บท 23: Sasuke's Trial
Blanket disclaimer: I do not own Naruto or Tenjho Tenge
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Okay, we are finally at Sasuke's trial! Let's see how it goes. Here's chapter 23:
Last time:
The defense lawyers came in along with Sasuke who was in a wheelchair. He looked like hell. They sat down with their backs facing the Advanced Genin Class and opposite the prosecuting lawyers and the Jonin Council. Minutes later the Third Hokage entered in his official robes looking deadly serious . Flanking him were Jiraiya and ANBU Commander Dragon. "All rise for Hokage-sama." said the bailiff. After everyone stood (including Sasuke with some help) they were told to be seated.
The bailiff announced, "Today's trial is to judge Uchiha Sasuke for the accused crimes of attempted murder against his fellow Konoha comrade Hyūga Hinata, repeated insubordination, directly disobeying the orders of a superior officer and endangering others through illegal use of weapons in a spar."
"The Chief Prosecutor is Hyūga Bengoshi and the Head of the Defense is Bōgyo Hideo."
"Presiding over this trial are The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen-sama, Jiraiya-sama of the sannin and ANBU Commander Dragon."
Receiving a nod from the Hokage the bailiff said, "Let the trial of the accused Uchiha Sasuke now begin!"
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Chapter 23
Konoha Council Chambers
It was thirty minutes into the trial and Naruto was already bored. The opening statements translated into something like this inside Naruto's head:
Chief Prosecutor Hyūga Bengoshi: "Uchiha Sasuke is the root of all evil and should be sentenced to death multiple times, brought back and killed again in the most painful ways possible. No punishment inflicted by mere mortals is harsh enough and we know the gods themselves cry out for justice! The Uchiha is his brother Itachi all over again and must be purged from our peaceful society for the good of all humanity and civilization lest he harm any more pure and innocent maidens like the great Hinata-hime…blah, blah, blah…"
Head of Defense Bōgyo Hideo: "Uchiha Sasuke is a pure and innocent lamb and this is all a huge misunderstanding. Such an angelic and humble young man should never be punished for a simple mistake made due to his youth. This trial should be thrown out of court on the grounds that Sasuke-kun has suffered far more than he ever should have already due to his terrible injuries inflicted upon him by the fearsome kunoichi Hyūga Hinata who obviously had something against poor, guiltless Sasuke-kun...whine, whine whine…"
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Uzuki Yūgao was called to the stand to relay precisely what had happened and did so in a very straightforward and factual manner. Bengoshi asked her, "In your opinion as an experienced member of ANBU was it not obvious to you that the Uchiha was indeed planning to murder the Heiress of the Hyūga Clan all along?"
Yūgao cocked an eyebrow. "I do not believe it was premeditated. I do believe he intended to harm her as much as he could because he held a grudge against her due to losing a previous spar. I believe his thoughts turned murderous in the heat of the spar and he would have tried to kill her had Hinata not managed to counter him."
Bengoshi asked, "Was the Uchiha not showing signs of combativeness earlier in the day previous to the spar?"
"He was." replied Yūgao curtly.
"Did the Uchiha not say, and I quote, 'I'll butcher that pretty face of yours!' to Hinata-sama?" asked Bengoshi.
"Yes, he did. I myself submitted that in my report." said Yūgao.
Bengoshi nodded sagely. "Was it not obvious the Uchiha was crazed and murderous by that point?"
"Objection!" yelled Hideo. "The prosecution is leading the witness. She is not qualified to diagnose the mental state of the accused!"
Hiruzen sighed, "The defense is correct, strike that question. Please continue the questioning prosecutor."
Bengoshi was a bit miffed but said, "One final question Uzuki-san; without outside interference do you believe the Uchiha would have indeed murdered Hinata-sama if she had not defended herself?"
"Yes, I do." answered Yūgao.
"Thank you, Uzuki-san." said Bengoshi. He then returned to his seat.
Bōgyo Hideo came up to question Yūgao next. "I have never been a ninja myself, but I've read about something called a 'battle high' that overtakes a ninja in the heat of combat often leading to poor judgment during action. Uzuki-san, as an experienced member of our elite ANBU, do you not believe that it was possible that it was simply 'battle high' and that Sasuke-kun in a rare instance simply was caught up in the heat of combat?"
