Disclaimer: As usual, I do not own Naruto. I do however own this fic and the OC's.
A/N: This chapter should explain most of the things from last chapter, except info on Naruto's Kekkei Genkai. I will add that as soon as Naruto awakens it....or somewhere around there. Anyway, since I only had 2 reviews so far, here are answers.
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Wirespeed91: This chapter is meant to explain most things.
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Naruto had just got back from the Hokage's speech about the preliminaries. Naruto was surprised by having to do a preliminary match, but understood why it was needed. He walked through his rundown apartment and came to where his bed and dresser was. He noticed something sticking out from under the dresser. He picked it up and noticed that it was an old scroll. He opened it.
"Man, this brings back memories," he said softly. He looked over the scroll, reading through a comic that he and Sasuke had made in the Academy. "I'd forgotten that we used to do this."
Furasshubakku no Jutsu!!!
Sasuke could never understand why this seemed to happen all the time. He knew he was a good kid, he did everything he was told and always practiced as needed. He didn't know why Kami-sama decided to punish him with such cruelty. He figured Kami-sama had a weird sense of humor. What was happening, you may ask? Well...he was having his daily routine of being chased by fangirls.
"SASUKE-KUN!!" the girls from the Academy shouted, chasing Sasuke down one of Konoha's many streets.
Sasuke pretty much had a tedious schedule that he seemed to be forced to follow every day. He woke up. Ate breakfast with his tou-san and kaa-san, and on rare occasions, his onii-san. He then went to the Academy for the big part of the day. He still had to deal with fangirls, just not as bad. Then, after he got out, he was chased until he reached his clan's compound. Thanks to the guards, he was able to continue home without any problems. He had almost been caught by the mob of fangirls once, he hoped it wouldn't happen again. Today though, he had to take a slightly different route than usual because some of the girls blocked his normal path. He was running past an alley when he was suddenly grabbed and pulled into it.
"What the...!" he started to say, before a hand clamped over his mouth. He turned to see who his captor was, hoping it wasn't one of the girls. He was surprised to see Naruto, the supposed dead-last student at the Academy, holding a finger to his mouth in a "shh" fashion. Sasuke nodded and Naruto removed his hand. They waited until the last girl ran by before Naruto spoke.
"Does this happen more than I think it does?" Naruto questioned, slightly horrified at the sheer number of girls that had chased Sasuke.
"Every day," Sasuke said, breathing a sigh of relief at escaping the mob of girls.
They sat there looking around, an awkward silence fell over them and neither could figure out what to say.
"Uhh, thanks for the help....I guess," Sasuke said, breaking the silence.
"No problem," Naruto said. He looked up at the sky and noticed the sun was setting. Sasuke noticed it too.
"Well, I'd better get home before my tou-san kills me," Sasuke said.
Naruto's eyes saddened a little,"Okay."
Sasuke hesitated for a moment, he couldn't understand why Naruto was sad that he was leaving. Then he remembered that hardly no one socialized with Naruto, and the ones that did were mean to him.
"Naruto, we could hang out tomorrow and spar....or something," Sasuke offered.
"Sure, okay," Naruto said, brightening up.
"Good, well see ya later!" Sasuke said as he ran toward his home. Hopefully, he wouldn't run into the fangirls this time.
1 year later...
Naruto and Sasuke had become good friends in the past year. They did things normal boys did at their age. They played ninja, hung out, and other such things. Naruto's pranking habits had started to rub off on Sasuke, much to the disappointment of the teachers. Sasuke and Naruto had a lot of laughs and had fun. They would make comics during class and show them to the other students, making them laugh. Iruka was glad that Naruto had gained a good friend. One time, one of Naruto and Sasuke's pranks ended up going wrong and introduced them to Hinata Hyuuga. The prank was simple, have a bucket of water over the door so when Iruka walked in, he would get soaked. Naruto and Sasuke came in early to set it up, but what they didn't know, was that Hinata got to the Academy early to get away from her tou-san. Naruto and Sasuke were hidden in the shadows as the door opened, grins forming on their faces. Unfortunately, Iruka wasn't the one who walked in, it was Hinata. The bucket tumbled over, soaking Hinata as Sasuke and Naruto tried to warn her.
"Gomennesai!" Naruto and Sasuke said together.
"D-d-do not worry, i-it w-was my fault," Hinata stuttered, embarrased.
"No, it was ours," Naruto said. "We didn't think that anybody got here earlier than Iruka-sensei."
"I-it is o-okay," Hinata said.
"Gomen, but we gotta make it up to you," Sasuke said. "But how?"
"I got it! You can eat lunch with us, then we can hang out!" Naruto said.
Hinata blushed slightly, "Naruto-kun said I could hang out with them!"
"You okay with that Sasuke?" Naruto asked.
"Sure, I guess," Sasuke said.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata did exactly that, they found out while talking to each other that they had a lot in common. After the Academy let out, Naruto and Sasuke told Hinata to follow them. They went to Naruto and Sasuke's hideout that they used to slip away from Sasuke's fangirls. The three of the sat there talked more, mainly about likes, dislikes, family, and jutsus. Time flew by and Hinata had to go home. Naruto and Sasuke thought that she had made an improvement, because she didn't stutter nearly as much anymore, now that she had opened up to them.
