AUTHOR'S NOTE: So I have once again restarted this story. And I have several plans in mind that I will follow. Anyways, I do not own anything but the plot in this story. ENJOY!!!
The Demon God Tengu looked down from the skies and observed the last of his descendants, fifteen year old Uchiha Sasuke, in battle with Uzumaki Naruto. Tengu already knew how this battle would end. Good would triumph over evil and his chance at seeing the world plunge into the darkness of his hatred would be destroyed. Unless...he used the forbidden technique. It would require his own death, but it would awaken a part of Sasuke that had previously been hidden. It would awaken Sasuke's ancient blood, the blood of a demon god.
Tengu quickly decided that the best time to perform the technique would be right after the massacre of the Uchiha Clan. It was then that hatred had first entered young Sasuke's heart. And it would be then that Sasuke would be most susceptible to his ancient blood. Thinking this, Tengu disappeared in a cloud of smoke.
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Tengu smirked as he witnessed the birth of Uchiha Sasuke. Despite his godlike powers, Tengu had sent himself too far back in time. The Demon God had sent himself back seven years too far. Uchiha Sasuke was just now being born.
"It appears," thought Tengu, "That I shall have to wait."
As he waited, the Demon God reminisced about the creation of the Uchiha clan and his first true love: Hyuuga Hinibi...
Hyuuga Hinibi was the young prodigy of the Hyuuga clan. She was beautiful beyond measure. Her luscious black hair and pearl white eyes weakened the knees of practically ever male in the Land of Fire. She was desired by all.
There was one who desired her above all else: the Demon God Tengu. Born in the primal beginnings of the Universe, this evil being was pierced by the purity of Hyuuga Hinibi. Taking the form of a man, the Demon God came down to earth and pursued the Hyuuga Princess. In the end, the Demon God gained the woman's love. They married and gave birth to a son whom they named...Uchiha.
His eyes were not the pure white of the Hyuuga, but the coal black of the Demon God's wings. His hair was that of his mother's, however; black and long. As Uchiha grew older, it was obvious that he was different from his peace-loving relatives. Uchiha loved to fight. His blood lust on the battlefield became legend among enemy soldiers. They would whisper in fear of the blood-red eyes that killed with a look. He was pierced, however, with the same arrow that defeated his father: love.
A beautiful woman known as Hyuuga Tenshi had captured the warrior's heart. She fell in love with him for his ferocity. They gave birth to a son whom they named Uchiha Madara. Uchiha and his son Madara founded the most powerful clan to ever rise on the face of the earth. The renowned, the feared, the powerful Uchiha Clan.
In time, as everything must, their power came to an end. The Great God Kami felt that the Uchiha clan's power would upset the balance of the world. He took away the immortality of Uchiha, Madara, and all the other Uchiha only to say that it could be regained through the most evil of ways: the stealing of a relative's eyes.
The Uchiha clan tore itself apart for decades afterward, attempting to regain their immortality. In time however, the only immortal who remained was Uchiha Madara. He hid the knowledge of the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan from his relatives; praying that the Uchiha clan would one day return to its place of power.
Alas this was not to be so. Kami once again interfered. He placed a plan in the ear of the Senju clan leader, Hashirama. A plan of false alliance. Madara saw through this plan and tried to defeat the Senju Clan leader, but when his own clan mates turned on him; Madara left, swearing revenge on the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan that had betrayed him.
And he waited. Despite himself he fell in love with a woman name Uchiha Mikoto. She was already married and had a seven year old son named Itachi. But Madara could not help himself. He loved her.
One day as her husband was away on a secret mission, he henged himself into the man. They made love that night and so Uchiha Sasuke, great-grandson of the Demon God Tengu was conceived...
Tengu sighed as he remembered the beauty of his lost love. The Death God had taken her from himself many years ago. He was interrupted from his reverie, however, as he watched Mikoto's life force begin to fail as she gave birth to Sasuke. He heard the head medic, a woman named Tsunade if he remembered correctly, screaming out orders for the other medic-ninjas to bring in a Hyuuga medic.
"Smart woman," Tengu said to himself. It was obvious that due to Sasuke's extremely strong lightning natured chakra, that Mikoto's weaker earth natured chakra was being destroyed. A Hyuuga would be able to cut off Sasuke's chakra from attacking Mikoto's.
The Hyuuga medic ran into the room and gasped as she saw the battle between the two opposing chakras. The Hyuuga quickly began to cut off Sasuke's chakra. Slowly but surely, the battle between the two opposing chakras was diminished. Uchiha Sasuke was born and Uchiha Mikoto fell into a deep slumber.
Tengu smiled as he watched the baby before him.
"You hold the fate of the Uchiha, little one. Do me proud."
Just as he was about to leave, he noticed a very familiar chakra on top of another building. The ancient god used the shunshin jutsu to appear behind his grandson, Uchiha Madara.
"Your son is going to be a powerful shinobi, Madara," Tengu smirked.
"Ojiisan!!!" Madara said in surprise.
"Greetings, my grandson. It has been too long since we have spoken."
"Hai, it has. Might I ask what you are doing here, honored Grandfather?"
"Dark times lie in the future for the Clan. Sasuke is our only hope if we wish to see the Uchiha Clan restored to the greatness we once held."
"Do you wish for me to make him my apprentice?" asked Madara in hope that he would be able to spend time with his son.
