Everything in my life

by Porcelain.Memories

An ORPHAN child with a dark past,HARUNO SAKURA is acclaimed to be the BEST cold-blooded CIA AGENT and ASASSIN, training under OROCHIMARU. But the price she paid was loneliness and inability to love. That, until she is being entrusted with a crucial MISSION:protect SASUKE and his reputed company from a secret exclusive CRIMINAL organization,while posing as his personal MAID.

17. Naruto and Sakura - Sasuke from the past

CHAPTER 16

And when she opened the door, she didn't even have time to react and back away, because she was engulfed by a frizz golden haired Akatsuki member, who literary threw himself at her and pulled her into a bear hug, successfully lifting her much smaller frame from the ground, jumping like a kid on a sugar rush.

"Sakura-chan!"

"What the…" Sakura tried to back away from the tight unexpected hug, to no avail. God was that man strong! It was exactly what she needed in that moment: another Akatsuki idiot to bother her further. After her not so fortunate encounter with Ten Ten, she has sworn the only time she was going to get closer to them than 10 km, was going to be at their funerals.

"…Uzumaki, as much as I would appreciate a free Carousel ride, I am afraid I would need to ask you to kindly put me the hell down and not deprive me of the much needed oxygen…NOW!" The Sound agent was not going to ever admit it out loud, but since her new discovered attraction and feelings for her boss, she has became quite uncomfortable with other males touching her or getting too familiar.

Her friend Karin was right; she had to sort out her feelings and get to know her own person better, because the pink haired assassin was not sure she was able to make the difference between friendship and romance, when it came to the opposite sex. Well…it was not her fault Sasuke was always confusing her with his mood swings.

She managed to pray her hands out of his grip (the blonde idiot was still repeating her name like he was a broken disk) and put them on his chest, pushing the sun kissed Akatsuki member away from her body. She was still dizzy and the fact that he took her by surprise wasn't helping her case either.

Naruto looked like he got the idea that he was invading her personal space and let her go, letting out a shy smile and rubbing his messy golden spiky hair with his free hand, apologetically. "God this is one weird young dude…"

"Hehe…sorry, I didn't want to make you feel uncomfortable, but you know I couldn't help myself when you opened the door."

He then pointed his finger in the direction of a stunned Sakura, who looked at him like she was seeing him for the first time, not saying anymore words. "but you are too cute dressed like that. I bet Teme likes it as well hehe."

Sakura closed her eyes, mouth slightly opened, trying to get two things: one was what the hell was the Uzumaki blonde doing there? And second: how in the world was he able to tell that his friend wasn't bothered by the way she looked like? "My God, is this man a telepath or something?

The Sound agent fixed her slightly messed baggy clothes, combed her disheveled hair with her fingers, brushing away some longer pink strands that fell on her emerald eyes, blocking her view of the ridiculous character in front of her. She took in his appearance: baggy orange T-Shirt, a pair of tight black Jeans and a brown leather jacket.

"So much for a rich heir, friends with Uchiha Sasuke…" And he called her cute…what the hell, was he blind or something? Because last time she checked, she looked like she has just climbed the tall fence of the mental hospital.

"I am going to ask you once: what the hell are you doing here? Sasuke is not home." Sakura put a hand on her slim waist, leaning her weight on one foot, raising a perfect shaped eyebrow, looking at the man in front of her expectantly.

He was blushing…why the hell was he blushing for? The Sound agent knew the Uzumaki was quite the character, but she never imagined he was this bad. "I bet Itachi got his hands full with this one…"

"I know, but I am not here to see the bastard. I am here to see you." Sakura almost wanted to open the door and throw his ass outside, manners be damned! What was he talking about? Why in the world would he want to see her, was a mystery to the jaded eyed woman.

Again, if there was a CIA relating problem, he wouldn't have came to Sasuke`s home, throwing himself at her the first time she opened the door. She secretly wondered if this was his way of greeting the others. "If this is the way he acts in front of his best friend, I got to spy on this two when they get together…"

"Really now? Mind telling me what for? And I must warn you: if you are here to play another Ten Ten episode, the door is out there." She was aware of the fact that she was rude and her tone a little bit too harsh, but Sakura didn't care. The truth was, she was really angry at the Akatsuki Tokyo gang for the way the chestnut eyed member treated her and she didn't want another similar experience.

They would never know, but all the rude remarks and unfounded accusations were cutting deep into her heart. No, Sakura was not a strong woman, she was aware and that was why all those bashings and badmouths were making her even more distant from the others.

She didn't have enough self trust like Karin and Anko, but she was trying her hardest to improve. And if the goofy man in front of her was there to mock her as well, she was going to mop the floors with his messy hair right there and then.

Nonetheless, Sakura was surprised to see a sudden reaction change in Naruto`s cheerful approach, because his wide smile turned into a thin line and his impossibly blue cerulean eyes went down, head slightly bowed in shame. Now that was a reaction she wasn't expecting from an Akatsuki member. At least his start was not so hostile as his female`s colleague.

"About that…I am sorry for the way she treated you. I will not try to defend her, nor judge her for her opinion. I assure you I would never say anything bad about you, Sakura-chan."

Naruto raised his ocean colored eyes, and looked into Sakura`s bright green tourmaline ones, reading the insecurity in those sparkling gems of hers, like he was watching into his own soul.

Naruto knew exactly how was she feeling, because he was just like her. He gave her the warmest smile he could have mustered, watching her emerald eyes go wide in surprise.

Of course, she was keeping her guard up, expecting him to insult her or make her feel bad, like all the others. "She has a thick wall around her heart…just like Teme." "I find you to be the coolest woman."

Sakura didn't even try to hide her puzzlement upon hearing what Naruto was telling her. Was he trying to fool her? Maybe. But…deep down the pink haired agent knew that the tanned man in front of her was slightly different from his colleagues.

Never in her life has the Sound agent heard the Uzumaki badmouth the Sound or throw rude remarks at them, like all the others.

On the contrary, he was the one bragging about becoming Hokage one day and put an end to all the unnecessary hostility between the two offices. She secretly hoped he was going to accomplish his dreams.

Also, she knew just how much Naruto worked to be one of the best and she appreciated him for his effort. And what she also knew was his crush on her, because he wasn't even discreet when it came to expressing his feelings.

Naruto was the kind of person that could not hide his heart from the others, because everything he thought about was written in those crystal clear azure orbs, for anyone to see.

She let out a small smirk at the idea of him being Sasuke`s best friend, because the two of them were completely opposite from every point of view. One was the lightning and one was the darkness. Two completely antagonistic pieces of the same whole. "Like Yin and Yang..."

"Ah…I am not sure how to…respond to this…thank you…I guess."

There were so many things Naruto wanted to tell to the much smaller woman in front of him, but he knew that was not the best moment. Besides, he was there for another reason.

They were going to become really good friends in the future, the sun kissed man was sure of it, but he knew he had to gain the Sound agent`s trust first and if she was anything like his bastard of a best friend, he knew it was not going to be an easy task. But Naruto trusted his ability to befriend anyone around him with his sunny attitude.

He raised his right hand that was holding a plastic bag in Sakura`s direction, silently urging her to take her. She looked surprised, but she took it with a small "thank you", never once taking her eyes off his cerulean ones, almost like she wanted to make sure there wasn't a bomb hidden in there.

"What is it?" The emerald eyed lady opened the bag and looked inside. There was medium sized box, wrapped in Japanese paper, painted red and pink, with beautiful cranes and sakura trees patterns on it. Ok, the man had taste, she would give him that much.

"Open it up." Naruto looked at the woman in front of him, thinking about just how lucky one would be to have this woman around him all the times.

He wouldn't going to lie and tell he didn't like her, because he did. He fell for her when he first laid his eyes on her, always watching her efforts and struggling to overcome her fears and become and elite.

The Uzumaki heir knew she was an orphan when she was "adopted" into the Sound family and that pained his heart. Since his father died, her mother had difficult times to keep their small business intact and raise him, so Sakura never knowing the love and warmth of a parent must have felt awful.

He felt the need to go and embrace her whenever he saw her, because Naruto was able to see right through her cold attitude and feel the loneliness and suffering in her heart.

"Ok. I hope nothing will come out and bite me." And when her skilled hands unwrapped the cover, her mouth went wide in surprise and her emerald eyes turned into sparkling shooting stars.

"Oh my God, I cannot believe it!" Sakura shot her head up, eying the smiling golden haired man in front of her in disbelief, not bothering to conceal her enjoyment. From all the things…he hit the nail in the head all right! Maybe she got an idea of why was Sasuke willing to keep the young heir around and befriend him nonetheless.

There, in that box, was a plastic food storage container keeping the tastiest looking Tiramisu cake she ever laid her emerald eyes on. She let her eyes roam over the mouthwatering piece of food in front of her, not believing it.

She could see the smooth texture of the mascarpone cheese, melting the two layers of ladyfingers and the coffee syrup leaking on the creamy cake. And to top it all, it had extra cocoa powder on the top and small bits of chocolate, arranged in such a way, she could read a big "thank you" written on it.

"But…where…"

"My mom did it. She is a really skilled cook and Italian cuisine is her specialty." Seeing Sakura letting out a big genuine smile like a small child getting his much wanted super hero figurine for Christmas, was making Naruto the happiest person alive.

He couldn't understand why were his Akatsuki colleagues and the other CIA agents for the matter, say such things about the woman in front of him, because she was amazing in his eyes. Sure, she was stoic and serious most of the times, but that was understandable, because one cannot be carefree and friendly with the strangers, acting like a clown and smile like an idiot at everything that moved. That was his job.

Sakura turned around and took small steps in the direction of the kitchen, silently inviting the silly smiling blonde agent to follow her. She needed to find a spoon pronto! "How did you know this is my favorite dessert?"

"I didn't. But my crazy cousin did." Sakura turned her head abruptly over her shoulder, placing the box on the table and attempted to look for a large spoon (screw the manners, she had to stuff her face with that irresistible Tiramisu or she was going to die!).

"Cousin? You cannot possible mean Karin, can you?"

"Yes. I called your best friend and asked about what should I give you and she told me about your little…addiction hehe."

Sakura was left speechless. Who would have thought an Akatsuki member would have gone as far as to ask one of the people that hated him so much, about her taste. The Sound agent was no fool, for she knew exactly what kind of relationship Karin had with the other Uzumaki family members.

They basically threw her in the streets, closing the door in her face, when she became an orphan. No one was there to help her and Karin has sworn she was never going to forgive them for giving her the cold shoulder. But this guy…why for?

She bowed her head slightly, letting the messy hair cover the emerald eyes she was concealing from the world. "Why?"

"Hm?"

"Why did you do it? Going as far as to call a person that basically…"

"Because she is your friend and she knows you. I couldn't possibly be giving you something you will hate and think I just want to laugh at you now, could I? Besides, my mom wants to thank you as well, so I guess that made it double." Naruto never once left Sakura`s eyes, all the times keeping his glowing smile in place, showing her an honest and a cheerful attitude. He was not going to screw it up big times like Ten Ten. Naruto was an idiot most of the times, but he was an observant idiot. And he knew how to approach people and offer them help.

Sakura was amazed by the man in front of her. Not only was he genuine in his actions, but he was so foolish and cheerful that it was almost impossibly for her not to let out a small smile in reply as well. She shook her head in disbelief.

"Unbelievable…to think Karin actually told you what I like. How did you convince her to speak?" Sakura shoved the spoon in the cake, not wasting anymore time.

And when she took a bit and let the savor engulf her, she couldn't help but moan at the feel of the tasty Tiramisu melt into her mouth, the sweetness of the cream and mascarpone and the soft layers of ladyfinger blending with the coffee syrup were doing magic on her senses. Screw Einstein, the one who invented the dessert should have gotten the Nobel Prize instead.

