Author's note: not edited
Disclaimer: Naruto and its characters are not mine. I simply borrow them and try to bring them back in one piece.
Warnings: Foul language, Shounen ai and no beta reader. Did I miss something?
Summary: To stop women from asking him out, Sasuke Uchiha, suddenly goes to work with a fake wedding ring on his finger. He's nominated to be Konoha Corp.'s next president. Everything was going great until he was invited to a business dinner with his WIFE.
Rule No. 14: Sometimes the family keeps secrets about your spouse you should know about.
Fascinating
Itachi watches the smoke from the cigarette in between his lips. It twists and turns but never the less its destined journey remains the same, the atmosphere. He views the cases he is in charge of in the same manner. For him the process of smoking is the same with a case to solve.
It starts with lighting the fire and inevitably the cigarette will burn. Then smoke will come sprouting out from the end of the stick. It may come in different shapes and sizes. Sometimes harsh winds will scatter the trail. He calls these cold cases. However, what people tend to neglect is that even though the trail is gone the smoke still affects the atmosphere.
Nothing could simply just disappear.
Life will simply be too convenient.
Even an idiot would know it is not.
"I thought I told you to stop smoking in here." Deidara grabs the active stick away from Itachi's mouth. "The room is full of explosives."
Itachi angles himself to lean against his office chair. "Would not that be convenient for you? I would have successfully died."
"If it is not by my own grand creation it wouldn't."
Itachi pulls the side of his lips in a lazy smile. "Did you find anything?"
The blond shakes his head.
Itachi's eyes narrowed at a particular brown folder. Itachi is a self admitted smoker so it gives him no right to ridicule others for doing so. But there is one thing he never did, and that is to casually discard a cigarette anywhere on the streets.
Something small does not always equal insignificant and casually blown away. Take for example the file currently on Itachi's desk
Namikaze's case.
June 15 9:31 pm. A conceded neighbor notified the police that he heard multiple gunshots coming from the Namikaze residence. At 9:45 two police patrol car arrived but it was too late. House had no sign of forced entry. No lights in the house were open. The garage door was locked but the passenger door to the Audi A3 was left open. Three bags containing the victims' clothes were found inside the trunk. Upon reaching the second floor Officer Akamichi and his partner found the Namikaze family. The couple was both dead for approximately an hour. Their son was the only one alive.
Victim 1:
Name: Namikaze, Minato
Gender: Male
Age : 32
Status: Married to Namikaze Kushina
Occupation: President of Konoha Corporation
Victim 1 was found dead in 5 meters away from the master's bedroom door a gunshot through his head. Namikaze was holding a gun that was fired twice.
Victim 2: Namikaze Kushina
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Status: Married to Namikaze Minato
Occupation: Retired Detective of Fire Country Police
Victim 2 was found dead in front of the master's bedroom with 2 gunshot wounds through the chest.
Victim 3: Namikaze Naruto
Age: 7
Occupation: Konoha Elementary Student
Child found tucked under the female victim's arm. Victim has severe lacerations on both sides of his cheeks. The child is unresponsive to any of the officers due to shock.
"Deidara."
"Hn.?"
"Is this all? Where is the forensic report for this case?" Itachi could see the blond smirk. Deidara smoothly slides himself away from his desk and approaches his partner.
"Funny you should ask, yeah? I took the files…well it was more like threat blackmail and borrowed without permission, then instead of finding the forensic report I found this instead." Leaning forward, Deidara dangles a white envelope in front of the inspectors face. Itachi immediately snatches the item.
Records about illegal drugs firearms and human trafficking linking to the Akatsuki group were found in Namikaze, Minato's laptop. Due to the Namikaze case's sensitive information it will be turned over to the ANBU department.
"The Special Investigations Unit? It must be ROOT " Itachi leans towards his desk and pinches the bridge on his nose in frustration.
"ROOT?" Deidara looks at his partner for further explanation.
