The last chapter ended nicely, didn't it? Don't worry, you'll have your heaping of NejiTen in this chapter! I am willing to accept ideas, so please, review! Thanks for all who did review last chapter, and I hope everyone enjoys chapter 5!
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters, just this plotline.
"We were running on the trail this morning after the ground was dry again, and I needed to tie my shoe laces, so I kneeled down. When I was kneeling, I saw a finger, so I looked in there and saw that body." The runner said, looking at Tenten and Neji as they were talking to him.
"Thank you for your cooperation, we will call you if we need any more of your help." Tenten said, then nodding her head at him.
"Neji, what do you think of this?"
"I don't know, let's see what Sasuke and Sakura have so far."
"She died of suffocation, but I don't know how, because there were no signs of a gag or finger markings on her neck. This guy is smart though, because he put bleach all over her purse and such, making all of his finger prints off, and the rain washed off any fingerprints he had on her." Sasuke said, pointing to the things, as he explained it.
"And also, she was killed around 12:00am to 1:30 am, judging by her temperature and state. She also seems to have been dressed nicely, so that must mean that she was probably on a date, and that person must have killed her." Sakura added, making the two nod in agreement.
"What have you gotten, Naruto?"
"Well, Hinata-chan and I looked around, and guess what we found? A bottle cap under her purse, which gotta have a fingerprint on it!" he exclaimed, making Hinata blush a little.
"Good job." Was all Neji said, and then he walked away.
"Alright, bring the body back, and we will discuss this soon."
Eight heads were put together around a circular table and was all discussing one thing in hushed tones.
"She can't possibly think of taking him in." Ino whispered, looking at the others.
"It doesn't look like it…"Shikamaru said, and then the others started responding.
"What are you guys doing?" Tenten said, as she stood on the doorway with her hands on her hips with Neji behind her, looking slightly uncomfortable.
"The question is what were YOU doing with Neji there?" Kiba asked, making the rest of them look at her questionably, and the two of them were staring back with their eyebrows raised.
"We were discussing about our new recruit. Meet, Akio." She said, as they stepped away to reveal a man, that was older than all of them, in camouflage pants and a blue jacket that didn't match at all.
Kiba and Naruto yelled "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO" simultaneously, while Ino and Temari wrinkled her nose in disgust, Sakura and Sasuke closed their eyes, as if imagining it wasn't true, and Shikamaru just put his head down on the table.
The two leaders sweat-dropped at their reactions, and told them all to get up.
"Hey guys, I have to go now, I am hungry!" Akio said childishly, then walking out the door.
"WHY DID YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT HIM!!?!?!?" the 8 of them yelled at their leaders, who were deep in conversation.
"Wait—they're in conversation, don't interrupt." Ino said, hushing them, as they leaned near the door frame where they were talking, and caught snippets of their conversation.
"Dinner….seven….formal…."
"Sure…that new Italian restaurant?"
"They're going out!" they exclaimed, even Sasuke, and fell backward anime style, as the two leaders walked out.
"Hey Neji…." Naruto started slyly, walking up to him and continued, "you didn't do my dare yesterday! Do it now!"
"Yea!" Kiba and Temari and Ino exclaimed, urging him on.
"Fine."
He looked around, leaned over, and kissed Tenten on the lips.
"I'm guessing they're going out now" Shikamaru said, and then walking over to the two of them, who were blushing furiously, and then yelled, "NO WE AREN'T, THE DINNER IS FOR WORK-RELATED THINGS ONLY!"
The eight grouped together somewhere else and said simultaneously, "We're going."
"Sakura and Sasuke can pair up and make it look as if they're out on a dinner, Naruto and Hinata can, and that leaves me, Kiba, Temari, and Ino." Shikamaru explained, already thinking of a plan.
"I'll go with you; we need to talk about the case." Ino added seriously, but on the inside she was blushing just a little.
"Thanks, for taking me out to dinner." Tenten said, as she ate her pasta.
"No problem." Neji said, "We needed to talk about the case anyways."
"Yep, now, I looked some things up, and found that there was been other cases like this."
"The girl has been raped, then she is suffocated, but there hasn't been a murder like that in two years."
"Yes, but I think that guy was about to be figured out, so that's why he waited for two years."
"We need to analyze all of the other victims, and see, what is it about them that this guy would want to kill them for…"
"Hey Tenten, why DID you accept Aiko?"
"Oh, I just think he may have potential here."
"Okay, so, I guess we decided what we're going to do?"
"Yep, now, let's eat, I'm hungry!" Tenten replied, biting down into her food while Neji chuckled.
"Neji's chuckling, this is bad…" Sasuke said to Sakura, as they were eating behind a plant that was covering them from Tenten and Neji's view.
"Why?"
"He never chuckles! He's all business!" He exclaimed, making Sakura raise an eyebrow.
"You're all business, and now you're exclaiming? That's even worse." She said, making him look at her with interest.
"Really, how do you know I'm not really like Naruto at heart?" he asked, leaning closer to her.
"Because, if you were, Hinata would be stuttering around you like how she does to Naruto." She said, leaning even close, so their noses were touching.
"I guess our doctors have a little date here…" Tenten said, looking at Neji, who gentlemanly hooked arms with her.
"I guess so…Uchiha…" Neji said, smirking at his doctor.
"How cute! Maybe, if they have a kid, their kid will be a genius at the medical stuff!" Tenten exclaimed with stars in her eyes.
"Hm that might actually happen…" he said, smirking at the blushing rosette and brunette.
"Oh well, have a nice time, and Sakura, don't do anything Ino wouldn't do." Tenten said as she walked away with a wink.
Sakura flushed a dark red, and Sasuke looked at her curiously, "What's so embarrassing?"
"Ino would do…a lot of things…" she replied, and instantly, he turned as red as she was.
"Thanks for taking me home today, Neji…" she said, as they were beside her door.
"No problem." He said, as she was opening her door.
"Bye…" was all she said, before giving him a kiss on the cheek, making him turn red.
Not much fluffiness in this chapter, but I got the SasuSaku established! Yay! Okay, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I will update as soon as possible!
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