An: I don't own Criminal minds or Naruto. Also Tenten last name is Heiki.

Chapter two Smoke

As if the intimidating building wasn't enough to have her bolt back to university to hide and live in the library since she's been banned from the dormitory living spaces for failed payments. She was forced out like she's some evil that possessed it. She promises she's not that bad. A master in procrastination that's all. Her father or Hiashi as she likes to refer to him had stopped the payments forcing her out. He had agreed upon 1 year financially supporting helping her move into her own place and calling around to get her interviews before she's cut off, and she quotes. "Until he dies". Meaning she'll only get a peek at the fortune when he's left her all alone. Who would want it then. Almost completely alone she'll still have Neji if he ever would like to acknowledged her life. Well she guesses he had since he's the one who told her father about this position at the ABAU Anbu Behavioral Analysis Unit. He was a foot solider or ABAU field operations managers. The ABAU is in need of an victims, media and police liaison. She's taking so many classes her resume almost overqualified if only she had the experience. She now waited in the office on the 30th floor of some sky scrapping tower that scrape the sky next to some hard ass with black hair and eyes that screamed he's got the job in the bag. He was handsome she guessed but a bit too dark for her liking with the hair, eyes, cold skin, and I'll break your neck if you utter a word to me aura. He's totally going to get the job. She couldn't compete with such confidence and security.

The door opens from behind the giant desk and a group of guys and one girl has come out. The males are all built under the black shirts, black pants and bulletproof vest. A coiled wire hung from each of their ears as each of them had guns on their chest and waist. One had pale skin and a smile his lips looking almost like the man next to her, The other wore a collar that covered his nose with low black jazz sunglasses on his nose, the girl had a permanent scowl on her face under one brown braided bun and the last one had two red traditional clan tattoos under his eyes averted to her at least three times as he walked past them.

The front office is so impersonal. A leather couch, a few chairs, a desk and a receptionist's typing away at a mac desktop with a cellular earpiece in her right ear. She watched her type away then press button on her ear talking into it.

"Yes uh huh uh huh uh huh okay" she said before shooting up.

"Hyuuga"

Her heart freezes in fear as she stumbles to her feet willing herself to have professional expression. She marched forward like she was walking to her execution behind the black haired women. She led her down the hall as anxiety surrounds her. Her heels sink into the gray carpet as she studied the row of rooms on each side her before making it to the end. The woman knocked before a low come in had followed. She opened the door carefully before letting Hinata in.

The man has gray hair styled sideways, a scar on his eye and a face covering from his neck to his nose. He stands before thanking the receptionist whose name she learned is Shizune.

"Miss Hyuuga this is Director Kakashi Hotake of the ABAU." Shizune introduced. She takes his hand and shakes it with a smile.

"Hello Miss Hyuuga please take seat."

"Hello Director it's nice to meet you" she says while retreating her hand and sitting in the leather chair. She watches as he holds a paper she's assuming it's resume she had brought four copies with her just in case.

"You have your bachelors in communication science, behavior and a certified pathologist. Six years of commitment why not go for the other two achieving your doctorate in pathology".

She swallowed she didn't have the money. She's lucky to be debt free now but her father wouldn't fund the last two years she had to fund herself. "Financial purposes is why" she tells him.

It's odd to say as it's the first time she had to. She was financially privileged, and she knew it so among her fathers madness was a method. Independence.

"Financial aid is tedious but its optional. I don't like Almost agent Hyuga that's why I'm saying this but the position here as a Field communications manager or victim, media, and police liaison will help you finish the necessary credit to be a profiler."

Almost. That's a good description of her. She almost does a lot of things, but then she doesn't. She nods to him. Financial aid would be denied her due to her fathers bank accounts around the world, but he didn't know that.

"I'll allow you to finish the 10 online assessments those and my grade on this interview will determine if you hired. " He says gesturing towards a row of computer's.

What ?
What interview?

