Thank you to all who reviewed, I really feel more comfortable with this story now:D I hope I won't disappoint any with where I'm headed. If I'm not wrong, Golf, Not my Sport will have quite a number of chapters…
This chapter is Dedicated to: Piyo-no-kizu for being an awesome friend! Shazza, good luck in your new fanfic!
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By: Hiki-chan
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"Three!" Naruto said in a loud voice as he whacked the golf ball and put a hand to his eyebrows to see where it went. Odd enough, he didn't see it go anywhere.
Sasuke snorted. What an usuratonkachi. "Oi dobe, it's fore not three."
"I want three so there!" Naruto stuck his tongue out childishly at the heir of the Uchiha Cooperation.
What a child… "And you didn't hit the golf ball, dobe." Sasuke said pointedly as his eyes were fixed to the ground below Naruto.
"Don't call me that teme!" Naruto had to retort first before he sniffed, "And I so did…" his eyes lowered to the ground where he saw the innocent golf ball still there. "I was… practicing."
"Right." Sasuke answered easily hiding a chuckle.
Naruto glared at him before he turned to where his father and Fugaku were playing. His father just looked up from where he was, smiled and waved at his son.
The young blond turned back and huffed. Stupid father of his… Naruto turned back to Sasuke to see the smug boy smirking at him. How could he do this to him?! That traitor of a father! How could he leave his very own son with this smug sexy handsome bastard?!
And erm no, don't expect Naruto to go ballistic that he thought that. Nuh-uh, the blond knew a handsome man when he saw one. It wasn't that he was gay or not. He also knew a beautiful girl when he saw one, like take Sakura for example, except that she shouldn't have that high forehead. It was just like a girl commenting another girl is beautiful then getting slightly jealous. But there was something Naruto could deny, and it was that Sasuke did not make him jealous. Nope, not at all! He wasn't jealous of the bastard one bit.
"You do know that golf is suppose to be the 'sport' that all businessmen must pick up." Sasuke told the smaller boy as the blond just continued glaring at him.
"Of course I know!" Naruto hissed as he took a stance again, ready to hit the ball this time. "I just don't get what's with people trying to hit a golf ball inside some stupid hole."
Sasuke almost rolled his eyes, almost. "Almost all sports are like that, ususratonkachi."
"Nuh-uh!" Naruto retorted back, "Martial arts has no stupid things like that!"
The raven cocked an eyebrow and couldn't help but ask, "You take martial arts?"
"Mm hmm!" Naruto took a step back from his stance with the golf club and stuck out his chest proudly at Sasuke. "I love martial arts and I learn it with my grandpa!"
It was no lie when anyone said that when Naruto stuck out his chest he looked utterly adorable. "Your grandpa?" Sasuke's eyebrow was still rose.
"Well not really my grandpa…" Naruto stared at the grass patch, muttering more to himself than to Sasuke but he heard anyway. "He's more like my trainer…"
"Your trainer is your grandpa."
Naruto glanced at Sasuke and growled, "Stop being so skeptical! He's actually a real pervert who spies on naked girls at the Hot Springs… but he's really good and I can't really call him my grandpa because he's still rather flexible for someone his age."
Sasuke just continued to stare at Naruto incredulously.
"Alright, alright enough about that…" Naruto had the decency to look away and blush embarrassed. Then he took his stance and hit the ball so their mind would get back on the game. Careful to avoid eye contact with the other.
The Uchiha shook his head in amusement. Dobe.
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"So we lost?" Naruto tilted his head to the side as his clear cerulean eyes stared at his father.
Minato fidgeted nervously under his son's eyes. Damn those eyes brought failure to many things he had wanted Naruto to do but couldn't. "It's not hard to lose after all the points you chalked up." Minato decided to point out. "And the more points you get, the worse your score is."
Naruto couldn't help but stick his tongue out in an amazing display of his maturity. "Fine, fine. So we lost. What now?"
Minato wanted to smack his head violently against the wall, he shouldn't have agreed to the terms, but it was a little too late to back out now. The terms were that the Uchiha's would decide and knowing Fugaku, there was a high possibility. Taking a glance at his old friend, Minato said, "Naruto, would you and Sasuke please excuse us, we need to discuss something."
The younger blond stared at both older men and slowly nodded before he walked off, "Come on bastard."
Sasuke there and then shot a glare at Naruto at which neither Fugaku nor Minato missed and followed wordlessly.
Once both boys were out of earshot, Minato turned to Fugaku. "I know what you're going to say. But are you sure?"
"Why wouldn't I be sure?" Fugaku answered easily.
"You son seems absolutely taken away with Naruto." Minato chuckled, his voice laced with sarcasm.
