O-kay, now. Whoo-hoo. I'm hyphen-tastic. You know you love it. You do. Stop staring at me. Stop it! Ahem...There will be a spoiler in this VERY IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE. THE SPOILER WILL BE IN ITALICS.
Very Important Authors Note: All of you are retards. Just kidding. The very important authors note concerns Kakashi's eye. And isn't very important. Just in case no one read on my profile (I can't blame you, mine's stupid), the eye Naruto ripped out was Kakashi's right eye. (God, writing that made me laugh.) Kakashi's right eye is NOT the Sharingan. Therefore, Naruto was not after the Sharingan, which is why he did not steal it from Sasuke. SPOILER ALERT! Do not read if you haven't read up to chapter 239-243 in the manga. I also don't know if this topic is covered in the anime. Kakashi's left eye is a Sharingan, but he is not an Uchiha; he is a Hatake. (I don't know if he's related to the Uchiha's in another way, but it's not important. So don't bitch at me.) Kakashi's left eye once belonged to Uchiha Obito, his teammate. On a mission, Obito died, (not right away) and had his sharingan transferred to Kakashi, by their other teammate, Rin(who is a medic-nin. Anyway, I decided to leave the left eye alone, because this all happened before the Kyuubi thing happened. Don't try to reason with me about how since Naruto wasn't alive then, he wouldn't know or care about Obito. Bllleeeeeee...
Also, Chidori means sound of a hundred birds, or something like that ( I know the sound and bird part, just not how many. And I don't feel like re-reading all of the manga to find the note where it's translated. Also, I was tempted to put freaky yaoi in here, but I restrained myself,
so if you want yaoi, I will have a Sasunaru yaoi sort of angst fic coming out in...a few days, because the first chapter is already written. Haha.
Ahhmmm..now that that's done...thank you, reviewers! Maybe, once this chapter gets out, I'll get more reviews, because people will see that I update semi-regularly, and that this fic is long enough to be worth reading. (I avoid reading fics that are one chapter. Waiting for the next one depresses me, since so many authors write one chapter then nothing else.)
The Second Day, Part TWO. Yes, a second part. Yay! And yes, there will be a third part to the second day as well.
"Eh?" Tsunade scowled, squinted, and peered blearily at the dealer. "Howww thuh hell did Iiee loose this time?"
"Tsunade-hime!"
"Weeeell, at least yer reshpectful"
"That wasn't me, Tsunade-sama."
"Eeehh?" Tsunade turned to see a young couple standing in the doorway, very out of breath. "Ooow" The sun shone in her eyes around their silhouettes.
"O-oh, god," the female gasped and stumbled to her knees, hugging herself. "Th-here was s-so much-so much...bloo-blood."(1)
"Eh?" But something had changed about Tsunade's drunken eh's. This time, they were slightly squeamish, but left no doubt that she was fully attentive.
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"So?"
The ANBU straightened. "The victim is Hatake Kakashi, jounin level ninja. The cause of death was a deep wound to his left eye- it goes through his brain, nearly to the back of his skull."
Tsunade stiffened, but resolutely did not turn around. God knows what would happen if she did that. She would probably turn into an icky pile of puddly, slug-like goop. Or just freeze up. Whatever.
"You know who did it?"
"...No...but...the injury...looks like it was made by something sharp. Maybe kunai?"(2)
"Mmmm. I want Team Seven brought to me. Haruno Sakura, Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto. Find them as quickly as possible. And I want photographs of the victim, people. You know I can't stand the sight of blood. After Team Seven has arrived, report back to me for more orders." Well, shit. Something like this would happen on a festival day. Finding this guy is gonna be a pain in the ass. "And someone bring me some sake!"
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"Haruno Sakura."
"...Yes...do you need something?" Sakura questioned the Anbu.
"You have orders from the Hokage to report to her office, along with Uchiha Sasuke and Uzumaki Naruto.
...Would you happen to know where they are? We assumed they would be with you."
"Oh! Well, Sasuke-kun got pranked by Naruto, so he went home to shower." Mmmm, Sasuke-kun showering... "Ah, ah, and Naruto's probably at his apartment. He usually doesn't come out on October tenth anyway, you know...heh, heh." Sakura blushed and scratched the back of her head.
Kiba turned to Shikamaru. "Hey, waddya think they want with them?" he whispered.
Shikamaru sighed. Like there was a point to whispering. The ANBU had most definitely heard everything anyway. They were ANBU for a reason. "I dunno. Why would I? Troublesome." He said in a normal voice, all the while ignoring Kiba's scandalized expression. He rolled his eyes slightly to the side so he could watch Sakura walking away with the ANBU towards the Uchiha compound.
"Whunder wush zat wuz aboush," Chouji rumbled around a mouthful of chips. He turned the bag upside-down and tried to shake whatever was left into his palm. "Aww."
"This sucks! Big Forehead is going to try to sneak a peek at Sasuke in the shower! I know she is!" Ino fisted her hands in front of chest.
"But Ino, she's with three ANBU," Kiba protested while Akamaru barked in agreement.
