High School memories: We are looking for a dancer - Make it to the top

by Porcelain.Memories

It was in the moment his hot amazingly soft lips descended on her own, has Sakura realized her aunt Tsunade has always been right: she attracted danger like a magnet and she liked every part of it...of him. And the school s most popular guy had his onyx eyes set on her. If only she was not doing her best to resist him... And she was an amazing dancer to add to the fascination.

11. Jive into the night club - jealousy

**CHAPTER 11**

"Neji…fucking…Hyuga!" Ten Ten was more than spitting venom from her mouth, glaring daggers at the pale eyed boy that was eying her in a disgusted way, like the scene he has just witnessed was making him repulsive.

She despised him for his bad timing, she loathed the idea of him being there with Amy smirking down at her, probably going at it like rabbits on heat, in the public restroom, but most of all, she felt hurt.

Hurt at the harsh words coming from his mouth and his reproaching stare. Like she was not even entitled to have contact with other guys, somehow feeling obliged to still belong to him, even after their breakup.

"Who did you expect? Santa? Last time I checked, it didn't come to sluts." Oh he totally didn't humiliate her in front of the hot senior and his supposed girlfriend. That made the chestnut eyed girl snap…and bad.

She more than screamed the words into his face, taking the other occupants of the bathroom by surprise. She couldn't care less if they were not alone in there.

"Why the fuck do I have to stand your stupid face whenever I go, like a plague I cannot escape no matter how much I try?! Why can't you just disappear from this planet and save me the trouble of beating the shit out of you, in front of your brainless fuck toy?!"

Vaguely, Ten Ten felt a gentle, but firm grip on her shoulder coming from Hidan, who would have rather not start an argue in a club, with a guy an year younger than him, and seeing the girl's fierce attitude was assuring him she was not the one to back down from a fight.

Everyone knew her from the times she used to hang out with the popular gang and she had quite a reputation and a history of street fights and lot of alcohol at the parties.

When Hidan, Sasori and Deidara got to the club, an hour earlier than the girls, they went straight to the bar, getting themselves three rounds of shots, because the blonde of the group insisted that no sane man would have a date in the club smelling like strawberries shampoo and chocolate bubble gum, it being a thing only total virgins did, and it would cramp their style.

Nevertheless, Deidara ditched the gang as soon as his eyes fell on some sort of stranger that looked older than him and had an interesting hairstyle, with longer bangs falling on her green eyes, disappearing somewhere in the direction of the cages, probably doing things not even Hidan would want to imagine, judging by the way she was clad in leather and the shortest mini skirt ever invented.

That left the red headed senior and him searching for their respective girls, easily having the sexiest females in their view, dancing like there was no tomorrow, being wild and unleashed on the dance floor, so they wasted no time in approaching them.

Surely, Hidan was not that subtle like Sasori, who found the disgusting in his opinion way to play Romeo in love, taking Ten Ten`s wrist and pulling her out of the crown, straight to the bar, getting themselves tipsy of Tequila and Rum, abandoning the two lovey doveys somewhere into the sea of souls populating the place.

Of course, they spoke on the phone ever since they have exchanged phone numbers, so Ten Ten actually knew Sasori was going to invite Sakura out, totally taking the chance to come up with the idea, knowing that her friend would have second thoughts if the senior would have been the one to invite her, so she killed two birds with one stone.

After they had their fair share of strong beverages, their hands started to roam and feel each other up, until they ended up caught in the middle of an intense make out session on the bar stools, taking advantage of the blasting music that covered their moans and the lack of proper lightning to reveal their bold touches. Of course, most of the teens around were doing just the same.

It was not like they were going to dance like the other losers, that were more like grinding their asses on one another than having some sort of rhythm, so when things got truly heated, it was surprisingly Ten Ten the one to slip a hand under Hidan`s pants, rubbing him and whispering hotly into his ear to come and find a more suitable place to continue what they have started.

And he followed her suit, finding themselves locked in what was supposed to be a good place for a little fun…only things went in the opposite direction.

In a fits of anger, Ten Ten has told Hidan about her previous relationship with the Hyuga and how much he hurt her, so the senior quite had a problem with him, meaning he felt like going back home, grab his scythe and skin the totally offended poser alive at the obvious insults he was throwing at his girl.

Neji frowned at the way the chocolate haired girl had the guts to openly insult him when there were other people present, not believing how bad her attitude was. In his mind, he was the one to always be right.

"Watch you tongue Ten Ten. You don't possibly want to get me angry…" Neji let the threat hang in the air, making the two people in front of him have a similar reaction, their eyes darkened in anger.

That made her breath hitch down her throat, actually not believing her ears. The nerve of him to accuse her of talking nonsense, when he was the one to barge into their privacy.

Well…that was a bit to stretched, if they were to consider the place they decided to do it, but that was beside the point. Neji could have just pass them without addressing any word to his ex girlfriend, only he decided to be the bastard he was and attract unwanted attention.

"And if I get you angry you are going to what? Call me a slut until you run out of breath down your lungs? Punch me? You have it in you, I know. You are a scum after all I would put hitting a woman past someone like you." Ten Ten let her eyes dart on a laughing in the background Amy, whose face fell at what she more than implied next. "…maybe your whore can enlighten us further."

"Who do you call a whore you cheap sl…" Amy snapped at the tone and obvious insult the chocolate eyed girl threw in her direction, but a heated stare coming from the owner of the threat made her blood freeze into her veins. When Ten Ten was angry, rocks were melting and the ground was crumbling.

"You stay out of this if you don't want me to pull out all your hair and mop the floor with you." Then she returned her eyes to Neji, who looked like someone has shoved another pole down his ass, his shoulders stiff and his jaw clenching menacingly. "And you…back the fuck off my face and let us pass…now."

There was something stirring inside the pale eyed Hyuga but he was not able to exactly point out the emotion he felt in the moment he caught the sight of his ex girlfriend making out with another man…that was not him and the mere thought gave him chills down his spine. He didn't understand why, but Ten Ten was not allowed to see another guy. It didn't felt right. She couldn't. "No."

It was in the moment Hidan felt that electrical charge in the atmosphere, he being a guy just like the evil looking Hyuga, who was eying them as in he could see through their skulls, totally having an idea of what bothered him: jealousy. And that made him smirk at the oblivious boy in front of him.

He had no idea.

Poor unfortunate loser.

"Buddy, just take that bitch out of here and don't make a fuss, will yea? Or else I am going to be the one giving you kids some lessons you will never forget." And to prove his point, the grey haired senior came beside Ten Ten and snuck a hand around her waist, pulling her closer to his body, emphasizing his words, pinning the two people in front of him with an equally intense gaze. "Me and this beautiful lady here, are kind of busy."

"So make yourselves useful and let us be or…" A sinister grin that made Ten Ten`s heart beat faster, was plastered on Hidan`s face, much to Neji`s horror.

He was touching his girl.

His girl.

Oh God, he said it! Neji was absolutely certain he was going insane…or maybe it was the Gin talking. God was he having too much shots whenever his friends or his supposed girlfriend dragged him to such places, he too much despised. Then he had to get a cab, which was twice as bad news.

"…how Lord Janshin would say…burn to Hell you motherfucking atheists!" And without any further notice, he turned his back on the two stunned people populating the place, aware of all the people around that were eying them intently, being just as tipsy or drunk, enjoying the show they were putting up, attempting to leave the place, dragging Ten Ten with him in the process, feeling the said girl fold an arm around his torso as well, gripping his shirt, a bit too tight, betraying her distress.

But Neji would have none of it. With a new resolve that came from…he didn't even know where it came from, without even thinking about what he was doing, he shot a hand in the direction of the retracting couple, gripping the chestnut girl's forearm in the process, making the couple come to a halt, taking both by surprise.

He was not going down without a fight. Amy was looking at the three people, unaware of what was she supposed to do, feeling a murderous intent making its way to her mind at the sight of a so possessive attitude her boyfriend had towards his ex girlfriend.

He was hers, and only hers and a tomboy reject was not going to get him. "So what? Are you two guys together or what? A sadistic freak and his slut! Perfect combination."

Ten Ten turned her body abruptly facing him, clenching her fists on her sides, coming in front of Hidan, who was more than ready to interfere, only the girl beside him decided to solve the problem on her own.

"You fucking cretin, listen to me and listen to me good. I am not your possession so I will take no command from your stupid mouth, so I suggest you watch your back from now on, because if I find you spout anymore nonsense about me or my boyfriend in here, I am going to make you regret the day you were born."

And to emphasize her words, she went straight to snorting at their dumbfounded faces Hidan, grabbing the nape of his neck, pulling his head down and mashing their lips together, taking her time to make sure the Hyuga was able to see her darting her tongue inside, French kissing him like they used to do when they were together. And that knocked the wind out of the pale eyed guy's lungs.

When they pulled apart, they were both breathless and embracing each other, Hidan wasting no time in slipping his hands down her ass, massaging her thighs, not aware of the fact that it had a calming effect on the fuming girl. Neji`s body was trembling in fury and it was visible. "You wouldn't dare…"

"Oh, for the love of Janshin, stop being such a whinnying bitch, will yea? There are enough pussies out there to add to the atmosphere, so why don't you grow a dick and act more like your…" Hidan pointed a finger in the direction of his pants, attracting Amy`s attention towards the object of interest, looking comically in between his legs, bending her head, leaning towards him to catch the meaning. She was totally stupid. "…gender."

"That if he is not a drag queen. I have always entertained the idea, you know?" There were many emotions washing through Ten Ten's system in that moment and the many drinks she had was not helping too much, but somehow she felt some sort of protection in the embrace of Hidan. Even though he was just as insane as her, he took her back. And it was too funny. Neji looked ready to burn them alive.

Good.

Let him suffer.

"Who do you call a pussy, you son of a bitch?" Neji threw a glance towards the senior, that would make anyone crawl in fear.

He was friends with Sasuke after all and there were some good things to learn from the youngest Uchiha to help his cause. Hidan only laughed more, totally not afraid. He was having a hot girl in his arms and two younger students to bash. The time of his life.

"Whoever acts like one."

Ten Ten decided to join the bashing on the stupid freaks contest, trying to get rid of the negative feelings she had, when Amy came to rest a hand around his shoulders, almost like making him back off and not do something stupid.

"Yeah Hyuga, why don't you go to one of the cages, shove one of those whores of a dancers outside, and prove your talent? That would make it like what? The best part time job for you!"

"You are going to pay for this…"

"Are you done? We haven't pay thirty fucking dollars to come here and see another school episode with deranged lunatics, escaped from the mental hospital. Just fuck off already Hyuga!"

"Heard the lady? Though I am sure you don't know…" Hidan more than raised his middle finger to point in the direction of a messy looking Amy, pointing at her too small tight leopard printed dress. "…what a real lady would look like."

Neji felt blood burning inside his veins, his rage getting visible. Oh, someone was going to get it, his night totally ruined. He didn't even had the mood to fuck his girlfriend's brains out any longer.

He vaguely wondered where their friends…namely his DD, were because he didn't give a damn about the others. He knew what they did: Suigetsu was probably in alcoholic comatose, with some girl that accompanied them taking care of him and make sure he didn't die, probably Karin.

Sasuke was…well everyone knew what he was doing, from the moment he came with that stranger that looked hot, but no one knew who she was. And Naruto…actually, he had no idea where he was, even though the blonde told them he was going to be there…'believe it.'

"I am going to beat the shit out of you…"

"Just do it already!" Ten Ten more than snapped at the way he was spitting the words in their faces. If there was something that the chestnut eyed girl couldn't stand was someone to threaten her and more than that, only talking gibberish, not even having the guts to prove himself. Like Neji did in that moment.

Plus his totally arrogant attitude was pissing her off really bad. She vaguely asked herself why there were ringing alarm bells into her head that announced her there was something related to Neji and it was important.

That took them all by surprise. Was she openly provoking him? "Are you that much of an idiot Ten Ten, or has this freak in here fucked you too hard and made you not think properly?"

