First I want to explain something. This fanfic is going to be mostly based on the SPANISH soap opera 'Yo Soy Betty La Fea'. Mostly because I strongly dislike the other versions people have made. The Columbian version is the original and that is the one I have watched when I was a child and loved. I do NOT plan on creating an exact version of the original (though it will seem at times very close). I will have my own twists to it.

For those who haven't watched the show and can speak Spanish then I recommend 'Yo Soy Betty La Fea' to you. Its amazing. I don't know if an English subtitled version exists but your more than welcome to look for it. P.S Sasuke's parents are alive.

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or the show Yo Soy Betty La Fea. I only own the made up characters I introduce. If I have any spelling errors that I may have missed let me know. Thank you.

CHAPTER 2

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Last chapter:

"Okay well we have your resumes so we will call if anything" Both females stood up to walk out but before they could make it to the double doors Kakashi said, "Ah wait a moment"

Hinata was hopeful.

"…Ino" he finished.

And now she was discouraged, 'typical'

Ino automatically broke into a large grin. Kakashi waved Hinata away, "Thank You for coming. We will be in touch" Hinata nodded, "Thank You" she turned and left the office sadly.

Hinata closed the wooden sliding doors behind her and turned feeling a sudden pain in her head and hearing a crash onto the floor. A groan soon followed from the person she had bumped into. Hinata looked at the woman realizing it was the woman with the brown hair that had called her into the office.

"Oh girl look what you did" a hint of desperation in her voice looking down at the round wire waste basket she had dropped. Its contents were scattered in a small area at their feet.

Hinata immediately bent down to pick up the trash with the woman when they heard the distinct 'ding' of the elevator in the lobby. The woman looked over her shoulder to the elevator momentarily seeing who was coming out of it and panicked, "stand up stand up"

The woman grabbed Hinata's elbow pulling her up to her feet. Hinata cast her a questioning gaze and before she could ask the woman continued, "help me cover this mess. Oh no I hope they don't see it"

Out of the elevator stepped two well dressed men. One older wearing a black professional looking suit with a red tie. His black sleek hair held only a few gray hairs in it. If it had not been for those hairs and the small creases on his face one would see him as a handsome young man. He walked over to them casually glancing around at all of the women that had shown up for the interview. Behind him walked out another man wearing a navy blue suit and sapphire tie. He resembled the first man in many ways, from his onyx eyes to the way he confidently held his presence. It was clear that he was the first mans son. The second man however held no discretion in looking at the many women who'd shown up to fill the position. He idly wondered which of them he would have to see everyday. He only hoped Kakashi had hired a much better girl than the last. The last had been incompetent beyond belief. Course, she had proven to be some nice eye candy for him and the other males.

"Who are they?" Hinata watched them curiously as they approached. It was obvious even to Hinata that they were important people to know. Their confidence in walking and their smart way of dressing was proof enough of that.

"That's Fugaku Uchiha the president of this company and his son Sasuke who will be the new president and your new boss if your hired" the woman glanced at Hinata anxiously.

Fugaku noticed that some of the women standing around were dressed in some of the companies designs. Curious about this he stopped turning his head to his son, "Who are all of these people?"

Sasuke stopped looking at the women and turned to his father, "Sai, he's making the models rehearse for the fashion show. Oh and Kakashi who is interviewing the candidates for secretary of presidency."

His father raised an eyebrow, "Why aren't you doing it yourself? You should choose your own secretary"

"Should I interview secretaries or meet with you?" a hint of annoyance was present in Sasuke's tone. "Besides Kakashi can do it. He knows exactly what I am looking for."

"Hm, and I too know EXACTLY what you're looking for" he turned and walked away.

Sasuke sighed resisting the urge to roll his eyes and followed his father who was now facing the brown haired woman and Hinata. The woman smiled, "Mister Uchiha how are you?"

"Hello" Hinata said quietly.

"Fine, excuse me" Fugaku walked around them ignoring Hinata.

"Yes how are you?" Sasuke stated in a bored tone. He hadn't even stopped to look at them. He simply walked around them not waiting for their answer.

Both Hinata and the woman stepped around to cover the trash from the other side as the men walked away but to the brown haired woman's dismay Sasuke stopped and turned to look at them scrutinizing their faces before he looked down at their feet. Then to the woman's horror he bent down, picked up a balled up paper from the floor and lifted it to her face meeting her eye level easily. "What is the meaning of this?"

To both Hinata and the woman his voice sounded murderous. The woman attempted to smile, "Sir.. well it's because.. um.. you see"

He interrupted her, "This is inexcusable. Do you not see the amount of people we have visiting us today? How are we supposed to look like a reputable fashion company when-" he glared at her, "-the halls are filled with trash?"

