A/N Okay there may be spelling errors but be nice, its really late.

Betrayal or Trust

ch. 3

Tsunade stared down at Naruto, how could she treat Naruto like... a traitor. If she didn't take this action the village hidden in the rain would take action.

"Please take Naruto into custody."

The anbu's nodded. Their hands began making hand signs and instantly disappeared in a cloud of smoke. Shizune looked over at the rain youth, disgust clear in her eyes.

"Mr. Hiasha. We will handle Naruto now. Please return to your own village."

Tsunade spoke in a clear voice. Hiasha nodded angrily.

"I'm afraid not Lady Hokage. Your rotten shinobi killed my beloved father and comrades. I will remain in Konaha until I see justice. If I believe you are going easy on him for whatever personal reason you have,my village will hear of it."

Tusnade shut her eyes slightly and turned to Shizune.

"Shizune please escort Mr. Hiasha to our guest quarters."

Shizune stared at the hokage like she asked her to kill Tonton for no reason. Tusnade gave her a look that showed not to press the matter, Shizune complied. When her office was empty Tsunade bent over her desk waiting for her eyes to dry. She sent out message birds into the air then sat back at her desk awaiting the shinobi.

Sakura and Sasuke sat in the ramen shop both slightly annoyed. Naruto was suppose to meet them there but he was an hour and a half late.

"Where the heck is he? I thought his mission ended today. It's not like him to be late for ramen."

Sakura complained tapping her chopsticks together. Sasuke didn't say anything but you could tell he was annoyed. Sasuke had returned to the village a little over a year ago. They were all seventeen years old and jounin level so it wasn't uncommon for each of them to have different missions. It was a little unusual a shinobi going on a solo mission but even Naruto should have been able to handle the task of catching a young woman's stalker.

"The dobe proably messed up his mission."

Sasuke mumbled.

"Yeah let's just order anyway. He'll show up sometime."

Sasuke didn't say anything but opened up the menu. Sakura sighed and followed.

"Sakura! Sasuke!"

The two members of team seven turned and saw Ino, Shikamaru and Chouji run up to the shop. All three's faces were...upset. More of the lines of worried.

"Ino? What's going on?"

They all were slightly out of breath and worn out.

"It's Naruto."

Chouji got out, he was the most out of breath.

"What about Naruto?"

Sasuke said in a plain deep voice. Shikamaru stepped up.

"He's been arrested for treason. Tsunade summoned all all the rookie 12 to her office."

None of them were sure when they all started running again, now they were all running towards hokage tower.

Sasuke and Sakura rushed into the hokage office. Both ran straight up to Tsunade's desk.

"What the heck is this about you arresting Naruto for treason!?"

Sasuke yelled. Sakura had the same angry look on her face. Niether of them had noticed the room was filled with their friends.

"Step back Uchiha. We'll talk about this."

Both Sasuke and Sakura stepped refused at first but Tsunade's glare had the last word. Tsunade looked down the long row of young shinobi. She sighed heavily.

"Yes. Naruto has been arrested."

The whole room tensed up as Tsunade explained what Hiasha had said. Even after she was finished the the room stayed silent everyone trying to soak in what she had just said.

"How could you Tsunade!"

Everyone was slightly surprised when the outbrust came from Hinata. Then again Hinata had been dating Naruto since Sasuke's return. Naruto finally got over his blindness of Hinata's feelings. They were a real happy couple, perfect for each other really. Ino often said she was jealous of Hinata sometimes because Shikamaru was a little less active in their relationship but loved him anyway. TenTen even wished Neji would open up a little more like Naruto, only Hinata was against his openness. Naruto would often make Hinata's cheeks glow so red she would get a tempature.

But thanks to Hinata the flood gate was opened on Tsunade.

"She right what were you thinking!?"

Kiba yelled. More like growled.

"Naruto had the pure power of youth he would never do what you have accused of him!"

"You must be mistaken Tsunade. This is Naruto we're talking about."

Neji said beside Lee whose eyes burned in flames.

"Murder. Really you're an intelligente sanin do you really think Naruto would do that?"

Shikamaru stated, no trace of boredom was found on his face.

"ENOUGH!"

Tsunade shouted stomping her foot silencing the outbrusts but not the glares and murmurs.

