Okay all, here's the third chapter of Another Chance. Thanks to everyone who read and reviewed and added me to their faves and alerts lists. It's very much appreciated.
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Another Chance.
Chapter Three – A Distraction For The Uchiha.
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Naruto and Sasuke had been gathering information for the last week. Sasuke had learned that Shisui was to be controlled with a control seal, created especially by the Uchiha Clan, to spy on Anbu. Naruto had learned that his father was planning to challenge Fugaku Uchiha to a fight. Winner takes all. Of course if Fugaku accepted then Minato knew that it would be a fair one on one fight. If he refused, maybe his clan would lose some respect for him and that would be enough to quell a coup. At least for now. Sasuke disagreed as the two spoke about it.
"My father won't agree to a match. I'm sure Itachi will tell Minato-San that." Sasuke replied.
"What do you think will happen?" Naruto asked. The two were sat by the tree swing in the academy playground. No one ever walked over to them there. Most children had been told that they were not to play with Naruto. However there were a few exceptions. Kiba, Shikamaru, Shino and Chouji frequently spoke to the boys. Along with Ino, Sakura and Hinata. But generally everyone knew that to mess with Naruto was to mess with Sasuke. Just like to mess with Sasuke was to mess with Naruto. They were inseparable. At the end of each day, Naruto and Sasuke were picked up by Tenshiko and Itachi. They would walk to Ichiraku Ramen and the boys would be treated by their elder siblings, then they would usually walk to Naruto's home or to one of the village training grounds. Of course, there were the rare occasions when Itachi would lead them to one of the Uchiha estate training grounds. Both boys almost wished they would go to the Uchiha estate training grounds. They needed more information about the coup.
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That afternoon, the boys got their wish. As they were walking, Itachi started taking the lead, meaning they were going to an Uchiha estate training ground. They arrived and soon enough the boys were training. However, Tenshiko had Naruto sparring with her, and Sasuke was sparring with Itachi. Both boys held back so that they seemed weaker than Tenshiko and Itachi. After all, they had all these techniques that they'd perfected in the future, but using them now would blow their cover. Naruto was supposed to be dodging kunai. However he got a jolt of energy from the fox, and he lost his concentration. A kunai slipped through his defences and slashed his right shoulder. Tenshiko's eyes went wide in horror.
"Oh my god Naruto, are you alright?" Tenshiko yelled frantically. Itachi and Sasuke stopped their own sparring session and Sasuke ran over to Naruto. Seeing the blood slip through his friend's fingers, from the wound that he was trying to cover up, bought back too many memories.
"I'll be okay. I'll go and get a bandage from Auntie Mikoto." Naruto said quietly. He'd taken note of the look on Sasuke's face, and he knew that his friend would have nightmares tonight. Before Tenshiko, Itachi or Sasuke could offer to go with him, Naruto was gone.
Naruto walked round to the Uchiha clan main house. He went inside without thinking of knocking. It was an old habit that he'd acquired when he'd been Sasuke's teammate. After all, in their timeline, Sasuke and Naruto had both lived alone. Barging in and out of each other's homes was something they did on a regular basis. This time Naruto hadn't even considered the ramifications. Naruto walked in to the kitchen only to find that Mikoto wasn't there. After being around Sasuke for so long, he knew exactly where the bandages were kept. That hadn't changed. Mainly because Sasuke had never changed the position of anything in the house after the death of his parents. He cleaned the slash neatly and placed a large bandage on his shoulder. That was when he heard voices.
Naruto walked towards the voices and found himself at the doors of what Sasuke called the family meeting room. He could hear the voices clearly now.
"Fugaku, Shisui is in our control now. We need to stop the Hokage. Both your son and your wife are traitors Fugaku. If they are giving the Hokage information then our plan will fail." A male said ominously.
"We won't fail. We'll carry out the plan tomorrow night. We need the Hokage distracted." Fugaku stated firmly.
"There is an easy way to distract the Hokage. Take his son. You don't even need to kill the boy. Just hide him somewhere. The Hokage will be so busy searching for his child that he won't even consider what we're up to." Another man said. Naruto's eyes went wide. He felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to look at Shisui. His eyes were glazed over. It was subtle, the only reason that Naruto had noticed is because he had been looking for the signs of control. He didn't have much of a chance against Shisui of the Mirage by himself. His body was too young and inexperienced to fight back. The screen door slid open and Fugaku Uchiha was staring down at him.
