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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
Eighty-Six: Respect

Sasuke
cared for Naruto and therefore he was happy about the growing influx
of letters, and unhappy that there were no news from Konoha. Most of
the time, however, his mind was busy with another matter: His
appointment with the head of the police to make arrangements for his
application at the training center. When it approached he asked
Naruto to join him, and this time he told him where he intended to
go, and also he told him explicitly that it was important to him that
Naruto went with him. Naruto complied: by now he had learnt that it
was better to accompany Sasuke on his adventures.

They
were welcomed again by the head of the police's assistant, and this
time they did not have to wait but were allowed to enter his office
immediately. There was a woman sitting next to the head of the
police,and apparently they had been talking and waiting for Sasuke
for a while already.

“She's
in charge of the assessment center”, the head of the police
introduced her. “She'll explain to you the application
process.”

“I've
already heard of you”, the woman said. “You're a young
ninja and want to work for us, so you're probably a good fighter, but
lack in other areas.”

“I'm
an excellent fighter”, Sasuke replied, “and I'm not
deficient in other areas.”

The
woman leant back and smiled, showing clearly that she did not believe
him. Sasuke was annoyed, but then he got a grip on himself and asked
the question he had intended to ask for several days now:

“But
I'm not sure whether I actually want to apply. First I need to know
why you let me go.”

“What
do you mean?” the head of the police asked.

The
woman from the assessment center looked curious too.

“You
let me go even though I was charged with attempted murder”,
Sasuke answered.

“What
does he mean?” the woman asked.

“It
turned out to be a mistake”, the head of the police replied.
“We found the alleged victim, and he told us that the attempt
to kill him was a fake, set up in order to deceive the Raikage and
allow him to flee to Music Town.”

“You
know that this is not true”, Sasuke said.

“There
aren't any witnesses to prove it. We won't ask the Raikage to send us
the people who watched the fight so that they can act as eye
witnesses.”

“You
have my confession.”

“You
can always withdraw it. Say I tricked you into confessing, or
whatever.”

“And
if I don't?”

“What
kind of confession is that?” the woman asked.

“I
attacked the brother of the Raikage with the intention of delivering
him to Akatsuki”, Sasuke answered. “In the end I spared
him, but I attacked him nonetheless.”

“That's
pretty heavy stuff”, the woman said.

“You
don't want to go to prison, do you?” the head of the police
asked, quite annoyed by now.

“May
I learn more about it?” the woman asked. “I mean, I need
to know who you want us to accept as a policeman in training.”

The
head of the police got up and took the folder with the notes from the
interrogation and passed it to the woman. Sasuke wished he knew what
exactly the man had written.

“I
want justice”, he said. “I explained it already. I don't
want things under the carpet.”

“And
what about me?” Naruto asked. “What shall I do without
you?”

He
felt annoyed: again Sasuke had taken a decision that concerned both
of them.

“I've
been told that you will be allowed to visit me on Sunday afternoons”,
Sasuke said. “Will you do that for me?”

Suddenly
he sounded all fragile and vulnerable again: Against his will, Naruto
felt moved, and when Sasuke reached out for him he drew him into an
embrace – a very careful, tender embrace, not tight as on other
days. He felt a bit comforted by Sasuke's words, knowing that Sasuke
still cared for his company and did not want to lose him, even though
apparently he really wanted to go to prison. Naruto felt all empty
thinking of it – he had no idea how he might live in Music Town
without Sasuke. He liked the place, even though he was not fascinated
by it as Sasuke was and even though he cared more about Konoha than
Sasuke did, and he also cared for their new friends, but when he
imagined living in Music Town without Sasuke, town and friends lost
their meaning and became all stale. He wondered whether visiting
Sasuke on Sunday afternoons would make up for the staleness.

Sasuke's
fascination, his curiosity and his adventures made Music Town
interesting to Naruto – they made life interesting and
worthwhile.

Very
tenderly Sasuke rested his check against Naruto's.

“I
want you to respect me”, he said.

