Don't own Naruto (ItaNaru)
Chapter 1
Present time
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"Prince Sasuke, please calm down."
A very annoyed prince of Hell stopped his angry muttering and pacing around his private sitting room.
"What is it Karin?" came the snide retort.
"Your highness please you must calm down before you bring down the castle with your lightning" replied the red headed attendant.
Sasuke knew that what she said was right but he just couldn't simmer down after his last talk with his father the king of Hell.
A red eyed prince looked at the girl, "how can I calm down when he denied me once again permission to go to the Earth realm. I'm old enough to go by myself; I just turned 400 hundreds years old today, all I wanted for my birthday was to leave Hell and finally see the mortal realm. Was that too much to ask? He still treats me as a little kid that can go nowhere without his supervision", retorted a very angry prince to his attendant.
All in total the prince had 3 personal attendants; Karin the healer, Suigetsu the white headed sword maniac bodyguard and Juugo the strawberry headed silent nature friendly giant bodyguard.
These 3 had been with Sasuke for almost his entire life, that's why they are also his most trusted friends, though Karin and Suigetsu annoyed the crap out of him especially when they were bickering with one another. They are minor deities with not real role except to keep Sasuke safe.
The three attendants were now staring at the prince since it was their first time hearing their young lord uttered such an emotional and long rant.
Sasuke had always been kind of silent and brooding, his first and favorite word (which he learn from his father) was "hn" something otherwise popularly know as a grunt.
Maybe one of the main reasons that Sasuke was like that was because all his life he has been surrounded by bodyguards and servants. It wasn't until he turned 200 years old (in human years, which are like 8 years old in godlike years) did he finally was presented with his current attendants which weren't much older than him.
The raven haired prince didn't have an easy childhood because of the escalading conflict with the gods of Heaven.
The younger generations of the three realms did not exactly know how such bitter enmity between Heaven and Hell came to be, they just knew that Earth was the favorite battleground for their conflict. Across the last four centuries many assassins tried to do away with Hell's royal family, especially with the prince' life, though not many knew the real reason for this.
The people of Earth were wearied of all this clashes between the gods. Life there was no longer easy. Hunger and plague were the most common results of the gods' battles among the population, be they humans or immortals. The sun did not shine as brightly nor did it provide the warmth it once did.
The only thing that kept the earthlings from totally despairing was a prophecy of old that parents recite to their children to keep the hope of a better future alive.
One of the stories that the earthlings loved to tell among themselves, along the prophecy, is the story of the beautiful Sun god. A compassionate god that one day will return to bring life and warmth to the cold barren earth. No one knew exactly how or when but they kept hoping for his return with all their hearts, even the most skeptics kept this small hope of salvation deep within them.
Sasuke finally forced himself to calm down after taking very deep breaths. He finally had an epiphany; he was going to Earth without his father's permission. He was old enough to face whatever could be thrown at him. For years he had been trained in the art of war, battle, and politics, among others. He knew almost all there was to know about his powers all he needed now was real experience to test everything he has ever learned.
The prince of Hell was going to finally show everyone that he was a god worthy enough to be the son of the great Itachi Uchiha, the King of Hell.
Also he wanted to know more about his mother. He knew very little of him, all he knew was that he was a god from Heaven and that his father loved him so much that he has never taken interest in another, not even having insignificant affairs, always holding forever sacred the memory of his beloved.
He had always suspected that the main reason that his father hated the gods of Heavens is because they did something to his mother. All he knew was that a lot of his questions would be answered if he were to go Earth.
The three attendants after hearing their prince's declaration were left almost blind, deaf and dumb. They finally got their wits together and tried with everything they had to dissuade their young lord of such a thing.
Finally knowing that there was nothing that they could do they started to prepared for their upcoming journey in secret, cause they knew that if king Itachi got wind of their plans before they set out they all would be severely punished, though the attendants would get the real brunt of their king's anger.
Hours later they finally made it to the border between Hell and Earth.
Sasuke was very much exited, he couldn't even begin to believe that he hadn't done this much sooner. He was finally free to go adventuring freely without his father's eyes watching out for him.
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On Earth
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It was a normal day. The weather was dry yet cold, the sky clear yet without any real sparkle. Little did the people from Earth know that really important changes were coming their way.
Wind started to pick up and lightning like never before seen started to light up the horizon. Four riders wearing black cloaks arrived to Earth with so much force that in parts near the arrival earthquakes could be felt. Mountains trembled and animals ran away.
The earth trembled on many cities, including one know as Konoha. This city was one of the most prosper cities of the realm. The center of power was the Temple dedicated to the beloved Sun-god. Every year many pilgrims would come to visit the temple to pray to the god. They brought with them commerce and money.
What no one knew was that in the forest outside the city, the only green forest left in the world was a cave, but not just any cave.
This one was actually a tomb. Decorated with suns made of gold, high class furniture, jewels, mirrors that reflected natural light inside the cave, and many other riches; in the middle was a stone sarcophagus and inside a beautiful golden coffin with wrought suns and plants all over it. Even this peaceful place was affected by the tremors. Parts of the ceiling fell and even the lid of the coffin moved. Energy started to fill the place like never before.
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In Heaven
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The gods had felt the energy change on the Earth, but they didn't know what it was or what had caused it. Emissaries were promptly dispatched by the King of Heaven.
The origins of this phenomenon had to be found out. He had a feeling that great changes were approaching, maybe even what he and his queen had waited for 400 years would finally come to pass.
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In Hell
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"WHAT?!" screamed a livid black clad King of Hell to the poor servant who was unfortunate enough to bring the news to the dreaded monarch.
After such a yell even the castle walls shivered. Everyone winced and felt pity for the poor soul that caused such a reaction.
