A/N: So many story ideas so little time. Speaking of time, I hope this story is worth yours even though the chapter is short. I will try to make longer chapters but today this was all I could manage.

Disclaimer: The characters are not mine!

Creature Café

Chapter 1: Getting the Job

Sakura sighed as she walked into the building where her job interview was being conducted. It was the cutest place she'd ever seen. Don't get her wrong she liked cute, loved it in fact, but the workers weren't known for being cute. The female workers were famous for being scorching hot. Sakura didn't believe she was anywhere near their league.

The only person who honestly told her she was pretty without ulterior motives was her godmother Tsunade. Everyone else wanted something from her. Her parents died when she was 3 years old so people were usually after her inheritance. They didn't know that she couldn't even look at that money until she was 21. Now that she was 18 she felt the need to help Tsunade any way she could rather than live off her like a leech.

Sakura took a deep breath and entered the enormous yet cute shop. As soon as she entered she knew something was off. There was no one there other than a man who was going through menus. He was facing away from her and his hair style was a bit feminine, but no woman could have such muscles unless she was on steroids. She decided to try her luck with the man. She went around the little table where he was arranging menus and tried to get his attention without speaking. She quickly gave up.

"Excuse me." Sakura said bending down to look him in the face and tilting her head to the side to get a better look at his face.

"Hold on a minute, yeah." He replied as he glanced up to see who was daring to disturb him. When his eyes met hers he froze. Her posture was completely unguarded, her face was like an open book, and her exquisite emerald eyes shined with innocence. The moment he laid eyes on her he was helpless to control his next actions.

He screamed "KAWAII" at the top of his lungs as he pounced on her. He didn't even know what had possessed him to practically attack her when no woman or man had ever had this effect on him before. He just knew he needed to see if that skin was as smooth as it looked. He needed to know if there was any hair softer or more unique than hers. So far she was a perfect original.

Apparently the girl he was openly molesting had enough when his hand went to stroke her unblemished face once more. She punched him so hard that he was seeing kittens bounding around his head. When the kittens started fade he began to hear the insistent tapping of high heels making their way towards him.

"Wow you really laid him out didn't you? May I ask who you are and what you're doing here besides giving my older brother a well deserved beating?" A tall blond woman asked. The resemblance to her brother was obvious. In fact it was a wonder they weren't twins. Everything was similar from their hairstyles to their faces. Aside from their build which was completely opposite one another, what differences they had were subtle. The man's face was more masculine where as his sister had a more feminine face. Their eyes were just barely two different shades of blue, and the woman's blond hair was paler than the man's.

"For the record, I was just defending myself. He jumped me out of nowhere!" Sakura cried a desperately. She really did not want to go to jail.

"You can relax. I just want to know if you are my interviewee. That's my idiot brother, Deidara, and I'm Ino Yamanaka. We run the café together." Ino said reassuringly. However this only caused Sakura even more distress. It's bad enough that she punched a guy, but now that guy was her prospective boss if she didn't go to jail.

"I'm thinking I should just leave." Sakura stated dejectedly. This caused Deidara to shoot up from his position on the floor.

"What do you mean you're going to leave (yeah)?" Both blondes demanded at the same time. It was kind of creepy.

Deidara was the first to recover. "You can't leave yet! I don't even know your name, yeah!" He exclaimed rather desperately.

Ino stood in shock. Deidara had never acted this way over anyone before. She thought he was asexual. A Cheshire cat grin overtook her face. She now knew the perfect way to torment Deidara.

"Why would you want to leave when you're so perfect for the job?" Ino inquired putting on her business face. Deidara immediately rounded on her.

"No Ino I forbid it! She would be eaten alive by our customers. I won't allow it!" Deidara shouted. There was no way he was letting his innocent little angel deal with the perverts who came here. It's true that he had grown attached to her rather quickly but Deidara was an excellent judge of character. He knew that if this girl could fake the innocence and adorableness that he had seen she would be a world famous actress.

Ino smiled slyly. She was two steps ahead of Deidara. She went over to him and whispered to him so Sakura couldn't hear. "Look Deidara, I'm just watching out for my brother's first crush. Think about it. Do you have a way to get her here every single day? Yes those pigs we serve will hit on her but they won't be here all the time like you are. This way you will have the best chance with her!" Oh yeah, Ino would have a great time seeing Deidara run himself ragged for the girl.

"Excuse me, I'm sorry for not introducing myself earlier but my name is Sakura Haruno. Are you sure you want me for this job? I mean I just punched your brother."

"I know. It was on the resume you sent me along with your picture. Now Sakura," Ino began while putting on her serious face. "My brother and I both think that you would be perfect for the job just from what we witnessed earlier. You are cute enough to enchant anyone if you could charm Deidara into forgetting his gentlemanly disposition. At the same time you are fierce enough to defend yourself should any customer get too frisky. Provided all goes well, as it usually does, you will never have the need to protect yourself with security right there with you. The only reason I bring it up is because our customers are getting smarter and I don't want them taking you by surprise."

