Title: The Devil's Whisper

Short Summary:
Sakura is a Psychiatrist for a mental hospital for the Konoha Hospital who then gets moved to her dream job in the Suna Hospital for the Criminally Insane to take care of a very dangerous patient named Gaara. WARNING! Sasuke bashing!!

Pairings:
Sakura/Sasuke, Sakura/Gaara

Warning: Story contains implied and/ or scenes of: major language, torture, rape, angst, adult scenes, violence and probably more…

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, or any of its characters. Naruto belongs to Masashi Kishimoto.

Author's Note: As I wrote this chapter, there is a part that deals with a night club, so I was listening to techno music to get a clear image of what I was writing. Me, myself was listening to Move Your Body by DJ Cammy from Playlist .com.

The techno songs I think would be best to listen to is either Move your Body by DJ Cammy, Boom Boom Boom or We like to Party by Venga Boys, Moonlight Shadow Remix by Groove Coverage (Awesome group, btw) or a song called Boom! (Though I don't even know who made it or sings it. It's there though).

So if it helps you, you can probably listen to one of your favorite dance songs or something. It helps me a little, anyway. Enjoy!

Chapter X

"WHAT IN THE HELL WAS THAT?! WHAT WAS A DEAD BODY DOING IN THAT CLOSET?!" Tsunade yelled at the top of her lungs, clearly just as freaked out as Sakura was right now.

When things finally calmed down, and Dr. Orochimaru and his assistant, Kabuto retrieved the body of the patient, Zaku, most of everyone was now in Chiyo's office. All of the patients had been escorted back to their rooms and locked in it until they could get to the bottom of Zaku's dead body. Of course, Sakura had immediately been escorted to the women's locker room, where she took a long hot shower to get rid of all the dried blood on her and was given some clothes to wear, which ended up being scrubs. The hospital had plenty of extras in the entire building. Still, even though the blood was gone now, Sakura felt as if it was still on her. She was shaking pretty badly while trying to sip some hot coffee. Naruto and Kakashi were closest to her, trying to help her calm her nerves but it really wasn't working.

Of course, when Tsunade started yelling, that got everyone's attention.

"Tsunade, please don't shout. We have no idea of how that body got into the closet." Madara sighed, shaking his head as he offered Sakura more coffee, who declined. He then turned to his nephew, who had arrived just shortly after what happened. He even offered him some coffee but Itachi also declined. "Now, we don't know what we can tell you about the dead body other than that particular patient has been missing since the night after of Miss Sakura's attack." He informed them.

Sakura took a shaky breath before sitting up straight, trying her best to looking serious and professional. She had recalled Gaara's words right after the body had fallen onto her and had been pondering them for a little while now. "Gaara said something about the 'Devil strikes again'. What did he mean by that?" She asked, looking around the room at everyone.

There was a very long silence as most of everyone glanced at one another. Chiyo and Madara looked rather uneasy, while Temari's face fell as if she just barely realized something very important. Frowning, she placed her hands onto her waist and looked right at the warden and Head Doctor. "You didn't tell her about the murders?! You were suppose to tell Sakura about them, Chiyo!" She said in a scolding way.

"Murders?!" Sakura and Naruto both yelped in alarm while the others just frowned.

Chiyo sighed but shook her head as she folded her hands together. She was doing some light thinking but she knew very well that she needed to say something. Tsunade, however, began glaring around the room at the warden, the doctors and even the guards. "What do you mean murders?! There has been murders going on in this hospital and you haven't even told us about them?!" She demanded.

Again, Chiyo sighed but shook her head as she turned her attention onto Temari. "We haven't told her about the deaths because we wanted to ease her into it." She looked at Sakura and then at Tsunade, looking very serious. "Yes. Murders. There has been several murders going on within the hospital within the last year. They happen every other month though. But so far there has only been about ten murders. Most of them are patients but we have had only one nurse killed as well. As far as we can tell you, they happen every other month around 3 o' clock in the morning. That's when the patients go missing. No one really notices the patient missing until it's too late. It's due to the fact that we have so many patients here. We can't always keep track of every single one. Especially with the dangerous ones." She told them.

