I'm so sorry about the long wait for the update, but I just couldn't write this chapter. It was very hard and I don't know why; writers block? Maybe. -_-'

Well anyway, here is chapter 4 of The Devil's Deal!

Darkness surrounded me as I walked further into the alley. I let my eyes get used to the darkness and I looked at my surroundings. Trashcans and filth decorated the brick walls around me and there was multiple graffiti adorning the walls, with the names of gangs or organisations. I sneered at them all.

'It was an initiation to an organisation I want to join.'

All these organisations and gangs were evil. They conned people, and then killed them, making it look like suicide. Sometimes, they don't hide the fact that it was cold blooded murder.

They were all the same; all they wanted was money and power. It's people like them who make the world a very horrible place, not being able to walk home alone without being paranoid.

But, its people like me who capture those criminals, hand them to the police, who lock them behind bars for the rest of their fucked up lives.

I continued down the alley, where the fugitive I was chasing turned into. He was an amateur bank robber, not able to erase his tracks, so it was easy for me and my partner to locate him. I was so close to getting him, but at the last second, he noticed me and dashed towards this alley. There was no way he was getting away since I was one of the best Bounty Hunters in the country, so I chased after him, and caught up with him in no time.

'Tch. This isn't even a challenge.'

I heard a shuffle about five feet in front of me, to the right. I smirked; they always hide behind the trash cans, typical amateur mistake. I turned my masked face towards the sound and saw three trashcans that would be able to hide something, or in my case, someone.

I snickered inwardly at the thought of his face when he finally sees my mask up close. It could scare anyone into a coma. It was painted black and had two long thick and curvy red marks on each side, imitation whiskers. The ears were large and pointed, one white and the other black, and the eyebrows were placed diagonally to make it look as if it was glaring, the thing I did on a daily basis. A single red line under both eyes made it look even more vicious and a dog like nose added to the resemblance of a wolf. My boss and partner, Kakashi Hatake, insisted that we all wear mask to hide are identities, so that our faces would not go around the criminal and fugitive underworld on their 'People to kill' list. He also insisted that our masks match our personalities.

I walked up to the three lined up trashcans, and bent over them to see the shivering criminal.

"Boo." The man let out a startled cry and locked his eyes with my wolf mask. He jumped up onto his feet, knocking over all the trashcans, intent on running away. I dodged the rolling trashcans and as fast as he could blink, I grabbed his arm and pushed him into the brick wall and pressed his stomach into the wall as hard as I could. I pinned him there and pulled out my pair of handcuffs and snapped them over his wrist. He was squirming and trying to kick me, failing miserably.

"Now Mr. Hereto, you don't want to make this harder than it's supposed to be." My voice was laced with the right amount of authority to make the fugitive whimper in fear.

I grabbed his right elbow harshly and lead him out of the alley where Kakashi was waiting for me while reading his Icha Icha Paradise book. He was probably the biggest pervert I have ever known.

"Took you long enough." He kept reading his porn as he spoke through his pug mask that only showed his silver hair, which always stuck up towards the left, defying the laws of gravity. I always was wondered why he even wore a mask, he already covered the bottom half of his face with fabric.

"Hn." We walked towards the large gray van that we arrived in. I shoved the criminal into the back of the vehicle and securely locked the latch. I jumped into the passenger seat and we made our way to the police station to drop off our 'load'.

We got paid three hundred dollars each for our 'Excellent work filled with spring time youth.' as said by the eccentric chief of police who dubbed it necessary to wear a green spandex suit and orange leg warmers as a police uniform. I shuddered at the thought of him again; he was just down right strange.

We both got into the van and Kakashis Planet Smashers CD started to play, filling the whole van with their smooth music. (1)

"We're getting a new recruit." Kakashi turned his head towards me, "Be nice to this one." He was still mad at me for being an asshole to the last 'newbie', Kiba Inuzuka. It wasn't my fault that he was an annoying mutt that insisted he bring along his dog with him on every hunt and too HQ.

I frowned at the thought of having someone new at HQ, but a smirk replaced it when I started to think of the best ways to scare away the newbie

Kakashi saw my evil smirk and rolled his only visible eye before he turned his head back to the road.

