Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto
Dedication: To East Timor
"There," Suigetsu jerked his head in a very general direction.
"Where?" Ino peered around his shoulder.
"The one making out."
"Oh," Ino nodded, "But won't her boyfriend mind?"
"She caught my eye a while back; I've seen her with a different guy every time. She is definitely easy, and I don't mind if she is free or not," Suigetsu smirked and made his way to the girl. She had thick black glasses, a shock of red hair and what appeared to be hickeys all over her body.
Ino shook her head and hurried after her friend with Sai and her prison mate following close behind. Ino watched in dismay as Suigetsu pulled apart the couple, had he no sense of what was considered sane!
"Dude, what's your problem?"
Ino was surprised to see Kiba with red lipstick smeared over his lips and on his neck. His dark hair was ruffled and his school shirt unbuttoned revealing a very nice set of...
Ino shook her head, was she checking out Kiba of all people?
"Kiba?" Sakura gaped.
Kiba's face went deep crimson; they could feel the heat pulsing from him. The red head was still straddling him, his hands around her waist.
"I...uh..."
"Can I help you?" the red head snapped at Suigetsu.
"Yes, yes you can."
"And what is that supposed to mean?"
"Look I'm out of here," Kiba removed his hands from Karin and started to do up his shirt.
Karin frowned at Suigetsu as she got off, once Kiba had stumbled away far enough she launched herself at Suigetstu.
"You nosey bastard, you just lost me a customer!"
"So you're not free," Suigetsu smiled and seemed to be enjoying the girl's harassment of him.
Karin grabbed the collar of Suigetsu's shirt and brought him down to her level, "No! And neither is my rent or that thing I like to call dinner!
"And who the fuck are you all? Just standing and gawking at me. Are you his merry band of misfits?" Karin turned on Sai, Ino and Sakura.
"I like it when you get angry," Suigetsu's eyes remained trained upon Karin's milky white chest.
Karin whipped back to face Suigetsu, "Shut up, and from the way you're staring at me it's like you've never seen tits before!"
"Never seen a pair like yours..."
"Oh go fuck yourself!" Karin rolled her eyes.
"I've tried that, definitely not as good as the real thing. That's actually why I've come here." Suigetsu reached into his pocket and held up a joint.
"I'm only interested in cash. No cash no sex," Karin let go of Suigetsu.
Suigetsu laughed and put the unlit joint in his mouth, "I like you, very feisty. How much you go for?"
Karin started to do up her school blouse, "Depends what you want."
"This is not right," Sakura whispered.
"Hey, think of this as social studies. How the average teenager gets what he wants," Sai replied.
"The average teenager doesn't pay someone for sex!" Sakura hissed.
"Oh shut it priss bictch," Ino groaned, Sakura must have anxiety issues or something.
"Priss what?"
"I want everything," Suigetsu leered at Karin's small form, "All the way."
"Are you a fan of toys, like your friends over there?"
"Surprise me."
"Okay...are you a virgin?" Karin raised her eyebrows.
Suigetsu looked slightly offended, "No, are you?"
"Whatever, okay, that is...um...sixty bucks for one night," Karin held out her hand.
"Sure," Suigetsu took out his wallet.
Karin, surprised at how he took the money out so easily, decided on a different price,"No, actually better make that seventy, no wait, eighty. Yeah, eighty bucks before and another eighty bucks after."
Suigetsu raised his eyebrows as he handed over the money, "This better be amazing."
Karin pressed herself against Suigetsu's chest, "Oh it will be. Meet me at Konoha inn, 11 pm."
"I'll be there."
After securely tucking the cash in her bra she left quickly, leaving the 'band of misfits' alone.
"Damn, she's expensive," Sai stared after Karin, "But she is pretty fine."
Suigetsu lit his joint and inhaled deeply, he followed Sai's gaze and then breathed a cloud of smoke on to Sakura, who coughed profusely, "Yes she is."
Sakura waved her free hand around her face and pulled a look of disgust, "That is so bad for you! Do you know how cannabis can -
"Hey, I haven't heard voices yet," Suigetsu smiled and began to wander off.
"Sui, where are you going?" Ino called out.
"I have a date to get ready for," Suigetsu grinned and left the group.
"Where too now?" Ino asked.
"I'm leaving, you two have fun," Sai waved and departed in the direction Suigetsu went.
Ino glanced at Sakura, what the hell were they supposed to do now?
"Um...your place or mine?" Sakura asked.
Ino snorted.
"What?"
"Come on, since you've seen your first prostitute you might as well get the whole social experience," Ino tugged Sakura.
Ino turned her head in the opposite direction to Sakura, this was it, she couldn't turn back now. The sun had just set and they were about to turn the corner onto her street and you could feel the stark difference between Sakura's neighbourhood and Ino's. The houses became closer and closer together, dirtier, skinnier,weaker, and more crowded. There were rank smells from the rubbish burning on the street, with teenagers surrounding the make-shift bonfire.
Sakura shivered at the many eyes she felt staring at her, she stood out. Standing out was dangerous in Ino's neighbourhood. She kept her head down and staid close to Ino, hoping that she might provide some protection if needed. The group around the heap of burning who-knows-what seemed the creepiest. The kids just looked and looked, there were eight of them. Sakura started to panic, Ino may be good but she couldn't have the ability to beat eight people. Sakura gasped, they must be in a gang! And was one of them moving? Sakura looked in horror as a tall figure started to walk towards them.
