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Sasuke walked into the police station and explained to the officer on duty who he was. He was escorted to the room Iruka and Sakura had occupied, all the records had been put neatly back into a big box.
“Do you know where the reports on the contents of their lockers and desks would be?” he asked the man.

“You should be able to examine the actual contents if you are interested sir,” the older man told him respectfully.

“That might be a better idea, where would I find them?” Sasuke asked thoughtfully.

“That would be the evidence locker sir, I can have it brought up to you if you like.”

“Sure, I’ll be here,” Sasuke sat down and began going through the box.

“Need a hand teme?” Naruto asked leaning against the doorframe.

The Uchiha looked up and grinned, “Maybe later somewhere a bit more private, if you want to help with this though you’re more than welcome.”

The blonde just rolled his eyes good naturedly, “You know teme, one day I am going to take you up on one of these offers and you’re going to die of shock.”

“At least I’ll die happy,” he smirked.

Naruto sat down opposite him, “Right so what are we after Sherlock?”

“I want to know what was found in their lockers and desks, apparently the police weren’t able tot get to the lockers until after a full day of school so they may have cleaned in that time but I am hoping something might have been left behind. I want to know if that shrine is a one off occurrence or something of importance,” Sasuke explained, “I have a feeling it is somehow very important.”

“Well, you gotta trust your gut,” Naruto shrugged reaching for a file, “Hmm let’s see, in one of the victim’s lockers they found a mouldy sandwich, biology text book, I think those two could be somehow related.”

The brunette rolled his eyes, “Try and pay attention dobe this is important.”

“Well you’re no fun,” he poked his tongue out, “They found pollen from a flower is that what you’re after?”

Sasuke grabbed the report and flipped his phone open going through the pictures quickly until he found one that matched the picture they had added into the file.
“Naruto! This is one of them!” he jumped up, “Keep searching the files and if you find anything plant related in the file compare it with the photos on this mobile! I need to talk to Sakura and find out something.”

Naruto flipped the phone open and blushed, “Teme, this is a photo of me.”

“In the albums dobe, there’s a whole heap of pictures I took of the plants in the locker. Sakura! What did you find out?” Sasuke asked excitedly.

“Sasuke? Well all of the plants were from this park,” she confirmed, “And there’s a cave here that seems to be blocked somehow, we’re not quite sure how yet. We were just about to call Kakashi to come have a look.”

“I’m on my way,” the jounin’s voice assured her.

“I can feel something strange from the back of the cave, we’ll let you know when we discover more,” the pink haired girl told him.

“Ok, did you need us?” Naruto asked.

“No you boys continue your research. Don’t get distracted,” Kakashi told them wryly.

They both blushed, “Please, we haven’t even had a chance to get distracted yet,” Sasuke smirked.

“I don’t really want to know guys,” Sakura said pointedly.

“Right well we’d better get back to these reports, let us know if you need back up or anything,” Naruto said finally.

“Yes sir,” they could almost hear the teacher roll his eyes.

“Come on dobe get back to work,” Sasuke chuckled.

There was a knock at the doorframe, “Um sir? The evidence files you requested?”

“Oh, good bring them in,” he said absently reading a file.

The officers brought in three large boxes and set them on the floor, “These are just from their lockers, did you want anything else?”

“Nah it’ll be right for the moment,” Sasuke told them dismissively.

“Please met us know if you need anything,” One officer told him as they left the room closing the door behind them.

“Okay dobe well how about I read through the reports and you pull up the evidence I think we need to see?” the Uchiha asked.

“Right sounds good, all this reading is getting boring,” Naruto rubbed his temples.

They worked quickly, Sasuke reading out numbers and Naruto quickly pulling the correct files out of the box for them both to examine. They found twigs, pollen and bark samples in most of the lockers.

“They all match the ones from Amaya’s locker…” Naruto concluded.

“Yeah all of which were from that park,” Sasuke put the last of the files back in the box, “Maybe we should go meet up with the others.”

“Yeah,” the blonde agreed, he pressed the button on his communicator, “Hey guys, we’ve finished with our investigating and we’re heading your way now.”

“Why don’t we meet back at the house to discuss our findings?” Iruka said uneasily.

“Iruka? What’s wrong? I thought your communicator was broken,” Naruto said quickly.

“Everything’s fine, the other two went into the cave to investigate and left Kakashi’s communicator with me,” he explained quickly.

“We’re going to head back to the house now, we’ll meet you guys there so we can discuss everything properly,” the jounin said authoritatively.

“Right we’ll meet you there,” Sasuke told him turning the microphone off, “Come on dobe, I’ll race you,” he told him in a silky smooth voice as they left the station.

Naruto grinned and wrapped his arms the slim waist, “What do I get when I win?” he breathed into the brunette’s ear.

Sasuke covered the tanned hands with his own, “You already have me, what more do you want?”

The blonde chuckled, “That was corny.”

The Uchiha started running and pulled the boy after him, “I know but it sounded better than ‘you can top’.”

“Teme!” Naruto yelled at the laughing boy, even if he did speed up a little.

