Chapter Seven: It's Not a Fashion Statement, It's a Death Wish
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Author's Note: So so so sorry about the extremely long wait, but we've been constantly attacked by school work. We did, however, make this chapter fitting to today's holiday. We wish to thank all of our amazing reviewers, but due to the large number of reviews, it would take us forever to thank you all individually. Please keep the support coming; it motivates us to write and post chapters more quickly!
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Beeeeeeeeeeeeeep
Sakura stirred slightly, ignoring the beep.
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
She opened one eye and checked the time on her frantically beeping alarm.
6:30 AM.
She sighed as she shut it off and began getting off of her bed. As she swung one leg over the side of the bed she felt something restraining her slightly. What the…
She tried to move off the bed again and once again got pulled backwards. Getting frustrated, she turned her head to see what the cause of her delay was.
"Don't tell me you've had enough already," a husky voice breathed from his place on her bed.
Sakura froze at the site of-
"Sasuke? What are you doing here?"
"You forget too soon, and I actually let you be on top last time," he said suavely, pulling her closer to him.
Before she got a chance to say anything, she heard her bathroom door swing open.
"Saku-chan, I can't find the shampoo!"
Sakura screamed as she shot up off of her bed, her phone ringing loudly next to her.
Oh my god. It was just a dream…
She breathed deeply to calm her speeding heart rate and reached over to pick up the phone.
"Hello?"
"Happy Halloween, forehead!"
"Ino?" she asked as she glanced at her calendar.
"Well, who else? You dressing up today?"
"Er, I wasn't really planning on it…" she swung her leg over the side of the bed and stood up.
"This is the perfect opportunity!"
"What do you mean?" she questioned while making her way to the bathroom to wash her face.
"Well, I'm assuming you haven't been doing a good job of seducing Uchiha."
Sakura raised her eyebrow at the remark, "ha. For your information, Uchiha and I had a moment a few days ago."
"Oh? Please, share."
"Yes, actually. We were in an elevator." Sakura heard Ino gasp into the phone.
"Then what?"
"Um. Well-"
"You fell on him didn't you." It wasn't a question, it was an assumption.
"I'm glad you have faith in me, Ino," Sakura said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "Anyway, I have to go get ready for 'work'."
"Wait! Meet me at that little café we used to go to. I'll bring Shika and Hinata. Oh, by the way, be a geisha! That'll definitely turn him on, if you know what I mean," she laughed before quickly hanging up the phone.
Sakura put down the phone and thought over what Ino had said. Hmm…a geisha? All I'd need is my old kimono and some makeup…
She washed her face and made her way to her closet, pulling out an elaborately designed, royal blue kimono. I don't know about this…
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"HAPPY HALLOWEEN, TEME!" Naruto Uzumaki grinned as he barged into the Uchiha's office, throwing candy into the air.
"…"
"…?"
"…"
Naruto frowned and took a rather large piece of candy out of his plastic pumpkin and proceeded to chuck it at his boss's head. Sasuke all but twitched as he finally looked up at his secretary.
"How come you didn't dress up, teme?"
"Dobe. It's bad enough you took the liberty of redesigning the building. But must you – wait, what the hell are you wearing?"
"Oh, you mean this little thing," Naruto gestured at his attire. "Just something I found in the back of my closet. Isn't it cute?" He twirled, showing off his extremely showy, provocative, low cut, see-through, and colorful Arabian belly-dancing outfit.
"You look like you fell out of a Disney movie," Sasuke commented.
"You're just jealous, teme."
"Why do you even own something like that?"
"…well, you see…cue the music!"
All of a sudden, Rock Lee appeared at Naruto's side, clutching an extremely retro record player. He grinned as he flicked the on switch.
"Arabian nights
Like Arabian days
More often than not
Are hotter than hot
In a lot of good ways…"
Sasuke groaned. Why did all Disney movies include some kind of sexual innuendo?
"Hey, themed costumes?" Neji asked as he joined the three in the CEO's tiny office.