"Ino, who is your friend?" The boy's voice was a rumbly, low one.
"Hey Sasuke," Ino hit Sasuke's knuckles with her own and grinned, "long time no see."
"Yeah, but who is that? You brought fresh meat?"
Sakura gaped in horror, Ino knew this guy! And what did he mean by fresh meat?
"Her name is Sakura Haruno, we hate eachother," Ino smiled sweetly, "Sakura this is Sasuke Uchiha, he's a...family friend. Well we'd better get going."
"Oh no you don't," Sasuke grabbed Ino and pulled her off to the bonfire, "Look who I found."
Ino grimaced, now she had to humiliate herself in front of most of the neighbourhood kids.
"Ino!"
"Yeah and her enemy, Sakura Haruno. Isn't she a funny thing? Look pink hair and everything," Sasuke touched a strand of Sakura's hair.
"Get your hands off me!" Sakura moved to whack Sasuke's hand away but, unfortunately for Ino, she used her cuffed hand.
"Woah," Sasuke laughed, "What is that?"
"Aren't they pink fluffy handcuffs? I saw a pair just like that at Sex it Up."
"I know that much Naruto, what I want to know is what they are doing on Ino and this girl she hates."
Ino sighed and sat down by the 'fire', "Sakura let me introduce you to the kids on my block, the ridiculously good looking asshole is Sasuke, the drooling blondie with whiskers is Naruto, the emo looking ranga is Gaara, Shikamaru is the one with pointy hair, Chouji is the fat guy, Hinata the one with purple eyes, Neji the one with white ones, and Tenten has buns on her head. Now that I'm done introducing I can tell you what happened."
While Ino retold the story Sakura glanced over at the teenagers sitting around the fire, it was disgusting at best but despite that she actually was enjoying the company. Sakura tried to stop herself but she couldn't take her eyes away from Sasuke. She didn't notice before, due to the bad lighting, how really really ridiculously good looking he was. He was tall and muscular, and the fire cast long shadows on his pale white face. Sakura started to lose herself as he smiled at something Ino said, his dark eyes were lulling her into a trance. She had seen handsome boys before, but not this sort of unearthly, mysterious beauty. The pit of Sakura's stomach began to ache and she arched her back, sighing deeply. What was this feeling? Surely not love, love at first sight was pure bs. Nothing more nothing less. No, it wasn't love, but it was something. At that moment Sasuke's eyes flicked to Sakura's and they stared at each other for what Sakura thought to be an eternity. In reality though it was only mere seconds, Ino then got up and said goodbye, and Sakura let herself be pulled along in whatever direction Ino wanted to take her.
"Are you alright?"
"Hmm? Yeah..." Sakura giggled.
"What, are you stoned or something?" Ino felt Sakura's forehead.
Sakura shook her head, "I...just...um, you know Sasuke? Does he go to our school?"
"Oh, you fell under his spell, did you?"
"Huh?" Sakura frowned, "Is he some dark magician or something?"
"No, he doesn't go to our school and it isn't a magical spell. There is something different about him, every girl thinks they're in love with him at first glance but they aren't. And you aren't. You just felt something deep inside you light on fire, am I right?" Ino stopped before a gate leading to a small dilapidated house.
"How do you know?"
"That is what we call lust. You are in lust with Sasuke, not in love. If I were you I'd stay clear of him, he is dangerous. And not remotely interested in girls."
"He doesn't look dangerous, and why isn't he interested in...oh my god, he's gay!" Sakura gasped and covered her mouth.
Ino doubled over in laughter, "No! You should see the look on your face! Ha! No, he isn't gay, he just has issues."
"It seems like everyone in this town has issues," Sakura sighed.
"No chicken shit, they aren't your shallow problems like 'oh my mummy got me the most embarrassing present!' He has actual fucked up, genuine shit going on in his life."
"...Like what?"
"Sasuke's family was poor, but huge, they all lived in the same building. Everyone, grandparents, mother, dad, aunts, uncles, cousins, you name it. He has an older brother, Itachi. Well his brother got involved in some bad stuff, he was taking heavily and part of a gang. After a while he started to hear voices and I guess one day he just snapped."
"Snapped?"
"Sasuke came home to find everyone dead," Ino shook her head, "Not one person left breathing, his brother had shot them all. Even the babies."
Sakura's heart stopped, and her body went cold, "Then what happened?"
"Sasuke was confronted by his deranged brother, he was still holding the gun. For some reason he didn't shoot though. No one knows what he said to Sasuke but he did talk and then he turned the gun on himself and bam."
Sakura jumped slightly.
"Killed instantly, leaving Sasuke the sole Uchiha left. As far as we know," Ino squinted at the night sky, then she turned her eyes to Sakura, "So now you know that not everyone is dealing with the same shit. Some people complain about their slow metabolism or Juicy Couture jackets, while others say nothing even when they're dying inside."
Sakura remained silent as Ino pushed open the rusty gate. The two looked at the crumbling, and filthy building.
"There it is, home sweet home."
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