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

Author's note: Sorry for making you wait. Enjoy the next chap! Review;)

Chapter 1

I have a fiancé?!

A girl woke up from her slumber. She rubbed her eyes and blinked blearily to clear her vision. Emerald green eyes gazed at the alarm clock beside her before a pale hand reached out and shut the annoying contraption down. She stretched her body and got ready to welcome the new day. She got up from her bed and brown hair cascaded down her back.

After doing her morning routines, she went to her closet and wore her school uniform that hugged her lithe body perfectly. She tied her long hair into a single ponytail and left a few strands to frame her face. She went downstairs and started to eat breakfast with her family. As she was an only child, breakfast was quiet but pleasant. She washed the dishes and was about to head out when her mother stopped her.

"Ah…Mayumi."

Turning slightly, she addressed her mother, "Yes, Mother?"

"I want to tell you that your fiancé and his family will come visit us this weekend. So, be prepared?"

"I'm sorry. I must have heard you wrong, Mother. I thought that you said I have a fiancé. Something you never mentioned before in my seventeen years of life."

"I did."

Mayumi bristled. "Why did you fail to mention this before? And I don't remember being betrothed to anyone."

"I wanted to wait until you are old enough. This engagement was arranged when you were still a baby. Both families agreed to this."

"What of my fiancé? What does he have to say? How old is he, anyway?"

"Your fiancé is okay with it. He said that the both of you should meet each other first before deciding whether to go through with this or not. He's giving you an option, Mayumi, so don't waste it. Most fiancés don't even do that. He's five years older than you, by the way."

"I'm not like those stupid girls that ran away from home after knowing they are betrothed to someone, Mother. I know I should at least get to know him before deciding anything. He deserves that chance. Besides, it's not like it's his fault. He was five when it happened. I doubt he knew what the word 'engagement' meant at that time. So, twenty-two, huh? Aren't I technically jailbait for him?"

"Nothing will happen now. In fact, nothing will happen before the wedding. Your father is still sore about giving away his little princess."

"Eh?! I thought Father agreed to this."

"I forced him to."

Sweatdropping, she replied. "I-I see. Well, I have to go now. Goodbye, Mother."

"Goodbye and be safe."

Mayumi walked to her school with thousand of thoughts swirling in her head. She was about to collide with someone were not for her best friend to stop her. She was jerked out of her thoughts when her friend pulled her.

"Woah?! Woah?! Are you okay, Mayumi? You seem troubled."

"It's nothing, Akina."

"Doesn't look like nothing. Come on, share it with me. I'm your best friend, aren't I?"

The girls walked to their class side by side. Mayumi looked at her friend in contemplation, debating whether to tell Akina or not. Well, it can't be that bad, right? I can also ask for her opinion.

Akina was a cheerful girl with short green hair and vibrant pink eyes. The two colours clashed but that was what made it even better, they brought out each others' colour. With slightly tanned skin from the sports club she joined, Akina was attractive and her grades were higher than average too.

"Fine. Fine. I'll tell you."

"Yay~"

Mayumi smiled and they walked to their seats. Their seats were next to each other so they had no problem chatting with each other. Glancing at her wristwatch, Mayumi saw that they had ten minutes before homeroom started.

"You see, this morning, my mother told me that I was betrothed to someone and that person will come visit us with his family this weekend."

"Eh?!~ You have a fiancé?! How cool~"

"It's not cool, Akina. I don't even know him."

"But that just means that you can experience a rare kind of love with him. The love that blooms after marriage. Not many people have that, you know. Sure, some married couple stayed with each other but it was out of obligation or for the sake of their children, not because they genuinely wanted to."

Mayumi thought about her words and realized that Akina was right. She had seen many of her relatives complaining about their spouses and it was because of that she vowed to never accept an arranged marriage. She wanted to marry out of love, not because she was told to.

"I suppose you're right. I'm going to give him a chance anyway and this conversation just sealed it."

"Good. Say, Mayumi?"

"Hmm?"

"Do you think I could go to your house this weekend? I'm kinda interested in meeting your fiancé and you could introduce me to him."

"Sure. I need the support, anyway."

Neither of them knew how true the seemingly simple statement would be.

"Ah! The teacher is coming!" A random student shouted. By then, all of the students had arrived and seated. The teacher came in and took their attendance. The rest of the class went as usual and before they realized it, it was lunch time.

"Mayumi~ Let's go to the rooftop~"

"Sure. Let me get my bento first."

They walked to the rooftop while chatting about random things and avoiding the rushing students.

"…and then, Aizawa was like "It's not me, sensei. I swear I don't know how the porn got inside my bag!"

