Well, this is a rather quick update! I have to thank the people who were extremely nice in reviewing for the first chapter and asking if I was going to continue updating. I personally thank you for giving me the initiative to continue the story! Enjoy this next chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Michael Buble' and his song Feeling Good or Naruto
Sasuke's Burlesque Chapter 2
Naruto whimpered a little against the wall outside the club he had been cornered into by Sasuke. The man, whose eyes were flashing red with anger, had him by the collar and was comically shaking him.
"Why would you not tell me Sakura was a stripper?" Sasuke growled at Naruto. The poor man could only gurgle out a response as he was shaken. "She was a friend of ours and you never bothered to tell me about her little hobby?"
"For your information," a feminine voice said behind him, "my occupation is NOT a hobby."
Sasuke twisted his head around and narrowed his eyes at the newcomer. Sakura gave him a nasty curl of the lips, like he was beneath her in every sense of the phrase. He was as she had remembered him in high school: arrogant, cold, and just a plain ass. His black hair looked a little tamer than it had been, and his body had definitely filled out a lot more than the gangly teen she had sat behind in class. Had his nasty attitude changed? Not at all. In fact, it probably worsened. The last time she had seen him, Sakura had sucker punched him in the balls at graduation after he had tried to grab her bottom when they had thrown their caps. Although that was three years ago, Sakura wanted nothing more than to do it again.
"Then how would you describe your occupation, Sakura?" Sasuke spat at her. Naruto was pawing at his hands that were still pinning him to the brick wall.
"It is more of a means of money for my college tuition," Sakura stated. Then, Sasuke's eyes drifted to her outfit, which was not all that different than from her act they had watched. She still had garters on, but her black leather lingerie had changed to a skimpy dress that barely reached below her shapely bottom. Her breasts still looked like they were about spill out of the tight dress, but at least this outfit had spaghetti straps holding it up.
"And what exactly are wearing this time?" Sasuke scoffed. "You look like a total slut."
Expecting her face to turn bright red and to stomp away with a scream like she would have done in high school, Sasuke almost flinched when Sakura burst out laughing.
"Oh my God, if I had a dollar every time I heard that I would be a millionaire," laughed Sakura. Sasuke dropped the almost dead blonde and squared himself in front of the petite woman. Although Sakura wore five inch heels on her small feet, he still towered over her by a good six inches.
"You should not be working in such an establishment, Sakura," Sasuke snarled. "You are much better than this."
Sakura stopped laughing and looked up at the man who was trying to intimidate her. He stared into her hard, glowing green eyes and frowned. There was something akin to determination and hatred in them and it made him almost, almost regretted saying what he had said. He was only trying to be chivalrous, was he not?
"If you are trying to be chivalrous, Mr. Uchiha, it is not working," Sakura hissed. Sasuke could not believe what he just heard. It was like she had read his mind or something. At her comment, Sasuke glared.
"Who said I was being chivalrous?"
"Naruto tried to do the same thing when he found out I was here."
Sasuke looked down at the sniveling mess that had promptly wet itself as it slithered to Sakura's feet. Naruto's bottom lip quivered when he looked up at Sakura, who pursed her own lips at his pathetic state.
"You didn't have to treat him like that, Sasuke. He was only trying to show you the truth, lord knows why. I would have rathered you NOT know I was here."
"You didn't want me to know you were here?" Sasuke stated in bewilderment. "Why?"
"I didn't want ANYONE to know I was here," Sakura said, exasperated. She crossed her arms over her breasts and Sasuke could have sworn he had never seen Naruto salivate as much as he was doing now, especially at the angle he was at. Sakura looked down at the man at her feet and stomped her heeled foot on his, earning her a pained whine. "Now, if you will excuse me, I have to go close for the night."
"Sakura, wait," Sasuke grunted. Sakura paused from walking away and turned her eyes, which he realized were lined with a smokey make up style that only enhanced her eyes even further than what they already were, to him in a lazy motion. Sasuke could not help but gulp at the look she gave him, cursing himself for the reaction. "You should probably consider getting a new 'occupation.' It is rather unflattering to your future career."
