Sorry, another long wait. I'm trying not to do that. I really am. However if you have been following my other story, I've been updating once a week. With school starting back up in another week, well . . . not sure if that will keep going but I will try to update this one or the other at least once every two weeks.

In other news, did you see the newest episode of Naruto! OMG Sasuke, what the fuck! You want to be hokage?! Bullshit!

Sasuke let out an audible sigh. Obviously the intruder was human if he was aiming the gun at his head and not a shinobi either. Slowly, Sasuke started to turn around.

"Don't move! You are under arrest!"

Naruto did turn around and almost gaped. "It's you!" He pointed accusingly at the man holding the gun. "What was your name . . . Yamaki . . . Yukari . . ." The blonde frowned as he tried to remember, his eyebrows knitting together.

"Detective Yamato. I see you are perfectly alright Uzumaki-san." Yamato spared a quick glanced at the blonde who, in return, gave a guilty smile.

"Yeah, sorry about the whole disappearing act. I didn't want to leave. I swear."

"Shut up, Dobe. You don't need to answer to him." Sasuke was trying to figure out what he should do. No one was here. He could kill the detective. He obviously had no backup. However, that would upset his blonde, so he should at least try to keep the bloodshed at minimum. "How did you find this place?"

"Like I will tell you. What did you want with the boy?" Sasuke started to turn. "Do not move, or I will shoot."

"I must admit, I'm surprised you had the guts to come here. The locals won't come near the place."

"Be quiet!"

Naruto watched Yamato curiously. The man seemed on edge. Kind of how Sasuke was when they first arrived. He was sweating, and his hand trembled just slightly. Even someone without any awareness could tell this place had a bad feeling. "Why don't you put down the gun and we can talk, preferably outside the creepy laboratory?" He put his hands up in a non-threatening manner as he approached the man.

Yamato swung his gun to face Naruto. "Stay back." Sasuke shared a glance with Naruto. The atmosphere was making the man start to panic, and he would undoubtedly become dangerous if this continued. Sasuke took the chance to turn around, ready to disarm Yamato without harming him. Surprised, Yamato turned his gun to Sasuke and shot him, square between in the eyes.

"Oh shit, Teme!" Blue eyes watched as Sasuke's form fell in horror. "Teme!" Naruto had grabbed him, cradling his head before it could smash against the cement flooring. Panic started to set in the blonde's chest.

"I-I didn't mean it." Yamato dropped the gun, his hand shaking, his eyes glued on Sasuke's form. "I don't know why I shot. I just wanted you to come to the station."

Naruto wasn't paying any attention to the man as he shook Sasuke. "Come on, Teme. Wake up."

When Sasuke didn't move, Naruto felt his eyes sting and his vision blur. "DAMMIT SASUKE! WAKE UP!"

"Don't be so loud idiot. You're making my headache worse." Sasuke opened his eyes, slightly dazed.

"Sasuke?" Naruto's eyes widened in disbelief.

Sasuke's dark eyes studied him for a moment. "Were you crying?" He couldn't help but be amused when his mate's blue eyes widened even more and a soft red blush tainted his cheeks.

"Like hell I'd be crying over you." Naruto dropped the raven's head, letting him hit the ground. It gave the blonde some satisfaction when he heard the raven grunt in pain.

"H-how is that- I don't under . . ." Both teens looked over at Yamato who was currently staring at the hole in Sasuke's head where the bullet had gone through. Sasuke watched in amusement as Yamato passed out. Naruto was still glaring daggers at Sasuke to even notice Yamato at first.

"What the hell Teme! Why did you scare me like that?!"

"I told you the two ways vampires can die, destroying the heart and decapitation. Doesn't mean a headshot doesn't cause me to black out for a moment. It's quite painful." Sasuke went over to examine the cop. "He should be fine by the way." He added since the blonde seemed to have forgotten that there was an unconscious cop just a few feet away.

The blonde fumed for a few more seconds, clenching his fists a few times, then let it go. It was no good to stay mad right now. Not when everything seems to be going on a downward spiral very quickly. "So what should we do with him? Leave him here?"