He asked like one questions and called her an under achiever. She stood up in her kitten heels and walked towards the computer.

It took her 6 hours to finish. She learned her competitor name was Sasuke, and he wasn't her competitor at all he wanted to be in a field operations profiling. Director Hotake took his non interview interview right behind her back before making him sit next to her to take his own assessments. She learned his name was Sasuke Uchiha, and he'll be the new and only profiler in field operations. Apparently there had been an incident where the officer's weren't keen enough to anticipate a suspect had a bomb. It killed an officer and two civilians. The ABAU had to reevaluate its procedures and send a profiler with the officers. Hint the reason why Uchiha was here. He had told her all of this when Director Hotake had left.

"So what are you in for ?" He asked her in a whisper.

"Field Communication Liaison"

"Looks like were on the same team then" he said.

She knows this is just small interview talk but the thought of having a friend if she's hired is a comforting one.

"Were you recommended ?" He asked.

"Yeah my cousin in Fields Op" she answered.

"Me too. My friend is the junior director".

Hinata eyes widen a bit. He's totally getting the job. That made Neji's job seem like small blimp at least they like to hire recommendation. Her chances went up a few points. She recovered.

"Nice you got this in the bag." She told him.

"Thanks"

Their conversation is gone as the Senior Director comes back.

She and Sasuke wait as they're being graded. Director Hotake wrote things down and clicked at his desktop before he turned to them.

"Welcome Agents Hyuuga and Uchiha to the ABAU of Konoha"

She blinked dumbfounded before smiling at the Senior Director before looking at Sasuke. They took their mugshots aka headshots for their badges and were told to come next week when the team is anticipated to be back from West Konoha for their current case. She and Sasuke stood in the buildings garage she smiled up at him as he held a content gaze.

She threw her hands up in the air with a big closed eye smile." TAKE THAT LIFE!" she screamed and did a victory dance mixed between a pivot turn and twerk.

"You know there's security cameras in this parking garage"

Her spine stiffen as she turned to see white cameras all over the garage. She covered her face in a gasp of horror.

He laughed at her. "Don't worry the security guards will more than likely be the only ones who watch those"

"Oh thank god" she breathed with a laugh before laughing at herself.

"See you next week" she smiled to him, and he nodded before they went their separate ways.

After confirming with her father and Neji she did get the job she spent the next four days in mental prep and making additions to her vision board and on the fifth day until employment she went to the mall. She bought at least 30 outfits so far. Wads of business attire sweaters, pants, skirts, heels, and blazers. Shizune emailed her that Fridays you can wear jeans if you're in office. So that's why she's currently in the dark Ambericome and Fitch getting white button ups and new jeans surrounded by picture's of shirtless men. She wasn't a prude or anything. Her sister had loved martial arts, and she loves to dance. She took every dance class known to man. Ballet, Jazz, Tap, Modern, Hip hop, Contemporary, Lyrical and Soca. Learning the dance meant learning the cultures, and she enjoyed that hence the reason she broke into dance after getting hired.

A day before start date.

The doctor walked in two see four slackers in the security room laughing around the monitors. Officer Sai, Inuzuka, Ambrame, and Heiki. Inuzuka being the loudest of all. She stood next to the Junior Director and knew they're ass was grass.

"Captain's sister cousin should be a fun addition to the team" The canine specialist had laughed.

"Fun you think this team is fun" she scoffed at them as they groaned.

Her green eyes watched as Junior director Uzumaki walked behind them, she followed him to the culprits. There in black and white was women standing by a dark haired man doing some tasteless dance wagging her tail before gasping and looking straight into the camera.

"You think this is appropriate behavior to display" the director told them sternly, and they stiffen turning around to him.

"I'd like a report on the ABAU harassment officer Inuzuka"

"Yes director" he said as they scattered.

"How's that hand Heiki" she asked the women before she left.

"All good Doctor" she said before leaving. The doctor eyes lowered. She profiled Officer Tenten Heiki by her body language she was a hard one to understand. PTSD for sure.

