(A/N:

I sincerely apologise for the mistakes in the first chapter. By mistake I uploaded the wrong document. I'll be careful in the future.

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Chapter 02: THE TRUTH

"UCHIHA…MADARA"

The cave once more filled with silence upon hearing that name.

"Youngster, if what you say is true, if Uchiha madara is truly resurrected, we must act with caution and precaution" said the second hokage.

Naruto was at his limits. Given his character, he is clueless of what is going on and he has no idea of how bad the complex of the situation is getting.

But there were people who were quick follow on and realised the weight of the consequence. People like itachi, kakashi and minato didn't need further explanation on this matter. They were already processing the information within their heads.

Kakashi was the first to explain "so in other words, similar to our hokages and ninjas who came back to life, previous kages of other villages and other powerful shinobis must have also been resurrected. That means that the balance in power in every village has been tipped off."

Minato was quick to add details "Right, if the situation gets worse the other village heads might plan to takeover weaker villages and try to dominate as much as possible. Even the villages who are not interested in war will be forcefully dragged in when they must defend themselves"

This information threw more and more light on the situation. The deeper it goes, the scarier it is.

"That could possibly be the worst thing to happen. The world will be dragged into an all out war for dominance or for self-defence. There will be no meaning in the three wars that has been held till now and there will be no meaning in the lives we lost in those wars" sarutobi said.

"We definitely can't afford a fourth ninja war. The world will turn into a place of chaos and it will create a new cycle of hatred which will carry on till the last shinobi alive" second hokage said.

Tsunade was quick to cut in."It's a bit too late for that. Only a few months back madara declared the fourth ninja war at the kage summit. We were in middle of the preparation for that war. But now since this incident has happened, we will never know how the situation turns out."

"The world is always at war. No matter how many generations it takes, war keeps coming" the first hokage expressed his feelings.

There were surprised expressions on everyone's face. This was news not only to people who were just resurrected but also to our kyuubi jinchuuriki. Naruto was as surprised as the others. But he was too confused to focus on that right now. He wanted some clear answers right away.

"Wait a sec baa-chan, I don't understand at all. We all thought that the masked shinobi was madara. But now narumi is saying that he came back to life along with all the hokages. And what's this fourth ninja war. I didn't hear about such a thing happening at the summit" a serious yet confused naruto asked.

Tsunade was about to answer when they heard footsteps coming from the entrance of the cave. Suddenly everyone was in battle position waiting to strike if it's an enemy.

They were all waiting as the footsteps drew closer and closer. Three figures entered the cave.

"Sasuke!" naruto exclaimed.

Naruto was indeed surprised to see him. The last time they met was at the fire country where they both clashed and naruto challenged sasuke for a full fledged fight.

Even the third and Itachi were shocked to see him. Itachi in particular, all this time he was wondering what happened to sasuke after he died. He was about to ask naruto, but before he got the chance to ask, sasuke himself showed up.

Minato and kushina noticed how naruto suddenly changed. They could tell that those two shared a very thick and a complicated bond.

"Sasuke, what are you doing here. You still planning on running" Naruto asked in a serious tone. He was ready for the fight he promised if that's what sasuke is here for. He wasn't sure if he could win against him as last time they met, he had a bad feeling about the fight. As if he will lose to him if he faced him.

Sasuke just stared at naruto for a minute and just ignored him and proceeded to the centre of the cave. Jugo and suigetsu followed him. He noticed itachi as their eyes met once more. But this time sasuke was not here to fight against him.

"An uchiha, no wonder you are with the enemy" the second hokage said.

" Tobirama, stop talking like that" hashirama raised his voice.

Sasuke just glared at the comment but he faced the third hokage.

"Third, I will ask you is it true that you ordered itachi to kill the uchiha clan.?" Sasuke asked.

Out of the blue sasuke asked the question to third. The others were shocked especially the first and the second hokage.

Itachi was equally surprised. "sasuke how did you- hokage-sama, forgive me. Please let me handle this" itachi said to sarutobi.

Sarutobi just signed and replied "no itachi. It is my duty to tell him what he needs to know. Sasuke, looks like you followed orochimaru after all. It's a surprise for me seeing you in this position" he said.

Sarutobi took a deep breath. "Yes, it is true. Ever since he was little, itachi realized the teachings and seals of the ancestors when other people didn't even care for them. He was sensitive and he could perceive many things about shinobi and the origin of the village. That's why he was never bound by his clan and was able to think about the future of the village. He was very anxious about that. We entrusted everything to him alone and he carried out considering it a mission. He murdered his clan members and thus averting a war that would have followed. This in condition that I would protect you" sarutobi finished his story.

There was another break of silence. Itachi himself was silent. He didn't know what to say in these circumstances. Minato and kushina were just in awe.

"So it's true" sasuke said in a sad tone head down.

"It's the cursed destiny of uchiha. I didn't know they were annihilated. So they even organised a coup D' Etat" tobirama said. he didn't seem as shocking as others. He went on to explain the origins of uchiha clan and their sharingan. He also explained about madara.

"Madara really loved his little brother. Probably even more than your brother" hashirama added.

"tobirama continued "I wanted to channel the uchiha's power into something that is useful for the village. If they ended up destroying themselves for the sake of the village, that can't be helped. At least they were useful to the village in a way" he finished.

