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"Happy birthday, kid!" A man with a mane of unruly white hair shouted as he ruffled Jin's hair affectionately. "Arigato, Ero-Sennin!" The Jinchuuriki replied happily. It was Jin's birthday... No, it was Their birthday. Yet he had only received a single 'Happy Birthday' from the Sandaime, and that was only after he 'Forgotten' his present when he bought a set of Limited Edition Camo Weapons Set for Jin. (Its basically kunai and shuriken in camo paint.)
Naruto stood in the corner of the living room as a dozen of people when over to Jin and wished him a happy birthday and giving him birthday presents. The room was packed full of over a hundred people, but Minato was by no means mediocre, and his living room could pack double that amount of people.
More than a hundred presents wrapped in shiny wrapping paper and ribbons were piled on a table and floor. Naruto stared at the presents, green in envy.
The guests then began to leave, except for those close to Jin or his parents. Jin ran to the presents and using his new Camo Kunai, began to rip the wrapping paper. Naruto was disgusted at his use of such a precious weapon as a simple paper cutter.
The first present he opened was from the 'White eyes' as Jin had loudly proclaimed. It was a scroll on advanced chakra control. Jin almost laughed at the present. "Who needs chakra control when I have them in spades?" He mocked before throwing it somewhere. Naruto reminded himself to 'borrow' that from his dear brother.
Next was from the Shikas, a close friend to Minato. Inside was a folded chess board with pieces made from ivory of an elephant, and its black pieces made of ebony. Again, he threw it over his head again, landing on the Hyuuga's scroll.
Third was from Hatake Kakashi, Minato's student from the time when he was a jounin sensei. It was a face mask, much like his own. It acted like a choker that you had to wear around your neck, and when needed, to be pulled up. This one Jin liked as it made him look like 'Kakashi-niisan'. He sort of idolized the Copy Ninja of Konoha when growing up. It is strange to see Jin idolize another human being other than himself.
Naruto turned away and exited the room, he could not bare continuing watching. It hurt. Though he and his brother had different status, but that alone should not determine their integrity, and human worth. Why is the world so damn unfair? When Jin received cheers, he would receive curses. When Jin received praise, he would receive pain. Why...?
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A thud was made as Naruto scored another bullseye on tree. A kunai was buried half way up the blade. The blonde picked up another kunai, but this time he enhanced the kunai's attributes with his wind chakra, he threw it at another target, this time a rock. It pierced the rock, burying it up to the hilt.
After two years in the academy, he had 'borrowed' a chakra element training scroll from his father's vast library. It was often unused, fortunately for Naruto as he could sneak in oh so often and swipe some scrolls off the shelves. Jin was never a reader, he preferred hands-on practice even though he never was any good...
As he continued throwing kunais after kunais at trees or rocks, he suddenly felt a precense behind him. He swiftly turned and a kunai flew and imbedded itself at a tree beside the stalker. The person widened their eyes.
But Naruto recognised the person. "Oh, it's you." The figure walked out of the shadows. With raven black hair and the easily recognised obsidian eyes, the ever memorable Uchiha Clan symbol on his shirt, Itachi appears!
"What do you want?" Naruto asked harshly as he returned to flicking kunais and shurikens. "Hnn, you are angry..." Itachi commented. The fury could be seen behind Naruto's unmoving face.
The blonde narrowed his eyes. "What do you want!" He shouted, this time pumping too much chakra in his kunai and a small explosion occured when his kunai hit a rock.
"Why the anger? And I came all the way here to give you a birthday present too." Naruto lifted an eyebrow. "Present?"
The blonde may not think like a ten year old, but he is still a kid. The mention of a birthday present intrigued and excited him.
Itachi flicked out something and threw it at Naruto. The blonde caught it of course.
The present was two beautifully crafted butterfly knives. (google for image.)
It was an enchanting silver with its blades longer than a normal butterfly knife. Naruto immediately opened his mouth in a 'Woah'. And began doing tricks with them. Flipping the blade out and flipping it in
"The blade and handle are made from carbon steel, for light-weight maneuvering. Hope you like it." Itachi finished with a small smile.
Naruto regained his composure and returned the knife to its handle. "Thanks." He merely said.
Itachi turned around and began to walk off. "Naruto, my offer still stands. I am doing it tomorrow, you know where to meet me." He declared. The blonde narrowed his eyes, staring at the butterfly knives. "Itachi, how are you so sure I won't tell people what you will do."
The Uchiha turned his head towards Naruto "Because I know you hold no loyalty to neither this village nor your father." And with that, the fifteen year old ANBU captain shunshined away. Gripping the butterfly knife, he flipped out the blade and with a flick of his wrist, it flew towards the rock, burrowing in. 'What am I supposed to do? Why does a ten-year old has so much responsibilities?'
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Two days later
Everything was a disaster. Chaos roamed in the streets of Konoha. Everyone was in an uproar about a single issue. The complete and total massacre of the Uchiha Clan. (I say complete because Sasuke is dead as well. Fucking prick.)
Not a single Uchiha was left alive... well, except for the person who performed the killings. Uchiha Itachi. The young ANBU captain and prodigy of the Uchiha clan. Of course, he escaped, not before running into two ANBUs on patrol while walking calmly on the streets of Konoha, covered in blood and tanto unsheathed, also gleaming in the crimson liquid of life.
