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Cigarette Smoke by Arctic Monkeys

Colours

2 - Cigarette Smoke

And you're looking pretty suspicious

And probably planning a heist

He's wanting to go to the strippers

It makes him feel all nice

6:30 a.m.

April 2nd, xxx1

Sasuke rolled around in his blue sheeted bed, not wanting to get up for the first time in a long while. Forcing himself up and away from the warmth of his blanket he got up. He let out a small yawn, followed by a sigh.

Colours met his eyes.

He looked at the white clock sitting on his night table. It read six thirty. Just like every morning, he let out another breath of annoyance.

The raven walked into his blue and white tailed bathroom, brushed his teeth and walked into the shower stand. As the temperature was getting warmer, Sasuke soaked his hair. Snapping open a bottle of shower gel, he squirted some translucent amber liquid onto a blue sponge. He cleaned himself off.

The aroma smelt like cinnamon.

Washing of his thick back hair, Sasuke turned off the water. Water beads racing down his body to be soon absorbed by a soft blue towel as Sasuke dried himself off.

Still naked Sasuke walked over to a closet, it was wooden and seemed invisible, blending into the wall. He grabbed the first hanger. It wouldn't matter no matter which one he picked. They all had the same thing hung on them. A skin tight turtleneck with no sleeves, a white vest and black pants that were neither tight or baggy . Slipping into his clothes he picked up the hanger he had thrown into his bed and hung it back into the closet.

After straightening out his bed, he picked up his towel and opened a closet on the other side of the room; it was covered with a mirror- this closet was more evident. Sliding a door on top of the other he tossed his towel into a laundry basket. This closet was filled with normal clothing.

Walking out of the room, he made his way to the kitchen and just like always his mobile - he always kept it in a drawer in his kitchen- buzzed to life. A simple text informing him of his next mission.

Grabbing an apple, after tossing it under the cold water to wash, he bit into it as he read over the content. The mission was simple.

Tossing the stem of the apple into the garbage can, being used to eating the apple top to bottom always only left him with the stem, he walked over to the door and slipped on a pair of black shoes on. He covered his attire with a long trench coat.

Sasuke turned around to face his apartment and grabbed his key, scanning over the place with his calculating eyes.

Clear.

The man walked out and into his private elevator that lead to his penthouse- standing tall, back straight. The bell pinged and Sasuke strode out gracefully and nodded his head at his watchman as he acknowledged him by bowing his head.

Casually, Sasuke made his way down the street. He turned at every right turn; he landed back to his apartment. He looked around again, just in case, and didn't noticed anyone following him.

Walking over to the black car parked in front of the doors he slipped inside.

He had been driving for about two hours now. It was almost nine. He parked a few blocks down his destination and opened his glove box. He grabbed a mask with red lines painted on it and put it on.

He walked out the car, to the nearest sewage cap, climbed down the bars attached to the walls, acting as a ladder.

It might seem stupid to go through all these precautions as an agent but they were the reason he wasn't being hunted down. To others he was an ordinary man. He didn't interact with many people to blow up his cover. The only one that found out were disposed off on order. Having close relationships with anyone only caused issues and higher chances of him getting caught.

Sasuke's eyes scanned the area as he made his way through the poorly lit tunnels and walked a few minutes until he was sure he was right under the "abandoned" building he was supposed to be invading. He created a gap big enough to let him slip through, closed it and started looking for something he could use to look around without being caught.

Sasuke leaned against a wall as he slowly turned around the corner and as he expected there were many rooms connected to a long, stretched hallway. People were probably occupying all the rooms.

He imagined the situations in his head. "Sasuke," He heard the earpiece in his ear crack. He flinched. "You have to plant bombs." That comment made him decide to enter the closest vent to him. "There's one almost five steps ahead." The voice responded to his thoughts.

