~Bulletproof~ SasuSaku Mafia Story

Chapter 6 ~ The Brotherhood

Sasuke sat in his usual seat at the head of a large wooden round table in the middle of the main conference room. As always, the two closest seats to him were occupied by Izuna and Shisui Uchiha. Madara and Fugaku were seated on the opposite end, signifying a generational divide within the clan.

"It is good to have you back, nephew." Madara broke the silence. Sasuke was deep in thought, with his fingers intertwined on the top of the table.

"We have a lot to discuss." Sasuke said quietly.

"Is your shoulder better?" Izuna avoided making eye contact with Sasuke.

"Yes, it was just a scratch."

"Sasuke, we have to ask, what happened?" Shisui fidgeted in his seat.

The young clan leader took a sip from the old fashioned in front of him, and cleared his throat.

"We were ambushed. As you have figured out by now, somehow our safe house was compromised long before the mission was even carried out. I am confident that we don't have a snitch among us."

Room was silent, with eight black eyes looking intently at Sasuke.

"We will pause all future operations until we get to the bottom of this. I do not believe this was a coincidence or luck, at this point. Shisui, I want you to get in touch with Danzo, and let him know that our negotiations will be delayed. Handle him."

Shisui nodded.

"I am aware this means the... elimination of the Hyuuga rats will have to be halted, as well."

"Dammit, I've been looking forward to whacking those pussies for months!" Shisui groaned.

"Executing hits is too risky now. I can not keep getting pinched by that Uzumaki fellow."

"Sasuke, why don't we just plan a hit on the detective?" Fugaku spoke finally.

"Father, that loser has been chasing us for half a decade. I do not believe that he woke up enlightened one day, and devised a master plan. No, it was not him."

"Anything you remember from the shootout?" Madara frowned.

"I wanted to address this next. There were two strange occurrences. One, they had a streamlined formation. The cops were concentrated on the entrances and exits we did use, so we could not count on the usual lack of resistance during evacuation."

"This reeks of a new strategy chief." Izuna mumbled, deep in thought. "Although, I am sure Asuma Sarutobi is still in charge of that. Would he just reinvent a standard formation he was probably taught in the academy?"

"What was the second strange factor, son?"

"There was a girl at the crime scene. She looked very out of place, yet very... exhilarated by witnessing my arrest." Sasuke chuckled.

"Well, it could be a daughter of someone we dealt with, maybe there with a vendetta," suggested Izuna.

"No, she was with a cop who seemed familiar. It seemed like she was one of them, but also, somehow was not."

"Okay, we will look into her. Anything else? Was the jail break smooth?"

Sasuke decided to keep the "details" of that night to himself, and only nodded in response. His mind was focused on the issues at hand, but every now and then, a flash of pink and green would snap him out of concentration. He shook it off momentarily.

"Izuna, fetch Suigetsu for me."

Izuna pressed the button on his wireless earphone, and mumbled something directly to Suigetsu, who almost instantly burst through the door.