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: If Naruto belonged to me, then I wouldn't need to show how cool it would be if he owned a restaurant, he would have one!
Chapter Five
The Suits
Naruto looked at the dinning area. The dishes were all being cleared and the last of the people for him to talk to were Lee, Hyuuga, Uchiwa and Abumi. Easy! He walked over to Lee and Hyuuga.
"Hello Lee, Neji! How's everything over here?" Naruto asked, smiling excitedly.
"I hate you," Lee growled, looking at Sakura talking to Sasuke.
"I know, but hey, we're business men. Did you enjoy the dinner?" Naruto asked, slapping Lee on the back.
"Yeah, it was fine. I don't know yet if I like the outfits for your girls, though," Lee said, still staring at Sakura.
"Well I like everything about the place. It's strange that you have my cousin working here, that surprised me," Neji said, looking at Naruto a little suspiciously.
"Great to hear! I'll talk to you in a minute," Naruto said, leaving them, not really listening.
Neji Hyuuga: Owner and Operator of a Hyuuga Furniture, often furnishes houses and restaurants.
Rock Lee: Heir to Lee Pairs Designs and Clothes, does outfits for professionals and working class people.
Naruto came to the final table and smiled at the glaring Gaara.
"My old buddy, Gaara, to think that it was just high school we were beating the crap out of each other to prove who was cooler. Strange… enjoy the dinner?" Naruto asked, a serious smile on his face.
"It was edible… that much I can give you," Gaara said through his folded hands. Zaku was just glaring at Naruto.
"You think you are pretty smart about joining up with Uchiha? I don't like him," Zaku said, gritting his teeth.
"Hey, don't worry about what I do. If you don't like somebody, take it up in them behind the scenes, I'm trying to run a business here," Naruto said, his smile never fading but his serious look getting worse.
"Tch, whatever. It was an okay meal. I might consider throwing in a few men," Zaku said, looking away.
"Great! Glad to know it! See you guys in ten minutes!" Naruto said, walking off toward his own table again.
Gaara Uchiwa: soul heir (until now) to Uchiwa INC, leading producer in water supplies in Japan, often helps restaurants that are looking for water roofing.
Zaku Abumi: owns warehouses that can be useful to many shipping sites and restaurant owners.
Naruto let his smile go and hid his face from Sakura's view.
"That'll be all, thank you Sakura," he said in a low voice and Sakura quickly nodded and hurried off to the kitchen.
"So? Do you think we have a good deal?" Sasuke asked, looking around.
"Well, Lee hates you, along with Abumi, but that's a good number considering. Chouji is excited about this, Shikamaru likes the service, but then there's Gaara. He's a horrible critic, but he certainly said the great food was edible, I guess that's a sign of hope!" Naruto said, laughing.
"I think you're way in over your head Naruto, we still have to live through a meeting with all these guys. That's not going to be too much fun," Sasuke whispered, and Naruto nodded.
"Yeah, but don't worry, I can take care of everything. Nothing bad will happen, I promise. I mean no one's died so far," Naruto said, this time with no laugh.
"Everything better go well or it might turn into a blood bath. I heard that Uchiwa killed his own brother and that his sister mysteriously disappeared. Things might get bloody."
Naruto gave a slight nod and then looked around the room before putting his head on his arms and sighing.
Temari was finally done with her table. Now her brother could kill her, if he wanted to. She passed Tsuchi, who was fixing her bandana again, and into the kitchen, were Sakura and Tenten were talking.
"Do you really think that they could open a chain?" Sakura asked. Tenten gave a smirk.
"Of course! Mr. Neji Hyuuga is the best in the business of furnishing, so we already have great meals, and Mr. Lee makes outfits so we can have nicer clothes and then we'll be really great!" she said, clapping her hands together.
"But what about Mr. Uzumaki?" came the timid voice of the lately arrived Hinita, poking her fingers together and blushing.
"I guess we'll just have to work without him. He has to manage all of his places so he can't just stay at one," Tsuchi said, now fiddling with her belt.
"Oh…" Hinita said with a sigh.
"Well, whatever happens, things will be fine," Sakura said smiling. Hinita nodded and sat down on a bench, but started to wiggle.
"What's this?" she asked no one, getting up and picking up two black suit jackets.
"Must be Mr. Uzumaki's, he always leaves his stuff everywhere, just throw it in the closet out back and he'll get it later," Temari said, yawning a little.
"Oh, okay," Hinita said, taking them and walking out the back way as Ino walked into the kitchen.
"Hello!" she said brightly. The others glared at her.
