"Speaking"
'Thinking'
AN: Oh because I never said it before (in either of my stories) I don't own Naruto! SO MANY TEARS!
Chapter 3
"FHSS…SSHF…HSSF…FSSH…SHFS…SFSH…H-"
"Shut the fuck up you moron!" shouted Sasuke as Naruto's constant rambling officially gave him a migraine. It was bad enough that the idiot was still talking about that stupid name thing but add the fact that he was working with dangerous chemicals to create a better grenade equaled nearly blowing up the building twice. "Can't you see that I could blow my fucking face off if I don't concentrate? Can't you annoy Sakura or something. Better yet go do your job and take your shift from Dad!"
The three youngest members of the now four man squad sat in the front room of Tsunade's Glass Menagerie. Behind them was a bar where Kakashi was sneaking shots of the expensive brandy and Jiraiya was counting money. In the back office Tsunade was asleep on her desk with a bottle of sake in hand. Sakura sat in a bright pink beanbag chair shining a chrome mini-bazooka she called Baby. Naruto had been laying down on a blue, suede sofa while pretending to shoot pedestrians walking by and shouting out possible name changes.
"Stupid bastard" mumbled Naruto as he stood and stalked off towards the back to see what his Dad was doing. He looked ahead and saw him literally throwing a couple of teenagers out of the alley. He approached him and clapped him on the shoulder. "You know that really hurts when you do that."
Iruka turned around and smiled. "Yeah you would know wouldn't you? I remember throwing you and Sasuke out maybe twice a day but you kept on coming back didn't you?"
"Well we were persistent little bastards back then."
"You still are. Not so little though. You guys were a lot younger than those punks though. God the pranks you used to pull!" Iruka grimaced remembering some of the tings they had done and Tsunade had made him clean up.
"We only wanted a bit of fun."
Flashback:
Iruka walked up and down the alley waving at girls as they passed by and pausing every so often to make sure men that were 'enjoying the show' intended on being customers. Suddenly a flash of yellow caught his eye from the very edge of his peripheral vision. He turned his head but it disappeared and he dismissed it as being the glare from the giant sign. It was brand new and he had no idea why his girlfriend insisted on buying it, he thought it would attract the cops and she had replied that she didn't mind as long as they brought their wallets too. Then a moving shadow had him making a complete 180 turn, nothing yet again and then a scream pierced the air. Iruka sprinted to action pulling out his gun, cocking it and running back towards the window front. He was greeted with the sight of two young boys, no older than eight, spray-painting some of the windows with words even he wouldn't say.
He silently walked up behind them and pulled them up by the collars of their shirts. The blonde one thrashed about cursing like a sailor and demanding to be put down. The raven-haired one hung with his arms crossed and scowled at the floor. "What are you two doing back here? Where are your parents?"
The blonde stopped thrashing and flashed a foxy grin. Iruka almost went blind from the sheer whiteness of his teeth. "Our Dad is kicking some poor suckers ass at the boxing ring. He's gonna be the champ!"
"Oh? And who is this boxer? My wife might no him. Come on, I'm gonna make sure you two know to never come back here." Iruka walked off and called another man over to him. "Hey Asuma! Take over for awhile will ya?" A man with bright blue hair that stood up from sheer gel power took a deep drag of his cigarette, nodded and walked towards the window front. "Kids you're in for a hell of a talking to." The two children gulped slightly as they were carried in through the back entrance.
Inside the lights were dimmed and it smelled heavily of scented candles and alcohol. Barely clothed woman walked by either counting money and stopping to aw at the kids or leading men upstairs. Iruka took a left right turn and walked into an office. Everywhere you looked there was metal. The desk and bookshelf were made of polished steel, the tiles of the floor were steel, and even the walls had steel plating. The walls were adorned with pictures that all had a similar theme: family. They were lined up in a row and from the beginning there was the same man. As the pictures went on he got older. They started with him and people who were probably his parents in front of a brick building that said Sarutobi Love Hotel, the next one was the boy only older with three children standing in front if him, the building had been updated and you could see the beginning of the glass boxes, the next was a picture of the same three children only in their teens; the only girl and the light blonde boy were holding up boxing title belts while the only raven haired boy was in a cap and gown holding a law school diploma and the man sporting white hair now, and the last was of the girl and light blonde boy standing next to the metal desk with a comforting arm around each other. Next to all the pictures were both title belts each in a glass case.
