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This is the first story where I think I made Itachi a main character along with Sasuke and Naruto. I also posted this story on my AO3 account. I enjoy writing this story and hope everyone enjoys reading it.
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In a weird world where Itachi wasn't the martyr for his clan and the village. The massacre of the Uchiha clan never happened. Minato didn't die from a Kyuubi attack. Kushina and Naruto both had part of Kurama in them. Orochimaru wasn't a bad guy. Naruto didn't want to always become Hokage. Sasuke was a girl. And last but not least a world where Itachi was not only about to be clan head but was already Hokage of the village.
"Come on Naruto do this for me." Itachi asked to his best friend and old teammate.
Naruto was currently on the side of the Hokage tower listening to his best friend's first request he ever gave him since becoming Hokage. Itachi made a notice to himself to never do anything to damage his relationship with his best friend.
"I trust you more than everyone in this village and you can train and protect her while she goes to train with Lord Orochimaru." Itachi said referring to his younger sister Sasuke.
Sasuke requested to go to Lord Orochimaru ten minutes before Naruto came around but he wasn't going to let her go without someone to go with her and that someone he wanted to go with her was Naruto.
"Why does it have to be me though? You know me and her don't really get along." Naruto grumbled.
Naruto had Itachi's back in just about everything and he really appreciated the fact that his friend always gave him a choice and not just told him to do something. But one thing was for sure this was an order.
"She likes you, Naruto." Itachi tried to say but got a glare that made him stop talking.
He knew all of Naruto's weaknesses and strengths well probably not as much now since he became Hokage, when they were sixteen years old. Itachi was honestly shocked when Minato chose him instead of his son. It had been four years since that day. Itachi thought so highly of his predecessor and Naruto, but it was hard to ignore that he skipped over his son and went to him. He saw sadness and humiliation in his best friend's eyes that day even as he smiled and said congratulations. It was fake, and that's why he let Naruto beat on his own path unless really needed.
"She calls me an idiot every time she sees me." Naruto said still glaring at his friend.
"That's her way of being playful with you." Itachi said ignoring Naruto's glare waving his hand away.
"Are you even giving me a choice?" Naruto questioned as he laid his head back against the building.
That made Itachi stop his writing and think about what his friend was really asking him.
"You know you always have a choice, Naruto." Itachi said and Naruto flickered off.
"Thanks," Itachi said with a small smile.
Itachi didn't need to know his answer to know Naruto was going to do it.
Sasuke was currently with her mother pacing around the house irritated because her brother choose to give her no choice but to pair her up with his idiot best friend.
"Naruto isn't bad Sasuke just give him a chance. He has a lot of experience on the field and through training with the legendary Sannin and his own father." Mikoto said.
"All that doesn't matter because he is still an idiot and he will never agree." Sasuke said sighing as she sat on the couch.
Sasuke was four years younger than her brother and really would rather be trained by her brother but he always said she would learn nothing from him that she didn't already know. "And what would he teach me anyway." Sasuke grumbled.
"So much for not being called an idiot." Naruto said from the garden door.
Naruto smiled walking into the house as he pulled his shoes off, walking straight toward Mikoto.
"Hello Mrs. Mikoto, how are you?" Naruto said as he hugged her.
"I'm good, Naruto." Mikoto said hugging him back.
"That's good to hear." Naruto said pulling away from her then turned his head to look at Sasuke. "Your brother wants me and you to come to the tower." Naruto said glaring at her then walked toward his shoes again.
Sasuke didn't move from her spot not even when Naruto started moving out the door.
"When I said he wanted to see us I meant NOW." Naruto said and flickered off without turning back.
"You should get going now." Mikoto said smiling.
Sasuke rolled her eyes and started jumping roofs to the Hokage tower. When she got into the tower Naruto was sitting next to Itachi by his desk.
"Hello little sister," Itachi said with a warm smile.
"You wanted me?" Sasuke said with a raised eyebrow.
"Naruto agreed to go with you to Orochimaru's lair." Itachi said with a crooked smile.
"He what?" Sasuke asked surprised.
"Yes, he agreed to go with you." Itachi said looking down at a paper.
"Why?" Sasuke questioned.
