And we find ourselves at the beginning of yet another story. Some of you are thinking "Monkey sama are you sure you can handle TWO stories at once?" others are thinking "Monkey sama is the greatest!" and some are thinking "Where am I? How did I get here? I just clicked the damn pop up!" For those in that last category I suggest you click away before you see something you just might like.
A woman walked down the semi crowded street on her way home from a hard day of work. She was lost in thought not paying any particular attention to her surroundings. That is until a man in a dark hoodie that concealed his face crashed into her and grabbed her purse. The man jumped up nimbly and sprinted away. The people standing near crowded around the woman asking if she was all right.
"Help! Stop! That man has my purse!" she screeched. A nearby police officer leapt into action and began to chase the hooded man.
The thief speed through the crowd, skillfully avoiding all the gawking people on the sidewalks. He glanced back over his shoulder at the cop shouting for him to stop, when he turned back he just barely avoided crashing into a young blonde haired woman walking in his direction. He managed to turn enough that he barely brushed her shoulder, but she stumbled back when he did. The dark hooded man proceeded to turn sharply down a side street squeezed between two buildings.
The cop made it to the alleyway moments after the thief and pulled out his gun as he faced the opening. But there was no one there. He saw the people walking calmly on the other side of the buildings, but no hooded thief. He walked cautiously down the road a bit and checked the side doors of the two buildings that stood on each side of the street. They were locked tight with no signs of tampering so he moved on to the other side of the street. By now a small group had gathered to try and figure out what the cop was doing.
"Did you see a man in a dark hoodie run this way?" He asked the people.
"No, no one's come out of there but you." Answered a raven haired man. The group around said pretty much the same thing.
"Dammit, I lost him." The officer cursed then he grabbed the radio off his shoulder. "This is Officer Iruka Umino, calling in a purse snatching on Eighteenth Street. Suspect is wearing a dark blue hooded sweatshirt and blue jeans. Last seen running down the alley just off Eighteenth towards Seventeenth." He turned back to the people. "You certain you didn't see anything?" He asked, hoping that maybe they knew something that would give him a lead. But they still shook their heads. "Ok, if you see anyone call the police. Do not go after him by yourselves." Then the officer ran back down the alley to talk to the owner of the purse.
Once he was gone the crowd dispersed, but the black haired man remained. On the other side of the alley a blonde haired woman appeared. The two met each other in the middle.
"You got it?" He asked. She smirked and held up the purse.
"Of course I do." She replied which brought a smile to his lips. She slid the strap over her shoulder and they walked out of the alley on his side, holding hands. "You know, you nearly knocked me down this time." She complained rubbing her shoulder with back of the hand she was holding.
"I'll make it up to you." He said with a smile. Her eyes lit up.
"Does that mean I get to pick the next adventure?" She asked enthusiastically. "Because I'm totally sick of these snatch and dashes." He chuckled.
"I was thinking a nice dinner, maybe a movie." He explained.
"Can we go to a night club?" She suggested.
"Whatever you want, baby." He replied. She snuggled closer to him and they walked away. In the distance the sound of a police siren could be heard. The couple paid no attention to it as they strolled on.
At the station a large group of officers had gathered for a briefing on the increasing crime. The man who was leading it had silver hair.
"Five robberies in as many days all in the same 4 block radius. We either got several low level criminals, or a couple of smart thieves." The tall silver haired man started. "I'm more inclined to believe the latter." The group gathered in front of him nodded and wrote down what he was saying.
"Sir, what makes you think that?" Asked a young pink haired detective standing closest to the front.
"We would have caught at least one of these guys if there were numerous perps." The girl nodded and wrote something down. "Alright, so we are gonna cover this area with officers."
"Won't that just force them to move on to the next area?" Chimed in a bright eyed blonde man.
"Only if this isn't their comfort zone. They may be good but it is possible that they are only able to pull off these thefts because they know the area. So even if they move on it will only make them that much easier to catch." Explained a man who was leaning against the wall with his eyes half closed.
"Exactly." The silver haired man said.
"What about the problems we've been having in the Northfield area?" Asked a heavyset man with a bag of chips in his hand.
"We have been asked to politely butt out of that." Said the police chief, who was an older blonde woman.
"Yeah, because those damn rich snobs have some pretty big skeletons in their closet they don't want us finding." Said the purple haired woman standing on the other side of the briefing board.
"That doesn't matter. This is our case now so let's focus." The first man spoke again. "Now I want everyone in street clothes to fan out in the designated area and keep your eyes peeled for anything suspicious." He finished.
