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CHAPTER 7 - Party with the Exes

The Uchiha Manor was never really a quiet place. It was always filled with teenagers running amuck, or brothers and cousins arguing and laughing about the silliest things. It was usually the hangout spot for the group to just chill and enjoy a slow day, or make plans for what they were going to do some other day. Sometimes, it was the place for killer house parties, and getting so drunk off ur ass you just spent the night in one of the many spare rooms. Most times, the guys just came cause they had nothing better to do, no real plan except to lounge around all day, and they all used to have a blast doing it.

That was until two weeks ago.

Because as of two weeks ago, Sakura came into the picture.

The Uchiha Manor was eerily quiet when Sasuke walked down stairs that morning. As it had been for the past week or so. There was no annoying Deidara who he could laugh at for being stupid, there was no Konan and Pein who'd make out like there was no tomorrow on their love seat, there was no Sasori and Gaara and Lee and Neji by the pool table, Obito wasn't bugging his brother, his brother wasn't bugging him, there was none of his brother's crazy friends to drive him up the wall till he felt like kicking them out himself, and had Sasuke been in his right mind, been his usual self, he would have admitted to hating it.

Being with Sakura every minute of every day for the past few days was starting to take a toll on him.

Sai would have knocked the CENSOR out of him by now, but he hated his 'girlfriend' so much that he rarely came over anymore, wanting to avoid her at all cost. Obito had decided to go back home for the time being, and if he wasn't there he and Itachi was at some other friends' house, far away from the new 'couple'. Sasuke was beginning to think he was a plague or something, or some really specific magnet that repelled all his friends and loved ones, and attracted Sakura instead.

Currently, he was basically alone at home, Naruto and Itachi were the only other ones there, and Itachi was who-knows-where. Lucky for him, Naruto was the one friend who Sakura couldn't repel, no matter how repulsive she was. At least it meant he had someone to balance out his sanity.

Naruto sat in the lounge playing some video-game-thing and eating ramen. Music was blaring from the stereo system, the room was a mess, the poor house-keepers were going to have a really hard time getting the room back in order, but Sasuke didn't care at the moment.

"You're still here? I thought you would have abandoned me too." Sasuke said in a monotone voice, looking boredly at the blonde.

"You know, this is all your fault." Naruto said, matter-of-factly.

"It's my fault my cousins left and my brother is ignoring me?"

"Ever since you started this sad excuse of a relationship with that bitch of a girlfriend of yours in this continuous farce she tries to call love. And you're the one avoiding Itachi."

Naruto knew he'd been right, he knew how Sasuke thinks. He knew for a fact that Sasuke was trying his best not to face his older brother, because he knew when he did, Itachi was going to tell him how much of an idiot he was being, and make sure to do it in the meanest way possible to get his point across.

"And what about your cousin and Konan, that's my fault too?"

"That's Cause of that sad excuse of a relationship with the bitch girlfriend who finds fault with and annoys everyone to the point of murder."

Deidara, who developed a very deep dislike for Sasuke's 'gf' decided to be on Tenten's side, especially since she was his new adopted little sister. Konan, new found best friend of Anko, figured Sasuke was being an ass, and since Anko found out and wants to kill Sasuke, she'd happily join. Well, not kill Sasuke, she'd stop her from killing the Uchihas, but would show no mercy to that pink-haired thing.

"And what about Itachi's friends? That has nothing to do with me."

"Yes it does. Don't you remember the bitch-hissy-fit tantrum your girlfriend threw the last time we all were together? She drove everyone mad with her damn shrieking and whining. I seriously have no idea how the hell you put up with her, for two weeks no less. I'd kill it after the first damn day."

Sasuke sighed. It was true that Sakura was sort of ruining his life. He had no humanly contact with anyone, NOT EVEN HIS OWN BROTHER, cause of her (except Naruto of course), she clung to him every waking moment they were together, he couldn't sleep with Sakura without picturing her face, thus he was sexually frustrated, with the amount of times she called him at night he was convinced he was developing insomnia, he was cranky as hell cause of lack of sleep and he'd reverted to his cold attitude as of lately, so of course no one wanted to spend more time around him than necessary, and if she dragged him on another of her hellish 'shopping sprees' one more time, he swore he'd shoot himself. Watching her pick out, try on, fuss over, then complain about one single damn outfit for hours, only to pick something else and repeat the cycle until even the store manager wanted to kick her out, was not very enjoyable, at all.