Yūgao looked at the man dubiously for a moment and said, "Battle high is a berserker state that some ninjas have experienced in wartime as a result of prolonged, mass battles. A case has not been seen since the Third Ninja War to my knowledge. The concept of Uchiha getting battle high in a simple spar is absolutely ridiculous."
Seeing that avenue of argument was shut down; Bōgyo changed gears. "But surely you agree Sasuke-kun could have simply made a mistake and didn't truly intend to kill Hyūga-san? After all, her retaliation was absolutely brutal and unnecessary. Look at the poor boy."
"I directly ordered Uchiha to stop and he continued to attack against my orders." said Yūgao. "A ninja is trained to always obey their superiors. For him to have disobeyed a direct order and continued to attack with weapons in a taijutsu only spar there is no doubt in my mind he was dead set on killing Hyūga Hinata."
Bōgyo asked, "And what of your opinion of Hyūga-san's retaliation? Do you not believe it was excessive?"
"I do not." said Yūgao. "Hinata was already injured with a shuriken in her shoulder and was defending against someone intending to kill her. She could not afford to handle him in any other way. To try to be gentle with him simply would have been suicide."
"No further questions." said Bōgyo. Seeing Yūgao was firmly set against Sasuke; Bōgyo Hideo ended his line of queries to prevent further damage to his client.
When Bōgyo sat back down beside Sasuke the Uchiha growled, "Uzuki has been completely biased against me from the very moment I met her. She even removed the class ranking system so I wouldn't have the 'Rookie of the Year' title. It's obvious she was lying."
As Sasuke's voice carried across the silent court room Bōgyo simply said, "Please be silent Uchiha-sama! You aren't helping matters any. What if someone heard you?!" Too bad everyone already did…
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Shikamaru heard everything that Sasuke said. He thought to himself, 'Troublesome. That moronic Uchiha is undermining his case and doesn't even seem to realize we all can hear him. What a fool.'
Sakura was sitting a row up from Shikamaru thinking to herself. 'What did I ever see in him? Sasuke attacked and tried to kill Hinata and now he's in total denial. All Yūgao sensei did was state the facts. Even without the questioning it's obvious he's guilty. Is Sasuke's ego that huge? He isn't even repentant. This is going to end badly for him…'
Inside Maya's head was a Chibi Maya pummeling the hell out of a punching bag using advanced Natsume style moves. Suddenly the bag groaned loudly and said "I'm the great Uchiha-sama. You have to go out on a date with me Maya-chan!" Chibi Maya unzipped the top of the punching bag showing the bloated, deformed face of Chibi Sasuke. "Still trying to get me to date you One Nut? I guess I'll just have to beat you some more!" Chibi Maya cackled evilly before she zipped up the bag again before slugging it twice as hard where Sasuke's groin should be for good measure…
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Several character witnesses were brought forward that were Sasuke's former instructors. They all believed Sasuke was a good student but none of them would dispute Yūgao's claims. Umino Iruka was also there but interestingly enough Bōgyo Hideo never called upon him.
The next character witness was Yamanaka Inoichi. Ino had wondered why her Father wasn't present in the Jonin Council and now she knew why…
Hyūga Bengoshi stepped forward and said, "Jonin Yamanaka Inoichi; as you are an expert in both psychology and the esteemed Yamanaka mind walking techniques, could you tell us your findings?"
Inoichi took a deep breath. "My findings are that Uchiha Sasuke should have been pulled from the ninja program years ago when his family was killed. Given the right therapy he could have been a productive member of our village as a civilian. Unfortunately, he is a very unstable and potentially violent individual. It is better that this was discovered now than if he had graduated. He is a danger to himself and those around him and potentially could have led his genin team to their deaths."
"That's a LIE!" screamed Sasuke at the top of his lungs. "You are against me just like Uzuki and the rest Yamanaka!"
Bōgyo was wide eyed and trying to calm Sasuke down. "Please be quiet Uchiha-sama! You are making matters worse!"
"I will not be quiet damn it!" hollered the Uchiha.
"The accused will be silent!" boomed the Hokage. "One more outburst like that and the rest of this case will be held while you are in a cell Uchiha!"
Uchiha Sasuke was sweating in fear from the Hokage's killing intent and snapped his jaw shut.
Bengoshi hid his smile but the amusement was evident in his byakugan eyes. 'I have you now you little bastard!' he thought triumphantly. Bengoshi saw Hiashi nod slightly in approval but when he looked over at Hinata her face and eyes were unreadable. 'It seems Hinata-hime is still not pleased…' he thought dourly as he looked at the Byakugan Princess. 'She probably won't be until the case is closed. I still need to do my best.'
