A/N: Heeey there. While I'm still working on my other 2 stories I just couldn't stop myself from writing this. I'm almost done with my exams and yeah, this idea just plopped in my mind and here I am. The first' chapters will be kind of an introduction for the rest of the story. I'll like you to know something about everyone before I actually dig into the main plot. I already have a good one in my mind but, who know, it might change. So this will have a little bit of everything. Romance, crimes, mystery, drama, humor and maybe a little bit of tragedy and gore.

I really want to know what you think about this new story so please REVIEW. Or I might add you up in the story as one of the victims. Hehe

Summary: When you work into a place like KPD, a normal life is the last thing you'll have. One important thing you learn while investigating crimes is that things are not always how they seem to be. Looks can be deceiving, people lie and sometimes things just don't add up. Is it better or just more complicated when everything starts to make sense? Can you deal with the truth or it's too overwhelming?

! Thank youuuu notverycreativename for beta reading and for all your help and kindness. Kisses! !

Little Things That Just Don't Add Up (KPD)

Chapter 1 : New people, new crimes (prologue)

"So, what do we have?" a voice talked behind her and she didn't turn her head, eyes still glued on the lifeless body in front of her.

"Glad to see you finally decided to arrive. You should have been here for at least half an hour detective," she answered, her tone slightly annoyed. Her gloved hands checking something at the corpse, her eyebrows furrowed in what appeared to be concentration.

"Yeah sorry about that." The man scratched the back of his head. "I was showing the new guy around."

"And you decided that's more important than the dead guy here?" and she tapped the body with a finger twice before her voice took a warning tone. "Next time be here on time or I'll have you and this new guy both on my table in the morgue."

"What a warm welcome." Another voice replied. At this, she lifted her head up to look at the unknown person. She was a bit startled when her eyes locked with a pair of onyx orbs. What is a model doing at a crime scene? she thought. The man was sinfully gorgeous, but then again, she wasn't the type to drool over men. She was the type to cut them and find out why they are dead.

She huffed at her thoughts and got to her feet. "I guess you'll just have to get used to it," she smirked before adding, "Mr-?"

"Detective Uchiha Sasuke," he answered smokily. "I'm the new crime investigator." At first, he couldn't help but think, how can this cherry-blonde haired woman, who looks rather thin and pretty sensitive too, work in a place like KPD? But he pushed the thought aside when he heard her talk.

"Haruno Sakura. I'm a forensic scientist, as you should have already guessed by seeing me inspect the body. If you didn't, you might have thought I'm some necrophiliac," she joked, then added, "-which I can assure you I'm not." She laughed.

Sasuke could only raise an eyebrow at Sakura's sense of humor. Oh, what place he landed in. The detective that showed him around was next to him. All Sasuke could think was that he was a complete loudmouth with too much energy and enthusiasm for working in such domain. Now, the woman, who was supposed to be the forensic scientist, was clearly weird. Her appearance was pretty odd, with her rose hair pinned in a messy bun and those emerald eyes that were too big for her face. She was dressed in a pair of tight-fitting dark-blue jeans, a grey t-shirt, and some black combat boots. If it wasn't for the badge attached to her jeans, Sasuke would have never thought this woman worked for the KPD.

"Well, you're pretty lucky Mr. Uchiha," she started. "First day, and you already have some work to do." She motioned to the corpse flat on the ground, not far from her feet.

The man standing next to Sasuke was Uzumaki Naruto, who worked as a detective even before Sakura had joined the team. He was blond haired and very… passionate. Naruto's eyes landed on the body for a few seconds before he looked back to Sakura. "So, what've you got?"

Sakura took a deep breath before turning around and motioning for them to follow her. "One nice bullet right in the chest. From what I can tell, he's been dead for more than 12 hours. Akimichi and his partner found him. He still has his wallet intact, so it wasn't a robbing. I have already sent word to Shikamaru to find out everything he can about this man. The poor guy's name was Illay Custem. Simple man, worked at some shop in the other part of town. No real reasons why he would have been in this part of town."

