AN: Hey guys! I know you might be thinking 'Ugh, another story? When is this going to be finished?' or maybe… 'Is hpnarutardsjedipirate1234 ever going to finish her stories?!' and just to answer that second one, yes… I am going to finish my stories… and I just have to make these before I even forget because if I'd leave these stories unattended for so long… the plot and storyline would be completely forgotten, because I am certain my stories would be long… don't know why though or how long, but bear with me guys… I am going to be active…
Even if I am almost in college T-T
I don't own Naruto… if I did… I wouldn't have killed Neji… and Sasuke and Hinata will have more scenes… and I'd probably change the title… because the story will be focused on Sasuke and Hinata…
~Chapter 1: How it all started~
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21 years ago…
July 23…
The day was usually busy, and everyone had their tasks. The people in the office were awaiting some very special clients of theirs, for they would be making a big deal with them today. People were becoming anxious and excited. Though one particular person was very happy…
Uchiha Fugaku couldn't be any happier, Mikoto was only a few days away from giving birth, and he was going to nail the deal for today. As he was getting for work, he could already smell the delicious scent Mikoto was cooking from the kitchen. Once he was done, he took in a deep breath and exhaled. Even if he was nervous, he still was excited for the meeting that was going to happen later on. The Senju and Sarutobi Corp. was a very famous client of theirs, and after years of persuasion to join their firm, they finally decided to give it a try.
Of course, he was going to the meeting alongside Hiashi. In all honesty, he had nothing against the guy, but he couldn't let his guard down for he knows Hiashi wanted to take control of his department for some time now… if his wife just wasn't friends with his, then maybe his treatment of the Hyuga would be different. But he wouldn't let that get through to him, if he just make sure that he still went on top, before Hiashi, then he and his position would be safe… then maybe, he'd get promoted to one of the higher positions in the firm and get his own share of it…
He went down the stairs and saw his son, Itachi, setting the table… his little fingers making sure he had set everything in place, tiptoeing just to reach the centre of the table. He chuckled and picked him up, Itachi hugging him and then went back to setting the table. After he was done, Fugaku placed him on one of the stools and proceeded to the kitchen where he saws his beautiful wife placing the cooked meals on the plates. Her baby bump had already been such a large lump, and he couldn't even hug her as tightly as before without fearing for the baby's safety…
"Hey." He greeted from behind her, his hands landing on her baby bump. He kissed her cheek and inhaled the delicious scent. "It smells delicious."
"It should be," she said, "because it's delicious." And she finally finished up and turned around with both hands holding the food-filled platter. He chuckled at her and took both plates from her and proceeded to the dining table, where Itachi was patiently waiting for the food. Both adults sat down and said their grace and begun to dig in on the food prepared…
"So, have you decided on the baby's name yet?" Fugaku asked, Mikoto paused and thought for a while. Itachi just continued to gobble up his breakfast and listened on to their conversation. When it came down to his soon-to-be-baby-brother he was attentive, not wanting to miss anything about him…
"I haven't really thought of it yet." She said
"Sasuke." Both adults looked at the source… Itachi. He said it all too suddenly that they missed what he had just said to them…
"Eh?" Mikoto said, "What did you say?" she asked, trying to process what he just said. Itachi just stared at them blankly…
"Sasuke." He said, "I want my otouto to be named Sasuke." He finally clarified, and they both formed an 'o' with their mouths. And then suddenly out of nowhere, Mikoto gasped and dropped her chopsticks on the plate. Both males stared at her…
"Oh, haha, guess he likes the name." she said, smiling at Itachi, while rubbing on her belly. Itachi beamed up at her and they all finished their breakfast. Once done, Itachi wiped clean the table while Mikoto proceeded to wash the dishes. Fugaku bid them both goodbye and then went to his car and drove to his office. While on the drive to his office, his phone suddenly rang. He looked at the caller ID, it was his secretary, he sighed…
"Uchiha Fugaku speaking." He answered and listened to what his secretary had to say…
"Ohayo gozaimasu Uchiha-sama, there's been an update about the meeting later on 12 noon." His secretary said
"Oh? What is it?"
