A/N: My second entry to Naruto100's 'Modern Times' challenge. Couldn't resist.
Trigger
Naruto tried to steady his breathing, standing in the alley with his gun at the ready. Beside him was an old rusted-over door, but it was that door that he was guarding so fervently. If the raid was successful, hemight be coming out that door. 'He' being Orochimaru, leader of an infamous drug cartel. The man was the biggest crime lord in the region since the man known as 'the Kyuubi'. But for Naruto, it was personal.
Orochimaru had killed his police chief, Sarutobi, who had been like a father to Naruto. He had also killed more agents than any other. Orochimaru had been one of the most promising policemen when he was younger, along with Tsunade, now head of narcotics, and Jiraiya, head of riot squad. But when he had been passed over for the chief position, he had disappeared, taking with him several other agents. It wasn't until later that they found the dissected bodies in an underground lab and the organs all over the black market. But even worse than that, Orochimaru had taken away one of the few precious things in Naruto's life. His friend Sasuke.
Naruto blamed himself. He should have noticed the drugs disappearing from the evidence locket. He should have noticed Sasuke acting weird, making excuses, becoming distant. Sakura noticed, and she came to Naruto begging for his help. Sasuke had begun even rejecting his girlfriend, not just his friends and fellow agents. Naruto waited, hoping his friend would return to normal. He waited to long. By the time he was ready to go to Tsunade, then promoted to police chief, Sasuke had gone.
Drawing himself back into the present, Naruto went over the plan in his head. The S.W.A.T team, led by Jiraiya, would bust into the warehouse in the midst of the deal taking place. Tsunade and her narcotics squad would quickly apprehend the drugs, while the riot squad would subdue the resistance. If their criminal analysists were correct, Orochimaru wouldn't actually be at the deal. His right hand man, "Doctor" Kabuto, would be leading the deal, along with Orochimaru's newest prodigy… Sasuke. There was only one exit. Sasuke would come out this door.
At the strike of 2 am the gunfire sounded and the warehouse raid began. Naruto's heart was racing as he locked his eyes on the door. He checked his gun before the squeal of rust grated across the alley. First came the "doctor", toting two cougar magnums. Naruto hid himself in the shadows, waiting for his true objective. The squad outside the alley would take care of Kabuto. Then Sasuke shouldered his way out the door with an M203 in his grip.
His friend had changed so much. His hair had been dyed stark white and a strange x-shaped mark now adorned his face, which had been blackened. And with eyes distorted by some kind of drug, Sasuke turned to face his former partner. Sasuke smirked, cornered. Naruto closed his eyes and pulled the trigger.