It's Simply Criminal
Chapter
One
An Assault of Memories
Disclaimer: Much to my utter dismay... I do not own Naruto :c Won't stop me from trying... hehe...
Warnings: Hm, nothing yet.
When Sasuke walked into work that morning, he hadn't been expecting a blast from the past to waltz in-well, he was dragged in with metal cuffs wrapped around his wrists, but still-after all these years.
Sasuke sipped at the black coffee, enjoying its bitter taste, when the door was flung open. "Sakura," the stoic man frowned slightly at the pink-haired woman's surprising arrival. "How..." he paused for a while, considering what word was right to say to the woman who had been infatuated with him from day one-withoutconvincing her messed up, hormonal mind he was in love with her. The woman didn't give him a chance.
"Sasuke, you will not believe who's just been dragged in." The words pouring out of the pinkette's mouth caught Sasuke's attention, black eyes darting up to her green ones. One eyebrow arched, waiting for explanation. As if understanding this, she shook her head. "You'll have to see what I mean."
The petite woman turned on her heel and barged out, not waiting for Sasuke's acknowledgement or reply. That struck Sasuke as odd. Sakura was never this... unobsessive. It was as if something else mattered more than the raven now. He would have been happy (as happy as an Uchiha could get) if it wasn't for the unease it built up within. He stood up from behind his desk and followed the woman, almost jogging after her brisk, long strides.
Heads popped out of doors in curiosity, all of which Sasuke ignored. Perverted whistles were heard (from that idiotic Kiba, no doubt) as Sasuke caught up to Sakura.
Haruno Sakura, one of the most efficient cops (and nurses) Sasuke had ever met in his life; her only weakness was the man following her. It made him smirk and want to smash his head into a wall simultaneously. Finally, they reached a door Sasuke wasn't expecting to be led to.
The prisoner detainment cell.
Sakura took a deep, steadying breath, green eyes fighting to stay focused on the door in front of her. "Hurry up," Sasuke ordered, not one for patience. She looked at him, a fleeting glance... almost afraid. The unease built, causing a deep tension to snake its way around his muscles, turning him into a man of ice. Her hesitant hand lifted and pushed open the door. In the most ungentleman-like fashion, Sasuke barged right past her, determined to find out who she was referring to and why it was such a big deal.
It should have been obvious from the very first moment, which Sasuke only realised as soon as striking blue eyes met his.
It seemed like hours had passed in the brief eye-lock the two men had shared, when barely a minute had passed.
"Officer Uchiha." The raven's eyes lifted to meet Hyuuga Neji's almost-white grey irises. The man was almost as stoic as Sasuke, though he tended to be crueler with his words. The man had intense analytical skill, was experienced in many martial arts and also had the ability to paralyse with a single touch. "We caught this man during an intense gang-fight. It seems his friend was critically injured. This man, however, was fine." Neji shot the blonde a dirty look, which received a bright smile in return.
"Yo, thanks for saving my butt back there." He sheepishly scratched the back of his head. "My friend… he may not have made it, if it weren't for you guys!" he beamed again, taking no notice of the two very familiar faces in front of them. One of which was Officer Sasuke Uchiha.
Neji glared at him. "I'll be leaving now, Officer Uchiha." Sasuke nodded curtly. The men had a glacial, mutual-respect relationship; that didn't lessen their dislike for eachother though. The dark-haired, pale-eyed man gracefully slinked between Medic-Officer Haruno and Officer Uchiha, his female companion (who was normally very vocal) quietly following him.
The door shut and it was the three left alone.
The blonde looked up, the smile fading ever-so-slightly. There was a tense silence. Sasuke, being the anti-social person he was, could only look at the man who consumed his past. Even the loud, violent Sakura was silent. Neither of them knew quite what to say.
Leave it to the idiot to break the silence, then.
"You know, out of all the times I've ever imagined meeting you two again, I never would've thought it'd be this way." The blonde laughed, shaking his wrists as if to illuminate the fact he was in chains.
And arrested.
In that moment, the tension shattered (though there was certainly something still heavy in the air, something that made Sasuke even colder than normal) as Sakura stomped forwards, punching him in the head and knocking the man's head into the steel table.
"Ow! What was that for, Sakura-chan?" he whined at the pinkette, who stared at him in rapt fascination for a few moments, as if surprised he remembered the ancient—and annoying—nickname.
Then it was replaced by anger. "What the hell do you think you're doing, getting arrested like that? In a gang-fight no less! And your companion was critically injured!" Her fists clenched and rose, as if to strike him again, but she only ended up brushing away the strands of pink hair that had fallen in front of her flushed face in her rage.
The blonde seemed to be distracted. Sasuke resisted a snort. He was always distracted. "Yeah, about that, how's Gaara? I mean, he's going to be okay, right?" Concern shined in the big blue eyes that Sasuke could remember so clearly from the three's joint childhood.
