Lost Paradise

Chapter 6 - Party Party!

"Come on, hurry!" Yuki skipped towards the door.

"Why is she so excited?" Sakura humorously asked no one in particular.

"You'll see when we get there." Yuki said, her grin practically threatening to tear her face in half.

"You can't be serious, is that white wine?" Naruto stared open-mouthed at the bottles table.

Yuki grinned deviously. She had managed to rent out a private room just for them.

"Oh, no! That's just sparkling apple juice, non-alcoholic," her hand dug into her large black hobo bag and re-emerged with a bottle, "This is wine." She took out another bottle, "And this is vodka." And she set the wine and vodka on the table before digging around in her bag once more, "And this, believe it or not, is tequila."

"And where did you get all that?" Sakura asked dazedly, staring at the table.

"Oh, in my room, actually I happen to have two more bottles of tequila there."

"I see…"

Naruto stared at Yuki like she was a goddess come to earth. "You are fucking amazing."

"I know, right?" She said as she gave him a high-five.

"Well, this room is soundproof, and the windows are tinted. The door is locked. And I already have anti-hangover potions in my bag. So go ahead and get yourselves wasted." Yuki instructed.

Two hours later, some of the boys (coughNarutocough) have managed to go through enough vodka to shamelessly sing in front of the girls, who were sticking to the champagne, and of course, were still relatively sober.

"I'm a Barbie girl, in a Barbie wooooorld!" Naruto could be heard warbling drunkenly.

"Wait. Why aren't we drinking?" Ino wondered.

"Because I have a video camera in my bag, and it is dying for some footage, why else?" Yuki smirked deviously, "But of course you guys can go ahead and get yourselves stoned and risk getting caught on tape. Now if you excuse me, I'm going to grab that mike from Naruto before my ears bleed." She stood and did exactly as she said before she chose a song for herself.

"It doesn't matter if you love him or capital H-I-M. Just put your paws up, 'cause you were born this way, baby." Yuki chanted with a grin before she sang Born This Way.

"Oh well, at least she doesn't sing like Naruto." Ino babbled, "Anyway I'm trying 'Telephone' later, what about you?"

"Maybe something old, like 'Your Guardian Angel'?" Sakura shrugged before sipping her champagne.

"Oooh, you're a good singer, maybe you can do a duet with Sasuke! I heard he has an awesome voice."

"I wouldn't know- I haven't ever heard him sing." Sakura shrugged.

"I'm beautiful in my way, 'cause God makes no mistakes, I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way!"

"Is it just me, or is Naruto about to stripdance on the sofa?" Ino squinted.

"Quick, gimme Yuki's bag. We need to get this on tape." Sakura grinned deviously.

Within seconds, they had Yuki's camera set on video and were taping Naruto's every move.

Sasuke and Neji, who had enough sense not to get totally wasted before the girls do, were seated away from Naruto, both looking horrified.

"This is gold." Ino giggled.

"Don't hide yourself in regret, just love yourself and you're set, I'm on the right track, baby, I was born this way!"

Naruto started to strip off his pants while moving to the beat.

At this point, a sober Sasuke would have thrown a large, hardbound copy of War and Peace at Naruto's (rather empty) head, however since the sober Sasuke has long since left the building and has been replaced with the drunk, terrified Sasuke, he simply grabbed Yuki and spun her around to face the monstrosity that is a half-naked Naruto.

Yuki winced and stopped singing. "Well. I certainly didn't plan this. Ew."

Sakura and Ino were also avoiding the sight of ramen patterned boxers but still managed to keep the camera pointed at it.

"I think someone better stop him soon." Ino whispered.

"Paralyze!"

Everyone turned to Naruto, who was frozen in place with his thumb in the waistband of his boxers, then to Yuki, who shrugged. "I panicked."

"Well, scoot. It's Sakura's turn to sing now." Ino moved her hand in a shoo-ing motion.

"Right. Here." Yuki tossed Sakura the mike.

"Sasuke, you too. We've been dying to hear you sing." Ino grabbed the second mike and tossed it to him.

Sasuke looked at the mike then back at Ino and shrugged. It's not like they were gonna remember this in the morning.

"When I see your smile, tears roll down my face, I can't replace." Sakura started singing softly. "And now that I'm strong I have figured out how this world turns cold and it breaks through my soul and I know I'll find deep inside me I can be the one."

"I will never let you fall," Sasuke sang.

"Let you fall…" echoed Sakura.

"I'll stand up with you forever,"They sang together.

"I'll be there for you through it all."

"Through it all…"

"Even if saving you sends me to heaven," Their harmonious voices filled the room.