"Their flight had been delayed due to their bad weather, they were wondering if you would rather have it at six this evening?" Fugaku contemplated a bit. At 6 o' clock, he was supposed to be home… guess he should call in late then…
"Alright." He said, "6 o' clock it is." And he hung up. He finally reached the building and went to the 7th floor of the building. He got out of the elevator and passed by Hiashi's office. The office was surrounded by glass, so he could see exactly what was happening inside, but it was 2 inches thick, that he couldn't hear what they were talking about. As he passed by, he saw them having a meeting inside. Everyone inside were Hyugas under Hiashi's control. He thought it peculiar, but decided to ask about it later and closed the door to his office who was across Hiashi's, only difference was instead of glass, it were walls…
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In the Leaf Inc. there were five big departments. First was the Security and Police Force Department. They handled all the securities in their businesses and all precautionary measures they need to have. They have their own training facilities and some summer training programme to ensure their complete safety. With a business as big as theirs, they had lots of competitors… violent ones, and they need to make sure they weren't going down just because of one tinny tiny scandal that was made up by the opposing party… the ones handling these was the Uchiha and the Hyuga clan.
Another department of theirs was the Medical and Science Department. They had clinics all over their place, for their clients, employees, employers and other people. The research facilities they had were currently on top. They had the best scientists and doctors under their employment and had signed an irrevocable contract for them. But from time to time, people that works under the department seemed to be suspicious with all their experiments and all, some even went over the line and eventually were forbidden… the heads of this department came from the Haruno and Yamanaka Clan.
Next was the Education and Social Department. They were the ones that invented in the first place the international contests and quiz bees in their region. They put up schools for the gifted… the special ones and the average ones. While those that can't afford it were given charities and scholarships, as long as they qualify. Leading in this group was the Nara family, while his other subordinates was the Aburame clan… even though they are better off in the Medical and Science department… they reasoned out it was better to be here so they could educate people about the importance of insects…
The fourth one was the biggest part of their firm… the Arts and Business Department. This department consisted of museums, restaurants, and other businesses. Here was where the Akimichi, Inuzuka, and just about everyone else belonged in. The Akimichi just about handled every restaurant and food stands in town, while the Inuzukas… well they were mostly in it for the sake of the animals… so they were more like animal service. And everyone else in the firm puts up their own business, getting support from the Inc.
And lastly but not the least was the City Department. This was like the clean up, but also the rulers of the firm. What they say goes, and anyone who defies them gets fired. Under this department were the Namikaze, and also the Uzumaki. They come hand in hand for just recently Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina had been married for a year now, and is now expecting their first child. They were the sole head of the firm.
And that was everything about the company. Hiashi looked over the company summary once again. He had just been in one of the most stressful meetings with the previous Hyugas who had been in the position he was in. even form the start the Hyugas had competed with the Uchiha, but none of them ever succeeded. He sighed and then sat back down on his revolving chair. He just saw Fugaku enter his office a while ago, and most likely he'd ask about what they were meeting about. But he wasn't going to say what it was about…
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The Senju and Sarutobi Corp. had just arrived a few hours ago. They were given time to rest for their preparations. The ones they were going to meet this evening were Danzo, Koharu and Homura. After knowing the names, Hiashi noticed Fugaku stiffen. The representatives were just old people, but they seemed to have set Fugaku to an edge. Maybe he knows them, but how is what Hiashi does not know, and he doesn't know that he shouldn't pry…
"You know these three?" he asked Fugaku, Fugaku's lips thinned into a firm line, and was refusing to speak about it further, after a moment, Hiashi decided to let it go. Maybe after the meeting, he'd ask about it again. Right now they were waiting for the Senju and Sarutobi Corp. to arrive. It was only five minutes before the meeting would start, 5:55pm… then Fugaku's phone suddenly rang…
Fugaku picked up his phone and stared at the caller ID…
Mikoto
'Why would Mikoto call at this time?' he thought, but nonetheless answered the call…
"Hello honey, what is it?" he greeted
"O-otousama." It was Itachi…
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Mikoto was in the kitchen, humming so gleefully to herself while preparing dinner for both her and Itachi. Itachi was setting the table for two, once he was finished; he went up and was finishing her homework. Mikoto was making tomato omelettes and rice balls that was stuffed with tomatoes. She came out of the kitchen, carrying two plated in her hands and set them down on the table…
"Itachi, dinner is ready!" she called out, after sometime, Itachi finally came down and sat with her. They said their grace, and then ate. At Itachi's first bite on the rice balls, he noticed that it still had tomatoes; he then stared quizzically at Mikoto. She just smiled at him and continued to eat…
"Why tomatoes?" Itachi asked his mother, she then gulped down her food and replied…
"I felt like it." She said in between bites, "Besides, tomatoes were the only things left in the fridge aside from the rice and eggs." She added. Itachi just nodded at her and then continued to eat the meal that was served, besides, it was delicious. He wondered maybe this would be Sasuke's favourite food. Once they were already done with the meal, they set the dishes to the sink. While Mikoto was washing the dishes, Itachi was wiping off the dirt from the table…
Once he was done, he went up to his room and began to fix his things for school. The moment he was done, he heard a crash from the kitchen and his mother screaming. He rushed downstairs, and was met by a sight where his mother was clutching her stomach and was wincing in pain. He then rushed to her but then he slipped suddenly once he had gotten near. He gasped a bit in pain, but then quickly recovered and placed himself beside Mikoto…
"Kaasan, what is it?" he asked urgently…
"I-Itachi, ah, c-call an ambulance… and th-then y-your fa-father…" she said in between gasps, and then screamed more. He quickly got up and searched for the phone. He found on the counter his mother's phone and quickly dialled the number of the ambulance first…
Ring….ring…
"Hello, Konoha Hospital at your ser-"but the nurse wasn't able to finish, when suddenly Itachi butted in, as Mikoto let out another scream…
"Please… it's my mother, she needs help!" he quickly said
"Alright, please send us the address."