"Not for many years, Madara. Not until the current clan is completely wiped away. Not until Uchiha Sasuke is the only Uchiha other than yourself left. Not until his blood has awakened."
"Then it is as I feared. You are going to perform that jutsu upon him. The Kyuuketsuki Jutsu."
"Yes, Uchiha Sasuke is my heir. He shall be the Demon Prince. It shall be up to you to train him in our ancient blood jutsu and sorcery. I am trusting you with him. Train him in the ways of our hatred, for it is the Uchiha's greatest strength."
"I shall, Honored Grandfather."
"Good luck."
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Itachi smiled for the first time in a long time as he watched his little brother gurgle in their mother's arms. "Sasuke looks so helpless," thought Itachi, "Was it really his chakra that almost killed mother?"
Sasuke looked around the room in amazement; everything was so colorful. His eyes eventually came to rest on Itachi. The youngest Uchiha reached out his arms towards his brother. Itachi's eyes widened as he realized his brother had recognized him.
"He wants you to hold him, Itachi," Mikoto said in happiness as she handed the little baby to Itachi.
As he held his brother, Itachi decided then and there he would protect his brother no matter what. He would do whatever was necessary to defend Sasuke. To make him strong. To make him worthy of the name Uchiha.
And Sasuke spit up on Itachi's shirt.
3 Years later...
Itachi looked at his brother, who was currently being fed breakfast by their mother, with worry. Despite being 3 years old, young Sasuke had not even spoken his first word yet. It was, as a Nara would say, quite troublesome.
"Isn't it time for you to head on to the Hokage Tower, Itachi?" asked Mikoto.
"Hai, it is. I have a B-rank mission today with my team," Itachi replied.
"Tell Shisui and Kurenai I said hi."
"I will."
"TACHI!!!" Sasuke suddenly screamed.
Itachi's eyes widened in shock that his brother's first word was his name. Mikoto started laughing. She soon stopped and said,
"Sorry for laughing, my son, but the expression on your face was adorable. Now get on your mission, I will take care of Sasuke."
"Tachi! Tachi! Tachi!"
Itachi smiled a rare smile as he used the shunshin jutsu to appear next to the Hokage Tower. He was greeted by his two teammates, ten year old Yuuhi Kurenai and eleven year old Uchiha Shisui, Itachi's best friend.
"About time you showed up!" Shisui said in annoyance, "Iroichi-sensei has already headed inside."
Itachi nodded and followed his fellow teammates into the Hokage Tower. He briefly remembered everything he could about his teacher, Kurama Iroichi. The Kurama Clan was a clan even more skilled in genjutsu than the Uchiha. This was partially in fact to the Kurama Clan's bloodline that allowed them to make their genjutsu a reality and as such had focused the majority of their talents in genjutsu. Kurama Iroichi had been made the sensei of Team 4, Itachi's team, because of the extraordinary potential his team had in genjutsu. Kurenai was already one of the best genjutsu users in the village and Shisui had already gotten his name in the bingo book as Shisui of the Mirage.
And then there was himself, the prodigy of the Uchiha Clan. While highly skilled in both fire ninjutsu and the Uchiha Clan's Uchiate taijutsu style, Itachi's real skill lay in genjutsu. It came naturally to him. Already he had surpassed both of his teammates in this area and was fast approaching his sensei's level of skill with genjutsu. Add that into the fact that he was skilled in ninjutsu and taijutsu and it was no wonder that he, Uchiha Itachi, was already a chuunin. He had already mastered the fire element and was on the seventh tier of the Uchiate style which was comprised of ten tiers based upon the early styles of jujitsu, the art of softness, and akido, the art of redirection. All he had left before he became a Jonin was to master one more element. He had already chosen his next element and had mastered the first two parts of it. He had chosen wind since it complemented his fire abilities. With wind, he would be able to enhance ever single one of his fire techniques.
Itachi was broken out of his thoughts as he entered the Hokage's office where missions were given. He noticed his sensei looked nervous. Both his teammates had picked up on this and were now nervous as well. Itachi quickly squashed his own nervousness else he would never hear the end of it from Shisui.
Iroichi presented his team to the Sandaime Hokage and visibly relaxed when the old man smiled at him. Sarutobi said,
"I have good news for you, Team 4. Your last mission, which was a stunning success, stabilized an entire region that would have otherwise declared war against Konoha. I am sorry to say that I need you to perform another mission like it."
Itachi felt his stomach turn at the thought of another mission like the last one. It had been an assassination mission, and while Iroichi-sensei had struck the final blow, the dead man still haunted his dreams with cold eyes.
Itachi knew such missions were necessary, but he did not understand why his team was the one that had been chosen. Scratch that, he knew why. It was because of his father, head of the Uchiha clan. It was obvious that his father had been the one behind asking for Itachi to go on assassination missions. His father, Itachi thought with distaste, wanted him to become a true shinobi despite his young age. And as much as he regretted it, Itachi knew that he had. This next mission would require him to kill, and he knew now that he could kill his own heart and perform the task required of him.
As Sarutobi gave out the mission details, Itachi noticed that Kurenai and Shisui both had the same look of disgust on their faces. It appeared that they would be required to murder an entire family this time. The family was quite prominent in the Lightning Village and killing them would greatly diminish the Lightning Village's chance of ever challenging Konoha's military supremacy. Itachi sighed, it was necessary, but distasteful.
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Itachi jumped from tree to tree with his team behind him. Iroichi jumped up beside the Uchiha and said
"You don't have to do this, Itachi."
