My Onii-chan
Plot: After the Uchiha massacre, Itachi left his summon for his other 'sibling', Naruto. In despair, Naruto vows to grow stronger to eliminate those behind Itachi's sufferings. AliveMikoto, Itachi never used Tsukuyomi on Sasuke.
Please disregard my grammar, I'm only posting this for fun in my free time.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. All rights belong to the all mighty Masashi Kishimoto.
"Conversation"
'Thoughts'
Chapter 1: Where it all began...
"Naru-chan, eat more vegetables. Don't eat ramen every day. Grow up to be the beautiful kunoichi that I know you'll be." Itachi lifted the messy blond spikes covering Naruto's teary eyes and kissed her forehead.
"Kuchiyose no jutsu."
"Karasu please stay by Naruto side."
"Take care of her." Wearing his ANBU mask, the teen leapt out of the window.
Streaks of tears fell from Naruto eyes. Clenching her fist, she slammed it into the door, ignoring the burning pain she felt as her hands bled. Curling herself into a ball, she cried herself to sleep. Empty, she felt empty for the loss of her brother figure.
"Senpai, I wrote some jutsus in this scroll. Give it to her when she becomes a genin.". Kakashi took the scroll, staring solemnly as Itachi shunshin away. A burden too big for the shoulders of the young 12 year old, Kakashi felt ashamed to call himself Itachi's sempai. Kakashi tucked the sleeping girl in bed, before leaving to ponder at the memorial stone to seek comfort from his fallen sensei and teammates.
From the Hokage Tower, Sarutobi Hiruzen watched remorsefully as his most loyal shinobi left Konoha. Never will he forget the scene - the resigned and defeated Itachi, on his knees, begging Danzo to spare his mother and brother as Itachi promised to go rogue after killing all the Uchiha as commanded. Yet he turned a blind eye to his former teammate and two advisors conspiring to eliminate the Uchiha.
'To carry such a heavy burden all by yourself at 12 years old. You will always be one of my biggest regrets. If we had more time, I would have stop you. We could have found a better solution and maybe you could be the 5th Hokage. You would have been a better Hokage than I would ever be.'
The sandaime hokage summoned for his Inu masked ANBU commander, "Have a team sweep the Uchiha compound immediately and burn all the bodies. We cannot allow anyone to have the Sharingan."
"Hai, Hokage-sama,"
Meanwhile in the Uchiha main mansion, Uchiha Mikoto and Uchiha Sasuke were the only survivors of the massacre. Mikoto remembered her anguished son, begging them to leave the compound before he killed them as well.
Mikoto stiffened as she heard footsteps approaching the living room. Sensing danger, she grabbed Sasuke and hid in the cupboard of the living room, applying a chakra suppressing jutsu. Sasuke cupped his mouth with his hands, trying to hold back the sobs that were threatening to escape as he stared at his father's lifeless body before being dragged by his Mother.
After hearing shuffling and thuds, they heard an unfamiliar voice outside of the living room, "Taichou, all the rooms have been checked but we have yet to find Fugaku-san, Mikoto-san and Sasuke-kun's body.".
"Mikoto-san and Sasuke are not in the compound. Fugaku's body is probably in the living room.".
"Hai taichou.".
Two shinobi clad in ANBU uniform and gear wearing blank ANBU masks entered the living room. The brown spiked hair stared at the body of Uchiha Fugaku while the other, short blue haired gorged out his Sharingan eyes. Mikoto covered her mouth, preventing herself from gasping and sobbing at the gory scene her Sharingan eyes memorised. Using her other hand, she tried to shield her son's ears from the horrors and brutalities of the shinobi life. Sasuke let go of his cupped hand and hugged his mother tightly, unknowingly letting out a sob.
The sob did not went unnoticed. The blue haired ANBU turned around, staring at the cupboard before approaching it. Mikoto hugged her son tightly as she shut her eyes, awaiting her fate as the ANBU reached out for the cupboard handle.
"Taichou, 5 figures approaching from northwest. 2439, keep the sharingan and burn the body. " a green haired lady entered the room.
The blue haired man addressed as 2439 stopped himself from opening the cupboard and shrugged before burning the Uchiha clan head. The 3 masked shinobi and kunoichi shunshined in a hurry, not realising the the new Uchiha clan head and heir were in the room and heard everything. Moreover, Mikoto had her sharingan eyes active memorising every single detail that happened in the living room.
After their departure, Mikoto opened the cupboard door and watched her husband's body enveloped in flames. Sasuke cried and clinged on to his mother's leg as if it was his lifeline, slowly drifting to sleep. Mikoto teleported the two of them to the front of the mansion, carrying her son on her back and dashed towards the Hokage Tower while 5 ANBU member were left gaping at the burning Uchiha compound. Thinking that it was probably Uchiha Itachi that had set the fire, they ran in to check if there were any remaining bodies to burn before reporting to the Hokage.
Mikoto ran through the chaos as jounin and ANBU alike were trying to keep order in Konoha as the citizens were in fear, seeing the entire Uchiha compound in flames. She ignored them and continued her dash towards the tower and barged into the Hokage's office, leaving Hokage's secretary flustered.