"MMMMMMMM…this is the tastiest Tiramisu cake I have had in all my life, your mother is brilliant!" Sakura was not going to lie, if that woman was to ever open a restaurant and serve that dish, she was going to be the first customer to come and the last to leave…every day.

"HAHAHAHA…I know, mom is the best when it comes to cooking, even Teme likes her food!

Well…actually…I called my cousin Karin on the CIA phone and after she spent half an hour to curse our family to hell and back, starting with our ancestors and list all the methods of killings she has in mind for all of us, including some very suggestive ones from the Middle Ages, she told me that you would sell your soul to the Devil for a bit of Tiramisu.

I wanted to order one from Italy, but my mom wouldn't have it, so she backed that one for you in my place. She also said she wants to meet you personally and thank you properly."

Naruto was aware that he was blushing like Neji`s beautiful cousin Hinata, but he couldn't help it. That was probably the longest conversation he had with the Sound agent, and he was overwhelmed. In Naruto`s opinion, Sakura couldn't have been cooler than that. Even dressed like the poorest maid on Earth, her overall attitude betrayed the Goddess inside.

Sakura, who was busy shoving large pieces of the tasty cake, raised her head and looked at the man in front of her in disbelief. He looked like a scared rabbit, in front of the hunter.

Was he blushing? The pink haired girl silently asked herself if she forgot the heater on. Who cared anyways? That Tiramisu was not going to live another day to tell its story. "Oh Heavens, that woman used cocoa powder imported from Côte d'Ivoire!"

"Heh…that's Karin for you. I know she hates on you guys, but one cannot blame on her. You said you mom wants to meet me? Are you insane?"

Naruto didn't want to approach the subject of him and his red headed cousin Karin. He tried his best to befriend her and make her understand she is more than welcomed to get closer to him and Kushina at least.

Hell even his mother couldn't take the stupid situation and hate between the relatives and took the first flight to Ravenna to knock some sense in her head. No one ever knew what happened there, but apparently things didn't go as smooth as he thought.

But Kushina was persistent and she still called her niece to check on her, from times to times, even going as far as to send her presents on Christmas and birthdays.

Karin was forced to somehow make peace with the woman and even answered and returned some of the calls. But it didn't mean they were friends. Naruto swore he was going to convince Karin that hate was a dumb thing and join their little family.

"I know. But I will do my best to fix it, believe it!" He gave Sakura a thumb up, putting a wide smile on his face to assure the Sound agent he was dead serious and he was not there to deceive her. "Besides you don't have to worry, my mom knows everything about CIA and us."

Sakura almost chocked with a piece of cake. She hit her chest with her fist, grabbing the bottle of water and taking a large gulp. " What?! You mean you told her about what you do?"

"Oh it was even simpler than this. She has been an agent as well, working for the Akatsuki. She had to quit as soon as I have been born, because my father died and she couldn't keep up with her CIA work and raise me as well. And she absolutely refused to let anyone take care of me."

That took Sakura by surprise all right. So the Uzumaki wasn't concealing his identity from his family, which was a good thing for him, she was aware. Her Papa and Anko were working together and it was really easy for them to collaborate, being honest with each other.

She had the other CIA colleague Uchiha Itachi who was concealing his identity and Sakura got a general idea of why that affected his relationship with his younger brother. She got really curios in meeting the said woman and see where her red headed insane friend Karin got it from. "I bet Naruto`s mom is also pretty and has red hair hehe."

"Wow…I mean that is pretty good…not bothering with hiding who you are from your mother. Nice."

Naruto took the available chair in front of the pink haired Sound agent, eying her intently. He then leaned in the chair, letting his head fall on his back, closing his eyes briefly. He couldn't agree more with Sakura. He was blessed with a mother like Kushina and the idea of having to lie on her was making his heart clench.

He also told her about his crush on the elite assassin. But when she attempted to have a motherly conversation with him, about what she called an introduction to why men should respect women, he bolted out of the house.

"Yeah…although I feel really bad for lying other very important people to me…"

Sakura didn't question Naruto on that one. She knew exactly who was he talking about: Sasuke. And the jaded eyed woman understood him perfectly, for she felt the exact thing every time her boss was around. The fact that she was hiding from him was paining her, but she had no choice. She was there to guard him, not to seduce him.

"I know what you mean…by the way, you still haven't told me the reason why you are here."

Naruto raised his head and let his ocean deep eyes crush with the pair of green nephrite gems, belonging to the one and only Sakura of the Sound. No matter how much she tried to conceal her identity, she was still amazingly beautiful.

Naruto secretly asked himself if Sasuke was able to see her real self. He got slightly jealous upon thinking his bastard of a best friend actually had an idea of who the Sound agent might be. The Uzumaki knew his buddy was not an idiot and the topic women was not a foreign one for him, either.

"I am here to thank you. Neji told me everything what happened when I was in the hospital. Not only you have saved my life, but you saved Sasuke Teme`s one as well, not abandoning him, despite the unpleasant events. And for that one, I will be forever grateful to you, Sakura-chan."

Sakura stirred in her movements, her eyes not able to leave the man in front of her. She tried her best to look for any proof of dishonesty into his cerulean eyes, but she found none. He was completely sincere with her, and she couldn't help but feel attracted to the warmth the Akatsuki member was radiating.

She was able to see exactly why was the young agent able to make social acquaintance with everyone he encountered. His effervescent attitude and the energy he was giving off, were really attracting everything to him, like a magnet.

And Sakura couldn't help but compare him to Sasuke. He was too attracting people around him, but in another way. And the Sound agent realized she didn't have the necessary experience to differentiate between the two sorts of appeals. "Karin is right, if I don't get to know myself better, I wont be able to read the others as well…"

"…I…I told this to your colleague as well. No need to thank me for doing my job. You would have done the same in my place."

"I know, but I am no talking about CIA here, Sakura-chan. I am talking about the way you didn't give up on us and that was not part of your CIA job. You stayed by my side and tended my wounds until my teammates brought me to the hospital, where I was told by the doctor that it was you who administrated me the antidote I cannot spell the name of."

"Well…I didn't give too much thought on that one…I guess…I let my instinct talk for myself…I don't know…" Sakura let the spoon down as soon as she finished the cake (yes, all of it), supporting her chin with her left hand, thinking about…she didn't know what was she thinking about.

Apparently Akatsuki`s number one knucklehead was not that dumb as he let the other think. Was he playing that part as well, like she was concealing her identity from the others? She doubted it. Naruto was the straightforward kind, always acting before thinking, so that was beside the point.

Nevertheless, he made her reconsider some things. Of course she did what she thought was part of her job, but Naruto was making it sound like she had some kind of emotional involvement in the story as well, which was impossible in her view. What exactly was he seeing in her to be able to shake her emotionally that much?

"Sakura-chan, think about it. I heard what happened with the Teme from Neji and in all honesty, if I didn't have a thousand km long needle shoved down my damn vein, I would have come to check on you guys, the moment I was informed about him taking drugs." Naruto`s attitude become serious, being no more in cheerful mode and Sakura took the opportunity to find out more about the mystery that Sasuke was.

"What do you mean?"

Naruto let his right hand roam through his messy blonde locks, his stare fixed in a point above her head, looking like he was reminiscing some sort of unfortunate past event. "I don't know if Teme told you this or not, but he has been a drug addict during high school."

"So he knows…" Sakura knew the raven haired Uchiha told her to not let anyone find out about his addiction, but apparently the Uzumaki was well informed on the situation. Of course, they shared the same dorm back there in Virginia.

"I am aware of this." Naruto`s deep blue eyes went wide upon hearing what Sakura confessed. He knew just how difficult that period has been for his troubled friend, but hearing that he shared the secret with his maid made him curious. Just what kind of relationship did the two of them have? That was one of the reasons Naruto came there as well. Among…checking on her and thank her.

"Really? Wow…I mean this is big, if the bastard told you about this it means he really trusts you, Sakura-chan. He told no one about it and I am ready to bet my ramen bowls collection not even Itachi knows about this…or his parents for the matter."

"Really? You mean you and I are the only ones to know?"

"Us and Suigetsu. He was there, living with us in the USA as well."

The pink haired agent thought hard about it. Who the hell was Suigetsu? She checked on the people that were close to Sasuke, but they were so many she lost the count. Her boss was doing business with…all the freaking Earth`s population. "Ah…the Hozuki heir…of course…the other member of the Happy Three Friends…"

"Was it that bad?"

Naruto didn't answer her the first time. Should he let the Sound agent know about it? Well…she was there to guard him all right, so she had the right to know as much as possible of her boss, not only for the sake of the mission, but for her own safety as well.

"You have no idea…" Naruto closed his eyes briefly, exhaling deeply. Well screw that, secrets were for people like his friend and his maid, not for a honest man like him. All those shit were cramping his style like seriously. "Sasuke Teme is the very person to acknowledge me and the very first bond I managed to form with someone.

When I was a kid, it was pretty difficult for me to blend into this high society, because as you can see, I am not quite a classy and mannered person myself, and for this particular reason I was always bullied and alone, not being able to have a single friend."

Sakura wanted to tell him that she understood perfectly, because she was just the same back at the orphanage and in high school. She couldn't believe how many things did she and the Uzumaki have in common.

It was in that particular moment the Sound agent realized that despite the fact that her office considered themselves better than the Akatsuki, they were doing the exact thing as them, meaning judging without knowing.

There she thought that Naruto was a spoiled idiot agent, that was given everything he wanted in his life, and he admitted he had a harsh childhood, similar to hers.

"But…weren't you two family friends or something?"

"We were, but we rarely seen each other in the beginning, because Sasuke was always in the Advanced Classes, while I was struggling to pass my exams. But he was the only one to not judge me or throw superior glances at me like he was the very best, even though he indeed was in the top, whatever he did.

We weren't exactly what you could call friends, but more like rivals. Although, the bond we share is deep and strong, because we grew together and did almost everything together."

Naruto thought about how lucky was he to have found a man like Sasuke as his best friend. He watched the ugly dressed woman in front of him, knowing exactly what crossed her mind at the moment. He knew that she has been alone before joining CIA.

"You know what kind of person the Teme is so I don't need to brief you on that one, but I can assure you that nothing you hear about him from the media or the other gossip diggers is actually the truth."

Sakura was aware of that. She knew her boss was much more than he left the others to believe and he was a master in manipulating the people around into seeing him in whatever light he pleased, successfully playing their feelings and emotions like a puppeteer master.

"I know that…"

"…actually….he was not always like this, Sakura-chan. You see, he was quiet and stoic back then as well, but there were moments when you could have seen him loosen up or even smile or laugh.

He was…having fun in the real meaning of the word, as well as…I dare to say, enjoying his life."

Sakura was startled upon hearing what Naruto was telling her. She couldn't portray the onyx eyed Uchiha being more like his sun kissed tanned friend, it was a completely opposite image of his self.

"Are you trying to tell me that there has been an event that changed him into what he is…today?" Although the pink haired woman knew exactly what could have caused the change. But she was not going to take second guesses. If the Uzumaki was ready to tell her some things about his friend`s past, she was all ears.

"Yeah. You see everyone would think that Sasuke Teme and his father have a perfect relationship, where they praise and help each other, like any other families do. But in reality, things are antithetical. The Bastard hates his father because Fugaku never viewed him as his dear child, but more like a pest."

Sakura`s jaw hit the floor, not believing what Naruto was telling her. She somehow figured that her boss` relationship with his family was not an idyllic one, from the moment she studied the family photo back there in his office, but she would have never imagined it was that bad.

