. . .and Call Me in the Morning: Ch. 3

A/N: Naruto characters and themes are not my property, and I do not profit from any likenesses.

In the previous scene:

*ring*

"Tsunade, please pick up!"

*ring* -click-

"Please don't be in a drunken stupor already!"

Silence.

". . .um. . .hello?"

"No, Sakura, I am not. What has you calling at this hour, young lady?"

"Oh, God, Tsunade-sama! Sasuke has an immense fever! It just hit him like a ton of bricks!"

"Then just treat it like he has a cold. With a bit of over-the-counter medicine and a cold compress, his fever should break-"

"No! It's the poison! I can sense it! There's more now than there was when he was brought over here! It's like it's replicating. It's attacking his organs; right now, his pancreas."

"I'll be there as soon as I can."

"Tsunade-sama, wait!"

"What is it?"

"It's attacking white blood cells. It's like a virus, only-"

-click-

Lady Tsunade hurriedly slipped on her sandals and tore her home apart to gather up supplies she thought she'd need. In a few minutes, she slipped out of her home to rush to Sakura's aid. 'It's worse than I thought. Hang, on, Sasuke. If you aren't strong enough, this poison will kill you before dawn.'

Lady Tsunade and Sakura spent the entire night saving Sasuke's life. This poison was out of control, and the experts had no clues to explain it. The two esteemed doctors were in a bind, and knew they would run out of time transporting Sasuke back to the hospital. Since time was a factor, the two intelligent kunoichi medics resorted to giving Sasuke an emergency blood transfusion right there in Sakura's living room.

Hours later, the two doctors were drained of chakra and any other ounce of energy. As the two women lay in the living room, Lady Tsunade in a comfy chair and Sakura draped over an over-sized pillow on the living room rug, the women lightly dozed off to the sound of Sasuke's shallow breathing. Medical equipment lay scattered around the room, which was not yet noticeably brighter from the morning's first rays of light peeking in through Sakura's butter cream-hued curtain panels.

". . .mmmph. . ."

Sakura's head jolted to the left; her reddened cheek slid to the left and lifted off her arm, which had cradled her all-too-heavy head.

'What was that? Is Tsunade-sama talking in her sleep?'

". . .mmph. . .mmh. . ."

Sakura pulled her upper body off her living room rug to see Sasuke grumbling in a fever-induced dream. Well, it was likely more of a hallucination. His feverish mind could be playing tricks on him. Sakura stood up to check on him.

She reached the side of the couch and placed her hand on his head. His fever had reduced drastically, though he was still burning up. She thought this could be the cause of his pained expression. Her fingertips glowed softly with a green light as she released healing chakra into his head. Instantly, the lines in his forehead relaxed, and his face took on a much more peaceful look.

'Gosh, it's been a while since I've seen him wearing such a peaceful look on his face.' Sakura could not help but think about all the high-ranking missions Sasuke had been sent out on these past few years. 'I know he's one of the best shinobi in the village, but this is ridiculous. Why do you keep a distance, Sasuke? You don't have to distance yourself from me. Never.'

"Have you checked his heart rate?"

Sakura jumped, turning around to face Lady Tsunade. Surprisingly enough, Lady Tsunade did not look as bad when she is sleep-deprived than she does when she's hung over.

"Oh, um - no, I haven't." Sakura turned back to Sasuke while Lady Tsunade commenced with her short evaluation of Sasuke's current condition.

"He's still pretty stable, but he'll need to go back to the hospital as soon as possible. He needs to be hooked up to an EKG monitor. If this poison had reached his heart. . ."

Sakura's eyes cast downwards. She knew what Lady Tsunade did not want to finish saying.

"Then there would be no reviving him. I know. Doctors Matsuda and Ogata told me."

Lady Tsunade pulled away from Sasuke. She was still quite a bit worried about Sasuke's percentage of recovery. But she did not want Sakura to sense her uneasiness, nor her doubts.

"Sakura, I'm going to call Shizune now. We will transport Sasuke at once. Please gather up all the medical necessities, along with whatever belongings Sasuke may need in the hospital."

