Disclaimer: I don't own Naruto.
Because if I did, I would have never let Itachi Uchiha nor Neji Hyuga die … It honestly shattered my heart.
And I would have defiantly killed a couple of characters within the first two chapters … no make it one chapter.
Question: which character did you want to kill 'within the first chapter' the most?!
AN: please note that this is a multiverse story. And also, please note that I am new to writing so I need you to guide me.
Chapter one
"Let's stop for a break. "Itachi announced as he held out his hand, causing both of his teammates to stop.
"Finally! "Shisui sighed with relief, because even though he was Shunshin no Shisui, one of the strongest and most formidable shinobi in the leaf village, he was only a human, and after three days of running non-stop, he was more than ready to have a goddamn break, thank you very much.
He grinned at his little cousin, the grin not fully reaching his eyes "I thought that I ought to pass out from exhaustion before you even consider bestowing a break upon us, little cousin. "honestly, Itachi could be too much sometimes, and even though he understood his motives, even though he had the same motives himself, he did not agree with the way that it affected Itachi as a team leader during the whole mission, not one bit.
And Itachi knew it.
Itachi didn't give any indication that he has heard a word from what Shisui had said as he hopped down to the ground and leaned against a tree.
Then he cast a glance at him before he closed his eyes "It was necessary. "
Shisui chose not to comment on that, he knew that he really didn't have anything to say, Itachi was right, they both needed to reach Konoha, and they needed to do that as soon as possible.
"seriously, Uchiha-Taichou?! "Genma rolled his eyes dramatically, "Shisui is right, you could be such a slave driver sometimes, even more than your usual slave driver self I mean. "
He then made himself comfortable on a tree branch, crossing his arms behind his head, and stretching his legs in front of him, as he continued "You really need to kick back and relax for a while, you have been on edge a lot recently, especially during this mission. "he then looked at Kakashi who was buried nose deep in his book "what do you think Kakashi?!"
Genma was anything but stupid, he knew that something was very wrong with their captain, knew that Shisui had a pretty good idea what exactly was wrong, though he chose to act oblivious, after all, if their captain didn't want to tell them, then they wouldn't know either way, so why bother?!
But he definitely wanted to at least point out that whatever was wrong with their captain, it was starting to affect them too, and that was not acceptable.
Kakashi who had been indulging himself in his book up till now, choosing to ignore the whole thing altogether 'seriously, who was he to complain?! something has been wrong with him since the day he was born.' Spoke in his usual monotonous voice for the first time not bothering to look up from his precious book "Shisui is right Itachi, you need to relax more." before he continued reading with a wide grin on his face 'This was certainly one of his favorite scenes.'
Itachi, as usual, didn't appear to have been listening at all, however, a few seconds later he opened his eyes, stood up abruptly, and leaped to a tree branch before pausing and turning to his companions "I am going to scout the area. "then he was gone before any of them had the time to reply.
Itachi hoped from a tree to tree, wanting nothing more than to get as far away as possible from his teammates. He knew that Shisui was right, he was letting his personal life affecting his position as a team leader, it was wrong, he was wrong, and he didn't like it, he didn't like it at all.
But he couldn't help it either.
He also didn't fail to notice the subtle meaning behind Genma's harmless teasing, didn't fail to notice the more than usually detached aura that Kakashi omitted, didn't fail to notice that his team was reaching the end of their patience with him.
And they had every right.
But he was human too, and he couldn't take it anymore, couldn't pretend anymore, couldn't fake it anymore.
And it didn't help that all of his and Shisui's efforts for the past ten years were about to be proven futile.
And neither he nor his cousin had any idea what to do anymore.
He felt helpless, and it left a bitter taste in his mouth. he hated this feeling, he despised it.
In all honesty, he had already scouted the area a couple of times using his crows, he even had a crow stationed near the area where his teammates were resting.
He paused for a second to look around him, he was in what appeared to be a small clearing.
Itachi frowned, in all of his haste to get away, he didn't pay any attention to where he was going to, so he dropped in the clearing, sat down against a tree, and gave himself a moment to think, he needed to get a hold of himself, needed to figure out what his next move would be, but most importantly he needed to apologize to his teammates, they at least deserved that much, especially after what he had put them through during their last couple of missions.
But first, he needed to calm himself down and relax for a while as they so nicely put it.
It wasn't before a couple of hours that he felt that he was ready to go back to his teammates and apologize for his mistakes, he then summoned a crow to lead him to his teammates, and as soon as the crow appeared, he started to follow it back, and just when he was about to reach them, he suddenly paused.
Something terribly wrong was about to happen.
He just knew it.
It started like a very faint chakra in his system, a chakra that wasn't his, a chakra that suddenly appeared out of nowhere, he didn't know where it came from, he didn't know when exactly it appeared, he just knew it was there.
And it wasn't supposed to be there.
he also doubted that any ordinary shinobi would have felt it, he didn't know if it was just him?!, or did his teammates feel it too?!
"Taichou, can you feel it too?! "Shisui's serious voice came through the ear peace answering his untold question.
"yes." He answered after a few seconds.
Then this faint chakra started to intensify little by little, although this small amount of chakra was nothing compared to his reserve, its intensity was starting to weigh down on it to the point it became unbearable.
It felt like he was suffocating from the inside out.
Then it exploded, and it was like hot burning lava was coursing through his veins.
And just like that, it all vanished.
"Kami-sama, what the fuck was that?! "Genma exclaimed trying to control his breathing and failing miserably before he collapsed on the ground.
Shisui replied panting heavily "I don't think that anyone has any fucking idea." he collapsed beside Genma, wanting nothing more but to rest for a little bit, he felt so drained even though his chakra reserve was intact.
Meanwhile, Kakashi and Itachi didn't seem to hear them at all, both of them seemed to be in some kind of a trance, both of them were frozen in their places.
They felt like something was tugging on their very being, engulfing their mind, heart, and soul.
Then it all became very clear, all their pain, confusion, and uncertainty were washed away to be replaced with peace, and with peace came the realization.
Someone was calling for them.
And they needed to follow their calling.
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