Kakashi was like a real father to me, but sadly, he's really just an adoptive father. After I was left on the side of the road when I was eight, I fell into a numbing sleep. When I woke up, I found myself in an unknown room. It was a plain room, white walls, and a closet on one side and desk on the other side.

All the events that happened came rushing back and hit me like a bag of bricks and I had to grip my heart to stop it from bursting out of my chest. After an hour of calming myself down, I got up and left the room, only to come face to face with Kakashi. His visible eye was shaped as an upside down u and he asked me if I would like to stay at his house and I agreed after a moment of hesitation. Where would I go to anyway? I wasn't going to go back to my house and I wasn't going to sleep on the streets.

Kakashi had told me that he worked as a Bounty Hunter for a group called ANBU and he would need to leave for a long period of time, so we both agreed to just leave me alone at home, I liked being alone anyway. I hardly ever spoke during the first year of being with Kakashi, only speaking when it was necessary. I slowly started to come out of my traumatized state; I ate, talked more and even went back to school. Kakashi had by then already filled out the paper work to become my legal guardian.

When I turned twelve, I asked Kakashi to train me to become a Bounty Hunter, intent on getting stronger too one day finally kill Itachi. Kakashi agreed after a few days on thinking about it. He taught me how to shoot, how to fight and he made me stronger by making me do at least seven hours of exercise a day. I was defiantly exhausted by the end of the day and I would just crash on the living room couch, too tired to walk to my room. Although, all the training did paid off in the end and now I'm one of the Elite.

One day, when I was eighteen, Kakashi deemed me ready and brought me over to the ANBU head quarters located in an old warehouse outside of town, where the group of Bounty Hunters went to talk about their next hunt, where they went to rest, or to go prepare.

To say I was nervous on my first hunt would be an understatement. The simple D-rank hunt had horribly turned into an A-rank hunt when the criminal Kakashi and I were chasing let out his gang of goons. We had to call out for the rest of the group to help us out. I came out of that hunt with a broken arm, a fractured knee cap and all bloody, but I went back out the day the hospital freed me. Kakashi had become very protective; making me stay behind him the entire time. I had to smack him over the head with my fist and tell him to let me do things on my own to get him to get over it. He did not bother with me after.

"Yo, Sasuke, quit zoning out, we're here." I was snapped out of my thoughts and got out of the old gray van silently.

The warehouse we used for HQ was very old. The wood that was used to build it had already started to rot and the red paint that was once painted on it was only visible in certain areas since it had started to chip away with time. It was the perfect hideout, no one would bother coming into this place, and no one would think anyone would be in it.

The inside was surprisingly nicer than the outside, well once you went into the basement where our actual hideout was. When you first walk in, you're hit with the most horrid smell. The first time I smelled it, I also threw up. It was a smell of dead animals, rotten eggs and spoiled milk all put together to make one single smell. Luckily, when Kakashi started the Bounty Hunter business and found the warehouse, he had spent countless hours trying to get the place to smell good, only succeeding with the basement.

In the middle of the room was a random printed carpet. People who walk in here only see the carpet and aren't smart enough to lift it and see the thing it was hiding. Underneath that old and dusty carpet was a square plank of wood with two hinges on one side and a piece of rope on the other that led straight down to our HQ. The HQ had five rooms within it; a sitting area which was a place to just relax and lounge around before and after a hunt, a kitchen, a bathroom equipped with several toilets and showers, our storage room where we stored all of our weapons and a bunk room, where some of the Bounty Hunters go to rest after a long hunt and don't want to drive home or to rest before a hunt.

Kakashi and I both took off our masks as we stepped into the warehouse. Our noses were bombarded with the nauseating smell as we both rushed to the trap door. I lifted the carpet and pulled on the rope and nothing happened. I pulled again and the door didn't even budge. It was fucking locked!

"Those bastards, they locked us out!" I growled in frustration and ran for the front door to escape from the smell, only to notice, after pulling roughly on the handle, that it was also locked.

The sound of heavy laughter was heard coming from the HQ and from outside. I glared as I tried not to breathe.

