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I'd like to start this chapter off with an apology for making the last chapter shitty. I'M SO SORRY! And I know that it's been awhile since I posted anything for this story, but I have great news! I actually sat down and came up with ideas! So, chapters will be coming out a lot more frequently and they will come together a lot smoother. I'm so happy that people are still reading this story, and I hope that people keep reading it.

Anyways, I love everyone that comes and reads this story, with or without reviewing! You guys are the best!

Same warnings as before! I'd repeat them every chapter but I don't have anything clever to say after each warning xD

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Gaara took a seat at Sakura's kitchen table and watched his friend prepare drinks for the two of them. He knew that this was going to be a long night, when Sakura plots something she plots well. She insures that there are no possible loop holes that someone could easily get through. He sighed.

"We need to make sure that Sasuke-kun stays away from Naruto" Sakura said, plopping ice in both drinks. She grabbed both drinks and turned around. "But, I'm not sure where to start"

Gaara leaned back in his chair as Sakura gracefully walked towards him and placed his drink in front of him. "I'm sure that if I give you ten seconds to think about it, you'll come up with something fool-proof" he replied, grabbing his drink.

Sakura giggled as she sat down. "Ah, you know me too well" she smiled, reaching over and hitting play on her iPod.

'Rushing through thirty, getting older everyday…by two. Drawing pictures of innocent times'

Gaara took a long sip of his drink and placed his cup lightly back on the surface of the table and looked Sakura directly in the eyes. "We need to come up with something good if we want this to actually work" he said. Sakura nodded. "We could intervene every time Sasuke-kun wants to see Naruto" she suggested with a shrug.

Gaara tilted his head to the side. "Sure, I'll be with Naruto for every waking second of every day for the rest of his life" he said sarcastically.

Sakura pouted. "I know that was terrible but it was something" she said. "It's not like you've come up with anything"

'Sure it would change my perspective, I'm certain I would change today, I'm certain it would change our ways'

"How about we try to set Naruto up with someone?" she asked, eyes lighting up at the idea.

"No" Gaara said flatly, narrowing his eyes at Sakura.

Sakura glared at him. "And why the hell not?" she demanded.

"Just no" he replied, looking away from Sakuras intense glare.

Sakura mentally weighed her options, pry further and have Gaara get pissed off and walk out? Or say nothing and continue on with planning? She quickly decided on the latter.

"You could beat the shit out of him" she suggested, taking a small sip of her drink. She scrunched up her noise at the awful taste of the gin and tonic mixture.

Gaara shook his head. "Naruto would find out and then kill me" he replied easily.

Sakura sighed. "Threaten him maybe?" she asked. Gaara shook his head at the suggestion. "No, that piece of shit doesn't feel threatened by anyone" he said.

The two friends both sighed at the same time and drank there drinks in silence that felt like it lasted much longer than necessary.

Sakura smiled in glee as she heard her favourite song start playing on her iPod, she got up and happily began to make two more drinks for herself and her companion.

'I'm feeling mean today, not lost not blown away, just irritated and quite hated self-control breaks down'

Gaara began to tap his fingers on the surface of the table, growing irritated by the lack of ideas that were being thrown around. The two of them scheming together should have gotten more ideas, but for some reason neither of them were coming up with anything good. Well, truth be told, he wasn't exactly contributing ideas. He wasn't really too fond of the idea of hurting his bubbly best friend. He knew full well that if they successfully came up with a good plan to get Sasuke out of the picture that in the end Naruto would be hurt again. And the thought of trying to help Naruto recover from Sasuke leaving him again was a painful thought for Gaara. Yes, he despised Sasuke. Yes, he wanted nothing more than for him to be gone for good, never to return to Konoha City. And yes, deep down inside he really did love-

"OH MY GOD, I HAVE THE BEST IDEA IN THE WORLD!" Sakura suddenly shouted, turning around and tossing ice in every which direction as she did so. Gaara jumped slightly, startled by Sakuras sudden outburst. He quickly gathered his wits and glared at her.