Sasuke needed a serious break. He didn't think having a serious relationship was this stressing, but he figured it had to be just a relationship with Sakura. No other woman on planet earth could possibly be as difficult as she was.

"You're looking extra brooding this morning." Said a voice from the doorway, and they turned to see Obito standing in the doorway, a pouting Sai standing behind him.

Sasuke looked shocked at seeing them, an expression everyone else found great amusement in.

"Gee, it's nice to see you too."

"Oh, um, sorry. Just didn't expect to see you here is all."

"Yea, I know." Obito said, walking in and sitting across from Sasuke. Sai had perched on the hand-rest of the couch Naruto now occupied.

"We know we've been kinda ignoring you as of lately, and you probably feel left out and stuff." Sai started, looking at Sasuke.

"And as your family, it's really unfair for us to abandon you, so-" Obito continued, "-we figured we'd do something fun for a change. We-"

He was cut off by the doorbell ringing. Since the maids and butlers had been given the week off (sudden generosity by Fugaku) and sent to some hot-shot resort to relax, Sai decided, was forced, to be the one to go answer the door.

When he'd stormed out Obito continued.

"Yea, as I was saying, we know it's been a while since all of us came together and we know, whether you or any of us ever admit it, we all miss hanging out, SO…" he smirked and Sasuke suddenly felt anxious as to what he was going to say.

Meanwhile at the door…

The door bell had continued ringing over and over, and quite frankly Sai was annoyed, which was exactly why he flung open the door, and hissed a very rude "What?" to whoever was standing there, probably scaring them enough for them to crap their pants in an instant.

His eyes had been closed initially, which was why he didn't realize exactly who was standing before him.

"You're as grumpy as usual. What are you even doing here." Said the voice, and Sai's eyes immediately flew open, and he glared hard at her.

"I can come here any damn time I want you bitch. What the hell are you doing here? I specifically told you not ever come here again, or go near Sasuke again when I tried to explain to your defective mind how stupid you are."

Sakura glared, but soon enough it disappeared and she smirked at him. "Well, since I am Sasuke-kun's lover and girlfriend, I have every right to be here." She said, slipping past him and into the house.

Sai's eye twitched at the reminder, and he could feel his nerves going crazy. Oh how badly he would love to cut Sasuke-kun's girlfriend until she bled and bled to death.

He stalked after her, simply to ensure she walked a steady path, and didn't infect anything else in this house with her idiocy.

"… Itachi's hosting another of his killer house parties, everyone else is coming, and he's personally inviting you to come. Well not personally, since somebody's avoiding him, and you kinda already live here, but still."

"You serious? No joke? You guys are ok with me coming?" he asked, looking from Obito to Naruto.

He couldn't help being excited, after all, he hadn't talked to any of them for two weeks now, and no matter how badly he'd deny it verbally, he really did wanna hang out with everyone again.

"Yup, completely serious. Party's later tonight, so Itachi can't exactly reassure you himself since he's busy preparing, but I promise, everyone will be there, and it'll be awesome, as always. We even-"

"OMG! PARTY LATER? WE ARE SO GONNA BE THERE! RIGHT SASUKE-KUN!?"

Squealed a voice form the doorway, and everyone, visibly paled.

She was NOT supposed to know about this party. It was supposed to be Sakura-free. Everyone's break from her and her madness. This was NOT happening.

"Oh no you don't! You are no-" she cut him off before he could finish.

"Oh don't worry, we'll be here, on time and hot-looking. It'll be our first party-debut as a new couple! I can't wait. I'll have to get my makeup done, and convince Ino-pig to help me with.." she started mumbling to herself, oblivious to the feeling of dread running through the bodies of the males around her.

"And SHOPPING SPREE!" she said suddenly, turning shining eyes in Sasuke's direction.

