Crystalchaser's note: Chapter two of the elites! Hehe. To everyone who's wondering why this story is entitled the elites, just keep on reading.

Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto as well as the other characters involved.

THE ELITES

CHAPTER 2: The other side

She held her katana firmly as a smirk had managed to creep to her glossy lips, 'Die,' she whispered. Sakura raised her weapon and was about to plunge it through her victim's heart when suddenly, someone had stop her from doing so by holding her hands tight. She looked up with a bewildered and irritated expression. "Gaara?" she uttered. The said man didn't answer back and just held firmly on her. "Let her do it," she heard someone say. She looked ahead and saw the snake, Orochimaru with a mischievous grin. It frightened her for the first time that she backed away. She glanced at her side to find something she least expected. "What the—"she screamed as she saw her friend's lifeless body.

Sakura immediately sat up from her bed, sweating and having irregular breathes. It was just a dream—a nightmare to be exact that was constantly hunting her for days. She closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. 'I'd better go to work,' she thought as she got off her queen sized bed and exited her room. She was about to go straight to the kitchen when she noticed traces of crimson liquid at the floor—traces of her kill last night. Sakura sighed, 'I guess I should clean up first,' she thought.

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As usual, people from different walks of life passed by each other, scurrying to go to different places for different reasons and businesses. Some were students chatting with their friends as they walked to school, others were just having a walk, while most of them were going to work, to earn a living.

Within this massive crowd, a pink haired girl walked in a normal pace, her hair tied into a single bun as it was held by a green chopstick which matched the color of her eyes. Her knee-length black skirt was making her hard to move a bit faster as it was a little bit tight. She matched this with a white blouse and black blazer. THIS is Haruno Sakura, too professional to be considered lethal; too simple to be thought as mysterious; and to sweet to be alleged as the top and most wanted female assassin in the city of Konoha.

She pushed her glasses up to her eye level and read the message in her phone silently as she entered the train and sat down at a vacated seat. She closed its flap immediately after reading it, 'Not now,' she thought as one of her officemates informed her that they would be having a dinner meeting with their boss tonight. She closed her tired eyes for a moment. She can't stay in their office tonight. She has a mission to accomplish. And surely, the calm yet enigmatic night might trigger her inner self. As she thought of this, she barely knew that she had already fallen asleep for the whole trip.

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Sasuke was sleeping soundly at his room when he suddenly heard something move. He immediately opened his eyes as he sensed the presence of someone else in his room. Cautiously, he stood up and walked towards the door. Before opening the cold doorknob, he reached for his kunai at the top of his table and held it firmly, getting ready for his or the invader's attack. When he was to open the door, he heard it click. "Shit," he whispered as he stood immobile for a few moments.

Suddenly, he smirked and quickly turned around, his kunai touching the invader's neck as Sasuke was already behind him. "You did it fast but not too fast for me," he uttered with a smile in his lips. The man smirked, "Just what I've thought. I've trained you well, didn't I, Sasuke," the man uttered. Sasuke freed him from his grip and let the silver-haired man straighten up himself.

"So, what's up?" Sasuke asked as he sat down at the rear of his bed, resting his arms on his legs as he looked down. The said man shrugged as he lingered around Sasuke's room. "She wasn't that bad. She was a good kisser by the way," the man uttered. Sasuke smirked as he closed his eyes, 'Reading too much of Icha Icha Paradise, sensei,' he thought. Still, the said boy was amazed in how he, Hatake Kakashi, had escaped the wrath of today's top assassin. According to the news, he was stabbed to death by the killer but no trace of who she might be was left in the scene. He smirked once more, '…or was there?'

Kakashi used to be Sasuke's sensei, but now, both of them were just working for the same gang. The silver-haired man was ordered to find something about the said female killer. He considered it as a tough one since nobody knew who she really was and what she looked like. "But luckily, the plan went smoothly," Kakashi boasted as he brought out a book from his pocket—Icha Icha Paradise. Sasuke raised his head and looked at Kakashi who was sitting at a chair near the door to his balcony. "So, what d'you found out then?" he asked. Kakashi looked at him immediately as he returned the book he was holding earlier to his pocket. "Two things," Sasuke listened carefully, "Pink and green."