The mere idea of she touching someone else made Neji`s stomach clench painfully, feeling queasy. The image of her and that guy she left with at that party was still lingering into his mind. Never in his life has the Hyuga felt more…disappointed.

And hurt.

He liked her…he truly did…and maybe…somewhere deep inside, there was still a tiny emotion kept securely for only her, waiting for the proper moment to get to the surface and allow him to see things clearly.

Why was he still accusing her that much? That was a reason that not even he knew the answer to. Maybe it was only his ego the one to stop him from actually listen to the whole story and clear the confusion.

Ten Ten swore her irises turned red. She was tightening her hold on Hidan, trying to silently tell him she was reading to do some damage. "So what if we got laid, huh?! Are we engaged or something? Why would I give you any explanation about what I do?"

"So you admit you are that much of a slut? So now you decided to sleep with anyone that crosses your path?" Neji was unconsciously raising his usually calm voice, his body trembling in fury. He vaguely felt Amy holding his arm tightly, preventing him from punching the people in front of him.

"Neji stop. She doesn't deserve it. She is selling her body to all those guys, everyone knows."

"Amy…I think you are more than entitled to shut your filthy mouth and only use it to suck on the others, like you do best. And I doubt you even in that aspect…"

"Answer!"

"Hey, you fucker! Don't you dare raise your tone and insult my girl. I had enough of you losers." Hidan attempted to leave the place that started to suffocate him, urging a totally unmoving Ten Ten trapped in his arms to follow him.

But the chocolate haired girl had her feet rooted to the ground and she found herself unable to move an inch. She didn't like the way Amy was defending Neji like she owned him…like they were something…real.

Like she and him once were.

Ten Ten was reminded by the nights they used to spend together, acting like they were at the top of the world and no one would be able to touch them as long as they were a couple…and to think someone has taken that special place in Neji`s life from here…it was painful to withstand.

"Curse at me once more and I don't give a damn if you are a senior or not. Wait…I don't give a fuck about that either ways. You are just a gang of socially retarded low lives people that corrupt your Juniors. Why is that? Are your own seniors fed up with your bullshit already?"

"Why you little…"

"Stop that you idiot, will yea?!"

"Don't tell him to stop!"

"Don't you dare telling me what to do Amy! Go boss him around or go die!" Why wasn't Neji defending his supposed girlfriend, was beyond Ten Ten`s understanding. Well…he was a bastard and a jerk, that was for sure.

"Let's go Ten Ten."

"You are going nowhere until I say so!" Neji took two steps towards the girl he was screaming at, their voices echoing through the space and they were unaware of the fact that they started to get more attention from the people entering the place.

Even though there was a loud music coming from the stereos, the ones that were glued to the outside wall were able to hear the screams coming from the inside.

"You are in no position to decide what we do."

"Right! Go back at your losers friends you probably came with and be the hookers of the city you are!" He got her there.

Neji was well aware of the fact that his ex girlfriend cherished friendship and was committed to her bonds. It was one of the things he most appreciated at her, after all. "Especially that pathetic excuse of a dancer with the pink hair. I bet she is whoring herself after Sasori, while fangirling over Uchiha at the same time, isn't it? Just like you do in this…"

He didn't have time to finish his insult, because before he could proceed what was happening, a well aimed fist connected to his face, hard, sending him straight on Amy`s shocked arms, the said girl couldn't support his much taller and heavy body, sending them both to a toilet, pushing the door open and almost stumble on a toilet seat, if not for the Hyuga`s reflexes to grip the doorpost and prevent a humiliated fall.

Silence.

There were rivulets of blood leaking down Neji`s nose, streaming past his lips. He used the back of his hand to wipe away the blood, his eyes never leaving the trembling in fury girl in front of him.

She was so enraged that she didn't even remove her body from the position she was, her fist dropped in front of her, her knees bent and her long hair covering half of her face. She was panting and her chocolate eyes were livid. And to his utter shock…he found her…attractive.

Alluring.

Maybe beautiful.

And he went bananas, his brain having a shut down. Amy couldn't even stand up properly, afraid of what was going to happen.

"You didn't do that…" He spoke low, menacing and full of burning fury…and something else. Neji couldn't believe she went as far as to punch him in the face.

Ten Ten was having problems in controlling her fury. Every breath she took felt like someone has stabbed her with a knife down her heart.

Neji could have called her a slut or whatever he wanted, every time. She was used to him being harsh with her. But no one was going to insult Sakura or any of her friends as long as she was alive.

No one.

"I…am going…to kill you…if you dare to insult any of my friends ever in your fucking life, do you get that?"

It was Amy the one the try and play the part of the hero, in her mind, acting like the mature girl she was…not. She came in front of Neji, who was involved in a glaring contest with an unmoving Ten Ten, even slipping past him and with all the casualty in the world, stopped right in front of a stunned looking chocolate eyed girl, raised her hand and…

Slapped her. Hard. Straight on her face, making her head dart on her shoulder, her hair fly on her right, the sound of skin on skin contact piercing the dead silence that enveloped the two couples.

Everything there went in slow motion, namely, when Ten Ten realized what happened she wasted no time in punching Amy in her nose as well, sending her flat on her butt on the slippery floor.

Neji, like the gentleman he was, darted forward, gripping the chestnut eyed girl's wrist hard, trying to stop her from going nuts, like he knew she did when she drunk-he was able to sense how many drinks she had on her hot breath fanning his face-not bothered that she acted like that, but more like he couldn't believe she did it.

Only that didn't sit right with Hidan, who thought the Hyuga would actually go as far as to punch his girl, feeling the moment to show his concern, marching towards Neji who didn't saw him approaching them because his eyes were on Ten Ten`s bruised check, and with all the serenity in the world, gripped his collar, hitting him in the chest…twice.

No, Neji would not hit a woman…ever. It was a written rule among his gang. No matter how bad they were, easily falling in the category of bullies, manwhores or alcoholics, even they wouldn't step so low.

But a guy…he wasted no time in getting a hold of himself and as fast as lightning, kneed Hidan into his stomach, sending him straight into the sinks, making him hit his back on the shard surface.

"You fucking imbecile…"

"Think you can prove yourself worth of her?" Neji pointed in the direction of Ten Ten, who looked confused about what she was supposed to do which was a funny thing, because she was never confused, not even when it came to her feelings for him. "Are all of you seniors such weaklings?" And he even added a fine smirk to make his point valid.

Hidan lunged at him, attempting to punch the Hyuga straight into his face, but the more experienced guy would have none. He wasn't a martial arts experts for nothing, that was for certain and those trophies weren't won based on his looks either. "I am going to fucking kill you!"

Ten Ten knew. She knew what Neji was able to and that was why she tried to go in front of Hidan and stop him from further provoke Neji, because as much as she would have loved to see him beat the heck out of him, she knew the senior would only make a fool of himself. "Hidan no, stop that!"

"Your girlfriend is defending you, this is pathetic!" Neji casually stepped aside when another aimed at his face punch was aimed at his face, eying Hidan with an amusing look on his face.

And he got an ego boost at the idea of him being better that him. It was just because he had the guts to openly state the two of them were together. With the girl that has been his. Unacceptable.

Hidan was fuming. He was well aware of the fact that he was not the best when it came to fighting and no matter of how much he liked to brag about the fact that they were older than Neji`s gang, those popular guys were strong and feared.

Everyone knew that two of them were professional fighters, having been in the school's karate club in their sophomore years. One of them, was Neji Hyuga. The other, was Sasuke Uchiha.

But he would fight him for Ten Ten if he had to. He liked her. He truly did, even though she openly admitted she had confusing feelings when it came to the boy in front of him. At least she was honest when she told him she didn't want to be involved with him again.

"You are pathetic Neji, can't you see? You are being ridiculous!"

"Look at him! He is…"

"He is better than you would ever be!"

That made him snap. His body acted on his own accord when Ten Ten so adamant admitted she was viewing Hidan being superior to him in any aspect. So he slipped past her and started to throw more punches at Hidan who was doing his best to avoid them and even managing to hit him back. In the next minute, they were on the floor, throwing punches and kicks at one another, like kindergarten children. Two girls were screaming. One in horror and one in anger.

"Stop it Neji!" Amy was having a hand on her mouth, not knowing what she could have done to do anything. "This is your fucking fault, you cheap whore!" She more than screamed at Ten Ten.

"How is this my fault?! Don't make me beat the heck out of you as well! Hyuga get a hold of yourself for fuck`s sake!" When she saw Neji pinning Hidan`s body down, by pressing his knee on his back, with his face on the floor, she started to panic. She herself didn't have the power to stop him, she was aware. So her only chance was to get Sasori.

But as soon as she gripped the door knob and enter the bathroom, someone else from the other side of the door beat her to it, the said person roughly pushing it open with a thud, lunging straight to the pale eyed Hyuga who was hitting Hidan`s head, gripping him by his shoulders, forcing him to stand and let go.

"Enough." A smooth low collected voice was all it took for the Hyuga to stop trashing his body, not aware of who had the guts-and the power-to stop him.

But inwardly, everyone present was more than thankful for the intervention, either ways it would have ended up bad for them. A club scandal would get them into a lot of troubles back at school.

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The night started bad for Sasuke and was having the potential to stay like that for the rest of the time he had to spend in that overcrowded space. Everything around him got him so nervous that he even felt learning the digestion more entertaining that that…horror.

First, he had one hell of a jealous and hysteric girl decorating his arm, ever since he picked her up from her home-mansion-who was cursing and snapping at all the girls that had the guts to breath in his general direction-that was basically the entire female population-getting too possessive for his liking.

Then, he couldn't see Naruto to break his neck anywhere, because ever since he had audacity to try and be funny, sending him a message in which he told him he got his car scratched, all that was crossing Sasuke`s mind was starting with a meat cleaver or a dynamite. That guy was…dead, the raven haired Uchiha decided. That and to get drunk.

But no. He couldn't go and attack the bar like he wanted and get rid of the nagging images of a totally hot looking pink haired dancer and her still vivid floral scent and honey tasting skin, the mental images only hitting him further as his brain got tired. Because the girl that was not even that hot looking insisted they should go and…dance.

She said dancing.

She wanted him to go and…no.

Just no.

When Sasuke`s onyx eyes roamed over the imbeciles around them that were moving like someone has shoved an electric cable down their pants and discharged a high voltage down their bodies, electrocuting them, he got sick down his stomach.

Literally. In his mind, they looked like Frankenstein when he made his bride come to life. They were ridiculous and looked high and gay. And Sasuke had no doubt that some of them were sporting both the traits with talent.

He spotted two guys kissing and rubbing their pelvises together…and they were clad in orange latex…oh holly…he went straight to the bartender asking for the strongest drink, not in the bit stopped by the girl that was pouting and tried to persuade him to join her dance.

He cast his dark eyes over her moving body, mentally slapping himself for not seeing how idiot she was. Was that what she called dancing?

Because it was nothing like Sakura did back to the beach, when she and her friends met to have fun, foolishly thinking no one was watching them. And he took another gulp of his drink, mentally cursing his sharp memory, for envisioning every damn detail.

The way her once long silk pink tresses were lying under the wind's caress, how her body was undulating and her curvaceous hips were swinging in such an alluring way, that he found himself fighting the urge to go and ask her to dance for him to see the enchanting spectacle once again.

He was thinking about her again…

And again…

Until he felt a hand descend on his abs, slipping into the front of his Jeans in what should have been considered sensual, tracing the elastic of his boxers, teasing him.

Now of course any straight guy would have found any woman touching him like that arousing, but not when Sakura was present into his mind. And Sasuke realized in horror that whenever her delightful image was flying around his memory, he found himself to not react to the other girls so easily like he always did.

Soft lips pressed to his ear, while the offending hand that started to annoy him went under his shirt to feel up his ripped muscles. He caught her wrist, stopping her movements.

She was getting a bit too comfortable in touching him. "Sasuke…" The girl tried to be seductive, falling miserable. It bothered him. "…let's go somewhere else, shall we?"

