Konoha Legal

A/N: Heres the next chapter on time (I think)!

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 for now...

Disclaimer: Naruto would be an exhibition of the Karma Sutra if I owned it. Children are still allowed near it, hence, I don't.

Naruto quickly swerved into the parking lot, and hastily jumped out of his car. Ignoring the raised eyebrows from the security guard, he ran into the courthouse and brisk walked to Tsunade’s chambers.

Throwing aside the etiquette of knocking before entering, which he usually never honored anyway, he immediately twisted the doorknob, only the find the door locked.

“Tsunade!?”

A muffled sound was heard behind the door, before the door was opened to reveal a gun pointing directly at him.

“Whoa… Tsunade, its okay…It’s only me”

Exhaling in obvious relief, Tsunade quickly shooed Naruto into her chambers before shutting the door and locking it again.

Tsunade’s chamber was exactly like he remembered. Shelves with legal books lined the wall, a desk that had enormous amounts of paperwork piled on it with only a small empty space where Tsunade worked, and a leather armchair. Noticing the sake bottle and cup on the table, he raised an eyebrow at Tsunade.

“You have that stuff here too?”

Tsunade rolled her eyes and decided not to answer that obvious question. Tsunade without sake was like fish without water.

Tsunade motioned for Naruto sit on a chair opposite her own, while she walked across to her leather armchair and sat, twitching slightly because of her nerves.

“So?” Naruto was the first to break the silence.

“I need your advice”

Naruto sat patiently, indicating that he was ready to listen to Tsunade.

Tsunade reached over and pulled out two gloves. Wearing them, she then picked up an unmarked yellow envelope.

She then showed Naruto the contents of the envelope.

Naruto peeked inside and saw an unused bullet, a picture of Tsunade holding a baby, which Naruto immediately recognized as a younger version of himself, a note with a number scribbled on it, and a picture of her bathing.

“Nice boobs” Naruto ventured playfully.

“Oh stop it” Tsunade snapped and hit Naruto on the head.

“Someone is obviously threatening me” Tsunade extracted the photo of her holding Naruto “And you as well”

Naruto pointed to the note with a number scribbled on it. “What’s that about?”

“It’s a phone number” Tsunade slapped Naruto’s hand away. “Careful! Don’t touch it!”

Naruto pouted, and lapsed into deep thought.

“Should we call it?” Naruto ventured, breaking the silence.

“I think we should”

“But wouldn’t it be better to inform the police?”

Tsunade hesitated slightly, before opening her mouth and closing it again.

“Tsunade, something you not telling me?”

“Naruto… This obviously has something to do with the Uchiha murder trial” Tsunade chose her words cautiously.

“Yes…”

“Naruto, of all judges that could have been picked, do you know why I was picked?”

“Uh…”

“I specifically asked for the case”

Stunned silence filled the room.

“Itachi is guilty. You know that, I know that, the Akatsuki knows that”

Naruto nodded, signaling Tsunade to continue.

“And Akatsuki knows that I know that. You see how hard they tried to get me to recuse myself? I suspect this is a plot for me to go to the police so that I would get reassigned”

The room was silent.

“Whoever is doing this wants me gone. If we go to the police I’ll have to recuse myself” Tsunade added weakly.

“Why do you care?”

Tsunade raised an eyebrow. “Excuse me?”

“Why do you care so much about this case? Why do you care that Itachi is guilty?”

“Naruto…” Tsunade hesitated once again, the conflict clear on her face.

“You are the prosecutor in this case. I think it is better than you don’t know some things. As an officer of the court, you would be duty bound to report these. I know you will not, but then you will be breaking the ethics code”

“Tsunade, if you don’t tell me everything I can’t help you. Besides…” Naruto made a motion gesturing to the walls in Tsunade’s chambers “What is said in this chamber stays here. And I think death threats trumps legal ethics”

“Naruto… ” Sighing in defeat, Tsunade explained: “I was close friends with many Uchiha clan members”

“I remember you were very close with Sasuke’s mum”

“Yes. Mikoto and I were best friends. I was also dating an Uchiha. Shisui… You know him?”

Visibly surprised by the news, Naruto enquired: “Uchiha Shisui? Pale skin, black eyes, black hair…”

“You’ve just described every Uchiha”

“Yea, yea…” Understanding was finally creeping into his voice.

“So this is revenge for you?”

Tsunade hesitated again. “Not so much revenge as justice for Mikoto, Shisui, and the fifty four other Uchihas that died that night”

Naruto nodded, and the room fell silent again. “So what do we do?”

“I think we should call the number, and then send this document to forensics”

“Good plan”

Picking up the phone, Tsunade cautiously dialed the number. After waiting for a dial tone, she pressed the loudspeaker button.

“You have reached Hilton Konoha. How may I help you?”

“Uh…” Naruto was about to end the call when Tsunade stopped him.

“Do you have any bookings under the name of Tsunade or Naruto?”

“Hold on a minute” Typing was heard in the background.

“We have a room booked for one Uzumaki Naruto”

“Thank you” With that, Tsunade ended the call.

Naruto stared at Tsunade. “Should we go?”

Tsunade appeared to be in deep thought.

“Whoever sent this wants me not to be part of this trial”

“It’s obviously the work of Akatsuki”

“Maybe… If so, only one of us can go”

“Huh?”

“If the aim is to force me to recuse myself, then I cannot be seen with you. This is ex-parte remember?”

“Oh” Naruto scratched his head.

“So who goes?”

“I think you have to go. The room was booked under your name”

“Isn’t this playing into the Akatsuki’s hands?”

“I don’t we have a choice. However, we should prepare ourselves beforehand”

“How?”

Tsunade took out a key and opened one of her desk drawers. Retrieving something from the drawer, he slid it towards Naruto.

Naruto took one look at it, and gulped.

“How many of these do you have around?” Naruto pointed to the pistol.

“Enough. Now take it”

Trembling slightly, Naruto took the pistol and pocketed it.

“Don’t put it in your pocket stupid”

Scowling slightly, Naruto removed the pistol and stuffed it into his jacket.

“And leave a line open with me”

“Pardon me?”

“Call my phone, and leave the line open. That way, I will be able to hear everything and can call for help” Tsunade explained.

“If needed” she quickly added.

“Okay…” Naruto stood up and nodded towards Tsunade. “I’m off”

Tsunade nodded, as Naruto reached for the doorknob.

“Oh, and Naruto?”

Naruto turned around, only to be faced with Tsunade’s concerned eyes.

Tsunade sighed, and got up from her seat. Moving towards Naruto, she planted a gentle kiss on his forehead.

“Please be careful”

Next chapter in 2 days time tops. Review and I might make it tomorrow. :P