Hi. As you may have noticed this is my first fic, so wish me luck.
Yes, with massacre, as Itachi wouldn't be himself without having killed most of the clan, it's who he is and it has shaped him. Yet he is not evil, he is the least evil character in the series, if not sure why, read the manga.
And an explanation of what is happening, otherwise I would confuse a lot of people:
I am picking up from where Sasuke has left to go to Orochimaru and Naruto has returned to the village from Jiraiya. Hinata, Sasuke, Naruto etc. are 16. Itachi is 20. I am not sure about the rest of Akatsuki. Orochimaru and Kabuto have raised an army of the dead and are marching on Konoha and also the Akatsuki. Akatsuki face annihilation as the dead cannot be killed (again) and they (the dead) are highly skilled shinobi. Same goes for Konoha so the two make an unusual alliance to survive. Obviously they don't trust each other. As many are scared of the Akatsuki, especially Itachi, Tsunade tells the truth about Itachi's past (passed down to her from the last Hokage) thus letting Itachi lead a….relatively normal life again. Itachi with Tsunade's help has devised a way of using Shisui's eye to gain an eternal Mangekyou Sharingan so his eyesight is not awful anymore.
SPOILER ALERT
I will try to keep everyone in character including Tobi. Yes, Tobi as Tobi because he cannot reveal himself yet. Itachi knows he is not who he says he is but ignores the fact; it is not as if he doesn't have secrets himself.
With that sorted I'll plunge into the story.
Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto, Naruto shippuden or any other products associated with Naruto, Naruto manga or any of the characters.
A lone raven circled the grey morning sky, weaving to and fro beneath the dark clouds. Anouncing the return of a certain tall, dark haired Uchiha. Itachi trudged down the wide path that lead into Konoha. He was going to kill those idiots the next time he saw them. Each of the Akatsuki had made ridiculous excuses as to why exactly they couldn't walk into town with him, just leaving him there to face the toruture alone. Oh, because shark feeding is so important that it just can't wait for a few hours! And new clay just 'has' to be tried out on the day it arrives not to even mention the baking of chocolate cookies that just 'happens' to be so important. Itachi was Not a happy bunny. His annoyance intensified as he walked through the gates of the village. Everyone was staring at him and Itachi was not the type of person who enjoyed being looked at, especially not by the gossip hungry citizens of Konoha. It seemed like half the village assembled just to see him return. This was not a good sign, not in the least. By now he was used to whole villages running for their lives when his figure appeared at the gates. Not that he killed any of them, Itachi had very strict guidelines: Only kill the target of them mission, any accidental casualties are not accepted. He simply did not enjoy killing. He knew he was weird and just not normal by that, at least in the eyes of the Akatsuki but he did not care.
Itachi glared back at the the shameless crowd, sending the most faint hearted of them scurrying to the back. He needed to speak to the Hokage about this and soon, before he would be assulted by fangirls just like during the times before the massacre.
He burst into Tsunade's office, finding her sitting at her desk, going over mission reports. "What has happened to my privacy?" He spoke in a dangerously quiet voice. "I thought we agreed that as long as I tell you about my past you would keep the villagers off me?"
Tasunade sat up "What would you have me do? Forbid the seeing of Uchiha Itachi just like that? It is their village you know, plus some were genuinely happy to see you back and clear your name of the things people have said about you."
"Hn, like who exactly?" replied Itachi, his anger somewhat lessened but not gone, not yet.
"Well umm...Kakashi?" Tsunade blurted out.
"Kakashi hates me, holding me responsible for the leaving of my foolish little brother from team7...anyone else?"
Tsunade slowly shook her head. "Look, most people are not exactly delighted about the return of an S-classed missing-nin yet they try to acknowledge you, at least try to be nice to them." Itachi Hnned again and strode out of her office, slamming the door.
He walked out and reached the Uchiha compound, his eyes widening as he saw the state it was in.
Itachi was angry, excessively so. Not that it changed the stone like quality his face always possessed but it could be noticed by the sparkle in his right eye and the steady red glow in his eyes, even when his Sharingan had been deactivated. The Uchiha manor had been destroyed. Well, not exactly destroyed but just….decimated. Explosions of colour could be seen where plants have crumbled through walls and displayed their flowers on the other side. Half of the compound had been flooded with water, the other half a sorry mass of stone and what had once been a proud and majestic house has been reduced to a pitiful, hunched over relict of the past. Much like the clan itself.
This is going to change. Now. Itachi's eye gained even more red and the black tomoe of the Sharingan had begun to swirl. They expanded to form the Mangekyou. "Amaterasu!" The excess water started boiling. Soon there were only small puddles left here and there beneath the gaze of the now smirking Uchiha. The rest of the day he spent on making the house vaguely habitable, restoring the walls, fixing the many broken roofs and generally making sure that he would not be wet or cold during the night. This was his first night back in Konoha and even though the Hokage had offered some rooms further in the village he refused. This was his home and he was not abandoning it, again.
Itachi recounted the events of the previous months, trying to make sense of the chaos around him. Orochimaru had attacked without warning. One of the Peins had found a shinobi who assulted him viciously and had refused to die. That was when it started. Ever since then they had all been on the run. Konoha had been experiencing the same problems and as none of the parties could find a solution (even Amaterasu failed) they had made a crazy alliance for possible better hopes of survival. Ofcourse that meddlesome woman, Tsunade had known about Itachi's secret and had welcomed him (literarly) with open arms. As if this wasn't bad enough she had also proclaimed this to the whole village, making his life torture. Despite that she had made up for this by restoring his sight. Over a month she had been steadily pumping chakra enhanced cells from Shisui's Sharingan into his own eyes, until he had earned an Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
Now everyone treated him with a sense of repect and...fear. Not that this hadn't been expected. After killing all but one of his clan members, a clan that had been strong and had the potential for taking over the village, the idea that an individual could do that wasn't comforting in the least. Power did have it's dark side indeed.
Itachi turned as he heard heard a sound behind him. There was a person in the compound. Even though they weren't close he still heard them. He also heard the slicing sound they made, like a blade plunging into flesh. He quickly jumped up and stealthily ran towards the source. His Sharingan focused on the figure bending over something on the ground. It had black hair and a grey jumper. The silver blade shone in it's hand. He stepped on a twig.Damn! Immediatly he was confronted with the clear eyes of a Hyuga. The steel shovel dropped from her hand. Yes, her, as he could clearly see her face now. What was it again? Ha...Hatani? No. Hamati? Hinate? Hinata? Hi...Wait, that was it, Hinata.
Sorry for the short chapter but there will be much longer ones in the future. I just wanted to get something, anything down. Post your thoughts and if you would be interested in reading more. Much more Ita-Hina coming up and some more...exciting chapters.
