Chapter 2 – Briefing

The Osprey Sasuke was on touched down on an aircraft carrier, the weird thing about this one was that it had two runways, one facing in the normal direction, the other one below, and facing the sea at a sixty five degree angle.

"Welcome aboard the United," U.S. Navy Captain Tsunade said as she walked up to Sasuke as he stepped off the Osprey.

"Captain Tsunade," Sasuke said as he held his hand out to Tsunade, "Good to finally meet you ma'am."

"And you as well," Captain Tsunade said as she shook it, "Follow me."

Navy Captain Tsunade was a cougar, five-foot-ten, very curvaceous, short blonde hair, and when on duty she always wore a short-sleeve white and blue Navy sailor's short-sleeve button-up shirt with a white Navy sailor's skirt with a blue line around the bottom of her skirt. She also wore a set of black stockings with black high-heels. On her head was always a Navy sailor's cap.

Tsunade led Sasuke below deck where Lee had set up shop, "Lee," Sasuke said as he stepped on deck.

"Sasuke," Lee said as he turned around, and slapped Sasuke on the shoulder, "Good to see you."

"Now that we're reunited, it's time to meet the rest of the team." Tsunade said.

Tsunade led Sasuke downstairs where the rest of the team the U.N. sent was located, "Captain on deck," one of the sailors exclaimed.

The sailors shot into attention, "At ease," Tsunade said as she stepped up onto the platform, and three others rose, "Allow me to introduce your team."

"Let me guess," Sasuke said as he walked up to one of the team members, a six-foot-one blonde male with blue eyes, "Naruto Uzumaki, MI-6 Liaison, twenty seven years old, British Royal Marine for two years before being recruited into British Intelligence."

"That's me," Naruto said as he held his hand out to Sasuke who shook Naruto's hand.

Sasuke then walked over to a five-foot-one Caucasian female with bubblegum-pink hair and jade green eyes, "This lovely young woman must be Sakura Haruno, C.I.A. Liaison, twenty seven, been in the Agency for… six years am I right?"

"Yes," Sakura said as she held out her hand to Sasuke who kissed it.

Sasuke then walked over to the final team member, a five-foot-three Caucasian/ Chinese mixed female with solid purple eyes and dark purple, almost black hair dressed in a Chinese Military uniform.

"And finally, Captain Hinata Hyuuga," Sasuke said, "Chinese Secret Police, was born and raised in an area of China where only girls are born. Grew up wanting to see action, so after joining the Republic of China Army, your training captured the eye of Chinese Intelligence, and you were instantly implanted into their ranks."

"That's right," Hinata said as she held out her hand which Sasuke shook.

"That seems like almost every powerful person here," Sasuke said, "But where is the fifth?"

"What do you mean?" Tsunade asked.

"With this kind of threat I'm surprised Russia hasn't sent a delegate." Sasuke said.

"Russia is sending a delegate," Tsunade said, "He just hasn't arrived yet."

"She has now," a Russian female voice said as a five-foot-four female Russian entered dressed in a Russian Military uniform.

"You must be First Lieutenant Ino Yamanaka," Sasuke said as he looked at her, "The blonde hair and light purple eyes told me, long story short, you were raised in a Russian Military family, and instead of joining the Russian Military, you joined the GRU."

"Indeed," Ino said, "Good to meet you Mr. Uchiha."

"I'm due back on the bridge," Tsunade said, "Later."

As soon as Tsunade left, Sasuke raised a question, "Alright," Sasuke said as he placed his hand on the touch-screen table in front of him, "Talk me through this."

"It's very simple," Lee said as he entered, "The MIS is a state of the art computer system that can interface with any computer around the world."

"Plus back-door entrance into the interface for the C.I.A., N.S.A., MI-6, GRU, MSS, United Nations computers," Sakura began, "And facial recognition with all those agencies, plus Interpol, MI-5, D.E.A., and all other agencies."

"Aside from the MIS you also have access to all kinds of weapons," Naruto said, "From all over the world."

"Good," Sasuke said, "When do we start?"

"After the standard procedure," Lee said as he brought down a small case, "Captain Tsunade wanted me to bring you these," Lee reached into the case, and pulled out Sasuke's Colt Model 1911 .45 handgun, "Here's your gun back," Sasuke took his gun from Lee's hand, and slid it into the holster on his belt, "Now for the real fun," Lee pulled out a pair of night-vision goggles that would strap around Sasuke's head, "Mk V Night vision goggles with face-strap, five different modes, night vision, inferred, sonic, thermal, and x-ray."

"Bullshit," Sasuke said as he took the goggles, placed them against his eyes, and switched through the visions, "This thing doesn't have," Sasuke switched over, and switched to x-ray, getting a view of Sakura's cherry-red Victoria Secrets strapless Dream Angle bra, and cherry-red Cotton Lingerie Lace-Waist thong, "Oh…" Sasuke lowered the goggles, and looked at them, "It does, nice feature," Sasuke handed it back to Lee, "What else you got?"

