LOVE WEDGE

Disclaimer: Through all those prayers and wishes in the middle of the night, I still don’t own Naruto… not his lips, hips, or –piip- (all officially belong to Kishimoto_sama, but whole heartedly belong to Sasuke_chan…) hehehe >_<


PART 1 “The beginning of my new life”


The birds are chirping outside the window of my very small low class apartment. I open my eyes to welcome the coming of a brand new day with a wish that it will be a good day for me. I just moved in from the academy dormitory few days ago and lived in my new small but cozy apartment. Usually in the morning, I would stay lazily on my bed until someone call me on my cell phone and yell at how late I am.

But today is different. This is not just another day. This is my big day! No, it’s not like I’m getting married or something like that! I don’t have a girlfriend anyway… Well, today is the day I –

‘rrrr….rrrr….’ My cell phone rings loudly.
“Yes, Uzumaki here!”
“You dimwit! What do you think the time is? You’re going to have NO JOB on your first job if you don’t get your fat ass down here in my office in 30 minutes! Do I make myself clear?”
“Yes ma’am! I’ll be there in a flash!”

‘Oh shit! Shit! Shit! I get late again! I can’t believe this!’
“Taxi!!! Stop!!!” Naruto stopped a taxi with his left hand while his right hand held a handful of bread which he quickly put into his mouth again.

“Konoha police station A.S.A.P!!!!!”

He stood in front of the well known Konoha police station. He wore orange jumpsuit with black khaki trousers. His hands worked to settle his blond messy hair to no avail as he walked his feet inside the huge building. Everyone’s underestimating eyes are following his ghostly shadows as soon as his steps reached the door, but he had gotten used to that kind of treatment since he was a kid. So, he chose to ignore those people though he would soon be working with some of them (if he was lucky enough to get free from his chief madness).

He kept on walking carelessly with his hands on his pockets but the heart beat stopped for a second once he reached a door with ‘CHIEF OFFICER’ on the wood. He swallowed his own saliva and inhaled a very stressful breathe. Then, he braved himself to knock twice.

“Come in!”
“Morning Tsunade baba…” He slowly walked into the highly lit room and instantly saw a figure sitting on the chair.
“Do you realize what time is it? When I said you could finally work here, I didn’t hire your laziness as well! Do you get that?” The woman looked deep into Naruto with fire in her eyes. She then threw a paper on the desk, signaling Naruto to come forward and read the papers.
“Does this mean I don’t get fired?” Naruto gave his boss his ultimate puppy look to melt the anger in the air.
“No – Not today at least! Open the paper and study it carefully.”
Naruto nodded and opened the paper on the desk. There was report of the death of a man, apparently a very rich and young one. He was killed with a long sword that was stabbed through his heart and there was no blood at all. He just died like that. ‘Very professional…’ Naruto thought.

“Who is this guy anyway Tsunade baba? This is obviously some serious work by a very talented person – in killing of course.” Naruto leaned on one of the wall beside the large window to get a better view of the street.
“Oh please, watch TV would you? Or at least read some newspapers! This guy is a big hit in Konoha! You should’ve known that!” Tsunade supported her head with her palms and elbow on the desk.
“Well, you know I wouldn’t have time for that! Is he really that important?” Naruto stared back to Tsunade leaving the view of the crowding city.
“He’s Uchiha Itachi, the leader of Uchiha clan a.k.a the owner of Uchiha large industries. He was found dead in that position yesterday morning. Oh my God! Why am I explaining you this? I’m your fucking boss! You should be the one who investigate and give me the news!”
“I’ll found out about it then! So, do I get a partner?”
“Of course you brat! Do you think I will let you loose alone in this case? You’re not going to mess with this case Naruto. Neji is your leader, work together with him okay?!”
“Got that! Bye baba!” Naruto walked out from the office with the report in his hands. He knew Neji ever since they were in the academy. They were in the same year actually, but of course Neji and the rest of the class get here first. He was a cold bastard, seldom talk to people and always have cold stares that creped Naruto down. But, this is for the work, so whoever the guy is he wouldn’t mind at all.