"It's okay. It's okay. It's okay." Sakura hit the notes perfectly.

"Seasons are changing and waves are crashing and stars are falling all for us. Days grow longer and nights grow shorter…I can show you I'll be the one."They sang together.

"I will never let you fall"

"Let you fall…"

"I'll stand up with you forever"

"I'll be there for you through it all"

"Through it all…"

"Even if saving you sends me to heaven"

"Cuz you're my, you're my, my true love, my whole heart, please don't throw that away…"

"Cuz I'm here for you. Please don't walk away and please tell me you'll stay, woah, stay, woah…"

"Use me as you will"

"Pull my strings just for a thrill"

"And I know I'll be okay"

"Though my skies are turning gray"

"I will never let you fall…"

"Let you fall…"

"I'll stand up with you forever…"

"I'll be there for you through it all…"

'Through it all…"

"Even if saving you sends me to heaven!" They ended perfectly.

"Wow…Well, since I can't possibly beat their singing, I think we should start a game of poker." Ino grinned deviously as she produced a deck of cards from the depths of her bag.

"I'm in." Sakura immediately volunteered. None of them were completely sober.

"I don't know how to play so you guys have fun!" Yuki waved as she plopped herself down on the sofa as far away from Naruto as possible.

Neji and Sasuke wordlessly sat down beside Ino and Sakura.

"Loser has to down a shot of tequila." Sakura proposed and she was met with smirks and a grin.

An hour of poker later, everyone was sufficiently drunk, even Yuki who had a few shots of tequila as well.

"Okay, let's play Truth or Dare!" Ino practically screamed, "Everyone sit on the floor in a circle. That includes you, Boxer Man!" She waggled a finger at the still-paralyzed Naruto.

Yuki, who finally remembered what she had forgotten, finally dropped the spell and Naruto comically crashed to the ground, a bit more sober than he had been an hour ago.

Everyone gathered in a circle with various expressions of amusement as Ino set an empty vodka bottle in the center.

"I'll go first." She spun the bottle and it pointed at Sasuke.

"Chicken Butt, truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"For how long have you wanted to kiss Sakura? And don't even try to lie 'coz I cantell ven you lyin.'" Ino asked, not noticing that she had slurred the last few words.

Sasuke sputtered, "What?"

"I said-"

"A year," Sasuke interrupted her.

Ino smirked and glanced at Sakura's red-as-a-tomato face.

Sasuke spun the bottle and it landed on Yuki.

"Truth or Dare?"

"Uhm…truth?"

"Are you a virgin?"

"Hell? Where'd 'ya get that?" Yuki blinked.

"Answer the question, Snowflake."

"No…and don't call me Snowflake!" Yuki huffed at the mention of her old nickname.

She spun the bottle and grinned deviously when it landed on Neji.

"My dear albino almost-brother," Yuki grinned wider, "truth or dare?"

"I'm not albino. And dare."

"I dare you to let me braid your hair."

"Fuck you…" Neji drunkenly cursed but allowed Yuki to kneel behind him and start braiding his hair.

"'Love 'ya too, albino." She responded.

Neji reached for the bottle and gave it a good spin.

"Yamanaka, truth or dare?"

"Dare me, honey!"

"I dare you…to make out with Naruto."

Ino got up and did just that, making sure it lasted for more that a minute. It ended with Naruto getting sufficiently stunned.

"Well, I didn't need to see that." Sakura winced.

Ino smiled at everyone before spinning the bottle and watching it land on Sakura.

"Sakura, dahling, truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"I swear, you'll dank me for thisomeday. Both of you." Ino slurred before she grinned, "Sakura, I dare ju, to make out with Sasuke ver a whole five minutes."

Sakura blushed red as a tomato. And she shyly crept in front of Sasuke and softly pressed her lips to his. Sasuke cupped her cheek and deepened the kiss, making Sakura moan in pleasure. Ten minutes later, Yuki looked up from her finished work (a neat French braid down the center of Neji's head) and said "Someone better pull them apart before the start fucking like rabid bunnies."

Sakura and Sasuke immediately stopped sucking each other's faces off and Sakura finally spun the bottle.

"Naruto, truth or dare?"

"Truth!"

"Did you like making out with Ino?"

"Well, she is a good kisser…" Naruto contemplated, "but then, I don't think she's the" hic! "right girl" hic! "for" hic! "me."

Naruto spun the bottle and watched as it landed on Ino.

"Okay piggy, truth or dare?"

At some point in the game, someone dared Naruto to jump out the window (And he did) and so Yuki (being the most sober out of the group because she didn't play poker) decided it was time to go home. She teleported all of the back to their own rooms and tucked them into bed, but not before making them each drink a small vial of her anti-hangover potion.

