Pairings: SasuSaku ShikaIno NejiTen; NaruHina mentioned
Rating: T
Warnings: Adult language, long one-shot, little OOCness
Words: 4,535

Info: Two years since Sasuke defeated Itachi and Sasuke returned, a few months after Naruto defeated Orochimaru. Sasuke and Sakura had started dating, but did he mess up big time? They're twenty (along with Shika and Ino) and TenTen and Neji are twenty-one. Neji has forgiven the Main Family and Hinata.

(P. Diddy s singing) (Usher singing) (Loon singing) (Usher & P. Diddy) (Usher & Loon) 'thoughts' "talking"

A/N: I don't own Naruto or the characters! I don't own the song either; P. Diddy does with Usher and Loon's help!

I Need A Girl

(Yeah, Yeah
I need a, I want a)

Sasuke sat alone in the dark Uchiha mansion. He'd grown out his hair just a bit, but it was the same old spiky way. He slouched on the couch staring at nothing but the wall. Something really was getting under his skin. He held a bottle in his hand and took a drink. He started thinking about things he really didn't mean to say to Sakura almost two weeks ago. It just slipped right out of his mouth without him thinking. Now he was in his dark mansion sitting in the dark on a couch. He grumbled and looked at the clock. He just wasted a whole precious hour sitting here staring at the fucking wall. Did he not have anything better to do? It was obvious that he didn't.

He could be outside training, but why did he need to train? He defeated his brother, there was no reason to, but there always could be another stronger ninja out there. He felt like Shikamaru, just sitting there being lazy, but he was thinking not staring at clouds. He growled and looked back at the wall leaning forward. He really messed up this time; the question was could he fix it?

(I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to make my wife
I need a girl who's mine oh mine
I need a girl in my life)

Shikamaru laid on top his roof looking up at the stars. His hair is in his same old ponytail just a bit longer. He couldn't get his mind off of Ino for some reason. She had been in his thoughts lately and now here she was again. He mumbled, "how troublesome."

He stared at the bright lights above him no man could reach. His former teammate's face tainted itself in his mind and no matter how hard he tried he just couldn't shake her out. Shikamaru wanted these feelings he had to go away sometimes, but when he started to think about it, he really wanted Ino in his life, and he didn't know how to say it to make her understand.

She was already in his life, they were still great friends, but he didn't want to be just friends. He would get jealous if she even talked to another guy at the mall when he, she, and Chouji would go shopping just for fun. She didn't talk to the guys there that much, but enough to make him annoyed, it was like she knew what she was doing to him. Well at least she didn't like Sasuke Uchiha anymore.

Shikamaru sighed. He was having girl problems and he hated to admit it.

(Yo, I'm internationally known on the microphone
I got it all, but I really need a wife at home
I don't really like the zone, never spend the night alone
I got a few, you would like to bone)

Sasuke stood up and walked into the kitchen. Girls in Konoha still were crazy about him, but he didn't even look their way. Only a certain pink-haired kunoichi got his attention, but now she was back into her own apartment and he was had this feeling in the bottom of his stomach, he couldn't describe it. Once he got to a spot he leaned against the wall looking out at the full moon. He didn't know why he remembers, but their first kiss was under a full moon. It wasn't fair to her that he was the way he was, but he tried to change, but now that he thought about it, did he try hard enough?

(But, chicks don't romance me, don't tickle my fancy
Only Tiffany, Nancy; that's not what my plans be
I need a girl that could stand me, raise me a family
Go to trips at the Lancy, trip to the Grammy's cause)

He only opened up to her. He didn't like talking, but when she was around, he would answer most of the questions she would ask. The girls in Konoha always tried to do something to get him to talk to them, but he talks to Haruno Sakura for free. Was she the only thing he wanted? He couldn't believe himself. He really had changed over the years, he's thinking about Haruno Sakura and just a few years ago he told her to back off; he never meant to hurt her ever.

(Most of these girls be confusin me
I don't know if they really love me or they usin me
Here's the money, or maybe you ain't used to me
Cause you was depressed and now you abusin me abusin me)

Out of all the girls, he would only trust her to tell her anything. It was only her, Sakura Haruno the girl that he opened up to, showed her his life inside and out. He was realizing that he that he wasn't being fair to himself. He shouldn't be just sitting here in the dark; he should be going to her apartment trying to say something that would make things right again. Was it that difficult?

