AN: Probably not the best idea to start this story whilst I have two other unfinished stories going on, but I got the idea, and in a moment of weakness ran with it! Strictly Naruto x FEM! Itachi. This is not a yaoi! Nothing against yaoi, but it's not exactly my thing!
That said, I do hope you enjoy this new series!
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Chapter One - Massacre
As a member of the ANBU, I've always been under the impression that the Hokage's orders are absolute, and that the only place one's loyalties should lie are in that of the village they serve. Even after tonight, I will still believe that.
As much as what I will do tonight will hurt me, it is for the good of the village. I mean, I've already taken the plunge...
Flashback
A few days ago - Hokage's Office
The Sandaime Hokage was sitting in his office dealing with the bane of his existence. Paper work. No matter what he did, the bastard pile of paper seemed to grow whenever he glanced away from it. Having been the Hokage for so long, he should have been used to the struggle, however every new piece of paper dampened his spirits. Sighing deeply he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. After a few moments of peace, there was a hurried knock at the door.
"You may enter" The Sandaime said as he sat back up looking at the door as two ANBU members entered the room. One of these ANBU stood about 5,3. She had long flowing black hair that cascaded around her weasel mask. Her associate, stood at 5,9, and had spiky black hair and was wearing a Fox mask. Both of these two seemed to be nervous.
"Hokage-sama" Both of them said in unison bowing.
"At ease you two. What can I do for you? I didn't request for any ANBU" Sarutobi said packing his pipe. He had a feeling that something was seriously wrong in order for two normally stoic Uchiha to be this nervous. The one with the Fox mask stepped forward.
"Hokage-sama, we bring dire news." The Fox ANBU said removing his mask to reveal a pale face.
"What news?" Sarutobi asked as he raised an eyebrow. The weasel ANBU stepped forward, removing her mask.
"The Uchiha clan is planning to overthrow you Hokage-sama." Itachi said as she shamefully looked at the ground. Shisui looked to her before doing the same.
"We are the only two that are loyal to the village Hokage-sama. While we do not have the full details of their coup, we plan to put an end to it." Shisui said looking back up at the Hokage.
"The entire Uchiha clan?" Sarutobi said as he placed the room under a sound seal. He did not want anyone to hear what was going to be said.
"Hai Hokae-sama. For the betterment of Konoha, Itachi and I are going to stop the coup." Shisui said, a look of nervous determination on his face. Sarutobi then looked to Itachi who nodded in turn. Sighing deeply he rubbed the bridge of his nose.
Shit.
"You both understand what you are saying right?" Sarutobi asked as he looked them both in the eye.
"Hai Hokage-sama. We may be Uchiha, however the village must come first. The Uchiha are all guided by their arrogance and believe that staging a coup to be the best course of action for the clan. Should they fail, they risk starting a civil war which would no doubt bring many more casualties to the populace." Itachi said as she looked the Hokage in the eye. "Our sacrifice is necessary for Konoha to persevere, Hokage-sama."
The Hokage nodded and looked down.
"I am sorry that it has come to this you two. After you do this, there can be no coming back to Konoha for either of you." Sarutobi said, smiling sadly. These were two excellent ninja standing before him. The two ANBU shared a look before bowing. They had to plan accordingly.
End Flashback
Itachi currently stood inside her room in the Uchiha compound. She was decked out in her ANBU gear, sans Weasel mask. She had almost overflowing pouches of shuriken and kunai strapped to her belt. ANBU issue ninjato strapped to her back. She sighed deeply.
Itachi looked around her. Her room was void of life. If anyone who didn't know it was Itachi's room entered, they would think it was a guest bedroom because it was void of any sense of belonging. Only now, the only odd items in the room was the Fox mask that laid on the bed. Itachi's eyes lingered on that mask as tears began to slip down her face.
'It's completely necessary' She thought as she steeled her expression before placing her own mask on her face. It was almost time to begin. Everyone in the compound should be asleep, except for the guards who patrolled the perimeter of the compound. She glanced down at her watch and killed her emotions. It was time.
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Konoha - Uchiha district
Itachi had been at work for a few hours now, sneaking into the homes of his clan members and murdering each of their inhabitants in their sleep. It made the opperation run much smoother, however the toll was heavy on her heart. Even if the Uchiha were planning to damage Konoha, they were still her family. Her Sharingan eyes scanned the road in front of her, noticing a guard patrol was on their way to the main house.
