Well, here we go. The long waiting chapter of Sasuke's hearing.
I'm sorry if I didn't get most of everything right (I know I messed somethings up), I'm only familiar with the case styles on Law & Order and on MSNBC. But I tried. It's also on the long side, 26 pages in a month and four days. I'll give myself an E for effort.
Warning: VERY strong language, thanks to Sasuke, and mentioning of rape multiple of times.
"On the road again…I can't wait to get on the road again-"
"Babe?"
"Yeah?"
"Can you stop, please?"
"Sorry."
The gang sat in silence as the bus drove smoothly down the highway. Naruto, done with his singing, looked from his girlfriend to the front of the bus, where the school officials, the HD, her assistant, and everyone else important sat.
"Hey babe," he whispered in Hinata's ear.
"Hm?"
"Is it me, or is it ten times more awkward now that they're here." He peaked over her head and looked at Karin, Kin, and Tayuna sitting across from them.
She shook her head. "No. I've gotten used to it. It's just that minus Temari and I, all the girls here are in trouble because of Sasuke."
"Yeah, and since Sakura and Ino aren't talking about it, there's some awkwardness over there, too."
"But they're still friends, though. All of us used to be close."
"Then we came in the picture."
She nodded in agreement. "Pretty much."
"Um, Lady HD madam?" Shika called out to their principal.
"Yes, Mr. Nara?" She turn around, facing him.
"Where exactly is this hearing?"
"You'll see when we get there."
"Then how long is the ride?" Sakura chimed in.
"About another hour and a half."
"What time does the hearing start?" Ino added.
"9:30."
"How long is the hearing?" Kankuro smirked. He realized what was going on.
"A few hours."
"Are we there yet?" Naruto whined.
"Shut up!" Karin yelled, silencing everyone. "You guys are so annoying, I swear."
"Uh, I'm sorry. Did anybody ask for your opinion?"
"I can add my opinion to whatever I want."
"That's nice, but nobody asks for it. If we wanted it, someone's dick would be in your mouth so-"
"Kankuro!" Sakura and Ino yelled.
"What? You know it's true." He said, fist-bumping Shika.
"Who are you?" She turned around at him in disgust.
"You don't remember? I'm the guy you and your little friend next to you blew off during this whole situation."
"You're getting us in so much trouble," Shika smirked.
"Oh yeah, I remember seeing your little chode and feeling bad." Kin looked behind her and Kankuro.
"Who cares, you still did it."
"Kankuro. Stop." Gaara spoke up.
"Nah, if she wants to start another fight, I'll give her one, filthy slut."
"Who are you talking to like that?" Kin yelled, about to punch him in the face.
"I'm talking to you, you fuckin' skank!"
"That's enough!" A woman with a gigantic mole on her face turn around and yelled at the group. "I will not stand for this nonsense! Remain in silence until we reach our destination!" The group silence and returned to their positions as the bus ride was as boring as it was before.
"Hey babe?" Naruto whispered to his girlfriend once again.
"Yes?"
"You wanna share your ear bud?"
She nodded her head and handed her boyfriend one of her green ear buds. His mood finally relaxed once he heard the beat of Wide Awake from Katy Perry.
'This is going to be one long day.'
"This hearing will now commence." The officer of the room yelled out. The room got tense as the judge of the day walked across the room and reached his podium. "Judge Hanzo will be presiding this case. You may now all be seated."
The group sat behind the desk and chairs Sasuke and his lawyer will be presented. Two rows filled up of the campus teenagers were sitting there being attentive. All iPods, phones, anything electronically distracting was taken away by them. So they had no other choice but to pay attention. Sleeping was prohibited, obviously. And very uncomfortable.
The officer walked over to Judge Hanzo and whispered something to him. Ino shifted herself uncomfortably as she looked to her left and right, seeing tripods with video cameras on them. 'What happened to the dude who just typed everything down?! This is so weird!'
"Good morning everyone. I assume everything is in order for both you and said student, ah…Sasuke Uchiha." He leaned over and looked at the HD.
"Yes, your honor. We're ready to begin."
"Beautiful. I would like to make this as easy as possible without any trouble and shouting matches."
"As do we, sir."
"Ah, Jennings," the judge looked over to, who Ino calls, his sidekick. "where is the young Uchiha and his family?"
"They'll be here in a few minutes, your honor." Jennings replied. "It seems the reporters have gotten to them before we could."
Hanzo shook his head. "Of course, media."
As if on cue, and as late as ever, the room down was pulled open, and out came Sasuke, looking very dapper in a dark blue suit, his lawyer, and his parents. The parents made their way to the available space next to Naruto, while Sasuke and his lawyer walked to their destined spots. "Good morning, your honor, everyone." The lawyer smiled. 'A very beautiful one, at that.' Ino thought. "The reporters out there are crazy."
"It's quite alright. State your name." Hanzo smiled.