"I said I would be the one to strike the killing blows. I want Kurenai and Shisui to maintain their innocence as long as possible. I don't have that luxury. I am the heir to the Uchiha Clan and my father won't stop until he knows that I have the capacity to be heartless and perform what needs to be done."
"I understand, but that does not mean I have to like it," Iroichi replied in sadness.
Team Four stealthily entered the Lightning Village. Security was quite lax among them. It had been surprisingly easy to put the guards under a genjutsu. Itachi stealthily entered the room where the targets were sleeping while his team maintained the genjutsu over the house. He gasped as he saw that one of the targets was a little boy no older than himself. The little boy startled awake and Itachi knew that he had to silence the boy before he could raise an alarm. The young Uchiha shot forward and slit the target's throat. He then proceeded to kill the other targets with surprising efficiency.
"So this is what it means to be a shinobi," Itachi said to himself with deep sadness in his voice.
He was broken from his sadness as he felt a sword pierce his stomach. An enemy shinobi had entered the room and had sneaked up on the young Uchiha. Itachi dropped to his knees and closed his eyes as he prepared for the final blow to severe his head from his neck.
The blow never came. Itachi widened his eyes as he saw the enemy shinobi fall to the ground, a kunai piercing his throat. Itachi looked at where the kunai had came from and smiled as he saw Shisui crouching in the window across the room. And Itachi passed out.
Itachi would have died that night from lack of blood loss but for one thing, he had to keep living for one thing. He wanted to hear these words one more time.
"Tachi! Tachi! Tachi!"
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Sasuke smiled as he jumped out of bed. Today was his fifth birthday and Itachi had promised to spend the day with him. Sasuke smiled an even larger smile as he thought about his favorite person in the world. The thought of Itachi training with him was enough to send joy running throughout his young body.
Sasuke ran down the stairs of his house and into the kitchen where his mother awaited with his favorite breakfast, fried tomatoes and fish. Mikoto laughed as she watched her son dig into his plate. Sasuke is such a happy child, she thought, I hope he stays like this forever.
Sasuke finished his meal and asked,
"Where is Itachi?"
"Itachi is out in the dojo waiting for you. He is going to be teaching you some very important things, so make sure to pay attention very well, Sasuke."
"Hai!!" Sasuke said enthusiastically.
The young Uchiha quickly ran to the dojo. He was disappointed however when he did not see Itachi. His disappointment was short lived as it soon turned to shock. He was under attack!
Sasuke dodged as best as he could to the right as plastic shuriken hit where he had been standing moments before. He quickly picked up the shuriken and threw them as best as he could at his attacker. His attacker was an elite ninja, and merely plucked the shuriken out of the air with his hands.
"Tsk, Tsk, little brother," said Itachi mockingly, "I am sure you can do better than this."
Sasuke ran forward as fast as he could and used what he knew of the Iron Fist style to attack his brother. He threw as many punches and kicks as he could, but not a single one of his attacks got through.
After about ten minutes of blocking, Itachi stopped his brother and began to show him the flaws in his techniques. Sasuke listened in rapt attention as Itachi showed him the proper way to punch and attack. After about three hours of training, Itachi finally declared Sasuke a master of the first degree in the Iron Fist Style of which there are five degrees, the first being the lowest.
"Most Uchiha, especially once they activate their sharingan, switch to the Uchiate style once they have mastered the first three degrees of the Iron Fist. I myself only mastered four degrees of the Iron Fist. It is a good all around style for someone who is going to focus primarily on taijutsu, but for Uchiha, it lacks the finesse to add in ninjutsu and genjutsu."
"Are you going to teach me any jutsu today, Nii-san?" asked Sasuke in excitement.
"In a way I am going to. I am going to teach you how to feel your chakra. It is the first step in learning how to perform jutsu. Feeling your chakra should become as natural as breathing to you after you first feel it. Using it, however, it much different. If you manage to feel your chakra before lunch, then we can spend the rest of the day working on using your chakra."
"Hai!!"
The two Uchiha sat down in the lotus position and began to meditate. Sasuke and Itachi had both from a young age been taught the importance of meditation, and now it would be used to help Sasuke feel his chakra just as it had been used to help Itachi feel his chakra.
After about an hour of meditation, Sasuke began to search deeper within himself for the source of his chakra. He finally found it. Running throughout his entire body was a series of vein-like strands. It was barely a trickle, but Sasuke recognized it as his chakra. It was colored a deep royal blue. After several minutes of examining his chakra, Sasuke pulled himself out of the trance he had been in. He still felt in running throughout his body, however.
"It seems you found your chakra. Good work, Sasuke!" Itachi said with pride.
"Can you teach me how to use it now?" Sasuke asked excitedly. The sooner I learn to use my chakra, the sooner I can catch up to Nii-san's level,Thought the young Uchiha.
"Let's each lunch first. Okaa-san made us some onigiri."
"Okay!" Sasuke said with happiness.
After eating lunch, the two Uchiha made their way back to the dojo. Itachi began by explaining
"Okay, Sasuke, the first thing any ninja learns is how to use their chakra to augment their physical abilities. So you are going to use your chakra to enhance your strength and reflexes. Try forcing your chakra into a punch. Go ahead."
Sasuke threw a punch at his brother, using chakra as best as he could to enhance his attack, while at the same time wondering what the word augment meant?