"Are you serious? But why are they fighting for? I mean, sure, Sasuke is an arrogant jerk, with an attitude that made people wanna punch him to the Moon and back, but even I am not going to be a hypocrite and tell he is not brilliant in what he does.

After all the guy is a freaking genius, anyone is able to see. And I see him work his ass for his company, even skipping his lunch and sacrificing his sleeping hours for this." Suddenly, Sakura felt pity for her jet haired boss. So his life was far from perfect after all.

"I know what you say, but such is Uchiha Fugaku. In his mind, there is only one rightful son and heir of his company, and that is Itachi, his older brother. Sasuke Teme never had his place on his father`s side, being more of his mother`s son."

Only Naruto knew how many hours of anger and frustration Sasuke spent during the high school days, when his father was not even calling him on holidays.

They were only talking to each other when Sasuke was asking for money and his father was blaming him for being a bad kind who was not able to even support himself and spend the family money.

Naruto would have never been able to understand how can a father hate his own child. Sure, Minato died when he was still young, but Naruto remembered his loving father and he couldn't imagine themselves having the same belligerent relationship as Sasuke and Fugaku.

"But…what about his mother? Doesn't she have something to say in this as well?" Sakura was stunned. Everyone knew about the huge scandal in the Uchiha family upon the inheritance of the Mangekyou and Itachi running to Italy, but she never imagined Sasuke had to suffer that much.

"Unfortunately, his mother Mikoto is too sweet and caring. She is the only one that tries to keep her family united and mend whatever was left from their relationship, to no avail. She was the only one to support the Teme when Itachi left.

You probably don't know but the Bastard and Leader were very close as brothers when they were children.

Little Sasuke was always shielded by his older brother, following into his steps. But when Itachi left his family and position as the first in line heir, Sasuke has been destroyed.

Not only that, but he had to suffer the blame that everyone has thrown at him for his brother`s unexpected departure.

They even called him a traitor, for stealing a spot that didn't belong to him in the very first place, and unfortunately his father was one of those people. Teme was only fifteen at that time." Naruto felt angry tears prick at the corner of his cerulean eyes, not wanting to remember those days.

Him and Kushina were constantly checking on Sasuke and even offered him a home when the arguments and the media were taking a toll on him.

The Uzumaki heir was certain there were times when his best friend spent more time at his home than at the Uchiha mansion….or should he say castle (those people were extravagant and they liked to brag about it as well).

Sakura had a constricting feeling in her chest and a knot on her throat, trying to take in all the horrible events her CIA colleague was telling her.

She couldn't even feel the rich taste of the amazing cake she had, her mind drifting to her boss. She wanted to cry…for him, for all his pain. Yeah…she cried a lot apparently, whenever the topic Sasuke was brought up.

She was always being harsh with him, accusing him of all sorts of immoral things, but she never moved a finger to understand him better. The emerald eyed lady wanted to laugh at the irony of it.

There she was feeling proud of herself for figuring some parts of the puzzle her boss was, but in reality, she didn't understand a thing about him…about his hate on the others…about his cold behavior. Karin was right. Anko as well. She was a fool.

"I…don't know anything about him…I feel like an idiot…"

Naruto watched Sakura bit her lower lip, like wanting to prevent tears from falling and fidgeting her hands from her lap, not facing him. God, what a scene, they were both sharing salty liquid for a man that would probably laugh his ass out at how pathetic they looked like.

"You are not an idiot Sakura-chan, you understand him more than anyone would do, in such short amount of time and the fact that Teme shared some of his secrets with you, letting you know something more about himself than the others, proves it I am right."

"What happened next? Although I am not sure I really want to know…"

Naruto fixed another imaginary spot on the soft pink painted wall, letting his mind drift back in time. He never realized how much has passed since then. They were no longer kids and that pained the Akatsuki member, because he knew that his bond with Sasuke was suffering because of the distance.

"When Sasuke couldn't take more of his father's bashings, he took his CV and sent it to Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, getting a positive answer after not even 2 days.

They accepted him without even conducting an interview when they saw his academic results. You know, the arrogant bastard had straight A in all the subject and the funniest thing of all was he wasn't even studying."

Ok, so Sakura knew Sasuke was freaking smart, but hearing it from his best friend was another story. She was very intelligent as well, but not even she managed to be perfect at every subject.

And she was certain the Uchiha has been attending only the top schools in the country. "So he has a damn brain after all, hidden behind that chicken ass hairstyle…the annoying imbecile…"

"When Fugaku realized Itachi was not going to come back, he placed his bets on Sasuke, not actually having a choice in the matter.

So he wanted his son to study economy and anything related to business, and Sasuke as the loving and considerate son he was, enrolled in all the classes that had nothing to do with the subject…at all. You know, there is no one to hate being a businessman more than Sasuke. He absolutely loathes the very idea of even getting close to the Mangekyou."

"And what has Sasuke been studying in high school exactly?" After realizing her boss was not an ordinary man, she was really interested in his hobbies.

Was Sasuke even aware of the fact that he was not like the others and worked on polishing his abilities, or he just didn't give a damn about that? Of course, he was controlling the energy around him, but that might have been a guess.

Naruto let out a small humorless laugh, remembering his friend telling the secretary to enroll him in everything that had Advanced Classes for elites and was not related to business. Of course, the young woman was too busy ogling him and she didn't catch the beauty of the scene, but that was not something new.

"That freaking jerk took math and sciences, but please do not make me tell you what exactly because I was never able to spell them correctly or to remember them for the matter.

But I can assure you only those freaking genius weird looking emo kids, without a childhood that are bullied in the movies took those classes and Sasuke even managed to be the best of them as well. But that times, he was actually studying, much to his father`s dismay."

Sakura had an idea of what the Uzumaki was talking about. She had the same classes back in high school, although she was not really good at everything. So somehow…Sasuke studying chemistry, math or physics was not that coincidental. Or was it? "ARRGHGHG I am going nuts…nothing makes sense!"

"So…he started to change…when exactly?"

"The change was already there. But I was too blind too see it. Even the fact that Sasuke was actually doing his homework and studied intently was strange. Sometimes, he was so absorbed in what he did, that he wasn't even attending parties and that spoke volumes.

Later on, Suigetsu joined our gang as well. He is just like me, much to Sasuke`s horror, but we have become good friends and we really had a lot of fun in high school, I am not going to complain.

But Teme didn't change his attitude, on the contrary he closed his heart from everyone and he even attempted to push us aside as well. He started to treat people like trash, not giving a damn about the others, or what they thought about them and that was different from how Sasuke was.

He ignored everyone that tried to get close to him and he treated women like they were mere sluts. Well, I will not going to lie and say they were not, you can imagine a prestigious high school were almost everyone had money has also its fair share of rich dumb idiots, that were only there because their parents were contributing with money.

Sasuke has turned into an arrogant bad boy, his attitude worsened to the point where everything he did was drugs, sex and gang fights. Seriously Sakura-chan, you cannot even start to imagine the situations I saw the Teme in. I think the teachers overlooked it because his academic results and good background.

They were not going to expel the Uchiha heir, but seriously, almost killing an older dude from a rival school because he hit his car accidentally and called him a freak, or having a foursome with the captain of the cheerleading team and two substitute teachers, all of them being high of cocaine, in the freaking chemistry lab was something I don't want to start to imagine."

"Ok…I don't want to start to imagine it either." Sure, Sasuke was not what one would call the most cheerful person ever, but seriously, picturing her composed boss in that kind of situations was impossible.

He just didn't look like that, Naruto was saying that he changed in high school, but from what she was hearing, he was different from his high school days as well.

"When he started to take on drugs, I tried to talk him into giving up because that was definitely going to end bad, but he would not have it. Sakura-chan I honestly didn't know what was happening to him, it was like he was a completely other person, like…

I couldn't even recognize the friend I thought of like my own brother anymore. Suigetsu was partaking in those activities as well, but he knew his limits.

I couldn't even imagine the day when a smart independent man like Sasuke would exchange the last money he had for drugs and wild parties. Sure, we did crazy things as well, but he started to hang with different kind of students, older…wilder…more dangerous.

In the tenth grade I was called to join the CIA and they have accepted me, but in exchange, I had to leave the country and train in Spain. My mother had no problem, for she did the exact thing, so she supported me. But I cannot forgive myself for abandoning Sasuke Teme when he needed me the most.

Even if I try to delude myself, I acted just like Itachi and his father and Suigetsu couldn't do more for him as well. Sure, he was there all right, but when he entered the last year of high school, his parents took him one year abroad to train him into taking over their own company as soon as he was going to graduate, so basically the three of us lost contact ever since.

I don't know if you are aware of this, but Teme was proposed to join CIA as well, when he was in the tenth grade…I think it was in the same time as me."

At that Sakura thought she was going to fall from the chair. "WHAT?! He was what? OMG Uzumaki, are you serious? Sasuke was asked to join CIA?" Now that was the last drop. The Sound agent felt her head explode. What she was learning about her boss was worth a novel.

"Wait a second…what branch of the CIA was he supposed to join? Tell me more!"

"Well I am not sure, because that was supposed to be a secret, but someone leaked the information and we only know it as a hot gossip. I think it was Kakashi sensei the one who told us.

Sasuke was called by the Hokage, Tobirama Senju to join us, but the Teme refused them and left, just like that, not telling anyone about that matter. I guess it was all a joke for him. Well…not that he was in his right mind to begin with…so I guess he would have worked as an Akatsuki agent.

Even Itachi doesn't know about it, but he was really sad to find out his brother didn't agree to it. In all honesty, no one of us knows exactly the reason why he hasn't joined us in the first place."

Sakura tried to understand just what the hell the blonde agent was trying to tell her. Her boss has blatantly refused to work for CIA? Now that she thought about it, the raven haired Uchiha would have made a damn fine agent, he certainly had the skills. But what she was really interested in was how did he overcame his drug addiction and apparently, his best friend was avoiding the subject, either on purpose, either he didn't know himself.

"What happened after that? Because I am sure he doesn't take drugs anymore and I know just how hard it can be to escape that alone." If Naruto was not going to tell her about it, Sakura decided to play dumb. Sasuke told her not even his parents were aware of his trips, so she would not betray his trust, even if it was his best friend the one she was talking about.

"I honestly have no idea, because as soon as I left Virginia, we lost all the contact. Sasuke Teme changed his phone number all of sudden and he even moved from the dorms.

I talked to his mother, but she said there was nothing wrong with her son and that he was calling her weekly to let her know he was fine. What I know is that he wasn't talking to his father at all.

Suigetsu told me that in the last months they spent together, until our stupid sailor friend abandoned the "ship" Sasuke was not even sleeping in their room at all and they only met during lunchtime.

Apparently, our bad boy friend was only coming to the tests and exams, having a lot of absences, but the teachers didn't mind him, because he managed to still pass everything with flying colors."

"I don't understand Uzumaki, you were already working for the CIA and I am sure as hell Lorane was making itself known from that time, so my question is: has no one tried to track him and follow what the hell was wrong there? Not even his brother? I cannot believe you guys, you say you were best friends."

"Well, it was not that simple you know. We were all at the beginning and it didn't seem suspicious at that time. I already knew the bastard was into bad shit like drugs and alcohol and it even crossed my mind that he had a girlfriend and they moved together, which was also a possibility, giving the amount of women the Teme had."

Now Sakura stiffed at that one. She didn't like to hear just how many women did her boss have on his bed and just how much more experience did he have, compared to her. "Why the hell am I even thinking about this?!"

Although, she could understand Naruto`s point of view. When she joined the CIA, the first two years were pure hell. She was training 20 hours per day, and those 4 hours of sleep were not enough.

She was always tired, having nutrition problems, losing weight and feeling dizzy, so she knew her colleague didn't have much time left to wonder where Sasuke was.

