Fake Reflection
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto.
Chapter 1: Fateful Encounter
Sasuke's first month on the job was suppose to be just sitting in his patrol car and looking for traffic violators, but Fate wasn't one for the plans of mortals. He was following a suspicious car and and ran the plates while driving. The car came up flagged and Sasuke flipped his sirens on. The heavy downpour of the rain intensified the lights. The suspicious car pulled over on the bridge.
Sasuke got out of his car and had his hand over his holster. He unclipped the latch holding the gun in his side holster. The young raven haired rookie was walking towards the car in the rain when the front doors of the car burst open and two men jumped out and began to fire. Sasuke pulled his gun from his side and returned fire. He managed to hit one of the men in the chest and the criminal toppled over the bridge and into the river below.
The other criminal shot Sasuke a few times. The rookie cop fell onto his back. His gun fell from his hand. Sasuke knew he was going to die. He heard an approaching car stop and the door open. Sasuke was going in and out of consciousness. He watched helplessly as the criminal ducked behind a car.
For Naruto, the young enigmatic owner of the charity called Mirror, his day was the same as usual. He woke, made himself and his dog breakfast and watched the news. Naruto would then take his dog, Athena, with him to his charity office. He spent his day making calls and getting money for his charity. He was heading to a date after work and dropping off his precious Athena at his home.
When Naruto locked up his house he cringed as a loud crash of thunder roared in the sky. He got in his car and drove off and within minutes there was a steady downpour. Naruto detested driving at night and especially in the rain but Sakura assured him this guy he was going to meet was perfect. Naruto wasn't so sure.
His drive to meet his date was across the main bridge into the city, Naruto lived out in the country. While driving on the bridge he slows down at the sight of cop lights ahead. Naruto hears gunshots as he drives. The young blonde stops his car and gets out. He looks around and calls out for the officer. "Officer? Are you there? Is everything ok?" Naruto asks out loud. He looks around and sees through the rain and from the headlights of the cop car, the young raven haired officer. He was bleeding from his torso and mouth.
Naruto ran up to him and checked him over. He put his fingers to his neck and felt for a pulse. "Damn, weak. Hold on officer! I will get you help!" Naruto yells. That's when he hears a click of a gun and a man holding a gun above Naruto and the officer.
He spots the gun near his knee and moves quickly to grab it and shoot the man with the gun before he could kill him and the cop. Naruto kept firing until the criminal fell to the ground. Naruto tossed the gun to the ground and went into the cop car and grabbed the radio.
"Hello?! This is a citizen, my name is Naruto Uzumaki and I am at the main city bridge with a downed officer! He needs medical help, he has been shot a few times and is losing blood. I killed one of the criminals. Please send someone!" Naruto yells into the radio.
"Thank you, back up and ambulances are on the way!"
Naruto goes back to the cop who looks up into the sapphire eyes of Naruto. Rain is dripping from Naruto's face and onto Sasuke. "Officer, I am with you. I got you, help is on the way." Naruto says as he holds Sasuke's hand and continues to monitor his pulse. The pulse is steady, though weak so Naruto quickly did the best to bandage the wounds tightly to prevent blood loss any further. The young Raven couched blood on Naruto's face. Naruto leans back down and checks his pulse again. He can feel the pulse weakening. "Stay with me Officer." Sasuke tries to gurgle something in response but he ultimately goes limp.
"No! Damn it! Stay with me!" Naruto yells. He lets go of Sasuke's hand and climbs on top of him. Naruto rips Sasuke's buttoned up shirt and under shirt. He begins to give him CPR. Naruto leans down and blows air into Sasuke through his mouth. Blood gets smeared all over Naruto but he doesn't care. He just wanted to keep the officer alive.
In a few minutes of Naruto working on keeping oxygen flowing through Sasuke there are sirens as cops and paramedics arrive on the scene. They take over the stabilization of Sasuke. Naruto gives a statement to the cops and then asks if it's ok for him to go to the hospital to make sure the officer survives. The cops tell him to go ahead.
Naruto follows the Ambulance to the hospital and rushes into the waiting room outside the O.R. The young blonde sits down and calls Sakura and explains what happened and why he couldn't show up to the date. While he is sitting there waiting a reporter walks up to him.
"Are you Naruto Uzumaki? I am Lee and I work for Konoha News and I was hoping to get some of your time on the shooting on Officer Uchiha. My sources tell me that you shot and killed the shooter and then wrapped up the wounds of the cop and even saved his life long enough to get to the hospital?"
"Sounds like you have everything you need, what exactly are you wanting from me?"
"Just your recounting of everything."
Naruto closes his eyes. He was extremely annoyed. "How about this, if the officer should survive, then and only then will I give you your damn story you greedy fucking vulture!"
