Naruto yawned sleepily, rubbing his eyes as the warm morning light poured through his window. Glancing over at his alarm clock, which read 9:15, Naruto jumped in surprise. His alarm hadn't gone off at 7 like it was supposed to and now Naruto would be late. "Tsunade is gonna kill me," Naruto groaned as he rushed around his room, gathering clothes off the floor and dashing downstairs.

By the time Naruto had reached the office building where he worked he knew that he was as good as dead. He was over two hours late and Tsunade did not tolerate Naruto's lack of punctuality. Trying to blend into the surroundings, Naruto silently made his way across the first floor of the office building. The secretary working there recognized Naruto, with his unruly, spiky blonde hair and whisker like marks on both tanned cheeks. Thankfully she didn't stop him as he hurried over to the elevator, repeatedly jabbing at the Up button.

Please don't let her see me, Naruto silently prayed as the elevator arrived and he darted in, pressing the 6th floor button. If he was lucky, Tsunade would be too busy in her office to notice that Naruto was late.

The elevator doors slid open- and Naruto held back a scream. Tsunade was standing there, eyes blazing with fury, as she glared at Naruto. Naruto's hand flew towards the "Close Elevator Doors" button just as Tsunade reached out, gripping his collar and hauling him forward. "You. Are. Late. Uzamaki." The intimidating blonde woman snarled as the elevator doors closed behind Naruto. Naruto tried not to whimper as she released him and he fell backwards.

"I'm sorry, old hag," Naruto groaned as he landed roughly on his butt. "My alarm didn't go off this morning." Tsunade raised an eyebrow. Naruto was the only one in the entire building who dared call the CEO an "old hag". It was because Tsunade had taken Naruto in as an orphan when he was a small child. Naruto had moved out when he had turned 18, so they weren't nearly as close anymore and she was constantly scolding him and yelling at him. But she still had a soft spot for the bright, blue eyed blonde lying on the floor with a sore butt.

"Get to work, Naruto," Tsunade sighed, deciding to give him a break. Naruto was always late, what was the point? "But you don't get a lunch break," she added. Naruto looked horrified. "WHAT? But...but I can't work without a lunch break!" He whined. Tsunade grinned evilly down at him. "Naruto, you never really get any work done. So don't give me lame excuses like that."

"Fine, fine," Naruto grumbled, getting up and walking away. He would just sneak out later. It would be easy, especially since he worked in a small cubicle practically doing nothing. It aggravated him that he was in such a low position, especially since when he turned 21 he would inherit the entire company, but he enjoyed the lack of work. Inherit the company, he repeated the phrase over and over in his mind. Right now Tsunade was the CEO of the Uzamaki Megacorp. Megacorp stood for Megacorporation, which was basically a giant company formed by two or three smaller companies. Tsunade had signed a contract with Uchiha Industries and the two companies had bonded.

Technically there were two executive CEOs, Tsunade and Itachi Uchiha. Neither of them really liked each other, but they got along. Therefore, the company had steadily been getting more and more powerful as the years passed. However, Naruto was going to turn 21 in only a few months, and then the entire company would be his. He just hoped that he wouldn't have to deal with Itachi. He had seen him before, talking to Tsunade about some business stuff and just glancing at the Uchiha gave Naruto the creeps. The guy was tall, with pale skin and jet black hair that was tied back in a low ponytail. He had strange markings that ran down his face like strange tear tracks and his eyes were very unnerving: cold and black. Not to mention his little brother, Sasuke, who was Naruto's age, who was just as scary, only with shorter hair and unmarked skin.

Naruto collapsed into his cheap office chair, spinning around in his cubicle once, just for fun. Then he leaned back with a sigh. His only assignment was to forward emails that Tsunade sent him and copy an occasional paper or two. Sometimes he would deliver things to another floor, but besides that he didn't do much. He was bored out of his mind and wished that he would hurry up and turn 21. Then maybe he could have some fun, bossing people around like Tsunade did. He would be richer beyond believe and he would actually have some respect and power.