“Hi! I’m your –”
“Let’s get out! I’ve been waiting for you for hours!” Naruto’s words were cut by Neji who rushed to get out from the office with Naruto behind him.
“Do you mind telling me where we’re going?”
“To the crime scene and then we eat. Get in the car and bring the papers with you!” They got into the car Neji’s driving. Naruto felt really uncomfortable at this scene so he let out his mind.
“You know me or not? That is a yes or no question.”
Neji then slowed down the car and gave Naruto a look, “Yes, I do know you. We were in the same year at the academy. It is pretty hard to forget about you…”
“Why? Because of my stupidity or because of how everybody treated me?” Naruto questioned him sharply.
“Which one do you prefer Naruto, having me answering all your non sense questions or having me explaining the case to you?” Naruto was defeated at this but he determined to ask again in the appropriate time.
“Okay! I give up!”
“You know the man, Uchiha Itachi, the richest man in Konoha if I may add. We have a suspect but he has a strong alibi. Well, we’re here already! Get down.” Neji turned off the car and got out from the car, followed by Naruto.
“This place wasn’t messy. There’s no fight in here…” Naruto said as he inspected the crime scene. It was one of Uchiha warehouse in the dock. The ocean breeze almost got Naruto’s attention away from his job, the wind just felt so free.
“I don’t think so. There was clearly a fight, but it was a professional fight – not some street fighters who would crash everything.” Neji kneeled down above the place that used to be the corpse. His eyes wandered from side to side to find anything suspicious to no avail. “Shit, this is perfectly done! How can we reveal this impossible case?” Uttered Neji.
“What? Don’t say impossible that easily! Even if there is no trace at all or no clue to reveal the killer, I – Uzumaki Naruto – will definitely break this case!” Naruto said bravely with his hands on his waist.
“Tch… you are always high spirited! Well, with that loud mouth of yours, can you find anything weird in this crime scene?” Neji stood up, facing Naruto.
“Well, told you before, this place wasn’t messy. No signs of hard fighting. But there’s nothing else…”
“Yappari! Let’s just go then, we have an appointment with our suspect to have lunch.” Neji unlocked the car.
“What? We can have lunch with the suspect? Dude, that’s weird!”
“Shut up and get in the car!” Neji commanded him. Naruto grumbled but he did what Neji said.
“Now, I want you to behave yourself when we’re there. We do suspect him but he’s not yet our suspect. You got that?” Naruto nodded his head for the answer.
“Wait a minute! What do you mean behave myself? I’m not a fucking dog without manner!” Naruto found himself upset with Neji’s statement.
“Fine… Suit yourself! Just act like a detective okay?!”


Naruto found himself amazed with the view he was seeing. It was a restaurant in the highest place in his town Konoha, a restaurant only for important and rich people. He never imagined himself in that restaurant even as a waiter. But here, he was the customer. Good God! He was the customer!
“Neji san, are you sure here is the place? This place is –”
“I know!” Neji cut his words. “Just be quiet and follow me! Don’t do anything stupid with him – as a matter of fact, don’t say anything!” Neji walked past him. Naruto was about to explode if he didn’t remember Tsunade’s face yelling at him like a mad man. So, he followed Neji instead.