At the desk sat a barely older version of the blonde woman from the pictures. She raised a perfectly arched eyebrow and put down her pen as she saw Iruka put down the two boys. "Iruka why are there two little boys in my Dad's office?" asked the woman.
"Tsunade you know it's your office now right?" She smiled slightly. "…Well these two trouble makers were caught spray-painting some of the window fronts. Now I-"
"What the fuck possessed you two twerps to spray paint my windows!" shouted Tsunade as she rose from her chair and glared at the cowering children. "I ought to call the cops on you two! Honestly what were you thinking? How did you get back there anyway? Where are your parents?"
"Their Dad's a boxer," said Iruka
Tsunade perked up at that piece of information and her sneer turned to a smile of glee. "Really? Which one? Sato? Bohol? Mizuno? No? Am I getting close?" The boys shook their heads.
"Our Dad is Minato Namikaze. He's going up for the championship tonight," said the raven-haired one who had yet to speak until now.
"No way! That little punk? Boys your Dad probably hasn't mentioned me but I used to whoop his ass when he was training! Championship huh? Well if I know Minato he'll do great."
"Oh so you're grandma Tsunade!" chirped the blonde
"Why you little bas-"
"Tsunade! Don't be so mean!" scolded Iruka
"Whatever. Don't call me that again runt of I'll knock you out with the flick of my wrist."
"I'd like to see you try you old hag!" Naruto shouted before he ran from the office with a fuming Tsunade chasing him.
Iruka and the black haired boy stood there awkwardly watching the blonde pair jump over furniture and knock over women and customers. "Well I suppose I better get you two home. I actually know where your parents live. By the way what's your name?" said Iruka
"Hn. I'm Sasuke Uchiha-Uzumaki-Namikaze and my brother is Naruto Uzumaki-Namikaze," said the little boy (AN: In the future Sasuke will only use Uchiha and Naruto will only use Uzumaki and you'll see why soon.)
"Uchiha?"
"Yeah Naruto's parent's adopted me a two years ago."
"Ok well let's get you to home. Tsunade you can't smash that brandy bottle over the poor boy's head!" Iruka rushed off with Sasuke in tow.
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Later that night at the Uchiha-Uzumaki-Namikaze residence everyone was asleep. A man with wild blonde hair snuggled up to a petite red headed woman who slept soundly even with her husband's snoring. On the bedroom downstairs Naruto and Sasuke slept in the same bed covered by their Dad's robe that read: The Yellow Flash and used a pair of black boxing gloves as pillows.
Suddenly there was a crash as the door was busted in. Several men walked in with cocked guns at the ready. They wore all black to try and blend in with the dark of the night and checked all of the rooms.
"Minato. Minato honey wake up!" cried the woman
"Not now Kushina it's way too early," said the blonde man next to her
"Minato I think someone's breaking in we need to check on the boys." When Minato went on snoring, Kushina punched him in the head and sent the whining blonde downstairs as she pulled a knife from her side table drawer.
Now fully awake Minato steadily walked down the stairs and peered around the corner. He was greeted with the sight of his children, still dressed in his boxing clothes, tied up with duck tape around their mouths on the couch. The boys started screaming behind their tape and struggled to free themselves.
A few thugs ran at Minato to try and knock him out but were met with lightning fast punches that ended with them on the floor instead of their target. As Minato charged at the remaining thugs he was hit in the back of the head with a glass vase.
Outside it was now pouring rain and the streetlights were flickering on and off from the almost constant lightning. The door to a black stretch limo was opened and a man dressed in a pure white suit and shirt stepped out under an umbrella. His long brown hair cascaded over his shoulder and his steel grey eyes glowed with the lightning. He was lead upstairs and was pleased to see everything went as planned except for the few men still asleep on the floor.