Sakura turned, looking at Sasuke one more time. 'I hope this isn't the last time I'm going to see you alive and breathing, Sasuke. I'm so sorry I couldn't do more.'

"Sakura?" There was no chance Lady Tsunade could mask her concern for Sakura's feelings. The young doctor was obviously very emotional about her teammate and former unrequited love interest. 'It is former, right?'

"Yes, Tsunade-sama?" Sakura rubbed sleep from her eyes as she grabbed one of Lady Tsunade's bags to begin stuffing medical instruments in for transport.

"I'll need you to contact Sasuke's family. This is serious, and we'll need-"

"What? No, please!" Sakura was terrified of calling the Uchiha compound. What was she going to say? Would they blame her? Why does she have to be the bearer of bad news? Is Mikoto going to cry? Will Fugaku scream at her? What will Itachi do to her? Gosh, the whole clan!

"Sakura, it is the job of a doctor to inform relatives when a condition like this occurs. I know he is ANBU, but he is an Uchiha. They must know immediately."

"Yes, Tsunade-sama." She turned back to Sasuke again. 'Hang on, Sasuke. None of us want to lose you.'

7:45 a.m. A couple of hours later, at Konoha Hospital. . .

"Doctor Haruno! Doctor! Wait! Sakura, wait!"

Ami, a relatively young and plain-looking nurse in the trauma ward, had to sprint to catch up to the very fast-paced Sakura. Ami had a look of worry on her face.

Sakura turned and slowed her pace. "Ami, what is it? I need to check on a few patients."

"Thank God you're here! When the morning crew got here, something was definitely off."

"What do you mean, Ami?" Sakura now stopped in the middle of the hallway. She led Ami and herself to a slightly enclosed part of the trauma ward's lobby, where no one could hear their private discussion.

"Tracy didn't come in this morning. She isn't answering her cell phone, and she wasn't at her apartment. I went to check on her myself; I just got back. There's no sign of her anywhere!"

Sakura smirked. "Ami, I think she's sleeping it off. She had a very special date last night."

Ami shook her head in disagreement. "But she wasn't in her apartment at all. I used the spare key taped to the back of her porch lights outside her front door. I went in to check on her and get her out of bed, but there was no one home!"

Sakura knew where Tracy lived. She had a small town home close to the heart of the village, not exactly an apartment like Sakura's. Tracy's front door had large outdoor lights mounted to either side, and behind one, Sakura knew, hid a spare key. She'd had to use that spare key plenty of times in order to either check up on Tracy after a wild night of partying or just to get Tracy back home. . .after a wild night of partying. Tracy was a fun-loving young girl, and had every right to be. But when it affects your ability to do your very important, life-saving job, it is a problem.

"Oh, boy. There's no telling where she is, then."

At that moment, Lucas rolled around the corner, looking as handsome as usual. Sakura studied hi for a moment. But unlike the other times when she studied his. . .very attractive physique. . .and damn fine butt. . .this time Sakura concentrated on his body language and facial expressions. She immediately noticed he was hiding something. His body language was way off this morning. He was not flirting with the nurses like he usually did. He was not overly confident, like usual. His face, as handsome as ever, was somehow missing that spark in his eyes and smile. Wait - that's it! He was not smiling or smirking like he usually did. Why not? What was he hiding? Lucas walked straight by Sakura and Ami, heading towards the elevators on the sixth floor. Sakura set her eyes on her target and stalked after him, intending to find out what happened last night and what he did with Tracy.

'What the Hell? Wha. . .'

"Mmph. . ."

Naruto groaned and peeked out of one barely raised eyelid. It was bright in his room. That told him it must be morning, since the sun rose on this side of the building in which his window faced. Naruto did not notice anyone in his room, which made him sigh with uneasiness. He couldn't sit up or talk. His tongue felt like it weighed a ton of bricks. His throat was as dry as the Sahara Desert. His arms were like putty.

