Title - Unexpected Turn of Life

Disclaimer – I don't own Naruto…..

'…' - Thoughts

"….." - Speaking

Chapter 5

No one's POV

Sakura stared at the card on the table. She glared at name 'Uchiha Corporation' on it. She sighed and stood up. She took the card from the table and came out of the cabin. As she came out, her path was blocked by Ino and Tenten. Sakura raised her eyebrow questioningly but Tsunade and Shizune were also standing behind them.

She started, "What…..?" but was interrupted by Ino.

"So? So? Tell us you accepted!" exclaimed Ino as she clasped her hands.

"Guys….." said Sakura.

"We heard about your proposal! Those Uchiha men were here for the proposal, ne?" asked Tenten. Sakura sighed.

"Well, yeah….. I was gonna tell you guys….." said Sakura.

"I'm so jealous! How did you catch Uchiha's attention, huh?" Ino chirped. Sakura sighed, "Don't ask….."

"I'm happy for you, Sakura-chan!" exclaimed Hinata and smiled.

"Yeah! Me too!" added Tenten.

"Eh? Why are you guys happy?" Sakura asked and raised her eyebrows.

"You accepted the proposal or not yet?" Ino cut in.

Sakura glared at her, "Huh? Why should I?" as she folded her arms. The women sweat dropped.

"And why didn't you? They are very famous people and they asked you yet you refuse?" asked Tsunade.

Ino cut in, "I would have accepted already if Uchiha-san proposed me!". They can see stars in her eyes.

Sakura was surprised. 'They are thinking about marriage or something?! CRAZY PEOPLE!'. She sweat dropped.

"Wait! It's not….." Sakura started but before she could complete her sentence, Tsunade interrupted.

"Well….. I should think about your promotion….." said Tsunade, thinking. Sakura stopped.

'Did she just say promotion?! That means increase in salary! YAY!' she thought and mentally cheered. She could see her increasing money….. Ah, well…..

"Sorry, guys! I didn't tell you….." started Sakura, as she was thinking about the plan. She was debating inside.

'You're doing wrong!' her inner voice said.

'Think about other homeless children! We can also help them!' she retorted back.

'Yeah…..but it's still wrong! CHA!'. Sakura ignored her inner voice for now.

"Well, who is this lucky Uchiha, huh?" asked Tenten.

Sakura stared at them then blinked. They all had curious look on their faces. Sakura stood there unmoving. She was panicking inside. "Uhh….." she uttered.

'It's all over! It's over before it even started! What was the name! What was his name?!' she thought.

'See? You should have heard me but you were busy ignoring me, ne?' taunted her inner voice.

'Shut up! Ino had told me the name recently! What was it?! I shouldn't have slept that time! It was something….. Sa…ke…..? Sa….' thought Sakura.

"Uhh, Sakura…..?" asked Shizune. Ino and Tsunade narrowed their eyes at Sakura.

Sakura blinked and muttered, "Its Sa….. Sa…..ke?"

Ino exclaimed, "OMG! It's Sasuke? Uchiha Sasuke?!"

Sakura laughed nervously, "Uhh….. Yeah….. Uchiha Sasuke….."

Sakura mentally thanked for Ino's stupidity. Ino squealed. Hinata and Shizune smiled at her and Tsunade and Tenten grinned at her. Tsunade led her to the desk and everyone followed.

"So? When did this happen?" asked Tsunade, smirking.

Sakura thought back about her conversation with Ino, recalling the details Ino told her about the Uchiha. 'Well, no one exactly knows how he looks so I don't have to care about that' thought Sakura. She scratched her cheek.

"Well, you know when you sent me to US last month in place of Shizune?" and she looked at Tsunade.

Tsunade nodded and raised her eyebrow, "Yes. But only for six days!". Others looked at her curiously.

Sakura continued, "Uhh….yeah! Well, I had to change the flight and he was in the same flight".

'Stupid! What am I saying! They are not gonna buy it!' thought Sakura.

'Well, you are good at making up stories but this story is seriously crappy!' commented her inner voice. Sakura could see that her friends and her boss were listening attentively. She cleared her throat and smiled confidently 'Here goes…!'

"And he was sitting beside me. Well, I didn't know that he was an Uchiha at first. He started conversing with me as we were bored. Then he asked me if he could meet me again soon but I told him that I'm from Japan and I'll be leaving soon. Then he said that he likes me and proposed me! I was really surprised! I asked him that how can he propose someone randomly? And I rejected him, obviously. Then, he said his name is Sasuke Uchiha and that he'll contact me when he will return to Japan! I thought he was kidding but I guess he wasn't! That's it!" and Sakura finished her story.

'This is seriously the worst thing you came up with! Hah! They are not gonna fall for this, I tell ya!' yelled Sakura's inner voice. Sakura gulped.

"Looks like a playboy to me" said Tenten, folding her arms.

"But he did contacted Sakura-chan!" said Hinata, twiddling her fingers.

"And why didn't you tell us earlier?! I mean THIS happened LAST MONTH!" accused Ino, narrowing her eyes at Sakura.

"Well, I… forgot…? And who wants to remember a guy who randomly proposes girls?" retorted Sakura and looked away folding her hands. She was mentally cheering that they didn't accused her as a liar. Everyone sweat dropped.

Tsunade, who was silent until now, spoke, "So, what are you going to do now, Sakura?"

Sakura looked at them, "I…..don't know….."

"Let her think about it" said Shizune.

Ino cut in, "What! What you mean you don't know?! And she had one month to think! Still nothing! You should accept!".

Sakura looked at Ino 'Such a drama queen…..'. She sighed.

Tsunade sighed, "Well, I must say it's a great opportunity but…..what do you think? Why don't you call them and talk?" and smirked. That's when everyone agreed to Tsunade's idea and urged Sakura to call them.

