Okay all. Here's the next chapter. I hope you all like it.
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The Boy In The Orange Jumpsuit
Chapter Four – Sasuke's Lesson.
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Sasuke looked around the house. He felt dismal, as he took note that the house was rather darkly coloured. He heard his parents arguing in the study. He knew he shouldn't listen but he was curious. His parents very rarely argued and he wanted to know what was wrong. He saw the door was slightly ajar, and crept close to listen properly. He caught the end of his mother's recent sentence.
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"You said we weren't anywhere near that camp!" Mikoto exclaimed.
"We're not." Fugaku hissed back.
"Sasuke can see it from his bedroom window Fugaku. He thinks it's a farm." Mikoto stated.
"I'll deal with it." Fugaku stated.
"One of them was in our kitchen this morning Fugaku. A woman. An older woman with blond hair!" Mikoto hissed.
"That bothers you Mikoto?" Fugaku asked.
"Yes it bothers me. Sasuke saw children there too. You told me those camps were for men. Not for women and children!" Mikoto exclaimed loudly.
"Keep your voice down woman. Man, woman or child, they're all disloyal to Orochimaru-Sama. However you happen to feel about it is not to be spoken. Treason to Orochimaru-Sama can get you thrown in prison." Fugaku stated coldly to his wife.
"You're telling me there are children as young as our Sasuke in that place?" Mikoto asked sadly.
"Yes. Probably younger. Their parents made that choice for them. Believing in the Will of Fire is treason to our great leader." Fugaku said softly. He looked down at his papers. He started circling names.
"You approve of this?" Mikoto asked.
"They're traitors to our country Mikoto." Fugaku replied.
"God help you Fugaku." Mikoto stated. That was when she saw the writing at the top of the paper.
List for Extermination.
Mikoto's blood ran cold. A gasp ripped from her throat.
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Sasuke had not seen what his father was writing, but he had seen the official seal of Sound Country on the piece of paper. He had heard the conversation, and there was a lot he didn't understand. He also didn't understand why his mother's face had paled so much within seconds. What had been on that paper to upset her so much that she gasped aloud? He was determined to find out.
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Later that day, Sasuke waited to for his father to leave his office. Once he saw his father leave the room, Sasuke snuck in. He looked around for the paper his father had been writing on. He found a sheet in the top drawer of the desk. It had the official stamp of Sound on the bottom, as Sasuke had seen earlier. He picked up the paper and looked at what had been written.
List for Extermination.
Sasuke's face creased in confusion.
"Extermination? What does that mean?" Sasuke thought to himself as he looked down the list. He saw several names circled. Many names stuck in his mind.
Shibi Aburame, 29, M
Emi Aburame, 28, F
Takeshi Uzumaki, 30, M
Haruka Uzumaki, 29, F
Jiraiya Namikaze, 48, M
Nawaki Senju, 44, M
Sasuke couldn't read more of the list, as he heard footsteps coming towards the office. He placed the paper back into the top drawer of the desk, closed the drawer and hid behind one of the cabinets.
He saw his father come back in and reach into the draw. One of the other soldiers, Sasuke knew him to be called Mizuki, was also in the room. His father had retrieved the list and turned to look at the male.
"Now Mizuki, you know your duty is to look after my family while I'm not here, no one is to enter this room unless they have my written permission." Sasuke saw the cold look on his father's face, and the look on Mizuki's face also. Sasuke knew that this was the last time he would see one of those lists. Somehow, Sasuke was unsure if this was a good or a bad thing.
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Later that day, Sasuke was wondering around and looked at Mizuki.
"Do you think I can get one of those tyres to make a swing Mizuki-San?" Sasuke asked, as he spotted a whole shed full of tyres. Mizuki smirked.
"Of course Sasuke." Mizuki walked over to the blond woman from yesterday and kicked her side harshly. Sasuke felt dread when he saw the woman fall to the ground. She had been looking after the garden.
"Get master Sasuke one of those tyres and fix it into a swing for him, wherever he wishes." Mizuki hissed.
Sasuke watched sadly, as the woman picked herself up and nodded curtly. Mizuki looked at Sasuke and gave a smile.
"There you go. You just need to ask." Mizuki said cheerfully. He walked off and Sasuke looked at the woman sadly. She gave him a half smile, as she rubbed at her side absently.
"Does it hurt?" Sasuke asked softly. The woman looked at him.
"Your side? Does it hurt? It wasn't nice for Mizuki to kick you." Sasuke asked softly. The woman gave a smile.
"I'm alright little one. Now let's find you one of those tyres." The woman said kindly.
"What's your name?" Sasuke asked. "I'm Tsunade Senju-Namikaze." The woman said softly. Sasuke watched as the woman picked up one of the many tyres and started to look around for a good place to hang it.
Two names flashed before Sasuke's eyes from the list as he heard Tsunade's name.
"Jiraiya Namikaze. Nawaki Senju." Sasuke thought to himself.
"Miss Tsunade, what does extermination mean?" Sasuke asked. The woman dropped the tyre in shock and stared at the boy.
"Why would you ask a question like that?" She asked.
"Well…" Sasuke was unsure whether or not to tell the woman what he'd seen or not. He decided it couldn't hurt, after all, she may not even know who he was talking about.
