Okay, guys, don't hate me please I have had a lot going on and needed to go on hiatus for a little bit. I will definitely try to be active more so bear with me and hell even bug me about it as well, a little encouragement goes a long way. Anywho, here y'all go!

I do not own Naruto : )

Recap:

"I will get to the bottom of this though, with or without anyone's help."

Those were Sakura's final words before she fell into a dreamless sleep.

The next day Sakura began her research, after all as a detective it is her duty to investigate mysteries, such as Project Z, in order to deem if this is a safe project or not. Since she felt like no one else should be involved in this ordeal unless necessary, Sakura did her research at her home. She started her search by just typing in 'Project Z' in the google search engine, all that came up were silly stories about zombies, the supernatural, and things to that nature. Deciding that the public domain wasn't the best place to look, Sakura went on government search engines, being a detective sure came in handy for investigations. After glancing through different links, she gave up and called her favorite hacker.

"Hello?" a groggy voice answered the phone.

"Shikamaru, I have a huge favor to ask of you. Can you use your hacking abilities to access information about Project Z, pretty please?" Sakura begged over the phone, normally she would have to grovel, but when it's something of this upmost importance, I will do just about anything to get information.

"Project Z? I haven't heard of that one before, are you sure that this is a real thing?" he asked warily.

"Okay, I know I have a tendency to be on the crazy side, but this is a for sure thing. I can't find anything about it and I figured you would be my best bet of finding out information," Sakura replied almost impatiently.

Shikamaru sighed, "Fine, I will look now, but you definitely owe me one," the sound of the dial tone reached her ears after his final statement.

Sakura grinned, now all she has to do is to wait for Shikamaru and she will finally have her hands on information on a project that all the criminals seem to be itching for.

"This will be fun," Sakura laughed while grabbing her coat and walking out the door.

While waiting for Shikamaru to call her, Sakura decided she will go to her office and do some paperwork she has been putting off, the last thing she needed was for the captain to get pissed at her for shirking her responsibilities again. Plus, with having her stuff together that will give her more time to do her research.

Soon, she reached her department building and walked in. Sakura smiled and waved at everyone while making her way to her office, which was located I the back, she was perfectly fine with this considering that it means she will get peace and quiet long enough to do what she needs to get done. Before she could make it to her office a blonde head stopped her on the way.

"Forehead! You have not talked to me since yesterday morning! What have you been up to!?" Sakura's best friend, Ino Yamanaka, shrieked, causing people to stare.

"Ino," Sakura began through gritted teeth, "come to my office and I will explain."

Ino followed Sakura as she walked into her office and closed the door behind them. She doesn't have to tell Ino everything, even if she is in the interrogation department.

"I was busy with desk work that those lazy pigs in there couldn't seem to do while they decided to go out and actually work on cases. They piss me off so much and Captain Hatake is no help," Sakura moaned in annoyance as she complained to her dear friend about work woes.

Ino sighed softly, "I know, and what's sad is that you did better than anyone in this building, don't give me that look, of course I looked at your entrance performance. You're my best friend and I wanted to see how well you have done. They definitely do not give you the credit you deserve," Ino sympathized with Sakura.

Hearing the praise from Ino cheered Sakura up a little, "Thanks, Pig, I don't know what I would do without you," Sakura smiled softly.

Ino huffed, flicking her hair over her shoulder, "Of course not, Forehead, that's what I'm here for.'

Sakura laughed, "Okay, okay, now get out so I can finish the rest of this paperwork up and get the hell out of here."

Ino waved goodbye and sauntered out of her office, making sure she closed Sakura's door back. Sakura sat back in her chair and sighed in relief, it would not be a good thing if Shikamaru called her while Ino was in there. Those two had some history and it did not end on a good note, so Sakura always makes a point to talk to the two separately.

While thinking about Shikamaru, Sakura checks her phone. It has been fourty minutes since she last talked to him. Deciding she gave him enough time, Sakura dialed the boy's number again.

"You have no impatience Haruno," he seethed, "but I think I may have found something. So what exactly made you so interested in this project," Shikamaru questioned the girl.

"Ah, well on my way home last night I came across these guys harassing this man over something like drug experiments, Shikamaru this could lead to something that could potentially harm the people if it ever got out," Sakura explained.

"Oh boy, here we go, so this so-called 'Project Z' doesn't have a whole lot of information on it. The basis is that they have these experiments that could revolutionize the world. This project has not been approved under the government's authority, although this is probably why they are doing it, and, oh no," Shikamaru paused.

Sakura shot up in her seat, "Oh no what, Shikamaru?"

"It says here that these experiments mainly focus on the dead, so from the sounds of this, these drugs they are making it in order to possibly bring back the dead as test subjects, because come on, who wants to be a test subject for a project that hasn't even gotten its credentials?" Shikamaru read in shock.

Sakura slowly sat back in her seat in shock, bringing the dead back to test their crazy drugs?

"What are they thinking! This could be really bad if that got out officially, Shikamaru! If you find more information out please let me know, because this is insane!"

Shikamaru sighed, "I know, I will definitely keep researching this, because I did not find this on any website, Sakura, this website is concealed under so many layers of protection and I still wasn't able to access everything only the outline, I'm assuming that this website is where these scientists put their information and recordings as to why it is so heavily guarded.'

"So, that's why no one is able to get information on it. They are deliberately hiding this from the government so they won't shut their project down! Did you see the name of the company that is in charge of this project?" Sakura questioned.

"They call their selves Axis Corporation, even that sounds sketchy. Sakura, I'm only warning you of this now, be careful, if you feel like you have gotten in too deep, pull out immediately," Shikamaru ordered her.

"I will Shikamaru, I really do appreciate your help on this, I owe you big time!" Sakura thanked her friend.

"Yeah, yeah, just don't do anything stupid," Shikamaru replied hanging up the phone.

Sakura twirled her chair around giddily, she finally has intel on something big! Something that could bring her up in the ranks of this place if she played her cards right.

"Now, who would be willing to work on this investigation with me that won't back out at any given time," Sakura hummed quietly, a person with hair as dark as the night popped up in her mind.

She smirked, this should be interesting.

Holy bejeezus, this literally only took about an hour to do. I'm quite proud of myself :D. Anyways! Please review and any ideas/constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated!

Love,

Lizzie-Chan