I really really needed to get this idea out of my system!

I hope you guys will have fun reading this.

Yes! This will turn out to be a long story!

Now lets get back to Chapter 1!

"Every murder turns on a bright hot light, and a lot of people have to walk out of the shadows."

It was around 10:30pm in Konoha. At the ANBU headquarters , in a particular chamber that no one ever dared to go inside without permission, the lights were still on. The chamber was huge. The file shelves, the working table, the chairs were maintained neatly. Without a speck of dirt. The ANBU officer who had occupied this chamber was a neat freak. He so much did not tolerate untidiness. Every other chamber of the headquarters was empty and was dark. The only light that people could see was from this chamber.

The ANBU officer was intently looking at the file of the current case. He had no idea what to do. He finally sighed. Closing the file, placed it in the locker. He got up and took his coat and his laptop and left his chamber. Clicking off the light. As soon as he closed the door there hung a black metal plate which had golden letters embossed on it.

UCHIHA SASUKE- CHIEF ANBU

The said man was tall, pale and handsome with ebony hairs and charcoal eyes. He had the attitude of an ice cube. He was intimidating as well. Just a look and you would wish you never crossed paths with this man. He was the epitome of coldness. Coming to his profession, he was damn good at it! He wasn't the Chief ANBU for nothing! Punctual to work, did solve every case he took up. He had no black spot on his career. Lots of money rolled in from his profession. He was freaking rich. Looks? Well the entire girl population on this planet would call him the reincarnation of the sexiest Greek god. Girls would squeal at the mere sight of him. He made a name for himself internationally too. He had successfully solved many international cases. Other countries respected this fellow. This handsome man had a rotten attitude. Which only was helpful when it came to his professional life.

His personal life? Well it sucked! Just a paint of dull grey! His friends wondered if he would ever have a personal life cuz like others his personal life did not involve women or alcohol or family. It was just files of cases. He never had a female touch to his life apart from his mother.

Being the chief of the ANBU, he had his own team which would aid him to solve cases. That consisted of

UZUMAKI NARUTO- 27 YRS. LOUDMOUTHED BLOND/ BEST FRIEND OF THE CHIEF

HYUUGA NEJI- 27 YRS. SUPERIORITY COMPLEX-ED BRUNETTE

NARA SHIKAMARU -27 YRS. LAZY ASS GENIUS

ROCK LEE - 27 YRS. KONOHA'S YOUTHFUL GREEN BEAST

AKAMICHI CHOUJI - 27 YRS. WALKING FATASS FOOD MACHINE

INUZUKA KIBA - 27 YRS. UNHYGIENIC DOG BOY

ABURAME SHINO - 27 YRS. BUG FREAK

They were friends since elementary. But Naruto was like Sasuke's heart to heart best friend. He could read every emotion running through Sasuke without missing a beat. All of them had lived together during college years. Then separated. They were all real close.

Sasuke was now driving back to his place. Yea, the lonely house that was awaiting him. To that place. When he was half way through to reach his place, his phone started ringing. He saw the caller ID and groaned.

"What do you want now dobe?" Sasuke spat those words with irritation. The speaker on the other line didn't seem to be offended in the least bit.

"Teme! Is that how you greet your best friend?" Naruto was screaming now.

"Get to the point" Sasuke's patience was thinning.

"Don't get your panties in a bunch! All of us are having breakfast at Ichiraku. Be there at 8" Naruto was happy . He was the one for group lunch and hangout and stuff.

"All of us? As in?" Sasuke questioned in uncertainty. He had a bad feeling about it.

"The girls will come too. Now stop scowling and show up tomorrow!" With that the phone line went dead.

Sasuke was in fact scowling. He didn't want to eat with the girls. Its not that he hated them. Its just that they were too annoying. Always digging their nose into his non-existent love life. Trying to set him up. Che. When will they ever stop meddling with him? The boys would cease this chance to make fun of him. That wasn't something that our Chief liked.