She was nibbling his ear. He was sensitive there and that was precisely why he shoved her off. She didn't know how to properly stir him and cause him pleasure. Well…has anyone ever knew how to fascinate him? There was someone…

…graceful

Exquisite

Delicate

Like a swan floating on crystal waters…

"Hn…" He had to make sure of his own concerns. Uchihas were not the one to roam in the darkness, oblivious to their feelings. That was for losers like his friends Suigetsu or Neji. Yeah, Sasuke knew about their stories and their denials. The Hyuga was a moron and had the tact of a cavemen in his hunt for mammoths, when it came to dealing with ladies, totally not having any idea of why has Ten Ten left him at the same party he too attended.

He has been drunk and engaged in a really heated activity with some girl in the Jacuzzy, but it didn't escape his vigilance. He never told Neji because if the idiot has not realized what was happening on his own, then it was totally pointless.

And Suigetsu was in love with Karin, so much that it made him tease her with her obsession for his darker friend, every chance he got.

But he smirked at that. Last time Sasuke has seen Suigetsu since they entered the club was an hour ago and his supposed to be designated driver was working intently at the glass of Vodka in front of him. Karin was with him to annoy him. Someone was getting laid that night, he was sure.

So that was the reason why, even though he absolutely did not want to do that, Sasuke brought the girl that was starting to annoy the heck out of him worse than his fan club, onto his lap and shoved his tongue down her throat, trying to clear the confusion from his mind, kissing her and trying to compare the taste.

It was not the same. It was different. Worse. She tasted like…nothing. Only expensive perfume that had no scent mixed with her own unique scent. He was disgusted.

Sakura was…something else.

Different.

Sasuke saw no comparison with the emerald eyed dancer's syrupy taste. That was divine. Nectar like. When he kissed her neck, even though it was an innocent peck, the onyx eyed Uchiha felt like some Deity has let him taste ambrosia, because only that could have had that particular effect over his senses: euphoria.

"Stop." When Sasuke felt the girl into his lap grind her hips on his own, trying to stir him further, his mind exploded. No, he didn't want that girl. He was not delusional. Sakura…she was doing something to his system. Something he couldn't quite place and it scared him.

She was turning his world upside down and it happened too fast.

"What is the matter?" She tried to kiss him once more, but Sasuke turned his head and sipped the remaining of his beverage, not wanting such good thing to go to waste, feeling her descend her lips down his neck to suck at his pulse. He let her do that…for two seconds. "What…"

Sasuke pushed her out of his body, feeling constricted. That was a total waste of his time and the only fault was hers. Sakura. She was driving him nuts with…everything.

Shimmering forest green eyes looking up to his lips.

A sweet kiss.

Rosy petal like luscious lips parted in anticipation.

Need.

He had to get out…get her out.

"You bore me." And casually, let his body slip from the stool that was getting too uncomfortable for his liking, attempting to head to the toilets. The blasting music was getting him dizzy and those lasers got his eyes stingy.

Some cold water was going to do the job. Then he was going to take his car and leave the place. Waiting for Suigetsu?

Only if he wanted to win a ticket straight to Hell-he was not going to see the face of Heaven with all the sin he got, Sasuke was certain-driving while he had drinks into his system? He could do that blind folded. The trick was to respect the speed limit. That would not raise suspicions to the cops.

"Hey, don't you dare leaving me here!" Only the said girl didn't get the meaning of his words, actually gripping his arm and gluing her body flush on his own, following him.

He was already on his way to the men's restroom, when he decided it was time to discharge the garbage. He threw her a look that made her spine paralyze in shock, her arms quickly dropping from his own.

He only spoke once. "Fuck off. Before I make you." And she was gone in an instant. You just don't mess with Sasuke Uchiha. Especially a one that had half the bottle of whiskey.

But when Sasuke attempted to enter the place he hoped to give him a gulp of air-he was too lazy to climb the stairs and go outside-his poor ears were hit by the sound of people screaming inside, probably fighting or something.

His first instinct was to find another toilet, well aware of it not being the best idea to go and check for whoever idiot was fighting inside a club, so he did just that: turned on his heel and proceeded on the opposite direction…only the words 'fucking Hyuga' made him stop dead in his tracks.

"Oh no…" He went back to the door, not wasting anymore time in opening it and see the unbelievable scene with his own eyes. "…don't tell me…"

And it was quite the comedy out there. Sasuke felt like going to beat those two people himself. Just what the hell was his friend doing anyways?

Neji was punching some dude whose face the midnight haired Uchiha couldn't see because he was lying on his stomach, looking like he has found out that destiny has played a good one on him and he was not a natural brown haired man. Sasuke felt his head dizzy…or was it alcohol?

"Enough." He wasted no time in going inside, totally not acknowledging the two girl's presences, stopping his friend from hurting that guy further, pulling him on, stopping his hits.

It was in the moment the pale eyed Hyuga recognized the owner of the voice, has he stopped trashing his body, attempting to free himself.

"The fuck is going on here?"

"Ask him…" Neji`s voice came as hoarse, as if he has been either screamed like a banshee, or he was smoking Cuban cigarettes. "…or her." He made a gesture with his hand, pointing at the two people he loathed in that moment.

Sasuke let his onyx eyes scan the restroom once, mentally putting two and two together: Neji and his slut, Ten Ten, his ex girlfriend, the one he secretly lusted for, even if his narrow mind stopped him from getting his facts straight and another guy…oh he knew that one. Hidan. One of the seniors. Sasori`s friend…the one that called Sakura…ok, that was not good. He was supposed to cease away the scandal but damn if the urge to punch the fallen guy was not rising into his veins.

Ten Ten kneed beside Hidan, helping him get off the floor, seeing that his arcade was bleeding and his eye was bruised from the punch Neji sent towards his face. "Hey, are you ok?

"Fuck…" Hidan stood up, throwing a glance at the other two boys present, taking a double look. Sasuke came to his rescue…Itachi`s foolish little brother…maybe Janshin was punishing him for some sins he did in his life, Hidan was sure of it. The disgrace was higher than Mount Everest. "…this fucking hurts."

"Weaklings. Who is the girl now, huh?"

"Cut it out Hyuga. You are making us look bad." Sasuke had no interest in spending time in there, babysitting is friend. And one of his brother's friends was involved, so that got him angrier. He wanted to leave…and fast.

"They make our school look bad."

"Like you are to ones to talk!" Ten Ten took some toilet paper, wetting it and pressing it on Hidan`s eye, shaking her head in disbelief. Then it hit her. Sasuke…Uchiha…Sakura…Sasori…'Oh shit…shit!'

That was what escaped her vigilance: if Neji was there, then so was the whole gang and it only meant bad news. If Sasuke was to see the two of them together…no. Just no.

Sakura called her after the dinner…at 4 am in the morning, crying and trying to tell her something the ebony haired Uchiha did before he left, but she didn't understand a thing, because the pink haired girl was hiccupping and talking nonsense, not able to form a coherent sentence.

And they agreed to meet on Sunday afternoon at Hinata`s and have a girls night out to catch up with the latest events. So she didn't know what happened between Sasuke and her friend, but the sole reason of him making her cry was almost making the chestnut eyed girl to cut the distance and punch both of them in their respective faces…twice. God she loathed them with burning passion.

"Heh…what can I say…you go the gang you deserve." Neji pried Sasuke`s arms off his person, signalizing toa petrified Amy, who was impersonating a toilet, rooted into her place, eyes snapped wide, to come. "Amy, what are you waiting for? Just move already."

"Yeah Amy, both of your could go and shoot yourselves. Do something useful for this planet and stop breathing air."

"I cannot believe your guts!"

"And I can't believe how cheap you sell your ugly body for that manwhore over there."

Neji attempted to take a step in the direction of a totally nervous frowning at him chestnut eyed girl, when a firm grip on his shoulder prevented him from doing so. "Ten Ten…"

"Hyuga…" No, Sasuke had enough of the nonsense. Where they fighting for her? How noble…He wanted to puke at the idea.

And he called herself popular. Neji was laughable in the Uchiha`s eyes, because not only Ten Ten was always making fun of him, but she actually ditched him every chance she got.

And secretly Sasuke was cheering for that girl. She got spunk. He remembered the day she was part of their gang. That girl knew how to hold her ground all right, totally different from the other fangirls roaming around them.

But Neji was not listening. He looked possessed. Worse than usual. "Do you still want to be with him?"

"Why the fuck do you care anyways?" Ten Ten couldn't believe they were still talking to each other.

She was almost drunk, she was tired, she was annoyed, she was frustrated, she didn't have enough dancing and kissing…she wanted…out. And she wanted to find Sakura and nag her with her sentimental problems. Like the poor dancer wasn't having enough of her own.

"I don't."

"Then you are not doing a good job in hiding it."

"Answer."

"Stop bossing me around! Go nag someone else!"

They started to scream at each other again, much to the other's dismay. "Not until you stop with the charade!" Neji pointed his index in the direction of a questioning looking Hidan. What was he talking about?

Ten Ten`s patience was running low. She didn't have the energy to deal with Neji, nor the patience. Why was he acting like he cared?

Like they were still a couple, when there has been more than seven months since they broke up? Was he only doing it to hurt her more? "What are you talking about?"

"With how many other guys are you cheating on him as well?" Oh that did it. The pushing button of her nerves. He was always bringing up that subject. She was tired. Too tired.

"So that was it huh?! You are an idiot. A hypocrite!" She took a step towards him, feeling her walls crumble. "Oblivious." Another step. "Blind! You hear me Hyuga? You are fucking…blind!"

"Enough with the nonsense. Hyuga drop it. Do you want to be just as retarded as them?" Sasuke`s low voice echoed through the bathroom. Man was he pissed off at those people's childish attitude. And he was deluding himself into finding peace of mind in there…

Ten Ten couldn't believe her ears. Let it to the other friend of Neji`s to defend his cause, like he was too much of a coward to accept his lose like a man. "Who do you think you call retarded?"

"Everyone worth enough to start a fight inside a damn restroom in a club."

"Then you should totally look more into your own freaking yard, because your friend here is at his finest here. Jealous much Hyuga?"

"Ten Ten, leave them, those atheists are not fucking worth it."

"Yeah, keep on talking because you are not even able to save your own butt. I guess pansiess only hook up weaklings." Neji folded his arms around his chest, cockily smirking down at the people in front of him.

Amy came right beside him, gripping his forearm tightly, frowning at Ten Ten. When Neji broke up with her, it was Amy the one to be there and take advantage of the situation. It was not like she truly loved him or something, but she found a very easy way to hang out with the popular gang even though she was a major poser.

Girls like her would always do whatever it took for them to stand out from the others, even going as far as getting addicted to smoking, drinking or get tattoos, not having actual true skills to prove her lf worth the attention. In Sasuke`s eyes, who sensed her own insecurities from miles away, staying behind the two pair, closer to the door, she was laughable.

"Why? Are you possibly jealous? Careful Neji because you act suspicious." Ten Ten could not wait until she left the space that got her claustrophobic. Being in the presence of the Hyuga was affecting her. And she did not like the look on his eyes.

There was something else flicking in those pale eyes of his that threw her off. He was not just full of himself or accusing. He looked like there were other things he wanted to say, but for some odd reason, decided to hold back.

It was probably because of Amy being present. Sasuke was looking at them like they were sugar rush ADHD suffering kids he had to baby-sit. Man was he annoying. Ten Ten pitied Sakura for her crush on him. Poor girl.

That got Neji nervous again. If there was something he absolutely loathed when it came to Ten Ten was her talent to always say the proper thing to annoy him further, just like in that moment. Maybe it was because she knew him all too well. "Me? Jealous? On him? You wish."

"And if you are I totally don't give a damn about you." She turned her back in him to face his supposed boyfriend, seeing he has finished splashing cold water on his face, trying her best to ignore him. "Let's go. This place is too..." she took Hidan by the hand, attempting to walk past the people burning her skull with their stares, throwing the pale eyed Hyuga a last heated fierce glance. "...crowded."

But Neji would have none of it and before he knew it, his hand found Ten Ten',s wrist preventing her to leave.

