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Reunion of Shadows	By : Lisea18 Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Kakashi/Sasuke Views: 1902 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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Title: Reunion
of Shadows

Author: Lisea18

Rating: T will be M later

Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, I'm making no money
from writing this
A big thank you to Lady Valtaya who was my Beta for this story!!
Author's
note: English is not my first language, so please forgive my mistakes.�
Reunion of Shadows 5
The room was big, one of
the biggest in all Konoha. It had no roof, since it had been blown away by
Pain's attack. The village was still under reconstruction, but this had to be
done, it passed even before the new Hokage's nomination.
They might have been a
little more worried about that last matter, hadn't Tsunade left instructions for
her successor in case something happened to her. She had made a list of all the
possible candidates, listing their qualities and sometimes their faults, as
well as other roles they had in the village; which sometimes prevented them
from being a potential Hokage. What should have been a difficult decision for Konoha
had turned out rather easy. Tsunade believed Kakashi should replace her if
Naruto wasn't yet of age. The thing was to convince the jounin
he was fitted for the role�
However, the people
gathered in this room weren't here for that. All the most influential families
were here, all sitting in circle, like in a Coliseum, discussing between themselves.
Their eyes never really leaving the middle of the dome like place. Above the roof
ruins, curious onlookers had agglutinated like flies on a carcass. Whispers
buzzed around them, as some pointed to centre. �
Ibiki and his colleges were frowning,
disliking the attention. At their feet, knelt the
infamous Uchiha Sasuke, his hands tied behind his back and locked to a stone,
as well as his thighs and neck, forcing it up. His ankles were bounded to the
ground, his eyes still covered with the special blindfold forbidding him from
using his Sharingan. This place was none other than a judgement room. Farther
away, in the same predicament, was his team.
Juugo was staring in front
of him, his gaze lock on Sasuke, but otherwise composed. Suigetsu was grinning,
making faces when he caught people staring at him, yet his eyes frequently came
back to rest on Sasuke's still form. Karin was fidgeting, looking all around
her, mumbling, her attention coming back to her beloved every so often.
The raven, source of the
main interest, was eerily calm; one could even think he was still unconscious
from the drug he had been injected with. The military intelligence and
investigators knew better and couldn't shake off the feeling of awareness and carefulness.
Even if his chakra was blocked, his eyes unusable, he still gave off an air of
danger, of control. He didn't move at all and was so collected you had the
feeling he was simply sitting on a chair thinking quietly.
Suddenly, silence fell as Hiashi Hyuuga stood and took
place behind a huge desk, the one usually reserved for the Hokage. He had been
asked, as the most important clan representative, to be the judge. Alongside
him, the heads of the other clans took their places, most were old people that
Naruto had never seen, but that Kakashi and Sakura knew. They would form the
future council of elders. �
"We are all reunited
today for the trial of missing nin,
Uchiha Sasuke," announced the Hyuuga head, his
voice clear and cutting through the air. �
Naruto flinched, worried for
his friend. Sakura and Sai each hold one of his hands, as much to show concern as
to prevent the blonde of doing something stupid. Sakura also looked for
strength, her stomach flipping over in anguish at what would happen to her
former crush. Yamato-sensei was behind them, as well as Iruka, a hand placed on
Naruto's shoulder. Kakashi was no where to be seen, but they all knew he was
here, he must be.
"We all heard the
story of the Uchiha tragedy, as well as the rumour going on since Danzou's death," went on Hyuuga,
"but as we do not know if this story is true, even if it seems legitimate and
many believe proof was brought to this court, in the form of Danzou's own confession in the Uchiha's
Genjutsu, we have to make sure."
Murmurs of agreement could
be heard. Even those who trusted the young Uchiha, deemed necessary to make
things clear once and for all. Furthermore, Konoha being behind the
assassination wasn't a trivial matter.
Hiashi-sama, satisfied wit the reactions he was
getting continued:
"After all this teen
was Orochimaru's student, and his information come from one of our most dreaded
enemy, Uchiha Madara. Akatsuki's chief and, let's not forget it, once the head
of the Uchiha clan. As we need to assess the threat to Konoha's future, we
decided to make a public trial and use a once forbidden technique. We will read
the Uchiha's mind, to see the truth and know his real
intent." �
They all knew of what
Konoha was accused, and many knew Sasuke's life might be in danger if ROOT
decided to follow in Danzou's footsteps and suppress
him. To make this public, meant having lots of witnesses; the investigation and
results had to be public so none could deny them.