"I told you it was a big mistake keeping it from Dr. Haruno, Chiyo." Orochimaru said though he somewhat sounded amused as he entered the room with Kabuto. "I told you that you should have just come out and told her about them."

Everyone looked at the tall, thin and pale doctor but Chiyo frowned and sat up straighter in her chair. She had a very cross look on her face, Sakura noticed. "Orochimaru, you studied the body, correct? What did you find?" She asked.

Orochimaru folded his hands behind his back, with a faint smile on his face but Sakura really didn't like it. If she didn't know any better, she would have guessed that this doctor enjoyed his work a little too much. "Nothing out of the ordinary that we haven't seen before, Chiyo. The body, much like the previous ones was severely cut up. There are several lacerations all over the body, and the heart has been removed from the chest, just like the previous ones' had. Whoever has done this terrible act is no doubt NOT in the medical field. The chest was cut open roughly and the heart was simply ripped right out. Nothing more, nothing less."

Sakura felt sick listening to that. She didn't want to hear anymore. But....she still couldn't help but shudder to think that the dead patient could have been her own patients. She didn't think she could ever bear the thought of one of her patients getting killed. "Why didn't you tell me about them?" She asked quietly, her head lowered.

Everyone looked at her but no one spoke for a very long time. No one could figure out what to say. Chiyo sighed as she shook her head and made a glance over at Madara then to Orochimaru, who was clearly enjoying the discomfort going on in the room. It just made the old woman glare at him for a few moments but then looked over at Sasori, who had been quiet the entire time. But he was also watching Orochimaru with discontent. "We didn't tell you, Miss Sakura, because we didn't want to scare you." Chiyo continued.

"Didn't want to scare her?! A little late for that, don't you think, Chiyo?!" Tsunade demanded, angrily, her arms folded over her chest. "Look at her! She just had a dead body fly at her and all of sudden you're telling us that there's murders going on in the Suna Asylum! How scared do you really think Sakura can get now?!"

Chiyo could only sigh but Madara shook his head as he reached up and massaged the bridge of his nose with his fingers. "You're right, Tsunade. We did wrong by keeping the murders away from Sakura." He looked at Sakura with great sympathy and grief. "I am so sorry, Sakura. We should have told you what you were getting yourself into. We really did not expect another murder to happen while you were here." He told her.

"So you weren't expecting Sakura to stay here very long, is that it?" Kakashi asked dryly.

Madara shook his head looking at the ANBU with mild surprise. "Well, not entirely. I would think that like most doctors, she would have quit and returned to the Konoha Hospital. I really hope that she doesn't. She's well liked here by most of the doctors and nurses. Plus she gets along with some of her patients. It's amazing that she gets along with Gaara Sabaku just fine. He never talks to anyone. It's either he tries to bash someone's head in or he draws away from all contact. But with Sakura....." He was saying.

"Look," Temari said impatiently as she folded her arms. "I know my brother well enough to know that the only reason that Gaara talks to Sakura is because she seems to understand him. She doesn't force him to talk about his inner demons. She talks to him like a normal person. No one, and I mean no one, not Dr. Wie, Sasori, or even any of us does that. That's why he gets along with her."

Slowly Chiyo nodded as she looked right at Sakura, who was slowly starting to calm down now. She had to admit it but Temari was right. Sakura did talk to Gaara like a normal person. "That's why I'm going to ask Sakura to continue working here." She received many surprised looks from everyone but she ignored all of them. Her eyes were only on Sakura. "Sakura, I am so sorry we kept this from you. Orochimaru is right. We should have told you from the beginning. Please, I ask for your forgiveness. I want you to keep working here. But I will understand if you back out now. After having Zaku's body flying out at you like that, I can understand why you would like to resign from the Suna Asylum." She said quietly.

There was a short silence as Sakura listened to her but then she slowly shook her head now putting on her determined face. She knew very well that if she was anyone else, she would have quit. But her mind was on her patients. She couldn't leave them. Not just because of a homicide within the hospital walls. This only made her determination fire up more. "I would never quit. My patients need me. Yes, I'm a little upset that you didn't tell me that there were murders going on but I can't leave my patients to such danger. I have to do what I can to protect them." She said.

