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A/N; sorry for the long wait, had to catch up on school work. Anyway hope you enjoy this chapter.

Chapter Four

Neji Hyuuga watched the interaction between the visitors with interest. That the blonde, Naruto, was the leader was obvious when you knew what to look for. It was in the way the other two acted around him, but not only that, the blonde had an air about him. Power rolled off of him in waves. Not to mention when he spoke his unusually husky voice made anyone pay attention.

Neji took the time to study the trio more. They were all dressed pretty causally. Naruto wore a pair of dark jeans and an orange t-shirt. The color seemed to set of his tan skin and brilliant blue eyes perfectly. Itachi was dressed similarly except for the colors. He was dressed in all black. And Sasuke was dressed in black jeans and a dark blue t-shirt.

But what intrigued him the most was the interaction between Naruto and Sasuke. Itachi was more aloof than the others, while Naruto and Sasuke seemed particularly close. You could see it in the way that they were sitting. Naruto was casually leaning up against the wall, one leg drawn up, while Sasuke was leaning against the blonde's side. Naruto had, at some point during their conversation, casually thrown an arm around the younger Uchia's shoulders.

He didn't seem to mind having Sasuke close. Neji then remembered what Naruto had said about pack structure. Submissives were usually kept around as pets, because they had no status among the other pack members. He frowned, but that didn't seem to be the case with them, though.

Neji looked back over towards Naruto to find curious blue eyes watching him. Naruto had noticed him frowning apparently.

"I actually do have a question. What exactly is the relationship you all share? You said something about pack status and I wondered where you guys fell into that category."

Naruto laughed. "You're curious about the way we interact with each other aren't you?" Naruto paused, after receiving a slightly embarrassed nod from the other, he continued, "As I already told you Sasuke was only five when he was attacked. Still only a pup when he first turned. The reason we are so close was because I was there to teach and look after him. I taught both of them everything they needed to know about pack life. He looks to me as an older brother/best friend."

"What do you mean by pup?"

Naruto laughed again, "What I meant was that he was still immature and very playful. Not to mention very clingy towards his alpha."

"Meaning you?"

Naruto nodded, "hai."

It was Officer Hiragashi that spoke up next, "Now that we've got all of that technical stuff out of the way, it's time to get to the real reason that I called you down here."

Naruto cocked his head and asked, "The case, right?"

Officer Hiragashi nodded, "that's right. The main reason that I called you here is because this case is so much similar to yours."

Neji looked at Naruto curiously, "your case?" he asked.

Naruto looked a question at the officer. She shook her head, no he doesn't know about your wife, the look said.

Naruto turned his attention back towards the detective and answered, "Three years ago Sasuke, me, and our group Devils Advocates were performing a concert, when a piercing pain hit me. My mate was in trouble. I jumped on my bike and headed straight home. I found the door unlocked and my mate didn't answer when I called to her.

"I slowly made my way through the house. It stunk of blood, fear, jealously, and something else that I couldn't identify. I carefully searched every room and house, still no sign of my mate. I found her in the nursery; it was the last room I looked in. She was sitting in the rocking chair, covered in blood…" Naruto trailed off.

Itachi took up the story soon after that. "Sasuke and I left the building soon after Naruto did. We followed him home, by then we had figured out what had happened. Naruto only acted like that when one of the pack members was in danger. We knew that his mate was expecting.

"When we got to his place, we found the door open. I went in first, and then Sasuke followed me. We found both of them in the nursery. Ayame, his mate, was in the chair covered in blood. Someone had cut open her body and removed the baby. Naruto was standing over the crib, staring at the baby inside it. He was dead already, way too young to have been born now…" Itachi trailed off as well.

Officer Hiragashi spoke next, "There's no need to continue. We know all we need to, besides there are still the other cases that we need to go over."

Naruto's voice was still shaky when he asked, "How many cases are there?"

Neji was the one who answered, "Two others besides yours. That makes a total of three."

Naruto looked shocked, "three?" Neji could hear the disbelief in his voice.

Neji nodded. "Anytime we think we have a lead or a witness, they disappear. The crime scenes are hard to read. Something attacked those people, but we can't tell what it was that did it."

Naruto frowned, "do you have any pictures of the scenes?"

Officer Hiragashi nodded, "hai, they are with the rest of the evidence our teams collected."

Naruto looked at her, "any chance that we can see them?"

Officer Hiragashi smiled, "does that mean you take the case?"

Naruto looked at Itachi and Sasuke before nodding. "Sure, why not."

A/N; I know it's short, but the next chapter will be much better. I just had to post something, so I thought that this was better than nothing. Forgive any errors. Read and Review. Ja Ne