"Because I think you're delightful to be around." Naruto said sarcastically with a fake smile.
"Naruto, stop it." Itachi said whacking him. "Because I asked him too." Itachi said looking at his little sister.
"Fine, when do we leave?" Sasuke asked as she rolled her eyes.
"Tomorrow night," Naruto said hopping out the window and he was gone in a flash.
"Tomorrow night? Why tomorrow night?" Sasuke questioned her brother.
"He likes to travel at night." Kakashi said as he sat on the window counter.
"Itachi, why do I have to go with Naruto? Can't I just go with Kakashi-sensei?" Sasuke said pouting extremely irritated.
"Sorry Sasuke but I won't be changing my mind at all. I trust Naruto to protect you when need be and to train you. You're in good hands with him." Itachi said as he stared at his sister.
"But he's an idiot. What can he really teach me?" Sasuke complained.
"Sasuke, stop talking about Naruto like that." Itachi said glaring at his sister making her shrink back. "He may not be as smart as me but he is a good shinobi and I trust him with my life. He is one of the strongest shinobi I know and you will respect him for that, not because he is my friend. He is a great shinobi and you will be with him for the year that is if you really want to leave Konoha." Itachi said not playing.
"I understand," Sasuke pouted.
"Glad we got that cleared up. You should go let your team know what happened now." Itachi said with a smile.
Sasuke got up and walked out the door in search for her teammates.
"So… why did you choose Naruto out of everyone?" Kakashi asked.
"Well Kakashi, I needed to help her and he was the best person to help her. And I know they really well her I know she actually likes Naruto. Naruto on the other hand I think he hates her." Itachi said with a sadistic smile.
"You're a sadistic bastard, Itachi." Kakashi said with a smirk.
Itachi just smirked and carried on with his paperwork.
"Sakura, Sai," Sasuke called to her teammates.
"What's up, Sasuke?" Sakura said with a smile.
"Are you allowed to go?" Sai asked.
"Yup, I get to go. I leave tomorrow night." Sasuke said.
They both made a shocked face curious to why she was leaving at night.
"Let's go get something to eat then and I will explain why this isn't all good." Sasuke said walking with her team to the local ramen shop.
They both knew she was irritated about it but she was still excited.
"What's the bad news?" Sakura asked.
Sakura and Sasuke have been best friends since the academy and were relieved when they got on a team together.
"I have to go with a jounin." Sasuke grumbled.
"Really? Who?" Sakura asked.
"Naruto," Sasuke said looking away.
"Your older brother's best friend and teammate. The hot blonde that every girl wished to call sensei." Sakura said shocked.
"Really Sakura, yes him." Sasuke said deadpanned.
"You can't deny that he was the talk of the academy when we were there. He was as much of the talk as your brother." Sakura said waving her hand.
"I didn't want to go with him but my brother said it's with him or I have to stay here. Damn him why did he have to agree." Sasuke grumbled.
"No one actually says no to the Hokage, Sasuke." Sai said.
"Well Naruto is in that special exception where he can say no if he wants too." Sasuke said.
"Why are you so fussy about it though? Shouldn't training with him be a good thing seeing as he got training with some of the strongest shinobi in the leaf?" Sai questioned.
"I will be stuck with him for a year." Sasuke said.
"I would like to be stuck with someone that strong and hot for a year. All alone and in the wilderness." Sakura said starting to daydream.
"We won't be alone Sakura. We are going to Lord Orochimaru for me to train." Sasuke said snapping her friend out of her daydream.
"Well you will be with him alone sometimes. He is like a mandatory bodyguard to you." Sai said.
"That sucks," Sasuke mumbled.
"Why don't you ask him why he agreed to do this so you can actually know?" Sai asked.
"Good idea," Sasuke said and put money on the table to leave.
She set out to find Naruto and she figured he was somewhere near her brother so she started there. She couldn't find him so she went to his apartment and found him sleeping looking like he had no care in the world.
"What do you want?" Naruto asked breaking her out of her dazed look.
"Why did you agree to take me on this mission?" Sasuke asked getting straight to the case as she sat on the window sill.
"I didn't want to and I still don't but your brother asked me to and since he never really asks for much from me I decided to do it." Naruto answered finally opening his eyes and sitting up.
