"Heh, so you're saying I'm the muderer for real this time, aren't you?" Naruto asked, laughing humorlessly. He looked down, anger welling up in him. "So what, now you're just going to be like everyone else, Tsunade?"

"Naruto, don't give me that! You know I can't-" Tsunade was interrupted by the furious Naruto. He glared at her, and if looks could kill, she'd be dead in some horrible way.

"You can't trust me anymore? Tsunade, I know you don't know what we're doing here, and it's making you suspicious, but that's going too far! You helped raise me!"

"Yeah, but the Naruto I raised never looked like he was going to kill someone! He never made me suspicious, and he was never smart enough to lie. He didn't keep secrets. He couldn't even if he tried! That's not you anymore." Tsunade felt her own anger welling up even more, and she was afraid she'd hit Naruto.

"I'm not that innocent anymore. I grew up. I matured, Tsunade. I suffered. And now, I'm becomming this thing I don't know! But I'm not a murderer! I get as scared as the next person. So yeah, I'm human. I'm still Naruto. You seem to think I was replaced by a monster!"

"Aren't you a monster?" Tsunade slapped a hand over her mouth. She hadn't meant to say that. She didn't even believe it. Or did she? It was too late to take it back; she knew that from the look on Naruto's face.

"Yeah, I guess I am," Naruto said, with a strangely blank face. "Sorry I forgot it." He took a step back, and he couldn't help but notice everyone around him either flinch or take a step back as well.

"Naruto, stay here," Jiraiya said quietly. "We need to explain why we're here." He took a step, but Naruto shook his head.

"Won't matter. I'm not here for the same reason we're here. I'm also here with them," he said, gesturing to Tenten, Shino, Lee and Sai. "I came to do jobs that I don't want to do."

"Are you saying you came to murder people?" Tsunade asked. Beside her, Tenten clenched her fists and glared.

"That's the first thing you think? You distrust him that much already?" Tenten looked sickened and stared at Naruto apologetically.

"Oh, but isn't it true, Tenten?" Naruto asked. He stared straight at Tsunade. "Aren't we all murderers?"

"Even if we are, it wasn't our choice," Shino said calmly. Lee enthusiastically agreed, but it didn't matter. No one would understand.

"It may not be what others think, but they won't care. We'll still be murderers, and they'll still hate us. They don't trust us." Naruto turned around, but a hand grabbed his. He turned to face Hinata, and saw the tears spilling down her face. Naruto had to look away, the pain it caused so great. But he needed to get away. He would do something he would regret further. He'd already called them all murderers. The worst thing of all was that he knew everything that was going on. He just couldn't tell anyone. He knew who the murderer was.

"Why not use Ino?" Sai asked. "She can enter someone's mind, right? Enter Naruto's and prove he didn't murder those people."

"No!" Naruto yelled, panicking. He stared at Sai in horror. Sai narrowed his eyes at him and stood in front of him.

"So you are still hiding something from us. Then, is there a way Jiraiya could see, and not Ino? You all trust Jiraiya right? Or maybe Shikamaru?"

"I don't know that that's possible," Ino said slowly. "I could transmit his feelings and memories to Jiraiya or Shikamaru, but I would still be able to see."

"Then do that," Tenten said. "Plus, we could always use that memory technique Naruto learned from him. Show both Jiraiya and Shikamaru."

Naruto didn't say anything for a moment. "And I had wished to tell Jiraiya myself. I guess that won't be happening. Sorry, Jiraiya. This will also take less time." Jiraiya nodded and then approached, along with Shikamaru. The latter didn't say anything. He just stared silently at Naruto. And then Ino touched all three and Naruto closed his eyes involuntarily, his memories flashing. There was the day he left, when he met Tsunade and Jiraiya, when he started working for him, the things he'd done for him, meeting Shino, Tenten, Sai and Lee. The deal he'd made about the murders. All his knowledge of the situation. Most embarrassing of all was when his thoughts about Hinata went by. He was pretty sure he'd turned a bit red at that. And then, the memories were all gone and Naruto was opening his eyes.

Ino gasped and slapped a hand over her mouth. She looked a bit torn, like she wanted to kill Naruto for knowing who the murderer was and not telling, but also like she was agreeing with him for not. Shikamaru's eyes were wide, and Jiraiya was pale, face betraying too many emotions. Revealing emotions.

"Sorry Ino, but I don't want you remembering that," Naruto said softly, but so that everyone could hear.

"If I'd gone through that, I wouldn't want anyone to know either," Ino admitted, nodding her head. Naruto put a hand to her head, and she opened her eyes blinking. "I feel really sorry for you for some reason Naruto. I don't remember why! That's so annoying!"

"So?" Tsunade asked Jiraiya and Shikamaru. The two looked at each other and then Naruto. Then they shook their heads.

  
I swear I don't hate Tsunade, I just needed someone to say those things, and she came to mind first. Please tell me what you think of these last two chapters-I feel a bit like I like them but then I don't know. They're a bit rushed. Anyway, thank you so much all of you for the comments and votes!