It's been a while! I'm so sorry for being gone but you know how it is… summer then school then blah. Please enjoy another super weird chapter! And thanks for reviews! So much. :]

"Sakura!"

The beautiful pink haired girl turned around and put on a pretty but fake smile, "Naruto."

Naruto was pushing through a chattering crowd of people in the narrow hallway, making his way towards Sakura. "H-hey," Naruto, exhausted from those few seconds, managed to say.

"Hi," Sakura said in return, smile still in place.

Naruto casually sat down next to her on a stool. They were in front of a marble topped island bar. There was an assortment of alcohol in the open cupboard against the wall behind the bar although a few empty gaps between bottles showed that some were missing.

"How are you liking the party?"

Sakura took a sip from a plastic cup in front of her. She had gotten some coke and ice from the kitchen just on the other side. Of course all of the ice had melted, she had been sitting alone for about two exact hours now and the house was hot. She wondered why Naruto had not latched onto her before hand. He was the host, she supposed, he'd need to make his way around everyone.

"It's very nice, Naruto, though I was surprised there were so many people here, I really like it."

She hated it.

Naruto turned away and chuckled, scratching the back of his head, relieved to hear his current crush liked the party that he had decided to throw not just because of the social activity with friends but because it was a good excuse for him to have her in his home.

Sakura's hand jolted Naruto from his daze as it fell upon his thigh. He turned his head back to her and saw her staring at him with her gorgeous eyes. That's when Naruto noticed just how pretty she looked right now. Her pink hair was done up with a blue clip and she had silver hoops in her ears. Her dress was a light powder blue but a darker shade on her sides. It was strapless, tight and went down mid-thigh, which wasn't too short but when she was sitting, like she was now, it rode up high exposing even more skin.

Sakura's hand massaged his thigh gently yet with a firmness, and he felt his pants getting tighter. She leaned over so that her mouth came to his ear and whispered, "Wouldn't it be nicer if it was just you and me?"

Just before he had time to even think of how he would react, Naruto heard a high pitched voice behind him, "Sakuraaa!" It was Ino. The pretty blonde made her way in between Naruto and Sakura.

"I was looking all over for you! When we came, I turned around to say something and you were gone! I looked everywhere and all I found was a drunk puking Karin, a drunk sleeping Shikamaru, and a drunk and sleeping and puking Kiba. I mean, seriously, what is wrong with these people! Drinking so much at such a young age."

Even though Ino was in front of Naruto's view, he could see Sakura. She was calm, not breathing as fast as he was, not even bothered in any way. How did she pull away from him so fast?

Sakura rolled her eyes sarcastically, "Ino, don't be such a hypocrite, you're drunk too."

"I'M NOT A HIPPO!"

Sakura stood and grabbed onto Ino's wrist. "Come on, we're going to the bathroom."

She smiled kindly at Naruto, "I'm sorry Naruto, maybe we can continue another time."

He returned her smile with a toothy grin, "Yeah."

When she walked away he turned back to his drink, trying to relax himself and something else that was trying poke out of his pants. A hand rested on his shoulder causing him to jump and whip his head around.

Hinata.

"I-I'm sorry, Naruto, I didn't mean to scare you." she stuttered.

Naruto forced a smile, "Just startled me, that's all… what's up?"

Wisps of her long dark hair were between her fingers, "I just wanted to let you know I'm leaving."

Her boyfriend frowned.

"Why?"

The shy girl bit at her lower lip, "Well my father said I should be home before 10 and it's already 10:04."

"Oh…well alright. I'll call you tomorrow?" Naruto had gotten up and wrapped his arms around her in a simple but warm embrace.

"Sure," she softly replied before walking out of his arms and out of the house.

Naruto let out a relieved sigh. If Hinata had seen him and Sakura, she would be devastated. But little did he know she did see them. And she is.

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Sakura helped Ino out of the bathroom by holding the wasted girls arm in hers.

"I think you should go home, Ino. I'll drive you in your car."

"But then you wouldn't have a ride, Sakura. Oh! I know, I'll drive us both!"

"Not a good idea."

Sakura watched as Ino began walking on her own and left the room, running after a chubby boy by the name of Chouji.

Sakura rubbed her hands, which were wet from washing in the bathroom, against her dress. She was slightly annoyed by Ino. The bleach blonde had interrupted her and the other blonde. Sakura had a plan and it seemed to be going well even with the interruption. Sakura had Naruto wrapped around her finger and she was using that to her advantage.

Sakura knew in the first place that Sasuke wouldn't be at the party. She knows that Sasuke is just like her, he doesn't see the point in parties. But for Sakura, there was a point in why she had come to this one. To establish a relationship with Sasuke's best friend. Of course, there's more to it than that.

Sakura noticed then that the party was dying down. Everyone was either going home or onto another house to crash. Sakura pressed the tip of her thumb into her mouth and bit down gently. This wasn't exactly what she'd hoped for. Sakura had made sure that she got to the party so there'd be a lot of time. She had been hoping to get back to Naruto but at this rate, there's nothing she could do to progress the relationship. She bit down on her thumb hard, her upper teeth breaking the skin and her lower squeezed the nail to her thumb painfully.

Sakura concluded that the reason for the timing had to be not just because of a certain interruption, but also because she should've come earlier. She'd arrived at 6:30 only because of some… business she had to take care of.

Sakura heard a loud splash coming from the backyard. All of a sudden, Ino came running toward Sakura, soaking wet and laughing. "Oh my god! You should've been there! Okay, well me and Karin were fighting about who was wearing the hotter dress, right?, and she was all 'I wonder how your dress will look wet' and I was all 'what?' and SPLASH, the bitch pushed me in! I got her back though cause then I-"

"Here," Sakura said as she handed her a dry orange towel.

The whole time Ino was blabbering, Sakura had left the room, opened about 3 doors until she found a towel, then came back.

"Thanks."

Sakura led Ino into the living room, with a towel on the blondes back. She sat down with Ino on the couch in front of the TV. "Well this party is over…" Ino mumbled.

There were a few other teens from their classes also on the couch with them.

"Heeey! I know you guys!" Ino was a happy drunk again.

Everyone on the couch seemed to ignore her, their eyes and faces glued to the TV screen. Ino pouted. Grumpy drunk. She called out, "What's up with you guys?"

They all shushed and whispered shut ups to her. She did. Both Sakura and Ino soon focused their attention onto the TV as well.

The local news channel was currently on and a female reporter was speaking in a grave manner…

"Police have just recently identified the discovered body of a young male whose body had been dumped in a ditch on the side of a rural country road just outside of the city. They have identified the body as Sai Gashu, an art teacher for Konoha High School. The police presume the body had been dead for only 4 - 5 hours before a pedestrian came across it. The cause of death has not yet been leaked from the police but they have mentioned it to be a murder case-"

"Oh shit, Mr. Sai's dead!" One of the teens said in shock to another.

Ino put her hands up to her face, "Oh my god… how awful. So sad, right Sakura?" She turned to the pink haired girl who was on her right.

Sakura seemed to not be paying attention and was fiddling with her bracelets on her left wrist. Ino nudged her, "Sakura?"

Sakura nodded finally and looked up at the TV right when it showed an image of Sai smiling at the camera, his arm slung around a pretty brunette, his wife. Sakura just stared at the picture silently for a while until she lowered her head again she mumbled, "That's an ugly picture.

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Until next time.