Disclaimer: Naruto characters belong to Kishimoto Masashi.

Summary: Sakura is a poor factory girl, while Sasuke is the son of Mr Uchiha, a wealthy entrepreneur. Naruto is a delivery boy, while Ino is the consecutive designer of Uchiha Shopping Co. (Yes, this is an Alternate Universe!)

A/N: As long as there is one reader I will continue writing for you. I thank you for giving me words of encouragement…

~*** Loving You From Afar ***~

Chapter Five

The clown with the green eyes had reminded him of his childhood friend. Then an idea hit him; perhaps the clown has pink hair!

Naruto watched Sakura apologising to a man who bumped into her. He felt sorry for Sakura, as the man should have clearly watched where he was going. Although Sakura was at fault for walking ahead towards a group of kids so quickly. His hand clasped to form a fist as he saw the handsome young man chuckle at Sakura. A slight anger built up inside him, but he did not know why. Perhaps he was jealous of the superior man from being so close to his Sakura.

~*~

A girl with pink hair and green eyes…

The words echoed in Ino's ears and she feared that Sakura may be the girl Sasuke was looking for. She had admired Sasuke ever since she first saw him. Not only was he good looking but he was also the head of the Uchiha Shop Co. in Sydney, Australia.

A pang of jealousy built up inside her, she had been here for two years and yet Sasuke had never set eyes on her! She loved him from afar but he never noticed her. Yet, he asked Sakura out when she was dressed as a clown. She had an urge to stop the two from recognising each other, but how?

Get rid of her pink hair…

The words rang in her ears and suddenly she came up with a plan. She'd get Sakura to dye her hair before lunchtime! She checked her watch 10 a.m. exactly, she had approximately 3 hours to convince Sakura and make her dye her hair.

~*~

Ino found Sakura handing a balloon to a kid so she walked up to greet her.

"Sakura-chan, hey!" greeted Ino.

"Ino? What are you doing here?" asked Sakura.

"I'm here to give you a break! I just got a free offer from a hairdresser and wondered if you'd be interested in dying your hair?" replied Ino.

"If I leave who would take my clown position? I think pink is fine, don't you agree?" asked Sakura.

"Pink? No way! I think it's time you changed your hair colour…" trailed Ino before she began pushing Sakura into a hairdressing salon.

Ino sat Sakura down on a chair, while a hairdresser came to fix her up. Ino grabbed Sakura's balloon and said, "Don't worry, I'll take care of these, see you at lunch!"

"INO, I don't think so!" called Sakura.

"Please, I'd really like to see what you look like with your hair dyed," said Ino and added, "This is a very expensive and professional salon so feel free to ask whatever style you want, it's all paid, bye!"

Sakura sat on the chair planning on what to do, while the hairdresser brushed her beautiful long straight hair. She gulped.

"I'd like to dye my hair with streaks of purple please. Also can you please trim off half the length of my hair and give me a fringe?" asked Sakura.

"Sure, I know which style would suit you! I must say you have the most beautiful hair I've ever seen," said the hairdresser.

~*~

After two hours in the salon, Sakura stared into the mirror in front of her. Was this really her? The silky medium length hair flowed gracefully past her shoulders. The length was just right, as long hair is too hard to take care of in the summer. The purple streaks highlighted her hair brilliantly, bringing out her beautiful pink locks. The fringe made her look younger and carefree like. She had never felt gorgeous until now, and it's all thanks to Ino! ^__________^

Sakura thanked the hairdresser and ran to change into her normal clothing. She realised she was 15 minutes late already and she hoped the man would wait for her. Suddenly she wished she had more stylish clothing as she stared at her baggy worn out jeans. Her face blushed as she saw her Mickey Mouse T-shirt…

No time to care about clothing as she ran to the meeting place.

~*~

Sasuke had been caught up in a meeting and was 15 minutes late already. He wished that the people in front of him would just leave and finally it ended! He hoped the clown was still there waiting for him as he ran without stopping.

Ino had been waiting for 15 minutes and there was still no sign of Sasuke or Sakura. 'What is wrong with them two?' thought Ino as she waited impatiently for Sakura to show up. She had hoped her plan would have worked…

Coincidentally Sasuke was running and Sakura was running, until they both accidentally bumped into each other. A person with a cleaning vehicle drove past them blocking their view so the collide was unavoidable.

"Owl!" cried Sakura as she landed on the floor with a thud and added, "My head hurts!"

