Full Summary: Minato survived the Nine-Tails attack and saved the Uchiha Clan from destruction, but he is never pleased with his son. When Naruto is sent out on a mission and raped, the Fourth is enraged at both the boy and the man that assaulted him. It's up to a young Sasuke Uchiha, the newest member of the Konoha Police Force and Anbu, to help bring Naruto back from his tormented silence.
*** Requested story by Narulover247
Warnings: There will be rape in the next chapter, but not this one. This is the prolog to get everyone up to date on how this is an Alternate Universe (AU).
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We All Wear Masks
Chapter 1: Prolog
Naruto returned from his long day of training worn out, but still content that he had done his best. He walked around his empty apartment, looking at the pictures of him and his father. The young blonde had the life most shinobi dreamed about having. He was the son of the Fourth Hokage, the savior of the village, he was strong and witty when he needed to be, and full of potential.
Minato had given in to Kushina's wishes at the last moment and used a different sealing style so that he could live on and raise their baby. The blonde hadn't grown up without someone in his life, and despite having the nine-tails sealed within him, most people wouldn't dare say anything about their leader's son while he was still around.
But still, Naruto's eyes held sadness when he was alone. Even if his father wouldn't admit it, he'd never quite gotten over losing Kushina to such a violent and needless death. He didn't blame his son for his loss, rather, what the boy carried in his stomach. He pushed his child harder than any other parent in Konoha, never being satisfied with the boy's progress.
Minato didn't want Naruto to be weak, to let Kushina and every other fallen shinobi in the village down. His son was supposed to be strong, to use the power of the nine-tails to his advantage. The Fourth was well aware that Naruto was gifted, but he didn't appear to be a genius like he was at that age. The boy simply didn't seem to have the impressive genes that his parents possessed, and Minato couldn't let it go.
Naruto set the water to boil, thinking about what he would work on the following day, or if he would be receiving a mission soon. He loved going on missions more than anything. Since he had grown up with the Fourth teaching him a variety of jutsu, he'd only spent about a year and a half in the Academy and was never officially placed on a team like the rest of the Genin.
Now, at fifteen and a Jonin, he didn't truly have many friends as a result of the incidental isolation. Going off on missions allowed him to spend time with other shinobi and just be himself, rather than attempting to be the prodigy his father wished he was.
He opened the steaming cup and started to eat; it was long past dark and his dad wasn't home again. He wondered what it must be like to be the Hokage, choosing to believe it was the amount of work that kept the man away and not him. He'd decided long ago that his goal would be to surpass his father, so that everyone, even him, would have to acknowledge his strength.
Naruto walked down the streets slowly, admiring the many shops and restaurants. He was on his way to the police headquarters to see if there was a mission available. Minato had discovered Danzo's plot to have Itachi wipe out the Uchiha Clan years ago and put an end to the vile man.
Through intense discussion, they were able to make an unsteady peace. The Fourth even went so far as to add Fugaku to his personal council along with the village elders, and put the Uchiha police force in charge of ranking and assigning incoming requests. It was a stressed truce, but it had averted another major tragedy all the same.
When he entered the bustling headquarters, he walked straight to the front desk smiling. "Uzumaki, Naruto. Here to see if there are any missions that need to be completed" he stated.
The woman gave him an irritated stare but buzzed him through to the assessment room. Naruto simply ignored the rudeness and headed over, knowing it was just a result of the ever-present tensions between the Uchiha and Konoha.
However, when he was met with a room full of glaring Uchiha's, he almost regretted coming at all. The group was rapidly assigning ranks for the many incoming assignments and then flipping through rosters to determine who would be best suited for each one. But they all stopped to stare at him as he glided through the door. The only person in the room that looked pleased to see him was the leader of the police force and head of Anbu, Itachi Uchiha.
He'd taken over most of the responsibilities of the clan after being saved from slaughtering them, allowing his father to work with Minato. Everyone knew how Danzo had been working to have them massacred, but the Fourth had made sure to sway everyone's eyes from Itachi so that he could live out his life in peace. The young Uchiha would never forget what the Namikaze-Uzumaki family had done for him, and was determined to help Naruto advance it whatever way he could.
"Naruto, it's good to see you" Itachi spoke, shuffling through scrolls. "I was going to send for you later today, there is a one-man mission here that I think you would be perfect for."
The blonde hid his disappointment over not getting to go with other people; at least he'd be out of the village for a while.
"Thank you, Itachi-san" he replied respectfully, taking the scroll. "I will do my best."
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Okay, kind of short but I hope everyone understands what is going on so far! Let me know if you have any questions.
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