"Why do you live in this cheap apartment?" Sasuke questioned as she got a better look at Naruto's rundown apartment.
"That's none of your business." Naruto said and sat against his wall.
"I will see you tomorrow night then." Sasuke said and took off.
"Be at the gates at seven." Naruto said back to her.
'I don't get it, why did it bother me that he didn't want to tell me?' Sasuke thought as she walked down the street on autopilot back to her house.
"Sasuke, what's up with you daydreaming?" Shisui asked walking up to his cousin.
"I don't understand why Itachi would have me leave the village with Naruto." Sasuke confessed.
"He has his reasons. I offered to go but he was set on Naruto going. The only way you were going to go with someone else was if Naruto said no." Shisui said as he continued to walk with her.
"Well that sucks because he said yes." Sasuke complained.
"Why do you have a problem with going with Naruto? And don't say he's an idiot because we both know he's not." Shisui asked not believing her one bit.
Sasuke just turned her head away from him.
Shisui's eyebrow raised in amusement. What was his cousin hiding from him?
"He just takes all my time and gets special privilege from my brother it irritates me. Then he's always nice to everyone in my family accept me. I call him an idiot because it seems like he hates me anyway." Sasuke said looking down.
"I don't think that's really the case." Shisui said feeling bad for prying.
"Then what is it?" Sasuke asked glaring at her older cousin.
"I don't know but I went on missions with Naruto before he never attempted to do a mission with someone he didn't like." Shisui said.
"But I am an exception because I am his best friend's little sister." Sasuke said pouting.
"Are you trying to get acceptance from Naruto?" Shisui asked making his cousin blush.
"Of course not," Sasuke spluttered as she tried to shake off her blush.
"Sure, sure," Shisui said as he walked away from the young teen.
Sasuke didn't like how everyone kept assuming she wanted to be anything with the blonde or that she wanted to impress him. It wasn't the case… that's for sure. She didn't care how much the blonde looked at her older brother she didn't care how he smiles at everyone but her. She didn't care he was an idiot anyway.
"Welcome home honey," Mikoto said walking up to her younger daughter.
"Hi mom," Sasuke said.
"So… Did he agree to go with you?" Mikoto asked in an excited tone.
"Yes he did. But I don't get why." Sasuke voiced her concerns.
"I think right now you don't understand because you never been taken out of your team but when an old teammate asks you to do something you tend to do it. Not only are they old teammates but their best friends so he couldn't refuse Itachi even if he didn't want to do it. Naruto worked with every Sannin accept Orochimaru so Itachi didn't only want to give you a chance but Naruto one too. Itachi cares about you a lot and trusts Naruto as much as he cares about you so he wanted him to go with you. Do you get it now?" Mikoto explained.
"Yes," Sasuke said nodding her head and getting up to walk to her room.
When Sasuke got to her room she questioned if that was really why he was placed with her.
The next day she woke up to laughter in her house. She got up to see Naruto's mother Kushina, Sakura, and her mother drinking tea talking and laughing.
"Afternoon Sasuke," Sakura said being the first one to see her.
"Hn," Sasuke grunted ignoring the three and headed to the kitchen.
Sakura got up from her seat to follow her friend.
"So you're leaving tonight… Are you excited?" Sakura asked getting a glare as a response.
"Come on it's going to be fun and you know it. Did I tell you that Lady Tsunade said she is willing to train me?" Sakura said biting her lip.
"AND SHE AGREED!" Sasuke screamed furious.
Sakura knew how mad her friend was because Sasuke was trying to get the legendary female Sannin to train her for the longest time but always got denied.
"She said she would train me in the art of medical jutsu." Sakura said trying to reason with her angry friend.
"That's just not fair I begged her and she always declined me no matter how much I controlled my chakra." Sasuke said sounding completely dejected.
"She didn't reject you because your control. She rejected you because of your patience and temper and because she didn't feel like you would be a medic so what point would you be as her student." A voice said from the doorway.
It was Naruto someone she didn't want to hear that from him at the moment. He knew exactly what to say to push all her buttons.
"You learned from her!" Sasuke said pointing at him.
"And?" Naruto questioned eyebrow raised.