She was ready to intercept the group when she noticed they were dragging a small child in with them. Itachi's eyes narrowed and rage began to accumulate inside her as she watched the group of Uchiha drag a bound Naruto Uzumaki towards the main house. He looked severely beaten and was caked in blood. As an ANBU, Itachi was mainly tasked with completing A to S classed missions, ranging from information gathering to assassination, however the Hokage specifically tasked her with one another important duty. One that she hadn't thought about since her meeting with the Hokage days prior. The protection of one Uzumaki Naruto.
To say the boy was mistreated was an understatement. The villagers literally beat him senseless daily. Being an ANBU, Itachi knew the reason why, but Naruto didn't. Being the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko, the village scorned him. In all actually, he never did anything to necessitate the pain the villagers inflicted on him. He'd always scream at them to stop for he'd done nothing to them. They would never listen and continue to hit or traumatize the child no matter what he said or did. Every year on his birthday, Itachi stayed close by Naruto. She had the pleasure of witnessing some ugly things on his birthday a few years ago.
Itachi was brought from her musings as the group passed her. She was close enough to hear Naruto whimpering. It panged her heart to hear such a sound come from an innocent boy. What made her seethe however, were that the group of Uchiha were headed for her former house. Completely killing her emotions she stalked the group.
The group of Uchiha took Naruto inside the main house and Itachi snuck in behind them. They walked through the corridors before coming to the council chambers located just inside the main house. They opened the door and tossed Naruto to the floor in front of them before shutting the door behind them. They obviously weren't expecting any espionage to be taking place as they had neglected to put up a silencing seal. That arrogance will be their downfall.
Itachi crept up to the door and opened it slightly. She was able to see Naruto lying on the floor, blood pooling around his head as he coughed harshly. One of the Uchiha then kicked him in the stomach again and laughed heartily. Gritting her teeth, her hand went over her shoulder to grasp the hilt of her ninjato, however was deterred once she saw a figure approach Naruto's from the shadows. Itachi narrowed her eyes as she recognized the man now standing before the group.
"Here's the boy Fugaku-sama" One of the Uchiha said bowing to Fugaku, the clan head of the Uchiha.
"Excellent work. The Kyuubi brat is instrumental in our plans." Fugaku Uchiha said as he walked a circle around the boy writhing in pain on the floor.
"W-what do you mean K-Kyuubi" Naruto said as he coughed more blood onto the floor. Itachi gasped as she knew that one of Konoha's most guarded secrets were about to be made public to the only person who REALLY wasn't supposed to know. Fugaku snorted and kneeled down and picked the boy up by his hair.
"You, little boy, are the Jinchuriki of the Kyuubi no Yoko, the nine tailed demon that attacked Konoha the day you were born!" Fugaku said with a sadistic smile on his face as the group that brought Naruto here sneered and laughed.
Naruto couldn't possibly know what a Jinchuriki was, so she stared on in horror as he 'realized' that it meant he was a demon. His once bright and vibrant blue eyes now turned to a dull shade of blue as all emotion fled the small boy. He looked resigned to his fate, whatever that was, and that scared Itachi.
"Don't be sad child," Fugaku started as he threw the boy to the floor once more. "You will not have to live your life of pain much longer. Men, prepare him for the unsealing."
Itachi's eyes went wide with fear. If this meant what she thought it did, then the Uchiha planned on using the Kyuubi as a weapon against Konoha. She made a few hand signs as two copies of herself appeared next to her. They both nodded and went around to the other entrances to the council room. Fugaku had all the men hold down Naruto as he activated his Sharingan. Itachi watched as her father then activated his Mangekyo Sharingan as he went through hand signs. He then moved his hand towards Naruto's stomach at fast speeds. Before he could place the seal on Naruto's stomach his body slumped over, headless.
The men surrounding Naruto went wide eyed as they watched Fugaku's headless body drop to the floor beside Naruto, and then looked next to where he was to see a pair of red Mangekyo Sharingan fueled eyes staring back at them, filled with rage. The group started shaking as they back peddled away from Itachi and Naruto. She looked down at Naruto and he looked up at her. She then smiled the sweetest smile she ever smiled, and that smile was filled with many different emotions.
The group stared at them in absolute fear, however that proved to be their fatal mistake as the clones Itachi made previously stabbed them through their hearts. They deserved worse for what they'd done, but the situation called for her to be quick.
Naruto unsure of what exactly was happening looked at Itachi with mixed emotions. He was still weary of her because she just murdered the group that was torturing him, however he was relieved as she exuded an aura of familiarity. She then spoke.