Everyone smiled at her, admiring her bravery. Madara shook his head, smiling gently at her. "I'm glad, Miss Haruno. You are a very brave young woman. I don't know any other woman, or person at all, that would face this kind of tragedy with such a brave face like that. I admire your courage." He announced.

"I believe we all have to." Orochimaru remarked, smirking. He seemed very pleased that she was staying as well. "I will continue observing the body and see if I can find anything else. I will keep you updated on the procedures." He told Chiyo.

Chiyo only could nod as she waved a hand for everyone's dismissal. Her ancient eyes turned over to Sakura though, giving her a look of pity. "I'm very sorry that we kept it from you, though, Sakura. I really did not want to scare you." She told her.

Sakura merely smiled at her but shook her head as she stood up and finished off her coffee. She didn't understand why she was feeling calm now that she had just had a dead body come flying at her. Perhaps, she believed, she wanted to make sure that none of her patients were going to be the next dead body. If there was going to be one. She really hoped not. As for now, she thought it was best if she went home for the rest of the day. It would give her some time to think. And when she asked if it was all right, Chiyo immediately stated that she would have it no other way. Grateful, Sakura asked her friends to just wait at the front gate while she went to get a few things from her office.

However, along the way, she bumped into Kabuto.

"Dr. Haruno, I must say, I really admire you." The gray haired assistant said as she walked down the hall. He had been waiting for her to come out of her office, which did surprise her. "You are probably the bravest woman I've ever met. Not even our own nurses would even think about getting close with Gaara Sabaku and even deal with a dead body falling on them."

Sakura smiled at Kabuto but shook her head as she shouldered her bag full of papers and she picked up her sopping wet after removing them from the hospital's washers. "Thank you. I really don't think I'm the bravest though. Believe me, I was terrified when that poor man's body came falling on me from the closet. It's not every day that happens." She told him.

Slowly, Kabuto nodded with a coy smile on his face as he folded his arms across his chest. He was quiet for a moment but then he merely shrugged. "It's not every day that you get held by the most dangerous and insane patient we have either." He remarked.

Everything seemed to freeze for a moment and Sakura sure stopped walking as she registered what he just said. She looked at him in bewilderment and confusion before her eyes lit up in realization. Her mouth fell open for a second before she shook her head and squinted her eyes. "Wha-? Gaara.....was just pulling that body off of me. He was just trying to help me because I was so frightened." She told him, laughing a little. Though, in a way, she felt nervous.

But Kabuto just smiled and shook his head as he shifted his weight to his other foot. He was looking at the pink haired doctor with amusement. "Doctor, I'm not the only one who saw Gaara holding you. They might not see it the way I do, or Dr. Orochimaru does, but we both know that he's using you for a source of amusement." His eyes grew very serious under his glasses as he looked Sakura right into the eyes. "I'm sure that Chiyo warned you about Gaara having a habit of coaxing people into a sense of trust. That is what Gaara Sabaku is doing to you. He's playing with you and you are falling for his little game. He does this all the time. And if you don't be careful, he will probably do worst to you than you realize. It'll either be him hurting you, badly. Or you will lose your job. Because I can guarantee you, you will not have heard this only from me." He told her.

"I thank you for your concern," Sakura said, a little blankly. "But I can handle myself."

Faintly smiling, Kabuto nodded as he turned slightly away from her but kept his eyes on her own. "I sure hope so, Doctor Haruno. Because I would seriously hate a beautiful woman like you getting hurt because of the brutality that Gaara Sabaku has shown before." he then lift his head higher. "Maybe I should tell you more about what to expect from Sabaku. Why don't you join me for dinner and I can tell you all about it?" He asked smiling.

Sakura frowned in surprise at him but then her face fell a little as she realized that this was only a ploy to get her to go out with this guy. She had heard this kind of pickup line before. So she shook her head. "After all of the excitement I've had already today, I'm sorry. But I'm going to have to pass. I think all I want to do is go home and get some rest." She told him before she smiled at him and walked right on. From the corner of her eye, she had seen Kabuto's face fall into a scowl. She didn't look back at him until she started rounding one of the corners and when she did, she saw that he looked furious. She merely frowned but went on to the parking lot.

