Sasuke stood facing the window in his office. He looked down at the busy street, the people, the cars, the bicycles rushing past each other. He took a sip from his coffee and stared at his reflection. There was a light wrapping at his door. He broke his stare from the window and turned. He set his coffee on the glass table.

"Come in." he said. The door opened and a man with long white hair entered. He had a suite on as well as Sasuke. There was a manila folder in his hand. He walked towards the desk and slapped the folder down. It almost knocked Sasuke's coffee over. Sasuke held back a glare towards his boss.

"Jiraiya," Sasuke regarded him.

"Nice to see you here so early," he retorted.

"You've put me on stakeouts for the past week," Sasuke reminded him.

"Yeah, yeah I know. You know what today is?" Juryiya looked at him.

"Apparently not," Sasuke put a hand in his suite pants pocket. Jiraiya tapped the Manila folder on the table with his pointer finger.

"You're being assigned a new partner," Sasuke looked away for a moment.

"Look Sasuke..." Jiraiya paused and rubbed his chin, " I know it's still sensitive but it protocol,"

"I know I just don't want to be stuck with dead weight again,"

"Sasuke I picked the best. I made requests for these agents, so they're good," he was leaned over part of Sasuke's desk now. "The meeting's at eight on the dot." Jiraiya left his office and closed the door gently. Sasuke looked down at the folder and slid it closer. He flipped it open there were lists and a few pictures.

Naruto Uzumaki
Neji Hyuga
Kiba Inuzuka

Sticky notes on the photos held their names. He looked at Neji's photo. His features were rough, and his job list was impressive. Next was Kiba's photo he had almost the same colored hair as Neji. His job list wasn't as impressive as Neji's, but it was average. At the bottom of the pile was Naruto. Blonde with three scar marks on each cheek. His job list was longer the Hyugas but there were cases where he had been suspended from. Sasuke didn't read the rest he didn't want Uzumaki.

Eight o'clock came around fast. Sasuke was filling up his second cup of coffee. He made his way to the conference room. There was a long wooden table with black leather chairs. The windows ran straight to the floor. All the windows around the building were tinted, which Sasuke liked. Sasuke sat himself with his back to the windows. He waited for others to arrive.

"Uchiha," Sasuke looked up, it was Shino. He had his dark glasses on. He'd never been seen without his glasses. He was an agent who also worked in the science/forensic department. Sasuke nodded at him. Next Jiraiya walked in and sat to Sasuke's left. Two others drifted in Sakura and Tsunade. Tsunade took a seat at the head of the table. She oversaw everything that went on. Jiraiya was her second in command. Everything would go through her.

"Morning everyone," she gave them all a nod. "You all know why you're here." She waited for Jiraiya to get the que.

"Right sorry," he jumped up. "I'll be assigning you partners. You will be kind to them," he quickly glanced at Sasuke. "These are top agents coming and we must treat them respectfully." Sasuke took this moment to speak.

"Jiraiya agent Uzumaki...he seems to have quite a record. He has many suspensions,"

"Yes, but Uchiha if you read on. He eventually solved those cases like no other agent." Sasuke had reading to do. He didn't want to be stuck with this blonde.

Soon three men could be seen weaving their way through cubicles. As they came closer Sasuke could make out the scars on Uzumakis face. They carried themselves with a sense of sternness as they entered the conference room. Kiba was wearing a classic red tie, Neji had a black tie, and Naruto had an orange one. Sasuke looked at the tie in disgust. An orange tie really? Tsunade shook their hands and Jiraiya did the same.

"Ok time to assign partners!" He stopped then grabbed some papers from the table, "This is Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Shino Aburame." He turned and addressed the other agents, "Naruto Uzumaki, Neji Hyuga, and Kiba Inuzuka." He turned to Tsunade. She nodded at him.

"I have assigned you with partners that I think will fit best," Sasuke looked over the three men again. He didn't want Uzumaki.

"Haruno you're with Inuzuka, Uchiha with Uzumaki, and Aburame with Hyuga," Sasuke inwardly cursed. Naruto looked over at Sasuke. They made brief eye contact, Sasuke looked away. Tsunade always stuck him with the shitheads.

"Alright then we'll meet back here in two hours to get your first assignments." Everyone got up and started to leave, except for Sasuke. Tsunade saw the distaste on his face. She got up and closed the door after Naruto. The agents passed a glance through the conference room windows. Naruto lingered unseen outside the door.

"You had to stick me with him," Sasuke glared at him.

"He's a good agent Uchiha," Jiraiya nodded in agreement with her.

"He's going to drag me down,"

"He won't Sasuke," she looked at him, he still wasn't budging, "listen Sasuke if it doesn't work out we'll switch your partner, ok?" Sasuke huffed and got up.

Naruto left quickly, this guy was a prick. Like a child crying because he didn't get to choose his own partner. Well boo hoo! Naruto grabbed a donut from the coffee station. He took a bite and swiftly spat it out into the trash. It was stale, not that he minded. He had eaten plenty of stale things before. He wasn't that hungry anyway. He saw Sasuke coming towards him. The raven stopped in front of the blonde.

