Ok a bit of drama with the girls but a lot more from the guys perspective as well.
"Hey" Sasuke swung himself up onto the bar stool beside his best friend as he sat hunched over a tumbler of whisky, looking up at the barmaid he gave her a suave smile before ordering a drink, beside him Naruto indicated that he wanted another too "Are you sure that's wise?" Sasuke asked when the girl went to get their drinks.
"Fuck off" Naruto muttered, he was determined to drown his sorrows tonight. "Not when you need me" their drinks came and Sasuke clinked his against Naruto's "I'm sorry you're hurting." "I say again, fuck off." "How bad is it?" "I told her everything." "Everything?" Sasuke shocked by this admission spoke out "You mean about the...?" "Yep" "And the...?" "Oh yeah" Naruto downed the old drink and began the new "She'll never want to see me again." "You didn't have to tell her everything you know, she didn't have an inkling about some of the stuff you told her. Damn it Naruto you practically raped her." "I know, that's why I had to tell her, I needed her to know exactly who I am because if she had forgiven me without knowing all of it then we wouldn't ever be really happy together, I'd still always be holding back, I'd never really be myself with her." "Well you'll never get that chance now." "I know but I had to hope... I had to try." "It was honourable" Sasuke admitted "but your current behaviour is not, she'll never take you back if you go back to your old ways..." "I don't intend to but yesterday AI spoke to Hinata on the phone and told her I'd get in touch with the lawyers, I finally managed that today, then I spoke to my parents the whole thing is soul destroying. Let me have one night to obliterate my misery with my old soul mate before I even think about winning back my real one. Why are you here anyway?" "I came to make sure you weren't doing anything stupid." "Who sent you?" "No one!" Sasuke tried to look offended but as Naruto sent him a smirk he had to admit that Naruto's mother may have, sort of, encouraged/demanded that he stay with his friend. "Sasuke, I vow, on my marriage that this is the only night I will do this and I will not be looking at a single woman ever again." Sasuke said nothing but his doubt was palpable "I mean it Sasuke, you're about to see big changes starting tonight, I will be going to bed alone tonight and every night until Hinata takes me back and even then it will only ever be her I am with." Sasuke was about to make a quip at his friend's expense but as he saw Naruto stare mournfully into his glass he realised that his friend really mean it, "You really think you can win her back?" "It may take time, she may even date someone else...." Naruto's eyes became even sadder at the thought if that was possible, then his jaw line hardened "but I'll never let her sleep with them, i don't care what sort of interference I'll need to run in order to ensure it Hinata will never sleep with another man." as he spoke he tightened his hand around his glass making Sasuke nervous it would break but before Naruto could get any angrier they were interrupted. "Evening gentleman" a buxom raven haired young woman leaned in close "Can I get you anything?" Before Sasuke or Naruto could say anything a snide voice cut in "They're at the bar, what could you possibly get them that they can't get just by pointing?" both men were surprised to see Sakura standing behind the bar with one hand on her hip and an angry look on her face. "It's none of your business" the dark haired woman snapped back ready for a fight "Wanna make it my business?" Sakura looked ready to launch herself over the bar when Ten-Ten showed up. "Get going Laila, Sakura has seniority and me as back up, so get back to work." The waitress left and the two girls glared at Naruto. He didn't bother to defend himself just pushing his glass forwards for a refill, Sakura opened her mouth ready to have a go at the man when Sasuke caught her attention and shook his head. His eyes seemed to tell her that right now Naruto was feeling just as bad as he could handle and her words could be what pushed him over the edge so she stayed silent. Ten-Ten noticed the silent exchange and smirked, only a few days ago the young woman had vehemently denied any sort of attachment to the Uchiha and she looked forward to teasing her about it later.
Picking up a tray Sakura got ready for what she hoped would be one of her last weeks working here after their discussion yesterday Hinata and Ino had gone to the florists to discuss costings, the owners were a husband and wife team As she walked away from the bar she was fully aware of Sasuke's eyes following her probably (she correctly assumed) watch her legs that looked killer in her uniform hooker heels, adding a little bit of a sashay to her walk she smirked confident in the knowledge that the guy was still clinging to the hope that she would date him. Still as she fended off the advances of some of her more daring customers she appreciated his more, he was one of her bosses, he could have acted like Naruto and made it harder for her to say no but instead he took a step back waiting for her to indicate that she'd give it a go. She didn't fool herself that he was being celibate as he waited but whenever she saw him flirting with someone else her pang of jealousy was negated by his attention quickly fixing on her instead. Sakura was so fixated on here meanderings that she hadn't noticed one of her customers actually following her around, it wasn't until she was checking on the ladies toilets that she realised the danger she was in. She had just leaned down to take some toilet paper out of the cupboard when an arm grabbed around her waist, she cried out but the toilets were empty and before she could really scream a hand went over her mouth and she found herself dragged into and empty stall.
