Gahh! I'm so sorry! I haven't forgotten, so please excuse the time that has passed since I've updated. Also, I've been having some trouble uploading so I would've had this chapter up a long while ago but this internet bug wasn't letting me. I know cliffhangers are no fun but here's the next chapter nonetheless, and it's a long one too :D and please do not despair there will be lots lots more SasuSaku, it's all in the building suspense ;)

Also to answer some questions

hinatagirl0805 - they are about a little over 21, it's during the time between after the moon mission when Hinata and Naruto got together basically and Sasuke came back. Yes he comes back, in my story at least ;P

All rights to Kishimoto.

Enjoy!

The Assignment

As Sakura stared up at the man laying on top of her naked self in the dark hallway, she couldn't help but feel total embarrassment flush all over her. Her face turned bright red and although in the darkness it couldn't be seen, her skin still felt warm or rather almost hot from the blush in her cheeks. And even though she felt embarrassed, the Sake was affecting her immensely in the very moment and it was arousing her with Sasuke on top of her.

Somewhere deep inside her she was feeling confident and quite kinky, after all it was not long ago that she was making out with this very same man downstairs. Sasuke's eyes were wide open in shock, never averting from her green orbs as he could start to sense her soft body beneath him. It was safe to say that Sasuke was also feeling the same effect of the Sake as his subconscious feelings about Sakura were beginning to arise while residing in the position he was in on top of her and watching her intently.

"Sakura.." was all that Sasuke could mutter while trying to keep his composure but to no avail, he could not reject the feeling that his body was yearning, tingling in a way that made him feel pleasurable all over. He suddenly felt his member harden as he sensed more and more of Sakura's body beneath him.

"S-Sasuke… I didn't know you were in the hallway. I was just.. going to my room to get something" Sakura said rather more confidently than she would've expected from herself and added a little naughty innocent tone into it at the end of her sentence.

Sasuke caught onto the confidence in her voice and responded similarly, "just what is it with this hallway?" he said seductively leaning in closer to Sakura's face as she felt his presence and was immediately affected by it and became mesmerized. His face was absolutely stunning and she could feel the passionate tension between them, she couldn't help but think of her current situation rather exciting. His voice was hypnotizing and she swore to herself that she would give in to his touch at this very moment if he dared to.

As if by luck, just as she was thinking and hoping for, Sasuke bent down and pressed his soft lips to her warm mouth, relishing in the bliss of the taste of her kiss as Sakura happily and immediately responded by bringing her hands up to his scalp and running her fingers through his soft black hair which emitted a rough moan in the back of Sasuke's throat. His hands instinctively moved to the sides of her naked torso, feeling the immediate warm sensation of her soft skin.

Sasuke was suddenly shocked, "she's completely naked!" he realized as he became immediately affected by the sensation, feeling his bulge grow more from the very moment he touched Sakura, he was getting aroused by the second after the realization of her naked body resting underneath him. As he continued to rub her skin, he felt her right side still wet from the Sake. Sasuke became excited remembering what he had imagined earlier, "maybe I will get to taste and lick the sake off of her warm skin after all... hmm" he thought naughtily as he proceeded to test out his curiosity by sliding his tongue past their kiss to lick Sakura's bottom lip, making her moan softly and allowing him entrance into her hot mouth. He slipped his tongue in, taking over and making her elicit more moans as his tongue danced with hers, exploring her sweet cavern.

Her moans were enticing him, daring him to explore more of her as he continued to trail his hot kisses from her lips down to her neck, slowly running his wet hot tongue over her skin from her jawline to her earlobe. He then slowly made his way down to her collarbone and ran his hands up her torso making Sakura's breath hitch when he reached the underside of her breast, still she did not protest and Sasuke took her reaction as permission to continue and began rubbing her bottom breast teasingly with his fingers. Sakura let out a moan which turned him on immensely, desperately feeling the want to lick the Sake off her skin as he continued kissing below her collarbone down to her cleavage on her chest.

"Hmm, it seems you're still wet from the Sake, perhaps I can help you with that" Sasuke purred in her ear seductively as he rubbed the side of her torso where it was still wet. Sakura's breath caught in her chest, feeling excitement with every touch from Sasuke's hands.