Leave his life

Again

She stopped dead in her tracks, not believing what was happening. Why was he acting like that all of sudden? Usually he was doing his best to ignore her or only three her one bashing glance, not bothering to acknowledge her in the bit. "What are you doing?"

"Let her go!" Hidan attempted to remove Neji's hand out of the girl clinging to him, but surprisingly it was Amy the one to stop him, by placing her own hand on her boyfriend's one, totally frustrated that even though she was the one staying beside her, the chocolate eyed girl got all the attention.

"You stay out of it!"

"Let go you fucking roundworm!" Ten Ten more than screamed into his face, letting go of Hidan's hand and using her free hand to punch his chest, but he didn't even flinch.

"We need to talk. You are coming with me."

"What?!" More than being angry with him, the chocolate haired girl was afraid. Afraid that if she faced him alone, she was going to break.

She didn't have the power to push him off her life in that moment and she grew tired of their tension. Ten Ten truly wanted to find a new guy to cherish her. Someone that deserved to be with her and won't judge.

Apparently Neji had other plans, because he roughly pulled her towards the door, his grip on her tightening in a bruising way, despite her protests. "No, take your filthy hand away from me!"

"Neji what the hell?! What do you want to do with this bitch?!" No, Amy would not be caught dead alone in a club, with her boyfriend making a fuss over another girl, just because she was there as well, making out with another.

But he cut her off harshly, his mind already set on the girl he was dragging. "Not your damn business."

"She doesn't want to come, are you fucking deaf or something?" Hidan roughly gripped Neji's shoulder, attempting to stop him to leave with his girl, but he was shoved off with a jerk of the pale boy's body.

"Want me to beat the crap out of you again?" He more than hissed the words to the senior eying him just as intense. Inwardly, Neji loathed their guts since they got involved with the rejects and knocking some sense into them was not looking like a bad idea.

Sasuke rolled his onyx eyes at the sight of the absurd scene unfolding in front if him, grabbing the door knob and attempting to get out of there. He got headaches at their screams and his friend looked capable to defend himself alone, without his help.

Not only that, bit he quickly realized that if Ten Ten and Hidan were there, then there was a high possibility for a certain pink haired girl to be preset as well and the mere idea of her being accompanied by another guy, named Sasori got him raging. "You guys are fucking annoying."

Only, when he attempted to open the door and bolt outside, someone from the other side beat him to it, namely barging inside and almost colliding on him, if not for his sharp reflexes. "The fuck..."

There was a blob of blonde hair barging inside like he was in the Wild West, looking like he was cross dressing a mummy during Halloween. There stood Deidara. And he was shitfaced...and much to all the occupants' stupor, he was singing...

Christmas Carols...

On September...

"Deck the halls with boughs of holly...fa la la la la...Tis the season to be jolly…fa la la la la…" he was barely supporting himself, stumbling and tripping on his own feet, almost landing on Sasuke`s arms.

It couldn't get worse than that, Hidan realized. A drunk Deidara meant one that was non stop talking gibberish and throwing up like there was no tomorrow. "Deidara, what the fuck man…" And he was already looking as sick as he could get. That was no good.

"Great. Another loser to add to the joy." Neji got the chance to grab Ten Ten`s waist, promptly rolling his lavender eyes and pushing her out of the said room. She was too shocked to push him off. "Come. Now he has something to keep him occupied."

"What the…" Ten Ten wanted to shove Neji`s hand away from her waist when the joy happened. Deidara put a hand on his stomach and, using all of his natural born genius, puked right on Neji`s shirt, in the most artistic way possible, luckily avoiding Ten Ten. Then he fainted on Hidan`s arms, who was doing his best to support him.

For a moment, everyone looked down in shock at the blonde senior who more than made a fool of himself. Then their eyes darted to the Hyuga, who froze in shock, his wide as saucers eyes glued on his shirt. He looked ready to throw up himself.

Then he snapped. "You…I am going to fucking decapitate you both…" He took a menacing step towards the two seniors, intention clear.

Once again, it was Sasuke who gripped his forearm, trying not to beat someone out of nothing else more intelligent to do himself. God did he loathed them all with burning passion.

And he felt his all insiders squirm at the scene in front of his eyes. Good start for a totally ruined guys night out…and sluts. But they didn't matter.

"I told you to cut it out and let's get going. See what happens if you don't listen?"

Neji rolled his eyes, casually gripping the hem of his ruined shirt, pulling it up to his head, then going straight to the toilet and tossing it inside the trashcan, revealing his bare torso for the world to see.

"And since when am I going to get orders from you? Don't get too cocky Uchiha." Not bothered in the bit that he was half naked, he went back to a rooted into her place Ten Ten, slipping a hand around her waist and walking away from the said place, leaving a group of people behind.

The chocolate eyed girl was too amazed to push him back and try to free herself, throwing constant glances over her shoulder, silently screaming for help, but the last thing she caught before a very bored looking Sasuke exited the door, was the way Hidan tried his best to reanimate his zombie shitfaced friend. She wanted to go back to help him but something firm was preventing her from…

She returned her gaze to the naked Neji, who was dragging her towards the exit, shoving everyone away of his face, making space for them to advance. He was hugging her…like they were a couple…and he was half naked…and pressed to her…that delicious sculpted body she used to lick and kiss when they were…

That was not good.

She had to get out.

"Let me go you fucking nudist!"

"Not until we talk."

"I have nothing to tell you."

"Good. Me neither."

That made her wonder just how many neurons were there left into his brain. Ten Ten was able to clearly see he too has drunk. "Then why the heck are you getting me…where do you get me anyways?!"

Neji was using all his might to keep her trapped into his arms, mentally asking his intoxicated state just what was he doing and why was he doing that, getting no answer.

Everything he did was pure instinct. But she felt good good good. So damn right. "I don't know. We are going to find out."

"Let me go."

"No."

"Neji let me go or I am going to bite you."

A small smirk. He was reminded by why he liked her so much: feisty and independent. That and the way she was cursing him to hell and back. That was turning him on bad. Just like then. Ok….so his thoughts were definitely heading in the wrong direction.

They were already at the door, with two security guards eying them suspiciously and a lot of women gawking at his sculpted exposed torso, neither giving a damn about that. They were out in an instant. And Ten Ten felt her mind going numb. That wasn't her night at all.

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"I have on idea of what the heck am I doing now!" That was everything that was crossing Sakura`s mind in the moment she connected her lips with Sasori, kissing him like her very life depended on it, as clumsily as she was, her lack of experience taking the lead.

And when she realized Sasori was not doing anything, but just staying there, she panicked, not actually knowing what she should do next, because the way she so desperately acted in that moment, was both childish and greedy.

Sakura was well aware that the whole reason why she was kissing the red headed unresponsive senior was to confirm her thoughts of another guy.

And that hurt her. She was mentally killing herself by cutting down her head at the hypocrisy and guilt, when the pink haired dancer realized she got the answer she was looking for.

She leaned further into Sasori`s body, her knees glued to his own, her arms gripping his shoulders, pressing her lips to his own, feeling how warm and soft they actually felt under her skin. But it was not the same…not the same feeling she was looking for.

Sakura truly liked the red headed senior's character and appreciated him for his tact, for his well chosen words and gentle attitude and his solar calm demeanor towards her and the patience he was willing to show, but she couldn't lie to herself. It felt incomplete. Something was missing and she didn't have a name for it, but it was there burning her mind.

She felt Sasori stiffen his shoulders, gripping her wrists, removing his mouth for her own, looking straight into her widened emerald eyes and for the first time she met him, the auburn orbs held an emotion she didn't see on him before: vulnerability and confusion.

"Stop…Sakura." He was not accusing her, nor was he reproaching. He was just looking at her, not knowing how to react.

And that made her feel like someone has killed her heart, not actually believing she was able to do such thing and possibly ruin their friendship and potential romance. What has she done?

"Sasori…I am just…" Sorry? She was not. What she felt was remorse and frustration. Why was she not able to get him away of her head? Of her damn skin?

The auburn eyed senior knew all to well why Sakura did such thing and he felt…hurt. He also saw she was truly regretting and was doing her best to silently let him know she too was confused about how she felt.

Now Sasori was not that patient and lenient as the others believed, he too having his fair share of bad moods and well aimed punch or harsh comments, but he found himself unable to pull her away.

God…Sasori was mentally slapping his face at the irony of it: he liked her. Truly liked her. And it scared him, because the pair of shimmering impossibly stunning forest green eyes, were only longing for the raven haired Uchiha. As a man, Sasori knew what she felt.

But even so…he was willing to give her a chance to prove herself worth of him. Hell he would chase after her even if she didn't. That was a girl he wouldn't lose in favor of Itachi`s younger brother.

"I want you to be honest with me, Sakura." Not once removing his eyes from hers, Sasori gently cupped her cheeks with his hands, bringing her face closer to his own, making it easier for them to hear each other. Damn was the music too loud. "I can't accept…this…if you are only playing with me."

Sakura wanted to cry at the delicacy he was displaying in that moment, feeling his warmth radiating through every pore, melting her insides. He was giving her a valuable lesson of maturity in both emotions and reason and she felt ashamed to even stand in his vicinity. She felt stupid and naïve.

"I truly like you, Sasori." She bit her lower lip, feeling her eyes stingy with burning tears threatening to fall from her emerald eyes, bowing them, not able to face him.

The look he was giving her…it was hard and she felt a heavy constriction on her chest, like someone has stabbed her heart with a sharp blade. "I do. And I want us to have something beautiful. Something meaningful." But she was honest with him.

Sasori felt her distress and was glad she decided not to hide her heart from him. Maybe that was one of the reasons he liked her. She was genuine in the way she interacted with people, her heart an open book.

He brushed his thumb over her jaw, marveling at how soft her skin was. "I want us to be meaningful as well. But I cannot do such things as long as there is someone else present in your mind."

She nodded once, in understanding, sniffing and containing a sob to escape her lips. Sakura felt the urge to turn around and assault the bar, gulping each drink she found in her way.

Where was Ten Ten, because she needed a friend in that moment, totally not knowing how to deal with the situation. "I am sorry. He came to dinner last night with his uncle."

Sasori blinked slowly, nodding once to confirm he was paying attention, expecting her to go on. He didn't need to ask about what the name of the other guy was, well to aware she was talking about Sasuke.

Damn that Uchiha. From all the girls he could have had, it had to be that particular one. "Was he the one that interrupted us as well?"

"Yes. He came into my room before he and his uncle left my house and I was talking to you, so I didn't even hear him climbing the stairs." It was the truth. And her voice came out weakly that she thought.

Sakura leaned into the soothing touch of his hand, relishing in the feel. Calmness. Security. That kind of innocent teenage love all the novels talk about and praise was there, written in between their contact.

Page by page. And she liked that…a lot. "He gripped the phone before I had a chance to do anything and demanded to know why I was talking to you." She lowered her head, unable to hold his stare, when she more than knew she hid the way he kissed her.

Sasori`s gaze softened at the sight of Sakura, doing her best to fight her internal turmoil. He also knew how manipulative Sasuke could have been, so maybe the blame was not entirely on her. "This is all?"

She more than wanted to scream 'No'. "Yes."

Sasori nodded once, accepting what she could give…for the moment. He was going to observe her reactions further. But from then…he too had an urge and it was all her fault for stirring him. "Good." He gave her a small smirk, slipping a hand around her slim waist, pulling her on his lap.

Sakura was taken by surprise at his reaction, totally not expecting him to have such an affectionate display. "Sasori?"

She hooked her arms around her neck, when she felt him back her up against the bar, feeling her shoulder blades press the hard surface, his strong arms securely pulling her tightly towards his hot body.

"Want us to create something beautiful right now?" Sasori gave her a small smile, bringing his forehead to rest on her own, feeling her tighten her grip around his neck.

She nodded once, dumbfounded, her emerald eyes wide as saucers and her rosy lips partly open, trying to properly inhale the much needed oxygen. "Then let me work some magic."

And he leaned in to press his lips on her own, kissing her gently, but letting her know his feelings.

