Part 10- Trial
The entire village of Konoha was assembled in front of the Hokage Tower as instructed by the Sandaime. He stood grasping the railings surveying the sea of people young, old, wise, foolish, wounded spread out before them, all muttering after his speech he had just finished. They were all waiting for one person. Uzumaki Naruto demon vessel of the Nine Tailed Fox.
"We have brought him! Uzumaki Naruto is here under your command!" Kakashi appeared at the top of the stairs with the rest of the group.
"There he is," the villagers whispered. "There he is!"
"He looks terrible,"
"They say he had the Kyuubi no Kitsune sealed away inside him, the most powerful demon that only existed in the legends! The one that nearly wiped out Konoha 13 years ago!"
The group led Naruto to the front of the roof where a small raised platform on which the entire council stood.
"Hokage-sama, under your request we have brought Uzumaki Naruto to be tried by the council."
Naruto was dropped to the floor where he was instantly captured in the Shadow bind technique and was forced to stand. He was turned to face the villagers.
"Kill him now!" one of them cried out, "Kill him, so it'll be over and done with quickly."
The Kyuubi stared at them his eyes raked each face memorising each one.
"Enough!" The Sandaime cleared his throat, "this trial with be carried out in an orderly fashion. We must act civilised, demon or no demon,"
Kakashi and Sakura winced noticeably.
"Look at me Naruto." The Kyuubi turned and stared into the solemn dark eyes,
"Uzumaki Naruto,"
"…"
"Uzumaki Naruto,"
"…Yes…?"
"We the council have discussed your behaviour and emotional break downs. First would you like to tell us why this destructive manner has occurred? Did you or did you not kill Nara Shikamaru in a cold blooded manner?"
The container smiled its sharp toothed grin, its blue eyes dancing in cruel laughter,
"Maybe, I don't know only maybe because I wanted to," the grin grew wider, Sakura looked away, this wasn't the Naruto she knew.
The Sandaime shook his head, "Whatever you are on about is past the point, the question is this and only this: Did you or did you not kill Nara Shikamaru in a cold blooded manner?"
"Yes I did," there was a collective gasp as all the villagers stared up into the rain to stare at the strange boy with blonde hair and a odd fashion sense for the colour orange. They waited for the next question.
"Did you torture numerous people into insanity and long term memory loss due to shock and fear?"
"Yes I did, and it was very enjoyable, I wanted to carry on before these people came and trapped me," The villagers shrank back in fear the Hokage looked grave.
"NO! This isn't Naruto! Naruto would never ever say anything like this! NEVER!" Iruka yelled into the sky the rain trickling down his face.
"KILL HIM!"
"Silence!" roared one of the village elders glaring at all of the assembled people with her fierce gaze.
"Uzumaki Naru-"
"I am not Naruto anymore, I have lived inside this brat for long enough, but do you seriously think I've been sitting there twiddling my tails? No I created a new jutsu which enabled me to take over his body for a period of time, I did try it a few times before perfection, that is how I hear all these filthy taunts thrown at me, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO FACE MY WRATH! DO YOU KNOW WHAT I AM CAPABLE OF!?"- The villagers all shrank away from the Kyuubi. "Finally I perfected this particular Jutsu, Uzumaki Naruto is nothing now, he is dead, long gone, trapped inside a cage of despair just like I was, only, he can't escape, I control his body free at will!"
They all gazed at the demon with fearful eyes as he concluded his speech,
"NO! NARUTO IF YOU CAN HEAR ME THEN YOU CAN BREAK OUT OF HIS GRASP! I KNOW YOU CAN!" Iruka and Sakura were yelling, encouraging.
"Yell and scream all you want, he may hear you but he can't reply, he can't do anything" The monster smirked.
"SILENCE!" The Hokage cast a stern look at the two ninja behind him,
"Fine, Kyuubi, did you attack and kill… Uchiha Sas-"
"NO!" a voice ran out from the crowd "Uchiha Sasuke dead? He can't Sasuke wouldn't die against a demon!"
"He is dead, Uchiha Sasuke was killed, he was murdered brutally by this creature! Uchiha Sasuke was merely another person, a sacrifice, he is not immortal!" One of the elders pointed at Naruto.
"We want proof!" yelled a person,
"YOU WANT PROOF?! I NEVER THOUGHT KONOHA WOULD BE THIS PATHETIC! PROOF! EVERYTIME A DEATH IS ANNOUNCED YOU TAKE IT AS A DEATH! FINE BRING UCHIHA SASUKE UP HERE!" the elder lost it.
Gai and Lee nodded and came back up bearing the lifeless body of Sasuke and held the corpse up for all to see, the villagers looked up stunned the rain lost and forgotten as it pelted down harder than ever, they took it in all slowly, everything from the bloodied fingers and broken neck to the kunai protruding out of his bleeding heart, a soul that had been sold and consumed by the demon Kyuubi.
"HE DESERVES TO DIE! KILL THE DEMON!"
"WHAT PART OF SILENCE DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND!"
The Hokage turned back to Naruto,
"Do you have any remorse about this?" he asked quietly but only loud enough for the villagers to hear.
"No I don't have any remorse for this pitiful creature, I've fought countless Uchiha's and he has been the weakest! I am glad I killed him, little stinking pale sap! He has put the Uchiha name to SHAME!" roared the Kyuubi,
The villagers gasped once more and outrage broke out,
"Oh SHUT UP ALL OF YOU I DON'T WANT TO HEAR YOUR PITIFUL EXCUSES HE WAS WEAK AND THAT IS THE END OF IT!" Naruto bellowed, the villagers were once more stunned into silence by fear.
And down somewhere in the dark Uzumaki Naruto was hunched up crying softly in this hellish prison.
"Do you wish to repent? Demon?"
"No." *Yes I do, I'm sorry Sasuke for being so weak, I'm sorry Iruka thank you for being the guardian I never deserved, I'm sorry Kaka-sensei I caused you so much trouble, I'm sorry Sakura-chan for damaging your soul, I'm sorry old man Hokage for not being the person who I should have been. I guess my dream was unreachable after all… Now I know what he meant by: there was no such thing as a happy ending…*
'You knew that your dream was impossible to get from the start? Don't make me cry brat! And who is He?'
*Someone who you don't know. Someone who looked to me as an equal. Someone who was my best friend. Someone who I loved. Someone who understood my pain and I his…*
'Oh please you are going to make me cry brat! Honestly I can't stand you muttering all this sappy soft sweet love struck words about the one you love in my ear!'
"So you will accept your fate?"
"Yes." Kakashi looked away and at Iruka who was patting a sobbing Sakura on the back, 'I'm sorry Yondaime-sama… I could not save your son this time…' he apologised mentally.
"Then today at noon you Uzumaki Naruto, now monster demon fox Kyuubi no Kitsune will die!"
The Kyuubi smiled sadistically and deep down Naruto wept harder as he heard the man he admired so much declare his own death. *I'm sorry*