"You don't need to worry anymore. You're safe, Naruto-kun." Itachi said as she kneeled down in front of him and pulled him into a hug. Naruto recognized her voice immediately and knew she was his personal ANBU guard Weasel-chan. Naruto then returned the hug and cried into her shoulder. Itachi too had tears forming and was deeply relieved that she was able to save the boy. Naruto then pulled back, shocking Itachi. He looked at the ground in front of him, his tears slowly coming to a stop.
"W-Weasel-chan, t-that man told me I was a..." Naruto said looking back up at her. "..a demon. Is it true?"
Itachi frowned but smiled just as quickly.
"No Naruto-kun, you are not a demon, you do however hold the Kyuubi inside you." Itachi said gently watching Naruto shiver. "You are its jailor. You keep the village safe by keeping that demon at bay" You're a hero Naruto-kun."
Naruto then looked up at her, surprised to hear that but happy at the same time.
"R-really?" Naruto stammered as he began to smile again. Itachi thought that him smiling suited him more than the downcast look he had moments prior.
"Hai, really!" Itachi said as she frowned remembering her mission. "I'm sorry Naruto-kun, but I have to leave you soon."
Naruto's happy attitude immediately dissipated.
"O-oh." Naruto said as he looked down. Itachi frowned but put her hand on his shoulder.
"Naruto-kun?" Itahi called down to him.
"Hai?" Naruto said looking back up to her.
"Would you like to be my friend?" Itachi said smiling. Naruto went wide eyed and nodded quickly, tears in his eyes.
"Yes of course weasel-chan!" Naruto nearly yelled but Itachi put her hand over his mouth quickly.
"Shhhhh, you must quiet down Naruto-kun" Itachi said as she kneeled down again. "After I finish up what I am doing here I will take you to the Hokage. He will need to see you about tonight, however you are allowed to talk to NO ONE ELSE, understand Naruto-kun?"
"H-hai, Weasel-chan" Naruto said nervously. Itachi gave him a half smile as she stood back up.
"My real name is Itachi, Naruto-kun." She said laughing quietly. "Now then, come with me."
Itachi then shunshined Naruto away to her bedroom. Naruto looked around kind of disoriented from traveling at such a high speed. Itachi frowned remembering that he wouldn't be used to that but sighed knowing it was necessary.
"You are to stay in this room until I come to fetch you, no matter what you hear, alright Naruto-kun?" Itachi said as she looked him dead in the eye, her Mangekyo Sharingan spinning slowly.
"Hai Ita-chan, I won't leave" Naruto said as he was mesmerized by Itachi's eyes. '..beautiful..'
Itachi watched several emotions pass through Naruto's blue orbs and smirked once again. Nodding she stood up and ruffled Naruto's hair.
"Be right back" Itachi said as she disappeared in a shunshin.
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The main Uchiha house was dead silent, as it should be at such a late hour. Sauske Uchiha however was tossing and turning in his bed. He cringed whilst he slept, obviously having a nightmare. Normally when this occured, his Onee-san would come into his room to comfort him. Her presence would always left him at ease and he would drift off back to sleep. This night however was far from normal.
Tossing and turning he woke up screaming. He'd had another nightmare. Sitting up in his bed he rubbed his eyes before looking around. He decided to go see if his Onee-san was home from her mission. As he walked out into the hallway, he got a chill as he heard literally nothing. The house was dead silent. Sasuke then walked off towards his older sister, Itachi's room. The eerie quiet was starting to get to him.
As he neared the door to his sister's room, Sasuke heard a blood curdling scream. Jumping he ran towards the source of the scream and approached the Uchiha clan's council chamber. He slowly approached the door. He cracked it open, barely able to remain calm. His hands were shaking bad as he tried to think of what he could find on the other side of the door. As he peeked inside his heart stopped.
Inside the council chamber, there were five bodies lying on the floor. If that wasn't a bad enough visual for young sasuke, what he noticed next made his blood run cold. In the center of the room, he could see his Mother kneeling on the floor crying as she held his Father's... head. He started hyperventilating, his vision blurred with tears falling free. Sasuke was about to rush to his Mother when he noticed a pair of glowing red eyes at the other side of the room, deep in the shadows, and they seemed to be looking right at him.
'T-t-that's the Sh-sh-sharingan!' Sasuke screamed in his mind. His eyes then widened to almost impossible proportions as the figure stalked towards the center of the room. Coming up behind Sasuke's Mother, Sasuke noticed the assailant was wearing ANBU armor and he nearly fainted. This could only be one person, and Sasuke hoped that this was still part of his nightmare. The person walked into the moonlight streaming in through the window, and with the grace and finesse only an assassin of the highest caliber could utilize, they ran their ninjato through Sasuke's Mother. Sasuke couldn't hold back anymore and he screamed and ran outside the main house, shouting that he needed help, that his Mother was injured.
