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Chapter 3

She looked herself over in the mirror that stood in the room. It had been several years since she had been dressed for a job. When she had first found at she was pregnant with Seto, Sasuke had asked her to quit her job and just be a stay at home mother , and she had willingly agreed to do it seeing as she thought that she would have more kids than just Seto. She had also quit seeing as how adamant Sasuke was to have her be a stay at home mom for Seto, telling her that he made enough for only him to work.

She scoffed at thinking at that again. They had enough money combined that neither of them had to work and they could still live quite comfortably, but the Department was part of Sasuke's family and she would never deny him the opportunity to run what had been in his family for generations, she just wished that for once that her and Seto could be a priority and a top one at that.

Looking at the time she realized she had to go that instant if she was to drop off Seto at her parent's and get to the clinc on time for her interview. Grabbing her bag and keys she walked briskly out of the room and entered into a sleeping Seto's room. The boy for once had actually slept in. picking him up gently and grabbing his bag as well, she made her way down the stairs and out the door efficiently looking it as she left before she got to the car, secured the small boy and left the house.

Viridian eyes flickered to the time that was on the radio screen. She cursed a little. At this rate she was going to be a little late and that was not appropriate when she was going in for an interview. She had dropped off Seto at her parents' and told them she loved them before she had left the house to get to the clinic, and it didn't help that she got caught in some small traffic. Finally getting off the freeway at the right exit she maneuvered the car to head towards the Konoha Medical Center.

Pulling into the parking lot she saw the time at two minutes 'til ten. Cursing again she grabbed her bag off the passenger seat and quickly got out of the car, locking it as her heels clacked against the pavement as she headed towards the entrance of the Medical center. She gently pushed the door open to the building and walked inside to be greeted by the familiar smell of anesthetics and plastic, at least to her. Walking forward she was about to ask the main secretary where to go but Temari intercepted her before she could get all the way there.

"Sakura, there you are." the older woman by a few years called. Sakura turned her rosette head towards her friend.

"Temari, I am so sorry I am a little late." Sakura apologized for her tardiness.

"Don't worry. I told her that you had a small child and might run a little late, especially in the mornings. Tsunade-sama, the main director, completely understood. Tsunade-sama likes to interview the receptionists herself." Temari filled her in. "Let's go. Her office is this way."

"So can you give me a little background of the Medical Center? I didn't have time to do any research myself." Sakura asked, liking to know a little about where she was working.

"Well this particular facility just recently opened, hence the reason why they are wanting a part time receptionist. The Konoha Medical System has been around for years though, Tsunade's family has been involved in the medical practices for as long as she can remember. There are two other facilities in Konoha, though they focus on more central and specialized treatments while this facility covers the usual, maternity, pediatrics, general ER cases, though the other facilities do that as well, but they are more specialized to more internal cases. " Temari started spewing things out.

"So nice of you to fill her in of all my doings Temari." a smooth rich voice filled the hallway. The two women looked over to find the person in question standing and had just finished talking with another doctor. "You must be Uchiha Sakura." the woman stated and Sakura nodded. "I'll take it from here Temari." the woman gave Temari the goodbye and then motioned for Sakura to follow her to her office.

"I must say when Temari said you might be a little late, I thought it would be by a larger margin than five minutes." the woman sat down at her desk, motioning for her to have a seat as well.

"I like to be punctual." Sakura replied.

"Of course, we all like punctuality." the lady said before becoming quiet letting Sakura be able to look at the woman in front of her. The woman in general looked fierce. Long honey blond hair was pulled back in two plaits and her darker honey colored eyes made sure to tell a person she was a no-nonsense kind of person. She had a small purple jewel on her forehead and red nails that made you question if they were lethal or not.

"Now, a standard first question for me is why do you want this job?" The woman asked leaning back in the black leather chair. "Temari, already briefly told me of your circumstance, but I like hearing it from the person them self." Sakura nodded.

"Well, my husband and I are going through a separation of sorts and has been removed from the house, and I thought it best that I get back into the work force while he is not providing for myself and my son."

"If I am correct, Uchiha-san, your husband is the superintendent of the Police Department here, is he not?" the woman leaned forward.

"Hai, he is ma'am"

"Then why would you need a job, even if you are separated for the time being."

"Ma'am, just in case things don't work out between my husband and I, I want to make sure that I have something secure for my son and myself."