He walked over to the now bound blonde man and patted his cheek. "Wake up Minato." Getting no response he picked up a nearby chair and slammed it over his head. Minato woke with a yell and glared at the now smirking man. "That's better. You see I need your attention for my speech." He checked to make sure Minato's eyes followed him as he paced. "You Minato Namikaze are now the undisputed boxing champ. I'm sure you and your family are very pleased. You know I have a daughter and a nephew about the same age as these two. Maybe a play date?" He got a hard glare in response. "No? Alright then. Well you're very proud and all but my brother Hizashi who you were fighting is not. He lost to you and as of three hours ago is dead from the head injury you caused and his son is fatherless. Since you were supposed to lose I don't see any reason why you shouldn't repay your debt. Now your sons are gonna be orphans too it's just too bad they don't have a generous Uncle to take them in wipe away the tears and kill the bastard that put them in that position."
"Now Kushina don't!"
BANG! By the time Hiashi turned around Kushina was dead on the floor with knife still in hand and bleeding from a bullet in her head. "Damn you Hiashi!" Minato ran over to Kushina, grabbed her shoulders and shook her. "Hiashi you bastard!" Minato started to cry.
"Well, well I had no idea there was a Mrs. Namikaze. This is just too perfect!" Hiashi had a madness in his eyes that scared his lackeys and enraged Minato. "Boys I think we've done enough let's get out of here! I've got my daughter's parent teacher conference in the morning and I don't need to look tired."
Minato shook with furry. He stood up and ran at Hiashi, knocking past his guards and splitting Hiashi's lip. Hiashi's guards finally reacted and took down Minato. "Why you sneaky bastard! No one touches me! Give me that gun! Hold his head up I want to see his last look!" Hiashi held a silver revolver to Minato's head and cocked it. "You shouldn't have pushed it. I was gonna spare you so your kids might have a chance but now they'll probably die on the street. I hope you feel guilty and rot in hell."
"Boys find Tsunade!" BANG! Minato was dead in an instant.
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The next day the police dropped Naruto and Sasuke off in front of a tall building that could pass as a small office building if not for the giant sign that said Tsunade's Glass Menagerie. Naruto wore his father's white and orange robe. Sasuke had his father's black boxing gloves around his neck. Tsunade and Iruka stood in the doorway and looked with tears in their eyes at the sullen looking boys. They each picked one up and carried them inside to show them their new rooms. As they walked by every girl came from their room and gave each boy a kiss on the forehead and rubbed their hair.
Later that night Tsunade gathered the boys into one room and confronted them. "Boys I need you to tell me who killed your parents," said Tsunade quietly
"Why should we? The police didn't believe us what should make us believe you will?" shouted Naruto
"Because Naruto I have a team that can probably get them and make sure you guys get your revenge."
The boys were silent for a while until Sasuke spoke. "I don't know his last name but I can describe him. He was really tall, even taller than Dad, long kinda girly brown hair and really cold eyes. They made me shiver."
"Dad called him Hiashi," said Naruto
"Please get him. He took away my second pair of parents and they were my favorite," said Sasuke tears building in his eyes.
'Damn you Hiashi.' "I know who that is kids and I'm sorry to say I can't kill him." Seeing they were about to protest she held up a hand for silence. "Hiashi is a very powerful man. He is the head of the Hyuga family and they practically run the city maybe even most of the country. I can't kill him but I can make sure he never goes near you again." She left the room so the boys could get some sleep. Outside she saw Iruka waiting for her and hugged him.
"Do you want me to call them?" he asked in a soothing voice
"Yeah. I'm gonna give Hiashi a piece of my mind."
"Just be careful ok?" Iruka kissed the top of her head.
"Aren't I always?" she giggled
"Don't get me started. I have a list of times so long it could fill a room."
"Alright well let me go and you get the team together." Tsunade broke the hug and rushed off the prepare. Iruka walked to the office, made a few calls and then went upstairs to drag a few assuredly cranky men out of bed; several encounters started with a gun at his forehead and death threats but ended with grumbling about the early hour and quick showers.
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AN: First Team 7 consists of Asuma (25), Gai (25), Genma (24), Kotetsu (24), Izumo (24), Jiraiya (39), Kakashi (25) The ages don't really matter I just thought someone might be curious
"Alright guys I know it's late but this is a very important mission!" said Tsunade making her voice loud enough to keep everyone awake.
"Isn't it technically early 'cause it's after midnight?" said Asuma.
