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Collision! Blue & Black: Suit up! (pt.2)
Yo. ^^
I'm also posting this one at the same time to make up for the lack of lemon ^^;
I'm intending this story to be long. It'll include comedy (some slapstick, as you've seen) drama and romance (hard as well as light). So I hope you dont mind. ^^ Enjoy!
Yee-up. So I, in fact, am aware that my writing style is meticulous and erratic (ironically), but thats just how it flows in my head. xD And I type out whatever story comes out of this brain of mine. Ha.
Pleeeease rate/review! It helps motivate quick updates!
(Like this one! TWO chapters after only five days! :D)
Now, back to the story.
-Actionnn!-
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"KORRRRRRRRRA!" Karin roared, "KORAKORAKORAA!"
The red-head had ambushed the two older escorts the moment they burst into the room, Sasori watched on, for the moment, slightly amused by the brutal woman's antics.
"So! Do you think its okay to keep me waiting, eh? EH!?!?" He said said as fire seemed to explode from her eyes and veins popped out from her first as she shook it at them. "Well, well. You two will definitely pay for keeping the great Karin-sama waiting!!!!" she said as she threw her head back and laughed maniacally as the entire background behind her seemed to light on fire.
Suigetsu was continuously pointing at Deidara who stared at Karin with tears in his eyes. He waved his hands in surrender and shook his head.
Sasori stoically stood beside Naruto, who sweatdropped.
Sasori glanced down the blond and smiled, a very rare expression given by the red-head, and lifted a hand in greeting, "Ohayo, Naruto-chan."
Naruto double sweatdropped at Sasori's calm demeanor during Karin's brutal punishment of his fellow Escorts. "H-hey, Sasori-sensei."
"Oy. Uzumaki, I told you not to call me 'sensei'." He corrected, calmly sidestepping the flailing body of Deidara, who was tossed across the room.
"Hn. I think Karin is getting a little out of hand." He said calmly as if he was talking about the weather.
"Eh..heh..he.." Naruto laughed awkwardly, 'A l-little?!' He thought, 'This is way more than usual'
He stepped forward and scratched his head, plastering his signature smile on his face, despite the fact that Karin was currently pinching Suigetsu's face and stretching his face in to odd shapes, "Ano...Ohayo...Karin..er..'Karin-sama.' " Naruto said, referring to her earlier statement, with a nervous chuckle.
Immediately Karin dropped Suigetsu and stars seemed to light up her eyes, "NARUTOOOO!" She greeted as she ran toward him and embraced him. "Oh my, my, my, Naru-chan. Your hair has gotten so long! And you've gotten taller! And...eh?! Have you been working out?! Extra E.P.E.*, heh?" She gushed as she poked and prodded the blond all over. "E-to.." Naruto said, at a loss for words at her bad memory. "Karin.." Another sweat-drop.
"Oy, Karin-baka-sama." Sasori butted in, "You saw him last week." He informed with out even bothering to look at her from his relaxed position by the door.
Her eye twitched, in slight annoyance, but she ignore held in her anger and kept her gaze on her favorite blond. "Ho. Ho. Ho. Is that so."
"Ne, Karin." Deidara piped up, completely recovered, "You on your rag or something? Jeez, you didn't have to hit me so har- HEY. WHAT THE HELL." He asked as Suigetsu cuffed him on the back of the head as he walked over to the bed in the room and flopped down on it. "Shut up." The blue-white haired male mumbled, closing his eyes. Deidara sat and seethed, glaring daggers at the blue-white haired man laying lazily on the red-satin bed.
"Ne, Naruto...what are you wearing?" Karin said motioning to his attire.
He chuckled, "Eh. I sorta...just woke up and came here. Fix me?" He asked sheepishly.
"Of course, Of course, My favorite little blondie." Karin happily gushed, going to the bag that Itachi had dropped off earlier, "Itachi-san got me a whole new set of tools to work with." Karin said giving Suigetsu's dozing form a shove, indicating she wanted him to move over. He flicked open his eyes and, after a long second, lazily got up into a sitting position. " m'Tired." He mumbled.
"Like I ca-aare, you weirdo." Karin sing-songed as she dumped the contents onto the bed and grabbed a pair of hair-cutting scissors. "Come, come Naru-chan." She motioned to him, dragging a straight backed chair over to the bed. "Sit." She commanded, he complied and she sat behind him on the bed.
"Eh, Naruto. Slouch a little. You're too tall." He did as he was told, but Karin grabbed Suigetsu and, after forcing him to lie down on his stomach, sat on his back. "There." She huffed happily, "Much better."
"Thats what you think." Suigetsu gritted out.
She gathered up Naruto's blond bangs in one hand and began to trim them with the other, humming all the while. Within the odd, family-like dynamics of the Escorts, Karin might be considered the loud-annoying and bossy big sister, and most of the other Escorts talk to her bluntly and without that much respect. Not because they meant to disrespect the red-head female, but more because she didn't care who did, or did not treat her with respect. She treated everyone the same no matter who they were. But the room stayed quiet except for the rhythmic snip of the scissors and her soft humming. It was during this time, when she was at work, that she was completely respected and looked up to.
She was an odd woman. Firey and loud. Strange too. One side of her hair was jagged and layered while the other half was smooth and all of it was always dyed some obscene color. As of now it was a hot pink-red color and she had glasses to match. She had joined up with Itachi when the Escorts had first began, signing on the as Beauty manager. And she worked miracles. She was able to transform people, make them look drastically different to match whatever place they needed to blend into. It truly awed anyone who watched her work. Her expression turned serious, she looked serene. Happy almost. Like an artist at work, working on a masterpiece that held all of her love within the drawn lines and painted edges, and the beauty becoming the outcome. But that was the real reason for her passion. The beauty found in each and every person. She was able to find it, every piece, and bring it all out. Mostly because of her own ugly past. And her ability to overcome it and join Itachi and help accomplish her dream of showing that anyone could be beautiful to everyone.
With the Escorts she was able to let anyone and everyone see what they truly want to see, their own version of beauty, within each of the Escort members. And that's precisely what she was doing to Naruto.
She had spoken to Itachi earlier, when he dropped off her new supplies.
---FLASHBACK---
Knock, Knock.
Karin looked up from painting her nails and looked at the door. She had been in the middle of a conversation with Sasori about their, now, shared hair color. Sasori thanked Kami for the interruption. There was no way his own hair color was anything like the hot-pink-red color of Karin's hair.
Itachi waltzed into the room and held out the bag of new supplies to Karin, "For you." He purred.
She squealed happily and searched inside, chattering away about the various objects and briefly explaining what they do and the positives and negatives of their uses. Itachi and Sasori shared a glance, Sasori rolling his eyes and Itachi smiling through his annoyance.