"No, something about this place is affecting him. If we leave him here it will get worse." Naruto relaxed when Sasuke didn't agree to leave him here. He couldn't leave anyone behind even an enemy. "We should kill him."

"WHAT?!"

The raven winced at the blonde's outburst. "I was kidding . . . mostly."

"You have one twisted sense of humor." A smirk pulled at the raven's lips. "So what then?"

"We can't just let him go. He knows you're here, and he's seen too much." Sasuke picked up the man, easily throwing him over his shoulder despite the difference in size. "Let's go home, and we'll deal with him then."

"Is it safe to take him home?" Naruto picked up the gun. He never held one before, but he knew there was a safety somewhere.

"It will be fine. If not, I'll put him in a genjutsu."

Slowly, Sasuke and Naruto made their way back up and out of the laboratory. Naruto was still trying to glare daggers at Sasuke for the scare he gave him. Sasuke was quite pleased to hear Naruto call his name and even more pleased to see him shed tears over him, even if they hadn't fallen yet.

Once outside, Sasuke's shoulders relaxed and promptly threw Yamato into the back of the car, not particularly caring that the man hit his head in the process.

"Was that necessary?" The only response to Naruto's question was a shrug. Sometimes Naruto just wanted to strangle the son of a –

"Let's hurry before he wakes up. I'm confident I can get us home in 25 minutes."

"How? It took us an hour to get here."

Never before had Naruto wished he could take that question back. He was sure he lost his stomach three times, vomited twice, and blacked out once. He was never so afraid for his life which was saying something giving the last couple months of his life. Never the less, Sasuke made it home in 23 minutes without causing a single accident surprisingly. Though in retrospect, he swore he saw Sasuke smiling a bit at his terror. Damn sadistic bastard.

It was another mystery how Sasuke managed to get an unconscious man into the apartment building without a single person noticing. He stopped asking at that point for the sake of his own sanity. They made it back just in time though. Yamato started to awake as soon as they had him sitting on their couch.

Naruto jumped onto the couch opposite of Yamato, still trying to calm his stomach. Damn that bastard.

He was surprised to see Sasuke place a cup of tea in front of him. The aroma reached his nose and he smiled happily. Sasuke had bought him the tea that he enjoyed at the university as an apology gift for throwing out his jumpsuits.

"I thought you could use it considering your day." The raven spoke so softly that Naruto strained to hear it.

"Thanks Teme." Naruto leaned forward to pick up the cup.

"You can call me Sasuke you know."

A smile played on Naruto's lips that made it hard not to smile back. "But Teme fits you so much better."

An embarrassed cough broke their attention drawing their glances to Yamato who looked slightly embarrassed for some reason. "Sorry for interrupting your moment."

"You weren't interrupting anything." Naruto reassured him, leaning back in his chair.

Silence enveloped the room with Yamato staring at Sasuke like he had two heads. Couldn't say either teen could blame him however.

"Soooooo, I guess we owe you an explanation."

"An . . . explanation would be nice."

"Well I told you most of what I know from the station. Only thing I can really add to what I said before is that after you left I got kidnapped by a crazy vamp, and he kept me captive for a while. I took the chance to escape after about two weeks and went into hiding. Been hiding out here ever since."

"Do you know where the man held you or his name?"

"Business with that man is strictly out of your jurisdiction. His actions will be taken care of by the action of the council or next of kin as is customary in our culture," Sasuke said darkly, standing behind Naruto's chair. Naruto gave a hesitant look toward the raven, his expression betraying some worry.

Yamato's dark eyes took in Sasuke's rigid stance and the blonde's worried glances. It wasn't hard to put two and two together. "I suppose you are the next of kin."

"I am, and my brother's actions are not of human concerns."

"When he is kidnapping my suspects, infiltrating police headquarters, and sabotaging recorded evidence, it becomes my concern."

Sasuke snorted. "It's almost a requirement to learn how to infiltrate and sabotage records now days. How do you think we kept the secret of our existence for so long?"