Naruto closed his eyes, recalling the time when he was only 6 and had been eating dinner with Tsunade. He had asked her why he was going to become the CEO of the company when he turned 21. She had gotten a distant look in her eyes that was almost sad. "Your parents were the founders of the company, Naruto. Before they died your father was one of the most successful CEOs in business history. In their will it clearly states that you will become the future leader of the Uzamaki Corporation." When Tsunade had told the little Naruto that, Naruto had grinned, purely confident. "Don't worry, Tsunade. I'll make the company the best in the world." But that was before it became Uzamaki Megacorp. Now Naruto wouldn't be the sole leader of Uzamaki Corporation, he would be the second CEO of the Uzamaki Megacorp, working alongside Itachi. And he wasn't looking forward to that part at all.

"Yo, Naruto, my good buddy old pal!" a familiar voice exclaimed. Naruto spun around in his chair only to see his familiar friend, Kiba, staring cheerfully at him. Kiba worked in the copy room, which didn't involve any intelligence whatsoever. He did, however, do more work than Naruto, which kind of ticked Naruto off. "Hey Kiba," Naruto said, greeting the dog lover. Kiba had shaggy brown hair and slanted eyes that were only friendly once you got to know him. He looked a little intimidating to strangers. His little puppy, Akamaru, peeked out of his jacket. Naruto resisted the urge to cringe at the sight. If Tsunade saw Akamaru she would definitely fire Kiba.

"Um, Kiba, you aren't allowed to bring pets," Naruto reminded his friend as Kiba crossed Naruto's small cubicle, sitting on Naruto's cluttered desk. "Yeah, yeah, I've heard it all before. But Akamaru can't leave my side, who knows what would happen? He and I have a bond, man. We are brothers!" Kiba said with passion. Naruto resisted the urge to roll his eyes. Like not plugging his nose at the wet dog scent or backing away when Kiba approached Naruto too closely with Akamaru in his jacket. Naruto didn't like dogs much and they didn't like him.

"Okay, fine, I get it. Hey, are you up for getting some ramen?" Naruto asked. Kiba glared at Naruto. "Man, last time you convinced me to sneak out with you Tsunade caught ME and I got the blame for it. I'm not falling for this again." With that, Kiba sullenly climbed off Naruto's desk and exiting the cubicle. Naruto groaned. He shouldn't have mentioned ramen. Ever since Kiba got chewed out last time by Tsunade for sneaking out it was a really touchy subject. And now Naruto was all alone, bored as heck, sitting in his office chair.

Naruto turned to his computer, opening a silly game he had become addicted to on the Internet. It was a little kids' game, involving parking a virtual car, but Naruto enjoyed it nonetheless. It was one of the only things he was actually good at. Besides, it passed the time. And time definitely moved slowly in Naruto's little cubicle of boredom.

Just as Naruto was about to finish the tenth level, which was one of the hardest, there was a loud shout behind him and he jumped. The virtual car crashed and Naruto scowled. He was going to murder whoever startled him like that. Standing up and peering out of his cubicle, Naruto saw that two of the company workers, Sakura Haruno and Ino Yamanaka, had collided. There was spilled coffee all over the floor and their outfits. Sakura, who was the assistant for Tsunade, furiously glared at Ino. Ino, who had originally worked for Uchiha Industries before they joined with the Uzamaki company, was glaring right back.

"You dumb billboard brow! Can't you walk straight without colliding with people? Especially when they're holding hot coffee?" Ino practically shrieked, looking like she wanted to tear Sakura's pink hair out. Sakura stood her ground, looking equally furious. "You were the one who collided with me, you pig! Get your facts straight!" With a guttural growl that could have only belonged to the fiercest of warriors, Ino sprang at Sakura, clawing at her face. Sakura, in return, grabbed the coffee mug that Ino had dropped and splashed the remaining hot coffee onto the blonde woman. Ino screamed in pain and stomped on Sakura's foot and Sakura slapped her in return.

"Just the usual drama," Naruto muttered as he turned back to his game, which had restarted to level 1. With a sigh, he started over.


"I can't believe you, Naruto. You witnessed the entire fight and you didn't break it up at all! Sakura and Ino both had to go to the hospital, which has delayed a lot of stuff!" Tsunade lectured Naruto, who was standing in her office. Naruto couldn't believe that he was the one who was getting in trouble for Sakura and Ino's fight. He wasn't about to dive into the middle of that mess. He would've gone to the hospital too!

