"I'm done with hurting, Suigetsu. I'm finished with it. Fed up with it. And to tell you the truth, I heard revenge was sweet."

"I love the way this is going…" he smirked devilishly. "What do you want to do?"

"Get my own revenge." She stated bravely.

"Enlighten me." he smiled a genuine smile.

"I want to hurt him the same way he hurt me."

"Wooah, please babe, don't tell me you're leaving too!" the young man screamed alarmed.

"No, I'm not him. I have another idea." she grinned.

"What idea?" he questioned truly confused.

"I know how to make him stumble down." She admitted.

"Clear this out for me, will ya?"

"Help me." she took in a deep breath. Hell, she knew she needed to pull herself together to say this and to do this but she never imagined it would be this hard. "Help me make him want me." She confessed.

He held back the temptation to smirk devilishly, but somehow he knew he should not show his approval.

"Ha." He smiled "What's in it for me?"

"Oh, I see." She shook her head. "I'm not stupid, Suigetsu. I was more than sure that you wanted something in exchange and I agree, I would do, too. You can decide. I'm willing to do almost anything." She admitted bluntly. "But just so you know, I won't lower myself any more than I have done right now."

"You don't seem much found of this, huh?" he smirked.

"Not quite." She declared sighing.

"I don't think it's a good idea for me to ask why you want to do this…"

"You're right. There's no point in doing so. You won't be getting an answer."

"As I expected."

"I though you said I was hard to read."

"You are. That's why I'm so confused right now."

"Great." She smiled.

"Has your idea of fun always been to turn off the lights when you most need them?"

"Not my intention, I admit. Although I got to hand it to you, you make me want to be incomprehensible almost all the time."

"And that's good?" Suigetsu asked truly confused.

"It's better than you can imagine."

"You know babe, you are unreadable, but that's what makes me chase after you so selfishly." He bent down towards in attempt to brush his lips over hers, but she managed to pull back just in tine. She took a deep glance at him almost smiling.

"As much as I like what you're doing, I do want to clear some things out."

"Right. First thing's first." He became suddenly serious again. "About the so called 'deal'. If I help you get him, I do want something in return."

"Yes, Suigetsu. I am aware of that. Just say it already."

"Oh, well…" he smirked lazily. "…that Uchiha's done everything to always get what he wants. And I'm curious to see his reaction when he loses that special something. So yes, Sakura, there is something you can do for me. Something I would truly appreciate. You would, too, really."

"You're avoiding my answer. It feels strange that you don't want to tell me what you want me to do..." she admitted tilting her head slightly, avoiding his amethyst gaze "but I do need your help. And I do want to make this plan work. But I can't promise you anything and it seems that neither can you."

"Here we share the same point of view." He smiled.

"Suigetsu, I have to tell you. I'm a bit scared. And I know there's nothing to worry about but I do. I feel like this isn't such a good idea anymore and I'm positive something will go terribly wrong or…" she was cut off.

"Nothing will go wrong! 'Cause there's nothing that can change what we're about to do! Really, Sakura, you gotta relax! This… this is…" he argued convincingly as he scooped towards her. "I have this all planned. I already know where to start and where to end. Just trust me on this one, babe, really. He won't even know what hit him."

"I see that you want to help me. A lot." She stated bluntly.

"Course I do, babe!" he grinned.

"How come?" she decided to ask the one question that had been invading her mind and blurring everything since she decided to pay him a visit that night.

He hesitated at first but spoke the very next second without any second thought. If the time was now to tell what he had planned, so be it. Now or never. "How come? Ha, babe, I know you're smart. I think you already know what I want in exchange."

His pleasant chuckle filled the air. He touched her shoulder tenderly as he leaned towards her face, a husky breath tickling her ear.

"I'll help you. I'll make him want you. I'll make him beg for you. I'll make him be crazy about you. Heck, I can even make him love you…"

A soft sigh escaped her lips. She knew now better than anyone what he wanted in return, she just couldn't find in her to admit it at least to herself. How stupid she had been! To think that Suigetsu would fall into her trap so easily without wanting something of this size in return!

She knew she screwed up now. But she also knew that she couldn't go back, not anymore. She had to face it. She knew his response before he even had the chance to open his mouth.

"Oh, and babe…" Suigetsu smiled across her long shivering neck "…in exchange I want you to break his heart."

Wuu, bingo, there it was.

Now why wasn't she surprised?

