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The Blessed Realm	By : susanna Category: Naruto > Yaoi - Male/Male > Naruto/Sasuke Views: 1746 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 3
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Chapter
Seventy-Eigth: Polite

“It's
not true”, Sasuke said. “I haven't killed him.”

“There
were witnesses who watched you fight him”, the head of the
police replied.

“They
saw me fight him, not kill him.”

“They
saw you carry away his body.”

“He
was alive when I did this. He still is alive.”

For
the first time the head of the police looked insecure.

“Why
should I believe you?”

“He
lives in Music Town. He gives concerts. I saw his picture in the
magazine that announces events in the city. I can fetch it for you.
I've seen it in the entrance hall.”

“You
stay here”, the head of the police said. “Your friend may
go and fetch it.”

Naruto
hesitated. He was just as shocked as Sasuke by the head of the
police's accusations: why had Sasuke fought the Raikage's brother?
What kind of business did he have with Cloud Village?”

“Will
you fetch the magazine for me?” Sasuke asked. “It's on
the table right to the big staircase.”

Slowly
Naruto got up and left for the entrance hall. In spite of Sasuke's
instructions it took him quite a while to find it. He returned to the
head of the police's office and gave the magazine to Sasuke, watching
him expectantly. It took Sasuke a few minutes to find the picture he
was looking for – he was very nervous and he kept turning two
pages at once. When he had finally found it he smiled and relaxed.

“Killerbee
and the Wasps with their unique blend of rhythms from Kumogakure and
modern rap”, Naruto read.

Sasuke
passed the magazine to the head of the police, who looked at it for a
long time and compared it to some other pictures that had been lying
on his desk.

“So
you are obviously not responsible for the man's death. Still we need
to find out more about what actually happened.”

He
went to the door and called his assistant. “Gather a team to
find this guy and bring him here!” he told her, showing her the
magazine. “I'll write an official order.”

“You
don't intend to arrest this man”, Naruto said. “He was
the victim, wasn't he?”

“That's
what we want to find out, which is why we are inviting him to come as
a witness and speak for himself. We'll be polite, and we'll find a
time that suits him. You may accompany our team, if you want, and
convince yourself that we don't use any force.”

Naruto
was not certain. “What about Sasuke?” he asked.

“He
stays. I want to talk to him.”

“Interrogate
him, you mean?”

“If
you want to express it like this: Yes.”

“And
torture him...”

“We
don't torture people. We think torture is effective if you want to
obtain a confession, but completely useless if you want to learnt the
truth.”

“I'll
rather stay and see that nothing happens”, Naruto replied.

“I'm
afraid that this is not possible: I need to talk to him alone. You
either go with the team that fetches Killerbee, or you wait outside
in my assistant's office and have some tea or coffee.”

There
was no way to disobey. Naruto got up, and Sasuke got up too: He knew
he had to stay, but he took Naruto's hand and drew him into an
embrace. he rarely did this in public, but now he needed to feel his
friend's support.

“I
did not kill the Raikage's brother”, he said.

Naruto
caressed his back, thinking that Sasuke did not have to tell him
this, as that Killerbee was obviously still alive. However there were
a number of other questions he wanted to ask him. He did not press
him as tightly against himself as he did on other days, and it was
him who dissolved the embrace when he saw that the head of the
police's assistant was waiting for him in the door that connected the
two rooms.

She
did not go searching for Killerbee herself but had organised a team
of two younger policewomen. (Again women, Naruto thought. It made
sense: tracking down a man who was needed only as a witness should
not be too dangerous.) With the magazine in their hands they walked
to the place where the concert was to take place, asking questions
until they found the manager of the concert. He hesitated when they
asked him about Killerbee's address, but gave them the information
when they showed their badges.

Killerbee's
abode was in some backyard in one of the areas near the centre of
town where tourists were rare so that old buildings were not fixed
but were allowed to dissolve slowly into the parts they had been
built from. Naruto and the two policewomen stepped over bricks, beams
and heaps of sand, and then climbed some stairs that ran outside the
building, then they rang some improvised bell. A young woman opened,
clad in a light cotton dress, looking as if she had just left her
bed. She offered a stark contrast to the two policewomen with their
uniforms and tight hair buns.