Through a great deal of effort, Naruto managed to swing his right arm around until he reached the button on the side of bed he knew was there - a safety button to call a nurse. He found it pretty easily and pressed it a few times. 'Maybe if the alarm rings several time, that'll get them moving. Hurry.'

Within the minute, two female nurses hurried into Naruto's room.

"Well, Uzumaki! It's about time you woke up!"

Naruto's eyelids were still very droopy, but he was able to see out of both of his eyes now. "Nurse Tracy? Is that you?"

The girls giggled. The brown-haired one he mistook for Nurse Tracy spoke up.

"No, my name is Nurse Hannah. This is my friend, Nurse Erika." Nurse Hannah had shoulder-length rich chocolate brown hair. It was straightened with a flat iron into slick locks. She was wearing a blue uniform. From what Naruto knew, the nurses in the trauma ward wore blue uniforms. 'She must work with Sakura a lot. Oh, I want Sakura!'

Naruto turned to look at Nurse Erika, a slightly taller blonde with slightly wavy golden hair, tied halfway in the back to only have a small handful of golden curls drape over her shoulders. Naruto thought she looked like a model. 'Nurse Tracy who?'

"Oh. Hello, girls." He grinned a ridiculous smirk, hoping to woo the girls into making him their new pet. 'These girls are hot, too! Wow! They can pet me, scratch my ears and stroke me all day! And night! God, I love Konoha! God Bless the Land of the Hidden Leaves!'

The two nurses giggled.

"Do either of you two beautiful young women-" both girls turned beet red- "know how to find Sakura Haruno? I think I need to talk to her."

"Is she your doctor, cutie?" Erika poked Naruto gently in his nose, which made his heart flutter.

'Is it getting hot in here, or is it just me?' Naruto's heart raced at the thought of all the attention he was getting from these two sinfully attractive young nurses. But something didn't feel right.

"Uh, yeah. Mine and Sasuke Uchiha's. She's our teammate."

"I'll give her a call, then, and let her know you're awake."

"Um, can you tell her I need to see her immediately? It's urgent." Naruto's face paled a bit. Something was definitely wrong. And it was him.

"Sure thing. Are you and Doctor Haruno. . ."

Naruto's head was getting hot. "We're good friends. We've known each other since we were little."

Both girls took on an expression of adoration. "Aw!" They both cooed in unison. "That's so sweet! Best friends forever," Erika chimed in.

As much as Naruto wanted to lie there and bask in this incredible attention he was receiving from arguably the hospital's two hottest nurses, he really needed Sakura's help. Right this second.

"Girls? I don't feel so well. Can one of you send for Sakura?"

"Oh, goodness! Of course!" Nurse Hannah picked up a telephone close to one of his monitors, which led to the front desk. "Hi, Margaret. I need a page for Dr. Haruno in room 419, please. We need her asap. Thanks." She hung up the phone, and both nurses immediately commenced showering Naruto with whatever assistance they could possibly give him.

"Girls, please. That isn't necessary. My pillow's fi- okay, maybe it isn't. Nurse Hannah, don't worry about that. My hair is always sticking out in all different directions. Your fingers aren't going to help. No, Nurse Erika, don't touch that!"

The girls giggled.

"SAKURA!"

Sakura had followed Lucas onto the sixth floor. Soon after dismissing Ami and following Lucas for just a little while, she noticed he was carrying a few files with him. Lucas was a nurse, not a receptionist or office personnel. Files weren't really in his job description, past writing during treatment and evaluations. Why did he have files with him? This wasn't even the correct floor for filing.

"Attention. Doctor Haruno, you are needed in room 419 immediately. Doctor Haruno, room 419."

Sakura stopped dead in her tracks. 'Oh, my gosh! That's Naruto's room!'

For the split second she stopped to think about what Naruto could possibly need from her, she looked back to see that Lucas was gone. It was extremely peculiar. This hallway was a long corridor without windows, and had only a few doors for small storage space as it led down to a service elevator. For some strange, unknown reason, Lucas was heading towards loading docks for heavy equipment or large shipments, since this floor held a large storage room for medical supplies. It also held a lab and medicine stock room, which was always under heavy guard. Why would he need to take the service elevator? Why was he even on this floor? And what files were in those folders he was carrying? And where is Tracy?

