The crimson prince.

Chapter 4:

It's been six months since Naruto accepted his position as Kage's Hand and his days were filled with training and missions. It was a life he enjoyed despite the fact that some of his missions required him to kill.

But despite being exposed to the harsh world of shinobis, Naruto was already emotionally prepared and was able to handle certain missions that required him to take a life. He didn't have to like it; he just had to do it. Besides, he had no qualms in killing since his targets were considered as scum, ranging from rapists to killers.

Naruto couldn't help but deny the fact that he was fitting into his moniker, the guren no ouji, a demon in the world that had no problem shedding blood. He wasn't a cold-hearted killer but he had his moments.

Outside of missions, all his time was dedicated to training, honing his old abilities and inventing new ones, especially in the field of Kekkai ninjutsu.

After his mission to retrieve the Raijin no Ken from Aoi Rokusho, the following missions were more exciting and some of them allowed Naruto to work with some Jounins and ANBU of Konoha that the Hokage permitted to know his existence as Kage's Hand. His position and identity as ouji and Uzumaki Naruto was known to a chosen few, namely ANBU, Itachi, Shisui and of course, the Hokage himself. The rest were oblivious to his existence.

Speaking of existence, it seemed that his prowess in the field of missions earned him a place in the Bingo Book.

In a span of six months and the type of slaughter he was doing to his enemies, he became an A-Rank Bounty. It seemed that his alter ego, Oni the Hitokiri Battousai, was starting to attain the level of becoming a legend. Thankfully, none except for a select few knew of his existence and his position as a Konoha citizen which made quite a lot of bounty hunters who were after his blood pull out their hair in frustration.

In fact, the Hokage informed him that there was a rumor in the shinobi world that his ghost-like existence and impeccable success in his missions would eventually move him to become an S-Rank bounty if he kept it up.

Of course, none of the civilians were aware of his existence as the Hitokiri Battousai since he didn't display his skills to the public nor was he carrying his sword with him to be seen by the crowd. In fact, it was the Hokage who informed him to refrain from wearing his mask or his Benehime since those were Oni's most identifiable traits.

To that end, Naruto decided to seal these two items inside the storage seal in his left hand just in case he needed them immediately for a mission. His outfit of blue kimono, white hakama, and geta sandals remained since quite a lot of people in the Elemental Nation wore them.

Scene change

A 10-year old Naruto was toiling in his vegetable garden when a cry disturbed him from his favorite chore. He looked up and saw one of the Hokage's messenger hawks circling above him.

Frowning, Naruto stood up, brushing the loose soil that clung to his hakama before releasing a piercing whistle to inform the circling hawk to come to him. Instead of raising his hand, the bird simply landed on his right shoulder and nudged him on the cheek with its head.

"Hello there, girl." Naruto greeted the bird. This particular hawk was his favorite and the Hokage used this one particular to send him a message. After meeting the bird so many times for the past six months, they became friends and would even sometimes visit him without a delivery. "The old man has a message for me?"

The hawk simply held out one of its legs where a scroll was tied to it. Carefully undoing the knot, he retrieved the scroll and opened it to read the Hokage's message.

Naruto,

Come to my office ASAP. There is a mission that requires your expertise. Make sure you arrive in full ensemble since your partners will be here for debriefing.

Sandaime Hokage

"Huh? I guess this is a serious mission then if I have to come in with my mask on. Oh well, might as well get this over and done with." remarked Naruto with a shrug before tossing the scroll in the air and destroying it with a low-powered Byakurai. Looking at the hawk that was preening its feathers while being perched on his shoulder, he spoke "You want to come with me to see the old man, girl?"

The bird simply nodded before going back to its chore which made Naruto chuckle. He raised his left hand and unsealed the items to complete his costume. He placed the scarf around his neck, Kenshin on his hip, and the demon mask on his face.

Without saying a word, Naruto disappeared using Shunpo with his feathery passenger in tow.

Scene change

When Naruto arrived at the office, he saw no one but the Sandaime, he looked at his grandfather figure before saying.