Finding the vent Sasuke screwed it open and crawled in on his hands and knees,

Sasuke reached into his little buckled pouch strapped onto his leg and grabbed a little black ball with a little red light in the middle of it. He had a couple more in his pouches, enough to destroy the whole building into nothing. He littered them though out the vent a good distance from the each other.

He stopped at every opening he could see through to examine the state of the building and the people occupying it. There were many men laughing, playing cards and holding onto alcohol and drugs. Some men were "enjoying" their time with woman. Some forcing and some paying.

Forcing… Sasuke's eyes narrowed as he let out a shallow sigh. There were captives in the buildings and the whores had to be guided out the doors before he could demolish the place.

How irritating. Then again that wasn't a part of his mission. He only had to destroy and retrieve.

Black eyes hardened as the agent realised how his supervisor would react to him finding out he blew up innocent people. 'Fine, Itachi,' Sasuke thought. 'I'll save the innocent people.' And to Sasuke sluts weren't innocent so the whores could stay.

Moving on he found a possible place for the all the data to be stored, the raven left a red tag there to mark it as he went on to find the room with the captives. He'd be coming back to that room.

As Sasuke hit a three way intersection he closed his eyes and relaxed, listening. There were faint sobs and a few cries of help. They were echoing faintly. Sasuke's face supported a frown. It was hard to tell where he had to go. Then a gunshot rang out indicating a safe assumption to where the kidnapped were stored.

Before taking a left turn Sasuke threw a few bombs into the other direction and clicked a button on his bluetooth. "Suigetsu, I need back up. You have the van parked close to my car, right?" Sasuke soundlessly whispered.

"Yeah, what's the situation?" Suigetsu surprised that he had actually gotten a response from the man.

"Looks like some sort of pimping business. Sex slavery… maybe."

"Well, shit," Suigetsu chuckled. He was definitely enjoying Sasuke's extra added work.

"Hn. Just get ready to load." Sasuke's voice laced with annoyance.

"Gotcha, boss."

Sasuke popped open the vent and silently dropped down behind a bulky man screaming at the captives. Sasuke slowly zoned up to him and just before he snapped the man's thick neck he slowly whispered in his ear; "Distraction is weakness."

He looked at the crowd of about ten to fifteen people, a bunch of teenage boys and girls, and spoke in a strict tone. "When I say so, rise up, slowly. Don't make any noise. I'm going to lead you through to an exit and all you have to is run until you see a white van. Someone will let you in and we'll get you back to your homes. Don't think of me as an enemy. I work for the government." Sasuke took a few steps back examining the area and found a few doors he could bet would lead to an exit. "Alright, get up." Sasuke walked backwards towards the door as the teens walked after him. Opening the door Sasuke spun around.

Taking his gun out he held it firmly with his right hand and placed his left hand underneath the revolver in a clenched force. Slowly walking down the hall Sasuke looked back every once in awhile to check that the teens were still behind him.

Finally seeing an exit Sasuke ran and opened the door.

The exit was two blocks west from the van. Sasuke snapped open the exit, expecting an alarm to ring out. Which hadn't. "Alright, get over here." His voice was a slight shout. "Through these door you run to the right, and you run until you see that white van. Don't leave anyone behind." The soon to be free captives didn't move. "Move!" He commanded and they all scampered out like rats. Sasuke stared at them until he couldn't see them and moved back inside.

"Fucking shits." Sasuke snorted. The door banged shut and a skin crawling alarm ran through the halls.

Sasuke cringed as the halls turned red because of the lights. "Fucking bitch." Sasuke ran, the gun still in his hands as he got to the room with the plans. Going through the desks Sasuke took little snaps of the data. He climbed into a vent and crawled to the room with the sewage connection. Getting in he ran as fast as he could.

It was the safest way to get out was through that tunnel.

All the evidence must be removed. His eyes narrowed as he pressed a button on a small remote. The building light a blaze, crashing down on itself.

Sasuke got into his car and drove back, taking a different route from where he came from and where the van would be heading.