"H-how?" Sakura asked slightly panting from the growing pleasure.

"Hn" was all that Sasuke said with a smirk as he began running his nose down the middle between her two breasts and to the side of her lower abdomen on the area where it was wet. For a brief moment, Sakura couldn't feel Sasuke's touch, then suddenly she felt his hot tongue run slowly over her wet skin on her ribs and she let out an elongated loud moan to which Sasuke smiled with triumph. He became intoxicated by her, tasting a perfect combination of Sake and cherry blossom just as he had imagined as he licked the sweet liquid off her warm skin. It was better than he had imagined. The taste of her was mesmerizing him as he instinctively moved his hand from underneath her breast to massaging over it, Sakura reacted by pushing up against his hand giving Sasuke the encouragement to knead her breast more thoroughly along in synch with the swirling of his tongue on her torso.

Sakura's breath would gradually become ragged accompanied by soft moans with every new touch from Sasuke. He wanted to taste more of her as he continued licking further up from from her ribs to the side of her other breast and began kissing closer and closer to her nipple. Sasuke then placed his lips over her pink erected nipple and swirled his tongue around and over it making Sakura's breath quicken followed by a groan as he smiled sinisterly against her breast.

His other hand began traveling down from her breast to her side and finally rested just below her waist. He then sensually slid his hand at a slow rate past her waist and down toward her mound stopping in the area between her legs. Sakura gasped when he suddenly slipped one finger down her womanhood and into her silky wet warmth, Sasuke's eyes closed in ecstasy feeling how incredibly wet she was already as he became even more aroused and inserted another finger earning loud moans from Sakura's lips as he pumped his fingers in and out of her. Sakura threw her head back in pleasure, enjoying the feeling and coming close to the edge of her orgasm as Sasuke bent down to kiss and nibble her neck while continuing to pleasure her with his fingers.

Sasuke was suddenly pulled back from his pleasure high when he heard a noise and turned his head around towards the sound of an approaching sleepy groan at the top of the stairs in the hallway walking lethargically towards one of the rooms, he stopped his ministrations on Sakura pulling his fingers out of her quickly and immediately covered her mouth to stop any sounds coming from her. He turned back to her with a shocked look on his face as Sakura stared back up at him confused and worried at the same time "Not again! Shit, will he see us? what do I do? should we just stay still until he goes into his room" Sasuke thought in panic and frustration.

He moved his head down near Sakura's ear while still covering her mouth, "it's Naruto, we need to get back to our rooms quickly before he sees us" Sasuke whispered to her as quietly as he could. Sakura's eyes then widened in shock and nodded underneath his hold as he disappointedly got up off of her and quickly walked back to his room as Sakura did the same and stood pressed against her door in shock when she closed the door behind her. Her mind was quickly going over what had just happened a few moments ago as she stood panting, "Holy shit." was all that Sakura could think as the adrenaline rushed through her causing her heart to beat fast.

After winding down from the whole hallway situation, Sakura ended up changing into a new pair of comfortable clothes and decided to take a shower in the morning since she was feeling tired and gave up on trying to get into a shower in her state, but mostly she was left appalled from what had just happened. She couldn't stop thinking about how incredibly open she was with Sasuke in the hallway as she laid in bed wide awake and still dizzy from the effects of the alcohol, "that damn hallway" she thought as she softly moaned at the memory of the feeling of Sasuke's touch and kisses.

"Goddamnit Naruto… I wonder what would've happened between me and Sasuke if it wasn't for Naruto? Would I…? I mean I was already naked and.. it felt so good" she continued to think as she clutched the sheets close to herself biting her bottom lip, "I guess I have to admit it… I really am in love with Sasuke and if the opportunity was there, I would…" Sakura closed her eyes in bliss and imagined making love with Sasuke, realizing that she would have taken it further with him if it wasn't for the interruption. She sighed out loud as her inner self still craved for more from Sasuke while she laid in bed knowing well that he was just a door down.