"Alright! Let's get out there and catch these scumbags!" The blonde man shouted enthusiastically.
"Ino. Are you ready to go yet?"
"Almost!"
"Can you hurry up a bit?"
"Do I rush you, Sasuke?"
"No."
"Exactly.
"But that's because I don't take four hours to do my hair." She poked her head into the room, pouting.
"I just wanna be perfect for you." She whined, then she ducked back into the bathroom. He stood up and followed her. Ino stood in front of the mirror curling her hair.
"Babe, you know you always look perfect to me." He said coming to stand right behind her. He wrapped his arms around her, forcing her to shift the hand with the curling iron.
"Sasuke! You're messing up my hair!" She cried. Then she set the iron down and turned herself around in his arms. "Now you know I love you, but you need to get the hell out of here and let me finish getting ready. If you don't I cannot be held accountable for what happens to you." She threatened with an innocent smile. In response he smirked and kissed her lightly on the lips.
"Promise?" He asked suggestively then he kissed her again, more passionately this time. She kissed him back then abruptly pushed him away.
"No, bad Sasuke. We're going out tonight!" She said sternly. Now he pouted.
"Why don't we stay in?"
"No. We always stay in! Plus, this is you making up for earlier."
"I can think of a better way to do that." He said leaning down to kiss her again. She put her finger to his lips and shook her head.
"No. Now get out so I can finish my hair." She pointed to the door.
"Alright, your highness." He kissed her one last time then went back to sitting on the bed waiting for her.
"Naruto, you do realize Kakashi meant we should start patrolling in the morning, right?"
"Why wait, Sakura? I'm ready to go now!"
"Well we can't do anything now, because the thefts occur during the day, idiot." Sakura picked up the report she was revising and looked it over for the tenth time.
"Are you still working on the Northfield break in report?" Naruto asked watching his partner carefully. "I handed mine in three days ago."
"That's because you are ok with mediocre work, and I am not." She replied.
"Hey, I am and amazing detective!" He whined. She set the paper down and looked up at the blonde man.
"You're good at the field work, not so much the paperwork." She corrected.
"At least I do my own paperwork. Unlike Shikamaru." He said gesturing to his sleeping coworker.
"I heard that." Came Shikamaru's sleepy response.
"I wasn't hiding it!" Naruto shouted back.
"Not like you could hide anything from him anyhow. He's solved more cases in the three years he's been here than most of these guys have in their entire careers."
"Are you bragging about me, Chief?" He said sitting up to glance over at Tsunade.
"Of course she is. You're the best she's got."
"Of course you'd say that, Choji. You're my partner." Shikamaru said.
"What's everyone doing here? It's almost midnight!"
"Anko calm down. If they want to spend their free time working longer let them." Kakashi said to his partner.
"I'm not paying any of you overtime. So deal with that or leave!" Tsunade shouted then retreated to her office.
"I'm outta here. Choji, you coming with?" Shikamaru asked as he stood up and stretched. His partner nodded and grabbed his jacket off the back of his chair.
"I'm gonna cut out too. See you tomorrow Sakura." Naruto said after an obnoxiously loud yawn.
"Yeah, goodnight." She replied. After another hour of fixing her report she finally gave up and left. "I have to get some sleep if I'm gonna catch a criminal tomorrow." She thought groggily.
Sasuke was lying on the bed when Ino finally emerged from the bathroom. He sat up and stared at his girlfriend. She was wearing what she affectionately called her 'clubbing clothes' which consisted of a short purple dress and matching high heels. Her long platinum hair was pulled up into a ponytail filled with perfect ringlets.
"You look stunning. The only bright spot in this hell hole." He said gesturing to the crappy little motel room they were staying in. She walked up to him and smiled brightly as she wrapped her arms around his neck.
"Someday this will all be a fond memory and we'll be living the life we were always meant to live." She said confidently. He pulled her closer and gently touched her cheek. She rested her head on his hand and smiled again.
"You are so amazing." He said amorously. She kissed him tenderly then tried to pull away, but he dragged her back playfully and kissed her more passionately. After a minute she broke away with an annoyed look on her face.
"Come on Sasuke. We should go before the place gets too crowded." She walked to the door and opened it. He sighed and followed her out into the cool city night.
So here is my introductory chapter. Please tell me what you think. Even if you never review again I am begging for some feedback on this chapter so I can decide if it is worth it to continue. Thank you and goodnight, or morning, afternoon maybe, possibly evening, hell it could even be noon!