She rolled her green eyes back to the monitor. "That's my trainee ?"

"Yes Sakura"

She groaned. "Why can't you or Nara take her?"

"Nara is the smartest man in this building and I have training with my recommendation. He's my responsibility".

She sighed irritated looking at this tail wagging trainee. She surely isn't related to Captain Hyuuga? My god this fresh out of college underachieving rookie was her problem now. She had a lot to learn. Her eyes averted to the man next to her, he laughed at the tail wagging. She met Sasuke before causally sometimes over the years of knowing Naruto. He would come to their university for parties. He doesn't laugh. In fact, he's an asshole. Shading her for not liking Naruto back every chance he got. Why was he now laughing with this tail wagging rookie. She rolled her eyes and turned to Naruto who was looking at the monitor. Sasuke berated her to the point she found him good-looking allowing herself to get caught in his web. He was a fucking hypocrite and master of manipulation who says you should sleep with my best friend then kisses you. And does other things with you... He stopped coming around after he got what he wanted from her so working with him wasn't ideal. Naruto had also stop liking her then. She had fallen for his best friend lost her virginity to that friend, and then he left her.

"You think the ass worked his charms on her yet?" Sakura asked with a hint of jealousy.

The junior director didn't answer her.

She sighed hating this feeling. She'll ignore her first love and do her job. She's older now and wiser. She wouldn't let him get to her anymore. She didn't love him anymore.

Start date

Showers always made her feel better. After a hard heated day cool water running through her scalp being her personal brain cooler and massager. Even on a winter night heated liquid warming you up after hours in the snow. The water running down your entire body touching everywhere was the epitome of relaxation but for some reason as she stood in her personal rain in her bathroom she couldn't help but feel like a failure after that interview. She had a handful of degrees and her father had finally fallen through with no longer funding her education. Who could she honestly blame him though, he was over 100,000 dollars in the hole. Bachelors in Pathology and Anthropology. Associates in geography.

She stood in her white towel and wiped the mirror to see her reflection. It was three hours before the clock in time, and she decided on the black pants, white button up, block heels and a great blazer. After drying her hair she was fully dress inside her home stomping about. She spent her educational career learning people, and yet she's terrified of being in rooms full of people who know people. After taking a deep breath she finally left home with grabbing her bag and bento box.

When she gets there Sasuke is nowhere to be found and Neji gave her some stern pep text message. The Senior director Kakashi Hotake has pawned her off the ABAU technology specialist Ino Yamanaka. She is a beautiful blonde with light blue eyes. She walks around introducing Hinata to everyone.

Her encounter with Doctor Harano was frightening to say the least. The pretty is overshadowed with the evil. Ino told her Doctor Harano had multiple PH'Ds.

"Nice to meet you" Hinata smiled with an extended hand.

The doctor had blinked her green eyes from behind the monitor to her like she was fly bugging her.

"I'm currently looking at potential cases of victims whose killer might be profiled by our department. Severed limbs and heads from multiple people who onced live. I can tell you Agent Hyuuga it's not nice to meet you. Agent Yamanaka please take Agent Hyuuga out of my office." she said as she pulled her hand back.

"Yes Doctor" Agent Yamanaka had answered walked away.

Hinata looked at the doctor before getting the hell out of there.

Yamanaka looked at her and sweat dropped then smiled. "She's not that bad"

Hinata doubts that. "Come on lets put up your lunch. " She said walking down the hall upbeat. "So there's plenty of food districts close by, sometimes the company have luncheons, but the break room is also been you can store that adorable sailor moon bento" the blonde woman giggled.

Hinata looked down at it. It belonged to Hanabi she held it with confidence as they walked into the room. There's a row of steel refrigerators water, ice, and coffee machine's. Microwaves and vending machines followed by tables with chairs.

There's a group of officers in their dressed in black there she sees Sasuke, but she doesn't say anything as she puts the bento up. Yamanaka has but abandon her as the guys try to flirt with her.