He liked her and he was conveying his message with gentle strokes, massaging and tracing his tongue over her lower lips, tasting her wild cherries and strawberries lip gloss, feeling his blood pump into his veins at the feel of her. She was soft and she tasted like sweet nectar and it drove him insane.

Sakura couldn't believe it actually happened, but it was so real and amazing that it was hard to deny. Sasori was kissing her….

Kissing her…

And it was good. Really good. She snuggled closer to him, feeling him beg for entrance and she gladly accepted. Sakura parted her lips, allowing his tongue to slip past her lips and roam at the content of his heart, exploring her.

The first thing her mind processed was his skill. He was experienced, that much was obvious. But he went gentle and he was not invasive.

Sakura let the tip of her tongue roll over his own, feeling him retract and pull back to make space for her to taste him as well, angling his head to deepen their kiss, totally entranced by his taste.

She let her fingers entangle into his slightly messy crimson hair, feeling the silkiness. It was not astonishing like Sasuke`s but it felt great under her finger tips.

And his lips were so soft, moving upon her own and she felt her body getting warm, a tingling sensation rising on her arms. He was caressing her back, his palm going up and down, but not venturing down her ass, keeping a modest distance from her more private regions, like a true gentleman.

It was her the one to broke their lip lock, after what felt like forever, feeling her lungs scream for air. They were both panting, looking into each other's eyes. And Sakura realized she totally made the best decision when it came to who she should choose. Maybe the red headed senior was not a roller coaster of emotions, making her feel gravity defying and maybe he was not making her heart run over 200 mph when he was around, but the feeling he stirred inside her were deep.

Sakura brought her chin to rest on his shoulder, whispering into his ear. "Thank you…for being so amazing."

And shut her emerald eyes, trying to feel the guy that hugged her tight, sensing him playing with her pink short locks and it calmed her. For the first time since she came to Jacksonville, Sakura found herself not thinking about Sasuke. In her mind was Sasori.

"Don't say that…besides…" She felt him smile down at her and it brought a ghost of a smile on her face as well. The night was not ruined after all. "…we can totally repeat this whenever you feel like." He whispered hotly into her ear, giving her goose bumps down her forearms.

Oh she would totally hold him onto this. And her head started to spin from that drinks she had. Just what the heck has she drank anyways, because her mind was blurry? Alcohol? Whatever.

"I would love that." Sasori tilted his head over his shoulder, his face at the same level with Sakura, who was eying him in a…seductive way? Oh that little vixen…he attempted to kiss her again, cupping her chin and leaning in until his lips…

Something was patting his back.

What the fuck?!

Sasori turned his head over his shoulder, coming face to face to a very distressed looking Hidan who was carrying a dead looking Deidara on his back, barely supporting his weight, probably being drunk himself. Sasori felt the urge to punch to living daylights out of his two imbecile friends. Some timing they had.

Hidan more than screamed to him, hoping the red headed senior would be able to hear. "This fucker is out of the game. I think he had Gin…again."

Sasori rolled his eyes at that, letting go of a confused and worried looking Sakura, standing and coming to help his friend to support the blonde Deidara, slipping a hand under his arm pit. "Again? I told you to keep an eye on him and don't let him drink that shit. You know what it does to him."

Sasori threw a glance at Sakura, signalizing her to follow them outside to talk, she quickly catching the meaning, getting off the stool she was occupying, brushing a hand into her pink hair locks and followed the three seniors suit, heading towards the exit.

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Sasuke felt his mind explode and it was not because the sluts eying him like he was a piece of meat, or the lasers that made his eyes bloodshot like he has been smoking weed for the hours straight or the totally imbecile songs the DJ was mixing, thinking he was making the people around having a great time.

No.

It was because for the last twenty minutes, he was not able to catch the sight of a pink haired dancer he was looking for, mentally asking himself just why in the world he was looking for her from all the people…

Sakura…Sakura

Viridian sparkling eyes...a fusion of gold hues and forest green into her irises…

Sakura

Rosy luscious parted lips…

That girl

Velvet skin, in the color of expensive porcelain…

The dancer

White irises in bloom feminine fragrance…

She was there

Her cherries like sweet taste on his tongue…

With another guy

He was slipping past the grinding bodies, pushing them out of his way, feeling like going crazy. Sasuke found himself coming to a halt in the middle of the dance floor, looking totally out of place, probably because he was alone and not dancing. And no guy that looked like that was alone and not dancing in a club.

"Sakura…where in the world do I find you in this…" Onyx eyes were scanning the area around him, mentally cursing his bad luck.

Not only he was only taking guesses, because there was a high possibility of Ten Ten and Hidan to be on some kind of creepy date, reenacting Gomez and Morticia Adams` wedding day, but Naruto was nowhere in sight, even though he swore he was going to be there.

Sasuke knew that the dobe was stupid enough to show his face in front of him after he….he scratched his car.

HIS awesome Mercedes…he needed alcohol into his system and fast, either ways, the raven haired Uchiha was certain someone was going to get beaten. And it had blonde hair and started with 'N'.

Sasuke went straight to the bar, asking for a strong beverage, turning his body on the stool, glass into his hand, prompting himself on his elbow, intently searching for the emerald eyed girl, the mere idea of her being there gave him chills down the spine.

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"I swear I am going to bite your ear and then sue you for kidnapping me!" Ten Ten found herself pinned on the wall behind the club, with Neji keeping her hands trapped against the cold bricks on each side of her head in a firm iron like grip.

He smirked down at her sexily, his brown hair cascading over his lean bare shoulders. Ten Ten fought the urge to brush her fingers into his velvet locks, knowing exactly how soft it was, especially when they got heated. "Feisty? I love that about you."

"The fuck…Hyuga have you bumped your head while you were fucking that slut? I thought you knew there was not enough space in there for a cavemen and totally lacking grace baboon like you!"

Her mouth was going dry at the way his hard rock chest was pressing her own, letting her feel the hotness of his uncovered chiseled chest, tracing the tip of her tongue over her lips to moist them. She did her best to hide her distress though.

"Are you together with that fucker? Hm? Tell me…" Neji was letting his pale eyes roam over her barely concealed body, mentally tracing every curve of her body.

She was hot. Really hot. She has always been. "…Ten Ten." He made double sure her name came out deep and sensual. The chocolate eyed girl was there, acting like a diva and…

It was not for him.

And it bothered him.

"Hyuga…" That was getting out of her hand, Ten Ten was aware and it was not solely because of the way he was treating her, like he wasn't the one to call her names minutes ago in the restroom.

She had no idea how to react to that mood swing, but the way his body was pressing her own more into the wall behind started to get her…hot. "…let me go."

"Answer."

"No!" She more than snapped at him, mentally convincing herself she was strong and the way his hand descended on her forearm, following the contour of her shoulder, than going down her waist, giving it a little squeeze, was not making her feel good. "You have no right to barge into my privacy like that!"

Oh, she was getting angry. That stirred Neji even more. Why was he doing that he had no idea, but the mere thought of someone as unimportant as Hidan touching her, having her, kissing her-the image was still vivid into his mind and it burned him-like he used to, was doing funny things with his blood.

Because his insides were flaming uncontrollably. "Really now? Do you think I am stupid?"

"Only think?! Hell I am even willing to swore on the Bible in front of the judge that you are a fucking insane sadistic bastard!"

Ten Ten gathered her sanity back-what was left of it anyways-and boldly tried to knee him in his groin, to no avail, because the cocky Hyuga saw it coming.

He, just like her, was seeing through her deception with the ability of a psyche. "Just let me go already!"

"Do you think I don't see the game you play?" He brought his mouth on the same level with her ear, whispering hotly, making her shudder at the sensation. Inwardly, her body was urging her to respond in the proper way to his call. Her mind however… "…you are using another man to make me jealous."

…screamed at her to do something…

Anything to push him aside…

But the question was: what?

The chocolate eyed girl turned her head over her shoulder, unconsciously giving Neji more access to her neck, following the silhouettes of the people leaving the club in the darkness, but she was not able to make out their faces. "You wish!"

"I know. It is written here…." The Hyuga lifted his hand towards the girl trapped in between his body and the wall, brushing her soft hair aside, to uncover her slim, long neck, licking his lips once.

Delicious looking pale flesh. He leaned in and planted a soft kiss. "….and here…" Another butterfly peck tingled her jaw. He was teasing her and he was enjoying it to the max.

Ten Ten stood frozen in shock, her cognac eyes wide as saucers at the feel of him…what the hell was he doing to her?

Neji was kissing her

Kiss…

His lips on her…

Oh God, she had to get out of his grip fast, or she was a goner. For real. And his mouth on her…

Soooo good!

Ten Ten hated how hoarse her voice came, almost like she was succumbing to his dark fantasies. She knew he was mocking her, after all that was their game, but she didn't know if she had the willpower to resist him. "Stop!"

"Why would I? You want this." Neji held her chin in between his thumb and index, forcing her to turn her head on him and look deep into his pale eyes, marveling at how many things she saw dancing in that flickering ghost of a light inside the lavender irises. "And you want me to be the one to give it to you."

"You are sick!"

"I might be but Ten Ten…" A small smirk. He tilted his head, letting his equally brown hair fall on his face, following her expression closely.

She was fighting with her own turmoil. Good. Let her see that no one was better than him, even if she was in clear denial. "…isn't this the thing that attracts you to me?"

She wanted to scream. Like seriously. Scream for someone to come and help her remove his body from hers, either ways she was going insane. Ten Ten was well aware of the fact that maybe her resolve would help her to resist the temptation his body stirred inside her, but she couldn't physically overpower him.

It didn't scare her what he could do to her, because they went through all that things already, but she was tired to fight him emotionally. She wanted him out of her life and he was not helping her case at all.

"I swear the mental hospital has your name written on the gate! You should be trapped in those white rooms, with IVs on your damn skull!"

"Ah…but aren't you just as nuts as me? Let that make the two of us."

"What the fuck do you want from me, huh? Say it like a man! Can you be a man Hyuga? Can you?" She more than screamed into his face. And the bustard's smirk actually widened, gluing his forehead on her own.

That was no good. Ten Ten could feel a blush creeping on her face at the sight of him so intimately pressed on her own body. She had tingles all over her limbs and a tightening feeling down her lower abdomen, the feeling familiar. Oh God…

"Do you like him?" The smirk vanished just as it came. Neji had a sudden change in aura, sounding dead serious.

That kind of tone he used when he meant business. And Ten Ten was well aware what kind of stuff, but she loathed his commanding attitude towards her. Like he was a God and she the virgin maiden to serve his filthy needs. Like hell she would do that.

The answer came much quicker than anticipated. A lie. "Fuck yeah, he is better than you in each way!"

"So you did compare us?"

"The only comparison I would do with you involved in the equation is with a mentally deranged paramecium in comatose. And he has more chances to gain my respect."

"So you don't like him." Neji concluded. Fuck Amy and other sluts, he was tired to try and cease away his own demons. Something akin to Naruto being drunk of Whiskey came to his mind, rambling about things like the Hyuga being in denial of his feelings for her and was using Amy as a shield for his emotions or something.

"Are you deaf? I can't believe your guts!"

"You are not allowed to like him."

That put a frown of her face, chocolate eyes snapping open in disbelief. Was he telling her what to do? No one sane did that to Ten Ten and escaped her wrath. She was taking shit from no one, especially if it had long brown hair-beautiful and soft to touch-and freakish alien like eyes-that were giving her pleasurable goose bumps down her forearms-"You are not my boyfriend or my fucking father, so snap out of La La Land and go find your slut or something!"

"You will not see another guy." Was she that dumb or was she playing deaf just to annoy him?

Neji felt his mind screaming at him to stop before he did something he would regret on later, but he was too drunk to care. And she looked too divine to slip away from his arms…again.

Long milky legs…toned thighs…

How bad he wanted that body to squirm in pleasure under his touch like it did once…

She was his drug, Neji realized. A drug he was rejecting and run from it like plague, but was calling his already tainted soul back again…

And again

And again…trapped!

