Chapter 1

Throughout the years since my family left, I have taken up residence with a friend,Shikamaru Nara, a strategist in Konoha's police force and a renowned cloud watcher and lazy ass.His family has kindly let me stay with them and have even made me a room of my own.

This all comes at a price though- the cost burns my reputation as a hard boiled cop- I have to clean the whole house every Saturday while wearing Shikamaru's mother's apron ("to keep away the germs" she says but I know that she just wants to see me, the man who has the biggest fan group in town wearing a pink frilly apron that says kiss the cook on it).

Uzumaki Naruto, my friend has currently been working on building a restaurant with his boss, Ichiraku, his boss' daughter Ayame, and her fiancé-a chef- named Akimichi Choji.

Naruto lives in a small apartment that Ichiraku gives to each of his unrelated workers, so far Naruto is the only one.While Naruto is a loyal worker who is happy with is meager apartment, small pay the only lets him have enough money to buy the clothes in the clearance aisle that are on sale and with a coupon and look sort of like a prisoner's orange outfit (breathbreath), Choji works at the small Ichiraku Ramen Bar only for Ayame and plans to work in the new restaurant Itakadamisu once Naruto has finished building it.

Sasuke Uchiha. There are many things I could say about him. Arrogant, selfish, bastard. But I won't because I can already sense boredom with you people. Damn Sasuke Uchiha. He would be the one I lived with and that was what was supposed to happen, but his brother Itachi, a bandit with a large bounty on his head, killed his family and left Sasuke alive. Sasuke now won't anyone go into his house and became a bounty hunter so he could kill Itachi. Most people think he is gay but he swears that he will rebuild his tribe and I'm pretty sure that the guy doesn't mean for himself to get pregnant. (A/N That sounded weird..)

Across the street from the sheriff's office is the saloon, Haruka House. Its manager is Baki of the Sand, a long time ago, maybe ten years, Baki and his sons, Gaara and Kankuro, came to town as stragglers from a trade caravan that had been attacked by bandits.

Baki works as the bartender and is a reasonably good man. Apparently he had a daughter too, but she was taken away by the bandits, she was ten. Baki works as the bartender.

Kankuro, his eldest son at eighteen years, is a pervert. He likes to hit on all the woman at the saloon. Once they had dancing girls and he went into their dressing room. The girls tied him up an put purple lipstick on him and to avoid the embarrassment he said it was a fashion statement and now he wears it all the time.

Gaara, Baki's youngest son at sixteen years, was traumatized by the caravan incident and his sisters kidnapping. He seems like a tough gangster and he somehow got himself a tattoo that says

'love" placed on his forehead. Gaara and Naruto have been friends since they found their way into Konoha. Gaara also has a thing for being out in the desert alone, Naruto once went with him and claims he spends the time making sandcastles.

Now that that's finished lets see the WANTEDlist. There is the usual (I'm a deputy, I know these things). Orochimaru, murderer pedophile rapist theft other. Kabuto murderer theft accomplice to Orochimaru.Zorak, false-advertising (DUN DUN DDDUUUNNNN!!!). This ones new. A priestess and her escorts have gone missing during their travels. All suspicious activity will be reported. No picture or anything, real informative…

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Ninuri: Hi! Tenten comes in in the next chapter! Should Shikamaru's pairing be Ino or Temari? Please Review. No flames… They make me sad.