A/N: Thanks for the reviews and everyone's support. I have posted a new story 'Paranoia' (NaruSasu) so if you are interested, please check it out and tell me what you think :)

Refer to first chp. for info and all that good stuff.

Silence has a voice,
yet not many hear it
When was the last time
you actually listened
to the silence?
Could you hear it?
Or was it too much to bear…
to be forever silent?

Chapter 13: Train Me

Uchiha Transportation Services was a business based on perfection. Not only did the machinery have to be perfect but the people who worked under the company name had to be perfect as well. Perfection was not needed or preferred as some thought. It was required; a requirement which could lead you down a path of successful fulfillment or a very long unemployment line. Uchiha Sasuke, being the cold-hearted man that he was didn't want to send the poor blue-eyed blond to the unemployment line so he decided to teach the blond perfection; this perfection beginning with simple computer training. Sasuke wouldn't say he was the best at computers, heck he even had his fair share computer training a few years ago, but the blond didn't need to know that. It was a pointless piece of information which hopefully would disappear into oblivion along with the awkward silence filling the room.

"So Uzumaki, I figure you know all the parts of a computer?" Sasuke asked monotonously. Naruto bit his lip and looked at the various parts. He had a fair idea but he wanted to be sure. Moving his hands, Naruto pointed to the first piece of machinery and did sign language, using only the alphabet.

'M-O-D-E-M' he spelled and looked at Sasuke for the correct answer. Pink lips curved into a small smile at this strange way of learning but nonetheless nodded. He could understand sign language using the alphabets; he just couldn't understand anything other that.

"Alright, what is this?" Pale fingers touched the rectangular screen on his desk. The blond smirked knowingly and spelled out the letters.

'M-O-N-I-T-O-R' was the accomplished word and blue eyes looked at him confidently. Naruto was sure he got the word correct; there was no doubt until he saw the Uchiha smirk and move his fingers.

'M-O-N-I-T-O-R S-C-R-E-E-N' was spelled and Naruto couldn't help to feel the Uchiha was playing with him. Seriously, monitor screen was the same as monitor. Well, that was what he thought.

"Something wrong Uzumaki?" Sasuke asked knowingly, as he saw the blond's confused expression. Blond locks shook and Naruto lifted his fingers to spell his thoughts.

'I-G-O-T-T-H-A-T-R-I-G-H-T' Naruto crossed his arms and watched to see how his boss would respond.

"You would have…but you missed a word." Sasuke smirked and took a seat behind his desk. He was enjoying this sign language game for some reason; it was different compared to everything else he did.

Naruto raised his hands in defeat as if saying 'alright' and pointed to the speakers. He looked to the Uchiha silently asking him to spell the word. Pale fingers lifted up and spelled the word with ease while vocally saying each letter.

"S-P-E-A-K-E-R-S, am I correct?" Sasuke asked while folding his hands under his chin. Naruto tilted his head to the side and sadly shook his head 'no' before spelling the word out again.

'B-L-A-C-K-S-P-E-A-K-E-R-S' Naruto crossed his arms and pulled a chair next to Uchiha, before sitting down. He was waiting for that bastard to challenge him.

"That's the same thing. All you did was add the color." Naruto smiled and pointed at the dark haired male then to the monitor. The Uchiha had done the same thing minutes before with the 'screen'. It was so obvious.

Dark eyes looked back at him; not fully understanding the message being communicated.

Rolling his eyes, Naruto grabbed his 'post-it' notes from his pocket and wrote what he was trying to say.

'You did the same thing with the monitors. I'm just proving a point. It's all the same.'

"How so?" Sasuke asked curiously. He knew it was the 'same' but he liked the push the blond's buttons. Somehow the reaction he received was like food to his soul.

Naruto gave him a hesitant look with his forehead slightly creasing in the middle, before scratching his head. He didn't know how to answer Sasuke's question because he was confused. Were they talking about the monitors or the speakers? For some reason, his mind wasn't working top-notch today and he didn't know why.

"Dobe." Sasuke called the blond out of his thoughts. He enjoyed the little insult for his new employee. It seemed natural and of course it made Naruto mad, so 'why stop such an act?' he concluded.