"Hyuga…" Ten Ten felt all her body flame when Neji descended his hand down her thigh, massaging her bare flesh, then nonchalantly let it glide under her skirt, to grip her firm ass, squeezing her once, her eyes snapping shut, rolling at the sensation. "…this is…molesting…"

"Only if you don't enjoy it. Which you clearly do." Neji was feeling his mind have a shut down, his eyes turning predatory. No one felt like Ten Ten did, even though he already had many girls before and after her.

She had that particular trait that made him lust for her. He did not know what, but she had.

Maybe it was the long silky hair she only let down when there was a special occasion, or maybe those heated almond shaped eyes of hers when she pinned his skull with intense stares, or maybe her fit body or independent attitude…

Ten Ten used her available hand to grip his wrist and stop his fingers to slip at the front of the thong she wore, feeling her stomach clench and her body temperature raise painfully. He knew exactly how to touch and where to feel her up and she didn't want that. Not again. She wouldn't be foolish once again. "I don't. Stop."

"Say my name. Although I know you are hotter when you scream it."

What has he asked her to do? Say his name? Oh no…he truly wanted to…"Fuck off Hyuga or I am going to…" He pressed his nails down her buttock, squeezing the sensitive skin, bringing his lips closer to her own, their breathings mixing together.

"To what? This?" And without any further notice, Neji pushed his mouth on her, kissing her ravenously, his teeth pulling at her lower lip in a bruising way, taking her moment of shock to dart his tongue inside and explore her.

Ten Ten wanted to die. Seriously, if the ground would open up and swallow her entirely, she would be more than willing to pay the Death God a visit.

Because the moment she felt Neji`s all too familiar kiss ravishing her lips…her mind, along with her morals and vision flew right on the window.

Goodbye dear sanity, you have been a great friend I didn't have to begin with…

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"Are you sure you can handle this? Do you want me to call my aunt and ask her to give him a checkup?" A pair of emerald eyes were worriedly following Hidan and Sasori doing their best to shove an unresponsive Deidara into the back seat of the cab they called for, mentally cursing her bad luck.

Just when things were going so smoothly and she started to have fun, a blonde drunkard decided to play drink until your liver commits suicide.

Sasori slipped a hand thorough his auburn messy hair, shaking his head. He was more than going to kill Deidara in the morning for spoiling the mood. He was kissing a stunning looking dancer, for Pete's sake!

"Yeah, rest assured. This is not the first time. He tends to get like this…" He pointed a finger in the direction of his two friends, motioning for him to get his ass in the car and join the chorus. "…when he drinks some cocktail that sounds like some painter's from Renaissance name my arts teacher nag our brains with, containing Gin. He will get better in the morning…after one hell of a hangover, that is."

"I see. Well…what can I say? I am sorry it had to go on like this." She truly was. Just when Sakura was able to press Control-Alt-Delete to Sasuke`s name from her mind, karma decided to bitch with her. Just her luck.

"Just call me if something happens and he needs CPR or something…or another liver…or some neurons."

Sasori gave her a small smirk. Oh how he wanted to go inside the club, throw his shitfaced idiot of a friend in one of the trashcans and resume his activity.

But they lived in the same dorm so having friends and taking care of them quite came with the job. "I am going to make sure I will not wake you up for unimportant things."

Sakura waived her hands in front of her, laughing awkwardly. "No no no, just call me whenever you want and I will be there. God only knows you man can't do anything on their own."

"Nothing good you say?"

The pink haired girl felt her cheeks get a beautiful hue of tomato red at the obvious implication. "Not all the guys I mean…just…just tell him a good hangover means 3k neurons lost that wouldn't regenerate."

Sasori was already having a hand on the taxi's door, attempting to step inside. Hidan was cursing him to Hell and back for the delay. And Deidara started to come into his senses and was singing 'Silent Night' into his ears, much to the Janshinist`s horror…his nights….were not silent.

"I am sorry for not being able to get you home. But if I let this imbeciles alone, God only knows my sadistic friend is going to discharge Deidara straight at the gates of the cemetery."

He leaned in to whisper to Sakura, like he was sharing a top secret physics equation he discovered. "I saw him doing that to him, as a Halloween prank. Ad that, a bottle of ketchup and those eyes made from jelly."

Sakura giggled at the thought, though the situation was not that funny. Sai even stated he was able to feel panic. Apparently that was a reason to celebrate. "Gosh, you guys should take it easier. Do you live far from here?"

"The dorms are 15 minutes far from here, by car, so not that far actually."

"I see." Emerald shy eyes found the pair of auburn ones she grew so fond of. "I had fun tonight. I cannot wait for the upcoming party." She gave him a genuine smile he returned.

"Me too. See you on Wednesday." Sasori went on with further explanation, smirking at the confused stare on Sakura`s face. Ok, so she was affected which was good.

It only meant her feelings for him were honest. "A local arts competition me and this monkey take part in. The prize is quite high and if we manage to come into the first ten finalists, we might even get a scholarship for a college abroad."

"I see. Will you call me?"

"I will. As soon as I put the blonde soprano over there to sleep. I am sending you an email tomorrow, how about it? And tell you if he made it out alive."

Sakura nodded once, liking the idea of they get more used to each other. Were they a couple if they kissed? Ok, she didn't think of that before and she wanted to know. But apparently he didn't say anything. Was it too fast?

Confusion confusion confusion…

Where was an experienced friend when she needed her?

Where was Ten Ten by the way? Hidan came alone…

"Have you seen Ten Ten? She was not with Deidara and Hidan."

At that Hidan felt the need to interfere, shocking Sakura in the process. "That fucking Hyuga got the chance to take her away to who the hell knows where, while I was busy with this fucker!" He tried his best to entangle Deidara`s hands from his hair, using his knee to push him back on the seat. He was terrible. "Just stay put or else I am going to skin you alive!"

"What?! She is with…oh damn…"

Sasori shrugged once, having no idea of the chocolate haired girl's whereabouts, but if she indeed was with the pale eyed Hyuga, it only meant trouble.

Even he knew what kind of relationship did the two of them had and it didn't contain fountains of chocolate and flowers. "I don't know about that, I am sorry. Go find her."

Sakura was already feeling like panicking inside. Not only she had to go back alone into a club full of people to eye her, which she totally disliked, but she had to face that group of people and rescue her friend.

His gang.

Incredible that no matter how much she was trying to run from Sasuke, he was always there. Life was not fair.

"I totally will. I am going. Keep in touch!"

Sasori nodded once, hesitating for a moment, asking himself if he should kiss her goodbye, but refrained form acting more intimately than necessary.

Plus, her mind was probably to her friend, so that would be more than inappropriate and out of context. He resumed to a small smile and a wave of hand.

"Ok. Good luck. Call me if anything bad happens." He was already in the cab, mentally praying for his friend to not throw up on his new Jeans…again, shoving Hidan away, and pushing him into the door to make space for the three of them.

He got the glare of the century, attracting his auburn eyes to his friend's face. Was that a swollen eye?

"Dude…is that girl so feisty?"

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Sakura looked impatiently at how the cab vanished from her sight, speeding up to the not so crowded night streets, feeling a cool wind blowing through her hair and bare arms and shoulders, shuddering.

She more than run back in the club intention clear: find Ten Ten as fast as possible and prevent the Third World War to happen.

Neji…kidnapping Ten Ten…

She already had all the horror movies she saw playing into her mind, with all the apocalyptic scenarios. That was going to turn out bad, she more than felt it.

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"Do you have fun, Hinata?"

A shy smile making its way to a pair of full rose red lips, revealing a set of pearl straight teeth. "Y…yes. Thank you."

Oh Naruto felt like God has put a hand on his forehead, taking away all his troubles, his cerulean eyes following the creature in front of him in awe, gaping at the small feminine gestures of her body language.

"I am the one to thank you for accepting to come with me. At first I didn't think it was a good idea to bring you to a place I have never been in, but I couldn't help it hehe."

He used his hand resting soundly on her tiny waist, to pull her closer to him, inhaling her delectable honey and vanilla scent and the warmth her body was providing. "Who would blame me for wanting to spend more time in such a company?"

Hinata`s face went through all the crimson shades ever known to the world, lowering her chin and biting her lower lip to prevent a foolish smile to grace her pale features at the blunt confession.

"Naruto…I am the one t…to thank you for…inviting someone l…like me…"

He stopped his moves, bringing his face closer to hers to make sure she heard him correctly.

God was that music too loud for his taste. Naruto never liked clubs for that particular reason: he always needed at least two days to get his hearing back and it was no fun, because Sasuke had another reason to call him a cretin. And he was not a cretin!

And Hinata raised her head and almost crushed her lips on his own in the process. Oh danger zone out there…Naruto felt his chest tingle and his muscles constrict…in all the pleasurable regions. That girl…lady even, had such an effect on his system.

And to think that actually the Uzumaki had the inspiration to totally ditch his traitorous boring manwhore friends and come to the club with Hinata, was assuring him that his dark haired friend's accusations towards his lack of brain were unfounded.

Uchiha was envious on his swag, Naruto concluded.

"Don't ever say anything about you that doesn't start with absolutely divine, or else I am going to cry a river and you would have to come and bring me napkins and Cola."

Hinata nodded once, feeling stupid for being so…stupid. She was naïve and stupid and in love.

God she was so in love with him that she was actually having fun in a club…a place she more than loathed…up until then. Apparently, when one experienced love, some other new things were unfolded. "F…forgive me for getting you mad. I am no good in this…situations."

They resumed their dancing, following their own rhythm. Naruto had his right hand snuck on her waist, while her much slammer gentle palms were resting safely on his shoulders.

And when she gained courage to actually let one of her hands go behind his neck, pulling them closer to one another, feeling their chests brush, they both felt that sparkling electric jolt down their spines. And it was so intense.

"Don't worry. I like you just the way you are. And besides, we can come here more often if you want. Hell I am going to take you to the Moon and back if you ask. Only if your dad is not killing me first, that is."

The blonde boy totally found the perfect candidate for Robocop reloaded, in the form of Hiashi Hyuga…who was currently out of town, with urgent business, thank God!

Hinata`s mother was his total opposite and she shockingly truly liked Naruto from the first time Hinata asked for her permission to be his date on the club. Her mother not only approved that, but invited the cerulean eyed guy over to wait for her until she got changed, having a little chat.

And the pale eyed older woman, the spilt image of her daughter, seemed totally unaffected by his social status or appearance, because she told him she could clearly see his special power to change people and give them courage, his daughter included.

That was the reason why the lavender eyed girl was there with him, in the same club as their friends, not telling anyone they were there.

It was their dirty little secret…well not that dirty, because their hands were not roaming in adventurous places, their bodies were not rubbing at each other like sandpapers and they were the only habitants of the fancy place to drink orange juice.

It was a miracle they actually had something like that to begin with. Probably used to mix alcoholic cocktails or something.

"I w…would like to…if you don't mind…"

"When it comes to you? Anything."

"Thank you. Are you sure your f…friends are not going to…be mad at you?"

"Ah forget about them. They are probably really busy at now, I am sure you imagine in what way, so no point on dealing with them now. Let them suffer and be jealous."

Hinata tightened her grip on the blonde haired boy, liking the feel of his body under her fingertips. Until she started to date Naruto, she had no man experience whatsoever.

Never. Playing spin the bottle and kissing Choji and Lee on their cheeks didn't count.

She would never forget Ten Ten`s speech about virgins. That was…she even showed them a slide show…with dancing fruits…Hinata still had nightmares with that. People shared the strangest videos online. "O…ok. I like this song. D…do you?"

There was a slower song, probably the DJ getting the idea that some of the shitfaced couples need a moment of catching their breathes and Naruto found himself more receptive to the world around him, thanks to Hinata.

The song didn't sound like he had a jackhammer digging holes down his brain, he totally didn't mind to not have alcohol as the first thing he found himself inside a club and he even craved to take her on a more romantic cliché walk-the park or the beach-and share dark orange chocolate with her, while whispering sweet nothings into her ear.

"I do. It doesn't blow up my brain."

"I know. Ten Ten and Sakura like that though. I don't want to betray them by not telling them I am here." It was true.