"Uzuma…"

"Ah…c`mon Sakura-chan, stop calling me that, you sound like my math teacher and she has terrorized me during high school days! You know I still have nightmares with her calling my name and solve God only knows what stupid exercise I am not going to ever need further."

"Okkayyy…I don't want to be the trigger of your nightmares…how should I call you?"

"Just Naruto would suffice." The sun kissed Uzumaki smiled widely upon seeing Sakura`s jaded orbs go slightly wide in surprise. That woman was so cute, he felt like going there and pulling her into another tight embrace. The feel of her was doing funny things to his stomach and he felt like blushing all of sudden.

Sakura was not sure why, but she found herself enjoying talking to the Akatsuki member all of sudden. Sure, what he was telling her was nasty and heartbreaking, but she felt relaxed in his presence. Indeed, he was Sasuke`s opposite.

When her boss was around, the pink dyed Sound agent felt on guard and attracted to him, wanting nothing more than to…she didn't even know what she wanted to do, but it was definitely not the same sort of thing she felt when she was in Uzumaki`s presence. When Naruto started to talk, Sakura felt like being with her friend Karin.

"Ok…Naruto?" The said man thought his face couldn't become redder. His name on her lips was sounding like music to his system. He was secretly envious on Sasuke for being in her presence all the times.

"So where was I? Oh yea…so as I was telling you, basically no one of us had any idea just what the hell he did the last two years of high school. When me and Suigetsu left, he was destroying himself with illegal substances, and whoring himself to the point he had three even four women at night.

But…for some unknown reason, when he graduated high school, as I told you, with top marks, he was absolutely cured! Like there was nothing wrong about him in the very first place!" Naruto was too engulfed in his story, flailing his hands on the air and let his eyes dart in each direction, like he was invoking spirits, to notice Sakura`s puzzlement.

"You mean, just like that? So he basically went MIA for two years doing drugs and other shameful things I don't want to even spell, then graduating high school being cured? You do realize this makes no sense at all, Naruto?"

Ok, so Sakura tried to solve the riddle. What Naruto didn't know, because he was not avoiding the topic on purpose, was the fact that Sasuke got professional help. "More like…unconventional." Of course, she almost forgot about his…abilities. The big question was…who the fuck helped the young Uchiha heir in overcoming his drug addiction?

"Not only was he cured Sakura, but he was another person. When we first met after almost three years, I couldn't recognize himself anymore and I am not talking about the fact that he is emo-ing at everything that moves and brooding all the times, because he was doing the exact thing from the moment he was born. What I want to say is that his…external aura had changed dramatically."

Sakura did her best to absorb what was about to come. Apparently, Uzumaki sensed something into his friend's demeanor, but he didn't know what that represented. Sakura knew all too well.

Those were the symptoms and after effect of the LSD, on people like him. She seriously needed to contact Orochimaru and ask him about those effects. Tsunade`s explanation was not enough.

"Changed…into a darker one?"

"You saw that as well? Well yeah I mean…hell not even Tobirama is that bad, and when that guy is angry, you feel like hiding under rocks and never get out. I could feel his maleficent intent from miles away and I didn't like it in the slightest. And the way he was acting around his father…God…

When Sasuke Teme graduated from high school, he went to Tokyo University and studied business, then his father took him under his wing and trained him into business…although from what I heard he didn't even need to do so, because as soon as Teme laid his eyes on the company related problems, the role fitted him like a glove.

I don't know much about company matters because mom doesn't pressure me into taking over our small business, as long as we are one of the main shareholders of the Mangekyou since our parent`s companies merged together, but Sasuke Teme has the vote of all the shareholders so he basically doesn't need his father`s help in anything. Not that he was going to ask for it."

Naruto went silent after that, silently telling Sakura that he has already told her more than she needed to know. But damn she had a million of questions to ask after what she has learned about her boss.

"Naruto, you said Hyuga filled you in with everything that happened, so I assume you know about the club scene. Sasuke managed a perfect head shoot, while being drugged, drunk and dizzy, in the darkness. How the hell do you explain this?"

"Honestly that threw me off as well. I mean, Teme is a martial arts expert, like all his family members, but I didn't know he also has such skills. And to aim in that state…"

"Ah one more thing…what is with that weird moon symbol on his left wrist?" Sakura already knew about that, but she wanted to hear another opinion. If Uzumaki knew something else that meant someone was lying.

"Ah that? I asked him as well, because I don't remember seeing it on him and Teme told me is a tattoo he got in high school and he is covering it with the wristwatch out of shame."

"Tattoo…so one of them is lying, because that idiot told me is a birth mark."

"Hm…I wouldn't cover that, because it looks really cool." Sakura rose from the chair and took the empty food storage container to the trashcan. She took some green tea from a shelf and attempted to boil some water. "It suits him…in a way. Want some tea?"

"Yeah, sure! Well…I guess you are right. Sakura-chan I have to make sure…be honest"

The said woman took two cups and turned her head on her shoulder to face the serious looking Naruto Uzumaki. It was hard to picture that energetic loud blonde acting like Sasuke, but it was a welcomed change.

"Hmmm?"

"Tell me, did Teme hurt you in any way, while he was high?" And the way Sakura`s emerald eyes shot open, almost dropping the cups she was gripping, didn't go unnoticed by the Akatsuki member. So something happened, ok.

"N-No. He did nothing to me."

"Don't lie to me Sakura-chan. You cannot even look into my eyes and tell me he did not lay a finger on you. What did he do?"

"I already told you Naruto. Nothing…everything, he turned my hormones into a mess!" Unexpectedly, Sakura wanted to tell him about Sasuke and she didn't know why.

Maybe it was because his cheerful attitude that screamed trust or maybe it was because she was really alone and lacked a friend around her, but she felt like she could have told him everything, which was absurd because she was a Sound agent and he was an Akatsuki member. Although, everyone knew Naruto was against their little "war".

Naruto sensed Sakura`s internal turmoil, because he acted before thinking about the consequences when he raised from the chair and approached her, putting his arms on her shoulders in a friendly manner, attempting to help her take a decision. He was right, he could feel it.

The two of them could be really good friends. Sure, the Uzumaki secretly wanted for more, but the way his CIA colleague reacted to all the details regarding Sasuke`s life told him there was much more happening between the two of them, and in all honesty, his bastard of a friend needed someone like Sakura in his life.

Sakura raised her green nephrite sparkling eyes, looking into Naruto`s deep blue ones, letting herself calm and welcome the feeling of having someone to share some of her insecurities with. She had the feeling the Uzumaki was able to understand her. She was right. She has judged him too harsh, without knowing him at all.

And she didn't shove his hands away that time, because she wanted to be selfish and borrow some of his radiating energy as well. She has been dead worried for her boss that week, and she couldn't even take a proper rest. She engulfed so much coffee that she was certain she had caffeine instead of blood, rushing through her veins.

"Thank you, Naruto. I want to tell you that…"

"Hn…now that is quite the scene if you were to ask me."

Both of the said people turned their heads in shock, their eyes going wide as saucers, upon seeing the owner of the house staying in the doorway, hands shoved into his pockets, heat tilted on the side, looking at them like they were trespassing his property.

Before Sakura had the chance to make a fool of herself and say something that would have probably embarrassed the both of them, Naruto beat her to it, letting a small smile take over his features, facing his friend with the most calm demeanor ever, all the way not letting go of her hands.

"Jealous?" All that crossed Sakura`s mind at the moment was how to dig a hole in the floor with the spoon she didn't get the chance to properly wash and hide inside. The tension in between the three of them has escalated so quickly, it was tangible. And it sure as hell wasn't a pleasant one.

She was slightly panicking inside, because she and Naruto have been so engulfed in their conversation, they didn't even take notice of Sasuke and God only knew when he came home.

What if he heard them talking about him? That would have been a disaster, because they were not supposed to know each other, and talking to one`s maid about her boss` private life was not something you would do to a stranger.

Sasuke raised a perfect shaped dark eyebrow eying the pair in front of him. The blonde idiot was looking at him like he was provoking him to show his true feelings and his maid looked like she wanted to make a run for it, because her jaded eyes were following his onyx ones with confusion and fear.

The raven haired Uchiha took a crazy guess when he thought about the possibility of Naruto and Sakura meeting each other before, but seeing the dobe in his kitchen, almost embracing his maid was another story.

He didn't need another confirmation of the fact that they knew each other from before and that was making them even more suspicious. His stare became even harder, fixing the two secret lovers with an intense glare, as if daring them to lie in his face and say the have just met.

"So…Sakura knows Itachi and Itachi knows Naruto.. If A=B and B=C it means A=C. Basic arithmetic. The three of them are connected in some sort of way."

"Hardly, if it is about you, dobe." His dark low voice and the bitter sarcastic tone was sending chills down Sakura`s spine. A quick glance at the Akatsuki member told her Naruto was not even faltering in front of the powerful man. They both pinned each other with their staring contest, not backing away, almost like they were silently communicating. Weird.

What she didn't understand was what was her boss doing home so early. It was six pm. She saw some files and DVDs in his left hand and guess he either forgot something in his office or he took the rest of the work at home. He did that from time to time.

"Heh…you deny the facts Teme. And the fact that I am better than you still stands."

"Hn…" Sasuke was not in the mood to argue with his imbecile friend. Instead, he found another thing to entertain himself. He shifted his peek at the dumbfounded pink haired maid that looked unable to move her emerald eyes from his figure, thinking hard.

"So…you two having an affair or something?"

It was then when the Sound agent snapped out of her induced fascination over her boss and realized how nasty the scene looked like. "Oh fuck…how am I always in this kind of situations?" But when she wanted to pry Naruto`s hands away (not that she minded them, it provided some sort of comfort, but she didn't want to give her boss another false impression), the said blonde man, snuck his hand on her much smaller shoulders, pulling her into a tight embrace, both of them facing Sasuke who looked like he wanted to take a large meat cleaver and decapitate the two people in front of him.

"What if we do?"

Oh Heavens, Sakura bowed her head in shame, not able to do anything…something…everything to put an end to the ridiculous situation. And the feel of Sasuke emanating a vile vibe, like wanting to bury them into the darkest corners of his twisted evil mind was becoming unbearable.

But what was surprising was the fact that Naruto`s embrace become even tighter, almost like the Akatsuki member sensed her discomfort and attempted to let her know he was there to not let anything happen. And for some unknown reason, it worked.

At first, Sasuke tried to maintain a passive and bored attitude upon seeing the circus from his kitchen. On the inside, he was fuming. He could not explain the feeling, but seeing his best friend pulling his maid into such an embrace, like he was having some sort of right over her, made him want to strangle the both of them with his bare hands, bothered by their intimate contact.

He couldn't even pull himself together and analyze the situation in front of him. Maybe the dobe came to see him and found Sakura home. And the raven haired Uchiha knew exactly what kind of man his friend was.

Naruto would befriend anything with a mouth and legs, the rest not important. Even their mortal enemy. So it was no wonder he charmed a lonely orphaned girl like Sakura as well.

But no, he found out that logics and feelings were not to be put into the same sentence. His judgment was clouded and he was fisting his unoccupied hand unconsciously.

"I couldn't care less about what you do, but do not think of my kitchen as a brothel." He turned his broad muscled back on them, attempting to leave the place, before he did something he would regret, when the dobe`s cheerful voice made him stop in his tracks.

"I came here to talk to you Teme. Got time?"

Sasuke eyed his so called best friend suspiciously. Ok, so he has visited the said blonde dobe in the hospital, four days ago, as soon as he got time. He looked better and his face was not having a green hue anymore.

