Shut Up And Sleep With Me
Standard Long Excuse-d Disclaimer Applies.
Like…Yeah, I own Naruto AND I'm a multimillionaire. (In my dreams)
Oh. I don't own any of the shops, either. (referring to D&G)
Standard Warnings Apply. Reference, please look at Chapter One.
Authoress' Note:Just to be sure you understand:
Neji, Sasuke, Gaara (for now) and Naruto's Assistant: Sakura
Shikamaru's Assistant: Chouji
Gaara's Assistant: Kankurou (Doesn't come until later)
More will be revealed when more characters are revealed. I began to think it'll be Sakura centric but it focuses and ends with SasuSaku. So don't worry.
Anything that is IN PARENTHESIS is NOT AN AUTHOR'S NOTE.
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"Hyuuga-san, you do realize where your face is, right?" Sakura hissed as she tried to push Neji off her. But, every time she did, he'd just come right back. "Oh my GOD, get OFF-"
If you were me then you'd be
screaming someone shoot me
As I fail miserably
Tryin' to get the girl all the bad guys want-
Sakura managed to pull her cell phone out of her jacket pocket.
"What is it, Ino?" Sakura said as she tried to push the man off again by prying his fingers. But they remained glued to her back (the hardest place to reach with him on her). "Ah! Get off!"
"I was just asking how was your first day-"
"You asked that this morning and- AH! NEJI! GET OFF-" An attempt to push him off.
"Oo my, what are you guys doing there? Something naughty?"
"You dirty minded pig! When I get home, I'm going to- NEJI! STOP!" Another attempt at pushing.
"Man, I guess Hyuuga-san is not the type to do what he's told."
"Ino-pig, this is not the-" Vein pop on a quite large forehead.
"But, that explains a lot considering all the complaining I hear Shika-kun do…"
"Sasuke-san! Help me!" Desperate sob.
"What?! The Uchiha's there?! Oh, I wonder what he's thinking…" Lipstick covered lips in the shape of an 'o'.
"…" Raises a black eyebrow.
"May kami-sama damn you, Sasuke-san, but please stop staring and HELP!" Delicate, skinny, pale arms flail.
"Oh, he's probably thinking that the scene's kinky right now-" She gave a witch-like snicker.
"What are YOU looking at, Uchiha?! HUH?!" Yeah, that's Neji. He was carrying a suspicious look.
"…" Eye twitch.
"STOP 'JUST-STANDING-THERE-LIKE-AN-IDIOT' and HELP ME." Screech and a shake of a fist.
"Or maybe he wants to be in Neji's place-" Another witch-like snicker.
"That-" A sign of hope! The start of a sentence!
"Yes, Sasuke-san?…" Hint of hopefulness.
"…" A (not so famous) Hyuuga glare.
"The mighty ice cube has spoken! Oh, well, is about to, anyway…" Sigh. "Man, no one's paying attention to me. I'll just be the 'narrator' of all this." A scary "Ohohohohoho!" laugh.
"That's unfair." An Uchiha glared- No, it's a frown. Is it both? Hrn.
"Eh?!" A delicate pink eyebrow goes up.
"What jyoo talking 'bout, fool?" Scoff. Neji said that.
"WHAT'S UNFAIR?!" A renewed curiosity and a gasp.
"Why does he get to have his face in your chest?" Accusing, pale pointer finger that belongs to an Uchiha. One of the many things he owns. As Naruto would say; Like your MOM-
"Pardon my Japanese, Sasuke-san, but WHAT THE FUCK?!" Gape. Wide emerald eyes.
"Wait, hold it, hold it, hold it. Didn't you just say that in English?" Dude. Is the Hyuuga high or something? " 'Cause, if that was, like, English, then me no comprehendo" Yeah. Probably.
"Shut up, Neji-san." Un-ladylike snarl from a lady.
"Seriously, though! I thought you just said that in English!"
