Last chapter! Except for the epilogue. All ownership as stated in previous chapters. I really hope you enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 6: Revelations
It did not take Sasuke and Naruto long to drive over to the hospital, but the trip seemed to be much longer since neither of them spoke a word. Naruto glanced at Sasuke's hand for the umpteenth time, and Sasuke sighed.
"It's really fine," the raven said. He took his injured hand off the wheel and flexed it a few times. "See?" Still Naruto looked worried.
"I'm sorry," he said finally, still looking at the hand. "It's my fault that your hand got sliced up. If I hadn't come or if I hadn't opened the doo-"
"Shh," interrupted Sasuke, using a finger to silence the blonde. "I chose to grab that frikkin blade, so that one isn't your fault. And about you coming, I could have put in a form to get rid of you, but I didn't, so that one's also not your fault." He reached out and brought his hand down lightly on the blonde's head. "I really appreciate you being here." This comment made Naruto happier. He grinned and brushed Sasuke's hand off his head.
"It's nice to be wanted," the blonde said, his face obscured.
"Yea." There was silence as the car pulled into the car park of the hospital. It took a good ten minutes to find a park, but once they did, it was only a quick walk to the hospital building. Once they were inside, Sasuke went over to a flower shop and bought a small bouquet of tulips.
"What are they for?" Asked Naruto, gesturing to the flowers.
"You usually bring flowers for someone in hospital right?" replied the raven, but before Naruto could ask what he meant, Sasuke walked over to the reception desk. "Hi, I'm here to visit Sakura Haruno. Would you happen to know what department she's in, and maybe her room number?"
The lady at the reception, after greeting them, immediately consulted her computer and after a few minutes of frantic tapping, she wrote something of a piece of paper and handed it to Sasuke. He looked down at it, reading what it said, then thanked the lady. He then walked to one of the elevators and pressed the 'up' button.
"So, why are we visiting Sakura?" Naruto asked once they were in the lift, hurtling up to the twenty-fifth floor.
"I need to confirm something with her," replied Sasuke. "If I can do that, then my theory becomes fact, but before that, it's just a that, a theory. I need the solid evidence of a witness." Naruto was going to ask him something more, but again he was interrupted, this time, however, the interruption came from an old man who had come in at the fourteenth floor. Finally the elevator reached the right floor and the two of them stepped out, the old man had gotten off at the floor before.
After getting out of the elevator, Sasuke quickly glanced at the paper the receptionist had given him then struck out left. Finally stopped at the door that read 25-115 and knocked.
"Come in," said an unmistakable voice from inside and Sasuke opened the door to reveal Saskura sitting up in the bed, countless bandages wrapping her and two IV drips one connected to each hand. She smiled when she saw them. "This is a surprise," she said. Sasuke half-smiled and placed the flowers into a waiting vase, Naruto sat on the stool next to Sakura's bed.
"How are you?" the blonde asked. Sakura shrugged.
"Alright, I guess. But I bet the doctors would say differently. They even had to give me a blood transfusion." Naruto glanced as Sasuke at the mention of this foreign word, but Sasuke seemed preoccupied. "So what can I do for you?" Sakura asked, her question directed mainly at the raven.
"Sorry, but I'm going to need to have you try and recount what happened yesterday," he replied. Sakura grimaced.
"I've been trying to remember ever since I woke up after the anesthetic wore off, but I can't remember much." She smiled weakly.
"Can I ask you some questions about it then?"
"By all means."
"Was there a masked assailant in the room?" Sakura cocked her head, considering the question.
"Not that I can remember, but I do seem to recall that I was attacked from behind, so I guess there could have been." Sasuke nodded, pausing a little before continuing interrogation.
"Do you remember how you were attacked?"
"I think they first covered my mouth, since I tried to scream," Sakura said, a little pain evident in her voice. "After that it just goes black."
Sasuke nodded again, then tapped Naruto on the shoulder, indicating they were done here.
"Thanks for answering our questions. I think we'll stop bothering you now." Sakura laughed.
"No, no, I'm glad you two came," Sakura said, waving as they both exited. Once they were outside, Naruto turned to Sasuke.
"What was that all about?" he asked as he pressed the elevator button to go down. It arrived and they stepped in, pressing the 'G' button. The door closed and they started to move down.
"I was confirming my theory," was Sasuke's reply. And when Naruto tried to press him further he said nothing, saying that he was going to tell everyone later that day. This made the blonde pout.
"Fine. So where are we going now? The station?"
"Yeah. I need to find that damned sword," Sasuke replied, anger creeping in at the mention of the sword. The elevator doors opened and they walked out into the reception, out of the automatic doors and into the car park. It did not take them long to find the car and get out of the car park. And soon they were cruising along the highway to the police station. They soon arrived as it was a shorter distance to the police station than to Sasuke's flat.
Again, they walked past the security guard for the second day in a row, assuring him that they were suppose to be there. Sasuke and Naruto then entered the building. It was a much calmer atmosphere that day. There were still the throngs of people, but this time they weren't running around frantically. Sasuke turned to Naruto.