Kakashi walked up to the trap door again and knelt down so that his face was just above it "If you idiots don't let us in, I'm going to give you all D-rank hunts, not give you your pay and with that money I'm going to buy porn." Kakashi said this all with an invisible smile one his masked face.

There was a long silence and suddenly, the sound of a pair of rushing feet was heard running up the stairs. The door opened quickly and I sighed quietly in relief. Kakashi and I walked down the staircase that led to the sitting area, showing sheepish looking Bounty Hunters.

Kakashi sighed and looked around the room "Whose idea was it?"

The whole group turned to the lone body in the back and they all pointed accusing fingers straight at him.

"Jeez, thanks for having by back guys!"

"Well Kiba, it looks as if you get cleaning duty for the next two weeks." Kiba groaned at Kakashi's punishment and walked to the storage room to start the cleaning with his dog, Akamaru in tow.

I took off my black cloak and walked towards the empty seat at the table beside two other ANBU members, Kotestu and Izumo.

"So Boss, when's the new fresh meat getting here?" I heard Genma ask Kakashi.

"Tomorrow afternoon." I went to open my mouth to protest the fact that we would be getting a new recruit, but I was cut off when the phone began ringing. Kakashi flashed me an invisible smirk and walked out of the room to go pick up the annoying ringing device.

The room was relatively silent. The only noise was coming from the television that a couple of people were watching and Kakashi's silent muttering into the phone.

I watched as Kakashi walked back into the room and to the table positioned in the center. "It was the station. There was a murder on Brooke Street; a drug dealer was found dead. They believe it was the Akatsuki.

I let out a growl. Akatsuki was one of the biggest and worst gang in the whole region. They never leave any traces on where they may hit next, just a body and a cloud shaped symbol on a wall near the scene.

A few months after I joined the ANBU, Kakashi and I came face to face with two of their members; a giant shark-like man and my brother. I was frozen on the spot at that moment, just staring at Itachi. I felt the hatred boil within me, but I couldn't do anything and all my brother did was sneer and tell me that I still did not hate him enough. He was right; if I hated him enough, I would have shown it, I would have fought him or done anything to even show that he was on my 'most hated' list. But, all I did was stand and stare at him. In one instant, he had me pinned against the wall as Kakashi was fighting the Shark Man and in another instant, they were both gone. The look on his face is still etched in my mind; his red eyes glaring at me with such intensity.

I did not speak for a month after that and all I did was train; getting even stronger. Kakashi had to punch three times in the face me to get my senses back in order.

We had gotten many calls saying that the Akatsuki struck somewhere in the city or in another city and killed more people, but we could do nothing; we didn't know where their hideout was. They were obviously very good at what they did because never in all the years they existed, has anyone gotten a clue as to where they might be or where they might hit next.

There was a chorus of sighs throughout the room, "I know, I know. We can't do anything guys. Gai explained to me that there was, once again, no evidence left behind; no finger prints or even the gun shot residue from the gun used to shoot the guy."

Everyone was quiet again; they knew that talking about the Akatsuki in front of me was not a good idea.

Time went by quickly as we listened to Kakashi's strategies on our next missions and my shift was already over and since Kakashi was the boss, he stayed late, so I went home alone.

I gave a little wave to the people who said goodbye to me and headed towards the basement entrance. I grabbed my mask and cloak and stuffed it in the backpack I always brought to HQ and headed out the shack and towards my Sport bike. It was my baby; a sleek dark blue 2010 BMW S1000RR. I got it as a gift from Kakashi on my nineteenth birthday; I was very close to hugging the life out of him, but I remembered that Uchiha's don't hug people. Ever.

I sat on the seat, put on my black helmet and kick-started the engine, hearing it growl of the engine a second later. I quickly went down the path leading from the HQ to the main road, since HQ was located in the woods far away from society. It was a fifteen minute drive, although my driving doubles the speed limit, but what can I say, I never get caught, must be the charm.

I reached the house I've been living in for the past fourteen years. It was the same house Kakashi brought me to when he found me when I was eight; a little bungalow in Konoha's suburbs.