Ibiki stepped forward as Hyuuga nodded to him. He motioned to his team-mate to
approach. The Jounin was slightly un-at-ease at being
the centre of attention, even if no-one but his team, used to reading people,
could notice. For them that always hide in the shadows and had to be unnoticed
most of the time, it was rather unnerving to be brought into full light. Especially
since Inoichi being part of the military intelligence
and investigator was supposed to be a secret.
"Are you ready Inoichi?"
"Yeah, whenever you
want Ibiki."
The scared man slowly
crouched next to Sasuke. He was impressed by how composed the young man was. He
had already noticed him during the Chuunin exam, wondering what he would
become. He was pleased to see he had matured beyond all his expectations, even
if he had chosen such tricky path. He also knew that if Naruto was as strong as
he was now, it was because of their rivalry, of his wish to bring the Uchiha
back. It had also showed him reality.
"Do not fight the
intrusion inside your mind, it will be easier for you this way; remember that this
will clear your name once and for all," advised Ibiki
as he drew some complicated patterns on the floor.
Entering a dead man's head
and entering a living one were two very different things. The latter had
protections that could hurt, even kill the one penetrating it. He had a feeling
the Uchiha's mind would be exceptionally well guarded,
especially since his genjutsu played on it. Tsukuyomi
being one of the finest techniques of the mind he�d ever seen, but surely it
wasn�t the only he had mastered. His job was to keep the danger at a minimum,
hence why he was putting chains on the teen's mind, and he could be backup if needed.
At a nod, Inoichi let a special chakra concentrate around his right
hand. Then he lowered it on Sasuke's head and closed his eyes, a member of his
team catching his body as it fell, but making sure the hand surrounded with
purple energy stayed on the Uchiha's dark locks.�
Meanwhile the rest of the
team had circled the three and was using different kind of Jutsus.
They all linked to Ibiki's and slowly above them a
screen could be seen. Reflected on it, was Inoichi,
blinking in surprise, as he was welcomed by Sasuke's mind projection. They were
standing on a vast lake, as if walking on water but not using chakra. If you
looked enough, you could see under the lake was another lake, darker, and so
on. The deeper you got, the closest to Sasuke's precious memories you would be.
"Welcome," Sasuke greeted them.
Ibiki couldn't help but smile. The teen
was a cocky one, and clever too. He had let Inoichi
enter his mind with ease, pulling down all his barriers� but by doing so, he
had allowed himself to be part of the investigation. He would be the guide. They
would see only what he wanted them to see, maybe a bit more since Inoichi wasn't exactly a newbie at this. But it didn't
matter, since it would be truth and he trusted his team-mate to be able to see
if it was twisted, and expose the tricks.
"What would you like to see first?" asked Sasuke, seeming distant
and untouched by what was happening.
Inoichi was perplexed, on his guards. As a
pale and wavering Ibiki appeared in Sasuke's mind, he
turned to him, the only link he had with reality. Inoichi
was the only one able to go through Sasuke's mind and pull out his memories; Ibiki however could transmit what the elder had to say but
couldn't move freely.
"Let's start at the beginning. Show us what Madara told you,"
ordered Ibiki, following what Hyuuga's
commands.
Sasuke huffed but complied.
He walked to Inoichi and grabbed his wrist and they
disappeared in the water, going deeper. Images flickered too fast for people to
really see them as more than a blur, orange, pink, grey,
purple� Finally it stopped and a cave started to outline, a man wearing a
strange orange mask was standing. From there, they got to see how he nearly
died by Amateratsu, they heard all his speech, sometimes
loosing images as Sasuke had closed his eyes.
Naruto couldn't help but
hold his breath; he was used to reading Sasuke and could see how what he was
learning had affected him, see how his hands had turned to fists. Even without familiarity,
anyone should perfectly understand the emotion crashing down on him. Naruto
tore his eyes away from the past to look at Sasuke's mental image and his heart
broke. He wasn't looking at the scene but elsewhere, as if putting distance
between it and him. Sasuke had to force himself to let them see that, to let
them so close to such an intimate part of his life.
