Blame it on the Blonde
Kb: Hey Yo, it's been and I'm starting a new story, Maybe 2 chapters tops but the chapters are long so enjoy 'smirk' and don't worry I'll definitely finish my other stories just having a little writers bloke but as Sakura says SHANNEROO?
Sakura always said it was Ino's fault that she ever met Sasuke in the first place. Although it was true that Ino couldn't possibly have foreseen that Sasuke would leave the village, Leave Sakura on a cold stone bench and return a cold arrogant jerk three years later.
Whenever the subject arose, Ino denied all responsibility. For her part, Sakura firmly stated she rather forget the chicken legged jerk and move on. But oh how fate's a bitch and destiny works overtime.
"What's that?" Sakura asked raising one delegate eyebrow
"It's a wig, Forehead you idiot. Now hold still" Ino stated struggling against Sakura who obviously wouldn't submit.
"Ino get that hair ball away from me"
"No now stay still" Ino said, flipping Sakura over onto her stomach and getting onto her back, setting the purple haired wig over Sakura's pink hair. Ino then pulled out a long brown curled wig.
"Ino, why?" Sakura squirmed under Ino as she fixed her wig onto her head
"Because …. We're wearing these when we go out tonight. We're going to be different people." The blonde now brunette piped. Sakura could only sigh at Ino's idea.
"I don't know-"
Ino interrupted "No buts Sakura were going or you have to wear 'the suit'" Sakura's eyes instantly widened "No not that"
"Great were agreed" Ino cheered jumping off Sakura
Sakura looked at herself in the mirror. She did look quite different with purple hair. And the long, angular cut made her look more daring and sophisticated, somehow.
"If I'm doing this my name going to be Aya" Sakura said firmly
"Aya?"
"Yes when you're named after a tree, Aya is very exotic"
"Yeah right I'm I-N-O as in wild boar but you don't see me complaining" Ino complained, Sakura just ignored it.
"So who are you going to be?"
"Mai" Ino decided "And you can be Octavia"
"What the hell Ino it sounds like I'm an octopus"
"Mai" Ino corrected
"Mai, I don't want to be Octavia. If I have to be someone else and I can't be Aya then I'm going to be …" Sakura paused considering her look.
"Lara"
Ino nodded approvingly "Ok now take the wig off"
"Why?"
"Because I'm going to fix it on properly so that it stays on all night"
"How?" Sakura questioned
"It's a kind of adhesive"
"Oh no, you don't" Sakura said clutching her own hair protectively
"I don't want to have to wear that wig forever because you super glued my real hair to it"
Ino sighed "Don't be ridiculous. The glue doesn't go on your hair it goes on the shower cap sort of things that we wear under the wigs. You'll look even sillier if you start dancing tonight and your wig flies off"
After reading the instructions on the tube, Sakura consented to this plan but asked. In amusement "When did you get all this stuff?"
Ino giggled "That day when you had the double shift at the hospital"
"Well at least I'm making money" Ino only shrugged at the comment.
"So what does Lara do for a living?" Sakura shrugged
"We have to have jobs? Stories? And they have to be as different to our real lives as possible" Ino stated matter factually
"Okay I'm going to make up yours. For a start do we need surnames?"
Ino settled her wig firmly to her head "No, surnames are too serious for tonight. Now sit still I'm going to put your wig on" Sakura sat obediently while Ino settled the wig to her head.
"So what to you think?"
"I think Mai should be a hairdresser down on the opposite side of the village from the flower shop. What's that street called and store?" Sakura said thinking
"Decoder Avenue the store's called Entice" Ino answered her question nodding with approval.
"So I'm a hairdresser and Lara's story, you should be a singer" Ino pronounced
"Oh, come on Ino I can't even sing"
"So it's not like people are going to ask you to sing"
Sakura bit her bottom lip "fine, how I look?" Sakura swung around
Ino gave two thumbs up and beamed "Ready, Lara? This will be the best night out ever, one we'll never forget"
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An hour later the girls sat at one of the new 'hot spots' of Konaha 'Nine Tails'.
Sakura felt slightly uneasy "Mai what are we doing here?"
Ino smirked "We're on a girl's night out. You're recovering from a broken heart. The strong man left you for a sword-swallower, with hindsight you should have seen it coming" Ino soon realized her mistake "Sakura I'm so sorry …. I wasn't thinking"
Sakura smiled "It's ok, I'm over him" Sakura then turned to the bartender.