"Thank you Asuma for that unnecessary piece of crap!" Tsunade yelled. "Anyone else got anything to say?" No one said anything. "Good. Now we are going to the Hyuga estate tonight to speak with Hiashi. Does-"
"Tsunade this is basically a suicide mission," drawled Kakashi. "The Hyuga security is so tight that not even a fly could get in past the gate let alone all the way to Hiashi."
"That's why we have you my youthful friend!" cried a green clad man with a bowl cut. "Your inside expertise will lead us to s shining victory and to the un-youthful Hiashi!"
"Gai shut up!" sounded two men at once.
"Thank you Kotetsu and Izumo. Gai is correct though. Kakashi we will be relying on you for most of this mission to help get us past the guards. Can you do that?"
"Well the fact that they think I'm dead could help," he muttered. "Yeah I can I just don't want to be seen."
"Oh come on you know you wanna stop by that babe's room while we're there. God I've seen her from afar and I don't know why you ever-"
"Jiraiya! I don't want to talk about it." Kakashi's tone drew silence not only from the graying man next to him but the rest of the team.
"Ok Team 7 let's go!" shouted Tsunade
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Hiashi shot out of bed with a gun at the ready. He looked around and nothing was there. He let out a breath he didn't know he was holding and lay back down. A blonde with two pigtails and a graying man with a ponytail stepped from the shadows.
"My, my Hiashi you have certainly gotten sloppy!" said Tsunade. "The Hiashi I knew would have gotten up and actually checked his room. Seems your new power has gone to your head."
"What the hell do you want Tsunade?" Hiashi asked annoyed.
"I need you to leave Minato's boys alone."
"And why should I do that?"
"Because I'm adopting them now and I know you wouldn't dare cross me."
"How do you know that? I could have maybe twenty guards in here in a second and you'd be dead in two."
"Let's not forget that skill counts a lot more than numbers and right now she's got the best."
"That you Jiraiya? Wow Tsunade I'm honored! You probably brought the whole crew for little old me." He finally sat up and stared at them. "What are you offering to make sure they don't accidentally get hit my a car or fall into a construction sight?" He started checking his gun, loading and reloading it.
"We'll take any missions you need done at half price."
"For free."
"At a quarter price and that's it."
"Alright it's a deal." Tsunade and Jiraiya started to walk away. "Oh and Tsunade! I'm sorry I had to kill Kakashi but you know I couldn't have a double agent in my midst for long don't you?" Tsunade scowled and left Hiashi to his maniacal laughter.
End Flashback
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Sakura sighed. The fashion magazine she read yet again proved that she was out of style. The constant suits she wore were expensive and high fashion but totally boring. She had to spend most of her money of equipment anyway. Something else was off though, not even shining Baby and sipping her favorite flavored margarita could pick her mood up. She decided that she needed some air so she left Sasuke to his chemistry set and decided to take over for Naruto.
As she walked outside and smiled and waved at the girls she passed she got to thinking. 'How is it that all of these women can have steady boyfriends and husbands when they're hookers and I can't get a date? I mean sure I kill people but I use seduction to get close to most of our targets.'
"Hey forehead girl! Where's Sasuke?" shouted Ino as she stepped from her box and climbed down the ladder to the ground.
A vein twitched on Sakura's forehead. "Ino-pig how many times have I told you not to call me that?" she shouted.
"Well it's still true. Your forehead's as big as a billboard!" Ino giggled.
Sakura grumbled to herself before asking, "Is there something you wanted Ino?"
"Actually yeah! Where's Sasuke?"
Sakura sighed, "He's inside."
"Thanks!" Ino literally skipped off, drawing eyes with her flapping ivy leaf mini-skirt.
'She topped me again.' Sakura smiled slightly and walked off to find Naruto.
Flashback:
A young girl with bubblegum pink hair sat on a swing in the setting sunlight. The playground she was in actually belonged to a fancy private school but she and her best friend Ino had been sneaking in since they were five. Every few minutes she raised a hand fro her torn skirt to wipe tears from her face.
"Sakura are you okay?" Sakura jumped slightly. Ino had never been quiet and she couldn't fathom how she had snuck up next to her.
"Yeah I'm fine. What happened after I left?" Sakura didn't even look up.
"Nothing really…" Ino looked off sadly and sat on the swing next to Sakura.