The radio in his life cracked and Suigetsu's voice broke through. "Sup boss."

"Are the kids safe?"

"You're no fun." Sasuke breathed out a sharp sigh. "Alright, alright, they're good. Itachi's hoping to see you soon so don't head home."

"I see," Sasuke paused. "I hope you're not idiotic enough to not know how to deal with your situation."

"Shut up, Sasuke." Suigetsu rolled his eyes and dismissed himself. "Good mission."

1:00 p.m.

April 4th

Naruto had his headphones plugged in, he bobbed his head slightly, tapping his feet to the rhythm of the music. He was scribbling things on top of a paper, studding.

His phone started vibrating as the a casual tone interpret the song, alerting Naruto it was time to get ready and hop off to his Co-op class for the day. He signed and cleared up his desk, not wanting to lose the study notes he had finally - barely managed- to make.

He had showered in the morning when he had gotten up so all he had to do was put on his clothes and bolt.

the blond sighed, he had a long day ahead of him

1:45 p.m.

April 4th, xxx1

As soon as he entered the Radiation Therapy Clinic Center he started walking towards the back of the clinic. A pink haired girl bounced towards Naruto. He was confused as to who she was until she spoke out. "Naruto, Ms. Tsunade wants you up at her office."

"S-sakura?" Naruto would never have thought Sakura would have pink hair on her head and the simple thought made him laugh.

"Hey, I don't know what you find so funny-

"Is it natural?" Sakura looked at him, confused and the blonde slight pulled at Sakura's nags.

"What do you- omg! You can see colours? And of course it's Natural! Is it weird?" She unconsciously pulled her hair.

"Surprisingly, it suits you, though I didn't recognise you for a minute. You're really exotic, Sakura. Really pretty too." Naruto winked.

"Hey, don't be still hitting on me when you've found your one and only!" She giggled.

Naruto snickered and started walking towards his advisor's office. Naruto had always liked Sakura, she was a great friend.

The blue eyed man knocked on his superior's door. "Come in." And Naruto did. "Ah, Brat, sit down we've got some things to discuss."

"Did I finally cross the line? You letting me go?" Naruto smiled, obviously joking. He sat down and pushed his seat in.

"You took a short term co-op here," Naruto nodded, urging her to continue. "You have three more years of University left."

"Yes, I do." He confirmed.

"We've been discussing, me and your teachers and you've done good here."

"Thanks, granny."

"Let me finish, you idiot." Tsunade hushed. "We know you'd have a better opportunity down in Toronto."

"What? I still have medical school though." Naruto asked in pure confusion.

"It's not a job offer, you're too young to work."

Naruto sat back in his chair. Go back to Mississauga?

It had only been a year since then.

Maybe he should just move one. Start over. This was a really good opportunity to get closer to his soulmate too. Everything was falling into it's place for them.

Naruto put his arms on the table, leaning forward and slightly revealing his fate; it not gone unseen by his superior. "I…" Naruto huffed. "I think there many opportunities for me there too."

"Great, I fill you in with everything as we get your transferred." Her hazel eyes glanced at his fate again. "Looks like I'm not the only one here today with good news, am I?" The woman questioned. Naruto, of course, gave her a questioning look to which she pointed at her arm.

Naruto smiled bright. "Granny, I found my soulmate!"

"I can see that." She smiled softly.

Tsunade didn't like Naruto when he had started working under her. Always acting fast and without any sort of plan in mind. She was mind boggled to know Naruto was even able to make it so far into The Cardiology industry... but when she saw him working. She had seem ambitions, care, a reason and passion for what he was doing.

Naruto was friendly and bright and got along with everyone. He was proud of his work. He seemed weak but he was strong. He had places to go and Tsunade wanted to see him climb to the top. All the happiness in his life made Tsunade's day just so much better.

"I'm really happy for you, Naruto. What's her name?" Naruto stopped smiling at those word and looked down, his eyes looking to the side.

