It was impossible to escape the ads. Really, it was. Everywhere he looked. there were ads; ads for what was apparently deemed, "the greatest show on earth!"

'Tch, greatest show on earth my ass,' the boy thought, 'Sounds like a waste of time, if you ask me'

Of course, in his defense, it wasn't like he had a lot of time either. After all, being the youngest CEO, at 25, in the history of the world renown Uchiha Corps. Sasuke Uchiha didn't have time to waste on such things, for he had an international enterprise to run. Besides, even if he did have the time, he wouldn't waste it on such childish things either. However, for whatever reason, his brother, Itachi Uchiha, a famous director, seemed to think otherwise.

*Flashback*

"Sasuke, I need a favor" said Itachi Uchiha, walking into the family estate. The man in question only glanced at him briefly from his paperwork before returning to it.

"Hn"

"I need you to take Hikari to the circus that's in town. And before you say no, let me remind you that you owe me a favor, lest you would like me to tell mother about you missing out on the family dinners" he said. Sasuke's eyes widened. His mother would skin him alive if she knew the truth.

"But why me? Why can't you taker her? She is your daughter after all" Sasuke said.

"Yes, but unfortunately I have to fly out. I have an awards show and will not be able to take her. And according to the ads, this weekend is the last show. Besides, Hikari loves spending time with you" Itachi said to him. Sasuke stared his brother down. Seeing as how Itachi wasn't letting up, he gave up and sighed,

"Fine. I'll take Hikari" he said. Itachi smiled, knowing he would win in the end.

"Here are the tickets. They are for tomorrow afternoon at 3. The doors open at 1. Go early so that you can give her a chance to look around and buy souvenirs. Sasuke's eyebrow twitched in slight annoyance of having to take a day off.

"Hn"

"Thanks Sasuke. Hikari will be thrilled" Itachi said, taking his leave, leaving his brother to sulk and do paperwork

*End of Flashback*

*Current Time*

The two had gotten there promptly at 1 and looked around the venue until the doors opened. While Sasuke enjoyed spending time with his young niece, he abhorred events like this.

Finally, after looking around and buying things for the past two hours, they were allowed to enter the giant arena. The seats were at the very front row. It seemed Itachi was able to use some of his connections in order to acquire such VIP seating. Before long, the arena lights began to slowly fade out as the arena floor began to light up.

From the speakers, he heard an angelic voice. The arena lights began going crazy for a few minutes until they finally stopped at the center, creating a spotlight on the person he deemed to be the ringleader.

From what he could see, the ring leader was tiny, 'maybe it was an unusually tiny man?' he asked himself. He couldn't tell. The lights making up the spotlight were all different colors, creating a dark spotlight. The lights all turned off at once, immediately replaced by an actual spotlight.

The sight before him was absolutely captivating. The ringleader, was a woman. A woman with the most exotic features he's ever seen. This woman had the most long hair, with the strangest shade of pastel pink and the most beautiful emerald green eyes. And on her large forehead, the woman had a tiny purple diamond placed on the center of it. For some strange reason, it drew him to her forehead, making him want to...to kiss it.

Moving from her exotic features, he noticed her costume. She was wearing a modest black sparkly corset top with matching black pants that seemed to poof up at the bottom, strips of the same sparkle running down the sides. She wore knee high black boots and a form fitting, signature red coat that all ringleaders wore. On her head was a tall black hat, with a strip of the black sparkles and a baton thing that she proudly leaned on. Letting the screams die down a bit, she spoke to the audience,

"Come one, come all, to the greatest show on earth! That's right ladies and gentlemen, girls and boys, I'm talking about the one, the only, Fire Leaf Circus!" The screams around the arena were simply ear deafening. Next to him, he noticed his niece screaming in glee, yet her voice was all that he could focus on.

"My name is Sakura, and I am your Ringleader for this evening!" she said to the , huh? It was a beautiful name, and it truly suited her appearance. For someone who truly hated things like this, he was captivated by this woman,

'Maybe this show won't be as bad as I thought,' he thought to himself, smirking.

For the next hour he watched the show. To his chagrin, it wasn't' as terrible as he thought it would be. It was rather amusing, not that he would ever show it, or admit to anyone else. He saw incredible stunts. motorcyclists that seemed to defy gravity, and acrobats that were simply out of this world. Yet the part he looked most forward to was watching the ringleader, Sakura, he reminded himself, come out and engage the audience after each segment. He struggled to remember a time where a woman caught his attention as much as this one, yet he couldn't remember the last time he found a woman so interesting, let alone wanting to get to know her.

It wasn't until about a half hour later where he got a closeup. She was asking for a volunteer, one that would be randomly chosen. This someone would ride with the elephants alongside the trainers. A child's dream come true. Lost in his own thoughts, he barely noticed that his niece seemed to be the lucky volunteer. She waltzed over to them.

"Hello, sweetie, what's your name?" She asked his niece

"Hikari Uchiha" she squealed. Sakura smiled at the young girl's enthusiasm.

"Well Hikari, you are the lucky winner. And who are you here with today?" she asked. The girl pointed to the seat next to her and said,

"With my uncle Sasuke" she smiled. Sakura glanced over to the seat next to her, to her guardian when her breath got caught in her throat. He was gorgeous. Tall, it seemed, with the darkest hair she's ever seen, and captivating dark eyes, A true God in her eyes. She forced herself to remain in character.

"Well, then Uncle Sasuke, how about it? Would you let Hikari be our lucky volunteer?" She asked him, trying to force herself not to drool, for it would be rather unprofessional of her, and not to mention the fact that she had an audience.