"Should I or should I not? She might be asleep by now but damn it, she is just so perfect. The more I come in contact with her like this, the more I'm lured in and the more I want of her" Sasuke thought as he laid in his own bed with his hands laying behind his head. He was fighting with himself mentally, contemplating on whether to go to Sakura's room and confront her about what just happened between them in the hallway or to just let it go, "Damnit, what is going on with me? Would Sakura..?" Sasuke thought as he gripped his pillow wondering if they would've had sex right then and there in the hallway. Sasuke couldn't stop relishing in the the memory of the feeling of her skin and the sound of her moans as he closed his eyes in bliss. He let out a sigh, accepting defeat with his inner horny self assuming that she may be passed out by now, but little did he know that she was thinking the same thing at the moment, feeling the sexual tension between them.

Sakura woke up the next morning with an aching headache and felt her skin on the lower right side of her torso slightly sticky when she moved as she felt the area with her hand, she stared confused trying to recollect any memories of last night as it suddenly hit her and remembered her heated encounter with Sasuke in the hallway "oh god, Sasuke was licking the Sake off of me last night in the hallway" Sakura thought in embarrassment and then gasped suddenly, "I was completely naked in front of him!" she thought in shock while she held her throbbing head. She sat in her bed for a while longer, trying to recollect whatever memories she had of the night before and wondered what Sasuke might think of their situation as she couldn't believe how incredibly open and confident she was with him, she knew most of it had to do with the Sake.

She looked over at her cellphone and turned it on to reveal the time that said 10:45 AM and decided to first get up and take the shower that she avoided last night and then get a few pain killers from her medical bag. As she walked out of her room towards the bathroom she noticed how quiet it was in the huge mansion "are Sasuke and Naruto here? I wonder if they're still passed out, Naruto no doubt but Sasuke?" she wondered knowing well that he was one to always be up early in the morning as she looked over at Sasuke's door that was closed. Her subconscious mind reminded her suddenly of the memory of last night with him as she stood in the very spot where it all happened and looked away and continued forward to take her shower.

Sasuke woke up moments after Sakura had begun showering and found that he also had the effect of an aching headache after sitting up in his bed "damn hangover" he thought as he held his head with one hand. He then started to remember the events from last night with Sakura in the hallway and wondered how they will go about their situation as a few more hazy memories began flooding in, remembering the feeling of Sakura's body and the sound of her voice. He knew both of them had been affected by the alcohol last night when they were being intimate with each other, but still he couldn't help but feel something else when it came to Sakura, she was affecting him greatly and it made him feel uneasy but good at the same time, he was beginning to feel something for her, something that he'd never felt before with anyone else. He brushed off the thought for the time being and decided to head downstairs to find some pain killer to take care of his headache and make some breakfast.

As he walked down the hallway he could hear running water in the bathroom across from Sakura's bedroom, he stopped abruptly and realized Sakura must be taking a shower, somewhere in the back of his mind he suddenly remembered her naked body beneath him on the hallway floor and his horny mind threatened to wander as it started to imagine a naked Sakura showering. He shook the thought away but realized that wasn't the best thing to do after he felt a shooting pain in his head from the shake and held his head wincing, "Sasuke?" a groaning sleepy voice questioned him as he looked up to see a miserable looking blonde standing a few feet away from him in the long hallway.

"Naruto. You look like shit" Sasuke said teasingly.

"Speak for yourself. You do too jerk" Naruto shot back as Sasuke lightly chuckled and continued on his way towards the stairs descending to the bottom floor of the mansion.

"Hey Sasuke do you have aspirin or something? My head is killing me" Naruto asked as he followed behind Sasuke downstairs.

"What do you think I'm doing? That's what I'm getting right now" Sasuke said dryly.

"Oh so you do feel like shit after all" Naruto teased.

"Shut up, you're probably much worse than I am right now" Sasuke replied annoyed as he made his way to the kitchen going to a cabinet where bottles and medicinal items where stored. He rummaged through and alas found a bottle of aspirin, Naruto had made himself comfortable and sat down on one of the bar chairs holding his head up with his arm resting on the counter while he waited for Sasuke to get the aspirin. Sasuke turned to the fridge then and searched for a water bottle "grab me a water bottle too will ya? since you're already there at the fridge" Naruto asked as Sasuke rolled his eyes and grabbed two water bottles heading back to the other side of the counter where Naruto was sitting at, "here" he said placing the water bottle in front of Naruto, "thanks" he said grabbing it and taking a big gulp from it. Sasuke opened the bottle of aspirin and popped a few then threw the bottle at Naruto who caught it and popped a few himself.