"An ANBU branch that is dedicated to the terrorist and large organizes crime cases." Itachi flips the other pages in search of further clues.
"So you were in ROOT? Is that why you hunted me down when I was still a member of the Akatsuki?"
Itachi shakes his head. "I used to be in ANBU but the head of ROOT is not someone I wish to rub elbows with." Itachi stares stoically at Deidara and slowly delivers a devilish smile. "I wasn't chasing you down. You were just clumsy enough to get easily captured."
"WHY YOU!" Deidara moves to strangle the Hell spawn in front of him. "Would you really use such barbaric methods to kill me?" The other calmly inquires, like there was no vise like hands trying to suffocating him.
"GAH!" Deidara lets go of the pale neck and stops towards his desk returning to whatever he was doing earlier.
"But Still. It is a homicide case. ROOT may be in charge of the AKATSUKI investigation but Fire National Police would never surrender a homicide case to the ANBU. Who the hell was in charge of this….!"
"DEIDARA!" Itachi had never raised his voice before. So when he called for the blond haired male in anger the whole station froze and wondered if the bomb specialist finally reached the end of his luck.
"Wha-what?"
"Find out who was the forensics in charge of this case." Deidara could only nod and follow the command.
"Stupid Uchiha." Deidara approaches the park cars and begins to grab the keys from his bag. "That case was two decades ago. How do you expect me to…" Deidara slowly forms a sinister smile. " That won't matter because." Instead of pulling the keys, Deidara draws what seem to resemble a baseball from the sack and stares at Itachi's office window.
"It will all be over!" The blond sits on his car hood and waits for the greatest show of his life.
Ring Ring.
Afraid to miss the spectacular demonstration that was about to happen, Deidara answers the phone without glancing at the caller ID.
"Yeah?"
'I almost forgot. Rule no. 1: following my orders without complaint is a suspicious move.' Deidara sees Itachi's window open and a familiar object is thrown directly at his car window.
'Rule no. 2: never leave unfamiliar objects within my premises.' Deidara's eyes bulges out when he spots the familiar baseball bomb nesting on his car's passenger seat. He immediately makes a run for it. Five second after, his black sedan along with two other police vehicles exploded into smithereens.
The whole station was in uproar. Police officers started running towards the car park to extinguish the flames.
Deidara mentally inspects himself for injuries. Finding non he immediately turns his sight up on one of the third floor windows. There, looking conceited and triumphant amidst the blaze and commotion was the entity more devious than Satan.
Noticing that he's still holding his cell phone, Deidara screams at the person on the other line "FUCK YOU UCHIHA! FUCK YOU to the deepest darkest level of HELL"
'And I still gladly await that. I prefer the other way around though.'
Deidara was furious. The burning sensation on his cheeks right down to the end of his neck is because he was way up pass the point of anger. And it had absolutely nothing to do with Itachi's lecherous innuendo.
'Please have the names at my desk no later than 9 tomorrow.'
000 000
It was exactly 50 years ago, Senju Pharmaceuticals started as a small pharmacy and medical equipment store by Hashirama Senju and his brother, Tobirama. When the company was about to make it big, the 2 brothers died from a car collision accident. The company was taken over by the Sarutobi family. Together with Doctor Orochimaru Hebi, and Jiraya Sannin the store slowly turned into a company that develops high quality medicines and equipment . The company was doing well but it wasn't until a young entrepreneur who came into the company with a clear vision in mind did it become one of top fifty companies in the whole world. His goal was to provide affordable high quality medicines within reach of as many people as possible. He dared the company to invest in developing advance medical equipment at a lower cost so that all hospitals can acquire them; backing them up with a strong marketing strategy. He named the company after Fire country's capital city, Konoha Corporations, a symbol of his vow to provide the best to the Fire country's people.
That man was Namikaze, Minato, and the late President of Konoha Corporations.
