SasuSaku Story – The Innocent Suspect.
Run. Run. Run.
Run all you can, because you might lose everything if you don't. Including your life. Run as far as you can, because when your innocence is at question, nothing can be safe anymore.
Sasuke Uchiha looked back, finally he was in a safe distance. He had to escape, or else he will die.
. . .
"Sakura, The Boss wants you in his office now," Shikamaru said, getting the attention of the said girl.
"What did you do this time, Sakura?" Kiba joked, but getting two pair of eyes rolled at him.
"Definitely not something worse than you'd do, Kiba," Sakura joked back – even though it was true – and got up to see what The Boss wants. She works as a Policewoman, so do Kiba and Shikamaru, and few others. The chief of the section Sakura worked in was Kakashi Hatake, a very sharp man.
Sakura knocked the door and got a "come in."
"You called for me, Kakashi-San?" Sakura asked.
"Yes. Please have a seat, Ms. Haruno." Kakashi replied.
So Sakura did what she was told, and Kakashi started speaking again.
"There's a case I want to talk about with you, since you're one of the best people who I ever worked with," Kakashi started, getting a smile and a nod from Sakura. "Have you ever heard about the Uchiha clan?"
Sakura nodded. "They are one of the richest and oldest clans in Japan. The first man who started it was Madara Uchiha," Sakura said.
Kakashi nodded. "That's true. Now, the case is about them. The famous business man Fugaku Uchiha was found murdered with his wife this morning."
Sakura's eyes went wide open, as her mouth. "What! Who murdered them!"
"That is what you will find out, Ms. Haruno," Kakashi said. "You can take as many men as you want; I already assigned Shikamaru Nara, Shino Aburame and Neji Hyuuga to work with you," Kakashi explained.
Sakura nodded. "I understand! I will ask for two more, Kakashi-San."
"Who?" Kakashi asked.
"Kiba Inuzuka and Naruto Uzumaki," Sakura said. "Naruto is a close friend of Fugaku-San's son, Sasuke Uchiha."
Kakashi stood up surprised. "Why didn't anyone say anything before! Make Naruto come here, now!" Kakashi yelled.
"Y-yes, sir! But may I know what Naruto has to do with this?" Sakura asked.
"Sasuke Uchiha is the first suspect in this crime!" Kakashi said.
. . .
"What do you mean you haven't heard of him for a week?" Sakura asked.
"I didn't. I called him five times for the previous few days, but he doesn't answer me. I don't know why," Naruto said. "Why are you asking about Sasuke anyway?"
Kakashi sighed. "Naruto, your friend is the first suspect in the Uchiha's case."
Naruto's eyes widened. "Case? What case?"
Sakura explained everything to Naruto, even though he denied that Sasuke Uchiha has anything to do with it.
"If you're so sure of his innocence, then prove it," Sakura said to Naruto.
"How?" Naruto asked.
"Work with me in this case and prove your friend's innocence," Sakura said.
Naruto's eyes narrowed, but he nodded anyway. "I will. And I will prove his innocence."
. . .
"So where should we start?" Kiba asked.
"Well, we have to visit the neighbors first, to see if they saw, heard or noticed anything," Neji answered.
"No need. We already have everything we need to know from the neighbors," Shikamaru said.
"Where did you get it from?" Naruto asked.
Shikamaru shrugged. "Kakashi-San already sent a group before us to get some information."
"What did they say?" Kiba asked.
"Most of the neighbors assured the group that nothing unordinary happened," Sakura said.
"Most of them?" Neji repeated. "Why not all of them?"
"One of the neighbors said that he saw a girl dressed in black, hiding her face enter the mansion, four hours before the murder. The murder, as the doctors said, has happened between 1:30 PM and 2:00 PM. The girl has entered the Uchiha mansion at 9:45 AM. The neighbor said that there was something weird about that girl," Sakura said.
Neji looked with suspicious. "What was the weird thing?"
"The neighbor I'm talking about is an old lady, her balcony – where she sits most time of the day – shows a view of the Uchiha mansion. She said that the girl entered the mansion and never came out. Even though she assured the policemen that she hasn't moved an inch from 8:00 AM to 6:30 PM, which is when the police arrived," Sakura explained.
"The girl is the key to this case for sure," Kiba said.
"I have a question," Naruto announced, everyone turned their attention to him. "If the old lady said the girl was hiding her face, how did she know it was a girl?"
Everyone were suddenly interested in Naruto's question, except for Shikamaru, who had the answer.
"A policeman already asked her, she said it was a girl because her hair was long, straight black," Shikamaru said.
"Oh." They all said.
"Let's talk to that neighbor again," Kiba suggested. "Maybe she can tell us more."
Everyone agreed and the group headed to the old lady's house.
. . .
To Be Continued In Chapter Two.