Hinata didn't want to be that kind of girl that once she found herself a boyfriend, she was neglecting her friends and social life.

There were other class mates of hers that did that and it was lame. There were many tears and harsh words and the lavender eyed Hyuga didn't want to find herself in such situations.

"Don't worry; you can totally let them know. Besides, I am sure they are not alone in here either."

Oh Naruto so knew who Sakura was accompanying and it made him laugh like crazy inside. Sasuke was there as well and judging by his intuition, he totally saw them by then.

Let the show begin. If the Uchiha wanted Sakura, he should fight for it, that was the blonde's vision. Sakura was a valuable girl that had to be cherished, not played with, like Mei or the other-too many-girls the raven haired guy played.

"You are right. I will let them know." Hinata already had some cakes recipes to make and properly apologize to her friends from letting them down.

But somehow Naruto was right. She knew that both Ten Ten and Sakura were with the seniors. And she was calculating the probability of encountering them both in that space. It was big but the night was long as well.

Her first date…

She was inside a club…

People were seeing them and getting the meaning that they were TOGETHER

Rainbows, candies and ice cream. Her life was sweet.

"Let this be our night. Friends tomorrow."

Naruto let his cerulean eyes roam over Hinata`s frame, feeling a lump resting on his throat at the sight of her curvaceous body in that jeans and silk blouse she wore, a black leather belt emphasizing her slim waist and a pair of heels to make her legs longer totally complimenting her appearance.

And her hair was tied in a messy ponytail. A picture to that kill she was. And guys were eying her. Naruto glared at them, making Sasuke proud of his friend.

Speaking of the onyx eyed Uchiha…Naruto thought he saw a blob of ebony spikes making sure the bar went bankrupt…he turned his back on him, ignoring his friend with talent. That night, Hinata had his undivided attention.

She gave him the most angelic smile when he spun her around once, taking her by surprise. Her soft long hair whipped her shoulders, making her look like a mermaid. He smiled as well.

Stunning.

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Sakura was inwardly cursing the darkness around and the amount of idiots populating the place, with some colorful well chosen curses she picked from Tsunade, when she was particularly drunk. And she didn't lack inspiration at all. 'Shit' and 'Fuck' never felt so poetic.

She stopped dead in her tracks, stomping her foot in anger, crossing her arms around her chest, pouting. She was in the middle of the dancing floor, with curious and lustful stares thrown into her general direction, and she couldn't give a damn about that.

"How in the seven pits of Hell am I supposed to find her in this mess?!" Ok, so she was panicking and she had no idea where to start looking from.

She has already been inside the restrooms, but there was no sign of her chocolate haired friend, on the Hyuga.

She slapped her forehead in disbelief, a hand on her hip, mirroring a fuming Tsunade. Her aunt was a role model. That and her favorite cartoon character. Long life for the virtual fantasies.

Emerald eyes darting in all directions, scanning and following every move around, trying her best to catch the sight of her object of interest.

No use. She let her body skillfully slip past the sickening heavily making out pairs, running in circles. Ten Ten was nowhere in sight.

Half an hour later, she thought she was going to have a cardiac arrest. Sakura went back to the middle of the dancing floor, inwardly making that her returning point, shaking her head in disbelief, rubbing her stingy sore eyes with her palms-stupid colorful lasers shot to her retina, she was certain she was going to see dancing stars for the rest of her life.

And her feet were killing her. Why in the world has Sakura let Ten Ten talk her into wearing high heels? For God's sake, she felt her knees going numb and her toes curl at the nagging constricting sensation.

Who invented those torture instruments was either intending to create a more artistic shape for hammers, or was a masochist.

Someone has just groped her ass. Sakura felt blood rush to her brain, clouding her vision. That totally didn't happen. Forget shy uncomfortable mode, engage killing bold drunkards, while cutting down their balls.

She spun around at the speed of light, coming face to face to the most hideous specimen ever.

A guy…who had a hairstyle in the shape-and size-of a wedding cake and was clad in cheap plastic clothes and latex…green…and blue…like a candy…and was grinning at her…she punched him straight in the face, sending him stumbling backwards, landing on the floor, on his butt.

He was too drunk to even stand. And she was fuming.

And when Sakura was fuming, she sported 'keep calm and back the fuck away' in the most artistic way possible.

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Sasuke`s night turned out to be more interesting than he thought.

He was sitting on the bar, losing the count of the drinks he had, his initial thought being to keep the number of the limit of shots that was allowing him to drive…and at least managing to keep his car on his line…in his defense, when Neji drove totally intoxicated he was doing it on the opposite direction.

And Sasuke swore he saw Suigetsu`s car on the sidewalk. That was funny as hell. And he hit all the garbage on his way, but miraculously avoided all the street cats and dogs. Dude was an animal lover.

Of course, he had a hand to sip on his beverage, not once letting go of his glass, unless it was empty, well aware of the incidents were there were slipped drugs into the drinks in clubs, and used the other to shove off the bothersome girls that were throwing themselves at his feet, like he was Caius Julius Caesar on his throne. That was getting him irritated.

He realized that looking for someone inside a club that size, with all those people dancing and being in constant move, by blending in with them and wander around, was something only idiots did.

Like Naruto-oh the raven haired Uchiha found at least ten explicit methods of silent killing for his friend and his favorite hobby to scratch his car- and God only knew there were inspiring.

So if he wanted to find Sakura, he should pick a strategic place where he was able to view most of the club, at there were two key points for that: one was the first floor, but there were also the cages and the dancers-sluts-so it was out of question, and the second was the bar he was occupying.

And his patience was rewarded when onyx eyes found the form of a frowning and brooding goddess gracing his sight with her presence, making a fuss over something he didn't now in the middle of the dance floor…right in front of him.

Amused to no end, Sasuke prompted his body on the edge of the bar, smirking in her direction, she totally oblivious at who was eying her from the shadows. He realized what she was looking for: Neji`s ex girlfriend.

The one that got him whipped, because the Uchiha knew Sasori and his friends were gone. Deidara looked like…his stomach was taking U-turns at the image of the blonde throwing up on Hyuga. But it was funny nonetheless. Sasuke lost his chance to record the event.

For half an hour he watched her run and pushing the others out of her way, talking to herself, probably cursing her bad luck. And she actually ended up in the previous place, empty-handed.

He let his predatory gaze take in everything about her: the way she was dressed, her facial expression, her smallest gestures, even the finest details like how she used her index to brush her longer bang away of her emerald eyes, the way she was pursing her lips and wetting them with the tip of her tongue, every raise of her full chest with each inhale she took, the way her hips were unconsciously swinging on the rhythm, her heel patting on the ground….

Queen.

That was the word to describe her and give her entire appearance full credit. The raven haired Uchiha couldn't help himself but dart his from her face to her body, studying the way her perfect curves, in all the right places, were highlighted by the fitting clothes she wore.

Tight Jeans, slim top, fancy hairstyle and light makeup. She was gorgeous and not in the bit slutty, like the majority of girls around her. And she definitely stood out from all of them.

And Sasuke more than sprinted towards the out of place lonely lady when he saw an imbecile clown approaching her and tried to feel her up. That girl was his to touch, the others should stay the hell away from her, that was his resolve.

Only, the raven haired Uchiha was once again surprised by Sakura`s attitude, when the girl more than turned around and punched the living daylights out of the offender, much to his admiration. That girl could take care of her.

Magnificent. He licked his lips once, smirking widely at the scene. That girl…

Was worth of all his attention.

So Sasuke went straight behind the said girl, not wanting to be cliché and approach her like a total nerd in search for a date to the Prom, placing one hand on her hipbone, bringing her closer to him, with her back resting on his chest.

Sakura felt like someone has thrown her in a vortex and shot electric bolts down her system when swift as lightning, someone has not only touched her, but glued her to something hard, warm and divine smiling.

Now that would have scared her shitless and make her snap like she did one moment ago, but there was something into the way the stranger was tracing imaginary circles on her hip bone that gave her tremors down her spine…

And it was fantastic. To her utter horror, she knew who it was, because no other guy in that Universe had that powerful effect over her. The reaction he got from her was magnetizing and pleasurable.

And when he seductively pressed his soft lips on her ear shell, blowing a stream of hot air and whispering in that oh so sensual baritone voice of his, Sakura thought her knees were going to melt down the floor that suddenly felt like flowing from under her feet. "A shy dancer during the day…Catwoman during the night. Divine."

Sasuke knew she was not going to push him aside. She couldn't. Her body betrayed her bad, even if her mind was probably screaming at her to push him away.

"…You have guts I admit. Kindly get your hands out of me and back off. I have stuff to do." Oh Sakura totally wanted to punch him in the face and reenact another comical scene like the previous one, but she found herself unable to do so. Every pore of her body was screaming at her to get closer to him.

They were the only pair not moving on the dance floor and she didn't have the courage to turn around and face him. Because if she did that, the pink haired girl knew her resolve would crumble.

Those eyes…those black sapphire eyes that were boring into her with the intensity of a wild feline, were charging her with an unknown source of energy and…she was afraid.

A small smirk. Sasuke leaned in to rest his cheek on her own, inhaling her floral amazing scent better. She used chocolate as well and her perfume was delicate, discreet and intoxicating.

Damn was she good. "What would you possibly do so interesting except dancing or drinking, while in a club?"

"Not your damn business. Now fuck off. Your slut is waiting. I advice you to use a condom. Double layered if possible. With all those STD, you can never be too sure."

Sakura gripped Sasuke`s wrist and jerked her body away from his touch, to no avail. He was keeping an iron grip on her.

That only resulted in their bodies to grind together, the friction taking them both by surprise. The sudden sparkles between them…they both felt it.

And enjoyed it.

The onyx eyed Uchiha nuzzled the tip of his nose on the girl's rosy soft cheeks, making her shudder at the contact, having no intention to let her wander after her friend.

If Hyuga was with her, they were going to be kind of busy. "Hn…such deep accusations. I remember clearly telling you not to misjudge me."

"Is it not true? Don't tell me you are alone in here, playing Batman of the Gotham, because like Hell I am going to believe it."

Sakura furrowed her eyebrows, more than annoyed. He was the one leaving in the direction of the restrooms with a girl and there he was-the bastard-lying into her face.

Oh the nerve of him. She tried to elbow him in the chest, but he used his available hand to grip her arm and stop her, embracing her from the behind. Her body was getting hotter and she was sure it was not because of the poor ventilation.

"So if you are so adamant in not believing me, then why bother to ask?"

A smart one. The emerald eyed girl snorted loudly. The alcohol started to take its effect. And being the niece of a surgeon and internist, she knew every step and every cellular reaction.

That was why she let her eyelashes glue together, threw her head back straight on Sasuke`s chiseled chest and laugh.

Like crazy. Wholehearted and intoxicated.

By the absurdity of the situation, but his salty ocean and forest masculine scent, by the way he was tracing his palm over her waist and hip, by the sound of his heart beat reverberating at the back of her neck.

She had a gentle senior that has kissed her not even an hour ago, and there she was trapped into another one's embrace, acting like a total bitch.

She was a hypocrite no better than Karin and Amy, Sakura was aware. But for some unknown reason, she felt light headed and unable to move.

"I…don't like you Sasuke…at all!" He said nothing. And she laughed more. The room was spinning, the crowd moved in slow motion, colorful lasers were shooting through her eyelashes and there was too much smoke around them. She laughed more, her head lolling over his chest, rubbing his shoulder. "…hahahaha…this is crazy!"

Sasuke was stunned. What was she talking about? He turned her around to face him, holding both her arms in between them, but not in a painful way, looking deep inside her forest green eyes.

They were shimmering like polished crystals and she looked…carefree…wild…she was laughing and smiling…so radiant at him…Sasuke felt his mouth going dry.

Cherry blossom petal like rosy kissable full lips…

Her warmth radiating through their touch…

Her vitality…Sakura had an uncommon energy Sasuke was not able to find in any other girl her age…or any girl for the matter and it was so alluring he felt like hugging her. Just that. No other touch involved.

"You don't mean that."

