Author's Note: Hi guys, I'm back with the next chapter. I thank you for the support and also for the criticism I received on the last chapter. I ask for your continuous support and feel free to point out my mistakes so that I can correct them in the future. Hope you all like this chapter.
[This chapter takes place 7 years later. On the day of the Uchiha Massacre]
[Disclaimer: I do not own Naruto. His ass belongs to Kishimoto-chan]
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Chapter 2- Coup d'État
It has been 7 years since the Kyuubi's attack on the Hidden leaf and its defeat at the hands of the Fourth Hokage. Though considerably weakened after the attack, Konoha have now gone back close to its former strength. But it still suffers the loss of the Yondaime.
The Sandaime, Sarutobi Hiruzen retook the Hokage position after Minato's death.
The people of Konoha were told that the Kyuubi was killed by Minato and Naruto whom died killing it. But the guards who were with the Sandaime who had seen the seal on Noriko (who was raised in an orphanage and was given her mothers maiden name by the Sandaime, because of the assassination attempts that the new-born will have to face if Minato's enemies know that his daughter was still alive) leaked out to the villagers that the Yondaime did not kill the Kyuubi and that he sealed it in Noriko.
The third placed Noriko being an jinchúriki as an S-rank secret and ordered the execution of anyone who broke the law. But still the villagers and some ninjas saw the girl as a demon and told their kids to not associate with her. While the rest of the ninjas who knew that she was only the Kyuubi's host and not the Kyuubi itself, did not see her as a demon and chose to just ignore her existence.
The people of Konoha took the death of Minato's and Naruto's hard. While the people of Iwa celebrated the death of the fourth and his family.
The ninjas of Iwa celebrated Naruto's death more than Minato's because even if they hated Minato for killing several hundreds of their ninjas while Naruto had only killed far less of them, they had feared the boys immense potential and knew that he would be more dangerous than his father in the future. So they were ecstatic to know that Naruto was dead and that he would not be a problem for them in the future.
There was widespread mourning on one village and huge celebration on the other. While Kumo and Kiri stayed silent but were secretly glad to have them gone. But the Raikage's son, A of Kumo was a little upset of Minato's and Naruto's death because he had thought of them as great shinobi's and had respected them.
Naruto's death was the most hardest for the people of Konoha to take. His body was not found, so they thought it got incinerated by the Kyuubi's attack. All of them were very saddened because of the boys untimely death at such a young age and the lose of his huge potential which was not fully reached because of his death.
Kakashi was devastated because of the death of his sensei and of the boy he had seen as a little brother. He had somewhat gotten over his guilt and depression over Obito's and Rin's death, but the death of Naruto made him fall into depression again. Kurenai, Anko, Asuma, Guy, his former classmates and his ANBU team members were also hit hard by Naruto's death.
Tsunade and Shizune who learned of Naruto and his families death were heartbroken. They could not believe that the one they had seen as a nephew and little brother was dead. Tsunade tried to drown herself in more alcohol ever since and did not go to see the burial because she didn't think that she could take seeing their lifeless bodies. Jiraiya was also bumped out by the death of his godson and student and tried to drown himself in his spy work to try to forget about it.
[Day of Uchiha Massacre]
Noriko Uzumaki was currently sitting on the bed in her small apartment given to her by the Sandaime when she was kicked out of the orphanage.
She didn't know why all the villagers were so mean to her. She had seen the constant glares they pointed at her. She couldn't even have friends her age because when she tries to approach the kids her age their parents forces them away from her saying that she was a bad influence.
The only one that had shown her affection was old man Hokage who she sees as a grandfather and a weasel mask wearing ANBU women who protects her from the villagers and sometimes leaves food at her doorsteps. But the ANBU women had not talked to her one word. She always disappears before Noriko could ask her why she was helping her.
She had joined the academy 2 years ago and hoped that she could make friends there. But everyone sees her as a dead last and makes fun of her calling her an orphan. The only ones who were at least somewhat friends with her was the children of the clan heads minus Sasuke Uchiha who was indifferent towards her.
