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"Frankly speaking, I'm extremely disappointed. In all of you."
Kiba, Arisa, and Neji stood in front of their superior, all three looking at the table that separated them, none of them wanting to raise their gaze to look at the stern man in front of them.
"Illegal interrogation with use of physical harm and force, an unauthorised police raid on private protected property, assaulting an innocent civilian bystander, and another unwarranted interrogation on aforementioned civilian bystander, and to top it off, you've had a week on this case, and do I see any headway? No." The dark haired man walked around the desk surveying each of them.
"You're an elite team for God's sake, act like it! There's a reason why we've got you on our most pressing cases and not any other half-bit team out there! I expected more from you." He came to a stand in front of Neji, his non bandaged eye glinting with disappointment and annoyance. "Especially you, Unit chief." He spat the words as though they were an insult, his voice filled with mockery.
None of them spoke.
"How many of you were involved in the interrogation?" He asked.
Kiba spoke sheepishly. "It was just me. Nobody else did anything."
They had agreed to keep as few people as possible involved in the so called 'illegal police activity'.
"Are you sure?" The dark haired man asked, looking down at him suspiciously as he came to a stop in front of the Inuzuka.
"Yeah. Pretty sure Akamaru and I can handle a sissie like him." He said, trying to throw off the intense stare being sent his way.
The old man sniffed disappointedly and moved to stand in front of Neji again. "And what, might I ask, possessed you to act so rashly and order the raid?"
"In my defence, our first priority was and is civilian life. We received Intel that the house was holding captive a number of innocent children. I was not willing to compromise on their safety." Neji said, calmly modulating his tone and trying not to let his eyes betray his hatred towards the man in front of them.
"Intel which wasn't even lawfully acquired." He added.
Hands behind his back, the old man moved to stand in front of Arisa.
"If that be the case, then why attack the owner of the property? Doesn't that count as 'harming innocent life'?" He asked her, sneering.
Arisa raised her head defiantly to look him in the eye, with a curt reply of, "She was too loud."
"I'll have you know that that woman was one of the most reputed doll makers in the whole state. There are many a powerful patron who pay millions for her artwork. And they sponsor that house and her artwork. They can have you deported. Do you understand the gravity of the position you've put us in?"
Arisa fixed him with a look of loathing as she said, "Yes, Danzo , I understand."
He seemed to relax slightly hearing her words.
"I understand that you're taking bribes from these 'patrons' to have our work shut down." She finished.
A snarl on his face hearing her words, he cried "Insolent brat!" as he raised the hand which was not covered in bandages and made to lash out and strike her.
Neji caught his hand before it could make contact.
"Why don't you finish this with what you were supposed to say, Danzo." He said coldly.
The other man released his hand from Neji's grasp and fixed them with a spiteful glare. "The three of you are suspended from the FBI indefinitely or until the case is solved. You are not to set foot in these headquarters after today. Your remaining team has a week to finish this case. If they fail to do so, the team will be disbanded and each will be assigned to different posts throughout the country."
"You can't do that!" Kiba shouted.
"On what pretence?" Arisa added.
"That is the final decision. You cannot question it. Leave." He said, with a finality that drove Neji to lead the other two out of the room.
Suffice to say none of them particularly liked the man at the helm.
"Mr Uchiha?"
Sasuke turned around just as he and Kakashi were about to get into the black car which had arrived to pick them up outside the FBI headquarters.
Clear emerald eyes looked back at him as he registered who stood before him.
Her expression was still hardened, as it had been when she interrogated him earlier, but Sasuke found himself drinking in the sight of her.
What was it about this woman that he just couldn't seem to get enough of?
Kakashi prodded him lightly in the shoulder, as he realised he hadn't said anything yet.
"Was there something you needed?" He asked.
"Considering the threat which you mentioned earlier, which was the root of your identity switch in the first place, our team has decided to fix you a round the clock guard headed by a member of our team until the threat has been nullified. You will also be accompanied back to your company so we can check up on proof of these 'attempts on your life'"
He found himself concentrating less and less on what was being said and more on the person speaking instead, earning him another glare from Kakashi, who said, "Who would this guard include?"
"Various agents. Your main concern should be the one heading it- for today, that would be me." She said, a bitter edge to her tone.
So that meant that she would be spending the entire day at the Uchiha Corporation. Again. And she didn't seem very happy about that.
Sasuke felt his lips curl up in a small smirk.
"In that case we'll be on our way. You'll be following in a second vehicle I take it?" Kakashi asked.
"Yes. You'll be under surveillance from now onwards." She said, walking away from them to the car now stationed behind their one, and climbing into the passenger seat.
Sasuke's eyes followed her until Kakashi dragged him by the collar into the back seat of their car.
"Ow! What was that for!?" Sasuke said, rubbing his neck and glaring at Kakashi.
"Get your head into the situation at hand, and off that poor girl's boobs!" Kakashi half growled half shouted. "You're acting like a hormonal teenager! Not the head of a worldwide corporation! You're going to screw everything up!"
"I am not!" Sasuke retorted reflexively.
"Have you stopped once to think about the repercussions of having a troop of FBI agents running around the place? You should be worried - if not working out a way to hide the basement layer from the legal authorities- but sure as hell not smirking like some closet pervert who just got an early Christmas present!"
"Who said I wasn't?!" Sasuke said defensively- although he knew very well the thought hadn't crossed his mind yet.
"And to top it off- you spent that whole interrogation mentally undressing her- sure as hell not focusing on the interrogation itself. If it weren't for me-"
"You'd be in police custody by now, brother."
Sasuke snapped around to look at the driver's seat of the car. Draped in black, face concealed to avoid recognition, his elder brother looked back at him through the driver's mirror.
"Sasuke, I think we've agreed that you can't afford to get too involved with her." Itachi said, looking between him and Kakashi, "And even if you do decide to get physically involved it can have no emotional attachment from your side. Everything we've worked for these past few years would be meaningless if any of us mess up now."
Kakashi gave Sasuke a smug look.
"That being said, if she does get attached to you then it would be that much easier to bring her in. You should be able to make good use of this opportunity while she spends time at the Uchiha Corporation." Itachi said, in support of Sasuke.