"Can you help me with something?" he asked.
"Of course," replied Naruto, "what is it?"
"I need you to help me find the sword." This surprised Naruto.
"The sword?" he asked, confused as to what Sasuke meant. "You mean the sword that the masked man used yesterday, or the one that... er... injured Sakura?"
"Both."
"Huh?"
"Well," Sasuke said, reaching into his pocket to retrieve his phone, "they're the same sword, just not the same wielder." Naruto still looked confused. "I'll explain it all when everyone gets here." Sasuke then dialed in a number and talked briskly to the person on the other end of the phone, ensuring that they were be there in an hour. Naruto then watched Sasuke call a number of other people, all of them agreeing to be there. Finally Sasuke ended the last call.
"Now to find that sword," he said, almost to himself. And the two of them began their search.
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Approximatly an hour later, a group of people were now assembled, sitting on various chairs and the like, in Kakashi's office. On the desk sat Sasuke, the newly found sword lying next to him covered by a black cloth. Naruto sat near him on a chair. Before him, nearly everyone who was involved was there. Obviously, neither Karin, being dead, nor Sakura were there, however, Kakashi, Neji and Hinata were, as were Kurenai, who was filling in for Sakura. Sasuke had asked her here as a way to make sure the murderer doesn't get away.
"So I suppose the police have finally stopped chasing their own tail and now know who did it, huh?" Neji said leeringly. He was standing next the chair that Hinata sat in. "So what have you to say? Out with it." Sasuke smirked.
"Do you really want to know?" the raven replied back. "Fine then. I won't beat around the bush. The person who organized and carried out the murder of Minato and Kushina Uzumaki was ... H-""
"What?!" yelled Neji. "What is this?! Some form of police trickery? There is no way Hinata committed this murder!!"
"Oh? I never actually said Hinata did it, but seeing as you dislike the idea so much, then yes, it was Hinata."
"Wait, Sasuke," Kakashi started to say, "are you really saying it was Hinata?"
"Yes. I am," came Sasuke's curt reply. "And I might as well add that her accomplice was Neji Hyuuga."
"No!" Hinta cried. "Neji had nothing to do with the Uzumakis! He just -" but a hand rested on her shoulder, stopping her from continuing.
"When I first saw you, I knew you were incompetent," Neji said, anger dripping from his voice, "but this is-"
"What?" Naruto said, finally speaking. "The truth? You already killed my parents! You have no right to lie about it!"
"Wait, but," Kurenai said, "how can this be? How did she do it?" This last part was addressed solely at Sasuke.
"Arsenic," Sasuke said simply. Hinata flinched at the word. "Before the crash, the Uzumakis made a stop at a cafe. Hinata so happened to work at it so she met and served the family. There was a conversation, and she found out that Naruto was moving." Sasuke looked straight at Hinata, but the girl only flinched again and stared down into her lap. "But you couldn't have that, could you? No one was aloud to take Naruto away from you, right?" Hinata was now crying. "So she added some weed killer that contained arsenic into the drinks of Minato and Kushina. They left not knowing what you had done."
"I-I didn't mean it," Hinata said through sobs. "I didn't want Naruto to go away. He couldn't..." Sasuke glanced at Naruto to find that he eyes were wide open in surprise. And so he finds out, Sasuke thought.
"Then after realizing what you had done," Sasuke continued, "you call your good cousin Neji and tell him what happened. Realizing the implications of what his cousin had done, Neji quickly drives over to the cafe and gives chase after the Uzumakis. They take a short cut and end up in front of them. You, Hinata, then hide in a bush and jump out at their car as it comes by, causing them to crash." Hinata moaned louder.
"You have no evidence!" accused Neji.
"Actually, I have the testimony of three of the workers at the cafe, who all testify to everything I have just said," Sasuke replied. "Except for the last part. I had to use some imagination for that."
"You-" But Neji was interupted by Kakashi.
"What about Karin and Sakura? Did Hinata have a role in that?" Kakashi asked. Sasuke nodded.
"Yesterday, during the presentation, Karin was asked to get files from Kakashi's office. Hinata seized the opportunity, and went with her where she brutally murdered Karin." At this last part, Sasuke's voice caught a little, but only Naruto noticed. The blonde looked worriedly at the other, who gave him a ghost of a smile.
"But what was her motive?" Kurenai asked.
"Again, her motive was love," came Sasuke's reply, "just earlier that morning both Hinata and Karin came over to my flat. During that time, I noticed Hinata had seen Karin's strange obsession with Naruto. It was really nothing, but Hinata saw it as something more. Obviously, she had to dispose of her."
"That's-" Neji started to say, but again, Kakashi cut him off.
"Continue, Sasuke," he said. Sasuke nodded and continued.
"A little while later, Neji came, looking for Hinata. He was then told that she was in Kakashi's office with Karin. Now, Neji knew that Hinata suspected Karin for a deeper like for Naruto than just friendship, and now he feared that she was going to kill again. So he went to look for her. But what he didn't count into the equation was Sakura.
