Devils in the Background

Ties that Bind

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A sleepy figure groaned and picked up the phone, "What? ... THIS ISN'T A PIZZA PLACE!" The person slammed the phone down. "How does an unlisted number get 200 calls from wrong numbers in one day?"

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"Has it been four months already?" The tattoo artist pondered as he shuffled a deck of cards.

Hikaru chuckled as he handed Naruto the poker chips, "Yes it has been four months since you got here ... you haven't gotten into any messy business have you?"

"No, why?" Naruto asked with a raised eyebrow.

The pink haired male picked up a card, "Then why are you suddenly taking up poker?"

Naruto rolled his eyes, "I'm not gambling or anything like that. I had a client ask for a royal flush and it just put me in the mood ... I'm serious." The blonde chuckled at the suspicious look Hikaru gave him ...

"I just don't want you to become a gambling nut. Thanks for the game, I needed to relax. Don't be a stranger, tootles!" Hikaru smiled as he left the blonde's home ...

The second Hikaru left the little lizard tattoo came towards Naruto and flashed a picture on the wall as the blonde shut the curtains. It was a set of pictures of the casino in the village. Years ago there was a rumor that after midnight the casino would have a special set of games and the profits of those were 'off the book' so to speak. The casino owner explained that that was not true. After two raids no evidence was found and many supposed witnesses vanished except two ...

"Whoa, wait a minute ... move back a little bit." The lizard flipped back a couple frames showing a close up on a brown haired dealer at the Blackjack table. "Brown hair ... green eyes ... and that slight scar on his right cheek ... where have I seen him?" He had his lizard pull up Sparrow's case files. It wasn't the casino file, but the file on the serial murderer 24 years ago. "That's right ... Haru Doki, he was the first suspect in the murders at 15 years old, but was released when another person was caught with pieces of the victims in his home as if they were trophies ... that person was caught because this Haru accused him."

Nothing besides the fact that it was Sparrow's case seemed weird until he took a closer look and saw that three of the fourteen murder victims were people who worked in the casino. Since he didn't have any better starting points without knowledge of the times for the illegal games he had to start with watching this Haru Doki guy ...

*knock*knock*

"Who could that be- ..." Naruto smiled as he sensed a familiar person behind the door and opened it, "Hello, Fugaku."

The Uchiha clan head smiled, "We never had a chance to properly introduce ourselves." he pressed his lips to Naruto's and kissed him passionately. Naruto pulled the raven into the house without breaking the kiss and kicked the door shut. The blonde grabbed Fugaku just under the butt and lifted the ninja onto the table. Out of the corner of his eye spotted a deck of cards. "Oh I bet it would be fun playing strip poker with you."

"I should show you a set of special poker chips I have." The blonde said with a mischievous smile on his lips as Fugaku ripped his shirt off and pulled the blonde down onto him.

"Hmm knowing you I bet it would be an amazing set of chips, but I need you first." Fugaku leaned up to kiss the blonde again and rocked his hips against the bulge in the tattoo artists pants earning a groan from the blonde. Naruto smirked and latched onto the pale neck ...

"Ahhh damn ahhh!" Fugaku moaned softly as a sensitive spot on his neck was nibbled and sucked. He forced himself to focus and quickly began fiddling with his and Naruto's belts. It wasn't long before both of them were completely naked. Fugaku's moans got louder as Naruto slowly moved down the pale body leaving a trail of love bites in his wake ...