She looked around her room to see ramen cups lying here and there. She had an obsession towards Ichiraku ramen and considered it the food of gods. The people at Ichiraku's did not see her as an nuisance. Old man Teuchi and Ayame-neechan were always kind to her and gave her ramen to eat for free most of the times.
She then noticed the photo that was placed on her desk. She had found the photo on the hokage's office and asked Hiruzen-jiji whose photo it was. He had told that it was the photo of the Fourth Hokage and his family taken a few days before their death. He had given it to her when she asked him if she could have the picture of her idol and his family.
She took the picture in her hands and gazed at it. In it showed the Fourth Hokage standing on the left and a beautiful women standing on the right, both with one hand placed on the shoulders of a boy standing in the middle. She then noticed the women had a big bump on her stomach indicating that she was pregnant. She then looked at the young boy and blushed slightly. He was very cute and handsome with a lean face and slender body. He had blonde hair and blue eyes like his father with two long blonde bangs which ended in slight red colour like his mother's hair on either side of his face. He was wearing ANBU armour and black shinobi pants.
It was taught in the academy that the Yondaime and his son died defeating the Kyuubi and also his wife and unborn daughter died during childbirth. It was also taught that the Yondaime's son was a once in a generation prodigy and that he was the youngest ANBU member reaching the position at 7 years old and that he died when he was 8 years old fighting the Kyuubi, but his body was not found.
She gazed at him sadly, to have died so young was so sad.
She then put the picture away and went to brush her teeth, so that she could get ready for the academy.
[Ninja Academy]
Iruka Umino was currently teaching his students about the various shinobi's of the past.
"So that was how the battle between Lord Mu, the Second Tsuchikage and Lord Gengetsu, the Second Mizukage ended" he finished his story which was a biography about The clam illusionist, Gengetsu and his battle with Mu of the Dust style.
He then looked up from his book and saw that most of his students were half asleep much to his irritation.
He used his Angry Head no jutsu and shouted, "EVERYONE, WAKE UP NOW".
He then saw them waking up stretching. He put his hands on his hips and said, "How many times have I told you kids to not sleep in my class".
"But sensei, that story was so lame" Ino Yamanaka, daughter of the Yamanaka clan head, said whining.
"Yeah Iruka-sensei, that battle was so boring" Kiba Inazuka, the son of the matriarch of the Inazuka clan began exasperatedly, "We didn't even get to see a winner. In the end they both died of chakra exhaustion because both of them could not attack each other because of their techniques...how lame is that" he finished leaning his head back. His ningen Akamaru confirming his words with a bark.
"Yeah and that Gengetsu guy is so lame. Just look at him. He is dressed like a clown, just like Noriko-baka over there" a civilian girl said looking at the picture of Gengetsu he had placed on the board to show them how he looks.
Hearing the girls statement, the whole class except a few began laughing at Noriko.
"Oii...I resent that. I do not look like a clown" Noriko shouted angrily.
"Your outfit looks just like a clowns" this time a civilian boy replied.
"What are you saying, dattebayo. My dress is awesome" she replied loudly.
"Yeah, Yeah...Keeping saying that to yourself Clown" a girl said snickering and most of the class began laughing again.
"Why you little...Ill show you who the clown is" Noriko replied gritting her teeth.
Before things could escalate further, Iruka cleared his throat and said, "Now, Now class calm down" he saw that Noriko had relaxed but was still angry from the expression on her face.
"I will let you choose the next legendary shinobi you want me to show the biography on" he said.
"We want to hear about Yondaime-samas son. His story was the most cool" a girl said excitedly and the rest of the class quickly agreed with her.
Upon hearing the girls request Iruka was lost in thought.
Back when he was in the academy, Iruka was on the same class as Naruto Namikaze.
Iruka was a bit of a hot head at that time. He along with most of the boys of his class was extremely jealous of Naruto because of him being the Hokage's son and because of his immense skills at such a young age.