Sasuke's face paled, all life slowly draining from his face.

NO! Hell NO! Please NO! I can't possibly! This girl is trying to kill me! NO! SOMEONE SAVE ME!

Were the thoughts running through his head, and no matter how he struggled the death grip she had on his wrist wouldn't loosen.

"Sakura, you can't possibly… don't do this… I'm begging you…" all his pleas fell on deaf ears. Sakura was too busy thinking of all the possibly matching outfits they could wear to pay him any mind. Her mind was elsewhere when she dragged him out the room and Sasuke was left staring pleadingly at his friend's who could do nothing but watch as he was pulled out the room and outside the gates.

Turning to each other when the two had left they all held similar expressions.

"This is not going to end well."

The room was silent for a few minutes before Sai posed the question on everyone's mind.

"So… Who's going to be the one to tell Itachi the news?"

A tense air settled in the room. No one wanted to be the one to tell Itachi that his brother's new growth would be attending the party he was putting on for the sole purpose of escaping and avoiding said growth.

"Do we even have to tell him? I mean, why would we totally ruin 'Tachi-chan's day by telling him tha-"

"Tell me that what?"

They all turned slowly to see Itachi standing innocently behind them, eating ice-cream and watching them curiously.

"'Tachi? What are you doing here?" Naruto asked slowly and Itachi rolled his eyes at him.

"I live here remember?"

"Right."

"More importantly, what would be ruining my day now?" He asked, spoon hanging slightly from his lips.

They considered just blurting it out completely, but settled for Obito's 'subtle', "Your party is not Sakura-proof."

His confusion visible increased before realization settled in. "She's coming isn't she?"

"Yup." The said simultaneously, and Itachi muttered "F**k." before setting his ice-cream down, his appetite completely ruined.

xoxoxoxoxox

Sasuke sat in the passenger seat of Sakura's pink Porsche, grumpily looking out the window. He wasn't about to drive her there with his car, but sadly this meant he was stuck there with her until she was done, whenever the hell that was.

As much as Sakura was unhappy with Sasuke not talking to her, she was relieved cause it meant she could make her plans without worrying about him finding out about her ideas for demolishing his and Tenten's already damaged relationship. The only way she could be sure to keep her Sasuke-kun to herself.

Flipping out her cell, gazing over at Sasuke to ensure he was still brooding, she dialed quickly and waited as it rang for the one voice that was quickly getting familiar.

He answered on the third ring with a gruff "What do you want?"

"Morning to you too grumpy-pants. I figured you'd want a reason to see her later but I guess I was wrong."

She could almost hear him rolling his eyes before replying, "Is this going to be another of your schemes where you get what you want but I don't?"

"Why would you even think that?"

"If you haven't noticed, I'm sure you're currently with lover-boy, while the only thing I have is a still-healing bruise from the worst sucker punch of my life." He replied matter-of-factly.

"That punch was your own fault. No one told you to do that." She said, referring to his beyond intense kiss shared with his very unwilling ex weeks prior.

"If you're just going to spout shit for this entire conversation, I'm hanging up."

"No, no, no, please don't. Are you willing to help out or not?"

"Sure but they hate the Uchihas, why would they go to their party?"

"Leave that little detail to me. You just make sure you come prepared to take her home. You may finally get that bed-partner you always wanted." She said cheekily.

"At least I'd actually get laid." Kiba replied, finding great delight in her growl-response.

"Anyway, I'm hanging up now, going to spend the rest of the day with my beau."

Her sickly-sweet voice urked him. Without granting her a response he hung up, silently vowing he wouldn't be talking to her annoying ass for the remainder of that day.

She pouted a bit while looking at her phone mumbling a quiet "rude."

Deciding not to dwell on it she turned her attention instead to the other occupant of her vehicle who was currently brooding in the passenger's seat.

xoxoxoxoxox

As it was a black and white themed party, Sasuke had assumed it wouldn't be as annoying as usual to shop with Sakura. He'd only need to probably say he liked two or three outfits, get a pair of shoes and be back home in three hours tops. After sitting in the same spot, in the same store, approving what looked like the same dress, in the same way, answering the same questions for four hours and counting, he now knew better than to assume anything when dealing with his pink-haired girlfriend.

