Disclaimer: Neither ZariGS nor Saito Namikaze Reborn own Naruto, or anything else this fic happens to cross with.
Key:
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Higher being speech"
'Higher being thoughts'
Chapter one: The calm before the storm
If one were to ask a random citizen of Konohagakure no Sato what the date of August twenty-fourth symbolized, they would almost always answer with two words; the Academy. More or less, this is because said institution began the start of a new term on that day, for almost every year since the village's founding.
The obvious exceptions to this were the years during wartime, where the curriculum was fast-forwarded and altered to churn out new Shinobi and Kunoichi at a moment's notice, regardless of what date or day of the year it was.
Those irregularities aside, today was no different than any other normal year; children of ages five to twelve came flocking to the Academy's gates, some returning to continue their studies while others were just beginning the journey they would take towards becoming a Ninja.
However, while this was the case almost every time those same doors opened for another term, this year was special. Perhaps it would be best to rephrase that, though; it was not the year itself that was special, rather the collection of new students who would be entering for the first time.
While many were civilian born, some of them not even native to the Land of Fire, there was also a student entering from practically every major clan in Konoha - the Aburame, Akamichi, Hyuuga, Inuzuka, Nara, Uchiha, and Yamanaka.
But even if this was a marked change from previous years, none of these clan heirs - and clan heirs they were - are the main focus of our story; sure, some may play a part in it, but this is actually a tale about two specific individuals, gender twins, who would eventually end up saving the world - or destroying it.
"Ne Aniki, do you think Ji-chan will allow us to enter the Academy this year?" A young girl of about six asked, bouncing lightly with excitement on the balls of her feet.
Her twin brother, seated on a bench not three feet away from her, merely shrugged as a method of replying.
"You know how it is, Imouto; Jiji can't do much against the combined council. After all, we could have gone last year, but the council got in the way, something about us not being ready to be a ninja or whatever."
Huffing slightly at the reminder of the unfairness they faced on a daily basis, the girl joined her twin in sitting on the bench as they lapsed into a companionable silence. In truth, neither of them knew why the rest of the villagers seemed to hate them so much, only that whatever it was had to be something outside of their control.
Because, logically speaking, as far back as they could remember they'd always been the target of hateful glares and the like by the older generations - even before they started pulling a few pranks here and there to get some attention. Of course, said pranks only intensified the frowns sent their way, but that was beside the point.
And yet, despite all the ridicule and animosity they put up with on a daily basis, the twins found solace in each other's presence. After all, who better to relate to than one who understands your pain?
In room 205 of the academy a rather large group of kids were chatting loudly amongst themselves, talking about a multitude of subjects, like how their summer vacation went or what they had for dinner last night.
In the front of the room, leaning against the teacher's desk was the Chūnin instructor for this particular class, Umino Iruka. The man gazed silently across the large group of kids as they continued to yammer away, absentmindedly rubbing the scar across the bridge of his nose with a small smile.
While many of his students came from a civilian background, it was still easy enough for him to spot the heirs to each of Konoha's major Shinobi clans scattered around the room, most minding their own business or talking amongst themselves like the rest of the students.
Glancing down at his hands in thought, he contemplated the lineup of said heirs; Aburame Shino, Akamichi Chouji, Hyuuga Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, Nara Shikamaru, Uchiha Sasuke, and Yamanaka Ino.
Each of these students had their own quirks and differences, of course, though some were more noticeable than others. For instance, Shino sat silently in the far corner of the room, just as stoic as any of his fellow clansmen were reputed to be.
Chouji sat next to his best friend Shikamaru, feeding his face with chips while the Nara had his head laid down, obviously fast asleep.
Iruka had to sigh at that, as he just knew it would take more effort than he could spare to break those two of their particular habits. Moving on, however, Hinata sat by herself in the middle of the room, trying her best to look small and unnoticeable.
Kiba was laughing and being rowdy with a group of other kids, his dog Akamaru perched in the usual place on top of the Inuzuka's head. Sasuke was by himself, gazing out the window, though if one looked closely enough they could tell he was observing the other kids with his peripheral vision. And finally, Ino was with one Haruno Sakura, as well as a bunch of other girls, giggling up a storm over the class's resident Uchiha.
"Iruka-sempai I have the list for you." A voice said from the side. Iruka looked towards his friend and assistant Mizuki and smiled, taking the list of students with a soft thank you.