Sasuke grit her teeth trying to not snap. "I suppose you're a medical ninja now." Sasuke said laced with pure sarcasm.
"No, I got trained by her for my chakra control." Naruto said.
Sasuke was about to snap and she knew it. Hell everyone knew it.
"And why couldn't I be taught the same thing?" Sasuke said walking closer to him.
"Because you didn't need the training I needed so in all it would have been pointless." Naruto said starting to visibly get angry.
Sasuke was livid that the room would have set on fire by the two of them. These two were a lethal combination especially seeing as his wind blew making her fire stronger.
"You don't know a damn thing about what she could have taught me!" Sasuke screamed in his face.
"I don't know why you want to pick a fight but I will show you why you shouldn't if that's what you really want." Naruto growled making her shrink away like she did with her brother yesterday as chakra started to ooze out of Naruto.
"Naruto." was the stern voice to call out to him.
"Itachi," Naruto said still in his stare down with Sasuke who backed away from him but didn't completely back down but his chakra calmed down.
She would never get what her brother did to make Naruto go out of his battle mode from just saying his name. She would never understand their relationship and that frustrated her.
"I said I trust you with my sister not to destroy her. If you must destroy her, destroy her in a better way for the both of you." Itachi said in a suggestive way shocking everyone and making Naruto and Sasuke blush and look away from each other.
The suggestion made Sasuke's heart beat fast and the thought made her fidgety. It made Naruto flicker him and Itachi out the house to the Hokage tower.
"Hahaha… I never thought I would see my best friend nervous." Itachi said.
"That's not funny." Naruto said sitting on the couch.
"It is, so what did she say that made your chakra and Kurama so angry and hostile?" Itachi asked.
"I don't know exactly why Kurama just didn't like the way she was talking to us." Naruto said ignoring Kurama.
"Let me talk kit, I can explain it better." Kurama said.
"No way in hell." Naruto said out loud and Itachi raised an eyebrow from hearing this.
"Kurama wants to talk to you." Naruto said and Itachi nodded in understanding.
"Kit, if you don't let me talk I will take over forcibly." Kurama threatened.
"Fine, Itachi, Kurama is going to talk to you." Naruto said and switched spots.
When Kurama switched with Naruto their eyes always changed from bright blue to crimson red. The aura around Naruto became more lethal than usual and everyone shook with fear with his presence all but a few of course, one being Itachi.
"What is it you want to tell me?" Itachi asked.
"Well Uchiha, I didn't really like how your sister was trying to get superior on us so I felt the need to put her in her place." Kurama said.
"What do you mean by that?" Itachi asked.
"It's mating season kid." Kurama said and like that he was gone.
"What did he say? He shut me out." Naruto asked.
"Something I think I could have gone without hearing for my whole life." Itachi said shaking his head.
"That bad, huh." Naruto said sighing, his head going back in his seat.
"I feel the need to ask this question. How do you felt about my sister?" Itachi asked.
"She's annoying and gets on my last nerves." Naruto said honestly.
"Way to be honest Naruto. You should get packing for your trip." Itachi said sighing and sitting in his seat.
"Alright see you in a year." Naruto said hopping out the window.
This was hard on both of them but it had to be done. Itachi wanted his sister to be happy and get stronger like she wanted too. As for Naruto he hasn't left the village for very long since Itachi became Hokage. He wanted to be here if anything was to happen he wanted to be here to protect his friend. But this had to happen.
Naruto for once didn't flash to his apartment like he usually did he decided he was going to leisurely walk through the village and stare at the people. He was going to be gone for a year again, but before his best friend wasn't Hokage and he were thirteen gone for three years training with Tsunade and Jiraiya. Now he was leaving the village to train for someone else.
"I guess I can get some training in since I will be with another Sannin." Naruto mumbled to himself.
"Naruto, what are you doing?" Yamato asked as he walked to the blonde.