"This better be good, I don't think I could handle another stupid idea" he said, glaring daggers at Sakura. She simply smiled at him and leaned back on the counter. Her sweet smile quickly morphed into a devious grin which made Gaara feel rather uncomfortable. "It's perfect" she insured him, still smiling deviously.

Gaara quickly looked away from Sakuras devious grin and sighed. He knew what was about to come out of her mouth. It was probably going to be the worst idea ever but it would definitely have a one hundred percent succession rate, which frightened him to no end, not that he would admit it.

'Right now can't get across the hate when I see you'

Sakura folded her arms across her chest and let a pout grace her lips. "If you do it right…" she said slowly, making sure to sound cute as she said each word. "It will definitely work…"

Gaara looked back at Sakura and glared. "Just spit it out" he growled. "You know that you won't give me the choice to say no to something once you've decided it"

"Seduce Sasuke-kun" she said with a smile.

Gaara felt rage rise up in him at her words. It wasn't because of the idea, no. It also wasn't about the fact that he had no choice in the matter on whether or not he could say no; no of course that wasn't it. What made him so fucking angry was the way she said it and the way she smiled so sweetly.

"You have got to be fucking kidding me" Gaara said, trying with every ounce of self-restraint to not flip shit. "I am not doing that"

Sakura continued to smile sweetly at him, like the fact that Gaara was getting increasingly angrier as the seconds ticked by wasn't even fazing her at all. "Yes you are" she said simply. "You will do it, and it will work"

Gaara's anger was overflowing at this point. The thought of having to get the ignorant, arrogant Uchiha to think that he wanted him was revolting and disturbing. He knew that he would either kill Sasuke with his bare hands or throw up before he could get those dirty fingers on him, and then the thought of where those fingers have been made Gaara shudder.

"Fine, let me put it this way" Sakura said with a smile, brushing her bangs out of her face. "If you fuck this up, I'll personally cock-block you for the rest your life"

Gaara stared at Sakura, unsure of if she were actually telling the truth or lying. He knew that he would have to figure out if she were telling the truth quickly, because if she is, he will not being getting laid for the rest of his life. Which was a scary thought for him, he very much enjoyed sex as much as the next person. And not getting any would fucking suck.

He let out an exhausted sigh, he desperately held onto the last shred of sanity he had left. He knew that he has no choice but to say that he will do it, and he also knows that if he fucks up the plan that she will cock-block him for the rest of his life. "Fine" he said quietly. "I'll fucking do it"

Sakura squealed in delight. "Okay!" she smiled, clapping her hands together and jumping up and down like some school girl on crack. "When? Where? And How?"

Gaara sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "It's up to you" he replied.

Sakura placed her index finger on her lip and thought of a way for them to execute their plan without any disturbances.

"Can you give me that drink now?" Gaara asked, holding his hand out to Sakura. She smiled and handed him his gin and tonic. He took the drink and downed half of it, making a face at the bitter after taste it left behind.

"Let me call Ino" Sakura said, walking into the living room to fetch her purse.

"Why Ino?" Gaara asked, giving his glass of alcohol a dirty look for assaulting his taste buds with such an odd taste. "I thought the two of you hated each other"

"I know!" Sakura shouted from the living room, having a difficult time locating her purse. "But once she finds out that Sasuke-kun is back in town she'll forget that she hates me!"

Gaara shook his head. He'll never understand woman, they were way too complicating. His mind would implode on itself if were to ever figure them out. That was a fact that he knew to be very true since his failed relationship with a fucking psycho brunette he couldn't seem to shake off.

Sakura came back into the kitchen, pink cellphone in hand and a smile on her face. "Ino absolutely loves Sasuke-kun, as soon as I mention his name and an awesome welcome home party, she'll forget that she hates me" she said, taking her seat at the table. She quickly unlocked her pink blackberry and dialled Ino's number, then held the phone to her ear.

