Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto, any of the characters, or the Naruto Universe.

First, let me give you a little information about the setting and such of this fanfiction. It is set in the Naruto Universe, but is oh, say, 200 years in the future. But the technologies and stuff like that generally remains the same. Yeah, I'm kinda crazy like that.

Oh yeah, just to make it easier on me when I am writing and easier on you guys when you are reading, many characters in this fanfiction will have the same names and looks as their Naruto counterparts. Yeah, I'm too lazy to make up my own characters. (Please note: just because they look the same and have the same name doesn't mean they have the same personality. Remember these are different people.) The characters in this fanfiction will be the descendants or some such of the originals. And just so you know, I also won't use much Japanese except for the title/suffix system.

Be forewarned, my fanfic is kind of...out there for the first two chapters. The story gets much easier to follow after the first two chapters.

Anyway, please read my first fanfiction and tell me what you think. I'm open to any sort of criticism. But now on to the story.

Prolouge

200 years ago, Naruto Uzumaki became the 6th Hokage. He and his friends had accomplished much in their lives, including the destruction of the Akatsuki and the retrieval of their renegade friend, Sasuke. While Naruto was the Hokage, Konoha lived in an era of peace and prosperity. Naruto and his friends became the elite of the shinobi world. Although they faced challenges, Konoha and it's ally Suna never backed down and never failed.

But time sometimes passes in the blink of an eye. After many years of security, Konoha's legendary leader and his friends were gone, leaving the village to a new generation. But with this new generation also came new conflicts. The 4th Great Ninja War decimated all the hidden villages, including Konoha. It would take generations for the shinobi villages to return to their normal size. However, Konoha's and Suna's alliance allowed them to come out slightly better than the rest. All the shinobi world marveled at how long the alliance between the two lasted.

Even the citizens of Konoha and Suna wondered how long their alliance could really last. Everyone agreed that there should be some sort of unbreakable tie.

25 years prior to the current events, a wise councilor and seer of Konoha foresaw something terrible before his death. As he lied on his death bed, he told the Hokage, "Prepare the village for what will come years from now," and passed away before he could tell what the tragedy would be.

The 16th Hokage meditated on what he should do for years before he came to a solution. It was outrageous, and took several months to convince the Konoha advisors it was the correct course of action. He began the process immediately.

His plan was to use Konoha's and Suna's most brilliant scientists and medic-nins to use genetic engineering and cloning technology to recreate some of the most powerful ninja of the past, then raise them from the time they could walk to be shinobi, to be killing machines.

They started simply, beginning with DNA they had on hand from a powerful ninja. They began with Kabuto Yakushi, feeling that they could manipulate his genes to make him loyal to the village. Suna was all too ready to help, feeling that these ninja could become the unbreakable tie between the two villages. They offered the DNA of Temari of the sand.

They next created two clones of incredible women from Naruto Uzumaki's time. They made clones of Sakura Haruno and Hinata Hyuuga.

Suna made their greatest contribution by offering the DNA of Gaara of the Desert. It was unknown if the clone would have the powers of the original, but it was a risk the cloning team was willing to take.

The scientists were confidant when they made the last clone. They began to merge 2 DNA structures together to make a more potent combination for potential. They combined the DNA of the Uchiha brothers, Itachi and Sasuke, naming the clone Itachi since it looked more like the elder brother.

However, the last clone developed some…quirks in his personality due to the combination of the DNA, and it really didn't resemble either of the brothers in the personality area.

The 16th Hokage passed away before the project was concluded. He was unable to see the project that was supposed to save his village.

When the clones were old enough, 3 (Temari, Gaara, Sakura) were sent to Suna with Anko Mitarashi to begin their training, thus making sure that Suna had a fair share of the clones. The other 3 (Itachi, Kabuto, Hinata) stayed with Kakashi Hatake to begin their own training.


Well, I hope you liked the intro to the setting at least. Like I said before, please read and rate it. Sorry if I was a little to chatty in explaining things, but you probably wouldn't have understood the setting. I'll try to make the next chapter longer, I promise.