Naruto snapped out of his thoughts and looked up at the older male after realizing he had just been insulted. He couldn't believe he was being treated so rudely and without a second thought, a tan hand formed a 'b' hand shape with the thumb and index finger side pointed inward and struck it against his forehead (1). It wasn't till afterward that he noticed he had made a huge mistake.

'Damn hands!' Naruto cursed inwardly before folding them so they could no longer cause damage.

Sasuke witnessed the whole scene and found it to be slightly humorous. He couldn't figure out what the blond had just said but he knew he had been insulted in sign language. He definitely needed a book on sign language if he was going to survive this 'communication' situation.

"Well Uzumaki…" Sasuke turned his chair towards the computer. "If you're done spreading your wonderful comments, we might as well get back to work." Blue eyes widened in shock. Did Sasuke understand him? Naruto quickly shot out his hand as if saying 'wait' and Sasuke looked up, feigning curiosity. It seemed the 'silent one' had something to say.

'Did you know what I just said?' He wrote on his pad while biting his lip. Dark eyes glanced down at the paper, a faint smile gracing his features and pointed to the rectangular object on his desk. He was going to ignore the question and let the thought haunt the blond.

"What is this?" Sasuke asked, getting back to the job at hand. Naruto couldn't respond as he stared at the Uchiha. He was searching for anything at all behind those eyes to tell him something but he couldn't see anything. Those eyes were cold, dark, and lonely…completely screaming emptiness. He had never seen such a trait.

"Well?" The Uchiha persisted, not liking the way those blue eyes analyzed him. Naruto finally directed his eyes elsewhere and slowly raised his hand, spelling each letter.

'K-E-Y-B-O-A-R-D'

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"Hey, you guys, do you think the Uchiha found out who messed up the computers?" Kiba asked, turning around in his chair.

"I suppose…because everything is back to normal…" Tenten supplied thoughtfully as she finished up some paperwork.

"And he didn't fire any of us…not that I'm complaining." Shikamaru added lazily. Hinata giggled and folded her hands.

"Umm…I'm g-glad h-he didn't fire us." Hinata stuttered out. "I l-like working f-for Uchiha-san." Kiba grinned in response and shuffled his chair over to the pale-eyed brunette.

"Wow, me too Hinata! I bet we have lots in common. We should talk about it over lunch." Kiba wiggled his eyebrows for emphasis, causing the Huuyga to blush terribly.

"Alright… I-I will like that Kiba-san." She responded timidly and Kiba grinned like he won the lottery. He knew he was one lucky man.

Sakura, sitting behind her cubicle, rolled her eyes at the sickening conversation she had just witnessed. 'Those two could not be serious…' she thought as she began to file her nails. 'Stupid Dog Beast embarrassing me in front of Sasuke. Now he probably thinks I'm the worst person on the planet.' Sakura threw her purple nail file down and propped her red heels on her desk. She had to fix this, but how? She didn't have a boyfriend to show off to make Sasuke jealous nor did she have anyone to give in a good word for her. Basically everyone in the financial department hated here except her supervisor who barely knew her.

Wait…hold on.

Sakura twirled a pink strand around her finger as she thought her plan over. She had two methods and the blond would be perfect for both. All she had to do was butter him up by flirting and working hard, he would then consider going out with her, and Bam! Sasuke would see what he was missing. Or she could suck up to the blond until they became great friends and ask him to tell Sasuke about her and her dedication to the company. 'This is too good' Sakura squealed in the inside before pulling out her compact mirror. 'Now all I have to do is choose which one.'

It wasn't even five minutes, before red heels met the floor and Sakura stood up. She had a plan and it was going to start today.

"Hey, has anyone seen Uzumaki-san?"

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Kakashi was excited. Today, he had a special lunch date with a cute little dolphin and he couldn't wait. He hadn't seen Iruka in over two weeks and that wasn't good. If he was going to seduce the male, he had to at least have human contact during the week and those devices called phones just wouldn't suffice these days.

Spraying on his favorite cologne, Kakashi straightened his suit and fixed his hair. He hated the way it had that limp spikiness to it. He was going to have to talk to Naruto about how he controls those unruly locks of his or else he was going to be investing in some major hair gel.

