A life interrupted
Prologue
I remembered, as the room stilled, Kakashi once telling me that while speech was silver, silence was golden.
Now, though, as the last few clacks of the keyboards died away, I felt like throwing up. This--this silence--was not golden.
"...for murder. The Metropolitan Police Department has made a press release just a few minutes ago. Our correspondent was there to catch it..."
The voice shifted from soft female to male. "Thanks, Michiko. I'm standing in front of MPD's HQ where the Chief just announced the arrest. We have heard reports that the reason for this sudden arrest came about because of a tip. The informant has been unnamed as of yet, and it is unlikely that he or she will reveal themselves anytime soon..."
I felt a hand on my shoulder, and that slight pressure made my knees buckle. It occurred to me, vaguely, that someone must have placed a chair behind me. There was too much noise, I realized, staring at the large wall of TV screens. Each and every station was playing the same news, but someone had turned up the volume on Tokyo NBC. The entire staff had gathered on this end of the office--
"...The head investigator is Detective Yakushi Kabuto, who has been undercover for the past three years gathering data. He has not appeared before the press as of yet, but representatives have released the following statement--"
The man took a pause, and wet his lips a little. He had a surprised look in his face. "Uchiha Sasuke, CEO of Uchiha Corps, has been arrested for first degree murder of his brother, Uchiha Itachi..."
We were, I realized, only two weeks away from the second year anniversary of our marriage. Three year anniversary for our relationship. And now--
"Also under arrest is Hatake Kakashi, Executive Director of Uchiha Corps, for perjury, obstruction of justice, and second degree murder. Under Section 49 Article 7, he will be tried as a de facto MPD officer. The MPD has declined to comment on their most prestigious officer being arrested. The Uchiha family also remains silent."
"Uchiha Sasuke's husband, Uzumaki Naruto, a senior editor at Tokyo Daigaku Shinbun.."
I got up, slowly, and made my way back to my office. Inside, with the shutters closed, no noise reaching me, and only the silence as my companion--
I wondered how Kakashi could have ever thought, ever thought, that silence was golden.
End of the Prologue