As she approached the others, Kakashi had seen the look on her face and he frowned at her. "Sakura? Something wrong?" He asked, catching everyone's eyes then.

Sakura blinked out of her dazed thoughts. She had just been thinking about what Kabuto said and it bothered her a lot. She couldn't help but think that he might have been telling the truth. It was true that Gaara could have been playing a game of trust with her. She had had more than one person tell her that. But.....it was just so funny to her. She felt more at ease around her dangerous patient than anyone else. Even her best friends, and they had been with her so long. "Uh, no. I'm fine. I'm just....I'm just thinking about what happened today, that's all." She told Kakashi.

"After having Zaku's body flying at you like that, I can see why." Temari said with a sigh.

Naruto folded his arms behind his head looking up at the blue sky but then his face contorted as if he was thinking about something very confusing. He lowered his face and looked right at Temari. "Hey, hey! Shikamaru, that creepy ass doctor, Orochimaru guy said that the heart was ripped out of that guy's chest. Was it like that with the other dead guys before? Did their hearts get ripped out too?"

There was a pause as Temari and Kankuro glanced at one another but they both nodded as they looked back at the others. "Yes. Baki suspected that it was Hidan because of his savage religion. The Jashin Religion are a bunch of voodooists and they sacrifice living things. Mostly it was animals but only one or two occasions, especially during All Hollow's Eve, there were human sacrifices. It was doing human sacrifices that got Hidan in trouble and put in the insane asylum in the first place." The blonde said.

"Problem was," Kankuro added, folding his arms over his chest. "After the first couple of murders, Chiyo had Hidan kept under constant watch. We even had hidden cameras in his room, even though that's illegal as it is. But we wanted to make sure it wasn't him who was doing anything." He shook his head, making a face. "A month later after we even had the cameras installed, a dead body showed up in the same manner as the others. One of the doctors, actually. Hidan didn't do it. He was stuck in his room, making voodoo dolls all night long. Either that or praying to some creepy ass skeleton doll he has in his room. We even kept a good watch on him for the entire year and there was still dead bodies popping up. So we know it's not him." he told them.

Kakashi folded his arms and rubbed his chin thoughtfully. It was obvious he didn't like this. "There's something missing here. Is there anymore religious patients you have here?" he asked looking at the two siblings.

Another pause as the two thought for a moment before they both shook their heads. "Not that I know of. Most of the patients don't believe in any higher or lower beings. They just don't believe in anything anymore. Basically, they're damned as far as they know." Temari explained. "And the Jashin is the only ones I can think of that would rip out hearts from someone's chest." And her brother nodded in agreement.

Sakura just shook her head as she looked around at everyone. "I don't get it either. And I really don't think Hidan did any of this. He's a little strange and creepy but I don't think he did anything." She told them but looked to Shikamaru. "But, if Shikamaru will, just keep an eye on him."

"Sure. I'll do that." The lazy guard told her.

"As it is, I'm going to head on over to the ANBU station and begin my search there for anything to do with the Sabaku murder." Kakashi told them as he was already heading over to his silver BMW. He paused to look over at Sakura. "Sakura, just be careful. With all of this happening, I can already tell that you're going to place yourself in the middle of it. Even if it means protecting your patients. Just don't get hurt in the process, all right?" He asked her.

Sakura smiled at him but nodded. "I won't." She promised, though she was kind of wondering if she lied to herself. She watched him climb into his car and drive off. But then she then glanced over at Temari, frowning. She was still thinking about the conversation she had with Kabuto and hadn't really liked the way he had talked to her before. And he looked pretty angry that she turned him down. But she could only wonder about him. "Temari, there's something I need to ask you."

The blonde looked at her with the others but she nodded. "Yeah? What is it?" She asked, but then frowned when she saw how serious the pink haired doctor looked. "What?"