In the throne room the walls were still trembling with the force of the king's power that was licking out of him in his anger.
"Where were the guards when my son and his companions were leaving the castle? I will maim them, I will send them to the pits of Tartarus!" ranted King Itachi who seem to be having a psychotic breakdown, something rarely seen in the usually composed king.
"Calm down Itachi. Otherwise you won't be able to find the little prince" said a cheerful voice.
"What the hell are you doing here?"
"Was that a trick question?"
"Answer me before I decide to part your useless head from your body Kakashi."
"Well my lord I bring tidings from my king. It seems that there was a power surge on Earth. Lots of earthquakes, strong winds and powerful lightning have been seen and felt trough out the realm. Sounds familiar to you?"
"So he disobeyed me after all", it was said as a statement rather than a question by the dark king.
"Knowing who his mother is, are you really that surprised? I remember a time when a certain little prince would sneak out from Heaven to meet a certain little king from Hell" crooned an annoying happy voice.
Itachi started seething at the mention of his beloved. One could almost see the smoke and frothing coming out of him. A vision that would make even the strongest of gods faint at the mere sight of it.
Of course a certain sadistic emissary from Heaven just crowed in victory at being able to transform the suave black haired man into a demonic mass of anger. The silver haired emissary knew that even he was not safe from the powerful god in front of him if he pushed too much.
So with a placating gesture he started again. "Calm down Uchiha. I just came to inform you that Heaven has sent out agents to find out the cause of all this changes on Earth. Now that I know that the little prince has flown the coop I imagine that he's probably in the thick of all of these occurrences."
Itachi started to take deep breaths to calm his psychotic ire. He knew Kakashi was right. Now was the time to act and not have a fit, that could wait until after he locates and brings back his wayward son and his companions. Oh, but how much he will enjoy punishing them when the time comes.
"I imagine that after this little stop you will continue on your way to Earth. If you find my son have me inform, I will send my own minions to look for Sasuke. Do not confront him, he may be young but he's still very powerful and dangerous."
"Oh I don't doubt it, knowing the stock that he comes from. With such pedigree that boy is sure to bring the three realms down with him. I will inform you if I find the little prince but know that I must and will inform my king as well."
With those last words Kakashi made a small bow of respect and left with a speed that only the messenger of Heaven could achieved.
Itachi had calm down enough and his passive and cold face had returned. He wasn't worried about Kakashi informing his own king about Sasuke, he knew Minato would never hurt the boy since said boy was Naruto's child.
Many times over the centuries Minato had sent Kakashi to Hell with information about threats and plots against Sasuke and even himself.
Suddenly he stood up and a silver long staff with a big ruby on top appeared on his right hand. He brought the staff down twice to call out his elite guard. This group, also know as the Akatsuki, were the best of the best of Hell. These guys are fearless, relentless strong, true demons and just what he needs at this moment.
In a poof of smoke two men, with black cloaks adorned with red clouds identifying them as Akatsuki members, appeared.
One was the commander of the group, a man with orange hair, silver studs all over his face and strange purple eyes named Yahiko, but everyone called him Pain because he was an expert in dealing out the worse kind of pain to those unlucky enough to be on his hit list.
The other was a very tall man with bluish skin and shark like features that was always seen carrying a gigantic sword covered in bandages on his back named Kisame, Pain's second in command.
Pain, as always, showed the respect due to his king by falling down on one knee en bowing his head. Kisame being the unredeemable guy that he was just stood up there smirking like a shark that had smelled too much blood.
"We await your orders my king" a monotone voice uttered.
"Pain you along with the whole of the Akatsuki must part immediately to Earth. You must bring back my son. I do not care what you must do but I want Sasuke safe and sound by me side as soon as possible".
Kisame started to cackled. "So the little prince has gone on an adventure without his daddy's permission. This is going to be so much fun".
Itachi narrowed his eyes at the shark like man. "Remember, you will bring my son back safe and sound, with all his body parts intact. Otherwise others will feel the brunt of my displeasure."
Pain having stood up now answered back. "Do not worry my king; we will bring the prince back to Hell. Thy will shall be done." With that the man gave another short bow and both Akatsuki members disappeared to fulfill their orders.
With the 2 men gone, Itachi was left alone to wallow in memories of his beloved. Not many knew this, but around his neck the king wore a thick golden rope made of links, on it a pendant in the form of a sun with a blue diamond in the middle. This diamond was almost the color of his dear Naruto's eyes.
Every time he was sad, depressed or just plain psychotic he would subtly touch the necklace given to him by his love the last time they had seen each other. The necklace signified a promise of eternal love between them.
He also gave Naruto a gift. He gave him a white gold necklace with a large light blue crystal like stone in the middle and 2 smaller diamond on each side. But this crystal was not a common one, for in ancient time it was called the Stone of Life. It was said that it held power over life and death.
The stone was created in the time before the mortals came to be in the deepest parts of Hell. It was said to contain a lot of power. But that was not the reason that Itachi gifted it to his lover, for the stone not only could be used to destroy it also had the ability to protect it wearer.
Touching his own necklace under his black shirt Itachi sat on his and closed his eyes and bowed his head while murmuring to himself. "Soon my love, we will be together again".
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Forest on the outskirts of Konoha
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A figure wearing a dove gray cloak began making its way out of a very old yet beautiful cave like tomb. The figure began to see the light for the first time in centuries.
When it finally made outside it looked to the skies that were a dull washout blue, nothing to compare the vivid blue eyes of the figure.
"Where am I?"
Without receiving and answer the lonely figure began to make its way through the forest. Without knowing all that its reappearance would bring.
I'm still alive, sorry for the delay but life it's a bitch. The story is not dead and I will try to update faster.
Please review. Sorry for the typos but it's too troublesome to recheck the chapter.