Hush - Silent Footsteps

Usually, Sasuke didn’t get many jobs, maybe two or three a month. But today was different. He just came back from his last job when someone knocked on his door. The raven haired young man was tired and thus not in the mood to deal with anyone. ‘Whoever it is, go away!’ he thought, closing his coal eyes in an attempt to ignore the ear-battering noise on his door.

“Mr Uchiha, I know you are in there! I saw you entering!” a loud voice shouted. Growling, the raven got up from his soft and comfortable spot on his couch and answered the door.

“Who are you?” the raven haired male demanded. Standing in front of him was a man, around the same age as him, with equal black hair and eyes, though his hair was shorter.

“I’m Sai, your new partner! Goddamn it, you should know my name by now, shouldn’t you?! I’ve been working for you for a week now! Gosh, what’s wrong with you, jerk? How can you forget about me? I mean, come on—”

Without any further hesitation, Sasuke slammed the door shut, muting the other man effectively. ‘Gosh, that’s why I don’t want to remember him,’ the exasperated raven thought. On the other side of the door, one could still hear the other male nagging.

“Sasuke, you dickhead! Open the door! I’ve got a new job for you! OPEN UP!!!” the raging, left out young man shouted. Sasuke sighed in reply. He was too exhausted to deal with such an idiot. “Just go away, moron!” he said, willing his headache to go away along with Sai.

“Alright! You want it the hard way, you get the hard way!” And with that Sai kicked down the door. The old wood quickly gave in and a loud crack could be heard, some splinters peeled away from the old, and now broken, door.

Sasuke didn’t turn around to face the mess his partner created. “You’ll pay for that,” he said before he walked to his couch again, ignoring his irritated partner once more.

“Jerk,” Sai muttered under his breath, following his partner to the living room. “Why don’t you buy a dick from the money you’ve earned so far?”

Sasuke sat down on the couch and made himself comfortable, while Sai had to sit on a hard wooden chair next to the couch. Ignoring his partner’s protests about stupid bastards who don’t know how to treat guest, Sasuke got to the point quickly.

“What are you doing here?” the raven haired thief asked, leaning back against the couch so he was almost lying down on the soft cushion.

“I’m here to retrieve the beautiful princess! What do you think I’m here, idiot?! Obviously I’m here on business! I’ve got a new job for you, dickhead!” Sai retorted snappishly.

“Here’s your princess,” Sasuke threw one cushion at him. “Now, get out!”

Sai scowled at his partner. “Did you even listen to what I said?” His eyes narrowed on closed ones, suspecting the other one to ignore him on purpose.

“You wanted some princess,” the raven said leisurely, ignoring his fuming partner.

“NO YOU IDIOT!!! I’VE GOT A NEW JOB FOR YOU!!! JOB!!! J-O-B!!!” Sai shouted at the other male who was lying relaxed on the soft couch. “Humph, alright, I know where this is going,” the artist threw a file on the elegant table in front of Sasuke. “Read it!” he demanded before he left in a huff, leaving his raven haired partner alone in his apartment.

Sasuke got up from the couch again and glanced at the file in front of him that read “F.Y.E.O / U.S. – File number 123” The raven smirked. “For your eyes only, Uchiha Sasuke,” the raven haired man decrypted the abbreviations. It was imbecile of his stupid partner to write such nonsense on a file anyone could read. No one would give a fuck about abbreviations that meant ‘For your eyes only.’ As long as they had eyes they could read it.

He flipped the file open to see what his new job was about. “Akatsuki, hm?” the raven read the name of his new client. He skimmed over the text quickly, extracting the information he needed.

Client: Akatsuki

Object: golden fox

Where his target was: 26 Hampshire Road, Salem

Money he would earn: 250.000.000 $

Delivery day: 23rd September

“250.000.000, hm?” Sasuke regarded the amount. What was worth so much money? A golden fox doesn’t sound that valuable. Oh well, it wasn’t his place to doubt his client’s choices. If they wanted a golden fox, they would get a golden fox. “It’s probably a statue or a jewel,” Sasuke mused, unknowing that he would face something even more valuable soon.

Meian : Yoshi, the first chapter is—

Naruto: —STUPID! It’s still all about Sasuke-teme!

Sasuke: Hn…

Meian : That’s not true, Naruto. I included Sai!

Naruto: But not me! Why?!

Meian : Because it’s not the right time for you yet.

Naruto: Waaaaaaaaaah! –cries–

Sasuke: Where’s the remote control when I need it?

Meian : –hands the remote control over to Sasuke–

Sasuke: –presses ‘Mute’–

Naruto: –fumes silently–

Sasuke: Ah, that’s better.

Meian : Enjoy the silence.

Sasuke: Hey…

Meian : Hm?

Sasuke: Shouldn’t you say some random information about this chapter?

Meian : I like the number 23.

Sasuke: Now that was random.

Meian : Fufufu.