"It was French, retard." Sarcastic Sasuke remark.
"Really?" Disbelief.
"No…?" A pink eyebrow goes up again.
"Uchiha's pro'ally upset 'cause he didn't get any boobies…" A blonde snickering.
"…" All grew silent.
"Ino?" Sakura breaks it.
"Yes, my lovely Sakura?" A smile on the other line.
"You're on speaker." A girl trying to hide her phone from a famous Uchiha death glare.
"Oh…UH, MY SHOOT IS STARTING! GEE-TWO-GEE!" A chat speaker about to be assaulted by a literate.
"Oh, I'm going to shoot you, alright-" Angry hiss.
"Sasuke-san, please refrain yourself from beating up my-" Crack. "…Chocolate…" Sob. Sob.
"I'll buy you a new one." He shrugs indifferently. She frowns. Oh yeah. He can 'buy everything and anythingin the world'.
The WONDERFUL CHAPTER THREE!
Neji (Seriously) Needs His Coffee
Sasuke held the broken Chocolate in his hand as Sakura faked a sob. He, yes, Sasuke, remembered something was leeched onto Sakura's chest.
"You little fucker-" The Uchiha hissed with a scary smile on his face, trying to tug the brunette off the girl.
A door opened.
"Wow, you guys are so hyper in the morning." Naruto yawned with his childish sleeping cap still on his head. "So much n-" He choked on his words when he saw what was happening.
"ACK! SASUKE-TEME! LOOK! NEJI'S FACE IS LIKE…ATTACHED TO SAKURA-CHAN'S CHEST OR SOMETHING." Naruto yelled before a girlish scream came out of his mouth. Sasuke looked at his friend before growling, "Tch. No shit, Sherlock."
He flailed his arms. "We gotta do something! We gotta-"
Bonk.
Thud.
Shikamaru sighed as he rubbed his knuckles.
"Take a chill pill first." He sighed and shook his hand as he hissed afterwards, "Man, your head is really hard. What the hell's in there? Rocks or something?" He then muttered something along the lines of, "Troublesome roommate" and some other incoherent curses.
"What the hell's going on?" Gaara said as he walked in, properly dressed with a cup of coffee in his hand. Sakura raised an eyebrow. "Did you sleep?" The red haired man glanced at her through the corner of his eye and thought silent.
"Sleep is for the weak." Came his simple reply as he force-fed Neji his coffee.
After a few gulps, the Hyuuga closed his eyes and reopened them again.
"…Hm?" He looked around to see everyone staring at him, especially Sakura. "What? Did I do something?" The confused man ran a hand through his slightly messy hair.
Naruto just grinned and shook his head. "Oh, nothing. Just go get ready for work." Neji said nothing in reply and shrugged before returning to his room.
Sakura put a hand on her finally freed chest and sighed. "God, what was that about?"
Sasuke snorted. "You didn't know? Neji needs his coffee." He forgot to say 'always'.
"…So, Shika, average number of cups of coffee he drinks?" She asked, eyes filled with curiosity, as she crossed her arms. Her face was mixture of amusement and curiosity.
"Six."
"Wow, you're all unhealthy." The Haruno snorted, her amused face suddenly turning into an annoyed one.
"Especially dobe over here. He eats ramen everyday." It was Sasuke's turn to snort as he pointed to the said blonde, who jolted up.
"Do not!" Naruto retorted, with plenty of defensiveness, as he slammed his fist on the table.
Sakura frowned in distaste. "Veggies for you from now on." Naruto's jaw dropped as far as it could go, and if it wasn't for the floor, it would've probably made it to the second, if not, the first. His blue eyes turned to glare at his best friend.
"You dirty bastard."
Sasuke just smirked and shrugged. "I know."
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"I. AM. BEOWULF!"
Shikamaru and Chouji snickered as they watched Naruto hold up a pen with a coat tied around his neck.
Shove.
Thud.
