Izzy: Hi! As you read this, Izzy Chan is smiling, because your reading the second chapter, which means you liked this story x3 you're so nice.
Disclaimer: Issy111 doesn't own Naruto! If she did, it probably wouldn't be the epic thing it is today. It wouldn't be an action manga/anime. It would be totally ninja romance! xD R&R!
"Sakuraaaa!" A high pitched voice screamed. Sasuke turned around to see a tall, skinny, blond girl running toward them. She stopped.
"Who's this? He's pretty hot." The blond commented. Sasuke just smirked.
"Hey Ino-pig!" Sakura hugged the girl.
"Hi Sakura-forehead! I see you already changed into the clothes I chose for you. That looks pretty sexy! What do you think, mystery boy?" Ino looked at Sasuke.
"Hn."
"Ugh, what a weirdo! Forget I said anything about him. " Ino and Sakura's arms entwined and they started to walk to the exit. Sasuke and Tenten were left behind. Tenten just looked at him before walking away.
"Good luck entertaining yourself for the rest of the night." She added. Then, Sasuke was all alone. He groaned in boredom.
"Hey, Sakura!" He called. Sakura turned on her tall high heels and looked at him with her emerald green eyes.
"Need a third member?" He smirked. Ino stared at him.
"What makes you think you have what it takes to go clubbing with us?" Ino demanded. Sasuke sauntered over to them.
"Ino Yamanaka, age 17, Konaha High School." He said, "Huge crush on Shikamaru Nara, age 17, best friend Choji." Ino's eyes widened.
"How'd you know that?" She hissed. Sasuke just smirked his Sasuke-smirk. Ino threw her hands up.
"Fine you can come. Just don't tell a soul." She snarled, stabbing his broad chest with her finger. Sasuke smirked once again and followed Ino and Sakura into Ino's car.
"Hey, Kiba! Should I get this black maid outfit with white feathers on the edge or the black maid outfit with the cloth trims?" Naruto held the two outfits up to his body, alternating them. Kiba tapped his chin thoughtfully.
"Well, it depends. What shoes are you planning to wear with them?" He asked. Naruto bent down and picked up some boxes.
"I was thinking about these classic maid flats. Or maybe these sexy platform shoes. What do you think?" Naruto pulled out the mentioned shoes and laid them next to his feet while still holding the dresses. Kiba looked back and forth between them.
"I think the maid flats look great with the cloth trim and the platform shoes go perfectly with the slutty aspect of the feathers. I mean, if you compare the two dresses, the feathered one is shorter." Kiba commented. Naruto glanced at the lengths.
"You're right! Wow, Kiba, I would've never noticed that! Thanks!" Naruto exclaimed happily.
"But, wait! Are you going to wear tights with them? It's supposed to get cold for the next couple weeks." Kiba wondered, suddenly thinking about the weather.
"I was thinking about it but I wasn't sure…" Naruto said uncertainly.
"If you get the cloth trim, get tan tights. But with the feathers, you definitely need fishnets. It'll complete the slutty look for you!" Kiba advised. Naruto nodded.
"That's a great plan! I think for the next three weeks, I, Naruto Uzumaki, am going to be a man-maid-slut!" He grinned, dropping the cloth trimmed maid-outfit and grabbing some fishnets and the shoes and dashing into the bathroom to change. Kiba rolled his eyes.
"Oh my…" Was all he said.
"Here we are!" Ino smiled as she parked the car. Sasuke peered out his window.
"Why are we at the Ramen Bar?" He asked confusedly. Ino looked at him.
"You didn't know? Every Friday night, the Ramen Bar opens its basement as Ichikaru's. It's the best club to be in on a Friday." She explained, "Its run by Ichikaru's son and daughter while he serves customers upstairs."
"Interesting…" Sasuke said as he climbed out of the car. As soon as he did, screams filled the air.
"Oh God." Sasuke muttered. He grabbed Sakura's wrist, who had grabbed Ino's, and ran to the front of the line.
"Sasuke? What are you doing here? Didn't you have an 'Impossible Dare' tonight?" Neji Hyuuga, the bouncer wondered.
"Oh great. Look what the cat dragged in and pissed all over." Sasuke muttered.
"Do you want to get in this club or not?" Neji hissed. Sasuke looked over his shoulder.
"Crap. Hyuuga, you gotta let me in." Sasuke demanded. Neji shook his head.
"If you want to get in, you have to wait like the rest of the crowd." He replied, gesturing to the huge line next to Sasuke.
"I have one word that'll make you let me and these two girls in." Sasuke said, almost desperate.
"Shoot."
"Fangirls." Sasuke pointed to the mob of screaming girls behind him. Neji's eyes widened.
"Welcome to Ichikuro's Friday Night Club." He lifted the rope blocking the entrance to the club.
"Kiba, what do you think?" Naruto twirled around in his new maid outfit. Kiba shuddered at the sight of Naruto in two inch platform shoes, fishnets, and a maid dress. (A/N: Try to imagine that. Yeah, you shuddered too, didn't you?)
"It…looks great…" Kiba stuttered. Naruto smiled and twirled around some more.