Sasuke stared at a girl with pink hair streaked purple. Her eyes were the warmest shade of emerald he had ever seen. The closeness he felt for this girl burned him and he wanted to hold her desperately. She was perfect, a beautiful angel sent from heaven.

"Blossom, I mean Sakura. Does Sakura happen to be your name?" asked Sasuke.

"Huh? You're the man I bumped into this morning," laughed Sakura and added, "What a coincident, yes, I'm Sakura Haruno, nice to meet you and you are?" 

"Sasuke Uchiha, do you remember me?" asked Sasuke holding her hands now.

Sakura looked at him confused, "Nope, ah yes!"

"Blossom you remembered me," cried Sasuke as he hugged her.

"Uchiha, does that mean you own this shopping centre? Sorry dude, I have never seen you or heard of you until today so will you stop hugging me now?" asked Sakura.

I have never seen or heard of you…

The words hit Sasuke like a slap in the face, he had felt so sure! How can Sakura have forgotten him? His hands dropped and he was no longer hugging her.

"I'm really sorry Mr Uchiha for bumping into you twice," bowed Sakura and added, "Oi, I'm really hungry now can we get going?"

"Sure, let's go to…" trailed Sasuke before Ino jut in.

"Hi, Sakura-chan, sorry I'm a little late. I'm so glad I caught up to you two, Sasuke what are you doing here?" asked Ino.

"I…" replied Sasuke.

"His the man I bumped into, I'm shouting him lunch and then we're even. I can't believe I bumped into the boss of this shopping centre!" cried Sakura.

"Oh, Sakura your hair…" said Ino.

"Thank you Ino, I dyed it with purple streaks isn't it beautiful?" asked Sakura.

"Yes," lied Ino and thought, 'she was suppose to dye all her hair!'

Ino had witnessed Sakura bumping into Sasuke and hatred burned inside her. It was like fate itself brought them to magically bump into each other. She envied Sasuke's gestures on Sakura and knew that he had found the one he was looking for… However, her hopes were still up as Sakura seemed to have forgotten him. She stared at her love rival and suddenly wished she had never asked her to dye her hair. She looked beautiful much better than before. Then she grinned…

"Sakura, what's with the Mickey Mouse T-shirt?" asked Ino.

"Eh?" replied Sakura embarrassed.

"I think it looks cute," jut in Sasuke and added, "let's go eat lunch now."

"Ah Sasuke, I mean Mr Uchiha," said Sakura and added, "Could you please watch my wallet? (She means keep the bill down)"

Sasuke

He felt pleased that her beautiful toned voice had called his name. He coughed, "Ahem, I'll pay don't worry."

"Are you going to fire me? Please let me pay!!" cried Sakura bowing her head again.

"No silly!" assured Sasuke and said inaudibly, "I will never fire you…"

Sakura's screams of joy blocked her from hearing those words, however Ino heard it.

~*~

At a high-class restaurant they ate peacefully until Sasuke suggested, "Sakura would you like a different a job?"

"Moi, well personally I don't really like the clown job, haha," laughed Sakura scratching her head.

"Would you like to be my personal receptionist?" asked Sasuke.

Sakura stared at Sasuke then her big green eyes blinked in disbelief, while Ino's mouth dropped opened.

"Hontoo? (Really)" replied Sakura and added, "I don't have the experience…"

"It doesn't matter," stammered Sasuke and returned to his normal tone, "I'll teach you personally…"

"It all sounds kinder cool, WELL you're the boss, I don't think I can say NO can I?" teased Sakura.

"That's right," smirked Sasuke.

"Tell me, are you on to me?" asked Sakura.

Ino coughed some coffee at those words.

"Yes, I am," replied Sasuke.

Durian: There you have it Saku X Sasu, but you'll never know whom Sakura ends up with in the end! Thank you for reading, especially my dear friend Fruit-Tea1 who has read most of the things I typed! ^^ Your reviews would be appreciated, but even if you don't review, I'd keep this story alive…

P/S: Full Metal Alchemist is a great anime please download it at animesuki.com!!

Coming Soon: Sakura's first kiss, Naruto gets jealous of Sasuke. He pleads omen with Sakura…

Naruto bonks Durian on the head: I had NO lines!!

Durian: Too bad. -_-

Naruto: Give me more lines next time!

Durian: I'd think about it…

Naruto: Make Sakura go out with me!

Durian: In your dreams…

Naruto: Gwah! You are so slack!

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