"OW! Teme! Come on! Stop ruining my fun!" Naruto frowned and crossed his arms. The tightness around his neck being tugged off roughly.
"Fun? Acting like an idiot is fun?" Sasuke snorted as he threw the coat to somewhere on the other side of the room.
"I'm not acting like an idiot! How else am I supposed to relieve my boredom? Play solitaire?" Naruto retorted as he raised an eyebrow, balancing a pen on top of his upper lip.
"That's what you normally do, but I'm guessing you got fed up with never being able to finish it." Of course, the Uchiha always sees the blonde sitting at his desk, his eyes inhumanly close to the screen, and after a few minutes, he'd slam his fist on the table and scream, "May God unleash his WRATH upon thee, stupid piece of metal!"
"WHAT!? THAT'S A LIE." He gulped. He was caught blue- Wait, was it red?…I think it's blue. Blue handed!
Ah…Stupid Naruto. (Someone shakes their head)
"Besides, you aren't acting like an idiot." Smirk. "You are one."
"…Oh yeah?" Naruto gulped, having no other insult to resort to but "Well, YOUR FACE." He tried to emphasize his point by pointing a finger at him. No pun intended.
"Is quite beautiful, actually." Ooh. That was a good counterattack, no?
"…" The blonde knew that, too, and crossed his arms in defeat.
"Sasuke-san pretty much owns at comebacks, huh?" Sakura asked as she took a bite of her marsh mellow square. Seeing the blonde not reply but turn his head away huffily, it's what you'd assume. Naruto sucks at insults.
Sasuke pretended he didn't hear anything as he began flipping through a notebook. He sighed. "We need to get ready for the Summer Fashion Show."
Naruto gasped as he covered his whiskered cheeks with his hands and said, "Oh yeah. What are we going to call it? Summer Breeze?"
Shikamaru grunted and took a sip of his hot coffee. "Lame." Naruto spun his head around and glared, his mouth an animated upside down 'v'. The brunette boy just ignored the blonde and continued drinking his coffee.
"Summer? It's winter, though." Sakura said as her eyebrows scrunched together. She huffed when Sasuke snorted.
"The estimate of how long it takes to plan such a thing is…" Shikamaru sighed and held up a finger. "…one month, at least." Gaara and Neji nodded in agreement.
"It's not something you can plan a week or two before." Gaara stated as he picked up his cookie and dipped it in his hot chocolate. "Besides, it almost the end of winter already."
"Don't get us wrong. We can even plan less than a week before." Neji, which sounded a lot like to Sakura, bragged causing the rest to nod in agreement. Sakura snorted inwardly.
'So full of themselves…' She couldn't help but think when they smirked towards each other. She wanted to see what they would say if she said-
"So, why don't you?"
Oops. Did that slip from her mouth? She immediately placed a hand over her mouth when Sasuke sent what almost looked like a glare to her.
"Just to be safe." He stated monotonously as he whipped out his PDA and probably put in plans. Her emerald green eyes rolled. 'Chyeah right.'
"Are you glaring at me?"
The Uchiha looked up from his PDA and smiled a smile that was one hundred percent…
Sarcastic.
"Of course not."
A vein popped onto Sakura's forehead as she trembled in her seat.
'Think happy thoughts, Sakura. Count to ten.' She sighed and bit her lip as she held it in. Naruto inched slightly away from her as he noted not to piss her off.
'Man, I bet if I was in Sasuke's place, she wouldn't think TWICE about hitting me!' The blonde sobbed quietly as he saw the girl desperately restrain herself from hitting her boss. Sasuke smirked, knowing very well what she was going through.
And for some reason, he liked it.
And Naruto, being caught in the confusion, did something he was probably going to regret.
"You dropped my cookie."
Sakura tried not to laugh at how serious Gaara's face was when he had said that. It seems she's totally calm now. Naruto gulped and shook his head. "No, no, that was a figment of your imagination-"
"I do not have an imagination, Uzumaki, now on your knees and pick it up with your tongue."