"That is very understandable." the woman cleared his throat. "Now what about previous experience?" Sakura started going through her bag before pulling out a dark brown folder.

"This has my resume, as well as the places I have worked before." she handed the folder to the man, which he promptly opened. "I last worked as a receptionist at a smaller local medical center, before I got pregnant. I worked there for about five years." The woman nodded looking over her resume and jobs.

"You will easily fit in here then." she mumbled looking at her. She just sat straight in the chair. "Well then, I can see no reason to not really hire you." her insides jumped. "Well this position is part time and you will be circulated between the different stations as well. The days would be Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. For some reason those seem to be our busiest days. The times would be usually from eight in the morning to 4 in the afternoon, just a straight eight hour shift, you can eat at the desk. So can you start on Thursday?"

"Of course I can Ma'am." Sakura replied, her hands fidgeting with excitement on her lap. She was excited about getting the job. She wasn't sure exactly how Sasuke would take the news when he found out, but even though she figured he would be upset, he didn't determine her life for the time being.

"Good, then I will see you Thursday at eight sharp. Have a good rest of the day." Tsunade told her, while she stood up and reached over the desk to shake her hand before leaving.

Walking out of the office and going down a hallway, she was accosted by Temari, who immediately wanted to hear the news. The dirty blond haired girl squealed quietly in excitement when she heard that her friend had gotten the job. She offered her congratulations and said that that night they would go out to dinner with the other girls to celebrate. Sakura laughed and agreed to the celebration dinner.

Growling in frustration he pushed the papers away from him. He had a headache that rivaled a hangover and he knew it was from the lack of sleep he had been getting the past several nights of being at his brother's apartment. He wasn't complaining about the bed, it was quite comfortable, but it was because of all the thoughts that were constantly running through his mind.

He figured it was probably out of guilt that he was feeling this bad. Ever since the talk with Itachi , a couple of nights before, his first official night out of the house, he couldn't sleep. He wanted to be a family again, he just wasn't sure how to go about it. Things had always been easy for him, including Sakura. She had never really complained about anything, at least not until a few months ago, and then everything had fallen apart.

Grunting he placed his elbows on the desk with his head nestled in his hand, long digits running through his hair. He really hated this, but he didn't really know how to fix it. He knew couldn't just waltz right back in, going home at seven every night, and then helping around the house and play with his little boy, like he had done before. Something had changed and he wasn't sure just exactly what it was, but he needed to find out, and soon.

Hearing a knock on his door, he called for the person to come in, and when the door opened a blond head popped through and cerulean orbs narrowed straight on him. The man saw the dark haired male just sitting at his desk, papers strewn about the desk, and thinking it was safe walked into the room.

"Hey teme." the blond said, taking a seat in the chair, and Sauske raised a brow at him, telling the other man to get on with what he was going to say.

"I just wanted to inform you that, we got a call." Sasuke nodded his head. "Apparently, there was a burglary at a house. The owner came home during the act, and was murdered, the burglar got away." Naruto finished.

"When did the call come in." Sasuke asked, turning all professional.

"A few minutes ago. Itachi is already headed out with Shikamaru following." Sasuke nodded stadning up as well.

"Then let's get going." The young Uchiha said, grabbing his jacket and heading out the door the blond right behind him.

It took twenty minutes to get out to the house. It was near the outskirts of the larger city in another suburban area. Sasuke eyed the crime scene with a sharp eye. Ducking himself he went under the caution tape and headed towards the front door of the house, walking through the already open front door.

The house was a rather expensive looking house, in a pricier area. Looking around the house, he caught sight of Itachi in a room, crouching where the chalked outline of the murder victim was at. Walking towards his older brother, Sasuke started to look at the chalked outline. Itachi turned his head over his shoulder once he realized there was another person in the room.

"Sasuke." the older male noted.

"Itachi, what happened?" Sasuke asked crouching down as well.

"Burglary. Not sure what was exactly taken as of yet, but the victim was a woman. Identified as Hozuki Hana. She is married, so we have a call in to her husband who is out of town on business. Death was caused by several stab wounds. Poor woman bled to death before she could get to a phone."

"Who called then."

"Neighbors." Itachi said tightly. "a neighbor dropped by and when no one answered the door, she just came in and when she found the body, called in."

"Where is she now?" Sauske asked, once again looking at the crime scene.

