Here's the first chapter of the sequel to Legal Guardian. I hope it all makes sense and everything. Sorry it took me so long just to type out this, but I just couldn't get my head into the crime writing mood. That is, until I watched one episode of Galileo. You must truely thank that show.

All the character's belong to Masashi Kishimoto, not me, although the story does belong to me. haha.

The heavy rain was hammering down on the windows when Sasuke woke. He opened one eyes to look at the clock. It was six-thirty. He groaned and stretched, his hand hitting into something soft. Sasuke didn't even have to squint through the dark to know what it was Naruto, curled up next to him on the ground in front of the couch. He must have had a nightmare, Sasuke thought, covering the blonde with his blanket as he got up. In the month that he had stayed with Sasuke, Naruto had had a total of eleven nightmares. Sasuke knew this since every time the blonde had one, he always ended up on the floor, curled next to him. Just like a cat... Sasuke thought to himself as he quietly got to his feet, careful not to wake the blonde.

The first time this phenomenon had occurred, Sasuke had nearly gotten a heart attack when he woke to find the blonde curled at his back. Now

In the first week, they had devised a system on who would sleep on the couch and who the floor. Normally, they would take it in turns, Naruto one night and Sasuke the next, although this system changed whenever one of them needed the sleep. For instance, Naruto would get the couch of he had a test the next day.

"Sasuke..." a voice murmured. Sasuke turned back and crouched down next to Naruto. Naruto's eyes were open, but he saw nothing, his eyes only seeing the dream in front of him. Sasuke reached out and gently closed his eyes.

"Sleep now," he said quietly. Removing his hand, Sasuke saw that the blonde's face was relaxed. Satisfied, Sasuke stood and continued his journey to the kitchen. I suppose that horror movie wasn't such a great idea, he thought, remembering back to the movie they had watched the night before.

Without giving much thought as to what he was doing, Sasuke took a slice of bread and lathered some sort of jam all over one side of it. He then folded it and started to eat it while he set the kettle up to boil water to make some coffee. Soon steam started to whistle out of the nozzle and Sasuke quickly took it off the heat, not wanting to wake Naruto, and made two cups of coffee. Leaving one sitting on the kitchen bench, he brought the other with him into the main room as he stretched out the power cord for his laptop and turning it on.

The laptop was situated on the floor near the couch so that, when the time came, Sasuke could wake the sleeping Naruto without having to so much as walk to the couch.

Sasuke opened the word program on his laptop and settled down to analysis most recent case that had come to his attention. In fact, he had been transferred to another part of the police force just so that he could work on this case along with Sakura. He didn't know what the case was about, although he had heard that it was one of the most gruesome cases that year.

Sasuke flipped the manila file holding the details of the case open. On the first page was a very graphic photograph of an old man lying on his front on the floor. He was clearly dead, as there were dark blood stains coming through his shirt. Sasuke flipped to the next picture and nearly let out a gasp.

Now I understand, Sasuke thought to himself as he studied the second photograph. This is why they put me on this case. The raven dropped the photographs in the floor and took up his now cold cup of coffee. He put the cup to his lips, but he didn't drink, but instead ran over the solid facts of the case.

The man that he had seen dead in the pictures was a famous television personality and a former judge who sometimes still fulfilled that role in various dramas on television. His name was 'Sandaime', clearly an alias, but before they found out who this man really was, that was the name they would refer to him as. It had been a basic break-in and kill murder. It was clear that the murderer had forced the front door of Sandaime's apartment open then had cornered him in the living room where he promptly killed him. He had died of suffocation, but there had been no marks or indeed hemorrhage around his throat and his muscles were far too relaxed to have been strangled. Sasuke knew that the autopsy team, Saskura included, were already working on the body to try and find a better cause of death. Sasuke glanced down at the photographs again. Taking in the grotesque image portrayed in the second. He sighed grimly.

The vitim had then had deep cuts the shape of wings knifed straight into his back. Sick bastard, Sasuke thought dryly to himself as he glanced at the clock on the wall. It was seven-fifteen. Time for the blonde to wake up.

Rousing himself from the sickening case, Sasuke used the manila folder to lightly knock Naruto on the head, while using his other hand to type single-handedly on his laptop.

"Teme..." Sasuke thought he heard the blonde say as his head was rhythmically tapped, but he couldn't' be sure.

"Oy. Naruto. Wake up," the raven said at the twenty-first tap. "I'll treat you ramen." Instantly the blonde sat up in bed, his eyes bleary with sleep.

"Ramen...?"

Sasuke sighed. Soon after he had 'taken Naruto in', he had found out that the youth had an insatiable appetite for the dish. Sasuke now used it to get him up in the morning or to get him to study for a particular test that was coming up.

"Yes, Naruto, ramen." This response made the blonde grin widely as he stood, grabbing his school clothes and made to the bathroom to change. On the way, Naruto noticed the photographs on the ground.

"What the heck happened to him?" Naruto asked as he picked up the photo. Seeing what he was holding, Sasuke reached out and took it from him. He had been just looking for that.

"He was killed."

"Whoa. When?" Naruto said. Sasuke flipped to the next page in the file.