Itachi easily caught Sasuke's punch and said,
"I could tell you weren't quite committed to your attack. Is something on your mind?"
"Um, what does augment mean?" Sasuke asked feeling quite stupid.
"Oh," Itachi smiled, "I forget how much younger you are than me at times. Augment means to enhance or add to something."
"Ah, okay," Sasuke said in realization.
"Now, lets try again..."
This time, Sasuke through a punch and it very nearly got through Itachi's defense. Itachi nodded his head in pride. Perhaps...
"Sasuke, I am going to teach you a very important jutsu. It is called the henge..."
And so Uchiha Sasuke mastered the henge jutsu.
Later that evening...
Sasuke, Itachi, Mikoto, and Fugaku all sat around the dinner table, surrounded by the entire clan. The entire Uchiha Clan as well as some other guests had shown up for Sasuke's fifth birthday party. Hidden among the guests, however, was Tengu himself. He had not visited in awhile and wished to see how his great grandson was doing. He had also brought a gift as it would not be proper for a guest not to bring a gift.
Sasuke had a smile on his face as he was given a huge hug by one of his aunts. Tengu smirked, only two years and smiles would come rarely to the young Uchiha. I hope you savor every happy moment, young Sasuke. Thought the Demon God.
Finally it was time for the gifts. Young Sasuke received many gifts from his guests, from toy kunai to a scroll on the history of Konoha. Eventually, it was Tengu's turn. Taking the form of an old man, he withdrew two chokuto from his cloak. One was wooden and about the size for a young child, while the other was the length an adult used and had a deadly sheen to the metal. Tengu said,
"This was the sword of one of the founders of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Madara. My family has kept it for generations. It was finally decided that we should return it to the Uchiha clan. I give this gift to you, young Sasuke. May you use it well."
Several of the elders gasped as they recognized the sword. It was indeed the sword of Uchiha Madara. Tengu quickly disappeared in a cloud of smoke and everyone wondered who the old man might have been. Fugaku placed the sword in his armory vault, saying that young Sasuke would be allowed to use the blade when he was old enough to use it.
"As for now," Fugaku said, "My son Sasuke shall be trained in the use of the chokuto with this wooden blade that the old man was kind enough to provide."
And that was that. Fugaku's word was law.
Two Years Later...
Sasuke sighed as he sat in class. The teachers were going over how to properly throw a kunai. But I know all this crap already! Why can't they go onto something more advanced? Thought the young Uchiha.
"Sasuke-kun! Are you listening?" asked Erih, the current teacher.
"Hai, Erih-sensei," Sasuke exasperatedly replied.
"Okay, then you would not mind explaining to the other students how to properly hold a kunai."
"Very well. There are various ways to hold a kunai, but the standard way is with your hand firmly gripped around the handle and your thumb wrapped around the blade handle to the point that your thumb is gently on top of your index finger. The blade is supposed to point towards your body. This allows you to stab quickly and efficiently."
"Very good, Sasuke-kun. Now let us continue on how to properly throw a kunai…"
Sasuke sighed once again. Why can't we actually be practicing our throws instead of listening to this man blather about? It is a wonder Konoha has any real military strength. I guess it is because most shinobi receive their training from their clans rather than the academy.
That evening, Sasuke sat with his family at the dinner table. Uchiha Mikoto had made an amazing meal of grilled fish and rice balls.
"So how was your day at school today, Sasuke?" asked Mikoto.
"It went by fine, but they are not really training us that much. Whatever they are training us in is stuff I learned a couple of months ago when Nii-san trained with me for that week."
"Perhaps Sasuke needs to be moved to a higher grade. Otou-san, would you go and speak with his teachers?" asked Itachi.
"Fine. I will make time for it tomorrow. How is your training coming along Itachi?" asked Fugaku.
"Quite well. I created a new genjutsu today."
"Good. As expected of my son."
"I have an A-rank mission tomorrow. The Sandaime Hokage has stated that if I manage to complete this mission, I will be accepted into the ranks of the ANBU BLACK OPS."
"What are the ANBU BLACK OPS, Nii-san?"
"It is a special group of shinobi devoted to assassination. Only the most skilled shinobi are allowed to join."
"Wow! You must be really powerful Nii-san!" exclaimed Sasuke.
"Sasuke, don't talk loud at the table," Mikoto admonished.
"Hai, Okaa-san."
Itachi smiled as he watched the antics of his little brother. I love my family.
If only he had known how much pain loving his family would cost him.
One Month Later…
In a dark house on the far side of the Uchiha district sat two shinobi. The elder had dark brown hair and wore the kimono of a Clan head. The younger had coal black hair and wore the gray armor of an ANBU Squad lieutenant. The elder ordered,
"Itachi, now that you are in ANBU BLACK OPS we need you to keep a tab on the movements of the other shinobi in ANBU. We need to know their strengths and weaknesses."
"But Otou-san, why are you wanting me to do this?"
"The Sandaime Hokage and the Senju clan are gaining too much power. They are strengthened while we are weakened. Itachi, I need you to do this. Think of the clan."
"Hai, I will," Itachi grudgingly replied.
As Itachi left the house, he realized that he needed time to think and to realize where his loyalties lay; to Konoha or to the Uchiha Clan?
As Itachi jumped from tree to tree, he sensed the presence of an immensely powerful shinobi following him. Itachi activated the sharingan and made a clone of himself to prepare to fight. The other shinobi yelled out,
"That won't be necessary. I am not your enemy."
