Naruto: New beginnings
What needs to be done.
Naruto raced home where he bathed and made ready for bed. After his mother tucked him in, Naruto leapt out of bed and dressed in a set of black clothes Sasuke had given for his birthday last year to dress as a proper ninja and not a "human traffic cone" as he put it. After dressing he packed his bags for a long journey and leapt out the window back toward the Uchiha compound.
Itachi observed his younger brother as he walked home. It broke his heart, what he was about to do, but he had no choice. For the rest of the village, he had to act to stop the rebellion that was fomenting within the Uchiha.
"Out for a stroll, nii-san?" A voice behind him said. Itachi whipped around his hand going to his sword, but it was just Naruto standing in black cloths, with a patently false grin on his face.
"Go home Naruto, you shouldn't be here tonight." Itachi said as he prepared to leap to the roof of the next building.
"I'll do it." Naruto said causing the older boy to nearly fall off the building.
"I've got shadow clones stationed all around the compound, even in your parent's bed room. I give the word, and the Uchiha clan is silenced forever." Naruto said the smile gone.
"Sasuke needs you, now more than ever." Naruto said looking the boy who was an older brother in the eyes.
"I can't let you do this." Itachi said and activated the mangekyo sharingan he had activated recently. Itachi prepared to use tsukiyomi when a crack to the back of the head sent him into unconsciousness.
"Sorry Itachi, not this time." Naruto said as rings appeared around his eyes and his eyes turned yellow and his pupils turns yellow. With a mental command one hundred sage powered chakra clones began systematically eliminating the Uchiha clan, all but two he hoped beyond hope he could spare.
"All I'm saying Fugaku is maybe you pressed him two hard" Mikoto told her husband as they readied for bed.
"No harder than anyone else. He does have his responsibilities." Fugaku responded
"Is that what you really think?" A voice asked, causing them both to jump and ready for combat.
"Oh, Naruto, it's just you." Mikoto said as she saw the little blond standing in the corner, obscured by shadows.
"Itachi was planning on killing you all tonight." Naruto said
"Naruto, what are you saying?" Mikoto said felling alarmed.
"I know about the rebellion the Uchiha are planning." Naruto said causing Fugaku to flinch.
"Naruto, I have no time for games." The Uchiha said and made to grab the boy by the collar and throw him out, Hokage son or know when the boy grabbed the man's arm in a vice grip and with a single shove threw him across the room
"Fugaku!" Mikoto shouted as Naruto stepped out of the shadows, revealing his toad like eyes.
"You have a choice to make." Naruto said as Sasuke pounded on his parents' bedroom door.
"Mom, dad, something's wrong everyone's dead!" Sasuke shouted. Fugaku and Michiko looked at Naruto in fear as the boy crossed the room and threw open the door, causing Sasuke to fall into him.
"Naruto?" Sasuke asked in slight shock before clinging to his friend
"Were under attack, you have to get your dad you have to…what's wrong with your eyes?" Sasuke asked seeing his friend's toad features. Naruto put his friend back on his feet and walked toward the window
"I've killed roughly a third of the clan, leaving alive those who I believe were loyal to the village." He said as he climbed onto the window.
"I'm leaving this village tonight. "Told Sasuke
"Tell Hinata goodbye for me." Naruto said before the clone poofed out of existence. Across the village in the Hokages office, another shadow clone was waiting when Minato entered with a cup of tea and a bowl of ramen.
"Hey dad." Naruto said as looked out the window
"Naruto?" You're supposed to be in, bed. You're mothers going to be upset when she finds you're not in your bed Minato said as he set his snack down.
"I had something to take care of tonight." Naruto said somberly before leaping off the window and into his dad's arms.
"Whoa, what's this for?" Minato asked as his son locked him in a death grip.
"Thank you for being my dad", Naruto said as he looked up, a big smile on his face and tears in his eyes. Digging into his pockets he handed his father and envelop before the clone poofed out of existence. Ever the practical man Minato opened the envelope.
