A/N: This should have been out a while ago, but for reasons that are too embarrassing to explain I only finished it last night. Another SasuKaru. An AU, it might be a little confusing, cause the scenes are kinda jumbled but you'll get it...you know maybe. I didn't pick a song for her to be dancing to in this fic, cause I decided that you guys should let your imaginations run wild and choose for yourself. But if I had to it'd be "I like that" by Jae Millz, mostly cause it was one of the songs on shuffle while I was writing this, really I have no idea what would be playing in this club.
Please forgive faulty grammar and spelling and OOCness. Oh and by the way I'm not sure how law firms and law school works so, there are probarbly gonna be a few in-accuracies
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or any of its characters.
Intro
The girl smiled. Pushing the raven haired male into the plush leather seat. She snapped her fingers and the music started. Taking a few steps back, her hips started to sway from side to side moving to the rhythm of the music. She let her hands slip up the sides of her body as she reached for the elastic holding her hair in place. She pulled it off leaving locks of crimson red to fall around her shoulders and over her face. Still moving to the music she undid the buttons to her jacket, sliding it off her shoulders and letting it fall to the ground to expose chocolate brown skin and a lacy black bra. She felt the gaze on her intensify and she smirked. Taking a few steps towards him she slipped her thumbs under the waist band of her skirt and pulled it down letting the black material pool around her ankles.
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"Very funny A." Karui chuckled tucking a loose strand of red hair in her bandanna, before she pulled the wash cloth out of her back pocket. Lifting a glass on the counter to wipe it dry, mechanically repeating the action with the next glass.
"I'm serious Karui." The man said dark eyes locked on the red head on the other side of the bar. His muscled form took up almost three seats, other men sitting around him seemed to be ignoring the conversation. Focusing their attention on the slim yet curvy figures dancing on the stage and walking around them.
She froze, the glass in her hand slipped through her grip falling to the ground in a loud crash. A few faces nearby and at the bar turned to look at the girl, but dismissed the scene as a better one came strolling onto the stage.
"No..." Karui's eyes were wide shock ripped through her mind.
"Karui-"
The redheads fists clenched at her sides, her eyes burned with anger and betrayal. She leaned against the bar, bracing her arms on the counter. She looked the older man in the eyes, "A, I don't dance anymore."
"Well now you do." He stood up, turning around to walk away. He paused to glance over his shoulder, "30 minutes. Mabui will show you to the room." He walked away, leaving a speechless redhead behind.
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Karui smiled. She just got off work and was heading into her second job. Although most people would be miserable going from one job to the next, she was ecstatic. After finishing her last year in law school, she started working at Tsunade & co. One of the towns leading law firms where she work's as a clerk. Not much of a salary, but we all have to start somewhere.
She quickly walked down the street dodging the hordes of people making their way on the sidewalk. She got to the bus stop waiting for the six o'clock shuttle to arrive. Karui's second job wasn't very glamorous either, but it helped to pay the bills. Its also the job she worked when she was still in law school, although her...position has changed since then.
'Where's the stupid bus.' She thought, impatiently tapping her foot on the sidewalk. 'A's gonna kill me if I'm late again.' Crimson hair fell across her shoulder as she leaned forward staring down the street. Karui worked nights at a club called Kumo, she's worked there since her first year. Kumo was owned by a man named A, of course those who knew him by reputation called him Raikage. Only the girls who worked for him ever called him A.
Karui beamed as a bus slowly came trudging along, she quickly jumped on. After the day she's had going to Kumo would be more like a stress reliever than an actual job. Ever since she met that bastard work had suddenly gotten a lot harder.
~ FLASH BACK~
Karui was exhausted. It wasn't even past eleven yet and she'd already been running all over the building, but it wasn't all frowns. One of the partners had picked Karui to be her personal assistant for the next couple of weeks, although it was more of a random selection, it was still a step in the right direction.
She hurried down a long corridor carrying a small stack of files that Tsunade had sent with her. She stopped in front of a large desk that stood in front of Hatake Kakashi, one of the firms top lawyers, office. She stood there for a few minutes waiting for his assistant to appear.