As Sasuke neared the exit to the compound he froze as he saw a shadowed figure sitting on a telephone pole by the exit, silhouetted against the moon. Red eyes with three commas spinning rapidly, putting the small boy in a trance. Sasuke fell to his knees, puking. Itachi frowned. She hadn't held much love for her clan, due to their arrogant ways, however she always held a special place in her heart for her otouto. She leaped down and landed in front of him.
"W-Why Itachi?!" Sasuke cried as he shook violently, staring at his older sister's emotionless face.
Itachi really didn't want to kill her otouto. She knew that even pressed, she wouldn't do it. Deciding to take a loss, she purposely failed her mission. Walking closer to Sasuke, Itachi activated her Mangekyo. She reached Sasuke and hauled him to his feet, staring him in the eye. The shuriken shaped marking in her iris spinning slowly.
"I simply wanted to test my own abilities." Itachi said emotionless, but cried internally. Sasuke stared at her wide eyed.
"YOU MURDERED OUR FAMILY TO TEST YOUR ABILITY?!" Sasuke screamed as rage filled him. He wanted to strike out and attack his older sister, however he was pinned to the spot by her icy stare.
"Become strong Sasuke." Itachi said as Sasuke was rooted to the spot. "Become strong and one day test your ability against me."
Sasuke looked at his older sister like she was the devil herself.
"I... will kill you for this... Itachi." Sasuke gritted out as he tried to exude killer intent towards Itachi.
"Good, let your hatred of me drive you to become strong." Itachi said sighing. She needed to get out of here. Her Mangekyo eyes started spinning violently and Sasuke was captivated by them once again. He felt a deep stirring in his mind before everything went black.
"Tsukuyomi."
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Naruto had done as he was told and waited for Itachi in her room. He had heard many strange noises coming from outside, however Itachi had instructed him to stay in the room, and as his first friend, he would not betray her trust. He currently was sitting on her bed swinging his feet back and forth as he was not tall enough to reach the floor just yet.
He had turned seven this year, and being forced from the orphanage several years ago, he was mostly fending for himself. Couple this with the fact that Naruto was mistreated by the villagers, he was left to fetch for himself. This lead to him being one may call malnourished, and he had been unable to grow properly because of it.
Being a child, Naruto's mind wandered from time to time. He was mature for his age, due to being forced into living a very hard life, however he found that sometimes he should be allowed to act like a normal child. That said, he looked around Itachi's room with childlike wonder. He noticed that there was little to no personal items in the room, anything that was lying out was gender neutral. Frowning at the lack of feeling, his eyes roamed back to the bed where he had sat moments before. Naruto saw a mask laying on the bed. The mask had the likeness of a fox and it called to the boy.
Naruto strode forward and picked up the mask, studying it closely. The mask itself had the face of a fox etched into, accented by red coloring that almost looked like blood. For reasons he couldn't quite understand, he found his confidence to rise whilst he held the mask. He felt like he could do anything he set his mind to. Naruto suddenly dropped the mask back onto the bed when the door to the room was opened.
Itachi walked inside smiling sadly as she recounted the evening's events. Unshed tears in her eyes. Naruto looked at her before frowning. He walked up to her and pulled her into a hug and Itachi's breathing stopped for a second. She smiled and pulled him into the hug and began to cry tears for her actions on this night.
She was Naruto's first friend, so he had to do something to help her. If letting her cry on his shoulder and showing her he was there for her helped her, he would do it. The feeling of friendship was new to him, never having experienced this before, however his actions felt right. After what felt like hours to the two of them, they separated. Itachi thanked Naruto and gave him a kiss on his cheek, causing him to blush.
" I think it's time we got you to the Hokage, Naruto-kun" Itachi said, making sure she had all of her belongings and supplies. Naruto smiled and walked back to the bed, picking up the mask before handing it to her. Itachi looked at the mask sadly, remembering whom it belonged to.
"Here you go, Ita-chan!" Naruto said smiling broadly.
"Arigato, N-Naruto-kun" Itachi said smiling at the boy. She then pulled him into a hug and the two shunshined away to the Hokage's office.
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Hokage's office
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat in his office in deep concentration. Tonight, Itachi Uchiha would slaughter her entire clan and be branded a traitor to the village. This was not the truth however, she was actually a hero for her sacrifice to the Land of Fire and the citizens of Konoha. It was unfortunate that she will never be seen that way by the public. As a certain clan that inhabited Konoha would say, the situation was quite 'troublesome.'
