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A/n: This is kinda a rewrite of my first try. I read various tips on writing a good fic, and decided that my first try wont be able to go the way I want it to. I sincerely hope that you all can post some review, and help me become a better writer. Oh, and English is not my first language, please do correct my mistakes.
The falling sun cast a yellowy light upon the great Hidden Village of the Leaf, a military shinobi village that was founded years ago by Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara. Senju Hashirama was the first leader of the ninja village, called as the Fire Shadow, who was later preceded by his brother, Senju Tobirama, who was later preceded by their(Hashirama and Tobirama) student, Sarutobi Hiruzen.
On this very evening, the Sandaime Hokage(Third Fire Shadow) sat in his office, head filled with worries. There is a very chronically dangerous situation coming up in the village that he lead-a coup d'état. He is old and he very well knew that this problem stemmed from a series of acts made by his predecessors (his two Senseis). To top it up, he had done his part in trying to curb the very same disaster a few years ago-before Namikaze Minato-the Fourth Fire Shadow sacrificed himself, forcing Hiruzen to step back as the Hokage.
The sun continues to set lower to the horizon, and the old man remains in his office. He had personally done various negotiations with Uchiha Fugaku-the current Uchiha clan Head, in a bid to stop the disaster.
You see, the coup d'état is very dangerous not only to the village politic, but also the Elemental Nation as a whole. The Leaf Village is one of the strongest ninja village in existence, and have many enemies outside the borders of the Land of Fire. A coup d'e'tat from one of the Four main clan of Konoha(Leaf) village will be catalyst enough for another Shinobi War. A war which Konoha have a low chance of surviving-the Third Shinobi War had just finished, and Konoha is barely back up to her original strength after the Kyuubi attack.
The negotiations seems to head into a peaceful direction, the Sandaime's hope is that everything will go as he planned, and the supposed crisis will be stopped before it even happened. Finally satisfied of his musings for the day, he made his move returning back to the Sarutobi Residence.
-.-.-
In a darkened room deep down beneath the grounds of the Leaf village, another old man pondered the crisis that is arising against his beloved village. This old war-hawk, Shimura Danzo, nicknamed the Shinobi no Yami(Darkness of the shinobi) is the head of an illegal Leaf specia ninja operative branch called "Root"-as in the root that holds the tree(Leaf Village). He had successfully assigned various undercover missions that eliminate all obvious and non-obvious threats and potential threats to Konoha. His threat policy had always been "eliminate all threat", and he planned to do the same thing with the coup d'état threat that looms in his beloved village's future.
The Uchiha clan, as per their proud history as a warrior clan is non-arguably the strongest clan in Konoha. Their genetic disposition that allows every one of the Uchiha clan members to be stronger than the average ninja made sure of that. Yet, like every creatures and things created in this world, they have their own fallings, their own weakness. A weakness that someone like the Shinobi no Yami can and will take advantage of.
The so called weakness is none other than the prodigious elder son of the current clan head-Uchiha Itachi. A prodigy who is so talented that he became an ANBU(the legal special operatives operating directly under the Hokage) captain by the age of 13. It is a spectacular performance as he grow outside war-time. Well, not exactly free of war, as he the Third Ninja War was yet to end when he was born. The short exposure to war so early in his life made him a pacifist. Ironically, he is a very competent human killing machine that is also a pacifist.
"Fu, tell Uchiha Itachi to meet me near the Uchiha Compound"
Satisfied with the decided decision, Danzo ordered his most valuable agent to set up a meeting with his new pawn for another one of his many "eliminate village threat" plans. Shimura Danzo then leaves his secret underground office to personally meet Itachi near the Uchiha Compound.
-.-.—
Uchiha Itachi, in his casual uchiha style clothes stood alone facing the setting sun, contemplating the worsening situation of his clan and village. The negotiations done by the Sandaime might be able to prevent the coup d'état, yet Itachi is worried by the Yami no Shinobi and his branch of Root operatives. Danzo's stealing of Shisui's sharingan is a worrying fact-Shisui was trying to convince the whole clan to stop their treasonous effort, yet Danzo treated him as a threat.
