Order Up!

Summary: AU Naruto Uzumaki is a rich slacker who owns the biggest and finest restaurant in New York, the Kingyo Koushou and when eleven men dressed in black suits show up, his six waitresses have the time of their lives…

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto and I never will.

Chapter One

The Big Boss Man

Sakura Haruno blinked at sky. It looked like it was going to rain all night again. She sighed and looked across the street she was standing on. Up ahead was the large Kingyo Koushou, the largest restaurant on Broadway, and it was owned by the biggest kid Sakura had ever met, Naruto Uzumaki, a blond haired slacker who amazingly enough opened the place three years before, when Sakura had first met him.

She crossed the street and went inside, showing her pass to get in to the guard and hurried up the stairs to the main part of the building. Naruto was sitting at a table, dressed like he always did, a white button up shirt with a black loose tie, his sleeves rolled up past his elbows and long black pants with nice black shoes. He was eating some of his own name and slurping loudly. The other tables were empty tonight, something that was really rare for this place. It had been the biggest hit in New York City since the beginning of TV it seemed. Sakura hurried over and stood over her boss.

"Hey, Mr. Uzumaki? What's going on? Where is everyone?" Sakura asked, looking at the empty place.

"Don't worry. I'll tell everyone as soon as the rest get here, Ino is late as always and Tsuchi is trying to get everyone together, but you know better then I that no one likes listening to her."

Sakura sighed as Naruto stuffed another plate full of noodles into his mouth.

"Hey, don't worry about it. Go get ready, and make sure you look your best, cause it's a big night tonight!" Naruto said loudly as she left for the employee's entrance.

"What's he up to?" Sakura asked no one as she entered the small locker room in the back, were Hinita Hyuuga and TenTen Honzon were putting on their uniforms. Sakura smiled and started to get ready as well. The uniform for Naruto's place was actually really professional, considering what was weirdo Naruto was. It consisted of a short sleeved white collar, button up shirt that was too short to tuck in and sort of exposed one's midriff, slightly. All of the woman wore long black ties, exactly like Naruto's own, and long black pants and black shoes. They basically looked like Naruto, that way he could slip around the crowd and pretend to be a waiter if he felt like it.

Sakura was almost fixing her short pink hair into a head hand when Ino Yamanaka came walking through the door, yawning loudly.

"Sorry I'm late and whatever," Ino said, yawning again, waving away Hinita's usual question of Ino's usual lateness.

"Late as always Ino? Did you notice? No one is in here tonight," Sakura said, finishing with her makeup. Ino nodded and threw her jacket into the locker in front of her.

"Yeah, Mr. Uzumaki said not to worry about it. Wonder what he's up to…" Ino said, tying up her long blond hair in a black hair-tie. Hinita poked her fingers together, and blushed.

"M-Maybe… we're getting some time off?" she said quietly. TenTen just laughed.

"I don't think so Hinita," Sakura said, and Hinita lowered her head, blushing. TenTen just patted her back.

"Hey, don't worry about it. Where is Temari?" TenTen asked, looking around, fixing her tight buns on her head.

"Dunno, guess she's late, as always. Tsuchi was yelling me earlier about being late and whatever, never said anything about Temari though…" Ino said, playing with her long blond bang in front of her face.

"Oh well, we better hurry and get to Mr. Uzumaki before he gives himself a reason to come in here," TenTen said, tying her waitress belt around her waist, and Hinita followed her out. Sakura closed her locker and put her belt on and Ino started to laugh suddenly.

"What is it?" Sakura asked, looking around.

"You, I can't believe it," Ino said, turning around and smiling at her. "You're wearing lipstick tonight. Thinking someone big is gonna show up?"

"I decided I'm tired of waiting for Mr. Right, so I'll find him myself, don't worry about that, why?" Sakura said, blushing a little and frowning.

"No reason. You look good."

