A/N: Sorry there was a bit of hiatus on this one. I just chose to take some time to write in advance rather than chapter by chapter.

Reunions

I stared down Sasuke through the sight of my KPD issued Glock 40, sneaking a quick glance at a now passed out Naruto on the ground. I guess the idiot couldn't pick up on all the indicators this guy was giving off. Troublesome.

"Hn, not feeling woozy yet Shikamaru? Somebody must be hitting the sauce pretty hard lately to resist this strong a drug." Sasuke said, shaking a small pill bottle full of unidentified powder he held in his hands.

"I wouldn't be so sure Sasuke. " Without taking my eyes off him, I picked up my cup up from the kitchen counter, and downed the rest of it in a couple gulps. "I Took the liberty of switching out our cups when you took the time to stare of at that sad family display you have over there. I could smell whatever the hell you spiked it with as soon as I went to take my first sip. Everyone knows you don't do sweets, so cream and sugar was out of the question." I felt a small smirk sneak its way on to my face. "Checkmate."

Sasuke stared back at me with an air of irritation and impatience. "You have no idea what you're getting into here Nara. Just take this idiot and leave if you know what's good for Kohnoa." He stood tall and firm with his fist clenched at his sides.

"This doesn't concern you!"

"How about you leave the safety of this city to the police. The KPD can handle anything slime like you have to throw at us. So, tell me." I undid the safety as I primed my weapon.

" Who killed Kiba?"

Sasuke put his hands up. "Let's just take a minute here. I'm just as surprised to hear about Kiba's death as you were. It's not what you think…" His hands stayed up as his eyes stopped focusing on me and moved to the floor.

"In fact, I'm the one funding his inner city movement."

"Bull shit. If that's true, then why was a knife from YOUR family found at the scene? Why drug Naruto? Insurance fraud? Extortion?"

"Nara I never expected you to perceive me as so shallow. Think about it." He lowered his hands to his pockets.

Man I must really not come off as intimidating anymore.

I lowered my weapon in response. The room only had one window, which I was currently next to, and one door that was behind me. He wasn't going anywhere if he tried.

"Enlighten me."

" Whoever killed Kiba… They have it out for me too. If you found that sticking out of his fucking ribs? Then what does that tell you." I could see the grief in his eyes now, he knew Kiba was in danger to begin with.

"They're coming for me. You too if you get to far into this." I ignored him as I gave Naruto a nudge with my foot. But he was out cold.

sigh*

"Well I suppose we'll just see. You're coming with me Sasuke." Just then a call came through on Naruto's phone, I fished it out of his pants pocket to see that is was the Commissioner Hatake.

I picked up, all the while keeping a watchful eye on Sasuke. "Kakashi? Send it."

"Nara? I called Naruto forever ago. Where are you two?"

"The Uchiha residence, requesting back up to transfer an unconscious officer and a suspect. What's so important that that you had to call?"

There's was a moment of silence on the other line. "Shikamaru you need to get out of there right now! there's just been conformation that Itachi Uchiha has escaped from the Northern Leaf prison."

"You're joking, right?" I raised an eyebrow at Sasuke. There's no way this could be a coincidence.

"Kakashi, send Lee and Choji over. I have Sasuke Uchiha in custody." I hung up and focused all my attention on Sasuke.

"Just so happened to be visiting Northside huh? You're under arrest for the aided escape of Itachi Uchiha. "

"Trust me man, you don't want to go down this rabbit hole."

I could feel myself smile, today might be interesting after all. "Well we're all mad aren't we?" If Sasuke found any amusement in my reference, he sure didn't show it.

"Well you're no fun." I cleared my throat so I could read him his rights, pulling my handcuffs out of my back pocket. "You have the right to remain silent, you have the right-" I unfortunately found myself in my own silence however when I noticed a black blade pressed firmly against my throat. Someone had gotten the drop on me, and Sasuke looked all too pleased about it.

"Well isn't this a drag. Who's got the balls to threaten a cop like this?" I didn't goad a response out the stranger, but Sasuke answered the question for me anyway.

"About damn time you made it big brother, we almost had another Uchiha in jail." Sasuke walked up and took the gun that I had slowly placed to my side. "You won't be needing that any more detective."

"Ahh. So really did aid in the escape of a murderer. Pathetic." Sasuke located my cuffs and my keys with ease.

So, the Uchiha brothers murder Kiba Inuzaka for what. Giving a fuck?" I could feel my blood boiling at the thought of these two doing in a good friend of mine. The evidence was all there, a Uchiha family blade, a missing Sasuke, an escaped murder. But something is was off. Way off.

"But it's never that cut and dry, right?" I kept my hands held idly by my head before Sasuke cuffed my hands in front of me with my own restraints.

"Nara, what's coming from this town isn't something you want to ever even think about being involved in. Just know that if we wanted you dead, you would be." I couldn't quite read Sasukes facial expression, but his words were calm. And his entire demeanor seemed nervous. These two weren't the only ones at play, and I needed to find out more.

"Are you going to let your little brother speak on your behalf, or do you have something worth adding Itachi?" I heard his throat clear as he paused before answering me.

"I think you know better than to provoke a suspected murderer Shikamaru. We have some important people to meet, so we should probably wrap this up." His latter statement directed at the younger of the two.

"Convicted. Convicted murderer. But you two don't seem to grasp that holding me at knife point isn't helping your case. Release me now and maybe things won't turn out so bad."

My bluff remained up in the air as sirens blared in the distance.

"Well I suppose we aren't finding out today. Until next time detective." Itachi dealt a blow to the back of my neck, bringing me to a fall on my face as I was unable to use my hands as support. As they rushed passed me through the front entrance I slowly gathered my wits and reached for Naruto's weapon. Cocking it and rushing quickly to the front door. By the time I stumbled my way to the foyer I could see Lee and Choji rushing toward me, weapons brandished and scanning the area.

"Quickly! Lee take the back, Choji go get Naruto." I got a dual sound of understanding as the two split up.

I made my way to the still running squad car and quickly turned on the radio as I dumped the armrest for a spare set of keys.

" Breaking News. Breaking News: Convicted Murder Itachi Uchiha has been sighted in South Konoha. Citizens are advised to stay in their homes and report any suspicious activity to the authorities. I repeat."

I cut the radio and immediately called Iruka.

" I need a list of known associates of the Uchiha family in the South district. ASAP."

"Give me five. Kakashi has informed me of the situation. Get Naruto to the hospital and standby for debrief."

But I was already working through scenarios as I hung up. There's no way in hell he'd be on the opposite side of the city, roughly three hours away and just now be noticed not even twenty minutes ago. Especially when the Uchiha estate was damn near on the outskirts of East Town. Something wasn't adding up, but I was for certain no one in the south district knew anything about it. But who ever held this escape a secret, did.

'Next stop, Leaf Penitentiary.'

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A/N: My little spout of revising is done, so you can expect an update pretty soon.

What's the Uchiha brothers motive? How'd Utachi escape? Why the hell does Sasuke NEVER like sweets in fan fics? Let me know what you think.

-ST