It was a normal day for an almost adult Uchiha. The birds were chirping their hearts out, the sun was rising, and the ANBU ninjas were pounding on his door ready to taking him to yet another interrogation.
"Oh fudge," Sasuke said. "Why'd I leave the village?"
"Uchiha! Open the door!" one of the ninja called.
"Com'n! Let's not go through this every morning," another said.
"Gimme a minute!" said an annoyed Uchiha. "Let's think Sasuke," he thought. "If I go quietly, they'll probably give me a break and leave me alone, if I don't—"
Before he finished, the ANBU ninjas kicked in his door, grabbed him by his hair and shirt, tackled him to his wooden floor, and handcuffed him. "When, we say 'come on', you need to move quickly not when you're ready," an ANBU said.
"—or this could happen."
The ninjas picked him up and walked him to the Hokage's office. Shizune was outside of the office with her new apprentice, Akira. Akira had long, silver hair that was pulled back into a low ponytail, dark violet eyes, and fair skin like Shizune.
"Shizune-sensei," Akira said. "Is this the guy you were telling me about?"
"Yes, Akira," Shizune said. "Now, go tell Milady we're ready."
"Yes, ma'am!" she ran off for Tsunade.
"Shall we put him in the interrogation room?" an ANBU said.
"That won't be necessary. Genma will be coming momentarily to handle that. Just leave him here with me," Shizune said.
"Are you sure?" another ANBU said.
"He shouldn't cause any trouble. Now, don't you all have another task to do?"
"Right," they all said then left.
"Alright, Sasuke," Shizune said. "Anything you wanna ask or say before your interrogation?"
"Yeah," Sasuke said. "I got something to ask alright. Why the bloody heck am I here again?"
"The same reason as last time."
"I've been here everyday except Sundays and holidays for four to seven hours for the past year. What else do you want me to say?"
"The truth."
"Sensei, Lady Tsunade is ready for him!"
Shizune looked toward the hallway and saw Akira running back to deliver more messages.
"Anything else?"
She stopped once she was in from of Shizune. "Genma-san is in the room with Lady Tsunade. Am I able to train with you today?"
"Yes, you will learn the art of intense interrogation."
"Alright."
"Tell Lady Tsunade I'll be there in a minute."
"Yes, Shizune-sensei," and with that she left.
"Let's go, Sasuke," Shizune said softly.
"Fine."
Minutes later, they were in the interrogation room. It was different. The room was smaller. The walls were white, the floor was tiled and white, there was furniture, and it was white (A/N: I hope you get the point. Everything was white).
"Good morning, Sasuke," Tsunade said sweetly. She wore a long white science coat, black high-heeled boots, slate colored slacks, a black tank top, and her hair was out of her usual pigtails.
"What are you supposed to be? A therapist?" Sasuke said.
"No, Sasuke," Tsunade said. "I feel I should look more sophisticated."
"Oh, so you do know words longer than 'the'?"
"Uchiha!" Genma snapped. "Knock it off. I'm not in the mood for your BS, and I'll throw you in the straight jacket and leave you here. Is that what you want?"
"No thanks. This white room's already giving me the creeps."
"Thank you, Genma," Tsunade said. "Now, Sasuke, have a seat by Genma."
"Do I have a right to a lawyer?" Sasuke said. "I think this guy will kill me."
"As always, the interrogations are video taped in full color and audio recorded with excellent sound," Tsunade said. "Shizune, Akira, you'll be sitting by me."
"Yes, Milady," the two said, and they did.
"Alright, let's start with the usual questions. How are you doing?"
"Let's see," said Sasuke. "My front door's broken, I was tackled to the ground, I was shoved to this color forsaken room, and to top it all of, I'm here going through another interrogation dealing with a bunch of son of a guns, but aside from all that, I'm doing great."
"Thanks for minding your mouth," Tsunade said. "Anyway, I'm skipping the rest of the usual questions. Let's get to the point. Why'd you leave the village?"
"I don't know."
"Yes, you do. Only you know why you did what you've done. Now, answer my question."
"I can't! I don't know."
"You've been saying that for a year, Sasuke. Doesn't that make you a tad guilty for lying to us for so long?"
"No, because I'm not lying."
"Then, what were you doing at Orochimaru's place?"
"I don't know."
"How'd you get there?"
"I can't remember much about that."
"Tell me what you do know."
"I was sitting on a tree limb, Naruto was unconscious at the Valley of the End, and then I woke up at Orochimaru's lair. What else do you want from me?"
"I want you to talk! No one's in the mood to do this. We've been at this for a year. You've wasted our time for too long. Let's not waste anymore. Tell us the truth, we'll give you an appropriate punishment, and we'll be on our happy way."
"Listen lady. I don't know about anything you've been asking me for all this time. Now, let me go!" the Uchiha snapped and activated his Sharingan in pure rage.
"Uchiha!" Genma snapped. He grabbed Sasuke's hair and gave him a chakra filled, open fist punch. The strike immediately knocked him about. "What would you like done with him, Milady?"
"Take him to the holding cell in the basement."
"Yes ma'am." He hoisted the unconscious Uchiha over his shoulder. He left for the basement.
"Lady Tsunade," Akira said. "Are the interrogations always like this?"
"No, we've never had to knock him out. However, he's given us more information than normal. Now, Akira, I'm going to need your help."
"What is it?"
"I need you to bring Miss Hyuuga to me."
"Hinata-san?"
"Uh huh."
"Yes, Milady," and with that she left the room.
"Lady Tsunade," Shizune said. "Why in the world would you need Hinata?"
Tsunade brushed her hair from her face. "She will be very helpful."
"Let me rephrase that. Why would you choose Hinata? Why not Sakura?"
"She's engaged to Naruto, she's his teammate, and she's liable to lose focus and reminisce."
"What does her engagement to Naruto have to do with anything?"
"If anything happens to Sakura, Naruto will murder him, and if Sakura and Sasuke have a romantic scene and Naruto finds out, it could put a strain on their relationship."
"Well, what about Ino?"
"She's dating Sai, and she's on a mission with Shikamaru and Choji."
"Tenten?"
"Tenten has been married for two months. Do you know what Neji will do if he even thinks another man is messing around with Tenten? You know how Hiashi and Neji are."
"Point and we're not going to drag Temari from Suna to do this."
"Temari and I have the same style. We just beat the answer out of him. The difference is Temari's patience wears thin very quickly."
"So, Hinata is just the last option?"
"No, she was my first. Think about it. She's motherly, single, sweet, understanding, and calm. Besides, I need a break from Sasuke, and you do too."
"Thank you, Milady, but what about Akira?"
"Tsunade sighed. "She'll be trained by Hinata in interrogation, and after a few hours, Hinata will take her home."
