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Character's thoughts are in italic

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"I'm listening" Stated Sasuke leaning on his desk, listening closely to the weekly reports of his assistants.

"I'll go first" Said Shikamaru "A new detective has been assigned to the police department, his name is Kakashi Hatake, his record is clean. I arranged a meeting with him earlier this week..."

"Hn? And what did he say?" Sasuke asked curiously

"Prepare to get fucked by the long dick of the law" Shikamaru quoted to the letter

"And what do you got?" He asked as he turned to Naruto, making no particular comment

"It's a journalist...She's been in the industry for quite some time now, her articles were mainly about human rights and that kind of shit...But she's been paying extra attention to us lately...I think it's about time we pay her a visit" Naruto said scratching the back of his head.

Sasuke didn't look alarmed by any of what he had just heard, they've been through worse...They've been through so much worse. Journalists and police officers who tried to play "Hero" in his town didn't bother him much. They would surrender in a couple of months if not less, in fear for their lives, fear for the lives of their loved ones, or simply for money.

"Sabaku though" Shikamaru started "They're trying to move on to our territory again...He's recruiting more and more men, we have to take care of this before it gets any bigger Sasuke"

A serious look of concern suddenly took over Sasuke's facial expression. Sabaku Gaara and his siblings were nothing when they first came into this town except hit men. They killed for money and that was it. Sasuke recruited him, and his brother and sister. They worked for him for five years, in which he bonded mostly with Gaara, and he could say that he established a friendship with him, not knowing that the redhead was only there to carefully watch Sasuke's every move. Gaara knew he had the skills to kill but he had none to run a shady business, he lacked the charisma and influence Sasuke had. But the years he spent on his side, gave him enough time to learn all that he needed to finally stab him in the back and try to take over his town.

"That bastard" He cursed as he ran a frustrated hand through his hair

As hard as he tried to just see him as an opponent, he failed. Whenever his name came up, he felt his chest tighten with the bitter feeling of betrayal. He didn't know if he should be angry at himself for being so naive as to trust him or angry at Gaara for being a greedy bastard...None of it mattered right now. He needed to finish this quietly and as soon as possible before they turned this town to a battle field.

"Naruto, you take the journalist and Sabaku" He ordered as he stood up and headed towards the exit "Shikamaru, tell that police detective of yours that I fed the long dick of the law to my dogs about fifteen years ago" He stated calmly as he walked out of his office.

Naruto burst out in laughter but his friend did not look so amused "What's wrong dude?" He asked concerned

"I have a bad feeling about this one" He confessed

"Don't make it a big deal Shikamaru...He's just a man" He snorted

"Gaara was just a man too" Shikamaru stated as he left the room

Naruto frowned...God, he hated Gaara. They all took him in like he was one of them, like they were family, they trusted him on their own lives, only to be backstabbed when they least expected it. He knew that it hit Sasuke really hard. Ever since it happened about a year ago, Sasuke and Gaara never met, they spoke on the phone about twice but that was it. Sasuke would always send him or Shikamaru over to his estate to discuss business. Naruto and Shikamaru felt disgusted whenever they saw him, but they knew Sasuke wouldn't trust anyone else on such task.

He took a little picture out of his pocket, it was a blond woman with blue eyes, he turned it around "Ino Yamanaka" He read her name out loud as he headed to the parking lot, where he drove back into town and carefully fallowed the address into her office. He knocked on the door, and almost immediately heard an enthusiastic "Come in!" And from that tone, he knew he was gonna have some trouble to convince her to back off.

Naruto opened the door as he got inside her office, she was standing by the window with a big coffee mug in her hand, she was wearing a pair of dark blue jeans and a white blouse, her golden locks pulled up in a ponytail...And in that moment, there was one question going through his mind.

What the fuck is she doing in journalism?

"Nice office" He noted as he walked over to a chair near her desk, he knew he didn't have to introduce himself, she dug around Sasuke deep enough to know exactly who he was.

