Sage: Despite me saying it's a one-shot, I decided to make it multi-chaptered. Stupid mind…it was eating my head so I just decided make another chapter.
Disclaimer: If I own Naruto, Neji would have a cigarette and a blowgun (slow…and painful death…muahahaha!), Lee would have an assault gun, and Tenten would have a sniper. They'd become my gun gang! But I don't so be glad Naruto is still sane and I don't own it.
'…' Neji or Tenten doing voiceover
Hyuuga Neji, Detective
Chapter Two: Family Issues
The camera suddenly turned on with a flash. In front of the camera was a cameraman signaling it to work. He left and the camera was moving in front of the office of Hyuuga Neji, Detective! The camera entered the office to see two shadows on the floor. They were leaning against each other with a big blanket on. They snored abruptly as the beer bottles were clinking. The first shadow stirred as it was grabbing the blanket making the other shadow shiver. Then the other shadow grabbed for the blanket. Soon enough it was a tug of war between the two.
Creak…
"A-Am I-I interrupting something?" a quiet whisper came from the owner who opened the door.
The first shadow got up and pushed the second shadow down at the beer bottles. She yawned and rubbed her eyes. Her clothes were wrinkled, dribbles of drool were visible, and her jeans had stains of ketchup. She stretched out her arms and went into a nearby bathroom, got dressed, and went out to see the visitor
"Gomen nasai, it was a long night with the detective," Tenten yawned once more. The woman squeaked in horror but Tenten waved her arms in defense as she was widening her eyes
"No, no! We were playing darts!" The woman sighed in relief but Tenten was still twitching at the thought of…that.
"As if I would sleep with the jerk-" -Tenten
"Greatest! I'm the greatest!" -Neji
"You need a bigger vocabulary and another ego." -Tenten
"Neji wake up, you have another client," yawned Tenten as she slightly kicked him on the sides. The man stirred and stared up the woman at the front of the door. He got up and scratched the back of his neck. Neji was still woozy and his eyesight was deteriorating
"She was a dame! I knew she was the girl for me! She wore a tight blue dress with those red high heels. Her eyes were beautiful to look at and she-" -Neji
"She's your cousin," -Tenten
"Wait…what?" -Neji
Neji rubbed his eyes to see his timid cousin at the door. He yawned once more as he went into the bathroom, got dressed, then head out to check out his new client. His cousin…why would his cousin visit him?
"Gomen nasai Hinata-sama. I'm still a little tired from last night," Neji said while wearing his old brown hat. He sat back down on the desk as he leaned his chair back to set his feet on the table. His partner was standing next to him wearing the same outfit as Neji
"Say it. Bust three times while I got none (1). You owe me a dinner and a drink to boot," Tenten said with a tired smile as she tried to get her eyes open. She was leaning over the chair Neji was sitting. In front of them was Hinata fidgeting at the seat.
"I-Is this a b-bad time because I can always come back and-"
"No, no. I'm sorry you had to see us like this. We were celebrating last night," Tenten said with a crooked smile. Neji cleared his throat and put his hands together out on the desk. A game of darts with Tenten is never too good...especially if it carried on all night
"It has been a while since we last met Hinata-sama. What seems to be the problem?" Hinata placed her hands in front of her mouth as if she was nervous. Her head hung down low and gave her cousin a letter. With his left eyebrow cocked up, Neji gradually grab the letter and read the letter out loud
"'If you do not break your marriage between you and officer Inuzuka, someone will end up dying at the altar. Mark my words, I will finish my job'" Neji's mind buzzed. Who would want to break their marriage? He'd known officer Inuzuka for a few years. Kiba did have many enemies considering him being a police enforcer but Neji doubted they'd break out of jail. Besides, this was more personal toward their relationship than toward Kiba.
"Hinata-sama when is your wedding?" Neji leaned closer with interest
"Why wasn't I invited?" -Neji
"You are." -Tenten
"What?" -Neji
"Your invitation is in the pile of paper you never bother to file," -Tenten
"Mental note: get Tenten to file paper." -Neji
"Next week," she quietly said. Neji nodded his head as he yawned. Satisfied of what she just said"It was only two words you twit!" (Tenten), he waved his cousin off with a tiring sigh
"That'll be it, thank you. I know your number and where you live. We'll talk again," Hinata stood up and bowed goodbye before leaving. Neji leaned back again with another sigh while Tenten stood quiet
"So, our only clue is this letter. Do we have a plan?" Neji said. He didn't hear a response and that made him twitched. He stood up and moved the chair forward making Tenten fall flat down on the floor
"Itai!" Neji sighed and waved Tenten off.
"We have a case," Tenten got up and stretched her arms out
"We only had two hours of sleep detective. It won't do us much good to the case if we're tired," The two was silent thinking of a way to figure it out.
"Wendy's?" suggested Tenten. Neji thought about it and nodded.
"Wendy's." The two grabbed their trench coat, headed out for the door, and drove to the fast food restaurant
"I call driver," Tenten's voice cried out as the camera in the room was turned off.
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Suddenly the camera turns on but it was placed in a smaller room. The camera moved forward to the door. The cameraman opened the door and the camera entered in. It showed the two detectives on the floor eating a burger with fries.
"Looks here we have three suspects," Tenten said. Neji and Tenten finished their food as they threw away the wrapper and looked at the documents Tenten laid out on the floor
"First guy is Uzumaki Naruto,"
"Wasn't he in the earlier case?" -Neji
"Yeah. He's Sakura's best friend," -Tenten
"Damn that guy always gets himself into trouble," –Neji
"What's the relation between Naruto and the relationship of Kiba and Hinata?" Neji asked.