Gaara watched as Sakuras facial expression went from happy to pure disgust once Ino answered the phone. "Hey, pig" she said with a smirk. "Long time no chat"

Gaara decided that he didn't want to listen to their conversation in fear that his ears would bleed, so he reached into his pants pocket and retrieved his own cellphone and his pack of cigarettes. He turned the screen back on and the phone revealed that he had six missed calls, he made a mental note to keep his phone on at least vibrate instead of silent. He checked his call logs and immediately regretted it. All six missed calls were from the psycho bitch, Matsuri. He put his phone on the table and grabbed a cigarette and his lighter from his pack and lit the end of the cigarette.

Why couldn't she just leave him alone? The answer was obvious, he knew that much but he still hated to admit that he was the first one inside the bitch. The one thing he knew for sure about women was the fact that they held on so tightly to their first, like they were some kind of life line.

"Bye, pig" Sakura said with a smile. "I'll call you tomorrow after I get the stuff for the party"

She hung up her phone and placed it on the table. "Done" she said simply. "You'll make your move at the 'Welcome Home Sasuke-kun' party Ino and I are throwing this Saturday"

Gaara nodded slowly, taking a drag of his cigarette and blowing the smoke towards the floor of the kitchen. "I do have some concerns about this plan, you know" he said, not taking his eyes off the screen of his phone that still stated Matsuri was trying to desperately get a hold of him.

"Like what?" Sakura demanded, tapping her perfect French manicured nails on the table.

"Naruto may lash out again if he sees that dildo making a move on me or vice versa" Gaara said, deleting the six missed calls from his phone in hopes that his conscience doesn't kick in. "Or what if the retard doesn't take the bait?"

Sakura frowned as she reached across the table and grabbed the ashtray. She placed the ashtray in front of Gaara and pointed at it. "He'll take the bait" she said, no concern in her voice at all. "And Naruto needs to see Sasuke-kun making a move on you, but at the right time"

Gaara frowned at the fact that Sakura had completely brushed off his concerns like they were nothing. But, he decided not to say anything and just took his anger out by crushing his half-finished cigarette in the ashtray.

"Don't make that face" Sakura said sternly. "It's unattractive"

Gaara shook his head. "I'm not at all concerned about if I look attractive to you or not" he replied. "I have no intentions of getting down your pants"

Sakuras eyebrow twitched. "What are you implying?" she demanded, eyebrow twitched more.

"I'm not implying anything" Gaara replied, innocently. He opened up his pack of cigarettes and pulled out a nicely rolled, fat blunt. "How about instead of flipping out over nothing we smoke this and forget I said anything at all"

Sakura couldn't help but look delighted as she gazed upon the oh so elegant Mary Jane. "Fine, I'll let that one slide" she said.

Gaara lit the end and inhaled deeply, then passed the blunt to Sakura who took it happily. He exhaled the smoke and blew it directly in Sakuras face who squinted her eyes in return. She inhaled from the blunt and glared at him. "Stop that" she said, trying not to breathe out as she spoke. She held her breathe in for a couple more seconds than exhaled, blowing the smoke in Gaaras face.

He chuckled, putting his head down to hide the smile on his face. "Holy shit, someone's an easy bake oven tonight" Sakura giggled. She took another drag from the blunt and tapped Gaaras leg to get his attention. He sat up straight again and took another drag, this time holding it in longer.

"This will work, don't worry" Sakura said, trying to reassure Gaara. He exhaled the smoked in Sakuras face again. "I wouldn't be too sure about that if I were you" he replied, licking his finger and dabbing the spot that was canoeing on the blunt.

Sakura glared daggers at Gaara who got chills immediately from the intensity of the look. He looked at the blunt then at Sakura, he held it out to her with a smile that clearly stated 'I'm high as fuck, join me'. Sakura happily obliged and took the blunt.

XXX

Naruto placed his drink down on the surface of the bar a lot harder than he had intended. "Oto City, you said?" he asked, slightly slurring his words. Sasuke nodded, glass to his lips as he looked at Naruto through his bangs. "It's really nice, dobe" he smirked; taking a sip of his drink and placing it back down on the table. "You'd really like it"

Kiba felt his phone vibrate in his sweater pocket and he grabbed it without thinking, the caller ID said 'Kankuro Calling…'. Naruto peered over Kiba's should and smiled, Kiba quickly pulled his phone out of view and pressed the ignore button. "I'll call him back in a bit" he said with a nervous smile.