"Agent Hyuuga come meet the guys and Tenten. Opps I mean officer Heiki".

Agent Yamanaka had told her always to use last names.

The one with the tattoos is the first to step up. His brown eyes dancing at her a confident smile on his face hand extended.

"Hello Agent Hyuuga I'm Kiba Inzunka I'm the Field op canine officer."

She smiled up at him. Oh! thank god he's nice. She shook his hand. "Hi nice to meet you Hinata I mean Agent Hyuuga"

They all giggle at her but Sasuke and Agent Heiki.

"You should come meet the cadavers dogs pacu and Akumaru sometime"

"Okay" she says.

Agent Yamanaka pushed him away and pointed at the next guy. "That's officer Aburame, Sai, Heiki and the new officer Uchiha"

She waved at them all and most waved back.

"Are you really related to the Captain ?" The one Sai asked her.

She nodded. "Yeah he's my cousin"

"How you're so nice !" The one Kiba said and they all laughed including her.

A pager started to go off and Agent Yamanaka took it out her pocket as the officers cleared.

"Uchiha and Hyuuga your with me. You'll meet our brain and head we all have assessments today".

They followed her upbeat as all Hinata could think about was the term brain and head ?

"Head ? That's what your calling him these days. Ha ha Naruto was a dense sore loser growing up. He's really pulled himself up." Agent Uchiha says.

"Brain? Head?" Hinata asked dazed.

"They have plenty names. The Shadow and Kyuubi. Agent Shikamaru Nara has the IQ of 170 and the jr director Uzumaki is looking to be next line at the senior director position".

If those guys were the brain and head what the hell was the rest of them the body and limbs. She must be the equal of the toenail to these people. Agent Ino Yamanaka ushers them to a dim classroom setting. Director Hotake is standing there with the projector light on his face, and She takes a seat next to Sasuke as quickly by the door.

She feels sick as she sees the actual victims of something awful behind him. She thinks she's going to hurl as her breath is shortened. She looks away from the Senior Director and looks at who else is in her.

Dr. Harano, in a row in front of her and in front of the doctor was. A man with a ponytail next to him a blonde haired man. Their composure were better than hers. She decided the back their necks were the best place to look. She noticed the neck with blonde hair is covered in a charcoal suit and is quite thick connecting to very broad shoulders that's bond to be under that suit.

"What do you see when you look at these victims? Officer Uchiha ?" The director looking this way and asking question oh shit she is next she forced to look back at the display. She wasn't a full profiler she's supposed to talk to Victims, Media and the police of the jurisdictions.

" They're all male late twenties. Wedding ring eludes their family men. They didn't have a merciful end".

"No they didn't" he clicked the pointer to reveal a man with long blonde hair wearing a gas mask.

"Hanzo the salamander fed his victims to his pet Salamanders before gassing them out once his pleasure from their pain had been fulfilled"

Hinata looked at this man no monster and felt the weight of this job might be too heavy for her. She swallows her unrest and looks at Dr. Harano anyone would be cold if this is their job.

"Director Uzumaki will take over"

She watched as the one with the blonde hair stood up and eyes soften when he turn around. He's the most beautiful man she's ever seen. His jawline was chiseled, blue eyes sunken but pretty, his face contoured with whisker like lines on each cheek. Is that why they call him Kyuubi she wonders. His eyes are scanning the room hardly looking her, Uchiha and Yamanaka way.

"Today's assessment is issued in response to our new field operations profiler position. You'll have an hour to complete" he said before taking his seat again and opening the MacBook. She opened her own and began to take the test.

It was surprisingly easy. If you take out all the murder and details. She's good with peoples behaviors on paper it's all she studied at college. It's just very intimidating to be in a room filled with people who are one hundred times better at it than you with real experiences catching real bad guys.

After the test Agent Yamanaka takes her to meet the brain, head, shadow, Kyuubi, Batman, and Robin. She winced at her inner joke. This job is way too serious for her.