"I know sit but-"she wrung her hands nervously.

"You have ten minutes to leave this floor as if it were new. DO YOU UNDERSTAND ME?" his voice was raised at her.

"Yes sir" she took the paper ball from his hand.

"go NOW" his nostrils flared glaring at the woman who let out a small squeak at his outburst.

She went over to the nearest desk and picked up the phone after pressing the number 2, "Hello janitor"

Hinata turned to the woman, "I am so sorry" her voice cracking slightly.

"No don't worry about it" the woman looked as if she would burst out in tears. Sasuke meanwhile walked away calmly.

The sliding wooden doors opened letting out Kakashi and Ino who tucked the right side of her hair behind her ear. Kakashi spoke "So we will call you so you can come in and sign your contract" he spotted his secretary on the phone and called out to her, "Eri"

"Yes sir?" the woman was still on the phone with the janitors.

"No more interviews. We're done"

"Yes sir" she hung up the phone after telling them quickly where to clean. Hinata watched Eri move to the lobby announcing that there were no more interviews.

"And why is she still here?" Kakashi spoke to the man who had been inside with him during the inteviews.

The man turned to see who Kakashi meant then turned back, shrugging "maybe she was hoping she'd get hired. Hey Kakashi... are you sure you want to hire the pretty one? The ugly one is a lot more prepared for the position."

"Yeah but it won't do her any good. Sasuke asked me to hire his secretary. I know perfectly well what he wants. Besides, if I were to present him with that .. woman he'd fire me for sure" Both men laughed, "Look, I can be seen with a less than gorgeous secretary but he's the president. Plus its Sasuke, he detests ugly women"

Hinata walked out of the building behind Ino who was on her phone again speaking to what seemed like her father about the good news of being hired. Ino thew her expensive handbag into the passengers side of her convertible and climbed in not noticing the sad look on Hinata's face, or rather not noticing Hinata at all. As she kept walking past a phone booth and a few shopping stores she heard two male voices, "Oh baby come over here"

"Yeah we'd like to get to know you" the other said.

Hinata slowly came to a stop and turned to look behind her while holding her folders in her right arm to her chest. The men stopped to look at her and one said, "Hey now we aren't talking to you"

At that moment Hinata smelled a strong rose perfume approaching. Instinctively she turned to the source seeing a blonde woman walking into the store. The two men were at her heels in an instant. With a sigh Hinata muttered, 'of course not me' and kept walking still hearing their praises toward the woman. Seeing her bus come up Hinata sped walked to it letting three men go before her as if they hadn't seen her.

When Hinata finally got home she sighed taking her shoes off leaving them by the door. Her two floor apartment seemed empty and at times was depressing to her considering she only had a few photos of her mother before she passed on to show that someone indeed lived there. Her father had refused to let her take any of his photographs with her. Going over to her answering machine Hinata saw four missed messages.

DING DONG

"Who could..?" she walked to her door opening it to reveal her best friend Shino.

Letting him inside and closing the door she smiled happily seeing him until he asked, "So how did it go today?"

Seeing her frown he wished he hadn't asked. Breathing in calmly she answered, "Same as always. I got beat by a pretty one"

Fugaku walked into his old office seeing movers taking his things out of the room. He sighed sadly at this. Sasuke walked into the office to see his father holding one of his old pipes. Fugaku did not look up to his son but asked, "What was wrong with my office?"

"Nothing its just that I'm having the movers bring my desk and other belongings. Its not that I don't like your office design its just not suitable for someone my age. The movers have carefully packed your belongings in boxes and are waiting to know what to do with them. I was going to ask you before hand but-"

"No no its alright. Its great." He looked around at the empty space that used to be his office. "Its just strange seeing the place where I've worked for my last thirty-five years be..."

"You shouldn't depress yourself like this. You handed me the presidency and-"

At that moment Kakashi walked in, "Sir your office will be ready by tomorrow"

Both men nodded at him then Sasuke stepped forward, "Yes Thank you Kakashi. So tell me, what happened to my secretary? Did you find me one?"

"Yes sir. That was another thing I wanted to inform you of. I found a perfect secretary for you"

"Is that right?"

"Yes"

"Who is it?" he took one step closer to Kakashi.

"This one" he held up Ino's papers with her photo.

"Kakashi..." he looked up directly into his eyes, "Kakashi are you crazy?"

"Well excuse me sir, I thought her the best option. Miss Yamanaka studied for six semesters at Reel University. And if I may add, she is VERY attractive. Not to mention she's recommended by Sakura."

"Well who is it?" Fugaku inquired.