'Hair…don't fail me today.' He thought.

Dark eyes quickly glanced at the clock and Kakashi quickly locked up his office. Was he going to let anybody know he was leaving? Heck no! Once they knew he is leaving, the workers would throw all their problems in his face, holding him back several hours. That was not happening again. Last time, he ended giving marriage counseling when the topic was finance sheets. How that happened? He did not know nor wished to know.

The grey-haired man whistled a jolly tune as he waited for the elevator. He hadn't felt this great in a long time; working for an Uchiha did have its disadvantages. Seriously, who knew Sasuke, the CEO, came with his own bundled of problems. To this day, Kakashi still hadn't completed solving them and he didn't know if he ever would; they were basically never-ending.

Kakashi leaned back on the soft elevator cushions as he rode it several floors down. He prayed no one would see him but sometimes he was never that lucky. Peeking his head out between the doors, Kakashi made a bee line to the exit, eyes on the destination. He was almost three steps out the door before he heard his name.

"Kakashi?"

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Naruto watched his rolling pen as the Uchiha explained the different types of files monotonously. The voice was so dull that Naruto was getting a headache. He couldn't stand it so his concentration slowly diminished.

"Here we have the data charts…" The voice was like a backdrop in his mind; not really there but there. "You click this in order to open the sub-files…"

Naruto lowered his body so he was eye-level with his pen and began blowing to see how far it would move. He was impressed that it went as far to hit the Uchiha's coffee mug. He was about to try it again before a pale hand snatched the pen up, pocketing it for later.

"Pay attention." Sasuke scolded before continuing the training. Naruto stuck his tongue out childishly and crossed his arms. What was he going to do now? He wasn't going to pay attention to this boring training; that would be the last thing he would do. So Naruto began to look around, eyes inspecting the desk, to realize his chair moves. He could swirl within his seat while sitting on it. Sasuke couldn't take that away.

Naruto placed his feet on the sides of the chair and began twisting. It was pretty fun in his opinion. It could spin pretty fast and it even had a handle where you could lean back. He was about to pull it until he saw the hard gaze directed at him. Naruto immediately sat up, feigning interest and innocence at his boss.

"Are you paying attention?" Sasuke asked aggravated. Naruto nodded his head in confidence; a little part of his brain had paid attention. "Well, what did I just explain to you?" Naruto grabbed his pad and found a pen.

'You showed me how to save, create, and open data files as well as how to organize them by date, size, and usage. You then went on how to delete and restore these files.' Naruto placed his pen down and folded his arms. His mind backdrop had never failed him once.

"Hn. I'm surprised… due to the fact that you have a short attention span. I guess your brain really does work." Sasuke smirked receiving a glare from his employee. "Well, I think that is enough for now. It's about time for your lunch break…correct?" Naruto nodded and stood up, ready to feed his stomach. He could hear his freshly packed bento lunch calling out to him.

'Here I come' Naruto inwardly called until his eyes drifted to the Uchiha. Was he going to eat lunch too? He seemed so lonely.

Sasuke looked up, noticing the blond's staggering stance and raised an eyebrow. What did he want? Naruto twiddled his fingers before opening his mouth, pointing a finger in and nodding his head to the door. He wanted the Uchiha to eat lunch with him.

Sasuke shook his head, not even giving it thought. He was not eating lunch with his employee or anyone else for that matter; he didn't even like lunch with Kakashi. He liked to have his solitude especially when it came to devouring food.

"I'm busy." The response was cold and left no room for argument. It was like he crawled back into a shell and Naruto couldn't figure out why as he stared at the older male. Some way or another, he was going to figure this out. He had to; no one deserved to have such cold, unfeeling eyes. All Sasuke needed was a friend and he was going to become his friend whether the Uchiha liked it or not. With this plan in mind, Naruto silently left the man's office and made it down to his own. He had some work to do.

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Kakashi turned around to see Kurenai holding a box of binders. She looked a little winded but nonetheless, held the box against her hip.

"You're leaving so soon?" She asked. Kakashi looked down at his watch, calculating his time. He had to leave now or else he was going to be late. Yeah, he was always late for everything else but he didn't want to screw this up with Iruka.