"Don't let us interrupt" Sasuke said, leaning his head on his hand. "Wouldn't want to get you in trouble"

Kiba chuckled. "Oh no, don't worry about it" he replied. "He knows that I'm out drinking with Naruto"

Naruto cheered and put his arm around Kiba's shoulders. "Finally! I get a full night with you!" he cheered, drink held high in the air. Kiba laughed and cheers' Naruto. "Idiot" he chuckled as Naruto took a large swig of his beer.

Sasuke smirked at the scene before him, he noticed that Naruto could handle a lot more alcohol then before. Something that has definitely changed since the last time he saw his little innocent blonde.

"So, Sasuke!" Kiba began, getting Sasuke's attention. "Got a good job out there?"

"Yes, actually" Sasuke replied, taking a sip of his drink. "I work as a Software Engineer at this company my brothers good friend is CEO of"

Kiba whistled. "I always knew that out of everyone I knew that you would be the most successful" he said with a smile.

Sasuke smirked. "That's because out of everyone you actually knew, I was the only one that paid attention in class" he said with a hint of smugness.

"That's not true!" Kiba pouted. "Hinata and Sakura paid attention in class too!"

"Well, that's not a fair comparison now is it?" Sasuke asked. "Hinata's the heir of the Hyuuga Enterprise and Sakura is inspiring to be a cardiologist"

"Hinata has it good" Naruto added in suddenly. "She's like, engaged and shit now"

Sasuke's eyes went wide. "Really?" he asked, surprised. "Shy little Hinata is engaged?"

Kiba nodded happily. "Yeah she's getting married to this guy named Kimimaro" Kiba smiled. "They met at some conference Hiashi was having a few years ago"

"Good for her" Sasuke said. "I never thought that Hinata would get married"

Naruto laughed. "I know!" he smiled. "But, she talks so much more now that she's with him though"

"Anything else exciting happen while I was gone?" Sasuke asked, finishing off the last of his vodka paralyzer.

"Gaara and Matsuri finally happened" Naruto smirked. Sasuke looked at Naruto and they both laughed at the same time, while Kiba frowned in disgust. "I remember when Matsuri was following Gaara around like a lost puppy and he would just tell her to fuck off" Sasuke smiled. "Tell me how that happened please"

Naruto smiled big and ordered three Dirty Hookers for the three of them and began his story.

"Well, it happened shortly after you left actually" Naruto began. "She always followed him around and always hated on every girl that Gaara got together with, so one day I guess she just got tired of waiting for him to take interest in her and just came up to him during lunch"

"She confessed in front of everyone?" Sasuke asked, holding his shot to his mouth with one eyebrow raised.

Naruto nodded, chuckling. "Yeah she did! It was awesome!" he laughed. "He looked so shocked when she just practically shouted at the top of her lungs 'I love you Sabaku Gaara!'"

Kiba laughed hysterically with Naruto as they remembered the events that lead to Gaara and Matsuri becoming a couple. "His face was just priceless!" Kiba laughed. "I could not for the fucking life of me stop laughing when he grabbed her and dragged her off!"

Naruto tried to force his laughter down so he could take his shot, but it only ended in him snickering every ten seconds till he gave up and just put his shot down.

"That's actually really funny" Sasuke chuckled, shaking his head. "Good for her too, I suppose"

"Sakura-chan got accepted into that fancy doctor school she wanted!" Naruto said, face lighting up.