"I find that actually surprising." Fugaku replied his dark eyes following his son and Naruto's fading figures, it was obvious from where he was to see they were arguing still. "Sasuke usually wouldn't give a care in the world about someone else."
Minato nodded, "So is that bad or good thing?"
"That's good. If Sasuke didn't like your son, he would just ignore him completely."
"Naruto never lets anyone ignore him." Minato grinned proudly, "And I'm sure Sasuke is counted in the 'anyone'." Minato shrugged now, turning to face Fugaku to grin, "Ah, what can I say. Like father like son."
Fugaku snorted and Minato glared.
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"What do you think they're discussing about?" Naruto had to ask Sasuke as they both made their way back to the coffee house.
Sasuke shrugged and continued walking without a word.
"Oi, I said oi! Bastard! I was talking to you!" Naruto all but yelled in Sasuke's face.
"I'm not deaf dobe," Sasuke's dark eyes burning with irritation, "you're just not worth me answering to." Then he continued walking forward.
Naruto stood there gaping for a moment before he growled, "Oh so you think you're so high up there huh, teme! Well let me tell you, you're high up here as well!" Naruto lifted a finger to his forehead, "For my temper!"
"God you're such a dobe…" Sasuke couldn't help but mutter, glad he could see the coffeehouse from where he was.
A temper pimple popped out animatedly at the side of Naruto's head, "TE. ME! I heard that!"
"I meant for you to hear it." The Uchiha answered calmly back. They were nearing the coffeehouse already, he would be glad if Naruto would shut it, though he had to admit, the blond was practically made for his amusement.
Naruto was about to retort back loudly when he saw his good friend waving from the coffeehouse. He was about to greet/scream at her when he noticed her staring almost dreamily at Sasuke. Oh shit, he forgot, the girl was a stark-raving mad fangirl of Sasuke. Sure he was a little jealous because he used to like her quite a bit though those feelings had changed, however… Naruto just couldn't help but smirk evilly, oh the opportunities!
Sasuke cocked an eyebrow when he noticed Naruto's sudden smirk. He decided at that moment, that Naruto should never smirk. "What's with you dobe, going crazy or something?"
The blond still couldn't stop smirking. "Oh it's nothing…" Sasuke didn't like it one bit, it felt like something bad was about to happen. "Come on bastard! My friend's waiting!"
With that, Naruto started to push Sasuke towards the coffeehouse in an alarmingly fast pace. "Sakura-chan!"
Wait, did Naruto just call a girl's name?
"Naruto!"
There Sasuke saw a pretty girl with, Sasuke cringed, pink hair and pale green eyes. She was wearing a pale beige sundress with pale green leaf prints designing it to look simple and elegant. One thing Sasuke noticed, was that she had one hell of a high forehead and that she was staring at him.
"S-Sa-Sasuke-kun!" She almost squealed as she grabbed onto Naruto for support and pulled him over to her side and squeezed his arm tightly. Poor Naruto forgot how strong this fragile looking woman was and hid a cringe. "H-How nice to m-meet you!" Then she gripped Naruto tight again to make him introduce them.
Naruto's left eye was twitching as his hand felt painfully numb due to no blood circulation. "Sasuke teme, meet Sakura-chan. She's the heir to the Sakuno's golf course!"
Sakura almost gaped openly at Naruto calling Sasuke that but shrugged instead, this was Naruto. And Naruto being himself would definitely hate Sasuke. She knew for a fact that Sasuke was one of those cold and un-talkative and, dare she think it, bastard-y types. And Naruto always hated those type of people, and she loved him like a brother for it. But for her, seriously, who gave a damn. Sasuke just oozed coolness that way!
"I'll leave the two of you to get acquainted." Naruto almost smirked at Sasuke's widening eyes. Bwahahaha, beat this, bastard!
Sasuke turned from those pale green eyes staring dreamily at him to Naruto's twitching lips and glinting clear blue eyes. Damn it, that stupid usuratonkachi!
Sakura turned her attention to Naruto, she knew what he was doing and as much as she was grateful for it… "Ne Naruto, why don't you join us?"
When Naruto stared at her with his mouth open, Sakura giggled, Naruto was always such a kid.
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Sasuke was so happy that Naruto's plan backfired, he didn't smile though, just smirked triumphantly at the blond. But apparently Naruto wasn't paying attention to him.
"Naaaa Sakura-chaaaaaan! How did your parents get the famous chef to come to cook at the food café?!" Naruto's beautiful eyes were shimmering with excitement. "I'm going to come here everyday for every meal for the next week!"
Sakura rolled her eyes at her friend but smiled all the while. "Mother was able to make a contract with him by promising him someone who would die for his food." She gave Naruto a wink, "You know how chefs are. They love it when people love their food."
