The Inevitable
By: GeniusUndercover93
Story Summary:
AU. Non-Massacre. Healthy Itachi. Uchiha Itachi, prodigy of the Uchiha Clan has been under an enormous amount of stress of late. With the Hyuuga Clan with their nosing and poking about, and the sheer amount of hope the Hokage of the Leaf, and his father, Uchiha Fugaku, placed upon his head as the savior of the Leaf, who could not break under pressure? So Itachi decides that enough is enough, and forges his own path, ignoring the pleading of the Hokage and Fugaku. His only weak spot: His little brother, Sasuke, and his Mother, Mikoto.
Disclaimer:
I do not, as much as I would like to, own Naruto.
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Prologue: Enough Is Enough
Uchiha Itachi was under pressure. Not like the kind of pressure that young incompetent teenagers complained of, like schoolwork and chores; but true pressure. The pressure of having the whole world, or in this case Village, placed in your hands. The pressure of having hundreds, possibly thousands, of lives placed upon your shoulders. You would think one's mind would crack from the sheer amount of pressure placed upon them. But Itachi was no normal person. He was Uchiha Itachi, famed prodigy of the Uchiha Clan, and, it seemed, Konoha's only hope to peace.
Autumn in Konohagakure is the epitome of peace and tranquility. Besides the numerous ninja guarding the entrance gates of the Village, there was none that could say that Konoha was not a peaceful Village. Leaves of various colors, ranging from bright yellow, to a dull brown, drifted on the fall winds, lazily cutting through the cold, crisp morning. It was a cloudless day, the sun's golden rays just topping Hokage's Mountain, streams of warm light, shifting ever so softly through trees' bare branches on the isolated Hidden Village of the Leaf. Children could be found inside their warm, cozy homes, wearing their thumbs out on the latest editions of GameBoys. Adults could be seen sitting around the fireplace, chatting animatedly about the latest gossip. But deep within the Village, in the Uchiha District, named appropriately for the famous Clan of Uchiha, a teenager and his father could be seen outside their mansion, arguing.
"You have a duty to the Village's people, Itachi, and you will fulfill it to the best of your ability." Uchiha Fugaku said to his son, Uchiha Itachi. Itachi looked up at his father and muttered savagely,
"I owe no duty to the Village's people, Father. They have done nothing for me to perform some duty the Hokage and yourself has schemed of." Fugaku lashed out at Itachi, intending on teaching him to mind his elders, but his attack was parried, and he was staring into the blood red depths of a three-pronged Sharinghan, becoming dizzy without having a Genjutsu cast upon him. Itachi grabbed his father by the wrist and twisted it, making a loud cracking sound. His father, being the proud man he was, refused to cry out in pain, but resolved for a voluntary twitch.
"The next time you result in physical attacks, Father, I will not be so lenient. I will not perform some ludicrous duty to a Village that prides me for being a prodigy and a genius. Tell me, were you not my father, and without the political pull to get certain people to notice me, would I be in this position?" Itachi carelessly tossed his Father's shattered wrist away from him and turned around, his long, shoulder length black hair blowing in the autumn wind.
"But you must listen to reason, Itachi." Fugaku said, a pleading note in voice now. Hysteria, no doubt, Itachi thought cruelly, smirking internally at the pitiful excuse for a human being that was his Father.
"I see no reasoning, Father. End of discussion, enough is enough." And with that, Itachi turned into the mansion/manor and snapped the door shut, leaving Fugaku standing outside, green chakra flowing around his hands, healing his shattered wrist.
Author's Note:
So it seems that Itachi Uchiha is stronger than his old man at the tender age of fifteen, for that is how old he will be in this story. His current rank is ANBU Captain, which will, no doubt, play a huge role in this story. Sasuke, Naruto, Sakura are all twelve years of age, and I believe I will add them to the story frequently to avoid writer's block. Sasuke will obviously be a major character in this story, as Mikoto, their mother, and himself will have a major effect on Itachi's psyche and feelings.
I realize that this chapter is kind of short, but I will attempt to make future chapters long and full of detail.
So how did you like the prologue? Good? Bad? Read and Review and tell me what you think. 'til next chapter, see yah.