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Mermaid Motel

~Chapter 7~

Sitting at a table in the front row, Tsunade waited patiently, along with the other dancers for Sakura to finish singing her song on the stage. Since there was no music playing in the back, they could easily hear any small mistakes she made, which were not many, considering the fact that Sakura had taken canto lessons 6 years ago. Of course, as Naruto burst into her office and told her her newest dancer could actually sing, she was pretty skeptical. But now, after hearing her live, she was certain Naruto was right. Tsunade raised her hand in an attempt to make the pinkette stop.

"That's enough, Sakura. Thank you. You can come here."

With hesitant steps, the dancer made her way towards the table her boss was currently at. Waiting patiently with her hands behind the back to hear the review, Sakura couldn't help but wonder what she has done wrong for the honey eyed woman to make her stop. She looked into her eyes and gulped. Maybe taking Naruto's advice wasn't such a good idea, after all. She saw Tsunade place her arms on the table, intertwining her fingers as she cleared her voice.

"Well, it was obvious that your singing needs some small improvements. And along with that, you also need to work on your confidence because let's face it: you don't have the same confidence in you as when you are dancing. Your voice is shaky, but with practice, you can overcome it." Sakura couldn't help but smile and sigh in relief. She really thought she had messed up. "However, it is clear as daylight that your voice doesn't compare with Ino's and Karin's, especially for this role. Your voice is even better than their and perfect for the song I planned for you." The rosette took her hands to her chest where she could feel her heart beating uncontrollably. "When I hear you sing, I think of something sexy, extremely sensual. As I said before, perfect for the song. Your voice will sound even better than the voice on the CD. It will catch everyone's attention. And I'm glad. I'm glad because we could still make our live performances, despite the singers being on holiday."

Everyone in the room applauded, some louder than the others. Of course, Naruto was the loudest. Again, he helped his friend's dream come true and was proud of him, now more than ever. She was so euphoric, her smile lighting the entire room, making his heart skip a beat.

"I'm glad to hear that Tsunade-sama." Sakura bowed. "I'm honored for the opportunity and I promise I won't let you down."

Running pass the other dancers and Tsunade, the green eyed woman then jumped in Naruto's arms, embracing him tightly as they spun around. She giggled and kissed his cheek, thanking him over and over again. Tsunade watched them with a sweet smile on her face, whilst the other girls looked at Sakura with knives instead of eyes.

"Ok, everybody!" The blonde woman clapped her hands to gain everyone's fully attention. "We need to start practicing for tonight's performance. And since Karin isn't here yet, you will practice on the instrumental only. I'm sure you all know the lyrics already, so it will be easy for you. Now go and change. Not you Sakura! You come here. I need to talk to you about next week."

Sakura, along with Naruto, took a seat next to Tsunade, who was holding in her hands an envelope. The dancer turned her head to her colleagues and notice they were whispering to each other while looking in her direction. She bit her lip and decided to ignore them. Maybe they weren't gossiping about her…

"Now" her boss hit the table with the envelope "I need to describe to you how it's all going to be." She opened the envelope and gave Sakura a piece of sheet on which a song was written along with the musical notes. "This is what you have to learn until next week. Well, preferably, until tomorrow, so we can stat practicing the moves."

The pinkette took the sheet and read the title out loud. "Mermaid Motel?"

"Yes. Basically, you will have to sing this in a really sensual manner, and at some point you will have to whisper, but you don't have to worry. I wrote the link for the song on the other side." Tsunade took another paper from her envelope and gave it to Sakura. "This will be what you will wear at the beginning, before you will strip down."

Both Naruto's and Sakura's face fell off. Stripping? No one said anything about stripping! Of course, while Sakura was worrying that everybody will have the chance to see her naked body, the blonde beside her was kind of excited and also a bit jealous and worried. Who knows how many sick horny bastards will be present there and how many of them would fantasize about Sakura while they are masturbating. Naruto shivered at the thought.

"Strip down?" Sakura asked, her face flushed. "In front of all those people?"

Tsunade patted her on the shoulder to calm her down. "Darling, we've had worse." Sakura couldn't believe her ears. She had been working there as a waitress for the past two months and not a single time was a girl stripped down during a show. "And don't worry, you won't be fully exposed." Tsunade tried to assure her. Suddenly, the door opened to reveal a tall red haired, making her way through the tables, looking as if she just stepped off a catwalk. As soon as Tsunade spotted her, she got up from her seat and went to talk to her.

"Tsunade-sama?"

"We'll talk later, Sakura. Now go and get ready for rehearsals!"

After the incident with Itachi, Ino became very suspicious of Sasuke. He was acting very strange since they came back from the club. It was maybe because he had drunk something more than he indented there? Maybe he got pissed off by someone there, other than his brother? The blonde also couldn't figure out why Sasuke would go to a karaoke club. Maybe he wanted to escape the crowd in his house? It was because of the stupid joke Itachi made with those engagement rings? Maybe, just maybe, he went there to meet someone?