Itachi was surprised when he saw the red eyes of the sharingan as the shinobi approached.
"I do not know you. Where did you get those sharingan eyes?" Itachi questioned harshly.
"I was born with them, same as you. I know you do not know me, but I am Uchiha Madara."
"Impossible! Uchiha Madara died decades ago." Itachi exclaimed.
"Yet here I am. I have much to discuss with you, Uchiha Itachi. Much to discuss indeed."
"What do you have to offer me?"
"Training, as well as a way to protect your little brother," Madara calmly replied.
"Sasuke? What have you done to him you bastard?!?!?" Itachi yelled.
"Nothing. And I would not dare harm him. He is precious to me for reasons beyond your comprehension. But I have a plan that would spare him from the coming war between Uchiha and Senju, if you would only listen?"
"Very well, speak your plan."
And so Uchiha Madara did.
And so a choice was made.
A choice that would wipe out an entire clan.
Save one.
Two Years Later…
Sasuke smiled as he hit the bull's eye for the thirtieth time that day with his shuriken. I can't wait to tell Nii-san I finally broke his record for the amount of times I can hit the bull's eye in one go. Well, I beat the score he got when he was my age, but that is besides the point.
"Very good, Sasuke. You are performing brilliantly," praised Iruka. Iruka had recently taken over training the second grade Academy Students as the former teacher had died on a mission. A kunai had pierced the man's upper thyroid, killing him instantly. And so Iruka became Sasuke's teacher.
"HEY IRUKA-SENSEI! WATCH ME!!" yelled Naruto. The blonde idiot threw a shuriken, but it completely missed the target.
"Um, nice try Naruto. Why don't you let me work with you some on that?" Iruka asked.
"Okay!" yelled Naruto.
Sasuke sighed as he watched Iruka try to teach Naruto how to throw a kunai. Stupid baka! Why is he even trying to be a shinobi? He does not stand a chance. Now enough worrying about him. Let's focus on perfecting my shuriken throwing.
That evening, Sasuke ran into Itachi's room.
"Hey Nii-san! I broke my age group's record for perfect shuriken throws, the record that you set!!!"
"That is good, Sasuke. Very good. Why don't you go tell Otou-san about this?"
"Otou-san does not care," mumbled Sasuke, "He only cares about your training."
"Are you jealous of me Sasuke?" asked Itachi quietly.
"Jealous? Why would I be jealous?" Sasuke replied with a question.
"Of Otou-san's attention? Are you jealous of Otou-san's attention?"
"I guess I am a little bit, but you are the greatest Itachi-niisan! How could I be really jealous of you?"
"I am the wall you must overcome, Sasuke. I am your goal. Strive to be better than me." Itachi said as he stared deep into Sasuke's eyes.
"Nii-san? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Sasuke. "
The next day was Saturday, and Sasuke was watching Itachi train. Itachi jumped into the air with seven kunai lacing his fingers. The Uchiha Prodigy quickly threw the kunai and smirked as he heard the dull thud of all seven kunai hitting their targets, even the one behind the rock.
"Amazing! Let me try Itachi!" Sasuke exclaimed.
"Very well, but be careful." Itachi warned.
"Okay."
Sasuke tried to perform the same move, but only ended up with a sprained ankle for his efforts. The young Uchiha grimaced in pain as he fought to keep the tears from his eyes.
"Sasuke are you okay?" asked Itachi in a worried voice.
Sasuke's reply was to moan in pain. Itachi shook his head as he picked up his younger brother and headed home.
As they were heading home, Sasuke saw the Uchiha Crest on the symbol of the Konoha Police Force. He wondered about it for a moment before he asked,
"Itachi? Why does the Konoha Police Force Symbol have the Uchiha Crest on it?"
"It has the Uchiha Crest on it because the Uchiha Clan founded the Konoha Police Force," Itachi replied.
"So that is why Otou-san is head of the Police Force?"
"Yes, it is."
That night as Sasuke lay in bed, he heard arguing from across the hall. He stealthily crawled out of bed and began to eavesdrop on his sibling and parents.
"Where does your loyalty lie, Itachi!!?!?" asked Fugaku in exasperation.
"To my family," Itachi solemnly replied.
"Then act like it Itachi!" Fugaku nearly yelled.
"Go to bed, Sasuke," Itachi said as he recognized the presence of his younger brother.
Sasuke blushed in embarrassment as he realized he had been caught. He quickly ran back to his bedroom. Itachi nearly smiled as he said to his father,
"Sasuke really is amazing. I barely recognized he was there. He will make an amazing shinobi."
"Hai, he will," Mikoto enthusiastically said, "But he would get stronger if you would work with him more. He really looks up to you Itachi."
"I know, but I have been busy with so many missions lately that it is hard for me to keep up with him as well."
"I understand. The missions come first. Now you must be at the clan meeting tomorrow. Understand Itachi?" Fugaku ordered.
"I understand, Otou-san."
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Shisui of the Mirage noticed something was off the moment Itachi had asked to meet with him. Itachi rarely initiated contact with anyone anymore. He barely even saw Kurenai apart from missions.
The second thing he noticed was wrong was that Itachi took him to a secluded place. At first he assumed Itachi wanted to talk about the Clan business. This changed after he realized the third thing that was off, kunai did not suddenly grow out of one's chest did they?