"The prosecution may continue." said the Hokage authoritatively.
Bengoshi bowed. "As you wish Hokage-sama." Turning back to Inoichi; Bengoshi said, "Have you found any motives regarding the Uchiha's attempt on Hinata-sama's life?"
"It is a complex issue that will take time to explain." said Inoichi. "Due to doctor-patient confidentiality I cannot reveal my findings without direct orders from Hokage-sama."
Hiruzen motioned for him to continue. "Tell us your findings but only those pertaining to this case Inoichi."
Inoichi nodded. "Uchiha Sasuke's motive to harm Hyūga Hinata revolves mainly around his fixations on Natsume Maya and Uzumaki Naruto. He desires to have Natsume Maya and Tomoe Hikari to be his wife and mistress respectively. Both of them are close friends with Uzumaki Naruto and Sasuke believes that by defeating Naruto he will win their affections."
Sasuke was seething. Even he didn't know what Inoichi had seen inside his head. The only reason he didn't start yelling again was a sharp glance from the Hokage.
"How does this relate to Hinata-sama, Yamanaka-san?" asked Bengoshi pleasantly.
"Let me explain. Sasuke has both an inferiority and superiority complex towards Uzumaki Naruto." said Inoichi. "Previously Sasuke completely dominated Naruto in spars and everything else but when Naruto caught up and surpassed him in some of these areas Sasuke became obsessed with defeating Naruto. Naruto's recently revealed Royal Lineage made the Uchiha even more jealous and Sasuke was convinced that Naruto was an obstacle in his life that had to be removed by whatever means possible which included hurting Naruto's close friends such as Hyūga Hinata."
Everyone murmured and a few gasps were heard. But the Hokage called things back to order before he said, "Continue Inoichi."
Inoichi said, "Sasuke was of the firm belief that by seriously harming the Hyūga Heiress that he would in fact harm Uzumaki Naruto enough that he would prove his worth to both Tomoe Hikari and the Natsume Heiress. His obsession with proving himself to those two kunoichi and defeating Naruto turned him murderous. He is a very disturbed young man."
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A Chibi Angel Hinata was sitting on Hinata's right shoulder while a Chibi Devil Hinata was perched on her left. "Oh, that poor Uchiha!" whined Chibi Devilnata sarcastically as she took a drag on her cigar. "To think poor, innocent Sasuke-chan had to try to murder us in self defense! My heart weeps for his pathetic plight. He did it all in the name of love for Maya-chan. What a tragic victim! I think he should be rewarded for his selfless act of love!"
Chibi Angelnata started making barfing sounds and pulled out a joint. After lighting it up and taking a good drag she said, "We should have completely castrated the motherfucker so he would well and truly be the pussy he's acting like! God damn him!" Hinata and Chibi Devilnata stared at her with wide eyes of shock. "What the hell are you two staring at?" said Chibi Angelnata. "You both know I'm right!" All three Hinatas started nodding in agreement….
Naruto was staring at Sasuke with a glare. 'So he thinks he can have Maya-chan and Hikari-chan to himself and sees me as an obstacle –so he decides to hurt Hinata-chan?! I so want to get him alone for ten minutes and saw his head off to mount on a pike. Nah, I'll burn him at the stake. Or maybe I should throw him in a pit of hungry jackals. Then again, I could drop him in a vat of acid…'
Ino was sitting their doing her best to contain her emotions. 'What Daddy just said has me too shocked for words. Sasuke was jealous that Naruto is a prince and tried to kill Hinata just to hurt Naruto because he knows they are close friends. –And somehow in his twisted little mind he's convinced himself that action would win Maya's affections?! On top of that he plans to pick up Hikari on the side to be his mistress too as a result? That is so fucked up!'
Shino was watching quietly as the destruction bug he sent to his Father Aburame Shibi come back and land on his finger. 'Father seems to be in agreement with me; it is only a matter of time before the Uchiha acts out and is hauled out in chains…'
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Now Bōgyo had the unenviable job of trying to deal with some of the most damning testimony he'd ever heard in a court case. The Yamanaka Clan was renowned for their expertise and Yamanaka Inoichi was the Clan Head no less. Questioning his judgment would not only make the defense seem foolish but it would be considered insulting. He watched as Hyūga Bengoshi sat down smugly and thought of what he should do next. There had to be some way to at least lesson the damage…
"Does the defense have any questions?" asked the bailiff for the second time.