The last two questions Ino put to herself seemed to be the most reasonable reasons. As he saw the rings, he wanted to make himself clear he isn't going to ever be tied down to a single person, especially her, and went to bang a chick. It all made sense, right? I mean, that is what Sasuke always does. He bags chicks. Even her. And of course, without putting any feelings in it. That was how Sasuke worked, and Ino understood him perfectly. It started to bother her now that she fell for him even more. Maybe if the raven haired knew, he would do something about it. If he only knew she wasn't faking it…not like he does.

"Where are you going?" she asked him as she saw him opening the front door. The blonde saw him turn his head to look at her before he got out and closed the door behind him. Sigh. Yeah. That was the same old Sasuke.

Looking at her watch, she realized it was almost time for Karin's show to start. At least she will be able to talk it over with her after the show and ask for some advices, not that Karin was the perfect candidate for something like that.

There was so much riot in the backstage, you couldn't hear what the person next to you said even if he/she screamed. Sakura felt slightly uncomfortable as most of the dancers started at her and threw her glares. She decided to ignore them as much as possible, even if it bothered her. 'It must be because of the new show and because I'm new…"

"Three minutes girls!" Tsunade shouted as she walked passed them, heading towards the pinkette. "How are you feeling?"

"Ok, I guess."

"Not 'ok'. You should feel bad and sexy and super provocative in this outfit."

Yes, Sakura felt very provocative in her outfit. Who wouldn't feel provocative wearing a black, all latex costume similar with what Halle Berry wore in 'Catwoman'? Thank god the dancer didn't have a whip! Who knew how many people she would have injured, including herself?

"One minute, darling. You better feel sexy on the stage or else…" Tsunade winked as she went to talk to the other dancers. Sakura sighed in relief. Finally, her boss left. She took a peek though the curtain to see just how may people arrived to make sure she won't hesitate on the stage. She scanned the room and spotted Itachi sitting at the bar, apparently talking to a blonde girl. Looking at the front rows, she saw a man sitting alone at the table with a drink in his hand. At first, she didn't recognize him, but as soon as she did, her blood had frozen within her veins.

"Oh no, oh no, oh no…" she covered her face, trying to hide her burning cheeks. "What is he doing here?" she whispered to herself, chewing on her inner lip. Suddenly, the music started and the red curtain slowly went up. She went near the other dancers and stood in her place, her exposed back facing the audience. As soon as the beat started, they slowly turned around and started clapping their hands as they made way to the star. Of course Karin wasn't dressed as the other dancers. God knows why Tsunade chose to give her a smaller version of the outfits they were wearing and also dyed in hot pink. She took the microphone to her lips and started singing as the girls behind her started swaying their hips from one side to the other, while their hands were resting on their waist.

"Boy I will be your sexy silk

Wrap me around, round, round, round."

The girls started taking small steps towards the front of the stage where they surrounded the singer and started to fall to the ground, one after another, supporting their bodies only on their elbows.

"I'll be your pussycat licking your milk right now

Down, down, down!"

The dancers in the front then stood on their knees, with their back very arched, showing off their hand as if it was a feline's paw before they licked their lips.

"Oh a kiss can last all night!

You'll have to seduce me, nibble and bite…

Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow

Boy, you're gonna win!

Say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

You're under my skin

I've got butterflies within

Ohhhh! I think I like you."

As soon as the performance was over, Sakura ran of the stage and was about to reach the dancer's room when somebody suddenly embraced her from behind. She turned her head to see who it was, thinking that maybe it was Naruto, when she saw the face of the person she really didn't want to see ever again. She opened her mouth to say something, but was instantly covered by Sasuke's hot lips. Almost as if she was burned, Sakura jumped and tried to release herself from his strong grip and tempting kiss. However, she failed. 'He's going to get married, god damn it! You can't do this, Sakura!' But his lips were so moist and so soft and his kiss so fiery that she couldn't resist and in the end, she had to give in.

"What do we have here?"

Both of them froze and immediately parted as they heard that voice. They saw Karin standing there, her arms crossed on her chest, with a big grin on her face. "You guys really need to rent a room." She took a step closer to look at Sasuke. "You got yourself a piece of hot stuff, girl. Keep him close." the red haired winked as she went passed them and into her own room to get changed.

There was a moment of silence before Sakura decided to speak up. "Ok, just so you know, earlier was a mistake."

Sasuke arched his brows. "Didn't like it?" he smirked as he grabbed Sakura's waist and pulled her closer to him. The dancer bit her lip and blushed as she pushed him away from her.

"I did. But I can't-"

"Why did you slap me last night?"

Frown.

"Because you were a total ass? Hours ago, your brother told me you want to propose to Ino, and you dare kiss me?"

The coal eyed man smirked as he tilted his head. "My brother is the real ass here. I didn't-" He was reduced to silence as soon as Sakura's palm made contact with his cheek. Sasuke noticed how pissed off she was when he referred to his brother as being the 'ass' in this situation. The pinkette turned around to leave when she felt Sasuke's hand grab her shoulder.

"Leave me the fuck alone Sasuke, ok? Go and fuck some other girl." She turned her head and shoved his hand from her shoulder. "Ino doesn't deserve this."

Wow, I actually finished this in 3 hours? Must be some kind of record! Whoho! Yeah, I kind of lost my inspiration with this last part between Sakura and Sasuke. Oh well, I will compensate with what happens in the next chapter, if you know what I mean. *wink**wink*

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