Hi everyone, this is my first fanfic, so please don't hate me if it's bad. Reviews are much appreciated, and I will update much more often if I get some (hint, hint). Any advice is awesome, especially since I am new to and so do not know proper etiquette about warnings and stuff. Flames will be used to cook marshmallows. You have been warned.
Disclaimer: All of the Naruto franchise belongs to Masashi Kishimoto. This story and its plot belong to me. I am making no profit from this story and it is purely fan-made.
-Prologue-
"You know what has to be done, Hound."
The Sandaime Hokage wanted more than anything to rescind this order. To send Hound back to the ANBU HQ, and forget this had ever happened. But the rebellion would be taking place tonight, and death would have to step in where diplomacy had failed.
But a fate worse than death would be awaiting Hound if he followed through on this order. The order that would destroy so many lives, but save even more. The order to eliminate the Uchiha.
"I will, sir. We cannot allow the coup-de-ta to take place. If the other Hidden Villages learn that we cannot control our own clans, it will be the start of the 4th Great Shinobi War. If my role in stopping it is the role of the scapegoat, then it is a part I will play gladly. Do not concern yourself with my fate."
"I will have to send all available ANBU and Jonin after you, Hound. If you get caught, you will be executed and I cannot promise I can save you. Be extremely careful. Now go! Go with the moon, and hunt your prey like the Hound has never hunted before. Good luck."
"It will be done, Sandaime-sama." Kakashi vanished in a blur.
Sarutobi stared at the space where Kakashi had stood less than a second ago, and silently counted down the seconds until the alarm sounded.