"I'll show you to your office." Sasuke said flatly. Aw now he's pouting, Naruto almost rolled his eyes.

"Thanks." Naruto put his hands in his suite pockets.

They walked down the narrow hallway till they got to the end. There was a door, which fit snug at the end.

"Here it is...make yourself at home." Sasuke's flat sentence ended with a small sigh. He started to walk away.

"Hey," Naruto called after him. Sasuke turned to look at him.

"Looking forward to working with you," Naruto gave him a small smile.

"Uh yeah." Sasuke turned and left.

What a jerk! Naruto turned and whipped open the door to his new office. The door smacked against the wall. It was pretty big. His last office was a closet compared to this. He now had four two windows. His desk was nice too. He grinned and sat down at his new desk.

Sasuke made his way to the conference room yet again. He gave a small sigh as he entered and sat down. Soon after Uzumaki came in and plopped himself in the seat next to Sasuke. Sasuke held back a snide comment. Everyone else sat and waited for their assignments. Tsunade came in with various folders. She set them down at the head of the table.

"Uchiha and Uzumaki you're up first." The other agents got up and stood outside the conference room.

"Uchiha I know you're not going to like this...but for the time being we have to give you both starter assignments," Naruto groaned out loud. "I know Naruto it's not ideal for you both but its protocol." She looked Naruto in the eyes. "We all know how you like to follow protocol Uzumaki." Naruto couldn't help but feel offended at the little jab. "You'll be doing an undercover assignment," she handed them both a folder, "you'll be keeping track of Might Gai he's supposedly been selling drugs in an apartment complex. I want this to be confirmed, with pictures, evidence, and eye witnesses. You must keep yourselves undercover. He has ties with the gang Akatsuki." She saw Sasuke tense up at the name. "Sasuke..." She looked at him.

"What?" he tried to play it off.

"You stay undercover no matter what... I know it might be hard for you,"

"I understand." Sasuke replied. Naruto knew all about Akatsuki. He knew Sasuke's history with the gang. Akatsuki was as serious as it gets. The gang was growing by the day. Sick and twisted was what they were.

"The moment either of you get compromised get out. We'll have back up close by at all times. Gai himself isn't that dangerous due to his steroid addiction, it ruined his body. The moment he contacts Akatsuki that's when trouble starts."

"Got it," Naruto nodded. Sasuke nodded too.

Sasuke wanted to kill every last gang member of Akatsuki. He'd gone through case files about them. They were a twisted bunch of freaks he knew it first-hand.

"Good luck," she said as they left.

"Don't worry old lady we won't need it." Naruto grinned. She held back a smile. He was just like his father.

"Alright let's get our things together," Sasuke told Naruto. The blonde nodded, and made his way to his office.

"Naruto do you have a disguise?" Sasuke appeared in his office doorway.

"Yeah,"

"A good one?"

"Yes," Naruto replied sternly.

"I'll meet you in the lobby downstairs." with that Sasuke disappeared into his office. Naruto slammed the door shut when he left. Jerk jerk jerk! Naruto put the blinds down so he could change. Even though the glass was tinted he felt the need to close the blinds. After banging his knee on the desk while putting his pants on he was dressed. He had a faded black t-shirt, dark blue jeans, a grey hat, and a pair of converse. He grabbed the folder and made his way down stairs. He took the stairs, elevators freaked him out. He even felt nervous when he was around an elevator. He stood in the lobby looking for his partner.

"Over here," Naruto looked behind him. Sasuke was standing at the lobby desk. A woman handed him a pair of keys and he thanked her. Sasuke was wearing blue jeans, a dark green sweatshirt, a ratty hat that matched his sweatshirt, and a pair of Nikey sneakers.

"Ready?" Sasuke looked him over. It was a pretty good disguise. Hopefully they could do something about his scars. Naruto had his hat turned backwards.

"Alright let's get the car," Sasuke started walking. Naruto followed him outside. There was a parking lot a block away. They crossed the street and started walking.

"So..." Naruto started.

"So what?" Sasuke replied. Naruto glanced at Sasuke then down at the sidewalk.

"So you've had a lot of partners before?" Naruto already knew the answer, he had done his research.

"Does it matter?" Sasuke didn't look at him.

"Yeah it does. I heard what you said to Tsunade."

"You're point?" Sasuke ran his eyes over the street up ahead.

"My point is that I don't give up easily, weather you want me as a partner or not I will always have my partners back." Silence fell over them as they neared a parking lot. Sasuke made his way over to a rusted Jetta. He unlocked it and got in. Naruto followed and slammed his door shut.

"Uhg is smells like shit in here,"

"Deal with it." Sasuke said as he buckled seat-belt and started the car. Naruto flipped open the folder. Sasuke didn't put the car in drive.

"What?" Naruto looked at him.

"Your seatbelt…" Sasuke wasn't looking at him.

"Are you kidding me?"

"No,"

"Fine!" Naruto grabbed the seat-belt and buckled himself in. Sasuke put the car in drive,"We're headed to the Sunny Apartments on Everett Street," Sasuke nodded.