She started fiddling with her hair, usually she wore a bandanna but right now she was working so a brushed back ponytail would have to do. She pulled at the hem of her black skirt, before checking the buttons of her jacket. Samui, her roommate, helped her pick the suit and although she loved Samui like a sister she hated her at that moment. In Karui's opinion the skirt was way too short and the jacket only had two buttons revealing her chest with ridiculous ease. Thankfully Karui refused to leave the apartment without wearing something underneath. Her white tank top covered most of what needed covering.
She lifted her foot, alternating her weight. She had decided long ago that heels were evil, Kami how she missed her jeans an sneakers. She waited a few more minutes, but when it became clear that no one would be showing up, she picked up the documents that were previously on the assistants desk. Taking a deep breath she knocked on the door. "Come in." A deceptively cheery voice called, but of course Karui has had enough experience to know better.
Slowly she opened the door peeking around it. A silver haired man, wearing a mask sat behind a large oak desk. Karui stepped inside standing by the door. Sakura was smiling brightly, with a light blush on her face, serving coffee to someone on one of the seats in front of the desk. All Karui could make out from her position was black hair. "I'm sorry to disturb you sir, but there was no one at-"
"No one at the receptions desk, well we certainly can't have that. Sakura I'm sure our guest has enough coffee, your excused." Hatake said as his eye curved into a smile. Sakura's blush deepened, making the pink haired girl look like she was about to explode. She hurried out of the office, giving a quick glance at the occupied chair while giving a love struck sigh. Karui rolled her eyes muttering something to herself.
"Was there a reason you wanted to see me Karui?"
The redhead stared at the man, everyone thought it was impressive that he seemed to know the names of every employee in the building.
She thought it was just creepy.
"Y-yes sir. Lady Tsunade sent me with these files, she said it was urgent." Karui made her way across the room, stopping at the desk to hand over the documents in her hands.
As the man started shuffling through the pages, she took the time to look around the room and her eyes fell on the other person sitting in the room. It was a raven haired man although he didn't seem that much older than her, he had pale skin and dark eyes. Karui fidgeted uncomfortably as she noticed that he was staring at her. Somehow he seemed familiar...
"This is Uchiha Sasuke, co-owner of the Sharingan corporation." The masked man said, almost like he could read her mind.
'Oh.' Karui thought. She'd heard that the company was expanding, buying up small properties and businesses around town. Although she had no idea that Tsunade & co would be handling the legal side of the expansion.
"A pleasure to meet you mr. Uchiha." Karui said bowing respectfully.
"Hn." Was the mans only reply.
The redhead rolled her eyes turning back to the man behind the oak desk. She's met enough arrogant, self-absored, play boys to know that she wasn't going to get a better reply.
"Ill be right back." Kakashi said standing up taking a file with him, "Why don't you sit down Karui." He swiftly made his way towards the door, closing it behind him.
Karui looked around the room noting that the only other chair was next to the Uchiha. She sat down feeling a little uncomfortable in the silence, pulling at the hem of her skirt again. The silence was unbearable but she couldn't just leave and striking up a conversation with the raven next to her would be-
"Do you like coffee?" The Uchiha asked suddenly, making Karui snap her head towards him. The question had her completely by surprise and it showed on her face, while he just looked bored.
"Umm...not really." She gave a sheepish grin staring at the floor.
"Me neither, go make me a cup of tea."
"Excuse me?" The red head couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"You do work here don't you." The male said swirling a cup in his hand.
"Yes."
"Then do what I told you to do."
'Arrogant son of a b-, do I look like his slave?!' Karui's anger flared, her hands fisted in her lap, "I'm not mr. Hatake's assistant miss Haruno is."
"And your point is."
"My point is that I'm under no obligation to do anything you ask me to." She she said through gritted teeth.
The Uchiha stared at her, his face held no emotion other than a raised eyebrow. "You refuse."