The next day, all of the teens were dressed and ready to go to school, and after they were summoned to the auditorium by Kakashi who said to 'dress nice'.

Which is why Ino and Sakura had to wear gowns magically conjured by Yuki. They were gorgeous and comfortable ─ Yuki knew her stuff. Sakura herself had been told she looked like an angel by Naruto, and Sasuke even added an affirmative nod. And they both looked pretty good themselves too, with Naruto dressed in a tux and Sasuke in a suit. She nervously fiddled with the hem of her pure-as-the-driven-snow dress. As she looked in the mirror, she saw a stranger with a golden halo in her soft, pink wavy hair, shimmering emerald eyes, and a white, gorgeous strapless gown with an empire waist, gold embellishments and full-length skirt that flowed past her feet and hid her shoes.

"Sakura, it's time to go." Ino said, in her dark purple dress with a halter neckline and beautiful shimmering beadwork. She examined her amethyst-studded ankle-breaking high heels and reached up to smooth down her already perfectly smooth French twist.

"Wait, I don't think we should go— something bad's going to happen tonight. I can feel it." Sakura said, watching her worried reflection in the mirror.

With a confident smile, Ino gave her wrist a comforting squeeze. "Don't worry. We are going to be with a lot of competent fighters, so we'll be totally safe... and late if we don't leave right now."

When they reached the auditorium, they were not surprised by the fact that Tsunade was standing at the podium onstage with the Akatsuki members and the Sand siblings seated at the background, they were wondering, however, where Yuki had disappeared to.

"I have called you all here today, to announce that the organization Akatsuki, which has long been a formidable opponent, has now proposed an alliance, between them, and us.

"And on behalf of Konoha I have accepted the offer." Murmurs and gasps resonated through the audience.

"And now, in order to reinforce this treaty, we have arranged for an exchange of members." Tsunade said before stepping away from the podium, "To represent our loyalty to the treaty, I have chosen one of our best, Uchiha Yuki."

Yuki stood onstage, in her stunning crimson and black off-shouldered gown and black heels, with an impressive fake grin plastered on her face.

"They can't possibly make her do this," came Ino's horrified murmur. Sakura had a familiar feeling of déjà vu.

Kisame stood on the podium, "And on behalf of Akatsuki, we have chosen Uchiha Itachi."

"And they will now both swear their allegiances on the river Styx." Tsunade continued then afterward, nodded at Yuki.

Yuki spoke one line that seemed to echo throughout the room even though she was nowhere near the microphone. "I swear on the River Styx to remain loyal to Akatsuki for as long as I live."

"I will remain loyal to Konoha for as long as I live, this I swear on the River Styx." Itachi said in monotone.

"An oath on the River Styx? Damnit! That's irreversible!" Sasuke cursed as the rest of the audience cheered.

"What does this mean?" Sakura asked, puzzled.

"This, Sakura, means that Yuki is no longer part of Konoha." Kakashi drawled lazily as he flipped a page.

"You! You're not surprised…how?...You knew, didn't you, you fucker." Sasuke snarled.

"Now Sasuke, language." Kakashi warned.

"How could she? I thought we were a team." Naruto said.

"I had no choice, you moron." Yuki's voice suddenly came from behind them, "Sorry for not telling you guys."

"Why?" Sasuke asked, clearly, he was not himself today.

"I'm a necromancer. Sasuke, listen to me, you're my cousin, okay? I love you like my own brother, and I'm sorry I didn't tell you this sooner. I'm really sorry." Yuki said softly before she hugged him.

"When?"

"I'm leaving in a few minutes, right after the paperwork's done… Naruto, Neji, you guys are the best teammates a girl could ask for. Take care of the others for me, okay?"

Naruto choked back a sob and Neji gave a solemn nod.

"Why? What's wrong with being a necromancer? Isn't that what Hecate is? The goddess of necromancy?" Sakura cried.

"They don't like having necromancers here, Sakura, so they were going to make me leave, then the Akatsuki requested an alliance so they took the chance to get rid of me. Sakura, Ino, you girls better toughen up, these boys are going to need some girl power." Yuki said through a teary smile.

Sakura and Ino gave her sad smiles as they hugged her tightly. Suddenly the floor shook wildly and a loud explosion echoed from outside.

Yuki wiped away her tears and adopted a fierce expression.

The boys shared a look before three words from Kakashi confirmed their suspicions.

"We're under attack."

Hello everyone, I'm back! I truly apologize for not updating last week, it's just that I'm really busy these days with school. But, as promised, my little oneshot is up! Please go check it out, and don't forget to review! :3