Vacations My Ass! Chapter 7: Day 3: Predator 2nd Part, a naruto fanfic

Day 3: Predator (II)

The standard disclaimer's applied to Naruto© and "Super massive Black Hole" by Muse.

A/N at the end of the chapter.

4:30 p.m.

Sakura spat some blood on the polished floor and with determination written in all over her face, she ran into her opponent, her gloved fist in mid-air.

I can see it.

Oh baby don't you know I suffer?

Oh baby can you hear me moan?

She punched air when Sasuke moved aside smirking.

I can see your movements.

You caught me under false pretenses

How long before you let me go?

He was really fast and with the help of his Sharingan, he was almost invincible.

You set my soul alight

But the pink haired kunoichi wasn't someone to fool around either. Her monstrous strength and the facility she had controlling chakra were impressive to the point that fear her wasn't an option—it was a reliable fact. And on top of all, she was a remarkable medic; with precision, she could tell—find any location of the organs of the human body... the most important veins... arteries...

(you set my soul alight)

Glaciers melting in the dead of night

And the superstars sucked into the super massive

One, two, three blows were sent in the direction of the raven haired, having only a twenty-five percent of the wished result.

Stay away! Damn it...

(you set my soul alight)

Glaciers melting in the dead of night

And the superstars sucked into the super massive

Sasuke wiped some dirt from his face, where a full kick from Sakura made contact, and immediately a sadistic smirk made a way through his features.

No way... No way Sa—

I thought I was a fool for no-one

Oh baby I was a fool for you

Sasuke blinked several times, a scowl forming in his handsome face, the sadistic smirk long gone. He stepped backwards and for a moment his balance faltered. He looked at her; her face—dirty for the fight, was full of concern.

You're the queen of the superficial

And how long before you tell the truth

He growled, his Sharingan spinning around madly.

Don't pity me...! Fight me! Fight...!

You set my soul alight

Sakura gave a tired sigh, she didn't know exactly why Sasuke was behaving this way but she had some ideas from the 'symptoms' he was showing... Apparently it was something to do with the medicine, something that had made rise his levels of stamina and in a way, increase the torrent of his masculine hormones. She chuckled for herself and tried to hide a little smile. Kakashi and all the band of shinobi wherever they were, were going to listen to her and worse—they were going to learn the exact definition of pain.

(you set my soul alight)

Glaciers melting in the dead of night

And the superstars sucked into the super massive

She blocked a couple of hits successfully for too little. When was he going to run out of stamina? She didn't know... but one thing she was totally sure was that for herself this little match wasn't going to take the rest of the day to finish.

Sasuke, stop! Please...!

(you set my soul alight)

Glaciers melting in the dead of night

And the superstars sucked into the super massive

He was suppose to not have any chakra to relay on, but whatever that medicine was or whatever he consumed behind her back (something she totally discarded) was making miracles in his chakra torrent. She knew even without the need of the Byakugan.

Super massive black hole

The Uchiha caught her off guard crushing her body with his own on one of the already cracked walls. She gasped for the surprise and for the lack of air.

Got you.

Glaciers melting in the dead of night

And the superstars sucked into the super massive

Coughing some, Sakura struggled with the energy she was left without success. His hands were at the sides of her head, and her hands were technically pasted on the wall.

Glaciers melting in the dead of night

And the superstars sucked into the super massive

Red eyes glared at her and the owner let a chuckle scape from his mouth. Sakura looked straight in his eyes. There was not determination nor hate... Her stare was just as blank as a piece of paper.

This will end soon... pretty soon.

(you set my soul alight)

Glaciers melting in the dead of night

And the superstars sucked into the super massive

"Do you hate me" The Uchiha stated for the first time looking intently at the rosette haired, half of his self was collected, the other half just felt like shattering into pieces at any moment.

(you set my soul alight)

Glaciers melting in the dead of night

And the superstars sucked into the super massive

The medic-nin looked down for a moment to just later lift her head again and held his gaze with her own.