Suddenly the door flew open and Temari Uchiwa came falling through the door, followed by the shouts and rants of Tsuchi Kin.

"I told you not to be late and here you are! I am so ashamed of you! Mr. Uzumaki is going to start without us and you aren't even dressed yet!" Tsuchi said, as Temari hurried behind Sakura, giggling a little.

"Oh please Tsuchi! Have mercy on my soul!" the blond asked, trying not to laugh. The tall black haired girl growled and fixed the black bandana on her head.

"You are so annoying. Mr. Uzumaki said to hurry up or he's coming in here!" Tsuchi said, leaving with a final glare at Sakura.

"Nice going, now she is going to be yelling at us all night," Ino said, closing her locker while tying her belt.

"Sorry, missed my bus. Let's see, hey Sakura? Could you be a dear and fix my hair for me?" Temari asked, smiling.

"You are so annoying, but sure, the normal four spiky ponytails?" Sakura asked, and Temari nodded happily as she opened her locker, throwing her umbrella and jacket inside.

"You think it might rain again?" Ino asked, looking at the umbrella.

"Can never be too careful. Last night I missed my bus again and had to walk home in the rain. Not too much fun I tell you," Temari said, taking off her blouse and getting her uniform shirt out and inspecting it as Sakura brushed her hair to perfection.

"I'll be out there waiting. See you guys in a minute," Ino said, leaving with a slight wave. Sakura continued to brush Temari's hair as the blond put her pants on and started to put on her belt.

"Wonder what's up. It's got to be big if the Boss Man himself is telling customers that its closed tonight," Temari said, fixing her black tie.

"Yeah… probably," Sakura said, tying her friend's hair in four tight ponytails with black hair ties.

"Better get going. Don't want to get in trouble, now do we?" Temari asked, smiling as she closed the locker and hurried out, leaving Sakura to slowly follow her.

"Okay ladies, tonight is a big night for Kingyo Koushou, I am rather please to say, that tonight, I have eleven guests coming. They are all old buddies of mine from back in my college days, but they don't know much about New York and were amazed to find out I owned this little patch of heaven, so! I want you all to know that it's important that they are treated nicely, like other customers but there is one thing," Naruto announced to the six waitresses. Tonight the six, alongside the three cooks, were all that were on duty.

"They are all here to think about helping me expand my place and they are really loaded, so I want you to be absolutely the best you can be. If there is a problem, come straight to me, I don't these guys thinking about backing down. If everything goes down good, all of you will get a nice bonus and a nice vacation, free! I need this deal, so all of you be the greatest I know you can be!" Naruto said and the girls all clapped and cheered.

"This is how it's going. I am dividing my guests up. Each of you will be taking care of two to a table. I will be visiting with them all and checking up on you guys. They get to order whatever they want, so don't tell them it's not on the menu, as long as it's noodles or sea food of course! Now here is the list of tables, Sakura, you will be taking care of my special guest and myself, so I want you to be extra nice, this guy is my longtime rival and he would be glad to see me fail if you don't treat him like a king, okay?" Naruto asked Sakura as the girls looked at the clipboard he had handed to them.

"Of course Mr. Uzumaki," Sakura said with a smile.

"Great, now alert the cooks, they will need to be ready," Naruto said as the girls nodded and headed to their tables. Naruto sighed with relief. At least he could count on his wonderful help.

Three years before…

Naruto Uzumaki laughed loudly.

"This place is great Hokage! I can't believe it!" he said as he looked around the dump of a building.

"You sure? I thought it was a little big and a lot of work for someone like you," Hokage said, laughing a little.

"I really think this place might be great one day! I think it would be great for sea food, what do you think?" Naruto asked, smiling.

"Sounds good, I guess. What are you going to call it?" Hokage asked, taking a puff of his pipe.

"I don't know for sure… maybe something cool… ah! I got it! The Kingyo Koushou! We'll be the greatest Sea Food Restaurant in New York!" Naruto said proudly. Hokage laughed and nodded.