Karin inhaled happily, and exhaled, looking at the eldest Uchiha.
"Hn..so..." She began, "I hear Naruto is going to be Sasuke's escort.." Karin stated in a soft tone.
"...Hai." Itachi said, "Uzumaki Naru-chan...is a very important piece of my plan. My dear brother could really use this."
Karin looked down at her hands, "Just.." she sighed, "Please Itachi, Make sure...Naruto...doesn't get hurt." Sasori sat up on the bed, his eyes meeting Itachi's, agreeing with Karin. "Please.." Her voice asked softly.
Itachi smiled softly, "Don't worry." He reassured the two of them, "Naruto-kun will not be hurt." He promised. Though he wasn't completely sure if he could keep it. Sasori and Karin knew this too, but accepted his answer anyways.
"Un. So..what look should Naruto have? Clean-cut? Ragged? Badass? Innocent? What do you want here?" Karin asked pulling a small red notebook and a pen from her bosom.
Itachi smiled, a far-away look touching his eyes. "Naruto-kun should look like...Naruto-kun." He sad softly as he looked out of the window at the blue sky. "Don't make him look too different from himself. ...Remember this picture?" Itachi pulled out a picture of Naruto from his Escort profile*. All member's were to take a profile picture on the day of entrance into the Escort team.
"Hn." Karin said warmly, taking the picture from Itachi's hands, "This was almost two years ago. When Naru-chan was fifteen." She recalled warmly.
Naruto had been blushing and laughed nervously as the picture was being taken. It completely captured the blond for all that he was. The kind of kid who smiled through it all.
"Un. I want whoever to see him tonight to look at this picture and still see the same boy."
Karin looked at the picture for a moment longer, smiling. "Hai, Itachi-sama."
---END FLASHBACK---
Naruto's hair had grown slightly long. Going past the nape of his neck, slightly past his scarred cheeks and, when hanging straight down, his bangs obscured his vision. The soft and silky locks were so...golden. Karin admired Naruto's golden locks more than anyone else. She snipped and trimmed the silky strands, layering the front and sides so the lay messily uneven across his eyes and ended just above his jawline. She trimmed the back so it ended in the middle of his neck. She gathered the silky strands in one hand and re-layered his hair, from top to bottom. As the last strand was cut, she ruffled one hand through his hair and smiled.
"Done." She said softly.
The other three in room, who had been watching in silent appreciation, all smiled.
"Hai. Thank you, Karin-Nee-Chan. " Naruto said running a tanned hand through his hair.
"I feel like.." Naruto turned and faced her with a laugh, "Me. I guess."
She chuckled, "Great. Just was I was going for."
"....Oy. Karin. Wanna get off me now?" Suigetsu asked after a moment, sort of annoyed by the gushy sparkly tenderness.
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For the next hour, after kicking the other three males out of Itachi's room, she continued to work on Naruto, washing his hair for him in the sink then blow-drying it dry. After, she pinned his bangs and the hair framing his face up with little pink clips that she always kept in her pockets.
"Ano..." Naruto interrupted her as she pinned the last bit back. "Not to doubt you, or anything, Karin...But..what are you doing?"
She smiled. "Naruto...these scars.." She said tracing a finger along one of the whisker-like marks, "Are..a horrible reminder..of what happened.. But personally, I think they're cute." She said, laughing.
Naruto smiled, "Un. And thank you." He said with a bright smile as well, still slightly confused at her answer.
"But, the people showing up at this place aren't worth remembering. There's a reason for Sasori's classes. It's to learn how to deal with snobs like these. They'll just eat up any little odd detail about you and use it against you." She said angrily, searching through her bag and holding up various shades of cover up to Naruto's face. "I have no doubt in Sasori's teachings in how to leave a good, lasting impression." She stated opening a small bottle of thick cover up and dabbing some on the back of Naruto's hand, "..and I especially have no doubt in you. So, you don't need these whiskers to attract attention from these uptight assholes." She dabbed some of the liquid onto Naruto's cheeks and blended them with her fingers. "This cover up is very expensive, and is used by the experts to cover up scars like yours.." She smeared some more across his other scars and blended them with her fingers, "But, Listen Naruto." She said, finishing her task and looking Naruto in the eye, "Don't be ashamed of them. The people coming here tonight might have been, if they were you, but you've got a beautiful heart and a beautiful face. No scar can mar that." She said seriously as she turned him in his spinning chair that was placed in front of her chair.
Naruto's eyes adjusted, after spinning, to stare at the mirror before him. One word escaped his mouth, "Wow."
'I look so...different..yet the same.' he thought, reaching up to run a finger across his, now unwhiskered, cheek.
"Hai." Karin said proudly, putting her hands on her hips. "Now, your hair. These old-farts would rather not be reminded that they have no hair, and your sunny head of wild hair isn't exactly, eh, subtle."
Naruto gulped, "Y-you gonna dye it?" He asked, blanching, but she waved him off, dragging the wheeled chair over to the other side of the room.
"Nope. I'm just going to calm it down. Mmkay?"
Naruto nodded, "I trust you." They shared a light laugh.
xx
Approximately forty minutes later, Naruto was sent away from a teary-eyed and proud Karin down the hall to Suigetsu. The red-head greeted him with a smile and led the blond into a huge walk-in closet. He walked down an isle of suits until he reached the middle of the third section. Naruto watched as pale hands moved a few suit bags aside and pulled out a covered item on a hanger. He walked past Naruto into the adjoining guest room, beckoning the blond with a wave.
"What's that Suigetsu?" Naruto asked as Suigetsu ran a hand through his hair and unzipped the large bag.
"Your suit." He said simply, taking out a jet black suit. "Imported from Milan, Italy. It's custom-made to fit your measurements. Fully lined, Low weight, Conservative, Three Button, Vented. Made from %100 pure virgin Italian cotton" Suigetsu continued, placing the suit on the bed and lifting a vest and packaged shirt out of the bag.
"The vest is signature suiting; meticulously crafted from four-season world-class wool fabric by Loro Piana, luxurious Bemberg lining throughout. Six-button closure. Welt pockets. Fully lined. An import from Italy as well. Coal-gray and black pinstripe. The shirt is %100 cotton twill, white, from France." He stated, placing the shirt and vest beside the suit. He turned and lifted two boxes off the dresser, one small, long and narrow and the other, a shoe box. He placed the shoe box on the bed and knocked it with his knuckle, "The classics. Leather, black. From Germany."
He opened the other box, revealing a smooth, folded tie. "American, an 'Elite Solid Classic'. Royal blue, Narrow, %100 pure silk with a satin finish."
He snapped the box closed and set it down next to the shoe box.