Sakura's anger faded ever-so-slightly. "Yeah, Naruto. He's going to be fine."
The blonde tried to fist pump the air, forgetting he was bound by chains. A ringing clatter of metal echoed through the small room. "Oops," he murmured bashfully, grinning. Another punch to his head, delivered by Sakura. "Ow! Jesus, woman, when did you get so strong?"
Sakura grinned at him in what Sasuke could only guess as pride. "When I got accepted into Police Academy and started training underneath Tsunade Sannin."
Naruto's jaw dropped in the most ridiculous fashion. "No way! The Tsunade Sannin? That's so cool!"
Sakura and Sasuke rose eyebrows simultaneously, the former being more disbelieving than haughty. "Naruto, do you even know who Tsunade Sannin is?"
At this, the blonde laughed nervously. "Well… uh… no. But it sounded important and cool so I thought I should congratulate you anyway!"
Sakura laughed as Sasuke rolled his eyes, catching himself in the movement. Being with these two, acting like this, it almost felt as if nothing had changed.
Almost.
"Dobe."
At the slip of the word, Naruto's eyes flickered to Sasuke's, once again vaulted into an intense staring match. The Uchiha couldn't explain what he felt upon Naruto's unexpected—really, what could you expect from Uzumaki Naruto?—arrival into his life.
"Teme!" an easy—yet somehow strained—smile stretched the whiskered face. "Should've known you'd become a cop. I'm surprised you're not chief or whatever you guys call it."
Sasuke quirked his eyebrow once more. "How do you know I'm not?" he questioned in his normal detached voice.
The blonde made his back a little straighter, a proud smile replacing the easy-strained grin. "Because the creepy guy didn't refer to you as 'Chief'. He referred to you as 'Officer'. As in, officer like everybody else."
"I'm impressed, dobe," the glacial man remarked sarcastically. It was almost lost on the blonde. "You seem to have gathered some form of brain during the time you were busy joining gangs."
The coldness of his voice seemed to surprise even Naruto. Yet it was only fleeting and another laughed tumbled out of his lips. "Haha, yeah, about that…" then the insult dawned on him. "Hey! Wait! Are you calling me stupid?!"
Sakura found the ability to talk again. And to punch. Next time she aimed, Sasuke would have to intervene, for fear she damaged the blonde's newfound brain. "Ow! Jesus, Sakura! Stop!"
"Care to explain how we're reuniting like this?!" she demanded, skin as flushed as her hair. Sasuke watched him intently, gauging the Uzumaki's expression.
Surprisingly, it was sheepish. "Hehe, well, you know the Jinchuuriki?"
This time, it was Sasuke who spoke. "Of course, dobe. They're one of the most dangerous gangs in Konoha. The Fire Country, even. They broke up years ago, however, so I don't see the relevance in your question."
Naruto shot them a shy smile. "Well, you see, I-sort-of-joined-them."
Sasuke's hand shot out to grab Sakura's fist as it went flying, saving the blonde from getting his skull smashed into smithereens. "You what?!"
"Thanks, teme," breathed Naruto as he attempted to move backwards, wincing when his chains rattled. "I joined the Jinchuuriki. I'm known as Kyuubi. My friend, Gaara, is Shukaku. A fellow Jinchuuriki. He's from Suna." Concern and relief flushed his face. "Thank god he's going to be okay."
"How did you get into a gang-fight, anyway?! And why?!" Green eyes burned like fire as she stared at Naruto. Sasuke kept his grip strong on her wrist as her fist twitched, as if to hit him again. He would have to suggest anger management classes to her later.
"Well, have you heard of… Akatsuki?" Sasuke's muscles tensed. He had heard of them. In fact, they were a pretty big part of his life. Especially… especially… he shook his head, removing the thoughts from his mind, though his fists tightened around Sakura's wrist to the point of apparent pain. She shot him a look of pain and he loosened it hesitantly, eyes shooting to Naruto's once more.
"Well, they have this thing where they… they kidnap Jinchuuriki's. Their aims are to kill them. See, every Jinchuuriki member has something the Akatsuki wants. Each is unique. Gaara… was ambushed by two of them. I barely heard in time. I raced to find him and by the time he was knocked out and ready to be kidnapped, a full out fight had begun. I think I took one of them down, though the redhead escaped." The tanned fists balled. "I won't let them escape next time."
"What makes you think there's going to be a next time?" Sasuke snapped, voice sharp.
Naruto stared at him, blue eyes challenging. "Because no-one attempts to kill my friend and gets away with it."
So, I wrote this in a really short time (around a few hours), so it's probably not that good. But how is it? R&R! :D This is my first time ever writing something like this so... what do you think? c: Lot's of love,
Kyuubi
P.S. Sorry for the short chapter ):