Sasuke was reminded of what Naruto told him about Shikamaru. He was apparently a crime analyst and everyone claimed he is a genius. The blond told him that Shikamaru helped in solving a lot of cases: from murders to drug dealers and so on. To Sasuke though, he looked like some lazy-ass, good for nothing except sleep. Not that Sasuke was a judgmental jerk, but the man was sleeping when he and Naruto entered his office.

"But there is one thing that could possibly explain it," she continued, gaining the two men's attention. "Shikamaru checked Custem's phone. It seems that there was a number that he called and texted too often. The number belongs to a woman, a pharmacist, Mellany Dibret. The last text though, was from a blocked number and it said to meet him or her here today."

"That's most likely our killer," said Naruto. Sasuke and Sakura nodded in agreement.

"I believe so. Now, you two, go and talk to this Mellany. From the texts, they seem to be lovers. Better start from there. She's our first suspect," Sakura said before turning around and walking away. Then, over her shoulder, she added, "I still have to do a close investigation over the body. See ya' back at the station." She waved a still-gloved hand in farewell.

Sasuke really didn't like that the woman acted so bossy around them. He is the investigator in this crime, so why doesn't she just take care of her job? He knew very well how to do his own. She seems smart, though. That, he could not deny.

"Well, let's go have a little chat with this Mellany, Sasuke," Naruto said cheerfully. Sasuke really could not understand how Naruto could be so happy when investigating someone's fucking death.

"Hn." He murmured and followed Naruto to the car.

When they arrived at the address Shikamaru gave them, they found themselves in front of a small modest house. They pulled up and got out of their car, knocking twice at the door. They waited for a few seconds before a woman, who looked to be in her thirties, answered the door. She appeared to be a little scared when she came face to face with the two men.

"Good afternoon, Mrs. Dibret. I'm detective Uchiha and my partner detective Uzumaki," he said, flashing his badge. Naruto copied his action. Sasuke noticed that when she saw the badge, she flinched a little.

"Um, hello." She forced a smile on her face. "How can I help you?"

"We would like to ask you some questions," said Naruto. "Can we come in?"

The woman hesitated for a minute before she nodded and pushed the door open. Once inside, she motioned for them to follow her into the living room. Both Naruto and Sasuke sat down on the couch. "Can I offer you anything to drink?" she asked.

"No, thank you," Sasuke answered before Naruto could say yes. Naruto cursed Sasuke in his head; he was really thirsty.

The woman placed herself in front of them in an armchair and eyed them. Sasuke could practically sense her fear and suspicion. "Are you alone?" started Sasuke.

Mellany tried to calm herself before she answered. "Yes. My son is at school and my husband is at work." Naruto took note of this information with interest.

She had some love texts with the victim. As we know, her and the victim's last name are different, so he's probably not her husband. Pretty little cheater, isn't she? thought Sasuke.

"I understand," he nodded and gave Naruto a knowing look. The detective understood and took out a notepad and a pen from his suit ready to write any useful things for their investigation. "Does the name Illay Custem sound familiar? We are here investigating his murder."

The woman tensed visibly and Sasuke was one hundred percent sure that this woman was not innocent. She gulped and replied, "I... uh...he's-"

"Your lover," interjected Sasuke -deadpan.

"Well... we- we were... I mean, I have a husband. I- I didn't want to do it anymore, you know? I wanted it to stop so-," she stuttered and she lowered her head.

"You wanted to get rid of him. So you decided the best thing to do is to shoot him in the chest," said Sasuke out of nowhere, which made the woman's head snap up.

"W-what? No, no I- I didn't. I didn't know... I didn't shoot him. I swear," she said, panic clear in her eyes. Sasuke could clearly see some guilt in there.

"Can you tell us what you were doing yesterday evening?" asked Naruto, keeping a careful eye on the woman.

"I was at work. I- I work at a pharmacy not very far from here. We had a new shipment of supplies so we all had to stay until midnight to help get them arranged," she answered fast, making both detectives narrowed their eyes.

"Can someone state you were there at the time of the murder?" asked Sasuke not really believing the woman.

"Yes. My boss should be able to. He's there until 8 pm today. You can go ask him." She averted her gaze from the men to the carpeted floor.