"Wow, so who is this person who loves his food so much? Huh, huh, huh?" If Naruto had a tail, it would have been wagging most enthusiastically.
Sasuke snorted, "Usuratonkachi."
"Teme!" Was the immediate retort.
Sakura hid a giggle, looks like Sasuke found a name for Naruto as well. Turning her attention to the handsome raven, Sakura felt her heart speed up again, "Ne Sasuke-kun, is it true that you and Naruto are going to be partners?"
Much as Sasuke would have wanted to deny it, he knew when his father set his mind on something, there was no way it was going to change. Uchiha's always got what they wanted. He sipped his well-brewed black coffee, "Unfortunately."
"Bastard! Will you not be a bastard for even a single word out of your mouth?!" He didn't exactly appreciate being insulted right in front of his friend.
"Maybe if you would give me a reason not to insult you-"
"Just stop being a bastard!"
"Stop being such a dobe then."
Naruto did a double take, sure he knew Sasuke keeps calling him that and usuratonkachi, but he didn't think the bastard actually meantwhat he called him. He struggled, thinking of a comeback, "Then you stop acting all high and mighty, it pisses me off."
"I'm the heir to the Uchiha Cooperation, I have every reason to be high and mighty." Sasuke answered coolly, but inside he was getting mighty annoyed yet excited by this blond. No one was had been able to act so human to him. Even Kakashi, who was just weird himself, was less interesting than this blond.
Sakura watched the both of them, her eyes flicking to Naruto then to Sasuke, then back to Naruto and repeating the process as they both exchanged snide remarks. So someone please tell her, she was sure that Sasuke was less talkative. When she was younger and more shameful, she had actually stalked the young Uchiha quite a few times, and she knew he never talked to anyone. Even in all the interviews, he had hardly said a word or two. So bite her and tell her why he was talking so much more right now.
Naruto was currently actively insulting Sasuke with how much he hated people like him and she inwardly smiled.
It must be Naruto.
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"Bye, bye! Sakura-chan!" Naruto grinned brightly as he waved enthusiastically at the girl at the coffeehouse while Sasuke and him made their way to the car park. It was already late and Naruto was itching to get back and relax in his bath. They were going back to Minato and Fugaku once Naruto got a message from his father to meet them up along with Sasuke at the car park.
"So… that's your best friend?"
Cerulean eyes blinked, shocked that Sasuke had made an effort for conversation. "Erm… yeah, she and someone else, I knew them since I was a kid."
"Hn," Sasuke responded, seeming in a deep thought, he wondered how Neji was doing, and even Lee.
Naruto glanced curiously at Sasuke, his eyes narrowed in thought before he glanced back. He had no idea what to think. Everything that happened today seemed almost still like a blur.
Upon reaching their destination, Naruto ran up to his father while Sasuke took his own time.
Minato grinned at his son, "Naruto, how was it?"
A shrug, "Fine, though he's still a teme."
Apparently, Fugaku didn't seem to mind Naruto's accusation one bit.
"That's perfect, son!" Minato exclaimed before putting an arm around Fugaku like they were best of friends while hiding his own cringe, "I used to call Fugaku here a bastard as well!"
"Among others…" The other man muttered.
Inky eyes just stared at his father and Minato like as if they sprouted second heads. Was Naruto's father putting an arm over his father? His father?! And not getting killed?!
Fugaku shrugged off the hand before he turned to his son, "Sasuke, tomorrow Naruto would be coming to our office to see how we run things there. So I expect you to treat him accordingly." There he shot Sasuke a pointed look.
"Oh! I'm going to your office tomorrow huh, Sasuke?" Naruto grinned happily, "So that means he'll come to our office the next day, Otou-san?"
Minato nodded, "That's right." Then he teased, "So you'd better clean up. The last time I went in, I couldn't see the floor."
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The Next Morning
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"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! I'm late, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late, late, late!" Naruto pulled up his grey business pants, sloppily tucking in his shirt and tying the knot in his tie.
Minato stood at the door, leaning at the doorway casually with a small smile on his face. "Better hurry."
Naruto stopped for a second to shoot a glare at his father who didn't bother to wake him up before he grabbed his suit jacket and piece of toasted bread before sprinting out of the house to the garage.
He started up his sports car and rushed to Sasuke's office, all the while munching on the bread.
First day and he was late. Damn it! Sasuke would never let him out of this one.
Heaven help him!
To be continued.
Yay! NOT BITCHY Sakura! I love her that way! And she'll be a nice person in most of my stories so…
And the NejiGaa and LeeSaku will come out later alright. Among others, but just small parts!
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