The old Hokage hunched over in his chair after putting up a privacy seal in his office upon the arrival of the 2 Uchihas while Mikoto placed the sleeping Sasuke on the couch. The light from the distant flames of the Uchiha compound illuminated his tired, worn face, wrinkles boring deeply into his skin. With an expression of frustration and fatigue under the glares of the Uchiha matriarch, he reached out for his tobacco pipe and let out a puff.
She stared into the listless, guilty and remorseful eyes of her leader
"You ordered Itachi to exterminate the clan. Why? We could have found a better way?" Mikoto tried to remain calm as she questioned her leader. She knew her Son was peace loving and loved Konoha and his clan dearly. Itachi would have found a more peaceful manner to handle the planned coup d'etat by her husband.
Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed and stood up from his chair to face the angered mother. However, they were interrupted by a breeze of wind and swirling leaves as 5 masked shinobi made an entrance into the Hokage's office.
"Hokage-same, Team R-6 reporting from Uchi-" The tora masked ANBU was interrupted by a punch.
"Uchiha Mikoto, what is the meaning of this?" asked the tired Hokage sternly.
"Your ANBU took all the Sharingan," Mikoto glared at her leader.
"Is this true, Inoshishi?"
"Hokage-sama, when we reached the Uchiha compound, the compound was already set on fire and we could not find any bodies. We assumed that Uchiha Itachi must have set the fire.".
"Liar, I saw you guys took my husband's eyes!" she lashed out at the ANBUs. The tori masked ANBU held Mikoto back as her walls crumbled, leaving her trembling, streaks of tears staining her cheeks. The facade of a strong Uchiha matriarch, gone.
"Mikoto, STOP, tell me what happened?" the Hokage commanded.
Lifting herself up with the help of Tori, she explained, "Itachi told me to leave the compound but I heard footsteps. I took Sasuke and hid us in one of the cupboard in the living room. But 3 ANBU came into the living room, took Fugaku's eyes before burning the body," Mikoto explained controlling her rage from the betrayal she felt upon the one she saw as her leader.
"Can you describe how they look like?"
"My orders were to burn all the Uchiha bodies along with the eyes."
"One of them was a lady with green hair. Two of them were males - one had brown spiked hair. The other two called him taichou. The last man took Fugaku eyes and burned his body. He had short blue hair. They called him 2439."
Sandaime hokage's widened at Mikoto's last statement.
"Hokage-sama, the only ANBU division that calls members by their number is -".
"Ne," Sandaime interrupted his ANBU.
"Hokage-sama, we have to investigate Ne. Ne was suppose to be disbanded. We have no idea what Danzo will do with those Sharingan," Inoshishi suggested.
"We cannot act rashly, Itachi has already avoided one civil war following Danzo's orders, we are still recovering from the Kyubi's attack. To start another, especially since Konoha is in a state of unrest from the massacre, will waste Itachi-kun sacrifice.".
Mikoto's eyes widened in realization, "But the ANBU said they heard Itachi telling you that Sasuke and I will not be in the compound?"
"Tora, I need you to investigate for any spies within ANBU and the jounins. Get Ibiki and Inoichi to help. The rest of you are dismissed.".
"Hai, Hokage-sama." the 5 chorused as the left in a spiral of whirling leaves.
"Mikoto, know that I will find out what Danzo wants with the Sharingan and return it back to you. I'm sorry for your loss and your son's defection. I wish I could have turn back time and revoke Danzo and the elders order to eliminate your clan.".
"I'm still angry for the fact that you did not do anything about the orders despite knowing. But I cannot say that my clan is not at fault for planning the coup. I'll forgive you but I'll find a way to seek retribution and get my Son back without starting a civil war.".
"And I'll help you in every way I can. I have given my former teammates too much freedom for far too long. It's time I make amends for my mistakes. I will get a team of genin to clean up the Uchiha compound and you can stay in an apartment in the meantime. If there is anything I can do please let me know." Sandaime threw a set of keys to Mikoto.
"There is no need to clean it up. There is no clan to live there any more. I'll just live with Sasuke in the apartment until we we have more Uchihas."
"There is one thing I want at the moment. I want to adopt Kushina's daughter. Itachi and I have been taking care of her and she is like my adopted daughter. You have rejected my request before but I will not take no for an answer. " Mikoto grabbed her 'sleeping' Son and left for her apartment, unaware that Sasuke heard everything said in the office as he had been awake when Mikoto placed him on the sofa. On his mother's back, the seven year old vowed to avenge both his brother and mother and grow stronger to protect all his precious people, including his newly adopted imouto.
The sandaime hokage rubbed his temples as he felt the impending headache from the council's protest and all the paperwork. But he would approve the adoption this time around, it was the least he could do for the remaining Uchihas. And it was not within his right to reject Naruto's chance to gain a family because the council was afraid of the the 'demon-brat' corrupting the clans or the change of power balance between clans for having an Uzumaki heiress and jinchuuriki. After all, there is hardly an Uchiha clan with only 3 remaining.
Meanwhile, in an apartment on the outskirts of Konoha, a six year old blonde woke up from her slumber, crying in pain as she held her bleeding eyes. Rings spun in her eyes as it glowed purple for a second before disappearing, never to seen again until years later.
Author's Note:
Here are some words you may be unsure of
Karasu - Crow
Tora - Tiger
Inoshishi - Boar
Inu - Dog
Tori - Bird
Ne - Root