Kiss, Kiss

Chapter 1

"I love you so much," he said as he gently tapped a kiss onto her forehead. He brushed her soft, pink, gentle hair aside and gazed deeply into her midnight eyes. Her beautifully contoured figure sleekly held the black silk nightgown she was wearing as she stared back into his eyes.

Sakura sighed, finally, finally….after all these years he finally loves me….

Sasuke inched his hands towards her nightgown, slowly pulling it lower, until her fair shoulders peeked from beneath the smooth fabric. He grasped her shoulders tightly and pulled her towards him, locking her in a passionate kiss. Two luscious lips gliding against one another in a heat of passion, surging through one another. Sasuke backed away, looking at Sakura, she was so beautiful, he wanted her, he needed her, he loved her, but now was not the time. Now was the time for the job.

He looked down at her half bare chest, It's there….that's what I've been looking for this whole time….he looked down at the crystal necklace that hung around Sakura's neck. "I'm so sorry," he said, and quickly took the knife from his pocket, and stabbed her. Eyes of horror and betrayal filled Sakura's eyes as she fell to the ground, saying "...how could you", before dropping to the ground, unconscious. Slyly, Sasuke leaned over towards her unconscious form, grabbing the small necklace. He looked down pitifully at her, and laughed.

He then walked out of the room, into the blackness of the night.

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Naruto looked up from the police tape that had been sewn across the border of the room, the police lights in the background blaring. Already the neighbourhood crowd had gathered, curious about the arrival of the police in what was thought of as a 'peaceful' neighbourhood.

He looked down at the woman's slender form. Her black silk gown lay sprawled across her body as blood seeped through her abdomen. The doctors had arrived a few minutes after they had received a call from a frightened woman.

Naruto turned his attention back to the worried woman in front of him. "Sorry, what did you say your name was again?" he asked patiently.

"I-I-Ino…."

"And your relation to this woman?"

"I'm Sakura's good friend, I just came over to give back her cutlery kit that she let me borrow for a dinner party I was having today."

"Dinner party?"

"Ya, I had a small get together with all my friends."

"But didn't you just say that Sakura was your friend? Why hadn't you invited her?" Naruto asked suspiciously, looking up from his notepad.

"Well, she said she couldn't come because she had a date today," Ino replied.

"Date? Any idea with whom?"

"No, she didn't specify or say anything. She just was extremely happy when she was on the phone with me earlier on in the afternoon when I had asked her to come."

"Bu-…." Naruto stopped short as he was interrupted.

"Inspector Uzumaki…" one of the medical attendants said as the got up from Sakura's sprawled body.

"Yes? Is she okay?"

"Ya, we just did a blood pressure check to see how she was doing. She seems to be doing fine at the moment we've bandaged her up for now, though I don't think you will be able to question her as we intended to. She doesn't seem to be in the proper condition," the attendant said as he pointed towards her.

Sakura was now sitting up, in obvious agony from the stab wound in her abdomen. She was breathing heavily, looking up towards Naruto, as if urging him to come to her.

"Well, there's no harm in trying. Besides, it seems like she wants to say something to me anyways."

He walked over to her and knelt down. "Hello m'am, my name's Inspector Naruto Uzumaki. I know that the condition you're in isn't very good, but if it wouldn't be too much trouble, then would you mind just giving us some details on what happened tonight? It would really help us out at the moment. " Naruto said kindly. He stared at her face, realizing that this woman was extremely beautiful.

"S-S…" Sakura breathed heavily, trying to sputter her words together.

"Yes, go on…." Naruto said.

"S-Sa.." suddenly the machine next to her began beeping loudly. Sakura began to breathe heavily, and she fainted back onto the ground.

"Get out of the way!" the medical attendant yelled as he rushed towards her.

Naruto looked away, uninterested. She would be fine, he knew it. Ino on the other hand ran towards her, screaming frantically, "Sakura! Sakura!"

He walked away from the loud scene towards the technicians standing near the apartment door. "So, did you guys finally tap into the apartment camera?" he asked.

"Yes sir, in fact we struck lucky, we have a picture of the suspect before he came into the apartment. "

"That's excellent," he said, he couldn't wait to get home. He had been out all day, and just when he thought he was free to go, he got this stupid call to come here. It didn't matter though. It was the same case; someone's boyfriend had gotten revenge on his girlfriend. Typical case of relationship abuse. What was new?

"Here it is sir; we stilled the video and sharpened the image to get rid of the expanded pixels,"

Naruto looked closely at the image. He had a handsome face, his mid-length hair falling lightly against his high cheekbones.

"Excuse me miss, do you mind just helping me for a second?" Naruto said as he turned towards Ino. She was still sitting near Sakura, worried.

Ino looked up, hesitantly. "She'll be fine, don't worry," said the medical assistant, kindly smiling at her. She nodded slightly and got up, walking towards Naruto.

Though as she looked at the screen her face turned to horror and she stopped dead in her tracks. "N-n-no, this can't be true," rasped out.

She ran towards the picture, looking at it closely.

"What is it?" Naruto said.

"This man! It can't be!"

"Why? Do you know him?" Naruto asked. He knew he was getting somewhere. A good sign for him to get this over with and get home.

"Know him? I was good friends with him at one point!"

"Then what happened-are you still friends with him?"

"Not anymore…."

"Why?" he asked curiously.

"Because…he died 2 years ago…"