"Not much of a people person are you?"

Naruto laughed before he had a chance to stifle it with his hand. He hadn't meant to laugh, but it was true, and the growing look of annoyance on Sasuke's made it that much more comical. "Don't get so upset, Teme. You know it's true."

"I'm just saying that this human should know his place. I have been tracking down my brother for years. He never leaves any evidence behind. The folder you confiscated before you left was more evidence than I have ever collected."

"What folder of evidence?" Yamato chimed in. He seemed more relaxed than he had been, getting back into the rhythm of questioning and into familiar territory. It seemed playing the role of detective was helping him past the vampire load that was dropped on him earlier.

"I grabbed it off his desk." Naruto replied.

"And how did you escape?"

Confusion crossed Naruto's features as he tried to follow Yamato's thinking. "I . . . just walked out . . . the back door." His answer was slowly, starting to see where this was going. "It was too easy."

"He wanted you to escape."

The raven scoffed. "I knew that the moment he told me what happened. I also thought maybe the information was fake too, but I came to the conclusion that it wasn't."

"Want to enlighten the rest of the class?"

"I don't need to explain anything to you." The raven was glaring daggers into the detective before him.

"Be nice teme, maybe he can help us."

"And what exactly can this human do for us besides get in our way."

Naruto looked at Yamato, his goofy grin in place. "You can help us out right? If you believe everything that I told you about the vampires and the shinobi and stuff, you can help somehow, right."

"Uh," the captain scratched the back of his head. "I can't really do anything for you. It'd be illegal."

"Oh . . . okay." The blonde shrugged. "Well, Sasuke guess you have to get rid of him after all. Oh well."

A mischievous smile crossed his pale face. "Gladly."

Yamato paled. All it took was one step forward from Sasuke to make the man cave. "Hold on." He said, holding up his hands in front of him to signal the raven to stop. "There's no need to be hasty."

Naruto laughed, doubling over. "God, you should see your face. I was just kidding."

"Mostly," the raven muttered. Yamato had no doubt that the vampire had meant it.

"So what should we do with him?" Naruto asked seriously.

"Nothing we can do except let him go and change locations since you won't let me take care of him."

The blonde only rolled his eyes. "Whatever, let's just hurry up. Reliving the past makes me hungry."

Naruto waited for the retort but none came. Frowning, he looked up at Sasuke. Sasuke was looking out into space, focusing on something. Soon, Naruto heard it too. The distinctive sound of a helicopter. Wasn't this a restricted air zone? Commercial flights weren't allowed in the area because they were in the heart of Suna where the government officials resided. Not even news choppers were allowed nearby.

"Isn't that a helicopter?" Yamato asked also being able to hear it as it got closer. Naruto had barely seen it. Sasuke moved quickly, throwing the blonde and Yamato to the floor, using his own body as a shield as the southeast windows exploded. Glass flew everywhere, cutting both human and fledgling even though the vampire took most of the brunt of the debris. The sound of the helicopter was deafening. It didn't take a genius to figure out it was in front of what used to be the balcony.

"Run to the door. I'll lead the attack away from you." Sasuke was off them in an instant. Soon the sound of a large machine gun followed. Large holes, appearing in the wall as it trailed behind Sasuke. The raven dived into the kitchen, hiding behind the counters for cover.

Naruto glanced worriedly at the direction Sasuke went, watching as the cabinets were quickly being turned to nothing but splinters of wood. "Let's go," he yelled over the loud roar of the machine gun. He brought the detective to his feet, pushing the man towards the door. They could hear the gun turning their direction as they made a break for it.

That was until the couch went flying through the window, causing the helicopter to move to try to avoid the flying object. "I'll distract them. Go!" Sasuke yelled over the loud noise.

"What about you?"

"I'll be right behind you. Move." Sasuke was looking for something else heavy to throw.

Naruto noticed that he was bleeding from his shoulder, but there was nothing he could do. He shoved Yamato out the door and went with him. "Are those your people?" Naruto asked running towards the emergency stairs.