"Did anyone…"
"No! Thank God! I would've refused anyway. That's for Sasuke only."
Sakura snorted. "Why would Sasuke want a pig like you when he could have a beauty like me!"
Ino scowled while Sakura smirked and then there was silence. 'Sasuke' mused Sakura. 'Last time we saw him was when our Mom's tried to get us jobs at that love hotel. What would he want with trailer park trash like us when he could have any of those pretty girls?'
"Remember when we met him?" asked Sakura
"…Yeah it was here wasn't it?" asked Ino
"Yeah we were six and it was the first time we snuck in. After that we snuck in everyday to see who could hug him first."
"Yeah…"
Silence again until Ino smiled and stood up. She grabbed Sakura's hand and dragged her to a tall hill near by. "Ino what are you doing?" shouted Sakura.
Ino sat on her knees and pulled Sakura down too. "Do you remember what today is?" Sakura shook her head. "It's our eleven year anniversary. Let's make it a good one okay?"
They turned towards the setting sun, closed their eyes and clasped their hands together. Together they prayed, prayed that they would wake up tomorrow and this would all just be a bad dream, that they didn't live in a trailer park, that their step-moms weren't whores, that they knew who their fathers were, that they would end up in a better place than their mom's corners and most of all that a prince in shining armor would save them if this really was their life.
BANG! A gunshot fired startling the girls. Their instincts caught up and they stood up back-to-back reaching for hidden knives. Then they heard shouting; masculine shouting. They cautiously walked into the woods behind them to see where it was coming from. In a clearing near the middle of the forest they saw two teenage boys of about the same age as them. One a very tall blonde with bright blue eyes that was yelling at a slightly shorter boy with raven hair who was crossing his arms, holding a handgun in one hand and ignoring the blonde.
"God damnit Sasuke! This is my favorite shirt and put a bullet hole in it!" shouted the blonde.
"SASUKE!" shouted Ino and Sakura as they ran to him, trampling the blonde in the process.
Sasuke's eyes bugged out and he started backing away. "Naruto!" he yelled looking for help from his downed brother.
"Oh no! You put a hole in my shirt so now you have to deal with the fan girls by yourself!" shouted Naruto as he picked himself back up.
"Sasuke we missed you!" shouted Ino as she glomped him
"Yeah but I missed you more!" shouted Sakura as she wrestled him from Ino
Naruto laughed as he saw the two girls tug Sasuke back and forth like a rag doll. He knew Sasuke really didn't mind all the attention it was just the constant violence that cause harm to him that he hated. He stopped when Sasuke threw the gun at him and cried for help. "Alright, alright I'm coming." Naruto walked over and calmly pulled Sakura off, leaving Sasuke to wrestle with Ino. "Listen girls we're kinda busy here and our Mom will be pissed if we don't finish practicing."
"Practicing? Practicing what?" asked Sakura when Naruto set her down on the ground.
Sasuke finally got Ino off and stood up. "We have to perfect our aim or she won't let us join the team."
"Yeah and Sasuke here is a terrible shot," snickered Naruto.
Sakura and Ino turned to see the targets lined up at the end of the clearing. The orange targets all had holes right in the middle while holes on the blue ones were nowhere near it. "Wow he's got a point there" said Sakura. Sasuke steamed in the background while Naruto smirked.
"You think you can do better?" sneered Sasuke
"Yeah probably"
"Well let's see it then" said Naruto. He handed her the gun and stepped back with Ino and Sasuke.
Sakura looked at Ino and conveyed her fear. Ino gave her an encouraging smile and nodded mouthing 'Go for it!' to her. Sakura turned around and set up in front of the farthest blue target. She cocked the gun and aimed. Her vision slightly fuzzy she closed one eye and tried again. Suddenly everything became clearer and she could see where she had to hit perfectly. She fired one shot and ran up to see where it went. Everyone crowded around the target and Ino cheered, it was right in the middle.
"Nice job!" Everyone turned around to see a blonde with two ponytails leaning against a tree.
"Hey Mom!" Sasuke and Naruto sounded off
"You're a good shot. Want to try out for the team. We could use a woman's touch."
"Team?" asked Sakura. She looked at Ino who was equally confused. Naruto flashed a foxy grin and looked over her sunglasses at her. Sasuke huffed and looked away while crossing his arms.