"Sounds good. Good luck with it, Uzumaki, hope it is great."

"It will be. All I need is a great group to help me run it. I have to refurnish the entire place. Good thing old Iruka left me his estate, or it'd take way too long to get started…" Naruto trailed, off, dropping his hands to his side.

"I'm sorry about Mr. Iruka's sudden passing Uzumaki. I wish I could do something," Hokage said, puffing more on his pipe.

"No… it's okay. He was like my dad, what can you do really?" Naruto said quietly, then he turned around, a smile on his face.

"Don't worry about it! I can take care of myself. I'll talk to you later," Naruto said, heading toward the kitchen and Hokage smiled.

"See you… Naruto, my boy."

"What? You want me to help you? Are you insane? I can't change jobs so quickly!" Sakura Haruno whispered harshly. She was working in a small café when Naruto, her old high school friend walked in, offering her a job.

"Come on! I know you don't want to work in this kind of place forever, work for me and you only have to work from six to midnight every night and you get paid enough to take care of yourself until you get out of your classes, you said that you were trying to get a good job as a secretary of a big business but you have to go to school still. Well now you can take all the classes you want whenever you want!" Naruto said smiling.

"Look, it's nice of you to offer me a job but I just can't quit here," Sakura said, looking at the man she was supposed to be serving coffee.

"Come on, we were best friends since we were five, why can't you take my help. You can finish school in only four years, and I'll help with the costs! Come on Sakura! You know you can't pass up this chance! I just need a really good Head Waitress, no one I've interviewed is a great with people as you."

Sakura sighed as she finished cleaning up a table.

"Look… it's a nice offer but… I just don't know…" she said.

"Oh come on, I'm not asking you to marry me! Just come work for me, help my new business get going. It's brand new and the only place like it, a huge building with everything I need, but I don't have enough people working yet. I only have one cook and I am going to lose my mind if I can't find any more waitresses. Come on, please?" Naruto begged this time. Sakura sighed again and finally smiled at him.

"Fine… when do I start?"

"I heard there is a new place on Broadway, called Kingyo Koushou and has the best sea food in New York! Want to check it out?"

"I also heard that the owner works in the place and isn't one of those who leaves managers. That he actually works and serves you!"

"That's amazing, I've never heard of someone like that, do you want go eat there tonight?" a random woman asked her husband.

"That sounds wonderful, and yeah!" he answered.

"Wow! Would you look at this place! It's only been opened for half a year and we are twice what we were at the beginning, all thanks to you Sakura!" Naruto said happily, patting her on the back.

"Hey, you're the one who insisted that you work every once in a while as a waiter, I didn't give us such a name that way," Sakura said, smiling as she grabbed the next order and Naruto gave a laugh as they continued to work…

-What do you think? It's a very different look at Naruto. I was thinking it would be fun to make him a big shot but still a humble guy. He is still an orphan but he doesn't like Sakura as in love like, but is a good friend with her. Tell me what you think.

Japanese Note:

Okay, I forgot this part, but there is a lot of Japanese changes in this. I gave a few last names to the girls that don't originally have one, and the name of restaurant is kind of random, I was hungry and staring at my fish Bob, so here is the little guide to the words. Oh and another note, the "belts" the girls wear are the ones that waitresses wear that they carry pens and coasters and things in, the clothe kind if you were wondering.

Kingyo: goldfish

Koushou: fancy (so I put it backwards on accident but it's supposed to say, "Fancy Fish")

TenTen Honzon: she doesn't seem to have a last name so I gave her this one- Idol

Temari Uchiwa: her name was a little funny- Fan (her weapon in the series)

That's it for now. Oh and one last note ( I promise) the thing that Tsuchi is wearing on her head is a black bandana, cause her little head thing in the series covers her forehead and I don't know if she has bangs, so I made up for it.

Thanks again!

Hog OUT!