"Please, we're at the Uchiha residence, please." He heard the nurse gasp; after all, there was only one Uchiha residence in the place
"Right away!" he felt her cover the mouthpiece, "We need an ambulance quick in the Uchiha residence!" she then turned to the phone once again, "They're on the way now sweetie. Just hang on." And with that Itachi had hung up and proceeded to dial his father's number… it rang for sometime then his father picked up…
"Hello honey, what is it?" his father had greeted, his ears picked up the distant sirens coming for them and his mother. He looked at his mother, and saw her groaning in pain more…
"O-otousama." He said, his voice was cracking, "Ka-kaasan is on the floor." He said, and now there were people on the front porch knocking on the main door of their house…
"This is Konoha Hospital! Uchiha-san please open up the door!" and Itachi ran up to the door quickly, and unlocked it allowing them in…
"What is it sweetie? Where is your mother?" the female asked him, he then pointed towards the kitchen and they ran past him. He placed his ear again on the phone…
"What is it?! Why is your mother on the floor?!" his father asked urgently, Itachi just looked at his mother who was now on a stretcher and was being placed inside the ambulance. He was coaxed in it and he obliged…
"I'm not exactly sure why she ended up on the floor, but we're on our way to the hospital now." He said, and hung up when he felt his mother reach out to him…
"Kaasan," he said and grabbed a hold of her hand, "are you going to be okay?"
"Shh, don't worry Tachi-kun… you're going to see Sasuke very soon." His mother said, and her grip on him tightened as she let out another groan in pain…
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Fugaku just stood there, and was looking through his phone now… surely they would be alright now that they were headed to the hospital… but he had a feeling that he should go, but if he would, then something terrible would happen if he would. He looked at Hiashi, who had overheard the conversation, he sat on one of the chairs and groaned in frustration… what should he do now? He didn't know what to do…
He then felt Hiashi squeeze his shoulder lightly; he looked up and saw Hiashi looking at him with understanding. His eyes were soft, and that was not something he usually saw on the Hyuga's face. He stared at him in confusion…
"I think you should go after them." Hiashi said…
"But the meeting-"
"You don't want to see them anyway… all the more reason for you to go." Hiashi said, and Fugaku nodded at him. He quickly rushed out of the conference room, and failed to notice the representatives… unfortunately they noticed him and from that moment on, they knew they should do something about him. But Fugaku did not know about that, and was solely focused on the condition of his wife and his son… Sasuke…
He arrived not a moment later in the Konoha Hospital. He just saw just in time to see Mikoto being entered into the ER, he quickly called out to Itachi who was going to go in…
"Itachi!" quickly, his son turned around and saw him. Itachi rushed to him and Fugaku scooped him up…
"Hey, what is it? What happened to kaasan?" he asked Itachi…
"Kaasan said she'd be fine," he started, "that it was normal for her to feel pain in this stage." He replied
"Stage? What stage?" Fugaku asked, quite clueless…
"The labouring stage otousama… she said I'm going to see Sasuke!" he said excitedly, and then jumped off of his grasps and ran to the ER. Unfortunately, he was still short and wasn't allowed inside the room. Fugaku chuckled and walked to him, carrying his son once more, and they both stared at the circular window on the door. They couldn't hear anything, but they could clearly see that Mikoto was pushing diligently to get Sasuke out…
"Will kaasan be okay?" he said, still looking through the glass…
"Hai, she will be." He said, but he knew what Itachi wanted to hear, "So will Sasuke." He said and smiled at his eldest…
"Will I finally be a big brother?" he said, eyes beaming with happiness, he nodded, and Itachi looked back inside, "I'll protect Sasuke no matter what… because that's what niisans are for, ne?"
"Hai."