He and his friends had tried to get on Naruto's nerves calling him a little kid and saying that little kids like him would not be a ninja. But Naruto had always turned the other ear to their insults and kept silent, not complaining to anyone.
It was Naruto's friend Yugao Mizuki that had often made them stop their insulting, threatening to bong their heads on the desks if they don't. He admit that he is scared shitless of that women. Nowadays knowing that she was in the ANBU, he sometimes subconsciously looks at the shadows to see if she was there hiding, spying on him to see if he was trying to bully another poor kid.
He and the rest of his class were shocked when they heard that naruto became a genin. A genin at only 5 years and 7 months of age.
Iruka had been determined to become a genin and passed the genin exam with a few of his other classmates after a few months at 12 years old.
But then he heard that Naruto had become a chunin at 6 years and 6 months old and gave up trying to match him knowing that the boy was on a whole other level than him.
After a few months later, when he was still doing D-rank missions that he had hated so much back then, He heard that Naruto was inducted into the ANBU at the age of 7 years and 5 months, making history as the youngest ANBU member.
It was when he was about 14, when the Kyuubi attacked the village. His parents had died on that day. He was told that Naruto and his father died protecting the village but his body was not found indicating that it was destroyed by an attack by the Kyuubi.
He was utterly saddened by his parents death and had spent years in sorrow until the Sandaime got through to him by his kind words.
He had then mellowed out. He analysed his past life and the mistakes he had made. He then realised about the wrong he had done to Naruto.
Naruto was a kind, caring and determined young boy, who did not even hurt a single fly and he and the rest of the boys in his class had bullied him out of their jealousy and stupidity.
He could not even imagine the courage, skill and determination that must have took for Naruto to fight the Kyuubi along with his father at such a young age knowing that he might die. While Iruka was unable to help his parents and had been carried away to a safe place on the orders of his father despite his protests.
He was heartbroken, knowing that he could not apologise to Naruto now that he was dead. He then thought of guiding the youth of tomorrow in honour of Naruto. He had trained hard and had reached chunin and became an academy teacher a year ago. He wished that Naruto will forgive him in the afterlife.
He was snapped out of his daydreaming by a voice calling, "Sensei...Sensei...Iruka-sensei, snap out of it" he then noticed that the voice belonged to Noriko Uzumaki.
Iruka had first seen the blonde girl as the Kyuubi that had killed his parents and had resented her. But it was after his talk with the Sandaime, that he had changed his views realising that the girl was only the Kyuubi's vessel and not the Kyuubi itself. He knew of the difficulty of the burden she carries and cares for her but does not show it much because of his fear that the girl may get complacent.
"Oh...I am sorry, Noriko-chan. I was a little lost in the past" he replied sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head.
"Geez sensei...What were you thinking by the way" Noriko asked him.
"It's nothing of importance Noriko-chan" he said to her.
He then asked to his class, "Who did you want to hear about again".
"WE WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE FOURTH'S SON" his class shouted collectively.
"Okay, Okay" he agreed and then went inside the poster session of his desk and took out a picture of Naruto Namikaze and stuck it on the board in the place of the picture of Gengetsu.
The photo had been taken on the day Naruto joined with the ANBU.
It was taken with him wearing slight civilian clothes. He was about 4 foot 8 inch tall and had a lean yet fit body. He was wearing a white T-shirt underneath with a red unbuttoned coat on top of it. He was also wearing black shinobi pants.
He had a very serious expression on his face, which according to his memories he always had only slight lesser. He and his classmates had dubbed his stoic and impassive expression as 'The face of Death' back in the academy.
The mask of a Kitsune given to him by the ANBU was attached to the left of his waist. He was holding a moderate sized Rasengan on his left hand and a Hraishin Kunai on his right. He also had a tanto attached to his back.
"Whoa...he looks so cool" a girl said excitedly seeing the poster. The whole class agreed with the girls statement. Naruto did look like a total badass in the picture.
