Phoenix's Redemption Chapter 1, a naruto fanfic

Prologue; five years ago

The two friends faced each other, one with a stoic look that looked to overcome the 'barrier' that stood in his way of achieving power 'why is the dobe coming after me?, no matter he will be an obstacle no longer' Sasuke started to charge up the chidori in his enhanced state, level 2 of the curse seal he felt the raw dark power coarse through his body, but he knew at the back of his mind this had to end now, powerful this state might be he could feel it invading his mind and reason, he hated that sensation but the power of the curse seal more than compensated for this in sasuke's opinion.

Gazing at Sasuke from the statue of the shodai hokage, naruto couldn't comprehend why Sasuke was doing this; yes his clan had been taken away from him by Itachi, but Naruto had always thought sasuke had thought team 7 was his new family just like Naruto had seen it as his, but here he was trying to kill him, a look of sadness passed over naruto's Kyuubified visage, then with a look of determination, he thought to himself 'I will bring him back', then stared at Sasuke in his monstrous form and began to perform the rasengan one handed due to Kyuubi's influence.

They both leapt at each other from the position of their respective statues, each determined to emerge victorious, sasuke's chidori mutated by the intent to kill one of his comrades with the very blade he was supposed to protect them with, only reassured naruto of his intentions, as their jutsu's were about to meet, naruto had originally wanted to scratch Sasuke's headband to prove his equality and bring Sasuke to his senses but he couldn't let Sasuke go to Orochimaru if not to save Sasuke from his lust for power but to protect Konoha as well ,with this new resolve Naruto aimed the swirling blue ball towards the sinister looking blade of lightning chakra, the explosion formed a dark dome that seemed to freeze for eternity but exploded a second later, two bodies plummeted towards the water where they both sunk, a dark figure that had been watching from the forest smiled this had definitely gotten interesting, his one revealed eye ,a mass of red with three swirling tomoe that seemed to be in a hypnotic dance, he sensed a presence approaching fast, this individual seemed to wield an eye similar to his own, but Itachi should not be anywhere near here ,that left one option, the usurper of his bloodline Kakashi Hatake ,he had to do this fast, yes he could beat him but he did not want his presence to be known ,the appearance of another sharingan user would bring up too much unwanted attention, he ran across the water and retrieved the body of Uchiha Sasuke,he was about to leave when he saw the other body ,that of Uzumaki Naruto, the friend of this avenger that lay in his arms ,who put all that effort to try and steer Sasuke from the dark path he threatened to embark on, a feeling of nostalgia and sadness washed over the stranger, he remembered how his friend had done the same all those years ago, coincidently in this very valley, he gazed up at the statue of the shodaime hokage and smiled, he rescued the body of the blond and put him on dry land, it was the least he could do he took one last look at the valley, and his eyes rested on the statue facing opposite the shodai hokage and thought to himself 'I look pretty good in that statue', he then disappeared in a swirl of brilliant red and orange flame.

Kakashi Hatake rushed to the valley of the end thoughts swirling in his mind, thoughts filled with regret and anxiety, he couldn't believe he had been so foolish as not to see it before, but he just hoped that Naruto and Sasuke were ok; as he approached the great valley he saw a flicker of red and orange and then saw Naruto's body but a missing Sasuke , he was immediately on high alert, he scanned the area when finding himself alone he heard Pakkun growl, 'what is it pakkun' Kakashi asked, 'there are three scents here, and they are those of Sasuke's ,Naruto's and someone similar to sasuke', Kakashi was in a state of shock, ' the only person he could think of was itachi,but why take sasuke and leave naruto after all akatsuki were after him',Kakashi picked Naruto up ,he sighed with relief he was still breathing, but he had to get him back to Konoha,with a quick glance around, he desummoned Pakkun and headed back to Konoha.

2 days later

Sasuke woke up sharingan blazing in its three tomoe stage; he tried to rise from his lying position, but his muscles ached and he thought it better to stay lying down and survey where he was, that is until he heard a voice say 'so, you are finally awake Sasuke', Sasuke started as he forced himself up and got in a defensive stance, it was taking a lot of effort not to fall over in pain, as his red eyes took in the image of a dark hooded figure sitting with his back towards him,Sasuke shouted out 'who are you?!', the figure laughed, got up and faced Sasuke ,all Sasuke could see of the hooded mans face was his eye, his one eye with its red pupil and three swirling tomoe,the first thought in Sasuke's mind was 'Itachi' he felt the anger well up inside of him, he almost instinctively started charging up the chidori,but something was different his voice, sasuke would have been confused had it not been for the fear he felt, no this was not Itachi,this mans very presence shook Sasuke to the core the power emanating from him was raw yet controlled, the man took off his hood and Sasuke's fear turned into utter shock it was impossible it couldn't be.

Standing opposite sasuke was a carbon copy of himself except taller and with different hair, the air of power and mystery lingered around him as he gazed at Sasuke, Sasuke was in awe until the stranger cracked the goofiest smile that Sasuke had ever seen breaking Naruto's record hands down,Sasuke woke up from his reverie and raised an eyebrow and eye this weird man suspiciously, now that he looked at him closer Sasuke saw a difference in him and the stranger aside from the hair which resembled that of the statue opposite the shodai hokage ,his fringe covering his left eye, his eye didn't hold as much anger as Sasuke's, and while this did not seem like much of a difference on closer inspection it held all the difference in the world.

"my name is Madara Uchiha"the taller sasuke look alike said breaking the silence, sasuke returning to his normal arrogant demeanour said "that's impossible, there are only two Uchiha's left ,I and my murderous older brother and now if you don't mind I need to go and gain power from orochimaru",with this Madara's expression turned deathly serious, surprising Sasuke who was growing accustomed to his goofy grin, "and there they said you were a genius, you would really seek power from someone weaker than your brother".

Sasuke was shocked at this statement it was impossible how strong was his brother if he could beat a sannin how would he be able to kill his brother if he was so weak' sasuke felt all hope was lost ,he had left konoha to seek power only to find that the power he sought was still weaker than his brother's with that thought Sasuke sank to his knees it was too much, this wave of self pity and hopelessness was broken when madara spoke 'I will train you, on some conditions that you will follow one, you will be more polite in future ,two you will follow my instruction without complaint and without hesitation and three, and most importantly you will give up your revenge against your brother' the first two requests for Sasuke was pushing it in Sasuke's opinion, but the third eclipsed both of them, he exploded shouting out obscenities that would have given old ladies heart attacks but was quickly quelled by the killing intent madara let out, "do we have an agreement"Madara spoke in his cheery voice and goofy grin, Sasuke had a flicker in his mind that he would go back on the deal and still pursue his revenge. But all hope of that was snuffed out, when Madara read what was going through his mind and told Sasuke if he did what he was thinking of then he would have to kill Sasuke,even behind that overly cheery voice and goofy grin Sasuke had no doubt that Madara would carry out that threat, sasuke agreed rather reluctantly ,then Madara told him that training started tomorrow.

After their little introduction madara sent sasuke off to bed much to sasuke's chargin and madara's amusement. Madara sat gazing at the great waterfall in the cave they were in 'yes, sasuke is an interesting one and hopefully the one I could pass my legacy on to'.

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