Super massive black hole

"Should I ...Sasuke?" Green forest eyes pierced though everything.

4:37 p.m.

"Neji what the hell is going on?! The island administrators had sent me the current count of your stay andof the reparations of one of the living rooms! Could you explain yourself?! Because I refuse to pay all of this!"

"Yes, Tsunade-sama," Neji cleared his throat, "Both Uchiha and Haruno are... sparring"

"Sparring? In the living room? They should be all lovey-dovey and having another kind of 'sparring'..."

The Hyuuga male coughed.

"...Anyway, you all are paying for the damages, (Oh man... Neji I told you!) Tell Tenten I heard her"

The ANBU captain looked reprehensibly at his team-mate, "She did, you're on the speaker; everybody is listening"

"Good. Now, all of you only have a few days to have them as an item, so hurry up or there's no more missions for you Hyuuga!"

The Godaime hung off and everyone in the room kept staring at the blank face—with a slightly frown on it—of Hyuuga Neji. He turned around and faced the screen with the images of Sakura and Sasuke on it.

"Nara. Something in mind?" The brown haired asked never leaving his pearl eyes off the display.

"Yes" Leaving the side of his girlfriend and massaging his left shoulder with his right hand as a sign of stress, got close to the monitors and typed on a keyboard modifying one of the monitors, displaying a profile and a picture.

The Leaf strategist turned around and faced the others, "Jealousy factor," he sighed, "she will be repairing the damages in The Cage"

The ninjas looked intently at the screen with a smile and patted each others back murmuring how this mission was totally done.

4:38 p.m.

A blue haired young woman in her mid twenties was packing some clothes and ninja material—just in case--, flicking her long hair out of her vision while doing it.

"Masako-chan, leaving so soon?" An old woman asked from the door.

"Yes grandma, I've been hired for a mission" Masako smiled sympathetically making the last knot in her military-like bag pack.

The old woman approached her only grand-daughter and embraced her from the waist, since she was very short. "Be careful dear"

She smiled once again, "Don't worry grandma," She patted gentle her small back, "It's a piece of cake"

They let go of each other, and biding a warm good-bye, Masako took the path that would led her to the coast where the mission was going to take place. While walking she took form her shorts' pocket a small paper.

Masako Shinamori- Report yourself on the two stories white house at the coast located at the very east of your current location. Password: "J-factor of the make up paradise". Ask for Hyuuga Neji, leader captain of the mission at hand.

One shaped eyebrow lifted, J-factor of the make up paradise

She shrugged it off and after some minutes of walking she made the beach house out.

4:41 p.m.

"You should" More sweat was dripping down his face, making him hardly to see her. He felt the dizziness come back again taking control of his senses.

Sakura looked at him preoccupied and tried to reach for his face but he shrugged off her intent.

"Sasuke, you're sick, let's stop this non-sense"

Uchiha Sasuke leaned forward and the small kunoichi froze all of the sudden, "Do you still love me?"

Sakura's green eyes widen and felt her throat dried, "S-Sasuke this is not the moment—"

"Sasuke, Sasuke! ANSWER ME DAMN IT!" His face contorted in an angry scowl, eyes flaring at her.

Her jaw started to tremble. If it was for anger or sadness, she didn't know... Maybe both? She blinked a few tears; they slowly ran down her rosy cheeks. She looked at the invisible gap between them, not wanting to cross her gaze with his again. But she had to.

I...

She looked up and opened her mouth to answer, when—

He crushed his lips on hers.

Uchiha Sasuke kissed her.

4:43 p.m.

She pushed the intercom button and after a moment a male voice sounded, "Yes?"

Masako neared the speaker, "I'm looking for Hyuuga Neji"

"Password?"

"J-factor of the make out paradise"

The door cracked open and she made her way through. A girl with long dark purple hair and pale eyes welcomed her with a bow of her head that she returned.

"I'm Hyuuga Hinata, you must be Shinamori Masako-san"

Masako smiled and pushed some hair behind her ear, "Yes, nice to meet you" She looked around for a brief moment and adjusted her bag pack on her shoulder.