The man looked over the list with a calculative eye. He knew every student in here since they first entered a year ago. Iruka was to be their teacher for the next six years till they were old enough to become genin, if they could pass the graduation exam that is.
As Iruka continued looking at the list, he darted his eyes up occasionally to check off each of the students. Having done this many times in the last year, it wasn't long before he managed to check off the last of his many pupils.
Just to make sure he had caught everyone, though, he looked back at the list to double check. After all, he wouldn't want to accidentally forget to mark off a child who was here now would he?
Iruka's eye's scanned down the list till he stopped at a pair of names that were right under Uchiha Sasuke's name. His eye's widened once he saw the names and instantly looked up, looking around the room for the two, but they were nowhere to be found.
Iruka scratched his head for a moment, thinking it had been a mistake of some sort; he would have to take it up with the Hokage later. Casting a glance at the clock he saw that it was time to begin, so he spoke up to get the kids to settle down.
It didn't work.
Trying again, he raised his voice slightly, but alas, it still didn't have the desired effect. Though when his left eye started twitching out of sheer annoyance, the few children that were aware enough to notice said physical tic started slinking back to their seats, knowing what was to come.
Of course, the rest of the class was still oblivious to their teacher's irritation, so the scarred Chūnin carefully performed the necessary hand signs for his own created Jutsu, inhaling sharply soon after.
"I SAID, SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN!" Iruka screamed, the Big Demonic Head Jutsu doing exactly as its name implied, expanding his head to epic proportions. Almost immediately, the kids who had yet to do so rushed into their seats and looked towards him in silence.
Iruka nodded and cleared his throat to begin his speech.
"Thank you. I hope you all had a nice summer break, and for those who are new and just started, my name is Umino Iruka, though you may call me Iruka-sensei. Now before we get started I want to tell you all…" Iruka stopped mid-sentence when the door opened up, causing him and everyone else in the room to look towards the doorway.
Imagine everyone's surprise when the Sandaime Hokage, dressed in his formal Hokage robes, walked into the room with two kids by his side, their small hands clutching onto his robes a bit shyly.
"Hokage-sama." Iruka greeted with a bow, along with Mizuki who bowed as well. The kids were amazed to see the Hokage in their classroom and muttered amongst themselves, but their attention was quickly transferred to the two kids.
Everyone gazed at them in curiosity, causing the girl to clutch tighter onto the Hokage's robes and hide behind him a little more while the boy made a similar action.
"At ease Iruka, Mizuki. Good morning class." Hiruzen Sarutobi greeted with a warm smile.
"Good morning Hokage-sama." The class chorused all sporting similar grins and smiles. Hiruzen smiled back before turning to Iruka.
"I'm sorry for interrupting Iruka, I just wanted to drop these two off, it's their first year. Kids, this is Iruka-sensei, your new teacher." Hiruzen told them. The two moved their gaze to Iruka who gave a small smile and nod towards them, both twins nodding back.
"It's a pleasure to meet you both. Would you like to introduce yourselves to the class?" Iruka asked. The two kids were nervous and looked towards their Ji-chan who gave a warm smile and nod.
Nodding to Iruka the girl looked to her brother who seemed just as nervous as her. Puffing out her chest, she decided to be the good big sister she was and marched in front of the class, letting them all get a good look.
The girl had long red hair with blonde streaks that stopped mid way down her back. Her skin was fair and looked soft as well. The girl also had puffy cheeks naturally making her face look round. She had a button nose and heart shaped lips that were set into a minor pout.
Her eyes were a mix between sky blue and dark blue, resulting in them ending up as close to violet in color. She wore a yellow sundress with black sandals. She was also of average height for a girl her age. On her face one could see six faint whisker marks, three on each side of her cheeks.
"My name is Shiki Uzumaki! And I'm going to become the first female Hokage Datteyume!" Shiki yelled out, her face turning red a bit from embarrassment.
Everyone blinked in surprise except for her brother and Hiruzen who just smiled a nostalgic smile. The room was silent for a while till Kiba busted out laughing and pointed at her.
"You, Hokage?! There is no way a girl will ever become Hokage! That's a man's job, for someone like me!" Kiba shouted with a grin, some boys joining in with the laugh while half of the girls including Hinata shot Kiba a glare.