"No, I left the force. That was a military grade helicopter and machine gun. I wouldn't be able to call in something that big anyway." Yamato headed down the stairs first. Naruto followed closely behind. "What I wouldn't give to have my gun right now."

"We need to get out of here. This is the only staircase from the top floor. They'll be waiting for us right?"

"Most likely." The brunette agreed.

"Then we're getting off on the second floor. The blonde kicked the door open just as the door a flight below them opened. "Hurry."

"What about your boyfriend?" Yamato hurried through the door.

"He'll be fine. Just move!" Bullets sprayed at them from below, hitting the railing and the sides of the doorway.

Slamming the door closed behind him, Naruto ran, directing the detective to the end of the hallway.

"It's a dead end that way!"

"No it's not." The blonde was heading right to the window.

"Are you crazy? The window's locked."

But it was still a window. Naruto quickly sized up Yamato. Just a few inches taller than him. The older man should be light enough. Wrapping his arm around the man's waist, Naruto lifted him up just barely off the ground, picking up speed towards the window. The attackers had just opened the door when Naruto's shoulder connected with the glass.

Bullets grazed him as well as the shards of glass cutting up his arms and legs as they fell through the air towards the concrete ground. Twisting in the air, he positioned himself between the ground and the brunette, praying that no particularly large pieces of glass impaled him when he landed.

The landing was less than perfect. He felt his shoulder dislocate, but the pain was nothing compared to Kisame's brutal training. "You alright, Detective?"

"I should be asking you that kid." Yamato rolled off him and thankfully helped him up with his good arm. "Where to?"

"You're coming with us?"

"Well those guys were shooting at me too. If they are on my side, then they don't care what happens to me."

"Fair enough," his blue eyes glanced at the window, sure enough, there were guns aiming at them. "Worst day ever," he mumbled. Grabbing, Yamato's hand, they headed into the alley. If Sasuke was alive, he'd find him. He always did.

They ran through the narrow alley, only one being able to fit at a time, blocking the enemy's view of them. Instinct told the blonde to turn right the moment they emerged onto Main Street. It was a good thing too. There was a truck with a Gatling gun mounted on the back to the left. "You have got to be shitting me!" Naruto pulled Yamato into another alleyway, just as the machine started shooting, barely missing them.

"Seems whoever is out to kill you is going all out."

"No shit!" Naruto cursed as they were heading to a dead end. They were trying to corner them.

" Naruto-sama! Over here." A metal door to the left was open just slightly, but Naruto could recognize the man behind the door. It was one of the gang members he met at the university.

Yamato was already moving towards the door and so was the blonde. Once inside, the door closed and the locks slid in place.

"This way," it was the lanky brunette from before. Naruto didn't bother asking where he was taking them. It wouldn't take long for their pursuers to figure out where they went, and just a bit more time to break down the door. The interior of the building looked like it had been a restaurant before it was abandoned, judging by the tiled floor and old broken down kitchen appliances. The college student obviously knew where he was going, leading them to the back where the walk in freezer was located.

The freezer was normal room temperature and for the most part empty with the exception of a bunch of crates piled in the center, most likely forgotten. In front of the crates was a square hatch in the concrete floor, leading into what looked like a tunnel beneath the building. "In there." The young man handed both Yamato and Naruto a flashlight. "Use the black lights to find out which way to go at each intersection. It will be located above the red arrows. You'll meet the others at the exit."

"Hey, I never did get your name?" The blonde turned to the brunette. He hadn't really cared when they all declared him their leader only a day ago.

The young brunette huffed. "Idate. Better get it memorized. If you get caught, we'll be a laughing stock."

Naruto just grinned. "I'll remember. Thanks for the help." He waited for Yamato to go first than followed closely behind him.

The tunnel was surprisingly well lit enough to see where they were going. Idate had closed the hatch behind them and covered the entrance with the crates, planning to act like a bunch of delinquents hanging out in a place they shouldn't. Which in truth they were a bunch of delinquents hanging out in a place they shouldn't be, so that wasn't much of a stretch really.