Sasuke smiled. "That's great" he said. "I remember how hard she studied to get into that school"

Kiba nodded. "She still wants to be a cardiologist" he said, pulling his phone out of his sweater pocket and hitting the ignore button. "I thought for sure she would change her mind and pick something else"

Sasuke shook his head. "Sakura is very intelligent" he said, his voice taken on a defensive tone. "She may change her mind about a lot of things very frequently but becoming a cardiologist has always been her dream"

Kiba gave Sasuke a 'wtf?' look that clearly demanded to know why he was receiving that tone of voice. Sasuke merely chuckled. "Sorry, it's just that Naruto and I are the only ones that know the real reason she wants to become a cardiologist" he said, dragging his finger along the rim of his glass.

"Ah"

Kiba felt his phone vibrate for the zillionth time in his sweater pocket. He groaned and retrieved it, the caller ID once again read 'Kankuro calling…'. He sighed and hit the ignore button again. "Well, guys I gotta head out" he smiled, getting up from the table and throwing down a couple bills as a tip for the bartender. "Sisters been ringing my ass off for the past half hour"

Naruto looked up at Kiba and smiled. "Okay, dude" he replied. "See you later?"

Kiba nodded. "Of course, man" he smiled. "I'll call you tomorrow, if not a call I'll text you"

Naruto jumped up and caught Kiba in ruthless bear hug that crushed his bones and made him make a squeaky mouse noise. Naruto laughed and dropped Kiba back on his feet. "You better!" Naruto laughed, patting Kiba on the shoulder.

"Of course!" Kiba smiled. He turned and waved to Sasuke. "Good to see you, man" he said. "It's been too long, really"

Sasuke gave Kiba a nod and returned to his drink. While Naruto happily waved to Kiba who had disappeared in the crowd. He smiled when he heard a familiar song playing from the speakers above the bar.

'You've got to press it on you, you just think it. That's what you do, baby, hold it down DARE'

"I love this song!" Naruto smiled, leaning over to Sasuke. "Reminds me of the good old days"

Sasuke smirked. "Good old days?" he asked, raising his eyebrows at him. "If you're talking about when a bunch of us would cut class and smoke pot, you clearly forgot that you never actually smoked any of it"

Naruto chuckled. "I know, but we always used to play songs by these guys when you guys smoked up" he smiled.

Sasuke nodded. "True" he said. "And everywhere Gaara went, you were never too far away"

"Gaara's my best friend!" Naruto pouted. "We always do everything together"

Sasuke nodded, knowingly, and ordered two Apple Pies. When the shots arrived, he grabbed one and held it up to Naruto who quickly grabbed his shot and cheers him and they both downed the tasty liquid at the same time.

'Jump with the moon and move it, jump back and forth and feel like you would dare yourself to work it out'

Sasuke watched as Naruto put the shot glass down and watched him as he licked his lips in a way that made his mind fly straight into the gutter. He let his eyes roam his ex-lovers body as he ordered another drink that he had not heard the name of. He knew that if he played his cards right, that he would have that ass tonight. He smiled wickedly at the thought of having Naruto on his back, moaning obscenities and leaving angry red trails down the Uchiha's back in the process. A longing shudder worked its way through his body as his mind created the mental picture for him.

"So how's Itachi?" Naruto asked, sipping at his new very blue drink, oblivious to the fact that his ex had just practically raped him with eyes. Sasuke looked up from his drink at Naruto and sighed, his mind returning from the gutter, but heading into the very emo part of his brain.

"Good, I suppose" he said flatly. "I wouldn't really know though"

"Why not?"

"I don't see much of him" Sasuke said, a frown adorning his features. "I never have, to be honest"

"I know but" Naruto began. He stopped, unsure of what to say next. He knew that Itachi was too busy being an apathetic ladies man to take proper care of his brother; everyone knew what the infamous Uchiha Itachi was all about. But, everyone probably thought that the death of their beloved parents would change him, hell even Naruto thought that it would. But by the expression on Sasukes face, he could tell that Itachi hasn't changed at all.

"It doesn't really matter anymore" Sasuke said suddenly. "I'm tired of chasing after Itachi"

Naruto smiled at that, he was actually really happy to hear that. He's known Sasuke since grade one and he knew that he had always tried so desperately to get Itachis attention. And the sad part was that Sasuke actually had Itachi's attention until he had hit puberty, then Itachi was too busy getting attention from all the girls.