"I told you I have no choice. Naruto admitted to fighting them and his headband is covered in blood-"

"That doesn't prove anything Tsunade-sensei. The blood got on there from the fight but that doesn't mean he killed him."

Sakura cried out, Tsunade rubbed her forehead.

"You really think I would arrest Naruto just on that concidence? Before you all showed up I had the anbu ask Naruto a question. They asked if Naruto had lost consiousness.

"He said he had. Even for Naruto fighting six chunin level shinobi can be difficult. He said he had been so upset because the mission was a fake and the shinobi he fought were still skilled. Naruto believed his life was on the line."

"Doesn't that qualify as self-defense?"

Shino asked. His hands casually in his pockets.

"No. He said he stopped fighting when they were all unconciouss. Then he blacked out."

"How could Naruto kill them if he blacked out too?"

Ino spat back. Tsunade started losing her temper.

"Naruto was angry and his life was on the line.You all know what happens sometimes when that happens, he..."

Tsunade bit her lip trying to pick the right words but was cut off by the young Uchiha.

"You think that the nine-tailed fox took over and killed those shinobi and lord?"

"Yes. The lord traveling with them was a mile or so behind the shinobi as they sercured the area. The lord must have come across and saw him as a monster. Naruto killed him to silence him."

More of the rookies were about to argue back but Neji stepped forward.

"Tsunade, you don't know Naruto had changed."

All the rookies had the exact same thought. Each had found that out last year when Naruto had fought sasuke and brought him back. That battle that was one all of them had wished they hadn't seen. Naruto looking like a wild beast, like the nine-tailed fox. Sasuke and his dark seal tranformation. In the end they were equals, both about to lose their lives to each other. Naruto would accept that. He told Sasuke he was his best friend and he wouldn't kill him. Sasuke had the chance to kill Naruto. Instead Sasuke dropped to his knees and kneeled before Naruto. He asked Naruto for forgiveness, how he was just to consumed with hatred even after he killed Itachi. Niether of them would admit it and none of the rookies would speak of it again but both had tear filled eyes. Sakura was the biggest mess. She was about to see her friends, her teammates kill each other. Thankfully their friendship was still strong. She ran to them and tossed her body at the knocking them on their backs as she cried into their chests. All the rookies wouldn't admit they had to wipe their eyes more than once.

"The lord's son, Seye Hiasha realized his father had forgotten his map and tried to catch up to his father. He saw Naruto and described him to me. He descibed him with evil chakra and he looked like a beast as he prieced the lord's chest. luckily he was a shinobi and hid himself enough so Naruto wouldn't see him. Naruto's headband had fallen to the ground which lead Mr. Hiasha to our village."

Silence. All the rookied stared at the ground all trying to think of anything else to say in Naruto's defense. Naruto would transform if he was life threating damage, which he thought he was. His chakra almost gone he collaspes and the fox takes over. Naruto's seal that the fourth put in seventeen years ago was not nearly as strong as it once was. What kept the fox at bay was mostly Naruto own will.

"How did the fight even start. Naruto would never start a fight with such odds or at all."

Chouji munched through his bag of chips, he ate when he was nervous or upset.

"Naruto said they attacked him. I could believe that. A single foreign shinobi around when a powerful lord is taking a very serect journey to visit another lord. They proably cornered Naruto and ordered him to leave the area. Naruto was on the fast route home and rejected them. They saw him as a threat and tried to detain him, he saw the attack and fought back. The problem is he lost control of the fox and allowed him to control. He murdered those people in cold blood."

"That's not his fault. It's the fox! Naruto-"

"Naruto has known for years that his seal was much weaker. He knew that he was the one who can only control that demon. If he was having problems it was his duty to come to me so we could help. He didn't therefore he is responsible. And if Naruto can no longer control the nine-tailed fox that's an even bigger problem."

Sasuke walked right up to the hokage.

"Then why did you call us?"

"Because I believe something is wrong. I believe there is more to this story. I want a full ivestigation before..."

Tsunade stoppped and turned away from the rookies, each still stared in confusion.

"Before what?"

Sakura asked in a weak voice. Tsunade bent over her desk again, her arms slightly shaky.

"Before I'm forced to protect this village from Naruto. Before I'm ordered to end...to end his life."