The young man got up from the couch and made a few steps across the room, hands in his pockets, face enlightened.

"You'll help me make him jealous." She stated.

He nodded.

"He'll be dying to have me, he'll be love struck, and he'll experience the one thing he never really had the chance to get: love. And when I'm with him…" her sentenced was left unfinished. She was breaking inside. She didn't want to show, though. She couldn't show it, she was stronger than this and she knew it. She had to pull herself back together. She wouldn't break in front of Suigetsu, not again.

A delightful smirk escaped her lips. She could at least pretend she enjoyed it.

"…I'll break up with him."

"Ding-ding-ding, and we have a winner!" Suigetsu laughed as he took once more a seat next to her.

If she had acting skills, she knew this was the time to use them. She pulled herself closer to him, just so he could feel her sweet smell.

"I have a feeling this will be a good deal after all."

"You seemed quite doubtful at the beginning, though."

"I know. But I'm ready for this now. I am more than sure that I'll be strong enough for this!" she assured herself, knowing, probably, that is was just a formal and soothing lie. "And with you help, Sui, there's no way this whole thing can get any worse than it already is."

"Don't say that, babe. No regrets, no worries. You got me remember? You're in for the ride of your life!" he laughed putting his arm over her shoulders and pulling her closer towards his presence.

'Lucky me. We just happen to have no seatbelts.' She murmured to herself.

"You say he'll want me?" she questioned closing her eyes.

"More than anything. He'll surely want to kill me as soon he has me alone. Sadly for me, he'll do different things to you once you're alone." He grinned sleepily. "But, I'm warning you now, so that you know, know? I mean… what I'm trying to say, babe is that… well…" he tried to find his words but Sakura's sudden interested look (insert please big green puppy-dog eyes) didn't help at all; it only made him more nervous.

"Well?" she batted her lashes seductively. "You know you can tell me anything."

"Uhm, well, this isn't catalogued as 'anything', but since you're so damn amazing and not to mention hot when you do that thingie with your eyes and stuff, I think I can let you on this little secret here." He smirked devilishly.

"As you can already see, Sui, I'm dying to know." She laughed.

"Come closer…" he grinned as he tried to whisper something in her ear.

"Nobody's going to hear us. Why the sudden secrecy?" she raised an eyebrow.

"Nah, not secrecy, but the simple idea of being close to you makes me quiver." he have her a breathtaking smile as he seemed to blush when she giggled sweetly. "Ops, now did I say that out loud? Guess I can keep my head on my shoulders when I'm with you."

"Enough with the flattering, Suigetsu. Tell me the 'secret' already." She laughed.

"You will never believe this."

"Try me. It can't be worst than the time I heard about the dare Kiba had to pull off after Chouji's attempt to make an all guys-night-out. You know, the dare with the ladies underwear."

"Oh, I remember. Had me laughing for half a day. Got my ass kicked by the dog-guy, but it was worth every damn hit I had to endure, even if that darn bitch kicked lower than recommended." He laughed again but stopped immediately as he saw Sakura's impatient features. "Oh yeah, the secret. Nearly forgot. Soooooo, remember, this is only between us two, sure, babe?"

She nodded numerous times.

"I'm telling you this only because I care about you, that being the only reason why I've decided to let go of such valuable information and…"

"Fine, Suigetsu, tell me already!"

"Eager much?" he said victoriously.

"How could you tell?" she smiled sarcastically. "Just say it already."

"Fine. But remember you asked for it!" he argued. She only nodded. "Sasuke's small."

Silence.

No reaction.

Now did he just say it wrong or…?

"Huh?" Sakura asked confused

Yep. He said it wrong.

"Okey, so let me clear things out for you."

"Why, thank you."

"So, you know how Sai used to say about Naruto that he's dickless?" Suigetsu asked.

Sakura only nodded perplexed.

"Well, let's say that if Sai says Naruto is dickless, then Sasuke would be a woman."

Again, the well-known and long-awaited silence.

"Hell no." Sakura mumbled.

"Hell yeah." Suigetsu nodded.

"Oh no."

"Oh yeah."

"NO!"

"YES!"

"Really?"

"Sadly for all them girls out there, yes." Suigetsu said victoriously. "The expression to 'have no balls' goes literally for Sasu-gay, there."

"You would happen to know, now wouldn't you, Sui?" the girl giggled raising an eyebrow.

"Uhm… eh… ewww… HELL NO WOMAN, I'll stick to ladies, thank you very much!" Suigetsu jumped from his seat screaming petrified.