What plagued Sakura's mind the most, beside her dear friend Tracy, was how he escaped her line of sight so quickly. Sakura didn't even really turn away from Lucas. He just vanished in thin air. She would have heard a door open and close. But those were all locked, she was sure. And he was close to a hundred yards away from the service elevator at the end of the dead-end hallway. It was a very narrow hallway as she peered down it while trying to inconspicuously trail him, so there was no way he could have come back towards her and walked past her. A regular civilian would not have escaped her eyesight in a split second, anyhow. Who, or what, is Lucas?

Sakura rushed past a crowd of people in the hallway close to Naruto's hospital room as she rushed to be by his side. She was worried. He should not have still been here, unless he was locked in the padded room as punishment for being unruly and trying to destroy the hospital.

Sakura pushed the hospital room door open and saw Nurses Erika and Hannah, standing over Naruto. He was as pale as Sasuke. He looked as bad as Sasuke. He. . .must be poisoned, like Sasuke.

"Sakura, come join us!" Naruto shot up in a jolt, frightening Erika and Hannah. They screamed a little, very taken aback at Naruto's actions. "We were just going to go feed the giraffes at the zoo! Do you know what I want to be when I grow up? A koala bear! Oh, look! There's a bee on my arm! Argh, kill it!"

"Oh, my God!" Naruto scared the living daylights out of all three young women as he snatched Hannah's clipboard out of Nurse Hannah's hands. He yanked the pen off the clipboard. The chain snapped effortlessly, also cracking the heavy metal clipboard. It didn't bend - it cracked.

With all the commotion, Naruto's hospital room door flew open, and a couple of other nurses peered in, shock written all over their faces.

Naruto raised the pen to his arm, trying his best to concentrate on the imaginary bee. He reared his right arm back, ready to strike like he held a sacred and powerful sword. As he swung his right arm downwards, his momentum ceased completely, and the pen barely broke the skin. Naruto's body slumped over, unconscious.

"Well, Sakura. It looks like we have our work cut out for us, ne?" Lady Tsunade dropped the tube that connected Naruto's IV and saline bag into his arm. Out popped her needle, apparently which previously contained a heavy sedative.

Upstairs in the trauma ward, Drs. Ogata and Matsuda were confounded as they stood over Sasuke's comatose body.

"This isn't much like the Bastet plant at all, Ikku."

"No, but it may be a derivative of it. These chemicals match, and it is just too much of a coincidence for them to sync up like that. Someone, whoever concocted this, must know what they are doing. This was made for combat and attacks, like-"

"Biological and chemical weapons."

"Precisely. Do you have the reports?"

"Yes, they're right-" Dr. Ogata looked at the empty place on the table where several folders containing reports, sensitive information and personal notes were sitting.

"Morimasa, is everything alright? Where are the reports?"

"I. . .I don't know."

"What? Perhaps you took them back to the lab on our last trip up there and forgot to bring them with you."

"Perhaps. Let us go look."

"Okay. I need to take this blood sample straight there before I forget, too."

The two doctors mulled over different strands of poisons from the Bastet plant. Bastet is an ancient Egptian term meaning "devourer." Just as they both predicted, the poison's path took a turn for the worst imaginable path, even for such a strong ninja as Sasuke Uchiha.

As the doctors hopped out of the elevator, barely noticing a pink-haired doctor following a suspicious-looking male nurse, they hurriedly descended on the long corridor which took them towards the heavily guarded lab, they knew immediately that something was off.

"Hold on, Morimasa. Where is the shinobi guard that stands there? They never leave their post until they are dismissed by the next one on duty."

"I don't know. We should turn back now. Whatever it is, it isn't good."

