The clock had just struck 11 o'clock at night as Sasuke Uchiha sat behind his work desk, flipping through some files under the light of the lamp. He sifted through papers and made markings with his pen here and there. The spacious room belonging to the Tactical Force was quiet save for the occasional set of footsteps and the rustling of paperwork along with the creaking of desk chairs from other employees every now and then. The floor was pretty much empty accept for a few stray over-nighters walking around doing busy work. Sasuke had finished up his examination hours ago and had decided to catch up on some work though he had clearance to depart home for the rest of the evening. Normally this wouldn't be a problem considering the young Uchiha always spent a good amount of time after office hours, however he wasn't in the ideal state of mind for any type of work at the moment. He wasn't focused enough.

He supposed he was just having "one of those days" but at the moment he was just feeling really off. Honestly, Sasuke hadn't quite felt like himself since the night of the party when he saw Kiba's pink haired lover. He had this strange nagging feeling behind him that he just couldn't shake. At first he just thought it was the booze playing tricks on his body but when he saw her again today during examinations the feeling hit him fool force. The young Uchiha wasn't usually one to read into things but this didn't quite feel like a coincidence to him. It was kind of unsettling.

Sasuke closed the file before him and tossed it to the side in irritation. As he leaned back into his chair, he crossed his leg over the other and thumbed his chin.

Sasuke stood up from his chair and turned off the lamp, forgoing his futile attempt at tackling some work. He walked to the elevator, pressing the down button and entering as soon as the doors opened for him.

Sasuke didn't even know the girl or anything about her for that matter, other than the fact that she was Kiba's long time girlfriend. She was scarcely seen, never coming to friendly outings and never showing up in the precinct like many of the employees's significant others did. Her name even escaped him when he knew he had heard it a number of times from Kiba and even today when she appeared as the head doctor for Examination day. She was almost like a ghost, only appearing when she wanted to be seen.

Sasuke watched as the numbers descended and listened as the ding sounded every time the numerals changed. The elevator opened on the lobby floor, revealing Kiba and his ninken Akamaru.

"Sup, Sasuke!" Kiba greeted. Akamaru barked in greeting as well.

"Hn." Sasuke stepped out of the elevator with his hands stuffed into his pocket as he walked past the Inuzuka not paying much mind to him.

Kiba held his hands on the elevator doors to keep it from closing as he called after at the retreating Uchiha. "Hey did Sakura talk to you today?" Sasuke stopped and glanced over his shoulder at Kiba.

'Sakura...that's her name...' Sasuke made mental note, matching it with the pink haired doctor.

"What?" Sasuke turned around fully to face Kiba, quirking an eyebrow at the Inuzuka with his curiosity peaked.

"Okay...I guess not.."

Sakura stood over the counter in the exam room, flipping through some charts on her clipboard. She jotted some notes down, not noticing the figure entering the room until he cleared his throat. Sakura jumped a little, startled at the sound. She faced the man with her hand on her chest and the other gripping the edge of the counter.

"Oh, wow! You scared me!" Sakura breathed. "I didn't know there were more patients left."

"It's just me. Everyone has been serviced adequately." Itachi explained with a gentle smile.

Sakura relaxed and motioned to the exam bed laid with fresh table paper. "Please, it's late. I don't want to keep you any longer, Mr..."

"Just Itachi is fine." he replied.

Itachi sat on the bed. He removed his flak vest and his shirt and laid them next to his person. He waited patiently as Sakura washed her hands and gloved them before grabbing the necessary tools needed to perform his exam. Sakura monitored his breathing and his blood pressure, checked his reflexes and made sure he was up to date with his shots, and asked the standard medical questions required of her.

Deeming that he was all set, Sakura put everything away as Itachi redressed himself before leading him out of the Examination Day room. Itachi waited as the pinkette locked the door. Placing her set of keys within the confines of her pocket, Sakura walked beside Itachi with only the sound of other patients and nurses filling the space of the hallway. Everyone from Examination Day had already departed towards their own agendas and the hospital's day of extreme hustle and bustle had long since died down now that it was late into the night.

"May I ask what happened to my cousin?" Itachi questioned suddenly. Sakura looked up at Itachi with slight confusion. Itachi clarified as he stepped out of a patient's way. "Shisui."

"Ah..he was due for a shot and I suppose he had a less than favorable response to it. No need to worry though, these things happen all the time." Sakura explained partially telling the truth. Itachi stopped walking causing Sakura to stop as well in curiosity, standing on the other side of the hall to let a few nurses wheel by with a patient bed. He chuckled.

"Ms. Senju, if I wasn't the captain of my department, I would believe you wholeheartedly." Itachi stared in amusement at Sakura. "However, as such, I make it my responsibility to know my subordinates' personal records like the back of my hand."

Sakura smiled to herself. Of course she would be talking to the captain of the very man she admitted into the hospital just hours ago by a mere shot. She actually found this to be a laughable moment.