Mayumi laughed softly while Akina brayed with laughter. When they arrived at the rooftop, they sat next to each other and ate their food, enjoying the beautiful weather. It was silent but Mayumi could not help but felt like it was calm before the storm. Her heart was pounding against her ribcage and she felt very uneasy, like something ominous would happen soon. Very soon.

Suddenly, the door to the rooftop was slammed opened and the girls were startled by the sudden interruption. A teenager with fiery red hair came in their line of sight. A pair of purple eyes glanced at the surroundings before locked on the people its owner was looking for.

"Mayumi-chan! There you are! I've been looking everywhere for you!"

"U-Uzumaki-senpai?!"

Walking briskly towards the confused girl, Uzumaki Kushina then sat in front of her and held her hands in hers in a pleading manner.

"I need your help, Mayumi-chan. Kaichou told me to file his paperwork but I'm busy with the sports club. So, can you help me, please? I promise I'll make it up to you."

"Err…"

"Come on, Mayumi. What are you hesitating for? Just help Kushina-senpai. I'll even help you."

"But…"

"What's the worst that can happen?"

Mayumi sighed and nodded, finally relenting.

Whatever that will happen, it can't be that bad…can it?

"Thank you so much, Mayumi-chan, Akina-chan! You guys can start after school at the student council room. Bye~"

What have I gotten myself into?

School ended too fast for a certain girl but she let herself being dragged by her best friend to the student council room. When they arrived, they saw that the door was already opened so they did not bother to knock. They peeked inside and saw Kushina talking with the student council president, a stoic black-haired teen, Uchiha Fugaku.

"…like I said, Fugaku. I asked Mayumi-chan and Akina-chan to help me file your paperwork. Tsunade-sensei told me to oversee the sports club so they won't overexert themselves especially since the Autumn Tournament will start soon."

"I understand why you choose Nanahara Mayumi but why Kasugano Akina as well? Pardon me for saying this but she doesn't exactly give off an aura of a person that would want to do desk work."

But before she could reply, she was interrupted by none other than Kasugano Akina. Akina looked at Uchiha Fugaku and pouted.

"Mou, just because I'm a carefree person, doesn't mean I'm unwilling to do what I'm supposed to do, Fugaku-kaichou. Besides, Kushina-senpai asked Mayumi to do it and she agreed to do it if I help her."

The student council president looked at the brunette for confirmation and seeing the latter nod, he relented.

"Fine. I don't have the time to argue with you guys anyway. Nanahara, Kasugano, your jobs are to put the stacks of paperwork inside their respective folders and to arrange the folders neatly by their alphabetical order in the shelves after you finished. You may go home after you're done. Any questions?"

Seeing they shook their heads, he added, "I suggest you start doing it now before it gets dark. I heard there were kidnapping incidents around the town so make sure you guys don't stay back too late and don't forget to lock up."

"Okay, Uchiha-kaichou/Fugaku-kaichou."

Fugaku and Kushina left the room after saying their goodbyes. Mayumi and Akina looked at the monstrous amount of paperwork covering the whole place before looking at each other. Both of them thought of the same thing.

Kushina-senpai/Uzumaki-senpai, Fugaku-kaichou/Uchiha-kaichou, you sneaky bastards.

"So…Do you think we can finish this before sunset?"

"I honestly don't know, Akina."

"Do you think I can have a sleepover at your house? I have a spare uniform there anyway."

"Sure. I think you'll be too exhausted to walk to the train station anyway."

They started to work while silently muttering death threats towards the two seniors for tricking them. It grew to be more sadistic and especially painful when some of the paperwork they were supposed to file in their folders ONLY were incomplete and had to be redone.

After three grueling hours, they were finally, finally done and they dared the whole universe to give them more work.

It did not give them more work.

But, it did get them into an interesting situation.

"Wahh! We're finally done. Let's go home now, Mayumi."

"Em."

They took their school bags and Mayumi took out her smartphone to look at the time. She saw that it was six in the evening and thought that it would be best if they were to go home now. She voiced her thought out loud and was met with agreement. After locking the door and making sure that it was secured properly, they began to walk towards the school entrance.

But before Mayumi could take a step, a black hole appeared beneath her and she fell into the black, abyss-like hole. She reached out to grab something that would prevent her fall and gripped it tightly. That something, unfortunately, turned out to be her startled best friend that could not support the sudden weight and both of them fell together.

Somewhere, a man was reading his subordinates' reports when a breeze blew past him. He put down the report and closed his eyes. When he reopened them, it was filled with excitement and he mumbled, "So it has begun. I look forward to meet you, love."