a/n: i do not own naruto or anything else unless otherwise noted.
*next to someones name simply means what they might be thinking during the ordeal that lead to the events described and shown in canon.
i would like to stress that thoughts of the characters are not in anyway official aka this is just me making stuff up.
"oh dear god bodies are everywhere cries of the unlucky few who didn't escape pierce the air...this isn't what i wanted no not at all...this is that damn councils fault them and that blasted old man! their the reason why my clan wanted to revolt oh god Kushina i'm sorry i couldn't do more... me and fugaku wanted so badly to adopt little naruto but that damn council got in the way and blocked all our damn attempts. they strayed from the will of fire if only the first and second were here today they would be utterly disappointed oh dear kami the whole compound is covered with blood...i hear someone coming ...itachi? my own son?
how...how..how could you...itachi...
-mikoto uchiha*
night of the uchiha massacre
this is more like a prologue so to speak a muse of what ifs...