-1Uchiha: Heroes of Konoha

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Chapter 1: Changes

A young shinobi slowly opened his eyes looking around at everything around him. It took him a moment for his mind to process just what was going on. Looking up he knew exactly where he was, he could see that up a decent sized cliff a number of boulders were moving down towards him. He looked across from where he was standing to see his rival and his friend standing nearby. He knew at that moment that he had to save his friend, and that in doing so, he would have to sacrifice himself in the process. He moved as fast as he could to reach his young friend. As he got close to his friend he reached out to grab him, but his friend use the momentum of his movement to throw him away, preventing him from saving his young friend. He did not hear the sound of the boulder crushing his friend, but he heard it and knew what it meant very well. As he looked back he somehow could see the face of a young girl. He could see how much the lose of her must treasured person had on her. He knew he was the one who should of died in that moment, but he had not. He felt rage fill up inside himself at the memory. He saw the figure slowly dying in front of him, his friend's dead eyes looking into him, into his very soul. Seemingly asking him, if he had a life worth his sacrifice.

Obito opened his eyes, and raised up to sit on his own bed. He could feel his breathing was quiet erratic, and had to calm himself. He could also feel a tad bit of precipitation running down his forehead. Obito looked around his room getting his bearings. Everything was in the right spot , and he was in the same room he always woke up in. How he hated that dream, and how it haunted him so badly, he wondered if he would ever get over it. It had been about a handful years and it would still show up in his mind from time to time. Still there was very little he could do anything to change it, he couldn't go back and change the past. Things were as things were.

He was Obito Uchiha, the great reject of the Uchiha clan. That thought then went through his mind, he the only member of the Uchiha clan who had lived outside of the assigned section, which the Uchiha had been forced to move into after the nine tails incident, which ended in the death of another person who had been close to him, his teacher. He had been given his place for two reasons, one was his closeness to the Fourth Hokage, and also because he had been kick out of the Uchiha clan. He was deemed a waste of time right before his mission where Kakashi had died. Even when he returned, the clan choose to not change their ruling on the matter. Now, his only contact within the Uchiha clan was Itachi, who would come by from time to time, and talk about the world and problems between the clan and the village.

Obito quickly got ready, when he noticed a note on the front of his door, it was a message from the Hokage himself. Obito quickly read through it, and was amazed that the Hokage wanted to meet with him this early in the morning. Obito was very curious as to what the Hokage would what with him, this early in the morning, granted he was a top level jounin, but still, it was still only 5 AM. Obito quickly left through his door and moved down the streets of Konoha at break neck speed., arriving at the door of the Hokage in no time flat.

"Ah, it is good to see you here," the Hokage said looking a bit relieved at the sight of him, " I am glad you got rid of that old habit of yours, today, my friend."

Obito blinked at the Hokage, what was going on, what was the look for. Why was the Hokage so glad he gave up his habit of being late. He had done that right after the death of Kakashi, a kind of way to honor his late friend, who was always on time. Obito decided that this would not be the ideal time to dance around the subject at hand, no matter what it was.

"Oh, yeah, you wouldn't of heard about it," the Hokage said pausing briefly, "Tonight, your whole clan was destroyed, everyone was killed except for one kid."

Obito just blinked, it was impossible, how in the world had this taken place, how they fallen. Who could of destroyed them so quickly, could it be Orchimaru, no, he had to reason to do that, and it just didn't seem to fit with him either.

"Well, from what we know, it seems that the person was someone you knew, Itachi Uchiha ," the Hokage announced, " I figured he would of taken you out as well. I guess you should thank getting kick out of the clan for your life right now."

Obito just blinked, he had talked to Itachi only two days before, and nothing at all seemed wrong with him. He seemed depressed over something, but nothing that would suggest that he would just go out and lose it and kill the whole clan. It just didn't add up, why would he kill his own clan. Sure from what he heard he had the power and skill to do such an action, but Itachi, just didn't seem the person to kill off how own clan. As he thought about the whole situation, he remembered something the Hokage had mentioned to him.

"So the kid, who is he, and what do you plan to do with him?" Obito asked quietly curious to the information regarding this child who survived the massacre of the clan.

"The kids name is Sasuke Uchiha, he was Itachi's younger brother, and as for now," the hokage said before pausing looking around the room, "I am not sure what to do with him."

Obito took a deep breath, the clan had been mean to him on many occasions over his life, but he still carried the Uchiha name, wither they acknowledged it or not. He also remembered how hard Kakashi's fathers death had been on him, he wondered how he would of turned out if he had been forced to grow up alone. Obito then made up his mind, there was only one action he could do.

"I will take him," Obito said softly, "I will take Sasuke, and raise him, it is only right for him to be raised by an Uchiha, and I am the only one around who fits that billing."

"Are you sure, this is not going to be easy, raising a kid is a heck of a challenge, trust me I know it," the Hokage replied.

"Yeah, but it is the right thing to do here, and I am a jounin of the leaf, I am sure I can handle this," Obito said with a small smile.

"Fine, the boy is in the hospital, it will be a few days before he is ready, I will tell the guards to let you through and take care of the paperwork. Good luck with this, I am sure that Minato would be proud of you right now."

A/N- I hope that you liked this chapter, I am not sure how I feel about the story, I like it a lot, but that is just it really. If you like it, or have a word to leave, please do so in a review. Review are very helpful to us simple writers, and are always a great joy to get.