Alternative Ending - Part One
What if Sakura had said no to Tifa's offer and took matters into her own hands? The lives of everyone living in the Pekara Inn would be changed forever.
Inside the kitchen, over a pot of tea, Sakura opened herself up to the couple. She told them everything from her past failures on the Okayama University Entracne Exams, being used as a scapegoat, and everything in between.
"I guess I really can't blame you for how you feel," Cloud noted. "You're the landlord. Why didn't you call the cops on them, or had them evicted a long time ago?"
"She sees the good in the bad," Tifa explained. "Young Haruno has always sacrificed so much and asked for nothing in return." She turned to Sakura. "It looks like you've reached your breaking point, Sakura. You need a vacation."
"I appreciate the offer, Tifa," Sakura replied, "but I have to deal with this my way." She sighed. "It shouldn't have to come to this, but it has to be done." She walked over to the phone. "Hello? Okayama Prefectural Police Department? Yes, I would like to file criminal charges on the following three people..."
{Asahijuku Secondary School}
After knocking Sakura to the other side of the Okayama Prefecute, Sasuke had left for prep school. Upon arriving at his school, he saw that Sakura was already waiting for him on the front step of the school. Instead of bowing to him, begging for forgiveness, the expression on his landlord's face was anything but.
Sakura waited until he approached her. "Bitch, you were supposed to clean the hot springs today, not to mention fixing the hole you made in my room," he scolded.
Sakura scoffed. "I got some bad news for you, Uchiha."
Sasuke was taken aback slightly by the tone in Sakura's voice. It was formal and cold. Seeing that she had his attention, Sakura took out a folded sheet of paper and handed it to Sasuke.
The paper had the following letters and kanji written on it. Notice of Eviction: Sasuke Uchiha.
In a cold voice, Sakura passed judgment on Sasuke, enjoying the look of shock on his face. "Your lease has been terminated, Uchiha, and your family has been notified. I hope they can afford a good lawyer since I am suing your family for every yen they're worth for damages to the Pekara Inn."
Sasuke was in a state of shock. "You gotta be joking. You can't evict me." When he saw that Sakura wasn't kidding, he lost it. "You can't do this!!" he screamed. "You have no right!!"
"I have every right," Sakura replied as several police officers, along with a male detective, came out of the school, surrounding them both. "And one more thing, Sasuke..." She turned to the detective.
The detective approached Sasuke and was direct to the point. "Sasuke Uchiha, you are under arrest," the detective calmly said as the uniformed officers handcuffed him. "The charges are the destruction of private property, reckless endangerment, and assault."
"Wait - ow!!" Sasuke cried as the officers handcuffed. "I didn't hurt anybody!!'
"Tell that to your landlord," one of the cops replied, motioning to Sakura. "She's the one filing charges. And about time too."
"You won't be alone too long, Sasuke," Sakura said. She was just doing her job as the landlord of the Pekara House. "Kenta and Akira will be joining you shortly." She then smiled coldly. "And the heads of the preparatory school wanted me to tell you that you are no longer welcome at Asahijuku. Furthermore, you are banned from the Pekara Inn. Permanently."
Sakura turned and walked away, leaving a screaming Sasuke being forced into a waiting police car. "You fucking bitch! You goddamn pervert! I'm gonna get you for this!!"
Before Sasuke could be shoved into the police car, he assaulted one of the cops by headbutting her to let him go and made a beeline straight for Sakura. As he leaped into the air, preparing to dropkick her Kurama-style, the arresting detective quickly pulled out a taser gun, aimed and fired at Sasuke. The two electrodes fround its mark, sending 5,000 volts into Sasuke's body, effectively disabling him from injuring Sakura.
"You can also add assaulting one of Okayama's finest to your cirmes, Uchiha," the detective said as the cops picked up Sasuke's twitching form and tossed him into the car.
'One down, two to go,' Sakura thought as she headed for her next destination: Akira's high school.
At Akira's high school, the aforementioned kendoist, in his school uniform, was in class. He was at his desk when the teacher was interrupted by another detective, who was flanked by two uniformed cops.
"Can I help you?" the teacher asked.
"I'm looking for Mister Akira Yukinori," the detective replied calmly.
The teacher pointed Akira out, who stood up from his desk. "I am Akira Yukinori," Akira said as the three cops closed in. "What is this about - hey! Ow! Let me go me, you vile female!!" Akira shouted as his hands were pulled behind his back and the cold steel of handcuffs clicked down on wrists.
"Akira Yukinori, you are under arrest for destruction of private property, reckless endangerment, and assault with a deadly weapon," the detective announced.
Before Akira could respond to the charges, Sakura walked in. In an instant, Akira turned his attention to his landlord. "Haruno, what is the meaning of this?!" Akira demanded. He then froze when he saw the pink sheet of paper which read Notice of Eviction: Akira Yukinori.