"How can you have so much stamina? Those guys at your table are nuts!" Tenten said loudly.
"Well, you just have to keep telling yourself it's almost over!" Ino said sweetly, smiling.
"Jeeze, you must really be holding back a lot of rage there Ino," Sakura said, smirking.
"Hey, where's Hinita. I needed to ask her a favor," Ino said, looking at the others.
"She went out back to do something. Uzumaki left his clothes lying around again," Tsuchi said.
"Yeah well he's a slob anyway. I would have just chunked whatever he left. Hinita is so nice, she probably would be the only one to like him," Ino said, sitting down.
"Yeah, timid little house wife Hinita, she would be at his beck and call all the time!" Tenten said, laughing.
"Oh, don't be so mean. She is very sweet, I like her," Sakura said to the laughing group.
"She's sweet, but she never stands up for herself. If she wouldn't get embarrassed so easily and if Mr. Uzumaki wasn't so stupid, they probably would be married already," Temari said with a proud smile.
"I couldn't agree more, but what about ourselves? I need to get married at least within the next five years or I might never be able to," Sakura said with a sigh.
"What? Are you kidding me? Sakura you are the prettiest of us. I'm not surprised that Mr. Uchiha hasn't asked for your number! I am shocked," Ino said, leaning back against a locker. Sakura blushed and the Tenten gave a laugh.
"Yeah, oh, I wish Mr. Hyuuga would ask me for my number… he is so cute!" she said with a sigh, smiling.
"That weirdo, well at least it's not Mr. Lee, he's strange," Sakura said, "Hey, Tsuchi, do you like any of the guys out there?"
Tsuchi had been quiet the entire time and all eyes turned to her.
"Me? I don't really worry about getting married anytime soon, that is if I get married at all. I like to work and worrying about things like that is a waste of my time," Tsuchi said, crossing her arms.
"Whatever, I know you were smiling a little too much at Mr. Abumi!" Temari said slyly, smiling. The others smiled with her at Tsuchi.
"Uh, what do you mean!" she said, getting a little red.
"Oh, I don't know, I guess all this talk of love made you start thinking about maybe one day getting a guy and he just happened to be at your table? I guess it's just coincidence that you smile more around him…" Temari said, looking at the others, who were giggling.
"Uh, th-that's not true," Tsuchi tried but the others were laughing now as Hinita slowly came back in the room, poking her fingers together.
"Did I miss something?" she asked timidly.
"We were just telling Tsuchi she's in love," Ino said playfully. Tsuchi just shot her a glare and crossed her arms again.
"Y-You are? Congratulations," Hinata said happily, not picking up on the joke. The others just laughed harder and Tsuchi hit a locker before leaving the laughing group.
"W-What did I say?" Hinata asked, poking her fingers together again.
"Nothing, she's just being a spoiled sport, that's all," Sakura said through her giggles. Temari smiled and headed out to clean her table, Tenten soon behind her, still smiling. Sakura, Ino and Hinata were the only ones left.
"Oh, that's right, Hinata, I need to ask you a question. Would you be able to help me take care of some stuff at my apartment tomorrow. The landlord is coming to inspect it and it's a complete mess," Ino asked, smiling sweetly at the brunette. Hinata smiled weakly.
"O-Of course," she said timidly.
"Thanks. I better go see if the Duo of Death need anything else. The meeting starts in like only ten minutes…" Ino said more to herself, walking out the door, Sakura smiling after her.
"My, she is certainly dedicated…" Sakura said to herself.
"U-Uh… Miss Sakura? A-Are you in l-love?" Hinata asked out of nowhere. Sakura blushed and smiled at her.
"Uh… why do you ask?" Sakura asked, feeling like an idiot.
"Oh… It's just the way you've been looking at Mr. Uchiha just makes me think that you… are…" Hinata said, blushing furiously now, interested suddenly on a spot on the floor.
"Uh… well… he's cute I guess…" Sakura said, blushing and looking away from her. Who was she kidding? He was gorgeous but he would never go for a waitress! That would really ruin his reputation. Whatever he did.
"I was just going to tell you that you should go for it if you really like him. I mean, I know I'm not exactly the big talker here but I think you deserve someone really nice Miss Sakura," Hinata said, smiling at Sakura.
"Wow… thanks Hinata. I might try…" Sakura said, blushing slightly and soon the girls were called to duty as the meeting started…
-Sudden end I know but Sakura needs to be a little more confident and so does Hinata. Don't worry. This is a romantic comedy and everything will turn out good, I think…
Hog OUT!