"We will," said Sasuke. "Does your husband know about you affair?"

They saw the woman, a little perplexed at the question, fidget in her seat. "I- He found out a while ago. We had a fight and.. and he said that he'd forgive me if I'd never see Illay again."

"But you did, didn't you?" said Sasuke flatly, knowing that she really did see the man again from their texts. In the last month, they seemed to talk to each other everyday.

She nodded before lowering her head in shame. "Did your husband find out you kept talking to him?" asked Naruto.

She shook her head. "No- I don't think so, at least. He didn't mention anything about it, so I guessed he didn't know."

"Was your husband at home last night?" questioned Sasuke while Naruto wrote a few notes.

"No. He never is. I mean- he works at this 24/7 bar and he often has the night shift," she answered truthfully.

Naruto and Sasuke exchanged a look before they both nodded. Naruto closed his notepad as he talked, "We'll need the name of the place your husband works at and we have to ask you not to leave town." The woman's eyes widened a little at the hidden accusation, so Naruto gave her a small smile. "Just in case ma'am." She gave a small nod before she told them the bar's name.

At the door, Sasuke turned around and said, "Thank you for your time." He nodded to her before shutting the door, with Naruto by his side. Sasuke could swear that he heard a loud sigh of relief after they started down the steps. She's definitely hiding something. he thought.

Just as Naruto and Sasuke entered the station, the Chief, Hatake Kakashi came out of his office. When he saw them, he immediately made his way to them.

"Heard you already have a case on your first day," he smirked behind his mask he always wore over his mouth and nose. Naruto always wanted to know what Kakashi's face looked like without the mask, but the middle age man never pulled it off. He heard rumors that only Sakura saw him without it. It seems like those two knew each other before she came to work for the KPD. Naruto also knew that Kakashi was employed in the army before becoming Chief at KPD; but nothing was known about what Sakura did before she came to Konohagakure. She never talked about her past either. He was also aware that she and Shikamaru were childhood friends- at least, that's what they said. Anyways, he never talked about his past either, not that he was one to ever talk. So there were a lot of things Naruto didn't know about the two; but it seemed like Kakashi trusted them a lot, so he just did the same without question.

"Yeah. Some guy shot in the street," said Naruto, all of them making their way to Shikamaru to ask if he found out anything useful. "Isn't going too well, though."

"Why is that?" the KPD chief asked.

"Our first suspect has an alibi. Our second suspect too," said Sasuke, lost in thought. It was a little frustrating. Both the woman and her husband looked guilty and he could tell they were hiding something, but they had an alibi. It didn't make sense, really. He must've missed something for sure. "Even so, they aren't telling us something. We just need to find out what."

"They are hiding something, indeed," said a voice, making the men turn their gaze to the speaker. Sakura was leaning into Shikamaru's desk while the latter was clearly caught up with something on his laptop.

"Find anything new?" asked Naruto before Sasuke even had the chance to open his mouth.

"Yeah. And you'll find this pretty interesting, too." She straightened herself from Shikamaru's desk and said a quick, "Keep looking and find as much as you can" to the genius, before leaving his office and motioning to the other three men to follow her. She led them to the evidence room. Then, she waved her identity card over the security device near the door and they stepped in after it opened.

Sakura grabbed some files and a small test tube that had some colored substance in it. "This little thing," she shook the tube slightly, "is poison. I found it in his body."

"Hold on a second," Naruto held his palms up, "our guy was poisoned?" he asked.

Sakura nodded. "He was indeed, but the bullet was what killed him." She placed the tube back in its place before she continued, "This type of poison reacts very slow in the human body. It would have taken one more week, from what I can tell, before it would get him killed."

"So there are two different people who wanted him dead," stated Sasuke. Well, this is getting interesting.

"Yes. This type of poison is also easily found in many places. It could have been anyone who had a grudge on him." She raised her shoulder and before she could talk again Sasuke interrupted her.

"That's true, but we do have a naughty wife who wanted to get rid of him. Even better than that, she works in a pharmacy," he pocketed his hands, "I guess we have to pay another visit to her."

