A/N: FINALLY POSTED IT! This is an AU, set in the FBI. Set in some state without the death penalty. Will have alternate endings - NejiSaku, SasuSaku, SasoSaku and no pairings.

"Naruto, put away the ramen. You're dripping on the case files." Neji glared at his co-worker.

"But - aw, fine. What are we busting this time?"

"Mafia."

The blond grinned. "Akatsuki, right? Man they're smart." Naruto examined the case files.

The third person in the room shook her pink hair. "They've moved their base of operations."

"How did you find that out, Sakura?"

"There's been an increasing level of drug overdose deaths around that area." The woman indicated where on a map. "A mix of cocaine, marijuana and dry alcohol. Dubbed Red Cloud, this drug is an Akatsuki trademark."

Naruto sighed. "We've tried to bust them before, and look where that got us!"

Neji snapped, "Sandaime Sarutobi was an unfortunate casualty, but-"

"Unfortunate casualty? They knew we were coming! If a certain someone hadn't -"

"SHUT YOUR TRAP, BOTH OF YOU!" Sakura yelled at the two young men.

All three of them were members of the FBI. Sakura Haruno was twenty-two, approaching twenty-three, and often dubbed the most intelligent of the younger workers. Her pink hair was the cause of much teasing, as well as her large forehead.

Neji Hyuga was a dark-haired, pearly-eyed man twenty-four with a superiority complex, a fancy way of saying he liked to be the best. Neji had gotten in trouble several times for his determination to catch the Akatsuki gang, his latest situation partially causing the shooting of Sandaime.

Finally...the bane of Sakura's existence. Naruto's obsession with ramen, foxes and the number nine, not to mention his hyperactive behaviour, made the blond less than a favourite with the two geniuses.

"Need some help?"

Sakura yelped, and turned. "SASUKE! Stop doing that, it's creepy how silent you can be!"

Sasuke's face was serious. "Just a tidbit of information. You know Orochimaru?"

"What, that sicko we hauled in last month?"

"He used to be in the Akatsuki."

Naruto's blue eyes lit up. "No kidding? We should talk to him!"

Sasuke slapped him. "How idiotic are you?!"

Neji agreed. "Think about your own safety!"

"What? What did I do?"

"Orochimaru was hauled in for child molesting, Naruto. You're twenty, you look younger and you're planning to go question him? ALONE?"

Naruto gulped. "Umm...whoops?"

Sakura banged her head on her desk. Neji looked at her, and proceeded to do the same.

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After work was over, Sakura opened the door of her house. "Hi guys. Had to stay late - Naruto needed my help with some paperwork."

The heads of three girls appeared from various parts of the house.

"Hi Saku!"

"How's Sasuke?"

"W-what about N-Naruto-kun?"

Sakura laughed. Temari rolled her eyes. "Have you spent all your time with Naruto again?"

"No. What about you and Shika?"

"Purely a work relationship."

"Yeah, and Sasuke's singing love songs outside my door."

Temari shook in fury, much to the hilarity of Sakura's two other housemates.

"Plus, Hinata wants Naruto for herself."

Hinata stammered, "I-It's not like that!"

Sakura grinned, then yawned. "I'm gonna go sleep - been trying to stop Naruto and Neji from killing each other all day."

Temari nodded. She was in the Air Force, with her friend Shikamaru. They liked each other, but Temari never said whether they'd gone on a date or not.

Hinata was the secretary of Inuzuka Kiba, the man in charge of bloodhounds. She had a crush on Naruto, though Kiba flirted with her relentlessly.

Finally, Ino was Chouji's secretary - and dietician, or at least according to her. She was Sakura's oldest friend, and completely obsessed with Sasuke.

Of course, they were all rich enough to have their own mansions, but they chose to live together for comfort reasons.

Sakura closed her eyes. Perhaps now she could relax...

A/N: HA! As if I'd let her relax! The NaruHina/KibaHina pairing will stay unresolved, though with more hinting towards KibaHina cuz that's one of my several OTPs. :3

Magenta, you can stop threatening me with your nails of doom now. lulz.