Of course he didn't believe his little story about the rat's baits, but yeah…who was him to judge. Maybe he would have believed such a story if Ten Ten hasn't been involved as well. Naruto is dumb enough to ingest poison, is not like he wasn't eating the wall painting when he was a kid, but Hyuga`s fiancé was not that dumb to not watch her steps. And honestly….who the hell tries to exterminate the rats alone?!

"Hn…even if I haven't, you would still have found a way to nag me more. Let's go." Sasuke would have invited Naruto in the yard to talk, but for a reason that was beyond his understanding, he didn't like his friend around Sakura.

They were a little bit…to familiar to each other for his liking. Why the heck did he care anyways? "Because I don't want people to ridicule us that my best friend is hooking up my poor maid…"

/It is because you don't want her to be with someone else/

"Just shut up will you? Stupid mental voices…"

Naruto let out a loud laugh, let go of Sakura and pointed his finger at the raven haired Uchiha, comically. He was quite a character.

"You bet it, Teme!" The said Uzumaki crossed his hands behind his head, walking like he was parading for men summer swimming trunks, his energy contagious.

"See you around, Sakura-chan!" He turned his head slightly over his shoulder, eying the unresponsive Sound agent intently, winking in her direction.

Really, she was absolutely adorable. And he knew he was pissing off Sasuke, whose eyes went wider than Hubble satellite`s telescopes, when NASA put him "glasses". "This is getting interesting…"

"Y-Yes…bye, Naruto." Sakura was unable to say any other thing, because she felt like she was not inhaling enough air. Seriously, what the hell was that?

She had confusing feelings that werr racking her conscience and for some unknown reason, she felt the need to explain Sasuke some things. But she couldn't, because what she did was not his business, but somehow…she felt like she has betrayed him in some sort of a way.

The pink haired agent watched the retracting back of her CIA colleague, slightly disappointed they didn't have much time to talk, but that was no problem because she would make sure they were going to meet more in the future.

She felt her body freeze when her vicious brooding boss was not giving any sign of backing off as well, on the contrary, his shoulder was still glued to the frame of the door, arms crossed over his chest, not moving an inch from the previous position.

And the look he was giving her…it was both sinful and delicious. Sakura felt her body tremble, hair raising on her arms and it was not entirely from anxiety. She had that unexplainable feeling of attraction towards him, whenever he was around.

"Why is he looking at me like that, I feel like a kindergarten child, upon seeing the sea for the first time." The Sound agent blindly let her shaking hands search for the edge of the sink for support. She felt her knees turn into jelly.

"We are leaving." And the young Uchiha heir turned his back abruptly, like he was not trying to hypnotize her seconds ago, his voice devoid of emotions. But he made a small pause in his walk, when he told her the last sentence, before he opened the door to proceed after the dobe. "I am going to enjoy the show…later." And left.

Sakura`s hand slipped on the wet surface of the sink, making her lose balance and fall on her butt. "Auch…my back is being abused too much, just…what the hell?!" She threw the spoon in the sink and bolted out of the kitchen in the direction of her room. "I need release."

Same time, Japan, Fukuoka Airport

A pair of silver high heels were crossing the crowded airport, stepping gracefully on the polished floor, a pink bag following it suit, making the rushed people take a double look in the direction of its owner, stopping dead in their tracks, whispering.

At her 179 cm height and perfect curved body, that lady was a killer. Her soft skin, slightly tanned from her Bali holiday was complimenting her fit body perfectly. A pair of light baby blue eyes, long lashes and thin eyebrows were watching the world around her with a superior attitude, her moves elegant and her demeanor unfaltering.

And her purple short silky dress was only enhancing her natural beauty and her ideal measures. Men couldn't take their hungry eyes off her curvaceous frame and her full chest and rounded ass. And the 12 cm high heels were making her already long slim toned legs look three times longer.

The said lady, surrounded by three bodyguards, in dark suits and dark glasses, and her maid and manager, turned all the heads in her direction. Her long golden tresses were cascading over her shoulders, sparkling in the light.

The young woman was already used to the attention she got from all over the place. After, all, she lived in the blitz of the camera, breathing luxury and branded accessories. She took out her Channel glasses, covering her glimmering clear eyes, from the sun rays, as soon as she got outside the airport.

"Welcome to Japan, miss Yamanaka. The limo is waiting for you."

"Thank you, Michelle."

The blonde girl waited for the chauffeur to open the door of the white limo, waiting patiently for her to climb in, while people were gathering around to take a better look at the pleasant view and some paparazzi were shoving each other away, to catch the best angle for a new hot picture of the beautiful woman.

At the age of 23, Ino Yamanaka was one of the world`s top model, posing for the most important designers, having multi million dollars contracts with all the famous agencies. Any famous magazine would have paid her any amount of money for a photo shooting.

Not only Ino was there in the top, but she was also the sole daughter of Inoichi Yamanaka, one of the richest man alive and the owner of the Yamanaka inc., a company that organized or supported all the high class events from the high society…including the upcoming famous annual Ball.

As soon as her little group entered the limo, she asked her maid to check on her schedule and turn on the conditioning. She didn't want to risk her makeup to be destroyed by the uncomfortable heat.

One would say she took a little break from the tumultuous life as a photo model. But Ino was there with a clear purpose. She opened up her Saint Laurent clutch, pulling out the newest number of Forbes Magazine, letting her blue eyes scan the cover, taking much pleasure in what she was seeing.

"Looks like someone has just taken the telecom heir's place as the second richest man alive. Not bad…" She knew what she was talking about, after all, she has dated their eldest son for five months, until she got bored and dumped him. It was not her style to get attached to someone anyways, for she often played the men around until she found a better catch.

The model let a manicured finger meander over the front cover of the business magazine, tracing the tip of her tongue over her red lips, letting herself drown in the obsidian orbs that were facing the camera. "Uchiha Sasuke…" She let a delicate smile grace her face, making her eyes sparkle even more.

Who didn't know the youngest Uchiha heir? He was the hottest topic even in the modeling industry. All her branch colleagues were eying the enchanting young male, secretly fantasizing about his gorgeous looks and body. Some of the actually managed to have a one night stand with the said man, praising him for his skills and fit frame…among the other things.

Sure, his brother Itachi was just as handsome, but he lacked that magnetic attraction that pulled people to him and he was keeping his life far from the cameras. And his scandal with the Mangekyou only worsened his image in the high society.

His younger brother managed to steal the spotlight all right. Ino let out a small smirk. To think that soon…he was going to be only hers…she was trembling with anticipation to meet him.

She raised her blue sea orbs wander on the window, taking in her surroundings. Her humble maid offered her a glass of mineral water. "How do you find the city so far, miss Yamanaka?"

"Absolutely enchanting."

Sasuke`s villa, Japan, Tokyo

Dear my journal.

It has been two weeks since I first started to work for Sasuke and I must say my life turned upside down. It is not because of the mission itself, because guarding a business man whose life is as boring as it can get it is not that hard,, but my boss is anything but a simple man. When I first read his file and what the others write and say about him, I thought he is indeed a player whose sole purpose in life is to rob the poor ones and spend his money on beautiful women and luxury, but after spending 24 hours daily watching him I realized just how much of a mystery person Sasuke really is.

I understood the fact that he is concealing his inner self from the outside world, not giving a damn if people are ogling him or badmouth him and I appreciate him for this. He does his job professionally, not having time to waste on irrelevant things.

I figured out that my raven haired boss is much more than just a deviously gorgeous looking rich heir, he is the finest psychologist I have ever met, because he figures out what the others that interact with him think, successfully exploiting their weak and strong points in his favor.

People that don't know him would think he is rash and superficial, but the truth is I see the way his impossibly dark eyes silently calculate his every move, doing nothing in vain or at random, and this is the reason why he successfully came the second in the top richest people alive, according to the business magazines.

Also, he is not that cold and apathetic with everyone. I saw the way his dark gaze softens whenever something bad happens to his friends and I saw the tiny sparkle in his deep onyx eyes, whenever he talks about his beautiful caring mother.

In a nutshell, he is the most complex character I know and for that reason, my life is not a boring one anymore. On the other hand, his versatile attitude throws me off most of the time, because I cannot predict what his next move will be or what he is thinking about when he let his stare fall on me, cornering me like a predator waiting his pray to take a wrong step.

The problem is I cannot ignore the feelings he ignites into me whenever he is around, and when he is gone, I cannot get him out my mind for a moment. He is present even in my sleep. The first thing I have in mind when I wake up is Sasuke and he is also the last thing in my mind when I fall asleep. And I know it has nothing to do with the fact that I have to guard him.

My conversation with Naruto raised a lot of questions into my head. It pains my heart to imagine a wild unleashed Sasuke, acting like a gang leader and a drug dealer, terrorizing the school and make his friends dead worried for him, because it does not mirror the image of his self from the present.

But no matter how much of a bad boy my boss has been in the past and no matter how much hate his heart has accumulated in such a long time of struggling and suffering because of his father`s rejection and his brother`s sudden departure, I cannot help my heart to skip a beat or fasten its normal peace whenever he touches me or he gets closer to me, just to make me feel uncomfortable.

And the thought of him having so much experience with the opposite gender, makes me feel out of my element. Karin told me to get to know my real self better and let my body speaks for myself, but I am afraid to put the logics aside and let my heart do as she pleases, because I would damn it all of it to hell and throw myself into his arms and kiss him, like I secretly wish to do.

Seriously, I know this sounds stupid and childish, especially for a woman that turned 23 this spring and this is the reason why I haven't told anyone, but write it instead on this blank peace of paper. There is nothing that I would like more on this world at the moment than to have a taste of those succulent lips of his and the fact that I got the chance to do it so many times before makes me go crazy.

I don't know what is happening to me because I haven't felt this way before over a man, but everything about him attracts me to the point I want to pull him closer and never let him go away and I have the feel of his hot toned body moving on my own is imprinted on my memory forever.

He is the only male that does not make me feel weird and bothered when he invades my private space, on the contrary, he looks like he knows exactly what I want from him and he knows my body language like he has studied it beforehand. I would put it upon his skill and experience, but when he looks at me sometimes, like he sees right through me makes me take a second guess.

I cannot help but wonder if he feels something whenever we look into each other`s eyes whenever we throw smartass retorts to each other, a thing I secretly find both refreshing and annoying, or when there is almost no distance between us and our breaths mix together.

I don't have the guts to tell my Papa about this, because I know he advised me and warned me about getting closer to my boss more than necessary, so I don't want him to be disappointed on me. But I cannot deny my wants any longer.

One would think that after everything that happened when I rescued him from the club and took care of him, we stopped acting like we were two lovers in denial, throwing ironic remarks at each other and putting an end to the flirty attitude, but that was not the case. On the contrary, I saw Sasuke trying to restrain his movements, maybe afraid to hurt me further, but failing to do so.

I can understand he does not believe a word from the stories I tell him about my past, but we cannot ignore my overall appearance. Even so…I realized that Sasuke never treated me like a maid to begin with and that scares me a bit, but it is definitely a good change in the scenario.

The thought of a ruthless boss to order me around is scaring the living daylights out of my independent self. I don't mind sharing the same space as him, because my boss is the perfect man to have around.

He is a clean freak so I don't have much to clean or arrange and he is silent most of the times, spending time either at his company or in his weird large office, sometimes forgetting to eat.

And I am not bothered by the fact that I sometimes go and serve him lunch at his office. When there is too dark outside, he even asks me to wait for him and gives me a ride home.

Being in the passenger seat of his more than amazing car, with his perfect driving skills became one of my hobbies. And I cannot help but laugh at the obvious jealousy I get from the gorgeous looking women that eye us suspiciously whenever they see us together.

And I realized that after our little intimate moment from his room, my boss is not going outside coming home in the mornings or look after every mini skirt that crosses his way, that much.

