AN:chapter 3. Naru proves herself while Kakashi is getting hooked.

Key:

Italics – thought processing

" " – Talking

______________ - switch in perspective.

"So what is your name by the way?" Kakashi droned. "Naru Namikaze. Zabuza had introduce me to a position as your personal secretary I believe? But don't worry, I'm sure you'll find that I am capable! In fact, I also printed out my resume as to assure you that I was more than worthy for this position." She exclaimed as she hurried to hand over her resume. Kakashi was making her nervous with his stares.

"Hm…" was all she heard as he glanced over her resume. "It seems as though you actually know something about computers?" He acknowledged. He had placed her paper back on his desk as if he was hardly interested. Naru didn't dare speak. This was her only opportunity to try to get into this company, she didn't disrespect the man in front of her.

"Well, I guess you might as well get started. You will be salary. Your starting pay will be $2000 per month and when I deem acceptable, you will gain a raise. But here are some documents that I need you to redraft written by my previous secretary. Give them to me when you're done." He said as he shoved some paperwork in her face.

"Of course! However, where would I be working?" She asked politely grabbing the file from his outreached hand.

"There's a desk in front of my office. That will be your area as long as you work here." He said, ending the conversation.

"Of course." She bowed politely as she quietly exited the office, secretly smiling at her success.

Once the door closed, he shook his head. She was a beauty. And she seemed more than qualified. In fact he was actually secretly impressed by Zabuza for once. However, it seemed as if he needed to gain some control over himself. It would not be productive to drool over his new employee. Just the thought of it gave him shivers. His employee. Even if she was only his on employment level, it was better than nothing.

He pressed a button. "Naru, please pressed # 201, and ask them to send up Itachi for me." Kakashi wasn't going to help her. If she was lying about her capabilities like some of his former employees then he was sure she would come back into his office within moments to ask him how to turn on the computer and how to use the intercom.

"Of course sir." Came a voice over the speaker. "God damn she does know what she's doing." He whistled, not expecting for one moment that she was as good as her resume presented.

Naru was having a blast. It wasn't much but she had not hoped for much. Getting at job this early should be considered history. Especially for the company that she had always dreamed of working. Now she just had to proved her worth and get him to noticed that she was over capable for this position. When she heard Kakashi's voice over the intercom, she was ecstatic, knowing, that for once, this was going to be her doing the work, not someone else handing it to her on a silver platter. She responded and did as he told, paging for Itachi.

Now…to start those filesshe thought gleefully as she turned on the computer. She glanced over the documents that Kakashi wanted her to redraft and had to widen her eyes in shock. Not only was the document poorly written, it didn't even know what it was talking about. Apparently whoever was writing the documents had no idea whatsoever about computers and about contracts. No wonder Zabuza wanted to hire her.

She was in her own little world glancing over the pages as she thought out ways of redoing the poorly written papers, so when someone had cough to politely grab her attention she could only blushed and glance in surprise at the man towering over her desk.

"Yes sir, how may I help you?" She asked politely at another handsome man in front of her. He had his hair drawn back in a ponytail with some bangs covering his dark red eyes. He had high cheekbones and a small smirk was shone on his lips. She refused to glance down at his body as she could already assume that he was another well built guy, a bit more buffed than Kakashi, not that she was complaining about his body or anything…

"Itachi." He stated before she nodded and pressed the intercom. "Sir, Itachi is here." "Send him in." She smiled at him before politely going back to her work as Itachi went pass her into Kakashi's office.

"So I see you have a new secretary." Itachi smirked as he leaned against the closed door. Kakashi growled. "I need you to do a background check on Naru Namikaze. She's from Japan." "Ah." He said. "That's it?" "Stay away from her." He growled. Itachi smirked. "So the one girl who's not interested in you, you're refusing everyone else to go near?" He teased.

"She knows what she's doing. I don't want you guys to frighten her." "So that's your only reason?" "Just go do your job. I'm sure Zabuza already informed you in the knowledge he gained yesterday. Make sure to increase security over this. We may actually be in the lead without knowing." He said as he dismissed his head of security.

"People are going to find out about her soon. I already caught words from Gaara who heard from Temari who heard it from Ino and Sasuke already has his interested peaked from Sakura who Hinata talked to already." Itachi chuckled as he left his office, ignored the curses that followed him out.

He nodded to Naru who glanced up to stare at him as he walked by. She smiled as she went back to her documents.

Now…to have fun with Kakshi, Itachi chuckled. It was about time that Kakashi focused on something besides work.

Itachi had called Hinata to order flowers for Naru, knowing that it was going to annoy and frustrate the hell out of Kakashi, but hey, their boss needed a push.

So a couple of hours later, when Hinata shown up with a vase full of roses, Naru could only blinked in surprise. "Are those for Kakashi-san?" Naru asked as she was getting ready to push the button for Kakashi. "Nope. They're for you dearie!" Hinata commented while a smile. "Some handsome man had left this at my desk and told me to bring it up to you!" She announced cheerfully as she sat the roses in front of Naru. "Uh…what should I do with it?" Naru asked confused. Hinata laughed. "Well, you can either keep it here or bring it home. But maybe keeping it here will brighten up the room a bit more." Hinata chuckled, wanting Kakashi to see what his fellow employees were plotting.