The blonde gave him a weird look and jokingly inched away from him a few inches. "Weird…"
Snap.
"My hands are twitching." Gaara hissed as his fingers wiggled and made choking motions toward Naruto. In response, the blonde got up and began to walk backwards, while trying to use his hands as a 'defense'.
"Stop it." Sasuke growled warningly as his concentration began to waver slightly. The red haired boy grumbled some incoherent words and then pulled his hands back to his lap. Yet, his glare never left Naruto.
Naruto gulped and walked slowly back towards his seat. He knew, one mistake (whatever and however it may be), and then Gaara would jump him. Gaara was the type to attack even if there were witnesses everywhere.
A tingle went down his spine.
Sakura raised an eyebrow as she watched Naruto pull the chair back and take his place in it. He kept his face away from Gaara, who continued to glare at him.
"So, what are we doing today?" She asked as she pushed the plate, indicating she was done. Sasuke grunted and muttered a, "Hold on…" In the background, Naruto cried, "Why do you keep staring at me?!"
"We're going to find models." The Uchiha stated out of nowhere as he frowned and suddenly stopped mashing buttons on the PDA. He huffed and shoved the PDA towards her. "This is actually your job." Sakura rolled her eyes. "You notice this now?"
In the background, Shikamaru sighed and stated, "I think it's called glaring." Naruto replied while flailing his arms, "I don't care! Make him stop!" He held up a tray to shield himself from Gaara's warning gaze, or glare to be more exact.
"Quiet. Behave." Sasuke whispered harshly with the grinning girl who was mashing buttons in his place. "So are we going by bus or train?" She asked, not bothering to see the weird looks they all sent her.
Naruto gave a sigh of relief. "Thank kami-sama he isn't staring at me anymore." He jokingly brushed sweat from his brow.
Sakura raised an eyebrow. "What? What did I do?" She looked left and right. Sasuke wanted to say her confusion was cute. But, he's the almighty Uchiha. Like the almighty Bruce.
He couldn't say that. He's almighty, remember? Of course, you did. He only 'said' it a few second ago. So, the emotion on his face remained impassive.
(Cough. Sasuke rants a lot.) (Sasuke glares at the person.)
The idiot of the group let out a hearty laugh. "Sakura-chan, we take the limo!" Sasuke glared at him, making the blonde add quickly, "Owned by Sasuke-teme, of course."
The said girl's eyebrows shot up. "Eh? Limo?" She gulped. "With all that attention?" Naruto grinned and waved his hand. "People don't pay much attention to limos nowadays, anyway." Sakura growled and pointed a finger. "But it has the Uchiha crest on it, right? It's bound to attract attention!"
After a moment of silence, Sasuke sighed and nodded. "She's right." He had to agree. He was famous, after all. Naruto pouted. "I like the attention." Emerald eyes rolled. Men and their inflated egos.
Sakura grinned, holding up a 'v' for victory with her fingers.
"So? Bus or train?" Shikamaru asked with a yawn. This was amusing.
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"Good job, today, Ino. That's a wrap." Asuma said with a grin, a lit cigarette poking out of his mouth. Kurenai, the one who picks out the clothes for the shoot, frowned and took it from his mouth. She dropped it on the floor and grounded it with her heel.
"Smoking isn't sexy." She stated as she whispered to Ino, "My gosh, he smells like cigarettes." The photographer just rolled his eyes and grinned.
"But with me, Kurenai, it counts as sexy." Ino laughed when she saw Kurenai's face turn slightly red.
The brunette with red streaks in her hair turned her head away haughtily. "Whatever. Just put the equipment away." Asuma chuckled and nodded as he slowly began to put his camera away.
"Yamanaka."
"Ye-" Ino turned around, her smile suddenly draining from her face at a quick rate. Two seconds. No new record. "Oh. It's you." The other model laughed sourly.