This got Deidara fired up again. "Like HELL I'll let that happen!" He ranted. As soon as he lost his "Yeah" again Ino knew she better intervene so she whacked him upside the head.

"We are trying to conduct an interview!" Ino hissed at her bird-brained brother. He just whimpered because she had hit his sore spot from when he was knocked down by Sakura's punch.

Thinking of the fire in Sakura's eyes as she hit him made him forget his pain and start thinking how great it would be to see her every day. "Sakura-chan do you know why our café is so different from others, yeah?" He practically purred.

"Yamanaka-san, I did do my homework. Your café is famous for the different experiences it can offer and the many different women who dress up like animals. The first floor is decorated to look like a jungle and has the widest variety of animals. The second floor is decorated to look like a villa in the countryside with different kinds of animals but a lower variety. Finally you have the third floor which is decorated to look like a penthouse suite looking over the city it has the lowest variety of animals but it has the best artwork and as a special treat to those who dine there, the waitresses dress in maid outfits in addition to their animal uniform." To say that Deidara was impressed was putting it mildly. She almost knew more about the café than he did, almost.

"Then do you accept the job Sakura-chan?" His sister cut in before he could say a word.

Sakura looked hesitant again so Deidara decided to turn up the charm. He tentatively knelt before her and kissed the knuckles of her hand while never taking his eyes from hers. He stood still holding her hand and moved closer to her giving her a dazzling smile. "It would be a great honor to work with you yeah. Don't worry about the animal thing. You'll get used to it yeah. If you ever don't feel safe you can come to me and I'll assign our most qualified security guards to protect you yeah. If you say yes then you can leave the rest up to my sister and me. We can settle the matters of your pay and which floor you would like to work on at your convenience yeah." Deidara murmured to her tenderly.

Sakura still looked hesitant but this time she voiced her doubts. "You two will hire me? Just like that? Are you certain about this?" She questioned making the two blondes smile softly at her and nod. "Alright you win. I accept the job." She sighed when she was immediately tackled by both blonds in a bear hug. She had a feeling she was going to regret this but at the moment she just could not bring herself to. "What animal will I be?"

Deidara and Ino both thought hard when Deidara came up with the idea. "Let's see you're cuter than a kitten but you also have sharp little claws when you're threatened. I'd say we have a winner."

"What do you mean?" Sakura asked suspiciously.

Deidara grinned like a madman. "You Sakura are a kitten."

-The next day-

After Deidara proudly proclaimed that Sakura was a kitten, it was decided that she would where black cat ears and tail. Ino immediately had an idea of what Sakura should wear to the café as her "uniform" and according to Deidara, if Sakura didn't go along with the idea it would die of lonesomeness. That's right. Ino took Sakura on a shopping spree.

At first Sakura didn't know how she was going to pay for everything. At the unfamiliar store Ino took her to, a top cost about as much as an apartment. Ino just kept throwing things at Sakura for her to try on while keeping some stuff for herself. When Sakura finally admitted she couldn't afford any of this stuff, Ino just laughed it off.

"Don't be silly Sakura! Creature Café doesn't make its employees pay for their uniforms. Now I'm giving you these clothes as an investment. I'm investing in your ability to work it!" Ino cried dramatically. No one paid her any mind because she was such a frequent customer that most of them were used to it.

"Work what Ino?" Sakura questioned innocently tilting her head to the side to show she didn't quite understand. Ino's hand flew to her face making a light smacking sound.

"Oh good grief we have so much work to do. Don't worry Sakura. You'll understand everything by tonight. They don't call Deidara "The Drill Sergeant" for nothing!" Ino replied confidently.

The rest of the day was spent teaching Sakura how to "work it." Deidara acted exasperated but was secretly glad that Sakura wasn't a practiced seductress. It made her that much more appealing to him. He had already lined up security guards where Sakura would be working. He had recommended that Sakura start off on the easiest floor. The second floor also known as the countryside villa had the least perverted men and Sakura could get away with a sexy tube top shirt and skinny-jeans. That was the least revealing outfit that Ino had gotten for her.

However Ino wanted Sakura on the first floor a.k.a. Jungle Mayhem. Deidara instantly protested, but Sakura insisted that she could handle it and that way it would cut the training time down. If she didn't have to climb stairs tonight then Deidara wouldn't have to teach her how in the many different outfits she wasn't used to wearing while holding a weighted tray steady. She had no way of knowing that what she would face in Jungle Mayhem would be much worse than Deidara's stair training.

A/N: For those of you who aren't sure, this is a MultiSaku fiction. More men come into play in the next chapter. Thank you to all who have been and continue to be patient with me. I most likely don't deserve it, but I'm grateful never the less. Take care my dear readers!