"Hey, jiji what do you need." he asked and Hiruzen just sighed knowing this will not be easy for the blonde, he loved Itachi and Shisui though he will deny the later.

"Naruto, there will be an important meeting I want you to see in this office so just hide for a bit and tell me what you think about it." Naruto just shrugged and summoned Akira before the fox used its ability to hide both him and its summoner. A few minutes later came three people.

Mitokado Homura, was a shinobi war veteran, In his old age, Homura is depicted with grey hair, a beard, glasses as well as a constant frown that he's always worn, even in his youth. He also has a strong jaw-line a facial structure he has retained even in his old age. As a member of the Konoha Council, he wears similar garbs to those that Hiruzen would when acting in his capacity as Hokage.

Koharu Utatane was a beautiful kunoichi with dark eyes. Her hair is pulled back in a twin bun locked by a traditional Japanese hair pin with two pearls dangling off the side. She also had fringes that covered her forehead protector. Her shinobi outfit consisted of a simple black outfit, a grey breastplate, arm guards, fishnet tights with a skirt over it, a pouch strapped to her back with bandages, and regular shinobi sandals. During the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha, she was seen in the same outfit as her team-mates Hiruzen and Homura, complete with a gauntlet on her right arm and mesh armour. In her old age, she maintains her original hairstyle without the bangs. The pearls on her hair needle have also increased and tassels were added to the other end. Her earrings are also considerably longer. As a member of the Konoha Council, Koharu wears a simple long kimono, closed by an obi, a jacket, and a sash over it. Koharu has also taken to squinting, barely opening her eyes at any point in time.

Danzō appeared as a frail, old man, who would normally walk with a cane. He had black, shaggy hair, and his right eye was bandaged concealing a Sharingan underneath. Danzō has had an x-shaped scar on his chin ever since his youth. He wore a white shirt, with a black or dark grey robe over the top of it covering from his feet, to just over his right shoulder. The robe conceals his right arm which was bandaged, and covered with three large golden braces.

After exchanging some pleasantries with each other, the elders sat down and waited for someone, Naruto did not understand what was his role in all this, but he shutted up and waited. Fifteen minutes later, both Itachi and Shisui appeared, in a kneeling position and Itachi said

"Hokage sama, honorable elders, the Uchiha clan is still on its plan, the coup will happen in three months." he announced.

"I see," started Homura "We will have no choice but to execute them. With a few teams of ANBU we can easily do It."

"Enough! Stop talking about the Uchiha like that in front of Itachi and Shisui like that. Sigh, here is what will happen, Itachi you and Shisui will kill the Uchiha clan in two months. The only survivors will be Mikoto Uchiha and Uchiha Sasuke, then you will go undercover in the Organisation that Jiraiya told me about understood?"

""Hai"" said both anbu

"dismissed" and both the elders and The Uchiha left.

After that Akira dropped the camouflage ability and left, leaving both Naruto and Hiruzen face to face

"please don't tell me the genocide will happen." he begged Hiruzen

"I am sorry, It will happen, just not like what I just said." answered the hokage

"what do you mean?"

"you will do it, and I want to be without any loose ends. So what is the plan?" he asked Naruto who just remained silent for a few seconds before answering.

"well, I have a plan, missing nins, I do the deed and blame it on some missing nins from various villages that have a grudge against the Uchiha clan, that way there will be no repercussions, since the 'perpetrators' will be 'killed' by the Uchiha clan during the massacre. All we will need is a doctor willing to falsify the forensics." said Naruto and Sarutobi was impressed with the blonde's intelligence

"I can have Isshin do It, he wouldn't even ask why, he is that loyal to me." said Sarutobi

"No, It won't work, we need someone both aknowledged as a great med nin but that doesn't have great loyalty to you, like Tsunade for exemple." said Naruto and Sarutobi nodded again convinced by Naruto's logic

"I can have Jiraiya return with her in a few weeks, will that be fine."