'Suigetsu... lazy, constantly tired and always wanting the task of 'Doing Nothing'...had actually come through?' Naruto stood speechless. His eyes wandered over all the items from all over the world once more before a smile broke out on the blond's face. "Thank you, Suigestu. Thanks so much." He said smiling and hugging the taller male. Suigetsu smiled and nodded, "Hai, hai. You're welcome, Naruto-kun. It was no problem."
He chuckled, adding "I assume you know how to do the rest on your own, ne?" He asked before leaving the room so Naruto could change.
xx
After that, Naruto met up with Deidara.
"AWWWE! Naru-chaaan! You look so cute!" He gushed as he had Naruto sniff at various colognes.
"Heh. Thanks, Deidara...but do I really have to wear cologne?"
Deidara snapped his fingers, "Oh yeah! I almost forgot, you hate perfumes, huh?" He said, pushing aside the bottles and digging through his bag.
"Where..where....Oh-Here it is!" He pulled out a small clear bottle with blue liquid inside. "Here, Naru-chan. 'Blue sugar.' " He read, "This is the same scent as your shampoo, I believe."
Naruto took the bottle and sniffed, "Woah. It does. It smells..sweet..and..and..warm." He added sheepishly.
"Hn. Just what you should smell like."
Naruto's moved his gaze to look up at Deidara.
"How'd you find this?"
The long-haired blond waved Naruto's question away. "Geh, Naru-chan. I have my ways."
Naruto looked at the small crystal bottle in his hands and traced the insignia engraved on the front.
"Thanks, Deidara"
"Un. No problemo, Blondie." Deidara said with a laugh and smoothed his hand over the teen's blond locks.
xx
"Remember everything I taught you?" Sasori asked when encountering Naruto in the hall.
"Hai, Sense-...eh....Sasori."
"Good."
"Un."
"Naruto."
"Hai?"
"...your tie is crooked."
"Oh"
"Here", Sasori said, reaching forward to loosen it and straighten it out. "Hn. Royal blue. Suigetsu did very well with this color. It really brings out your eye color." He stated as he smoothed out the tie one last time.
"Th-thank you." Naruto said, blushing with embarrassment, "Suigetsu really outdid himself."
"Un. He did. We all wish you luck, Naruto."
Naruto looked up to meet Sasori's eyes. He smiled.
"You'll do your best?" Sasori asked in response to the blond's smile.
A tanned hand held up two fingers in the 'Victory' sign.
"Believe it."
Sasori chuckled as he watched the blond walk away confidently, "I will." He said, more to himself than anyone else, before turning continuing down the hall.
xx
Although moments before Naruto had been confident, it gradually began to melt away as he got closer and closer to his destination. After Karin had put the finishing touches on his hair, she had suggested that the blond introduce himself to his client. Naruto replayed the conversation in his head.
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K: "Naru-chan. You know, after you finish getting ready, you go should introduce yourself to Sasuke-kun."
N: "NANI!?! Hell no! That bastard already met me and he called me a kid!"
K:"Un. Naruto. But you didnt formally introduce yourself. If you go to him, I'm sure it will be face-to-face, eh?"
N:"....Un. I guess so."
K: "And besides. In this society, 'clothes make the man'. I'm sure once he sees you this way, his opinion will change."
N: "Un. I guess." He sighed, "Alright. Fiiiine."
K: "Do-mo~" She sing-songed.
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"Clothes make the man, eh?" Naruto mumbled to himself.
As much as that was true with some people, he felt that, although the young Uchiha was a cold bastard, that the guy wasn't that simple minded. He was the brother of Itachi, after all. Naruto stopped walking and groaned.
'Why the hell do I have to start doubting myself NOW?!' he thought, tempted to run a hand through his meticulously styled hair. He smoothed the blond locks down instead and started down the hall once again.
The Uchiha mansion still awed the blond. It was enormous. At first, the numerous halls and rooms daunted him, but he was fairly used to them now. He turned a corner approached the familiar door of the Escort Arts Education class, second to last door on the right. Tanned fingers brushed over the familiar doorknob as he passed. He had always wondered what lay behind the last door in the particular hallway he was standing in. He was informed that the room belonged to the youngest Uchiha earlier on, but he was still curious as to what was behind the closed door.
A tanned hand rapped on the large door and, after a pause, Naruto entered the quiet room. He glanced around, and when he saw no one, he stepped inside and closed the door behind him. He leaned on the door, head banging gently against the hard wood as his tense body relaxed. He sighed and closed his eyes, after working himself up so much, he felt stupid for feeling so anxious.
But Naruto's relief was short-lived as the bathroom door clicked and opened and Sasuke Uchiha stepped out. He was dressed in navy silk slacks, a white silk shirt and a red tie lay loosely around his neck. The raven's eyed were cast downward as he stepped out of the bathroom, inky-black hair framing his pale stoic face. The pale hands belonging to the Uchiha were busy, elegant fingers expertly moving to straighten and tighten the red silk tie around a pale, slender neck.
Naruto stiffened, slightly unsure of what to do. But before the blond could get a word out, black collided with blue for a second time, this time with slight surprise lighting up the dark irises.
"..."
"A-A-Ano. H-Hello" Naruto stuttered out one hand, out of habit, moving to scratch the back of his head, "I'm your escort, we were unable to formally meet earlier today." He continued as the dark-haired boy stayed silent, "Eto..I'm Uzumaki Naruto, Sixteen years old." Naruto added, his words rushing out nervously. He bowed formally as the words quickly rushed out of his mouth, "Nicetomeetyou."
Normally, Naruto wasn't easily flustered, but something about the quiet, pale boy's dark stare made him nervous.
"Hn." Sasuke took his piercing gaze off the blond, he picked up the dark navy-blue silk blazer that was draped across his chair and put it on, buttoning it up as he simply stated, "Uzumaki, You clean up well."
Naruto flushed, "Un. Th-thanks. But it was the work of Karin and the others. They're really good at what they do."
Sasuke nodded, picking up a set of silver cufflinks off the black drawer beside his bed and begining to put them on, "I see."
Naruto's blue eyes watched pale fingers work the cufflinks in, noting that the silver pieces had the Uchiha red and white fan-like insignia imprinted within a black circle. The brunette moved with such elegance and grace, it amazed Naruto. Every move the other boy made seemed so..deliberate and precise. He watched as the other male pulled on the last piece of his outfit, the pale hands smoothing out the invisible wrinkles on the jacket lapels.
Sasuke abruptly turned and fully faced Naruto who tensed up at almost getting caught staring, "Uchiha Sasuke. Sixteen." He stated formally. "Tonight, you will conduct yourself in whatever manner you desire, Uzumaki. This evening's cocktail party may be considered a 'social event' but please do not treat it as such. It is important for the Uchiha company to mix and mingle well with the guests, so please do just that. Understand?"