"Its Ino, Sakura's friend" Sasuke answered without taking his eyes from Kakashi. "And you didn't bring me any other options?"

"No, I have others' numbers who I thought were alright. Ino is the most attractive though."

Sasuke sighed holding his right hand to the bridge of his nose now, "How can I make you understand? I don't want a model. I don't want a movie star. I want a secretary. Someone who speaks two languages, someone who can operate the systems, who at least knows where the hell she is standing. And I did not as for an attractive woman, I asked for an efficient one. I also did not ask you to bring me one of Sakura's friends who will be with me for twenty-four hours a day watching my every move."

"Well I could bring you the other resumes"

"Yes go do that. Right now"

Kakashi nodded and left to retrieve the resumes from his office. Outside he sighed muttering to himself, "jeez that boy can be a pain in the ass sometimes"

Shino took a seat across from Hinata in her living room. "So where did you apply?"

"Sharingan Co."

It took him a moment to remember, "Ah their partnered with Haruno Industries right?"

"Yeah"

"They make billions"

"And they are among the most reputable companies in the country"

"And your sure they passed you over for the job?" he raised an eyebrow. "Its a great company and with your resume..."

"Yes I'm sure. They practically hired the other one in front of me. And I over heard them talking about how they needed a pretty secretary for the president."

"Wait you were asking to be a secretary?"

Hinata nodded slowly. "Well I have to work my way up"

Fugaku and Sasuke walked across the elevated platforms overseeing the workers in the warehouse. Fugaku motioned to the back of the warehouse in which they stored unused machines. Sasuke was explaining what his plans for that spot was. He wanted to sell those unused old machines and use the money to buy new machines. As they both descended the stairs Kakashi came into view holding a rather thick stack of resumes. "So where should we sit to go over these?"

Sasuke walked past him with his father at his heels, "Tell me Kakashi. By your criteria, who is the most qualified for the position?"

"Well the most qualified for the position doesn't have a day of experience as a secretary." Kakasho and Fugaku followed Sasuke around the machinery, "The only experience she has is being assistant of the International Bank of Montreal. She even has the president and vice president as references on her application."

"The Bank of Montreal?" Fugaku was slightly impressed. He knew the president and vice president and knew that they were not easy men to impress.

"Yes and she even has references of her professors from Solace Academy being at the top of her class and even received honors."

Sasuke nodded, "Alright who is she?"

"Her name is..." Kakashi went through the alphabetized applications finding hers at last, "Hinata Yuhi. She an economist, has a thesis in finances, knows how to manage the systems, speaks English, French, and some Italian."

Before Kakashi could continue Fugaku interrupted, "What I don't understand is a woman who is so obviously capable and has such an impressive resume would apply for a position being a secretary."

"Because I'm tired. I'm tired of being turned down from these other companies. I don't think I'll ever be hired as an exectutive. Not even as an assistant. It wont do me any good to have graduated with honors or be able to say that I have the president of the Montreal bank as a reference."

Kakashi went on, "She told me in the interview was that she wanted to start off as a secretary because of the competition. She wanted to prove herself I suppose."

Both Sasuke and Fugaku looked at the new blazers being produced. Both nodding in approval and agreeing at the fabric and work.

"The only thing left to do with her would be to confirm with her references to make sure its all true"

Sasuke walked away towards the rack of trousers, "There is still one thing that troubles me Kakashi. Tell me, if you interviewed someone as impressive, intelligent and capable as her why did you end up choosing Ino Yamanaka? What did she show you her legs and you fell for her? Oh no wait I know, Sakura told you to right?"

"Oh no it wasn't that" Kakashi chuckled. "Its just that there is a problem with her"

Both Uchiha's stopped and eyed Kakashi who wanted to laugh. The younger Uchiha spoke, "What problem?"

"She's ugly" he tried to sound serious. Though in all honesty he could care less if she was ugly or not. He wasn't going to be the one having to look at her and talk to her everyday of her work life if he chose to hire her.

And again, Sasuke brought his right hand up to the bridge of his nose in irritation. "Let me see the photo of her in her resume"

Kakashi handed him the resume, "well there's her resume but she didn't add a photo."

"Why?"

"Because my resume is impressive what hurts it is my picture" Hinata stood up heading to the kitchen. "Want a drink?"

Shino smiled as if wanting to laugh. Hinata giggled, "you know its true. They told us in school that if your.. plain looking don't show your picture."

"You'll find something I know you will"

"Thanks Shino but all of our other classmates got great jobs already. Face it, I wont get hired because of my looks"

I've never thought you were ugly' Without looking at her he walked over to her placing one hand on her shoulder.