"Approximate time of death: 1:40 am yesterday morning," Sasuke replied, not sure why he was telling the blonde this. But as always, he told Naruto all the details of the case. "Cause of death was insufficient oxygen to the vital organs, which suggests he was strangled."

"I see..." Naruto said as he opened the bathroom door. "You always deal with such morbid cases," he added jokingly as he closed the door, which was lucky since a pillow had come flying his way. Sasuke turned back to the report he was typing up.

"Blood Angel Incident, huh...?"

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It was nearly eight-forty five when Sasuke pulled into the police station's car park after dropping Naruto off at school. On the way Sasuke had quizzed Naruto on the different parts of the respiratory system in an effort to him the blonde study for his upcoming test. Judging from how he had answered, Sasuke wasn't too sure whether Naruto would be able to pass.

Sasuke flicked off the engine and pulled out the keys. Mechanically he stepped out of the car, locked it, and walked into the police station, though not before the security guard had checked to see if he was suppose to be there. Inside he was greeted by his pink haired subordinate, Sakura Haruno, who latched onto his arm as soon has he had come in the door.

"So how was your weekend?" Sakura asked enthusiastically while Sasuke tried to pry her off his arm. He failed.

"Nothing much."

"What did you do?"

"Nothing much," Sasuke replied automatically as he continued to try and gain sovereignty over his arm. "Can you just let go?" Sakura pretended to to hear, but chose to prattle on about her own weekend. So when they reached the inner parts of the station, Sasuke was more than glad when Kurenai came up to them.

"You've been transferred," was the first thing she said to the two of them. Sasuke blinked. Transferred? Where the hell to? Sasuke thought, his mind full of odds and ends of how it worked. Then he remembered. It was part of a new scheme put forth by the tops in command where officers were rotated to different branches in the organization to help personal and professional connections with officers in a wide variety of branches. Sasuke thought it was a waste of time.

"What do you mean, Kurenai? Where is Sasuke transferring to?" Sakura asked, finally letting go of Sasuke's arm. The latter was now trying to massage the blood back into his arm.

"No. We're both transferring, it's just that new stupid scheme," Sasuke replied, finally getting feeling back into his arm. What he didn't mention was that he knew it had something to do with this Blood Angel Incident. "Anyway, where are we transferring to?"

"Right this way," the tall lady said, leading them down an unfamiliar hallway to another part of the station. In the one year that Sasuke had been with the organization, he had never been to this part of the station. His work tended to centre around Kakashi's department and the forensics department more than anything else. So it surprised him that this would be the place that he would be first transferred to. But that in itself lessened his suspicion that this had something to do with the case and more it seemed that it was just the random pick of the rotation system.

The corridor forked and Kurenai led them down the one to the right and showed them to a door. It was the door of a head of department.

"Here we are," Kurenai said, bowing lightly, before she left, leaving Sasuke and Sakura standing in front the office of their new boss. Sasuke reached out and turned the door handle and opened the door. The room itself was an exact replica of Kakashi's office, with a few exceptions of the location and the desk, which was set up against the back wall so that whoever sat there could immediately see who walked in and in this case, Sasuke and Sakura.

Sasuke's face contorted in anger as he saw the man that sat behind that desk.

"You," he said, his voice dripping with badly concealed hatred. The man stood and walked around the table to stand in front of the two of them. Immediately Sasuke knew that this transfer had nothing to do with the scheme and had everything to do with the 'Blood Angel Incident'.

"It's been a long time, my little brother," Itachi said, his face and voice devoid of any emotion. "What a lucky coincidence. Who would have thought they would send you to my department first." He held his hand out to shake. At this Sasuke scowled and ignored the hand. Seeing that he wouldn't be taking his hand, Itachi turned his shake to Sakura, who, was still shocked by Sasuke's attitude toward a superior officer, took his hand and shook it.

"You are...?" Sakura asked, knowing she was skating on thin ice.

"Superintendent Itachi Uchiha at your service," the man said. Sakura's eyes widened in surprise at his last name. She had known Sasuke had an older brother, but she had never seen or, for that matter, heard of him. She had focused all her efforts to find out information on the younger.

"I see," she said, not sure of what else she could say. She glanced at Sasuke and saw that he had busied himself with memorizing the wall paper on the completely white wall. There was an awkward moment of silence. "So, err-" Sakura started to say but was interrupted by Itachi.

"I presume you both have started to familirize yourselves with this case," he said holding up a manila folder. "Dubbed the 'Blood Angel Incident." Sakura nodded but there was no response from Sasuke. He hadn't moved an inch. "I now want you to become completely competent in all aspects of this case. You will both now go to the scene of the crime," Itachi continued, taking no notice of his brother, as he handed a card to Sakura. She took it and read it.

"Yes, sir," Sakura said, bowing a little as she made to leave. Behind her Sasuke had beaten her and was now already walking through the door. She now hastened to catch up, the office door banging shut behind them.

I hope that wasn't too bad for a first chapter. Sorry if is far worse than Legal Guardian. I'm so worried it is... TAT I don't know when the next chapter will be out, but it will come. I should start writing it now. Cheers.