. "Why her? Why did he have to choose her?" Itachi sighed and gave up in questioning his brother. Somehow, Sasuke will eventually tell them, maybe not now, but soon.

"Sasuke," he didn't raise his head to look at her, but he knew that whenever she called him with that tone of voice, she was persistent and determined to get him to spill. "What did he say?" she asked, eyes narrowed to a serious look as Sasuke slowly faced her, eyes still having the look of anger. "Gaara wants you." He said bluntly, pushing himself away from his leaning position on the wall and walking towards the door. When his hand was enclosed on the doorknob, she wrapped her arms around his waist from behind, and he glanced at her with half-closed eyes as she leaned her forehead on his back, eyes shut as she tried to remain calm. "What for Sasuke? Why me?"

"He wants you because you have a high position in Japan. Technically, you're the only girl who meets his expectations and liking- that is what Shikamaru managed to get from interrogating Temari." He was about to leave when her embrace tightened. "What. For. Sasuke." She emphasized each and every word. "I… don't know."

"Don't lie to me!" she yelled, not letting him go. "Why won't you tell me? Why must you always leave me in the dark? Please, no more secrets! Not after what happened to us when you tricked me and dad into thinking that you're not a part of a yakuza!" he clenched his other fist at this, knowing very well that there were tears falling from her eyes. "Just tell me! Please…" her voice softened, and he couldn't help but feel a bit guilty for keeping the truth away from her. "Power..."

"What?"

"Gaara wants your talent in the field of medicine and your intellect in strategizing in order to terrorize other countries."

To be continued…

Next on Yakuza II: Chapter 5: Captive

"Just you wait! Sasuke will-"

"Will what?" he seethed, stepping up closer to her as she tried to back away, only to feel the wall behind her as Gaara approached. "What will he do if he's incapable of fighting right now?" Sakura's eyes widened at this, her brows soon knitting as she returned his smirk with a glare. "What did you do to him?" Gaara's smirk widened. "He's permanently asleep."

A/N: Ugh! Stupid writer's block! Well, if you guys have any suggestions or requests, now would be a good time…