"Sakura, we've been in here all day and you still haven't found anything?"

"But Sasu-kun…" she whined, her voice increasing his already intense migraine.

"Yes?"

"*Sigh*, okay fine, this will be the last one." She said, emerging from the dressing room wearing a white baby-doll dress with a black lace design that barely covered her chest and went all the way up to her neck. The dress came down to her mid thigh and when she turned her back to him he could see that the lace went from her neck to the base of her spine in a sort of diamond-shaped design. She'd bought a size smaller intentionally, so the dress clung to her a bit, causing her chest to look bigger.

Not wanting to spend more time than necessary in the store he said quickly, "Ok, let's get that one."

Moving to get up and stretch his stiff muscles.

"Are you sure? Do you like it? I could change it if you don't. I mean it wouldn't be t-"

"Nope, changing is not necessary, I like it. Real cute, so can we go?"

"REALLY?" she squealed, doing a little happy dance.

He sighed, feeling worn from the day's events, soon enough though, much to Sasuke's relief and the relief of the attendants, they were out of the store and walking to the parking lot, a SINGLE bag with a SINGLE dress in ONE hand. All that only to settle on one damn dress she was probably never going to wear again. Un-f*****g-believable.

Sasuke was still mumbling about how much of a waste the whole thing had been when Sakura suddenly stopped walking and was looking at him like she had the biggest favor to ask and she would just die if he ever said no. He was really tempted to say no.

"Sasu-chan.." she said, trying to 'sweet-him-up' with her voice.

"Yes Sakura?" he said, not even stopping to look at her.

"There's kinda one more thing I wanted so we can't leave just yet."

"What?" he growled between clenched teeth, stopping but still not looking at her.

"It won't take long I promise, I just have to get a pair of shoes to match the dress." She said quickly, looking at him hopefully.

He turned to her slowly, trying to calm himself as he sorted through his thoughts, finding the nicest and most reasonable way of responding to her.

"Sakura," he started, head down, and hands in tight fists, "You have a million shoes, that I'm sure would go perfectly with the dress that you just bought that you didn't need to buy since you also have a million dresses, but you bought anyway. Tell me simply, WHY do you need to waste any more of my time, to find a pair of shoes?"

She looked at him shyly, playing with her fingers and avoiding his gaze.

"I wore all those already.." she mumbled softly, and Sasuke exploded.

"You wore them. Already. THAT'S WHY?" he asked her incredulously.

She nodded slightly, still not meeting his eyes.

He took a deep breath, calming himself before walking over to her, reaching into her back pockets for her keys and walking away, leaving the blushing pinkette behind as he offered a simple, "I'll be waiting in the car." As a sort of explanation of his actions. If it could be called that.

As he'd so graciously taken the bag with the dress from her she beamed at his back before shouting "Thanks Babe! I'll be quick!" at his retreating figure and turning to reenter the mall.

As she passed stores she flipped out her phone, scrolling to find a number while she examined the store windows for shoes.

When she finally found the number she sat on one of the nearby benches, waiting as it rang for someone to pick up.

"Hello?" said a voice, undoubtedly female.

"Is this Anko-san?" she asked, changing her voice slightly, not that Anko even knew who she was.

"Yes?" she responded, obviously suspicious of who she was talking to.

"I'm calling on behalf of Itachi Uchiha-san."

"What does that asshole want?" she spat, venom lacing her words.

"Mr. Uchiha wants to invite you to a party at his residence later this evening. I believe he wants to use it as an opportunity to apologize to you and your sister for his actions."

"Tell me he can take his apology and shove it right up his-"

"Anko-san, I don't think I would be able to tell him that, Mr. Uchiha and I do not share that sort of relationship. If you are willing though, I'm sure Mr. Uchiha would want you to tell him your feelings personally."

The line went silent for a bit, and Sakura was afraid Anko'd actually hung up on her.

"Anko-san? Are you still there?" she asked worriedly, hoping she was.