Sasuke burst in the door a little before the blonde and smirked, “How long do you think they’ll be?”

“Not long enough,” Kakashi said dryly as he walked in the door.

“I am going to pretend I didn’t hear any of that,” Iruka said pursing his lips, “Alright so what did you boys find out?”

“Well I think most of the lockers had been cleaned out before anyone got to them but the police found twigs and pollen and bark in most of the lockers and all of them were traced back to plants that came from-”

“The park,” Sakura interrupted, “And all of them were around the cave too.”

Sasuke looked excited, “So what was in the cave?”

The three ninja looked at each other.
“Well it had been blocked off but made to look natural but it was like a big door, we got past the ‘door’ and there was a very deep cave we followed one of the paths and found an owl altar,” Kakashi paused, “There was a few candles around the place as well as flowers and that sort of stuff, but there was also a photo of Amaya and a strand of her hair on the altar, at least we’re assuming it was hers.”

Naruto and Sasuke looked shocked, “What was down the other path?”

“We thought we had better get you guys before we went back,” Sakura said firmly, “It seems highly likely that whatever the shrine is for lives in the other part of the cave.”

“Wow so I guess it wasn’t a false lead after all…” Naruto said slowly.

“You’re all missing the most important point here. Someone has to be putting the photos and hair there. Whatever the creature is it isn’t the real culprit here. There is human interaction, for all we know its some dumb animal that is just reacting to an ingrained instinct to hunt,” Sasuke said grimly, “We need to find out who is targeting the students if we want to stop this.”

The blonde stared at his boyfriend admiringly, even Sakura looked slightly surprised.
Kakashi sighed, “Of course, but it doesn’t hurt to know what we are up against. I still want you guys to watch all of the students. Speaking of which, didn’t you all have plans for the night?”

“Well we did but I don’t know what’s happening now, everyone was a little freaked out this morning…” Sakura said trying to hide her misery.

“Well I suggest you call everyone and make plans for the night, try and include as many people in your group as you can. Not just to watch for anything suspicious but also to keep them safe,” Iruka said brightly.

“Sakura you took a photo of the photo of Amaya didn’t you?” Kakashi asked suddenly.

“Of course,” she said confused.

“Can I please have your phone? Maybe the photo might hold a clue,” he said in more of an order than an actual question.

“Sure, umm…” she trailed off blushing, “Please don’t read my messages though.”

Sasuke rolled his eyes, “This is Kakashi we’re talking about. Of course he’s going to read your messages.”

The silver haired jounin grinned and disappeared with the phone.
“Bugger,” Sakura exclaimed.

Iruka rolled his eyes, “I’d better go back into the school and see if they need me. Go out for the night okay? Enjoy yourselves.”

Naruto hugged him and grinned, “Thanks ‘ruka.”

The man smiled and hugged him back and then walked out the door with a small wave.

“Shotgun the phone first!” Sakura yelled rushing over to the phone.

Sasuke snorted, “Like I even want it.”

“Teme,” Naruto admonished, “We have to make plans with the others.”

“There’s only one person I want to make plans with,” Sasuke almost growled tangling his fingers with Naruto’s.

Naruto smiled, “Why don’t we give her some privacy?” he winked, “She’ll probably be a while.”

Sasuke grinned and pulled the blonde up the stairs after him. He pulled him into their room and closed the door pushing Naruto up against it.
“I love sharing a room,” he purred nibbling the other boy’s ear.

Naruto wrapped his arms around the Uchiha and lowered them to rest on his backside.
“Me too,” he whispered as their lips finally met again.
Both mouths opened immediately to let the re-exploration begin. As the tongues met Naruto moaned a little and Sasuke growled into his mouth, both boys shivered in pleasure. The Uchiha slid his hands under the orange shirt his pale hands sliding up the tanned chest and Naruto obediently raised his arms and they pulled apart quickly so the shirt could be removed. Sasuke moved his mouth to play with the little pink nipples and Naruto leaned back and closed his eyes, running his hands through the beautiful black hair.

He tensed when he felt himself being lifted and thrown onto the beds which had not yet been separated.
“I think I prefer them like this,” Sasuke chuckled.

“What makes you think I want to share a bed with you?” Naruto asked a little breathlessly.

The brunette trailed his hand down the muscular chest over the stomach to rest his hand on his boyfriend’s groin.
“Gee I wonder,” he said wryly.

Naruto blushed and pushed the hand away pulling Sasuke’s lips down to meet his again.

The door opened and Sakura stood in the doorway with a hand over her eyes.
“I’m not looking but I couldn’t get Ryo on his phone so I called Nico’s and everyone is over there and she wants to talk to Sasuke. She’s on the phone downstairs,” she fumbled around for the door knob and finally opened her eyes and blushed bright red. She slammed the door quickly behind her.

Sasuke chuckled and gave Naruto a few light kisses before standing up, “I’d better go see what she wants.”

“Hey Sasuke?”

“Hm?”

Naruto sat up and grinned at him, “Your fly is undone.”