Sakura smirked, "You just spoke my thoughts." Sasuke reciprocated the smug smile. Naruto and Kakashi raised their eyebrows when the two continued to stare and smirk at each other before Sakura broke the sexual tension they all could feel.

"All right, I still need to check on some fingerprints I found on Mr. Custem's arm, so shush," she said before eyeing the still snickering Uchiha. "And you, wipe that smirk off your face. You're not here to seduce, nor to be cocky, so go do your job before I inject that," she pointed to the tube filled with poison, "in you. And trust me, there are not many out there who can compose an antidote." She winked at him before her expression turned into one of irritation and pushed them out of the door and slamming it in their faces.

Kakashi's eye held a glint of amusement; he knew very well Sakura's temper. She was not someone which one would get away with pushing her buttons. Naruto snickered under his breath, barely holding in his laughter. It wasn't funny to him when Sakura was giving him this kind of warning, but when someone else got them, he was sure as hell it was.

Sasuke stayed stunned in place. The weird woman just pushed him out of the fucking room. What was she, twelve? First she said she will have him on her table in a fucking morgue, and now that she'll poison him. He shouldn't have been surprised though. The woman worked with toxic chemicals, dead bodies, and other things like that all the time. I think too many criminal cases have gotten to her head. he thought.

"She isn't kidding," said a voice behind them lazily. They turned around to find Shikamaru facing them. "She did it once with me. I mean, she knew it wouldn't kill me, but it wasn't cool either- trust me." He shivered just remembering it. "Worst experience in my life. And I was in the fucking army."

They all looked a little taken aback when they heard about his not-so-nice experience with Sakura and took a mental note be careful around her.

Naruto snapped at Shikamaru when he heard his last sentence. "Wait! You were in the army?!" he yelled shocked. Even Sasuke looked a little taken aback. He would have never guessed that the lazy analyst would be an ex-soldier.

Shikamaru shrugged, "It was only for a few years. And I didn't really go out there and shoot guys and stuff like that. I was in the intelligence unit. I used only my brain, not my body." He finished with a yawn.

"Wow, I neve-," started Naruto, excited that he finally found out something new about his co-worker. Just then, the door behind them opened and someone punched him in the ribs, rather hard.

"Don't you have a case to solve?!" snapped Sakura, glaring at each one of them in part before making her way to Shikamaru. The man flinched under her hard gaze. "I think I found the one who shot him. Check this out." She slapped a file in his chest before she left in the direction of her office. She took a few steps before she turned her head back at them and hissed over her shoulder, "Move it!"

"Damn," said Naruto rubbing the spot over his ribs where she had punched him, "was she in army too or what?" he joked thinking about how everyone who was in army develop a hard and strong persona.

"Yeah, she was-," started Shikamaru, but Kakashi talked over him.

"Sakura is right, back to work everybody," he said, making his way to his own office. Probably ready to ignore all his paperwork and read his porn book. How this man became the chief of KPD was a mystery.

Naruto ignored Kakashi and gave Shikamaru a disbelief look "What?!" he yelled probably making the whole building cringe. "She was in the army too?! But she's a woman!"

"Stop yelling, dobe," Sasuke said, pissed that Sasuke's blond partner had such a loud voice. Frankly, he was surprised too. When he first saw Sakura he couldn't believe that she was investigating crimes, and now he finds out she was in army too. She looked sensitive and innocent when he first looked at her. Now, after hearing the news and having a piece of her attitude, he was sure that Sakura was everything but sensitive.

"Don't call me that, teme!" he yelled again and Sasuke ran a hand through his raven locks in frustration. "Hey, Shikamaru, wait! I want to kn-" he yelled at the retreating form, but the said man interrupted him.

"Some other time," he waved his free hand that didn't hold the files Sakura gave him in a farewell wave.

Naruto pouted like a child; Sasuke rolled his eyes at Naruto's antics. "Come on," he said turning around and Naruto huffed before he followed nonetheless.

Sasuke and Naruto had just arrived in front of Mellany's house when they heard shouts from inside. They decided to wait and listen for the moment before they knock on the door. Maybe they could hear something important from the fight held inside.

