Title - Unexpected Turn of Life

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Chapter 9

No One's POV

"Haruno Sakura….?" muttered Itachi to himself. 'Now this is interesting…. So this is how she's playing, huh? I underestimated her…' he thought and ran his hand through his hair. He kept the magazine on his desk.

"I wonder where Otouto is…. He hasn't barged in yet" he said.

As if on a cue, Itachi's office door was yanked open and came in none other than a furious Uchiha Sasuke, followed by a surprisingly quite Naruto. Itachi smirked. Naruto sweat dropped looking at Itachi than at Sasuke.

"Ah, my dear Otouto. What brings you here?" asked Itachi. Sasuke glared at him.

"You already know why I'm here. What is the meaning of this? Don't tell me it's one of your pranks" said Sasuke. He pointed at the magazine on Itachi's desk. Itachi blinked.

"Don't get so worked up Otouto. It has nothing to with me" he said. "Besides, I should ask you that. I didn't know you have a girlfriend…Tsk, tsk, tsk…bad Otouto… (Sigh) hiding things from his Generous Aniki…" he continued and smirked. The amusement in his voice didn't go unnoticed by both Sasuke and Naruto.

"Yeah! He didn't even tell his Great best friend!" said Naruto and snickered. They both were having fun teasing Sasuke ignoring scary look on his handsome face. Sasuke hit Naruto on the head, as he was beside him.

"Wanna die, Dobe?"

"Oww! I'm stating the fact! What's her name anyway? I wonder what she was thinking to say yes to you…" commented Naruto which earned him another bump on the head "Owww! Stop that! TEME!". Itachi chuckled.

"This is not funny, Dobe! Aniki, this is no trivial matter" said Sasuke as he turned towards Itachi. Itachi's face turned serious at that.

"I'm aware of that, Otouto. And I'm also a little surprised by that girl"

"That means you know the girl? Who's she?!" demanded Sasuke raising his eyebrow at Itachi.

"May be. May be not" replied Itachi and smirked. He continued, "Eager to meet, dear Otouto? Hn. This is interesting". Naruto laughed at that.

"Well, I wanna meet her! She sure has some guts!" exclaimed Naruto. Sasuke's eyebrow twitched.

Itachi then told them everything about Haruno Sakura, information gathered from his sources. About the land she's staying and where she works. "But I haven't met her" he added. He glanced at Naruto and then Sasuke.

Silence…

Naruto blinked and Sasuke had a blank look. "And I don't know what her motives are" said Itachi and glanced at Naruto. As if reading his mind, "I don't think that its popularity, Naruto" Itachi finished and sighed.

Naruto closed his mouth shut thinking 'I'm sure he took mind reading classes!' Naruto glanced at Sasuke as Sasuke stood from his seat.

"There's only one way to find out" said Sasuke and put his hands in his pockets. He glanced at his brother only to find him smirking.

"Hn. I'll send you the address" said Itachi as he picked up his cell phone. Sasuke left with "Hn".

Naruto stood up as well, saying, "See ya, Itachi" and followed Sasuke out the door.

'I wonder what will happen now' thought Itachi and smirked. "Hn"

A few minutes later…..

Sasuke was driving his car with Naruto seated beside him. They both were wearing casual clothes. Sasuke wore black hooded jacket with white tee under it and black jeans with black and white converse. Naruto on the other hand wore his trademark orange baseball jacket with a black tee under it with blue jeans and sneakers. Sasuke already got the address from Itachi.

'This had never happened before. And I'll make sure this never happens again. Playing with the name of Uchiha! Who the heck is she anyway?!' thought Sasuke.

"You know, Teme, it's funny that girl we met with the pink hair also has a name Sakura! What a coincidence! Now you are surrounded with Sakura's! Ha-ha!" exclaimed Naruto and laughed.

Sasuke's eyes narrowed. 'How can I forget that Pinky who called me a pervert as well as jerk! She'll pay for it! And this Haruno as well!' he thought and smirked.

Meanwhile….

In Tsunade's office….

"WHAT?!" yelled Sakura looking at Tsunade. Tsunade just sat in her chair, a smile playing on her lips.

"You heard it right, Sakura" said Tsunade rolling her eyes at Sakura. "Besides it'll benefit us all" she continued and smirked.

Now this time Sakura rolled her eyes "Yeah, yeah…"

'It'll just going to benefit the company… But what'll happen when she finds out the truth! I don't wanna die!' she thought and shivered.

"Well, make sure you do this, Sakura. That's why I'm telling you this early" said Tsunade with a serious tone now.

'Just tell her the truth! It's your chance!' came Sakura's inner voice. 'How?! I don't want to witness Tsunade-sama's wrath!' replied sakura in her mind.

Tsunade raised an elegant eyebrow at Sakura, questioningly, "Is everything alright?"

Sakura came back from her thoughts, hearing Tsunade's voice. "H-Hai, Tsunade-sama!".

Tsunade smiled at her and said, "That's good! You are dismissed".

Sakura's POV

I sat at my desk currently thinking about Tsunade-sama's preposition. 'What should I do now?! How am I supposed to bring that Uchiha to the Party when I haven't even seen him!'

'Yeah! This is a critical situation for us! And it's your fault!' said my inner voice. I sighed 'Well…past is past. We can't change it. Now think about future!' I retorted.

Okay! I admit, due to my 'little' greediness, this is happening. And it's coming back at me… Luck is sure not on my side! I have to do something! I think I'm going to get sick…

Earlier today Ino brought that magazine to show me and that made them surprised. But I'm totally shocked! I'm gonna burn that man alive who put that in magazine without asking! First I'll torture him! Well, Tsunade-sama said that she'll do something… What if that Uchiha finds out! I'll be so dead! He'll not be that bad, right…? I mean if I do some negotiation…

"Sakura-chan? Sakura-chan?"

'Oyi? Shizune-san is calling you!' came my inner voice. That caused me to snap back to reality.

I smiled at Shizune-san and answered, "Ah, Sorry! Yes, Shizune-san?" to which she returned the smile. She put a file on my desk.

"Tsunade-sama wants you to go through this file. She said that these people from industry will be here shortly and wants you to attend them with her" she told me.

Hmm… Tsunade-sama seems to be in a good mood… But my head is hurting! I'm thinking too much! I glanced at Shizune-san and smiled at her. I said, "Thanks, Shizune-san!" when she was about to leave.

She smiled. "Just don't over work yourself, okay? You seem a little pale!" she said. I nodded. She's always so kind… I sighed when she left. I need coffee, now!

I was returning to my office, carrying a cup of coffee in my hand. Just the smell of it made me happy. I exhaled. When I reached my office, Sai called out to me.

"Sakura-san? Two people were asking for you so I asked them to wait in your office" he said, smiling.

"Oh, Thanks Sai! I'll go see them and can you please inform Tsunade-sama that people from industry arrived?" I asked him, returning the smile. He nodded.

"Sure" he replied and walked off. Wait… He said they're asking for me…? Who…? Opening my door, I entered my office with my coffee. I smiled.

"Sorry to keep you waiting…" I started. I blinked and gripped my coffee tighter 'Uh Oh'.

"What are you doing here?!"

To be continued…..

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