A/n: Thanks to all of my diligent followers! Love your support. Seems like the last chapter wasn't as popular as the last one though.
On a different note, I'm changing the rating to T seeing as nothing written so far satisfies the M rating. But I may bump it back up to M later on...and I will not let Sakura and Sasuke's relation be taken lightly...
Updated 30th June: There was a small mistake in this chapter which was just pointed out to me, I've now rectified it.
One last thing: Disclaimer- I do not own Naruto, although I wish I do.
20th April, 2032, Uchiha Corporation main office, 57th Floor
Sasuke stared at the catastrophe in front of him. Speechless.
Understand this, it was an incredibly rare occurrence for he, Sasuke Uchiha, to be stunned into silence.
But, looking at the black haired idiot- what happened to the blonde hair?!- in a suit of all things, wearing Sasuke's shoes, with black contact lenses, sitting at Sasuke's desk, with tea and food all over the floor, and all of his documents on the floor, he was quite confounded. Not to mention, there were two federal agents in his office, both of whom he recognized, and one who he was planning on making the acquaintance of later that day. And the former was covered in milk. And sugar.
It took him a good couple of minutes to properly register the scene of utter absurdity before him, and his instant conclusion was to blame Naruto. Turning to the formerly blonde idiot, he glared and hissed, stressing on each word, "What-are-you-doing?!"
The formerly blonde idiot smiled like the fool he was and said, "N-Naruto! There you are! A-as you can see, t-there's been a small c-complication in the o-office! W-why don't y-you c-call S-sai in t-to solve t-this mess?"
Ah, so that was what had happened. Naruto must have decided to entertain these federal agents while he was otherwise occupied, and had thus chosen to role play as Sasuke. And now he was trying to pass him off as Naruto Uzumaki. But, this could be to his advantage. Even more so if said federal agents remained unaware of the fact that he was, in fact, Sasuke Uchiha.
The first of the agents, the one who was sitting covered in milk and sugar, was one of the Hyuga. Namely, Hinata Hyuga. He knew her by name, and recognized her by her silvery eyes, which were characteristic of the Hyuga family. She looked timid and unremarkable in the sense that she could pose no threat to him. He had doubts that she could even pose a threat to a dog if she tried.
As for the other, her identity was quite obvious. Sakura Haruno. When Sasuke had first gone through her file, he had established her to be a good team player, whose analytic abilities, quick trained reflexes, intelligence, interrogative aptitude, quality leadership, and good intuition had led to a quickly obtained high success rate for her assignments. What the file had not prepared him for was her slight figure, flowing features, and delicate frame. The woman, at a glance, hardly looked capable of commanding an entire unit of specialized agents. But she exuded confidence, even as she fussed over her teammate's condition. Her demeanor was calm and stern, and the only hint of anger was on her face. She looked authoritative and on top of things, and though she did not look it, her mannerism showed that she was strong. The only thing which may be used as a weakness against her was her strong bond with her teammates. He considered it...intriguing.
Nonetheless, he decided that he could play along with Naruto's scheme for a little longer. It could work to his advantage. He nodded to Naruto and walked out the door to find Sai.
Sakura's first thought when the second man entered the room was, "What is it with employees here having black hair and eyes?...Don't tell me it's like some sort of sick dress code..."
Of course, the new arrival seemed to be a hapless idiot. He just stood there and stared agape at the situation. Oh come on, it's just your boss with some police agents and a tray of food over the floor! What's there to be so surprised about? Especially if your boss was someone like the person Sasuke Uchiha seemed to be...
Shortly after the new arrival, 'Naruto', had left the room, he returned with the man who had brought in the tea before, and two maids, one of which escorted Hinata to clean off the rest of her clothes.
That being sorted, while Sai tried to make some order out of the mess of tea drenched paperwork, Sakura prompted 'Sasuke', by asking, "So, coming back to the purpose of this visit. We wanted to know why the figures given on your initial report of the recent shipment out of the state do not match the actual recorded figures..."
She showed him a file which she had taken out of her bag, and pointed out the two sets of relevant figures. 'Sasuke' looked at it pensively for a few minutes and said, "I'm sure there was nothing wrong in the report from us. But, if you'll give me a moment, I'll have a quick look."
He looked through the mess of paperwork which was still on the table, and after several minutes of rummaging, he scratched the back of his head tentatively, and said, "I think it was somewhere in that mess that fell into the tea. We can get it fixed and stuff...but you'll need to come back later."
Sakura looked at him, a mixture of exasperated and anger as she considered beating him down for his rambunctious behavior. Ultimately, she considered against it as Hinata chose to re enter the room at that moment.
"What happened?" she asked softly approaching Sakura.
'Sasuke' explained why he was unable to help them, and Hinata erupted in peals of laughter, saying meekly, "You wouldn't have been in that trouble if you didn't put your feet on the table in the first place." she kept a jubilant smile on her face.
"I guess we have no choice but to clear this up later. We'll be back later." Sakura said, sighing, as she steered her friend outside.
Once outside, Sakura said, "Well, that was...weird. What do you think?"
Hinata sighed happily and half whispered half said, "He was so funny. Dreamy..."
And, she was off in her own fairy tail world.
"You're the only one who thinks that." Sakura added.
Hinata frowned, "Then, you don't like him?" She asked.
"The man's a complete idiot." She said indignantly, but, seeing Hinata's saddened expression, she added, "But, he is a nice person."
After they had left the building, Hinata added, "I hope we see him again soon..."
In case you didn't know, I quite support Naruhina. Although I do consider other pairings. Hope you liked it!
And no, Sakura does not keep such a low opinion of Sasuke, and it will change quite soon.
~Raven