He shuddered at the thought of YAMANAKA INO . She was Shikamaru's fiance. She was the worst out of the lot. She would never stop nagging him. She was one shopping crazed scary body fitness obsessed blond. She described hell.

WASABI TENTEN? God! She was this another girl in the gang. Too troublesome for his own good. He wondered if she had screamers disease or she was born with defects in her genes. This girl was loud too! She wouldn't stop meddling with his life either. She had forced him to go on a date with her cousin who was ugly as a shark saying that he needed to know how it felt like to date. She always restored to throwing objects at him if he said he wouldn't go date a random horny chick. He didn't know how many times Neji would get beatings from this girl! Maybe she forced Neji to be her boyfriend. Who knows!

HYUUGA HINATA? This girl was alright to deal with. She would understand her limits. Never intruded his personal space. He always wondered how such a shy girl who was kind of silent at times actually fell in love with that loudmouthed brainless dobe! How the heck can she put up with his never ending ramen complaints? He did not venture in to finding the answer. He was okay with this girl.

I wonder how these guys met those girls! I must admit even Hinata can get scary! I can't even believe that the dobe is getting married in two weeks!

As soon as his house came into view, his trail of thoughts ended. He parked his Audi in the garage and got out. Made his way towards the door and opened it. He went inside. After a good hour he was done having shower and was now comfortably sitting on his bed and watching TV. He was watching a horror movie. It was around 11:45. in the night. The movie was getting interesting. Just then...

DING

DONG

DING

RINGGGGGG

"Dammit! Can't I ever watch a movie in peace? It was getting interesting! For once let me rest! " Sasuke shouted as he made way towards the door from his room which was in the first floor.

"I swear I will kill that dobe if its him" He muttered angrily under his breathe and unlocked the door. In sheer frustration.

"Hello"

Sasuke was shocked to see the person standing right in front of him. It wasn't the dobe! Sasuke continued to stare.

"Ahem" The said person cleared the throat.

"Who the hell are you?" Sasuke asked in astonishment as well as anger. The guest was slightly taken aback by his behavior.

"Can I come in?" The guest asked politely.

"Why would I let you come in?" Sasuke retorted

"We need to talk" The person spoke shakily. See. Didn't I tell you? Sasuke was intimidating and overpowering and authoritative. See, he has what it takes to be the Chief!

"For all I know you might be some murderer or someone might have hired you to assassin me!" Sasuke spoke coldly. The other person stood dumbfounded. So the rumors were true. This guy was tough and had a heart of ice!

"Don't get me wrong. I am a normal civilian. Please. We should talk. Its an emergency." The guest pleaded.

After staring into that person's eyes intently, noting that there was no lie, malice or unpleasant intentions Sasuke responded to the guest with pleading eyes. He could see no weapons. Nothing. Just the guest.

"Get in" He ordered. He motioned the guest to the living room .

"What do you wanna talk?" Sasuke demanded after they were seated.

"I'm the doctor who treated Wagarashi's son. I'm the witness to Wagarashi's son's death. I was scheduled an appointment with you tomorrow at 11:30" The doctor spoke hesitantly.

"So? What do you want me to do? Make sure people know that you treated a rich man's son?" Sasuke spoke sarcastically.

"No! I didn't mean any such thing! I've a surgery to perform at that time. So could you just do it before 11:30? That's all I came to ask." The doctor was now having a nervous break down! This guy made her spill her guts out. She was fidgeting under his intense stare.

"Hn. Is that all you came for? You could have just showed up at the office at around 9pm or sometime in the evening." Sasuke spoke like she was such a disgusting disturbance.

"I'm sorry. I had surgery to perform until now! Sorry for the disturbance." The doctor apologized in a soft tone.

"How did you find my address? You're a stalker or something?" Sasuke cocked an eyebrow at her and asked her curtly. The doctor was completely shocked. Had she seemed like a stalker? God! What had she done? She had just angered the Chief! She didn't know what he would do!