Sakura just shook her head as she thought for a moment but she could only shrug. There was only one way that she could think of how to ask this. And that was just coming clean with Temari and Kankuro about everything. "Although I still a little shaken, I don't really want anymore surprises to come flying out at me from a closet. Especially dead surprises. So I kind of would like to know about some of the other doctors and staff members. Would it be a sin to ask about them?" She asked, frowning.

Both Sabaku siblings looked at one another but then they looked back at Sakura shaking their heads. They knew very well that they owed her some information after her little scare. And it was clear that she was now suspicious, not that them blamed her at all. And because they liked her, they would tell her. "No, Sakura. It wouldn't. Why don't we go out tonight and we'll answer your questions." The oldest sibling said, folding her arms and even sparing a glance over at Sakura's friends. "And we can show your friends a time of their life since they're staying in Suna for a couple of days."

Everyone had to agree.

So that night, Sakura went home and got cleaned up to go out. She even told Itachi that he was invited and asked him to go with her. She was still pretty shaken up so she wanted him to stay close to her. He was like her brother after all. He agreed, even though he almost made her change her mind when he announced that he had signed her up to take Self Defense classes at a local Dojo.

"Itachi, I don't have time to take Self Defense classes." Sakura told him dryly.

Itachi smirked at her as he folded his arms over his chest and watched her as she straightened her hair and put a cherry blossom clip in it. He was ready to go, himself, wearing black jeans and a black net shirt while he had pulled his own hair into a loose ponytail. If he and Sakura didn't share brother/sister feelings for each other, Sakura would have been drooling for him. He was pretty good looking as it was. And the way he was dressed, he kind of looked like a rock star. "You do now. I've already cleared it with Ms. Chiyo that you can take Saturdays off. And she's agrees that you need some hand to hand combat experience. That way you can defend yourself if you ever get attacked again." He told her sounding too amused.

Sakura gave him a dry look but shook her head as she hooked her small silver hoops in her ears and then let the tiny diamonds just hang on the bottom of them. "Gee, thanks, Itachi. Did it ever occur to you that I didn't want to make a fool out of myself in front of a bunch of testosterone pumped guys?" She asked, just as dryly.

"Sure it did. But I know very well that you're going to knock them all on their asses." Itachi said smirking at her. "Just pretend each one of them is Sasuke and you'll do just fine."

Her eyes brightened and she pointed towards him with a grin. "Good idea! I just hope they have life insurance because if I pretend their Sasuke, someone might get severely hurt." She said before laughing. Of course, Itachi joined in by chuckling and shaking his head. He was just happy that she was smiling again. He had thought she would be scarred pretty badly after getting raped by Sasuke. But as he always knew, she was stronger than she thought of herself. She was going to be fine, he realized.

The nightclub that Temari and Kankuro told them to meet at wasn't even too far from Sakura and Itachi's apartment. It wasn't even more than five blocks away from the apartments and the motel that Sakura's friends were staying at. It was a very nice place, as they could see. It was called Desert Rose Oasis. The outside was pretty neat with a ruby red neon sign on the outside with a rose leaning against a palm tree. There was music booming outside just as much as there was inside. The club itself was more like a tower, yet there was an open space right in the very center of the club, showing a magnificent view of the night sky directly above the building. According to Temari and Kankuro, it possessed three levels. Each levels had their own classes and such. The first level was mostly the dance area, though everyone danced every where. And it was where a large stage was sitting, where a DJ played loud and energetic music. Now and then they would have live bands too. The second level was where the drinks and refreshments were served, and most of the socializing. The third level was for VIP only.

That was where Temari and Kankuro took Sakura and her friends. It amazed all of them that Temari and Kankuro could get them onto the VIP section, that is until they admitted that their family owned the club.

The VIP level was a little quieter than the rest, but there was still music booming up to that level. It also held the best view of the stars twinkling high above the earth. There were even a few baloneys for people to go out on for peace and quiet. The entire party consisted of Sakura, Itachi, Naruto, Hinata, Shikamaru, Neji, Ino and Tenten, and of course the Sabaku brother and sister. They all looked very nice and dressed appropriately for a night club. Sakura was wearing a black skirt that ran to just above her knees with black nylons underneath, along with a ruby red halter top that tied right behind her neck, showing her bare back.