"OK, have Itachi and Shisui sent on a week long mission in six weeks, I will take the time to prepare myself for my mission, as for Tsunade have her brought back four days after the massacre." said the blonde before he left in a Shunpo.

Time skip six weeks

It has been six weeks since that discussion and Naruto was standing before the Uchiha clan compound at night, It has been 1 day since both Itachi and Shisui had been sent on some bullshit mission. The compound sits to the west, near the village's training grounds, and is designed to be a mixture of Japanese and Western architecture. Modern utilities such as electricity, plumbing, and air conditioning are implemented, though some of the more old-fashioned Uchiha may prefer to use torch light. It was composed of many buildings

Uchiha Police Department:

The center for any Uchiha law enforcement activity; it is built near the Uchiha housing complexes. Here, visitors are inspected for weapons and are to check them in. The department building consists of several office rooms where paper work is processed, a detention center for suspects and criminals under arrest, interrogation rooms for those who do not fall under the protections of Konoha's laws (becoming increasingly active and heavily guarded as these times of conflict proceed), forensics labs, and evidence rooms. The detention center is designed mainly for holding civilians. Shinobi that need to be detained will be handled by the Hokage's units/facilities.

To keep up with clan traditions, the architecture of the main compound is purely Japanese. The main family used to be the sole occupants to the main compound, but after several tragedies, many branch families have moved in. Among them are the clan head's adoptive family. There are two wings to the main compound. The east wing is for the clan head and clan elders, while the west wing is for branch families and the servants. They meet up to an extravagantly large dining hall, where both sides may sit down and eat together. Watching over them all, is a ceiling mural of Amaterasu.

Naruto walked sadly towards the lodgings of a clan, a clan of 230 people, 226 of them will not see the light of another day, six weeks was the time it took Naruto to find the nukenin that will take the fall, find them and kill them will making sure their bodies are not too damaged. It was a hassle, he had to find Nuke that not only were strong enough to do the deed, but not too strong so that he can't kill them, they had to have some sort of interactions in their past, they had to have a certain skill set and they had to have a grudge against the Uchiha clan. He settled for four Nuke nin that could do the deed and that he could mimic their abilities.

The first was Recca Hanabishi, an A rank Nuke nin from kusa, who specialized in Katon ninjutsu, his reason for hating the Uchiha clan was that an Uchiha raped an killed his wife during the Third great Shinobi War.

The second was Domon Ishijima, an Iwa jounin that specialized In Doton ninjustu, he lost his brother to a group of Uchiha members who tortured and killed him during a mission, this guy in retaliation went rogue and started raping and killing all Uchiha kunoichi he came across, before crushing their eyes.

The third was Yoshimori Sumimura, a Kekkai ninjutsu specialist, this guy had all his family killed by none other than Fugaku Uchiha, he went rogue and started killing all konoha shinobi, but any Uchiha he found he tortured them for days before he killed them violently.

The last Nuke nin, was arashi kazuma, he was a powerful jounin of Sunagakure, but during the third Ninja war his parents were killed by Mikoto Uchiha since then he sword vengeance and started killing all Konoha shinobi in his sights.