Bōgyo quickly hopped up. 'Should I plea for temporary insanity?' He came over to Inoichi and said, "Yamanaka Inoichi-sama, you claimed that young Sasuke-kun is very disturbed. Would you say that the horrific childhood trauma that he suffered when his family was heartlessly murdered led to this?"
Inoichi nodded. "It is a safe assessment to say that if those events never occurred this most likely would not have happened."
"Would you agree that because Sasuke-kun is 'disturbed' as you put it that he could be rehabilitated at home rather than punished for his actions?" asked Bōgyo.
Inoichi shook his head. "Sadly that is not the case. Sasuke was not only well aware of his actions but having years of ninja training he is simply too dangerous to rehabilitate without restricting his movements. Also, even if he were a civilian he would be jailed for attempted murder. It will take years to sort the boy out and undo the psychological damage Itachi did to him."
"Damn you! You'll pay for this conspiracy against me Yamanaka!" screeched Sasuke as he staggered up from his wheelchair.
The Hokage made a hand motion and several ANBU appeared. Hiruzen said, "Remove Uchiha Sasuke from these proceeding and into a security cell." The ANBU quickly vanished with Sasuke leaving his wheelchair behind. Sarutobi made several ANBU hand signs and then said, "We will have a recess and reconvene in two hours. Nothing that happened in this room will be spoken of outside it."
Yūgao ushered her students out and suggested they get a bite to eat. It had been four long and tedious hours and they were all looking edgy –not to mention Choji and Emi more than once appeared to be eyeing other people in the room as if they were food. Figuring a cannibal holocaust could be prevented Yūgao handed them enough money to feed their Akimichi appetites. She said, "You two go and feed your faces. It's obvious you are absolutely starving."
"Thank you, Yūgao-sensei!" chorused the cousins as they vanished in a cloud of dust towards the Akimichi Barbeque Restaurant.
As Yūgao wiped the sweat of nervousness from her brow Akimichi Choza came up and handed her a huge wad of ryo bills. "You're a good soul Uzuki Yūgao. Thanks for helping the kids. If you'll excuse me, I'm a bit famished myself." He then vanished in a body flicker.
Yūgao sweat dropped at the antics of the pleasingly plump Akimichi clan. 'I still wonder how Emi maintains her figure. Damn that girl can eat.'
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Ichiraku's Ramen
Naruto, Maya and Hinata were at Naruto's favorite restaurant eating quietly. They all made small talk but were very disturbed by Sasuke's pretzel logic that involved the three of them. They all wanted to discuss it but couldn't. That's when the fourth person involved in the mess arrived, Tomoe Hikari. She greeted them in a friendly tone but seemed a bit bothered herself. "Hello Naruto-kun, Maya, Hinata. Can I join you?"
"Pull up a seat." said Maya.
Hikari sat down and said quietly. "Naruto-kun, you are to send a shadow clone back to the courtroom with Hinata and Maya once we have finished eating. There is ANBU work to do. Yūgao-senpai has already been informed."
"My specialty?" asked Naruto under his breath.
The purple haired ANBU nodded. "Sloth could normally handle it, but this is a special case." Naruto nodded glumly.
After they finished eating Naruto made a clone and said, "See you later Maya-chan, Hinata-chan." They both waved silently and the original Naruto vanished with Hikari in a body flicker.
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ANBU Headquarters
ANBU Sloth was waiting when he saw Gazeru and Fox appear. Mouse was waiting there as well. He nodded in respect and held up the normal gray flak jacket and arm guards that ANBU wore fitted out for Fox. "You'll need these for this mission Fox-sensei. Commander Dragon says from now on whether you are on ANBU duty or teaching us you are to wear those so you can blend in and not be singled out as different from other ANBU."
Fox shrugged. "Okay I guess…." He swapped his gear and sealed up his black gear in a scroll.
Gazeru said, "You look great Fox sensei!"
"It does suit you better." agreed Mouse.
Fox smiled behind his mask. "I'm surprised Commander Dragon authorized this."
Nodding, Sloth said, "As far as we're concerned, you're already one of us."