"Listen, old hag, I prefer my face to be unbroken and handsome. I wasn't going to pull those two apart." Naruto said with a sigh. "Besides, I was focused on this really fun game called Parking Mania and I was on a roll until they distracted me." The spiky haired blonde was completely oblivious to the growing anger in Tsunade's eyes. "Ugh, Naruto, it's about time that you received some training." she said.

Naruto shut up, looking surprised. "Training?" he asked. Tsunade nodded. "Yes, Naruto, you heard what I said. You are going to be running this company in just a few months and you need to know the basics. Therefore, I'm firing you and I'm now assigning you a business tutor." Naruto gaped. That was the last thing he needed! He didn't want to sit around with some old guy who was droning on and on about statistics and other companies. He already knew how to run a company! It was easy, all you did was boss people around and attend pointless meetings!

"But, old hag, I don't NEED any training!" Naruto whined as Tsunade picked up her phone. Tsunade glared at him with her amber colored eyes. "Naruto, as soon as Uzamaki Megacorp falls into your hands the whole company will crumble to pieces. Just admit it and say that you have no idea what it takes. I should have been teaching you about business from the day I took you in, but I didn't. I have failed this company and you. So there is no other option. You will learn what it takes to be a CEO in just three months from one of the best tutors around!" Tsunade exclaimed, eyes blazing.

Naruto took a little step back. "But I don't want to-" he was cut off when Tsunade chucked a pen at his forehead and he barely ducked. "No, Naruto. You don't want a tutor, you need a tutor. Now shut up and let me call him." The blonde woman began dialing something on her iPhone. Naruto wanted desperately to swipe the phone away from the madwoman, but that would only result in him being hunted down and killed. The other choice was to dash out of the office, gather up all his stuff and move out of the country, but Naruto couldn't afford that. He was poor...at least, until he turned 21.

Maybe getting a tutor won't be so bad, Naruto thought as he gloomily watched Tsunade put the cell phone to her ear. In fact, I should be striving to make the company better. Naruto thought of how he visited his parents' graves every evening. He had made the promise to make the company better than any other in the entire world when he was only 6 years old. He had to uphold that promise, no matter how cheesy and retarded it might sound.

"Um...who is this tutor?" Naruto asked. It would probably be someone that he didn't know, some guy wearing a suit who was utterly boring. Tsunade, who was still waiting for the person she was calling to answer, grinned almost evilly.

"Why, Naruto, you're learning from the second best of the best." she said. Naruto raised an eyebrow in confusion. The "second" best of the best? What was that supposed to mean? "It's someone I'm sure you'll get along with. And you'll be working with him when you become the CEO quite a lot." Tsunade said a little too cheerfully. Naruto stared at her in suspicion. This wasn't sounding good... Tsunade's eyes brightened as whoever she had called answered the phone.

"Hi, is this Sasuke Uchiha?" Tsunade asked.

Naruto choked on air. There was no way. It couldn't be that creep. The one who would play the perfect vampire role on some stupid TV show. The one who all the girls in the company talked about like some idol. The one who was rumored to be a model but really wasn't. The one who was the younger brother of Itachi Uchiha, the utterly frightening monster.

"THERE IS NO WAY!" Naruto mentally screamed in anguish as Tsunade smiled eagerly while she talked on the phone. "I'm in need of your assistance, Mr. Uchiha. As you might know, we have a hopeless case that will become the CEO in only three months. He is an absolute idiot who needs some serious business coaching and I would greatly appreciate it if you could knock some sense into him."

"Hopeless case? Absolute idiot?" Naruto shrieked at Tsunade, practically jumping up and down in frustration. "That is such a lie!" Tsunade just motioned for Naruto to shut up, glaring at him.

"You will? Oh, thank you so much, Sasuke. You have no idea how relieved I am. Oh, and don't be afraid to use a cane. Naruto is pretty thickheaded." Tsunade cheerily said. Naruto could feel his soul drifting out of his body. Dear Mother and Father. I will soon be joining you in the afterlife. Why the hell did you pick this insane murderer to be my caretaker?