"Don't need to sound like we're enemies."
The blonde snorted inwardly as she began to change into her regular clothes. "Make this quick, Karin, I have another shoot in ten."
The cherry haired girl laughed, almost cackled. "Really? So do I." Ino tossed the girl a glare but quickly relaxed and made a professional smile. "Well, good luck with yours."
She put her shoulder bag on and was about to walk out only to be stopped by a sentence.
"I heard your friend was working at ANBU corp." Ino knew the girl's mouth was curling up into a snobbish smile. "Is it true?"
The blonde turned around and forced a grin. "Of course not." Even as the great liar she was, Karin pursued her lips together, still not buying it. She pushed her glasses up, something she did a lot.
"Whatev." She waved her hand and spun on her heel, leaving Ino to release her held breath.
'She still doesn't buy it, eh…' Ino thought as she whipped out her cell and began to call a certain someone. 'I got to make a plan to keep Sakura safe.' She snorted. 'Knowing Karin's jealousy issues.'
"Yeah, Shika-kun? I think someone's trying to get in the way of 'TEH ULTIMATE SASU-SAKU PLAN'!" She whispered harshly into the cell. "Wha? You'll think of something? Good. I knew you would. Well, see you later."
She closed her cell phone and smiled. "I guess Sakura got them out of their limo."
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Naruto plastered his forehead against the window and grinned at his reflection. "Trains aren't so bad." Neji frowned at disgust as he inched away from the blonde.
"Ew. You don't know how many people have touched that window." Neji grumbled turned to see a Sakura staring weirdly at him. "What? I'm hygienic." Sakura rolled her eyes. "Whatever you say, Neji-san."
The Uzumaki scoffed and whispered to Sakura, "He's always like that. Always gotta wipe everything before touching it."
Sasuke sighed. "Stop fooling around and behave like professionals." The blonde and pink haired people stuck their tongues out at him, causing his annoyance meter to rise. "Have you noticed we're being stared at by the whole train?"
Gaara grunted while Shikamaru gave a sigh and muttered, "Mind your business, people."
Sakura placed her hands on her lap while Naruto settled back into his seat and stared bored-ly at the floor. They both sighed and grumbled at the same time, "Bo-oring."
Sakura glanced up to see some girls giving Sasuke some looks. She nudged him. "Those girls seem to think you're eye candy." He snorted before frowning in distaste. "So does the rest of the woman population. Besides, I already have someone in mind."
It seems he said that purposely loud, for the girls gave a sad sigh and went back to talking about daily things. Sakura raised an eyebrow.
"Who's that someone?" She asked in curiosity. She seemed to forget; curiosity killed the cat.
Sasuke looked at her in silence before smirking. "You know her."
…
….
Cuckoo, Cuckoo-
"Ino?!" She gasped as her mouth went wide open. Sasuke scowled. "Where the hell did you get that idea?" Sakura's mouth went into a small, thin line. "That's the only girl I know, unless you're gay."
Shikamaru snickered. "Sakura's not good at making friends with girls, especially when she was in high school." His snicker turned into a chuckle. "Her bad language (influence by big sister Tayuya) got her into a lot of cat fights. To add more into it? She's kind of dense."
"Who's dense?" Sakura asked, snapping out of her revere and stopping her train of thought.
First Train Car: Who does Sasuke like?
Second: Is it a boy or a girl?
Third: …EW. DIRTY THOUGHTS.
Sasuke could've sworn he saw Sakura's soul ready to come out of her mouth as she wobbled side to side. "Ew…"
His ears twitched.
"What are you thinking?" His murderous glare directed towards her. The pink haired girl gulped and shook her head vigorously. "Nothing, sir, nothing at all." His frown suddenly turned into a smile.
An evil one.
"Really?" He cackled in a low tone, low enough for only her to hear. "Well, I can think of many ways to get you to confess." Sweat went down her neck as she inched a little bit away from him.
