• Rated M for language and later content •


• AN AIR OF POWER •


Chapter One


A layer of sweaty heat blanketed the room, the sounds of moans and creaks filling the large office. The desk held the weight of two bodies heavily stacked onto each other, and warm breaths mingled between them.

The woman's legs were up by the man's waist, dark grey pencil skirt hiked to the hip and top unbuttoned all the way. Her glasses, ribbon, and heels were discarded, scattered on the floor along with the man's tie and blazer. Their lips were smothered unto each other, and each creak was followed by a breathy moan. He was rocking against her, still fully clothed but still fully lusting.

As they separated, him releasing her lip with a pop, he trailed rough kisses from her jawline to her collarbone. She held onto his waist tighter, creating a hot friction against both their cores, groaning into his ear appreciatively at his mouth work.

The more he kissed, the louder she got, and when he sucked on a particular spot, she cried out in bliss. Large hands palmed along her thighs, sliding up against her rear. Her skin was smooth, muscles tightened to keep up with him.

Her hair tickled his nose.

He snapped back into reality at that precise moment, eyeing the strand of scarlet red hair sweeping across his vision. He inwardly shook his head and tried to forget the color, tried to envision it a lighter shade. But the more he licked at her skin, the more disgusted he became.

His hard on was rapidly deteriorating, and in frustration he bit her breast hard. She cried out, more so in pain, and was taken aback when he roughly shoved her away.

"Get out."

He was cold and straight to the point, rebuttoning his shirt and giving her an icy glare. Her blush of ecstasy turned into one of embarrassment, and she held her shirt tightly together while putting on her black rimmed glasses. Her deep maroon eyes watched her boss and she licked her lipstick stained lips, beginning to get desperate.

"Sasuke-kun," she began in an even tone, purring lightly at the end in an attempt of coaxing him back against her. "I'll tie my hair up better, please don't kick me out." She tried to remain calm, but began panicking when he picked up his cellphone. He was back in business mode.

Dammit.

"No Karin. It's not working," he replied just as evenly. He was already dialing a number, holding the device up to his ear. "Get out."

Karin knew she was in no position to fight back. She screwed up and she wasn't getting any of Sasuke today. Biting her lip to avoid tears of frustration and rejection, she got off the desk, picked up her heels, and bolted.

But Sasuke didn't care. She was his secretary and she had to come back lest she wanted to lose this high paying job.

He pinched the bridge of his nose, remembering minutes earlier when her hair slipped from behind. She was supposed to keep it tied back, tucked away from his line of sight. It wasn't the color he wanted to see.

A year ago, he had attended a business party comprised of the most powerful businesses of the world. It was a huge commemoration as the last of the highest businesses were finally passed down to successors. The whole business world was being controlled by the new generation.

At that party, he had seen who took over the Senju Corporation. All he remembered was the sweet, baby pink hair that fell in waves of silk. The red dress she had worn was entirely modest but followed her curves so closely it could've been sinful.

He'd only seen her from behind, and since then could not get her out of his head.

Fucking Karin was fine. He'd banged so many girls since then. But none with pink hair.

He was obsessed, asking girls to tie their hair up so he wouldn't see the color. He would close his eyes, envisioning perfect pale skin beneath his fingers.

If he could see her face, he'd be complete.

"-o if the share goes to us, then the profit would be worth it. Of course we have to go to the party. Everyone's gonna be there trying to make a alliances and-are you listening to me teme?"

Sasuke barely registered what Naruto had said on the other line. He didn't even realize he'd picked up. "Hn," was the automatic answer.

"You bastard," echoed, followed by an aggravated grunt. "I got no time for your bullshit."

At this, the raven-haired businessman smirked. "I thought you always have time for me," he claimed, feigning hurt.

He could practically hear Naruto blanch in disgust. "I thought you liked sticks up your ass, not dicks."

"Watch it."

"Fine, sorry sorry. Anyways as I was saying, the party's on Saturday."

Sasuke raised his eyebrow. Was this what he was talking about earlier? Oh damn, he hadn't been paying attention. "Is it mandatory to attend?"

"It's a huge profit, man. If eight of the businesses lock down and form an alliance kinda thing, the share is gonna get granted to us. It's a huuuuge profit if we can nab it!"

He rolled his eyes. "So I'm assuming you want me to be your first ally."

"Well duh!"

"Who's granting the share?"

Naruto momentarily went silent. "Uh, I don't remember the name. The founder of the company is crazy rich though, but since he's going to pass away soon, he had his will read. The share is meant to go to eight businesses in alliance, and his daughter decides who."

"His daughter?"

"Yeah. But his granddaughter is holding the company right now. She was at the party last year."

But Sasuke missed that detail. "So someone like Yamanaka? Or Hyuuga."

"No, it's not Ino or Hinata-chan. Ino's company is too small and I think Neji's coming to the meeting on Saturday to make alliances so I doubt it's Hyuuga. The name was like... Sen-something. Senma?"

Sasuke shrugged, assuming it fit. It was probably a big name company elsewhere and managed to build all the way up before moving into Fire country.

"Point is, it's supposed to be a big deal. Maybe we should be allies with Hyuuga, too."

Sasuke ran a hand through his dark hair. Naruto sounded like he was taking this seriously, and if that was the case then this share was probably worth it. It wasn't often that Naruto did his research, especially when it came to work matters. "Alright, I'll go."