Naruto felt warm inside. Other than Hikari he didn't know them very well but it was a very welcome feeling. Fox cracked his knuckles. "So, what is it you all need me to do? I heard it was a special case."
ANBU Sloth led them into a chamber with a large table that had restraints on it like you would expect for torture. He replied, "By orders of the Third Hokage you are to seal Uchiha Sasuke's chakra and his doujutsu even though it is inactive. We are to assist you. Both Mouse and I can already seal chakra but Hokage-sama said he wants you to seal it in such a way that even Jiraiya-sama can't unseal it."
Naruto swallowed hard but said, "I see." After thinking for a few moments, he said, "I need to look up something in my study for this. I know just the seal to do the job."
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Natsume Clan Residence
The four ANBU appeared at the Natsume residence and Naruto removed his mask out of sight. Leading the other three up to the front of the house he saw Natsu activating the cleaning seals on the porch (it was much easier than sweeping). She looked up and said "Naruto-san and…ANBU? Welcome."
"I just need to take care of a couple of things in my study." said Naruto. "These three ANBU are my guests."
"Please go right in." said Natsu as she opened the door for them.
Inside the three ANBU saw Hanabi come trotting up. Hikari wanted to say hello but she had to act as if she'd never been here before. Hanabi asked Naruto, "You didn't get in trouble did you Naruto nii-san? And why are you wearing gray instead of black? Wait, they caught you impersonating a real ANBU didn't they Nii-san?"
The ANBU were all trying to stifle their laughter as Naruto deflated. "Everyone, this is Hyūga Hanabi-chan who is like a little sister to me."
Mouse chuckled, "It's nice to meet you Hanabi-chan. I'm Mouse, this is Gazeru and this is Sloth. Naruto is helping us. That's why he's wearing gray."
Hanabi cocked her head to the side. "Well, you must need help with fuinjutsu then."
"Why would you say that?" asked Sloth.
Hanabi smiled. "Because Naruto nii-san is a freakin' fuinjutsu genius!"
Gazeru started laughing. "That he is Hanabi-chan."
Naruto put his hand on Hanabi's head and ruffled her hair. We're going to be in the study Hanabi-chan. Please tell Hanako Obaa-chan we're here though I'm sure she already knows."
"Okay!" exclaimed Hanabi before she dashed off.
The four slipped into Naruto's spacious office and Naruto went over to his bookshelves after he activated the silencing seals. "It safe to talk now." said Naruto. "The room is fully secured."
Mouse and Sloth were both gawking in wonder at the floor to ceiling shelves lined with fuinjutsu books. Gazeru had gushed about how amazing this office was but seeing it was an entirely different matter…"Naruto-sensei…Are all of these books on fuinjutsu?" asked Mouse in awe.
"Every last one of them." answered Naruto. He ran his finger down a particular row and said, "Here we go." He pulled out a light blue tome and started thumbing for the page he was looking for.
Gazeru looked around and said, "I don't remember those red ones from before Naruto-sensei."
"Good eye." complimented Naruto. "Tsunade-sama gave those to me. They belonged to her Grandmother Uzumaki Mito-sama who was the first Hokage's wife. I've been reading them in my spare time. Mito-sama was quite brilliant. If you channel a tiny bit of chakra into the book there are copious notes in chakra ink that appear in the margins."
Sloth reached for a book but couldn't touch it. There was a barrier in his way. "What the hell?" he said.
Naruto grumbled, "If you want a book ask for it Sloth and I'll get it. Feel lucky I had the shock barrier off or you'd be in the Emergency Room at the Hospital."
Sloth gulped. "Can I see that book sensei?" he asked pointing towards some navy-blue books with gold lettering.
Grabbing Volume One, Naruto said, "Here you go Sloth, be cautious with it." Sloth took it carefully.
"Naruto-sensei, can I see one of the books of Mito-sama?" asked Gazeru. Naruto could practically see the puppy dog eyes behind the mask.
"Just use a minimum amount of chakra to see Mito-sama's hand written notes in the margins Gazeru." instructed Naruto as he gently handed one of the volumes to her. Gazeru started looking excitedly and channeled a tiny bit of chakra to look at the notes. Naruto looked over at Mouse that was shuffling her feet nervously. "I'm sure you want one too Mouse, which one?"
"Gazeru told me you had some Uzu books that were unbelievable. Can I please see one of those?"