I slowly got off my bike and walked up the brick path that led to the front door. I reached for the numbered pad on the right side of the door and typed in the correct password. Since Kakashi usually got paranoid about his work and is always thinking that some criminals would brake into our house, he got a state of the art security system installed in the house. First there was the code to open the door, seeing as it would be very easy to pick a lock or make a replica of the key. Then, there was the fact that if someone did get into the house without putting in the code, that person would instantly get an electrocution of 5 milliamps; just below the amount to actually kill a person. If that didn't stop the robber, the many dogs Kakashi owns will. They are highly trained police dogs who, on many occasions, accompanied Kakashi and me on hunts when we need to track down someone. There was also the fact that all the windows of the small bungalow were made of very expensive and strong Plexiglass. All in all, this house was criminal proofed and indestructible.

I opened the door and was instantly bombarded by eight overly excited dogs. I quickly shut the door behind me, so that no dogs could escape into the front yard. I stumbled backwards when Bull, Kakashi's massive bulldog, pushed his two front paws on my chest, pushing me into the front door.

"Calm down Bull, no need to kill me." I chuckled softly. For some reason, when I was only around the dogs, I acted like a complete different person, maybe because I've been around them for so long and didn't ask me annoying questions about myself.

I grabbed Bulls huge paws and set them back on the ground, where they belonged.

"Now, who's hungry?" All the dogs started to jump and bark excitedly as I made my way towards the kitchen. I reached into the cupboards and hauled up the giant bag of kibbles n' Bits™, filling up all eight doggie dishes.

"Pakkun stop eating out of Uhei's dish." The little pug looked up at me with his beady eyes. "That doesn't work on me. Anyway, you already had your share of food." I picked him up and placed him on the living room couch and ordered him to stay.

I let the dogs eat in peace and walked up to my room to sleep.

After taking my shower, brushing my teeth and stripping off my clothes, I lied down in my bed and went into a deep sleep.

I was running. Running from what? I don't know. All I knew is that if I stopped running, I would die. Sweat started to drip down my forehead and down my chin, falling to the ground in droplets as I ran.

I kept trying to urge my little legs to go faster and farther, trying to outrun the thing that was chasing me. It looked as if I was running through a small neighbor hood. Japanese styled houses surrounded me on my right and on my left was what seemed like never ending walls with the Uchiha crest painted on every huge block of cement.

Every few seconds, a dead body would appear in front of me; all of them were Uchihas. My foot suddenly got caught on something and I feel to ground, landing on my hands and knees. I was breathing heavily with my head down, exhausted from my run. I felt like someone was watching me, so I slowly raised my head, noticing a frightening shadowed figure standing ten feet in front of me. The shadow took a step forward; standing in the light the full moon was making.

I gasped slightly at the sight; Itachi was standing there, looking down at me with an emotionless face. A large katana sword was being held by his right hand as he slowly approached me.

I could no longer urge my legs to move and I was stuck on my hands and knees, whimpering like a little baby with every step Itachi made towards me.

He was two feet away from me when he drew his sword back over his shoulder and flung it downwards, aiming to kill me. Tears were running down my face as the sword moved in slow-motion.

Suddenly, everything shifted and I was in a clearing. Rain was pouring from the sky as I stood still; looking ahead of me. I could slightly feel trickles of blood drip down different areas of my body. I heard light taps of feet on the wet ground and I slowly turned my head around, eyes widening a fraction at the sight

In front of me stood an older Itachi, wearing a black cloak with several red clouds decorating the fabric. I couldn't move my legs, or any other part of my body, only my head. So, when Itachi walked closer and closer towards me, all I could do was stare.

Itachi let out a low chuckle that sent shivers run down my spine. He raised his hand to the top of his back and pulled out what seemed to be a very large sword as he continued to walk closer and closer towards his prey.

He walked to the front of me and sneered, still not uttering a single word, as I just stared up at him. He drew the sword back and plunged it straight into my stomach.

I gasped and opened my eyes wide. I sat up in bed and wiped the sweat that trickled down from my forehead from my nightmare. I've had the same night terrors since Itachi killed father and everyone I loved; the same two, both of them of Itachi trying to kill me.

Somehow, I feel as if the events in my nightmares have already happened, like a small part of my mind is telling me that it is not a dream, but a memory, that it is something that I witnessed, although, I have no recollection of those events ever happening.

I turned my head towards my clock and focused on the hazy numbers it displayed.