"Hai...But, just call me Naruto, kay?" Naruto asked with a small smile, "After all, we probably shouldn't act like strangers, ne?"
Sasuke ran a pale hand through his silky locks, "Yes, that may be true. But as for tonight you will be an acquaintance of mine, nothing more."
Naruto nodded, "Got it."
"Hn. What happened to the marks on your face?" The pale Uchiha asked suddenly.
Blue eyes shot up to look at the brunette's stoic expression, he blushed slightly, "Oh..er. Well Karin-chan told me that my scars would draw to much attention, so she applied some sort of cover-up stuff on them..." he tailed off, unsure of what to say next and amazed that the Uchiha had even remembered them.
Sasuke paused a moment, "Take it off, Naruto"
Naruto flushed and sputtered, never would he have expected that sentence to leave the boy's mouth.
"Wh-what?!"
"...The cover-up Karin applied, Uzumaki. Take it off."
Naruto sagged in relief and slight embarrassment at his misinterpretation of the brunette's words, "Oh." he replied, "Un. Will do."
"Hn."
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Sasuke stared at the blond that was currently leaning against his door. Any words or questions that he would have probably asked the blond if this were a different situation stayed in his throat. The blond had...changed. His hair was shorter and had been styled straight, so it hung down ward almost naturally instead of messy and layered as Sasuke had seen earlier. The black suit the blond was wearing showed off the fact that Naruto had been leaner than Sasuke had initially thought; The blue in his tie brought out the color of his eyes. Lastly the scars that Sasuke had noticed on the blond's cheeks before were...gone. Without a trace. From what Sasuke could tell, the blond wasn't wearing any make-up either.
"Uzumaki," He began, trying to keep his voice without any particular expression, "You clean up well"
All in all...the blond looked..well, very attractive. Or just...more attractive than Sasuke had thought he would have looked. Sasuke would have never predicted that a sloppy, loud, messy-haired blond would turn into this. The formal bow was slightly endearing, but Sasuke tried not to show how impressed he was.
Naruto explained as Sasuke picked up the cufflinks that completed his suit set. His attire included a navy blue, hand-made, Italian silk blazers, matching slacks, leather shoes, a white hand-made Italian silk shirt, a signature British scarlet-red narrow silk tie and his sterling silver, etched-round Uchiha cufflinks. His hair was styled in its usual odd fashion.
He turned to the blond, who seemed to stiffen slightly, but Sasuke ignored it.
"Tonight, you will conduct yourself in whatever manner you desire, Uzumaki. This evening's cocktail party may be considered a 'social event' but please do not treat it as such. It is important for the Uchiha company to mix and mingle well with the guests, so please do just that. Understand?"
"Hai...But, just call me Naruto, kay? After all, we probably shouldn't act like strangers, ne?"
He ran a hand through his hair, the Dobe was right. "Yes, that may be true. But as for tonight you will be an acquaintance of mine, nothing more." He made clear
"Got it." The blond responded easily, Sasuke studied the tan face once more.
"Hn. What happened to the marks on your face?" He asked.
"Oh..er." The blond began, "Well Karin-chan told me that my scars would draw to much attention, so she applied some sort of cover-up stuff on them..."
Sasuke looked at the face in front of him once more. If Sasuke wanted the people to see the kid for who he really is, no make up could save him, so there was no point in hiding the scars. "Take it off, Naruto" He said, slightly surprised at himself for using the blond's first name.
"Wh-what?!" Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the blond's response.
"...The cover-up Karin applied, Uzumaki." He explained slowly, resisting the urge to call the tan boy a Dobe, "Take it off."
"Oh. Un. Will do."
"Hn." Sasuke said, turning towards his closet, only pausing when he noticed the blond still hadn't moved. "Naruto, if you don't have anything to do right now, I suggest you find something or someone to assist. I need to finish getting ready and then I have business to attend to before this evenings event." He said with formal politeness.
Sasuke inwardly smirked as the blond blushed and stuttered again, "O-oh. Heh..heh....yeah. My bad." He said, a tan hand reaching up to scratch his head, "I guess I should get going now...Well..G'bye." He said, chuckling nervously the whole time, before turning and fumbling for the door knob.
He popped his head back in and added, "Oh, and I'll see you tonight, Sasuke." Naruto said with a bright smile before leaving and shutting the door behind him.
Sasuke's hand reached up to tenderly tough his chest. Slightly worried that the skip of his heart beat was due to the blond saying his name. But he pushed the thought away and shook his head clear.
There was no way. No way that could have happened with some guy that he had met.
Especially not some blond dobe like Uzumaki Naruto.
Or, so he hoped.
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-and cut!-
Mhmm. So, Naruto's hair is supposed to be a little longer than normal, since he got it cut and all.
And Naruto's hair looks like this: http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh18/nagisainuzuka/anime/naruto/Naruto-kun27.gif
(same style/length, but of course he's older ^^;) after getting cut.
And styled like Light Yagami's hair style (From Death Note) at the cocktail party.
If you need help with figuring out Japanese words, let me know ^^
I hope these chapters weren't too horrible.
I meant to post all three parts of this chapter all at once, but the next chapter is still being edited. (Me being all Beta-less and all) So it should probably be up soon.
*E.P.E.; Escort Physical Education. Another required course for Escorts to shape up, and stay that way! ;D Other than traditional sports, it rarely involves the "normal" version of physical exercises. E.P.E. is held in one session where all Escort members are required to come and participate in whatever the teachers come up with.
Instructors: Momochi Zabuza, Yuhi Kurenai and Mitarashi Anko.
*Escort Profile: Every Escort has one. They are created when a person becomes an Escort. One picture is taken on the first day of becoming a part of the team and is not replaced until absolutely necessary. It has three sections critical information (i.e.: birthdate, blood type, allergies, description, height, weight, medical history..etc.), personal information (i.e.: favorites, personality descriptions, close friends..etc.) and History (document recording the Escort's past up until the date they joined the Escort team. As of now, (*as you'll see, because it'll be a part of the story) Itachi is working, one by one, on adding three more sections: Escort Course Marks (basically, individual and specific "grades "for all the different courses the Escorts take. Each course requires the instructors to file a report on the Escort's over-all performance, participation, work-habits...etc.), Escort Client History (A listen history of all the Escort's clients and very detailed descriptions of where the clients were escorted to, what they did, how close they got, and any other information), and Escort Client Reviews (what the Clients had to say about their Escorts and the current status between Escort and Client, updated yearly.).
HEY! I'm starting this off early. An email-update/notification system. If you check your email more then you come on aff and would like me to just email you updates on the current chapters and notifications when they're posted, send me an email at: andierae@live.com
Or you can email me at the same address if you have any questions/comments/suggestions that you don't feel like saying in a review. Just be sure to make the subject: "JOIN" if you'd like to join the updating system or "Question", "Comment" or "Suggestion" if its one of those.