Tsunade told her with perfect aim like hers she could be a great sharp shooter but they already had one; Naruto. She said that she thought Sakura could do some real damage with something a little bigger and that's how she came across Baby her mini-bazooka.
Two years later Sakura was set to become part of the new Team 7 and Ino was given a spot in the menagerie. Much to Sakura's dismay, Sasuke argued with his mother for two weeks trying to get Ino out of it while paying Sakura no attention at all even thought they would be on the same team. Seems he had grown quite fond of her company.
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Sakura looked up at the women moving around at their boxes gaining the attention of all the men in the alley. 'I remember when I thought I would be just like them.' She smiled and started running after a couple punks she saw sneaking in. "Hey punk! Why you running?"
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POOF! A small cloud of smoke enveloped Sasuke's face. He sighed and put the two beakers down. He had been working all day and he had yet to perfect his formula. He couldn't figure it out. Science and math had always been his greatest subjects, it just came naturally when you come from a family of drug manufacturers. 'Maybe I should take Ino up on that massage she promised me a few minutes ago.' He glanced up at the clock and groaned seeing it had been hours not minutes and that Ino was probably asleep by now. He looked over at the bar and saw Kakashi had finally passed out from the sneaks of brandy and Jiraiya sneaking out back despite being banned from the alley. He put away his things and then picked Kakashi up. He didn't need his Mom chewing off his leader's head when she finally woke up from her own alcohol coma.
In the car on the way to Kakashi's apartment Sasuke admired the passing lights on the buildings he sped past. He had always contemplated moving out of the menagerie like Sakura and Kakashi but being on his third pair of parents had always kept him close to home. Kakashi snored and Sasuke groaned, turning up the radio to drown out his passed out leader. He looked over at Kakashi again and smiled fondly. 'Despite how much I bitch and moan about always taking care of you I'm glad I met you pal.' Seeing Kakashi flinch suddenly and start to breathe erratically, he sped up knowing he would need to get him home soon. 'Damn you, you didn't take your pills did you?... I wonder what he's thinking right now.'
Flashback:
SMACK! A man in all white with brown hair ended up on the floor. His thirteen-year-old daughter screamed behind the tape covering her mouth as tears streamed down her face. His arms were bound behind his back with thick rope so he could not defend himself.
"Oh how the mighty have fallen!" cried a pale man with even paler hair and green lipstick. "You shouldn't have overstepped your boundaries Hiashi!" A tall man with three stripes of orange hair on his shaven head kicked Hiashi in the stomach. "Look where the Hyuga pride got you now!"
"Shaking at our feet like a fucking piece of shit!" sneered a woman with bright red hair under a black skullcap.
Hiashi tried to speak but a very tan man with dark brown hair stuffed a wad of orange gum in his mouth from his very own mouth. "Ah, ah, ah! No speaking! Just listening!" He got off the floor and faced the pale haired man. "Sakon or Ukon, which ever one is in control right now tell him why we're here!" he shouted.
"It's Ukon right now!" the pale man screeched in insanity. He crouched next to Hiashi and whispered, "Hiashi. The Senator is very displeased with your actions against him. The fact that you threw away his drugs and killed the messengers has irked him greatly." He got up and walked away.
The redhead crouched down next. "Your gonna die Hiashi. And we brought your pretty little princess to watch. This way she knows not to fuck with our master. And when you're gone we're gonna-"
"That's enough Tayuya!" said a now saner Sakon. "No need to burden him with the worries of others. He's always only cared for himself. Kidomaru take out the gum so he can say his last words Jirobo prepare to end this." Sakon and Tayuya walked away and jumped out of the ground floor window. The tan man, Kidomaru, took the gum out of Hiashi's mouth and jumped from the window as well.
Hiashi turned his head and smiled at the girl as best he could with a broken jaw, tears poured down his face. "Remember honey, Daddy loves you. Daddy loves you some much princess." Jirobo picked up the broken man and snapped his neck. He jumped out the window and there was silence. The light from the fireplace bounced off the white walls and created shadows that danced. The door creaked open and a man walked in. The man took the tape of the girls' mouth but she didn't take her eyes off her father's body.