"I don't. Do I? What the heck…I like this song Sasuke. It makes me happy." It was a trance song Sakura recognized. She used it to rehearse for her freestyle when she practiced home and felt invigorated just like then.

Oh yeah, she was drunk. She even forgot her name. But the pink haired girl was certain about one thing: the guy she was secretly lusting for was holding her hands, eying her with his onyx mesmerizing eyes, looking more than gorgeous.

If Sasori was handsome, then the younger Uchiha was ravishing. There was no comparison.

He said nothing, only followed her.

"…"

She pushed her hands forward, despite his hold on her, and let her body glue to his own, grinning at him.

The moment Sasuke let go of Sakura`s hands, more than certain she was not going anywhere, she wasted no time in intertwining her fingers around his lean neck, forcing his head lower towards her face, feeling his breath fan on her cheeks and eyes.

His hands wasted no time in founding her lower back, crushing their hips together. And amazingly, she did nothing to stop him.

That was a first.

She was tipsy, Sasuke knew. The sweet cocktails she had were a major give away, but it totally suit her. Fruity drinks for a little cherry blossom. How fitting.

"Sasuke?" She had no idea of what she was going. At all. But his hands on her and his general presence in her proximity, invading her private space felt too good for her to ignore.

Everything was there. The drunk fluttering of joyful butterflies surging down her stomach making her heart beat faster, that kind of dark attraction she helplessly felt under his touch…

He had many strong drinks. Sakura realized with every exhale he did. She did not know what kind-probably expensive ones, he was loaded after all-but it screamed him so much and was giving her goose bumps down her arms and spine. He smelt delicious.

"You are drunk." He stated simply. Of course she was. Not necessary from the alcohol, though. His presence had a fair share. And Sakura has not even realized they were actually moving to the beat.

Was that called dancing? Their legs were moving and they were not flying so yeah…or maybe they were dreaming? Together?

"Can I be selfish tonight? Just tonight…I wanna…" Delicate rosette eyebrows furrowed and a small chin lowered on his collarbone.

Ok, that was getting out of hand. Sasuke was quite tipsy himself, meaning self control level dropping dangerously.

He wouldn't be that much of a bastard to toy with her while she was drunk. He had that respect for each girl, her included. "…not think about anything else…"

"What?"

"Dance with me Sasuke. Like that time." She was looking up at him, with innocent intoxicated glowing eyes, creeping at his lips from under the silky locks partly concealing her face.

Impossibly irresistible.

They were already dancing, even though it was something they did not look for in the very first place, so what was the point in asking such things? Sasuke hardly do things like dancing, especially with people around.

It was not that he sucked at it, no far from that, he was quite good-his mother and her imbecile dancing classes, though Itachi looked funny in red tights-but it was not his style.

He was willing to do that with Sakura though. "I think we are already dancing Sakura."

"Nooooo not this. This is not dancing. This is rehearsal for Swan Lake." She smirked at him with a seduction she didn't realize she was possessing, detaching her arms from his neck, pressing a palm on his chest to put up some distance between them and, out of nowhere, she shut her eyes, let her eardrum and heart catch the rhythm of the songs she didn't know the name of blasting through the stereos and let the music take control.

She started to dance with all the passion she could muster, throwing her hands in the air, touching him on his chest, face, shoulders and hair in the process, spinning her body whenever he attempted to rest his hands on her waist or back, swaying her hips, biting down her lower lip, smiling and being lush.

And when Sakura felt Sasuke reciprocating her moves, not saying anything, just following her rhythm with just as much talent as he proved back then in the dancing studio, she knew that in that moment, she had the time of her life.

Sasori, who?

The emerald eyed girl never felt so carefree and delighted in all her life. She turned her back on the raven haired Uchiha, rolling her hips on his, but avoiding to touch him too often on purpose, teasing him with professional moves.

At some point she bent her hand behind her back to grip the nape of his neck, lips partly open, eyes shut, feeling his hand rest on her abdomen.

"You should know that I usually don't do dancing."

"I don't care what you do Sasuke, nor do I want to find out."

"Then what do you want to do…acting so carefree with me?"

"Just shut up and don't spoil my fun."

"Feisty. It suits you…the diva style."

"Cocky jerk…"

Sakura was not sure she was even breathing, because her moves were getting more and more energetically and untamed, but skillful nonetheless, starting to attract attention around her.

Well, one hot professional dancer, dirty dancing with one of the hottest guys around couldn't possibly go unnoticed. But the jadeite eyed girl couldn't give a damn about them.

There was something she always felt while Sasuke was around and it was in the moment she realized people's stares on her didn't make her uncomfortable has she realized what: strength. In his arms, she felt powerful.

Sasuke was so much different than Sasori. He was not gentle, he was wild and hot, his touch was not feather like or shy, it was demanding and possessive, his hand roaming down her thigh, then her ass, but he was doing it so skillfully that she felt…turned on.

And bad. Sasuke was not the ideal boyfriend, she realized. It was the guy you don't want around, but couldn't help to melt into his embrace. Like a drug. You ask for it, search for it and abandon your soul to it.

Sell…

Her soul…

To the Devil…

"You are not bad Sasuke…not bad at all."

"Hn. I know."

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A tongue invading her hot, forcing its way down the back of her throat, saliva was mixing with her own, a pair of the softest lips she tasted were moving with her own, engaged in a battle of lustful touches and sinful desires, hands were rolling her skirt up on her waist, roaming freely over the exposed skin down her navel and thighs and her hands were pulling the silky brown locks she used to caress each day, 24/7.

"Mmmmm…" Ten Ten had no idea of how was it possible for the things to get that heated between them, but all she was processing was her being passionately kissed by Neji Hyuga and it made her mind explode.

She was moaning and she was seeing stars at the way his burning touch was reminding her why was he the one the chocolate eyed girl has chosen from all the admirers.

He was good.

Very good.

The pale Hyuga knew how to touch and where to touch to ignite desire into her and she found herself kissing him back.

What was she doing anyways? Wasn't she independent and strong? What example would she give to Hinata and Sakura, or the others for the matter?

How was she able to face them after she was more than making out in dark alleys with her ex boyfriends, while moments ago she was all over Hidan?

Oh yeah, the crazy senior she had a crush on and their fight…Ten Ten liked to fool with guys, she knew.

But that particular guy stood her up and even covered for her in front of the pale eyed Hyuga…she stopped responding to the harsh kiss, no matter how much it pained her to do so.

She couldn't betray Hidan. Not like that. Not when they went on a date, no matter how much they bragged about no strings attached.

So she gathered all her will power and used her leg to knee kick Neji on his lower abdomen, catching him out of guard, pushing him off her body. He placed a hand on the painful area, looking at her amazed, both panting and sweating.

"…the fuck are you doing Ten…"

SLAP!

She used her hand to slap him right on his cheek. Hard. Her body was trembling and her eyes were on fire.

"Never…touch me again…with your filthy hands Hyuga. Stay away from me!" The chocolate eyed girl didn't waste anymore time in his presence. She showed him her back, running back inside the club, a hand on her mouth.

For the first time in a while, she felt that stingy salty liquid burn in the corner of her eyes, as a memento of how much a guy could have made her suffer.

She descended the stairs, letting her cognac eyes roam over the overcrowded place, looking for Sakura. She wanted to get out of there and fast.

Neji kicked a trashcan that was on the alley, fisting his trembling in rage hands down his messy hair, not believing his eyes. She pushed him back and she made it clear she didn't want him around.

And that…hurt him bad. Pale eyes caught the sight of another disturbing scene that made all the alcohol he had come and hit his stomach full force, making him turn around and discharge of the poisonous beverages and mixes he had in his body.

Naruto….and Hinata…holding hands…going inside the club…God help him.

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"I swear this is the last time I am carrying this fucker up to the 6th floor, while the elevator is broken! The fuck is he eating anyways?"

"Stop complaining Hidan and put those legs to good use, we are almost there." Sasori felt his head spin and his friend has been complaining ever since he got in the cab. That was doubling his throbbing headache.

They were already at the front door, both supporting Deidara`s limp body the best they could, much to Hidan`s horror.

He more than threatened to drop him on the stairs, friendship be damned. Who knew the blonde artist was that heavy?

"Why didn't we let his fucking carcass outside? We could have taken him up in the morning when he awoke from his comatose?"

"Shut up and give me the key!"

Sasori bent his leg and prompted his knee on the wall beside the door, looking at his friend expectantly. The grey haired senior had the same face as when Kakashi was asking him to solve calculus exercises, meaning like a sad Halloween pumpkin. "What key?"

"The one to your mother's lingerie locker…The front door key you idiot, hurry the hell up, my shoulder is killing me!"

"Why are you that much of a shitfaced bitch Sasori? I never hold the key, remember?"

Sasori rolled his eyes, shaking his head. He had no idea where that little thing with a Panda keychain was. "The fuck you don't…I don't have it either."

"Good. Then were are going to sleep in the park, like tramps. Maybe Deidara has it!" Hidan tried to reason. He used his available hand to roam through their blonde friend's pocket, no avail.

"Bubble gum, a comb-fuking fag-clay and…clay?! The hell is he wearing clay for?!"

"I don't care, does he have the key or not?!"

"Fuck no!"

"Shit. Here, hold him for a second." Sasori let go of Deidara, almost making Hidan drop him to the ground.

"What is the main idea?"

"What does it look like Einstein?" Sasori took two steps back, stomping his right foot on the ground, looking like he was about to run the 100m men sprint Olympics competition. "I am going to break down the door."

"Why does it have to be ours, you fucker? The landlord is going to throttle us!"

"Why bother tearing down the one of our neighbors? Piss off and let me do the job."

"No dude st…" Sasori kicked the door open, tearing it apart, banging it on the wall, the sound of wood crack echoing through the silent corridor. "…op."

"What are you waiting for? The priest to repent? Hurry up!"

"Fuck just fuck. I am going to kill you atheists both."

Sasori pressed his index under the switch, turning the light on, while Hidan was dragging Deidara`s unresponsive body inside, of his legs, like they have committed a murder and attempted to dispose of the proof.

"Bring him to the sofa, I so don't want him to be beside me when he wakes up and starts…" Sasori stopped his rambling, auburn eyes widened in shock, his jaw hitting the floor.

Shock has washed through his system and adrenaline was making him dizzy. That couldn't happen…not then…not with…

"Hello, Sasori." That smooth feminine voice was quivering and the lady in front of him looked like she has been crying for ages.

Her makeup was a mess, her eyeliner leaking on her high cheek and she was only clad in a pair of large trousers and a leather jacket. His jacket.

"…." He said nothing, brushing a hand through his messy hair, blinking slowly as if not believing his eyes that it was not the after effect of the alcohol. Hidan came right beside him, he too not saying anything. There was nothing that could have been said.

"I am sorry for coming here uninvited." She stood up, letting go of the much smaller hand she was holding, folding her arms around her body, looking devastated. "But I didn't know where else to go."

Sasori`s eyes darted to the smaller girl sitting on the sofa, hugging a pink Teddy Bear to her chest, looking at his with her auburn puppy eyes.

The split image of his own.

His heart thumped loudly into his chest at the sight of her.

"…Guren…what…you…her…why?"

"My mom passed out tonight. Her relatives threw us on the streets. I don't have money to pay for a lawyer and fight them in court. You are the only one I could have come too. After all…"

The beautiful older woman bit her quivering lip, while turning around to welcome her little girl into her arms, patting her head with her palm, smiling softly at her. "…Samira is your daughter as well."

Sasori exhaled deeply, eyes shut, palms sweating. That was a mess.

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Author`s Note: Ok, so first I would start to say that oh my God, Naruto is coming to its ending and I think I am going to cry…seriously the last chapter was…I don't think I am able to love Sasuke more than I already do…it was epic!

I am sorry this took me so long to update though. I truly hope it didn't come out as cliché-you know the whole club thing and their little fights-also I tried to add some suspense at the end to have some sort of cliffhanger.

Thank you guys for encouraging me and telling me this story is worth reading, your words are an inspiration for me. Truly!