"Apon arriving at the office, Neji and Sakura both witness Hinata killing Karin. Sakura is about to scream, when Neji grabs her from behind, knocks her out, then uses the sword to slash her. Neji then takes the sword and hides it, and Hinata screams to alert us to what has happened. We turn up and she feeds us this story about a masked man. This ploy also gives her a pretty fine alibi." Again Neji scoffed at the idea.
"But there was a masked man," Naruto said suddenly. "He attacked us this afternoon." The room gave a little gasp.
"True," was Sasuke's reply. "He did attack us. However, even though that man was real, the one that Hinata claimed to see was one hundred percent fake. The person who dressed up in all black was playing on the story that Hinata said, not only to further his own interests, but to also give more weight to what the girl's story."
"Naruto-kun was attacked?" Hinata said in a small voice. "Who?" Neji then grasped Hinata by the shoulders and attempted to make her stand.
"We don't have time to listen to this rubbish," he said, leading Hinata to the door.
"Oh, why are you in such a hurry to get out of here?" Sasuke asked. "Worried that I got it right?" Neji froze. "Heh. I thought so." Sasuke then picked up the sword next to him and started to pick the knots that kept the cloth in place. "The person who dressed up as the masked man today, was you, Neji."
"What?!" Hinata exclaimed, whirling around to face Neji. "YOU attacked Naruto?!" Neji tried to stutter something but Sasuke cut over him.
"He did," he said, not even trying to keep the anger out of his voice. "He tried to kill Naruto. Why? Because he was causing you unlimited pain through his lack of love for you, and he had made you a murderer."
"That's preposterous! You have no evidence!" Neji exclaimed.
"No evidence?" Sasuke asked. "Tell that to the forensics group that found your fingerprints on this sword!" He ripped the cloth off, revealing the sword. "The only reason why they'd be there, is if you used it. There's no other explanation."
"But why would he want to kill him?" Hinata cried, grabbed the front of Neji's shirt. "WHY?!" There was a silence and nothing moved. Finally Neji opened his mouth.
"Because I love you," Neji said slowly, his voice devoid of emotion. "I love you more than anything. Anything! And that bastard," he pointed at Naruto, "he didn't care about you at all!" Neji looked down at the crying Hinata. "You may have tried to hide it, but I saw the pain he caused you. Again and again you tried to get his love, but again and again he failed to see it." The man fell silence.
"Neji..." The name escaping from Hinata's mouth. "Neji..." The girl fell into his chest and his arms wrapped around her.
"I'm sorry," Neji whispered, only just audible. He then gasped, reeling back, blood pouring out of a wound in his stomach. "Hina...ta," he managed to gasped before collapsing on the floor.
"Neji!" Kurenai and Kakashi ran forward, Kakashi propping him up on his knee. The man coughed blood and flopped back again. Naruto was about to move forward too but a hand on his should stopped him.
"Careful," Sasuke whispered, nodding at Hinata. There was a small knife in the girl's hand. Blood dripped off it and ran onto her hands. Hinata raised one hand and inspected it, giggling.
"Blood..." Hinata said, giggling again. "Neji, you're such a fool. I always knew you loved me. Still, that doesn't justify you trying to kill Naruto. You should die for that!" She walked over to Neji, barely conscious, and the two unarmed police officers, and raised the knife above her head, intending to make the final blow. A hand wrapped around Hinata's wrist, preventing her arm from moving.
"Stop it!" Naruto ordered, increasing the pressure on her wrist so that she dropped the knife. It fell and dug into the floor with a soft thud. A bandaged hand reached down, pulling it out with a twang. Sasuke then held it up and inspected it.
"Interesting," he said as he reached inside his pocket and drew out a black wallet looking object. He then flipped it open to reveal his police badge. "Hinata Hyuuga, you are under arrest for the murder of Minato and Kushina Uzumaki and Karin Nakazato," he said, raising up the badge. Hinata tried to twist out of Naruto's grip, but he held her fast. Sasuke then handed him a pair of handcuffs and Naruto used them to bind Hinata's hands behind her back.
Sasuke walked over to the broken figure of Neji and crouched down beside him.
"Neji Hyuuga, you are under arrest for aiding and abetting Hinata Hyuuga in the murder of Minato and Kushina Uzumaki, and for the attempted murder of Sakura Haruno and Naruto Uzumaki," he said quietly. "Kakashi, can you get those paramedics to come around again?" Kakashi nodded and left the room to call them, leaving Kurenai in charge of looking after Neji.
Soon the paramedics came along with some officers from another department and Neji, who was taken away on a stretcher, and Hinata, in cuffs. The case was finally at an end. Sasuke sighed and sat down heavily on the floor, resting his head on his knee. Naruto dropped down next to him.
"You okay?" Sasuke looked up at him.
"Yeah. I'm just really tired." Naruto laughed.
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Glass walls. That's what surrounds me. I see everything, but in the end I'm just a spectator. I never get involved. That is my world. A world with only me in it. Only me. I until I met you.
The END!! Well, I'm going to write an epilogue, this is basically the end of the story. How was it? Did you expect what happened? Please tell me if there are any inconsistancies. Cheers!