A Worthy Uchiha Bride

Author notes: My apologies for taking so long and then uploading... this.

Disclaimer: "Naruto" and its characters are not mine.

Chapter 2

Today was the day. Naru would finally work up the courage to ask her boss for a promotion and NOTHING was going to stop her from getting what she deserved.

Naru was a part time worker at a gas station and had been for the last six months, she was never late, never missed a shift and worked overtime often enough that she was practically full time already, except the pay wasn't as good. And a bump up in her paycheck could do wonders for her financial situation.

She looked herself over in the full length mirror behind her front door, straightened her uniform, and swiped away imaginary wrinkles before giving herself a thumbs up and happily waltzing out of her small studio apartment.

She had been dependent on herself since high school, her parents had been killed by a drunk driver and besides a visit here and there from her godfather, she was alone. She has had to work multiple jobs since then, fight just to survive, and work for everything she had. So, today should be easy peazy, right?

The butterflies in her stomach said otherwise.

She walked the two and a half miles it took to get to work, taking a bus was a luxury and the exercise kept her in shape. But, being able to take the bus more often would also be welcomed with open arms.

"Ugh, I need to stop dreaming and just stick to my reality ." She talked to herself when she was nervous or uncomfortable and she realized it was probably a bad habit that would probably get her in trouble of of these days.

But, she'd worry about that later. Much later when she wasn't worrying about other more important matters. Like, how was she going to make rent this month? She's been late in her rent often enough that her landlord had finally given her a warning that he'd have to evict her if she didn't pay on time again. She was barely surviving as it was and couldn't figure out how to get the extra money, the only solution she think of was asking for a promotion. And if this didn't work then she'd just have to look for another part time job. Well, she might have to do that anyways.

Naru dragged her hands down her face when she realized she couldn't just MAKE money magically appear out of nowhere.

"Okay, Naru. Lets do this. What's the worse that can happen?" After a pause and a defeated sigh she answered her own question aloud, "...she can say no and I end up either starving or becoming homeless."

"So much for THAT pep talk" she mumbled to herself.

Left to her own thoughts she walked the rest of the way to work in her own little world, being unnoticed by everyone she passed.

Itachi however, was on the complete opposite side of the money spectrum. He never had to worry about how he would pay bills, pay for food, or keep a running total of how much money he had left to his name.

No, Itachi was the luckiest person in that way. But, just because he had numerous funds to live off of, didn't make him any happier. In fact, a side effect from having so much at his disposal only made him lonely in his personal life. Having learned from his past, of when he'd trusted the wrong people, he'd come to the firm belief that no one was trustworthy and besides his mother and younger brother, he has learned to keep everyone else at arms length. Not even his own father could be trusted in his eyes.

So, it's quite understandable why his mother wants him to go on dates, marry, have children, have a family of his own because as it was, none of that was going to happen of his own volition. At least not as soon as his mother wanted.

But, IF he was ever going to marry, he'd only accept the best. Best education, exquisite manners, and she needs to be wealthy as well, along with having the best looks money could buy. Because the women that ran in his social circle were women that hardly ever had an ounce of natural anything left to their name.

If only he knew what destiny had in store for him.

Mikoto Uchiha was a woman that most absolutely got her way, no matter the situation or person. When her husband, Fugaku, wanted to send their children off to a foreign country to attend boarding school? Well, a few weeks of him sleeping on the couch and not even allowed a single kiss of affection changed his mind right quick.

So imagine her surprise when her eldest child was holding his ground and not giving into her wish as she had expected. Of course she didn't WANT to push him into a marriage just for her sake, but she also wanted grandchildren in this lifetime. Going by his track record, his interest in dating, let alone marriage, seemed nonexistent and she wasn't getting any younger. It'd be such a comfort to know that after she passes her children would have their own little families and not have to deal with the bitter sting of loneliness.

Mikoto lost track of how many dates she set up for Itachi. Each and every single one of those young ladies were beautiful, rich, educated, and willing to marry a cold person like Itachi. Although that was probably, if not all, in part due to him being the heir to the Uchiha clan, and THAT was a good incentive for anyone to marry someone as difficult as her eldest child.

As the Uchiha Matriarch she was looking for a daughter in law that could handle the Uchiha name and all it means, but as a mother she wanted her son to be happy and marry for love.

But, love was hard to come by in their world.

Author Notes: Not my best work, but that means it can only get better, right? I'm trying to work on character development rather than just have everything happen in one or two chapters, I don't want to rush things.

I'm already working on the next chapter, I just felt like this was a good place to stop for right now.

I have way to any story ideas and not enough time to write :(

Sincere apologies for how long this took to get uploaded. I hope you aren't TOO disappointed

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