"What's wrong with being a girl?" Ino growled with a dark angry tone in her voice. Kiba blinked and looked around for an exit before one of his classmates saved him by directing the attention back on the girl named Shiki.
"Hey look at her face! She's all red like a tomato!" The boy laughed at her, causing her to look down and frown, a tear ready to drop from her cheeks. Iruka was about to scold the kids from laughing till the boy - who had yet to introduce himself - spoke up.
"Hey stop laughing at my sister Dattebayo! She doesn't look like a tomato and she's going to be the best female Hokage ever! And if I hear you making fun of my sister, I'm going to beat you down! Got me?!" The boy yelled causing everyone to look on him.
The boy was a little taller than his claimed sister, though still of average height for his age. Unlike his sister who had red hair, though, his was sun-kissed and blonde, almost golden. The many locks of the stuff were set into a messy array of spikes, about neck length.
He had a light tan too, while his sky blue eyes looked like they were glowing a bit. Like Shiki, he also possessed three whisker marks on each cheek, although his were a bit more pronounced than Shiki's.
The boy wore an orange sleeveless hoodie with a black short sleeved T-shirt underneath, black ANBU-style pants and matching black sandals.
"Oh yeah, and who are you?" A civilian boy from a rich family sneered arrogantly. The blonde glared at the boy and spoke his name with a light growl.
"Naruto Uzumaki, Dattebayo!" Naruto introduced. The kid huffed before turning away as Iruka clapped his hands to get everyone's attention.
"Well then now that is out of the way, would you two please take a seat next to Sasuke? Sasuke can you raise your hand please?" Iruka asked, causing the boy to do so.
Naruto grabbed his sister's hand who felt a bit better. The two walked up the steps towards Sasuke and sat down with Shiki sitting on the edge, her hand still in Naruto's.
"Once again I'm sorry for interrupting Iruka. Now class I want you all to be nice and welcoming to Naruto-kun and Shiki-chan. I will see you two later." Hiruzen smiled.
"Bye Ji-chan! Good luck with the paperwork!" Shiki waved with a large grin on her face while Naruto waved to him as well. Hiruzen nodded with a sad sigh, man did he hate paperwork.
Once the Hokage was gone, Iruka had the class turn their attention back to him. Of course, Naruto and Shiki seemed more interested in what he had to say than most of the returnees, as they were still new to this.
Once Iruka was done with his speech, he started reviewing on what the class learned last year. The two twins were happy that their Ji-chan taught them what they needed to know the first year, letting them be prepared for the pre-test they eventually took in class.
When lunch time came around the kids went outside to play. Naruto was a bit nervous when he saw the other kids playing with each other, and Shiki was too, but she wanted to look brave in front of her younger brother and looked around.
"Ano, Imouto, I have to go to the bathroom, I'll be right back!" Naruto told her before he ran off to go take care of his business. Shiki nodded and waited for her brother to come back, looking around the playground as she did.
The girl turned around when she heard footsteps behind her. When she did, Shiki saw a mixed group of boys and girls. A boy with brown hair and slightly expensive brand new clothes,
And a girl with purple hair, wearing new clothes as well. Shiki realized that these two must have been the leaders of this group, both of whom were looking at her with hidden interest.
Shiki also remembered that the leader boy was the same civilian kid that asked who her brother was.
"So what are you doing here playing all alone Tomato-chan?" The boy sneered. Shiki bristled a bit at being called a tomato, as she didn't really like that name.
"I'm waiting for Aniki to come back so we can play catch, unless you want to play with us!" Shiki beamed, trying to at least make friends on her first day.
"Hn, why would we want to play with you? I mean look at your hair, it's so weird and foreign!" The girl stated pulling her hair to get a feel for it. Shiki flinched in pain and smacked the girl's hair away.
"Stop that! That hurt!" Shiki told the girl.
"That hurt did it? Pull on her hair again Ami, lets see if we can make this baby cry." The boy smirked along with the other kids. Ami did so but Shiki smacked her hand away again.
"I said stop it! OW!" Shiki yelped in pain as the boy yanked on her hair as well. Shiki pushed him a bit to stop the pain, but the boy didn't like being pushed and pushed her down twice as hard into the sand box, getting sand into her hair.
Shiki sniffed as the sand got into her hair. Standing back up she was going to run when a couple of boys and girls pulled on her hair, yanking a few strands out and pushing her back into the sand.