"Steven Hastings, defending Mr. Sasuke Uchiha on all charges placed on him from the fraternity Divan Row."
"You're up." He pointed to Tsunade's side. One of the school's officials, Michael Cunnings, cleaned up his desk area and stood from his chair. Ino was having a heart attack over in her spot. 'So many good looking men…I should take up law.' Sakura looked at her friend and rolled her eyes. She already knew what she was thinking.
"I would like to call to the stand Melissa Xiao Lee." Said girl quickly and quietly walked up to the podium next to the judge.
"Isn't that the bitch that ratted us out earlier this year?" Temari looked over to her roommates, who nodded their heads. "Fucking snitch."
While Melissa was being sworn in, Sasuke turned around and smiled at his 'witnesses'. Just out of sheer luck, Ino and Sakura sat right behind him. "I can't talk much, but thank you guys so much for being here."
"No problemo, dude. We're always there for you." Naruto smiled, fist-bumping his old friend.
"Now, Miss Lee, how do you know Mr. Uchiha?" Cunnings asked.
"He was in my Pre Calc class."
"How do you know of Mr. Uchiha?"
"When I first met him, I didn't recognize him, so I assumed he was new. It wasn't until after the first scandal that I knew of him."
"I see." Cunnings was kind of pissing Naruto off, only because he kept on walking back and forth too many times. "Can you briefly explain the 'first' scandal to the court?"
Not even a blind person needed to see that Sasuke was giving the both of them a look with both confusion and hated together. "Objection!" Hastings called out. "This conversation has nothing to do with what we're really here for."
"Overruled. Continue." Hanzo looked down at his notepad and took down notes as the case went on. As some could probably tell, Hanzo is a pretty chill judge.
"Well, I was walking back to my house when all of a sudden, I hear crashes and yelling from the girl's home. Obviously there was a fight going on, hence why the house is divided now."
"Thank you. Now, tell the court about the night in question. What did you see?"
"This should be good." Sakura heard Sasuke mumble under his breathe. She also saw his lawyer nudge him under the table.
"My roommates and I were walking back from a get-together another friend of ours hosted. We walked passed his house and the music was blaring out the windows and the lights were dimmed slightly. My friend and I contemplated going inside but we settled for looking in the window…do I have to say exactly what I saw?"
"Not everything, but briefly." Judge Hanzo looked down at her and smiled. "That's something I don't want stuck in my head."
"Alright…though it was hard to see, I saw Sa- Mr. Uchiha on the table with some girl, while one of his friends was on the couch, the other on the floor under the window, and the third ran out the front door after three girls." Both Naruto and Hinata tensed up. However, Hinata could feel them smirking behind her. "I followed the third friend into the backyard and saw that he was having a…foursome with the girls."
"I see," Cunnings nodded as the judge jotted down more notes. "now, will you point out the other three friends, minus Mr. Uchiha, and if you can, the females with them?"
"Uh, I can try." Melissa looked over to the group and was automatically met by the tense and pressure from them. She gulped quietly and raised her pointer finger, starting with Naruto. "The one with the blonde hair ran after…the three girls in the back behind him. The friend on the couch was…him…" She pointed to Shikamaru, who looked like he was sleeping with his eyes closed. "with the girl with light brown hair." Talking about Temari, Melissa's eyes ran over Kankuro's and she shook. Even though she was visibly scared, she had to finish her statement. "The boy in the green hoodie was the one under the window. At first, two of the three girls from before were with him."
"Thank you Melissa. After seeing that scenario, did you call your head officials?"
She nodded. "We ran home and called the HD. And that's it."
"Thank you again, Melissa. That is all, your honor." Cunnings walked back to his seat next to Tsunade and smiled to himself.
"Your turn, Hastings." The judge didn't look down from his files and notepad as the Uchiha's lawyer rose and walked to Melissa.
"Now Melissa, approximately what time did you arrive upon Mr. Uchiha's home?"
"Um…around 12:15-ish."
"And does your friend who hosted your get-together live within the sorority?"
"Well, no, she's lives about 20 minutes from it."
"Ok. But isn't it a rule in the campus to be within school grounds by midnight, unless you're locked out until 6 the next morning?"
Boom-roasted. 'Caught you, bitch.' Sasuke smirked. Even he knew, being sea deep below the influence, that the campus gates are closed from midnight to 6 A.M.
Melissa sat still in her seat. She knew he was right, but she can't deny it. She swore under oath and quite frankly, she is the worst liar. 'But what'll happen when I say the truth? Will HD send me off to detention? I can't have detention! Not with my flawless record! GASP! What if my parents found out? Oh Lord they'd have my neck! They'd transfer me out and send me to some private school in Tennessee, although I heard the boys there are really cute and-'
"Miss Lee?" Steven called out, knowing he just won the first part. Considering she was the only witness that had the courage to come to the hearing today, he had it in the bag.
