Ten slashes (revised version)

Yeah…sorry guys…about the REALLY long wait, but now its' revised so enjoy, you deserve it! Please note that I do not own Naruto. And this is an alternate universe. ^_^ I do not own Naruto…but hey it wouldn't be a bad thing if I did. ^_-

Chapter 2: More?

"What are you doing here, Shikamaru?" Naruto asked, with a bit of annoyance in his voice. "What do you mean, you want to help too? You hardly ever talked to him!" Arms crossed and propped up against at tree Shikamaru remained calm as ever.

"That's my own business, besides it would be nice if you had help as well wouldn't it?" He tried to convince Naruto. Banging his had hard against the nearest tree Naruto yelled at Shikamaru.

"No! It wouldn't be! I don't want any help! I want to find the person responsible for Sasuke's death myself! It's not about fame, Sasuke was my friend and he didn't deserve to die. I can't believe he did this! I'm going to kill him!" Naruto looked away.

"I presume the 'him' is Itachi?" Shikamaru said. Naruto stopped and turned to look at Shikamaru, just what was he thinking?

"What?" Naruto said. Shikamaru walked closer to Naruto.

"You think the person who killed him was his older brother Itachi. Like many people know, Itachi is suspected of being involved with the mafia. However, I believe otherwise. I don't believe Itachi had anything to do with this, infact, I'm almost sure someone is trying to make it look like Itachi did this to him. I believe that the…wait, in order to tell you what I think, wouldn't it be better if I knew if you're going to work with me or not?"

"…No! I work alone! Besides you don't have any evidence of anything that you said. It was Itachi, there's not question about it, and I don't need your help. Just beat it!" Naruto said and ran off. He thought he heard him reply, 'fine by me,' which only made Naruto angrier than he was, but he continued to run off. It was Itachi; there was no question about it. That's the reason he joined the mafia, that's the reason he killed Sasuke. It wasn't because of a reason, that's just what the mafia did. Killed for no reason. Family meant nothing. Just about to leave the school grounds, something big and hard hit him in the chest, forced all the air out of him and smashed him against the tree. Naruto reached out helplessly, but his arms gripped nothing. He landed twenty feet away. Breathing in hard and catching his breath he looked up to see a police officer, but not any police officer. Again, like Kakashi, one of the best.

Tsunade.

Damn.

What did she want? Naruto hated her strength and cockiness she always had about her.

"Going somewhere young brat." She said, smiling and pointing a finger at him.

"What's it to you?" Naruto snapped back.

"Hm…well well aren't you a ferocious young beast. Perhaps you're running away from the scene of the crime?" She asked. Grinding his teeth Naruto answered back.

"Sasuske's body is moved, what good is it to me? I need to seek revenge for him!" Naruto yelled and decided that he spoke enough, what was she going to understand anyway. Disappointment ran through her eyes.

"Stupid boy, not Sasuke." She said. Naruto blinked, was she playing games here or what?

"Well who else then, you stupid woman. Do you want to play guessing games or what?" Naruto barked.

"Hey you don't speak that way to me!" She yelled and brushed he shiny badge on her chest. Naruto craved to punch her back, for what she did to him. She walked closer to him and Naruto got back to his feet. His stomach muscle was screaming to him. Jeez, for a woman, she sure knew where to punch. This was going to be sore for a few days.

"Now what?" Naruto said with annoyance.

"Fool, Sasuke is old, the recent death happened no more than two minutes ago." She explained to him. She looked deeply into his eyes and saw that shock filled them. Either he didn't have a clue (which made his not guilty) or he was a very good actor. But from what she knew, Naruto was not the type to act. He always showed his emotions, whether they were good or bad. She smirked and then looked away.

"All right, you're not guilty, but you have to come with me. I don't want any resistance, got that? If you do, I'll give you another one of those punches." Tsuande explained and turned her head so that her blonde ponytail would swish in the wind. Naruto walked closer to her.

"Who's dead now?" He asked. He was hoping it wasn't another student. He just went through another shock. Tsunade looked at him, with pain in her eyes.

"Gaara. He was founded Slashed." She replied and then walked away. Naruto stood frozen. Gaara was another kid he came to like over the years. At first he always wanted to fight someone, which was similar to whom Naruto would have done too, but after talking with him (and fighting), he realized that Gaara wasn't so bad and Gaara learned how to be gentler. Gaara was someone who wouldn't talk to people so much, which may be why people were drawn to him. He had an older sister and brother, Temari and Kankuro. They were in grade 10 and 11. It would be a pretty bad shock for them as well. Naruto thought back. Could Itachi really have done all this? And then he remembered Shikamaru's words, 'someone is trying to make Itachi the suspect.'

Shikamaru.

Where was he?

Naruto turned to Tsunade who was a good distance away.

"Hey Tsunade!" Naruto yelled and ran after her, back to the school. She turned, somewhat annoyed and somewhat sad. When Naruto got close, he could tell that she was crying, though she tried to act tough.

"What?" She said more quickly than before.

"Did you see anyone else in the forest?" Naruto asked. Perhaps she saw Shikamaru. However Tsunade shock her head and was puzzled.

"Why?" She asked. Seeing no reason to confuse her, Naruto just shock his head. "Just wondering, the killer could still be lurking around." She stopped walking and turned to him.

"Listen, I shouldn't be telling you this, but it appears that Gaara's body was murdered almost the same time as Sasuke's and that both bodies were transported to the school." She looked away when she saw Naruto's angry eyes.

"So that means it a one person killer." Naruto said. Tsunade bowed her head. "It appears so." She replied and then continued to walk. "Hurry up." She said, without looking back. Clenching his fists Naruto thought about everything while he walked. Why would someone do this to them? To kids that didn't do anything? Why? When Naruto puzzled all this and a burning rage filled his chest he looked up to the forest trees. He quickly blinked again and was about to say something, but thought better of it. Naruto looked and saw that nothing was there now. Just the tree leaves as they blew innocently through the calm wind. But Naruto knew he had seen something. Something that made him think he was dealing with much more than he was thinking. Much more than the mafia. For when he looked up, he saw the image of Sasuke Uchiha.

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