Second Life
Disclaimer; I do not own Naruto but I do own the original storyline. I am going by what is happening currently in the manga and will NOT change things. For those who don't know the last thing that happened was when Orocimaru resurrected the four hokages with the Edo Tense for Sasuke. Also keep in mind that Itachi is the main character in this story.
Prologue
In an astral plain somewhere in the universe there was a god named Zehakari. He was a new god and wondered what he should do with his powers. He visited the world of Ninja Elemental Nations and saw the sorrow and destruction they caused during all the wars… including the current fourth ninja war… He saw a few who fell to their death who lived not so great lives but died honorably. He thought about it… maybe this would be his power as a god… second chances… He would start by taking two spirits of those who died in the third war and one of whom died in the third. Two males and one female.
He chose this way because in this world two males and one female usually made up a squad. He figured give them what they remember. He summoned the three spirits to his plain. It was a very cold snowy plain which was barren of any life but he and the dead.
"What… where are we?" a girl said. She looked to be about thirteen years of age and had bandages on her cheeks.
"I… don't know…" one of the men said. He had long hair tied in a ponytail and looked as if he had been exhausted for a long time."
"I don't know… what are YOU doing here?" another man with long dark hair hanging down asked maliciously to the other man.
"I don't know… Hyuuga right?" the other man said calmly.
"I just died to save who I think will be the next Hokage… if this is heaven I don't understand why you are here Uchiha…" he said coldly.
The Uchiha frowned and said nothing.
"Uchiha?" the girl asked. "Were you related to Obito Uchiha? And… this isn't heaven… I've just come from there…"
"Hello Rin." The Uchiha noticed smiling. He remembered her from when he was only five years old. He always used to play with he and his uncle Obito.
"…Itachi?" she asked.
"yes… That's me." He said with a sad smile.
"I still don't understand… why are YOU here?" the Hyuuga asked
"I…its complicated Neji…" he said simply. He didn't want to discuss why he must have ended up with heroes…
"Hello you three." Zehakari said to them. "My name is Zehakari. I am a god of second chances. You three have proved yourselves worthy of gaining a second chance at living."
"Second chance?" Itachi asked. "What do you mean?"
"Well, you will all be able to live different lives in a world that is not your old world… you will all know all the memories you had of your old life and have the opportunity to live a better one."
"What… about our kenkai genkai?" Neji asked.
"You will still have them and activate them at the same age you did in your previous lives." Zehakari explained.
"What about…other things?" Itachi said.
Zehakari frowned. "You will technically have the same ailments as you did as well. Except you will not be cursed Neji and you will not have the Mangekyo Sharingan Itachi. Curses do not pass on to second lives."
"That Sharingan is a curse?" Neji asked.
"yes… Believe it or not it is Neji…" Zehakari told him.
Itachi was silent. Not many knew that it was a curse brought about by killing the one you care about most or letting them die…
"So do you all accept?" Zehakari asked.
"What's the catch?" Itachi asked.
"Very perceptive as always Itachi… There is a catch… you will all be of the opposite sex."
"I'm gonna be a guy?" Rin exclaimed.
"Yes Rin…" the god said. "Now that you know all the terms… do you all accept?"
Neji thought about this. He had a lot of regret because of how he treated Naruto and his cousin Hinata. He wanted a second chance especially since he no longer had to worry about the curse.
Rin smiled. She died too young and felt as if she couldn't help either of her teammates. She felt useless in her short life.
Itachi was the one who was the deepest in thought. He was ready to accept whatever fate had for him for killing his family and deceiving his brother. He was satisfied with that… Now he had the chance of a second life?
"Have you all made a decision?" Zehakari asked after a few minutes.
"Yes." The three of them said in unison.
The god of second chances knew what this meant. The three of them had decided to take their second life. To take their second chance to live. He raised his hand and sent them all to a special land. The three of them were sent as fetuses to three different mothers who all lived in the same area. In a few months the three of them would start their new life.