"But, enough about me, dobe" Sasuke said with a smirk, dragging his fingers around the rim of his glass. "I wanna hear about you"

"Of course I'll tell you about how awesomely amazing my life has been" Naruto replied with sincerity. Sasuke snorted at him which caused Naruto to glare. "Shut up, teme!" he shouted. "My life has been great!"

"And I don't doubt that"

Naruto cleared his throat. "Well, school was terrible but that was a given" he smiled. "I barely graduated; I had to get Sakura-chan and Gaara to tutor me so I wouldn't fail"

Sasuke smiled at the thought of Sakura trying to tutor him, he snorted at the image that he came up with. A black and blue Naruto crying hunched over his work with Sakura holding a bat preparing to hit him if he so much as breathed a wrong answer.

"It wasn't funny!" Naruto cried. "Sakura-chan was so scary! I practically begged Gaara to help me out and when he finally said yes, all he did was get high and hit me with a rolled up newspaper every time I had the wrong answer!"

Sasuke laughed as he pictured Gaara standing there with a joint in one hand and a rolled up newspaper in the other, and a very annoyed expression on his face. "That had to have been fun" Sasuke smiled.

"It totally wasn't! Every time he hit me he would say 'wrong, do it over but for every time you get it wrong I'll hit you and throw out a cup of ramen'" Naruto said, mocking Gaara's voice as he spoke.

Sasuke chuckled, sipping his drink. "Why doesn't that surprise me?" he asked.

Naruto pouted again. "Since my marks were so low I could never apply for university or college" he said. "But, at least I have a great job!"

"Oh?"

Naruto nodded happily. "I work at Jiraiya's Bar and Grill" he said proudly. "I may be a bus boy but I really like my job, and that's what really counts you know"

Sasuke nodded, unsure if he actually believed in that idea. He then felt his phone vibrate in his pants pocket; he reached in and grabbed the phone. The caller ID read 'Karin calling…'. "Sorry, dobe" he said, looking at Naruto. "I gotta take this"

Naruto merely waved it off and finished the last of his very blue drink.

"Hello?" Sasuke said, answering his phone.

"Where the fuck are you?"

"Out"

"Well, get the fuck back here Suigetsu's really started to piss me off with his constant 'where's Sasuke? When's Sasuke coming back? I haven't heard from Sasuke in like three hours! I really want to see Sasu-'

"Okay, Karin, I get it. I'm on my way back now"

He pulled the phone away from his ear and ended the call. He turned to Naruto who looked devastated. "I have to go, dobe" he smirked.

Naruto nodded slowly, trying to stop his facial expression from dropping. "O-okay" he managed to say.

Sasuke looked at his phone and quickly brought up the new contact screen. "What's your number?" he asked.

Naruto delightly gave it to him and took Sasuke's number in the process. "So does this mean I'll be seeing you around?" he asked when he finished typing in Sasuke number.

Sasuke nodded. He then stunned Naruto when he reached out and delicately touched Naruto's cheek. "I'll call you tomorrow and we'll continue our conversation then" he smirked.

Naruto's face went bright red at the sudden contact but he still smiled and nodded. He watched as Sasuke got up and left the bar.

It was too good to be true, Sasuke's back and he wants to see Naruto! He had dreamed of this moment but also feared it for so long. But now that it was actually happening, he felt very happy.

Wow! That's the longest chapter I've posted yet! I hope that this makes up for the lame excuse of a chapter that I had posted last time!

Next chapter is going to be good, trust me! I have a lot stuff up my sleeve for this story now, I'm determined to finish this before I post anything else.

But anyways, if you have any questions or anything you need to ask me about the characters or my shitty way of trying to make their lives more clear as I go along, feel free to ask!

Oh, I almost forgot! The first song that plays in this chapter is Come Clarity by In Flames. The next one is Right now by KoRn. And the last one is Dare by Gorillaz.

Thank you for reading!

Love,

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