Yamato, Naruto, and Itachi were all in anbu together. It was always fun to start things with Kakashi through Yamato for Itachi and Naruto. It gave them entertainment on those long missions. Izumi never entered anbu with them; she stayed a Chunin when she passed the Chunin exams. But they became anbu together when Naruto's dad was Hokage. After they took the Chunin exams they quickly became acquainted with being anbu. That was until Naruto left to train when they were fourteen to come back home for his father to tell him that his best friend would be Hokage. He left shortly after that for the rest of the year while his friend prepared to be Hokage. When he came back home at age seventeen was the day Itachi was getting crowned basically as Hokage. Naruto sat on top of the Hokage heads like he used to when they were kids and watched the ceremony. He didn't get why his father chose his best friend instead of him. But Itachi did find him later that night to talk to him. They just sat in silence until Naruto finally spoke.
"I will always be by your side no matter what position you're in." Naruto said gently.
Nothing was said after that and then Naruto was always close to him so Itachi didn't know really what he was going to do without his best friend.
"Yamato, what's going on? Want to catch a drink with me?" Naruto asked as he looked at his old teammate.
"Sure, don't you have a mission tonight?" Yamato asked.
"I won't drink too much. You know I have to drink at least four gallons of Saki before I actually get tipsy." Naruto said with a smile making Yamato chuckle.
"That's for sure," Yamato said and then got pulled off by Naruto.
When they got to the bar they saw Asuma with Kurenai.
"A date?" Naruto said bounding to his older classmates.
"Shut up," Asuma said a blush tinging his cheeks.
"Okay, enjoy your date Asuma." Naruto screamed and bound off with Yamato behind him shaking his head.
Naruto loved to make people embarrassed and so did Itachi which is one of the things no one expected the two to have the same sense of humor but they did. Naruto enjoyed Itachi's humor especially because not many people saw it. The only time Naruto hated it was when it was turned on him, then he hated it. But he couldn't really get mad seeing as he does the same to Itachi with Izumi especially when they were kids. It started a lot of fights between them.
They drank together for a little while before Naruto looked at the time and saw that it was thirty minutes before the time he was supposed to leave with Sasuke. So he said goodbye and flashed to his apartment. He got his stuff that was prepared since last night and flashed to the gate just in time to see Sasuke walking with Itachi to the gate.
"Oh dear, are you sure you should be outside unattended honey?" Naruto said making fun of Itachi.
Itachi blushed for a second then his face went emotionless again before his sister could see his reaction.
"Shut up Naruto." Itachi said making Naruto smirk at his reaction.
"Be safe you two." Itachi said hugging his sister.
"Yeah love you Itachi." Sasuke said hugging her brother back.
When they pulled away Itachi poked her in the forehead with a smile. This reminded her to put her forehead protector back on. Naruto had his on his right arm, the same him and Itachi used to do when he used to go on missions together.
"If you plan on staying longer send me a message." Itachi told her.
Naruto walked up to his friend in spite and hit him in the face. Naruto wasn't angry, he was sad at the very least. Itachi understood and walked back up to Naruto.
"Thank you Naruto. I promise I will call you if anything is to happen or if anything is about to happen. Be safe and keep my sister safe. I can sense your chakra just like you can sense mine you will know if something is wrong with me." Itachi said knowing it would soothe his friend's worried heart.
Naruto and Itachi might not show their real emotions to everyone but they do show them to each other knowing the other would understand. Naruto pulled out his hand handing Itachi a kunai with his seal symbol.
"If anything is to happen flick it twice and I will flash back immediately. Don't bare all the responsibility by yourself. I will be back." Naruto said turning away from his friend and walked out the gates.
"Hah," Itachi sighed.
It really was hard to send Naruto away with his younger sister no less. Two of the closest people to him in the village were leaving the village together. No one in the whole village would understand how alone he would feel the moment the two walk out the gate tonight together.
"Take care of him." Itachi whispered to Sasuke after giving her another hug.
"I thought you were sending him with me so he could take care of me." Sasuke said raising an eyebrow.
Itachi smiled it shocked her.
"I'm talking about emotionally foolish little sister." Itachi said chuckling as he turned around and started to head back to the Hokage tower.
"Weirdos," Sasuke mumbled only to turn back and have to catch up with Naruto who wasn't far away but wasn't close.
She could only see his blonde hair and that was enough to follow him.
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Let me know what you think. I want all your opinions. I want to know what you think of Itachi's and Naruto's bond. What you think about how Naruto treats Sasuke? I want to know everything.