Dr. Matsuda quickly traveled over to a wall phone to call down to the front desk, but instead pounded in the extension number for the Hokage's office. At this point, the front desk really couldn't do much to help. "Shizune, good morning. Please put Lady Tsunade on the line. She's here? Can you reach her on her phone, please? The hospital needs to be on high alert. I believe we may have an intruder in our village. We have reason to suspect-"

The line went dead. Overhead, the fluorescent lights flickered before they went off. By the time they came back on, the doctors were missing.

"Tsunade-sama, what was that?" Sakura sat in the 4th floor's doctor's lounge, still startled from the disturbing display from earlier.

Lady Tsunade had just gotten off the phone with Shizune. Her face was almost as pale as Naruto's and Sasuke's faces. "That was a moderate to severe hallucination. That come standard with the raging fever. It seems that was just an encore from what Sasuke experienced yesterday."

"But Naruto was thoroughly checked." All Sakura could think of was how the fever wasn't the only hot thing that was raging on Naruto. Like Sasuke's earlier meltdown yesterday, Naruto was found to have been sporting a raging hard-on, likely courtesy of the two female nurses aiding him. But that didn't explain Sasuke's from yesterday. . .

"Sakura, I am about to tell you something very alarming. But please, you must stay calm and remain calm and collected around everyone. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Tsunade-sama." Sakura was very worried.

"It appears that our visitors from earlier are not at all friendly. We stumbled on a devious attack planned for Konoha. And it appears that they have chosen chemical weapons for their first attack."

"What? Who is attacking us?"

"It seems a new country quietly run by S-Class missing-nins and other seedy characters had quite a research project in their village. Their little science projects included the Bastet plant, the very poisonous plant the doctors discovered a while back."

"Yes, I remember." Sakura thought back to yesterday, when the doctors told her of their research and of how dangerous this new substance could be - even more lethal than Sasori's poison.

"It's almost concluded that this weapon was derived from the same plant. The doctors are working on a cure now. But the real problem is finding out how it is transmitted. But we do know of a flaw, which makes an attack with the poison easy but other ways of poisoning a little more tricky. The heart rate has to be sped up enough for the poison to take effect in a small way at first. The victim would only first experience disorientation and a bit of nausea; other than that, the poison had no other immediate side effects as it lies dormant, waiting until a little bit later to attack. It's a very intelligent concoction."

"Oh, my goodness. Do we know how to extract it all? It was replicating in Sasuke's body."

"Only because his heart rate increased dramatically, which apparently makes the poison regenerate, to a point. We extracted more than plenty of blood this last time, along with a blood transfusion. If Sasuke pulls through this latest bout, we don't believe he will have any more poison in his system. As soon at the doctors create antibodies needed to fight this poison like a vaccine-"

"Lady Tsunade, you are needed in the lab. Lady Tsunade, you are needed in the lab."

"Ah, there they are. I hope they found something important." Lady Tsunade turned to leave. But she turned around to address Sakura again. "The problem with both Naruto and Sasuke was that the poison was administered when their heart rates were elevated. Sasuke was obviously infected during battle. But Naruto was a little behind. He was attacked in this hospital, within the past couple of days. We are in full lockdown at the moment. Any new patients will be rerouted to a small private clinic on the other side of the village. No patients will be discharged until we find out what is going on."

Sakura gasped at the alarming news. "What is happening? Is the new village of missing-nin attacking our village right now?"

"I believe so. But we must do whatever we can to dispel panic and hysteria, as well as combat any terrorists. I need you to be on full guard, Sakura. I need to report to the lab and assist the doctors."

With that, Lady Tsunade turned around again and placed her hand on the door. But she barely turned her head to address Sakura once more.

"Well, Sakura. I do have one question for you."

"Yes, Tsunade-sama?" Sakura could barely pay attention. Her mind was reeling over the last bits of information.

"It was a bit obvious that Hannah and Erika caused Naruto's heart to speed up with their. . .ministrations, shall we say?"

"Huh?" Sakura remembered walking in just about ten minutes ago to see that Hannah and Erika were being their usual flirty ways with Naruto. Ugh, those troublesome girls. Whoa! That sounded like Shikamaru!