"Where's Sakura? Is she at work?" Naruto then asked.

"I don't think so. I heard the shower running when I passed by her bathroom so I think she's here" Sasuke replied and took another gulp from his water bottle.

"And what about you? Are you just waking up too? It's past 11 in the morning you know" Naruto teased, Sasuke gave him an annoyed glare.

"Yes I know you idiot, I'm allowed to wake up whenever I feel like it too"

"I'm just saying. Of course I can see why, you were pretty drunk last night so you must be having a killer hangover right now" Naruto laughed.

"You're one to talk. You passed out in the living room last night after a few hits to the head with a pillow" Sasuke smirked back.

"Yeah but then I went back to my room after I started hearing stuff and I could've sworn it was a dream but-" Naruto then shot a look at Sasuke with a shocked and mischievous glare. Sasuke stared back at Naruto confused but then a hidden worry flashed across his face "don't tell me he heard me and Sakura upstairs in the hallway. shit!" Sasuke thought in panic while trying to keep a relaxed composure.

"What?" Sasuke asked with a confused tone.

"Where were you and Sakura after I passed out? Cuz from what I remember when I woke up, you guys weren't there" Naruto asked teasingly and smirking at Sasuke, "fuck!" he thought right away worrying that Naruto might be catching on.

"We went back to our rooms to sleep." Sasuke said as a matter-of-factly, lying to Naruto while trying to keep a calm facet.

"Separately or together?" Naruto urged on with an evil smirk on his face, Sasuke glared at him annoyed as his face began to feel hot.

"Why are you asking stupid questions?" Sasuke asked rather too defensively.

"Aha! Something happened between you two didn't it? And the sounds-" Naruto's eyes widened in shock and began to laugh out loud while pointing at Sasuke as he became frustrated and glared at the laughing blonde in front of him.

"Hey what's going on in here? What's with all the commotion Naruto?" a female voice asked suddenly from the entrance of the kitchen. Naruto's laughter suddenly stopped as he and Sasuke looked over at Sakura standing before them in denim short shorts and a red v-neck shirt, her hair was slightly damp as she stood with a confused look on her face. Sasuke's face heated up more as he stared with shock and worry on his face, not knowing what Naruto will say next.

"Speak of the devil! Well, well, how'd you sleep last night Sakura?" Naruto asked with a teasing tone wiggling his eyebrows at her as she stared back at him confused and then looked at Sasuke who's face was plastered with shock and a hint of red in his cheeks. Sakura immediately blushed seeing the man that she made out with naked on the floor last night, little did she know that Naruto had an idea of what was going on. She turned her attention back to him with a confused look again,

"Good I guess? Why?" Sakura answered him as she walked past the two ninja towards the fridge to get a water bottle for herself.

"Just good? Or is there something else I need to know?" Naruto teased chuckling. Sakura then choked on the water that she was gulping after hearing Naruto's question, immediately wondering if he knew about her and Sasuke last night and realizing that's why Sasuke had a shocked look on his face earlier. She tried to recover her composure and glared back at Naruto,

"What are you talking about?" she asked with a calm and recollected tone of voice.

"I'm pretty sure you know what I'm talking about" Naruto said with an evil grin. Sakura blushed crimson and began to panic on the inside, not knowing what to answer as she figured Naruto must know by now. Suddenly the doorbell rang and Sakura fell relieved instantly "phew! saved by the bell. literally" she thought inwardly.

"Who could that be?" Naruto asked looking in the direction of the door as Sasuke walked over to open it.

"Hey Sasuke! Where's Sakura? Is she here?" a high pitched excited voice called out from the entrance. Sakura knew exactly who's voice was calling for her as the mention of her name grabbed her attention and she went over to the door to see exactly who she knew it was.