"Oh, you mean me and Lee? Nah, he's just Aladdin. Let's just say that we have good taste, eh?" Naruto winked.
"Neji, why are you here?" Lee asked, turning his attention towards him.
"Neji? It's me, Kiba!" Kiba gestured at his clothes, fake contacts, and wig.
"…where did you get those clothes?"
"…"
"…?"
"…um, I borrowed them?"
"…From who?"
"…Neji's closet…"
"Does he know you took his clothes?" Lee asked.
"I took more than his clothes…"
"Wait, does that mean your contacts and wig are from his closet too?" Naruto questioned, baffled. Kiba nodded.
"Oh my God! You mean the Neji we thought we know isn't really the guy we know although he thinks that we really don't know who he really is, really?"
"Really." Kiba confirmed.
The four in the room took a minute to ponder the possibilities of Neji's true identity.
"Maybe Neji's just really ugly," Naruto thought aloud.
"Excuse you, Uzumaki, but we all know Sasuke thinks I'm the most appealing," a new voice stated curtly. Lee, Naruto, Kiba whipped around to find Neji standing in the doorway.
"Oh, hey Neji. Nice costume," Naruto said cheerily.
"…I haven't changed into my costume yet."
"Of course not," Naruto winked. Neji raised his eyebrow but chose not to ask any more questions.
"Moving on to the real reason I'm here. Uchiha, there is a plethora of children in the lobby who simply will not leave me alone."
"OH! THE CHILDREN FROM THE ORPHANAGE ARE HERE!" Naruto grinned as he rushed out of the room.
"…okaaay," Kiba mumbled, drawing Neji's attention to him.
"Uchiha, I did not know you had a mannequin made of me. Stay away from me you obsessive aberration." And with that, he proceeded to walk out the door. Lee and Kiba shrugged as they followed suit, finally leaving Sasuke alone once again.
Thank God.
Sasuke turned back to his paperwork and was able to work on it in peace for a few hours, not knowing what chaos lay just 49 floors below.
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"Hey kids, get off the chandelier! Oh no, Johnny, fish tanks aren't swimming pools!"
Naruto rushed back and forth across the newly decorated lobby, trying to keep the horde of children under control. In his frenetic state, he failed to notice Sakura arrive.
What's going on here?
"Er…Naruto-kun?" Sakura tried to ask as he rushed by her, still oblivious.
"Naruto!" she screamed, finally getting his attention. He skid to a halt and turned towards her.
"Oh, hey Saku-chan!" he greeted as he looked up at three children that were now comfortably perched on the large chandelier above them. Looking back down, he noticed Sakura's enthralling outfit. "Wow, Saku-chan, you look amazing! I bet you're trying to seduce our little Sasuke-kun, eh? Oh, we still have to get to that talk about the birdies and the beesies! Considering our underage audience, we'll put that on hold for now." Sakura blushed as she tried to drive the topic of conversation elsewhere.
"Uh…why are there children on the chandelier?"
"I invited the local orphanage to bring some of their younger children for some festive Halloween fun!"
Sakura looked at him in surprise. That's really…sweet of him!
"It looks like you may need some help," she offered. The two of them spent a good hour entertaining the children before the head of the orphanage came to pick them up, thanking them enthusiastically.
As the last child waved them goodbye and shut the door, Naruto heaved himself up off of the floor, brushing candy wrappers off of his lap, and gently pulled Sakura up as well.
"Oh crap! Sasuke-sama's going to kill us!" Sakura exclaimed as she checked the time.
"Oh…right," Naruto sighed as he and his "cousin" made their way upstairs.
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After hearing one of Sasuke's rants about being punctual and dutiful, the three of them were busy at work. Sasuke continued with his seemingly never-ending pile of paperwork while Naruto answered incoming phone calls, as usual, and Sakura was off doing some unimportant chore for Sasuke.
"So teme, you never did tell me what you're dressed up as," Naruto reminded him through his boss' open door.