"It's bullet proof" She teased as she sat down in her desk "I'll cut straight to the chase, you can tell your boss that his so called business is a violation of international law and its practitioners, also known as you and your comrades , are criminals...I have no friends, no family, I have nothing to fear. I'm going after him and you can tell him to fuck off" She said calmly as she took another sip of her coffee

Naruto blinked before he started laughing "How cute" He noted "You realize that it is much easier for him to order us to kill you knowing that you have no family, right?" He said before he started laughing again. She was getting more and more frustrated and he just couldn't help it. Seeing her sitting in her chair acting fearless and bold while she didn't even know the basic rules of how Sasuke works was just...Hilarious.

"What if I did have a family? He would put me on hold?" She asked rolling her eyes.

"Nope" He answered shaking his head "He would just bribe your way out of business...Permanently" He explained.

"He's got a conscious...How cute" She said mockingly

"Did you know that the word person comes from the Latin word persona, which means mask?" He paused "Maybe we're all putting on masks trying to cover up who we really are, to get wherever and whatever we want in life...Including you" He said looking into her eyes

She looked at the floor from the corner of her eyes then back at him "I'm not going to fuck you, you know that, right?" She asked raising a brow

Naruto almost fell off his chair.

This woman is unbelievable...

"What I'm trying to say is that, you're not god Yamanaka-san, you can't judge people...You're not Kami" He paused "Or Christ, Or Buddha...Whoever floats your boat"

"So not only do you have no respect whatsoever for human life, you also have no respect for god?"

He knew at this point that sugar coating this for her or trying to seduce her was not an option. She was stubborn as hell, he could swear she wasn't listening to half of what he said and he didn't have much time to lose with this bullshit, so he decided to cut this short.

"Look lady" He started his tone completely different from the one he was using before "You can pretend that you're changing the world, making it a better a place, I don't really give a fuck what is it that you think that you're doing...You can write about the drug dealers in the abandoned warehouses, the little shootings in back alleys...But stay the fuck away from the things you should be staying the fuck away from, and I think you know exactly what I mean...Was that clear enough for you?" He asked, his eyes staring threateningly straight into hers.

"I think you should leave now" She stated narrowing her eyes while placing the coffee mug on her desk, afraid that he might notice the slight shaking in her hand. Naruto did as told without saying a single word, leaving a very disturbed Ino behind.

On the other side of town, Hinata was in her bedroom, laying in her bed for about half an hour now, her phone in her hands, she dialed his number a dozen times...Yet she couldn't bring herself to hit the 'Call' button, they haven't spoken for two weeks now and even when he did call, it's not like they actually talked, she didn't know what the hell was going on with him, and she couldn't bring herself to believe that it was over. She asked him a hundred times if there was someone else, and he denied it without any hesitation every single time, but then again...What was it?

She pushed the little green button and waited, she was biting her lips while waiting for him to pick up, wondering if he was even- "Hello?"

Her thoughts were interrupted by the mesmerising sound of his voice "H-Hi..." She said nervously, her heart beat getting faster.

"How are you?" He asked casually

"I'm fine" She said with a sigh knowing that this conversation wasn't going to be any different from the ones they've been having for the last couple of months "I miss you" She confessed, her eyes slowly filling up with tears.

There was a silence on the end of the line for a couple of minutes.

"Hinata, if you don't need anything...I have to go"

"I need you" She insisted on the subject he was clearly trying to avoid. The night she spent with Sasuke set her heart on fire. It made her crave the love and affection she's been deprived from for so long.

"Please don't make this any harder than it already is" Before she could say anything back he continued "I have work to do...Take care" And with that, he hung up.

Hinata looked at her phone screen, it cleared said forty five seconds. That was all the time he could spar her...After all they've had together, this was all she was worth, forty five seconds. She brutally threw her phone across the wall and screamed as loud as she could, she couldn't hold it anymore, she broke down crying, occasionally screaming a little more in between...She just needed to let all of it out, and she couldn't stop repeating over and over in her head.

Why?

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