Naruto began to fake-sob. "They're still staring at us weirdly."
Neji, who was reading a newspaper, whispered harshly, "Ignore it."
The blonde pouted and gave a shrug. He avoided meeting any eyes until he heard an old man say to his grandchild, "Konohamaru, stop staring."
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Karin threw her cigarette out the window before shutting it. She scowled and hissed, "I gotta get enough out of Yamanaka some how."
"Why don't you target her boyfriend or something."
"Shut it, Suigetsu, I'm trying to think here."
"Think? Ha!" Suigetsu snickered as he took a bite of his take out hamburger. "That sounds like news to me." The girl turned to glare at him as she took her heel off and aimed it towards his head. He moved his head to dodge. "Thank god, that wasn't the heel."
"Suigetsu, this isn't the time for your bee-ess." She hissed. He winced and could've sworn her face was morphing into medusa or something. He sipped some coke through the bendy straw. "Well, it ain't bull shit, Karin, it's a suggestion."
"Oh. What'd you say?"
The 'boyfriend' rolled his eyes. "Target her boyfriend?" He stated once more. She sighed. "Nah. I'm not a slut." She laughed.
Suigetsu choked on his hamburger at this.
"Why aren't you laughing?" She frowned as she crossed her arms. He looked away. "I heard that joke before."
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"Why are you we here again?" Sakura said as she stared at the rather large and modern looking building. "What building is this? Who owns it? Who makes these clothes?"
"Four questions." Gaara yawned with a bored look on his face. Sasuke sighed and gave in a large gulp of breath before replying swiftly,
"To pick out clothes for the fashion show. This building is called A.K.A.T.S.U.K.I. Inc. My brother. Many popular people."
Naruto rolled his eyes and mocked his sixth grade teachers. "Uchiha Sasuke, did you forget to restate the question? By your age, you should know to restate!" Sasuke glared warningly at him, causing the mouth to snap shut.
"I see." She caught everything in…At least, they thought so for a second. "Wait, who owns it?" Onyx eyes rolled. "My brother."
"I see."
"…"
"…"
"…"
"You have a brother?"
The Uchiha sighed and grumbled, "Quit wasting time so we can go inside." He grabbed her head and lead her in roughly. "Stay close." He commanded. That was the last thing she heard before entering the company.
What made it slightly weird was there was a lot more girls than boys.
"Ignore them." Neji whispered as a tip. "They're all older than us, so of course, we're not interested." Sakura turned to look at him, knowing Sasuke was guiding her.
"Are you people loli-cons or something?" Neji smirked. "Nah. But, we do like someone." Sakura frowned. "Who?"
"Ah! Sasuke! Pleased to see you here, yeah?"
Sakura ran into Sasuke's back at the sudden stop. She peeked beside him to see a blonde haired man who's hair was tied into a high ponytail. Of course, she didn't think he was a man at first.
'Who's the beautiful foreign lady?'
Shikamaru coughed, knowing exactly what she was thinking.
The 'foreign lady' immediately spotted her and pulled her from behind the Uchiha. "Oooh! Who's this girl? She your wifey, yeah?" The blonde 'lady' held up a pinky.
Sakura pushed the pause button.
'HOLD IT. Deep voice?' Her twitched as she felt being glomped. 'A flat…chest?'
The blonde, she realized, man went down on one knee and kissed her hand.
"The name's Deidara. Pleasure to meet your acquaintance…" He looked up, motioning her to say her name. "Uh- Anou-" She began to say but was cut off when Deidara was suddenly pulled away. 'Sasuke?'
"Her name's Sakura." Naruto said with a weird grin as he squeezed the blonde man's hand awfully tight. Sasuke sighed. 'That's my job.' He thought inwardly but shrugged it off. Once again, his face remained more impassive and he was showing less jealousy than he was feeling.