Inoichi was watching the Uchiha carefully,
studying him to assure he wasn't missing anything. He knew that if the teen cut
anything from a scene, it would show, but he also knew that he could stop the
scene before all was said as to hide information. As it was, nothing had been
hidden. Finally the scene ended. They were back on the lake, others being under
and above them. Sasuke turned to his guest, arms crossed.
"This is no proof! We
can't buy this man story, he has facts, but we need more proof of-" Hyuuga trailed as images suddenly flew again on the screen.
A tall young man appeared;
one with Sharingan eyes and the lines on his face offered unmistakable
proof of his identity. The corpses around them setting the place: the Uchiha
massacre. Pale lips moving, his face impossibly calm, Itachi intoned the words
that would drive Sasuke's whole life.
"What!" screamed
Naruto, jumping out of his seat, his friends had been too immersed in the past
to stop him in time. �
The images shook, blurred
and froze.
"Shut up, dobe!" ringed the hard voice of the Uchiha, his real
voice, not the mental one.
"That
special eye!
That's why you tried to kill me at the Valley of the End! But� you didn't! You
didn't when it would have given you the power you sought! You� choose
Orochimaru� instead of killing me�"�
Iruka pulled Naruto down,
patting him on the shoulder as he saw the tears running down his whiskered
face. The blonde was so relieved to finally know why Sasuke had almost killed
him� to know it was true- he was his best friend, to finally understand the depth
of their bond. Sasuke had spared him and it meant so much more that what he
could have imagined. He also saw another reason behind Sasuke's will to cut his
ties.
The images were back,
Sasuke had even gone back a little to prove he was showing them the whole
story. Then the memories quality changed and Inoichi
explained they had been hidden in Sasuke's mind� and they soon understood why. The
proof of Madara's words� Itachi was crying as he left his little brother.
"Search for strong negative feelings," asked Ibiki.
Sasuke glared at him but
didn't move. Inoichi glanced at the teen and started
to extent his chakra, wave going threw the different lakes. Pictures were
flickering by really fast. Sasuke jumping into water as he thought he saw Itachi's face, his confrontation with Itachi in that hotel
where Naruto had been. They froze on Sasuke announcing to his team he was going
to erase Konoha.
"Keep digging," ordered Sasuke's emotionless voice.
Inoichi did as told. Sasuke spoke of
killing the elders, of destroying Konoha, then a meeting with his team as they
arrived near Konoha. He had told them he would kill the council but that
Konoha's fate would depend of what information he could gather. They saw him
ask Suigetsu to put a water clone inside his yukata. He
explained how he would let himself be captured so he could access to his pray
easier� and how he planned to test Kakashi, to find out if Konoha had known
about the injustice that the Uchiha had suffered� and their murder. Inoichi stopped and waited for orders. �
"Go in the deepest part, Hyuuga-san wants to
see what he's hiding," transmitted Ibiki.
Having a premonition on how
the Uchiha would react to such a demand, Inoichi braced
himself just in time as he was suddenly attacked. In the lakes, waves were
crashing as it became stormy, but Sasuke surprised him when he allowed the
images to slow on a scene set in a large room of dark stone. A very old
painting of the Uchiha crest was visible on the wall beside the stone throne
where Itachi sat.
Naruto closed his fists,
almost drawing blood. This was so private! Sasuke had waited all his damned
life to fight Itachi� and to let them see it? Iruka was standing, holding
Naruto to his chair, with both his hands on his shoulders. The only thing that really
kept him still though, was that Iruka�s expression was pained as well. As much
as it hurt, neither could avoid looking at it. Itachi's
words at the end of the genjutsu almost made him cry�
Sasuke had to feel guilty, because he had been given clues he hadn't caught� when
Itachi finally poked Sasuke's head and died at his feet, Naruto was sobbing. They
shouldn't have seen that�
The scene had ended and
Sasuke was closing his mind but a purple wall suddenly closed around Sasuke,
preventing him from moving. The lakes couldn't crumble or shift shape either,
as that purple energy was everywhere. Inoichi had
dived into the depths, following Hyuuga-san orders to
look deeper and everywhere; he knew he couldn't keep up too long. Ibiki was helping him contain Sasuke, but the Uchiha was
finally fighting him and challenging this much hostility was dangerous.