"Work."
"Ahh, not telling, eh? Don't worry, I'll figure it out by the time we leave today."
Sasuke swatted away a bat that was tied with string to his ceiling and continued writing.
"By the way, have you seen Sakura's outfit yet?" Naruto asked, smirking.
Sasuke didn't say anything, but for an unkown reason felt his face grow slightly warm. Naruto peered in through the window and grinned at Sasuke's flushed state. Or at least the closest thing to embarassed Naruto had ever seen him. Sasuke glared up at him and wordlessly commanded him to get back to work.
A few minutes later Sakura reappeared from her task, empty handed. "They don't have any coffee today, Uchiha-sama."
"What?"
"Since it's Halloween they're trying not to give out more sugar than they have to."
"…they're giving out candy on every floor," Sasuke noted, glancing at Naruto's overflowing pumpkin.
"…what kind of system are you running here?" Sakura rolled her eyes at the stupidity of the majority of the employees here, in turn receiving a glare from the CEO.
"Uchiha," a voice called from behind Sakura. She turned around to find Gaara standing there.
"Nice costume, Gaara-kun," she complimented his elaborate pirate outfit. Hottie! Gaara glanced at her, aka his way of showing that he heard her.
"What do you need?" Sasuke asked him.
"I think he wants to shiver your timbers, teme!"
Oh God…bad pirate jokes…
"Kiba has my gun. And Neji wouldn't let me use his sword."
"…what?"
Kiba could be heard making obnoxious noises ("BANG BANG") in the approaching elevator. Gaara rolled his eyes as Kiba rushed in next to him.
"Haha, Gaara, I have your toy gun!" Kiba laughed, mostly to himself.
"…I don't own toys." Every head on the 50th floor snapped toward the weapon, which was promptly chucked into the air by a startled Kiba. As it hit the floor a shot fired and before anyone knew what was going on there was a lovely little hole in the Uchiha's desk. Sasuke looked as though the pencil he was holding was about to snap in two, but before he could say anything Neji and Lee had rushed upstairs.
"What was that bombastic noise that disrupted the youthful silence of these 50 floors?" a flustered Lee questioned between short breaths.
"Gaara's gun," a newly clad Neji stated, pointing his sword accusingly at Gaara's neck.
"Woah, sweet costume, Neji!" Naruto grinned, completely ignoring the previous disturbance. Neji smirked, obviously pleased with his samurai outfit.
"Hm, Sasuke, what are you dressed as?" Kiba asked, causing everyone to turn towards the object in question.
"Why are you all in here?"
"Answer the question, teme!"
"I have work to do."
"Oh, I believe I know! He is obviously the CEO of an impressive organization!"
Sasuke stared, not knowing exactly what to say.
"Yeah, Lee, you're right!"
"He DOES look professional, doesn't he?"
"That suit really does the trick."
He glanced down at his outfit.
"Uchiha-sama, I have never seen this side of you."
"You'd get so many more women if you dressed like that all the time!"
Sasuke glared at Naruto, fed up with his employees' obliviousness.
"You fools, I'm not wearing a costume."
A dead silence filled the room.
"Oh. Yeah, we knew that…" everyone in the room mumbled sheepishly.
"Who wants to scare little children now?" Naruto suggested, noticing the diminishing sunlight.
"Sounds good."
"Finally, something worth my time."
"Let's ignite their youthful fire of fear!"
"Hot damn!"
The five immature men strolled out of the office discussing tactics for making little children wet their pants.
"…that's not very nice," Sakura said to herself as she reluctantly followed, leaving Sasuke alone in his office.
Sasuke couldn't help but smirk at the closed door, before going into full destructive mode of anything Halloween residing in his office.
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Author's Note: Once again, sorry for the delay! And we're even more sorry that we can't give you a preview for chapter 8...considering we haven't written it yet... In any case, we appreciate any reviews and hope you all have a happy and safe Halloween!