"I was in my father's study, and there was a list. It had names on it. When you told me your name I remembered two of them. One was called Jiraiya Namikaze, and the other one was Nawaki Senju. At the top it said extermination. I wondered what it meant." Sasuke asked. He looked up at the woman with wide eyes. She stared down at him, with eyes just as wide. She looked very shocked.
"It doesn't mean anything little one." Tsunade said softly. But Sasuke could see her hands trembling. He knew it meant something. Sasuke just wasn't entirely sure whether it was good or bad.
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Later that day, as Sasuke was swinging on the tyre swing, he fell out of it. He landed with a thud and cried out when he felt sharp pain enter his right knee and elbow. He heard someone run over to him, and he looked at Tsunade.
"Miss Tsunade, my leg and arm hurt." Sasuke whimpered. Tsunade picked Sasuke up gently and carried him into the kitchen. She sat him down gently on a chair and looked for something.
"What are you looking for Miss Tsunade?" Sasuke whimpered pitifully.
"Your medicine kit little one." Tsunade replied gently.
"It's in the bottom cupboard Miss Tsunade." Sasuke replied. Tsunade gave the boy a reassuring look and found the kit quickly. She looked at Sasuke's knee and elbow and gently moved his leg and arm. Sasuke yelped, and the kitchen door flew open.
Itachi stared at them.
"I'm sorry to ask, but can you pass me a small bowl of water?" Tsunade asked kindly. She opened the medicine kit and pulled out a bottle of antiseptic lotion, along with some cotton wool balls and bandages. Itachi ran over to the sink and grabbed a bowl, filling it with water quickly. He bought it down.
"Where would you like it?" Itachi asked.
"Just next to me on the floor please." Tsunade replied softly. Itachi nodded and placed the bowl down. Sasuke looked at Itachi and Tsunade fearfully.
"It's alright little one. This might sting a bit, but it'll clean up your cuts and then you'll feel much better." Tsunade said gently. Sasuke held Itachi's hand and Itachi squeezed back.
"Do you think Mother and Father are going to be mad at me?" Sasuke asked.
"What happened?" Itachi asked, as Tsunade started soaking some of the cotton balls in water. Sasuke almost yelped when the wet cotton balls started touching his knee, he could see the dirt and blood being cleared off by the wet cotton wool.
"I fell off the tyre swing." Sasuke replied tearfully.
"It was an accident Sasuke. Don't worry about it." Itachi replied. Sasuke gripped harder when Tsunade started clearing his elbow of dirt and blood. She moved the used cotton wool balls and the bowl of water to one side, and then pressed a clean cotton wool ball to the opening of the bottle of Antiseptic lotion. She tipped the bottle up, soaking the cotton ball, and then looked at Sasuke and Itachi.
"This will sting little one. But once I clean up your knee and elbow with this it'll be fine." Tsunade said gently. Sasuke nodded, and Tsunade started to clean Sasuke's wounds with the antiseptic. Sasuke had tears dripping down his cheeks, but he didn't yell or scream as Tsunade cleared the wounds. Once she was done, she wrapped Sasuke's elbow and knee in bandages and started clearing away the used cotton wool balls and the bowl of water. She put the Medicine kit back where she had found it, and poured away the water, placing the bowl in the sink.
"How comes you knew how to fix my knee Miss Tsunade?" Sasuke asked.
"I used to be a doctor before I came here." Tsunade said sadly.
"Why would you want to work on a farm if you're a doctor?" Sasuke asked. Tsunade's shoulders slumped sadly. That was when Mikoto walked in. She stared in shock.
"Look Mother! Miss Tsunade fixed my leg and arm! I fell off of the tyre swing and she made me all better!" Sasuke exclaimed happily.
Tsunade made to leave before Mikoto stopped her.
"Would you like anything Ma'am?" Tsunade asked seriously.
"Thank you for looking after him." Mikoto said gently.
"You're very welcome Ma'am." Tsunade replied. She was about to leave again when Mikoto called her back. Tsunade looked at Mikoto warily.
"Do you... have family... back there?" Mikoto asked.
"Do you mean on the farm Mother?" Sasuke asked. Tsunade bit her lip.
"Yes Ma'am. My husband, my brother, my son and his wife and my little grandson." Tsunade replied.
"How old is your grandson?" Mikoto asked.
"He's seven years old Ma'am." Tsunade replied. Mikoto bit her lip anxiously as Tsunade left. Sasuke wondered what was upsetting her. Itachi didn't need to ask. He was, at this moment, starting to wonder if the ideals of the great Orochimaru-Sama were really correct after all.
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The next day, Sasuke was wondering around playing with his favourite ball when it started rolling. As he chased after it, he came to the barbed wire fence of the 'farm' he had seen so many times from his window. He saw some children dragging heavy looking rocks along. A small, blond boy, about the same size as him, stopped and looked at him.
"Hi." Sasuke stated bluntly. The boy stared back at Sasuke with his own big blue eyes.
"Hi." The boy replied back.
"I'm Sasuke. What's your name?" Sasuke asked.
"My name's Naruto." The boy replied. Both boys looked at each other knowing that somehow they had made a friend for life in one moment.
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Okay that's the end of this chapter. Please R&R and let me know what you think.