"You're right. The gates were closed by the time I was back. Yes, my friends and I did jump the gates. We tried to rush home fast enough, but traffic was hectic, and-"
"It's quite alright, Miss Lee. That's is all, your honor."
"Mhm…alright." Judge Hanzo dropped his pen then looked down at Melissa. "You can go now, sweetie." She escaped and sped-walked to her seat. She could tell she was gonna get it during the recess. "From what I have here, and what the school send me earlier, everything seems more than reasonable enough to expel this young man. I just have one question." Tsunade stood up straight and eyes the judge. "Has the boy had other troubles with you?" She shook her head. "Fine then. We'll take our first break. Be back here in 15 minutes."
"On a scale of one to ten. How nervous are you?"
"Fucking 20. My dad has been on me non-stop because of this. I'm surprised I could even leave the house today!"
The whole group, minus Karin, Kin, and Tayuna, were on a secluded part of a random stairway near the room. Right now, Sasuke, who magically snuck his phone in with the help of his mother, was on the line with his M.I.A friend Neji, who was still in Miami.
"That's crazy. How'd the first part go?" He asked.
"My lawyer totally roasted the school's witness. We got this in the bag."
"Don't be so cocky, Sasuke," Tenten's voice came through the phone. "something might happen when your side presents."
"Yeah, you know how those court shows are. Something weird always happens when the other side speaks." Naruto shook his head.
"Besides that," Shika added in. "HD decided to add in the other incident from earlier this year to convict him of something."
"Of what?!" She yelled. "That was nobody else's but the girl's problem. What are they gonna convict him of, his good looks?"
"Exactly what I'm saying." Sasuke smirked.
"But let's be realistic, Sasuke," Sakura placed her hand on his firm shoulder. "the school can really get you good with this case. You broke a serious rule."
"Do you know who you're talking to?" Sasuke looked back at the pinkette. "I'll find someway to not get me in trouble for so long."
"Oh, so you know you're getting expelled?" Temari laughed softly.
He nodded. "I defiantly know that. The Board of Education, the law, and HD are not that retarded to let me stay after what I've done. I've been out for how long, a week? Once my dad found out I was in serious trouble, he's been in touch with the school non-stop until today. He knows I'm not going back for a while. I just hope it's not an entire year."
"You would have to do something pretty serious in order to be expelled for a year." Gaara spoke softly.
"Yeah, it's not like you killed someone. All you did was have a drunken orgy." Naruto shrugged.
Sasuke did nothing else but stare at his blonde friend. With him looking back, they both knew what the other was thinking. "I just came up with the best idea ever."
"Did you really now?" Kankuro sighed out from his laying position on the staircase. "Care to explain?"
"…You'll hear it in the courtroom."
With five minutes to blow before the hearing began, Ino pulled Sasuke to the side while everyone else walked around. They stood farther down the long hallway where they assumed no one was within earshot.
"We need to talk." She looked at him with semi-serious eyes.
"I would assume so."
"Why haven't you talked to me ever since you left?"
"I've been pretty preoccupied, you know this Ino."
"You still managed to talk to other people! Why not me! A text would have been lovely."
"Talking works both ways."
"Ugh!" She messed up her perfectly straight hair and pushed him on his chest. "You're so aggravating."
"I know I am." He smirked again, grabbing her hands and pulling her closer to him. "But you love it."
"I guess I do," She smiled, slowly leaning in. "even thought you can be a jerk." All he did was grunt as a response before she planted her lips on his.
While they were doing the tongue tango on each other, someone was watching them from afar, kind of spying, kind of hoping they weren't going to witness something like this. All Sakura do was wipe the tears off her face as she quietly walked away from the scene in front of her. 'I figured he didn't care,' she thought as the hearing room came into view. She walked faster and reached the rest of her roommates. 'I should've never told him.' She laughed at some Hinata said, but only became sadder. 'Hinata was right, he's still all over Ino. Why do I even bother. I'm nothing compared to her.'
The hearing was about to begin again. As she was about to enter the room, she saw Ino and Sasuke make a sharp turn and run down the hallway. 'Apparently he's more of a touchy subject than he was before.'
"We will now continue with the hearing." The officer spoke loudly as the doors shut and the cameras began rolling again. Judge Hanzo walked back inside the room and took his spot in front of everyone.
He sighed deeply. "It feels like this has been going on forever." Some chuckles were heard around the room. "Alright, Hastings. Are you ready?"
"Yes, your honor."
"You seem to have a lot of witnesses behind you, Mr. Uchiha."
"Hn. Friends have to have your back, right?"
"Of course." Hanzo smiled. "Start your presentation, Hastings."
Steven made his way up away from his desk and stood in front of the judge. "I call to the stand…Naruto Uzumaki."
Everyone looked at the other blonde as he had a disgusted look on his face. "Fantastic," he whispered. "I was really hoping I'd be last."