"Shisui was already up to date with his shots, there was no need for him to receive one today." Itachi continued. "Which leads me to believe that he did something very unfavorable towards you."

Though caught off-guard by the statement, Sakura recovered quickly. "Wow.. you catch on fast, captain. That makes me a little bit worried." Sakura said jokingly.

"Let's just say I spend a lot of my time getting Shisui out of trouble rather than keeping him from it." Itachi shook his head. Sakura laughed in response. "You don't have to explain anything to me but as captain I have to ask whether or not he is well.

Sakura waved her hand dismissively as she continued to walk towards the lobby, prompting Itachi to follow after her. "He'll be just fine. He'll be dehydrated and experience some discomfort in his stomach but that's all. He's in good hands I promise."

They made it to the lobby and Sakura walked Itachi towards the sliding doors, both stopping just short of them so as not to alert the sensor and bring in the cold from the outside. Itachi faced the pinkette abruptly and bowed with grace towards her. Sakura smiled lightly at his politeness.

"Thank you for your efforts during Examination Day. The Uchiha Police Precinct are forever in the hospital's debt. I'd also like to apologize on behalf of Shisui. I hope that he will not be a bother for you again."

"Please Itachi-san, there's no need for all that. It's okay, really." Sakura assured him with a soft placement of her hand on his shoulder. Itachi fixed his posture.

"To make up for Shisui, if you ever need anything, I'm happy to help. Just come by the precinct whenever." Itachi offered. He nodded his head towards her in a silent goodbye and turned towards the doors once again.

Suddenly it dawned on Sakura. In all the busyness of the day, Sakura had completely forgotten about Sasuke. She was supposed to keep an eye out for him to ask for his help in finding her family. Sakura mentally smacked herself. How could she forget something so important!

But wait...

Sakura looked at Itachi's retreating back. A captain from within the police precinct just offered to help her with anything. All she had to do was ask! Sakura ran after Itachi as he disappeared from her view.

"Itachi-san! Wait!" Sakura felt the cool air of night grace her skin. It was much colder than it had been earlier in the morning.

The pinkette looked in the direction that she saw Itachi walk towards but didn't see him. It was almost like he disappeared into thin air. Sakura sighed in slight disappointment. She just missed him.

"Damn..." Sakura pulled her doctor's coat together hoping it would block her from the cold but it did nothing. She turned around, not expecting to see the tall Uchiha standing there. She stumbled back in shock. "Oh! I thought I'd just missed you!"

"I heard you calling for me. Is everything okay?" Itachi replied. Sakura nodded as she steadied her quickened heartbeat.

"There actually is something you can help me with."

Sakura and Itachi walked up the steps of the police precinct. Sakura recognized it to be the largest building in the city. She had to crane her neck just to get a good look at it from where she was standing and even then she still couldn't see the top of it from the angle she was at. Itachi held the door open for her. As she walked through, he followed in behind her. Sakura noted that the floor of the lobby held the signature red and white uchiwa fan in the middle of a black shuriken with a dot in each corner. It was the same symbol on the back of all the flak jackets of the Uchiha patients today. The security guard at the tall desk smiled at them and nodded her head as they walked by. Sakura did the same while Itachi kept on walking.

Itachi reached the elevator first, pressing the up button. They waited patiently.

"You know this could have waited until the morning. You don't have to trouble yourself with this now." Sakura tried to reason, sort of feeling bad that Itachi had to deal with this after such a long day for both of them.

"It's no trouble at all. I had to come back here anyway" Itachi stated. The elevator dinged as it opened to let its passengers on. The ponytailed captain pressed the button for the seventh floor and watched the numbers change.

Sakura looked at the floor of the elevator until it stopped and opened it's doors.

Itachi walked off first, entering the large and spacious room filled with desks covered in paperwork and files. A few officers were walking around the floor and some were sitting at their desks bent over they're own work. The only light source came from the few lamps that were actually lit on some of the desks and the large moon peeking over some of the buildings in the city and through the large glass windows.

With Sakura walking closely behind, Itachi walked up the stairs that led to the balcony holding his office. Itachi opened the door, letting Sakura in first. The pinkette wasn't sure what she was supposed to expect walking into Itachi's private office but it certainly wasn't her boyfriend and the man she recognized to be Sasuke Uchiha behind the desk with the computer screen illuminated.

Sasuke and Kiba looked up from the computer screen that was bright enough that they could clearly see the two people entering the office. Kiba stood behind Sasuke with his arms crossed, with a look showing that he was just as caught off guard as she was while Sasuke sat behind the computer staring at his older brother.

"Kiba.."

"Sakura!"

"Sasuke."

"..Itachi."

Itachi and Sasuke stared at each other evenly. Kiba walked over to Sakura, who had an equally confused look on her face, and pecked her lips as he rubbed her arms. "Sakura...what are you doing here?" Kiba asked a little hesitant.