Namikaze, Minato started working at Konoha at age 22. In two years he made Konoha one of the top 10 companies in Fire country. Konoha's Fourth President, Namikaze lead the company to become one of the top companies in the entire world. Not only continuing to provide people with the best products and services. The company has been known to produce some of the most talented people in the business world today. Uchiha, Sasuke, one of the candidates for the president position when Mr. Sannin retires. Although Vice president, Dr. Hebi has been in the company for more than thirty years, the young Uchiha and Namikaze seem to share similarities in their career. Both started in Konoha's sales department and both earning high promotions within a span of two years. Who will Sannin, Jiraya pass the torch to? Will it be the enigmatic veteran Vice President and head of the medical development department Dr. Hebi or the young charismatic prodigy, Sales Director, Uchiha?
"Tsk."
Orochimaru throws the magazine carelessly on the carpeted floor. The Media are still fickle minded as ever. Thirteen years ago, they did nothing but write articles about
Namikaze, Minato and his involvement with the Akatsuki and now they were commemorating him through Uchiha Sasuke.
An Uchiha! "He must be pissed. A member from his own family became an obstacle in his plan."
The gray skinned man stares at Minato's and Sasuke's picture on the page spread. "Konoha's fourth president."
Namikaze was involved alright. He was closing in on them and their illegal experiments and black market trades. The bastard had to be silenced.
The Akatsuki Group wanted to purchase Konoha and use the company as a legal front for their black trade. They had everything planned. Kill Namikaze, Minato let the old fool Jiraya take over the president position for a while then by bit by bit acquire all shares of Konoha Corporations.
But true to the Yellow Flash name, the swift and cunning blond was one step ahead of them added by an incredible amount of luck. Namikaze bought most of the company shares and named it after Namikaze Naruto, his son. He should have finished that brat when he had the chance and now he has no idea where the little shit is.
"Orochhimaru-sama." A man with silver hair tied in a pony tail stood in front of the vice president's door. He looks young for his age but he had an aura of a man who saw many things. The man adjusts his round glasses on his face before approaching him.
"I found him."
000 000
"Itachi?" From the way Itachi was banging on the door, Mikoto could have never guessed it was his son that was knocking behind the door.
"I'm sorry mother." Itachi quickly removed his shoes and looks for a pair of house slippers. "Are the twins sleeping? Please take care of them for a little while longer." Itachi is agitated. It is a rare site for Mikoto to see her first born so unruffled and she immediately knew something was very wrong. "They are at Sasuke's dear."
"Sasuke's?" Itachi tenses up. He took a moment to calm himself before asking. "Was he home when you went there?"
Mikoto shakes her head. "No. but don't worry I left them with his housekeeper." Mikoto felt his son stiffen again. "Ah, please don't worry; He's a very nice young man. He tamed the twins in five seconds flat can you believe it?" Itachi mentally envisions Naruto and how he easily makes Sasuke eat on the palm of his hand and he is unaware of it too.
"That is impressive."
"Isn't it?" Mikoto looks at her son staring absently at an empty wall.
"But are you angry that I left them to a total stranger"
Itachi gives one of his rare small smiles. "You have always been an excellent judge of character mother. Sasuke has that ability too."
"I didn't see Sasuke today; maybe you can convince him to visit? Your father won't be home tomorrow for dinner tomorrow. Invite them for lunch and please invite Naruto-kun along." Itachi has never seen his mother this exited before save for the birth of his two sons.
"I'll try." He places a kiss on his mother's forehead.
"Is father home?" His tone became ice cold and his features hardened. Mikoto begins to realize that this was a police matter.
"He's at his study."
"Thank you mother. I'll call Sasuke for you."
The head of the Uchiha clan, Deputy Commissioner of Konoha City, Uchiha Fugaku sat behind his large antique desk. The desk is a family heirloom passed down from one generation to the other. Owning this desk means that the previous head of the family acknowledged his achievements and accomplishments making him the head of the Uchiha family. This desk has been witness to countless of cases that shaped Konoha City. Someday, he intends to pass this desk to one of his sons.
"Father."
"Hn." Fugaku rests his pen on the desk's surface and faces his son. "Itachi."
