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Summary:Naruto takes the risk of regaining the sold orphanage and so he tried every part time job he could get to be able to save money to go to Japan, the place where the elite business tycoon, who bought it, lives—by the name of Sasuke Uchiha. Then Sasuke has mistaken Naruto for a girl…and Naruto takes it as a good chance to be his own bait. SasuNaru

Notes:

Italicized--Japanese

Normal--English

(Enclosed with a parenthesis)--Thoughts of 'any' character included in the story

Title: Price Exchange

Chapter Two: A Bastard…eh?

"Prepare a room and call Sakura to clean this girl" The head of the mansion instructed calmly to the butler in front of him. The old man nodded and turned to the other servants to follow his lead. The Uchiha glanced down at the small-looking girl he was carrying; smirking as he saw the cute blushing cheeks and alluring slender body, slightly--openly exposed because of the cruelly ripped clothes—but was able to cover the chest, the navel, and the sensitive parts. It was really a sight, but for people like him, things like that should be ignored for he still doesn't know this kid's purpose. He walked and headed for the stairs to go to the room. Two female servants opened the door for him. He entered then slowly strolled towards the bed and laid the subconscious figure on the soft sheets carefully but not 'too' gently.

"You called for me…Sasuke?" A woman's voice made Naruto's mind aware of what was going with his surroundings. He was still feeling dizzy and his eyes felt heavy, avoiding him to open them to see his moving companies.

"Sa—su—ke?" Naruto thoughtfully drifted into shallow alertness. "Yes…that's the name!" Naruto forced himself to sit up, but before he could call the person's name –which (whom) he intentionally went to Japan and strained his body to work numerous jobs for, the man already went out.

"Be still." A placid voice warned Naruto and held his injured arm softly to avoid creating pain on her patient.

"You have a delicate body." The woman commented as she checked for the other visible wounds. She opened her brown, leather bag—which looked like a doctor's brief case—and towed out a new injection and syringe. She also took out her tourniquet and stethoscope, together with varieties of medical equipments and remedies. Naruto's eyes widen when his eyes saw the long, sharp-looking, and thin needle being prepared by the young female doctor. It horrified him and his skin immediately paled up to his nerves.

"I—ah…I'm alright. N—no need for i—ih—ihh—injections." He managed to choke out.

"Breathe." The doctor worriedly demanded as she saw the white and sweating appearance of her patient. "Don't worry; this will just take an ant's bite." The woman smiled. "We need to put some of these to avoid any infections." She explained.

Naruto let out a sigh of relief as he vaguely felt the needle that smoothly slid onto his flimsy skin.

"See?" The doctor smiled and Naruto felt himself blushing from the gentleness of the woman. "I'm Sakura by the way." Sakura held out her hand to the shy girl in front of her.

"I—I'm uhh…I'm.." (Come on Naruto…speak!) "Naruto."

"Oh…Naruto? That is a Japanese name. But I think you're American right?"

"I am…but they say that my mother has Japanese blood."

"They say…? Didn't you know your—"

"Umm…no."

"Sorry about that." Naruto waved his head and lightly smiled.

"Don't worry about it." Naruto spoke. Then for a few moments of silence, while the doctor kept on cleaning and putting ointments on his wounds, a thought shot up at him. (Okay…back to the important business…)

//Author: Okay…so now I'm feeling dizzy myself. Sorry if the sentences wouldn't be that good 'cause you know my eyes are starting to close. Bear with me because I really want to update.//

"Can I ask you something?" Naruto started, looking down at the white sheet covering almost half of his body while his fingers fidgeted.

"Hmm…" He heard Sakura's, somehow, response.

"Are you close with the Uchiha person?" The humming of the woman stopped.

"Sasuke?" She faced Naruto with a light pout.

"Yes."

"Not that close. We've been colleagues since high school, though; he never treated me like a really close person to him." Sakura's face saddened.

"A really bastard eh…" Naruto commented. He was hurt by seeing this woman's sad expression and he can already see how this person might also treat him…maybe worse

Naruto leaned forward to the girl and whispered something to her ear.

Sakura's breath was cut.

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"Oh crap. Everybody thinks that I'm a girl." Naruto thought as he saw the type of clothes being laid by a female servant. The maid went out and after she closed the door, Naruto stride towards the bed. He just finished taking a bath and was wearing the bluish bathrobe that hanged on the silver bar beside the sink. Water slipped down from his unusually -(almost)- shoulder length hair. He bent down to pick up the clothes and shivered as he unfolded the clothing fully. It was a dress: light rose in color; lined with raffles on the neck, on the sleeves, under the breasts (where a 'bulge' should shape the garb), and on the hem of its flowing skirt; it has also a pink ribbon that should be tied around his back. If he was going to wear this, there should be no way that he would recognize himself as a real guy.

--And sure it did, because now, Naruto was facing the full length mirror standing before him. He sure looked like a fourteen year old girl, preparing to dress for a Sunday stroll I town or party. The dress fitted him no less and it gave him a figure he never noticed whenever he wears his own clothes. Only, the chest part of the dress was slightly deformed because he had no 'existing' /real/ breasts like a normal girl should have. He also noticed that his hair grew almost up to his shoulder.—Maybe because he was not able to visit any barbershop to fix his hair because of working.

"Not good…but not—al-so baaaaad." Naruto pouted on the mirror.

Knock! Knock!

A small sound pounded on the Oakwood door of the room where Naruto was in. Naruto stopped pouting on the mirror and turned to open the door.

"I forgot to ask the maids to bring you this." A deep but sexy voice greeted Naruto on the door. It was the head of the mansion…the Uchiha Sasuke they were calling and, as Naruto have observed, adoring. Naruto looked down on the hand of the 'beautiful' male. He was holding a white, linen apron.

"Wha—" Naruto's words were cut as the Uchiha walked past him, brushing the side of his shoulders in a purposed manner.

"I guess this room is quite far from the master's bedroom." Sasuke spoke then turned on the 'girl' gawking at him curiously.

"Aren't you going to wear it?" He pointed at the linen he gave the 'girl'.

"Why would I wear this?" Naruto raised his brow.

"Don't you remember that you disobeyed the law of trespassing on someone's property? This is the punishment. It's better to work for me than to be jailed, right?" The voice was mocking and it irritated Naruto.

"How did you know that I forced myself into your house?" Naruto answered back, imitating the tone the other male used just lately.

"So why did my servant saw you in my backyard?" The Uchiha questioned back.

"What if I lost my way…then just happen to fall on your cluttered, gloomy, freaky garden!" This time Naruto retorted. The voice was annoying him and his ears just can't accept it.

Sasuke reached his hand to pull the 'rebelling girl' snapping at him, but before he could pull the 'girl', his butler showed at the door and informed him about the time.

"Master Uchiha, the limousine is already waiting outside." The old man spoke and when he saw his master's nod, he walked off.

"We'll have a meeting about what will be your joblater." The Uchiha paused at the door and stared at the young-looking appearance of the pretty 'girl' standing still just inches away from him. His eyes traveled from the face and down to the 'remarkable' body figure. He licked his lips in his thoughts.

Before he closed the door, he heard a, "Bastard" word from those rosy lips of 'his interesting stranger'.

"A bastard, eh?" Sasuke smirked.

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