Naruto gloomily packed the last thing on his desk into the cardboard box Tsunade had given him. He had been told to clear his cubicle out completely except for the computer since someone new was arriving to replace him. He would miss Parking Mania and he would miss the small cubicle and miss the office chair he could spin around on and maybe even would miss Kiba and his smelly dog. He would miss not having to work and would miss sneaking out for ramen. He would miss being alive and in one piece.

The sound of someone entering his cubicle alerted him and he turned, glancing at Kiba. Kiba had a sheepish look on his face. "Sorry about storming out before," the brown haired man apologized. Naruto just shrugged. "It's fine. I'm sorry about the ramen incident."

Kiba shifted uncomfortably, Akamaru whining softly in the depths of his jacket. "We're going to miss you, Naruto. Akamaru and I. We had some good times together and you were always here to talk to. You were such a kind person even though you made me sneak out for ramen and then escaped while I got the blame. You were a good friend even though you liked teasing me and calling Akamaru smelly and never wanted to come over to my house. You were pretty cool even though all you did was spin around in that office chair and play Parking Mania all day." Naruto turned and glared at the shaggy haired man, who was still on a roll.

"You were actually pretty tolerant when it came to me sitting on your desk and stuff. And you never ratted me out to Tsunade about me keeping a dog in the my jacket all the time and always warned me about it. You were-"

"KIBA. SHUT UP NOW." Naruto snapped. "I'm not on my deathbed yet, okay? So thanks for telling me all of that but it's okay. Really." The spiky haired blonde shoved the last piece of notebook paper with doodles all over it into the cardboard box and picked it up. "I have to go now. I'll see you in three months." Kiba looked surprised. "Wait, you're coming back? After only three months? Then why are you leaving? Are you going on vacation?"

Naruto just shrugged. He had forgotten that he hadn't told Kiba yet that he was going to become the CEO. "Uh, yeah...vacation." he said lamely. He wished he was going on vacation. Instead he was going over to the Uchihas' place to receive "training". He would probably get beat to a pulp by Sasuke. Or Sasuke would try to suck his blood. Or maybe he would just stare silently and coldly at Naruto the whole time.

Naruto forlornly passed by Kiba, carrying his little cardboard box of memories. He was supposed to wait outside the office building for Sasuke to come pick him up.

"You should be extremely grateful, Naruto. Sasuke is not the type to go out of his way to teach someone. So make sure that you get along with him, treat him with respect and most of all, LISTEN TO WHAT HE HAS TO SAY!" Tsunade had exclaimed. Naruto had just nodded like a robot and mumbled something unintelligible before dragging himself out of her office.

Now Naruto was standing the elevator, watching the counter as it descended to the first floor. 6...5...4...3...2... Naruto gulped as the elevator stopped moving. 1. The doors slid open and he slowly walked out, trying to stall for time. Maybe he should just make a run for it...

Before Naruto could bolt for it, though, he spotted a familiar man leaning against a column in front of the doors. He was tall, with pale skin, raven colored hair so black that it almost gleamed purple in the light and a perfectly symmetrical face. His eyes were onyx colored and cold and his lips were turned down in a frown. Not to mention that his wiry arms were crossed over his chest in a posture that clearly displayed his impatience. Naruto groaned. So much for running out. Sasuke Uchiha was standing right there at the entrance. It didn't help either that the lady working at the front desk kept blushing and glancing over at him.

"You must be Naruto Uzamaki." Sasuke looked disdainfully at Naruto. Such obnoxious hair, he thought, looking at Naruto's bright yellow hair that stuck out in all different directions. He had seen Naruto around before, mostly just trailing behind Tsunade with a sulky expression, but he had never actually spoken to the blonde. Naruto just boldly stared right back at him with his stunningly blue eyes, not looking intimidated in the least.