"What do you think, Kendo bastard?" Sakura replied coldly as she held the eviction notice up in front of him. "I have had enough of bending over backwards for you three and all I get is pain afterwards. You can keep Sasuke company in jail. Kenta will be joining you two very soon. And don't bother coming back to the Pekara Inn, Akira. You're evicted, effective immediately, and banned for life from the Pekara Inn."
She then gave Akira a cold smile. "Kiba has been notified and will meet you at the police station. Oh and Akira, I'm also suing your family and the kendo school as well as Uchiha's family to pay for the damages for the Pekara Inn."
Sakura turned and walked out of the classroom while the shocked students watched as the cops led a struggling and screaming Akira out of the classroom, shouting obscentites at Sakura.
Upon exiting the classroom, Akira saw the departing figure of his now-former landlord. But the main people that were waiting for him were the school's head and vice-principals.
As Sakura had done eariler, the principal was brief. "I am very disappointed in you, Yukinori," he said. "You have dishonored the school and the Kendo Club with this scandal, and we can't have one leading the Kendo Club with such travesty."
Akira's blood ran cold as the principal intoned, "You are hereby ejected from the Kendo Club and banned from this school."
{The Pekara Inn}
Kenta dragged himself to his room, having returned from an all-night party with some friends. Upon arriving, he saw that his door was boarded up, barring him from entry, as well as the eviction notice that was taped to his door. Notice of Eviction: Kenta Amano.
"You finally showed up," Sakura said as she exited her room.
Kenta showed the eviction notice to her. "What the fuck is this?! And why can't I get into my room?!"
"It's a notice of eviction," Sakura replied, with the tone in her voice that made Kenta's blood run cold. "As the landlord of the Pekara Inn, you have overstayed your welcome."
Several more police officers exited Sakura's room and approached Kenta.
The detective simply asked, "Kenta Amano?"
"Yeah, that's me, what is this - ow!!" Kenta was cut off as two more officers handcuffed him.
"Kenta Amano, you are under arrest for embezzlement, blackmail, and sexual harassment," the detective announced.
"What?!" Kenta screamed. He turned to Sakura. "You can't do this to me!!"
"I'm still the landlord of the Pekara Inn," Sakura replied flatly. "I hope you have a lot of money from your boat races sinces I'm suing your ass for owing back rent and wiping out my life savings. Don't worry, I'm also sending lawsuit notices to Sasuke and Akira's families. You can keep them company in jail."
She turned to the police. "Get his ass out of my sight."
The police then escorted the handcuffed boy down the stairs. Kenta was still screaming as they led him. As they walked past Kenzo's teahouse, Kenzo entered and saw the police escorting Kenta towards a waiting police car. "What's going on?" he asked.
"Kenzo!! Your damn sister is evicting me!!" Kenta screamed as he struggled with the cops. "She also evicted Sasuke and Akira!!"
Needless to say, Kenzo was shocked, since the cigarette that he was currently smoking nearly fell out of his mouth. But he kept his composure. "There's nothing I can do about it. Sorry. Sakura is the landlord and you three have been taking advantage of her. I guess this must have the final straw. I'm sorry, Kenta."
As the three boys sat in jail, Sakura held a meeting with the remaining residents of the Pekara Inn which were Kazuya, Kurama, Riku, and Alex.
"As of this moment," Sakur annoucned, "Akira Yukinori, Kenta Amano, and Sasuke Uchiha are no longer residents of this dorm." Off of their shocked expression, Sakura continued. "I have evicted them and pressed criminal charges on all three. I am also suing them for property damages to the dorm. They are banned for life. Should you allow them back into the dorm, then you will join them as I will evict you and sue your families as well." With that said, Sakura excused herself from the lobby.
Over the next few days, Kurama and Alex had changed their ways regarding Sakura. Intimidated by her ruthless actions against Sasuke, Kenta, and Akira, they quickly fell in line. No more did Kurama greeted her with a dropkick to the face, nor used her as part of his experiments and Alex stopped smashing priceless artifacts over her head.
Meanwhile, the former residents of the Pekara Inn were still in jail. While Sasuke's family was trying to cope with both their son in jail and the impending lawsuit from his former landlord, Akira received an unexpected visitor in the form of his older brother.
An unhappy Kiba Yukinori was led to the holding cell which held Akira, Sasuke, and Kenta. The police had to separate the three boys from the other prisoners when Sasuke had knocked a criminal into the wall. For once, instead of his hakama, Kiba was dressed in a business suit.
As Akira caught sight of his brother, he felt relieved, thinking that Kiba was going to set things right.
He was wrong.