It is as if there is an invisible alarm warning Itachi that things are going to be worse in the near future-albeit all the efforts done by the Sandaime(and Shisui to a certain extent), and the warning bell smells of Danzo.
"Uchiha Itachi, proceed to the western boundary of the Uchiha Compound"
It was a weird order coming from an ANBU-a sure sign that he(the operative) is one of the Root operatives-thus confirming Itachi's previous thought that Root have their own plans in stopping the coup d'état.
Preparing himself mentally(knowing Danzo, his plan might include executing the clan head-Itachi's father or at worst, execution of the whole clan), Itachi made his way towards the designated meeting place.
"Danzo-sama" Itachi reported to Danzo(the old war hawk is still a respected member of the elder council)
It was an ultimatum. Eliminate the clan by himself, or the Root will do have to do it by themselves, totally leaving no survivor. It is a simple deal actually, kill all the traitors(which by the way consist of majority of the clan members) and leave out some survivors.
It is a hard mission(one does not simply slay their own family members), yet it is not the worst thing that could happen, and for that Itachi is grateful. Calming himself, he started his planning to ensure the success of the mission-who to leave alive, who to kill, and most importantly how to complete the mission. The clan members are strong, and even as prodigious as he is, Itachi is well aware that taking the whole clan head on by himself is above his current capabilities.
With a time limit of 7 days, he have to gather his resources fast and finish the mission swiftly before Danzo interferes. With these thoughts in mind, Itachi made his way to the Naka shrine, intent to gather as many secrets of the sharingan that he can get from the special tablet-one that can only be read by a mangekyou sharingan-the form of sharingan that he get after helping Shisui commit suicide.
It seems that he have to work hard to improve his fighting capabilities by a large margin in a short time if he so wishes to successfully pull of his plan.
-.-.—
Dodge, dodge and stab. Stab, stab and dodge. It seems like Itachi's effort perfecting his mastery of his sharingan really paid off. It is as if their attacks come in slow motion. It is satisfying yet at the same time very disappointing. Is this the full might of the so called warrior clan? Pathetic.
Every stab that kills leaves an ache in his heart. Every kills leave him betrayed faces as his targets drown in their own blood, slain by one of their own-these are the things that he shall never forget.
Ninja rule no 4, put the mission first, rule no 25, a ninja shall never show his emotion.
They brought this upon themselves, betraying their own village, challenging their own fate-better this, than Danzo's other option. As the clan heir, I shall save the clan from herself.
It seems that Itachi's plan is proceeding as expected.
His plan was direct and simple, eliminate the threat, and subdue the other clansmen. Yet, it seems that is not to be. His expectation went down the drain when he, a bit tattered and tired proceeded to the eastern side of the Uchiha Compound-they are dead bodies everywhere, with their empty eye sockets, they lay defeated at the walls, in the middle of the path and even on the rooftops-a real massacre.
Running fast to the nearest sound of commotion, Itachi met the clan slayer-a masked man.
The man wears a mask with swirling pattern, and he wields a fully developed sharingan. His credibility as a fighter is proven by the number of body counts that he left behind him. He strikes the Uchiha clan without mercy and without worry-there is no clansmen that is strong enough to stop him. His strength and his intentions forced Itachi to reconsider his mission.
Do I remain true to my mission, or should I eliminate this unknown threat? The uchiha clan had already suffered enough-and if the need arises, the Root can easily eliminate the whole clan. This enigma on the other hand, might be a larger threat towards Konoha in the far future.
His mind decided, Itachi immediately moved to engage the masked murderer.
"Itachi-kun, what's the matter hmmm? I thought that I'd lend you a hand with your mission this red evening. Are you not glad that you no longer carry the burden alone?"