The tunnel itself was full of twists and turns. Every few feet there was an intersection it seemed. Written on the walls, just in the center of the intersections were the red spray painted arrows that they were told about. Without the black light flashlights, it would have been impossible to find their way. They continued at a fast pace, barely stopping to check the directions they were supposed to go. They reached an opening after fifteen minutes. It let out into what looked like an abandoned subway system. More of the delinquents from the university were there. One was waiting with a medkit on hand while a few were shoving some food their way.

"What's all this." Yamato asked. Naruto could tell the cop part in him wanted to bust them for at least 4 different laws, but restrained the impulse due to the situation. No doubt that if he got out of this alive, he'd come back.

"It's our hangout." The short bald one from yesterday answered, approaching Naruto to tend to his injuries. "For now anyway. Who knows how long it will take those soldiers to get here."

"Why are you helping me?" Naruto let the man pop his shoulder back into place, and refused any additional treatment. He'd heal soon enough. The injuries were minor.

"We all saw the footage from Konoha yesterday sometime after our scuffle in the café. It finally reached Suna last night. Obviously, we all recognized you since you're our new gang leader." The blonde was vaguely aware that Yamato had turned a disapproving eye towards him. "We had a meeting and decided that you are the most badass leader anyone could ask for. I mean you hang out with a guy who can get thrown a wall and impaled. That's pretty fucking awesome." The short man stood, turning to fix up Yamato instead.

"We all realized that the news was shit. It was obvious that the pretty boy was trying to stop whatever terrorist attack was going on. He even saved the camera man dude. It was bullshit claiming you were both terrorists. I mean it's obvious the one guy isn't even human. I've been on LSD and that shit ain't strong enough to not go into shock over a missing arm and still move like that with a clear head. And the guy didn't nearly bleed as much as he should have. It was all bullshit."

"Doesn't explain why you're helping me." Naruto watched in amusement at Yamato's stiff posture at all the insults and broken laws that the bald young man had admitted too.

"You're our leader and nothing is more badass than claiming that your leader has not only helped stop a terrorist attack, but also evaded capture from the military. It's all about the reputation."

Well he couldn't argue with that logic. "Got any supplies we can use?"

"Yeah, we scrapped what money we could and got some bags ready for you. Has food, clothes, some basic necessities. We weren't expecting a third party member so we're putting together a bag for him too." Glancing around, the bald man noted, "I don't see the pretty boy."

"He'll find us." Naruto assured him, looking around for that mentioned food. He was quite hungry.

The food was TV dinner quality, but he didn't complain. Food was food, and he didn't feel like drinking blood. Yamato didn't touch it. He couldn't bring himself to trust it, not that the blonde could blame him. He was probably wondering if it all was a bad nightmare. Sadly, Naruto was growing use to this lifestyle. Though a part of him did miss Itachi's home cooking.

The hideout was buzzing with activity from people scurrying around. Some were listening to the police scanner; one was trying to pick up the military frequency, others were scouting, the rest were cleaning up any incriminating evidence that could implicate them. It was pretty well organized especially since they were common street thugs.

It was approaching the half an hour mark when there was a yelp from the opposite entrance of where he had come in.. Naruto was on his feet, ready to fight anything that was making its way inside. Seeing the intruder, Naruto could understand why the guard couldn't decide to scream in fright or yell for backup. Sasuke was riddled with bullet holes. His clothes were in tatters and now the color of dried blood instead of the navy blue it was before.

Still, Sasuke was alive, and he felt that tight feeling in his chest relax. "Teme, you've been better."

"Stupid helicopter chased me down the block," he muttered, taking a quick look around his surroundings. He must have pictured enough together on his own to figure out what happened since he didn't ask any questions. Instead he moved to a corner with the least amount of activity and sat himself down.

Sure, Naruto knew Sasuke was trying to be alone if the hungry looks he was giving every passing human was any indicator, but it still didn't mean Naruto didn't worry about his injuries.

"How hungry are you?" Naruto asked, sitting beside him. He could feel the raven tense beside him.