Ino wore a similar outfit only her halter top was violet colored and she had golden beads hanging around her neck and golden hoop earrings. She had black high heeled boots that ran up to her mid calves. Sakura rolled her eyes at the boots though. It was these boots that she teased Ino about, calling them hooker boots. Ino got mad at her all of the time when she called her favorite boots that.

Tenten wore a light maroon Chinese style shirt with skin tight black capries pants and her hair, of course, was pulled up into two buns. She never did anything else with them.

As for Hinata, she wore a cream colored one piece dress with black flat shoes. She was the only one who didn't look like she was out at a club. But she didn't care either way. As long as she was with Naruto, she couldn't care less of what she wore. And neither did anyone else.

Temari Sabaku, of course, dressed very clubbish like. She wore a shimmering lavender tank top shirt over it and black leather pants that fanned out only a little around the heels. She wore short, high heels on her feet, a little fancy like though for a night club but she was the type who didn't care about how she looked, only that she wore the appropriate clothes for the occasion. As for her hair, she pulled it up into a single pony tail for the night with her bangs hanging over her eyes. She had a few gold bracelets on her wrists and a black choker with a golden fan hanging on it.

The guys, of course, didn't care too much about what they wore. They were all practically wearing the same thing; baggy jeans that fit just fine around the waist and tee shirts or mesh shirts. With exception of Kankuro, that is. He was wearing a black tank top and black leather pants with combat boots. And Sakura caught a better glimpse of the tattoo snaking down his arms. They looked more like puppet strings and there were even spooky looking puppets on each shoulder, both different. He had already begun his flirting with passing by girls, winking at them and grinning. Some giggled as they made eye contact with them, but it was more than likely that they knew who he was and just wanted him for his money.

"This is a really nice place." Shikamaru had to admit as he looked around the night club and admired the structures.

Temari grinned as she crossed her legs and leaned back in her chair. "It is, isn't it? Our family has owned this building for ages. It used to be an old hotel but it got shut down when Kanky and I were kids. Even before Gaara was born. Our father turned it into a restaurant and then when he died, we made it into a night club. Almost anyone can get in if you have a membership card. But we are careful about who we accept into the club. If you're a scum bag, you don't get in. You can't even buy your way in with the bodyguards. The bouncers we hired to look after this place are paid very well and they know better than to take bribes. We've had only one bouncer take a bribe that caused a major fight, but he ended up facing little bro, here." She said motioning to Kankuro, who grinned. "The bouncers might be bigger than Kankuro, but they can never win a fight with him. He might act like an idiot most of the time, but when he hits someone, they're out for the night."

"Thanks, Temmy." Kankuro said dryly but then found amusement by winking at another passing by girl.

They listened to highly energetic clubbing music for a while before Sakura turned to Temari who took the liberty to order drinks for everyone. Her mind was on what they had wanted to talk about before. "Temari, about some of the doctors at the hospital......" She was asking.

The blonde woman smirked at her as she tapped her foot in the air to the music but she shook her head as she placed her hand onto the table in front of her. "You really like working, don't you, Sakura? Do you ever take a break and try and enjoy yourself." With a shrug and a sigh, she tilted her head to the side. "Okay. What do you want to know?" She asked as she glanced up at the waitress who brought all of the drinks for everyone.

"Well," Sakura paused as she leaned closer to her, not caring if anyone heard but she wanted to make sure that Temari heard her just fine. "I'm just curious about some of our Co-workers. I don't know Sasori, Orochimaru and Kabuto very well and to tell you the truth, they kind of give me the creeps so I don't want to ask them, myself." She shrugged. "What can you tell me about them?" She asked, curiously.