After a thorough investigation, the Yondaime declared the young prodigy insane. And was not under the right mind when performing the massacre. Which concluded the whole investigation. No motive of murder, no investigation of weapons used, no nothing. Of course, the public ate it all up like some naive puppies following its master, Minato.
However Naruto knew better. Itachi had told him days before the actual massacre. There was one and only motive. Besides the deep hatred Itachi possessed towards his own clan, he merely wanted to test himself. To reach the tip of his capability. To see how we would fare against his own kinsmen.
Naruto's absence that night meant his rejection of joining Itachi in the murder of his clansmen. Although the ten year old blonde despised his village, did not mean he was evil. Massacring hundreds of people for no particular reason did not appeal to Naruto.
Now, the people were wondering which clan would go next. Surely, after the complete destruction of their 'strongest' clan, another was bound to be massacred .
In the academy, everyone was talking in loud whispers within their own group. Many were wasking Jin for information, after all being the Hokage's son had that advantage. 'Idiots. So drunk on peace that they never saw this coming. A simple clan disappearing off the face of earth caused such a commotion. They are in a shinobi village for crying out loud. They should be prepared for this!
Currently, Naruto was situated in his usual seat in the Academy's classroom, flipping out his butterfly knives' blade and returning it to its handle. 'This village is pretty pathetic. The students here are all so weak. How I wish Kiri's academy system replaced this pathetic Konoha academy curriculum. I could... hurt...Jin so easily then.'
The door suddenly opened and a chuunin with a scar across his face and over his nose walked in. "Class settle down." He simply said and the whispers vanished. "As most of you may have known by now, the Uchiha clan is..." He hesitated, trying to find a good word. "...Now no more. And that includes your classmate Sasuke." At that, multiple girls in the room started tearing up and one of the more hardcore Sasuke fans began bawling and crying her lungs out, some pink haired girl he never bothered to learn the name of.
"I know all of you are having a hard time adjusting," He stopped for a moment, glancing at the pink haired girl. "But we all have to move on." At that, a hand was raised among the seated students "What happened?" Was the curious question asked by an Aburame, his name who he did not seem to remember as well. "That is... classified information. But I doubt it would be for long, but I still can't tell you."
After the fiasco in the classroom, the scarred chuunin gave them the day off, for some of them to adapt to the class with one student missing.
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The blonde wore a
Academy was released early, Naruto walked through Konoha's forest. Enjoying the peace and tranquility. When he looked like he suddenly remembered something. He headed back to the village, and arrived at the ANBU headquarters.
He approached the reception desk and found it not to be the dark and creepy place he thought it would be. It actually had an average look to it. Naruto smirked, god knows what was within these walls...
When he asked for the lastest edition of the Bingo Book, the reception girl asked for his identity and rank. After pointing out his status as an academy student, the woman asked him to 'go back to mommy' as kindly put it.
But after mentioning his father, that changed the situation. She was more than glad to present him a mint copy of the Latest Bingo Book.
Naruto smirked after receiving it and thanked her, eagerly flipping through the pages. After all, he would have to know any person or thing that is perceived as a threat outside the safe walls of Konoha.
He stopped dead in his tracks after flipping to the N section. On one of the pages of the Bingo Book, was a picture of a blonde shinobi. Whose sunkissed hair reached shoulder length. Had a pair of sapphire blue eyes that radiated skill and strength. Namikaze Minato... He read further down, catching the tiniest of details.
Name : Namikaze Minato
Affiliation : Konohagakure no Sato
Rank : Hokage
Status : SS-rank, Flee On Sight
Description : Age between 20-30, Blonde Hair, Blue eyes, 6'10. No more information is available.
Bounty : 200 Million Ryo, Placed by Iwagakure. 100 Million Ryo, Placed by Kumogakure.
Known Skills : Extremely Skilled in Fuuinjutsu. Kage-level Ninjutsu. Kage-level Taijutsu. Jounin-level Genjtusu. Other attributes – unknown.
Known Jutsus : Multiple self created jutsus. High Level Fuuton Jutsus. High Level Raiton Jutsus. High Level Ninpou. (Ninpou as in – Kage bunshin, shunshin, etc..) Other Jutsus Unknown
Naruto stopped reading. After knowledge of his father's place in the Bingo book and status was more than enough to conclude one thing. His father was a monster. A true genius in the Ninja Arts. The third to receive SS-rank in history. The first and second being Hashirama Senju and Uchiha Madara.
He then remembered Itachi and flipped to the U section. 'Uchiha Bisuke, Uchiha Gensuru, Uchiha Golimu... Hah, found it. Uchiha Itachi'
A picture of a raven haired teen with black onyx eyes... Uchiha Itachi.
Name : Uchiha Itachi
Affiliation : Konohagakure no Sato
Rank : Anbu Captain, Missing Nin
Status : S-rank, Flee on Sight
Description : Age 15 Black hair, black eyes (red with three tomoe if Sharingan activated) 6'5 No more information is available.
Bounty : 80 Million, Placed by Konohagakure
Known Skills : High Jounin level Ninjutsu. Kage-level Genjtusu. Jounin Level Taijutsu. Mastery of Doujutsu, Sharingan. Jounin Level Weapons Mastery. Other attributes Unknown.
Known Jutsus : High Level Katon Jutsus. Intermediate level Ninpou. Other jutsus unknown
Criminal Act : Massacring the entirety of Konohagakure's Uchiha Clan.
Naruto stopped reading and sighed. 'They really included Itachi's name, eh? That was quick, considering the massacre only occured two days ago... '
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