"Your proof being?" she smiled innocently.

"Well, uhm… I mean… you see, there must be a reason why Sasuke never banged a girl, somebody, something, anything!"

"Don't want to spoil all the fun, Sui, but I don't think that's the reason."

"Oh yeah? Ten tell me, what makes you so sure?"

"I don't know him anymore, to be honest, I don't think I ever knew him, but I'm sure that's not the reason why he hasn't 'banged' somebody yet and I think that there's something more to this than just the simple idea of having sex, Suigetsu, or in this case, not having sex at all. But something here is not being said, something about him is left unknown, so well hidden that I doubt anybody could ever have the honor to benefit from."

"Something? Ah, we'd wish. What do we really know about him, babe? He killed people, he killed his brother, he got his revenge, he tried to kill not only Naruto, but you as well, he made such a complete ass of himself, he…"

"Yes, I know. Everything you said is purely true, and I will not defend him, not anymore. But I also know that he doesn't like when others put their hands on something he once had. Call it envy, I call it a wake-up call."

"I understand now why you chose to come here…we both know how possessive he can get…"

"That's why I need you, Suigetsu." She leaned over towards him, her emerald eyes drowning him alive. "He gets rather jealous..."

He leaned over, his masculine figure towering her petite one, their bodies touching. "He'll sure want my head now, for real… but you Sakura…" his lips were trembling over her jaw "you're worth it…"

"Billboard-brow, I hope for your own damn good, that you are kidding me right now." Ino's baby blue eyes pleaded almost annoyingly. "Right?" she didn't get a response, again. "Answer me goddammit! First you're interrupting when me and Shika-kun were have some old-fashioned fun, then you drag into this dark and masochistic corner, then you start telling me your whole life story which includes perverted actions between you and shark-boy hoping you can catch a glimpse of Sasuke's jealousy, and now you don't wanna explain all this?" Ino was mad, that wasn't very hard to get.

Sakura only half-nodded, her head still watching her feet, almost shamefully.

"Well I gotta admit it, Forehead, you surprise me!" Ino chuckled sweetly. "I never would have imagined you had it in you! And, just so you know, I'm rather proud of you! It seems my advice regarding you being a total skimpy bitch wasn't so bad after all!" she laughed. "My little Sakura is all grown up!"

"Shut it up before I break you head, Pig!" Sakura threatened which was a surprisingly awaited action, since she had been very quiet lately, Ino guessed it was the shame, but she knew it was far more than that.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever, don't need to get so pissed off."

"And keep it down, Ino, we might be heard."

"Look who's talking, Ms. High Temper, indeed." The blonde mocked.

"Forget it, Pig, it was a mistake telling you all this." Sakura sighed. "You don't seem to give a shit anyways, so sorry for taking up you time. You'd better get back to Shikamaru, he might be wondering what I'm doing to you back here. Seems not only Sasuke will turn out to be jealous."

"No, Sakura, I'm not going anywhere." Ino said determined. "I'm your friend and I deserve to know what's going on. Hey! And leave Shika-kun out of this! At least he has feelings! Unlike you or Sasuke, and now even Suigetsu! Now tell me already!"

"I'll pretend I didn't hear that. But you already know, Pig, so stop acting dumb. Oh, I forgot, you're not acting."

"Another word and I'll show you that you don't need to have brute force to kick someone's ass!"

"Dream on, Barbie-Girl, you'll break your pink manicure before reaching me!" Sakura cheered gladly.

"I don't think you're the one who should be criticizing pink, Forehead, or am I mistaking?" the blonde teased.

"Jealous much regarding my hair, Pig?"

"Funny you mentioned it. 'Cause I don't think I'm the jealous one here…" Ino sighed.

"You just had to remind me." Sakura stated flatly.

"You're the one who told me in the first place! And if I remember correctly what you told me, it was part of your plan. You really wanted to make him jealous!" the blonde protested.