"Uh..Itachi. He said he would help me find my parents. Since I forgot to ask..." Sakura trailed off as she looked at the Sasuke, who paid her no mind.

"Oh..that's what me and Sasuke are doing. I figured you forgot so I thought I'd help you out." Kiba explained as he gestured for her to take a seat in front of the desk. He sat down next to her, holding her hand.

Itachi withdrew from the staring contest he held with his brother and closed the door behind him, not bothering to turn on the light in his office. He walked behind Sasuke, who glanced at him from the corner of his eye, and looked over his shoulder. He scanned the information in front of him associated with the doctor now seated at his desk as Sasuke leaned back in the executive chair, before turning the screen enough that all four of them could see.

"You're a blank slate, Ms. Senju." Itachi said.

"Yeah, no kidding." Sakura replied dejectedly.

Itachi sighed and leaned against the desk, his back facing her, while Sakura looked over the information she already knew.

"There are no records of your birth parents. Nor is there a birth record to even reference from in the system. All we know about you is the orphanage you grew up in, onward."

"How is that even possible?" Kiba asked. "I mean everyone has birth records in Yomi-no-kuni."

"Everyone except her.." Itachi stated. "It's almost like you don't exist, Ms. Senju."

This was information that wasn't new to Sakura, so this didn't come as much of a surprise to her. However, the fact that none of her birth records were available for them to scour new information from, was. Sakura almost felt hopeless, like she was never going to find that piece of herself that was missing for so long. She just wanted to find her family- figure out who she was.

Did you speak to the director of the orphanage about your origins?" Itachi asked. He thumbed his chin in thought while she answered.

"Yes. It was years ago, though. He didn't tell me much, just that the people who dropped me off weren't my parents." Everyone pondered the statement. "I tried to pry more information out of him but he kept brushing me off and even threatened to call the police for causing a disturbance." Sakura added.

"Seems a bit much for just a little bit of information." Sasuke said, his tenor voice ringing in Sakura's ears.

Sakura looked at the man she saw a couple nights ago. A chill ran down her spine as she looked at him. His arms were crossed against his chest, his muscles flexing under his gray long-sleeved shirt. He stared at the wall behind the computer, contemplating something. His lips were pressed into a hard line. His black bangs framed his mature jaw. His eyes shifted towards her causing her eyes to cast down onto her hand intertwined in Kiba's, not before feeling a shock of electricity run through her body. What was that? Sakura hadn't even looked into his eyes for even a second and she felt a spark. It sounded so cliche. Sakura instinctively squeezed her hand in Kiba's to bring her out of her momentary daze, earning her a squeeze in return. Sakura told herself not to think about it.

Itachi stood upright and faced Sakura causing her to look up at him.

"Strange indeed." Itachi glanced at the screen for a moment, rereading Sakura's file. "Maybe we should pay another visit to the orphanage; they'll be less likely to call the police if we're already there.

"Do you happen to have any other information you think will help, Sakura?" Kiba asked.

Sakura thought about it for a moment. The memory of the dream she had came her. The only problem now was that it was fuzzy. She couldn't clearly remember the figures she had so vividly seen just the night before. Sakura sighed and shook her head in disappointment. She felt like she hit a dead end.

"Well if it's not too much trouble, can you come back in few hours?" Itachi asked as he looked at the time on the clock above Kiba and Sakura's heads, showing that it was now 1 in the morning. "We can go to the orphanage together and see what information we can gather."

Kiba looked at Sakura as if she had two heads. "Uh, Sakura? Don't you think you're gonna be busy tomorrow?" he said as if he was trying to hint at something. Sakura waved her hand dismissively, releasing her hold from Kiba.

"I can just ask Ino to cover my shift. It's no big deal." Sakura explained. "Besides, there's nothing important happening anyway."

Sakura missed the hurt that flashed across Kiba's face. The Inuzuka man rose from his chair abruptly causing the other three persons in the room to stare at him questioningly.

"Kiba?" Sakura asked as she looked up at her lover. Kiba ignored her and made his way to the door.

"I'm tired. I'm gonna head out." Kiba opened the door and slammed it behind him leaving the trio to stare at the door in mild confusion and slightly awkward silence.

"It's getting late. We should leave too." Sasuke said as he closed out of Sakura's files and shut down Itachi's computer, leaving them in darkness.

Itachi made it to the door first, opening it to let the pinkette out first and then his younger brother. Kiba was nowhere in sight and the other officers that were working had taken off already. The older Uchiha closed the door behind him and locked the door before looking at Sakura.

"Come to the precinct whenever you're ready and we'll head out to the orphanage." Itachi instructed. Sakura nodded.

"Thank you. I really appreciate this." Sakura bowed to both men with her hands clasped in front of her before making her way towards the elevator.

Sasuke watched with his brother as the doctor stepped onto the elevator and disappeared behind the doors, beginning her descent.

"That girl is strange.." Sasuke mumbled under his breath but Itachi caught it.

"How so, little brother?"

"Nothing.."