"Just don't fuck this up, idiot." Sasuke whispered hastily at his friend.
"Don't tell me what to fucking do. I'll fuck this up if I wanna fuck this up." He stuck out his tongue and walked to the stand next to the judge. He looked up and smiled at Hanzo. "Hello."
"Hello there, son. Are you ready to defend your friend?"
"I guess, I have no choice." Insert typical Sasuke glare here.
"Alright, begin."
"Mr. Uzumaki, how long have you known Mr. Uchiha?" Hastings paced slowly back and forth in front of him, somehow knowing going from wall to wall won't do Naruto, or him, any justice.
"Gosh, like…18 years."
"Would you say the actions portrayed by Mr. Uchiha within the past few weeks is his typical behavior?"
"No doubt. That's what makes him unique; he can be a jerk, yet nice and caring at the same time."
"How sweet." Hanzo smiled as he wrote down some notes.
"Getting down to business, the night in question, how did it all begin. Please explain to the best of your ability."
Naruto repositioned himself in the chair, since this was going to be one long explanation. "It was a really nice and hot day, so we all decided to go to the beach. We met up with the sorority girls and we played beach volleyball, surfed, y'know, typical beach stuff. It wasn't until…like, 6 in the afternoon that he showed up with a girl from another sorority. So we chilled out on the beach until late at night, having a bonfire and other things that I shouldn't say. We got home pretty late, but early enough to make it before the gates were about to close. Few moments later, we put on some loud music, I gave him my camera, and we started having like, a sex party. I didn't want in on it because one, my girlfriend was perfectly sober, and two, she doesn't do that type of thing. So I sat there doing something that I shouldn't say, and two of the three girls that are sitting behind us started messing with me. One thing led to another, we get outside, we did stuff in the backyard. It wasn't the smartest thing in the world, but remember, all of us, minus my girlfriend and housemate, were in too deep under the influence, so obviously we weren't thinking straight.
"The next day, Sasuke and I got into this massive fight that got everyone here in trouble because of our actions. I'll admit, what I did was disrespectful to not only the entire campus, but to my friends and girlfriend. Knowing Sasuke for as long as I have, I know he only regrets getting caught and the fight we had. Other than that, if we had kept the music down lower, we wouldn't be here right now. That's it."
Everyone in the courtroom stared at the blonde, with what emotion, it wasn't clear. Hastings stood directly in front of him, trying to digest everything the witness said and trying to find another question to ask him. What Naruto did was pretty complex, even for a oblivious boy like him. He pretty much did everyone's witness statement in one sitting. Literally nobody else needed to go up because Naruto confessed, explained, and gave out everything that needed to be known. The last part was unneeded, but it showed how Sasuke's actions affected everyone except him. You see? This is why everyone loves Naruto. "Uh…" He coughed up after a whole minute. "that is all. Thank you, Mr. Uzumaki." He walked back to his seat and slightly frowned to himself, mostly satisfied.
"That was very detailed, Mr. Uzumaki." Hanzo looked down at the boy. "Will your friends back up that story?"
"Yes. I know the girls won't say much, since they weren't physically there, but they're all tied into the big fight after."
"Very well then. You just saved your friend's from coming up here, young man. You must be a really good friend."
"Aw, I try." He blushed. Cunnings took this time to get up and start his portion of the hearing with Naruto. "Hey, what's up?"
"I'm very well. Now, although you did provide the court with much detail, it still doesn't prove as to why your friend here should be punished longer than he already is."
All Naruto could do was stare at the man. He had nothing against him, he was just doing his job. But he still didn't get a good vibe from this dude. "I understand perfectly what you're saying, Mr. Cunnings. But if it's OK with the judge, I'd like to explain and provide more reason as to why Sasuke is the way he is."
"Heh. I'm sorry, kid, but you can't-"
"No, Cunnings." The judge rose his hand to stop him. "Let the boy speak. He has a right under law."
Cunnings sighed silently as let the blonde speak more. "Like I said, I've know Sasuke forever. To be honest, not many people can see why we're such good friend. I mean, he's a jerk, he's a flirt, a loner, doesn't partically care the person to either side of him. I, on the other hand, am a good-hearted, cheerful, optimistic kind of dude. From my point of view, we cancel each other out. He can be kind of emotional, so I cheer him up so he isn't as broody. I can be loud and obnoxious, so he yells at me to shut up. It doesn't work at times, but it's something. Our friendship is something that can't be written down, or recorded, or anything like that. When it comes down to it, that cold-hearted being sitting right behind you is a really cool guy. His friends and family mean the world to him whether he likes to show it or not.
"Dealing with all the fighting and punches thrown at one another, I could never really hate him. Yes, during that fight, I damned him to hell because of what he did to my girlfriend. But we've had too many memories and times together to even let something as minuscule as that to ruin us. For example, when us and two of our other close friends went to Miami, and he got hit on by a transsexual, I was there dressed up as his girlfriend to help save him. Whenever I got picked on by some guys when we were younger, he was there to shoo them off. When he got accused of stealing condoms, I was there to bail him out. Especially when my mother wanted to send me to boarding school, he was the one who wrote her 1,001 reasons as to why I shouldn't go.