'Deidara, hm? A Japanese name…' She thought as she watched Deidara pull his hand away and shaking the pain off while Naruto began to laugh.
"Stop fooling around."
"Sasori no danna" Deidara turned around, only to be smacked in the face.
"Get back to work." The red haired boy, who was only up to Deidara's chin, ordered as the blonde faked a sob.
Gimme gimme more-
Gimme more- Gimme gimme mo-
"Oops. That's mine." Deidara said as he stuck his hand in his coat. "God damn these pocket of wonders- Aha! I found it!"
Sasuke frowned in disgust as Naruto laughed with tears ready to come out of his eyes. "What kind of ring tone is that?!" He bit his lip to suppress the laughter, but it failed as he began to laugh loudly once more. Sakura nudged him.
"Stop laughing. They're staring at us again."
Naruto stopped and looked around to see the fashion designers whispering to each other but the models laughing and waving to them.
"Okay, guys, nice meeting you Sakura, but I gotta run." Deidara gave a sigh. "Apparently, someone 'accidentally' put the designs in the shredder. Thank god I have extra copies." He gave one more sigh before bidding goodbye.
After a moment of silence, Sasori muttered, "The idiot left you with me." He turned to them. "I guess I'll lead you to your brother." Gaara and Shika answered when no one did,
"Please do so."
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"SO THEN, there was this HUGE FIGHT! And they were all like; TUMBLE, TUMBLE, TUMBLE, PUNCH, JAB, MORE TUMBLING, SLAP, and then OH NO YOU DIDN'T and then KICK, SMACK-" Naruto rambled on about his made up story as he posed. Sakura laughed and nodded. Shikamaru sighed and nodded, too. Yes, you guessed right.
She wasn't really listening.
"Get me a cup of coffee." Neji ordered when he caught sight of a worker. The boy flinched and nearly dropped the papers in his hand. He gulped and muttered, "O-okay, sir-"
Neji sighed and picked up a magazine on the table. "Are they done arguing yet?" Sakura looked up. "Nope."
"Wake me up when they stop." Shikamaru grumbled as he crossed his arms and closed his eyes. He drifted off into his daily nap.
"For the LAST TIME, FINE, WE will MODEL, but those clothes are too-" Sasuke slammed his hands on the desk but was cut off by his older brother.
"Awesome?" Itachi finished with a smirk as he twirled a pen in his finger. The pink haired girl sweat dropped animatedly as she slumped. 'I can see the resemblance.'
"Actually, there are a few things that you may need female partners-" The older Uchiha stopped mid-sentence at the sight of the Haruno. "Sakura?"
"Hm?"
"It's good to see you again." Itachi said as he put on a more casual than professional smile as he stood up, walked over to her, and kissed her hand.
"Again?"
The Uchiha looked up at her, his eyes narrowing. "My apologies. I'm Uchiha Itachi." His questioning glance sent to his younger brother went unnoticed by the girl.
"Nice to meet you?" She asked as she raised an eyebrow.
"This girl fill in all your female partner positions." Itachi said as he had pulled the girl up so that her back faced him. His grip on her shoulders was not too hard, but not gentle enough to let her get of his grip.
"That many costume changes?"
Sakura sighed. Gosh, changing outfits was fun but when you had to be quick about it? Sucked major ass.
"Naruto." Sasuke said out of nowhere as he snapped his fingers.
"Huh?"
"Get me skittles."
"What?"
"Did I stutter?"
"No, but that doesn't have anything to do wi-"
"Get me skittles. Now."
"Isn't that Sakura's job?"
"Who did I ask?"
"Uh…Me."
"Then that is the person who will get me skittles."
"Fine, fine. God." Naruto kicked the trash can on the way out and grumbled to himself, "What the hell crawled up his ass and died?"
"Did I hear something, Uzumaki?"
"Nothing! Nothing at all, Mr. Uchiha."
"I thought so."