"Ah…yes, I have an important meeting. I shall be back later though." Kurenai looked at him with a frown. She was hoping he could help her bring up the supplies from storage.

"Oh…well…do you-" The dark haired woman was cut off.

"Sorry. I really am but I must go." Kakashi topped his comment off with a slight wave leaving a stunned Kurenai.

"Hn. Thanks for nothing." She mumbled before slowly walking down the long hallway.

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Naruto reached his office to find his division working hard. He hadn't done much supervising lately but that was going to change now. Grabbing a marker, the blond wrote a question on the board.

'Have any of you had breaks yet?' Six heads looked up at him and shook their heads 'no.' Naruto nodded and pointed to clock before raising his hand. The staff obviously did not understand what he was trying to say by their questioning gazes.

'You all can go on your hour break. Be back before 3.' All six stood up, leaving their workspace for a relaxing break. Naruto was about to do the same when he saw one of his workers, waiting behind. Sadly, he couldn't remember her name. It sounded similar to Sasuke though.

"Hi. Are you going to have lunch too?" The pink haired woman asked innocently. Naruto rubbed his head sheepishly and nudged his head towards his office. He then tapped his head, fingers forming into a 'Y' as they pulled away (2).

Sakura managed to interpret that simple word and smiled. "I didn't have anyone to each lunch with and I was wondering could I eat with you?" Naruto's eyes widened a fraction before looking away. He couldn't believe a pretty woman wanted to eat with him.

"If you're busy…it's okay." Sakura continued, adding a hint of sadness in her voice. Naruto frantically shook his head and lead her to his office. He didn't want her to go. He wanted to each lunch with someone too.

"Nice office Uzumaki-san. I love how you have it organized." Sakura awed as she looked around. "You seem to have great taste." Naruto smiled and motioned her to a chair by his desk. He wasn't use to receiving compliments so he did a quick thank you by moving his hand to and from his mouth. He then pulled his pad out, writing down a short note.

'Call me Naruto. Uzumaki-san makes me feel old.' Sakura smiled and flipped her hair back.

"So Naruto, What did you bring for lunch?" The pink haired woman asked curiously as she sat down. Naruto pulled out his Bento box from under his desk and opened it so she could see the contents. "Oh…that looks delicious. I didn't bring much; just some leftover onigiri and some pocky."

Naruto smiled and sat behind his desk, ready to eat. He couldn't do much conversation with Sakura which puzzled him even more why the woman would like to eat with him. He could only communicate to her with his pad unless she knew sign language and he highly doubted that.

'Hmm…how is it that I can communicate with Sasuke better than anybody else? He hardly knows sign language but he understands me.'

"Naruto, would you like some pocky?" Sakura asked, snapping him from his thoughts. Blue eyes looked at her before widening in surprise. He loved pocky; he hadn't had pocky since he was a little kid. His mother would always buy a box for him and her from the little market near their house. Then they would play with them like action figures before eating them. His mother was great. She really was and now that he thought about it, pocky would never be the same without her.

The blond briefly shook his head and stared at his food. This strange but natural feeling was starting to rise in his chest. It always happened when he thought of his family, sometimes bringing up images he rather not see. Pushing his food away, Naruto grabbed his bottle of aspirin and took two pills. The pills always made him feel better and at ease, as if everything was alright in his life. It was like the medicine wasn't even aspirin; just some kind of memory repressor. Little did he know that he was right; it was disguised Clozapine in an aspirin container. His aunt changed the contents before giving it to him and tossed the regular aspirin down the sink.

"Are you okay? You don't look so well." Sakura stood up, leaning over the desk to feel his forehead. "You look slightly pale." The woman leaned further across the desk, allowing her bosom to be seen by her drooping blouse. Blue eyes unconsciously looked down and saw her cleavage. He swore he felt the blood rush to his face as her shirt seemed to dip lower. He had never been this close to a woman before; he still had the mind of an innocent teenager.

'Wow…those…those…are….AHHH!! I'm a pervert!' Naruto pulled back as if he was on fire and gave a weak smile for his rudeness. Green eyes gave him a worried look before walking over to him, behind the desk. Her boss was red like a tomato.