"What I'm trying to say here is," He stopped short, looking at Sasuke sit there with the biggest grin on his face remembering those times together. "he's not a bad person. He's a flirt and a jerk, yes. But he's being young. We're not even 20 yet. He's just trying to have as much fun as possible. I'm not saying the whole scenario was excusable, but can you blame him? He was just being a horny idiot."
The first person to make any sudden movement or sound was Sasuke. He stood up and clapped at his friends attempt to save his ass. Soon after, everyone in the courtroom, even some of the school officials gave Naruto a stand ovation. All smiled and blushed, Naruto gave a thumbs up to the camera next to him. 'Saving my best friend's ass since Pre-K.' he thought.
Cunnings, Tsunade, the officials that wanted Sasuke gone, and the Kanker sisters were speechless. Nobody expected a speech like that from him, of all people. Cunnings just walked away, without saying a word, back to his seat. Obviously they've just been beaten. Again.
"You really do have a heart of gold, young man." Hanzo gleamed down at the young boy. "He must be proud to have a friend like you."
"Eh, he wouldn't be who he is now without me." Naruto got up from his chair and walked to Sasuke's desk, smirking down at him. "And I meant everything said, mister!" He laughed, poking his friend's forehead at the last word.
Sasuke got up and grabbed a hold of him in a big hug. Very un-Sasuke like, but it's the thought that counts. The courtroom erupted into applause again as the two boys hugged each other. "Thank you so much, dude. I owe you one." He smiled. Not smirked, smiled.
"No problem. I care for you too much to see you leave unfairly." Mrs. Uchiha managed to get a picture of the two on her son's phone and set it as his screensaver. Naruto patted his back and loosened out of the hug. "Good luck for the rest of this shindig."
"Hn." He patted his friend's back as he walked back to his seat, the applause decreasing. Sasuke sat back down in his chair, more than anxious for this whole thing to end.
Judge Hanzo sighed. "I just love happy endings." Some people in the court laughed. "We'll now take our final break of the day. Be back in 15 minutes."
Sasuke leaned against the courtroom doors as everyone outside was socializing. He was grateful that Naruto gave out that speech, don't get him wrong. It's just that he had a bad feeling in the pit of his stomach. He was so preoccupied with his thoughts, that he didn't see his father walk towards him.
"Sasuke." He snapped out of his thoughts and looked at his father. "Follow me. We need to talk." He didn't mutter a word as he followed his elder to a secluded hallway, not that far from everyone else. "I've been thinking, and-"
"I know, you're still mad at me, obviously." Sasuke cut him off. "I already knew nothing Naruto said would impact your decision. I'm still getting expelled, there's no doubt about it. And I know you want it to be longer, but you have to listen to me."
"Then listen to me first." Fugaku Uchiha placed a fragile hand on his son's shoulder. "Yes, I am still mad at you. But I keep forgetting that you're not the little boy that your mother held all those years ago."
Sasuke was shocked. His father rarely talked about him as a baby, considering the fact that he really didn't give a damn about him, and only cared about his older son. "What are you saying?"
"If you ever got the feeling that I didn't love you as much as I loved your brother, you're wrong. I loved you dearly. I just…wasn't prepared with all the stress, and your brother being…him. I'm sorry that I missed out on so much of your childhood. I don't blame you for your actions now. You're a young adult now. It's typical human nature. I didn't see that when I first punished you. I saw you as this picture perfect student who wouldn't dare to do anything wrong. But I realized after your friend's speech, you're not anymore. You've grown up, and I should respect that as your father. I can't baby you now. What I'm saying is, I'm sorry for wishing the expulsion lasted longer. I see you're happy where you are with new friends, and new chances to explore the world around you. I won't be in the way of that ever again. Please forgive me."
From what you've probably guessed, Sasuke was even more shocked than before. His father? Apologizing? Normally a teenager would just shoo him off with the same old 'whatever dad'. But his dark haired boy wasted no time hugging his father and crying on his expensive jacket. This is a very rare and delicate time for Sasuke, so there's a 99% chance you will never see this again until one of his parents die.
Fugaku didn't say a word. He just placed his chin on his growing son's head and hugged him back. This is all Sasuke wanted. A hug, acknowledgment, love back from his dad. It took him getting in major trouble with the school for it to happen, but anytime is a good time for him. That's all that matters.
"This hearing's coming out as a total bust!" Karin yelled, jumping up and down in her black pumps.
"We have to be patient. Something has to happen now. The school won't take that idiot's sob story as a reason to let him stay." Kin replied, chewing her gum obnoxiously.