After another brief silence Anko replied, "Sure. We'll be at his stupid party. He better be prepared though, I'm kicking his ass before I even think of hearing his apology."

With that she hung up, not giving Sakura the chance to respond.

Sakura herself was getting really fed up with people just abruptly ending their calls when they felt like, so rude. She smirked nonetheless, even more excited now for the party later. It would certainly be one that NOBODY would be able to forget.

With that thought she skipped happily into the first store she saw, bought a pair of simple but elegant black pumps and shimmied towards her car and her waiting boyfriend. Well for now at least.


The party was in full swing when he arrived. True to his words Obito and the rest of the gang were all there, drinking and having a blast. This was truly a party to 'Drink like drunkards, dance like animals and F**k like rabbits' as the slogan for the party suggested, and as he watched the gang as he approached, he couldn't help but think that they were the perfect examples.

"Finally free from your leash Sasu-kun?"

"She finally detached herself from you long enough for you to actually live a little?"

"Omg did she like fall off a cliff or something? She's not coming is she?"

Sasuke chuckled as he settled between Naruto and Hidan, "Hello to you all too. Yes I'm fine, good to see you guys too. I see you're all doing well."

Deidara rolled his eyes. "Your girlfriend's fault we haven't been around much. I can't stand that prick." He said, downing a shot glass. Itachi having an outside bar at his poolside party, may not have been the wisest thing for these friends of theirs.

"Where is she anyway?"

"At home I think. She's making Ino help her 'look hot' for me." Sasuke said, stealing Naruto's drink.

"Believe me, Ino's no god, not even she can do something like that."

Kisame mumbled, and Konan elbowed him playfully.

"Don't make fun of Sasuke's girlfriend Kisa-chan." She said mockingly, causing the group to erupt in laughter.

"Enough about that thing," Sai said, plopping his already drunk self on the floor between Sasuke's legs. "Isn't there anything else interesting we can talk about?"

"Sai's right, we only just got back together. Let's enjoy our time before Sasuke's growth gets here."

When the laughter died down again the group decided to get on the dance floor, grinding on whomever, wherever, not caring but just having a good time. Even Sasuke had allowed them to drag him to the dance floor, and actually managed to dance with a few ladies before they all somehow managed to plop back at one of the bigger tables lining the pool.

They'd resumed talking again, like they had been for majority of the evening, when Deidara said, "Its big of you Uchihas to invite them to this party. I'm assuming you're going to make up now? And get rid of that girlfriend of yours for someone who really loves you?"

Sasuke looked at him confused. "What are you talking about?"

"Tenten and Anko. You invited them."

He raised an eyebrow at Konan, "No I didn't."

"Then Itachi did?"

Just then his brother showed up. "Itachi did what now?"

"Aniki, did you invite Anko and her sister to this party?"

Itachi gave his brother a weird look, mostly because of how he labeled Tenten as "Anko's sister" but replied all the same. "No I didn't. Why? You wanted them here or something? Thought you weren't ready to face Ten-chan yet?"

"I'm not."

"Then what's the problem?" Itachi asked, laughing slightly.

"If 'Tachi-chan didn't invite them, and Sasuke didn't, then how the hell did they even know about this party?"

"None of us who were with them told. But scratch knowing, how the hell did they get here if they didn't know?"

"Say what?" Uchiha brothers said at once.

"Yup lil cuz, your ladies are here." Obito said, smirking at them.

"That's impossible we didn't-"

"Sasuke-kun! MISSED ME?" said a voice from behind them, and Sasuke growled.

"Could she have any worse timing? Like really?" Naruto asked, rolling his eyes at the pinkette.

"You all don't look very happy to see me." She said with a pout.

"Is anyone ever happy to see you?" Sai retorted, and her pout deepened.

Her expression turned to confusion however when Sasuke walked right past her, not even sparing her a glance.

She ran after him calling his name, but was ignored as they disappeared into the crowd.

"I guess I better go find out from Anko what's going on." Itachi said before disappearing himself.

The remainding teens exchanged glances, an unsettling silence among them.