That's when Shiki did start crying, wondering why these kids were so mean to her, she just wanted to make friends was all.
"Shiki!" Naruto yelled as he rushed over to his sister who looked towards him with red eyes.
"Aniki?" She whispered. The leader of the group known as Taji sneered as he watched Naruto run over to their area.
"Oh, so you got your brother to come and back you up? What is he going to do?" Taji asked with a sneer before a fist impacted with his face. The boy fell on the ground in disbelief to what happened.
Everyone looked to see the fist, belonged to Naruto, and he was not happy.
"Look what he did to Taji! Get him!" A boy yelled as he and the others surrounded Naruto who started aiming and successfully hitting the boys and dodging punches while taking a few hits.
"FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!" The other kids cheered on as they saw what was going on.
Shiki watched as her brother was getting hurt and was not happy about it. With a roar she charged into the battle and started beating up on boys and girls, not caring who she hit just as long as it wasn't her brother.
Iruka and Mizuki came out of the classroom and ran towards the group of cheering kids to see what was going on. To their surprise, the group of bullies that were picking on the Uzumaki twins were down on the ground knocked out.
Naruto was right above Taji punching his lights out over and over again while Shiki was kicking Ami over and over, both having feral looks on their faces.
That's when Iruka decided to end this. He pulled Naruto off of an unconscious Taji while Mizuki grabbed Shiki, both were trying to get out of their grips and finish what the other kids started.
However the teachers weren't going to let them go anytime soon.
Hokage office
Hiruzen sighed and rubbed his temples together as the last of the parents left his office. It seems that Taji and Ami were needed to be sent to the hospital due to the injuries the Uzumaki twins caused.
Taji had a broken nose, some missing teeth and a slight concussion, while Ami had a shortened amount of hair, a knot on her forehead and two broken ribs.
The other kids who participated in the event got off somewhat easy in comparison. They either got bloody noses, busted lips, black eyes or bumps on their heads.
After pulling Naruto and Shiki away from their victims, Iruka and Mizuki set them aside to calm down before Iruka himself brought the two to his office after lunch was over. Not to shortly after that, all of the parents - whether it be the father, mother or both - came to give Hiruzen a piece of their minds and find out what the hell happened.
Once Hiruzen told them it was a reaction from their kids bullying one of the Uzumaki's they were a bit upset at their children but more upset towards the two twins, knowing what they were and wanting them to be tormented a little. However, that plan had apparently backfired, putting their own children into the hospital.
Of course, they held their tongue once Hiruzen gave them a fierce glare and sent them out, telling them he would pay for 15% of Taji and Ami's medical bills.
The Sandaime turned his head to the two twins and sighed once more. Shiki was sitting calmly in her chair swinging her feet while drawing a picture, while Naruto looked a little pissed with his arms crossed and a small scowl on his face.
Hiruzen honestly loved the two like his own grandchildren, but damn could they give him a headache from time to time. As he gazed at the two a small smile was brought to his face.
Shiki was a very sweet and excitable girl, bright too. She put up a brave front most of the time, claiming she wanted to be a good example for her little brother even though they were only born minutes apart.
Naruto on the other hand was a bit different. He was bit cold to others but very warm and happy towards the people he did trust. The boy loved his sister very much and would do anything for her, claiming that he wanted her to always be safe even though he was younger.
Shiki also loved her brother as much as Naruto loved her. They wouldn't be seen without each other, and if they were it was only for trivial reasons, like one of them had to go to the bathroom, or the other was asleep; things like that.
The two were also seen often holding each others' hands and being close. Hiruzen thought it was sweet and cute that the two would go so far to protect each other. And if the villagers weren't so fed up with their grudge with the two innocent kids, they would think so too.
He sighed as he thought of the villagers and how they saw Naruto and Shiki. They have always been looked down upon and scorned since they could remember. It broke his heart whenever he saw Shiki start crying because of something the villagers did or said to her and her brother, while Naruto would be defensive and fight anyone and anything that wanted to harm his sister.
"So are you going to tell me what happened?" Hiruzen asked softly with a calm expression, waiting patiently. Naruto huffed, his little arms still crossed while Shiki looked nervous.
Sarutobi could tell the girl wanted to say something and that Naruto would keep his mouth shut till either his sister said something or he was threatened with no ramen. A small unnoticeable smile was brought to his face at the twin's favorite food, Miso and Salt Ramen.