It
was in fact his main motivation for asking the head of the police to
be treated correctly, without any special allowances. He felt
Naruto's reserve since the revelations on his fight against
Killerbee, even though Naruto tried to hide it. He had lost the
openness and vulnerability that had been so characteristic for him,
his trust that gave him a beauty that was far beyond the beauty of
regular features and a well-muscled body. Sasuke longed to see this
beauty again, to be close to Naruto as he had been before. Even their
love-making had dropped in quality.

Naruto
caressed his back. “Just stop attacking other people”, he
said. In his view there was no connection between going to prison and
earning his, Naruto's, respect. He just wished that Sasuke had never
had an agreement with Akatsuki, or that he had never left Konoha.

The
head of the police and the woman from the training center were
watching them. With time they grew restless.

“There's
still far too little evidence to convict you of anything”, the
head of the police said, inducing the boys to dissolve their embrace.
“Without Killerbee's testimony we can't do anything. So now you
better focus on your future, which hopefully won't include any
attacks on innocent people, just as your friend said. So now, let us
explain the application process to you.”

“I
am not sure whether this is a wise decision”, the policewoman
said. “You have quite a problematic past, and as a policeman
you need a certain stability.”

“He
seems stable enough”, the head of the police said. “He
has a job, he's in a committed relationship, and he'll stabilize even
further with the prospect of a meaningful career.”

The
woman did not loon convinced. “Does he have any grown-ups to
look after him?”

“I
look after him”, Naruto answered.

“Any
grown-ups, I mean.”

“We
are grown-ups”, Naruto said. “I know, teenagers in your
town don't count as grown-ups and they don't behave as such, but we
are ninja, and we have been considered grown-ups for years. We've
learnt to look after ourselves.”

The
woman's expression told him that this had not been a good answer.

“I
will have to discuss this with my colleagues”, she said.
“Anyway, as the deadline is rather soon, here's what's the
entry exam is about...”

When
the woman left the head of the police had negotiated with her an
agreement that Sasuke would not be tested for foreign languages, as
he had never had a chance to learn any, and that the results for
intelligence and logical thinking would count twice compared to those
for general knowledge. Also Sasuke had been given a thick book
containing the kind of questions that were asked in the entry exam so
that he could practise. He wondered why in order to be a policeman
you needed to learn the kind of knowledge that could be learnt from
books.

The
head of the police talked to the woman for some minutes in the
assistant's office, then he returned to the boys. He wondered: They
had expected to be told to leave before the woman, but apparently the
head of the police wanted to have some words with them on their own.
When he returned to his office he did not sit down but walked around,
forcing the boys to turn around so that they could see him. When he
finally began to speak he kept standing.

“What
are you thinking?” he said. “With Killerbee's testimony
that there had been a deal between the two of you we might have kept
it secret and everything would have been fine.”

“But
I need to know,” Sasuke replied. “Why do you keep things
secret? Why do you protect me from justice?”

The
head of the police was still too angry to answer.

“I
need Naruto to respect me”, Sasuke continued. “And I need
to respect myself.”

“Then
do what he told you: Stop attacking people.”

“I
haven't attacked anyone in Music Town”, Sasuke protested,
feeling offended.

“But
you hurt people, even if you don't kill them. You act without
thinking about anything but some abstract principle of justice you've
suddenly discovered for yourself. You might at least have waited with
your question until we were on our own. Now my colleague has learnt
about it all and will discuss your case with her colleagues at the
training center. I've barely managed to persuade her to confine
discussions to a small circle, and she in her turn has demanded that
I tell the state attorney about you, so that it won't be a private
deal between you and me. You really got me into trouble, and
Killerbee too, for giving false testimony, and your friend won't be
happy either when in the end you have to go to prison. Is that how
you treat people who care for you?”

“I
haven't thought how this would affect you.”

“Next
time think before you speak! I thought you had learnt this by now!
Well, you can leave for now. Don't forget the book – you will
still have to practise for the entry exam. Expect me to send for you
soon, as the state attorney will probably want to talk to you.”

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