This time, Sakura's face got red and she walked briskly up to him. Before he could react, a pain that felt like he had split his face open bloomed on his right cheek, forcing his head to the left and his eyes widened.
"Don't you dare lecture me on what I do," Sakura growled with so much malice, Sasuke thought he was dealing with some kind of demon and not the young girl he had gone to school with. He was still trying to find some kind of reaction to create when Sakura stomped away and slammed the door of the club behind her. Naruto, who stood up and rubbed his face where Sakura's sharp heel had made contact. He stared at his best friend and watched as Sasuke slowly raised a hand to his hand-marked right cheek. Sasuke's lip stung a little and he ran his tongue along his bottom lip. The coppery taste of his own blood jerked him out of his own shocked revelation and his lips curved into a snarl. Naruto could only sigh as he watched his friend stalk out of the alley they were in, kicking over a trashcan in his own rage. He turned towards the building he had watched his childhood crush walk into without a single glance back. A sad look crossed over his matured features and he followed after his furious companion.
A few days after the club incident, the two men were sitting at a table in a well known Chinese restaurant eating lunch together when Sasuke spoke up for the first time that day.
"I want to go back," Sasuke said simply, as if talking about the weather. Naruto spat out all the Chinese noodles he had just shoved in his mouth with a sputtering sound. Or rather, he had just spat out all the Chinese food he had just shoved in his mouth all over the waitress that was passing by their table. Ignoring her screeches of disgust and shock, Naruto could only stare at his best friend, who was calmly chewing on some Chinese chicken, like he was crazy.
"Sasuke, are you okay?" Naruto questioned slowly. "You've been acting a tad strange since the encounter at the club."
It was true. The night they had arrived at their shared apartment, Sasuke had stomped to his room and slammed the door behind him. Naruto had not heard from him until late the next morning when he had strode into the kitchen with his normal arrogant stride. However, as soon as he had sat down, he laced his fingers over his mouth in his "asshole pose," as Naruto had dubbed it many years ago. It was his way of thinking over something important that affected him deeply. Then, he had stood up and walked right out the front door, not returning until late that night. When Naruto tried to speak to him the second day, Sasuke only gave him short, one worded responses and went on his merry way. He disappeared again after that afternoon, and Naruto heard him come back at two in the morning. The third day was a lot like the second day, but this time Sasuke actually had his normal conversations with his friend. Naruto thought he was back to normal, until he dropped the bomb on him just now.
"I do not know what you are talking about," Sasuke stated.
"You totally know what I'm talking about, you asshole!"
"Look, I only said I wanted to go back." Sasuke took the napkin he had placed in his lap and handed it to the waitress who was still kneeling on the floor with spit and half chewed noodles all over her. "I have been thinking about what happened with Sakura and I think we should go back and apologize."
Naruto shot his chair back a good foot from the table and away from his friend. "Who are you and where the hell is Sasuke Uchiha?"
Sasuke rolled his eyes and ignored the drooling of the waitress he had just helped. "Shut up, you idiot."
"All I'm saying is this had better not be some ploy to make Sakura pissed at us again," Naruto whined. "She's scary when she's angry!"
Sasuke scoffed and Naruto watched as his tongue rolled over the almost healed cut on his bottom lip. "Yeah, I know."
"Hey!" a voice yelled at the pair. The two men turned toward the voice and saw the manager rampaging towards them. Sasuke quickly pulled a twenty out of his wallet and threw it on the table.
"Keep the change," he told the waitress and dragged his sputtering friend out of the one of many restaurants they were probably going to be banned from.