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Sakura walked on the sidewalk, she was only a few meters away from her destination when she suddenly noticed the front page of the newspapers in a certain stall. She stopped to look at it for awhile, slowly turning her head to glance at what was written in it. She took a copy with trembling hands and almost shrieked when she had already read the headline fully. 'FEMALE ASSASSIN ATTACKS AGAIN; MILLIONAIRE'S LIFE TAKEN WITHOUT ANY TRACE.' It took her a few minutes before she had absorbed what she has just read. It was just a few weeks ago when she was the headlines. Yet, the media had only knew the crime she had done after two to three weeks. She was surprised that her mission was already in the papers when she had just done it the night before.

"Hey, are you going to buy it or not?" the vendor uttered. Sakura looked up to see who spoke and blinked. "Uhm…yes," she uttered almost a whisper. She paid it and immediately went straight to her office. 'How come they knew it?' she said to herself. She made sure that nobody saw her getting in and out of the said room. Sakura sighed as she felt her whole body heat up, her eyes turning a deeper shade of green.

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The sounds of papers being flipped, typing, photocopy machines, and a hundred and one pairs of feet walking from room to room was music for Sakura for it made her relax. And besides, it was a good cover up to hide who she really is. It was too farfetched for anyone to consider her as an assassin with this kind of job. And besides, isn't it the media who's after her and stalking her?

She sat in front of her computer as she started to edit the work of some of her co-writers before they give it to their boss for publishing. She would glance once in a while at the newspaper beside her, thinking who might have written it. 'Later,' she said to herself as she adjusted her glasses and pressed some keys in the keyboard.

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He wasn't really into photography but he needed to do it for the sake of his identity. He was a little bit good at it anyway. He entered the building with a stoic face as he saw some of the female employees gape at him as he passed by. His eye twitched and immediately headed towards the elevator to escape his cursed (and yet also a gift) fate. 'Damn, I hate this,' he uttered as he combed his hair with his fingers. 'Of all jobs, why as a photographer, Kakashi,' he thought as he leaned backwards, watching the numbers change as he goes up.

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He knocked at the door of the head of the said department. A lady looked at the window and gestured for him to wait for a few minutes. He nodded and sat down as his eyes lingered around the place. 'This isn't too bad,' he said to himself. He noticed that there was a particular area for different jobs as well as fields as he saw that the editors had a different room to that with the cartoonist and the like (by the way, it was a publishing company and Sasuke would apply as a photojournalist). He saw inks, a lot of computers, and a few certificates and trophies in one side where it was kept in glass storage. 'Whoa, they really are good,' he thought.

As he looked around, a girl who had just come out from the door in front of him caught his attention. She was walking gracefully yet at a bit fast pace, her long pink hair swaying in rhythm with her hips. 'Wait…pink?' Sasuke thought. In his job, he knows that there's no such thing as coincidence. He stared at her for a moment, and saw her glance at him. He smirked as she saw him eyeing her and lowered her head, her face tinted red. 'Heh, works everytime,' he thought.

"Uchiha Sasuke?" he turned around to where the voice came from. A girl with blond hair was standing at the door of the office. "Tsunade-sama is waiting for you." He nodded as he walked towards the door. He saw, from the corner of his eye, that the girl who called him earlier was staring at him then giggled, and he swear he didn't like it one bit.

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"Please sit down," Tsunade uttered, her hands clasped to each other. Sasuke obliged, thinking of what will be his next move after this little talk with the boss. "I see you have a very good record Mr. Uchiha. And I'm sure that you'll be of great importance here in our company." Sasuke just listened carefully, waiting patiently. "...when do you think can you start?" the woman in front of him uttered with a smile. He raised his head, not answering the question immediately. "Uhm…anytime," he said. Tsunade smiled once more and stood up and handed him his supposedly I.D. He took it and put it inside his pocket, Tsunade didn't seem to mind. "Ms. Yamanaka will be guiding you, she will be handing you to the head photojournalist for further instructions." He nodded as he pocketed his hands and followed Tsunade towards the door.

The said girl, who was supposedly the secretary, was already standing, anticipating the moment that she would be with Sasuke. "Let's go?" she uttered and made her way outside. Sasuke sighed and lowered his head, 'Of all people, why her?' he asked himself as he followed the blonde girl.