They were heading to the seat just in front of the window. Naruto could see the best view of his Konoha from that place. And there he saw the man. He was wearing a black suit without a tie. And damn, he looked rather like an actor than a suspect. Neji came to him and the man stood.
“Good afternoon Uchiha san!” Neji offered a hand that the man welcomed. But, the man didn’t return the words and just gave Neji a cold smile before he sat back in his chair.
Neji pulled a chair and sit, and then he signaled Naruto to sit next to him. Naruto did that but felt extremely uncomfortable since the man instantly gave him a weird glance. Naruto didn’t care; people have been glaring at him ever since he was a baby so he simply didn’t care if this man was joining the club.
“I’m Hyuuga Neji and this is my partner –”
“Uzumaki Naruto!” Naruto turned to cut off Neji’s words with his convincing manner. He determined not to be chickened out by this man’s glares or Neji’s words. He was a detective now, and he’ll prove to everybody that he earned some respects.
Both the man and Neji seemed a bit surprised, but then the man smiled. “Uchiha Sasuke!” He said. Now, it was Naruto’s turn to get shocked. He never knew that the suspect was one of the Uchiha.
“Neji san, why didn’t you tell me that he was also an Uchiha?” Naruto busted out without realizing that he was trying to be cool few seconds ago. Neji could swear that he wanted to just shot Naruto at that time, but his calmness covered everything.
“So, your partner didn’t tell you who I am? Well, I’m Itachi’s little brother. Are you a detective? I couldn’t see that detective cut in you! You are certain that you graduate from the academy, aren’t you?” Sasuke said mockingly with his hands on his chin, inspecting Naruto cautiously with his lecherous eyes.
“What? What the hell do you mean by saying that?” Naruto’s hand was few centimeters from hitting the table when Neji stopped him. Naruto glares madly at the Uchiha prick then put himself down in his seat.
Sasuke was a bit bewildered by that intense look on Naruto’s eyes. ‘That azure eyes, it’s intoxicating!’ he thought.
“The reason why we’re here, Uchiha san, is to question you about the death of your brother.” Neji tried to melt the anger by heading to the main core.
“I know that already. The police had questioned me yesterday. Is there anything else you want to know? I’m not going to waste my time just to have non sense chat with you people.” Sasuke raised his right hand and the waitress came over while Naruto was still stunned with his rude words. ‘This bastard is talking to a detective! What the hell is in his mind to say stuffs like that?’ Naruto thought.
“May I have your order sir?” The waitress gave them the menu list.
“Please, orders as you want. The tab is on me since I believe that detectives like you guys wouldn’t have the money to pay. Consider this a way of thanking the police for the safety in Konoha. So, why you do you become a detective Naruto Kun? To get money from blackmailing the top? Or is it to become important people’s toys? You can have some amount of money that way.”
“You bastard!” Naruto rose from his chair and hit the table. “Who do you think you are? ‘We people’? Who do you think we are? I become a detective to get justice done in this town, and that is my way of a police! And we do didn’t have the money to pay but I rather eat some foods from the trash than from your disgusting kindness!” Naruto picked up a glass and threw the contain straight to Sasuke’s face. “In fact, you’re simply worse than trash!” Naruto then walked by, leaving an extremely upset Neji and one certain Uchiha.
“I’m sorry for the inconvenient; we will have him apologize straight to you. He’s just a new detective, please do forgive him.” Neji knew what Naruto did was not wrong, but even a bad detective have to know when to let out his anger and when to be calm.
“I’ll be waiting for him in my office tomorrow to apologize.” Sasuke cleaned his face with a handkerchief. Neji bowed slightly to him and went off.

Sasuke then dialed the number of his right man, “Kakashi, do me a favor, checked on a guy name Uzumaki Naruto. I want every detail of him in my desk tonight… Why? Well, let’s just say that he interest me.” He closed his cell phone and smiled. ‘Naruto kun huh? You are very intoxicating! This will be very interesting…’


‘What an annoying prick that man is! I can’t believe Neji didn’t say anything. For God sake he’s been a detective longer than me and he didn’t say anything when that man insulted us! Goddamn it! I hate him! Hate him! Hate Uchiha Sasuke! Hate that damn arrogant bastard!’ Naruto thought as he quickly walked by, ignoring the screaming voice behind him calling his name. He even passed the car by, he was to mad to even be in one car with Neji.
Neji pulled Naruto by his arm to stop him. “Get – in – the – car!”
“Let – me – go!” Naruto pulled back his arm but Neji pulled at it again harder.
“Don’t behave like a brat! You’re a goddamn detective now! So, just get in the car before people start to look at us like a damn fighting husband and wife!” Neji made himself clear as he half dragged Naruto, opened the car, roughly shoved him in, and slammed the door before him.
“You don’t have to be that rough! Now, you’re acting like an abusive husband! If you don’t like what I did inside, I don’t care! I am a new cop but I do have some dignity attached to my bones!” Naruto hit the dashboard with his hand repeatedly, “Hate him! Hate him! Hate him!”
Neji caught his hand, “Stop it! You’re hurting yourself!” he then released Naruto’s hand and started driving.
“Look,” Neji said again, “I know why you did that. That bastard is surely cocky. But we have our way in dealing problems! We don’t just do it like gangster you know!”
“I know that! I made my way out from the academy remember? But he’s a pain in the ass! I just lost my temper straight away!”
“Okay… Just don’t ever do it again! But the bad news is you have to come to his office tomorrow to apologize!”
“What? I do not have to do that!”
“Oh yes you do, or you’ll get suspended! Trust me you will get suspended if you don’t do that!”