Shiki glanced at her brother before looking back at the Hokage and spoke.
"Well it was lunch time, Aniki and I wanted to find someone to play with and make friends. But before we started looking, Aniki's small bladder got in the way so he had to go to the bathroom." Shiki teased, causing her brother to blush in embarrassment.
"While Aniki was away I decided we could just play catch and whoever wanted to join in could play too. But that's when those group of bullies came and started picking on me. I offered for them to play with us but they insulted me and pulled my hair." Shiki frowned rubbing her hair subconsciously.
"I told them to stop but they kept on pulling my hair till that big oaf Toli or Tazi...ugh, whatever his name was pushed me. I tried getting up and running away to find Aniki or Iruka-sensei but he pushed me again, then Aniki came and saved me." Shiki beamed.
Hiruzen blinked before he looked towards Naruto.
"Is this true Naruto?" He asked and Naruto simply huffed.
"I don't know, but I believe Onee-chan. I came back from the bathroom to see her crying, sand in her hair and on the ground. So I called her name and knocked that loser's lights out, stupid mitch." Naruto muttered causing Hiruzen to raise a brow.
"Mitch? What does that mean?" Sarutobi asked. Naruto blushed a bit before he answered.
"It means a male bitch." He stated. Shiki blinked before she smacked Naruto on the back of the head and scolded him for language causing him to grumble.
"So I beat them down like I promised and now we're here." Naruto shrugged. Hiruzen sighed before he spoke.
"I'm sorry your first day was like this. I will understand if you don't want to retu…"
"It's okay Ji-chan! I want to become a Shinobi so the villagers can finally give me the respect we deserve! And once I become Hokage, then everyone will respect me!" Shiki declared with conviction.
Naruto watched his sister before shaking his head, a small smile on his face. Sarutobi smiled at her warmly seeing as she was standing on the chair posing.
"And what about you, Naruto-kun?" Hiruzen asked the youngest of the two. Naruto closed his eyes and crossed his arms, trying to look cool.
"I'll do whatever Shiki-chan wants to do, however I will continue to beat those losers down should they try picking on her or me again." Naruto told him.
Hiruzen nodded before his attention went to the door since it was knocked on.
"Enter." The Hokage allowed. As the door opened, the oldest son of Uchiha Fugaku and heir to the Uchiha clan walked in with a stoic expression on his facial features.
"Itachi-nii!" Shiki and Naruto cheered as they tackled said heir's legs. A small smile came across Itachi's stoic features as he gazed at the two twins.
"Shiki-chan, Naruto-kun, how are you two today?" Itachi asked them. The two replied with a united fine, causing him to nod.
"Is there something I can help you with Itachi?" Hiruzen asked. Itachi nodded.
"Yes Hokage-sama, it has to do with the clan and is of utmost importance." Itachi told him. Hiruzen raised a brow before nodding.
"Naruto-kun, Shiki-chan, I want you two to go with Neko-san and walk home. I will have an Anbu escort you two to the academy tomorrow morning, understood?" Hiruzen told them. The two children nodded with a yes.
A female Anbu appeared and escorted the two twins out after they said goodbye to the Uchiha and the Hokage, heading home.
Sarutobi sighed before he turned serious and looked towards Itachi with a penetrating gaze.
"So what is it that you need, Itachi?"
"Would it be okay for you to remove your Anbu Hokage-sama? This is important and I don't want this information getting out." Itachi said, a bit more serious than he usually was. This caused Hiruzen to narrow his eyes before nodding, sending his Anbu hidden in the shadows out.
"What is the matter Itachi?" Sarutobi asked once more. Itachi sighed and closed his eyes before he spoke.
"It's father and the clan. They are planning a coup 'd etat." Itachi told him. Hiruzen stared at him with a blank expression, not really sure that he'd just heard the young ANBU member correctly.
"Excuse me?" The man asked with narrowed eyes, some of KI leaking out, causing Itachi to get a little nervous.
"The Uchiha are planning a coup, they want to have an uprising. They have been planning for a couple of weeks now, at first I thought it was just a cruel joke and that they would come to their senses and just forget about it, but they are serious." Itachi explained.
Sarutobi glared, not at Itachi but the fact that the Uchiha would rise against him. Though he sighed, he should have seen this coming, ever since the attack from Kyuubi 6 years ago, almost 100 percent of the village blamed the Uchiha, thinking they had some part in this since they were absent when the demon attacked.