Mmkay. thaaaats all I have to say for now. ^^ (Though I've said plenty already. Ha.
Please,please, pleeeease with a cherry on top...rate&review.
Thank you for your time!
Ja.~
-Andie.
I'm also posting this one at the same time to make up for the lack of lemon ^^;
I'm intending this story to be long. It'll include comedy (some slapstick, as you've seen) drama and romance (hard as well as light). So I hope you dont mind. ^^ Enjoy!
Yee-up. So I, in fact, am aware that my writing style is meticulous and erratic (ironically), but thats just how it flows in my head. xD And I type out whatever story comes out of this brain of mine. Ha.
Pleeeease rate/review! It helps motivate quick updates!
(Like this one! TWO chapters after only five days! :D)
Now, back to the story.
-Actionnn!-
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"KORRRRRRRRRA!" Karin roared, "KORAKORAKORAA!"
The red-head had ambushed the two older escorts the moment they burst into the room, Sasori watched on, for the moment, slightly amused by the brutal woman's antics.
"So! Do you think its okay to keep me waiting, eh? EH!?!?" He said said as fire seemed to explode from her eyes and veins popped out from her first as she shook it at them. "Well, well. You two will definitely pay for keeping the great Karin-sama waiting!!!!" she said as she threw her head back and laughed maniacally as the entire background behind her seemed to light on fire.
Suigetsu was continuously pointing at Deidara who stared at Karin with tears in his eyes. He waved his hands in surrender and shook his head.
Sasori stoically stood beside Naruto, who sweatdropped.
Sasori glanced down the blond and smiled, a very rare expression given by the red-head, and lifted a hand in greeting, "Ohayo, Naruto-chan."
Naruto double sweatdropped at Sasori's calm demeanor during Karin's brutal punishment of his fellow Escorts. "H-hey, Sasori-sensei."
"Oy. Uzumaki, I told you not to call me 'sensei'." He corrected, calmly sidestepping the flailing body of Deidara, who was tossed across the room.
"Hn. I think Karin is getting a little out of hand." He said calmly as if he was talking about the weather.
"Eh..heh..he.." Naruto laughed awkwardly, 'A l-little?!' He thought, 'This is way more than usual'
He stepped forward and scratched his head, plastering his signature smile on his face, despite the fact that Karin was currently pinching Suigetsu's face and stretching his face in to odd shapes, "Ano...Ohayo...Karin..er..'Karin-sama.' " Naruto said, referring to her earlier statement, with a nervous chuckle.
Immediately Karin dropped Suigetsu and stars seemed to light up her eyes, "NARUTOOOO!" She greeted as she ran toward him and embraced him. "Oh my, my, my, Naru-chan. Your hair has gotten so long! And you've gotten taller! And...eh?! Have you been working out?! Extra E.P.E.*, heh?" She gushed as she poked and prodded the blond all over. "E-to.." Naruto said, at a loss for words at her bad memory. "Karin.." Another sweat-drop.
"Oy, Karin-baka-sama." Sasori butted in, "You saw him last week." He informed with out even bothering to look at her from his relaxed position by the door.
Her eye twitched, in slight annoyance, but she ignore held in her anger and kept her gaze on her favorite blond. "Ho. Ho. Ho. Is that so."
"Ne, Karin." Deidara piped up, completely recovered, "You on your rag or something? Jeez, you didn't have to hit me so har- HEY. WHAT THE HELL." He asked as Suigetsu cuffed him on the back of the head as he walked over to the bed in the room and flopped down on it. "Shut up." The blue-white haired male mumbled, closing his eyes. Deidara sat and seethed, glaring daggers at the blue-white haired man laying lazily on the red-satin bed.
"Ne, Naruto...what are you wearing?" Karin said motioning to his attire.
He chuckled, "Eh. I sorta...just woke up and came here. Fix me?" He asked sheepishly.
"Of course, Of course, My favorite little blondie." Karin happily gushed, going to the bag that Itachi had dropped off earlier, "Itachi-san got me a whole new set of tools to work with." Karin said giving Suigetsu's dozing form a shove, indicating she wanted him to move over. He flicked open his eyes and, after a long second, lazily got up into a sitting position. " m'Tired." He mumbled.
"Like I ca-aare, you weirdo." Karin sing-songed as she dumped the contents onto the bed and grabbed a pair of hair-cutting scissors. "Come, come Naru-chan." She motioned to him, dragging a straight backed chair over to the bed. "Sit." She commanded, he complied and she sat behind him on the bed.
"Eh, Naruto. Slouch a little. You're too tall." He did as he was told, but Karin grabbed Suigetsu and, after forcing him to lie down on his stomach, sat on his back. "There." She huffed happily, "Much better."
"Thats what you think." Suigetsu gritted out.
She gathered up Naruto's blond bangs in one hand and began to trim them with the other, humming all the while. Within the odd, family-like dynamics of the Escorts, Karin might be considered the loud-annoying and bossy big sister, and most of the other Escorts talk to her bluntly and without that much respect. Not because they meant to disrespect the red-head female, but more because she didn't care who did, or did not treat her with respect. She treated everyone the same no matter who they were. But the room stayed quiet except for the rhythmic snip of the scissors and her soft humming. It was during this time, when she was at work, that she was completely respected and looked up to.
She was an odd woman. Firey and loud. Strange too. One side of her hair was jagged and layered while the other half was smooth and all of it was always dyed some obscene color. As of now it was a hot pink-red color and she had glasses to match. She had joined up with Itachi when the Escorts had first began, signing on the as Beauty manager. And she worked miracles. She was able to transform people, make them look drastically different to match whatever place they needed to blend into. It truly awed anyone who watched her work. Her expression turned serious, she looked serene. Happy almost. Like an artist at work, working on a masterpiece that held all of her love within the drawn lines and painted edges, and the beauty becoming the outcome. But that was the real reason for her passion. The beauty found in each and every person. She was able to find it, every piece, and bring it all out. Mostly because of her own ugly past. And her ability to overcome it and join Itachi and help accomplish her dream of showing that anyone could be beautiful to everyone.
With the Escorts she was able to let anyone and everyone see what they truly want to see, their own version of beauty, within each of the Escort members. And that's precisely what she was doing to Naruto.
She had spoken to Itachi earlier, when he dropped off her new supplies.
---FLASHBACK---
Knock, Knock.
Karin looked up from painting her nails and looked at the door. She had been in the middle of a conversation with Sasori about their, now, shared hair color. Sasori thanked Kami for the interruption. There was no way his own hair color was anything like the hot-pink-red color of Karin's hair.
Itachi waltzed into the room and held out the bag of new supplies to Karin, "For you." He purred.