“We
need to talk to this man”, the younger of the policewomen said.
“He's needed as a witness in a case of murder.”

“Killerbee”,
the young woman shouted into the dark apartment. “The police
wants to talk to you. Someone has been murdered.”

She
asked the two policewomen and Naruto to come into the entrance hall.
There was a sweet smell Naruto had learnt to reccognize by now: the
policewomen must have noticed it too, but they did not mention it.
The young woman closed the door behind them and then disappeared into
the darkness of the apartment. After some time the man from the
magazine appeared, tall and barrel-chested, wearing nothing but his
boxers. The women and even Naruto had to look up to him.

“What
do you want of me?” he asked. “I haven't murdered
anyone.”

The
two women were completely unimpressed. “Are you Killerbee,
brother of the Raikage?” they asked.

“What?
No, I'm not the brother of the Raikage. I'm an ordinary citizen of
Music Town, just as anyone else.”

The
women looked irritated and a bit annoyed. It had been supposed to be
a simple task, finding the man's place and taking him to the head
quarter of the police, but now things were getting complicated. They
talked among each other, then the younger one left.

“She'll
doublecheck our information. Maybe there was a mistake indeed.”
She held up the magazine. “Is that you?”

“I
haven't done anything wrong. You don't have proof against me. You
can't arrest me.”

“You
are needed as a witness”, the woman said.

“I
haven't witnessed a murder. I live an ordinary life here, just as
anyone else.”

It
took the woman quite some effort now not to show her annoyance.

“A
young man has been accused of killing the brother of the Raikage. You
will understand that this is quite a serious accusation and that we
have to check how much of it is true. So if you are the brother of
the Raikage it would be a good idea to be honest and clear the young
man of that charge, and help us find out what really happened.”

The
man hesitated for a few seconds. “So why do you care that the
Raikage's brother got murdered? Is this not the business of the
Cloud?”

“Murder
is everyone's business, and as we happen to have found the young man,
it's our business in particular.”

“Are
you speaking about him?” the man said, gesturing at Naruto. “I
have never seen him.”

The
woman smiled knowingly.

“It's
about my friend”, Naruto said, “He's been accused of
killing you, and we need you to appear at the police to prove that
you are still alive.”

“Well,
you see that I'm not dead”, the man replied.

“That's
not enough. We need to confirm your identity.”

“We
really need it”, Naruto added. “We really need to know
that the Raikage's brother is not dead, so that we can tell the
Raikage that he can stop chasing my friend.

“You
don't tell the Raikage. I don't need him to track me down in this
place. I'm happy here.”

“It's
in your own interest that you come with us”, the policewoman
said. “Even if he obviously hasn't killed you the young man
still may be put to trial for attempting to kill you, or injuring
you,. You certainly don't want him to remain unpunished.”

“I'm
alive and I'm fine”, the man said. “I don't care.”

“I
need to know too”, Naruto said. “He's my friend, so I
need to know whether he attacked you.”

“Ask
him, if you need to know. I'm able to deal with those who attack me.
I was able to deal with him too. So stop bothering me and leave me in
peace.”

He
wanted to pass Naruto and the policewoman in order to open the door
for them, but the woman blocked his way.

“I
am sorry but we have to keep bothering you. If this young man really
tried to murder you we can't let him roam around freely in Music
Town. So if you may show us your ID in some other document that
proves who you are...”

“I
don't have it with me”; the man said.

The
policewoman was on the point of losing her patience. Naruto wondered
what would happen if she did – he had already feared for her
when she had stepped into the man's way. He prepared to defend her,
if necessary.

“You
are at your own place. Go to your living-room or your bedroom and
fetch your ID, and then we'll go to the head quarter of the police.
And don't try to escape through the window: We've called
reinforcement.”

Naruto
held his breath – now the man would attack. But he did not –
he went into his apartment and after several minutes he returned
fully clothed with a huge poster.

“That's
me”, he said and unfolded it: a portrait larger than life, with
the text “Killerbee and the Wasps: get introduced to the
mysterious rhythms of Kumogakure.”

The
woman smiled: “So let's go!”

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