So, first i hope you like the story so far! I'm trying to make it as interesting as i can so you can enjoy it and i hope i m successing! If you have any suggestions or problems feel free to review the story and say your opinion! And of course if you like it / love it R&R ^^

I do not own Naruto

Chapter three - Bagels and Tea

She starred at him and didn't move. He starred back , a small smile graced his lips.

"So , I guess , I can come in , right? I assumed that you didn't have breakfast so I brought bagels and tea." Sasuke said and entered Sakuras' apartment , leaving her still standing next to the door. He went into the kitchen and started rinsing her coffee-maker.

"Where do you keep your coffee?"he asked

Sakura stood in the hall frozen until she heard the water running out of the tap.

"Stop! Stop at once!" she realized she was shouting and lowered her voice.

"Dammit! You can't come barging in here as if you owned the place. We don't even know eachother!"

The Uchiha stopped and turned to look at her.

"Wrong! I don't even know you. You , lady , know me better than anybody else 't that so?" he turned again towards the coffee maker and poured the water. Then he moved to her cupboards searching for coffee. "Speaking of which , I know how you do it. I know your secret."

Sakura shut her eyes and wished she never opened the door. She was in a state of mental paralysis. The situation was unreal and her brain refused to function properly. She had never met one of her subjects face to face , before. He was standing in her kitcher... What the fuck

He knows where i live!

He knows who I am!

He said something but at first she didn't understand him. "We need to talk," he said again " But at first I think you d' better take a shower and change into something longer, maybe..?"

She tried to talk sensibly and unstressed " You listen to me- if you're thinking of making trouble , I'm not the one you should be talking to. I was just doing my job , okay? You should talk to my boss , he will explain to you-"

He held up his hands. A universal sign of peace.

"Don't get too stressed."

She didn't sense any threat , but she stepped back when he came closer. He held her hands and escorted her to the bathroom door. She didn't like anyone touching her.

"I don't want to make trouble , but I'm quite anxious to talk to you. After you're fully awake ,that is. The coffee will be ready by the time you will be out. Now shower! Vamoose!"

She obeyed and entered quickly the bathroom.

She leaned against the bathroom door and tried to collect her thoughts. This man came to her apartment and wants to talk to her no matter what. What the hell is happening.. He was really handsome though , she thought. His black hair were falling on both sides of his face , making him look sexier than the pictures she saw him in. His one eye had maybe a problem , she couldn't tell , it looked weird. Her overall impression of this man was good and horrifing. With one phrase he could make her do anything. When he talked , his words may feel friendly but his tone was firm , demanding , like he was above you.

The girl realized after a few moments that she indeed stinked. When she was done she put on a pair of jeans and a black t-shirt with the logo 'I respect your opinion. Just don't want to hear it!'. She searched though her jacket that left the day before in her bathroom and found her teaser. She checked if it was powered and stuck it into her back pocket. The smell of coffee was spreading though her apartment. She took a deep breath and entered the kitchen.

"Do you ever clean up?"he asked jokingly.

The sink was filled with dishes and ashtrays , old cartons of milk and pizza boxes where on the floor as well as a stack of 5-weeks-newspapers.

Sasuke had cleaned up the table and put the bagels on it. He wasn't joking after all "Do you want the roast beef , turkey or vegetarian bagel?" he said and snapped the pinkette out of her thoughts.

"Roast beef ."

After they ate and sipped their teas in silence , he talked.

"I may no be as good as you at investigating but at least I just found out that you're not a vegeterian and -well as Kakashi is saying- an anorexic. I will include those information in my report."

Sakura chuckled. She looked at him. He seemed to have kind eyes. Besides ,there was nothing in the P.I she had done on him that would indicate that he was a vicious bastard who abused his girlfriends or anything. She reminded herself that she was the one that knew everything.

Knowledge is power.

"Why are you grinning?" she asked suddenly

"I'm sorry. I had not ,in fact, planned to make my entrance that way. I didn't mean to alarm you. But you should have seen your face when you opened the door. Priceless."

Silence.

To Sakuras' surprise she found Uchihas' uninvited intrusion acceptable. Not unpleasant as she thought in the beginning.

"You will have to think of it as my revenge for poking around in my personal life. Are you frightened?" he asked unsure.

"Not the least bit" she answered.

"Good , cause I'm not here to make any trouble."

"I believe you. But if you even try to hurt me I'll have to injure you. You'll be really sorry."

Sasuke studied her. She was barely five foot and didn't look as though she could put up much resistance if he wanted to do something bad to her. Her eyes were expressionless and calm.

"Well that won't be necessary. I only want to talk to you. If you want me to leave just say so.. It's funny but- oh nothing."

"What?"

"This may sound crazy but a few days ago I didn't know you existed. Then your report is given to me and i read your analysis of me , it was not as entertaining as i thought. Can i have a cigarette?"

"You're not smoking." She informed him.

He gave her an emotionless smile and continued.

"You said before , that we don't know eachother and I said that we do. Well , I can't compete with you. I just did a rapid check to get your address , date of birth and staff like that. But you certainly know a bunch of shit about me. Much of which is private , dammit , things that only my closest friends know. And now I'm here , sitting in your kitchen , eating bagels with you and we only know eachother half an hour but I have the feeling taht we have been already friends for years. Does that make sense to you?"

She nooded

"You have beautiful eyes" he said

Silence

"Why are you here?"

He looked at her. His face got serious. She could see in his eyes that he needed something and it was important.

"I have a fascinating problem." He said , "Tell me , when you were doing the research on me for Orochimaru , did you have any idea what it was going to be used for?"

"No."

"The purpose was to find all of those information about me because Orochimaru, or rather his employer wanted to give me a freelance job."

"Okay?"

He gave her a look and continued.

"One of these days you and I should have a talk about the ethics of snooping into other peoples' lives. But right now I have a different and bigger problem. The assignment I took is without doubt the weirdest I've ever had. Before I say anything else , I have to know if i can trust you."

"What do you mean?"

"Kakashi Hatake told me that you are 100% reliable but I have to make you that question myself , so i can be sure."

"Wait a second! Kakashi send you here?" That freaking old bastard!

"Not exactly. But anyway , Orochimarus' employer hired me to do an assignment and I reached a point where I need a very skilled researcher. Orochimaru told me about you by mistake. I explained my situation to your boss and he was okay with me coming here. Call him if you don't believe me."

She quickly taped Kakashis' number and put the phone to her ear.

"It's me... sorry ... yes .. it was turned off...I know he wants to hire me.. no, he's standing in the middle of my fucking kitchen , for Christ's sake .. Kakashi! My head hurts and I feel really sick right now so just tell if you ok-ed the job or not?.. Thanks."

She sat down again and looked at him.

"The rules are simple" she said "Anything you will share with me or my boss won't be shared with anybody else, ever. I want to know what the job is about before I decide whether I want it or not. That also means that whatever you're gonna say right now will stay between us whether I will work for you or not."

"I didn't fully explained to your boss why I want to hire you.."

"Some historical reasearch he said."

"Well yes. That's right , in a way. I want you to help me to identify a murdered from the past."

I hope you liked it! Next one is coming out reaaally soon!
Btw ,i know Sakuras' personality looks quite similar to this of Sasukes' in the manga and anime but i can't help it! She needs to be a badass!

Don't forget to R&R , peace!