She squealed happily and searched inside, chattering away about the various objects and briefly explaining what they do and the positives and negatives of their uses. Itachi and Sasori shared a glance, Sasori rolling his eyes and Itachi smiling through his annoyance.
Karin inhaled happily, and exhaled, looking at the eldest Uchiha.
"Hn..so..." She began, "I hear Naruto is going to be Sasuke's escort.." Karin stated in a soft tone.
"...Hai." Itachi said, "Uzumaki Naru-chan...is a very important piece of my plan. My dear brother could really use this."
Karin looked down at her hands, "Just.." she sighed, "Please Itachi, Make sure...Naruto...doesn't get hurt." Sasori sat up on the bed, his eyes meeting Itachi's, agreeing with Karin. "Please.." Her voice asked softly.
Itachi smiled softly, "Don't worry." He reassured the two of them, "Naruto-kun will not be hurt." He promised. Though he wasn't completely sure if he could keep it. Sasori and Karin knew this too, but accepted his answer anyways.
"Un. So..what look should Naruto have? Clean-cut? Ragged? Badass? Innocent? What do you want here?" Karin asked pulling a small red notebook and a pen from her bosom.
Itachi smiled, a far-away look touching his eyes. "Naruto-kun should look like...Naruto-kun." He sad softly as he looked out of the window at the blue sky. "Don't make him look too different from himself. ...Remember this picture?" Itachi pulled out a picture of Naruto from his Escort profile*. All member's were to take a profile picture on the day of entrance into the Escort team.
"Hn." Karin said warmly, taking the picture from Itachi's hands, "This was almost two years ago. When Naru-chan was fifteen." She recalled warmly.
Naruto had been blushing and laughed nervously as the picture was being taken. It completely captured the blond for all that he was. The kind of kid who smiled through it all.
"Un. I want whoever to see him tonight to look at this picture and still see the same boy."
Karin looked at the picture for a moment longer, smiling. "Hai, Itachi-sama."
---END FLASHBACK---
Naruto's hair had grown slightly long. Going past the nape of his neck, slightly past his scarred cheeks and, when hanging straight down, his bangs obscured his vision. The soft and silky locks were so...golden. Karin admired Naruto's golden locks more than anyone else. She snipped and trimmed the silky strands, layering the front and sides so the lay messily uneven across his eyes and ended just above his jawline. She trimmed the back so it ended in the middle of his neck. She gathered the silky strands in one hand and re-layered his hair, from top to bottom. As the last strand was cut, she ruffled one hand through his hair and smiled.
"Done." She said softly.
The other three in room, who had been watching in silent appreciation, all smiled.
"Hai. Thank you, Karin-Nee-Chan. " Naruto said running a tanned hand through his hair.
"I feel like.." Naruto turned and faced her with a laugh, "Me. I guess."
She chuckled, "Great. Just was I was going for."
"....Oy. Karin. Wanna get off me now?" Suigetsu asked after a moment, sort of annoyed by the gushy sparkly tenderness.
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For the next hour, after kicking the other three males out of Itachi's room, she continued to work on Naruto, washing his hair for him in the sink then blow-drying it dry. After, she pinned his bangs and the hair framing his face up with little pink clips that she always kept in her pockets.
"Ano..." Naruto interrupted her as she pinned the last bit back. "Not to doubt you, or anything, Karin...But..what are you doing?"
She smiled. "Naruto...these scars.." She said tracing a finger along one of the whisker-like marks, "Are..a horrible reminder..of what happened.. But personally, I think they're cute." She said, laughing.
Naruto smiled, "Un. And thank you." He said with a bright smile as well, still slightly confused at her answer.
"But, the people showing up at this place aren't worth remembering. There's a reason for Sasori's classes. It's to learn how to deal with snobs like these. They'll just eat up any little odd detail about you and use it against you." She said angrily, searching through her bag and holding up various shades of cover up to Naruto's face. "I have no doubt in Sasori's teachings in how to leave a good, lasting impression." She stated opening a small bottle of thick cover up and dabbing some on the back of Naruto's hand, "..and I especially have no doubt in you. So, you don't need these whiskers to attract attention from these uptight assholes." She dabbed some of the liquid onto Naruto's cheeks and blended them with her fingers. "This cover up is very expensive, and is used by the experts to cover up scars like yours.." She smeared some more across his other scars and blended them with her fingers, "But, Listen Naruto." She said, finishing her task and looking Naruto in the eye, "Don't be ashamed of them. The people coming here tonight might have been, if they were you, but you've got a beautiful heart and a beautiful face. No scar can mar that." She said seriously as she turned him in his spinning chair that was placed in front of her chair.
Naruto's eyes adjusted, after spinning, to stare at the mirror before him. One word escaped his mouth, "Wow."
'I look so...different..yet the same.' he thought, reaching up to run a finger across his, now unwhiskered, cheek.
"Hai." Karin said proudly, putting her hands on her hips. "Now, your hair. These old-farts would rather not be reminded that they have no hair, and your sunny head of wild hair isn't exactly, eh, subtle."
Naruto gulped, "Y-you gonna dye it?" He asked, blanching, but she waved him off, dragging the wheeled chair over to the other side of the room.
"Nope. I'm just going to calm it down. Mmkay?"
Naruto nodded, "I trust you." They shared a light laugh.
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Approximately forty minutes later, Naruto was sent away from a teary-eyed and proud Karin down the hall to Suigetsu. The red-head greeted him with a smile and led the blond into a huge walk-in closet. He walked down an isle of suits until he reached the middle of the third section. Naruto watched as pale hands moved a few suit bags aside and pulled out a covered item on a hanger. He walked past Naruto into the adjoining guest room, beckoning the blond with a wave.
"What's that Suigetsu?" Naruto asked as Suigetsu ran a hand through his hair and unzipped the large bag.
"Your suit." He said simply, taking out a jet black suit. "Imported from Milan, Italy. It's custom-made to fit your measurements. Fully lined, Low weight, Conservative, Three Button, Vented. Made from %100 pure virgin Italian cotton" Suigetsu continued, placing the suit on the bed and lifting a vest and packaged shirt out of the bag.
"The vest is signature suiting; meticulously crafted from four-season world-class wool fabric by Loro Piana, luxurious Bemberg lining throughout. Six-button closure. Welt pockets. Fully lined. An import from Italy as well. Coal-gray and black pinstripe. The shirt is %100 cotton twill, white, from France." He stated, placing the shirt and vest beside the suit. He turned and lifted two boxes off the dresser, one small, long and narrow and the other, a shoe box. He placed the shoe box on the bed and knocked it with his knuckle, "The classics. Leather, black. From Germany."