"Downtown. One of the officers took her in for questioning."

"And the burglar?"

"Guessing a man, by the hand print bruising that was starting to show up on the victim's body." Sasuke nodded standing up, Itachi rising as well.

"What do you want to do now?" Itachi asked the other Uchiha.

"Collect as much evidence as we can, get the husband home asap, start running tests to try and find the burglar, and then keep our eyes and ears open for any more burglaries in this area and similar areas." Sasuke informed, his eyes looking over the house. "Do we know how the guy got in?"

"Thinking a lower bedroom window." Shikamaru stated walking over to the two brothers. "Looks like a window was open and he took the screen out before coming in. We're swabbing to see if any finger prints to run through the data bases."

"Anything else?" Itachi asked.

"Well so far the scene seems rather organized. We'll have to wait for the husband to get home to see if anything is missing, but for the most part everything seems untouched." Shikamaru mused.

"Do you think it could possibly be more than just a burglary? If nothing seems out of place, we should explore all avenues." Sasuke spoke up and both Itachi and Shikamaru nodded their heads.

"We don't have a certain time frame yet, but as soon as we start piecing all of that together and seeing if anything is missing, we can certainly start making deductions if it was a true burglary gone wrong, or if there was intent to kill all along." Shikamaru replied.

"Then let's make it happen. And fast." Sasuke snapped a bit. " I want all the houses on either side of the street questioned as well as the houses behind. I want to know what was going on in this neighborhood in the last 8 hours. When will the husband be home?"

"We have the call in to him now, we just need him to return it and then we'll get everything really moving forward." Itachi replied this time.

"Good. Let's get this solved." Sasuke said before turning away and walking out of the house.

He was looking over the case file of the burglary. The husband had finally called in three hours after the Department first called him. He was taking a red eye flight back and should be landing soon, Sasuke mused as he looked at his clock. Eleven thirty five it read. The time both plagued him and yet soothed him. Tonight he wouldn't be heading back to a house where a fight was sure to await him, yet at the same time he felt a small twinge of guilt because he wasn't going home. Seto would be in bed already and Sakura hopefully too. It had been odd to not have spoken with her for several days.

Though he was never a big talker, her voice seemed to soothe him before. She was always talking, making the mood light, trying to get him to say anything something at times, especially when they first had met. He could still remember seeing her that day on campus when he was going to several of his political classes and her going to the medical ward. There was just something about her that had caught his attention. All women seemed to fawn over him, especially because of his looks, but she didn't. She accepted him in ways many had not. She seemed to understand him and that was amazing. Not many people could just get him.

His family was wealthy and had been for generations. His parents had been loving and had raised him right and to be the best man and Uchiha. Itachi, though they got along better when they had been younger, had stood by his side through thick and thin and though he could have smart ass remarks about his situation right now, he supported Sasuke and that was what he needed. An unspoken support.

Shaking his head and the thoughts out of it, he knew he needed to head to Itachi's place. The clock now showed two minutes after midnight. Had he really been thinking that long? Pushing his chair back and standing up, his hand flicked the file shut. Placing it in a locked drawer, he grabbed his jacket and turned out the office lights before heading out.

Of course he only went back to Itachi's place after a quick thirty minute stop at a local bar, just to take the edge off. When he arrived back at Itachi's, his brother was still up, watching something on the tv. His brother sent a glance over to him as he walked by and was almost to his room when he heard his brother speak.

"Mother called. We're having a family dinner on Sunday." Itachi informed him, eyes not leaving the tv as Sasuke stared at him. A million thoughts went through his mind at the words 'family dinner'. Of course Sakura and Seto would be coming and that made him shift a bit and then his brother spoke again, "You need to let Sakura know, apparently mother couldn't get a hold of her. Maybe you can patch things up before the dinner." this time Itachi did look his way, looking rather intrigued by Sasuke's indescribable expression. "Get the air cleared a little, or else dinner is going to be something you won't ever want to go to again." Onyx eyes fixed back onto the screen and Sasuke felt a large breath of air swoosh out of him. Great. He certainly wasn't looking forward to Sunday at all.

Getting into his room, he closed the door and took off his jacket thinking about the impending Sunday dinner. He would have to clear some of the air with Sakura, and they would have to show up together or else his mother would definitely know something was up. This issue was definitely becoming more of a problem than he realized. He groaned before falling into a fitful sleep.

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