He was quite worried, if Itachi had been caught or killed, the Uchiha could use that as fuel for the hellfire that would surely incinerate Konoha. Itachi was a prodigy, and an S ranked nin. He had faith but she hasn't arrived to report yet. Just as those thoughts crossed his mind, a whirlwhind of leaves brought his attention to the two now standing in his room.
At first Sarutobi was confused. Here was Itachi, like he hoped, but with her was Naruto Uzumaki, his adoptive grandson. Slowing pondering the reasons why these two would be here together, he was unable to draw any conclusion. This had stumped the 'professor'. Seeing the Sandaime's discomfort, Itachi stepped forward and bowed.
"Hokage-sama, I've come to give you my report." Itachi said as she straightened up again. Sarutobi motioned for Naruto to leave, but Itachi stopped him, saying this involved him as well and Sarutobi narrowed his eyes.
"Speak." the Sandaime spat as his brain went into overdrive.
"As ordered, I have put a stop to the coup by silencing the Uchiha clan. All of the memebers, sans my otouto Sasuke Uchiha have been executed. Naruto-kun is here with me now because my Father, Fugaku Uchiha kidnapped Naruto-kun and attempted to release the Kyuubi from the seal of the Yondaime. In doing so, he also broke the law and told Naruto about the Kyuubi no Yoko." Itachi looked at the ground for a moment. " I am deeply sorry that I have failed in my mission to successfully eliminate the entire Uchiha clan, but I just could bring myself to do kill my otouto."
Sarutobi was beyond pissed at the Uchiha clan, however he understood Itachi not being able to kill her own brother. They shared a bond that would have made it nearly impossible to shatter.
"So you know now huh, kiddo?" Sarutobi said smiling sadly at Naruto, who in turn smiled and nodded his head, which shocked the old man. He had expected Naruto to be angry and hurt that he was lied to. "I thought you'd be upset?"
"Hai Jiji, I was upset" Naruto said before he turned to Itachi. "Ita-chan here made everything better though! She said that I was a hero for holding back the Kyuubi my entire life!"
Sarutobi smiled at that. Itachi really as a kind soul, it's a shame that things had to go the way they did. Looking to Itachi he smiled sadly.
"Well... I hate to break this up, but it's time." Sarutobi said his tone sad.
"Time for what, Jiji?" Naruto asked, confused.
Itachi turned to Naruto and smiled sadly.
"It's time for me to leave Konoha, Naruto-kun." Itachi sighed.
"WHAT?! WHY?!" Naruto shouted in confusion. "You are my only friend why are you leaving?"
"I have to Naruto-kun. After tonight, the villagers and other shinobi will not truly understand tonight's happenings, and brand me a traitor to the village." Itachi said ruffling Naruto's hair. "I will have to leave to stay alive."
"But can't we tell everyone that you saved the village?" Naruto asked, not completely grasping the situation. Sarutobi sighed, stood, and proceeded to walk over to the two.
"I'm afraid we can't do that Naruto-kun. Even though it would be the right thing to do, no one can know of tonight's true activities." Sarutobi said sagely. "They're to ignorant to understand."
Naruto knew what the villager's hate could be like, and he most definitely did not want Itachi to experience the same hatred he has. She was his first friend after all.
"Hai, Jiji." Naruto said sadly looking down. Itachi walked up and pulled him into a warm embrace.
"It's alright Naruto-kun, I understand what this means, and I won't let it get to me too much." Itachi said smiling sadly at the boy before whispering "and don't you worry, I am sure we will meet again."
Naruto looked to Itachi and nodded, a smile returning to his face. Itachi smirked and pulled out the Fox mask and looked at it for a moment. Sarutobi saw who's mask it was and frowned. Itachi then handed the mask to Naruto.
"This mask belonged to someone very important to me. He was like a brother to me, and he was a great man." Itachi stated before smirking. "I am sure that one day you will be an even greater man, Naruto-kun."
Naruto stared at the mask in his hands, eyes overflowing with determination. He gripped it tightly and nodded. "Of course Ita-chan, I won't let you down. I will become a great ninja!"
'Of that I have no doubts'
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Chapter One - Massacre END
This is going to be an interesting story for sure. Itachi is a FEMALE in this tale, she also isn't completely void of emotion. I'm writing her how I want to, and sorry if you don't agree with my way of writing. Naruto will also be a little different from cannon.
I hope you enjoyed chapter one! Would love to read some nice reviews on what you think may happen in the future!
Ja Ne!
AU/OC by WarrenBeck