Hashirama got angry at that point. " Tobirama ! would you stop talking like that. You are talking to a pure uchiha child and there are other children here too"

At that point, narumi walked past sasuke to his spot next to naruto. And naruto already knew the truth from tobi. He was just standing there with minato, kushina, kakashi and Jiraya. Tsunade, sizunne and yamato were also quietly listening. Though yamato also knew this when tobi told naruto.

"I don't care. I am neither pure nor a child." Sasuke said activating his sharingan.

"Those are not basic commas. A mangekyo sharingan huh" tobirama thought in his mind.

"First, I want to know what is the village and a clan. My brother executed his own clan members for the sake of the village. Why is this village more important than his own family, own clan" sasuke asked. He gave a pause and continued. "I want to hear the TRUTH before taking my decision whether or not to take revenge on the leaf"

This took everyone's attention in the cave.

Naruto lost his patience "sasuke what are you-." He was about to say when kakashi stopped him. "Stay out of this naruto" he said.

"Revenge on the leaf! You were also possessed by uchiha's evil, brat….I am going to…."tobirama said as he released a huge wave of chakra. He lifted his finger.

Everyone in the cave were in serious mode. Suddenly a wave of even higher chakra was released by hashirama. "Tobirama…! Lower your fingers" he said.

Tobirama immediately lowered his fingers. "You didn't have to raise your chakra so much brother"

The cave walls started cracking. Everyone were on their feet.

"wow, amazing" said minato as he caught a stone falling from the roof.

"What a presence. So this is the first hokage" naruto thought in his mind.

Sarutobi was like he skipped a heartbeat."You are always the same hashirama-sama"

"Grandfather" was the only thing tsunade could manage to say.

"Gahahah! Sorry Sorry. Anyway sasuke, Your brother is really great." He turned to itachi "He really is a better shinobi than me"

He continued "I don't know what this boy will choose after hearing my words. But if I ignore him now, he will undoubtedly become a new madara. In that case there will be no meaning in our victory"

Hashirama told his story about his childhood and origins of the village and also the night that he defeated madara.

Hashirama finished his long tale. Everyone were in their edges of their seats. They were all waiting for sasuke's reaction. Naruto was anxious of what sasuke will choose. He sure didn't want to fight sasuke.

"So shinobi are people who endure to achieve their goals. Hn I see" sasuke said.

Hashirama said in a low voice "My goal was to build the village. But madara found something else"

"If madara wins this war, what my brother, madara's brother, and you tried to protect, everything will turn to nothing. It's ironic that in the end the shinobi who understood you the most was my brother an uchiha" sasuke finished.

People were surprised with sasuke's reaction.

Itachi felt like he was the happiest person in this world right now. But he believed he shouldn't run away anymore. "Sasuke, uchiha is just a name, it refers to our roots and clan. It doesn't mean anything by itself. I always lied to you, telling you to forgive me. I always kept you far away with my own hands. But now I think that maybe you would have been able to change our father, mother, and the uchiha. If I had faced you from the start, tried to see things from your point of view and talked with you the truth, but I failed."

He continued "No matter what I say now it still won't reach you. That's why I am going to say what I really think, you don't have to forgive me. No matter what you decide, I will love you forever" itachi said as he connected his forehead to sasuke's.

Naruto was wholeheartedly feeling happy for sasuke. He was waiting for this day for so long ever since sasuke left the village.

It was certainly a beautiful sight to watch for all the people present there. Everyone were satisfied with the way it turned out.

"Can I ask you something, first" a voice suddenly emerged.

Everyone turned their attention towards the person. It was narumi who spoke. Suddenly everyone's focus was on narumi.

"Can you explain who a hokage is. Does it mean that being hokage means you have to sacrifice everything precious to you for the sake of the village" narumi asked.

Hashirama was confused. So was tobirama. They couldn't relate to what narumi was saying.

"What do you mean, I don't understand" asked hashirama.

Minato knew exactly what he was talking about.

Narumi spoke again "Does being hokage means sacrificing your life and your family for the sake of the village the only solution. My father is the hokage who was considered the strongest shinobi, and yet here I am an orphan. I don't question my father's intentions but I can't just blindly accept this reality and convince myself or be proud that he gave his life for the village or be like my brother to pretend everything is fine and fake a laugh"

Minato felt a wave of guilt passing through me. He never had thought narumi thought that way. He certainly couldn't blame him. He noticed kushina grab his hands. he looked at her and she was also in verge of shedding tears. But she was controlling herself.

"In that way, I envy naruto for that reason. Itachi is not the only one who inherited your will. Even when the whole village called him a demon and treated him like an outcast, he stuck to his ninja way and tried his best to get everyone acknowledge him. Not just my father, even the second hokage, what's the point in dying to save someone like danzo. Just forget that I asked. Nothing is going to change even if you do answer me" narumi finished and he just started to leave the cave.

Minato turned to the first and second hokage "I apologise if my son was being rude"

Hashirama just laughed. "I kind of understand how he feels. I am really great full that you went so far to keep the village safe."

"I am sure that your son also knows it. It's just that he wanted you so badly to be in his life" tobirama said.

Minato was somewhat feeling happy now.

"Ok let's go back to the village. For all we know, the village might be in danger. We must go and make preparations for the upcoming battle." Tsunade announced.

They all left the cave and created a barrier around the hill.

The six man team along with the four hokages, Jiraya, kushina, itachi, sasuke and jugo and suigetsu set off for the leaf village to prepare for the possible huge war between villages which is going to take place soon.

Chapter 02: END

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