Disclaimer: I shudder to think how many times I will have to say this. "I do not own Naruto, or the manga would have shown whether Chouji and Neji died or not."

Thank you, reviewers! (too lazy to check names... heh. Shoot me.)

Oh yes... and I am quite sure if Gaara's eyes are emerald, if they aren't... tell me please, those of you who are die-hard fans of him. I'm pretty sure Tenten doesn't have a decided last name yet... and Rock Tenten doesn't sound that good... so I've decided to make Lee adopted. So Tenten will be... Sakami Tenten? Hehehe... that is all the Japanese I can remember right now, chopped off the "tama". If it means anything rude... tell me please.

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He gazed at the man across the desk. The brother of his hadn't slept for many weeks, and dark patches encircled his emerald eyes which glared back. Kankurou shivered a bit, and averted his gaze to the mahogany desk... the same color as the hair on Gaara's head... who's chilly voice ended Kankurou's sudden fascination in desks.

"You just came into my office to stare at me and my desk. Leave if there isn't anything important to tell me."

Kankurou placed several folders onto the desk mentioned above.

"The Orochimaru thing isn't going too well. Only two have been successful in abducting their targets. Temari are taking care of the failures."

"Will back-up be needed?"

"She should be able to handle them."

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Tenten's knees shook slightly inside her baggy khakis. The kunais in her pockets rattled against each other, giving away the fact that she had weapons stored. Tenten reached for several needles.

'Time to try out what Tsuchi taught me...' she thought, half heartedly throwing a belled needle and a plain needle at Temari, both blocked by the woman's fan.

"Is that all you can do? Honestly, Sakami Tenten.," laughed Temari as she took a gun out of the inner pocket of her Chanel dress suit, "did you think you could beat me with your simple weapons?"

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Neji slowly inched away from the women, towards the back of the couch while mentally logging her name... Sakami Tenten. Hiding himself from view, Neji reached underneath the sofa and groped around until he found what he was looking for. His own gun. He sprang up, and fired a shot into the ceiling.

Temari automatically pointed her gun at Tenten.

"Any moves, officer, and the girl goes down."

Much to her surprise and Tenten's dismay, he just shrugged. "Not my problem."

'That stupid stupid stupid man! What happened to his job? Protecting citizens? I can't just die like this!' she thought angrily. She took the chance and swept up her arm in one controlled swing, knocking the gun out of Temari's hand. Before the older woman could realize what was going on, Tenten dropped down to her knees and swung her leg out, causing her to lose her balance. Tenten held Temari's arms back and pinned her down, grinning triumphantly.

"Well, Temari, do you think I did well? What do you think it will be out of five?"

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'Well, fancy that. They have records of us on their police files... can't have that there for everyone to see. Delete.' thought Hinata as she moved the mouse and got rid of the evidence that would ruin their mission. She giggled lightly and shut off her computer.

Hinata cleared up the pile of paper on her desk and got up, ready to leave, when she heard voices down the hall. She looked at her watch. 6:07 pm.

'I thought Ino and I were the last ones here...' she thought as she got up to check who it could be. Shrieks of "You pervert!" could be heard... but what was scary was that it was a male voice. Hinata peeked her head out the door, and quickly stepped back as a two men ran down the halls. She caught a brief glance of the men: a blonde man in his early 20's, and a slightly older man with curiously silver hair. The blonde seemed to be holding a book, but she could be wrong.

Hinata stepped into the hallway and stared at the policemen wrestling at the end of hallway. The blonde seemed to be losing. Just as she was about to make a comment on their ridiculous behavior, he looked up at her and threw a small orange book at her.

"Catch!" he called.

She barely caught it with her fingertips, and leafed through the book. Her face wrinkled in disgust, and she whipped the book back at him. His silver-haired friend caught it and put it into the inner pocket of his jacket with a look of triumph.

"That is disgusting!" Hinata spat out, momentarily forgetting about her innocent act. She took a closer look at the couple.

One of them had long, spiky, bushy blonde hair, bright blue eyes, and was wearing what looked like an orange track suit. The other had long silver hair that quiffed up, a mask covering his mouth and nose, and wasn't as fashionably deprived as his friend.

The blonde one scowled lightly at her.

"You weren't supposed to give it back to him you know."

His comrade pushed him aside and said, "Hi, I'm Hatake Kakashi. This impudent little brat here is Uzumaki Naruto. And when someone tells you their name, it is good manners to tell them yours."

Hinata blinked and remembered her stuttering act.

"I-I'm Hyuuga H-Hinata, Mister Orochimaru's n-new assistant." She blushed slightly under Uzumaki's intense stare. Had he seen through her act?

'She likes me!' thought a delighted Naruto. He beamed at the retreating back of Hinata, who had gone back to her desk. Kakashi peered at the goofy smile on his younger friend's face, and smirked behind his mask.

"Come on, Romeo. We're supposed to be sorting out those files."

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There were three people on the other side of the door. Three very important people. One was important enough to be the target for an assasination plan.

'Our assasination plan,' grinned Ino. She was sitting at her desk outside of Tsunade's office, listening to her and to other men argue over something... bullet proof vests for the K9 unit? Ino snorted to herself. Imagine that, dogs wearing bulletproofed vests. They'll be weighed down!

She and Hinata had found some files to look over after everyone has left, tabs on all the important officers in Hong Kong that may throw a wrench in their gears. Ino thumbed at several folders on her lap. The "elders" in the office were once called the Legendary Three, feared by all criminals in this great city. That was more than thirty years ago. Now, they sport double chins, wrinkles, and greying hair.

'Jiraiya, captain of the big, showy, flashy SWAT, Tsunade, head of the small but important strategic department, and Orochimaru himself, head of investigation. I wonder if they are too old already to stay awhile and play.' Ino leaned back on her chair tried to listen to their conversation as best as she could through a wall.

Among the files that she took from the huge filing cabinet in Tsunade's office was information about all of their male victims, Hatake Kakashi, and Yakushi Kabuto. No one else looked important enough.

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End of Chapter 8.

Aii... sorry for not updating! I ran out of ideas right after the Tenten scene, and school started. I have a whole list of excuses too, in case you didn't believe those two XD. Laziness too. Hmm...

I may change the pairings later... NaruHina sounds pretty cute. We'll see!