Agent Shikamaru Nara. Doesn't shake their hand but nods at them.

"Don't mind him he's just lazy a lazy smarty-pants" Yamanaka laughs then straighten her face.

"Director Uzumaki" she says and Hinata is blown away at her change in demeanor, he walks from doctor Harano and the Sr Director.

Oh, My! He's more intimidating than she thought. His marched over to them seem to be the most insufficient thing he could be doing right now.

"I hear you and agent Uchiha are acquainted. This is Agent Hyuuga the new communication specialist".

He doesn't offer to shake her hand she's blushing too shy to reach out for his. Her eyes are sunken into the socket as she looks up at that tan face. Kyuubi she thinks.

"Hello It's an honor Director Uzumaki" She says it comes out too light and feathered.

He nods at her existence before looking past her.

"Agent Uchiha you'll be working closely with myself and Captain Hyuuga since your hybrid for our well oil machine"

"It's an honor Director Uzumaki" Sasuke mocks her, and she's gone redder mortified. She could see the Director close his eyes in amusement, but he doesn't smile a blush comes to his tan cheeks, and she feels like a fool before his eyes shoot back open, and she quickly looks away. That damn Sasuke.

"Follow me" he tells him, and they walk away she watches them go and noticed they become more relaxed. With one another.

Her eyes watch his backside from head to toe, and she swallows before a step of a heel makes her step out of it. She jumps and turns to Doctor Harano blazing eyes.

She's pissed!

"Perhaps taking a picture will make it last longer. Are you here to flirt with men or help victims Agent Hyuuga".

"Help victims. Sorry Doctor Harano".

She nods at her. "Ino has done the best she could, but she's sort of the frontal lobe of our well oiled machine, and she work wonders for us when were away so that means you'll be under my supervision. Things may seem slow but when the next victims exhibited patterns in their deaths we will be called. I want you to study your job description our previous Liaison has left you memo on what to do but I also want you to go get your passport".

That was so much to take in. She's her trainer? Her ? She wanted Yamanaka back! How does she know she doesn't have a passport.

The doctor step closer and in front of her. "I profiled you and Ino looked it up. If we had a case right now you'll be forced to stay here, and we'll have no communication with the media, victims or media and that's kind of important. Your important and probably for the first time in your life so get use to it. Go home get off of billable hours your not paid to be unprepared. I also suggest you go get yourself a weapon. Your not required like our officers, but we deal with a bunch of evil sick and twisted individuals who would take those pretty eyes of yours and put them in jars, so I suggest the next time you do a victory dance in the parking garage for having this job. Don't".

She's all but in tears all she could do was nod and fast walked out of there she's even more embarrassed when she sees Agent Uchiha, Nara, Yamanaka, Director Hotake and Uzumaki all witness Dr. Harano break her down like that. She rushed past them and went to the garage to her car.

The Dr stood there and rolled her eyes. The Agent was almost reduced to tears in front of her superiors. She won't last here.

"Sakura that was a bit harsh"

She feels like her brain is being fried at his dark word dragging voice. Her green eyes flew to him, and she had a frown on her lips.

Marching to him and Naruto.

She looked up at him. "Agent Uchiha you are to address me by Doctor Harano and nothing else" she hissed at him before marching out of there.

Hinata cried all the way home and started to type her letter of resignation.

She didn't want to do this. The images she saw today and Dr. Harano. Damn it all. She stopped mid typing and sat back in her chair. She wasn't a gloomy person who wanted the life suck out of her because of a job. Then again she needed the experience and if she does get her doctorate degree she could find a new job. She'll be cut off in 6 months from her father. She needed this job. Her eyes wandered to her pen cup, and she saw the little pink ninja hanging from a hunter's knife. Her eyes soften at that. Her sister gave it to her.

She couldn't quit. Hanabi's bento was still in their fridge. She sighed and grabbed her keys. Her destination to get her passport.