"All things will fall into place once the judgment is made." Tayuna, who was leaning against a wall, smirked as she thought of Sasuke being expelled for the rest of the year.
"But what if it doesn't?"
"Don't be so pessimistic, Karin." Tayuna pinched her friend's cheek. "If it doesn't work out in the end, we'll make it work out."
"And how is that?"
"I'll tell you when I think of one now stop flipping out before I throw you out this second story window!" Karin stayed silent.
"Well you better think of something quickly. The hearings about to begin in five minutes." Kin pointed to the clock opposite of them.
"Trust me, I'll think of something." Tayuna had an evil smirk on her face. Kind of equivalent to the Grinch's when he realize he can ruin The Who's Christmas. "I'll just need to have a quick chat with Mr. Michael Cunnings."
"Wait, why? Hey! Where are you going?" Karin looked up as Tayuna began to walk back to the courtroom. "We have some time left! Tayuna!"
"Relax girls," she turned around, the same smirk on her face. "I got this." Then, she walked away.
Karin turned toward Kin, both sharing an equal look of fright. "What is she about to do?"
"I don't know, Karin," She began walking after her friend, Karin right behind her. "but all I know is…everything's about to go downhill from here. They rounded a corner to see Tayuna all over Cunnings at the end of another hallway. She was flirtatiously playing with his jacket, flipping her hair out of her face, rubbing on his arm, signs that she shows before she's about to do something with someone.
"What's going-! Hmph!" Karin yelled as Kin slammed her hand over her mouth.
"Stay quiet and listen." Kin got as far as she could to analyze what they were talking about.
"…and so you see, he did me wrong that night, and I know the school will take my side since he and his friend were the ones that did it to me."
"You poor, poor girl." The lawyer brushed a strand of hair out of her face. "Now he's really not getting under me. I'll bring that up to the judge. But, why wait so long to bring it back up?"
"I was too scared. He said if I told anyone, he's come back and do it again." The look on Michael's face proved that Tayuna had him under her control. "Please, you have to do something."
"I will, don't worry. Let's go." He turned her around and walked in front of her, making Kin and Karin dash down the hall back to the room. Though her nor Michael noticed their presence, Tayuna believed she had this down packed.
You know, it's things like this that make you wonder…why?
"The final segment of this hearing will start now." The officer announced as everyone sat down and remained quiet as Judge Hanzo walked back to his seat. "The final statements from both sides of the case will be heard after Judge Hanzo's speech."
"Thank you, Jennings. As I looked upon you young folk today, I realize that life is full of surprises. It's like Christmas morning. You find a nice, big present, and have no idea what it could be. It could be something you've always wanted, or something you didn't. It also could be something unexpected. Like today, young Uchiha over here only wants to have as little expulsion as he can. On the other hand, the campus here wants him gone. Unexpectedly, young Uzumaki saved his friend and possibly changed this whole hearing. But enough with me babbling on, Cunnings, you up. Give your final plea."
With a huge smirk on his face, Cunnings walked to the empty space in front of the judge and faced everyone. His eyes roamed over Tayuna's and realized what he had to do. "My fellow peers, I'm not trying to sabotage a young man's chance at a marvelous education at one of the most prestige campus' in the state. But it is when bad actions are done, that privileges need to be taken away. Mr. Uchiha is young, like you said before Mr. Uzumaki, but a young person with a good head on his shoulders knows right from wrong. A young man, who is aware of his actions and how they would affect the people around him would know the difference between being in control and being controlled."
"What, exactly, are you getting at Cunnings?" The judge asked, not really seeing where the lawyer was going with his statement.
"Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I forgot to clue in that a victim has stepped forward to say that Mr. Uchiha right here had been accused of rape."
"Are you fucking me right now?!" Sasuke was the first one to scream as everyone in the courtroom was in another uproar. "Who fucking said that?!"
"Calm down, sweetie." Mikoto, Sasuke's mother, rose up and rubbed his back. "This has to be some misunderstanding."
"I'm afraid not, Mrs. Uchiha. Your son raped someone on campus."
"My son did not rape anyone!" His father quickly rose and yelled at the lawyer. "You have no proof!"
"Mr. Uchiha, please calm down. All will be explained soon." Hanzo, too, was quite shocked. "Who is the person that said this?"
"It is one of Sasuke's witnesses."
"Oh my God, Gaara, I know you don't like Sasuke that much but to say he raped you?!" Naruto yelled. All Gaara did was slap him on the head. "Well excuse me for trying to lighten up the mood."
"I'm still waiting on who the hell told you that happened!" Sasuke was red in the face, only a few seconds away from killing him. Don't say you wouldn't do the same thing.
"It's one of your witnesses, like I said." Cunnings loved the fact that Sasuke was flipping out over this. Not only was his face priceless, but the lump sum he's gonna get after this will top Uchiha's face tenfold.
