"Read-ing FanFiction la la la, reading doesn't have to be boring ala la"- Socrates.
Sasuke and Sakura drove in silence. He was extra quiet so she didn't try to talk to him. Sasuke just grunted a quick 'Bye' when they stopped at her building. She got back to her place and fell asleep. Sasuke on the other hand stayed up very late researching his brother's attempt at taking over his company.
Sakura went back to her old commute the next morning. She didn't understand exactly what was happening, but she wanted to find out and help if she could. Walking across the long hall and taking the elevator to the top floor has become second nature after all this time.
She got to the secretary's desk and saw Temari, looking bored, resting her cheek against her fist.
"Hi Temari," Sakura greeted.
"Hn."
"Is everything all right?"
"Eh, sure. We're being absorbed into the Hyuga Enterprise so we'll probably be laid off."
"What? The Hyugas?" Sakura asked.
"Yeah Itachi's company joined with them to get enough votes on our board to sell us. The rumor is Neji will be the CEO here and Itachi will overlook it at the top of a new company called Akak, Akatsi, I dunno something like that."
"Is Sasuke in?"
"Yeah but you should probably dust off your resume."
Sakura ignored her and burst into Sasuke's office. Surprisingly he was sitting on the couch playing games with Naruto, as usual, not a care in the world.
She spoke up, "Um, Sasuke?"
He craned his head and grunted at her, "Hn."
"Shouldn't you be working?" Sakura asked.
"No," Sasuke simply stated.
"But, but isn't your brother trying to get you fired?"
"Trying. There's a board meeting today to decide that."
"Are you going to, I don't know, prepare for it?"
"I already did…mostly."
Sakura realized there was nothing she could say or do to get Sasuke to take this seriously. His own brother was betraying him and it was like he didn't care. It was like he didn't care about anything. Sakura wanted to break through to him, but she didn't know what to do.
Not knowing what to do and seeing as there wasn't any real work to do, Sakura stormed off.
She walked past Temari and rounded a corner and slammed face first into a man's chest.
"Sakura?" she heard a familiar voice ask. Looking up, Sakura recognized none other than Itachi Uchiha.
"Sakura? Are you all right?" he asked.
Despite the kind words Sakura could only see him as an enemy so she blurted out: "No I am not all right! Why the hell are you trying to get your brother fired? Your companies don't even do the same thing! Are you just that big of an asshole?!"
Itachi's calm demeanor turned sour: "When I'm your boss' boss…you, are, fired."
He shoved past her and headed towards his little brother's office. Sakura was too stunned to go back to them.
Sakura had taken Temari's advice; she updated her resume and began looking for a new job. If Itachi did take over she resolved to quit before he had a chance to fire her because that'd look better. She had been gone for a couple of hours before she came back to the board meeting. She may as well watch the best job she ever had slip away.
Sakura took a seat in the back of the packed conference room. The table was lined with the controlling shareholders. To one side sat Itachi and Neji and to the other were Sasuke and Naruto. Taking notes up there was also a woman about her age, who looked similar to Neji.
She entered a few minutes after the meeting began. Itachi had apparently just finished his speech, which evidently wasn't that long. He must have already gotten the board to agree with him.
"CEO Sasuke Uchiha, you may now state your defense before the voting begins."
Sasuke stood up and scanned the room in silence for moments.
"…I quit."
Howdy Partners. Sorry for the short chapter. There will probably only be 1 or 2 more of this story.