Temari smiled but shook her head as she picked up her drink and took a long sip before putting it down again. She glanced around at everyone else who was clearly listening in and trying to listen to the music at the same time. She didn't care at all if they heard. She knew what to say and what not to. "Well, let's start on Sasori, since his name came out first. He's my, Kankuro and Gaara's cousin." Her words surprised everyone to snap their attention to her. Kankuro was too busy checking out girls. "What, you didn't see the resemblance between Gaara and Sasori? They both have the same red colored hair and they kind of look like alike." The blonde shrugged again as if it wasn't a big deal. "Chiyo Akasuna is actually our great aunt, so that makes Sasori our cousin. He's okay. He's just very grumpy and he has no tolerance for anything. He's really impatient and hates being forced to wait for anything. He might not act like it but he really loves his job. He likes helping people and treating medical problems. Plus he's the only doctor that can actually hold a decent conversation with Deidara. Everyone else can't stand talking to that bomb loving idiot." She then winced when Sakura made a face. "Oh, that's right. Sorry, Sakura. You like Deidara, don't you?" She asked.

"Deidara is interesting. But I was kind of curious about Deidara and Sasori. I haven't ever seen Sasori talk to any of the other patients. So I was kind of surprised to see him today talking to Deidara." Sakura admitted after she sipped her own alcoholic beverage, her eyes flickering over Itachi, who snorted as if he had found something very amusing but he wasn't going to share it.

Temari even rolled her eyes as if she found something amusing about Sakura's words too but she shook her head. "Trust me, Deidara is the only patient that Sasori can stand. He can't even stand Gaara and they're cousins. No one really knows why he can stand that nut. But in truth, Sasori is the only one who can calm Deidara down when he has panic attacks. He doesn't have them very often, if any at all. But now and then he'll have a panic attack and he can get even worst than Obito, believe me. He starts throwing his clay all over the place, thinking they're grenades and he throws a fit when they don't explode. Like I said, Sasori is the only one he'll mostly listen to. He seems to like you though. Deidara, I mean. So that's probably why he listens to you."

"It's probably because she complimented on his clay art." snorted Kankuro, proving that he'd been listening all along. He tilted his head towards his older sister, looking even as amused. "No one here does. Other than Sasori, which, is probably why he likes him in the first place." He shrugged before turning his dark eyes onto Sakura. "As for Orochimaru, you be careful around him. He might be friendly towards you, but he's got issues. Chiyo don't like him. No one does."

Shikamaru even looked interested as did Neji. Both Naruto and Hinata had escaped to the lower levels to do some dancing and Ino had been asked to dance by another guy so she didn't turn him down. Tenten was even listening on everyone's conversation while Itachi just drank his drink in silence. He was ignoring the girls staring at him and had even declined to dancing with a few when they asked. He didn't care for dancing, apparently. "What about him though? Why's he so creepy?" Shikamaru asked.

Both Sabaku Siblings shook their heads as they gave him a dull look. It was like they were trying to tell him that question was a bad one to ask. But the oldest sighed as she rested her hand across her stomach. "No one knows what his problem is. He's the weirdest doctor we have in the entire hospital. And believe me, we do have some weirdoes. He's very intelligent and could easily become one of the top doctors. But he's chosen to deal with dead bodies. He is always down in the morgue and he hardly ever comes out of there. His assistant, Kabuto is the same. They're also always together and working with one another. There's been some very odd rumors about them actually....." She made a look of disgust. "Well, there's a rumor that....."

"Temari, you can say it." Kankuro said dryly. Then he looked at the others, making a disgusted look, himself. "No one knows if it's actually true. But everyone's saying that Orochimaru and Kabuto are fuck buddies. It's because they hardly ever go out with others, more or less women."

To hear that made everyone's faces turn to a look of disgust. Bad mental images were now forming in Sakura's head and she felt as if she wanted to bang her head up against the table to get them out. But she couldn't help but remember that Kabuto had tried to ask her out that day. So she wasn't too sure if that was true. Then again, he could have been Bisexual. "Kabuto asked me out today." She blurted out. "I turned him down of course. He's so weird."

Everyone's eyes snapped to herm, quite wide. It definitely took them by surprise.

"He did? Well.....I guess there goes the bed buddy rumor." Kankuro said, actually sounding relieved.