"You- you see, 'she' is actually a he."

Tsunade was still smiling, when Naruto looked up, which was embarrassing. "Tell me about him!"

Naruto wasn't expecting the response to still be the same. He was relieved so continued on. "He's an asshole."

Tsunade laughed. "What the hell? That's not like you."

Naruto chimed with laughter too. "But it's like him. We met in the wierdest way. I dunno, I was in Mississauga, the whole break. I just woke up in the middle of the night and drove. Took me a good four days."

"What the hell?"

"I don't know. It was like a pull?"

"Makes sense to me, I guess. What was he doing there? I hope he doesn't live there. That's pretty far."

"No, he was visiting his family. Though, he lives in Toronto, so same difference."

"Funny thing, we had this conversation. Everything seems to be bringing the two of you together" Tsunade's smile was plastered onto her face. "I can get you a place at Credit Valley Hospital but I'll look to see what Toronto can offer you too."

"No way, really? That's amazing!" Naruto couldn't believe how everything was working out in his favour.

"You won't really be working directly under me anymore though. Jiraiya can take you up during december. A good way to start fitting in and understand a Hospital doctor's life. You can work on moving before then."

"Either way, I'm happy! How about I treat you to lunch?" Naruto clapped his hand as he got up.

"That sounds great, sure."

1:00 p.m.

April 4th, xxx1

The clinic was pretty small so when people rotated off for lunch they had to eat out. There wasn't a cafeteria or anything. Tsunade and a couple of the other nurses - Ino, Hinata and Sakura- had joined Naruto for lunch. The main topic of the day being Naruto and his soulmate.

Sakura squealed in jealousy. "I can't believe it! I'm so jealous! I'm the last one." Which was right, Ino and Hinata had already found their soulmates. Naruto and her lived the single life but even Naruto had gone ahead and left her.

"Well, with a big forehead like that I feel happy for your soulmate." Ino snickered.

"Shut up, pig face." Sakura retorted.

Ino shrugged and looked at Naruto and an evil grin spread itself across her face, her pale blue eyes twinkling. "No." Naruto simply said.

"You're no fun." The girl pouted.

Naruto shrugged, he didn't quite feel like saying much about Sasuke just yet.

"How about we throw you a party?" Ino suggested. "I'm sure she won't mind coming and meeting us."

Naruto signed. "They live all the way in Toronto."

"But you were talking about how your soulmate was coming over for dinner at yours?" Tsunade joined in menacingly.

"Well, they are but…" Naruto trailed off.

"You just don't want us to meet her, is that it?" Ino looked at him.

"No, it's just that. I dunno if they'll be able to come and a party is just a waste of money and-

"Well, it's fine. We have a reason to celebrate!" Sakura smiled.

Naruto signed. "I guess." He surrendered.

6:00 p.m.

April 14th, xxx1

"This is so annoying. I wasn't able to tell them that you're a guy. The second I told them about finding my soulmate, they started talking about children."

"This is going to be fun." Sasuke said amusingly.

Naruto groaned. "And my friends want to throw a party for us. Just as an excuse to meet you."

"Don't worry." Sasuke responded, though the party idea seemed a bit of a hassle.

"I'm not worried… They'll like you." Naruto smiled. There was a slight rustle on the other side of the line. Some faint voices and Sasuke was back on again.

"Work calls."

"Ah, work. Such a burden. Now I'm being one. I should let you go. Don't forget about the family dinner in three weeks. I've planned out everything for us to do in that span of three days. Oh, and hey…" Naruto trailed off.

He was stalling.

"Yes?" Sasuke asked patiently.

"Ah, goodnight." Naruto originally wanted to say something along the lines of "I like you" but wouldn't that be a bit weird? They had only know each other other for a month, soulmates or not it was would be awkward.

Sasuke paused a bit before replying. "Goodnight, I'll see you soon."