"Yes, I refuse." Karui's anger was threatening to break loose. She glared at the raven next to her, rage burning brightly in her eyes.
Suprise flashed in the male's eyes, clearly No was a word he was very unfamiliar with.
Suddenly the door flew open and the silver haired man took his seat, but not without noticing the sudden tension that hung in the air. His one exposed eye darted between the two. The redhead was clearly upset glaring daggers at the male next to her, who seemed to be at a loss for words.
After signing a few pages and giving Karui some further instructions, she stood up and left the room.
"Sasuke," Kakashi said making the Uchiha's head turn towards him, "Staring is rude."
~END FLASHBACK~
Since then, work was a pain. She was moved from Lady Tsunade's section of the law firm to Hatake Kakashi's. Normally she wouldn't mind, but for some reason that no one seemed to want to explain. She was put on the Sharingan corp. project, even though her major was in criminal courts.
What's worse was that she had to see the Uchiha almost everyday, of course he would give her orders for trivial little things just to annoy her. Which she'd give to Sakura who was more than happy to tend to his every need. On many occasions she had the urge to throw boiling hot tea in his face before screaming a few profanity's, but she still liked being able to pay the rent so that wasn't an option.
The bus stopped, Karui stepped off breathing in the air. It smelled faintly of alcohol and cigars. She smiled staring at the bright glowing sign above the sleek mahogany door, at least he wouldn't bother her here.
She walked up to the bouncer giving him a hug, ignoring the cat calls that came from the line of men and a couple of teenagers standing behind her. Despite it being a strip club, Kumo was very successful, as Karui eyed the line briefly she counted about 60 people.
"Hey Bee, slow night?" She asked just before she slid through the door.
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'Damn it!' Karui mentally cursed staring at her reflection in the changing room. A couple of girls were in there with her, some were quickly moving past her while others seemed to be chatting.
"Are you ready?" Karui looked to the side to find Mabui smiling at her. The red head took a deep breath stood up and started walking towards the door that led to the private rooms.
"Hey, calm down. You'll be fine, besides you've done this before." Mabui said trying to cheer her up but failing.
Karui was miserable to say the least, she wanted to quit right there and then, but Mabui told her exactly what was going on. Apparently Raikage didn't own the property, it was owned by some big shot company and now the owners wanted to sell. A few days earlier, an investor came in and said that he was willing to put some money in to Kumo, but he had a few conditions to the deal. And Karui was one of them.
Apparently this guy had his heart set on getting a lap dance and refused to receive one from anyone other than the clubs redheaded bartender.
She really didn't want to do this, but she couldn't bare to watch the club close down. Besides she's done this before when she was still in law school.
Although she got a scholarship for her academic record, the scholarship only covered her tuition. She'd have to foot the bill for books and an apartment, not to mention food and utilities. She refused to ask her mother for help, since her father passed away she's had her own problems to deal with. But as soon after she finished and got a job at the law firm, she convinced A to let her work the bar instead. It didn't pay as well as dancing but it helped her get through the month.
She walked down the dimly lit corridor, trying to take steady breaths, 'It'll be O.K' like riding a bike...right?
Karui stood in front of the door that lead to one of the private rooms, rooms that were usually set aside for vip's. She tugged at the hem of her skirt, apparently this guy had very specific ideas concerning her costume. She realized that it looked a lot like the suit she wore to work all those months ago plus the dreaded ponytail, minus the wonderful oh so concealing tank top.
She took another deep breath a shaky hand opened the door and she walked in closing the door behind her. She could see someone sitting in a leather chair in the middle of the room. But the only light was the one shining down on a pole and platform at the front of the room casting dark shadows over everything els. She walked over seeming more calm than she really felt. 'Might as well get this over with.'
"Good evening sir." Karui said with one hand on her hip the other one clutching the pole. She stood still, waiting for further instructions as per the agreement.
She heard a low chuckle coming from the shadowed silhouette. "Hn. I didn't think you'd actually go through with it."
'Shit! I know that voice.'
"Uchiha."
"Surprised?"