"No! Not at all! I searched for your address in the yellow pages! Since the office was closed when I went there! Sorry! This is the first time I am ever seeing you" She confessed . Looking at the ground.

"Hn. I'll see you at 9:30. You can leave" Sasuke spoke professionally.

"Thank you!" The doctor was now almost near the door when she heard Sasuke asking something.

"Did anyone ever teach you something called manners? Its common courtesy to introduce yourself" Sasuke spoke in a bored tone.

"Oh! I am really sorry! I'm Sakura. Haruno Sakura." Sakura was now very uncomfortable in this place after such a temperature dropping treatment from Sasuke. What was she thinking? That he would be a nice understanding guy? Tch!

"I'll see you tomorrow Haruno. Night" Sasuke spoke in an uninterested way. Sakura got the message that he didn't want her here for a min more. She was now out of his house. Sasuke had slammed the door as soon as she had left the house.

"God! What was I thinking? He's the Chief of ANBU! He's tough and a mere weakling like me trying to talk casually! God! I'm lucky I made it out alive!" Sakura was muttering under her breathe when tiny droplets of water was now falling from above on her .

"Great! This seems to get heavier! And I don't have a freaking umbrella!" She groaned. She now silently made it out of Sasuke's driveway. She went to the opposite side of the road. And stood under a small tree. It did not provide much shelter though. She was almost completely drenched .

Sasuke was now back in his room. With a cup of hot steaming tea. He was now going to watch the paused movie. He decided to close the curtains of his window. He approached the window to close the curtains. But something caught his eye. Someone with thin white top and White skirt drenched in rain.

"Stupid female! Didn't even notice it was gonna rain! Now she stands there waiting for the rain to stop!" Sasuke muttered as he closed the curtains.

"I think I should call her in and make her stay for the night. She is too innocent for her own good! After all she did not drool at the sight of me nor scream at me. Heck! She hadn't even herd of me! I'll let her in. She will make my work easier. I could interrogate her here it self!"

Sasuke went down the stairs and picked the blue umbrella and started making way towards Sakura.

She looks pretty hot! That unusual pink hair, green eyes, pale flawless skin and perfect body ! WTF am I thinking! But I gotta hand it to her! She is beautiful. Whatever. Now is not the time.

Sakura was immersed in trying to protect herself from the cold and rain. She hadn't noticed Sasuke approach her.

"Oi" Sasuke called her out after he realized she hadn't noticed him. Sakura merely jumped at the sound of his voice.

"Oh! Its you! You startled me! What you doing out here? Going somewhere?" Sakura asked innocently. Sasuke sweatdropped.

"No. Come on in. The rain won't stop until late. Its already 12:30 am." Sasuke eyed her as he spoke.

"Oh! No! Its okay! I don't want to trouble you. I'll walk home as soon as it stops" Sakura tried to speak confidently under his intimidating gaze. She didn't understand the sudden change in his heart. He was a cold ass jerk few mins back. Now he is being nice. Sakura was scared. She really didn't want to trouble him.

"You won't trouble me. Walk back home? Don't be stupid" Sasuke spat in irritation.

"Eh?" Sakura asked dumbfoundedly.

"I always walked back home during nights like this! Its no problem!" Sakura started explaining.

"I'm surprised that you survived so long after walking back alone on nights like this" Sasuke said

"You should go sleep" Sakura suggested.

"Just come with me! You'll walk alone? How dumb are you? You are drenched. On top of that you're wearing white clothes and everyone can practically see everything you're wearing on the inside and a sufficient amount of skin. There are men out there who would love to have you for the night. If you don't want to be raped then come in" Sasuke sighed. God ! This girl was too naive!

"I'll come! " Sakura spoke in embarrassment! Sasuke made a point.

"Hn. For the record, I'm no perv! I call it as I see it" Sasuke stated. He held the umbrella out for her. They made way towards his house. They went it. Sakura just stood in the door way. Sasuke raised an eyebrow at her.