"You're completely insane!" they heard a feminine voice yell. They immediately recognized it as Mellany's.

"I'm insane?!" a man's voice shouted. Then, "You're the one who had been cheating on me again and not only that, but then you decided to kill him!"

"Are you sure I killed him?" the woman yelled again. "Because you shot him!" At this Naruto and Sasuke glanced at each other. They had arrived at the perfect moment.

"You poisoned him! He would have died anyways," the man yelled back. The two detectives took out their guns and prepared themselves to enter. "And I didn't shoot him. There is no evidence against me."

"You fucking paid someone to do so! It's the same thing." So that's why the man had an alibi. He paid someone to do it for him, thought Sasuke, a hand on his gun and one on the doorknob ready to go in any time now.

"No, it's not."

"It is. And I'll go right to the police and accuse you!"

"Like hell you will woman. You had a part in this too! If you do anything stupid, I'll kill you too, you fucking slut!"

"Wha-" the woman started. At the exact moment, Sasuke and Naruto decided to go in.

They both held their guns pointed in the couple's direction while Sasuke talked. "You are both under arrest for the murder of Illay Custem," he said cooly, gun still pointed at them while Naruto handcuffed them. "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law."

"What?" they both remained shocked. Malleny's husband said, "I didn't do anything. I have an alibi. You can't arrest me."

"You have the right to talk to a lawyer and have him present with you while you are being questioned. If you cannot afford to hire a lawyer, one will be appointed to represent you before any questioning if you wish." Continued Sasuke ignoring the couple's words of protest and dragged them to his and Naruto's car.

Sakura was in her office deep in thought. Normally, her job would have ended a few hours ago, but she still had some things to work on which she just finished about half an hour ago. She snorted when her mind flew to the case from today. Woman cheating on her husband; husband finding out a second time that she was cheating on him with the same guy; the husband then paying someone to kill his wife's lover; and the same wife poisoning the victim before that. Crazy people. I guess they were made for each other. She mentally chuckled. Oh, her beautiful dark sense of humor.

She decided to do some personal search. She could always ask Shikamaru for this kind of things because she knew she could trust him, but the man left hours ago and she really didn't want to seem like some obsessed stalker or something. A knock on her door took her out of her thoughts; then closing the browser for her search and leaving one about some poisons on the desktop before she said a tired but loud enough, "Come in."

Sasuke entered the office and closed the door behind him, glancing at the 25 year-old woman that had her legs crossed over her table and a laptop on her tights. He mentally scoffed. Comfy much? "Isn't your shift done?" he asked her, plopping himself on the cream-colored couch near the wall.

She narrowed her eyes in his direction. Of course, you take a seat, Mr. I'm-cocky-and-I-know-it. Her legs came down from the above the table and she shifted her position in her chair to face him, a leg coming over the other one. "I don't have special days or hours when I work, sadly," she said, jaded.

He smirked, "So you live here or what?"

"Sometimes," she shrugged, "What about you?" and she raised one elegant eyebrow at him.

"Kakashi had me fill all the files for the case. Took me a while." He sighed and closed his eyes for a few second before opening them again.

In those a few seconds while he closed his eyes Sakura couldn't stop herself from thinking that the man looked like some deity. What Sakura didn't like about gorgeous men like him? Their cocky attitude. And yes, she did appreciate some god-like features in a man; she was still a woman after all. The only thing was that she wasn't some random chick. She was more than that. She had worked for the army for 3 years and now she is investigating crimes every day. Men had no chance to intimidate her or even make her flinch. So his cockiness and seductive features were like a thrown straw at her. I don't feel it. It doesn't affect me.

Her lips escaped a soft chuckle, "He so took advantage of you because you're new." She shook her head slightly, "Good job on your first case anyways."

"It wasn't my first case," he said eyeing her. "You did good yourself."

"Well, it was your first case here," answered Sakura nonchalantly. "And I don't need your compliments." She smiled.

