Sasuke's Gang: The Greatest Heist: Part 1
When Robberies Go Awry!
On the bad side of town, high upon The Hidden Leaf Village's multi-leveled projects was home to a band of notorious gang members. These young men would soon plan the greatest heist the world has ever known…
"I'm hungry! Shikamaru, got any food on you?" Choji whines to him.
"What a drag…it's amazing you're still hungry after cleaning out our refrigerator, the local ice-cream truck, and the mailman's sack lunch this morning," Shikamaru says with a sigh.
…Well…it goes without saying…this is the tale of Sasuke's Gang.
Choji, Shikamaru, Kiba, and Neji sat around a table in their old dilapidated apartment. Not necessarily a glamorous place to live, this was their hideout, provided by their gang leader, Sasuke. Every member wore a lavish 1930's style gangsters' suit, ranging from brown, gray, purple and white. Even Kiba's dog Akamaru had a little outfit on. Each of them carried a gun of some sort in their pocket. At the moment they were all playing poker waiting for their boss to summon them.
"Hey, think our boss will have us do something noteworthy today?" Kiba asks, showing his cards to the others.
"It better not be another embarrassing mission like last time. You know, when Choji almost got us all into deep shit when we tried to rob the local bank last week?" Neji reminds everyone.
Flashback: Last Week
The scene opens in the nighttime as a clunky Ford Model-T car swerves wildly down the street, before crashing into a lamppost, totaling the front part of the vehicle. Everyone piles out seconds later in a daze.
"That's the last time we let your dog Akamaru drive the car, Kiba," Sasuke says, glaring at him.
"Hey! He's the only one who's got a valid license!" Kiba responds.
The gang members were standing outside in front of the Local Bank.
"Okay, here's the plan. Inside the bank's vault is an abundance of goods with our names on it. Use your skills to get inside and retrieve the riches…without getting caught, or else," Sasuke warns. "I will be standing guard watching for passing ninja police."
Everyone nodded and approaches the building's front entrance.
"Okay, how do we get inside?" Neji asks.
"Let's have Akamaru slip in through the side vent," Kiba suggests.
Kiba sets Akamaru down and instructs him to go inside the vent and unlock the door from the inside. After the dog disappears through the vent, they wait.
"Think your dog is going to do what you told him to?" Shikamaru questions.
"Of course! I know my little pal can get the job done!" Kiba responds.
Moments later, Akamaru returns from the outside vent and walks toward the gang.
"What the hell?!" Kiba says in shock as he saw his dog wearing a ton of diamond necklaces, rubies, and other jewelry around his body.
"Well…at least we know there's more than just gold held up inside there…" Choji comments with a wide grin.
"Yeah, but we still can't get in because the little bastard didn't open the door for us!" Neji growls.
Seconds later, Shikamaru steps up to the door and turned the handle.
The door suddenly opens.
"Wow…the door was unlocked this whole time…" Shikamaru says, a bit surprised.
"Good, now let's get us some gold!" Choji says as he went inside first.
Inside the bank, it was nearly pitch dark.
"Hey, Neji, turn on the flashlight, will ya?" Kiba says.
"Flashlight? I don't have the flashlight. I thought Shikamaru had it," Neji responds.
"I don't got it," Shikamaru responds, shrugging.
"Damn…we'll just have to feel around for the vault," Kiba says.
After several minutes of wandering and stumbling around the dark bank, they eventually found the giant metal vault.
"Okay, we found it, now to get it open," Choji says.
"I feel a combination lock on the door. Neji, use your Byakugan Vision to see inside the vault. I heard that they keep their lock combination numbers posted on the inside wall," Kiba says.
"My Byakugan ability is for seeing Chakra points on a persons' body, not looking through solid objects…dumbass," Neji grumbles.
"Okay then, stand back everyone, I'm going to buff myself up into a large round ball and slam into the vault to open it!" Choji says.
"Uh…I don't think that's gonna work…" Kiba says.
Choji, not hearing Kiba, steps back a few feet before charging toward the vault, using his jutsu to make himself into a human cannonball…
CRASH!
…Which caused him to ricochet off of the vault and slam into a nearby glass teller window.
"Such a freakin' idiot…" Shikamaru says, sighing in embarrassment.
To everyone's surprise, Choji's attack seemed to work, as the vault began to open on its own.
"…Does anyone else find it odd that these doors are opening so easily?" Kiba asks.
"Who cares? Let's go in, grab as much gold as we can, and get the hell out of here before our boss kills us," Neji says.
Shikamaru, Neji, Kiba, and Akamaru all enters inside the vault.
Suddenly…
SLAM!
The vault door shuts itself close, locking them inside.
Meanwhile, Choji regains his composure and walks toward the vault.
"Hey! Where did everyone go?" Choji asks, looking around.
"CHOJI! WE'RE LOCKED INSIDE THE VAULT! GET US OUT!" yells Kiba from the inside.
"What?! Okay guys! I'll be back with some help!" Choji promises them as he turns and ran out the bank.
Outside the bank, he spotted Sasuke still hanging by the busted car, waiting for them to return.
"I can't tell my boss about this, he'll have our hides for sure! Gotta find someone else to help!" Choji says, turning to go the other way.
Eventually, he ran into anther man walking down the street.
"Hey, mister! I need your help! Me and my pals were trying to rob that local bank, when they became trapped inside the vault!" Choji starts to explain.
"Oh really?" the man says as he removed his jacket to reveal that he was a Police Ninja.
"Shit!" Choji yelps as he turned and ran the other way.
"Get back here!" the man yells, pursuing him from behind.
End Of Flashback
"That whole incident was a drag…and to make things worse on your part, Choji, our rescue was delayed for three hours after you stupidly lured the cop toward the boss, and the fact that our car was busted didn't help the situation either!" Shikamaru mutters loudly.
"Well…all of it wasn't my fault!" Choji shoots back. "You guys screwed up as well!"
"Yeah right, just like Shikamaru says, as if telling a random person, let alone a cop about our robbery was a rational choice…idiot," Neji sighs.
"Hmph…coming from a guy who didn't do squat during the heist," Kiba says to Neji.
Everyone was on the verge of breaking into a huge argument with one another, when their boss Sasuke enters the room. Everyone immediately fell silent when he approaches them.
"Meet me in my office…I have another job for all of you," Sasuke says, before leaving.
Everyone looked at each other before getting up and following their leader as instructed.
Continue on to the next chapter!