"Naruto, what ever happened to your plan to get Sasuke caught for sneaking into the Aquarium?" Kiba suddenly remembered. Naruto shrugged.
"I decided to accept my fate. And besides, this dress is actually really comfy! I can move around and everything!" The door creaked open and Deidara walked in with Tobi.
"Hey Naruto, we have a ques-" Deidara started, but he stopped mid-sentence. He stared at Naruto, who was looking at them nervously. There was a long and awkward silence. All of a sudden, Tobi began to yell.
"Naruto-kun likes to cross-dress too? So does Deidara-sama! But Deidara-sama doesn't dress like a girl, he just styles his hair like one!" Tobi yelled excitedly. Deidara growled angrily while Kiba and Naruto rolled on the floor laughing.
"What was all that about, Uchiha?" Ino demanded once they were settled in at the bar.
"What was what all about?" Sasuke asked, playing coy. He called over the bar tender and ordered a martini.
"All that 'Dare' stuff with Hyuuga." The blond rolled her eyes, ordering a beer. Sakura just sat quietly in between them.
"I was dared to do something tonight. I did it, end of story." Sasuke sipped his drink.
"But what was the dare?"
"Something."
"We're not going anywhere with this."
"Never said we had to."
"Ugh, you are so intolerable!" Ino cried. She pulled Sakura away from the bar and dove head-first into the crowd dancing underneath the differently colored lights. Sasuke sighed.
"I get left all alone at the aquarium and even go to a club and now I'm still lonely." He grumbled. He sneezed.
"Who the hell is talking about me?"
"Hey, Sakura, what's the deal with the Uchiha? Why was he at the Aquarium, did he see you transform or something?" Ino asked her best friend, while dancing. Sakura looked at her. One look into Sakura's eyes and Ino knew.
"That bastard! How could he have kissed you like that? Kisses are supposed to be signs of love, not reactions to little things like sticking your tongue out at him!" She cried. (A/N: How the heck did she know? *shrug* Whatever. Ino's got ESP, leave it at that.)
"But when I saw him, I felt like he was the one who would save me from this horrible double life." Sakura whispered. Ino stopped dancing. She laid a hand on Sakura's arm.
"Really?" When Sakura nodded, Ino grabbed her once again and took her to the bar, where Sasuke was sneezing a fit.
"Are you two talking about me? I can't stop freaking sneezing!" Sasuke demanded before sneezing again. Ino looked everywhere except his eyes.
"Uh…"
"Don't do it anymore! I really hate sneezing. It makes my nose hurt and I don't like how that feels." Sasuke rubbed his red nose. Ino laughed evilly.
"Hohohoho! So the Uchiha has a weakness!" Sasuke groaned. Ino became serious in a flash. She grabbed Sasuke and led him outside the club and into the car. They drove off, all silent.
"What's this about?" Sasuke asked. No response. He sighed. All there was left to do was wait.
"Look guys, I can explain-" Naruto started. But Deidara just held up a hand, silencing him.
"No need. We do not require explanations. We'll just leave now." Deidara took Tobi's wrist and left the room as abruptly as they arrived. Kiba and Naruto didn't say anything. They just sat there. The door burst open and the entire "Akatsuki" gang came running in with camera's, snapping pictures of Naruto every chance they got.
"Ahhh!" Naruto squealed.
"Here we are." Ino said with a sigh. She got out of the car and walked with Sakura up a tall hill. Sasuke felt obliged to follow. He reached the top and looked down. His breath was taken away; he could see the entire city of Konaha. From the bridge in the west to the ocean in the east. All was visible from this one hill. Covering it was a beautifully in-bloom Cherry Blossom, the color perfectly matching Sakura's hair, even in the middle of the night. Sasuke saw Ino and Sakura sitting down in the grass, watching the city.
"Sasuke, you know Sakura's story, don't you?" Ino said quietly.
"Yeah. I found out right after I saw her transform." He whispered.
"But do you know the entire story?"
"I just know that Sakura was part of an experiment that overloaded her body."
"Well, Sakura was part of a scientific theory called Transformation with DNA. It was led by a man named Orochimaru. But after the overload with Sakura, people stopped funding him. They thought it was a failure. So they dropped Sakura at the aquarium and that night, when she transformed, Tenten found her. That was two years ago. People who worked with Orochimaru and knew about Sakura always said that there was an antidote. But once people rejected his ideas, Orochimaru disappeared. All his numbers wouldn't work, his house vacant, his family dead. No one knows what happened to him." Ino said, tucking a strand of long blond hair behind her ear.
"Orochimaru?" Sasuke repeated. Ino nodded in the darkness.
"I had him for biology a year or two back. He was fired because he wouldn't follow the curriculum. But I remember him saying to me that I was an excellent student and if I ever wanted to join him in his research, to call. He gave me his business card." Sasuke recalled. Sakura's head snapped up, suddenly alert. Sasuke pulled out his wallet. He rummaged through it, squinting. A couple minutes later, he fished out a crumpled piece of paper. He opened it.