She kicked at him biting down on his hand but it was no good the guy was practically solid muscle and her biting only seemed to make worrying hardness below his waistline increase. He pushed her up against the wall burying his face in her neck, his hand shifted, she couldn't breath, Sakura panicked and her arms began to flail again pulling at his hand but he either didn't notice her inability to inhale oxygen or maybe he didn't care. Sakura felt her consciousness slipping away inwardly freaking out that maybe this man would knock her out or wait until she was dead before he made use of the hard cock pressing insistently against her. Her eyes began to close and she realised she was losing a battle with consciousness. "Sakura?" Ten-Ten looked confusedly down at the open cupboard, one of the first rules of a hotel housekeeping was to lock up all supplies that someone may try to steal. Sakura was rarely clumsy over this. locking the toiletries securely Ten-Ten was about to leave in search of her friend when she heard a muffled groan in one of the stalls. One of the second rules of hotel housekeeping was to keep people from having sex in the public areas, walking to the door Ten-Ten was surprised to find that the idiots had left it unlocked, deciding to play a joke on the horny couple Ten-Ten licked the door open ready to shout an amusing quip when she realised just who was being crushed against the wall, "SAKURA!!" The burly man was surprised and dropped the passed out girl to the floor. Slipping her hand into her back pocket Ten-Ten pulled the can of mace and aiming it sprayed directly into the mans eyes yelling as she did so. He fell back screaming and clawing at his eyes, Ten-Ten grabbed Sakura's arm and pulled her out of the cubicle. "Talk to me Sakura!" Ten-Ten dropped to the floor slapping at her friend's face, feeling for a pulse she was relieved to find one even though it was very weak. At that moment two girls came into the bathroom chatting, on seeing the scene in front of them they let loose screams and fled the room, Ten-Ten rolled her eyes and swung her friend up onto her shoulder ready to make a dash for it when a hand grabbed her ankle, she almost fell, as it was she only just managed to prevent herself from dropping Sakura, luckily the panicked girls from before had raised the alarm and two well built security guards came dashing in. Ten-Ten found herself freed from the man's grasp and relieved of her burden, Sakura was quickly carried out into the casino and away, Ten-Ten ran after the man carrying her worrying even more as she noticed no movement from Sakura. After a short race through to the on site medic room Ten-Ten was relieved to see Sakura handed over to a medical professional who slid an oxygen mask over the girls nose and began checking her vital signs.
Still drowning the Namikaze's sorrows Naruto and Sasuke were surprised when one of the security guards came forward with a serious look on his face. Naruto seemed to sober up "What has happened?"
"There has been an attack on a waitress." The police are on their way, I've sent word up to the offices. "Damn it" Naruto paused, his brain was still fuzzy but he was able to think quickly "Ok Sasuke go check on the waitress, I'm going to see whats happening with the attacker and await the police, there's nothing down here to cover up so we just need to keep a handle on this one." "Are you sure..." Sasuke didn't like to question Naruto's abilities but he'd seen him drink quite a lot tonight, to his surprise Naruto was rather steady as he swung himself down from his seat. "I'm sure, go, keep an eye on my employees." Sasuke walked casually through the casino neither rushing nor moving slowly, he knew that whoever it was would have been taken to the on site medical room. Since the attack on the hotel most of their hotels and casino's had a place within the building that could look after anyone that had been injured, they had a full time nurse and supplies to look after almost any situation. He wasn't worried, had their been any real worry they would have been informed of it. He turned a corner to the medical room and was surprised to find Ten-Ten standing there chewing at her thumbnail. "Ten-Ten?" striding towards her with concern assuming she was the one that had been hurt. "Are you alright?" "I'm fine" Ten-Ten's eyes looked into the medics room "I'm most worried about her." Sasuke followed her gaze and felt his jaw drop. "Sakura?" He took a step forward about to enter the room she lay in but the doctor and nurse were doing something for her and he didn't want to interrupt "What happened?" "I don't know, some guy cornered her, luckily I got to her before it was worse, thank god for mace spray." "Is she OK?" Sasuke asked his expression bleak. "She will be" Ten-Ten reassured the young man "I wish I had been there for her" "Sakura doesn't like being the damsel in distress, besides I'm pretty sure that you're smart enough to know that though a girl may want a hero she wants more than that, she wants a partner." "I'm not Naruto" "No but you're from his world" "True, but I was raised differently, my parents died when I was very young, my brother raised me along with a string of inappropriate girlfriends, as a result I know more about what I want from a relationship. It may not work out with Sakura, I know that, she may end up not wanting me but unlike Naruto I can accept that, she may have said no a lot but she's never meant it." "Yeah I noticed that too." Ten-Ten smirked, Sakura had complained a lot about Sasuke but ultimately she never said she wanted him to just go away. "Well I wish you luck, she's been burned a few times, we all get burned when we allow ourselves to become close to someone" Ten-Ten's expression changed and became hard as she spoke again "but if you really care about her well-being you'll make a decision, either be with her and only her, or stop going after her. She won't take any shit from any guy, let alone you." "Noted."