"But what puzzles me is what you did to Sasuke to make such a stoic guy's heart rate speed out of control?" With an impish smirk firmly planted on her face, Lady Tsunade rushed out of the doctor's lounge and headed to the elevators.

Sasuke's eye peeked from a tiny opening he managed to work out from his heavy eyelid. Groggily, he groaned and tried to look around whatever room he now found himself in. Sasuke couldn't believe that this was the third time in the past few days that he woke up in a horrible, uncomfortable hospital bed. What the Hell is wrong with him? Can he not take care of himself anymore? What is going on?

"Umm. . .mmn. . .h-hello?"

No answer. Sasuke was left alone in his hospital room. But this room looked a bit different. He had several tubes running into his arms, and he could see puncture marks from several blood samples taken from his body.

'Jesus, were they just experimenting on me like a damn cadaver in med school? I look like shit! As if the poison wasn't enough!'

Sasuke worked hard to gather his thoughts, trying to remember how he got here this time. Yesterday, he woke up with Sakura leaning over him. Why didn't that happen this time? But he did end up going home with her. Then it struck him. He was making out with Sakura. An they almost had sex right there in her living room.

'Wow. Sakura sure is the ever-caring doctor. She just gives and gives.' Sasuke smirked a weak little smirk, just thinking of how eager Sakura was to be with him. He still thought about how soft and silky Sakura's ivory skin felt underneath his rough and calloused hands. When she raked her smooth palms over his chest, it felt absolutely amazing.

"Ah! Dammit!" Sasuke could feel pressure on his chest. He had yet to figure out every time his heart rate sped up, the poison worked faster through his system. But at this point, he is lucky that there was not enough poison left in his blood stream to actually kill him. But no one said it would be pain-free.

Sakura walked in to Sasuke's hospital room in the trauma ward about an hour later. She was extremely surprised to find Sasuke sitting up, shirtless and basking in all the glory fluorescent hospital lights could allow him. But it was enough to impress.

"Oh! Sasuke. You-you're up. I mean, you're awake." Sakura clumsily stumbled over to his bedside, trying her best to maintain a little bit of composure, much less professional etiquette. "How are you feeling?"

"Hn." Sasuke looked up towards her towering form, then cast his eyes away. He couldn't help but think she was unbelievably alluring, even with her white lab coat on. His mind instantly clicked into Icha Icha Paradise role-playing situations.

'Great. We're back to his grunting and bad disposition. I suppose he didn't ant to pick up where we left off last night, after all.' "Did you take off the sensors?"

"Yes."

"Why? They were hooked up to the-"

"They were annoying, and I don't need them. I feel fine now."

Sakura knew it wouldn't be long until Sasuke recovered from his latest spell. But she also sensed that his chackra signature was almost nonexistent.

"Sasuke?"

"Hn."

"Can you do something for me?"

"Hn. . .huh?" Sasuke's eyes widened. 'She couldn't be thinking. . .'

"I need you to hit me."

"What! Are you joking?" 'Well, maybe she wasn't thinking.'

"I don't think you can do it. Just try it. All I need you to do is swing."

"Well, just a swing." Sasuke stood up, holding on to the bed railing for dear life. He didn't want Sakura to know that he couldn't spring back to full strength like he would have without poison in his system.

"Alright, Hercules. C'mon with it. This is just a strength endurance test-"

Sasuke swung, and his fist barely extended out enough to hit Sakura with full force of a regular civilian. To add to the embarrassment, Sasuke overexerted himself and he fell forward, hitting the tile hospital floor with a loud crash, taking out a metal tray and an assortment of loud, clanging objects with him.

"Oh, my gosh!" Sakura ran to his side and helped him stand back up. By the time Sasuke was standing upright again, he was leaning on the railing of his hospital bed. Sakura's hands were still holding his shoulders, holing she could help steady him.

"Are you okay?" Sakura tried to hold back her laughter. His chakra was going to take many, many hours to build back up. Until then, Sakura could take care of him. She was already thinking of all the ways she could take care o him right now. . .