"Yes! Okay, I'll text you in a few minutes the time and place. I gotta go, Ayame's busting my ass for- OKAY OKAY, I'M COMING DAMMIT. Bye."

The phone clicked and Sasuke chuckled, setting his cell down. Of course Naruto would get so excited about the share that he'd neglect his other duties.

'What an idiot.'


Itachi had just finished calls of his own. His mood was notably lighter. He had just gotten off the phone with Sasori and Deidara, two of his most closest friends. They discussed the party on Saturday about the meeting of shareholders, and their company was definitely an ally.

He rubbed his temple lightly, allowing a hum of questioning when there was a knock on his door.

A head of messy scarlet hair popped into the room and he barely glanced in her direction, continuing to type on his computer. Karin sauntered in with a small plate and a cup of tea set on it. As she propped it onto his desk, he took notice of the lack of lipstick and the disheveled wrinkles on her clothes.

Probably his brother.

"Fix your appearance, you hardly look presentable," he murmured as he took a sip from his drink. Karin blushed a hundred shades and attempted to comb through her hair.

"It was your stupid brother's fault," she mumbled between clenched teeth. Itachi casted a sideways glance, lips still on the rim of his cup.

He knew of his obsession with wanting women to tie their hair up when he had her in bed, but he never understood why. And due to Karin's flustered state, he concluded that Karin's hair had slipped from the hairtie and bothered his little brother.

"If you hadn't accepted his advances and kept your legs closed, you wouldn't be in here looking like a street whore, would you?"

Karin's screech of anger went by unheard and she stormed out of the office.

'Why did we ever hire her as our secretary anyways?'

She was willing, but a little too willing. She did her work well, but clung too much, like a monkey whose arms had looped around the brothers' too many times.

Whatever, that wasn't the biggest issue. Right now, he had allies to make. This share was well worth it - he'd done his research. He knew that dividing it between eight was still going to still be incredibly profitable despite the break up, but it would forge several official business partners from it. Under this share, an empire could be built. They would be unstoppable.

But still, he didn't know what the share was nor who was able to control it. Out of the eight, one company supervised the share. Whatever it was, it was going to create the strongest business bond and greatest business property.

Itachi smirked.

This was something that a hard business owner would get a boner at. This was no joke.

'Let's call Kakashi. Maybe he wants an alliance too.'


Neji set down his cup of coffee, nudging a pawn into a new square. Shikamaru didn't even look, sending his bishop out to move. Gaara had left a few minutes ago, and the three had sealed an alliance. The pineapple headed man blew a puff of smoke and put out the cigarette in the glass ash tray, leaning back.

His gaze was disinterested, but there was a light that existed since the beginning of the meeting.

"A share, huh?" he began nonchalantly. Neji's pupiless eyes shifted upwards to him once before returning to the board to move his rook a few spaces forward.

"Interesting, don't you think?" the Hyuuga offered. Shikamaru chuckled at his tone.

"If Senju is hosting this share, it's very interesting."

At this, Neji paused, cup midway to his lips again. "Senju's hosting this share? Why didn't you mention it to Gaara?"

"I wanted to tell you first." He shifted his queen.

"Senju's power is absolute," Neji murmured into his cup of coffee, absently moving his knight. It was stolen by the opposing queen. In retaliation he took an open bishop. "This share is going to be worth more than anyone could imagine."

"Precisely. So if we play our pieces right, we can take this share."

Neji raised a slender eyebrow. "What are you saying?"

Shikamaru chuckled against, moving his king out of the queen's reach. "Think about it. If we ally the top eight companies, we'll definitely gain that share. We'll be unstoppable."

"I recall an Uchiha saying that," Neji muttered under his breath.

"Uchiha?"

Neji changed the subject. "Sasuke left a message earlier during the meeting about the share. Seems like he just heard about it."

"Perfect. Uchiha, Hyuuga, Nara, Sabaku. Sasuke probably already got a hold of Naruto, and Itachi most likely has Sasori and Deidara, and maybe Kakashi if we're lucky."

"But that's only seven."

"Hm. Maybe Akatsuki Corps? If Pein is going to show up."

Neji smirked. "Sounds like a plan, my friend."

"Indeed."

And a king was captured.


"Shizune, more sake please."

Tsunade had to use everything scrap of her great will to keep from destroying both her cellphone and the phone on her desk. Since the share announcement made by her father, people tried to contact her nonstop with a bribe or "donation" for a piece of it.

"Fucking pathetic," she muttered to herself, grateful when Shizune appeared with another bottle. She ignored the plate-like cup and took a swig from the bottle directly, easing her pulsating nerves. These scumbags were lower than dirt for thinking she'd give up the point of this challenge for a few meager million dollars.

"Tsunade-sama, there are three men who wish to schedule a meeting for today."

"Cancel all of them, dammit," Tsunade demanded, eyes narrowing until the amber shine turned into an icy topaz. "I don't need any more 'donations'. Charitable, but quite frankly unneeded."

As she continued to grumble under her breath, Shizune left the room with a concerned smile. Tsunade was working incredibly hard for the company, for her father, and for her share. But soon, her daughter was going to shoulder the entire weight of it while Tsunade managed overseas business rather than domestic.

Including the share.

'Poor Sakura.'


• Alright I gotta say, I'm in no way a business major so I have absolutely no clue if what I'm saying is correct. Please bear with it XD I'll make it work eventually. In the mean time, I hope you all enjoy the story.

• I'm baaaack~

- burrblefish