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The next day after school, Sasuke watched in fear as several of the Konoha Police Force knocked on his door. Itachi opened the door and appeared to be shocked that they were there.
"Why have you come here?" asked Itachi.
"Today, there was an Uchiha Clan meeting. Only two shinobi did not show up. Uchiha Shisui and yourself. We found this suicide note where Shisui had supposedly killed himself, but his handwriting could easily have been copied with the sharingan."
"Are you accusing me of killing my best friend?" Itachi asked threateningly.
"We would like to take you in for questioning."
"I don't think so."
So saying, Itachi activated his sharingan and attacked the Police Force members. He quickly knocked the first man to the ground with a jab to the man's solar plexus. He followed up with sweeping kick on the next Police Force Shinobi. The third man tried to attack, but Itachi was too fast for him. The Uchiha Prodigy knife-handed the man's neck, knocking him unconscious.
Sasuke watched all of this in fear as he yelled out,
"Nii-san!! Stop this!!!"
Itachi stopped as he heard his brother's voice. He was just about to use an obscure jutsu that altered one's memory when Fugaku came around the corner.
"Itachi! What is going on here!" yelled Uchiha Fugaku as he came around the corner.
"I am sick of this worthless clan. Your containers are weak," Itachi replied as he grabbed a kunai from his pouch.
"Itachi! Stand down!" ordered Fugaku.
Itachi suddenly realized what he had been doing and stopped.
"We still need to take him in for questioning, Fugaku," stated one of the shinobi officers as he tried to stand up.
"Please, let me take care of this. This is a family matter," asked Fugaku.
"Very well, we will let this be for now."
Itachi smirked and looked back at Sasuke in the room. As he looked at Sasuke, he furthered his deceit by activating the Mangekyou Sharingan. Sasuke stared back in fear before running back to his room.
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The next day, Sasuke was walking down the hallway of his home when Fugaku came up to him and said,
"Come with me Sasuke. I have something to teach you."
Sasuke's eyes widened in surprise as Fugaku had never offered to train him in anything before. It had always been Itachi who had trained him.
"Hai, Father," Sasuke said happily.
The Uchiha Clan Head and his youngest son walked towards the lake inside the Uchiha Clan District. As they walked out onto the boon dock, Fugaku turned around and said,
"It is time for you to become an adult. To become an adult in our eyes, you must be able to perform the Katon: Great Fireball Jutsu. Watch me closely."
So saying, the Uchiha Clan head slowly went through the hand signs for the Katon: Great Fireball Jutsu. Sasuke watched in rapt attention as his father formed the snake, ram, monkey, boar, horse, and tiger hand signs. Fugaku puffed up his chest and let loose a huge fireball out onto the center of the lake. Sasuke watched in amazement as he recognized the strength of his father.
"Now it is your turn, Sasuke."
Sasuke nodded and formed the hand signs for the jutsu. He felt the chakra burn in his chest as he performed them. As he formed the last hand sign, Sasuke quickly brought his hand to his mouth to blow out a very small fireball. Fugaku sighed,
"It appears you are not like Itachi. However, there is something else I would like for us to try. Go back inside and get the wooden chokuto you got for your fifth birthday. It is time you learned some of the basics of swordplay and if you have any aptitude for it."
Sasuke quickly ran back inside, eager to please his father. He grabbed the wooden chokuto from the wooden chest at the end of his bed and ran back out side. His father nodded as he saw the way Sasuke held the chokuto. His son had obviously familiarized himself with the weapon.
"Now, let me show you the proper stance to use when using a sword like a chokuto. There are two ways to hold a chokuto. The first way is to hold it like you would hold a kunai and the second way to hold it is like a regular katana which I shall show you now..."
For the next several hours, Fugaku showed Sasuke the basics of swordplay. It was obvious to the elder Uchiha that Sasuke had a natural affinity for the sword. Thinking about affinity, Fugaku had an epiphany. Perhaps Sasuke had a different chakra nature than fire? It would be rare for an Uchiha not to have a fire nature, but it was not unheard of. Besides, hadn't the medics said that Sasuke's nature had almost destroyed Mikoto's? If that was true then Sasuke was probably a lightning type.
Fugaku quickly told Sasuke to continue his practice with the sword and went inside to grab some chakra paper. He came back out side and handed Sasuke the piece of paper.
"What is this for, Otou-san?"
"This will show us what chakra nature you have, whether it is fire, wind, earth, or lightning. If it is fire it will burn to ash. If your chakra nature is wind the paper will split into two. If you are an earth type, your paper will turn to dirt. And if you are a lightning type, your paper will have a lot of static electricity."
"Alright, so I just send my chakra into the paper?"
"Hai."
Sasuke did and nothing happened. He was scared at first that perhaps he did not have a chakra nature, but then he caught his father trying to hide a grin.
"What is it, Otou-san?"
"Your hair is sticking up. It looks like you are a lightning type."
Sasuke smiled.
"I still want you to practice the Katon: Great Fireball Jutsu, but I am going to get someone who is a lightning type to train you. Hopefully, I can get Hatake Kakashi to train you. Not only is he a powerful lightning type, but he also has the sharingan."
"Hai, Otou-san!"
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Several weeks later, Sasuke had mastered the Katon: Great Fireball Jutsu and ran into his father's study. He entered to find his father speaking with a very strange looking man. The man had gray hair that stuck up and his hia-tae covered one of his eyes. The rest of his face of was covered by a mask.