"What would you like to drink?"
"A BIG bottle of Sake"
Ino glared
"Oh sorry make it two"
"I'm over him, ha" Ino joked
"Shut up"
"Here are your drinks"
"Thanks" Sakura took the two bottles, handing one to Ino
"Hey ladies want to dance?" Sakura looked up to meet 'oh shit'
"One sec boys" Sakura panicked before dragging Ino away
"Ino what do we do that's Sai and Sasuke"
"Well I'm taking Sai and the names Mai" Ino said trotting off and accepting Sai offer but not before whispering to Sakura "And you're Lara"
'She's right I'm not Sakura tonight, and this is the perfect disguise for payback'
Sakura smiled up sweetly at Sasuke "I'm Lara and you are?"
"Uchiha Sasuke" he sighed obviously annoyed to be here. Sakura smirked "Never heard of you" Sasuke glared hard "Hn" Sakura only smiled and turned around. He watched her go, her purple making her stands out in the crowded room, and then he regretfully went after her. She reminded him of someone.
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"I think I'm drunk" Sakura announced several hours later.
"Hn" Sasuke groaned as he piggy-backed Sakura's bleary body.
"I want Sake" Sakura piped
"You can't be serious" Sasuke grumbled
"Funny ha-ha" she slurred her hot breath trickling Sasuke's neck, making Sasuke tense
"I envy you" Sasuke turned to meet those emerald eyes
"What?" She shot back surprised and drunk
"You get a normal happy life, no worries"
"That's not true, you know nothing about me"
"Pardon?" Sasuke raised an eyebrow
"You don't know how hard it is being me, having an insane blonde friend, a fan club and a person as cold as glaciers with a stick up his ass reject you"
"Yeah" Sasuke rolled his eyes from her vision
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Sasuke's apartment was different to what Sakura expected, it was small. "Sorry it's so stuffy" he mumbled "I'll open a window" A wild exhilaration filled her heart. Leaning in, Sakura closed her eyes, made a wish and then without further ado, she kissed him.
To say Sasuke wasn't surprised would be a lie. But the didn't stop him from kissing her back, his tongue slipping into her mouth fighting for dominance of course he won. Lifting her up and moving to his bedroom, dropping her onto his bed and begin ravishing her neck. She gasped "Sa-suke" He smirked on her skin, while leaving hickeys.
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Several hours later in the pre-dawn stillness, Sakura lay in Sasuke's bed as bare as the day she was born, as well as the man sleeping next to her. His arms wrapped around her waist tightly.
Sakura slowly and quietly wriggled of his grip; she dressed and ran out of his apartment.
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Sasuke awoke an hour later to a cold bed. He frowned unable to settle back to sleep
'I want her'
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Sakura banged hard on Sai's apartment door, Sai swung the door open in only his boxers.
"Is Mai here?"
Sai sighed "No ugly but Ino is" Sakura's mouth gaped open
"Yeah I know" It got wider
"INO"
"urrrggggghhhhh" Ino rubbed her head
"Would you keep it down?"
"Ino what ever happened to being different people" Sakura fumed
"Hey I don't see what … Oh my god you slept with Sasuke" Sakura flushed and turned away
"What ugly got laid?" Sai stated
"Sai. Girl talk. Leave" both girls said in union, Sai reluctantly left his own apartment.
"So how was it?" Ino giggled
"um… he was sweet and gently, that's not the point you told Sai"
"No I didn't he figured it out" It was Ino's turn to blush
"How? Wait don't want to know"
Ino giggled "Sasuke and Sakura-"
"Shut up"
"Your in love" Ino chimed
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Sakura was making her way to her own apartment, with the purple wig by her side and looking forward to a nice cold shower.
"Hn" Sakura turns to see the stare of the Uchiha boy. "Sasuke, how nice to see you" she laughed nervously.
"So it was you"
"Yeah sorry about that Ino's idea" He moved in closer to her. She tried to back away but there was nowhere for her to go. Lifting her chin with one finger, he forced her to meet his gaze directly.
"I want you to look into my eyes and remember the night we spent together" he said with a smirk. He held the gaze and planted a light kiss on her lips and moved away.
She suddenly felt weak but had enough strength to say "So that's it then? We're just friends, nothing more" Sasuke grinned evilly "Not a chance" Sakura could only gulp.