"Can someone just get the damn skittles?" Shikamaru grumbled in his sleep, only to be ignored.
"…"
"Tch. That dobe's dead from the neck up."
"What did you say, teme?!"
"Oh, what the hell, just go get his skittles already!" An aggravated Sakura screamed as she grabbed Naruto by the collar and jabbed a threatening finger in his face. "GO! What the hell are you waiting for?!" She pointed the door and gave a powerful shove.
"Hai! R-right away, s-sir- I mean, ma'am!" He saluted and shot out the door, fearing for his life. Shikamaru pressed a button on his watch and raised an eyebrow. "New record. Seven seconds exactly."
Sakura crossed her arms and gave a victorious huff. Itachi chuckled, quite amused at the girl. After he was finished, he ran a hand through his hair and mumbled,
"Now, what were we talking about again?"
All except for the two Uchiha brothers in the room gave an exasperated groan and slumped even more from their position.
"Ah, yes, yes…" He muttered to himself as he took a pen from the cup on his desk and began tapping the paper with it. "So, you are the models and Sakura, here, will be your partners." He nodded approvingly before giving the paper to Sasuke. "Now, we must go choose the outfits." The man stood up and motioned them towards the door. "Come, now. This is more fun than you think."
Sakura quickly changed her tired face when she knew Itachi was referring to her. She painted a professional smile on her portrait face and laughed nervously while scratching her scalp.
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"Woow…" Sakura cooed with eyes twinkling in amazement. She looked side to side, apparently not sure where to look first. "This is Ino's heaven…" She paused and muttered to herself, "The only thing missing is Ino." The girl almost sighed in relief. Almost.
Shikamaru snorted when he heard the comment on his girlfriend. He took a seat on a chair and began to watch. But that didn't last to long as he drifted into sleep again.
"So what's the theme of this fashion show?"
"Summer clothes. Maybe punk." Naruto suggested while Sasuke gave a shrug. Sakura frowned. "Wait, so are you saying you don't know?"
Naruto shook his head furiously. "We know, we know." Sakura pursued her lips. "You don't sound so convincing…" She muttered to herself.
"Well, first of all, I have the perfect thing for Sasuke and Sakura." Itachi said as he shoved them into the dressing room. Suddenly, the curtains began shifting. Shikamaru began shifting, too, into a more comfortable position.
"Sasuke-san! Put me down!"
Slam.
"Tch. He said to…"
"But-"
"Do what I say."
"Come out, already!" Naruto whined, feeling his anxiety rise.
And out stepped Sasuke with Sakura hauled over his shoulder.
He wore an unbuttoned white shirt and black shorts. Around his neck was a loose tie and a silver cross on a chain. Around his wrist was a code bar bracelet.
Sakura wore something simple, too. She wore a D&G chiffon floral print dress. It was at least three thousand dollars; probably the most expensive thing she had ever worn. She gulped, careful not to ruin the clothes in any way.
Itachi smirked and clapped, almost amusingly. "Good. Exactly as I envisioned."
"Who's your master?" Sasuke whispered as they walked back to the dressing room, his back and her face facing the group.
"I dunno- Eep!" She turned red when she felt a hand swat her bottom.
"Who's your master?" His pale lips curled up into a smirk.
"Y-you are?"
Another swat caused her to squeal and turn even more red. She elbowed his shoulder, causing him to her another swat.
"Who's your master?"
"You are."
He smirked and nuzzled her side, causing her to begin kicking and thrashing.
"Good girl."
Sakura didn't know how red her face was, but hell, it felt like it was burning really badly.
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Authoress' Note: Fifteen pages on ten font. Wow. Well, here you are. I gave you some relief since the last cliffhanger just seemed a bit too much.
Preview Quote:
"Shikamaru, you know something we don't. This is picture of Sakura in first year high school. That was after we all separated. Why is she in the hospital?" -Sasuke
The next chapter will be on Sakura's past and will be full of Sasusaku.