Why the sudden change? I know I have no right to claim his attention in any way, because we are not in any sort of relationship, but I cannot stop my fist to clench whenever I see a good looking woman come and flirt her way into his pants, or discreetly slip her phone number or a hotel address into his pocket.

I thought that becoming an agent and having money will help me put aside my hard past and change, but I understood how wrong I was. Working for Sasuke and the need to conceal my identity threw me back into my high school days, which makes me feel shy and insecure.

To escape my past I have to go back in time and make peace with my previous self. That is the only way to move over for real and not leaving in regret. And this is probably what my brooding raven haired boss did in order to overcome his own monsters and carry on.

I don't want to jump into conclusions, but I think I might get a new friend in the future. I know a small talk about a common person is not enough to get to know someone, but it is not like we are complete strangers. I realized I judged Naruto too harsh and I was wrong about him all the time.

He is not like all the other Akatsuki members, because I saw the honesty into those cerulean warm eyes of his and his wide childish silly smile makes me smile as well. I am not bothered by his touches or attempts to flirt, because he is so shy and inexperienced, that it reminds me of myself so much.

He is not invasive, on the contrary, he is friendly and his energy is refreshing. I don't mind having him around and I can understand why Sasuke is friends with him. They are completing each other.

Where one lacks the other comes and fill him up. I wonder what are they going to talk about? Although…I don't like how my boss sounded when he left the house.

But no matter how much of a pain in the ass Sasuke might be sometimes, I realized that having someone to expect to come back, even if it is late at night, makes me forget about the lonely feeling in my heart. And I definitely remember his tight embrace from the stairs, and the way his chin rested on the top of my head.

I secretly wonder when the mission is going to end, will I ever be able to return to my solitude in Ravenna and move over, without him?

Ravenna Italy, the Sound HQ Otokage`s office

Anko was sorting out some files, throwing repeated glances at her boring husband, who was killing the keyboard with his rapid fingers, brooding and frowning at the large screen. She put a hand on her shoulder, shaking her head.

How could an energetically woman like her marry that stupid jackass was beyond her understanding. Oh yeah…she loved him. "Pfff…how stupid…" The pregnant woman thought about her much younger female partner Sakura and her infatuation with her boss. "That girl has been thrown from the Eden for tasting the forbidden fruit…"

Anko was not the one to be fooled, because she had too much experience in the field. Sasuke Uchiha was the type of guy to make one suffer, because his inability to express emotions and have more walls around his heart than the Chinese wall. But when he got attached to someone, he was capable of loving with burning passion, like no other.

She did a short break in arranging those old dusty files and papers, looking at Orochimaru. She knew exactly what kind of men were the two of them. Her husband was completely oblivious to his proclaimed pink haired daughter's inner turmoil. Ten Ten and Karin were right, men were so stupid and were good only for reproduction. "Sakura doesn't have any idea of what she got herself into…"

"Are you done looking at me like I am some sort of expensive painting?" Orochimaru had so much work to do and to top it all, all the internet connections were down for some unknown reason, which made it almost impossible for him to keep in touch with the other agents and to monitor the situation.

"What makes you think I was looking at you? I have enough of your ugly face at home. Besides…I already have some very good material hanging on my walls as well."

"…damn you woman and your passion to spend my money…" In all honestly, the Otokage couldn't love his wife more than he did, she and their soon to come child were the dearest things in his life. But in that moment he was pissed as hell.

That spitfire crazy woman threatened him into taking her to a stupid auction and made him spend almost $1 million for a stupid painting of a famous painter he never heard of, that looked like someone has drunk red, green and black paint and vomited on a paper, creating a work of art.

Orochimaru was no talent, but he was certain his drawing of Tobirama Senju, hanging on his office door as a dartboard was looking better than that damn painting that was haunting his dreams. And Anko has hanged it into their freaking bedroom, just to annoy him further. He was going to burn that shit down and blame it on Jirayia when he was going to come for the Thanksgivings dinner.

"Heh…quit complaining you jerk, you men have no sense for arts whatsoever."

The front door opened suddenly, revealing a very hysteric looking Tsunade Senju on the other side. The said woman was never the one to show manners and bother herself with knocking or God forbids, asking for permission to invade someone else's private space.

Orochimaru looked in horror as his friend and colleague took large steps in his direction, punching his desk and fixing him with her hard stare. Not only that, but his wife was also in the room and when the two of them met…the Otokage wanted to let his body leak from the chair under the expensive piece of furniture and make a run for it.

"We have a huge problem!"

"Except for the fact that you barged into my space, disturbing my work and the internet being down?" Anko fixed Tsunade with a curious look. Indeed, there were some disturbing events in the last days and everyone was on guard when the results of the legist came and revealed the Watanabe girl was indeed killed by the Lorane.

"Quite it you freak! Someone has been in the basement and stole most of the files there, including our research on the Aura project."

Orochimaru didn't even need to hear out more, for he was up on his feet in no time and basically flew on the door, sprinting in the direction of his office, with his blonde friend Tsunade following him and his pregnant woman as well.

Anko knew some stuff about that secret project and although she didn't have all the details, she was aware of the fact that it brought much trouble to her husband and female colleague.

They took a secret elevator and arrived at the only hall that connected the main building with the said lab, sprinting towards the white glass door, getting inside. Orochimaru`s amber eyes going wide in shock.

"No…"

"I know, this is a disaster, I don't understand how could have such thing happened."

Orochimaru clenched his jaw and punched the white painted wall that was closer to him so hard it made his knuckles bleed, feeling his system being engulfed by rage. Anko watched her husband's frame trembling with fury.

She knew that look of his, it promised pain and murder intent. But she wasn't going to blame him, for she was just as shocked. Someone entered that freaking room that had more security around than the Pentagon? It was impossible.

"Tsunade, did you by any chance let anyone else know about this or forgot this door open when you were inside? Has someone spied on you?"

"Here? Are you nuts? There is no one beside the three of us who know about this thing…and Sakura, but she only knows about the project, not the room."

"You don't understand the situation my dear…not only someone was aware of this, but they stole all our research and results, managing to pass the security system. And because of that damned internet connection, I wasn't able to contact Cherry."

"So it means…someone has purposely hacked the internet connection, to pass our security system and rob you." Anko understood exactly just how bad that was. Someone was keeping a close eye on them, catching them out of guard. It was really bad; because she knew exactly it had to do with Lorane.

"…" Tsunade remained silent, but nodded in her friend`s direction. Anko got the message which was a good thing. They had a lot of work to do. If the documents have disappeared, all their work would be revealed…she was not ready to face the people that were going to find out about that.

"Does someone want to take revenge on us or blackmail you two for something?" Anko couldn't help but voice her thoughts. And her sharp eyes didn't miss the way Tsunade`s body stirred upon hearing her. She put a hand over the blonde woman`s shoulder, pulling her into her embrace, the busty agent not protesting.

"No. They could have done many things to do that, not even needing to go that far. It is more than obvious they want to use the information for their own unknown reasons and make sure they were the only ones to have access to all the data."

"Honey, I don't understand…I know this project is supposed to be a secret…but what do you mean you have to call your Sakura to talk to her?"

"I told her about those four people when she called me to ask for a medical advice." Tsunade felt the ground sleep under her feet. They were all in danger if their enemy used their work. Good thing she had some of the files at home studying them…or maybe they entered her home and robbed her as well.

"Seriously? And why would kiddo want to know about it?"

"It looks like Sasuke Uchiha has some similar symptoms as those four test subjects and she didn't know what to do, so I found it appropriate to let her know about it."

"Whoa…do you think it is a coincidence?"

"It is too early to jump to conclusions. I have to do more investigation and talk to Cherry. Tsunade, you stay here and help me do a list of every file and book missing. Darling, you call that bug guy Aburame and tell him to move the fuck faster and repair the connections. I have some calls to make."

"Roger! I will make sure he finishes with his work, after all…this is why CIA is paying him." Anko left the office, her job being simple. She let the two people to argue and deal with their stolen material. Things were taking a downhill and she didn't like it in the slightest.

7 pm japan, Tokyo, Sasuke`s home

After hiding her precious pink journal in the small night commode (yeah, she was lame she was aware), Sakura thought about going downstairs and prepare some food. She went at the grocery store but didn't have time to make a decent table. "I am sooo lazyyy!

She was lying on her tummy, enjoying the softness of the silky covers, spreading her arms and legs and rolling over her back, like a child. The pink haired woman took the beauty magazine she bought, but didn't have time to study when she got a message on her phone.

There was silence that week, with all the internet connections down. "This is strange…we have a bug in the system in the same time with the burglars robbing Sasuke and Amy`s death…"

She laughed softly at the message she got from her crazy red headed friend. That woman was one in a million.

"Dior has a new fragrance on their pink lip gloss. Check it out. Maybe you are going to use it to seduce your sexy boss. Wink wink. Karin"

Sakura was aware of the fact that she had to keep a low profile, but cosmetics were cosmetics. Besides, she couldn't resist a good quality product on her pretty face…she looked at the clock.

Her boss was with the Uzumaki so there was no need for her to baby sit him, because fuck he was in the presence of a CIA agent…maybe a trip to the big holly mall will do her no harm.

She managed to stick an invisible tracking device in Sasuke`s clothes so she kept an eye on him all the times. Good thing Shino`s new toy was not conditioned by the internet connections.

"Oh well…beauty is calling me." She shoved her credit card (one that she remembered the password first) into a small wallet, took her big glassed, threw another glance in the huge mirror on her bedroom to make sure she looked like hell and sprinted outside, in a really good mood. "Here I come Dior…"

But when she went downstairs to take her shoes and exit the house, the rosette took a glimpse of a small object thrown carelessly on the large sofa. "Hmmmm?" She went closer to take a better look and she couldn't help but arch her eyebrows in surprise.

It looked like her boss forgot his wallet at home. She took a hold of the black leather object, eying it intently. "Is he suffering from Alzheimer or something?" Now that was weird. Sasuke was not the kind of person to misplace his stuff, especially such important stuff.

She pulled out her pink phone she got as a gift and flipped it open, pressing the speed dial, pressing the device on her ear, not letting go of the wallet, playing with it absentmindedly.

Her boss` low velvety voice answered on the second call, making Sakura`s body stir involuntarily. She didn't forget the way he was eying her and Naruto and she sure as hell was worried upon the fact that he might have heard all the conversation they had.

"Sakura" Oh heavens, nothing was sweeter than her name on his lips.

"Mr. Uchiha, I think you have forgotten you wallet at home. I found it on the sofa."

"…Leave it. You can put it on the coffee table."

"Okay…" She attempted to say goodbye, but the pompous jerk hung up on her, like the unmannered Gorilla he was. "Stupid ungrateful bastard…" Although…Sakura was keeping her emerald eyes glued to the small screen, thinking about her boss` cold tone. Was he that angry at her?

Because she was not sure why, but Sakura was sure he was a little tot harsh, sounding like she was bothering him. Was he still with Naruto or did they separate ways and went some other place? "Another woman?"

Oh well, she couldn't care less about it. She closed the phone and placed it back on her pocket, cursing Sasuke in her mind, using the most original bashings she learned from a drunk Anko and Karin. Well…she was bothered by the thought of her boss with another female, but she shoved that thought aside.

Although…she knew she shouldn't have done it, but she couldn't stop her curious hands to open the wallet and take a peek inside. "Is for security reasons…" Secretly she hoped to find a picture of his cat or dog inside, to use it for blackmail.

There was a pile of money inside, including $100 and $500 dollar Bills and Yen notes and many credit cards. "Wow…this imbecile begs for the robbers to lessen this weight on his pocket." There were also many credit cards, as well as his driver's license and ID card.

She pulled out his identity document out of curiosity (honestly, she wanted to look at his photo), taking in his personal information and she couldn't help but let her eyes widen upon seeing that he didn't have a Japanese citizenship.