(That's why I need a girl that be true to me
Know bout the game, and know how to do to me
Without a girl on my side, shit I ruin me
Forget the word, it's just you and me)

He thought he only wanted her so he could have an Uchiha heir, wasn't that his plan in the beginning? Over the years he had been with her he noticed he was changing in more ways than one. She changed him inside and only she knew how to. Was there anyway he could get her back? And was that what he really wanted?

Did he want to feel her smooth skin against his? Did he really miss her pink soft lips that kissed him to show how much she really cared every night? Did he really want to run is fingers through her smooth pink locks once more? Did he want her back? Why was this eating him up inside?

(Now let's ride...)

(I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to make my wife
I need a girl who's mine oh mine
I need a girl in my life)

Shikamaru sat up holding one of his legs resting his arm opon it. He noticed Ino's bedroom's light was on; it shined through her window. He closed his eyes. He could tell her that he wanted to hold her in his arms at night, but the only problem he could think of was rejection.

Rejection, that's all he could think about if he told her these feelings, and he wasn't even sure if she would reject him. It was the thought if she did that haunted him. He opened one of his eyes and stared at the window lazily. The other problem he just thought of was, he didn't want to move, he was just too tired.

(I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to be my wife
Nobody else cuz she's all mine
I need a girl in my life)

He thought of ways to tell her and it really made him want to do it. Why did he have to be such a lazy bum? Why did she have to make him think like this? And why did he have to mess up every time he tried; he only tried once.

"Such a bother," he muttered.

He didn't feel like saying his feelings and he didn't want her with anyone else. Great now he was lazy and selfish. He sighed once more. This just wasn't his day.

(Yo, now I have had a lot of women in my lifetime
But see it's not a lot of women that got the right mind
I done had pretty chicks with all the right features
And hoodrat chicks that only rock sneakers
Cellphones and beepers, and know how to treat ya
You break her heart, she'll walk out and leave ya)

Neji sat down in the bar and grumbled. His hair was the same length in the same do. He just got back from a mission with TenTen and he didn't enjoy it. He made sure TenTen had made it to her house alright then came here; he didn't want to go anywhere else really. The mission was to capture a traitor of Konoha and the only way TenTen knew to lure him displeased Neji. She had a few drinks with the ninja and they talked. Neji watched outside using his Byakugan to see everything, but he knew TenTen was only playing her role to get the traitor outside to where Neji was; the dumb loser was too drunk to think.

(I find a girl, I'ma keep her
Cuz now I'm gettin money and the game gettin deeper
I want some real shit, I need somebody I can chill with
I need somebody I can build with
I need somebody I can hold tight)

The feeling he had the other night people would call jealously, he well he didn't know what to call it. 'These feelings' he had for TenTen bothered him daily, he just didn't know how to deal with them. He really didn't have any friends to talk to it about. So he didn't bother. He stood up and walked out of the bar. He was getting bored as usual.

"Neji?" He stopped and turned around. TenTen stood there looking at him confused. Her hair in there usual two buns atop her head. "What are you doing here?"

"I can ask you the same question," Neji stated quirking an eyebrow.

TenTen crossed her arms over her chest. "For your information I couldn't sleep," she stated. "You?"

"I didn't feel like going home," he said shrugging, turning around.

She looked at him. "If you want, you can come to my place…it's closer," she stated. "I know you don't feel like…"

Neji looking back at her. He knew he wanted to, but did he really? It was the way she was looking at him that made him decide. "Sure."

TenTen nodded and turned around. Neji walked up beside her and the two of them started walking in silence.

(With the time and no full limits, no right
Anytime we together would feel so right)

Walking side by side Neji took small glances at TenTen. He really felt different after he thought over his feelings. Could he really like his old teammate? Did he have 'these feelings' for her that he could only feel for her? Is this what Hinata told him she felt for Naruto and that's why they were getting married? Could he love TenTen?

