A/N: as always a standard Naruto disclaimer.
Chapter 8
7:30 a.m.
Itachi pulled the draperies open, letting in the sunlight on his brother's room; this woke Sasuke up
"Sorry I had to wake you up but chichiue wants to talk to you" Itachi said looking at his brother sitting up on the bed and rubbing the sleep from his eyes. Sasuke stretched his arms up and yawned.
"Give me 30 minutes to prepare. I'll be down in no time. By the way, what is chichiue's reaction knowing that I'm back?"
"He's glad. I'll leave you now for I have some business to attend to in the bank. Chichiue's waiting in the library" and he left him alone.
Sasuke slipped out of his bed and opened his closet. Pulling out a white cotton sweat shirt and a charcoal wool pants, he had them on the bed before going to the bathroom to take a quick shower. Exactly 30 minutes, he's done and left the room to find his father. He knocked on the library door
"Come in" and he went inside to see his father sitting near the table. Fugaku eyed his youngest son walked to him and bowed
"Chichiue" he said
"Take a seat" and he did
"So, care to tell me what happened to you during your absence here?"
"I am a licensed engineer now Chichiue, like what you had wanted me to be"
"Good. What else?"
"Aside from the money that I had brought with me, I also used modeling as a source of income"
Fugaku raised a brow which he answered with a smirk
"It's just that a friend of mine asked me to model their clothing as her parents were designers. Good payment and it took my boredom away for a while"
"You're here for good?"
"hai"
"Now I want you to take over our development firm. I'll leave it to you since it is on your field of expertise. I'm currently helping Itachi on the bank which I will leave to him in the near future. I want you to focus on the firm do you understand?"
"hai"
"By the way, your brother will be the one who will conduct the introduction for he knew who the employees were as he had handled it before. Be there tomorrow" he nodded
"And Sasuke, make me proud"
"I won't fail you Chichiue"
Fugaku nodded "go get your breakfast for I will take my leave now. I have to talk to Itachi at the bank"
Sasuke stood up and left the library only to see Ayame bringing his breakfast to the dining table. He took his breakfast and left Ayame a message
"My luggage might arrive today. Put them in my room, I'll unpack them myself when I come back"
She nodded "where are you going?"
"I need to look around for I've been gone a long time. And I'll probably see Neji and Naruto too"
"Going on a cab?"
"Yes. My car won't be coming till next week"
"Take care"
"hn"
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His cab pulled into a stop in front of a towering glass paned white building of the Hyuuga Corporation. He walked inside the building to be received by the receptionist
"Sir, what can I do for you?" she smiled prettily at him
"I'm looking for Hyuuga Neji" he kept his annoyance out of his voice noticing that the females there were giving him appreciative stares. The receptionist was surprised
"Sir, do you have an appointment with the president?"
"Figures; No, I don't have an appointment with him. Give him a call and tell him it's Uchiha Sasuke"
"Uchiha? Are you related to the owner of the Uchiha Inc.?"
"He's my father. Now do as I say"
"Right away sir" and she dialed the number to Neji's office. His secretary was the one who received it
"Sir" the secretary walks into his office seeing her boss busy with some documents
"What is it?"
"The receptionist said that someone's waiting for you at the lobby. A man named Uchiha Sasuke"
Neji paused from his work "Sasuke?"
"Yes sir. Are you going to receive him sir?"
He nodded "cancel the rest of my appointments for today" she nodded and he left the office immediately to go to the lobby.
He saw him standing near the windows with his back turned away from him. He saw an employee holding a ball in his hand
"Give me your ball"
"Sure sir"
They were surprised when Neji threw it in Sasuke's direction. The latter caught the thing in his hand without turning around.
"You really do have a way in greeting a friend huh?" he turned aound
"As expected your reflexes are still quick" they both shared a grin
Sasuke walked to him and handed him the ball which Neji tossed back to the owner "thanks"
He looked back at Sasuke "damn. You look good"
"Look whose talking"
"Come on. Let's go to my office. There you can tell me the happenings in your life when you left"
Sasuke nodded and they both went to Neji's office. He told his secretary that he doesn't want to be disturbed. She nodded and went back to her chair as he closes the door.
A/N: hello my dears! After a long, long time, I was able to update. Cheers! Oh yeah, forgive the grammatical errors as usual and I would like to tell you that I could be updating every week starting today. So expect new chapters of Conquest, this fic, and the final chapter of Hands to Heaven. I'll also be posting my other fic which is entitled Remembrance which I had written 2 years ago. So then…ja nee!
Oh 1 more thing, if ever you guys had any questions regarding my fic, pls don't hesitate to PM me okay? (winks)