"I didn't do anything!"
"Uzumaki, your fingerprints were found on the weapon that was used to murder the guy!"
Naruto looked up with tears flowing down his face. He stared at the long haired officer for a couple seconds before looking over to see the clock hung on the wall. His eyebrows shot up as soon as he noticed the time; they had been in this room for approximately 2 hours.
His eyes were tired, puffy, and red from all the crying he did.
"Look officer, I already told you everything I know. I heard someone screaming, I went to go check it out, and I found the man on the floor with blood surrounding him. I don't remember anything after that so I must have fainted"
The officer looked down at his watch and sighed
"Yes Uzumaki, you've already mentioned all that. What I want to know is why you you were kneeling next the body with the weapon used to kill the victim"
It was all a blur. He couldn't remember anything after he found the man. All he seemed to gather was finding the body and then being arrested.
"I don't remember how I managed to have it in my possession afterwards"
Blue eyes looked up to see the officer letting out an annoyed sigh.
"Blondie, I'm not going to play this game with you. We have been at it for hours, so here's what we're going to do. Give me one good reason why I shouldn't lock you up right now"
Naruto started panicking. What else did they expect him to say? He told them everything he knew.
"Officer I don't know what to sa-" He was cut off as a strong hand slapped him across the face.
The blondes tan hand shot up to hold his now throbbing cheek, tears evident in his eyes.
"I told you I'm NOT PLAYING THIS GAME WITH YOU!" The officer yelled, slamming his hand on the table making Naruto jump.
Naruto stayed shocked, eyes wide staring into space.
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-Flashback-
10 year old Naruto sat in front of his desk in his room. Tears rolled down his eyes as he tried sewing the straps onto his ripped bag.
He remembered how Menma and his friends stopped him as he walked to school. They started calling him names and began hitting him, while other random kids joined in and ripped his school bag.
He missed 20 minutes of class because of the assault but the teacher didn't care what excuse he said, they never believed him anyways.
He jumped as someone opened his bedroom door
"Naruto, you've been a very bad kid. Your teachers told me you haven't been attending classes" His adoptive father said putting a hand on his shoulder rubbing his thumb up and down slowly.
"N-no f-father." Little Naruto said "The mean k-kids don't let me. They hurt m-me and say m-mean things t-to me"
His father tightened the hold he had on his shoulder "Stop trying to find excuses! You know Damn well its all your fault."
Naruto started trembling, he was always scared when his adoptive father was angry.
In a swift movement, his father picked him up and bent him down on the table yanking off his frog pj's.
"Daddy p-please! I d-didn't d-do anything!" He pleaded "What are y-you d-doing?"
His father stepped back a little and unbuttoned his shirt. He slid it off his shoulders and proceeded to unbuckle his belt. He smirked as he dropped his pants and stepped forward.
"Now now my little boy, you know daddy doesn't like to punish you but it's for your own good." His father said.
"P-please s-stop! You're hurting m-me! D-daddy!" Little naruto cried out. "No, no...NO!" His scream echoed throughout the room.
An hour passed by when his dad finally left, leaving naruto curled up on the floor with blood stains on his clothes.
"Why?" The 10 year old whispered, tears falling fast. His eyes looked completely dead as he stared into space
-End of flashback-
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A hand on his shoulder startled him out of his thoughts. He looked around and noticed he was still in the interrogation room. His hand went up to touch his cheek and was surprised to feel moisture. Tears? Wait...
His eyes widened
"Well kid?" Naruto looked at the officer "Your brain hasn't remembered anything at all? Why was the knife in your hand?"
Naruto shook his head slowly
"I'm getting pretty impatient Uzumaki. We both know you're LYING! So I'm going to ask you one more time" The officer spat. "Why did you have the WEAPON. IN. YOUR. GRASP?"
Some spit landed on Naruto but instead of answering, he stayed quiet.
He knew that whatever he said, the officer wasn't going to believe him and he really didn't want to get hit again.
He lowered his head and looked away.
A few minutes passed by with nothing but silence. He ignored the throbbing pain that was coming from his cheek but flinched when the officer got up from his chair.
"KAKASHI!" He called out
The door opened from the interrogation room and Naruto turned to see another officer entering. He looked mysteriously weird wearing a tight black sleeveless shirt that went all the way up to cover half his face. He had a scar running down his left eye and grayish hair spiked up in a way Naruto has never seen before on anyone.
"Yes sir?" He said
"Take the kid away, he refuses to cooperate with us. Seems to me he might be a murderer after all" with that he turned around taking a few steps before he stopped. He was sure he heard the blonde say something so he turned back around.
"What was that kid?"
With more confidence, Naruto spoke up
"I am not a m-murderer! You just d-don't want to believe anything I'm s-saying" he said while tears escaped his eyes.
"You j-just find it m-much easier to blame and b-beat someone that you know c-cant defend themselves even though they're innocent"
Kakashi stood beside the table surprised while the other officer frowned in anger.
He slowly walked towards Naruto like an animal stalking his prey and leaned down inches away from his face.
"You better watch your fucking mouth kid." he growled. "How can you sit there and say your innocent if you don't even remember what happened after you found the body. You say you fainted right? Then why were you holding the knife"
Naruto looked up but was speechless. No matter how many times he explained himself, no matter how many times he denied everything, this guy was never going to understand. He might not remember why had the weapon but why would he want to kill anyone? After everything he's been through, he held no hate in his heart. He always minded his business and stayed away from strangers.
He looked away as the officer smirked and finally left the room.
