Konoha Legal

FULL Summary: Naruto is the Konoha District Attorney responsible for prosecuting Itachi. Unwittingly, he is thrown into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy, where blackmail and deceit become the rule of the day. Can he even trust Sasuke, his long lost best friend that he was just recently reunited with? SasuNaruSasu AU

Rating: Relatively harmless this chapter. Can't say for the others.

Disclaimer: Do not own.

Naruto woke up and sighed. He looked around his bedroom, before stealing a glance at the clock. It was 8 in the morning. It has been one week since the arraignment had taken place. And Naruto was no closer to convicting Itachi than a week ago. Obviously he had to try a different track. If no substantial evidence could be exploited, then…

Naruto let his eyes wander around his bedroom once again, before resting on a photo frame on his bedside table. It was the same picture he looked at a week ago in his office.

If no substantial evidence could be exploited, then…

Sasuke.

Sasuke was the key. Naruto knew it, right from the beginning. He had been trying to postpone the interrogation of his friend, hoping that he could find some conclusive evidence and not be forced to interrogate his best friend. His best friend obviously was in no mood to cooperate. Which baffled him immensely… Naruto thought Sasuke would be the first to tell.

Naruto sighed. Oh well. He should have done it ages ago. By interrogating his friend, he would risk jeopardizing his friendship. However, as an officer of the court, he would have to uphold the law he swore to protect.

Shuffling into his bathroom, Naruto made up his mind and, despite of himself, felt anticipation. He was going to pay his teme a visit.

Pulling up in front of the Uchiha Inc. building, Naruto looked at the building. He was in awe every time he saw it, although he, along with the whole of Konoha, saw it almost every day. The humungous skyscraper towered over Konoha: you had to be blind not to notice it.

Slamming the door of his old junk, Naruto walked into the building only to be greeted by a very busy lobby. That was to be expected; after all, Uchiha Inc. was one of the biggest companies in the world.

While walking up to the receptionist, Naruto allowed himself to indulge in the extravagant marble floor and the intricate mosaic ceiling, both picturing a gigantic uchiwa fan, the symbol of the Uchiha clan. On the walls were electronic boards that showed every piece of information, from the boards of stock exchanges of every country to statistics of the global currency exchange rate, all which were updated every second. Naruto had to literally battle his way through the crowd, all of whom were using their Blackberries or handphones and were talking very loudly, as if trying to drown each other’s voices out.

Amid the chaos, Naruto cleared his throat at the receptionist’s desk. A blond girl with ponytails looked up and smiled.

“Welcome to Uchiha Inc. How may I help you?”

“I want to see Uchiha Sasuke”

The blond girl giggled. “Don’t we all”

Naruto faked a laugh and stole a glance at her name tag.

“Erm, Ms. Yamanaka Ino, I am District Attorney Uzumaki Naruto and I need to speak to Uchiha Sasuke on an urgent matter”

“Uzumaki Naruto? Oh. Mr. Uchiha said that he was expecting you” Pulling out a card with instructions printed on it, Ino continued: “Just follow the instructions on this card and you will get to Mr. Uchiha”

Naruto nodded and turned around, ready to walk away.

“Oh, Mr. Uzumaki”

Naruto turned and waited for Ino to continue.

“Don’t get lost” Ino winked and went back to her work.

‘Yeah right’ Naruto thought. As if he would get lost. He wasn’t that dense.

Obviously he was that dense. He did get lost. He was about to call for help when he turned a corridor and froze.

In front of him was Konan of the Akatsuki ten. By a stroke of luck, she did not notice Naruto. She appeared to be having a very heated discussion with someone in a room.

Naruto frowned, and decided to inch closer to get better access to what they were talking about.

“Persevere Konan!”

“Its only a matter of time before they find out!”

“We have many friends on our side! The Great Sage Jiraiya has even come out of retirement to help us!”

“You are important to Jiraiya. I am not!”

“What do you mean you are not… You were his student! He loves you! Konan, now is not the time to be hesitant! The plan is running smoothly! I even have Sasuke convinced!”

At the mention of his best friend’s name, Naruto stopped himself from inhaling sharply.

“Sasuke?”

“Yes. It was hard, but I managed to. We have come too far to retreat”

“You have no idea what they are capable of. The Akatsuki are ruthless and merciless! It’s not like you are not familiar with their doings!”

“Konan, look, we will continue this later. Right now, I have a lot to do”

Konan took one last look at the person inside the door, and walked away, thankfully away from Naruto who had tried to hide himself. Breathing a sigh of relief, he inched closer once again to try to find out who Konan was talking to.

Peeking through the crack between the door and the wall, Naruto saw the brother of his best friend.

Uchiha Itachi was looking into his laptop and fortunately, failed to notice Naruto. Naruto quickly brisk walked away.

Finally locating Sasuke’s office, Naruto knocked a few times before bursting into the room. Sasuke looked up, saw Naruto, and raised his eyebrows.

Oh. My. Fucking. God. Sasuke looked gorgeous. Naruto had long crushed on his best friend, but had not wanted to jeopardize his friendship with his best friend. However, every time he saw him, it was like he was instantly transported back in time and became a teenager with raging hormones all over again.

Shaking his head to clear his thoughts, Naruto put on a bright smile.

“Hi Sasuke”

“Hn”

“Uhm… Mind if we talk”

Sasuke motioned for Naruto to take a seat. Naruto complied, and sat on the leather chair opposite Sasuke.

Sasuke’s room was not big. It had a desk, currently littered with files, facing the door, while another smaller desk perpendicular to it had his laptop on it, giving out a soft hum. Just like the lobby, the carpet and ceiling had the uchiwa on it. However, this time it was many little uchiwas littering both the carpet and the mosaic ceiling. Also like the lobby, the walls of Sasuke’s office were filled with scoreboards, showing detailed financial information. Behind Sasuke was an entire wall of tinted glass, that gave Sasuke the entire view of Northern Konoha from 60 floors up.

“So… How have you been?” Naruto tried to start the conversation, and hoped that the conversation would not be as awkward as he predicted it would be.

“Busy” Sasuke’s emotionless face continued to be as hard and stoic and usual.

“Yeah, I know… That’s why we haven’t talked in like, years”

Naruto noticed a flash of emotion in the raven’s obsidian eyes, before hardening again. Was that guilt?

“Hn…”

“So… want to go out for coffee?” Naruto burst out brightly.

Sasuke had to resist the temptation to roll his eyes.

“I’m busy”

“Sa-su-keee…. pleeeease” Naruto begged, his eyes pleading.

‘Shit. How am I going to say no to eyes like that’ Sasuke internally fought with himself for a few seconds before caving into the puppy dog expression in front of him.

“Fine. Lets go”

“Yay! Sasuke you are the best!” Naruto yelled punching the air before catching Sasuke in a bone crushing embrace.

Inhaling deeply, Naruto took the chance to remind himself of Sasuke’s scent.

After feeling the standard, usual tensing from Sasuke, Naruto let him go and slapped him on the back.

“Lets go! C’mon teme! Bet I can beat you to the elevator!”

Sasuke actually rolled his eyes this time. God… Naruto didn’t change.

Before exiting, Naruto swore that he saw a smile on the Uchiha’s face. Rubbing his eyes, it was gone. He was sure it was just his imagination…Whoever heard of an Uchiha smiling? Blasphemous! Simply blasphemous!

Chuckling at his little joke, Naruto tore off, leaving Sasuke before turning around to watch his best friend.

Again, he swore that he saw a smile on the raven’s face. But then, again, it was gone instantly.

Dear god. What has the world gone to?