CHAPTER 1: THE SURPRISING NEWS

I can't believe Hanabi is late...again. Hinata muttered angrily, taking her long-stemmed wine glass and sipped the white wine. Waiting for her sister to show up. Dressed refinely in a black calf-length skirt slit at the back and cream coloured lace blouse covered by a matching black jacket that snugged perfectly around her body. The Hyuuga heiress was reading a book while abiding time.

"That is her sister?" a pair of black onyx eyes looked into the cerulean blue ones. Apparently incredulous that his bestfriend was suggesting the worst.

"Hinata-chan isn't that bad, Sasuke," Naruto was pleading to his best friend.

"She isn't worth my time, Naruto!" Sasuke muttered, drinking is glass of red wine. Looking at the nerdy looking girl in classic black and white suit, hair bounded up in a bun and had spectacles on. She looked like some old matronly librarian.

"Please Sasuke! Hanabi-chan has made me promise to her that I will meet Hinata-chan."

"Tch." Sasuke twirled his wine glass. "She's not even my type, Naruto! How'd you expect me to 'get along' with her?"

"Well," Naruto scratched his head while the both of them quietly observed the Hyuuga heiress at her table. "You can always strike a conversation, right?"

"What is there to 'strike'?" Sasuke looked bored.

"You're beginning to sound like your brother."

Sasuke snarled.

"Don't bring my brother into the picture!"

"Okay! Okay!" Naruto held up his hands. His blond spikes could almost stand straight whenever Sasuke gave him that look. "But, just say you're doing me a favour and I'll repay you? I'll do anything you say."

Sasuke thought for a moment. Looking at Hinata and rolled his eyes upward in disgust. I can't believe I'm gonna do this for that dobe. He knows I can't stand boring women like that. My reputation will be in tatters if the media finds out about this.

His expression then grinned when he heard Naruto was going onto all fours to him for this favour. "What do you need me to do?"

Naruto jumped in excitement, totally oblivious of the surrounding atmosphere.

"Stop it idiot. You'll only attract attention," Sasuke replied moodily.

"Sorry Sasuke. You're gonna make me one happy man!" Naruto grinned. Dressed in white suit with an orange coloured shirt inside, Uzumaki Naruto is a famous movie star in Konoha. Usually involves in action adventure movies and owns the Kyuubi Fox Productions. Uchiha Sasuke who came from a more illustrious family is a famous international male model who currently own his own modelling agency called the Sharingan Models Incorporated and coincidently, his own older brother, Uchiha Itachi bought over and incorporated it with the Sharingan Corporations as part of the subsidiary companies.

"Shut it dobe," Sasuke muttered.

"Hullo boys!" a brightly dressed Hanabi in a white coloured spaghetti strapped top and yellow flowing skirt showed up. Naruto had his arms around Hanabi who sat next to him.

"Hanabi baby!" Naruto snuggled at Hanabi's neck, and she responded by kissing him right on his nose.

Sasuke rolled his eyes upward again. "Oh for god's sake, go get a room!"

"Hmm...did you tell Grumpy Bear about your idea, honey?" Hanabi asked, flipping her long dark brown hair with streaks of blond over her left shoulder whilst looking at Naruto.

"Yeah I did." Naruto nodded. "It sure ain't easy convincing him."

Sasuke still couldn't believe how these two could ever meet? On one side, Naruto is like this huge dumb blonde and Hanabi was the total opposite. He hates to admit it but, Hanabi is a brilliant student who excelled in Konoha University as an honours student and top in her class. Their fate intertwined with one another must have been on the Universe's greatest mysteries.

Sasuke leaned in closer and said, "You want me to act as your go-between with your sister?"

"Yes Sasuke. My sister don't really listens to me. In fact, she's nice and very motherly when I'm around. She never takes me seriously despite how good I am at school. She can be very mean, so better be warned." Hanabi paused for a moment before continuing. "Also, my sister does not like 'sweet talk', and I know it's your forte, but not all women are that shallow and stupid, like the ones you like. She'll smack you if you get frisky."

Naruto was stifling his laughter. Sasuke and Hanabi glared at him.

"God, I'm sorry," Naruto apologised, wiping his eyes of tears.

"So, my job is to clearly keep her under control is that it?" Sasuke frowned.

Both his best friend and best friend's girlfriend nodded their heads.

"My sister has never met Naruto and I know she'll get very upset with me and who I'm with every time but this one will take the cake. She hates me getting involve with celebrities. That's why we need another person to keep her distracted. Just so you know, she is quite the traditionalist."

"I can see that," Sasuke pointed out.

"No matter what, we have to get Hanabi's sister to like me," Naruto whined.

Sasuke looked angrily at Hanabi. "You know I don't like you, and I'm doing this for Naruto's sake coz his freakin' aunt is gonna have me flayed if something bad happens to him."

I'm afraid you're too late for that, Sasuke. Hanabi grinned to herself in self-satisfaction, snuggling into her boyfriend's arms.

"I know, and I don't like you much either," Hanabi admitted. "But since I love this blond air-head, his weaknesses I just have to accept!"