They isolated themselves from the village, and didn't want any outsiders in their compound unless it was him or they had a very good reason. They kept to themselves but still were scarcely seen around the village, due to most of their forces in the Uchiha police department, which Fugaku ran.
Sarutobi didn't like violence, not by any means, in fact he would like to work things out peacefully before he needed to resort to violence.
"Does anybody know what you are doing right now? Do they have plans for you specifically?" Sarutobi asked the teen. Itachi nodded his head.
"They do have plans for me but no one knows that I am reporting to you. Father wants be to work as an agent, get information from within the Anbu and relay any plans that you have made to him. He thinks the coup will be successful and when it is he plans on making me Hokage." Itachi told the man.
Hiruzen remained silent before he spoke up again.
"Are there any who don't agree with this like you or who are naïve to this plot?" Hiruzen asked. Itachi nodded.
"Hai, the children who aren't genin yet, which includes my younger brother Sasuke. My mother also doesn't agree with this, but my father won't hear her. Other than that, the clan is with him all the way." Itachi answered.
The Hokage frowned in thought. If it was only the children who were naïve yet everyone but few agreed with this plot, that means their parents would influence their thoughts greatly, the clan already had a superior complex.
"I see, thank you Itachi for letting me know of this information. I have a job for you, I'll see if I can smooth things over with them without giving them to much power, but I want you to keep an eye on them, and tell me everything whenever you can. Do they have a specific date as of yet?" Hiruzen wondered.
"Not really. They want to stick with the annual Konoha festival, when the village was first founded, or they might start on October tenth out of spite. But other than that it's still up for grabs." Itachi told the Hokage.
Hiruzen scowled, those dates were so far apart that it didn't even give him a good estimate of how much time he had.
The annual Konoha festival wasn't for another 7 months while October was close to two months away. He at least hoped it was the former, as it would give him more time and chances to smooth this over before he had to inform his advisers of this predicament.
"I see, thank you Itachi. Dismissed." Hiruzen told the teen who bowed before leaving the office. With the another sigh, the old Sarutobi rubbed his temples together before turning around in his chair and gazed at his village through the office window.
"Let's hope things go well..."
With Uzumaki twins
Naruto and Shiki were walking towards their apartment hand in hand with the cat masked Anbu walking behind them, keeping an eye out. The two twins were silent the whole way home which was unusual for them since it was Shiki who would strike up conversation or just point things out.
But the two were thinking about their first day at the academy. Shiki was upset that it went so bad while Naruto was pissed that people dared pick on his Onee-chan, after he gave them a warning.
But in all honesty, he was just upset that he and his sister didn't make any friends, they probably made more enemies then anything. However that didn't matter to Naruto, as long as he had his beloved and favorite Onee-chan he could care less.
Shiki didn't possess the same thoughts. While she did love her Aniki more than anything and would never give him up, she was lonely still. She wanted more friends to play with and see if she could relate to any of them.
Her Aniki was her favorite person and best friend, don't get her wrong, but it was sometimes weird talking to him about girl stuff when he was interested in something else. And she was sure he felt the same way when it came to boy stuff.
While she liked going into clothing stores and looking for clothes, he liked going to find fights and rough house. They were completely different, yet the same.
Shiki snapped out of her thoughts when Naruto opened the door to the apartment their Ji-chan gave to them. They walked into the small house and said goodbye to their Anbu escort before they started getting ready for bed.
Naruto slept in a tank top and pajama pants while Shiki slept in a big shirt and shorts. The two shared the same bed and had no problem with it.
Shiki got in the bed first and laid down on her side while Naruto laid behind her and put his arm over her waist bringing her closer to him, allowing her to feel his warmth.
The two had always slept like this and didn't want to change. Naruto kissed his sister's head before saying goodnight and going to sleep. Shiki yawned and told her brother goodnight as well before she snuggled closer into his chest before falling asleep.
Next morning, Uchiha police department
Uchiha Fugaku was not a man to be looked down upon. He was the head of the Uchiha clan and captain of the police department. So naturally he knew about every single Jutsu that the Uchiha clan possessed.
The man was strong, about Anbu commander level, even without his Sharingan. With his Sharingan, he would say he was about Jiraiya of the Sannin's level, even if he was a Jounin.