"Oh…" Naru blushed. "Thank you, but sorry, there's some documents that Kakashi wanted me to redo so I don't have time to talk yet. Maybe when I get a break?" Naru said politely as Hinata waved. "Don't worry, I understand. Kakashi's going to work you into the ground." She laughed as she got back onto the elevator from where she came from.

Naru took a glance to see if there was a note on it. All it said was "You're beautiful." "How weird." She muttered quietly as she went back to her work.

So when Kakashi had popped out of his office around two in the afternoon he was surprise to see the blonde hard at work with a vase of roses next to her. He growled softly knowing that one of his stupid employees had a hand in this. He nodded to her who glanced up from her work to smile at him. "Should I hold all incoming calls till you get back?" Naru asked politely stopping her work to pay full attention to her boss.

"Did you get lunch yet?" Kakashi asked. "No, I thought to wait till you said it was okay," Naru said placing her hands in her lap.

"Come with me then," he ordered. Naru blinked. "What about your phone calls?" Kakashi strolled over and pressed the intercom. "Hinata. Hold all calls for me until I get back." "Yes sir." Was all he heard as he nodded for her to follow him. Naru quickly stood up and went to grab her laptop when Kakashi stopped her. "It'll be safe here." "Yes sir." She said as she followed him to the elevator.

She made sure to keep her distance. Even though she was accompanying him to lunch, it wasn't as if he didn't make her feel less weird though. So when he strolled out of the building, Naru only waved and smiled at Hinata who winked back, was when she started to feel a little less nervous.

"Um. Where are we going sir?" Naru asked as she tried to match Kakashi's steps. "There's a café around the corner that makes some good sandwiches." "Oh." She stopped trying to indulge him into conversation after that.

Kakashi glanced at her out of the corner of his eye. She was cute. She gave him his space. And hell she was even smart. He couldn't start to begin to describe his feelings. Hell, she was giving all his previous employees a run for their money and she was only there for about 6 hours so far.

He nodded to the workers when he strolled into the small café. It was the same one that Naru had gone to unknowingly yesterday. "The usual sir?" a male server asked as soon as he saw Kakashi. "Yes, and whatever she wants." "Um…just a turkey sandwich and cranberry juice please." She said politely as she sat down gently in the seat across from her boss.

She didn't know what to say to the man in front of her. Hell she didn't even know where to begin. So instead she stared outside at the people walking by. "How are those paperwork coming along?" Kakashi asked gruffly. Naru turned her head to look at him. "They are almost done sir. I hate to complain about your previous drafter, but he or she has done a terrible job for you sir." She said politely as she twiddled her fingers. Kakashi smirked. "It wouldn't be the first time I've heard that." He said chuckling slightly. "But now you're here to fix that." He said as he took a sipped of his coffee. She nodded, not knowing how to tell him that she wanted to transfer to the computer development.

She cleared her throat. Her boss deserves to know. "I don't mean to offend you sir. And I know it's a lot to ask you…" she trailed off quietly. Kakashi observed her. Here it comes, her confessions, he thought quietly. "But…I was hoping to be able to transfer to your computer development department." She answered, blushing slightly, staring down at her hands. He was surprised. "I see." He said.

"Right now we don't have any availability. But if we have something available, and you prove to be capable, we shall think about it." He said when the server placed their orders down in front of the couple. Naru glanced up. "You aren't disappointed sir?" she asked as she picked up her sandwich. "With your resume, I hardly doubt you came here just for a secretarial position." She blushed as she took a bite out of her sandwich.

She didn't realized how hungry she was when she had finished her sandwich quickly. Of course she had forgotten to eat breakfast in her excitement and hardly ate anything yesterday. Oh shoot…I need to go grocery shopping tonightshe thought as she took a sip of her juice. Kakashi had just stared at her, realizing how different she was from the entire female population that he had seen before. He shook his thoughts away as he followed her lead and finished his meal. He nodded to the server as he handed him his card.

Naru quickly tried to take her card out from her pocket. "No." he said staring at her. She blushed as she dropped her hands back into her lap. "I feel uncomfortable if you pay." She said quietly as he stood up. "You work for me. So I take care of you." He said as she stood up after him. "Yes sir," she said as they went back to their building.

He went back to his office to day dream while Naru finished up the contract. It was a really simple contract to begin with. Kakashi had wanted her to make a summary of some of the products that they were selling and wanted to make similar contracts for their clients. So even though Kakashi knew Naru was capable, he was still surprised when she knocked on his office a few hours later.

"Naru?" He asked when she opened the door to peak her head inside. "I hope you're not busy sir?" She said as she closed the door behind her.