He opened the other box, revealing a smooth, folded tie. "American, an 'Elite Solid Classic'. Royal blue, Narrow, %100 pure silk with a satin finish."
He snapped the box closed and set it down next to the shoe box.
'Suigetsu... lazy, constantly tired and always wanting the task of 'Doing Nothing'...had actually come through?' Naruto stood speechless. His eyes wandered over all the items from all over the world once more before a smile broke out on the blond's face. "Thank you, Suigestu. Thanks so much." He said smiling and hugging the taller male. Suigetsu smiled and nodded, "Hai, hai. You're welcome, Naruto-kun. It was no problem."
He chuckled, adding "I assume you know how to do the rest on your own, ne?" He asked before leaving the room so Naruto could change.
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After that, Naruto met up with Deidara.
"AWWWE! Naru-chaaan! You look so cute!" He gushed as he had Naruto sniff at various colognes.
"Heh. Thanks, Deidara...but do I really have to wear cologne?"
Deidara snapped his fingers, "Oh yeah! I almost forgot, you hate perfumes, huh?" He said, pushing aside the bottles and digging through his bag.
"Where..where....Oh-Here it is!" He pulled out a small clear bottle with blue liquid inside. "Here, Naru-chan. 'Blue sugar.' " He read, "This is the same scent as your shampoo, I believe."
Naruto took the bottle and sniffed, "Woah. It does. It smells..sweet..and..and..warm." He added sheepishly.
"Hn. Just what you should smell like."
Naruto's moved his gaze to look up at Deidara.
"How'd you find this?"
The long-haired blond waved Naruto's question away. "Geh, Naru-chan. I have my ways."
Naruto looked at the small crystal bottle in his hands and traced the insignia engraved on the front.
"Thanks, Deidara"
"Un. No problemo, Blondie." Deidara said with a laugh and smoothed his hand over the teen's blond locks.
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"Remember everything I taught you?" Sasori asked when encountering Naruto in the hall.
"Hai, Sense-...eh....Sasori."
"Good."
"Un."
"Naruto."
"Hai?"
"...your tie is crooked."
"Oh"
"Here", Sasori said, reaching forward to loosen it and straighten it out. "Hn. Royal blue. Suigetsu did very well with this color. It really brings out your eye color." He stated as he smoothed out the tie one last time.
"Th-thank you." Naruto said, blushing with embarrassment, "Suigetsu really outdid himself."
"Un. He did. We all wish you luck, Naruto."
Naruto looked up to meet Sasori's eyes. He smiled.
"You'll do your best?" Sasori asked in response to the blond's smile.
A tanned hand held up two fingers in the 'Victory' sign.
"Believe it."
Sasori chuckled as he watched the blond walk away confidently, "I will." He said, more to himself than anyone else, before turning continuing down the hall.
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Although moments before Naruto had been confident, it gradually began to melt away as he got closer and closer to his destination. After Karin had put the finishing touches on his hair, she had suggested that the blond introduce himself to his client. Naruto replayed the conversation in his head.
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K: "Naru-chan. You know, after you finish getting ready, you go should introduce yourself to Sasuke-kun."
N: "NANI!?! Hell no! That bastard already met me and he called me a kid!"
K:"Un. Naruto. But you didnt formally introduce yourself. If you go to him, I'm sure it will be face-to-face, eh?"
N:"....Un. I guess so."
K: "And besides. In this society, 'clothes make the man'. I'm sure once he sees you this way, his opinion will change."
N: "Un. I guess." He sighed, "Alright. Fiiiine."
K: "Do-mo~" She sing-songed.
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"Clothes make the man, eh?" Naruto mumbled to himself.
As much as that was true with some people, he felt that, although the young Uchiha was a cold bastard, that the guy wasn't that simple minded. He was the brother of Itachi, after all. Naruto stopped walking and groaned.
'Why the hell do I have to start doubting myself NOW?!' he thought, tempted to run a hand through his meticulously styled hair. He smoothed the blond locks down instead and started down the hall once again.
The Uchiha mansion still awed the blond. It was enormous. At first, the numerous halls and rooms daunted him, but he was fairly used to them now. He turned a corner approached the familiar door of the Escort Arts Education class, second to last door on the right. Tanned fingers brushed over the familiar doorknob as he passed. He had always wondered what lay behind the last door in the particular hallway he was standing in. He was informed that the room belonged to the youngest Uchiha earlier on, but he was still curious as to what was behind the closed door.
A tanned hand rapped on the large door and, after a pause, Naruto entered the quiet room. He glanced around, and when he saw no one, he stepped inside and closed the door behind him. He leaned on the door, head banging gently against the hard wood as his tense body relaxed. He sighed and closed his eyes, after working himself up so much, he felt stupid for feeling so anxious.
But Naruto's relief was short-lived as the bathroom door clicked and opened and Sasuke Uchiha stepped out. He was dressed in navy silk slacks, a white silk shirt and a red tie lay loosely around his neck. The raven's eyed were cast downward as he stepped out of the bathroom, inky-black hair framing his pale stoic face. The pale hands belonging to the Uchiha were busy, elegant fingers expertly moving to straighten and tighten the red silk tie around a pale, slender neck.
Naruto stiffened, slightly unsure of what to do. But before the blond could get a word out, black collided with blue for a second time, this time with slight surprise lighting up the dark irises.
"..."
"A-A-Ano. H-Hello" Naruto stuttered out one hand, out of habit, moving to scratch the back of his head, "I'm your escort, we were unable to formally meet earlier today." He continued as the dark-haired boy stayed silent, "Eto..I'm Uzumaki Naruto, Sixteen years old." Naruto added, his words rushing out nervously. He bowed formally as the words quickly rushed out of his mouth, "Nicetomeetyou."
Normally, Naruto wasn't easily flustered, but something about the quiet, pale boy's dark stare made him nervous.
"Hn." Sasuke took his piercing gaze off the blond, he picked up the dark navy-blue silk blazer that was draped across his chair and put it on, buttoning it up as he simply stated, "Uzumaki, You clean up well."
Naruto flushed, "Un. Th-thanks. But it was the work of Karin and the others. They're really good at what they do."
Sasuke nodded, picking up a set of silver cufflinks off the black drawer beside his bed and begining to put them on, "I see."
Naruto's blue eyes watched pale fingers work the cufflinks in, noting that the silver pieces had the Uchiha red and white fan-like insignia imprinted within a black circle. The brunette moved with such elegance and grace, it amazed Naruto. Every move the other boy made seemed so..deliberate and precise. He watched as the other male pulled on the last piece of his outfit, the pale hands smoothing out the invisible wrinkles on the jacket lapels.
