Sakura Adler

The next morning

Naruto was asleep on the floor on top of his tiger skin rug for God knows what reason. However, he smelled tea among other aromas which made him open his eyes. He could see a young lady crushing two walnuts with her bare hands showing unseen strength seen in a lady. "London is so bleak this time of year" she said. As soon as Holmes heard the voice he remembered her as the pink haired girl from the bar. "Not that I'm pining for New Jersey the armpit of America. I much prefer to travel in the winter" she continued. "Brought you these, all the way from Syria; I also found these delicious dates in Jordan, and your favorite snack: Mint fudge cookies" she continued. Holmes's face was not delighted to see her though; it was shock and fear that covered his face. "I thought we could have a tea party" she ended.

As she turned, Holmes jumped up and instantly checked his safe behind a portrait. "You know when I was setting the table, I found this: a file with my name on it" she said as he continued to cover a trapdoor filled with valuables. She read a load of articles that had priceless objects being stolen and high powered elected officials being forced to resign from their position because of scandals. As she continued, Naruto crept up to a picture on his desk and pushed it down to hide it from the young lady as she turned to see him do it.

"I was simply studying your methods, should the authorities ask me to hunt you down" he explained

"Oh...but my name isn't in any of these articles" she brought up.

"Yes but your work was clear" he said. He walked up to her with a smile and stroked her hair but he instantly put up a frown and pulled up her necklace "This wouldn't happen to be the Maharaja's missing diamond would it?" he strictly questioned her.

A slight smile came across her face "Let's not dwell on the past" she said. Holmes agreed with her too saying it was filled with pain, physical and emotion between them. "By the looks of things I'd say you're between jobs" she said.

"And you between suckers, I mean punching bags, I mean boyfriends…that you sucker" Holmes replied to make a point. "You think I don't remember what you've done to me Miss Sakura Adler?" he said to bring up why she is in his house and sniffed the tea she made to check for anything added to it that she could be immune to.

There was quietness between them. "I need your help" Sakura replied. This gave Naruto a face like "here it comes". She reached into her shirt and Holmes instantly grabbed her hand and made a fist and slowly put it down almost if instinct told him to do so. She just smiled "Why are you always so suspicious?" she asked.

"Shall I answer chronologically, alphabetically, most painful, or most humiliating?" he asked. "Who are you working for?" he asked. Sakura gave no response making him know he'd have to find out the hard way.

"What was most humiliating?" she asked and heard it was when she threw him in the Thames when they were kids and he walked homed with his shorts riding up. "I can easily top that" she answered.

"Don't" is all Holmes said with a shiver still not letting go of her hand and not unclenching his fist.

She still smiled her sarcastic smile. "Careful not to cut yourself on the lethal envelope" she said sarcastically. "You'll find all you need right there" she continued as she left money for Holmes despite his protests. Before she left she fixed the picture up to her it had two pictures. One was her and the other was Lady Hinata Lestrade. She flicked Hinata's picture with her finger causing the glass to make a crack as she left. She walked pass Watson as he was returning home and asked him to hold the door as she left making Shikamaru confused as to if he really saw who he saw and swallowed a gulp hoping it wasn't.

As Sakura walked the streets, she entered a carriage. "We'll do it. I wager he'll have your man within the next 24 hours" she said.

In the carriage was a man, his face covered in the shadows "Well done Miss Adler, he better find him. Reorden is the key to what Blackwood was doing" the mystery man said. However instantly they heard a ruckus outside, someone had walked into their carriage.

The man walked up to the mystery man asking for a ride "A little rifle range would go a long way sir. I've had to rub the calluses of these German bands" he said. However the mystery man was not one to be bothered as he instantly revealed a derringer out of his right sleeve on a device that shot it out and pointed it directly at the Hobo's head ordering him to get off. "God save the queen sir, God save the queen" the hobo said to apologize and backed away. Adler made it clear with her face she was scared shitless of this mystery man as the gun went back into his sleeve.

Back at Holmes's place Watson couldn't help but poke fun at Holmes. "Look at you; only two women in the world you care about and one of them is as sweet and innocent as the Virgin Mary and the other is a world class criminal that is guilty as sin. What do you like both ends of the spectrum here?" he mocked Holmes. Naruto tried to explain as his head was on his table with his hands on his head but Shikamaru interrupted "No allow me; Sakura is the only adversary that has ever outwitted you, twice at that. And to your defense it was because you were thinking with the wrong head" Watson explained.

"Right you had your fun" Holmes said

"What were you doing?" Watson said as he egged Naruto to explain what happened a few moments ago.

10 minutes ago.

Sakura left Naruto's room and as soon as she did, Naruto instantly jumped to his window to see where she was going. He then jumped to a mirror, after swaping the two pictures so Sakura's had the cracked glass and got a false nose. Down stairs Watson kept looking at the door confusingly as he run into Holmes ready to jump out a window. "Holmes are you wearing a false nose?" he asked him but Holmes denied despite it being obvious he was. "Whatever, tell me that wasn't who I thought it was at the door" Watson asked as Naruto stole his jacket and jumped out the window screaming it wasn't. Shikamaru knew better however and decided not to ask until Holmes came back. "Troublesome woman" he said as he closed the window.

Naruto looked around to find Sakura then and he found her. Apparently a man tried to sell her flowers as a ruse to rob her. She then promptly beat the crap out of the two "Don't move she said as she put a knife to his face. "Oh, look at that" she said as stole their wallets and the flowers.

"That the Sakura I know" Naruto said to himself as he continued to follow her. He picked up things along the way like a hat and eye patch to the point where he looked like a hobo. With this disguise he bumped into her carriage to see who her employer was saying he was the "hobo" that the mystery man pointed his gun at.

Present time

Holmes finished his story and playing the violin to increase the coolness of the story but he instantly stopped. "This man intrigues me Shikamaru. He's got Adler on edge" he described.

"Which is one mean feat" Watson added to show the power this mystery man possessed.

"She's scared of him" Holmes ended

"But she works for him" Watson again added trying to make sense of everything. "She never did forgive you for what you did to Sasuke" he ended

Holmes stopped for a second "No one is above the law, Sasuke either was to go to the rope, or that insane asylum" he explained. "Granny tells me he's been doing…better the past few years" he ended further explaining what went wrong between him and Adler. "I never figured out if Sakura really did get into the hospital and ravage him" he added

"She was a nurse there" Shikamaru agreed to add evidence to that old claim. "Besides, what does she want with this "Reorden" guy?" Shikamaru added sense he was interested in the case. "I know I've said anything with Adler, leave me out of, but I advise you: Leave the case alone" he warned reminding him he doesn't think right around her.

"Well that's of no concern to you; but you know, someday you might not be here and I'll have to pay the rent myself, YOU made that clear" Holmes said pointing his violin wand at Watson's face.

"Get that out of my face" he said

"It's not in your face it's in my hand" Holmes corrected him on his English. Really, HOLMES correcting WATSON on ENGLISH?

"Get what's in your hand away from my face" Watson said with correct grammar.

Suddenly, Lee came into their office, "Mr. Holmes, Inspector Neji asks that you come with me at once!" he said with a scared look on his face.

"What did he lose his way to Scotland Yard?" Naruto joked causing Shikamaru to laugh. Normally Lee would laugh too but not this time.

"It's Lord Blackwood sir, it seems...well..." he couldn't finished. "...come back from the grave" he finally got out.

To be continued