"Dear dad, I knew you would open this and read it before summoning everyone in Konoha to look for me, so here is the reason why you met a shadow clone tonight. I know about the rebellion the Uchiha were planning and how everything you and ji-sann did couldn't stop them. Itachi was planning to slaughter the entire clan down to the last women and child in order to end the treat they posed to the village peace. Instead I took the matter into my own hands and killed a third of the clan. Unlike Itachi I believe the clan deserves a second chance, and now they are weak enough that any rebellion they tried could be quashed with little disruption to the village. Maybe now that they are weak they will be willing to compromise. I am leaving the village, at least until the heat dies down a bit. Blame the whole thing on me. Say that I went crazy out of jealousy over Sasuke and snapped. I know it's a lame excuse, but maybe you can think of something better. Don't worry sending the anbu after me, I can stay ahead of them, and you need to prove that you had nothing behind this. I love you and mom with all my heart, and tell her not to worry. Naruto
P.S. I'll leave how much to tell Hinata and Sasuke up to you and Itachi. At least tell them I'm sorry.
Minato sat at his desk, his tea and Ramen grown cold, re-reading his sons letter for the fourth time, trying to come to terms with what's inside it. I started reading it a fifth time when Kushina burst into the office in nothing but her sleeping robe.
"Minato, it's Naruto, he's…!" Kushina shouted
"I know." Minato said and handed his wife the letter. Kushina took at and read, here face turning white. Instead of braking down, like some mothers would do, the kunoich pursed her lips and turned angrily to her husband.
"It's a lie. A trick." Kushina said angrily slamming the letter down on the desk.
"It's not." Minato said quietly.
"It has to be. Naruto would never!..." Kushina was again cut off by her husband slamming his fist down on the table.
"It's not a trick, Kushina. Naruto has been acting strangely the last week or two. Quiet distant." Minato said
"I thought it was because he had a fight with a friend." Kushina said, beginning to realize the truth when Kakashi burst into the room.
"Lord Hokage, something terrible has happened!" Kakashi said
"The Uchiha clan has been attacked." Minato preempted.
"We'll deal with the damage to the clan first, and then focus on apprehending the culprit." Minato said, the letter having disappeared from his desk.
Out in the forest Itachi was waking from his unconscious state.
"Ah!" Itachi said touching the back of his head where Naruto had hit him.
"Easy, that spots still sore." Shisui said
"Shisui, what's going on?" Itachi asked.
"I could ask you that? " Naruto said causing the two to turn.
"I thought you had to kill your best friend to get the mangekyo sharingan?" Naruto asked
"You about half right." Shisui said.
"What actually triggers the awakening is a psychological shock brought on by sudden terrible loss." Shisui explained.
"So you two planned this together?" Naruto asked
"Itachi showed me what the Uchiha were planning, and it didn't sit right with my conscience so we figure out how to awaken the mangekyo without ones of us dying." Shisui explained.
"He did it be putting me in a genjutsu vision of me drowning his in the river." Itachi said coldly
"It worked didn't it?" Shisui asked
"Yes, but Naruto knocked me out before it could use it." Itachi griped.
"Yea he explained it to me." Shisui said nodding to Naruto.
"Instead of taking out the entire clan, I took out the leaders of the conspiracy and their biggest supporters. I spared Sasuke and your parents." Naruto said
"I knew you'd never hurt Sasuke, but did you have to spare my parents? Itachi asked
"Hey, I'm not doing that much of you dirty work." Naruto said grinning.
"It' doesn't really change things. The clan still has resentment toward the village, a resentment that will fester now that it has been attacked by the son of the Hokage." Itachi said dejectedly. Growling Naruto grabbed Itachi by the shirt and slammed him into a tree, surprising the Uchiha with his strength.
"Then quit moping and do something!" He spat in Itachi's face
"The clans weak enough now to compromise, so go back and help change it." Naruto said and dropped him.
"Build a clan you and Sasuke can live in in peace and Happiness." Naruto said and vanished into the darkness.
In a cold and snow filled country in the land of water, a small boy that was as pretty as a girl sat huddled in rags in as the snow fell.
"Here you are!" a cherry voice said and the boy looked up to see a boy in black with blond hair standing over him.
"Do you know how long it took me to find you?" The boy chided grinning.
Now Naruto has found Haku. But can he get the boy to trust him while fighting off a demon who wants Hakus soul. Then the two travel to the village hidden in sand to meet up with an old friend. Sand, Wind and ice collide next time on Naruto, New beginnings.