"Bingo." He said under his breath. Ino and Sakura leaned in, their faces full of hope even in the dark. Sasuke pulled out his cell phone and typed in the numbers that were printed on the card. He took a deep breath and put the phone to his ear.
Ring, Ring.
"Hello?"
"Hi, Mr. Orochimaru? It's me, Sasuke Uchiha."
"Ah, Sssasssuke! Ssso niccce to hear from you. I take it you've consssidered my offer?"
"I've been thinking about it."
"And?"
"I was doing some research on that experiment you did two years ago. The one with the seal."
"Ahhh. They thought I was crazzzy. But I'm not. If they hadn't doubted me, we'd be further in the ssssciencccce of DNA right now."
"Yeah. But I have a question for you."
"Go ahead."
"If that experiment with the seal had worked, is there any way to change it back? Or maybe even keep it human forever?"
"You mean an antidote?"
"Yes."
"There is a way to make the sseal fully human, but not fully ssseal."
"What is it?" Sasuke urged. The man on the other line laughed.
"Do you think I'm ssstupid? That I would give ssomeone the antidote of my experimentsss? Not a chancce."
"What do I have to do to earn your trust?"
"Many tasssksss for me. Where are you?"
"Where are YOU?"
"A placce not for people like you. I will come to you, Ssasssuke."
"Tell me what I have to do."
"Impatient, aren't you, Misster Uchiha?"
"Dammit, tell me Orochimaru, how to fix Sakura!" Sasuke exploded.
"Ah. Jussst asssss I expected. You are with the ssseal."
"Orochimaru, understand, you ruined this girl's life, at the same time renewed it. But I want to fix what you've left her as."
"Fine, Sssassuke. I will give you the antidote. But you mussst in exchange, do many thingsss for me."
"I will pay you. I'm from the Uchiha family, money is no problem."
"In exactly 12 hoursss, you will reccieve an email telling you what to do. When everything isss done, I will know. When I know, another email will be sssent to you. 5 hoursss after you get that email, another email will be sssent. Follow the inssstructions there. Goodbye, Sssassssuke Uchiha." Then Orochimaru hung up. Sasuke sat there, his phone still up to his ear.
"Well? When are you getting it?" Sakura asked eagerly. Sasuke shook his head.
"He's just going to play with us. It'll be forever until we get the antidote, if he even decides to give it to us." Sakura and Ino watched him walk down the hill and get into the car. The two girls followed them down and quietly, Ino started the silent drive to the aquarium.
"Good night, Sakura. I'll be back tomorrow night. We need to make up a night of clubbing!" Ino blew Sakura a kiss and walked to the exit of the large aquarium. Tenten came over.
"Hey, you. How was that night at the clubs?" She smiled.
"We had to leave early. But Ino's taking me tomorrow again." Sakura grinned. Tenten nodded and left, saying that she had other matters to deal with, probably sorting out all the confusion about Sasuke.
Sasuke himself sat on the bleachers, waiting. He let out a huge breath.
"I get a simple dare with a simple reward. Now I'm tangled up in this quest to turn a seal into a full-fledged girl." He muttered. Sakura left for about two minutes and came back wearing a towel. Sasuke looked at his watch.
2:53 AM
"The sun's going to rise soon." He commented. Sakura nodded and took a seat next to him.
"Thanks." She said, leaning her head on his shoulder. Sasuke wrapped his arm around her shoulder and pulled her closer.
"For what?"
"Everything. Keeping my secret and doing the most you can to help me." Sakura whispered.
"What they did two years ago was wrong, but if they hadn't done it, I would've never met you." Sakura wiggled closer to him. Sasuke looked down at her. Sakura smiled back. He felt himself lean down to her and within seconds, their lips had met. A small smile tugged on Sasuke's mouth, even as it was connected with Sakura's. Sakura moved closer to him, wanting, no, Needing more. Sasuke was more than happy to give her that. Sakura's tongue lightly touched his lips, just as he had done, asking for permission to enter his mouth. Sasuke greedily let her in, feeling himself clutch Sakura's body, not ever wanting to let go. His lips left hers, leaving a little trail of kisses down her neck, lining her collarbone. Sakura let out a little moan of pleasure. Sasuke moved Sakura to his lap, making sure the only thing she touched was him.
"Sasuke." She said softly.
"Hn."
"Sasuke, it's almost time." Sakura pulled herself away from Sasuke. She stepped slowly away from him, until she reached the seal enclosure. Sasuke followed her. His arms engulfed her. Sakura pulled away again, placing a small kiss on his lips before opening the gate and stepping in. She gave him one more loving glance and jumped down into the pen just as the sun shone over the trees. When Sasuke looked over the fence, no girl was in sight. The only things he could see was a towel on the ground and a seal swimming in the water.
Izzy: *sniffle* that made me really sad. It's like a forbidden love! It's not that they can't be seen together or their families forbid it, it's that they're kind of different species… I mean, sure they can attempt to have children but… I'd rather not imagine that… Anyway, leave a review! I need ideas for what Orochimaru is going to make Sasuke do for the antidote! xD Thanks for reading!