Summary: When the cameras stop rolling at the end of the day, will Naruto still be the perfect, innocent person we all came to love and know? "I'm an actor Sakura," he says, "that's what I do. I act." and yet she refuses to believe what she hears. This is a Romantic Comedy, with the inevitable tidbits of drama here and there, a few OCs to bully and the loveable Gaara that will rival Naruto's role in the story. AU NaruSaku

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Start: One in a Million Chance

OOO

The beat of their hearts matched the madness of their anxiety as they wandered deeper into ominous corridors where columns of doors bore a bleak promise for the safe return of--

"Saede!" they would holler every now and then as footfalls hauntingly echoed in its dingy walls where faint flames danced on rusty brackets as it did nothing more than to lick a few of the darkness away.

"Saede!!" gasped a pink haired kunoichi as she swung one door wide open before staggering back and kicking the door behind her open, "Saede!?"

Down the hall another aggravated voice hollered in as much desperation as she had, "Saede!" called a male who took a sharp right turn as golden locks of hair glued to his face with sweat, hopeful blue eyes did their best to scan trough the darkness, "Saede!!"

BOOM!!

The impact caused the flames to wither as cracks spider webbed away from its source. Nobuto got on all fours, coughing out the dust that settled on his dry throat and winced at the new found brightness.

Immediately, he ran out into the fresh ruins where his hand flew to his face to shield his eyes from the blinding daylight. He halted in his tracks and froze in anticipation when a familiar shadowed figure stood on the edge of the ruins high above him.

"Sae--"

OOO

"Haruno Sakura!" barked a woman in her early forties; hair pulled in a bun and hands planted on hips, giving her daughter a very stern and a very reprimanding look.

"Mom!" squeaked Sakura as she quickly saving her file before she turned her iPhone off; she kept her back rigid to her mother.

"What in the world are you doing?" hissed her mother, "you're not making that useless story thing again... Are you?"

"Uhhh..." the girl's green eyes dragged along the context of her textbook before she smoothly turned to her mom, "mom, how could you accuse me just like that? I was studying in advance"

Mrs. Haruno gave her daughter a dubious look before snatching the textbook from her desk, she scanned the current page then asked, "Then tell me what atheroslecrosis is"

"It is when fatty deposits line your artery walls, thickening blood passageways and increasing blood pressure,"

The mother snapped the book shut with one hand and handed it over to her daughter, and turned on her heels to leave.

Sakura heavily heaved the breath she held in with an unrestrained sigh, relishing her undeserving relief; she was grateful for her photographic memory--

"Hurry up," added the mother, halting halfway through the door, missing Sakura's dead give away before feigning ease, "you're late"

Sakura's 'calm' facade broke into real shock when she tugged her pajama sleeve down and read the time. It wasn't long before she tornado-ed around her room and bathroom and back out again before diving into the dining room to wolf down her breakfast, stuffing as much sushi into her mouth and bento box.

She dashed to their front yard struggling to put her knapsack on and buckling her helmet as she rode on her bike downhill. She furiously pumped the pedals, dangerously racing with cars as she cruised on the sidewalk plowing her own path as pedestrians wheeled out of the way; she screamed her apologies with her right hand stretched high above her head.

With that hand, she grabbed the pole on the corner of the sidewalk, making a sharp turn to her-- "Oof!"

Pain shot on her abdomen and darkness clouded her vision. She whimpered in pain and failed to move as more agonizing soreness promised a bitter future. Though she could she was probably lying limp on the hood of someone's car with her bicycle handle bruising her tummy, she was far too shocked by the impact to care.

She heard the muffled slamming of car doors before she felt a sharp prod to her right side, and because she was quite ticklish, she jolted upright before yelping when she fell to the ground, bringing her bicycle down with her--

Screech

"Oh hell no," she heard a male voice.

Slightly less discombobulated, she fixed her helmet with a clean sweep to her head and forced her eyes to adjust to sudden brightness, blinking away her vision's blurriness.

"Hey you," spoke a shadowed figure loftily towering over her.

The familiarity of his voice heightened Sakura's senses when excitement poured through her veins. Her green eyes widened when she gazed up as she took in the stunning features of perfect golden hair messily sitting on a handsomely structured face where designer shades obscured sapphire eyes while perching on a perfect, straight nose. "Name?"

Ultimate shock shattered her logical thinking as her brain failed to digest his question. "Huh?"

"I said," scoffed the blonde, planting his hands on his hips, "what's your name?"

"N-Naruto?" gasped Sakura, jaw dropping dramatically wide as a squeamish scream failed to follow

The handsome blonde chuckled, shaking his head, "Yeah, I'm Naruto alright"

"U-Uzumaki Naruto, right?!" grinned Sakura, furiously blushing in glee, "The famous Uzumaki Naruto who stars in Japan's hit TV drama Nobuto?!?"

With his hands on his hips and his back turned to her, she watched his shoulders raise and lower as he sighed. He drew his phone out and flipped it open, keying in numbers before gingerly placing it against his ear.