"Hello Naruto. It seems you've made things convenient." Fugaku stated. Naruto didn't know how to answer that comment. That was when he felt a sharp blow to the back of his neck and everything went black.
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It was getting dark now. Sasuke was worried. He knew Naruto and he knew Naruto didn't just wander off and stare at trees for hours. Naruto's focus was training. Sasuke had started to worry when Naruto didn't come back after an hour. Tenshiko and Itachi were both starting to worry now that it was dark. The group walked back to Sasuke's house only to see Mikoto in the kitchen, holding a bloodied cloth and no one else in the room.
"Who hurt themselves?" Mikoto asked.
"Naruto. He got a cut on his shoulder. He said he was coming here so you could help him fix it up mother." Itachi replied seriously. Mikoto looked troubled.
"That would explain the missing bandages and the bloody cloth. But why is Naruto's shirt here on the ground if he patched himself up?" Mikoto asked. Sasuke felt a cold shiver of fear run through him when he saw Naruto's shirt. It was his favourite and Sasuke knew Naruto would never leave it lying around any house.
That was when Fugaku Uchiha walked into the kitchen.
"Fugaku? Have you seen Naruto today?" Mikoto asked.
"Yes he came in with a cut shoulder. You weren't here so I patched the boy up and sent him on his way." Fugaku stated. Mikoto looked at the shirt in her hands fearfully.
"Was he not wearing his shirt when he left?" Mikoto asked.
"No I told him to take one of Sasuke's shirts. After all, the son of the Hokage can't be seen running around in torn clothing." Fugaku stated. Sasuke knew his father was lying. He knew it from the bottom of his soul. For the first time in his life, Sasuke felt a deep hatred for his own father.
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Naruto awoke to find himself in the sewer of his mind. He was looking at Kyubi, who seemed ominous.
"Kyubi am I unconscious?" Naruto asked. He immediately noticed that he was in his teen body again.
"How am I a teenager here?" Naruto added.
"Because you were a teenager when we travelled back through time. In your mind you will always look like this until you see your appearance change again." Kyubi replied.
"So I've been knocked out and locked up somewhere and my parents are going to freak out. They won't even know what Fugaku is planning." Naruto hissed.
"Well your friend, the Uchiha brat, is sure to figure out that his father is up to something. It's in the brat's nature isn't it?" Kyubi questioned. Naruto nodded.
"What was it you wanted when you did that weird tug? I got my arm slashed because of you!" Naruto exclaimed.
"Well I wanted to inform you that this is in fact your timeline. However the jutsu that bought you here caused a few time ripple changes. Things like your parents being alive. Also your cousin. If I remember correctly, your cousin was murdered by Orochimaru when he fled the village. She threatened to expose him." Kyubi replied.
"How do you know about this? How old was I?" Naruto asked.
"I know everything that is happening. My senses reach out and capture everything in the air. That and I can also hear everything that you hear. As a baby, you had no comprehension. However, I did. You were not even a year old when Tenshiko Uzumaki was murdered. She was six. However, she obviously wasn't killed because of the fact that your parents are alive. It must have changed the course of things." Kyubi stated.
Naruto sighed.
"So I have to wait until I wake up before I can do anything." Naruto commented irritably.
"I'm afraid so brat." Kyubi replied. Naruto worried his lip a little between his teeth.
"Can I at least change the scenery?" Naruto asked.
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Sasuke had gone up to his room once Itachi and Tenshiko had left the house to look for Naruto. His mother was getting ready to leave the house to go and inform Kushina that Naruto was missing. Sasuke wanted to go with her, but he wanted to check one thing before he did go. He opened his wardrobe and counted all his shirts, hanging on the railing. Not one was missing. That meant one thing. Sasuke had been right and his father had lied about Naruto. Of course that left only one question in Sasuke's mind now. What had his father done with Naruto?
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Okay all that was this chappie of Another Chance. I hope you all enjoyed it. Please R&R and tell me what you think and I'll try and update as soon as I can.