Lee ran off before Naruto could say more. The young blonde sits and waits. It takes a couple of hours but eventually one of the cops fellow officers came out to see Naruto. He told him Sasuke got through surgery ok and that he was in a room. "Could I see him?"
"The doctors won't let any of us in tonight. They said tomorrow we could go see him but they also said that he is in a medically induced coma to help him with the healing process." Naruto thanks the officer and leaves to go home for the night.
A few days later onyx eyes open to see his friend and fellow officer Kiba, sitting in a chair. "Kiba?" Sasuke chokes out.
"Hey man! You're finally awake!"
"What happened where am I? The last thing I remember was blue eyes looking down at me and something about staying with him."
"Oh, that was Naruto! He saved your life man and shot the fucker who tried to kill you right between the eyes and several times in the chest. You died dude, the paramedics said if Naruto hadn't done what he did you'd never have been saved. He has been coming every day to check on you."
"Thank God. I need to thank him."
"Thank him, fuck, you need to marry this dude as repayment. I mean a life for a life dude and damn is he your type. Blonde hair, blue eyes, great body and clearly has some small medical training."
"I am recovering from being shot and I doubt this dude is gay."
"No he is. I did a standard background check to ensure he had no connections to the guy he killed to save you and ended up discovering he is the owner of Mirror, a global charity that takes in billions a year and in his photo ops I could find he has always had a male date. Plus I overheard him talking to his overly loud friend who bitched at him for coming to see you rather than go on a date with the guy she was trying to set him up with."
"So he had no connections to the guy I assumed?"
"No, the criminal, identified as Zabuza has no connections with Naruto in anyway. The other person who you shot has yet to be found, we dragged the river but no luck."
"Is Naruto coming in today?" Sasuke asks.
"He already left an hour ago. He will be coming in tomorrow. I talked to the doctor earlier. He said he will probably let you go in a couple of days." Kiba explains.
Kiba hangs out with Sasuke for a little longer before the doctors kicks him out so he can do a checkup. Sasuke ends up sleeping after the doctor leaves. He thanks all the gods and goddesses in the universe for keeping him alive. Sasuke always wanted to be a cop just like his Father and he almost joined his father in dying in the line of duty, but whereas his father died trying to take down a criminal enterprise he uncovered, Sasuke would have died from a common criminal. He wanted to be a hero like his father.
Naruto was sitting in his office doing some work. He got a call a few minutes ago from Kiba telling him Sasuke was awake and that Naruto could go see him if he wanted. The young leader of Mirror was happy that the officer was awake. Sadly there was a loud banshee on her way into his office. He loathed his "friend" Sakura.
"Naruto! I have worked hard explaining to this guy why you keep cancelling but I can't keep making up excuses for you. You need to go on a date with him!" Sakura yells.
"No, I am tired of your dreadful blind dates. They are always some snobby asshole who just want me because I own a charity and make a heavy cash flow. You have no clue what my type is sweetie and I am done dating losers. Please go away and do your damn job which is to bring more money into the charity." Naruto explains as he gets up from his desk.
He walks past Sakura and to the door. He turns slightly to her. "Oh and love, I'll be back, I'm going to go visit that cop for a little bit." Naruto pokes her on the forehead between her eyes. "See ya later."
Naruto leaves his building and heads to the hospital in his car. He looks forward to seeing the cop. He thought Sasuke was quite handsome and it would be nice to actually talk to him. Based on what Kiba had said, Naruto assumed Sasuke was gay.
When he got to the hospital, Naruto made his way to Officer Uchiha's room. The young raven was in his bed and his eyes appeared to be closed. Naruto walked in and took a seat near the window. He sits there for a few minutes and Sasuke opens his eyes.
He spots the young blonde and is immediately awe struck at his beauty. "Hi, you must be Naruto." Naruto looks up from his phone and smiles. "Hey, yeah, It's nice to meet you, Officer Uchiha."
"Sasuke, please. You saved my life, the very least I can do is be as informal with you as possible." Sasuke smiles.
"I guess, the paramedics saved you, I just kept your heart going." Naruto says as he scoots closer to Sasuke.
The two talk for a while to get to know one another and get a feel for each other. Sasuke and Naruto laughed and joked over the next hour. Eventually Naruto looked at his watch and sighed. "I'm sorry Sasuke, I have to go but I will come back tomorrow if you want."
"Yea, please come back. In fact, I was thinking maybe I could repay you and take you out for dinner or something when I finally get out of here?" Sasuke asks.
"Yea, I'd like that." Naruto says as he stands up. Sasuke grabs Naruto's wrist. "How about a kiss from my knight in shining armor?" Sasuke boldly asks.
Naruto smiles and with his free hand he pokes Sasuke between the eyes on his forehead with his index and middle fingers. "Maybe next time, sorry Sasuke." Naruto says with a wink. Sasuke smiles and knows that this is the one.
First chapter.