"And sooo...handsome.." a chorus of girls squealed in unity.
"Now, Now...settle down girls" Iruka said to calm them down. This was the reason why he had hesitated to show that poster. Naruto was a chick magnet even when he was 5 years old. A poster of a 8 year old him in such a stylish pose was not a good think to be shown to fangirls if you want to avoid them drooling on the desks.
"Sensei, tell us more about him" a civilian boy asked.
He cleared his throat and began, " Where to begin...Ahh...Naruto is the son of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze" he said sagely rubbing his chin.
"But we already know that. Tell us something we don't know about him" another shouted.
"Hmm...lets see...he was born on December,31 and was a never before seen prodigy. He joined the academy at 4 years old. He became a genin at 5 years and 7 months, chunin at 6 and a ½ years old. He was inducted into the ANBU at 7 years and 5 months old as a part of the Hokage's personal elite ANBU team Ro. He was the youngest ANBU member" he paused and was pleased to notice that everyone was paying rapt attention.
'Good...Maybe I can add some more personal details about Naruto-san that only ninjas of high chunin level and above know about' he thought deciding to make the class more interesting for his students.
"He was trained by his parents and several elite ninjas including one of the Three legendary Sannin" he told them.
"Whoooah...he was trained by a sannin. He must have been freaking strong. How strong was he sensie?" Kiba asked him excitedly.
"Sannin?...What's a sannin?" Noriko asked him. She had no clue what it was. "Is sannin a ramen topping" she asked.
Everybody in the class face-faulted at her question.
"YOU WOULD HAVE KNOWN WHO A SANNIN IS, IF YOU WOULD HAVE PAID ATTENTION TO CLASS ATLEAST ONCE, NORIKO-BAKA" Sakura banshee screamed at her.
"Come on Sakura-chan...Give me a break. You don't have to be mean" Noriko said pouting. She really wanted to be friends with Sakura because she knew that despite the insults that the pink haired girl throws at her sometimes, She was still a nice girl.
"Moving on" Iruka interrupted the argument.
"Naruto was skilled in all types of jutsus and was an exceptional kenjutsu user. He was also skilled in the Hraishin no jutsu. He had done 133 mission with a success rate of 92% overall. He has done 32 A-Rank and 5 S-Rank missions. He was very feared about the other nations and was known as 'The Raion no Konoha'. He died along with his father The Yellow Flash defeating the Kyuubi. It was said that his body was not found" he said, finishing his story.
Many of the kids had small moisture in their eyes. They had heard the story about Naruto's death before but it still was tear inducing. He was only a year older than them when he died.
"That part still gets me in the end, even after the times my father have told me about it" Yamanaka Ino said sniffling. The rest of the class agreed with her.
"But sensei, How do you know so much about him?" Sakura asked him.
"I know because I used to be in his class when I was 11, Sakura" he replied.
"Don't lie Iruka-sensei" Noriko told him cheekily.
"But, I am not lying. I really was in his class!" Iruka told her sighing tiredly. 'Nobody believes me' he thought to himself bitterly.
"Really...That is sooo...cool" Noriko said excitedly, "Will you please tell me how he was like. Like his behaviour and all" she finished hopefully.
After some thought, Iruka replied, "I am afraid, that is not possible because Naruto-san was a person who I respect a lot and it would be wrong of me to tell others about his personal information without his consent".
"But sensei...He is dead. So how can we get his personal consent?" Noriko asked. She really wanted to hear more about the life of one of her idols.
"I am sorry, Noriko-chan, But I cant. Maybe Sasuke-kun can tell you more. His sister was friends with Naruto" he replied taking the attention off him and onto Sasuke.
"Really Sasuke-teme, Why didn't you tell us that your sister was friends with the Yondaime's son" Noriko asked Sasuke Uchiha who was sitting on the back bench of the class.
Meanwhile upon hearing Iruka's last statement Sasuke was in a trance.