Sakura sweated and gulped. She took out her cell phone shakily and glanced at card she was holding. She exhaled and called the number written on it. "Don't you guys think I should call later?" she said and laughed nervously.

"Look, the call is dialing!" Ino put the cell phone near Sakura's ear. Two rings later, there was a voice on the other side.

"Hello, Uchiha Corporation! How may I help you?" a deep voice asked.

Sakura cleared her throat and said, "Uhh….. Well….. May I to talk to Uchiha-san please?". The person on the other side sighed.

"Uchiha-sama is busy. Sorry. What business do you have, Miss?". 'Fan girls these days…..' Sakura heard him mumble.

"Oh, is that so? Well, I want to talk about the proposal….." replied Sakura.

The person paused then asked, "Please state your name, Miss".

Sakura answered, "Uhh, well it's Sakura Haruno!"

Pause…...

Then the person spoke harshly, "What! It's you! Finally! Well, you've made Uchiha-sama quite angry. You better have made your decision!".

Sakura gulped, "Yeah, okay. I'll tell you later!" and ended the call. She sighed. Sakura could see excitement and curiousness on her friends faces.

Ino asked, "So? What happened?"

She laughed nervously and said, "He's quite busy right now so…..". She exhaled, now relieved.

"No problem!" said Tenten. Ino sighed.

"Uhh….. I have a feeling you'll meet him soon again so don't worry!" said Hinata and smiled.

Sakura blinked and thought 'I haven't met him once! I don't want to and I don't intend to!'. But fate has something already in store for her.

"So, tell us about him! How does he look?" asked Ino with a bright smile.

'This is going to be a long day' thought Sakura.

Next Day…..

Sakura and Hinata were walking on the sidewalk, chatting happily. It was morning and their day off, which they planned to spend with Risu-chan and other children. They passed a park on the way.

"Ah, it's a nice park. We should bring them here, what do you think, Hinata-chan?" asked Sakura.

Hinata smiled, "Sure, Sakura-chan!"

"Oh, how is Neji-san and Hanabi-chan doing?"

Hinata answered, "They are fine. Well, Neji-nii-san is quite busy now-a-days and ….. Oh my!"

Sakura and Hinata both froze when they saw a car speeding towards a kid, who was oblivious and trying to get his football. Sakura dashed towards him.

Meanwhile…..

"It should be here somewhere! It MUST be!" said Naruto, scanning the shops. Naruto ran his hand in his blonde hair, "Where has it gone?! I saw it with my own eyes that day!"

"Which was yesterday" said Sasuke, rolling his eyes. He put his hands in his pockets. They were both in their casual clothes, T-shirt and jeans.

Sasuke was dragged by Naruto saying 'Let's have a walk around! I wanna see this place!'

'He just wants to go to that ramen shop' thought Sasuke. He glanced around the place and sighed. Some girls were already glancing at them.

"Hn, let's go, Dobe" he said, proceeding forward. Naruto turned back to him but found that he was already a few feet away.

Suddenly, someone brushed passed Sasuke, who seemed really in a hurry. He saw that the girl has pink hair. 'Strange' he thought. Then, another girl ran past him with indigo colored hair. He glanced back to see if Naruto was following him but found that Naruto was holding the indigo haired girl by waist!

Sasuke turned around, quite surprised by his friend's action. 'What is that Dobe doing?!' he thought.

Hinata had bumped into Naruto and lost her balance. So, Naruto held her by her waist to prevent her from falling. Naruto was facing Sakura, still holding Hinata. He and Hinata were looking at Sakura who ran fast and just in the nick of time, she pulled the kid out of the way and the car passed, followed by car's honking. Naruto and Hinata exhaled. Sakura embraced the child, who was now crying.

"Are you alright, Miss?" Naruto asked causing Hinata to snap back to reality. She blushed, realizing that he was holding her. She stood straight.

"I…..I'm f-fine" Hinata stuttered out. Sakura reached them handing the kid to his mother and getting lot of thank you's, her heart still racing.

She narrowed her eyes at Naruto, "Hey! What are you doing to Hinata?!"

"It's o-okay, Sakura-chan! H-he helped me!" said Hinata and blushed.

Sakura smiled, "Ah, Thank you, uhh…..".

"It's Naruto. Naruto Uzumaki!" introduced Naruto and grinned, "And you did a really great job, Sakura-chan!"

Sasuke watched this exchange from where he was. 'It was really brave of her' he smirked and turned around to walk further. Naruto glanced back to find Sasuke walking further away.

"Well, it was nice meeting you, Sakura-chan, Hinata-chan! See ya around! Bye!" grinned Naruto and turned back saying, "Wait up! TEME!"

At the Uchiha Corporation…..

Itachi's office…..

Itachi glanced at the file, now open on his desk. He was sitting in his office. He smirked 'Hmm….. Haruno Sakura, huh?' He read the file entitled with 'Haruno Sakura'. He had ordered his men to get her file. Well, a little research beforehand is always better. Itachi sighed.

'My men couldn't persuade her, interesting….' He smirked. 'The place was under Uchiha's eight years ago. And I don't think she can afford it. Then why isn't she leaving then?' he thought.

Itachi contemplated his next action. He pulled out his cell phone and called. "Hey, Otouto!" he greeted.

"Hn" came Sasuke's voice. Itachi sweat dropped.

"I need you to do something. Come in my office as soon as you are done" said Itachi.

"Hn. I'll be there in an hour….. Will you shut up, Dobe!" and the call ended. Itachi chuckled.

'They never fail to amuse me' he thought and resumed his work.

To be Continued…..

A/N- Thank you for reading! Review if like the story!