"So," Pein said, "Sasuke, Itachi, Tenten, Anko, and Sakura are all here."

"Tenten's 'boyfriend' is probably here too."

"And there's no doubt that they're going to end up crossing paths sometime tonight."

"This is not going to end well is it?" Naruto said, his face, like everyone else's, filled with worry.

xoxoxoxoxox

When Sakura had finally managed to catch up to Sasuke he was standing beside the pool. His eyes were focused on the water and he looked to be in deep thought.

"Sasuke-kun? What's bothering you? You can tell me…" she tried, walking closer to him and resting her hands gently on his shoulder and attempting to turn him to face her.

"Sakura not now." He hissed out, shrugging out of her hold.

"But Sasuke-kun-"

"Sasuke?" said a soft voice from behind them, and Sasuke immediately froze. Sakura turned around swiftly, glaring at the 'intruder'.

"What do you want?" Sakura hissed at her.

She was completely ignored however, and the newcomer stepped closer, attention still on the young Uchiha.

"Sasuke, I just want to talk to you."

He turned slowly, eyes dragging from her feet to hers, his searching gaze interlocking with her ernest one. They stayed just staring at each other for a full minute before Sasuke broke the contact, turning away from her and preparing to walk away, unable to face her any longer.

"No, please." She said quickly, grabbing on to his arm before he had the chance to escape her.

"Sasuke, please talk to me. I want to know why you've been avoiding me. I just-"

"Don't touch me so carelessly." He said, his voice coming out much colder than he intended. She flinched away from him, releasing him but not walking away.

"Sasuke whatever I did I'm sorry, would you just talk to me?"

"You can't apologize if you don't know what you did."

"Then tell me. Sasuke I want us to be like we were. To just put this behind us. So can't we-"

"Did you think that before or after your little make out session in the park?" he hissed, finaly meeting her gaze again.

"Make out session? What are you talking about?" she asked, genuinely confused.

"You don't remember? Two weeks ago, in the park near the studio, you and that brunette guy who was all over you? How could you possibly forget?" he hissed, clearly upset by it still.

She thought for a minute of what he could possibly mean before it dawned on her, and immediately she was pissed.

Before she could respond though Kiba popped up, holding two drinks in his hands, smiling widely at Tenten.

"Babe, I got that drink you wanted. Come on, we still have allot of time to spend together. Alone." He said, eyebrows raised suggestively.

Tenten's eyebrow twitch, and without thinking she blindly kicked out at him, which, lucky for him he avoided, and instead blew her a kiss. She closed her eyes, temper flaring as she choseto ignore him and respond to Sasuke instead.

"You're misunderstanding. That damn mutt and I weren't making out. It was-"

"I don't care what excuse you want to use. I know what I saw." Sasuke said, cutting her off.

"Excuse me?" she said, completely appalled. "Look, I have no reason to lie to you. You can choose to believe what you want, but if you're going to get mad at me for something that I didn't do and refuse to hear my side, then I have no reason to try and prove my innocence to you." She said, glaring at him.

"Don't glare at Sasuke-kun!"

"SHUT UP! Geez, has anyone ever told you how unnecessary your existence is? Especially in this situation right now. What we're talking about has nothing to do with you. If I want to glare at him, I will, it doesn't concern you, so if you don't mind just-"

"Don't yell at her like she's your bitch." Sasuke said, now glaring at Tenten.

"What?" she asked incredulously, not believing what she was hearing. He was really going to believe Sakura over her? He was going to defend her?

"You heard me. Don't talk to her like that. She is my girlfriend you know, I won't stand here and let you talk to her how you please."

"Wow. Are you kidding me? You're seriously going to defend her." She replied, completely stunned.

"Are you suddenly deaf or something?" he said, voice still as cold as before.

"She's not my bitch. But you're her bitch aren't you? She got you wrapped so tight around her little finger you probably can't scratch your own ass without her permission."

"Don't you dare talk to Sasuke-kun like that! It's not hard to believe that he chose me over some class-less slut like you!"

"…" Tenten was speechless. Sakura just called her a class-less slut. This was too unreal.