"Hey!" Naruto tightened his grip around the love of his life.

Sasuke sighed and got up from his seat. "Alright, lets be done with it."

"Onee-chan!" Hanabi showed up, putting her arms around her sister and gave her a kiss on the cheeks.

"You're late," Hinata said, slamming shut the book when she looked at the bashful looking Naruto closed behind her sister. "You must be Uzumaki-san? Hanabi certainly talked a lot about you."

Naruto gave a toothy grin and put out his hands. "Yeah. I'm U..U...Uzumaki...Naruto." He was clearly nervous. "A...And...th...this is my...friend. U...U..Uchiha...Sasuke."

"Uchiha Sasuke?" Hinata murmured and then looked at the raven haired young man dressed elegantly in dark blue silk shirt and black slacks and had perfect milky pale complexion for a man. Her pale eyes glared angrily at him.

What did I do? Sasuke muttered to himself, while still putting on a charming smile.

"Yes, nice to meet you Hyuuga-san," Sasuke smiled graciously and put out his hand. Hinata looked at his hand from behind her specs. Sasuke caught her pale lavender tinted eyes. It was filled with iciness as she took his hand. Sasuke could feel tremors shivering down his spine and it wasn't a good feeling. Somehow, he can't think of why this cold prissy looking woman was glaring daggers at him.

The three others who sat on the table looked at one another.

Naruto was the first to break the ice. "Err...shall we order? It's my treat!"

"How very gentlemanly, Uzumaki-san," Hinata said calmly.

"Please, call me Naruto."

Hinata bowed her head gently. "Very well, Naruto-san."

Naruto took that as a good sign and bowed back to Hinata. Hanabi finally could breathe properly when the maitre'd came to their table to get their orders.

"I hear that you're an actor, Naruto-san?" Hinata asked as they have finished ordering their lunch.

"Yeah," Naruto grinned. "I started off as a stuntman and then got into the action adventure genre. I love the dangers of making such movies. I even do my own stunts."

Hinata raised an eyebrow. "How...charming."

As Hinata was talking to Hanabi and Naruto, she was completely ignored Sasuke. Sasuke could feel Hanabi and Naruto kicking him under the table.

He was glaring back at the other two. They have dragged him into this fancy restaurant, to meet Hanabi's dragon of a sister who did not possess any sense of attraction or whatsoever. Not a single thing about her is cute. She was all cold and icy.

"Well, Hinata," Sasuke was starting a conversation when Hinata cut him off in the middle.

"I did not give you permission to address me informally, Uchiha-san."

OUCH! Both Hanabi and Naruto flinched at the Hinata's iciness.

Sasuke frowned darkly. No woman has ever talked down to him that way except for his mother and Naruto's grandaunt until now. He was used to women fawning all over him and treating him like some sex god. And this one who was so plain and lacking in beauty was rebuking him, and it hurt his ego. He, the man whom all women desire. Sasuke wasn't going to let it go when….

"Naruto is also a very gentle person, Nee-chan. Aren't you, baby?" Hanabi said, wrapping her arms around Naruto while trying to divert the conversation.

Sasuke was still glaring at Hinata who was so obviously ignoring him.

"Wasn't there something you wanted to tell me about, Hanabi?" Hinata asked. "Your message got me reschedule a meeting and several important appointments today."

"I'm sorry," Hanabi looked distraught.

Hinata sighed and put her hands over her sister's. "I apologise too, Hanabi, but, you know as well as I do that there is so much on my plate now that Father is not well.

Hanabi nodded her pretty little head. "Well, we just want you and Sasuke to be the first to know." She looked happily at Naruto.

Oh shit! Sasuke felt a dread building up at him.

What. Is. Going. On. Hinata was having a bad feeling out of this.

Beaming her smile, Hanabi joyfully announced. "Naruto proposed to me yesterday and I have accepted! So, we're getting married!"

"YOU ARE WHAT?" Both Hinata and Sasuke exclaimed together as they both got up from their seats and then glared at one another.

"Uchiha, this is your fault!" Hinata exclaimed, pointing at him.

"What is my fault!" Sasuke demanded.

"I'm not going to let a grubby movie actor marry my baby sister!"

"Well, I'm not going to let my best friend marry a rich bratty kid who has a bitch of a sister!"

"How dare you!"

"Yeah, I do!"

There was a long pause between them.

"You Uchihas are all the same," Hinata's eyes were filled with tears and hatred. "All of you are heartless and selfish! None of you bloody care! Burn in hell!"

Hinata took her Channel handbag and stomped off away angrily despite everyone's eyes were looking at them.

He noticed her tears as he felt something two pair of eyes boring holes behind his back.

"How dare you make my sister cry!" Hanabi demanded. "She'll never agree to this!" She ran off following her sister.

Naruto fell down on his seat. Then he glared at his best friend. "You just had to do one thing, Sasuke. Just one thing…" Naruto sighed in his hands. "How is this going to work?"

"Lets get a drink." Sasuke sat back down. "We'll think of something."

"You better pray something would work out or else I'll unleash my granny on you. No one messes with the granny."

- TBC –