"I don't want to wet your house" Sakura spoke slowly. Sasuke nodded in agreement and went to get her a towel.

"Here ! Dry yourself up! To your left is the bathroom. I'll get you my clothes. You can wear them for the night." With that Sasuke went to his room to get clothes for her. Sakura scurried off towards the bathroom and locked the door. She started drying herself up.

Sasuke has a nice side to him! Maybe he is a human ice block! But he definitely has sense of humanity! He's not a perv! Not once did he see me the wrong way! He looks so damn hot! I just hope he doesn't have gf yet! I'm spending the night at a hot guy's house!

Sakura was screaming inwardly. But a knock on the door pulled her out of her thoughts.

"Yes?"

"Clothes."

Sakura slightly opened the door and took the clothes from his hand. Sasuke was now in the kitchen making big hot cups of tea. The cold was too much!

Sakura stared at his shorts and shirt. She then settled just for the shirt. It was huge and it reached her mid-thighs. So yea. It would do for the night. The guy wasn't a perv after all. Plus he was the chief. He had a reputation to up hold.

Sakura came out of the bathroom. She looked for Sasuke all over. He was no where to be found. She wanted to call out to him. But she wasn't sure if she could call him Sasuke. Or just Uchiha? Or Uchiha Sasuke. So she decided to say a sentence.

"Thank you! I didn't use your shorts! Shirt is enough" Sakura called out loudly.

"Come up!" Sasuke's voice came from upstairs. Sakura sighed. She made way to Sasuke's bedroom. She wasn't sure if she should enter. So she knocked on the door.

Sasuke turned his head to look at her. She was breathe taking! Her hairs were slightly still wet, his shirt was up to her mid-thigh. She looked pretty sexy! He hadn't seen a girl as pretty as her! She had caught his eye for sure!

"Can I come in?" Sakura asked, eying Sasuke.

"Sure. Here! Tea!" Sasuke gave her the cup of tea.

"Tastes nice" Sakura commented after she sat down on the bean bag and sipped a bit of the hot tea.

"Its black tea. Mind watching horror?" Sasuke now looked at her .

"No! I'm kinda allergic to it!" Sakura spoke hesitantly.

"Scared eh?" Sasuke smirked. Sakura's heart skipped a beat! God! He just smirked! He looks like an angel! She was screaming on the inside. It was hard to not jump on him!

Well..." Sakura trailed off in embarrassment.

"Hn. I'll stop the movie. We can sleep. Its almost 2." Sasuke turned off the TV. He laid flat on the bed.

"Sure" Sakura tried sleeping on the bean bag. She didn't dare ask him for the bed. Getting under a shelter and into dry clothes with a hot cup of tea was a bliss. She couldn't ask more!

Sasuke saw what she was trying to do and sighed.

"Aren't you coming to bed?" Sasuke cocked an eyebrow at her puzzled face.

"You mean its ok if I slept on your bed?" She asked with hopes in her eyes.

"Hn" Sasuke answered.

"Thanks a lot!" Sakura hopped on to the bed and laid down. Pulling the quilt over her. Sasuke was about to switch off the lights.

"WAIT! NO! NO! NO! YOU CAN'T SWITCH OFF THE LIGHTS" Sakura started panicking. Sasuke just stared.

"I'M SCARED OF THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING DAMMIT! WHAT IF SOME STUPID MURDEROUS GHOST COMES IN AND CREEPS IN ON US! DO YOU EVEN HAVE THE LEAST BIT OF SENSE? DIDN'T YOUR MOM TELL YOU STORIES ABOUT THUNDER AND GHOSTS WHEN YOU WERE A KID? OR IS IT THAT YOU'RE JUST STUPID?" Sakura was screaming at Sasuke, forgetting the fact that he was an ANBU!

Sasuke kept staring at her. He was mused! This was the girl who was scared to talk to him a while ago. She was intimidated by him. And now look at her. Shouting at him. Like she knew him for years and he did her wrong!