There was a momentary pause, giving Sakura the chance to relish this wondrous moment. This was a one in a million chance that she never imagined would happen! She blushed harder and gave him a timid look when he looked over his shoulder and peered over his shades before snapping his phone shut.

With haughty strides, he approached her before sitting on his haunches. Sakura's heart began climbing up her throat when she acknowledged the pleasant distance he set between them. He handed her his phone.

She blinked and stared at it.

Naruto monotonously gazed at her before silently forcing her to take his phone. When she still looked at him in awe, he spoke, "number"

She blinked as her eyes widened. Before mouthing the word number.

He gave her a tight-lipped smirk and bobbed his head exageratedly. She giggled nervously as her fingers fumbled on the keys before returning his phone.

He stood the moment he took his phone, "I'll give you a call when I know the cost for reparation"

Sakura quickly rose to her feet, bowing deeply and giggling when she waved goodbye. His sleek black Lamborghini revved to life before he drove away. She squealed and jumped in excitement before she heard her school bell chime, effectively dousing her exhilaration in the exchange for more anxiety.

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"As for this equation over here..."

From the lecture of her teacher, and the hands on her watch, she already knew that this class was already two-thirds finished. While she crouched low, she carefully tapped the window three times and waited.

Long blonde hair whipped out of sight just as the window slightly slid open. The pinkette removed her knapsack and carefully handed it over to her friend before she lay flat on the windowsill to slip through.

She managed to land elegantly without a noise, thanking her friend Ino as she settled on the assigned seat next to her.

"Where's the attendance?" she whispered to the blonde

Ino smiled and winked at her. Sakura quietly sighed and withdrew a notebook to begin jotting down notes.

"So why're you late this time?" asked her friend

Sakura hesitated for a moment and suppressed her growing blush through biting her lower lip, "can you keep a secret?"

"What are friends for," assured the blonde

With a sigh to calm her down, "do you know Uzumaki Naruto?"

"You got tickets to his new movie?" gasped Ino

Sakura clamped her friend's mouth shut, motioning silence when she pressed her own lips. Ino nodded, and Sakura let her go, both of them ducked lower to hide behind the heads of their taller classmates.

"No, he--"

"He's finally dating Yobuki Hana--"

Sakura clamped her friend's mouth shut and hissed dangerously, "Unless you want to know, then shh!"

Ino nodded and removed Sakura's hands to cover her mouth with her own. The two best friends looked at each other for a long time until the pinkette spoke

"He asked for my number!" she squealed

Ino's excited demeanor faltered and gave Sakura a look that made her conscious before turning to focus on the lesson. Sakura fell quiet and digested what she just said.

Come to think of it who would believe her?

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Riiing

Sakura lazily fumbled around for her phone.

Riiing

She clicked her tongue and lethargically opened her eyes

Riiing

She glanced at the screen and read the time, which was one in the morning, and the caller which said: Private Number.

Riiing--

"Hello?" she croaked, too tired to feign that the caller had interrupted her sleep

"Uzumaki Naruto here"

She clicked her tongue and groaned, "Very funny Inoru, can't you just tell your sister to stop it?" then she hung up and sank deeper into her sheets--

Riiing

She grabbed her phone, "Inoru, please stop it, do you even know what time it is?"

"... Lady, this is not a prank call. This is Uzumaki Naruto, the guy you bumped into this morning"

... Sakura bolted into an upright position as eyes widened into perfect circles, "A-ano," she blushed, "U-Uzumaki-san, why call at a time like this?"

She heard Naruto sigh, "Have you forgotten the only reason why I'd call a stranger at this time of the hour?

"I'll give you a call when I know the cost for reparation"

Sakura's face immediately contorted in melancholic misery, screwing her facade with an inward harangue. She remembered his car was foreign and who knew how much that could cost. Having a superstar call her would be a very flattering circumstance if she didn't have to pay for the damage she did to his car.

"Hello?"

She cut the call and shut her phone off before heavily slamming her body against her bed's plushy sheets. She stared at her ceiling; maybe she could change her number... That was all he asked right?

Riiing

Her eyes widened and reached for her phone, it was off as she thought and dead as it should be.

Riiing

Just on the surface of her bedside table, her landline rang. She shot upright once more as the blaring phone resonated against her walls. She grabbed it and stuffed it under her pillow, hoping that the muffled noise will end soon.

And then it did.

She sighed, plopped on the cushy hill and allowed herself to drift back to sleep--

"Honey?"

"Mm?"

"There's someone in the phone for you, answer it okay?" she heard her mom say before the door shut

"But mooom... You don't understand--"

"Sakura, answer it, I already told your friend you're awake"

Sakura groaned when her mother left. She cracked one eye open and irritably scratched the back of her head with a sigh as she sat up. She withdrew the ringing phone, and hesitantly brought it to her ear.

Nervously, she spoke, "Hello?"

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A/N: Yoshh!!! Another AU~

I might cancel Project Princess to make way for this

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