Hinata nodded and motioned her to follow; both girls went up the stairs.

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"Neji, Masako-chan is here!" A blond haired jounin said enthusiastically from the door.

Masako-chan

Neji turned his back to the monitors and faced the kunoichi they had hired.

"I'm Hyuuga Neji, the captain of this mission" The woman nodded and stood firmly making a military salute.

"Shinamori Masako reporting, sir"

Her voice wasn't high pitched as everybody imaging when they looked at her picture—She was a beautiful woman, her features were soft and almost childish but something in her deep, womanly voice didn't let her look as five or six years younger.

Someone on the far west of the room sighed loudly and uttered a 'Troublesome'. Shikamaru approached her scratching her head in a lazy manner, as usual.

"Shinamori, I guess you know what's your mission about?"

All in the room looked expectantly, except for a stoic Hyuuga and a distracted Hatake Kakashi who were currently reading the infamous book of his.

"Yes, sir. Seduce Uchiha Sasuke and make jealous Haruno Sakura" Shinamori stated looking at Shikamaru as he was transparent.

Shikamaru sighed once again, "You know, we're not in a military facility it will be better is you relax yourself, this work could be stressing... troublesome in fact"

Masako nodded and stood more relax, and looked around all the people that was gathered.

"Your superior had said you were half of your life in the city, serving in the military force" The former ANBU with gray hair stated, putting out of his face the orange book.

Masako looked at the book he held, Make Out Paradise ...so it was from there the password came out.

"That's true. Old habits die hard." She smiled charmingly, "So, how is the mission progressing? I've learned a little more about the subjects and I guess that's enough"

"That's good" Kakashi's eye crinkled, "Well, Neji will fill you in the latest news"

And with that, the Copy Ninja disappeared in a cloud of smoke.

"That Kakashi" Asuma lit a new cigarette.

The room was fill with a light chuckle until Neji started to explain the situation in front of the monitors, with Tenten, Ino and Kurenai by his side, showing past scenes in one of the monitors. Every time Masako understood she nodded to make them know. Then, a couple of minutes later she was ready.

"This is the tool box. Inside you'll fine the necessary to close the cracks in the walls. If you need any other material, contact me by the panel in the kitchen and I will send it right away" Ino smiled handing her a heavy box.

"Ino, right?" The blond nodded.

"We expect you accomplish successfully your mission" The long brown haired stated.

"I had never fail a single mission, sir" She saluted once again and went down the stairs.

Neji closed his eyes and smirked.

Tenten elbowed him on the ribs, "Don't tell me you're falling for her"

"Hn"

"Neji!!!"

The said Hyuuga cracked open one eye, "What?"

"You're falling for her?!"

He closed his eyes again. Lovely. "Of course not Tenten", and saying that he snaked his arms around her and gave her a chaste kiss.

4:47 p.m.

Just moments ago, she was held captive between the wall and him. But now he was on the opposite wall, breathing heavily but not unconscious, just tired.

Sakura took her hand to her lips. He kissed her. A shy smile crept to her face. He indeed was a good kisser, but at the last moment, she knew she couldn't just answer the kiss like nothing ever happened—when she was already enjoying it—and slapped him across the face sending him where he was now.

I love you Sasuke... I still love you

She wanted to said that before he crushed his lips on hers. But the only things she failed to notice were the tears he shed when kissing her.

Sakura stood up and make her way to approached the fallen Uchiha when someone entered the room.

What?

There, entering the living room was a young woman, like her age, with long blue hair and hypnotic blue eyes; she got near Sasuke, held his chin and smiled. In the next moment he passed out in that woman arms.

"They sent me to repair the damages and help you to take care of Sasuke" She said, brushing some raven hair from his forehead in a caring way.

Sakura was dumbfounded and her inner self got steam going out her ears. How dare she?!

"...thank you, um..." Sakura neared her.

"Shinamori Masako. Call me Masako" The blue haired smiled, "would you help me to take him to the bedroom?"