Naruto lay restlessly on his bed. He couldn’t believe he had to see that annoying bastard again tomorrow; moreover he had to say sorry. ‘Damn! Today is supposed to be my good day, and that damn prick just ruined everything!’
Naruto moved to side of his body, holding his pillow as if he wanted to strangle it to death. ‘He’s such an arrogant jerk! Who does he think he is? Well – surely he is filthy rich! But that doesn’t mean he could say those stuffs to police officers.’
“rrr….rrr…..” his cell phone was ringing on the table.
“Uzumaki here!”
‘Naruto kun, how’s today?’ the voice on the other side of the cell phone said.
“Iruka sensei!!! Today is suck! I really hate him!” Naruto sat on his bed.
‘Who? Neji? He’s not that bad really! Maybe he is just too strict, but he’s fine!’
“I’m not talking about Neji! I met this guy, the – magnificent – Uchiha – Sasuke, and he’s such a damn bastard! He is our suspect and yet he mocked us as if we are some kind of dogs in the street. And, Neji didn’t say anything. So, I take the glass and poured the water to him… But you know what? I’m the one who have to apologize to him tomorrow! This is so unfair!” Naruto unconsciously hit his pillow on his every word.
“Relax Naruto kun! You shouldn’t be this mad to that guy!’
“I shouldn’t be this mad? A wealthy rich man just come and spit to my face and I shouldn’t be this mad?”
“That’s not what I’m trying to say! I mean you shouldn’t take it seriously. There is thousands of that kind of guy and you’ll be meeting them more often. Being a police officer is not always that good… You just have to live with it! Not everybody respect our work, but that doesn’t mean we could do anything rude to them. I am not blaming you, I just want you to be more careful next time!”
“I know… but I’m just so mad! I don’t know how I am supposed to meet him tomorrow to say how sorry I am without punching his cocky face!”
The older voice laughed, “You’ll be just fine… Now go to sleep! You’ll need it for tomorrow, call me if you need anything. Night Naruto!”
“Night Iruka sensei!”
Naruto once again lay on his bed, he thought he would feel better but he was wrong. He still couldn’t loosen up his hate to that Uchiha Sasuke. So, he fell asleep by saying ‘I hate him’ thousands of time.

The huge room was only preoccupied by two people, one older than the other. It was not a bright room; in fact the room was slightly dark. But it suited the taste of the last Uchiha. Sasuke was reading something in his single couch, holding an expensive pen in his right hand and gave a scratch on the paper here in there. While the older man, who was not really old though he has white hair, was just leaning his tall body to the wall, waiting for his boss to say anything. Few minutes later, Sasuke threw the paper on the table in front of him and sighed…

“Where’s your research?”
“I put in the table just like you want me too.”
Sasuke turned to the table, took the pile of files and sat in the couch again while his right hand, Kakashi, sat in his polar opposite.
“Hmm… he’s an orphan?”
“There was no record about his parents but the rumors said that he was the reason Konoha got raid by the neighboring country 21 years ago.”
“What? How so?”
“Well, the great Yondaime – the most fearsome police man - was killed because he wanted to safe this boy who was a baby from an accident. Since Yondaime’s death, those people who wanted to rule Konoha had no one to be feared again. So they tried to take over this city. The result was the death of so many Konoha’s polices and citizens.”
“He must be ‘loved’, must not he?”
“Yes he is! But he has back up, Tsunade – the chief officer of Konoha Police Station.”
“I see… Interesting…”
“May I ask you a question?”
“Sure…”
“Why are you so interested in this guy? He does have a very interesting life but…”
“You should see him in person Kakashi… He’s very enthralling. His bright azure eyes, the determination in it, the rage, it’s very intriguing. As if he was inviting me to destroy him, to make his bright eyes dull and empty… Surely he would delight me…”
“You’re very scary Sasuke kun!”
“I am… but you’ll see him tomorrow and you couldn’t argue my every word once you see him. But he’s my game to play, don’t interfere!”
“I won’t. Now if you’ll excuse me, I think I may need some sleep!”
“Go!”

Sasuke was now alone in his huge penthouse, thinking nothing but a certain blond. ‘Naruto kun, the game will start very soon, and you’ll be a very interesting toy to play with…’

NB: ehm, let's start...
some people dont get the phone with iruka part... well, the words with '...' is Iruka's
this is my first fanfic so dont kill me please... I'm trying to make this as understandable as possible... sorry for the grammar error and the wrong word-usage, i'm still learning english!
thankz for reading!!!!!!