He had not known that his sister was friends with the Fourth's son. She was always somewhat distant in the family. She had a sad and distant look in her eyes all the time. The only time that he had seen her smile atleast slightly was when she sees him.
'Maybe, it was the Fourth's son's death that had made her so sad' he thought. He promised himself to ask his sister about Naruto.
Snapping out of his thoughts by Noriko's question, he replied in a irritated voice, "I do not know, dobe. Stop bothering me and mind your own business".
"Hey, what's that supposed to mean, teme" Noriko asked but he did not reply.
With that the academy bell rang signifying the end of the history class.
"Now kids, that is the end of today's class. Now go to your homes" Iruka said and they all left to their respective houses.
Not even one person saw a certain weasel mask wearing ANBU hiding in the shadows looking at Naruto's poster with a look of sadness and longing in her eye. The ANBU upon seeing that Sasuke was leaving shunshined away to the Uchiha District.
[Night, Time of Uchiha Massacre]
A pair of Mangekyo Sharingans were currently gazing upon the entrance to the Uchiha clan heads room.
Izumi Uchiha had been assigned to assassinate her clan because the members of her clan were planning on taking over the leaf.
The Uchiha clan had grew restless because of their isolation in the village caused by the Nidaime Hokage. Their bitterness only grew because those who fought the Kyuubi during the attack had noticed that it was controlled and suspected the Uchiha's, further isolating them. That had been the tip of the iceberg for them and the Uchiha clan lead by her father had secretly planned to revolt against the leaf.
However, she could not let it happen because it would break the peace within the village. A peace, her Naruto had died protecting.
Izumi had been mortified when she had heard Naruto died fighting the Kyuubi. They could not even find his body. She had locked herself in her room and cried herself to sleep that night. She did not eat or drink for days. Her mother, (who was also very saddened by the death of her best friend and the boy she had seen as a nephew) had tried to comfort her. Although she had went back to her early life, she never fully got past Naruto's death. She became very silent and distant towards her family and friends. She developed a cold, stoic and impassive disposition towards others. Her little brother Sasuke who she loved very much was the only one that had gotten to see her caring side after the Kyuubi's attack.
After letting out that her clan was planning a coup to the Sandaime and his personal advisers. Danzo had assigned her to spy on her clan to extract details about the rebellion. Knowing that there was no way for the coup to be avoided, Danzo had given her an ultimatum, either kill her clan on her own in which case her brother will be spared or he would use his Root ninjas to kill them without her help in which case she and her brother will also be killed. She had chosen the former.
Izumi was now standing in front of the room of her mother and father. She was holding a tanto covered in blood from killing the people of her clan.
She knew that she could not kill all the people of her clan on her own and had asked the help of a masked man who introduced himself as Madara Uchiha to her. He had held a grudge against the Uchiha clan and agreed to help her on the condition that she join a group formed by him consisting of missing ninjas called the Akatsuki. She accepted his terms and he had assured her that he would not attack her brother.
She mentally steeled herself and entered the room and saw her parents sitting on the floor, their gazes opposite from her.
She stepped behind them preparing her tanto and her father spoke calmly, "I see, so you have aligned with the other side".
" Mother, Father", she began speaking with a low voice, "I just...", she continued but was cut off by her mother saying, "We already know Izumi-chan".
"Izumi-chan, just promise me this", her father spoke.
Startled by her fathers statement, she looked at him.
"Promise me that you will take care of Sasuke", her father told her.
Hearing that with watery eyes and shaky hands, she replied hoarsely, "I will".
Sensing her hesitation, Fugaku spoke to reaffirm her, "Do not fear it. This is the path you have chosen. Compared to yours, our pain will be over in an instant. Our philosophies may differ...But I am still proud of you".
Listening to her fathers words, Izumi was now silently crying and her tears where falling on the tanto she was now holding with both hands.
"You are truly a kind child", her father spoke his last words to her.
Mentally getting a hold of herself, she quickly slit both their throats giving them a fast, painless death.