Naruto nodded and grabbed a green book with the Uzumaki seal on the binding. "Here you go Mouse, these are antiques so be very careful." Mouse accepted the book with great reverence.
Naruto was soon looking through the book he'd had before everyone started oohing and aahing over his collection. Mouse was staring with swirls in her eyes (behind her mask) and Gazeru was dazzled by Mito-sama's perfect calligraphy that looked almost identical to Naruto's.
"Naruto-sensei, her handwriting and yours are so much alike!" said Gazeru. "The styles of the lettering are unmistakable."
"I'm sure she practiced her calligraphy as much or more than I do Gazeru." said Naruto as he continued to read. "An accomplished seal master always has to practice just as I'm having you all do." 'Here it is!' thought Naruto as he got to a particular passage.
Naruto soon finished reviewing the seal and quietly closed his book before putting it back on the shelf in its place. He was about to tell everyone it was time to go when Sloth blurted out, "Naruto-sensei, the description of this seal is amazing! It has so many capabilities and is so flexible with just little tweaks. I'd love to learn it someday."
Naruto raised an eyebrow. "Which one is it, Sloth?" he asked. That particular set of books wasn't that exciting as far as Naruto was concerned. Sloth turned the book around and pointed to a particular one. "You've seen that one already Sloth. It's an advanced eight-point seal like I used at the Kurama Manor on Yakumo; remember?" 'I could do those when I was twelve.' thought Naruto.
Sloth looked shocked behind his mask and it translated into his body language. "That's the one you used there? But this says it's primarily for large area restraints like a trap on a battlefield."
"I tweaked it a bit Sloth." said Naruto nonchalantly. "A seal master is only limited by their imagination. There is no formal set of seals that can't be modified. We need to go, Sasuke-chan awaits." After prying the books from the hands of his students and putting them back on the shelves; Naruto dragged them away from his office and basically ordered them to head out. After bidding Natsu goodbye the group of four went back to ANBU Headquarters.
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Konoha Council Chambers
The trial was continuing and the whole Advanced Genin Class was bored to tears by now. As far as they were concerned Inoichi's testimony had sealed the deal and Bōgyo was just wasting everyone's time trying to gain sympathy and support for Sasuke.
Kiba thought to himself, 'The Uchiha is a total psycho. To think all those years, he was my classmate and he was totally insane! Thank the gods Hinata was able to protect herself. If they don't put him to death, I hope they lock him up and throw away the key.'
Emi was frowning as she thought about what had been revealed. 'I hope they draw and quarter him! What he did to Hinata-chan was bad enough but after learning the convoluted reasoning behind it I'm just sick.'
Chibi Angelnata had a good buzz going after polishing off her second joint. "I tell you; the fucker is going down. I'm going to laugh my ass off at his suffering. I hope they lock him up until he's a hundred years old."
'Are you sure you're the angelic side of my personality?' thought/asked Hinata.
"Oh fuck yeah." replied the stoned Chibi Angelnata. "She's the bad one." she said motioning over to Chibi Devilnata.
Chibi Devilnata smiled, "Oh yeah!" she said as she tapped the ashes off the end of her cigar. "I just wish I could be there to see the look on Sasuke-chan's pathetic little face when he hears the sentencing. Maybe they'll drag his hopeless ass in here and we can enjoy the show while his whole world view implodes around him. That sixty-four palms smack down we gave him was beautiful! Good job Hinata-chan!"
Hinata just sweat dropped. 'Maybe I just don't have a good side, one is a swearing stoner and the other is a sadist…'
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ANBU Headquarters
Sasuke was in his cell sitting against the wall when four ANBU came in. Sloth announced, "Uchiha Sasuke, by orders of the Third Hokage your chakra and your Sharingan are to be sealed immediately. Take him to the sealing room."
The Last Uchiha cried out "NO!" and started to struggle but the four ANBU easily overpowered him and dragged him from his cell. He tried to fight them the whole way down the hall but was completely outclassed.
After Sasuke was roughly slammed upon the table ANBU Fox said, "Strip him so I can apply the seals."
Sasuke felt his body being exposed as his clothing was rapidly stripped off of him and started thrashing about wildly "No, No, NO! I won't let you do this! I have to avenge my-" He was silenced as ANBU Fox slapped a seal tag on his forehead that said 'restrain' on it.
"That will shut you up." said Fox. They finished stripping Sasuke and Fox said, "Flip him onto his stomach; well start with the back." Sasuke was soon lying on his front spread eagle on the table.