"I can handle it until we get out of here. We don't have long. They'll eventually find us and they will be in trouble."

"Teme, I can practically see through you with all the bullet holes you got. I can only imagine how bad it was before you got here." Naruto glanced at him. "Maybe you can feed off me. I'm still technically human."

Sasuke hid his surprise very well, turning to stare at his blonde, yes his blonde, with amusement. "Technically speaking you are, but with your slowed heart rate you won't be able to recover quickly without drinking blood yourself."

The response Sasuke received was a shrug. "I'll be fine. I got a vampire lord housed in me. I'll be okay, plus its better me than you attacking some poor human right? When you're crazed with bloodlust?"

The raven tilted his head in agreement reluctantly. His fangs ached to sink into warm flesh, specifically Naruto's. He could already taste his sweet blood on his tongue, the feel of his pulse beneath his lips, and the smell of the slight spice in his scent.

Sasuke closed his eyes, trying to push down the feelings of arousal. However, the proposal was too hard to pass up. "Alright, if you want to be my lunch, why not."

Naruto flushed a bit, standing up. "Well let's do this over there." He pointed to a darker and more secluded corner. "Don't want to give everyone a heart attack."

Amusement played in Sasuke's dark eyes. "Sure, dobe. Whatever you want." The hunger in his eyes now directed towards the blonde.

An involuntary shiver went up the teen's spine.

The vampire followed Naruto to the corner. He looked nervous as soon as he turned around to face the raven, his back to the wall. "So will it hurt like the first time?"

A smirk crossed his lips, a fang peeking out. "Not this time." Sasuke had a hand on each side of Naruto, trapping the slightly smaller teen against the wall. "In fact, it should feel pretty good." His dark eyes seemed to glow for a moment. "Just relax."

A pale hand stroked blonde locks before gently tilting his head to the side. Even now, he could hear Naruto's heart rate rise. His lips grazed the faint scar where he had last bit him. Naruto inhaled sharply, a slight spike of arousal in his scent. Sasuke relished it. He wanted more. This time his fangs grazed the same spot. He was rewarded with a stronger spike, lasting longer this time. Sasuke didn't care about the blood anymore, but more about awakening his mate's arousal in turn influencing his own.

Inhaling his scent one more time, he bit down into the soft flesh, letting the blood flow into his awaiting mouth. It was warm, sweet, and addicting. When his teeth had sunk in, Sasuke had heard a soft moan escape the man beneath him. The sound was music to his ears. He pressed himself closer, feeling Naruto's growing erection against his thigh, rubbing against it intentionally.

Naruto had been nervous. He had remembered the last time Sasuke had used him as food. His neck had a crick just thinking about it. But this, when Sasuke had touched the faint, almost invisible, scar on his neck he felt electricity course through him. It had been quick and brief, but took him by surprised, so he couldn't stop the soft gasp that escaped him. It had been stronger the second time, but he expected it. He controlled it. Chalked it up to his inexperience to anything sexual and suppressed the urge.

He couldn't have begun to guess the pleasure he felt when Sasuke bit him. He couldn't stop the moan that had left his lips if he tried, and a part of him didn't want to. His blood felt like it was fire coursing through his veins. A pleasurable fire that jumped to life wherever Sasuke touched him, and Sasuke was currently pressed against him, rubbing against him just slightly. From that one bite, Naruto swore he was ready to cum. It was difficult finding a reason why this whole situation was bad. Why they needed to finish doing . . . what were they doing? Why were they in this state? His brain was cloudy with lust. He found his hands burying in dark locks, encouraging him, wanting him to drink more. Sasuke was glad to oblige, drinking deeply from him. Each gulp satisfying his thirst, healing his injuries, and pulling him into a drugged state where his mind only saw Naruto.

Sasuke barely remembered to stop when he had his fill. He healed the two small punctured wounds quickly. He should have pulled away, but he didn't. He settled on sucking and kissing his neck, scraping his fangs against his skin again, teasing him as if he was going to bite him again.