"Well, let's go to your house and see if Itachi-niisan will help us with our shuriken throws," Naruto said.
"Sure, let's go!" Sasuke said.
They ran back to the clan compound and stopped. They noticed that there was something wrong because there wasn't any guards at the gate. Naruto and Sasuke walked in, trying to figure out what was happening. Sasuke knew there wasn't supposed to be anything going on, so where was everyone? They reached Sasuke's house and noticed that there weren't any lights on.
"Tou-san! Kaa-san!" Sasuke called out as they walked in. No one was in the main room. They then walked into the traing hall, and what they saw there chilled them to the bone. Laying in a puddle of blood was Sasuke's parents.
"Tou-san! Kaa-san!" Sasuke yelled, horrified by what he was seeing. They heard a creak in front of them and looked up. Standing on the other side was Itachi, dressed in full battle attire.
"Itachi-niisan, what happened?" Sasuke asked, shaking in terror.
"I wanted to test my limits," Itachi sadi simply.
"But, tou-san and kaa-san..." Sasuke said, letting the sentence die. He pulled out a shuriken and threw it at Itachi. Itachi just stepped to the side.
"Foolish little brother," Itachi said. He then threw two shuriken, both slicing through Sasuke and Naruto's shirt, cutting their arms.
They both stood still, shaking in terror. They didn't even see the shuriken!
"Run....little brothers," Itachi said coldly.
They both ran out of the hall and out into the street. They ran as fast as they could, only to be stopped by Itachi appearing in front of them. They stumbled backwards, trying to leave. Itachi activated the Mangekyo Sharingan, catching both.
"Little brother, hate me, despise me. Be lonely, run away and gain power. Then, when you have the same eyes as me, you can take your revenge," Itachi said.
"He's wrong Sasuke," Naruto said. "I found out myself that hatred doesn't give you power....friends do!"
Itachi's face angered, then he tortured them with Tsukuyomi for the next 72 hours.
4 days later....
To say the Hokage was scared was an understatement. He was completely freaked out. He had just recieved reports saying that the Uchiha Clan was massacred. What shook him even more was that Itachi Uchiha was seen leaving the compound. He had sent ANBU to find him, but nothing had been found yet. He then told another group to search the compound, where they ended up finding Sasuke and Naruto unconcious. They were being transported to the hospital to check their condition.
A crow flew in through the open window and landed in front of Sarutobi with a piece of paper tied to its leg. Sarutobi took the paper and unrolled it. The paper had a single sentence:
I wish to meet with you - Hiachi
"Bear," Sarutobi said.
"Hokage-sama!" Bear said, appearing in front of him.
"Find this man, I wish to speak with him," Sarutobi said.
"Hai, Hokage-sama," Bear said, he shunshined out.
"All right Itachi, time to explain yourself." Sarutobi thought.
A short while later, Bear came in with Hiachi. Sarutobi dismissed Bear and then used a jutsu to seal the room so that nobody would hear the conversation.
"Drop the henge," Sarutobi ordered.
The man formed a seal and Itachi now stood in his place. He was dressed in his Akatsuki outfit.
"Hokage-sama," Itachi said, bowing.
"Okay Itachi, explain yourself," Sarutobi said.
"Hai. I came to tell you that I did not murder my clan. The man who came here was henged to look like me," Itachi said.
"You understand that I find that hard to believe?" Sarutobi questioned. "Since the man used the Sharingan."
"Hai, but the man is an Uchiha," Itachi said.
"Really now?" Sarutobi said. "I thought all the Uchiha lived in Konoha."
"Hai, that is true...to an extent," Itachi said. Sarutobi quirked his eyebrow. "You know how I told you that I didn't know who the Akatsuki leader was?"
Sarutobi just nodded.
"Well I found out that it was Madara Uchiha. He spoke to me and told me he was coming to Konoha. I thought, since they are after the tailed beasts, that he was coming to kidnap Naruto-kun. I followed him here to warn you, then I find that my clan was murdered, except for Sasuke-kun, and that Naruto-kun is still here," Itachi explained.
Sarutobi was slightly surprised. Madara Uchiha, the founder of the Uchiha Clan, was the Akatsuki leader...and he murdered his own clan? He didn't quite believe it, but he knew anything was possible.
"Okay, I still doubt you, but you've never given me a reason not to trust you before," Sarutobi said.
"Arigatou, Hokage-sama," Itachi said, putting the henge back up. Sarutobi released the jutsu, and an ANBU came in the window.
"Hokage-sama!" the ANBU said.
"What is it Eagle?" Sarutobi asked.
The ANBU looked wearily at Itachi. Sarutobi noticed this and said, "He is trustworthy."
"Hai. We followed the path of Uchiha Itachi until he crossed the Fire Country border," Eagle said.