Images of
a happy past with Itachi. Sasuke watching Kakashi train. Watching him sleep. Sasuke checking on Naruto as he was sick
but not letting the other sense him. Nightmares filled with a curious blend of
precious images- and darker ones. They all flickered on the screen, not enough
to really guess what they were about, but enough to have ideas, to make
hypothesis, to better understand a hidden part of Sasuke.
Suddenly Inoichi felt a stronger resistance, a deeper, far darker
place and dived into it. At this point Sasuke was almost madly pounding on the
barrier, hissing in anger and indignation. Images of death.
Sasuke training to the point of hurting himself. Inhuman
experiments he had seen. Orochimaru barging in as Sasuke showered, slamming him
against the tiles-
The screen shattered.
"This is enough,"
pointed out a lazy voice.
Kakashi had snatched Inoichi's hand from Sasuke's head, breaking the connection.
The death grip he had on the man's wrist betrayed his slouchy and uncaring
pretence. His eyes, for the Sharingan was uncovered, weren't smiling either.
"This has nothing to
do with his trial. He gave you everything you needed- don't make this about satisfying
your twisted curiosity," he drawled, his gaze flickering to the Hyuuga who was white in anger. �
Around Kakashi, Naruto,
Iruka and several jounins and other onlookers had
gathered. Even those who didn�t really know Sasuke, wanted to stop what they
clearly saw as a violation of the teen's privacy. It was disgraceful that they
had used such a technique.
"The council will
deliberate about the Uchiha's sentence, take the
prisoners back to the Tower," announced Hyuuga, draped
in his crumpled dignity.
Anbu immediately began to free Sasuke,
making sure to keep a good hold on him.
"As Konoha's Hokage, I
think you can drop the act, I will take full responsibility," proclaimed
Kakashi, pushing away the people restraining his ex-student.
Hyuuga had nothing to respond to that.
Kakashi had finally accepted his title and so he couldn't oppose him in front
of such a crowd. He gritted his teeth and left with the rest of the council.
"We will be waiting
for you Hokage-sama," he reminded, voice laced with barely contained
anger. �
The grey haired man didn't answer;
he just turned to Sasuke and took off the cuffs that dropped on the floor, the
chakra binding them dispelling and freeing even the young man's feet. His hand
reached for Sasuke's slender face to take off the blindfold, but a hand slapped
his away.
"I don't need your
help," snapped Sasuke, glaring at him as soon as his eyes were free.
"What no stabbing me
this time?" teased Kakashi.
"I would if I had a
knife," replied Sasuke, rubbing his abused wrists.
"Careful Sasuke, your
sentence hasn't fallen yet," reminded the new Hokage, his eyes twinkling.
"I'm sure you will
settle that perfectly well, sensei."
This said,
the Uchiha walked away, toward his team that Anbu
were leading toward the Konoha's normal restraining quarters. He knew that even
if he had been permitted more freedom, he still had to go with them.
"Sasuke!" called
Naruto's obnoxious voice, as he ran after his friend.
Kakashi's arm stopped him.
Sasuke didn't even look back.
"Not now Naruto,"
requested Kakashi, even if it sounded more like a warning.
The blond glanced at Iruka,
who nodded; agreeing to make sure Naruto wouldn't go close to the Uchiha when
he was in such a mood. His team simply walked at his side, as if creating a
wall to cut him out of the rest of the world. Karin was biting her lips, casting
worried glance to the proud man, Juugo seemed concentrated on himself, surely
fighting his killing intent� that were echoing Sasuke's dark aura. Even Suigetsu
didn't dare to look at him and he kept his mouth shut.
Kakashi sighed and disappeared
in a puff. It would be hard from now on.
--------To be continued--------
Awwww aren't I being
descriptive? I hope I'm not boring you lol I'm rather
happy, because it means my damned writer block is finally going away!
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