"Just put the finishing touches on this," Lee said as he pulled out a small hand-sized drone, "There's enough power in this little thing here," Lee pointed toward a small mini-rocket launcher-looking thing, "To knock a man out for twelve hours."

"Nice," Sasuke said, "Controls?"

"Right here," Lee said as he pulled out a small remote that was attached to a wrist-pad, "You control with your fingers, and you fire the singer by tapping your finger on the pad."

"Sweet," Sasuke said, "Where to first?"

"We'll have to do a little more research," Naruto said, "But I'm certain somewhere in the Middle East."

"There's a seventy-five percent chance you're right," Sasuke said, "But then again we could be looking at an international incident if you're wrong."

Sasuke walked to his quarters which were right next to Tsunade's, as he put his bags down he pulled out his violin that his father left him before he died.

It was a cherry-wood Stradivarius violin named The Red Sakura (the red cherry-blossom) that he played during his time in the New York philharmonic.

After Sasuke's father passed away due to a car accident in New York when Sasuke was seven and his brother was nine, Sasuke's mother, Mikoto Uchiha was a Broadway actress and well-known fashion designer and model.

Sasuke took lessons to try and get his father's job one day, but fate took it's turn, and gave Sasuke his job as a United Nations Investigator.

Sasuke placed the violin underneath his chin, placed the bow against the string, and began playing something he wrote himself he called The Gates of Avalon.

Soldiers need something to relieve the stress, for Sasuke it was playing the violin.

Tsunade was in the shower, and she could hear Sasuke's playing through the wall.

As soon as she turned off the water, she heard the music much better, and she was loving it.

As she dried herself off, slid on her underwear, and threw on her plain light yellow cloth tee-shirt, she picked up the picture of Kakashi, and started to spin around with it.

Sakura was next door to Sasuke, and heard the music from next room over.

Sakura was dressed in her cherry-red Cotton Lingerie Lace-Waist thong and cherry-red cotton tee-shirt reading a magazine article about Sasuke's adventures in Libya, she was one of his greatest admirers: she liked his kind, strong and determined to do whatever it takes to get the job done.

The next day, Sasuke walked into the command center where Naruto was waiting.

"Morning Sasuke," Naruto said, "By the way did you hear that violin music last night?"

"Heard it," Sasuke asked, "I played it."

"You played that?" Sakura asked as she entered.

"I play the violin to ease the stress," Sasuke said, "My father was a player in the New York philharmonic."

"He died in a car crash didn't he?" Hinata asked as she entered.

"Yes, yes," Sasuke said, "Now as soon as Ino gets here let's start this meeting."

"I'm here," Ino said, "Start the meeting."

"Alright," Naruto said as he tapped on the screen, "Turns out my hunch was right," the screen showed a bird-eye-view shot of Damascus, "We're heading to Syria. One of MI-6's deep-cover operatives has detained a subject with intel on Hawaii, but they refuse to say anything until my contact says anything to him."

"So what's the hold up?" Sasuke asked.

"Guy's name is Spencer Marksis," Lee said, "Does that mean anything," Sasuke's eyes fell to the table.

"Hold on a minute," Sakura said as she looked at Sasuke, "Sasuke, you know this guy?"

Naruto slid his hand across the table, revealing Spencer's picture, "Son of a bitch," Sasuke said, "He's our only connection to whoever's behind this fucked up shit, I'm not trusting this to the Agency."

"Who is Spencer Marksis?" Lee asked.

"Spencer Marksis is a war criminal," Sasuke said, "Out of ten terrorist organizations in the world, Spencer's worked for nine out of ten terrorist organizations. He's a black-market supplier, bomb maker, and gunman. His actions led to the death of half my team back in the Congo."

"Damn," Lee said, "How's he still alive?"

"He's got connections," Sasuke said, "At least one person in every country all over the world owes him a favor, European mafia bosses, third world terrorists, anyone that would like to see soldiers like us out of business. Show me the house."

Naruto swiped his hand across the screen.

"Oh shit," Hinata said, "That's bad."

"I know," Lee said, "Bad neighborhood."

"Naruto, you served as a sniper while in the Navy," Sasuke said, "I want you on over-watch."

"I've found the best sight-line, here," Naruto said as he tapped his finger against the screen, putting his finger on top of a building overlooking the safe-house.

"Grab an Mk 12 SPR sniper rifle," Sasuke said, "When on the ground keep your eyes focused on the objective."

"Got that." Naruto said.

"Lee, we need something that blends, try and find us something." Sasuke said.

"Got that." Lee said.