Sasuke hadn't felt so helpless since Itachi confronted him after he found his family dead as a child. 'This can't be happening! This CAN'T be happening!' he thought as tears rolled out of his eyes and down his face. Sasuke felt the caress of a brush applying ice cold ink to his skin. It was as if a thousand tiny needles were prickling his skin wherever the ink was applied. It started in the center of his back and the brush danced across his spine. '….no, no, no….' he mentally cried. After that the brush danced over his left side and then down his right side, up his arms and down his legs.
A few seconds later he heard Fox say, "Put a restraint in his mouth so he can't bite his tongue off. Then chain him down so I can activate this." Sasuke helplessly felt himself get strapped down tightly so he was stretched to his limit. His head was roughly pulled up and a block was jammed in his mouth. Through teary eyes he thought he saw a glint of green inside the eyeholes of Gazeru's mask. Fox's voice said from behind him, "Everybody ready? Seal!"
Sasuke's entire body constricted in pure agony as an inhuman scream was ripped from his very soul. Every restraint was strained to the maximum as the blood vessels broke in Sasuke's face from the sheer intensity of the scream. His body bowed and a minute later it stopped. Had the gods been merciful Sasuke would have blacked out from the pain. Alas, they were not…he heard Fox's voice say coldly, "Unstrap him and flip him over on his back spread eagle again; we're halfway done…"
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Konoha Council Chambers
Sarutobi Hiruzen said, "Has the jury reached a decision?"
"We find the accused guilty on all counts Hokage-sama." replied Nara Shikaku.
Sarutobi nodded.
Hyūga Bengoshi looked triumphant.
Bōgyo Hideo simply lowered his head. The defense had failed utterly at every turn and the Uchiha brat had no one to blame but himself for his stupid actions over a girl that didn't even like him…
"The Tribunal has come to the following decision." stated the Third Hokage authoritatively. "Sasuke Uchiha's sentence for his crimes against the kunoichi Hyūga Hinata and the Village of Konoha are as follows:"
"Uchiha Sasuke will have both his chakra and his doujutsu sealed for the rest of his life."
"Uchiha Sasuke will be in solitary confinement for both his safety and that of others for the next twenty years. Assuming he is considered psychologically rehabilitated by then to function safely in society he will then be eligible to be paroled."
"The Entire Uchiha Estate and properties worth two hundred and fifty million ryo will be awarded to Hyūga Hinata under the management of her legal guardian Hyūga Hanako until she reaches legal adulthood."
"Any motions to repopulate the Uchiha Clan will be strictly at the discretion of the current Hokage and will be handled only through artificial insemination with females judged appropriate by the Hokage and committee that the Hokage appoints for this task."
"There will be no appeals as this is a matter of Konoha Military jurisdiction under the Konoha Charter as signed by the First Hokage and the predecessor of the current Daimyō of the Land of Fire when this Village was founded."
"This ends the proceedings and this court case is closed. A public announcement will be made this evening at 5:00 PM and all present are to remain silent until then."
"This court is adjourned."
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ANBU Headquarters
Sasuke's couldn't move, his entire body was so exhausted that he was physically unable to lift a finger. The first seal on his back had been living hell but the second seal on his front that included around his eyes was infinitely worse. Sasuke couldn't believe that he was still alive having gone through that much pain. Truthfully, he wished he wasn't. He couldn't feel any notion of the chakra in his body now. It was as if his soul had been sucked out. He vaguely registered ANBU Fox's voice say, "We're done. Let's take him back to his cell."
The Last Uchiha's body was limp as a rag doll when they dropped him roughly on his cot. ANBU Sloth threw a blanket over his naked body. "Wouldn't want you to freeze to death Uchiha. When you wake up tomorrow, they'll probably have your sentence for you. Sleep well Uchiha-sama."
Uchiha Sasuke was in hell…
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POSTSCRIPT:
Well, I tried to work in a tiny bit of humor but for the most part the chapter turned out rather dark. Sasuke has been knocked off his pedestal of sainthood and Hinata has become independently wealthy. What will the public reaction be to the outcome of trial? What will Sasuke's reaction be to the news? What will Chibi Angelnata and Devilnata's reaction be and why do they both smoke considering Hinata is decidedly a non-smoker? Even the author isn't sure about the last one…See you next chapter. Blue out. 6/19/23
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