"Big Brother..." Akira began before being cut off by his brother.
Kiba held up the lawsuit papers that he was served with upon arriving from Nagano. "Do you know what this is, Akira?" he asked. "These are lawsuit papers. Sakura is suing our family, as well as the Matsushiro Dojo for your slights."
Akira shrank back from his brother. "Big Brother, I..."
Kiba cut him off. "I have had enough of your excuses, Akira. I warned you that your misogynist attitude would get you into trouble and now, I cannot help you, even if I wanted to." After a brief moment to compose himself, Kiba continued. "Sakura has a solid case against you and your friends. We are lucky to even have the school once this is over, and on top of that, you have used our school's techniques to assault an innocent woman repeatedly." Kiba was visibly shaking now. "Because of your actions, we have lost face!!"
"She is not a woman," Akira defended himself. "She is a perverted female..."
"Enough!!" Kiba commanded. "You have embarrassed our family and our school for the very last time. The clan and myself had agreed that I will take back my birthright. You are hereby stripped of your sword and are no longer a part of the Matsushiro Samurai School. You are no longer my little brother. You are a disgrace."
With that said, Kiba Yukinori walked out of Akira's life. Akira, on the other hand, with his life shattered and destroyed, sank to his knees and cried.
In the meantime, Sasuke's parents, Fugakur and Mikoto Uchiha, were at the Pekara Inn, trying to talk to Sakura out of the lawsuit as well as dismissing the charges filed against their son.
"Look, Sakura," Mikoto said. "I sent Sasuke away because he was having problems at home. He really is a sweet, kind boy once you get to know him. Don't you think you're overreacting?"
Sakura wouldn't budge. "Your 'sweet, kind, son has assaulted me numerous times and has caused massive damage to the dorm. I have forgiven him many times in the past, but not this time." Sakura showed the woman several photos of the damages that Sasuke had created whenever he had punched and kicked her through a wall or through the roof. "This is what your son did."
Fugaku looked at the photos in shock. "There is no way that Sasuke could have done this."
"Oh really?" Sakura replied. "I got witnesses that say otherwise."
"Please reconsider the lawsuit," Fugaku pleaded. "What you are asking for, you will bankrupt us."
Sakura thought about it for a moment before replying, "Sasuke's room is right above mine. I want it cleaned out in three hours or else I will throw everything out onto the streets. This meeting is over. Good day."
With Sakura showing Sasuke's parents the door, the meeting was indeed over. There was no turning back now.
Sasuke had convinced his parents into letting Akira stay with them since he had no other place to go. WIth Asashijuku out of the picture, as well as Okayama University (since they notified him that will not accept him, even if he did pass the entrance exams), Sasuke felt his anger rise at Sakura for destroying his dreams, as well as those of Akira's.
Fugaku and Mikoto have hired a lawyer named Ren Miyazaki, one of the best lawers in the country to represent all three boys. However, after looking over the fact in their case, Ren concluded that Sakura's case against them was completely ironclad.
"There's nothing I can do. Miss Haruno's case is pretty much ironclad. She had evidence and witnesses who will testify that both Mister Uchiha and Mister Yukinori have assaulted her. They can also testify that Mister Amano had swindled money from her and set her up for assaults by both boys. The only chance that your son and his friends have is that they plead out and hope that the prosecutors will cut them a break."
Having no other choice, Sasuke, Akira, and Kenta each plead guilty when they had their day in court. Sakura and Kenzo were also present at the hearing.
"Am I to understand that each one of you has pleaded guilty in this case?" Judge Kei Yamaguchi asked.
"Yes, Your Honor," Sasuke replied. Akira nodded, as did Kenta.
"Does the prosecution have anything else to add before I pass the sentence?"
"No, Your Honor," Prosecutor Mika Ishikawa replied.
The judge looked at the three defendants. "Now, given the testimony and evidence in this case, I should throw the book at all of you. But since the three of you agreed to the guilty plea, I have no choice but to give you three the deal offered by the district attorney."
She paused for a moment. "Mister Sasuke Uchiha and Mister Akira Yukinori, I am placing the two of you on twelve months probation. You will also undergo psychiatric treatment for the next nine months. Mister Kenta Amano, I am also placing you on twelve months' probation and hereby ordering you to pay back Miss Sakura Haruno every yen that you swindled from her. Furthermore, the three of you are not to go within 500 yards of the Pekara House, nor to have any contact with the tenants, or Miss Haruno herself. If you three break any of these terms, then you three will be charged and tried. So ordered by the court."
With the whack of the gavel, the court was dismissed. Sasuke watched as Sakura and Kenzo walked out of the courtroom before being ushered out by several bailiffs with their hands on their batons and taser guns should he or Akira try anything funny.
It was finally over.