As soon as he heard the door slam, Kakashi turned to Naruto and observed him. He heard about what happened earlier and he was able to catch a glimpse of this boy as well when he went to check the crime scene. He remembered seeing the kid shaking his head with a panicked and confused look on his face as they put cuffs on his wrists and walked him to a patrol car.
Kakashi couldn't shake a weird feeling he was getting. He wasn't too convinced this kid would be able to kill a man...but yet again, appearances can fool anyone.
Shaking his head He walked up to the boy and took him out.
With his legs pulled to his chest and his head on his knees, Naruto sat on a bottom bunk bed wearing an orange jumpsuit and some white shoes.
He was thinking back to what happened in the court room, still surprised with what the blonde judge did for him. As terrifying as this place was he was still slightly happy that she might have believed him maybe just a little.
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-Flashback-
"Has the jury come to a decision?" The blonde judge asked
"Yes we have your honor"
Naruto looked up as the people from the jury passed a note to a guy at the edge of the seat.
"Uzumaki Naruto, please rise" judge Tsunade ordered
The blonde got up from his seat and looked up. He was scared, he didn't want to go to jail over a situation that he knew he was not at fault for. He saw the jury member speaking but his ears were buzzing from the fear he was feeling. He managed to calm down until he heard the last words come out of the guys mouth.
"We plead Uzumaki Naruto guilty for first degree murderer"
Naruto's eyes widened as his whole body went numb.
Feeling like he couldn't breathe, he parted his lips trying to force his lungs to take in air but its like they weren't functioning. He shook his head as tears started sliding down his cheeks.
"No" he whispered.
He put his hand on his mouth to cover the low sob that was torn from his mouth as he fell on his knees.
The blonde judge turned to him with a confused expression.
"P-please y-your honor, I d-didn't k-kill anyone. I'm sorry that I d-don't remember b-but please! Let me prove I'm innocent" He screamed out, tears blurring his vision.
Everyone in the room stood stunned as they watched the blonde murderer bow with his forehead touching the floor.
"Uzumaki! Get up and accept what you have done" Tsunade said
"I d-didn't k-kill anyone. I w-would n-never cause any harm t-to anyone, b-but no one believes me. P-please" he breathed out, looking straight in her eyes. Tsunade looked at him with disbelief. This kid sounded so sincere and honest. Normally she wouldn't believe anything that came out of any criminals mouths. She had years of experience dealing with professional liars to know when someone was lying to her. She wasn't a judge just because she loved making criminals squirm...well maybe just a little. She had this intensity glare that had any criminal back away with fear.
Besides the point, she was the best judge out there and she made it her motto to not take shit from no one...but there was something about this boy that made her want to question her decision once more. She looked down to the file that was in front of her before she opened it.
In the file it stated;
June 28, 2018
On Thursday night at approximately 7:00 pm, we received a call from an anonymous caller informing us about screams they heard in an alleyway on Konoha street. Officers went over to check the problem and there they found 21 year old Uzumaki Naruto on his knees with a knife in hand and his arm ready to strike a bloody body. Officers were able to detain him and Medics checked him over. They found scratch marks on Uzumakis arms and found his DNA inside the victims nails.
Victim died in the ambulance on his way to the hospital at 7:27 with several knife wounds in his chest .
Tsunade looked up at the boy and saw the lost and terrified look he had. Was it fear because he got caught? Or was it something else everyone else refused to see? She looked down once again.
With what she read on his file, it could be easily taken as Uzumaki being the murderer. But after seeing his reaction and skimming through the file once more, it all looked to...easy.
Usually when someone decides to kill, they cover up there tracks and try to disappear so they wouldn't get caught. Of course there were also some killers that didn't care if they got caught but they would normally confess. This kid neither confessed nor tried to get away. Thinking it over, she speaks up.
"Uzumaki Naruto you will stay in prison for a month" She heard some gasps from the audience.
"This case will stay open until we find more evidence to reassure that you were at fault since you seem to find yourself innocent. On July 28th, you will have your next court date" and with that she banged her gravel.
She turned to the surprised officer next to her.
"Take him in and bring out the next case" she ordered. She turned to Naruto and was met with thankful eyes.
"Thank y-you, y-your honor" he said as an officer helped him stand up.
"Don't thank me kid. I'm feeling rather nice today, but don't think for one second that I will not punish you if you turn out to be the killer after all."
-End of flashback-
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Yeah, hope. But, how was he going to prove his innocence? No, WHO was going to help him prove it?
He barely had any friends and there was no one around when it all happened. It was dark and some of the stores that were around weren't open that late. He sulked, he didn't know what to do.
He thought about calling his friend he met at work, Hinata, but when he asked to take his free call the officers just looked at him with disgust and threw him in his cell.
Apparently murderers didn't have the right to make phone calls.
Now he was alone and scared in a cold cell with nothing but bunk beds with old ripped sheets, a rusty toilet in the corner with a small wall covering it, a small sink next to it and a little table in front of the beds. It wasn't like his small warm house but what else did he expect?
He looked up as he heard footsteps approaching and blinked as he saw two other prisoners stop outside his cell.
The shortest of the two turned to him and he was able to catch white long hair tied in a loose ponytail. With a smirk on the strangers lips he looked at the other prisoner
"Look orochimaru, fresh meat"
Naruto moved his eyes to the other prisoner named orochimaru and was shocked to see he had yellow looking eyes. He looked more like a snake and although he had the same smirk as the other white haired prisoner, he looked more terrifying.
"He looks Devine" the yellow eyed prisoner said as he licked his lips.
"Ah, what do you say we welcome him?"
Orochimaru nodded as the both began entering the small cell.
Naruto froze.