I've come to realize that my life was lacking something; perhaps it was reason? For as long as I could remember, I've always been alone; there are no memories of a family to me. I've made the best of friends, through high school and through college, and I'm grateful that I've met such close people. I suppose I'm glad for finding a job I really love (I'm a Detective at the Konoha Police Department, specializing in Arms!), and thankful for my awesome co-workers (who also consist of my best friends!). But even that isn't enough to satisfy this sort of, craving, for finding what I'm lacking.

I suppose the one thing I need in this life isn't something I can buy or pick up off the streets.

After years of thinking about what my life was lacking, I've come to realize it wasn't a family, nor was it any more friends. All I needed was something profound.

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Something Profound
Chapitre Un – casual routine

Disclaimer:Don't own Naruto.

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"Oi, oi! Do you ever do anything other than firing in this range?"

A twenty-one year old pink-haired woman carefully walked into the specialized firing range in the Konoha Police and Investigations Department, throwing on a pair of earmuffs and goggles for protection. A scowl was present on her face, her lips formed in a hard frown.

"Something up, Sakura?"

The twenty-two year old woman, who was previously trying out a new shotgun, placed the weapon on the rack to her side, removing her goggles from her eyes. The woman was the head of the Arms department, her knowledge of every single weapon on the planet immense and respected (and perhaps even feared). She was known around the streets for her intimidating personality, her cheery attitude, or her unique hair, which was always tied in two, unique panda-ear buns. She was also known as the girl who was alone ever since she was seven, just a random wanderer into the bustling city of Konoha with no records of a family.

"Can you believe it? Freaking Kakashi dumped his class on me! I'm a medic, a medical investigator and detective, not a teacher!"

Haruno Sakura, with her distinctive pink-hair and emerald eyes, was the top medic and medical investigator in the police department. She was one of few at the department who had enough stamina and motives to be able to pull off a double-job; she was known not only for her accurate medical investigations, but known at the hospital as the top surgeon and the most requested one, aside from her mentor, Tsunade. When she was in her teenage years, she was pulled into the Police Force, along with her two partners, Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke. The three of them were the top detectives, and usually called out for the most gruesome murder cases.

Tenten laughed at her best friend's antics, too amused by Sakura's never-ending problems with her investigative team to help cheer her up.

Tenten was also part of an investigative team, one used for quick and accurate investigations. Her partner was Rock Lee, a top martial artist (black belt!), and someone sent out for "impossible" missions and the sort. Both of them were well known in their department, and respected, due to their importance in the Force. However, their team was lacking a member, in which the Force could not find a suitable candidate to balance out their skills.

"Well, Sakura, you're nice with kids."

"Tenten, they're not kids! They're our age, even older!"

Tenten laughed and shook her head.

"Hey, this new shotgun I'm trying out might do the trick."

The Haruno cackled and shook her head.

"You kidding? Kakashi's got more than a new shotgun. You know the secrets behind our Force. Of course the general public would be scared to death if they figured out what we really do. Which is why I understand Kakashi's hate of showing around interns. It's hard to keep such a large secret."

"Hey, we deal like any old Police Department. But I enjoy being a mix of the FBI, SAU (1), and a regular police department. Of course, that's why we're more like a branch office than the main one; we keep our secrets aside."

"He sorta reminds me of Lady Macbeth –" At this, Sakura and Tenten both winced at their high school days, "So much blood on his hands, I'm worried he'll go insane."

"As long as he doesn't begin yelling out, 'Out, damned spot, out I say!', I think he's fine, Sakura. You shouldn't worry about the old man. Hey, he may be old, but he's been in our specialized force longer than any of us combined."

"Have to give props to the creator. ANBU's an attractive name. And whoever came up with the uniforms is even hotter, I've got to say."

The two girls commenced laughing.

"If only those hot clothes weren't always stained with blood, huh?"

"Got that right."

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The cafeteria was as full as usual, with many of the Force members on a lunch break from a long morning of paperwork and reporting. Many of their demeanors were tired, yet mysterious, as they sat with the normal people they sat with, at the same table they always sat at. It was casual routine for the members of the special branch office of the Konoha Police Department; anything that was not routine was instinctively dangerous.

