Silent Tears ~A SasuNaru fan-fiction~

Tsunade and Court day

Disclaimer: I am trying to set up a meeting with Kisimoto to see if I can somehow "pursued" him into letting me "borrow" Naruto... so far, nothing... darn...

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  "How did you find out?" Tsunade asked as the small group of three sat in Tsunade's huge living room.

  "My mom... She came and visited me... And I know it sounds completely nuts, but I swear I saw her and she told me to get away from... him. And come to you and ero-sennin." Naruto said, cringing at the mere mention of his father. Obviously it was still a touchy subject for the blond.

  "It's not that crazy.." Tsunade nodded in understanding, as Naruto looked at her wide eyed from his spot on the couch next to a slightly confused boyfriend. 

  "It's not...?" Naruto asked, tilting his head ever-so-slightly to the side in questioning.

  Tsunade shook her head, "No it's not... Sometimes, in my sleep, I see her dancing around in a park. Smiling and laughing, just like she used to... then suddenly she would shout something and the scene would change, it would change to the hospital room the day she had... died," Tsunade said, tears glazing her hazel eyes. "And the white sheet over her," Tsunade concluded, putting her hand over her mouth, small tears started to flow out of her eyes. Naruto got up from his spot on the couch and walked over to Tsunade, kneeling slightly he brought her into a hug. "She was so happy when she was pregnant with you! And when she died... everything fell apart, we even told Minato that we would take you off his hands so that he wouldn't do something rash... He refused us, and look at where that got everyone...." 

  "It's gonna be alright... we will straighten this all out, okay?" Naruto said, pulling out of the hug and wiping the tears from her face. 'There he goes again, being all optimistic... even though earlier today he refused to even go near his old apartment...' Sasuke thought as he watched the two talk and comfort each other.

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  Several hours later, Naruto, Tsunade and Sasuke had talked everything out and the boys decided to take their leave. After one last hug from Tsunade to her grandson, the couple left. Now, finally, on their way to the apartment. "Sasuke?" Naruto asked, as the two walked down the dimly lit street holding hands.

  "Hm?" Sasuke humed, not pulling his eyes from the beautiful night sky above them.

  "You never did tell me what happened back at the hospital," Naruto said, catching a quick glance to his raven boyfriend before looking at the street ahead of them again.

  "Oh... That. Well," Sasuke sighed, "Well, it turns out Sakura... knew about the whole thing, about you and him, about you being abused. And instead of telling anybody she kept it to herself, until after people found out. And now she is just spreading rumors... She confronted me at the hospital, and told me everything... I told her not to go near you until she sorted all of this out for herself. Then right after I told her that, she came to visit you... Honestly that girl is so damn ignorant, it's annoying," Sasuke finished, and just as he did they had reached Sasuke's apartment. Unlocking the door, the two stepped in, took off their shoes then went into the living room to finish their conversation. "So there you have it... All of that Sakura bullshit. You okay?" Sasuke asked, taking Naruto's hand in his and rubbing soothing circles into the back of his hand. 

  "Huh? Oh yeah... I'm fine. So your saying she knew? The entire time?" Naruto asked, looking up at the raven with a small amount of pain in his ocean blue eyes. Sasuke nodded solemly as he blew out a sigh. 

  "I answered your question, now you answer mine.. What the hell happened earlier today? When we tried to come here the first time and you just ran off without telling me where you were going or anything? Then when I find you, you run off to Tsunade-sama's house and it turns out she's your grandmother?" Sasuke asked, confusion filling his onyx eyes. Now, Naruto blew out a sigh and looked at his jeans.

  "Okay, when we first got here I had a flashback of one of the first times my-- Minato, beat me. I was five and since the first time he hit me, I had been terrified of him. Well there was a thunderstorm outside and Minato started to get drunk and the more drunk he got the angrier he got at me. So knowing I was going to get hit again I ran upstairs. About half and hour later, Minato called me back downstairs. I was terrified so I hadn't gone downstairs the first time he had called me... When I finally did go downstairs, he called me an ungrateful little punk and left me outside in the rain," Naruto said, tears making their way down his tan face.

  "I'm sorry... You don't have to tell me.. Come on, it's been a long day let's just head to bed." Sasuke said as he and Naruto got up off the couch and went to go get ready for bed.

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  The next 3 days passed by in a flash, Naruto started to become quieter and not be as, well... Naruto. Which worried Sasuke sick, but the raven had high hopes that after all of this crap with the courts was over, Naruto would be better.

~Naruto's P.O.V.~

  Waking up around 8, with plenty of time to take a shower, get dressed, and to drive to the courthouse for my trail at 9. Unraveling myself from Sasuke's arms, I sat on the edge of the bed for a second to actually wake up. My mind started to wander, and I started to think about how the day would turn out, how none of us would be here if I hadn't even tried to go to school that day. I hadn't noticed tears were falling down my face until there was a shift in the bed and Sasuke placed his gentle hands on my shoulders. As he took one of his hands he wiped a tear off of my face and hugged me from behind. 

  "Im here every step of the way... I promise," Sasuke whispered in my ear, his head on my shoulder. 

  "Thank you..," I whispered back.

  After Sasuke broke the hug, I got up from the bed and walked into the bathroom and took a quick shower. After my shower I walked into the bedroom again and saw that Sasuke had laid out my suit for me, smirking slightly I got dressed. Satisfied with my suit and tie, I followed the heavenly smell of bacon to the kitchen only to see Sasuke in his dress pants, and only his dress pants, making bacon and eggs. Walking into the kitchen I leaned against the doorway and watched him, "Mmm, smells good," I complimented as Sasuke turned towards me and his eyes visibly widened. But then his eyes went back to normal and he smirked.

  "You are one sexy guy." Sasuke said as he walked up to me and planted a loving kiss on my lips. Breaking the kiss, he then hugged my body close to his and placing his forehead on mine. His onyx eyes stared into my blue eyes, but I could obviously tell that he was just as nervous about today as I was. He blew out a sigh, kissed my forehead, then broke the hug and went to finish breakfast. 

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  After breakfast, Sasuke had gotten dressed and we were now on our way to the court. I couldn't help but squirm in my seat and look out the windshield and window next to me, nervously. The car ride there was so quite I nearly jumped out of the car when Sasuke placed his hand on my leg. "Hey, calm down... I called some people and hired you the best lawyer in all of Konoha. So no worries, okay??" Sasuke asked, looking at me out of the corner of his eye. I sighed and nodded but didn't say anything, I just continued to look out the window, but I didn't squirm as much.

  Upon reaching the court house downtown Konoha, I noticed the huge amount of paparazzi surrounding the place. But unorthodox to me, I didn't know that they were all here for me and Minato's trail. I could tell Sasuke was getting irritated because they nearly rolled our car over. 

  After we parked and got out, Sasuke pretty much jumped over the car and grabbed my wrist, practically dragging me as fast as he could into the building. Once we were inside, Sasuke slowed his pace and let go of my arm, now walking beside me at a nice pace. "Sorry, I just really hate paparazzi..." Sasuke whispered, leaning into my ear, then standing up straight and headed to the court room. 

  Once Sasuke was seated and I had talked to my lawyer, the trial had begun. Minato walked into the room with several police men surrounding him along with a man in a suit, which I assumed was his lawyer. And I tensed up entirely until he was in the chair across the room from me. Once the Judge walked in and we rose from our seats and sat back down. The trial had officially begun.

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~Alex