The young detective throws the envelope in front him. Fugaku glares at the blatant display of disrespect his son is showing him.
"What is the meaning of this!" Itachi flips the folder open and points at a particular section.
Inspector Uchiha Fugaku, Head of Namikaze case officially turns over all the evidences and records to the ANBU sector headed by Danzo Shimura.
Fugaku's whole body stiffens. It was the first time Itachi saw his father loose his entire composure so obviously. "Where did you get this?"
"As ashamed as I to admit this right now, I'm your son. I have my ways."
"Minato was involved with the…"
"Don't treat me like an idiot." Itachi slams his hands on the old wooden surface. "Non political homicide cases are not handled by the ANBU. How could you easily surrender the case…" Itachi pauses. Thirteen years ago his father was up for promotion, very much like Sasuke is right now. Then it hit him. A pending case could hurt or delay his promotion, but surrendering a case to another department meant that it was no longer his or hers responsibility.
"Itachi, listen it's more complicated than that."
Itachi just sneers at his father
"Those stories that you used to tell me and Sasuke; about how your close friend betrayed you by involving himself with the Akatsuki? I wonder who really betrayed who."
"The evidence says-" Fugaku tries to start.
"What fucking evidence? You surrendered everything to ROOT without even trying to solve the case! And Naruto…" Fugaku suddenly gets up from his seat to Itachi's level.
"How do you know about Naruto!"
"Wouldn't you like to know?" Itachi feels his phone vibrate at looks at the caller ID that read BLOND IDIOT, in bold letters and presses it on hold.
"I'm reopening this case! And you are one of the suspects." Itachi strides out of Fugaku's study completely ignoring his old man's demands.
"What in the world is going on Itachi?" Mikoto walk in on her son at the front hallway.
"I'm sorry mother. I have to go." Itachi pulls the front door open.
"I promise I'll make Sasuke come here tomorrow just make sure that he's not there." He steps outside and slams the door shut.
Outside the Uchiha compound Itachi finally answers his phone.
"Deidara"
'What took you so long?' His partner answers back.
Itachi sighs and hold the phone between his ear and shoulder to light up another cigarette.
"Did you find what I ask you to?" The bomb engineer nodded then remembered that he was talking to Itachi on the phone. "Heh. Are you nodding your head while talking to the phone again?"
'Fuck You~'
"As I have said before it will be my pleasure as long as it is the other way arr-"
'Shut Up Shut Up SHUT UP.' Itachi inhales a lungful of nicotine and laughs. He could just picture his partner's futile attempt to hide his reddening cheeks.
'I got it.' the blonde's voice suddenly turns low and serious. '
Yakushi, Kabuto and Amachi were both in charge of forensics. Amachi is in the missing persons list. Yakushi is a professor at Naruto's university.'
The young detective senses Deidara's hesitation to give out the names. "Is there something you are not telling me?"
'Uchiha. When you ask me to become your partner I told you I was never going to leak out information about the Akatsuki.' Itachi remembers. Deidara accepted his deal because of what he said to him that day.
…I treat these cases the same way you treat your explosives. The crime scene is my canvas and solving them right is an art form.
"I'm not interested about the Akatsuki. I want this case solved."
'Uchiha. Both of them were Orochimaru's former students and assistants."
TBC
I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I really wanted to write this sooner but I had so many deadlines to keep up too O.o
Actually I was actually thinking to quit all together since I 'm not really good in English and stuff…OTL But here I am, with a long awaited break. I was invaded by the plot bunny to continue writing T_T well attempt to write rather. I couldn't sleep it off! It was like the idea kepts on nagging me…is it because I was watching too much crime busting series….er… is that what they're called?
Anyway thank you for the reviews. I'm so sorry I wasn't able to reply. But they are all wonderful and helped motivate me to finish this fic…hopefully (hides)
Rule No. 15: If you decide to bring a gift for your host, Make sure it can also be used as a bashing weapon.