"Who are you, and where did you acquire that sharingan?"
"Where? Why… it is my own after all"
A flurry of shurikens flew through the masked man-thrown by Itachi in his effort to stop him from finishing off one of the clansmen that had engaged the masked man moments before itachi arrived there.
"Who are you, and by whose orders are you here?"
"Some people called me Madara, and I am here on my own accord!"
"Uchiha Madara's time had long passed, and you should not interfere with the matter which is not yours"
"Ahh.. or what? Itachi…? You're going to kill me?"-his lone sharingan flared a dangerous red, warning his victim of his bloodlust.
Without waiting, Itachi made his first strike-a swinging attack from his tanto, followed by a stab to the heart-though there is not a single strike that hit the enigma. It is as if he can turn intangible at will-totally impossible to be harmed by any attacks.
The masked man allowed Itachi a few seconds to think his situation before he made his counterattacks, striking Itachi with his own tanto aggressively.
They clashed their blades for a few more time before the masked man managed to disarm itachi from his blade.
Still confident with his own ability, Itachi held his own bare handed, dodging the strikes, and finally landing a solid blow to the liver, sending the man away for a moment-giving Itachi the chance to think through his situation.
"Fire release: Fire Dragon technique!"
A stream of fire flamed through several bodies before reaching and burning Itachi, in which the latter exploded into a huge number of crows, obscuring the site.
Several hisses and explosions followed through after the release of the crows-revealing a stoic calm looking Itachi facing off a slightly burnt masked opponent.
"Hold it right there!" it seems that the clan Head, and several other clan members had reached the spot.
"father, my mission…"
Their appearance interrupted Itachi's focus on the battle-which the masked man exploited and stabbed Itachi at four different parts of his body using a Wood release technique. The offending sharp branches pierced through his lungs, liver, left knee, and the last one pierced Itachi's head from his right through his eye.
It was a mistake that cost him the battle. He can't move, yet Itachi maintained his grip on his tanto firm and secure. Recognizing the fact that he won't make it out alive, he cast a genjutsu at his father-showing several memories.
"I did the western side, and this unknown massacred this side"
"stop the coup or Danzo will take actions-the clan had suffered enough as it is"
"take care of Sasuke and Mother, keep the Uchiha alive"
"It seems to me, that the prodigy of the clan doesn't amount to anything compared to a loser like me-how far had the great fallen since I was last here?"
Confident of his victory, he struts slowly towards itachi, his hands telling the world his intentions-to take away Itachi's special sharingan.
The moment his fingers touch itachi's pale skin, Itachi skewered the masked man's organs with the tanto that he had held within his right hand, defiant-a warrior till the end.
Angered by the defiant display of strength, the lone sharingan spun and transformed into a Mangekyou Sharingan. Sinister chakra flared out of the masked man body, and a vortex appeared right at the centre of Itachi's face, spinning and sucking Itachi away from the dimension-and Uchiha Itachi, prodigious son of the clan head is no more.
-.-.—
Even with his closed eyes, Itachi knows that he is moving in a very high speed, and also spinning at high speed-the friction alone causes his skin to itch and burn. To make matter worse, the vertigo causes him to vomit.
"My body is breaking up… my last trump card…"
"The gate of Opening… release!" chakra flared around Itachi's broken body
"the gate of Healing… release!" even more chakra flared, and Itachi prepared his remaining sharingan for a technique(as the gate of Healing temporarily reenergizes its user )
"Izanagi!"
Izanagi is a forbidden sharingan technique that blends illusion into reality. In order to perform the technique successfully, a large amount of chakra is needed, and a vivid awareness of the boundary between illusion and reality is required to prevent confusion which leads to failure of the technique. One of the easiest way is to simply hold on a past memory as the illusion that will be made reality…
A/n:I hope this is better than my first try, do leave reviews !
It is a bit different than before, yet essentially the same thing. Sorry and thanks