'4:30? Fuck, I still have five hours until work, and I'll never be able to go back to sleep.'

I rubbed the sleepiness out of my eyes and slowly got off of my comfortable bed. I made sure not to make any noise as I crept through the hallway towards the bathroom because Kakashi is demon spawn from hell when you wake him up from his 'Beauty Sleep'. I also had to make sure to be very quiet walking by the room the dogs stayed in, since they would bark like there was no tomorrow if they knew someone was awake, which would wake up Kakashi, which would wind me up dead and in a ditch somewhere.

I safely made it to the only bathroom in the house that Kakashi and I both had to share and silently closed the door. I made my way to the small sink and turned the faucet on, waiting for the water to heat up before splashing my face with it, making me wake up and know what was going on around me.

After exiting the bathroom, I slowly crept to my room, still making sure not to make a sound. When I reached my room, I got dressed in a pair of jogging pants and my old Nickleback t-shirt.

I ran twenty kilometres, and by the time I made back to the house, I still had an hour until work. I cursed the fact that I woke up so damn early and went to take a shower before having to wake Kakashi up. He was always late and never woke up early, so it became a routine that I drag him out of bed five minutes before leaving; he takes his shower at night anyway.

I got dressed after my shower, putting on a long sleeved black turtleneck shirt and dark grey cargo pants. I got my bullet proof vest and slipped it over my shirt and put on my cloak before heading out of my room and into Kakashis'.

He was, of course, still sleeping soundly with his mask securely on his face. I've only ever seen his real face twice; both times were when I accidently walked in on him in the bathroom. He kicked me out both times, yelling at me to knock before entering. I don't even know why he wears a mask, he has a decent looking face for an old man.

I sighed and walked up to his bed, sometimes it would take forever to wake up the thirty year old man.

"Kakashi, get your ass out of bed." I got no response from the man and I frowned.

I walked up closer to the bed and pushed him over so the was on his back. I reached over to plug his nose, but was abruptly stopped when a pale hand reached out and grabbed mine.

I smirked at the clearly pissed off Kakashi, even if he didn't show it.

"Get up, we have to go." I yanked my hand out of his grip and turned to leave the room. I heard Kakashi sigh and drag himself out of his bed.

I waited outside by Kakashi's van since he was my ride today. He came out if the house leisurely, wearing the same outfit as me, except with red cargo pants and a sleeveless turtleneck that showed off the mandatory ANBU tattoo on his left shoulder. He unlocked the doors and we both got in silently.

"Remember that the new recruit is coming this afternoon." Great, I almost forgot about the newbie. "And since everyone on duty already has a hunt except us, we'll be there to greet him."

I snapped my head towards Kakashi and glared at him. He knows I don't want to interact with the newbie, but he just really wants to torture me. I could tell he was enjoying this since his one visible eye was curved in an upside down u. The bastard.

"Also, like I said yesterday, be nice to this one, he has great skills and we need him. Plus, I have a surprise for you when he gets there." A surprise?

Kakashi saw the small look of confusion and of terror on my face and chuckled. "You're gonna love it!"

"I'm sure I will." I spat sarcastically. Every surprise Kakashi had ever given me has been horrible. On my sixteenth birthday, he organised a surprise birthday party for me, and all the ANBU members were invited. Of course, I didn't know, so when I got home for school, I was not expecting to get hammered by pies and confetti. I sulked in a corner during the whole party while everyone else got drunk off their asses. There were many other surprises Kakashi gave me, but for the sake of my pride and ego, I'll keep them to myself.

The trip continued in comfortable silence as we headed towards HQ. Kakashi parked the van when we reached our destination and we both headed inside. Today, everyone was smart enough not to lock out their boss, so we both went down to the HQ without a hitch.

"Yo, Boss my man! Did I ever tell you that you were the greatest?"

"Kiba, sucking up to the boss won't make your punishment go away." Another ANBU member and Kiba's partner, Shino appeared behind him, tapping his back. Kiba groaned and went back to cleaning dishes.

I smirked and went to sit down on the couch in the sitting area.

Time went by quickly; members came and left from hunts and soon enough, everyone was out, leaving only me and Kakashi to wait for the new recruit. It was pretty much just me since Kakashi was off reading porn somewhere.