"American? What the freaking hell?" Why in the world was Sasuke having another citizenship was beyond Sakura`s understanding. Also, that was not written in his file, which was equally weird.

"Wait a second…Sasuke`s both parents are having Japanese citizenship, of that I am sure.

And Japan is a jus sanguinisstate, which means the citizenship, is not determined by the place of birth, but by the parent's citizenship, which automatically leads to the fact that Sasuke was born Japanese.

But I know that Japanese law forbids a dual citizenship in the normal circumstances, one being forced to give up his Japanese citizenship as soon as he got another one. So it means, Sasuke lost the Japanese citizenship when he got his American one. But why?"

One would not change his citizenship on a whim, Sakura was sure of it. So her boss must have had a real good reason to do so. But why he did it remained a mystery. Should she ask him?

Maybe…she should find a good opportunity to do so. "Interesting…." She put the document back into its rightful place and placed it on the table. "Moreover…" Sakura let out a small smirk "…he knows I am going to roam through his belonging." She exited the house, thinking about how many other secrets gravitated around her handsome boss Sasuke.

Same time, Japan, Tokyo, Hurricane pub

"Teme, was that Sakura-chan?" Naruto finished the content of his second glass of Scotch, his cerulean eyes following his best friend's hand that slapped the phone on the small table taking a hold of his glass, emptying the content.

"Why the fuck do you care? Are you that obsessed with her?" Seriously, that was worse than having a shitfaced Suigetsu, nagging him about his maid casting a spell on him.

Naruto looked at Sasuke in disbelief. He got quite irritated as soon as the topic Sakura was brought up in the discussion and the blonde Uzumaki found no reason for his best buddy`s hostile attitude. "Are you?"

Sasuke`s hand stopped mid air upon hearing his friend's question. And to think he was in the process of ordering another round. "Dobe are you high or your sole purpose of calling me here is to annoy me further?"

"You are acting really possessive towards her and this makes me curious."

"Curious about…what?"

"About what you really think of her." Naruto looked in front of him, not facing his frowning friend. Seriously, did that man hear about smiling?

"Aren`t you a bit too interested in our relationship? Be careful dobe, you are acting suspicious."

"So you already talk about a relationship between you too." Naruto let out a carefree laugh. "Man Teme, you are so easy to read, is not even funny." He took a sip of his own beverage, emptying the content.

God he missed hanging around his bastard of a friend, drinking. Too bad Suigetsu went MIA those days. He muttered some lame excuses of joining his parents on some shit dinner, but the tanned Uzumaki was sure it was all about a woman. The manwhore betrayed his friends big time. Naruto was already planning his revenge on him.

"What I find it funny is the way you were almost hugging her in my kitchen. Mind telling me why the heck were you two so…cozy with each other?" Sasuke was sick beating around the bush.

He wanted to find out if the dobe and his maid really had a connection. No, screw that, he was certain they had. But he had many chances to make Naruto slip the truth. His maid was more cautious around him.

"She opened the door for me and let me in. Then I was really curious in what kind of woman would stay beside you so much time, without jump your ugly ass or run for her life, committing suicide."

Sasuke took his new glass of Whiskey and played with the crystal object, looking at the two small ice cubs on the bottom. "She would not have left you enter the house if I wasn't home, even thought you might have told her who you are. So it means she had a reason to do so."

Naruto looked at his friend, having a stupid looking expression on his face. Seriously, the man in front of him was ruining his mood and cramping his style. The hell was with him and his attitude? Was he auditioning for Scooby-Doo the movie or something?

Nevertheless, he knew just how observant Sasuke really was and he had to pay attention to what he told him. And maybe get the chance to mock him further.

"Hmpf…I told her to let me in and share some embarrassing stories with you and your magic Yo Yo. I can assure you we had a lot of fun."

Sasuke almost spit the content of his beverage, if not for his much practiced self control. He walked into the questionable pair the moment Naruto put his hands on his maid`s shoulders, cursing the fact that he didn't come there earlier.

"You didn't tell her about that…"

"And if I did you will what? C'mon Teme loosen up a bit and live." Naruto was mentally laughing his ass out loud upon seeing his friend's reaction. Oh he looked nervous all right. Served him right.

"Dobe…if you don't want to pay the hospital another sudden visit I suggest you stop your pathetic attempt to play smart and fuck off."

"Why not? She is a nice girl and I don't want her to be scared by your jackass attitude….and in danger."

"Hn…how do you know she is a nice girl? Did you see how she looks like?"

"So you tell me she is not a nice girl then? I find nothing wrong with the way she looks like. In my eyes, she is the most beautiful woman."

Naruto closed his deep ocean blue eyes for a moment, Sakura`s real image, dressed in one of her pale pink dressed during CIA`s gatherings and celebrations coming to his mind. She was not nice or beautiful. She was a Goddess.

Sasuke raised an eyebrow at that, titling his head on a side, looking at the tipsy man in front of him. The reason why he didn't take his wallet was that the dobe promised to pay for the drinks. The raven haired Uchiha was going to get shitfaced only to make him spend more money. Screw modesty, were they like brothers or not?

"Are you serious? Does that…thing looks beautiful to you?"

"Is she not?"

I know she is, but the question is…how do you know? "Hn…"

"Yeah…you find her beautiful as well."

For Sasuke, the whole conversation was a déjà vu. Apparently, his two friends had two things in common: they got drunk quickly and they both assumed he had a thing for his maid.

/Don't you even try to deny it/

He was not going to. After all…Sasuke knew they were right. He took a large gulp of his drink. He promised her…they were going to have some fun.

8 pm Japan, Tokyo Mall

Sakura was having the time of her life. Like seriously. Now imagine an ugly trasy looking woman, parading in her all her caniche looking glory in a branded shop at the mall. The look she got from the cashier woman, that looked like Cruela de Vil on her period, was priceless.

One of the shop assistants approached her the moment she entered the shop and told her in what she thought was a false polite tone that the shop she entered was a branded one, but Sakura put her most fake smile and told her she knew how to read.

Surely, the other customers were eying her suspiciously, probably thinking she was there to dust the shelves or shoplift, but she couldn't give a damn. Seriously, the ridicule of the situation was pure epic ness.

It didn't take her too much time to find the much desired cosmetic, because it was up there with the new season arrivals, at a really high price. Not that she cared too much about that anyways.

But there was a small problem with a not so polite salesgirl that couldn't contain her stupid remarks about democracy and people that didn't know their place. Sakura was tempted to show the skinny woman with a dumb accent (she was not Japanese) just what exactly her place was, by punching her in her in that square face and throw her in the big trashcan outside the mall, but she refrained from doing so.

She wanted the sparkling pink lipstick, that had the aroma of wild cherries and strawberries and damn right was she going to have it. Secretly, she eyed a new perfume as well and debated whether to give it a try or not. "Fuck yeah…"

While she was being busy abusing the small bottle of perfume and smell it, she heard a high pitched voice giving orders at someone about some foundation cover up or something, she didn't pay attention because it was annoying as fuck.

But she really turned around and almost collided with the owner of the banshee commanding tone, when the said creature invaded her private space, almost chocking her with the amount of perfume she had (the fuck, did she used bugs spray or something? Cos that shit smelled on ten km radius.).

"Huh…is this place doing charity work or they let beggars come here on daily basis? I already feel insulted on sharing the same space with this creature. You cannot trust this branded shops nowadays."

Upon hearing the side remark, the Sound agent turned her body with the speed of light in the direction of the annoying noise, still holding the bottle of perfume in her hands, gripping it in an attempt to calm her nerves and not punch that woman in her face…and the then smirking cashier woman and sales girls.

And she snorted loudly upon seeing the owner of the irritating attitude and voice. Ino Yamanaka, the famous model and the biggest slut alive. Seriously, everyone knew that the Yamanaka girl was changing boyfriends like she changed socks. Maybe even more often. She just used her good looks to lure man and pretend to be a high class lady when in all honesty she was only making a fool of herself.

She was tempted to call her Sasuke`s female version, but with her newfound knowledge on how much of a complex character her boss was, she refrained from doing so.

And her superior attitude was pissing the frowning Sound agent off really bad. It was the exact reason why Sakura hated the rich people with burning passion. They always looked down at the poorer ones, considering money to be the ones to make the difference, not giving a damn about character.

And Ino Yamanaka was one of the worst. She was beautiful on the outside, but she was empty on the inside. And Sakura was certain she was dumb as fuck as well. When she gave an interview for a fashion magazine, she said she is a vegetarian, not standing the idea of killing animals, but she declared in the very same interview that she enjoys going hunting with her father and their family friends. "What a stupid bitch…"

Sakura had the proof of how superficial these kind of heirs were, right in front of her emerald eyes, because the woman in front of her was eying her in disgust, thinking she is a street rat, when in reality, the pink haired agent was just as stunning and rich, and definitely more famous among the secret organizations than her.

She couldn't contain the smirk that crossed her face, much to the blonde taller woman`s disbelief. She crossed her arms in front of her chest in defiance just to annoy her further. And damn well it worked.

"I could say the same thing, but the term charity deals with being generous and think about the others, which is exactly the opposite of who you really are. Moreover…it is me who feels outraged by the very idea of sharing the same planet as you, but living on Mars is still experimental."

Yamanaka`s baby blue eyes widen in disbelief, her jaw almost hitting the floor. She even forgot she had to behave herself in public, in order not to taint her image, but she couldn't help herself. In all her life, the blonde rich woman has not been that insulted. By someone who looked like that nonetheless…

"How dare you insult me you poor disgusting looking whore?!"

Sakura felt like laughing out loud, thinking that Karin wasn't there with her, to badmouth the bothersome model further. Gosh, she missed her friend like crazy. But that was a good piece of gossip. A CIA agent undercover was insulting a celebrity. First class entertainment.

"Insult? Honey, please don't think so low of me. If I wanted to insult you, by now, you would have been standing in all your fours, begging for mercy. Besides…I am sure you have practiced the said position many times before, so no problem in this department."

There were customers in the shop that recognized the Yamanaka woman and were watching in awe at the scene in front of them, cannot help but sympathize with the cheap dressed pink haired girl.

She was practically humiliating the much taller, branded clothed model, that had one bodyguard with her and her secretary, to back her up, both of them looking just as stunned. Sakura vaguely heard some weirdo shouting at her "you tell her babe", but she wasn't that sure. She was having so much fun. The woman in front of her was brooding worse than Sasuke.

"You…are going to pay dearly for this, hear me out! I swear I am going to…"

"Oh would you just shut the fuck up and back the hell away? I already had my daily dosage of shit, and my doctor didn't recommend me an overdose."

The Sound agent took a perfume and a lipstick from one of the shelves, marching straight to the cashier who didn't have time to react and question her about buying things that were worth $320 dollars, because Sakura threw her credit card at her, eying her expectantly. The said woman was too bewildered to protest.

She took her bag and bolted out of the shop, leaving a cheering crowd of people behind and a very pissed off Yamanaka Ino.

"Just wait and see you bitch…this is not the last time we meet. I am going to take what you have the dearest and make your life miserable."

She took big steps on the exit, already not in the mood for shopping, screaming at her personal maid and secretary. "What the hell are you waiting for, Michelle, c`mon. Your idea of recreation was a stupid one."

11 pm Japan, Tokyo, the harbor

Four men were hiding in an abandoned warehouse, near the Tokyo harbor, planning their next move. They managed to accomplish their mission, but the final step was in progress. They had to deliver the goods to their expectant boss and they already knew the man was not tolerating mistakes.

"Tonight, we are going to send the goods with the last shipment. Boss is expecting them to arrive two days from now." Their leader eyed the others, with a serious look on his face, his men listening carefully.

