Hey guys! I'm back, here is chapter 10: the face off !
Sasuke figured out his friend was a cop a while ago, they argued and fought, fists flew in the air and then each isolated himself from the other.
Neither was capable enough to convince the other to walk away. Naruto asked Sasuke to testify against his gang, he told him that the police will hide him away and that he could start a new life, that he could walk away freely or with reduced damage if he were to talk.
But what did that made him? A coward, a rat, a traitor. He couldn't bear the thought. These people took him in when he was lost the most, they made him who he is even if he isn't that great he was still someone. And just being someone in this life takes a lot of courage, existing and fighting life back takes a lot of the human energy.
He knew a little perfect world back in the past but this was what is real. He knew that perfection didn't exist the day he lost his entire family.
His older brother, Itachi, got involved with the wrong people… The Crows. They made him pay for it. They attacked his house on a Thursday night. It was right at mid-night when they heard gunshot. His brother was outside running errands.
First they barged in and shot his mother in the head. Then it was his father but he took the time to hide Sasuke inside one of the kitchen's armoir. 9 year-old Sasuke looked around him in terror. It was too dark in there. All he could hear was gunshot and screams. He wanted to yell and scream too, to go find his brother, to hide away his favorite toy but he remembered his father's words every time he wanted to go out.
"Stay Still."He whispered before he disappeared.
It was the longest hour in his entire life and he still remembers each second of it. He sobbed quietly while holding his knees until something caught his attention. Smoke. There was a lot of smoke that it got hard for him to breath. Now he only heard the ticking of wood as fire devoured the place, he pushed the door open and saw red, he felt incredible heat radiating from their home, this is home right? He didn't open the door to another place did he?
Just an hour ago it was all quiet and warm, his mom laughed while he and his father pretended to wrestle.
He ran around trying to avoid the flames but felt the fire feeding on his tears and closing in on him the harder he cried, he tried to clear his eyes and look for his dad, he was by the living room door he thought. He took a few safe steps and looked around, someone was on the ground, he tried to get closer but something reached his feet, he looked down and saw dark red liquid, he looked up and the roof was now making weird noises. Maybe his dad got out. He ran for their door and reached for the knob, his hand got burnt and he jumped back… he walked back to the body lying on the floor, she looked like his mom, he wanted to get closer but couldn't find a way, his nose was itching badly, he couldn't breathe nor see well, he slid down to the floor and felt his lids getting heavy. Suddenly he heard the door breaking and someone walked up to him.
A perfect world doesn't exist. It's a lie, it's temporary, they couldn't make the world better, no one could, and they couldn't save everyone. But he could get his revenge. Ori, the head of his gang promised him they would go after the Crows, he said even he had things to settle with them.
Naruto can't just ruin what he had worked for so hard. This was him and he didn't want be a ''good guy'' as long as it meant being a rat.
But now he is staring at his only friend, aiming a gun at him while the others stared confused.
Why is he doing this? Why?! Sasuke felt the blood boiling in his veins. He was already feeling grumpy. Something about this entire night was off. He kept getting these weird vibes and couldn't understand why.
Now, Naruto was shouting something about justice and cops, Sasuke felt numb. Sai looked at him then at Naruto.
"I said: Drop your weapons!" Naruto was shouting then he shot a bullet in the air and aimed the gun back at them. Slowly they realized he was serious and that he was a cop.
"Get out of our way" Sasuke yelled at Naruto who stood still in his place. However, the other guys weren't just going to use words. They rained it down on him with bullets and Naruto knew he was in trouble, but he couldn't let them walk away, he didn't understand why his back up was using sirens when he warned them not to, why did they took longer than planned…
Gaara, one of the best in the gang, they called him sniper, cause, Well, he almost never misses a shot, was walking closer to Naruto. He aimed his gun at him and was getting ready to shoot when Sasuke yelled:
"Gaara! Don't!"
Naruto turned around and felt the bullet graze into his body. Gaara has already shot him.
Police got to them and everyone started running away, Sasuke however ran to his friend. He took off his shirt and applied pressure to the wound. Naruto was losing a lot of blood and Sasuke cursed under his breath. This couldn't be happening. He pressed harder and yelled at the first cop that showed in front of him asking him to get a doctor.
"Naruto is a cop?! "
Detective Lee nodded silently. Tears started running down her face and she remembered the harsh words she said to him and wished she knew earlier. Why did she only assume the worst case scenario? So Naruto was still the same boy she knew. He was still trying to make the world a better place.
"But what if they figured it out? What would happen to him? "And to Sasuke, she thought to herself.
"I'm afraid we have already reached that point, last night was a really busy night."
"what do you mean? What happened?"
"Naruto...was shot last night, the bullet barely missed his heart. He is staying in the ICU. If Sasuke didn't take care of him until the ambulance got there we could have lost him."
"Oh god! And Sasuke, where is he now?"
Lee cleared his throat and then answered.
"He is held in the police station Sakura."
Sakura felt like things couldn't get any worse. Everything is ruined. What was going to happen now?
"What's going to happen to him?"
"it depends on him. Whether he cooperates with us or not."
Sakura kept quiet, she knew Sasuke enough to know he wasn't going to say a word.
"But we can't hold him in for more than 24 hours, we don't have enough evidence and Naruto is in no shape to testify. He was just there when Naruto was shot, we found no gun so we can't keep him for long."
Sakura felt relief wash over her and wondered if it was the right feeling at the moment.
"Sakura, if you are feeling okay I think you should come to the station with me, we need to get your statement about what happened to you…Also you need to identify the assaulters."
Sakura kept quiet and her hand reached for her untrimmed locks. She was trying to organize her thoughts and find both strength and courage, yes, she was the victim but that didn't mean she should hide away and let fear or depression consume her. Life had already threw a lot of shit in her way but one must keep going. She nodded slowly then said:
"Give me 5 minutes to change and I'll come."
"Okay, I'll be waiting at the door."
When they reached the station, it was a mess, they sure had a busy night. They took her to an office and asked her some questions and then she went in a room to identify the people they caught. Her heart started beating furiously and she felt like the mirror in front of her won't protect her, she felt exposed until a hand reached for her shoulder and squeezed it.
"It's okay, you are safe here." Detective Lee said.
When the lights turned on she was facing two familiar faces, she has taken so much time to study their features. Last night and the time she was with Sasuke...Sasuke, she felt her heart leaping at the thought of him. He is probably somewhere around here.
"Yes, it's them…"
Detective Lee talked in the speaker so a cop would walk out the suspects.
"Good. About the girl... she is underage so we will have to go through different procedures but if you can recognize her even from this photo it will be enough." Another cop standing next to her said as he held up a photo of Karin.
"Yes, that's her."
Suddenly, they heard noises and all three rushed outside.
There was Sasuke, hands behind his back, trying to attack the said guy Juu and his buddy.
A shiver ran through Sakura's body and she watched as Detective Lee and others jumped in between them.
"Sasuke..." Sakura let out a soft cry and watched as Sasuke froze as he turned towards her.
Sooo how is it ?
I'll try to update soon but I have exams coming *sigh*
Have a nice weekend~~