There was a faint creek above me, and then a loud crash, followed my multiple swears that would put a sailor to shame.

'Hn. It must be the newbie.'

He's a klutz, great that's what we all need, a Bounty Hunter with two left feet.

I looked around the place, trying to find Kakashi, but he was nowhere to be found. I growled and got off of the very comfortable couch and walked out of the HQ.

I gaped slightly after seeing the sight in front of me. The brooms, shovels, and other useless objet that were placed in the warehouse were scattered haphazardly around the rotting room. Some dust molecules were still floating in the air from the impact of the fall and I tried to hold back a sneeze. I then plugged my nose quickly, getting a he whiff of the foul smell.

I then noticed the large lump on the ground. With the faint light coming from the sole window in the warehouse, I saw that the lump had tousled blond hair and was wearing an orange t-shirt and faded blue jeans. The large lump let out a sudden groan of pain and raised its head. I was met with the bluest eyes I've ever seen, it was like looking up at the sky on sunny and cloudless day.

I was struck with recognition right away. Those blue eyes and that face seemed so familiar, as if I've seen them before, although I do not remember ever meeting this man. I tried to remember where I could have seen that face, but I got nothing. I shook the thoughts out of my head and looked back at the man lying down in front of me.

"Dobe." Even with my nose plugged by my fingers, my voice sounded neutral and normal.

The lump glared up at me and jump to his feet. "Don't call me a dobe, teme!"

'Teme!' I blinked in confusion. I heard the exact same voice as the person in front of me, but I'm pretty sure his lips did not move to yell the word a second time.

"Are you even listening to me, teme?"

I cringed inwardly at the loud and obnoxious voice of the blond man in front of me. The dobe's face suddenly turned disgusted as he looked around the shack "Ugh, what is that nasty smell?" He grabbed his nose like me and made loud gagging noises.

"Hn." The dobe was at least four inches shorter than I was, making him have to look up at me in order to look at my face. That was when I noticed the whisker-like marks on each of his cheeks, making him look like some wild animal.

I glared down at the smaller man and he glared back up at me.

"Well it seems Sasuke had met our new recruit." Both me and the dobe averted our gazes and looked at the head sticking out of the trap door.

Kakashi looked between me and the newbie and shook his head, "What did I tell you Sasuke, you have to play nice." I glared at Kakashi and he just chuckled in return.

"Um, sorry to interrupt, but can we go somewhere where I won't end up barfing all over the floor?" I looked over towards the dobe and his blunt statement. Did this guy have no shame?

Kakashi nodded and motioned us to come towards the hidden entrance. I noticed that the dobe was in front of, so being me; I shoved him away from the entrance and walked past him. I turned my head towards him and smirked in his direction. I heard a low growl and I mentally grinned at my small victory. I descended the narrow stairs with the new guy at tow.

I turned back to the dobe and saw him looking around the HQ in awe. It was a nice place actually, compared to upstairs. Everything was new and furnished, and the kitchen in the far left of the room had state of the art instruments; all bought by Choji, who worked as a sous chef at a five star restaurant on the side. We even had a nice flat screen plasma TV in the sitting area.

I looked back to Kakashi who was already sitting down at the head of the table. "Sit down, you two so we can get down to business." I took a seat to the right of Kakashi as the dobe took one to his left.

"So when's my first hunt? I can't wait to kick some criminal ass!" I glared at the newbie as he jumped in his seat.

"Shut up dobe, you probably can't even use a gun, let alone catch a criminal." The dobe ceased his jumping and glared at me as I stared back. I don't even understand why Kakashi let this guy into ANBU. He's scrawny, loud and clumsy, three things that don't go well with being a Bounty Hunter. ANBU are stealthy, graceful and strong, characteristics that one blond did not portray and Kakashi had said that he has skills. Yeah right. He's definitely mastered the art of stupidity though

"I have a name you know! It's Naruto! Na-ru-to!" I scoffed at his outburst. ANBU defiantly did not get frustrated like that.

"Dobe." I saw his eyebrow twitch furiously and I smirked at that. It was just too easy to piss him off.