Him? Hyuuga Neji is in love with the weapon mistress known as TenTen? He looked forward. It wasn't as simple as Hinata made it sound especially for him. He started walking slower as he continued to think this over.

"Neji? Are you feeling okay? You're acting…kind of weird," TenTen proclaimed. She stopped as he looked at her. "You know Neji I've been thinking."

He looked at her with one eyebrow rising up. "About what?" he asked.

TenTen stared at him. "About us…you see I've…I've…" she chuckled to herself lightly shaking her head looking at the ground. Her eyes wandered back to Neji's. "I've been having these feelings."

That was it. Neji didn't know why he did it, but he did. He bent down and captured TenTen's lips with his own.

TenTen was shocked at first, but she closed her eyes and relaxed. She kissed him back with the passion that burned for him. When they separated the weapon mistress blushed. "Neji I…"

Neji looked at her. "I know."

TenTen smiled and grabbed his hand running off into the night; Neji not that far behind her.

(You the girl I been lookin for my whole life
God bless me, I'm glad I got the insight
It's cuz of you girl, now I understand life)

Hyuuga Neji, the cold-hearted bastard loved TenTen, so that couldn't really make him cold-hearted anymore could it? This is what he wanted; he finally got his feelings out that he had for this brunette since their first year together. He wasn't about to let her go.

(I need a girl...)

(I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to make my wife
I need a girl who's mine oh mine
I need a girl in my life)

Shikamaru still sat on his roof, but he finally decided he was going to tell Ms. Yamanaka that he had these feelings for her if they liked it or not. He had to get this off his chest and this was the only way he could do it. There still was one little problem, the fucking moving part. If she came out here it would make a lot of things so much easier on him.

(I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to be my wife
Nobody else cuz she's all mine
I need a girl in my life)

He stood up and climbed down the latter. He was gonna make Yamanaka Ino his no matter how hard he tries he's not going to wait till it's too late. Once his two feet touched the ground he looked at the Yamanaka's door. He knew her parents were out tonight, this was their night to have dinner alone, so this was his chance it was now or never. He didn't want to have this feeling locked away for the rest of his life. He walked up to the door and knocked quietly.

Sasuke started to think as he walked down the quite roads. Sakura would have done anything for him to make him happy or safe, she really cared for him and he gave that away just because he had to blow out at her. This was a horrible way for it to go down, he had to make things right with her tonight.

(I had a girl that would've died for me
Didnt 'preciate her so I made her cry for me
Every night she had tears in her eyes for me
Quarter K's, shorty took the whole ride for me)

Every time he returned from a mission he found her crying or sobbing. She was always afraid that he might not return to her and that got a hold of her. He started thinking about the night that made her leave.

Flashback

Sakura sat on the bed that she shared with Sasuke her beloved boyfriend. She watched him return his things to where they were before he left for his mission. She smiled and looked at him. "So I take it things went well."

Sasuke nodded and sat down on the bed.

Sakura looked at the wall then back at Sasuke. "Things were quite boring without you," she stated.

"Hn," was the only reply she got out of him. He laid on top his bed and looked at the ceiling.

Sakura sighed and whispered, "I missed you."

Sasuke didn't say anything back he just rolled over on his side.

She just sat there, she knew he didn't like talking right after missions, but something was different about him. She looked at him to notice he was looking at her with his dark eyes.

"Why did you stay here?" he asked.

"I wanted to wait for you," Sakura answered.

"Why?"

"Cause I wanted to, is there something wrong Sasuke-kun?" she asked.

"Stop saying my name like that!" he snapped. He didn't know why he just did that, but it slipped out.

She just looked at him with a questionable. "Sas…"

He cut her off by blowing out again. "Why don't you just leave," he suggested rudely.

Sakura looked hurt, but she stood up and grabbed her things. She stopped at the door to her him whisper something, but what he said he didn't mean one bit, he was just in one of his moods to just sleep. Sakura's eyes widened and she ran out of the mansion. What she heard was the whisper saying not to return, but the boy who said it wasn't thinking.

End

He didn't know how much he would miss hearing his name being called like that. He didn't know that he needed her sleeping right next to him every night for him to get good nights rest. He didn't know how much his words could hurt her and he didn't know how much he would miss her. He just didn't know.