Fugaku always had his clan and family's best interests at heart, even if he didn't show it. He was stoic and rarely ever smiled or praised someone unless they impressed him greatly.
For a total of three years, he contemplated with himself and the Uchiha elders should he try to attempt an uprising against Konoha and the Sandaime. Just four months ago, he came to a decision.
He would.
It took many hours of planning and hiding the clan's strength to feel at least a little bit confident that this would not go wrong. But in the back of his mind he knew that something was afoot.
Looking at the family photo on his desk, Fugaku gazed at his stoic eldest son Itachi. The boy was his pride and joy, his hope that the Uchiha would always be seen strong and untouchable.
But just by looking at this picture of his son, he knew Itachi would most likely be the down fall of the Uchiha. Fugaku was afraid that Itachi would betray the clan for Konoha, and he felt that he should be.
He always kept on his toes around Itachi whenever the clan had a meeting, it was as if he was feeding information to his son, only for Itachi to report to the Hokage. Call it paranoia but Fugaku was sure that was exactly was going on.
His eyes drifted downward to his youngest son, Sasuke. Despite his attitude towards Sasuke, he loved his son just like he loved Itachi or his wife Mikoto. It was just that he didn't know how to express his love towards his son.
He knew that the boy was in Itachi's shadow, and that he was desperately trying to gain his attention, it sometimes worked, but Fugaku always figured Itachi was better and dismissed his youngest.
Now was the perfect time to finally acknowledge Sasuke, just in case his fears of Itachi betraying the clan were true. But Fugaku had to be careful in making sure that Sasuke didn't follow Itachi's path or ideals.
His oldest hated war and would strive for peace. It was understandable considering Itachi grew up during the third world war, and was forced to fight against others at the tender age of seven.
Fugaku always knew in the back of his mind that Itachi loved Konoha more than his clan, and it made Fugaku upset a bit. But that's why he had two sons. Just in case one falls the other could replace him and be much greater.
Once again, Fugaku's eyes moved towards his beautiful wife, Mikoto. While she wasn't Kushina Uzumaki, she was still beautiful. Fugaku loved her almost as deeply as he had loved Kushina.
Mikoto was best friends with Kushina in the past, that's why Fugaku guessed she cared so much about the Uzumaki twins. Mikoto was their 'Aunt' after all, even if they didn't know it.
Fugaku was neutral to the Uzumaki twins. While he sorta despised Minato Namikaze, he cared for Kushina Uzumaki. And since the two kids were her children yet they were Minato's as well, it caused him to be neutral towards them.
There were only a handful of people who deeply cared for the two Uzumaki children. Mikoto, Itachi, the Ichiraku family and The Hokage.
A frown marred his usual stoic face at the thought of Sarutobi Hiruzen. The man's ideal, 'The will of fire' was noble, yet childish and naïve. One didn't get stronger through love, only with power.
That was one of the reasons Fugaku wanted to rise against the Hokage and his Senju beliefs. It was time for an Uchiha to take office and show that with a certain ideal, the other nations will fall and Konoha will truly become the strongest village in all of the elemental nations.
Peace has made everyone lax and weak. Fugaku wanted to change that. If Itachi wouldn't take office, then he sure would.
A knock on his door caused him to snap from his musings and told the person to enter. Imagine his great surprise and nervousness when the leader of the 'secret' organization, Ne, walked into his room.
Shimura Danzo.
"Danzo-dono, what can I do for you?" Fugaku asked in his polite yet gruff tone. Danzo simply gave a small chuckle before closing the door and walking towards his desk, causing Fugaku to narrow his eyes, ready to kill the man if need be.
"I know what you have planned, Fugaku…"
Saito: All done! How do you like them apples?! Hahaha! Anyway this story will most likely be AU for what is going to happen in future chapters, and we aint telling! Hahahaha!
Anyway, hope you guys liked the chapter, now that I have said my piece, I'm handing the mic over to Zari, later, REVIEW!
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Zari: Thanks for that, Saito. General craziness aside, what my partner in crime mentioned about this story becoming an AU was very true; there's not going to be much in the way of similarities to canon beyond this point. I won't say anything more to avoid spoiling the story, but to any and all readers, you're going to be in for a wild, wild ride.
Till next time,
ZariGS and Saito Namikaze Reborn, over and OUT!