"YOU THINK THAT WILL STOP HER?" Ino glowered at the Inuzuka and his partner, who simultaneously cowered. Both had their tails between their legs, though one for one the action was metaphoric and for the other it was literal. (3)
"..." Chouji and Shikamaru chose that particular moment to take a step back from the danger zone.
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"Sasuke-kun should be in here somewhere" Sakura said amiably and blushed lightly. At least it didn't seem that the ANBU wanted to know how she knew that particular tidbit of information. Or maybe they already did. It wouldn't surprise her if the village wanted someone to watch over their precious Uchiha. She turned a corner and rose her fist to knock on the door. "Sasuke-kun, Saaasuuuukeee-kuuuunnn!"
She turned and smile sheepishly at the ANBU squad. "He must not have heard. He would have come back to the group if he were finished, or have gone to find Naruto. But if he had, we would have heard the ruckus. Hahaha." She faced the door again, placed her had on the panel(4), and made to enter the mansion that every decent Sasuke-fan knew he occupied. The ANBU didn't stop her, and she stepped over the threshold. Well, she was his friend and teammate, wasn't she? Why would they stop her? After all, it was her right to know the inner workings of her future husband's home. Because, there was no doubt in her mind that she would fill the space of Uchiha Sasuke's wife. It would just take a little time.
"Sasuke-kun?" Now they were outside his bedroom door. They wouldn't know, but it was once a guest suite. Which would perfectly suit Sasuke, because no one that he knew had stayed in there, only to die. And, there was a bathroom attached. Strategy at its best. "He must be asleep. I'll go wake him up." Won't he be so happy that I'm the first thing he sees? He'll realize that that's what he really wants, for me to be the first thing he sees, every day. She placed her hand on the door, and slid it open. And several things became clear to her. Naruto had been there. How else would he write something like that on Sasuke's bedroom wall? In what had to be dark red ink, no less. But he had been so messy, she thought as she stared straight ahead. He had splattered the ink on the door, she now noticed. That would need to be replaced. Sasuke-kun would be so mad at Naruto. And then she looked at the sure-to-be-filthy-floor. Black.
An ANBU slid a camera out of nowhere and snapped several pictures. Another slipped away to find one Uzumaki Naruto, and find him he would. One Naruto, at least. And the last picked up Sakura before leaping off with the first towards the Hokage Tower.
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The shock Tsunade felt had her reeling. "What," she whispered. "What did you say?"
The ANBU repeated his report, showing no compunction for the effect it was having on the Godaime.(5)
NO. No, he's lying. You're LYING!
He wouldn't do that. HE'S NOT LIKE THAT.
He's– He's my– like my little brother.
It can't be right.
NARUTO ISN'T A MURDERER.
HE WAS FRAMED.
NO!
"No. You're wrong."
"Pardon?"
"You're wrong. Incorrect. You have no proof."
The ANBU that were present did not see fit to contradict her out loud.
Tsunade looked away. "Stop looking at me like that. I know him, he's a good kid. He's no murderer."
She looked back at the two. "There are a lot of people here that don't like him." Major understatement, there. "Someone else did it, and tried to frame him."
"Who'd kill Uchiha Sasuke to get at Uzumaki? What ninja would hate the last respectable Uchiha enough to sacrifice him to get at the Kyuubi container?"
Who would, indeed. The Uchihas were a powerful clan, and most everyone in the village would go out of their way to protect the handsome heir. His skill was particularly treasured, respected, and feared amongst the ninja of Konohagakure. Which raised another question. Who was old enough to know about and hate the Kyuubi's container, and strong enough to kill the youngest Sharingan wielder? And since he was that strong, why didn't he just go after Naruto directly?(6)
Something here definitely wasn't right.
"Somebody call in the toad pervert."
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Now, Jiraya was a notorious pervert. He most enjoyed his work, which involved peeping on women when they were bathing or in gamboling about in scanty swimming suits. And if he enjoyed his work, he enjoyed his luxury time much more. So, needless to say, Jiraya was not pleased when he was pulled from his task of drinking sake in the company of several young, beautiful, fit, and very nearly indecently dressed girls. It was a festival day! Who did Tsunade think she was! Yes, Jiraya was definitely pissed. So, he had a viable excuse for storming into Tsunade's office contrary to ninja fashion.
"What the hell do you want..." the legendary toad sannin trailed off as he picked up on the overall sense of wrongness in the room, coupled with the photographs of brutal murders and
Sakura passed out in the divan (a new addition to Tsunade's office.)
"Jiraya, someone's trying to frame Naruto. That has to be it. Naruto wouldn't do that. He wouldn't kill his friend. And now one of my best jounin is dead along with one of my most promising chuunin." Had Tsunade not been Hokage, she would have been tearful.(A.N. lets just say that sasuke's a chuunin, like saku and naru, since this isn't canon.)
"Ah–" Jiraya began. Then several things happened at once. Sakura started to regain consciousness. And Naruto made his appearance known with a bang.
"Ano sa, ano sa, Tsunade-baabaa, word is that you were lookin' for me," The alterations you can make on those bunshins really are amazing. (7) Naruto entered after slamming the door open.