"I bet you don't even actually care about Sasuke. You just want him for his looks and money! You're like some gold-digging whore!"

Tenten was beyond pissed. Sakura kept hurling insults at her, and Sasuke stood there looking like he fully supported every damn thing coming from her cherry colored lips.

"Don't. You. Ever. Put me and you on the same level, bitch." Tenten hissed between clenched teeth, fists so tight by her sides that her nails were digging into her palms, threatening to break skin any minute.

Sakura's eyes went wide, only seeing red as she attacked. She clawed at Tenten, slapping, kicking and screaming as she unleashed her anger.

"I'm. Not. A. BITCH!" she shouted, before pushing Tenten as hard as she could.

Meanwhile Elsewhere…

Itachi was searching blindly through the crowd of dancing teens, looking for Anko. It wasn't long before he spotted her by the bar, shot glass in hand as she bobbed her head along with the music.

Smirking he walked over to her, sneaking up behind her and wrapping his hands around her waist, pulling her towards his chest.

"Hey there." She whispered to her, and laughed as she jumped ten feet in the air before turning around and glaring at him, slapping him on the arm.

"Don't do that!" she hissed, trying hard to calm her racing heart.

"What are you doing here love?" he asked, still smiling at her.

"Currently," she downed the shot, slamming the glass back down, "I'm going to kick your ass!" she said, lunging at him.

He sidestepped her, grabbing her quickly and pinning her between him and the bar stool.

"That's not very nice to do to the host of such a nice party."

"It is if said host is drunk and stupid enough to piss me off." She said, flashing a mocking smile at him.

"I'm pretty sure there's allot more fun things you can do with your drunk host." He said, stepping closer to her, mouth right next to her ear. "Why don't we try one of those other fun stuff instead?" he asked, kissing the spot right below her ear.

Her breath hitched, "Charming. Too bad for you I don't fall for charm."

"Luckily," he said, kissing her neck, "I'm more than just charming."

"Itachi.." she whispered, hand gripping the stool tightly.

They were broken out of their trance when a resounding SPLASH! Sounded from the other side of the pool. They looked at each other quickly, before running as fast as they could toward the source of the sound.

When they reached they saw Tenten sinking at the bottom of the pool, Sakura standing on the sidelines, their group of friends looking horrified and Sasuke frozen from shock not too far behind Sakura.

"TENTEN!" Anko shouted, running to poolside. Itachi grabbed onto her before she could jump in herself, and she would have been pissed at him if not for Kiba who jumped in after her sister, pulling her back to the surface.

When he finally managed to successfully pull her from the water he laid her gently on the lawn, moving the hair from her face and doing a quick examination of injuries or anything. Realizing that she'd gone unconscious, probably because of lack of air he did cpr, blowing air into her lungs until she was able to herself, coughing up water when she'd regained consciousness.

Anko ran as fast as she could over to her sister, engulfing her in a big hug as tears flowed freely down her cheeks.

"Thank you so much." Itachi said to the young man. "It's Kiba, and no problem." He said simply, knowing fully well Itachi knew who he was, and what his intentions were.

"Tenten, are you okay? I am so sorry-"

"I wanna go home." She said to Anko, ignoring Itachi completely.

"Ok sweetie." Anko said, helping her to her feet. Gaara and Sai came and helped her the rest of the way, while Anko collected her stuff.

"Anko, I'm so sorry, I didn't think that-"

"Is this your way of apologizing? Itachi, my sister got hurt, cause she wanted just one chance to set things right between them. She always gets hurt."

"Anko, I-"

She held her hand up to stop him, "No. No more excuses, no more explanations Itachi. It's obvious by now, even to me. People like us, can't be with people like you both."

"Anko, don't say that. We haven't even-"

"Tried? What's the point? I really wanted this to work. For them… and also…for us. But I can't put a relationship with you, over my relationship with my sister. I cant watch her get hurt anymore. I really hope you have a nice life Itachi," she said, eyes locked with his, "because I can't be in it anymore."

She said, turning away from him and walking away. He watched her up until she disappeared in the crowd and knew he couldn't stop her. He had no right…


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