"Are you sure this is the safest way?"

"Yeah, what if someone manages to discover us and ruin our plan? I mean we entered that home and stole the things according to what the boss said but we were lucky no one suspected on us."

"Pfff…who was that stupid looking woman? A maid? I wouldn't even let her wash my car with that figure." Roars of laughter coming from the four assassins were heard in the small poorly lighted space. There was no one to hear them anyways, so there was no point in making a fuss over it. Or so they thought….

"Relax, no one knows about this. Our work was perfect. The owner of this stuff probably doesn't know what hit him." Two of them were lying on their backs, supporting their heads on some old boxes, smoking.

The other two were sitting on the floor, with their knees bent, playing cards, the stolen goods wrapped in a black box, resting safely in front of them.

"Yeah buddy, so damn right. These heirs are dumb as fuck. It was like stealing a candy from a baby."

"Yeah BHAHAHAHA…I wish I have been there and see his face when he realized we did a little painting on his office." They all let out a loud laugh, having fun at the image of the good's owner's stunned face.

"Then how about I grant your wish…considering it is going to be your last one?" A smooth dark tone came from the entrance, successfully covering the loud noise.

Silence.

The said four men didn't even have time to react, or do anything for the matter, because as soon as the unknown voice came, they were blinded by the powerful light coming from the entrance, then the sound of an engine getting close successfully made them go deaf for a moment.

And it only took the mystery man a moment to speed his black and red Kawasaki motorcycle and head their way, pulling out a sharp long blade, the sound of fine metal echoing through the air, making the four professional assassins' blood freeze in their veins.

The menacing aura coming from the man was overwhelming, because his completely black clothes, the expensive extremely fast vehicle and his visibly muscled frame and the attitude of a gang leader were making grown ups cry in fear. He looked like the Devil unleashed.

When they realized the danger approaching them at high speed, the four scared men jumped on their feet attempting to look take out their own weapons, but they didn't have time to even blink when the motorcycle stopped right in the middle in front of them and a second was all it took for the enigmatic character to adjust his blade in his left hand and cut their heads in one swift move, then bent his body, leaning further into his bike and speeding up in the opposite direction, successfully avoiding the splashing red liquid of blood coming from the decapitated men.

They looked like chicken without heads, their bodies hitting the floor with a loud thud, trashing violently, a pool of blood starting to form around them. He was eying the scene not in the bit bothered by the bloody massacre in front of him, his cold demeanor blending with the stillness of the night.

He pulled the helmet out of his head, shaking his head a few times, spreading the midnight jet locks free, the messy spikes rising at the back, into the shape of his signature hairstyle. He let his onyx eyes roam through the dusted place.

"Hn…a disgusting place to hide a gang of disgusting people."

Sasuke got off his Kawasaki motorcycle taking small steps in the direction of the dead people, with the intent of getting back his stolen goods. They should have known better than to mess up with him in the first place.

He lifted the box from the ground, heading back, pulling his phone out of his black jacket, pressing the necessary numbers. It was a miracle he still remembered the number.

"Yes?"

"It`s me."

"Are you done?"

"Yeah. I have gotten my stuff back. The fuckers were there as you said."

"Excellent. I assume you took care of them."

"Let`s say they got too confident and lost their heads on the way…They are going to send you a postcard form Hell."

"Good. Have you checked them out?"

"We were right. They are our men."

"I see…I have news for you and I am afraid not good ones. But now that you got your stuff back, I am going to email you the details. Stay tuned."

"Got it. I am hanging up."

The raven haired Uchiha shoved the phone back into his pocket, putting his helmet on, starting the engine. He threw a last glance backwards, almost like wanting to confirm something, then disappearing in the shadows of the town, heading back home. He better not let his little pink haired maid wait for him too much.

Same time Ravenna Italy, the Sound HQ, Otokage`s office

Anko has already finished up sorting all her files, while Tsunade and her husband were down in the secret room in the basement, doing their own work, when the phone suddenly called.

She approached the large wooden desk and answered the call. Shino Aburame`s voice echoed through the speaker, sounding worn out. The poor office probably worked his ass on getting rid of the nagging virus.

"Otokage`s office, this is Anko Mitarashi, speaking."

"Anko? This is Shino Aburame. I have good news. We managed to repair the network connection. Internet is now working. Let the others know as well."

"It was about damn time kid. I am going to tell my husband asap."

Anko pulled out her mobile phone, dialing Orochimaru`s number. She had to let him know about the good news. She knew he was dead worried for Sakura and the pregnant woman was to announce him as soon as they had internet again, because he wanted to talk to the little Cherry Blossom.

12 pm Japan Tokyo, Sasuke`s home

Sakura was spread all over the comfy living room sofa, eating spaghetti carbonara and watching a soap opera, when her boss decided to show his stupid ass home. The Sound agent was tired, but her day was good and she absolutely fell in love with her new perfume and lip gloss. She even applied them two times already, getting engulfed in their fragrances. And the lip gloss was absolutely tasty.

She heard the front door open, but she would be damned if she moved a finger or even hear head in the direction of the Uchiha. She was too comfortable there and the episode from the soap opera was at its climax.

Some half naked dude has just found out his cheating wife was pregnant with his child and he was screaming at the top of his lungs at her that he would not accept a bastard kid. He looked like Tarzan on ecstasy.

"I will never be able to understand people watching this shit." Sasuke`s velvety voice come from behind the sofa, making the Sound agent raise her head and turn her body slightly to face him. And when she did, she considered herself lucky for not dropping the bowl of pasta. "Holly macaroni…"

Sakura`s emerald eyes went plates wide upon seeing her boss. She had to take a double look.

The stupid conceited bastard was clad completely in a black motorcycle gear, a leather black jacket with two horizontal white stripes going from his sides, down his waist, a pair of dirt black gloves adorning his hands, with plastic knuckles, a pair of equally black adventure waterproof boots, covered in a silver plastic membrane and a pair of textile and leather tight pants.

It took all her self control not to let her jaw hit the floor till it reached the center of the Earth upon seeing the stunning looking raven haired heir in front of her. And the arrogant jerk knew exactly the effect he had on her, because he was fixing her jaded orbs with a playful stare, his onyx eyes partly conceited by some longer strands of his bangs falling messily on his face, smirking that irresistibly all knowing smirk of his.

"I wanna castrate him so bad…after I jump his bones. Just look at him holly heavens" Sakura was not even aware of the fact that a long bit of spaghetti was hanging from her mouth, much to Sasuke`s amusement.

He realized in horror that the dobe was right, Sakura was really cute, especially when she was shocked. He was not the one to fall for their little charade.

Naruto could have pretended he had some sort on effect on Sakura, but he knew exactly what feelings did she have for the both of them. The funny looking maid was sure as hell not ogling his blonde friend like she was doing with him.

And he couldn't restrain himself for making her even more uncomfortable. She decided to be a little cheater and flirt with his best friend? No problem, Sasuke was not the one to back away from the challenge.

He was slightly bothered by the fact that he had to taint his hands with those filthy men`s blood, so he was there to have some sort of entertainment. Leave it to the star struck maid to make it all the funnier.

After he made sure he had it pinned on the ground with his dark eyes, he took small steps towards her, his smirk present on his handsome face, watching in contentment how the smaller woman in front of him was getting an interesting shade of red. My God, the look on her face was priceless.

He came right in front of her, making sure their bodies were slightly touching, faces a breath away, noses almost touching. Although, when he leaned in to whisper something into her ear, a strong smell of her own unique scent, mixing with another really addictive expensive perfume entered his senses, almost like giving his hormones a reason to go on rampage.

He stopped his movements mid step, having a better idea. He threw a quick glance at the unresponsive maid`s face, seeing that she had problems breathing normally and her jaded glimmering eyes were fixing some imaginary spot on his shoulder. Good.

As slowly as he could, Sasuke leaned it, titling his head even more towards her small chin, taking the other end of the spaghetti in between his moist lips, sucking on it loudly, eating the delicious piece of food, while letting his mouth get closer to Sakura`s own, all the way eying her in the most seductive manner he could, but refrain from touching her some other places.

Sakura was able to picture her brain open the top of her head, get out from the cranium and leave the Earth on a mini UFO, all the way waving its imaginary hand at her, sending kisses. "There goes my sanity…"

Seriously, it was pretty bad a stunning looking Sasuke was approaching her like a black puma in search for food, but when she realized what he was doing she though her knees were going to abandon the fight in that very moment.

"Oh my God…" The feel of his hard rock body touching her, encompassing her senses into his hotness and delicious smell of his cologne and blood?! Was making her go crazy with want. And her traitorous body responded in no time to his closeness, because the butterflies in her stomach were roaming carefree right through her system and she had knots in her throat, making it impossible for the pink haired lady to breath normally.

And the constricting feeling in her lower abdomen and the wet feeling in between her legs was becoming more and more uncomfortable as his hot lips were getting closer to her own.

And his partly closed impossibly dark garnet eyes were trapping her into his spell, making her all body tremble in pleasure. She even felt his soft raven spikes brushing her collar bone and neck while his head was titled on his side, and she wanted nothing more than let her fingers play into his hair.

Just how much enchanting and sensual could that man be, because Sakura felt her all body go on fire and he was the source of the flame. She was shoving her nails into her palms to stop herself for slipping a hand on his broad shoulders and feel him closer.

And she thought she was going to explode when he finished sucking the long spaghetti coming impossibly close to her lips, feeling his cool breath on her skin, like a million of tingling caresses dancing on the silky rosy surface. She was not aware of the fact that she closed her eyes in the process, anticipation killing her.

If he didn't kiss her for real, she was sure her insane induced state would not refrain from fisting her hand into his midnight dark hair and melt their mouths together into an explosive kiss.

She unconsciously rubbed her tights together, the unknown pool of lava melting into her lower regions getting unbearable, almost forcing her to smash her hips on his own, when the smirking bastard didn't cut the pasta with his teeth, but encircled the tip of his warm moist tongue around the spaghetti, making sure he traced the corner of her mouth in the process, like wanting to prolong the painful anticipation.

"Just fucking do it already!"

RIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNG RIIIIIIIIIIINGGGGG

And the arousing moment was brutally interrupted by the unexpected sound of a phone ringing into Sakura`s pocket. "NOOOOOO whoever that is I am going to break his neck!"

But not a moment later, both of them stirred their movements, Sasuke pulling his body from his maid`s smaller frame, eyebrows furrowed, his eyes penetrating her own.

And his maid got the meaning of his questioning stare, because she froze in shock, and that time, not from his ministrations.

Someone was calling Sasuke`s maid. How in the freaking hell was that possible, since the only number she had was his own? Was that Naruto? Did they exchange phone numbers?

Sakura thought she was going to die. That was her freaking CIA phone ringing. She looked into Sasuke`s eyes, almost like begging him to overlook what he was hearing and leave her alone. But the bastard changed his demeanor with a hard one, not in the slightest in the flirting mode any longer. Her cover was almost to be revealed. Sasuke was not going to back off that time.

The raven haired Uchiha got closer to his maid one more time, almost daring her to serve him another lie. That was serious. Whoever was calling her had the answers he was looking for. He dropped his low baritone voice an octave almost whispering the words, in a dark way.

"Answer."

Author`s Note: Well, I thought about a scene with Naruto and Sakura being seen embracing one another, but I didn't want them to be that close to each other yet…although I made Sasuke interrupt their little moment all right. Hope you liked that one.

They are going to embrace and be seen by him in the future, but I am saving that for later. I want a further development in their relationship first.

Thanks for the support and hope you enjoyed this chapter as well. Please do not hesitate to tell me more of your opinions, I want to know how to improve my writing and make this story more interesting to read.