First i want to say that i'm very glad people like my story. I feel very nice whenever i read a review complimenting my work so thank you!
Second , this chapter is just a looooot of talking because the case must be explained. It's quite interesting though and it's very important for the continuation of the story. So don't get bored , it's small! ^^'

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Chapter four - The case

She blinked twice and looked at Sasuke.

Murderer?

"It's a really complicated assgnment so hear me out and try to understand as much as you can." He made a small pause , took a sip of his tea and looked the girl in the eyes.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi is a millionaire who owns ,well, most of the Fire Country companies . When he first told me to meet him , at his island, he had told me that he wants to hire me so I can write a book , a story about the Sarutobi family. You know, a biography of him and his relatives. When he was explaining everybodys' situation , he mentioned his niece, Ayame Sarutobi. When he finished his family history he told me the real reason he wanted to hire me. I was supposed to find the one who murdered Ayame in 1966."

"That doesn't really make sense to me." Sakura interrupted.

"At first it wasn't making any sense to me either. But then I heard the whole story and i got fascinated. It was 22 of September, 1966. Ayame was sixteen and she had just began her second year in high school. It was Saturday and Hiruzen had a family gathering , a tradition they had since 1900. That day was also held the Childrens' Day parade. Ayame among with her friends went into the city to watch the event. She came back to the island at 2 in the afternoon. At 2.15 , after Ayame came home, a dramatic car accident happened on the bridge that was connecting the island with the city. The accident had nothing to do with Ayame but it was significant in a crusial way. Policemen , ambulances , the rescue squad , firemen as well as journalists and random people were all there. The important in this accident was that the bridge was blocked for 48 hours."

"And?"

"Ayame , at 2.40 was in the kitchen and wanted to talk to her uncle , Hiruzen Sarutobi. She was really really upset as he's saying. At 2.55 after Hiruzen refused to talk to the girl she was seen at the garden by her mother Isa. She was last seen by the farmer who lived a mile away from the Sarutobi house. She was in hurry he said."

"How did she die?"

"I don't know. In fact noone knows. The family noticed Ayames' absence at 8 when they were ready to eat. The next morning Isa went to find her and that's when they realized that noone knew where she was. And from that day she's missing without a trace."

"Missing?"

"Noone ,for all those years , could find a single scrap of her."

"But you said that she was murdered."

"Hn , i understand your confusion."

Sasuke stood up and opened his bag. He took out of it a laptop and put it in front of Sakura. He leaned against her so they both could clearly see the screen. Sakura could almost feel his lips on her cheek. He pressed a button and the map of Sarutobi Island showed up.

"Look. As Orochimaru and Hiruzen assume , there is no other reasonable explanation. She couldn't ran away. How a sixteen year old girl could manage it on her own? Where would she find money? How could she stay hidden without being discovered? And even if she managed to do it , soon enough she would have to find a job , and they would need her name , her ID. There was also no way that she had an accident and died. They would find her body immidiately. That also counts for suicide. After she disappeared the whole family along with the police was searching every inch of the island. They found nothing."

"Well i can think of many possibilities." Sakura said. " She could have drowned or she could have smum across to the city."

"She couldn't have drowned. There was a lot of people on the brigde and without doubt they would have seen a floating dead body. And as for your second guess , the water was too cold for anyone to swim in it. She wouldn't stand being in there for more than two or three minutes. And she couldn't use a boat either. She would be noticed. So there was only one reasonable possibility left. Ayame dissappeared against her will. Someone killed her and got rid of her body."

"Who do you think did this to her?"

"Normally on the island lived only about 25 people but on that day they were about 60. Wr can for sure out 20-30 people of them who weren't even next to the Sarutobi household. Most of the suspects are family members."

Sakura was amused by the story and she didn't even heard 1/3 of it. She was already sure that she wanted to get the job. Sasukes' voice snapped her out of her thoughts.

"My employer gave me a bunch of pictures which were taken that day. There is one which was really interesting , though."

He clicked another button and pictures started showing up on the screen.

"Pics from the parade?" she asked unsure.

"Yes , and you can see Ayame here. She is the girl with the long dress." He said pointing on the screen. " She is having a good time, but you can see in this picture that her mood drastically changes. She apparently saw something and" he said and clicked on the next picture " ran away immidiately."

Sakura stared at Sasuke amused again "You're quite careful with everything. It needed a lot of time to find this slight detail."

Sasuke chuckled "Wait until you see another picture." He clicked on the next file. More than 180 photographs in this. "You can see the Sarutobi house in this one. At 2.30 you can see Ayames' room with the window closed. At 3.45 you can see taht the window is wide open."

"..Wow.."

"Yeah.. That's pretty much doesn't make any sense. Ayame disappeared at 3 so she couldn't open it herself. But I can't explain why , let's say , her murderer would open her window. No explanation. But surely something dirty happened. I asked every member of the family and everyone told me the same thing ' No I wasn't in Ayames' room that day.'. Someone is lying.

"This is kind of complicated.. But i feel like we can find more. I still can't understand why you want to hire me , though."

"Well, two weeks ago I was searching Ayames' room. In her desk I found a book , it's called Leviticus. In this book was a note. The note had 5 names and numbers on it."

May - 32016

Aiko - 32109

I.T - 30112

T.C - 32017

Shizuka - 32018

"What are those?"she asked

"I have no freaking idea to be honest. What i want from you is to find what does that mean. I know that this book was very important for the girl. Mr. Sarutobi told me himself that he saw her all the time with this."

"Okay it's interesting."

"So are you in?"

"Well.. Okay. I am. But be aware that I'm expensive."

Sasuke chuckled and moved to sit again in front of Sakura. "Don't worry about it , the old Sarutobi's paying."

She smiled.

I have a feeling that... Nah!

I'm sorry i put 'OCs' in the story but i have no other choice as Hiruzen doesn't have a freaking niece that i know of! Oh, for all of you that don't know it Hiruzen Sarutobi is the Third Hokage in Naruto! I hope you enjoyed the chapter and the next one is already in the making!