"It wasn't a compliment. It was a statement." He smiled smugly at her when she rolled her eyes. "They were a pain in the ass." Sakura gave him a confused look. "Those two idiots," he clarified. "Not only did Naruto and me hear them confess, we also found enough proof for them to be accused of first-degree murder. They both still keep saying they're not guilty and are both blaming each other." He shook his head.

"Oh well, I kind of got used to it. It was good that we could prove it in the end and now my job was done," she swirled one of her wrist that cracked in the process. "Where did you work before?" she asked suddenly curious.

"Otogakure," he responded flatly.

"Why come here?" Sakura pushed the subject a little.

"It's my birthplace. I just wanted to come back." Sakura nodded in response and she could see on his face that he appreciated that she didn't push the subject more. "What about you? Army, eh?" he raised his dark eyebrows at her.

Sakura let out an exasperated sigh and ran a hand through her hair, "Yeah. It has been almost 4 years since I left." He saw a hundred different feelings flash in her eyes, but still couldn't catch even one. "Things happened and I came here."

"Things?" he eyed her curious. Of course, he could tell that being on the army four years ago when the war was harsh and cruel. The thing he couldn't understand was why a woman would choose to go there. He doubted someone had forced her to go. She held in her eyes a strong look that told him nobody could ever make her do something she wouldn't want to. But something happened that made her leave.

"Ah, things," she responded looking straight into his eyes. He almost wanted to look away at the hard look she gave him. He was used to women to try to woo him or ogle, not give him that look. It was almost like she challenged him to ask one more question and she'll cut his throat open. At the same time, it was like she was begging him not to push the subject forward. Staring right back into her emerald orbs he could tell that there were many different feelings caged inside her. That she defeated every fear and obstacle... anything that could make her weak. He knew that look. It was the same look he saw in his own reflection when he decided he had to move on past the tragedy in his life. Blank and at the same time full of emotions. It was the look someone possessed after they go through a lot in life and finally bloomed into a strong person that's harder than a stone to break.

"Stop giving me that look," she crossed her arms over her chest. Sasuke blinked, recovering from his thoughts. "There is no reason to dwell on the past. Everything happens for a reason. That's what my father used to tell me." Her eyes seemed to change in the last second. She looked like she did earlier, at the crime scene when she talked to him: sincere and content with a glint of confidence and tenacity. He almost envied her for a second for the control she seemed to have over everything, but he quickly pushed the thought aside.

"Come on, Mr. Serious," she gave him an amused look while she raised from her seat and stretched her arms up in the air. "I'm fucking tired and you don't seem better yourself."

He smirked. The joyful Sakura was back. "Hn," he raised from the couch and followed her outside her office, watching her as she pulled a black leather jacket over her shoulders before locking her office. She turned to him and gave him a devious smile.

"Go have some sleep. You look like shit and even your rebellious strands lost their gravity-defying powers," she grinned and looked up at him. The man was tall, no joke.

He looked surprised for a second before he snickered at her too, "Thanks, you too. Your pink hair looks kind of washed out."

She gave him a death glare before turning on her heels while making sure to push her hair over her shoulder hard enough so it came slapping him in the face. "Night," she murmured as she made her way to the parking lot.

He raised an eyebrow at her antics. This woman... It was like she had more personalities inside of her than she let on. She was the most interesting woman he ever met. Deep inside in his mind, a voice told him that she would understand him better than anyone. He quickly pushed the voice out. Nobody will understand him, no matter what. That he knew for sure. He sighed and made his way to the parking lot, too. He was tired after all.

TBC

A/N : Again! Lots of thanks to my beta reader notverycreativename !

There is a more interesting plot in this story. This is more like an epilogue. There will also be more characters in the next chapters. That if you want me to continue this. Feel free to review or pm me if you have any expectations from this story. Maybe I'll do it heh.

I AM WORKING ON THE NEXT CHAPTERS ON ILWAC AND ACL. I didn't forgot to update or anything like that. I'm working on them, promise!

The ones that know that I already have two stories on-going, don't get mad please. I just had this in my head and couldn't stop myself. For those who don't know that, be my guest and take a look on them. Maybe you'll like them *wink* . PLEASE R&R because I really need to know if you like the idea and want more chapters.

Xoxo, Adenna.