"Yeah, that's me. And you must be the Uchiha that everyone keeps talking about that's supposed to be tutoring me or whatever." Naruto said. He didn't really give much thought to the fact that Sasuke was going to be in charge of him for the next three months. Sasuke could act as intimidating and cold as he wanted to; Naruto didn't care. Just let him try and boss me around, Naruto thought. Learning about business would be important, and Naruto really would try, but at the same time he definitely didn't want some guy his own age telling him what to do.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at Naruto's attitude. "Obviously business isn't the only thing that you are clueless about. But I'll overlook that for now. You can toss that box you're holding into the garbage over there." Sasuke gestured to a trash can that was conveniently placed near the doors. Naruto gaped at him. "What do you mean, 'toss that box into the garbage'? Are you kidding me? This is my freakin' stuff!"

Sasuke glared at him. "First of all, Uzamaki, a cardboard box like that wouldn't fit in my car. Second of all, you won't be needing any of that garbage. From the looks of it it's just stuff that was piled up on your desk. Thirdly, when I'm done tutoring you, you'll realize the importance of cleaning off your desk. With my training you'll be able to fit everything that's on your desk into one neat binder. So you are not in need of any of that."

Naruto just glared at him. "Are you finished now? Geez, I knew that Uchihas were all high and mighty and stuff but I didn't know that they were such bigmouths." Huffing angrily, Naruto walked over to the garbage can and dumped the box into it. There wasn't really anything that important in there. Just twenty pounds of doodled papers and some pens and pencils that were either broken or dried out. But still, Sasuke had no right to just tell him that his stuff was garbage, no matter what it was. Just throw it away. It's not a big deal, Naruto convinced himself as he walked away from the trash, sourly eyeing the Uchiha.

"Good choice. Let's go." Sasuke coldly snapped, turning on his heel and walking out of the building. Naruto glanced back at first floor. The familiar potted plants and waiting chairs were calling for him to come back. He didn't want to go with the scary Uchiha. The lady behind the front desk had a dismayed expression on her face as Sasuke exited and Naruto quickly followed him outside.

"Whoa, dude, nice car!" Naruto exclaimed as Sasuke unlocked a sleek black Porsche. Sasuke just glared stonily at him. "You put one scratch on it and you're a dead man. Now hurry up and get in." Slightly offended, Naruto yanked the door open and climbed into the car, purposely slamming it shut behind him. As Sasuke turned to glare at him, Naruto innocently grinned. "Oops. I forgot about the scratching part." Then he cockily propped his feet up on Sasuke's spotless dashboard.

It was definitely worth seeing Sasuke's expression as Naruto relaxed. The Uchiha's eyes were practically bulging and Naruto could have sworn he saw a vein throbbing in Sasuke's smooth white forehead. The Uchiha snarled one word. "Off."

Naruto stuck his tongue out. "Make me, Uchiha." He didn't know why he wanted to provoke Sasuke that badly. He knew what he was doing was stupid and childish, but he didn't really care. At least he was stalling for time before they reached the Uchiha mansion. The last place Naruto wanted to go to or stay at was Sasuke's house. It was probably all gothic and scary, like some sort of demented haunted house.

"Do as you please, Uzamaki." Sasuke simply said, starting the car and looking away from Naruto. "As soon as your tutoring starts you'll regret doing that." Naruto was surprised that Sasuke hadn't reacted as strongly as he had expected. The Uchiha is a robot, what do you expect? Naruto mentally scolded himself. He would have to find something that would really drive Sasuke over the edge. Naruto grinned in anticipation. He knew all sorts of pranks that could piss the Uchiha off.

"Oh, and a word of advice." Sasuke said, a smirk forming on his face. Naruto looked over at him, pulling his feet off of the dashboard and raising an eyebrow in confusion. "Stay clear of my brother Itachi. He has a thing for blondes."

Naruto gaped. "Wait- what?" He asked disbelievingly. Sasuke was still smirking as he turned onto a shaded street. "You heard what I said. Itachi has a thing for blondes so I would be cautious about which rooms you enter in my mansion." Naruto blinked twice. "Is your brother...gay?" he asked. Sasuke nodded. "Extremely. So when his boyfriend Deidara isn't around you should watch your back."

With a groan, Naruto settled back into his seat. First Tsunade fired him and assigned him Sasuke Uchiha to be his tutor. And now he found out that the person tutoring him had a possibly psychopathic gay brother that was out to get blondes. Could his day get any worse?