Naruto was not wearing his traditional outfit, he was wearing anbu gear along with a black trench coat, on his right shoulder was strapped a tanto, on his face was a white mask with a purple lightning symbol over the right eye. It also has a thin red slit across the mouth, the mask was not a regular mask either, It had seals on it that made both his hair and eyes look Black. When he arrived near the gate he saw two Uchihas guarding the gates ofthe compound, they didn't even get a time to scream before both their throats were slits by Naruto's tanto, Naruto entered the compound before he slapped both his hands together and whispered "Hachigyō Sōgai (Eight Joined Twin Cliffs)" and a double dislocation barrier which erases whatever is within it from existence and removes the space it takes up from an outsider's inner consciousness was errected, the barrier was made that no one outside the barrier can even perceive its presence. The very thought of getting close to it does not even occur to those outside it. It is so powerful and unique in composition. That was the barrier that he designed solely for this mission, so that no one can interfere with his business. Naruto continued inside the compound and he met the first group of Uchihas, they saw him as well and they started going through some handsigns before saying "katon: gokakyu no Jutsu (Fire Release great fireball jutsu)" before shooting a giant fireball at Naruto. The blonde just said "fuinjutsu Bō (防Bō)" and used his tantō to write "防" (Bō) in the air, which created a strong defensive wall in the form of a kanji. The defense stopped the fire ball, Naruto dropped his tantō and used both hands to write kanji, the right hand wrote the kanji for 火(hi, fire) while his left wrote the kanji for Zan (斬Zan) before bringing both his hands together and said "fuinjutsu Tobu enjin (flying fire blade)" and both kanji fused together and from the fusion came numerous flame blades, one of the Uchiha tried defending them by raising an earth wall but the blades cut right through it and killed the Uchihas, that technique was one of the techniques that made Rekka Hanabishi famous as the hono no kotei (Fire emperor). He managed to recreate it by using fuinjutsu, he managed to do the same for the rest of the members of the 'team' he gathered so to speak. As he saw other members of the Uchiha clan coming his way, he sighed before returning to doing his duty.

Time skip 1 hour:

One hour and 225 people later, Naruto found himself face to face with the main families dwelling, as he was about to go in he saw a seven years old Sasuke Uchiha looking at him. Before the child even said a word, Naruto appeared behind him and chopped him on the back of his neck, the Uchiha became unconscious instantly, that was the scene that Mikoto Uchiha, a fair-skinned woman with long, straight black hair with bangs hanging on either side of her face to roughly frame her cheeks and black eyes. She wore a simple dark purple blouse with a red-plum skirt and a light-yellow apron normally worn over it saw, she activated her sharingan and rushed Naruto but the masked shinobi merely whispered "Senka (Flash Blossom)" and using Shunpo he moved to the woman's back, and directly attacks and cuts the opponent with two rapid strikes. The technique was so fast, that the Uchiha matriarch was not be able to tell whether she was attacked from the front or the back, the Uchiha fell to the ground and Naruto stared at her, he knew that the woman will not die, he was ordered not to kill her but it still hurt him to have to do that, in his musings he did not feel Fugaku Uchiha, a man who had short, black hair that reached to his shoulders and onyx-coloured eyes, with visible creases below them made more pronounced whenever he adopted a stern look (both of which Itachi inherited from him). He wore a simple kimono with grey pants which had the clan's symbol on the back when not on duty. He stabbed Naruto in the back before saying

"you were careless in the end assassin" he snarled but the assassin just looked at him and said "Utsusemi (Cast-Off Cicada Shell)" before he disappeared and all Fugaku stabbed through was the trench coat, Naruto appeared behind him and said "Goodbye Fugaku san" before he stabbed the man in his throat with the tantō on his back. After he finished his mission, he just used Shunpo to leave the area. He had to report to his jiji.

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Hiruzen Sarutobi was not a happy man today, he had just ordered his surrogate grandson to slaughter an entire clan of konoha, the village that he swore to protect, he started grumbling "Fugaku you fool, all of this happened because you could not be happy with your stature in the village." he thought before he felt Naruto enter his office. He looked at Naruto and said

"report!"

"Hai, the Uchiha clan have been handled, the fall guys are in position and nothing has been left to chance."

"allright, Naruto kun good job"

"arigato jiji..." answered the blonde.

"And Naruto, there is no need to keep it in all the time, there is no weakness in admitting your weakness." the professor said, and like a damn being broken, Naruto broke in tears in Hiruzen's arms. The kami no shinobi stood up and hugged his grandson in all but blood.

Time skip one week

Itachi and Shisui returned from their one week long, mission to Yugakure to verify the truth about some rumors that said that the village will become a shinobi village again. When they arrived at the gates, Kotetsu and Izumo informed them of what happened to their clan, they rushed to the hospital and found that Itachi's mother was just injured but nothing dangerous, as for Sasuke all he had was abump from falling after being hit on the back of his neck. They met Mikoto and she was going to be dismissed from the hospital on the same day. As they were talking about what happened an Anbu came and told them to go to the Hokage's office.