The man hugged her and whispered, "Hinata do you remember me?" She didn't say anything. "It's Kakashi. Remember Scarecrow?" Again she said nothing. "I'm so sorry for you Hinata. Your father really was a great man underneath it all. I'm gonna make sure no one ever hurts you again."
"I don't want protection Kakashi." Kakashi removed his arms and stared into her blazing silver eyes. 'Contacts?' he wondered. "I want to kill the bastards that did this." She closed her eyes and slumped down onto Kakashi's shoulder. He picked her up, rope and all, and carried her outside to his car. They drove away and never looked back.
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A loud bang awoke Hinata from her slumber. She pulled a gun from under her pillow and walked to her door. She looked around the corner and saw a dark shadow hopping around on one leg. She flicked the lights on and held her gun in front of her at the ready. Silver eyes met obsidian when she saw a man with raven colored hair holding his foot in pain. Kakashi was passed out on a couch in the sunken in living room.
"Who the hell are you?" she asked.
"Whoa calm down! I work with Kakashi. I'm his team mate" said the man
"Oh so you must be Sasuke. Scarecrow said that if he ever got really drunk without me you'd bring him home." She put her gun in the back of her tiny pajama pants and walked over to check on Kakashi.
After an awkward silence Sasuke asked, "So are you like his girlfriend or something?"
Hinata snorted, "No I just live with him. I'm Hinata and I work for your Mom. Hey has he taken his meds today?"
"He was breathing harshly in the car earlier so I don't think so."
"Great! Watch for a minute will ya?" she walked down a long, dark hallway and turned into a bathroom. Sasuke looked around. He had never seen Kakashi's apartment in the light. For a penthouse he had to admit it was pretty big. A sunken in living room with a giant window for the wall. A giant modern kitchen with a bar and diner table for eight. A giant flat-screen TV and doors leading to God knows what. Then Hinata came back with several small pill cases. "Here we go! Open his mouth will ya?"
"Hn"
"Ah the famous catch phrase! You're definitely Sasuke. Well if you're not gonna help then just stand back." She bent over the side of the sofa to get better leverage for dropping in the pills. Sasuke couldn't help but let his eyes wander over the curve of her bottom and her pale, toned thighs. "You can touch if you want." Sasuke startled and looked up to see her smirking at him. She bent over more and poked her butt out. "Go ahead. Big bad Scarecrow isn't awake. Be a man there's nothing stopping you."
Sasuke looked away as visions of Ino danced in his mind. He clenched his left hand that bore a silver ring with a lily engraved on it. "Thanks for the offer but I already have a girl."
"Ino right?" Sasuke looked at her incredulously. "I'm not looking for friends at work. Besides lots of men do. They call their names out when they blow too. But if you don't want to that's fine." She righted herself and walked back towards her room, swaying her hips seductively. "Turn the lights off on you way out little boy." She closed her door behind her.
Sasuke sighed once again. He righted a pillow under Kakashi's head and headed towards the door. 'Why is she here Kakashi?' He turned the lights out and headed to the elevator.
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"Senator we've just received word that Kabuto has been assassinated. It has been confirmed that it was Team 7. We are fairly sure they had no idea he is connected to you though."
"Get out!" an excessively pale man with long dark hair sat back down in his cushioned chair and sighed. He looked at a picture of a blonde woman with two pigtails holding up a title belt, a pale blonde haired man with a ponytail holding up another title belt and himself in a cap and gown. 'Well sister, brother seems it's finally time for you to die.' He turned around and partook in his favorite pastime: watching people. He always felt powerful when looking down on others.
"Sakon, Kidomaru, Tayuya, Jirobo."
"Yes master?" said Sakon
"I have a mission for you. How'd you like to pay a visit to old town for me?"
"We'd love nothing more!"
AN: This is twelve pages of work and I think it's damn good. I know Sasuke didn't really have his own flashback but I figured he and Naruto shared most of their lives together so they should share one. Also as you see at the top of the page this is a NaruHina so there will be no SasuHina. I just thought it would be interesting to have Hinata sort of try to seduce Sasuke and it helped me start to bring in more of the plot. You'll see later. Next chapter there will be a lot more action trust me. I don't plan on having more than ten chapters so expect things to move quickly.