Fugaku quickly noticed that his son had entered the room and let a very small grin enter his face. He said,
"Ah, Sasuke, we were just talking about you. This is Hatake Kakashi and he has agreed to take you as his apprentice until you graduate from the academy."
"Whats up, Gaki?"
Sasuke let out a pout at this but his pout soon turned to excitement at the thought of being personally trained by someone. But first he had to ask,
"Um, Otou-san, may I ask what his credentials are? I trust you, but I would like to know who I am being trained by."
Kakashi laughed and said,
"Sure enough, Gaki. I am known in the Bingo Book as the Copy Ninja Hatake Kakashi son of Konoha's White Fang. I graduated from the academy at the age of five and was a Jonin by the time I turned fourteen. I have copied over a thousand jutsu with my sharingan eye. That's all you really need to know."
Sasuke's eyes had widened in admiration and looked at his father expectantly. He had not expected his father to have gotten such a powerful shinobi to train with him. Thinking of training...
"Otou-san, I wanted to tell you that I had mastered the Katon: Great Fireball Jutsu."
"Well why don't you go out to the lake and show us."
Kakashi's one open eye had widened at the statement that young Sasuke had said, but other than that did not show any surprise that the young Uchiha had mastered such a difficult jutsu.
Sasuke quickly ran out to the lake, being followed by the two adults. He waited for a few minutes for them to catch up. He felt a pit of nervousness in his stomach. What if he failed? He had mastered it, but what if this time it did not work? No! None of that, thought the young Uchiha, I will succeed!!
Sasuke quickly formed the hand signs for the jutsu and felt the chakra begin to build up in his throat. He then blew out a huge fireball, even larger than the one Fugaku had blown out.
On top of a building not far away, Madara watched in pride as his son mastered a jutsu he himself created.
"That's my boy."
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Curses! Why does my father have to be such a baka? I don't want to kill off the whole clan! Sasuke…
Itachi jumped from tree to tree as his ANBU squad followed behind him. His lieutenant, his former team mate Yuuhi Kurenai, asked "Are you coming to my birthday party tomorrow Itachi-san?"
Might as well play the act.
"Yes, how old are you going to be again?"
"Fourteen! The Third said that I am to retire from ANBU tomorrow as well. He wants me to start training some of the academy students in genjutsu."
"Hn, we will miss you."
Kurenai cocked her head and wondered why Itachi was actually having a conversation on a mission instead of his normal silence.
"Are you okay, Itachi-san?"
Curse genjutsu specialists for being so observant.
"Hn, its nothing."
"Uh, okay then."
Yeah right it is nothing. I have to freaking kill my parents tomorrow night. Why do they have to want to destroy Konoha? Sure we have been discriminated against, but that is no reason to start a war! However, I must do this for Sasuke. If anyone else does it, Sasuke will die. Stay alive, my little brother. Stay alive…
Itachi's thoughts quickly changed as they approached their target. Their target was a corrupt merchant named Tregi who traded in the lives of slaves. Itachi felt sick to his stomach as he imagined the things the slaves were forced into.
"We move in hard and fast. No heroics. Kurenai, you cast your sleeping genjutsu on the guards. Ton and Mako; you are responsible for killing the guards. I will take down the target."
"Hai!" the ANBU Black Ops squad murmured.
The plan went off without a hitch. Kurenai quickly cast her genjutsu and the guards fell asleep. Before they hit the ground their head were chopped off by the blades of Ton and Mako. Tregi watched in fear as Itachi approached him.
"Please! I have money! Just don't kill me!" begged the man. His words were silenced by Itachi's sword.
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Sasuke smiled as he followed Kakashi deep into the forest. He had already mastered the lightning element; now all he had to do was master the final jutsu Kakashi wanted to teach him before moving onto other lightning jutsu. Just because you were a master of an element did not mean you were a master of that element's jutsu. Mastering an element just allowed your elemental jutsu to be extremely more potent.
Finally they reach a clearing and Kakashi said,
"I have one jutsu I am going to teach you. But to master it and to use it properly is going to take you several years at least. Your speed and eyes will not be able to fully use this jutsu until you are at least nine if you progress at your current rate. Don't be discouraged however, this is an A-ranked jutsu and the speed required is that of at least a medium level chuunin. As for your eyes, this jutsu is so fast it can only be used with the sharingan, else you leave yourself open to other attacks. Understand?"
"Hai," Sasuke replied.
"Alright then, this jutsu is called Chidori..."
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Sasuke smiled as he headed into class. Today was going to be his first chance to spar against another academy student. Up until recently, the instructors had not let them fight one another, stating that it was too dangerous until they learned control.
Sasuke was eager to fight however as he wanted to grow stronger. Nii-san had already killed a man when he was my age. I wonder how old I will be when I make my first kill...
Iruka entered the room with several other students pestering him. Sasuke nearly smirked at the immaturity of the kids. Didn't they know the sparring would only happen once the teacher had time to relax and get settled?
After around twenty minutes, it was time for class to start. Iruka began by saying,
"Today, before we get to the sparring matches, we will begin our unit on the history of the sand village. Now lets begin…"
Sasuke listened with rapt attention as he knew every bit of knowledge helps a ninja gain advantages over his foes. After several hours of schoolwork, it was finally time for the sparring matches to begin. The first match was Chouji versus Naruto.
" OKAY!! I AM GOING TO BEAT YOUR FAT ASS FROM HERE TO THE MOON!!" yelled Naruto.