I saw Kakashi send me a look from the corner of my eye, he was probably pretty pissed at me. Whatever, this new guy was obnoxious and someone has to show him who's important here.

"You're such a bastard! I just met you and I already despise you!" He growled out angrily.

"Wow, big words. Don't think about them too hard, you may destroy the few brain cells remaining in that empty skull of yours." I smirked in triumph at his red face.

The dobe-I mean Naruto, slammed his hands down on the table and stood up "That's it! If you don't shut your fucking mouth this instant, I'm going too-!" The dobe was abruptly cut off by a loud whistle. We both turned our heads too see an impatient looking Kakashi. He turned to me first, looking at me straight in the eyes.

"Sasuke, how many times do I have to tell you to be nice to people. I'm going to have to de-promote you if you keep this up." I glared at my guardian, but listened to him anyway. There is no way I'm going to be de-promoted to some rookie position. He turned to Naruto with a look of apology on his masked face. "I'm very sorry about this Naruto, just ignore him, he's an asshole on a daily basis." I glared at him again for the blunt insult.

Naruto scratched the back of his head with a sheepish look on his face. "It's okay Mr Hatake. I kinda retaliated, so it's practically my fault." Damn straight it was his fault.

Naruto sat back down in his seat and sent me one last glare before looking back at Kakashi when he cleared his throat. "Okay, so what I was going to explain before I got interrupted," He looked between the dobe and me, "Was that Naruto will have to be assigned to a group. Because, since he's new and doesn't know the way we work, he can't go out alone." Both Naruto and I nodded. "This were I'm going to tell you your surprise Sasuke." Kakashi gave me an invisible smile and clapped his hands. I gulped slightly; I have a really bad feeling about this. "I know you two have had your differences in the past," He looked at the clock hung on the wall, "twenty minutes, but I think you guys can get over it because from tomorrow onwards, you two will be partners!"

My mouth went dry. Be partnered up with this idiot? What was Kakashi thinking, he'll screw every hunt up for sure.

Naruto also wasn't too keen on the idea because he let out a loud yell. "You got to be kidding me! You witnessed our fight, right? And you're making us partners? We'll end up killing each other instead of getting fugitives!" He threw his hands up for emphasis.

"I agree with the dobe. He'll obviously end up getting in my way."

"Yeah! Listen to… wait- wha…? That's not true! If anyone is getting in anyone's way it's you!" He pointed a slender finger my way.

Kakashi sighed, "You'll have to work together as a team then because my decision is final."

"Wait, what about you?" If I'm getting partnered up with the village idiot, where would Kakashi go?

"I'm going to be going solo for now on, like I did before you came along."

"Why can't you just put the dobe with Kiba or something, they're so similar I'm sure they would like each other." I was just finding any excuse not to be with this guy because I really did not want to be with the loud and clumsy blond.

I saw Naruto nod too, "Anyone but this broody asshole would do." I ignored the insult and looked a Kakashi in the eye.

"I'm the boss here and I make the choices, and my choice was to put you two together and Kiba is already with Shino. Now enough of this, I need to go do some important paperwork." Translation: I'm going to go read some porn.

Kakashi lazily got out of his chair and walked off towards the bunk room. He stopped at the doorway and turned toward the two of us, "Pairing the two of you could be good. You may end up falling for each other." He chuckled and left the room.

The dobe and I turned to each other and I'm pretty sure I saw a tint of red on his cheeks. He must be pretty pissed at Kakashi. (2)

I scoffed and got off my chair, "Come on, I guess I'll have to be the one to show you around." As much as I don't like this guy, he's going to be my teammate for God knows how long, so I better not make him kill me.

This is going to be one hell of a fun time…

TBC

I'm back at school! No! My summer went by so quickly, I'm still wondering where it went too…

This chapter was written VERY slowly, I only wrote when I was in the mood, which was not very often. I apologise again for the wait.

Authors always love reviews'! I don't mind constructive criticism, so you can tell me if I'm doing some wrong, if my story is missing something, if you think it's downright boring, etc. ^_^

(1) I recently went to Summerfest and this band was opening for K'naan, and they were amazing! I request you buy their CDs. ^_^

(2) A dense Sasuke is a fun Sasuke!

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