Once his mother rubbed his back long enough (there's a trick for you if he ever get's mad at something), Sasuke turned around to his friends and the rest of the bitches he doesn't like. He had absolutely no idea who could've possibly said something like this. Let's help Sasuke narrow down the choices: Obviously he didn't do anything with Naruto, Shikamaru, Kankuro, and Gaara. Temari is out of the picture, also, thought he did think about it in the beginning. Hinata…part of the reason why he's here, but he didn't rape her. Ino, yes he has done stuff with her. But no rape. Sakura, no he hasn't. So the only people remaining are Karin, Kin, and Tayu-
"You stupid fucking son of a bitch." Sasuke stared dead in Tayuna's eyes. Nobody in that area knew who he was talking about, or to, so they all turned around, except her, which made it pretty obvious.
"Who are you saying that to, Sas-u-ke?" Tayuna slurred off her tongue.
"You know who I'm talking to." With everyone still confused, Sasuke walked away from his mother and began slowly walking toward her. "Care to explain yourself?"
"I have nothing to explain to you." She smirked. By this time, he was right next to her, looking down at her evilly. "You're delusional."
"You are so lucky I can't even hit you right now."
"That didn't stop you that night did it?" No other look but achievement rested on her face as Sasuke was seconds away from attacking her before Naruto held him back. "If anybody else is still confused, I'm the one who accused Sasuke of rape, and I can prove it."
"Everybody settle down," Hanzo boomed out in the room as the people's voices decreased. "please, come over here, young lady." Tayuna got up and brushed passed the angry Sasuke, taking her spot on the stand. "Now, tell us what happened that night."
"Gladly." She smiled to Hanzo as Sasuke was escorted back to his seat, red as his favorite vegetable. "It was the night after the boys had settled in, or around it. I was over my friend Cait's house. Sasuke and his witness, the one with the asshole-ish hair in the red sweater," pointing to Shikamaru. "came over after. One thing led to another, a few bottles after that, I was forced to have a foursome with them. I didn't want to since I'm not that type of person, but he literally grabbed my hair and pushed me down on the floor. By then, I already knew it was too late, but I didn't give up."
"That's enough said, Miss…"
"Tayuna."
"Ah, yes. Beautiful name." Hanzo nodded to himself. "What do you have to say, young Uchiha?"
"That bitch wanted it!" He yelled. "She's the one that even came up with the idea. She knew my witness was in a fling with her roommate, but that still didn't fucking stop her! I swear on my life I didn't do that to her."
"Stop lying, Uchiha. You know what you did."
"Yes I do, and it sucked, to be quite frank!"
"Sasuke, you do know this is a huge accusation." Steven whispered in his ear. "I don't think they'll let you slide."
"As long as we go with what we agreed on, yes they will. Just help me out here for now."
Steven was just about to object the accusation when someone stood up and yelled, "Stop!" out of nowhere. Everyone turned around, or focused forward more, to see Kin flustered, breathing heavy toward the judge. "This can't go on anymore."
"Yes, young lady?"
"Tayuna's lying about the rape charges!" The courtroom gasped. "She took my phone by mistake and the whole act was caught on my camera. I still have the video!"
"This hearing just got interesting." Gaara smirked. His siblings nodded.
"Jennings, lend me the phone." Kin rushed over to the gate, handed her phone to the officer, the video still already on the screen. Hanzo got it and pressed the play button, making sure the sound was off. A few minutes went by in complete silence, Hanzo's face went from relaxed and content, to suddenly angry. "Is this all true, young Uchiha?" Sasuke nodded rapidly. The judge looked down at Tayuna, who looked like she was sweating in her boots. 'Lie in my court, will you.' "Hastings, bring up your final speech while I process a final agreement."
"Will do, your honor." He walked to the empty space in front of the judge. "Ladies and gentlemen of the court, I understand this may be hard on you, choosing between a teenager and a school who is just doing their job. But both sides have ugly truths. While my client may have broken the campus' rules, the campus itself have hidden secrets." He turned to Tsunade. "Isn't it true there was a recent murder on your grounds?"
Her face lit up. She knew she was busted. "Unfortunately, yes."
"Have you told anybody? The police? The superintendent?" She hesitated, then said no. Hanzo appeared more angry, more disgusted, but still. "Why is that?"
"We were trying to identify what had happened before the state became involved." One school official said.
"Were you really?" Sasuke yelled across the room. His mother rubbed his back again, urging him to remain quiet. "We have written you letters telling you about this! I wrote to you that my friends and I were in the room!"
"Why were you in the room?" The same official asked.
"Because there was the damn police tape around the building when Temari beat some chick's ass! We wanted to see why the police didn't stop the fight!"
"Quiet in the court!" Hanzo slammed down his gavel. "Miss Tsunade, why didn't you warn the state about this? I already know that hiding it is a crime."
Tsunade was about to cry. She didn't think Sasuke would be that smart enough to bring that up! "I just didn't. We had a presentation about the teacher with some of his students speaking, but he cut it all off."
