Konoha Police Department 1st Precinct

Fire Country Public Safety Bldg.

501 Main St

Konohagakure FC 22760-1234

Oct 31, 2001

To: Lt. Shikamaru Nara

From: Chief Might Guy, KPD 1st Precinct

This letter is to confirm your promotion to status of Detective. With your exemplary test scores that I made you take and the interview that I encouraged you to attend; your hard work and youthful attitude will be fully utilized as an asset to the detective team. Rest assured, I expect nothing but the best from you and you can count on me to guide you on your path to greatness. Paperwork is already submitted for your transfer and I expect to see in you in our offices on Monday, November 6, 2001. Again, I give you my most sincere and heartfelt congratulations' on your promotion to Detective. I look forward to working with you.

Sincerely

Chief Might Guy

KPD 1st Precinct

mg/sw

Paper work. It truly is the bane of all existence. No wait, take that back. Might Guy is the bane of all existence. It should be a crime to be that enthusiastic about a job. Memo to self, check law books to see if it is a crime to be job happy. Shikamaru Nara quickly walked out the office and closed the door behind himself, visibly shaken and sweating like a crack addict. He walked calmly but quickly thru the maze that was the KPD Homicide department to his desk. The one that was the messiest and clearly the most unorganized of the bunch was his. Although, he won't tell anyone. He has a system. It's just only known to him. And it was the reason why he is trying his best to calm down. Take deep breaths, look out window and see clouds pass by.

Chief Guy is one of those. You know, "Reach the sky, Shikamaru! Protect and Serve with all your might! Shikamaru!" he goes thru this for 30 minutes. THIRTY WHOLE MINUTES while gesturing wildly and dare I say it. His eyes and teeth twinkle. TWINKLE! It's enough to drive a man crazy. Clearly he learned this torture technique in the academy. Hell, he properly was born that way. But some where between the Chinese water torture and how Bruce Lee is the greatest martial artist ever, Shikamaru was being told to finish his reports and file them with the precinct clerk. Procrastination was not a virtue. Here he thought that catching murders and rapist was a virtue. He missed that memo. A memo which is properly under the mound of dead trees that act as police reports, crime scene photos, witness statements, oh and lets not forget, Krispy Kreme napkins. A sound of resignation escapes Detective Nara's lips and he pulls out a drawer and picks up a pen. This actually surprises him.

"Must be fate, to find a pen so quickly from the man that never has one." A small chuckle followed that smooth voice from the desk that was attached in front of his. Shikamaru gave his partner a "shut the hell up" look and picked up the top most folders on his desk.

If the saying, "Behind every great man, is a great woman" is true. Then Neji Hyuga is that woman. Not really. He is indeed a man. It's just a running joke in the department about his partner. Detective Hyuga has been with KPD for six years. Coming in as a rookie and top in his class from the academy, he beat around as a street cop for two years, a year in SWAT then got promoted to detective a year after Detective Nara. And has been his partner ever since. Neji is always immaculately dressed in nice suits, shiny shoes, and long dark hair commonly tied back. But don't be fooled by his Posh Spice appearance. He is sharp as a tack, tenacious and has no problem shooting you if need be. Neji has saved his bacon quite a few times. And his bacon is very much appreciative.

Shikamaru looked at his partners' tidy desk then smirked. "You know, brown nosing is not a good way to get promoted around here." He cast his brown eyes at the light gray ones in front of him. "That is true, I mean look at you. How you became senior detective has become the single most perplexing crime of the century! Unsolvable!" A deep chuckle came out of Shikamaru's smiling mouth. He sighed and answered his college with, "It's so damn troublesome." They both returned to their paper work and hunkered down. For Shikamaru it's going to be a long, long afternoon.

TBC

Author note:

Please review! Thanks! Oh I don't own Naruto and this is totaly AU and a little OOC too.