At their desks in their office Choji and Shikamaru sat together contemplating what was going down the corridor, upon hearing about her son's separation from Hinata and the possibility of impending divorce Kushina had lost it, she was furious and it had taken a lot of persuading not to go out there and attempt to fix her sons situation herself, they'd heard wild threats about locking the two of them in a room together, full custody over Hiashi for Naruto and even forcing Naruto into some sort of rehab where he'd learn to be monogamous. It was clear that the woman had no idea whose side she was on or who she was most angry at. Things seemed to have calmed down now, obviously Minato had calmed her down somewhat but there was still no knowing if she was going to let the situation play out without her interference.
Shikamaru looked over at his friend, Choji had been silent for a while a small smile on his face, standing Shikamaru decided to go see what he was up to. He managed to cross the room without being noticed and when he looked down he realised it wasn't anything on the computer that was making him look so amused, in his hands he held a pipe. "Thinking of taking up smoking?" he asked making Choji jump. "Shit Shika!" Choji dropped the pipe and glared at his friend "I was just remembering something. And no, I am not going to start inhaling smoke something that ultimately can kill you." "Smoke inhalation on happens if there is nothing but smoke around." "With you it sometimes feels that way. If you must know Ino gave me it, it was a joke." "A joke?" "Yeah last night I came home and she was doing a fifties housewife act." "Do I want to know more?" "Definitely not" Choji grinned widely making Shikamru laugh. "You're the luckiest son of a bitch I know, I thought marriage killed your sex life." "Depend who you are and who your wife is." "Yeah well, best we don't go into that" Shikamaru shrugged it off making Choji feel bad "I'm sorry Shika" it was not a well know fact that Shikamaru was married, he'd been dating the girl in secret for a long time for fear that their lifestyles wouldn't go together, a few months ago he'd come into the office and told Naruto, Sasuke and Choji that he was married, it had been a drunken mistake but he wanted to stay married, the girl was freaking out and refusing to talk to him and he couldn't get near her without her family finding out about them and then probably wanting to kill him. "Married life is a lot less troublesome than I thought" Shikamaru told him trying to find some humor in the situation, "I thought I'd have to start putting the toilet seat down and have more in my fridge than beer and old takeout." "She'll come around" "Will she?" Shikamaru sighed and made his way back to his own desk where he slumped in the chair "Looking at Naruto and Hinata maybe it would be easier if she didn't." "Yeah because since she came into your life you've had trouble staying faithful haven't you!" Choji laughed thinking of his friends near celibate lifestyle thanks to a relationship where he could rarely see his partner. "Shaddup!" "We're all partnering off, I find it weird." "Weird? And what do you mean partnering off, Naruto's about to get divorced, Kiba is still single, so is Sasuke and Yahiko..." "Naruto won't let her go, Kiba has been seeing the same girl for months now Sasuke has his eyes on Sakura and thanks to his slight Oedipus complex Yahiko is unlikely to marry till his parents are gone." "I guess..." they were interrupted by Neji entering the office "Hey Hyuga whats up?" "There's been an attack on a staff member, Sakura's been hurt, we're getting the police in." "Thanks for the warning" Shikamaru responded quickly making his way to the computer, there had been times when cops had seen being summoned here for help as an excuse to snoop "Go down to Minato's office, he's in tonight so he'll need warning to batten down the hatches." "Uhh" Neji looked down the corridor uneasily as a sound of something smashing came to their ears. "Do I have to? I imagine a Hyuga is the last person they want to see right now." "I'll phone it through" Choji offered and Neji let our a relieved sigh "Thanks, I gotta get home for tonight" "How is Hinata?" "She seems OK. She and your wife went to that florists today, I don't know how successful it will be but she likes working, full dependency is never good for her." "Well I'll be keeping an eye on the whole situation from afar" Choji reassured him "After all, it's one of my wife's dreams to have a business of her own to run." "Then I expect they will do well, I'll be moving back in with Hinata soon so I'll be making sure that she's alright in her health... making up for past mistakes and such." "Naruto will win her back" "I know." Neji nodded unsure of how he felt about that "I just hope he treats her better this time."
OK so this is very much a set up chapter, everyone's getting ready for the next stage of their life.