"Naruto" Sakura gasped. "How could-"
"How could I what, Sakura? I don't seem to know what you're talking about." Uh-oh, that grin had made its way to Naruto's face again.
"You did it! You always hated him! I'll kill you! Sasuke-kun!" Sakura stumbled towards Naruto.
"You're wearing Sasuke-kun's clothes!"
"And you're not worth my time." A pipe swung out of the wall. Or maybe that wasn't the best way to describe it; it melted out of the wall at an extremely rapid pace and embedded itself in Sakura's back, coming out her abdomen.
Everyone in the room blanched, the Anbu behind their animal masks and the two sannin openly. Sakura's face froze in an expression of shock as the spear that was once a building support sizzled and cauterized the wound that pierced all the way through her. Tsunade became boardlike as she was splattered with the blood of her young apprentice.
"Now what did you want me for?" Naruto smiled pleasantly.
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Outside the building that housed the Hokage's office, very few knew about the murders. But no one knew about Naruto's nefarious plot.
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"I suppose it was to discuss the matter of Sasuke and Kakashi's murders?" Silence.
"I guess so." Silence.
"Well, you see, everyone in this village is going to die. Everyone that lived in the Leaf while I did will die. Sasuke and Kakashi died first because they hurt me the most. Sakura died because she hurt me too. The villagers will die because they ignored me and for thinking me a beast. The genin will die for not stopping my ill treatment. And so will you. But you should feel special. I'm not going to kill you with a bunshin like I will the others. I'm going to kill you with me."
"What do you expect to do with an army of bunshin, Naruto, my foolish apprentice? They disappear after one hit." Jiraya approached cautiously.
"You'd be surprised, ero-sennin, what you can do with chakra. You can walk on water, shoot fire out of your mouth, alter jutsu, even, if properly controlled, melt metal into the desired shapes." Naruto laughed. "You don't even need hand seals."
The ANBU looked on, entranced.
Tsunade, who had remained silent, opened her mouth. "Where's the necklace, Naruto?"
"The necklace? Oh, you mean this?" Naruto dangled said charm in front of himself. "Or maybe–" Two orange-clad bunshin slid into view, and pulled identical necklaces from their shirts. "It could be one of these. You want it?" The bunshins and Naruto tossed the three identical necklaces to Tsunade, where they fell to the ground in front of her. She sank to her knees, staring at them, trying to decipher which was the real one, but couldn't. The ANBU looked on, and didn't even notice when the two necklaces flew past them. The bunshin moved and in unison, ripped off the pair's heads in a bloody display.
"Now, what'll I kill you with, sensei?" All Jiraya noticed was how sunny and blue the sky was, shining in the many windows of the office. Then he moved to avoid Naruto's rasengan. Funny, the boy didn't even need a doppelganger anymore to pull the technique off, and he had never noticed. He mechanically began to counter with jutsu of his own, conscious of his former teammate's inability to remove herself to safety. And he eventually began to despair. In his old age, he simply did not have the stamina to stand up to an already strong ninja who's power was enhanced by the chakra of the Kyuubi no Kitsune. Although Jiraya put up quite a fight, in the end he still ended up nailed to the wall of Tsunade's office by a kunai in the back of his throat, and wallowing in his own blood.
The bunshin vanished into puffs of smoke by a mental suggestion from their creator. As Naruto walked towards to office exit, he passed Tsunade, still agonizing over which necklace was the real one, and torn that she could not tell immediately. Naruto paused, picked up a chair leg that had been broken off during his battle with Jiraya, (even though it had been more of a slaughter), and rammed it through her shoulders to protrude from between her ample breasts. The genjutsu she held over herself faded, showing and aging woman with blonde hair slowly turning silver, with wrinkles and scars befitting a kunoichi of her age.
To Be Continued. No, seriously, this is getting ridiculous.
This was supposed to be done by now...whimpers Ok, two more chapters left. The next should be fairly short. And I hope you read the author notes at the top of the page, because I'm not repeating them down here. And, feel free to review, even if you're reading this two years after it's been written! Ok, now the footnotes...
1. Tsunade's afraid of blood. Yeah. And, I wonder what that couple was planning on doing in a secluded forest...grins
2. It was Naruto's chakra claws...yeah, this is corny, get over it. They're speculating!
3. Dog pun...tails between their legs...Akamaru's a dog...Kiba can talk to him cos that's his family technique...it seemed funny at the time.
4. Sasuke lived in a traditional Japanese home, so he had those sliding paper doors. I don't know if they have a special name for them, I'm not obsessed...mostly...
5. I'm very sure that's how it's spelled.
6. Ahh, more speculation. I'll give you a cookie if you can figure it out, cos explaining would take a long time, and if you're confused, all that's important is that Naruto kills everyone.
7. Erm...authoristic...license...he altered the bunshin so they're stronger, a.k.a. they're harder to kill, and unlike the first kind, he kinda knows what's going on with them. Mind connection, baby.
Ahh, that was bloody. Yay! Die Sakura! Although, I feel guilty that I made Tsunade weak-minded and Jiraya a weak old man. Sad.
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