"I have a feeling there is something more," Sarutobi said.
"Hai, the footprints changed right before the border, as if a henge was dropped," Eagle explained.
"Arigatou Eagle, you are dismissed," Sarutobi said.
"Hai, Hokage-sama," Eagle said, disappearing in a swirl of leaves.
"Well Itachi, that doubt just faded," Sarutobi said. "You may leave and continue with your mission."
"Hai," Itachi said. He turned to walk to leave, then stopped.
"What is it Itachi?" Sarutobi asked, knowing what Itachi was thinking.
"Will you tell Sasuke about this as soon as possible?" Itachi asked.
"Of course Itachi, but I'll have to explain it to Naruto as well," Sarutobi said.
"I understand," Itachi said. He walked out of the office.
"I've got a long couple of days ahead of me," Sarutobi thought wearily, pinching the bridge of his nose.
1 week later....
Sasuke and Naruto had finally gotten discharged from the hospital. They had went through psychological tests to see if they were going insane or be all right. The test results came back and Naruto and Sasuke should be fine. They were about to walk out of the hospital when an ANBU showed up.
"Uchiha-san, Uzumaki-san, will you please come with me," the ANBU said. The boys just nodded. The ANBU grabbed both of them and shunshined to the Hokage's office.
Naruto and Sasuke walked in. They didn't understand why the Hokage had requested them and were looking at Sarutobi with a confused look on their faces. After the ANBU left, Sarutobi stood up and sealed the office.
"Why are we here ojii-san?" Naruto asked.
"Is it about my clan?" Sasuke asked.
"Very perceptive Sasuke. Hai, it is about what truly happened," Sarutobi said. He walked over and got two seats for the boys to sit in. He then went and sat back down in his own chair.
"Was Itachi caught?" Sasuke asked.
"That's what this is about," Sarutobi said. "What I am about to tell you is an S class secret, which means that no one outside of this room can be told. After I tell you two, only five people will know."
"We promise not to tell anyone," Sasuke and Naruto said together. Sarutobi nodded.
"Okay, here goes," Sarutobi said. "First of all, Itachi did not murder your clan."
"What do you mean?! We saw him!" Sasuke yelled.
"Let me finish," Sarutobi said calmly, Sasuke understood not to interupt again. "Your brother is on a mission for me. He is to gather information on an orginization known as the Akatsuki. The way I know he did not murder the clan is that he came to me and told about the events. While it is true that the man who murdered your clan has the Sharingan, it was not Itachi. The leader of Akatsuki and founder of the Uchiha Clan, Madara Uchiha, henged himself to look like Itachi. He was the one who murdered your clan and tortured you."
Sasuke's and Naruto's expressions had went from anger to happiness, then to confusion as Sarutobi explained what he knew.
"I don't understand," Sasuke said. "Why would the founder murder his own clan?"
"Unfortunately, I cannot tell you that, because even I do not know," Sarutobi said.
"Arigatou, Hokage-sama," Sasuke said. "Now I know not to hate my brother." Naruto nodded in agreement.
"Sasuke, Naruto, if you ever meet Itachi in the field, you must act like you hate him so that he isn't discovered," Sarutobi said.
"Hai, Hokage-sama!" Naruto and Sasuke said together as they bowed.
"You may go now," Sarutobi said, smiling. Naruto and Sasuke nodded and headed out of the office.
"I'm glad I was able to tell them before something terrible happened," Sarutobi thought, relieved.
For the next few years, everything went pretty much the same as before. Sasuke and Naruto grew even closer, up to the point to where they thought of each other as brothers. Sasuke also started going into a different mood every once in a while, which Naruto and Hinata called his "brooding" mood. They all grew even closer in this time period, and Hinata became even more confident and didn't stutter at all anymore. Her crush on Naruto had grew even greater as well. She finally admitted it to him, which caught him and Sasuke off guard. Hinata noticed his expression and thought the worst. Naruto, however, regained his composure and told her that he had feelings for her as well. Upon this revelation, she reverted back to her childhood and fainted. Of course, Naruto freaked out like he usually did. She woke up a short while later and they all went to Ichiraku's for lunch. All in all, the three had became very close. Of course, life is unpredictable, and Hinata was separated from Naruto and Sasuke. Naruto and Sasuke were glad that they were on the same team, and irked at the fact that one of Sasuke's biggest fangirls, Sakura, was on their team as well. Hinata was sad that she wasn't on Naruto and Sasuke's team, but she knew she couldn't control it. They went their own way, but still hung out when they could. All leading up to where they were now.
Furasshubakku.....kai!!
Naruto finished reminiscing and got ready for bed after he put the comic scroll in his dresser.
"Well, tomorrow is the big day. Ryu-itoko should be glad that I made it. Then I can show him what I'm really made of!" Naruto thought before finally dozing off.
Akatsuki - Red Dawn
A/N: This should explain most of your questions so far. If not, review and tell me and I'll be sure to answer....if it doesn't reveal any future parts, that is. So, until next time, this is FFD signing out.
Ja ne!