"Sit." He said, clearing his desk for his secretary. "I have the documents you wanted." She said as she handed the newly written and type files. She sat down as he glanced over the paperwork. She was good. That was all he could think of when he scanned her work. Unlike his previous secretary, Naru knew the basics of the equipment that the company was selling and did a great job of summarizing the products for their clients. She had also redone the contract to include a section where in order to purchase those products; they had to agree to order at least a certain amount for at least a year. He cleared his throat.

"I noticed this section you included." He said as he placed the documents on his desk. Naru blushed. "I had looked over the contract and done some research on your company. This company currently hold 80% of the market's product sales. It means a great deal to someone that in order to be able to use your products to resale they must order a certain amount and that shall push some other competitors out of the way. Majority of the consumers already know how reliable and well put together your products are so it shouldn't be hard to be able to push these contracts through. Especially when to retailing in bulk, you could decrease the price a little to make it more affordable while still increasing your sales" Naru admit as she stared back at her hands. Kakashi nodded in approval. "I think you've done well for today. It is already 4, you may be excuse for the day. However, send Zabuza up will you? He will also be reach at #201."

Naru nodded as she left his office, closing the door behind her. God damn, he would kill to keep that girl in this position. Hell he would increase her pay just to keep her in this position.

"If you can please send Zabuza to Kakashi please, he would like to have a word with him." Naru said as she cleaned up her area and got ready to leave.

"HI BEAUTY!" Zubuza announced cheerfully as he dropped by her desk. She smiled. "How do you like it so far?" He asked winking. Naru blushed. "The job is great. It was more than what I hoped for already." She said thanking him.

"Stop flirting with my secretary and get your ass in my office now!" A voice was heard over the intercom before Zabuza had a chance to reunite with his beauty. "I guess my calling awaits!" He said chuckling as Naru blushed. "Have a good evening." She said nodding to him as she got up from her new desk. "See you tomorrow," he said not missing the vase of roses by her desk.

Zubuza strolled cheerfully through Kakashi's office and dropped himself into the chair. "How can you interrupt my conversation with my beauty?" Zubuza cried unhappily crossing his arms.

"Shut up." Kakashi's eyes twitched at the overgrown man. He handed Zabuza the files Itachi had emailed him earlier. "Go check out her background." "You want me to spy on my beauty's past?" Zabuza asked pretending to be hurt. "You don't trust my judgement?" He said grabbing the papers from Kakashi. "No…especially not as well rounded as she is. She could just be spy, even if her background doesn't check out. I want to know how reliable and dependable she is." Kakashi said. Zabuza chuckled. "I'm ahead of you on this already sir." Zabuza said handing the files back to Kakashi.

"Her parents were killed when she was 2. Her godparents Jiraiya and Tsunade raised her. Jiraiya is a book writer who has written quite a few well known books. His files are cleaned as well. Tsunade is head of the hospital in Tokyo who manages the entire department. I checked her files at Tokyo university already. She graduated there with honors. No one had contacted her with job positions, and instead had wanted to get away from the country. As far as I know she has no close friends except a professor who was helping her out with a project, that she is currently undergoing by herself. Is that detailed enough?" Zabuza smirked. "You spied on her while you were over there didn't you?" Kakashi frowned. "I saw her on the first day walking out of Tokyo University and kept an eye on her since then. She's as honest as someone can get," Zabuza nodded. Happy with his answer, Kakashi dismissed him.

"So I take it someone sent her flowers already?" Zabuza smirked, eyes twinkling. "Get out.." Kakashi growled. "I guess I gotta impress her to keep her eyes on me," Zabuza taunted. Oh how fun it was to mess with their boss' head. "Zabuza…" Kakashi said warningly. "Don't worry, after all, you're not interested in her right?" Zabuza teased as he quickly left his office.

Kakashi growled. Maybe it was time to show those fools who would catch her eye quicker.

Naru had smiled and wave to Hinata when she left. She had to find a grocery store to at least stock up on groceries. Her apartment may be bare, but she needed basic accessory to survive at least.

She hailed a cab and asked for the nearest supermarket that was still opened. They had dropped her off at a Wal-mart. "What a weird name," she muttered as she stepped into the store. It was bigger and more grand than the stores back in Japan. But she was only there to get some basic items. Some fruits and cereal. She also bought some dishes for her new home. She got some toiletries since she didn't bring any with her. And when she finished, she checked out.

Within an hour, she arrived home, with the doorman holding the door for her and Iruka helped her with her bags once more.

Once she had put away the few items she bought, she finally decided to call Jiraiya and Tsunade.

She had slept on the floor and used her jacket as a pillow that night. She didn't mind since she had asked Tsunade to send her belongings to her new place and she was sure it would arrive within the week. They had been ecstatic when she told them about her new position as a personal secretary and about her new place. They had made her promise to inform then when she was moved in so that they could take a few days off to visit their baby. She of course was over joy to have so much support from her parents, whether or not by blood, it didn't matter, she was loved after all.

AN: So..chapter 4 was technically done. However, it seems as if my computer did not like me and had instead crashed my documents and declared it as a virus and refuses to let me open it. So now I gotta rewrite. RR will always make it happen faster. hint hint hint