Karui narrowed her eyes, clutching the pole as anger came surging through her veins.
"What the hell." She growled her words laced with venom.
"What do you mean?" The Uchiha asked in mock innocence. "I just came in here a while back, to get a drink. Imagine my surprise when I found out that you work here."
"Drinks are served at the bar. I'm outta here." Karui turned and walked fuming towards the door.
"Sure you wanna do that." The ravens cool voice cut through the air making the redhead stop just before she reached the door.
"Exactly why would I stay here with an asshole like you, when I could just leave."
"Same reason you agreed to do this in the first place, unless of course you think that this club would look better as a parking lot."
She froze glaring at the shadow. "You wouldn't."
"Give me a reason not to."
Anger was stirring violently in the pit of her stomach, her glare intensified. She could just feel the Uchiha smirk at her. Suddenly an idea crossed her mind, she almost smiled. Almost. "Fine."
'O.K if he wants a lap dance, he'll get one.' She turned around walking towards the raven. Stopping right in front of him she smiled, she snapped her fingers and the music started.
"Relax." Karui said resting her palms on his shoulders to gently push him into the seat.
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Karui moved to the music her hands drifted across her frame. Her eyes were half closed watching the male in front of her carefully. She took a step forward hearing his breath hitch as she lifted her knee and slid it over his thigh. Moving her hands across his chest she hooked them behind his neck, leaning in to ghost her breath over his face. That's why the Uchiha was so surprised when the redhead basically ripped a clump of hair from his head.
He gave a surprised grunt narrowing his eyes at the girl, "Oops." She said although the smirk on her face failed to hide her intentions. Sitting on her knees on the Uchiha's lap, she sat up straight, her hips swaying to the music.
Karui turned around hitting the Uchiha in the face with her arm as she did so "Sorry, my fault." She said sweetly sitting flat on his lap. The male growled in anger, realizing exactly what the girl was up to. His thought were halted when she started grinding down on his lap. He let his head fall back shutting his eyes for a moment mouthing a silent moan, completely oblivious to the girl now standing up to brace her hands on his shoulders.
When she noticed his expression an evil grin spread across her face, she lifted her knee dragging it over his leg. Taking a deep breath she pulled back her leg before driving it straight into his stomach earning a very painful groan. The Uchiha keeled over holding onto the arm rest of the chair, Karui shoved him back into the seat and smiled "My bad."
"You're enjoying this aren't you." The Uchiha growled glaring at the girl who was standing in front of him. Karui swayed her hips as she crouched down, placing her hands on his knee's.
She slowly stood up, sliding her hands up his thighs and leaned forward to whisper in his ear. "Actually, I am enjoying myself quite a bit," she pulled back as her hands moved over the Uchiha's chest, sliding up his neck to his face. Karui leaned in, their lips less than an inch apart.
"In fact," she started, stepping back she pulled the Uchiha out of his seat. He followed her willingly seemingly unaware of the danger. Her left hand gently gripped the raven's chin while her right slid over his arm guiding it to wrap around her waist. "I think I should thank you properly for such an... entertaining evening, mr. Uchiha."
She inched closer to his lips, seeming to let her eyes drift shut, when she suddenly leaned back slightly and kneed him hard right in the crotch. The Uchiha immediately let go of her and keeled over, waves of unbearable pain tearing through his body.
The red head smirked, before narrowing her eyes at him while she growled,"If you ever mess with me again, I'll make you wish you were never born."
The music stopped, "Dance is over, goodnight sir."
Karui quickly picked up her discarded clothing and stomped out of the room ignoring the groans that the raven was making. She went down the hall making it back to the changing room. Still fuming, she roughly tugged on her clothes. Mabui saw her and swiftly walked over, "What happened, are you alright?"
"Tell A I'm sorry." She pulled on her jacket and rushed out of the room, moving past the crowd at the bar. Omoi must be filling in for her, he could never decide what to mix and what not to.
In a few moments she was out in the night air, she ignored Bee's voice when he called her back and quickly walked down the street. She was furious, enraged, absolutely...
