Naruto locked his door and raced his way to his destination.

Clutching the money in his hand, he thought about what Hinata could be suffering right this minute. He only knows of the stereotypes movies made out to what prison would be like, he doesn't truly know if she's suffering or not; but then again, it's not like he's been to prison before.

Fifty-thousand dollars...

Thats all he had, he still needed three-thousand to go. He wasn't even close to that amount of money, and the very thought pissed him off.

"How the hell am I going to get that kind of cash..." he slowed down his pacing that sooner turned into a complete stop.

He was lost.

He was defeated.

Naruto Uzumaki was out of his league on this one.

This was a problem, the one problem he couldn't fix.

On his own.

"Maybe that's the problem?" he asked himself.

"I can't do it alone." he reasoned.

....~~~....

"Please!"

"...."

"I promise I will pay you everything back, I will work my ass off if I have to, get two jobs; maybe even three, I need help please!"

Naruto, pleading on the floor, begging for money is what he assumed to be his last and only hope.

"Naruto..boy. What the hell do you need three hundred-thousand dollars for?"

"T-to help a friend."

"You said that already."

"Why do you need to help this friend. If I'm going to be lending you money then the least I expect to know is where my money is going boy!"

"She... she's been put in prison."

There was a pause. After the last word left his mouth, it was like a cold breeze flew over the room.

"....No."

"But Uncle Jiraya!-"

"No!"
.
.
.
"if she was put in prison, then there must be a good reason behind it, that is why people are there. She broke a law, so she must face the consequences."

The groveling Naruto on the floor was now pissed as the sentence left his mouth. Obviously what he said made sense but..

"But it wasn't her fault!"

Jiraya lifted a brow.

"She was served for third degree murder, a murder that wasn't intent to kill! When the killer themselves becomes mentally disturbed!"

Naruto lifted his head, to see that his words did not waver the older male.

"Naruto.. Murder is still murder."

The boy's eyes widened.

"Someone can not intent to kill and still do it anyways, that doesn't make sense in the slightest. If you are planning to kill you either do it or you don't, there is no in between. You say that this girl was mentally disturbed, that must means she went through some kind of trauma, am I right? If that's the case, then the only leading cause to this 'third degree murder' is revenge."

The eldest of the two watched as the younger one's face held a mixture of shock, anger, and frustration.

"Get up boy."

As he did so, he continued.

"Now get this through your head. I've always felt that third degree murder is just some pity excuse for people with some sobby background story. But they all have the same reasoning behind it, and that is revenge. Those who should be charged with third degree murder are those who have a mental illness, something that is noted from and by a professional. Tell me now, do you still think this girl should be let free so easily? Is all of it worth it?"

Naruto stood there, his head hung low.

'he's... right.'

There was no fighting back on this one, because he couldn't counter his argument. Hinata's "sob story" was that she had been raped, and abused. But she didn't take revenge on her father, just on the guy that raped her, but it was still lead to revenge. No matter how you put it, she still chose to kill.

But wait..

"It's like you said before Uncle Jiraya, you said she must have gone through some kind of trauma; then you said that people who are charged with third degree murder should be people who are mentally ill. But isn't a trauma a state of mental illness? Going through some type of trauma can range as far from emotional stress to a change in behaveral state, all these lies within the mind. You may see these "sob stories" as something to pity on, but at the same time you could never know what they went or been through if you yourself never experience it. It is worth it! To me it is."

There was another pause.

Naruto watched as Jiraya stood there, knowing that the eldest of the two are reconsidering the younger's words.

"I see your point Naruto. But even so, she isn't charged with a mental illness, if not looked by a professional, who are we to say what state she's in."

Naruto looked down, taking his words into consideration.

"One thing I wanna know is why you're fighting so hard for this girl.. don't tell me you've fallen for her!" Jiraya finished with a laugh.

Naruto's face beamed a bright red and seeing this, the old man's howling fit came to a halt.

"Oh boy."

....~~~....

Naruto walked, without a clear destination in mind.

Sighing as he kicked a nearby rock, contemplating the situation.

'So now I have, one-hundred, fifty-thoudand dollars, thanks to the old pervert.'

"I want to meet this girl once you find some way to bail her out. She must really be somethin' if you're fighting this hard boy!"

The old man's laugh still rung slightly in his ears as he remembered what he said.

"Now what?" he breathed out.

'A job..duh'

Naruto slightly cringed. I mean he figured it would lead to this..he knew from the start, but he hoped that he would have the money all in one sitting and get her out in one day...

But this is reality.

Nothing is that easy.

But if he was going to do this, it would be because of her. He made it so that he would help her, because he loves her.

Like he said before.. It's worth it, it's going to be at least.

Now all he needs to do is find a job that's hiring.

"Well two jobs..maybe three if possible."

He knew that this was going to be overkill. How can anyone possibly handle school, and two jobs? - let alone three.

But this had to be done; well that's what he kept telling himself, and he was determined.

And he had perfect job in mind...