DISCLAIMER: Naruto does not belong to me.
CHAPTER TWO: Telling
While most of Konohagakure no Sato, shinobis and civilians alike, celebrated the death of the Kyuubi holder, a small group was gathered at the Hokage Tower mourning his death. Tsunade tiredly pinched the bridge of her nose while she watched the former Hyuuga heiress bawl her eyes out in the arms of her jounin-sensei. Jiraiya was lucky to have escaped all of this. He was out, escorting the Sand siblings back to their village with their new sister and 'pet', and at the same time, to speak with the new Kazekage about the latest additions to Sunagakure's population.
"Tsunade-sama?" The eldest of the only two chuunins in the room spoke up, a harsh tone in his voice as though he was trying his best not to choke. "When will we be holding Naruto's funeral?"
Tsunade knew that question would pop out one way or another. "I am sorry, Iruka-kun," she sighed softly, her sad eyes settling on the devastated-looking chuunin. "There will be no funeral. There were hardly anything left of Naruto except his shredded clothing." Tsunade motioned to the bloody heap of orange clothing on her desk. She barely flinched when the academy teacher let out a loud wail of sorrow as Tenten, Ino and Hinata burst into tears once again. Kakashi did nothing, he stood hiding in the shadows of a far corner of the room, his head bowed, while Ebisu tried to comfort the wailing grandson of the Third Hokage. Asuma stood behind his genius student, a hand on Shikamaru's shaking shoulder, as the young chuunin cried with his head bowed.
The medic sannin tiredly massaged her temples, turning to her young assistant. She sighed softly once more when she saw Shizune in tears. "Shizune," she regarded the young medic nin with a calm look, "Please see to the preparations for Naruto's memorial service."
"Hokage-sama, what are you going to do to Sasuke-kun? Are you going to let him go?" A soft yet determined voice spoke up from the back of the room. Tsunade could swear that the room temperature took a sudden plunge when looks of anger and disbelief were thrown at the pink-haired girl standing by the door.
"Sakura-san, Uchiha Sasuke betrayed his village, resisted those who were assigned to retrieve him, and in the process, killed his own teammate. What do you think will happen to him?" Tsunade gave the pink-haired genin a look of suppressed anger. "Don't you even care that Naruto's dead?"
"Naruto's dead, but Sasuke-kun's still alive. Plus, it might have been Naruto's clumsiness and recklessness that got him killed."
All people in the streets, shinobis and civilians alike, paused in their celebration and looked up as a loud scream of anger pierced the air and then, a blur of white and blue jumped out from a window of the Hokage Tower, someone with pink hair in tow, jounins and anbus struggling to keep with them.
Tsunade ran through the gates, knocking away two hopelessly drunk chuunins guarding the gate, through the dark forest and down the Valley of End. With an angry huff, she threw Sakura down to the ground and began shouting.
"Do you think this was accidental? Do you think Naruto died by accident because of his recklessness?" Tsunade bellowed, spreading her arms wide, motioning to the entire place. It was drenched in blood, not a single soil or rock was left unstained by blood. "How dare you say that? Look, dammit! See for yourself, you blasted girl! Do you think anyone would do this by accident? Uchiha Sasuke killed my little brother intentionally! Do you still believeyour precious Sasuke-kun did not do this? ANSWER ME, DAMMIT!"
AUTHOR'S NOTE: I have broke away from the manga, if you have realized. I am sorry if Tsunade and the other characters are a bit OOC. Sorry for the Sakura-bashing, but hey, I hate Sakura.
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