"I'm not fat! I'm just big-boned!" yelled Chouji in reply.
Sasuke shook his head at the immaturity of the two academy students. Shinobi are meant to conduct their fights in silence, not this loud yelling!
The fight between the two academy students ended shortly with Chouji as the victor. The next fight was Uchiha Sasuke versus Aburame Shino. Sasuke nodded his head towards the bug-user as sign of respect. This would be a tough fight. Shino was a skilled tactician and knew how to use his kikai bugs to their maximum potential; well, at least the potential of an Academy Student.
"Begin!" yelled Iruka.
Sasuke threw his kunai with such ferocity that his opponent, Aburame Shino, was forced to dodge instead of block. Unfortunately for Shino, Sasuke had expected such a move and had used a very weak version of the Shunshin jutsu to appear behind Shino; the bug-user was kicked in the back by Sasuke and was thrown towards the crowd of academy students that was watching.
All of a sudden, Shino's body dissimilated into hundreds of bugs. Crap! Sasuke thought as he backed away, Looks like I will have to use the Goukakyuu.
Sasuke quickly formed the needed chakra in his chest and began to form the hand signs for one of the Uchiha Clan's well known fire jutsus. As he was about to release the fireball, Iruka suddenly called a stop to the match. The chuunin said, "Sorry Sasuke, I can't let you use that jutsu. It might have killed Shino. Winner Uchiha Sasuke!"
Sasuke nodded his head in reply towards Iruka. He was about to leave the sparring circle when he was stopped by Shino's hand.
"Good fight, Uchiha-san. I will work to be a better challenge for you in the future."
Sasuke smiled and replied, "I look forward to it, Aburame."
Iruka smiled as he watched the two academy students. Sasuke is such a happy child. I hope he stays that way for as long as he can.
That afternoon, when class had finished, Sasuke walked up to Iruka and asked,
"Um Iruka-sensei, could you train with me? I have got the class jutsu's down, but my taijutsu is a little weak. Could you work with me on that?"
Iruka smiled and said, "Of course Sasuke. Give me a minute to finish up this paperwork and then I can work with you."
Sasuke sat down in a nearby desk and began his homework on the Sand Village. He managed to complete half of the assignment before Iruka said,
"Okay, I am done with my paperwork now. Let us go out to the training circle where we can work on your taijutsu."
So saying, Iruka led Sasuke outside where the training circle was. Iruka began by having Sasuke go through all of the Iron Fist stances and up to the level three katas. The young chuunin worked with Sasuke until Sasuke had perfected the third degree of the Iron Fist style.
"Excellent work, Sasuke! I have never seen anyone master the third degree so quickly. Your parents should be proud. Now it is time for you to head home. It is getting late."
"Hai, Iruka-sensei."
Sasuke ran home as fast as he could, hoping that his mother would not scold him for staying late. When Sasuke entered the gates, he immediately knew something was wrong; Sasuke felt death in the air.
Sasuke ran as fast as he could to his house, but was stopped cold when he saw his Aunt Reka and Uncle Teuchi dead on the ground.
Oh no! Don't tell me…
Sasuke had tears in his eyes as he ran for his house, past the dead bodies that littered the ground, past the lake, past all the crying he heard among the different houses, all the way up to his home's doors. Just as Sasuke was just about to open the doors; he heard a voice from inside call out "Don't come in Sasuke!"
Sasuke's body froze up from the intense atmosphere that permeated the very air with its foul stench. Move, curse you! MOVE!
Sasuke flung open the door to reveal his word nightmare. His parents were dead; dead at the hands of his brother. Sasuke saw the blood flow down from his brother's katana and drip onto the floor. Despite the mental pain he was going through, Sasuke felt something stir inside of him. What is this lust for blood that is consuming me? Why do I want nothing more than to kill?
"WHY DID YOU DO THIS BROTHER?!?!?" Sasuke screamed.
"To measure my capacity, little brother," stated Itachi.
"To measure your capacity?!? That is why you killed our whole family?!?!"
"Yes, Sasuke. I did not kill you because you are not worth killing. Live in an unsightly manner and come before me when you have mine eyes. When you have killed your best friend and gained the Mangekyou Sharingan, come before me. You will then be one of the three who have the Mangekyou Sharingan."
"I'm going to kill you!!" Sasuke raged.
"Not today," so saying, Itachi activated the Mangekyou Sharingan and whispered, "Tsukiyomi."
Sasuke, however, was not yet done. The young Uchiha awoke to see his elder brother walking away. Hatred tore through Sasuke's heart and killed it. His sharingan emerged with one tomoe in each eye. Feeling this, Sasuke performed the jutsu he had just learned recently.
"CHIDORI!!" Sasuke yelled as he ran forward.
Itachi turned around and his eyes widened in surprise. Since when had Sasuke learned the Chidori? The elder Uchiha quickly dodged the technique and performed the Tsukiyomi on Sasuke again.
And Itachi left. However, a spirit hovered nearby. The spirit of Tengu quickly performed the Kyuuketsuki jutsu as Sasuke was most susceptible to the jutsu at this moment. And the Demon God Tengu died, but something else was born. Something dark. Something evil. The Demon Prince.
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For those wondering, I got the idea of the Kyuuketsuki Jutsu from the book Blood Ninja. It is a very good book and it has Vampire ninjas!! Kyuuketsuki means Vampire in Japanese.