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"…and this would be your place, Sasuke," the girl uttered as they stopped at the door of a certain room. He looked at the people around; all were too busy to pay attention to the said new comer. At one side, they had a couch and a coffee table maybe to accommodate visitors or just a place for the workers to relax and take a break. There were a lot of cabinets filled with folders and some news clippings. Sasuke turned to his right to see a dimly lit room. "That's where you'll be working," the girl uttered as she peeped through Sasuke's shoulder and looked at the room, too. Though already irritated, he just nodded and followed his guide to meet his officemates.

They stopped at every person they would meet though Sasuke doesn't really give too much attention to their names. "This is Hyuuga Hinata," the girl uttered as she introduced the two to each other. Hinata just smiled sheepishly and took Sasuke's outstretched hand. On the other hand, Sasuke was thinking deeply, 'Hyuuga? Is this another coincidence?' he thought. While he was in deep thought a man approached him from behind, "Uchiha Sasuke, great to see you," he uttered. Sasuke turned around to see his white-eyed companion at his gang. His lips formed a familiar smirk as he saw him, "Hyuuga, I thought I'd see you here," he uttered. They shook hands and turned to the bewildered face of Hinata. "We knew each other before at," Neji looked at Sasuke and nodded, "some place," he continued. The two girls nodded as a sign that they understood. Ino had left Sasuke to Neji for Tsunade was already calling her. She bowed down and quickly dashed towards her boss' room.

"They asked me to join you here," Neji uttered as they started walking. He was referring to their gang. Sasuke lowered his head, his eyes overshadowed as he grinned. "You don't need to work here every day. I'll take care of it so that you can do your task," his white-eyed companion said. "Hn, I know," he replied. "Coffee?" Neji asked as Sasuke nodded and they made their way towards the café. Sasuke raised his head and saw at the corner of his eye the pink-haired girl he saw earlier. He immediately stopped and looked at her as she sat down, looking intently at the computer screen. Neji looked at him with a surprised expression and turned to look at the direction he was gaping at. Neji smirked when he realized that he was eyeing some girl. "That's Sakura, one of the head editors of our magazines. Want to meet her?" Neji asked. Sasuke looked at him incredulously. He was about to say no but said otherwise. 'The heck, what's wrong with meeting up with a girl,' he thought. He looked at Neji and combed his hair, "Sure, why not?"

They walked towards the said pink-haired girl swiftly. Neji coughed which caught the attention of Sakura, "Yes?" she uttered with a raised eyebrow. "I want you to meet our new photographer, Uchiha Sasuke. I think you'll be working on some projects together, right?" Neji uttered. Sakura just looked at the two unknowingly. She saw Sasuke awhile ago and she almost slipped when he smirked at her. She suddenly turned red when she remembered and looked away, "Yes, I-I think so," she uttered as she tried for her voice not to tremble. Sasuke smirked at her reaction which only made Sakura turn a darker shade of red. "I saw her a while ago," he uttered coolly. Sakura just nodded when she saw the questioning look in Neji's face. She couldn't think straight. Not when she knows that Sasuke was looking at her. It was as if he was undressing her by just looking at her. "I think we should be going now, bye Sakura," Sasuke uttered as he turned around and joined Neji. Sakura shivered when Sasuke said her name. 'Bye, Sakura. Hmph. Stupid,' she thought as she continued her work, Sasuke's voice a never ending echo in her mind.

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The café had a calm atmosphere which Sasuke liked. There were only a few people around which made it more ideal to stay in. Neji sipped his black coffee and asked, "So, what's your plan?" Sasuke savored his drink before answering. "Depends on when will she show up again," he utterd coolly. Neji nodded as they enjoyed the silence around the room.

Sasuke, on the other hand, was analyzing something silently. It was just a hunch and he could just easily ignore it. But there was something about it that was very strong and convincing yet he didn't know what it is. 'Could it still be coincidence that Sakura has pink hair and green eyes? Nah, maybe Kakashi was saying something else. Maybe it isn't a physical feature, but again…' he closed his eyes. It was so hard to guess. He would just allow time to pass and see what happens next.

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Crystalchaser's note: Is it too serious? I'm really not sure how it turned out. And Kakashi didn't die, it was just a set-up for them to know the Sphinx better. Please inform me of what you think of this chapter by posting a review, okie? That's all for now, ja!