"Hinata's ex-boyfriend. Dated for a month before Kiba whisked her off. Though the two were on friendly terms and Naruto is currently dating the Yamanaka heiress, the young boy swore he would get her back," Neji picked up Naruto's profile
"He doesn't have a criminal record though does have a few enemy listed here." Tenten nodded. She went to the second suspect
"Second is Hyuuga Hanabi," Neji's left eyebrow cocked up
"Hinata's sister?"
"She does have a criminal record for getting into fights without reasons. Officer Kiba took her down on her crime spree," Neji wondered into that while stroking his chin as if he was in deep thought.
"She doesn't have anything against their relationship does she?" Tenten shrugged
"She doesn't like Hinata and Kiba that I know." Tenten picked up the last suspect's profile and grimace
"Aburame Shino,"
"That's Kiba's partner and best man. Why would he be against them?"
"I think he freaks me out," Neji glared at her at her illogicality, "Tenten that's not a reason for him to be a suspect,"
Tenten rolled her eyes, "I know Neji. There were rumors in the station that the Aburame fellow had…feelings for her,"
Neji snorted
"Was that feeling in his pants?" he said sarcastically. Tenten punched him on the shoulder while glaring at him. Neji ignored her glare and her punch. "So once again, the prime suspect is Uzumaki Naruto. I'll call Hinata and we'll meet her there," He was about to pick up his cell phone until it rang
We are fighting dreamers! Takami wo mezashite, Fighting Dreamers!
"Moshi moshi?" Tenten stared at Neji for that weird ring tone as he was talking on the phone
"Tenten, my ring tone is not weird!" -Neji
"(snorts) It isn't ordinary, I'll say that!" -Tenten
"We were just about to call you Hinata-sama," Neji said in the phone. Neji's eyes then widen when he heard Hinata. "We'll be right there,"
Neji hung up and grabbed his trench coat and hat. Tenten felt alarmed
"What happened?" Neji tipped his hat. "Officer Kiba has been attacked. We should go now,"
Tenten nodded quickly. She took her coat and hat and left with the Hyuuga detective. Tenten threw the keys to Neji who started the engine. They both went in the car and drove to the Hinata's apartment. Neji broke down the door with Tenten sweatdropping in the background
"You didn't have to do that," –Tenten
"Dramatic effect," –Neji
"Daijoubu Hinata-sama?" Neji said as he got in the apartment. Kiba was lying on the couch as Hinata wiped the blood off on his mouth. Kiba threw a dirty look at Neji and complained to the detective.
"What about me?"
"You're fine officer," Kiba's glare stood. Neji looked at the scene and whispers to them
"What happened?" Hinata, who was still holding Kiba, began to explain
"Kiba and I were planning the reception when a black out occurred. Kiba-kun went downstairs to get the candles but I heard a gun shot out. I hurried in but I could only hear punches being blown. I was terrified but then…" Hinata hesitated. Neji urges for her to go on
"The lights turn back on but the man in black left. I grabbed Kiba to the living room and called you." Hinata's eyes travel down to the ground. "But I saw the man's eyes…they were baby blue,"
Suddenly the two detectives' minds clicked at the same time as they were both looking at each other. "Hinata-sama, we think it's Naruto," A shock overcame Hinata as she shook her head furiously
"No, it can't be!" Neji looked down on the ground and sighed. Tenten took over and said, "Hinata, you can't trust anyone but us and Kiba now. We will finish this case unless you cancel the wedding,"
Hinata stared down at Kiba whose eyes were pleading at her. Her eyes were full of tears and nodded
"The wedding will go on," Kiba sighed in relief. Tenten nodded at the couple and motioned Neji to come into the kitchen. Neji followed willingly.
"The letter did have a fingerprint. We could always compare it to Naruto's," Tenten suggested but then her hope was shot down when Neji shook his head no. "It was a partial fingerprint plus we don't have any evidence against him. Just because Hinata saw his eyes doesn't mean anything. I have a plan,"
This time, Tenten's left eyebrow cocked up. Neji smiles at her just before he grabs her hand and lead out of their apartment. He tipped his hat at his cousin and her fiancée
"I will see you two…at the wedding," Neji smile turned into a smirk at the two. Kiba snorted and said,
"You better pay for the damage to Hinata's door,"
"Put it on Tenten's bill,"
Tenten shot a glare at Neji who was smiling innocently at her. He went inside of his car with his partner on the side. Tenten smirked at her while cocking her head to the right amusingly. "So mister detective what is the plan?"
His smirk came back on.
"Let's discuss it over dinner."
End
(1) – In a game of darts, you either start with 301 (round one) or 501 (round two) or 1001 (round three) then it goes down from there. You only get three darts per round so when you finish three darts it'll go to your opponent. You have to lose exactly 301/501/1001. So let's say we're playing 301 and my score is…4 and I hit an 8. That's call a bust or "Going over" plus the tricky part is to win is you have to land on a double. If my score is 4 I have to go to the number 2 area and shoot for a double (or go to the number 1 area and shoot for a double four times). You can't go over 0, it has to be exact, and it has to be on the double area. Tough game and addicting. Play it all night for only three rounds.
Sage: I will fast forward to the wedding in the next chapter. I thought it'd be nice just to end it here…I think. Anyways…yeah these voiceovers are a bit OOC but can't help it. Think of it as an inner voice…like Sakura's. Right so is Naruto the culprit? Well I can't spoil it haha. This wedding case will be an interesting twist of turn. Who knows? I'll add in some random stuff. By the way just because Neji and Tenten think it's Naruto doesn't mean it is. By the way, Lee and Gai will appear. Why? Because damn it Team Gai is my favorite team and they should not be separated! Forget the Wendy's part, I was hungry and I wanted to add in humor. Anyways ciao for now, I'll probably get ideas from forensic files...or some other court tv shows.