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"Alright, thank you so much for your time. Hopefully you'll see Leaf Inc. as a wonderful investment." Hiashi said and shook hands with the three representatives. He escorted them to the elevator when suddenly, Danzo turned to him…
"If we may… can we ask for an audience with the heads themselves?" he asked, and Hiashi couldn't refuse. They nodded at him and they finally went down to the bottom floor. He went to his secretary and told her that the Senju and Sarutobi Corp. would like to have a meeting with them and he then went inside his office. He stared out of the window. It was already night time, and it had been an hour and thirty minutes ago since Fugaku had left. He felt his phone vibrate again, and he got it out of his breast pocket…
It was a voice mail from Fugaku…
"Hey Hiashi… thank you for letting me out of the meeting and made me go to the hospital instead, I am really thankful," he sensed Fugaku struggling with his words, but he also felt that whatever happened, whatever it was, was a happy thing, he then heard a baby crying in the background, he raised his eyebrows, "If you hadn't then I wouldn't be here for my baby boy." And at that instant, the baby cried harder, trying to grab attention from his father…
"I just wanted to say thank you, and ask for another favour," Hiashi leaned in on his seat, "I'd like to take a leave so that I could be here for Mikoto and Sasuke. Thank you so much." Beep. And with that the message ended. Hiashi then tapped on his secretary's desk…
"Hai Hyuga-sama." The secretary greeted
"Send word that Uchiha-sama would like to take a leave if you please."
"Hai, right away Hyuga-sama." And then he ended the call. He remained seated still on his desk when he suddenly remembered something… or rather someone. She was probably asleep now, and he should probably be headed home, but he still called anyway… he was going to call…
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She was humming softly to herself, trying to sleep. She was knitting a small sweater that fitted a baby, and it was coloured lavender. She rocked her chair back and forth and was slowly drifting off to sleep when she heard the telephone ring. She sighed and got up. She then walked towards it, her left hand supporting her back, while her right rubbing her baby bump. It wasn't as big as Mikoto's though… yet.
She reached the phone and answered…
"Hello?" she answered
"Hey… how are my girls doing?" she heard her husband ask, she smiled at the sound of his voice…
"Well, we are both fine. How about you?" she asked
"Same as always, what do you want when I get home?" he asked through the phone. She shook her head slightly and giggled…
"You know Hiashi, your daughter isn't even born yet, and you're already spoiling her."
"Of course not… I'm spoiling you." He replied and she giggled all the more.
"I take it that the meeting went well then?"
"Yeah, it did."
"How's Fugaku?" she asked, it had been quite a while since she heard from Mikoto anyway…
"He wasn't at the meeting."
"What? Why?" she asked urgently, "Did something happen?"
"Actually… Mikoto is in the hospital right now." She gasps, what could have happened to Mikoto? "She gave birth to their second child." She let out a sigh of relief and then rolled her eyes again at Hiashi, even if she knew he wouldn't be able to see her roll her eyes…
"You shouldn't joke like that you know." She reprimanded at him…
"You know… I'm feeling a little bit left behind, we're not even on our first child yet and they are already giving birth with their second. Maybe we should step it up a bit." He teased; she shook her head slightly through the phone…
"Don't make me laugh Hiashi… now get back here and sleep with me already." She said, and he bid goodbye to her. He hung up and she placed the phone down and went out of the nursery, going to their bedroom, getting ready for sleep…
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A week later, Hiashi was offered to solely handle Security and Police Force Department, he quickly accepted, and had failed to notice the evil glints in the three representatives of the Senju and Sarutobi Corp. who were now members of the Leaf Inc.. Later on that day, he received a notice that Uchiha Fugaku was no longer part of the department. He was mildly surprised… the Uchihas had dedicated their life in serving these people, and a whole lot of them have worked under this department. He couldn't think of any way that Fugaku would likely to accept this kind of change.
But Hiashi didn't care… he finally succeeded in what any other Hyuga hasn't achieved for so long. Finally he could take over… he could care less where Fugaku would land in next; he could easily enter any other department anyway…
By the time Fugaku had returned to office, his office was gone… he argued and quarrelled but the decision was irrevocable…
From then on things haven't been the same. Fugaku moved to the Arts and Business Department, and he and Hiashi barely even talked anymore. And slowly… the Senju and Sarutobi representatives were taking control over the Leaf Inc…
And no one even noticed… except for the growing suspicions of Fugaku…
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AN: This is a flashback… I know… and so will the next chapter be, but this story will have instant time skips every chapter until… they would be 21 years old already… because the starting had said… 21 years ago… don't worry, if anything will still be hazy to you, then fret not… I'll explain more in the later chapters, but not in the next chapter…
So until next time… and watch out for "Of Seas and Of Waves" it will be updated on Valentine's Day believe it! ;) And happy birthday to Ayame on that day… and as of for this day… Happy Birthday to Obito