(First we were friends then became lovers
You was more than my girl, we was like brothers
All night we would play fight under covers)

His old classmate/teammate made him so crazy that he couldn't even think straight without her coming up into his mind. He remembered the little moments she cherished when they were teenagers. She would never let one memory go. He remembered those nights he spent with her till dawn would break.

It was during his last mission that got him thinking. All he thought about was what if he didn't want this life with her. He saw several men protect their women, what if he was gone a mission and something happened to her. Would he mourn cause of her lost? What would he do? He thought that he didn't need her, but now that it has been thirteen days without her he realized he had no reason to be here, he needed her in his life. Did he sound weak? He probably would to Itachi, but Itachi is the one that lost.

(Now you gone, can't love you like I really wanna
But everytime I think about your pretty smile
And how we used to drive the whole city wild)

He tucked his hands in his pockets. He was finally realizing his feelings for her. He started to think about her. Her smile was the cutest and it was strange enough because cute isn't supposed to be in his vocabulary. They would walk around the mall, well he was dragged there but he got used to it, she would giggle causing most of his 'fan club' to glare at her. They would sometimes run into Rock Lee and he would just sit there talking to Sakura trying to forget Sasuke was standing right there. "Damn," he cursed.

He did want Sakura back; he couldn't take this shit anymore. He turned a corner and spotted her apartment building. He walked up to the front door and looked at the buzzer. 'Great.' He doubted she would answer, but he had to try. He pushed the buzzer.

"Hello?" Sakura's sweet voice rang through.

Sasuke sighed. "It's me…can I come up?" he asked.

There was silence for what seemed like an entirety. Then Sakura's reply came through, "sure." It was quiet and she sounded a little upset. The buzzard went off singling that the door was unlocked. He opened it and walked up the stairs. He stopped at her door and started to think of what he should say.

The door opened without him knocking. There stood Sakura in her nightwear, shorts and one of his shirts. She hadn't grown out her hair since she cut it; she liked it shorter. Her eyes were tried and slightly puffy. "What do you want?" she asked barley above a whisper looking at him.

"We need to talk," Sasuke answered then he asked, "may I come in?"

Sakura stepped aside allowing The Great Uchiha in. She closed the door behind him and walked over to her couch while Sasuke leaned against the wall behind it. She turned around and watched him waiting for him to say something.

"This isn't easy for me to say," he mumbled looking at her, "but I want you to return to the mansion with me."

Sakura looked at him with a questionable look one eyebrow upraised. "You want me to go back to the mansion? Is that it?" she asked. This was really killing her.

She didn't know how much it was killing him inside. Sasuke was thinking about the right words to say so they don't come out wrong. "That's not it, Sakura." He was being eaten away by his words. He wanted to say he wanted her back, back in his life not to leave his side again, how was he to put it in words? He couldn't just say it that easy. He wanted a family with her; he wanted a happy life as a husband and a father, with her and with their children. He finally understood it, how Sakura felt.

Sakura looked at him. "How do you feel about this?"

(Damn I wish you would've had my child
A pretty little girl wit my smile
This shit is wild)

He found himself walking over to the couch and sitting right next to her. He found himself grabbing her hands that made her look at him. Then he found himself saying how he felt. "Haruno Sakura, (pause) I want you back, back to stay. What I said, I didn't know how much I would regret it, but I do. These past few days haven't been easy for me and I want you to realize that (pause once again) I, Uchiha Sasuke, (again with a pause) l—love you." 'Damn that was difficult.'

Sakura looked at him her smile returning back to her face. "Sasuke…" Sasuke placed a finger over her lips.

(All dem days that I reminisce
About the way I use to kiss dem pretty lips
But as long as you happy, I'ma tell you this)

"I'm not finished," he stated giving her a warning look. "And I want you to be my wife. I want you to raise our Uchiha brats, be there for me when I return for a mission, I want the responsibilities as a father and as a husband, but only with you, Sakura."

Sakura's smile widened and she wrapped her arms around his neck. She nearly jumped out of her seat. "It's been hard for me as well, but I never gave up on you before and I don't ever plan to. Yes I'll be your wife, took you long enough!"

