Naruto fidgeted nervously, he has never met any of Itachi's friends and now the Uchiha somehow managed to convince him to come along with his friends to hang out. "You met one of them, two maybe?" Naruto looked over to Itachi who was driving - he had been in absolute awe when he saw the expensive car; he didn't even want to get in, thinking he would dirty the car. Itachi laughed at his antics, waiting patiently for the blond to get in. It had been a call to Itachi from his friends that prompted Naruto to get in as he thought they were going to be late and Uchiha Itachi has never been late - Naruto wasn't about to ruin that record.
"Konan, the blue-haired woman that was with me in Venice and in the office helping you wrap your arm 2 weeks ago. Kisame, I'm not sure if you remember how he looks like, he was the one that caused the destruction of your table in Venice." Naruto looked surprised as people usually don't make friends with their Anbu guards, they always treat them like they are disposable. Naruto nodded to himself as if he was steeling himself for rejection and scorn.

Naruto half hid behind Itachi when they entered the venue. Itachi seems to have booked the whole area as there was no one here. Itachi kept trying to persuade Naruto that they weren't going to eat him up but Naruto shook his head, still hiding behind Itachi. Itachi stopped suddenly, making Naruto run into his back. "I'm so sorry!" Itachi waved it off and turned around to face him.
"What happened to all that confidence when you meet clients? Think of them as our company clients." Itachi tried and watched as Naruto straightened his posture and moved to walk beside Itachi, making the man smile. "Itachi! You're alive." A voice joked and a chorus of voices joined in to greet Itachi.
"Hey. Who is this little blonde?" A tall man with slight blue skin and intimidating eyes looked at Naruto with a huge grin, Naruto looked like he wanted to turn and sprint out the door.
"This is-" Itachi started but was interrupted by his friend.
"Naruto?!" Everyone turned, facing the voice that called out, Deidara. Naruto jumped in fright, he didn't think anyone would know him. Itachi tilted his head, confused. He was sure that Deidara has never met Naruto before, not even when he returned from Venice and the blond became his secretary. Naruto looked up to see a blond running his way, looking like he was trying to hug Naruto but everyone was shocked when it turned into a punch which Naruto ducked easily. Itachi sent Naruto a look but Naruto shrugged as he dodged another blow flying in his direction. "You little shit!" Deidara exclaimed, charging at Naruto again.

"What are you doing, Deidara!" Konan yelled, trying to stop him but to no avail. Deidara was moving away from them, forcing Naruto to back away from the group as well, almost like they were making space to have a full-out sparring session. " Naruto flipped himself over one of the round tables to avoid Deidara who ran around it, trying to trip Naruto. Naruto blocked the roundhouse kick he saw coming towards his head. Naruto winced at the impact, it has been a while since he had sparred with anyone. "I thought you were dead un!" Everyone looked at each other,'dead?'

"I can explain!" Naruto exclaimed as he caught the punch that no one expected him to have been able to. They looked at each other, how is that possible?! When they trained with Deidara, they could barely block it and Naruto caught the fist with such ease! Deidara was a very fast attacker, his punches were hard to predict as they didn't have much of a pattern. However, with that being said, he is fast but his punches aren't as powerful as for example Kisame's. Naruto used the caught fist to his advantage and twisted Deidara's arm behind him, pushing him down onto a table. "Ow ow ow, shit I'm sorry. Ow!" Deidara yelled, tapping on the table. Naruto grinned as he released the older blond who got up and grabbed Naruto into a headlock, rubbing Naruto's head with his fist. "Nooooo. Please! Anything but the head. Itachiiii helpppp." Naruto exclaimed, trying to stop Deidara's fist. The others stood watching, amused by the two blonds.
"How could you stand there and do nothing for your secretary, Itachi!" Naruto whined, making everyone laugh as Itachi went over, easing Deidara's death grip on Naruto.

When they settled down, everyone turned to Deidara, expecting answers. "What?" Deidara finally asked, annoyed at the stares and no questions.
"How did you know Naruto? And why did you say you thought he was dead?" Naruto fidgeted in his seat, what would Itachi think if he found out? Itachi looked over to Naruto who was looking at the empty plate in front of him like it was the most interesting thing in the world. Deidara looked to Naruto as if asking him a question. Naruto's arm was folded over his chest like he was trying to make himself smaller and protect himself from the outside world. He looked around, taking a deep breath before he moved to unzip his jacket. Everyone around the table watched curiously as Naruto stood to shrug off the left side of his jacket, being careful of his injured arm. Naruto pushed up the sleeve of his t-shirt, earning shocked gasps from them. On Naruto's left arm, the tattoo that every Anbu gets as a sign of power and allegiance. The tattoo meant everything; to get the tattoo meant that you are the best of the best - elites - and that the Anbu accepts you as their family. No one dares mess with an Anbu.