The medic-nin nodded, "I'm Sakura by the way", she said and tried to collect herself from the surprise. She took his ankles and Masako took him from the armpits. In that way, they carried him to the bedroom.

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5:11 p.m.

"So, Masako, have you met Sasuke before?" Sakura glanced at the bed, where Sasuke was sleeping calmly after they took him in.

The blue haired young woman sipped her iced tea, "Twice, in missions that concerned our villages", she paused and looked at her green eyes, "he's... an interesting man"

Great! Another fan-girl!

Maybe... but she seems civilized.

"I see" Sakura smiled half heartedly. "I guess you're staying then if you're going to help me with him?" She too, sipped her iced tea.

"That's right" Masako sat up, and went to her bag pack taking out a sleeping bag, "If you don't mind I will put it next to the bed"

Sakura nodded, and for the first time in that awkward afternoon she wondered if she was going to be of any help.

For the moment she had been polite... She seems nice.

Nice?! How could you say that? She's going to steal us our Sasuke-kun!!

Sakura's inner self was making a ruckus inside her head, screaming her inner head off if we may say, ranting about the new girl in their house and so. Sakura sighed.

Masako from the corner of her eyes looked that Sakura sighed for herself. She smirked. It's time for the next step.

"Sakura, why don't you take a bath? You must be exhausted for all that sparring, later we can make dinner together"

The Leaf kunoichi rubbed her hands and looked at them after Masako's suggestion. They were of a dark color, dusty and Kami-knows-what. Sakura sat up. That's not a bad idea after all, I really need a bath.

"Thanks Masako, I really need it" She said sparing a glance to her torn and dirty clothes and at some scratches. The pink haired went to the closet and took out her pajamas, even though it was still afternoon.

Sakura went in the bathroom and smiled at the blue haired woman before shutting the door.

Masako released a sigh and dropped her shoulders allowing her to relax some. She turned on her heel and looked at the man in the bed. She smiled eerily. Sasuke indeed was a handsome man but at the same time a difficult target—as it said the information she read about him aside to the few encounters they had before. But she had her own ways to make this man stammer her name and make weak his knees, even though those ways were not exactly fair.

She knelt beside the bed without a noise, "Hey Sasuke... Sasuke-kun" She whispered.

The said man started to move a little in his sleep, and parting his lips he murmured a name groggily.

"Sakura..."

"Hai, hai... I'm here with you... Sasuke-kun" Masako flicked her hair out of her face, and moving cautiously got in bed next to him. When he turned around and hugged by her slim waist, she was not surprise at all.

Sakura you're so lucky to be loved by such an impressive male...

Masako caressed his face like caressing a child with nightmares. She closed her eyes and drifted to slumber.

...but until you notice it, I'll be here claiming for his attention.

7:32 p.m.

"Are they still sleeping?" Ino asked.

More than two hours had passed by and everyone—Sasuke, Masako and Sakura—were still sleeping. The first two in the bed... the other in her relaxing bath.

"Yeah... Look! Seems that Sakura had woke up already" Chouji said munching his chips.

In the big screen was Sakura closing the bathroom door behind her and stopped in her tracks suddenly.

Ino ran to the keyboard and made a zoom at Sakura's surprised face. Ino's smile fell down. Forehead girl...

Chouji looked at the sadden expression of his blond team-mate and patted her shoulder, "Do you think it's going to work?"

"We have that hope..."

Ino grinned a second later, "Of course it's going to work! The forehead girl I know won't let a woman—"

"A pretty pretty woman..."

"—a pretty pretty wo—Chouji!" Ino screamed scandalized.

"Sorry!" He continued eating, this time out of fear.

"As I was saying, she won't let her steal her man!"

Women, Chouji shook his head from side to side, "Ow... Ino!"

Ino hit him.

7:33 p.m.

"Masako?"

Sakura clenched her hands unconsciously at the picture of the woman she recently met and Uchiha Sasuke... both in bed.