Sasuke abruptly turned and fully faced Naruto who tensed up at almost getting caught staring, "Uchiha Sasuke. Sixteen." He stated formally. "Tonight, you will conduct yourself in whatever manner you desire, Uzumaki. This evening's cocktail party may be considered a 'social event' but please do not treat it as such. It is important for the Uchiha company to mix and mingle well with the guests, so please do just that. Understand?"
"Hai...But, just call me Naruto, kay?" Naruto asked with a small smile, "After all, we probably shouldn't act like strangers, ne?"
Sasuke ran a pale hand through his silky locks, "Yes, that may be true. But as for tonight you will be an acquaintance of mine, nothing more."
Naruto nodded, "Got it."
"Hn. What happened to the marks on your face?" The pale Uchiha asked suddenly.
Blue eyes shot up to look at the brunette's stoic expression, he blushed slightly, "Oh..er. Well Karin-chan told me that my scars would draw to much attention, so she applied some sort of cover-up stuff on them..." he tailed off, unsure of what to say next and amazed that the Uchiha had even remembered them.
Sasuke paused a moment, "Take it off, Naruto"
Naruto flushed and sputtered, never would he have expected that sentence to leave the boy's mouth.
"Wh-what?!"
"...The cover-up Karin applied, Uzumaki. Take it off."
Naruto sagged in relief and slight embarrassment at his misinterpretation of the brunette's words, "Oh." he replied, "Un. Will do."
"Hn."
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Sasuke stared at the blond that was currently leaning against his door. Any words or questions that he would have probably asked the blond if this were a different situation stayed in his throat. The blond had...changed. His hair was shorter and had been styled straight, so it hung down ward almost naturally instead of messy and layered as Sasuke had seen earlier. The black suit the blond was wearing showed off the fact that Naruto had been leaner than Sasuke had initially thought; The blue in his tie brought out the color of his eyes. Lastly the scars that Sasuke had noticed on the blond's cheeks before were...gone. Without a trace. From what Sasuke could tell, the blond wasn't wearing any make-up either.
"Uzumaki," He began, trying to keep his voice without any particular expression, "You clean up well"
All in all...the blond looked..well, very attractive. Or just...more attractive than Sasuke had thought he would have looked. Sasuke would have never predicted that a sloppy, loud, messy-haired blond would turn into this. The formal bow was slightly endearing, but Sasuke tried not to show how impressed he was.
Naruto explained as Sasuke picked up the cufflinks that completed his suit set. His attire included a navy blue, hand-made, Italian silk blazers, matching slacks, leather shoes, a white hand-made Italian silk shirt, a signature British scarlet-red narrow silk tie and his sterling silver, etched-round Uchiha cufflinks. His hair was styled in its usual odd fashion.
He turned to the blond, who seemed to stiffen slightly, but Sasuke ignored it.
"Tonight, you will conduct yourself in whatever manner you desire, Uzumaki. This evening's cocktail party may be considered a 'social event' but please do not treat it as such. It is important for the Uchiha company to mix and mingle well with the guests, so please do just that. Understand?"
"Hai...But, just call me Naruto, kay? After all, we probably shouldn't act like strangers, ne?"
He ran a hand through his hair, the Dobe was right. "Yes, that may be true. But as for tonight you will be an acquaintance of mine, nothing more." He made clear
"Got it." The blond responded easily, Sasuke studied the tan face once more.
"Hn. What happened to the marks on your face?" He asked.
"Oh..er." The blond began, "Well Karin-chan told me that my scars would draw to much attention, so she applied some sort of cover-up stuff on them..."
Sasuke looked at the face in front of him once more. If Sasuke wanted the people to see the kid for who he really is, no make up could save him, so there was no point in hiding the scars. "Take it off, Naruto" He said, slightly surprised at himself for using the blond's first name.
"Wh-what?!" Sasuke raised an eyebrow at the blond's response.
"...The cover-up Karin applied, Uzumaki." He explained slowly, resisting the urge to call the tan boy a Dobe, "Take it off."
"Oh. Un. Will do."
"Hn." Sasuke said, turning towards his closet, only pausing when he noticed the blond still hadn't moved. "Naruto, if you don't have anything to do right now, I suggest you find something or someone to assist. I need to finish getting ready and then I have business to attend to before this evenings event." He said with formal politeness.
Sasuke inwardly smirked as the blond blushed and stuttered again, "O-oh. Heh..heh....yeah. My bad." He said, a tan hand reaching up to scratch his head, "I guess I should get going now...Well..G'bye." He said, chuckling nervously the whole time, before turning and fumbling for the door knob.
He popped his head back in and added, "Oh, and I'll see you tonight, Sasuke." Naruto said with a bright smile before leaving and shutting the door behind him.
Sasuke's hand reached up to tenderly tough his chest. Slightly worried that the skip of his heart beat was due to the blond saying his name. But he pushed the thought away and shook his head clear.
There was no way. No way that could have happened with some guy that he had met.
Especially not some blond dobe like Uzumaki Naruto.
Or, so he hoped.
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-and cut!-
Mhmm. So, Naruto's hair is supposed to be a little longer than normal, since he got it cut and all.
And Naruto's hair looks like this: http://i252.photobucket.com/albums/hh18/nagisainuzuka/anime/naruto/Naruto-kun27.gif
(same style/length, but of course he's older ^^;) after getting cut.
And styled like Light Yagami's hair style (From Death Note) at the cocktail party.
If you need help with figuring out Japanese words, let me know ^^
I hope these chapters weren't too horrible.
I meant to post all three parts of this chapter all at once, but the next chapter is still being edited. (Me being all Beta-less and all) So it should probably be up soon.
*E.P.E.; Escort Physical Education. Another required course for Escorts to shape up, and stay that way! ;D Other than traditional sports, it rarely involves the "normal" version of physical exercises. E.P.E. is held in one session where all Escort members are required to come and participate in whatever the teachers come up with.
Instructors: Momochi Zabuza, Yuhi Kurenai and Mitarashi Anko.
*Escort Profile: Every Escort has one. They are created when a person becomes an Escort. One picture is taken on the first day of becoming a part of the team and is not replaced until absolutely necessary. It has three sections critical information (i.e.: birthdate, blood type, allergies, description, height, weight, medical history..etc.), personal information (i.e.: favorites, personality descriptions, close friends..etc.) and History (document recording the Escort's past up until the date they joined the Escort team. As of now, (*as you'll see, because it'll be a part of the story) Itachi is working, one by one, on adding three more sections: Escort Course Marks (basically, individual and specific "grades "for all the different courses the Escorts take. Each course requires the instructors to file a report on the Escort's over-all performance, participation, work-habits...etc.), Escort Client History (A listen history of all the Escort's clients and very detailed descriptions of where the clients were escorted to, what they did, how close they got, and any other information), and Escort Client Reviews (what the Clients had to say about their Escorts and the current status between Escort and Client, updated yearly.).
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