Sakura smiled and shook her head as she folded her arms over her chest. She found it funny how relieved he sounded. But with a shrug, she tilted her head and looked at Temari, who seemed to have read her mind. "I'm not entirely sure if the rumor about Orochimaru and Kabuto are true and I don't want to know if they're true. But Kabuto is a creep. You were right to turn him down. He very high of himself and is way beyond over confident. I think he's like that because he's working with Orochimaru. I'll admit it that he's very smart and he really looks up to Orochimaru but he's so mysterious and in a creepy way. I did hear that he's taken interest in you, now that I think about it. I remember hearing Madara say that Kabuto was asking a bunch of questions about you. So there's a good chance that he likes you. Not that I blame him. If I were a lesbian, I would like you. Believe it or not, you are hot, Sakura." She said grinning.

"You got that right." Kankuro said before having to duck because Itachi threw olives at his head and gave him a warning look. It made the skater boy cringe a little. He knew better than to test Itachi and he realized that trying to flirt with Sakura was testing his patience.

Sakura blushed but shook her head as she looked at the table. She felt flattered that she was being called hot. She was never ever called that before. Pretty, yes. Beautiful, maybe. But hot? No. "I don't know about that." She said softly that everyone almost missed it. It made everyone look at her and frown. But she shrugged with a faint smile. "Thanks for the compliment though, Temari." She told her.

"Well, we all know that Gaara likes you." Kankuro said grinning. And he started laughing when Sakura blushed hot red and gave him a wide eyed look. "What, you think no one saw how he pulled off Zaku's body from you and then held onto you while you were having a little panic attack after having a dead body fall on you? Come on, sugar. Give us more credit than that. Everyone saw it. We just didn't say anything at the time because a dead body of a patient was found today. You knew sooner or later that we were going to tease you."

"Shut up, Kankuro." Sakura muttered still bright red from embarrassment.

Everyone just laughed as they watched their friend's embarrassment. They had to admit it but Sakura teasing was pretty fun, due to the fact that she was easy to tease. They loved watching her get so flustered like she was now. A energetic techno song came on, making everyone look around before Temari cleared her throat and pushed herself to her feet. "Well, I don't know about the rest of you. But this is a night club and I do look forward to having a good time. That includes dancing." She looked over at Shikamaru and smirked at him as she reached out and grabbed his wrist. "Come on, lazy ass. Dance with me."

"Wha-?!" Shikamaru said, flustered but let Temari drag him out of his chair.

The others only smiled and shook their heads as they stood up too. Neji and Tenten, of course linked hands as they followed after Temari and Shikamaru, who was blushing a little. Itachi and Kankuro both looked at Sakura, smiling at her. Sakura didn't really have the intention to dance though but that didn't stop both of them from grabbing her wrists and pulling her to her feet. "Come on, little sister. You're dancing too. You need to get up and enjoy yourself once in a while." Itachi told her as he pulled her after him.

Kankuro nodded and grinned as he walked beside them. "Yeah. Besides, I want to have at least one dance with ya before you go hooking up with my little brother." he said teasingly.

"KANKURO!" Sakura yelled over the loud music, looking flustered and blushing again. "I am not hooking up with Gaara! He's my patient for crying out loud!"

The dark haired Sabaku heir just laughed and shook his head as he and Itachi escorted her down the stairs to the dance floor and joined the others in the hot dance going on below. "Yeah, yeah. Keep telling yourself that, sugar." he told her before he began to move with the rhythm.

Itachi just smiled down at Sakura, who was still blushing but he placed an arm around her shoulders so he could lean in close to her ear. "Don't mind Kankuro, Sakura. He's just trying to get to you. He's actually harmless and he means well. He and Temari just wants you to enjoy yourself. You work too hard as it is. I know because I spoke to Tsunade about what you've been doing all these years." He told her. He then stepped back and tilted his head to the side. "So, enjoy yourself for once."

Sakura only smiled at him and did what she was told. She actually enjoyed herself that night, dancing among her friends and laughing with them. She, the Sabaku Siblings and her friends from Konoha danced with each other and just had a blast. All the while, deep down, Sakura promised that when the time came for Gaara's release from the Asylum, after they discovered the truth about his father's murder, she would probably bring him to this night club so he could enjoy himself for the first time in his life.