Flashing their id's to the sexily dressed bouncer, Sasuke and Naruto walked through the door and into the already bouncing club. An act of girls was in commence, with Sakura at the head and she shimmied her bountiful chest, causing a heavy uproar of catcalls and howls. She turned and bent over to look at the crowd from underneath her legs, giving them a wonderful view of her round bottom. As she slowly straightened from her bent motion, she ran a hand up her lean right leg and around her bottom, sensually stroking it and then giving it a firm smack. More calls ensued as the newcomers sat at a table a few rows from the stage. Sakura must have noticed they were there because she turned around with her back to the room and dropped to her heels. She spread her legs as wide as they could go and turned her head to stare right at Sasuke, a naughty smirk on her lips. However, he knew it was more of a challenge than what it was supposed to be and he leaned back to lounge in his chair, giving her his own smirk of challenge.
Naruto looked at the exchange between his friends and scratched his shaggy head. What is going on? he wondered.
"Hey, Naruto."
The man shook himself from his own thoughts and looked at his best friend. "What, Sasuke?"
Sasuke was staring up at the stage at Sakura with a determination Naruto had seen him use only a handful of times. The look made Naruto only more confused when he literally saw his friend become transfixed with the swaying girl on stage, watching her hips pop to the music and her body roll to the beat. It was hard not to be stunned by the girl Sakura Haruno had become. She was wearing a short dress that barely covered her assets, and it would catch the glare of the lights above her, making it sparkle and shine. Her hair was pinned up in an intricate style that was made of loose curls and her make up only accentuated her graceful features. The heels she also wore made her legs look impossibly long, and Naruto could only ponder how she could even dance in them. Even all the other girls around her could not compete with her looks, and maybe that was why she was the main act every night.
"What is it, Sasuke?" questioned Naruto. He took a sip of the beer he had just been served as Sasuke jumped in his seat and turned to look at his friend.
"I am going to work here."
For the second time that day, Naruto spat out the beer in his mouth all over the guests in the table next to them. It just so happened to be the waitress from the restaurant they had been banned from he had spit his food all over and she screamed in surprise and disgust, her date rushing to clean her off.
"Are you insane?!" Naruto shouted. Sasuke rolled his eyes and pointedly looked at the girl Naruto had spit all over. "Oh, sorry ma'am."
"Yes, maybe I AM insane," Sasuke continued. "But I'm going to work here to show up Sakura."
Naruto gaped at him, his mouth opening and closing as he took in his friend's appearance for the first time that night. Sasuke was wearing a casual tux, his tie neatly done and his white dress shirt tucked in. His black slacks were iron pressed and clean. To Naruto's surprise, he had even combed his unruly hair back, but there was no way to control the bangs that hung on either side of his face, nor the crazy style on the back of his head. The Uchiha gave him a cocky smirk at his shocked expression.
"Like what you see, loser?" he scoffed.
"You look…clean!" Naruto exclaimed. Sasuke clicked his tongue and stood from his seat, adjusting his jacket as he did so. Sakura's act ended and the pair watched as the group strutted off stage, Sakura's eyes finding Sasuke's. She narrowed them because she knew what was coming afterwards.
"I already got hired a couple days ago," he said. "That's why I have been going out a lot lately. I had interviews set up and I had to prove myself to the owner as to why I wanted to work here."
"How did you do that?"
Sasuke smirked. "Sakura is not the only one who can sing."
Naruto opened his mouth in surprise, but then remembered that his friend was right. Ever since he had been a child, Sasuke had been given special lesson by his mother, who was an opera singer. While he never showed his talents outside of his home, it was well known that Sasuke Uchiha was one of many talents already.
"So, what? You're going to get up on stage and shimmy your ass a little?" Naruto questioned as he began to chase after his friend. "Because let me tell you something, Sasuke; you do NOT have an ass."
"Not quite," Sasuke grunted. They wove their way around the tables towards backstage, where a man, who Naruto recognized the man who had opened for Sakura the first night they had come was talking to a woman with unusually large breasts and Sakura. The trio turned towards the pair and Sakura glared at them.
"Sasuke," the man acknowledge. "You are on in five minutes."
"Thanks, Kakashi." The young man walked away, but not before nodding to the women of the group. Naruto looked at Sakura and the owner of the club, who was scowling at Sakura.
"Now, don't be getting jealous, Sakura," the older woman chided. Sakura scoffed at the comment.