Sakura noticed that she was being stared at. So she caught the pillow in her hands and smashed it against his face. Sasuke was a tad bit angry and astonished. Never had a girl stood up to him, let alone lash out on him.

"QUIT STARING UCHIHA! AND PAY ATTENTION TO WHAT I AM SAYING" Sakura commanded. Sasuke wondered how much of bossing around she would do if she ended up in his department.

"Fine. I'm not switching off the damn lights. Now get back to sleep" Sasuke spoke calmly.

"Thanks" Sakura smiled at him. He could've swore that she had a beautiful smile. Not that he would ever tell anyone.

"Hn" Sasuke went under his blanket for warmth.

"Really thanks! I am always scared of thunder" Sakura's voice grew soft. Sasuke knew there was a story behind it. But he decided against pursuing it. Instead he chose to interrogate her now.

"When you treated Wagarashi's son, how was his condition?" Sasuke asked.

"He had too much alcohol in his system. His head had suffered a fatal blow. I could tell he was on drugs" Sakura answered, remembering how pathetic her patient looked that day. She also realized that Sasuke was changing the subject. She smiled. Maybe it was his way of cheering her up. He was such a gentleman in his own right and sense.

"You do know that the Wagarashi family are rich cunts and whoever killed their son had a serious grudge against them. You being the boy's doctor, you might be involved in the crossfire. In the worst case scenario they might just blame you for his death. Accusing you of working for their enemy and killing their son " Sasuke was now looking at her as each of his word sank into her brain slowly. She was too shocked to even move.

"You don't have to worry. I'm the one handling the case. So tell me truthfully did you have anything to do with his death?" Sasuke asked her carefully. Sakura just stared at him. Too shocked. She could never imagine that someone would actually take her for a killer. She was a life savior not a killer. She felt insulted. Her stomach took unpleasant churns. She dropped her head, her bangs covering her face, so that he couldn't see the tears trickling down her face.

"What do you take me for? I've been a doctor for four years. I'm a life savior. Not some cold blooded killer. I've been raised with morals and ethics." Sakura tried speaking coldly but her voice gave her away. It was all shaky. Sakura had enough. She just wanted to leave. She got up and was ready to leave.

"Where do you think you're going?" Sasuke asked in anger.

"Home" Sakura spoke darkly.

"Its still raining."

"It doesn't matter" Sakura was ready to walk down the stairs when a hand caught her by her wrist.

"Let me go!" Sakura struggled to get out of his grip.

"I'll make sure no harm comes to you. Lets go sleep. I just wanted to be sure is all" Sasuke pulled her back to bed. He finally mustered some courage to wipe away her tears. And she just smiled at him.

"Thanks"

They went back to sleep.

All Sakura could think of was how hot he was. She was screaming on the inside. Never in her life had she seen such a hot lad. Today she is sleeping next to one. She had completely forgotten about being accused. She was thanking the heavens! She had a feeling that this was a new beginning. Slowly she drifted off to sleep.

Sasuke couldn't justify his own actions. He had invited her home, made her tea, given his clothes, let her sleep next to him, apologized in a way , wiped away her tears and swore to protect her. What was all that? He just couldn't find answers to his own actions. Was it on instinct that he acted? If it was any other girl he would have let her suffer in the rain. This girl had never once drooled, she stood up to him, she had spat at him about thunder. No one had ever done that. She had a backbone. He just couldn't understand what was happening. Then he decided to leave those thoughts behind. He decided that he will look for answers when its absolutely necessary. Slowly his thoughts drifted to the case he was currently handling. He knew Sakura will be the space goat. He just need to find enough evidences to save her. She was too innocent for this world. A small smile marred his face. Maybe. Just maybe its a start of something new. He didn't know where his life would take turns since she came in. But he had a gut feeling that she was going to stay in his life for a long time. Slowly he too drifted off to sleep.

"This is the time to remember because it will not last forever; these are the days to hold on to because we won't although we'll want to."

That's pretty much the first chapter!

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