Karui stood still. 'Shit. I still have to go to work tomorrow As much as she enjoyed the little 'dance', she still had bills meaning she still had to work. And with the Sharingan corporation being one of the firms biggest clients, it wasn't looking good.
"Damn it!"
A few hours later...
Sasuke walked through the front door of the home he shared with his older brother. Walking awkwardly he moved through the voyeur going to the kitchen, before moving to the living room. He found Itachi sitting at a coffee table with an open laptop and surrounding paper work, sipping on a cup of tea he looked up at his little brother a smug grin plastered on his face. He watched Sasuke limp to the couch across from him, flopping down on the cushions. The younger let out a pained hiss as he gently pressed an ice pack on top of his lap.
"We'll little brother, I'm guessing your plan didn't exactly work out."
"Shut up." Itachi chuckled.
Sasuke let his head fall back, closing his eyes to try and rest his now throbbing head. That hit to the head hit him a little harder than he initially realized. The Uchiha was ashamed to admit that he really didn't see the it coming. The worst he expected was the redhead not showing up at all, he certainly didn't expect her to turn the tables on him.
Still it was kind off fun, in a viciously violent sick and twisted kind of way. Sasuke decided that he'd still put the money into Kumo, after all he did get a lap dance as per the agreement. So there was no point in jeopardizing people's jobs over something like this.
In fact, he could buy the club. It was a pretty good investment with some...amusing perks. A smirk plastered itself on Sasuke's face, 'I wonder how she'd react to me being her new boss.'
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Dark fingers nervously tapped on the large oak table. Mr. Hatake had called in everyone working on the Sharingan corp. expansion project, for an early meeting.
Karui was anxious, she was slowly starting to regret her actions from the previous night. When she got to her apartment after the incident, she told Samui what happened. Unfortunately all Samui did was laugh at her situation, although she did try to convince her that everything would be alright.
Right now the redhead was staring at the silver haired man at the front of the table. The Uchiha wasn't in the board room and so far she hasn't been fired yet which was a good sign.
"Sakura will send you each a missions report concerning each of your duties before the end of the day. You're excused." The man said cheerfully, announcing the end of the meeting. Karui breathed a sigh of relief, lifting her notepad from the table and following the crowd out the door. 'That was close, maybe he-'
"Hey Loser."
Karui groaned, she knew it was too good to be true. She slowly turned to face the raven haired male leaning against the wall behind her. She took a deep breath.
"Can I help you with something, sir."
"Hn. You're never this calm, atleast not around me. What's wrong, worried about last night?" Karui winched at the memory. No way he was going to let her get away with that, 'might as well kiss my job goodbye.'
"Don't worry, your safe," the Uchiha pushed off the wall walking towards the girl before stopping beside her and leaning down to whisper in her ear. "Besides I'm not done with you yet."
Karui's breath hitched and Sasuke smirked, he leaned back and walked away from the shocked girl. Suddenly something hit her, something she totally forgot about,
"What about the club?" She called arms folded over her chest.
The raven stopped and looked at the girl over his shoulder, "A deal is a deal. I got what I asked for, although it wasn't entirely what I had in mind. So it stays." Karui was relieved and it showed on her face, the tension in her eyes released and her lips parted slightly in a small sigh.
"Infact, I think that Kumo would make an excellent addition to the Sharingan corporation." With that he walked away, restraining himself from looking back at the girl to enjoy the look on her face.
Karui's eyes were wide, her mouth hung open and her eyebrows raised. 'He wouldn't! He couldn't!' Although she knew the truth was that he could and probarbly would.
"Karui," a cool voice suddenly said, sounding very amused. She turned her head to the masked man now standing beside her, "You'll catch flies gaping like that."
Owari
A/N: YaY! My one shot is completed. It took longer than it should have. Although it seems really off, I dunno. Please review.
That pairing I was talking about in my last story should be up by the end of the month... maybe... I'm not sure... Let's just play that one by ear. I'll still be publishing some stuff in between though.