Someone cleared their throat, pulling Sasuke away reluctantly to glare at whoever interrupted him. Yamato looked a bit exasperated. "We should get going soon."

Naruto turned his blue eyes to Yamato, staring blankly, trying to make his brain work. Slowly he noticed that others were staring as well. Blushing, Naruto tried to will his erection away before Sasuke was forced to move off him.

"Give us a minute. I'm eating." The raven licked the blood off his lips as if to prove a point that they were not doing anything inappropriate what so ever. The pissed off look in his eyes dared anyone to question him. It was enough to make everyone go back to whatever they were supposed to be doing. The blonde couldn't thank him enough for sparing him from the worst of the humiliation.

"Thanks," the teen looked away, still blushing. "Sorry about. I didn't mean to. . ." His blue eyes glanced down then away again.

A smirk crossed his lips. "It was nothing. I didn't mind at all." His tongue dashed out, licking the last droplets of blood from his neck. "I much enjoyed it." The darkened flush on Naruto's cheeks was worth the hit to the back of the head when the blonde shoved him away.

"I-I need to um, go do something." The stutter was cute even as the teen hurried away; avoiding making eye contact with anyone he passed. Sasuke followed at his own pace. He had an idea where the military force came from. He had to go confirm it though. That would be their next stop. That would be tricky.

"I got us a car to get us out of the city," he announced, sitting next to the blonde who seemed to be trying to pretend he didn't exist.

"Great, we should get going." The backpacks they were given were large and somewhat heavy, bun not a problem. They would still be able to move quicker and easier than an average human . . . well except for Yamato. Sasuke would carry him if push came to shove. "Thanks for the help guys."

"No problem boss," another subordinate spoke up. This one was younger, not as old as the rest of the gang members. He seemed to still be in middle school. "Make sure you stay alive, I'm going to take your title from you one day."

Naruto grinned. "What's your name brat?"

The kid puffed out his chest. "I'm Konohamaru. I aspire to be the leader of all yakuza members in the region."

"Not before me brat." He laughed, messing up the kid's hair.

Everyone was there to see them leave. He learned the names of every single member, burning it all to his memory. He might not see them again, but they did a lot and risked everything for him. If he survived this, he owed them one.

"So where are we going?" Yamato asked, adjusting his bag.

Sasuke had changed into a fresh pair of clothes right before they left. The leather jacket was slightly too big for him yet didn't subtract from his appearance. "We need to head into the mountains."

"What for?" Yamato looked skeptical. They were nothing more than children in his eyes still even if they had managed to evade military forces.

"To find out who tried to kill us. Whoever it is used the detective here as a pawn."

"I was thinking the same thing," the blonde admitted. "It's too coincidental to have suddenly been found after all this time right after picking him up."

"Don't you two think you're being unreasonable? How were they able to put together a force that large and coordinated so quickly? Even if they were following me that would only be about 40 minutes to prepare from when you knocked me out to when they attacked."

"Unless they knew you would find us somewhere in Suna and were already ready stationed here."

"Who would know we were here?" the blonde asked, pointing to the correct tunnel they were supposed to go down with his flashlight absentmindedly.

"My brother comes to mind. He did let you go easily. We already established that."

Yamato stepped between the two teens. They seemed to be drifting close to each other again. "I have an idea how the military blockade in the city will be set up. I was in the SDF until last year. We worked with the American military a lot. As the SDF do not have access to such weapons I think it's safe to say that they came from the attackers were American, not Japanese."

"I agree." The stopped near a light and Sasuke pulled out a map. "I haven't dealt with the American military since World War II, so my information on them is outdated. Think you can direct us out of the city without being seen?"

It took a moment for the detective to take in the fact that Sasuke was at least 85 years old. Then with a smile, he took the map. "Leave everything to me."

SDF- Self Defense Force (after world war II japan created this since they couldn't have a military. It's like a small military force that japan has since technically they aren't allowed to have a military.)

Um . . . Review? Please? Goals is to reach 400! And if you haven't, check out my other story if your bored.