She looked back to the see the door slightly open and saw her little brothers head popping through the parted door.
She then saw his face getting a stunned look when he saw their parents lying dead on the floor.
She then saw him step towards their lifeless bodies and heard him ask himself in a shaking voice, "What happened here?...Who did this?".
She then stepped out of the shadows, schooling her face into a emotionless look.
Her brother upon noticing her presence , asked her, "Izumi-neechan, Who did this?".
"Who else but I", she replied much to her brothers shock.
Shaking heavily, Sasuke asked in a pained voice, "Why?...".
"To test my skills. To rate myself against others of my clan", she replied in a monotone voice.
"Why Aneki, I thought you loved me" Sasuke asked in a shaky voice.
"You assumed that. I was merely trying to judge your skills to deem if you are a worthy opponent for me. And I find you to be too weak even to die by my hands. So, live the rest of your pitiful life knowing you are a failure" she said coldly.
She then knocked him out with a genjutsu and left her brother lying on the floor.
Izumi was now on the streets a little far away from her house. She was still a little shaken because of her parents death by her clan but she knew that her brother had gotten it the worst.
She then sensed a presence behind her and saw her brother running to catch up with her with tears falling out of his eyes. She turned around and saw a pair of one tomoe'd Sharingans. She knew she was goanna hate herself for what she was about to do and Sasuke was going to hate her more for it.
"It seems that you have gotten out of the genjutsu that I had placed on you", she said to him.
Snarling Sasuke said, "I will not allow you to get away with this". He then charged towards her to attack her.
Izumi dodged his sloppy attack with ease and gave a punch to his stomach making him fall to his knees holding his stomach. She then grabbed him by the throat, slightly chocking him and lifted him up to bring him level with her face.
With a cold look she said, "You do not possess enough hatred to kill me. There is no pleasure in killing the likes of you...my foolish little brother...if you want to kill me...Hate me and despise me...And live a long and unsightly life...Now by all means run away...Run away and cling to your pitiful life. And when some day, when you have the same eyes as I do" she paused and then activated her Mangekyo Sharingan showing them to him. After the small pause, she continued her speech, " Come find me...Until then live the rest of your worthless life that I had spared. Now, here is a little parting gift from me to give you more motivation".
With that said she used the Tsukuyomi on him showing him different ways she killed their parents for 3 days which only took 3 seconds on the outside world. When she was done, Sasuke let out a pained scream and lost unconsciousness. She then dropped him to the ground.
Izumi began to walk past the streets to exit the village. She then turned her head back slightly to look at her unconscious brother, A single tear falling from her eye. Not turning back, she left the village.
That's the end of this chapter. I hope you all liked it.
Don't be sad that you did not get to see Naruto in this chapter because he will show up in the next. I will also explain about his adventures in the demon world.
So how was it. Please read, review and follow.
I would like to make some things clear:-
1)This will only be a Naruto × Izumi pairing.
2)There is still readers asking why Naruto left Noriko. The reason why Naruto left is because he had two options. Either stay with his sister and try protecting her from the Iwa assassination attempts when they find that he and his sister is still alive and die trying, along with his sister OR leave to train and become strong enough to protect her and also indirectly protect her from assassinations by keeping the enemies of his and his father ignorant about him being alive and that Noriko is his sister.
Naruto being the calm and intelligent person he is, chose the latter because he knew that his father will not be alive this time to help them like he had protected Naruto when he was born.
3) I will only show how Naruto escapes from the demon world. I may add little details of his life as flashbacks in the future if requested. Naruto will join the Akatsuki to better protect his sister by being the one assigned to catch her. But he will make stops in certain places before joining them.
4)Naruto's attitude will be more cold, silent and deadly. He may seem to be somewhat ruthless and cold-hearted but will still be kind to those who deserve it. You must know people change when being asked to survive such a harsh place such as the demon world.
I hope I have cleared all worries. Now on with the story.
The great Author-chan signing out, until next time. Bye.