He smirked and scooped her body in his arms. She looked at him smiling. "How about we get started on that family," he whispered.

Sakura looked at him blushing a bit. "Sasuke-kun." They walked into her bedroom the door shutting behind them.

(I love you girl and you're the one that I will always miss
I love you, yeah)

(I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to make my wife
I need a girl who's mine oh mine
I need a girl in my life)

Shikamaru stood there waiting for Ino to open her door. He knocked twice again and waited. He heard footsteps coming down the stairs heading to the door. Now he was starting to get nervous. How was he going to put it in words?

The door opened revealing Ino. She was wearing a long shirt that went to her knees and her short blonde hair was out of its bun going to her shoulders. "Shika? What are you during here? It's almost one in the morning," Ino stated.

Shikamaru looked at her. "Why are you awake then?" he asked. He couldn't come straight out and say it.

Ino looked at him. "I was doing stuff," she muttered. She crossed her arms over her chest. "Is there a reason why you're at my house so early in the morning?" She eyed him.

Shikamaru looked at the girl's face. "To talk," he answered. He crossed his arms in front of chest.

"To talk? Couldn't you wait until morning?" she asked. He shook his head. She growled and let him in. "This better be worth it Shikamaru!"

He walked into the house and she shut the door behind him. He looked at her and sighed. 'Here's goes nothing.'

(I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to be my wife
Nobody else cuz she's all mine
I need a girl in my life)

They walked into the living room and Ino sat on the couch, Nara Shikamaru sitting right next to her. She gave him a questionable look. He looked frustrated about something. "Did something happen Shikamaru?" she asked. Could something have happened to her old teammate Chouji or her old sensei Azuma, was something wrong with Sakura?

"No," Shikamaru answered.

Ino's eye twitched. Did he just come here to sit or was he going to say something?

Shikamaru sighed and leaned into the couch. This was too troublesome for him. He looked at her. She was looking back at him. He did one thing that came to his mind at the time. He inched closer till their lips met.

Ino's blinked looking at Shikamaru. Her eyes closed and she wrapped her arms around his neck deepening the kiss. Is she really kissing Shikamaru? The question really is, is Shikamaru kissing her?

(I need a girl to ride, ride, ride feels so good inside
I need a girl to make my wife my wife
I need a girl who's mine oh mine mine
I need a girl in my life)

The kiss ended and Ino just blinked. "Shika…" she didn't know what to say. She just looked at him while he looked back at her.

"This is too troublesome," Shikamaru mumbled closing his eyes.

Ino gulped for no reason. "What is?" she asked.

Shikamaru reopened his eyes. "You, you're always bothering me inside my head."

"You make it sound like a bad thing?" Ino said giving him a questionable look.

"It's not surprisingly," he stated. Ino grabbed his hands. He looked at her again. Her blue eyes were staring into his dark brown ones. "I think I'm in love with you Yamanaka Ino."

Ino smirked. "I love you too Nara Shikamaru." She pulled him off the couch and wrapped her arms around his waist resting her head on his shoulder. "That's what I was doing."

(I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to be my wife
Nobody else cuz she's all mine
I need a girl in my life)

Shikamaru looked down at her. "You're a troublesome woman you know that?" he said lazily.

Ino nodded. "And you're a lazy bum, but I love you anyway." She pulled her arms away and smiled.

Shikamaru grabbed her hands, a little pink tint crossing over his nose. Ino giggled and pulled him with her to the stairs.

(I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to make my wife
I need a girl who's mine oh mine
I need a girl in my life)

She stood there smiling at him. She gave him a light kiss on the lips. "Nara Ino," she said looking at him, "I like the sound of it, what about you?"

Shikamaru smiled lazily and nodded. "Sounds good." Ino dragged him behind her up the stairs.

(I need a girl to ride, ride, ride
I need a girl to be my wife
Nobody else cuz she's all mine)

Wow that took me awhile to do? So what did you think? Yeah I know there was a little OOCness, but not too much if you think Sasuke and Neji lightened up just a bit, they've grown up so wouldn't you think just a little. Well tell me what you thought in a review please!

Please review!

Cookie-chan91