"I'm not jealous, Tsuande," she sneered. "How do we even know he can even sing? He hasn't even had an audition yet."
"Actually," Kakashi interjected. "I gave him an interview two nights ago, and he can in fact sing."
"Remember his ma, Sakura?" Naruto asked. "She taught him how to sing!"
Sakura grunted very similarly to how Sasuke would and turned her back on the group. "Excuse me while I don't give two shits." She walked away and Naruto sighed. Kakashi sighed with him and grabbed the microphone from his back pocket.
"Well, I better go introduce our only male act," he sighed and walked out on stage, the crowd clapping at his arrival. Naruto turned towards the intimidating woman he had been left with and eyed her. She was impressive woman with large breasts and a piercing glare that would make any man whimper in fear. Her honey colored eyes turned to look at him.
"What is it, shrimp?" she growled.
"Do you really think Sasuke will be okay with Sakura?" he murmured as he stared at his best friend adjust his tie again. Sasuke was standing rod straight, just as his mother had taught him.
"Oh please," Tsunade laughed. "Sakura may be a bitch, but she is not someone who would play dirty to get what she wanted."
"We will just have to watch and see how this plays out," Naruto sighed.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Kakashi spoke into the microphone. "Allow me to introduce our newest member and special act of the night. Sasuke Uchiha, the only male entertainment."
The stage went dark, and the only thing that could be heard were the murmurs of the crowd below. Then, the band started slowly and quietly, and a light glowed slowly as well to reveal Sasuke, standing in front of an old fashioned microphone. He had his eyes closed and was moving his lips quietly. Sakura, who had moved to the side of the stage, watched on in curiosity. Naruto moved up behind and she did not bother to turn to look at him.
"I hope he knows what he's doing," she whispered.
"He's Sasuke Uchiha," Naruto laughed. "The bastard always has a plan.
Birds flying high (Sasuke opens his eyes to look over the crowd)
You know how I feel
Sun in the sky
You know how I feel
Breeze driftin' on by
You know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling (Sasuke smirks) good
I'm feeling good
Sakura's jaw drops as the crowd erupts in a frenzy of clapping. She had never known Sasuke to be able to sing like that. She never knew him like Naruto did, and maybe that was her fault. That bastard, she thought angrily, he did this on purpose! The band played a jazzy tune and Sasuke started snapping to the beat.
Fish in the sea
You know how I feel
River running free
You know how I feel
Blossom on the tree
You know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
Sasuke loosened his now constricting tie and almost all the girls screamed at the sexiness of the man on stage.
Dragonfly out in the sun you know what I mean, don't you know
Butterflies all havin' fun you know what I mean
Sleep in peace when the day is done, thats what I mean
And this old world is a new world
And a bold world
For me, for me
Sakura huffed lightly and shifted her weight on her right leg. The fact that Sasuke could sing like this was entirely baffling to her. He did not seem like the man who could sing, but she guessed it made sense.
Sasuke smirked and threw hair from his face, knowingly getting into the act. He was sweating from exerting so much effort into his words and it felt good.
Stars when you shine
You know how I feel
Scent of the pine
You know how I feel
Oh freedom is mine
And I know how I feel
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
It's a new dawn
It's a new day
It's a new life
It's a new life
For me
And I'm feeling good
I'm feeling good
I feel so good
I feel so good (All the girls in the audience and backstage squeal at his sultry voice)
And just like that, Sasuke's first act as a male burlesque entertainer ended. The audience stood up and gave him a standing ovation, making him smirk. He ran a hand through his sweaty hair and turned to look at Sakura. At her serious look, he only smirked at her and bowed to the crowd, all the while keeping his eye on the girl. But, instead of getting mad, her expression turned from serious to a mischievous one, a playful smirk on her painted lips. As the curtain closed, no one noticed the silent challenge exchanged between two entertainers.
This chapter kind of gave me the giggles lol :) Sasuke is adorable when he gets frustrated. Yes, I know Sakura is kind of a bitch in this story but puhlease! It would not be fun if she was not! Be nice and I will see my lovelies again soon :)
-KD