"That. . ." Sasuke definitely overexerted himself, which showed as he was panting heavily. "That was a terrible idea, you sadist. Where. . .is my chakra?"

"Well, a side effect of the poison is that it suppresses your chakra. We extracted more than enough of the poison that your body should expel the rest in time."

"Days? Are you serious?"

"Sasuke. . .there's something else. Konoha is under attack. Naruto has been poisoned with the same deadly poison, but he was only infected yesterday or the day before. There is a traitor in Konoha, and I'm afraid they're in the hospital. Now, even."

"Holy shit. Now was a terrible time for me to lose my chakra. Have you informed Kakashi? We need the village on-"

"The hospital is on lockdown, actually. Tsunade-sama is in the lab with her poison experts, creating a cure. Naruto's in stable condition, and Tsunade-sama will be in there with him to administer whatever she needs to do to help him break the fever and extract the poison from his blood. He can have an emergency blood transfusion, like you did, if he needs it. We just have to wait this out-"

"What! I had a blood transfusion? When?"

Sakura's grip on his shoulders tightened as she tried to calm him down and comfort him. "Late last night. When we. . .well, when. . .you had a horrible fever, and you blacked out again. I found the poison had replicated in your bloodstream and was attacking your organs, like a virus or something."

"Holy shit." Sasuke looked down into Sakura's eyes. He had been trying to avoid her, attempting to retain a bit of dignity after his. . .inability to perform, shall we say, before he blacked out. But at least now he knew it was because of the poison.

"But now you seem to be doing okay." Sakura's throat ran dry. Her body temperature was rising quickly. Her heart began to beat faster. She thought she was going to faint. 'Oh, no! I haven't been infected by the poison, have I? Oh, gosh! I-'

Sasuke's lips crashed onto Sakura's with just as much passion as he mustered last night, if not more. Sakura immediately responded to the kiss, allowing Sasuke's mouth to ravish hers. Sasuke ran his hands down to Sakura's hips, letting her fall into his lap as he fell backwards onto the bed.

Sakura jumped backwards, confusing Sasuke and leaving him with the cutest disappointed face Sakura had ever seen. Her heart skipped a beat.

"Just gotta lock the door. No surprise visitors." Sakura made sure the deadbolt slid in all the way and the door wouldn't budge before she raced back over to Sasuke. He grabbed her by the hips yet again and dragged her back into his lap.

Sakura quickly noticed Lady Tsunade and Shizune had outfitted Sasuke in another pair of scrub pants. They were a plain and unattractive cream color, and were a bit translucent. Sakura could easily tell Sasuke wasn't wearing any boxers on underneath the thin material, since she quickly noted that she could see the outline of his crotch riding against it already.

"Eager, are we?"

"Well, I do believe we have some unfinished business." Sasuke's eyes lit up with fire and intensity, which made Sakura's blood boil.

Sakura let her lab coat fall to the ground, while Sasuke quickly worked through her buttons on her blouse. He succeeded in quickly disrobing Sakura's upper body with a quick flick of his wrist behind her, watching as her ample chest bounced out of her lacy white bra. Sasuke leaned up to take one rosy peak into his mouth, earning a moan from Sakura.

Sakura's head went haywire with sensations. She was still able to sit up enough to undo her zipper on the back of her skirt. While Sasuke was still busy at her chest, he reached down to her hips to pull her black skirt down to her knees. Sakura raised up in his lap even more, and was able to wiggle the skirt off into the floor with the rest of her clothing. Now Sasuke was still wearing his thin scrub pants, while Sakura was only in her thin white cotton panties.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Sakura?" Sasuke leaned back and looked into Sakura's eyes, parting with her only to make sure he wasn't taking advantage of the situation.

Sakura panted, letting out a small smirk. "You're not going soft on me, are you, Sasuke?" She rolled her hips onto his groin, relishing the manly and passionate grunt he let out. "I guess not."

Sasuke and Sakura spent the next few hours. . .examining each other's bodies.

A/N: Thanks for the reviews so far! They're fun to read, so please continue to review! Twice, if you want to! I don't mind!