The kunoichi in bed opened her eyes. Shit... I fell asleep.

"Sakura," Blue eyes inspected a flustered face, "are you alright?" Immediately Masako went out of the bed graciously.

Is she Miss Perfect or what?

"Y-yes" Sakura cursed herself mentally for stammer. "Shall we make dinner... its almost the hour" She managed a weak smile.

"Of course"

And they headed to the kitchen.

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8:01 p.m.

Both girls made dinner respecting their vital spaces, not bothering the other when doing their part. When it was ready, both of them took a tray to the bedroom. They didn't feel like leaving alone poor Sasuke.

Sakura woke Sasuke up and fed him some soup she prepared. A moment later she was checking on his pulsations and tension like the medic she was. She noticed the everlasting sweat that dripped from his face. Sakura frowned.

"I think he got intoxicated" She placed her hands under his jaw, touching carefully zones of his throat.

The medic-nin wrote something in a notepad and handed it to Masako, "Could you please ask for this to Neji or whoever is available? He need it quickly"

Masako nodded and ran to the kitchen, where the emergency button was.

Sakura took a cloth and started drying his face when he opened his charcoal eyes.

"S-Sakura..."

Sakura hushed him, "Try to rest, I have made Masako ask for some medicine for that intoxication you have..."

"Masako?" Sasuke furrowed his eyebrows, "...why is Shinamori here?"

Sakura smiled inwardly at the sight of the trouble face of the Uchiha, "She's here helping me out"

She shrugged one shoulder, and started to play almost unconsciously with a piece of her outstanding hair, "you know, I can't take care of you and of the cracks in the walls at the same time"

A smirk tugged at the corner of Sasuke's lips, "Hn"

"Seems the oh-so-almighty Uchiha has returned to his normal self" Sakura giggled.

"Sakura?" The said woman stop her giggling.

"Yeah?"

"You're—"

"Beautiful? Yes I know" Sakura smirked.

Sasuke's eyebrows started to twitch, "—annoying", he coughed.

"Yeah, that too" The pink haired said with mischief.

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9:12 p.m.

Uneatable.

That was Shinamori Masako's food best qualifier.

After gaging for what seemed forever, Sakura went out of the bathroom half an hour ago with her roseate chicks tinted with a green—puke—color.

But what kind of ingredients this woman had made use of?! She had no idea, but for what she remembered, everything in the fridge were appealing for anyone's taste—

But if you mixed them all together... She shuddered.

For more nutritious that could be, that was definitely a crime.

Shinamori Masako: Breathtaking woman, skilled kunoichi (or so Sakura thought), but cooking wasn't her forte.

She shook her head.

Automatically, she made a run to the bathroom where her stomach expelled every particle of that infamous—

It was something she even couldn't said... or just think about it.

How Masako named it? Oh, yeah...

Green bean paste teriyaki with bean jelly on green bean bread. (and condiments in alphabetical order to name)

Did it sound suspicious enough?

Masako gave her a towel and blinked several times in order to understand the situation. "Sakura are you feeling right?"

Sakura looked bewildered at the blue haired, and shook her head no, this time slowly. "I guess I got sensible to some kind of food" Our pink haired medic stated in the best way she could to not hurt some feelings.

Masako's eyes widen and her hand flew to her mouth to finally ask, "Are you pregnant?"

"...?!"

Cooking was not her forte, no... But also she was as clueless as a blind trying to drive a car in quicksand.

A/N: Ah... It feels so good to update when you have a muse around... talking about muses, Muse inspired me almost the entire chapter... so if this chapter was kind of dramatic for the turn of events, yeah, it was because of Muse... Don't blame me! Blame them!

Anyway, hope you like the chapter, I tried—desperately—to add some comedy at the very last (did it work??), after all, this is not a romantic/drama fanfic, even though it held something of it...

Meh... I liked the way this chapter was conceived and that's all.

Oh! One more thing before I forget! I need a Beta reader. Someone who's interested please PM me.

Feel free to review good people!!

Claud-kun