Tenten sat at the usual table that her group sat at, munching on the fulfilling lunch that she had taken from the buffet-like table. The other members of her group had not yet arrived, some having just returned from a long mission, and others stuck with the boring job of filing for the day. She had been lucky enough to be able to have tested out new guns that had just arrived from secret distributors in the firing range, where she was able to chat with Sakura.

"There's more gang activity springing up in the main streets of the city. It's a pain having to kill most of them off."

"Shows you society nowadays, doesn't it?"

"Oh please. If there's one thing that disgusts me, it's those kinds of people who think they're God and can just rape people whenever they feel like it."

Tenten looked up and found the Legendary Team Seven taking their usual seats at the table, still clad in the special uniform of the Police Department's SAU (1) unit. Sakura and the blond sitting next to her offered Tenten a greeting smile, while the raven-haired man sitting beside them offered her an acknowledging look.

"Back from an easy mission, I assume."

"Easy. We're all getting sick of killing up these undergrounds. I mean, seriously. You'd think they would've gotten the idea after we killed off the first one," Sakura nonchalantly said, taking a bite out of her steaming cinnamon roll.

"Seriously," the blond said, bringing in his first bites of steaming hot ramen, "It's a pain cleaning off wasted blood stains."

The blond was the infamous Uzumaki Naruto, who inevitably had a fox demon sealed inside him. He was probably one of the nicest members of the force, helping out any newbie who asked for help. On the battlefield, he was one of the most reliable and most powerful, the power of the fox demon aiding him immensely. His past was known as a hard one, left on the city streets to live until his teacher, Kakashi, had taken him in.

"They deserve to die. I don't see the problem," the raven-haired man said, calmly taking a bite out of his sandwich.

The raven-haired man was Uchiha Sasuke, son of the head of the Police Department. He was infamous for arrogance, bluntness, and being an ice-cube, but most annoyingly known as "He-Who-Had-the-Fanclub-of-Banshees". He, along with Naruto, was one of the most powerful, training daily to fit the expectations of his father. In enemy territory, his eyes became an intimidating red, said to be able to see the future and copy all abilities.

Tenten smiled.

"You're lucky. I haven't been with any missions lately."

Team Seven looked at each other quietly, before continuing to eat their lunch.

Tenten threw a questioning gaze to all three, but to no avail.

"Figures," she snorted, "Secrets aren't that rare here."

Sakura grinned.

"Secrets are always exposed here, at one time or another."

There was silence, before Tenten quietly nodded.

"True."

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"You asked for me, Fugaku-san?"

The familiar face of Uchiha stared back at Tenten, as the same raven-colored hair and the same onyx-colored eyes faced her. There was a grave difference between the two Uchiha present in the force. And that one difference was all that made the SAU (1) as terrifying as it was.

"I did."

The man that was head of the Konoha Police Department (positioned at the Branch office, suspicious as it were), and head of the SAU (1), offered her a blood-chilling smile.

He made the SAU everything that it was.

He was Sasuke multiplied one thousand times over in the terrifying department.

Uchiha Fugaku. Fearless. Intimidating. Powerful.

(and the man who had no time for his youngest son)

"Well, I've been wondering, Fugaku-san," Tenten said, taking a seat in the chairs present before Fugaku's desk, "Why I haven't been assigned any missions lately?"

Fugaku's grin widened.

"You've got one now."

"Seriously? Do I have to wait for –"

"Rock Lee, your partner, is on a solo mission at the moment, as you know."

"Seriously? I get to go solo for this one?"

Tenten could swear she saw the resembling, fear-inducing grin in Sasuke as his father's grin widened.

"Your deadline is next week. You will bring your target in, alive."

"Not dead? That's a new one," Tenten muttered.

Fugaku chuckled.

"You will bring him alive, as I said, and unharmed. If you fail, you willbe held responsible for the consequences. This is important."

"Yessir."

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TBC

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A/N:A new NejiTen story. C:
(Because I really needed some NejiTen. Seriously.)
I suppose it's more actiony-mystery type.
But I hope you'll all enjoy it.
And by the way, I left most of the information about the Police Department/Force a mystery for later chapter reasons.
It'll probably open up in the next chapter.

(1) SAU - Special Assassinations Unit (I made this up.)

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