Kidoumaru Does Konoha!
Chapter 10
"There you are!"
Kankurou was sitting in the front yard of the Inuzuka house, petting a puppy. "See, we have found him! Now I must go find Gai-sensei for our afternoon push-ups! If I am late, I shall do three-thousand push-ups!" Lee grinned, blinding everyone nearby, and rushed off to find his beloved sensei.
"Temari? What are you doing here?" Kankurou stood up and stretched lazily.
"What am I doing here!? I thought that you were dead! You vanish from your apartment without a word to anyone...!"
A happy yip was heard from within the house, 'I see you're used to living with strong women." Inuzuka Tsume stepped from the shadows, "I sent for him, he probably didn't have time to talk to anyone before Kuromaru brought him here."
Temari glanced at the Inuzuka, then at her brother. "Why would you invite Puppet-Boy here to your house?" Kankurou snorted at the nickname as Hana stepped walked from somewhere behind the house and stood next to him, then started nuzzling the surprised Puppeteer's neck,
"I think you can see that we enjoy his company, especially Hana." Tsume laughed loudly, "Sorry if we worried you, Temari."
"N-no... That's alright..." She stared in horror as Hana's left hand slid down to Kankurou's backside. His eyes widened, and he squirmed and whimpered a bit, OH GROSS! Are they gonna make-out right here!? "I'll just... Go now...BYE!"
"We'll make sure he's home before midnight!' Tsume called.
Temari just ran as fast as she could...
Several hours later, Sasuke stumbled, bloodied and bruised, into his home and collapsed on the floor, rising just enough to spit out a broken tooth, There must be something I can... Of course! He crawled toward the phone...
It wasn't too hard to fake a fearful, desperate voice, "H-hello..., 911. This...This is Uchiha... Sasuke... Kidoumaru just... tried to kill me..."
"I'm sorry, Kidoumaru. I should have believed you..." Sakura was distraught, how could she have been fooled so easily.
"I would have thought the same thing if I'd caught you with Neji. It was a clever tri..."
A pair of Anbu materialized nearby, ready for a fight. "Oto No Kidoumaru, you're under arrest for the attempted murder of Uchiha Sasuke."
Kidoumaru shrugged his shoulders, "If I had wanted him dead, I would have killed him on the spot."
"Sasuke was trying to break us up..." Sakura started, but was cut off.
"Nevertheless, he's going to have to explain himself to the Hokage."
"Half the town heard you screaming that you were going to kill Sasuke! You were seen chasing him!" The Hokage was in a bad mood, she didn't like being accused of making an error in judgment, and she certainly didn't want to hear that an enemy ninja she'd allowed to stay had nearly killed one of her citizens. Kidoumaru, for his part, was terrified, he saw all of the broken furniture scattered across the entire office, and he'd heard of her horrific temper.
"Tsunade-Sama, he set me up..." He said, trying to stay calm, "Sasuke set me up to be seen with Ino, so that Sakura would think I was cheating on her. He deserved everything he got! And now he's lying to get me in trouble with you..."
"Even if that's true, this isn't Otogakure, we don't just go around killing people we don't like. You are confined to the Nara house until I can interview the others involved and sort this out..."
Kidoumaru bowed respectfully, "Thank you, Tsunade-Sama. I am grateful that you took the time to hear my side and investigate, rather than simply jump to conclusions."
"Cut the flattery and get out! I'll inform you of my decision soon."
Tsunade rubbed her temples and took another swig of Sake, It's hard to believe that even Sasuke could do something so cruel ..., But Sai would never lie to me. And Ino had those letters... Kidoumaru still shouldn't have beat Sasuke up like that. Well, what was he supposed to do Tsunade? Call the police? Sick jokes aren't their responsibility. Tell me? That would have worked, but I doubt he was thinking much at the time... I guess it was a case of temporary insanity.
And Sasuke? Well, to be honest, the little freak deserved it, but I can't charge him with anything either, and he's suffering enough right now. "Shizune."
The young lady rushed in, "Yes, Tsunade-Sama"
"Go to the Nara house and tell Kidoumaru he's longer under house arrest. And tell him that if he ever, EVER pulls a stunt like this again, he'll be sitting in a dungeon until he's an old man..."
"Yes ma'am."
"Oh, and Shizune, tell him that if he has a problem, to come to me, instead of running off half-cocked and doing something stupid."
Sasuke lay in pain in the hospital, his right arm was broken, as were several ribs, he'd lost four teeth and he was covered in bruises. I hope that freak was executed... I hope the old lady tortured him, then cut his head off... He lay back and smiled, imagining Kidoumaru weeping and begging for his life.
"SASUKE! MY POOR SASUKE!"
Oh God! Not her, anyone but her!
Sasuke tried to scoot away as Karin plopped down on the bed next to him, jostling his injured ribs. "I was so worried! I thought I'd lost you!"
"Go away, Karin!" he growled dangerously.
She smiled, "I can't do that, I was given permission by the Hokage herself to take care of all of your needs until you're better!"
OH GOD NO!
"Hmm... I think you could use a sponge-bath..."
Sasuke's screams of horror could be heard all the way to Otogakure...
To be continued...