"'Wanted' being the key-word here." Sakura exhaled. "I don't know what I was thinking, but I'm starting to regret it all. I'm starting to…" she closed her eyes, analyzing deeper the situation "I'm starting to think it was a great mistake. I mean, Pig, who am I kidding? Did I really think I could get what I wanted so easily? Suigetsu seems to have fooled me just as much as I thought fooled him. What goes around, comes around I guess. It's useless no matter what I do. I have to keep my promise, my part of the deal and I don't understand what was running trough my head at that time, but I definitely over-praised myself, I though and I believed I could do it, but look at me now, Ino, I can't do anything! I am useless and pathetic and I regret everything and I can't turn back time nor can I break that stupid promise, nor can I do those things to Sasuke, but those I had in mind for Suigetsu are just as bad! And did I even mention the best part? Everything has been in vain, Ino! Everything! Because nothing has changed! Sasuke still sees me as that weak and brainless 12-year old kid, I still have this annoying as hell weakness towards him! No matter where I'm heading, I'm in for a crash."

Without realizing what she was doing, the blonde suddenly stood up and stepped in from of her best friend grabbing her determined by the shoulders "Yes, Sakura you really changed!" Ino screamed. "You changed so much I can hardly recognize you anymore! The Sakura I knew used to be strong, she used to fight for herself, she used to always know what to do and when to do it! What happened to that girl, huh, Sakura? Before you were the one who pulled me back to my feet, the one who gave me the essential advice, and now what?" she smiled sadly. "Look what we've come to: I'm the one who's doing the moral support, and not to be anti-narcissistic, but sometimes I can be really shallow and this is not my thing, I mean I would truly want to take you out lingerie shopping right now since I'm feeling already uncomfortable, so please, if not for your own goddamn sake, but for mine, please be that badass bitch we all know and love, despise her terrible anger and horrific annoyance!"

Sakura only closed her eyes and tried to stop the tears that we're threatening to fall.

"Yeah, I know, I'm that good, right?" Ino winked.

Sakura smiled. "Don't flatter yourself, pig; I'm just impressed that you managed to tie more than two sentences one after another."

"Let me pretend I didn't hear that."

"Agree. And Ino…" Sakura mumbled.

"Yes, Sakura?"

"Thank you. For everything. You're pretty good at this stuff."

"I'm good at everything, darling, so don't sweat it." She said proudly.

"Everything, ha?" Sakura laughed. "No wonder guys like your company!"

Ino's eyes widened but she only laughed too. "Hey, don't push it, Forehead. I'm not the one with amore-trouble here."

"Don't remind me."

"Soooo, watcha gonna do?"

"Gonna do with what?" she pretended to seem surprised.

"No shit, Sakura, I may be a natural blonde but besides my amazing good looks I'm also gifted with a one of a kind intelligence, now you remember that."

"Cocky much?" Sakura giggled.

"Let's stick to the subject."

"Fine by me."

"So. Answer me now. Sasuke."

"Holy mother of God. I have no idea, Pig, really." She admitted defeated.

"Forehead, that fine piece of sacred Uchiha ass has both qualities, very few if I may say, excluding his purely amazing looks, and defects, which may take me a lifetime to write on paper, but in the end he's the only guy you've ever loved and, sorry to break it to you, the only one you'll be able to love. To say that you messed up with the Suigetsu-deal is an understatement, you're totally screwed. But that stupid arrangement doesn't have to stand between you and Sasu-kun there. Just tell him the truth. He will understand, I'm sure of it."

"You don't know who you're talking about. Sasuke! He will never understand! He won't listen to me!" Sakura shock her head sadly.

"First of all, you're Tsunade's living legacy, for crying out loud! You can make him listen to you by only raising your pretty little fist, so girl, take attitude, be yourself, be chill and cool and totally loving as you've always been and make him crawl under your feet, baby!" Ino laughed. "And second, don't tell me you didn't see or at least feel the way his eyes were lingering on you tonight!" Sakura only shook her head confused. "Jeez, I see now why everybody calls you annoying! Forehead, Uchiha was watching you dance as if you were his first course at elegant French restaurant, for fuck's sake! If I were you, I'd stop biting my nails and start digging them into his hot shoulders…"

"INO!" Sakura laughed, a blush forming on her pale features.

"Yes, babe?" Ino gave a shot at mimicking Suigetsu, which surprisingly, went quite well.

After laughing for quite some, Ino suddenly got up.

"Hey, where you going?" Sakura asked confused.

"Well, honey, let me tell you that we're not getting anywhere by sitting here, in this lame and dark corner! I'm not dancing with Shikamaru and you're not making out with Sasuke, so why don't we change that and move our sexy little butts on the floor, shall we not?" a smug escaped her full pink lips as she started pulling her friend out from the shelter of the corner towards the wild life coming from the dance ring.

'Oh boy, the bad things haven't even begun, huh?'