Sasuke on the other hand, had to remind himself to stay cool. She was even more beautiful up close. He merely nodded at her question and watched as she took Hikari by the hand to the elephants. He watched his niece ride the elephants around the arena, not without snapping a few pictures and videos to send to Itachi.

After about fifteen minutes, Hikari was returned with two backstge passes for meet and greets for after the show.

For the next hour and a half he was a wide array of other acts. One that stood out was the one with the animals. He saw a blonde man, about his age, with blue eyes and whiskers on his face, perform his act, which was taming lions and working with the big cats. Before he knew it, it was the end of the show and he watched as the spotlights hit the Ringleader once more, for the last time of the night.

"So, did you guys like the show?" she asked the audience. She waited for the screams to die out.

"We hope that we were able to bring a smile to you face today and that you ll enjoyed the show. Everyone here worked hard in order to create a unique, one-of-a-kind circu experience for you all. The city of Konoha was where we started and it has been an honor to perform for you all once again. We thank each and everyone of you for attending tonights show and for being such a wonderful audience! So, from my family to yours, thank you! And good night!" The screams were absolutely earth shattering as everyone from staff to performer came out and took one final bow. Sakura smiled at the support given from the audience. Taking a bow herself from her podium, she waited for the lights to fade out, not before noticing a certain face from the crown

-Backstage-

"YEEEAH!" they cheered a soon as they went all shared a group hug for a job well done.

"That was awesome, you guys, one of our best shows yet!" exclaimed a female blonde by the name of Ino.

"That's right, it was a record for sales!" said a lavender-haired woman as she hugged the blond taimer.

"Alright guys, wonderful job, everyone! However, the night's not over yet! We still have the meet and greets in about ten minutes so, everyone put our game faces on!" she said to them. While they were all tired, they loved what they did, and performed in and out of the arena with much gusto.

"Look who's talking forehead. We all saw that look you gave that one guy. I was about to go out there and remind you that there were kids watching" the blonde women exclaimed

"Shut-up, pig!" she growled as she left to the meet and greet area. Upon entering she was awarded with applause. No matter how long she's done this, she always blushed. It seemed she would never quite get used to all the praise.

"Nee-san!" exclaimed a tiny voice. Sakura turned to the source of the voice, pleased to see it belonged to her tiny volunteer, and her, admittedly, drop-dead sexy uncle.

"How are you Hikari?" she asked the tiny girl, "I'm glad you and your uncle were able to make it" she said.

"It was no trouble at all" he smirked at her. He was pleased when he noticed the blush coating her cheeks. She was pulled out of her trance by the small girl in her arms,

"Nee-san! Can you take a picture with me?" she asked her. Sakura smiled and nodded at the girl. Sasuke pulled out his phone to snap a picture of the two, holding her autograph in the other hand. No one would ever know what he was also taking cameo photos of the ringleader.

"Now, Uncle Sasuke, you take one with Sakura-nee-chan" she said to her uncle. Sasuke looked from his niece to Sakura, pleased to see that she was blushing.

"Um, it's okay if he doesn't want to, you can't force him to-"

"-It's fine"

"Huh?" Sakura exclaimed, the blush becoming more prominent. She looked at the gorgeous man before her. He wa agreeing to it? ('CHA!' he inner fist pumped)

Before she knew it, she was pulled right next to the man. His arm around her shoulder, smirking to the camera, which was in the hands of one of the performers who had kindly volunteered to take the picture. TenTen, was her name, if he wasn't mistaken.

"There ya go!" she exclaimed after taking several pictures of the two and then a few with the young girl. Sasuke nodded in appreciation before taking the phone from her hands. He talked with Sakura as she led them around the backstage area to meet the other performers

"Hey, um...would you be willing to send me those pictures?" she asked the man, Sasuke, as he told her to call him. He nodded at her, hoping that she wouldn't see the miniscule blush on his cheeks.

"What's your number?" he asked her. After writing it down on his phone, he told her that he would send them later that evening. Sakura smiled at him before stepping into a small stage area where she addressed everyone in the room

"Alright, everyone, thank you so much for joining us tonight. Unfortunately, we the backstge segment will be over in about five minutes, as to give the performers and workers time to recoooperate from tonights show. So we ask that you begin to wrap up conversations and get any last minute pictures We thank you for your cooperation," She said as she walked back to where she was.

"I'm sorry guys, but I'm going to have to finish up here, seeing as I still have some things need to take care of before we leave for tonight," she said to the pair.

"Don't worry. We understand. Besides, it's getting past her bedtime and she's had a pretty busy day" he said, picking up his niece who yawned and began to doze off in his arms.

"It was a pleasure meeting you, and congratulations on a wonderful" he said to her, flashing her a small smile and turning around

"Listen, Sasuke, um...we're still in town for the next few days," she began, not knowing where she was going with this and not wanting to jump of herself,

"Really? Well, then. would you be interested in dinner, say tomorrow night?" he asked her. Normally he abhorred dates because women only wanted him for his loko or his money. But, it didn't seem like she was like other women. And for some reason he wanted to take this chance.

"Sure!" she exclaimed. His heart thumped erratically at her smile.

"Great, i'll text you the details" he said as he turned around and left. Sitting in his car after placing Hikari in her set, he looked through the pictures. One picture of the two stood out to him. It was of the two next to each other, his arm around her shoulders. A fierce blush on her cheeks as she smiled at the camera while he smirked at it.

A few touches later, the picture was now the wallpaper on his phone.