"Where's the body, HD?" Sasuke smirked wide. He knew she didn't have an answer. There's no way she could dispose of a body and clean up that room by the time of this hearing. There would be too much trouble. "Where'd you hide him?"
"Obviously someone attacked him from a blind spot and polished him off."
"That doesn't answer my question, Tsunade. Where. Is. The body."
"You were the last people to see him last. You tell me."
"Oh please. You'd know if we had a decaying corpse in our backyard. Oh snap! Maybe he's in your office. Or behind the school building. Or even in your closet."
"That's enough!" The judge banged his gavel again. The room remained silent, and Hanzo sighed deeply. "I need to retire after this…Okay. I will analyze everything one last time in my study. In the meantime, Jennings, make sure nothing happens in here." He gather his supplies and walked into his office.
"Alright." Hanzo walked back up to his seat after a good 13 minutes of repeating everything over in his head and on paper. "I've been doing stuff like this for almost 27 years. I've seen many cases close to this one, but will never be exactly like it. So, the two side, rise please." He ran over his decision one last time as the people rose. "Mr. Sasuke Uchiha, I hereby sentence you to six months expulsion from the Divan Row fraternity campus. Before you make any noise," he rose his hand, silencing everyone once more. "let me tell you all why I chose what I did. I understand fully that you are young, Mr. Uchiha. You, as a young man, knew what you did wrong. But even after all of that, you still need to be punished for your actions. Thank God you have loyal friends that came to your side when you needed them.
"Now, as for you, Miss Tsunade, I hereby place you under temporary leave until this case is cleared. The fact that you hid this from the state, and carelessly put your students in danger is irresponsible to the highest degree. Never in my years as a judge have I seen a head dean, letting something like a murder case slide by like it's nothing. Be lucky I'm not letting you go of your position all together. Find a replacement by the end of next week, have your assistant inform me, and do not go back until the case is closed. Do I make myself clear, to both sides of the court?" Eventually Sasuke's and Tsunade's team did agree to what he said. Hey, he is a judge. Judges know what they're doing. "Good. Report back to me in three months. Court dismissed."
The room fluttered about as Jennings escorted the people out of the room. Once everyone left the room, Jennings walked back to his 'boss' and smiled softly. "Are you alright, your honor?"
"I need a break." He rubbed the temples of his head. "Not even that, I need a vacation."
"That was a surprising bunch, wasn't it?" Hanzo nodded. "How do you think they'll end up?"
"Hopefully with no one dead in the end."
Outside the courtroom, reporters and paparazzi-men were going crazy as the group walked outside to their bus. With no altercations, they all agreed to get something to eat before they head back out east. The group of teenagers were in a local pizzeria, cameras flashing off every now and again.
"Only six months," Kankuro said, taking a bite out of his garlic knot. "not that bad."
"I thought it'd be much worse." Shika added.
"Thank God it wasn't. I'll just be missing out of some of the work being done in the classes."
"Like you really care." Naruto smirked.
"No seriously," Sasuke chuckled. "yeah, it may only be six months, but that's a long time from now. What if I don't get out on time?"
"The teachers will email you the work, no worries." Sakura sipped off some of her Coke. "It's not like them to not make one of their students pass. If they don't, you have some of us in your classes, we can help you."
"Yeah, I guess."
"But let's talk about how the evil stepsister helped you out on that last part." Temari whispered and pointed behind Sasuke, where Karin, Kin, and Tayuna, who looked really pissed, sat. "That was totally unexpected."
"Nobody expected her to lie about what happened that night. I know I didn't."
"But that's still fucked up. Like, why would you lie, under oath, to a judge about that." Ino waved her mozzarella stick around.
"Who knows. All I know is that Kin saved my ass out there. I'll thank her later." He scratched his head. Boy, that'll be a weird conversation. Does he even have her added on Facebook?
"Well I'm happy that you got a little vacation from us." Hinata smiled at the boy. "You won't be caught up in all this drama." Everyone nodded at her comment.
"Makes me wonder what'll the new campus will be like without me or HD."
"Less hectic and strict, that's for sure." Gaara replied, everyone laughing after. It's not normal for this story to end on such a positive and jumpy note. Everyone's getting alone- well, somewhat, and new changes are about to happen.
But as always, what goes up, must come down. Let the real drama begin.
Now the story's really getting juicy! Sasuke's out for six months. Just in case you're confused, it's October now, so he won't be back on campus until April.
P.S., I was not trying to make what Naruto said during the rape accusation sound like rape wasn't a serious thing. He was just being him. I really hope nobody took him seriously. I did not mean to make rape sound funny; I know for a fact it's not. Please forgive me if you did, if you want me to remove it, message me and we'll talk.
Other than that, I really hope you enjoyed it, I had fun writing the rest of it in my friend's freezing room. Please review, and see you next chapter!