"Oh my gosh, you're so red. Are you sure you're not okay? Do you need to lie down?" Naruto shook his head 'no' and held his hands up. He couldn't be around Sakura anymore after seeing 'those' parts. His face would never restore its natural color if this lunch continued.

'I'm fine!' He quickly scribbled on his pad. 'I just need some fresh air.'

"Oh…would you like me to join you?" Sakura asked innocently. Naruto shook his head again, avoiding eye contact before standing up to leave. "Oh…" She said dejectedly as she tossed her trash away. "I understand…I know when I'm not wanted."

A hand immediately went to work against a piece of paper, before ripping the sheet off and handing it to her.

'No. I didn't mean it that way. I'm just feeling a little sick right now. We can eat lunch together anytime!' Sakura smiled and folder her arms.

"Lunch?" Naruto nodded, ready to push her out his office. "What about dinner?" Naruto nodded again, not really listening. He had to get out of there.

"Okay! Friday night at eight. It's a date." Sakura escorted herself out the blond's office and made her way to women's bathroom.

'That was too easy.' She thought as she buttoned up her blouse. 'A little peek always does the trick.'

Naruto, on the other hand, rushed off to the faculty lounge for a cup of water and some fresh air. He was suffocating up in his office with that woman, who was very attractive. He never had such close contact like that before and he wasn't ready for more. It wasn't like she would want to eat with him again though. She would have said something.

Wait…

Naruto dropped his cup, water spilling over the dark carpet as realization hit him. 'A date?!!'

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Kakashi arrived to a small café at the heart of the city and casually walked into the restaurant. He was happy to see his little brunette behind the counter, graciously serving the customers. He looked cute with spottings of flour against his cheeks in his opinion. Grabbing a newspaper, Kakashi slowly zigzagged around the tables to stand in line. He wanted to surprise Iruka at the register. It was less than five minutes, before her heard the simple line of customer service.

"Can I help you?" Iruka asked, not looking up from his pad.

"Umm…yes, I would like something sweet. Perhaps a brunette." Iruka looked up to see the back of a newspaper. Kakashi peaked his head from behind the paper while winking at the brunette. Iruka blushed.

"K-Kakashi…" Iruka stuttered out in surprise. "What are you doing here?" The older man folded his paper and leaned against the counter.

"For my lunch date of course." Iruka looked at him confusion.

"When did we plan a lunch da- wait who said it was a date?" Kakashi chuckled.

"I did. So come sit with me while you have your break."

"My break doesn't start until…" Iruka faded off and looked up at the clock. "Now." He finished with astonishment. "How did you…?" Kakashi smirked and ordered his meal in response.

"Come on…" The older man left to find a table and Iruka clocked out for his break before handing his apron over to another employee. He then grabbed both of their meals before sitting down, still wondering why did he agree to this.

"You know Kakashi, you could have asked me before showing up or at least alerted me. Then I wouldn't have to sit here with dough all over my clothes."

"Now why would I do that?" Kakashi asked amused. He didn't really have a planned lunch date for today. He was just going to show up and do what he just did. He was after all, a man of surprises.

"Because that's what people do." Iruka responded, before biting into his sandwich. Kakashi chuckled again and gave a long look at his companion. "What? Is something on my face?" The brunette asked now feeling self-conscious by the way those dark eyes looked at him.

"Yeah…you have some flour on your cheek." Kakashi reached over and swiped it off with his thumb. "There, all gone." Iruka blushed at the action and mumbled a barely audible 'thank you'. The older man found it so cute as he too bit into his sandwich.

"Oh Iruka, you have a little mustard on your lip. Let me help you." Iruka narrowed his eyes and grabbed a napkin, challenging the other male. It wasn't even a second before it was over.

The napkin won.

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(1)That is sign language for… (Wait for it) BASTARD! (Try it)

(2)That is sign language for 'Why?'

Hmmm…I enjoyed this chappie a lot. Anywho, I wanted to point out the permanent side pairings so far: KibaHina and KakaIru. If you have any you want to see, let me know :) also, the 'hand signs' Naruto use are ASL correct. I did not make them up since I want this to be realistic.

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