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Tsunade Senju was average height with brown eyes and straight, blonde hair. Her hair is waist-length with shoulder-length bangs framing both sides of her face. As an adult, Tsunade usually ties her hair into two loose ponytails. Some time after leaving the village, she obtained a violet rhombus mark on her forehead similar to her grandmother's, which she uses as a chakra gathering point known as the Strength of a Hundred Seal. Now in her fifties, Tsunade has aged considerably. However, she maintains the appearance of her younger self through a unique and constant Transformation Technique. In her prime, the appearance she normally takes, she has a slender frame. Despite being known as flat-chested in her childhood, she now has a rather large bust; 106 centimeters in circumference, according to Jiraiya. Her beauty has been pointed out several times and she's been called the most beautiful kunoichi in the world.

She often wears a grass-green haori with the kanji for "gamble" (賭, kake) written in black on the back, inside a red circle. Underneath she wears a grey, kimono-style blouse with no sleeves, held closed by a broad, dark bluish-grey obi that matches her pants. Her blouse is closed quite low, revealing her sizeable cleavage. She wears open-toed, strappy black sandals with high heels and red polish on both her fingernails and toenails. She also wears a soft pink lipstick. She also wears her grandfather's necklace in clear view on her chest. By her side was her teammate Jiraiya

Jiraiya was a tall man with waist-length, spiky white hair usually tied back into a pony tail, with two shoulder-length bangs that framed both sides of his face. He also had red lines that ran down from his eyes and wore a horned forehead protector with the kanji for "oil" (油, abura), which denotes his affiliation with Mount Myōboku. He also had a noticeable wart on the left side of his nose. Jiraiya wore a green short shirt kimono and matching pants; under which he wore mesh armour that showed out of the sleeves and legs of his outfit. His outfit was completed with hand guards, a simple black belt, traditional Japanese geta (wooden sandals), a red haori with two simple yellow circles on each side, and a scroll on his back. They were both in Hiruzen's office and Tsunade was pissed, the old man called her back to do an autopsy to the dead during the Uchiha massacre but so far she had not seen a single body. She looked at he teacher before saying

"Sensei, you called me to do the autopsy but I have not been allowed to come near the bodies on your orders. What the hell is going on?" she said but Hiruzen merely looked at her before tossing a file at her and he said

"Here is the autopsy, just sign it, as for why you are here, you are here to do your duty as a Konohagakure kunoichi, you wanted to start a med nin program, I will allow It, I have both the funds and the man power, all you need to do is start your program." he said and Tsunade just nodded dumbly. Jiraiya on the other hand, felt that something was not as it seemed and asked Hiruzen

"the Uchiha massacre was It an inside job." to which Hiruzen nodded.

After a while both the elders and The Uchiha trio came into the room, and Hiruzen simply started smoking his pipe, t'en minutes went by and Hiruzen said nothing, finally Koharu could not handle it anymore and said

"Hiruzen we should really start the meeting, we are all busy people here..." but she was interrupted by a blast of KI from Hiruzen

"you will adresse me as Hokage sama, Koharu or I will have you killed for insubordination, understood?" and Koharu nodded "as for the meetings, the last person is doing a mission for me, when he finishes he will come." and he returned to smoking his pipe. One hour later, a bloodied Naruto came through the window surprising everyone, he had both his mask and his hat on so only Itachi and Shisui Knew who he was. Hiruzen smirked and said

"so how wsa your errand, ouji kun." Naruto merely nodded and said

"my mission is a success, the target has been silenced."

"good, now Koharu, Homura, Danzo, tell me you said that I was senile when I allowed Naruto to not attend the shinobi academy, right?" said Hiruzen and all three elders nodded before started

"yes Hiruzen the kyubi is a weapon and he should have been given to me to train him as a weapon loyal to konoha." said the warhawk. Hiruzen merely nodded before he looked at Naruto who gave a piece of metal with a seal on it, he placed it in his cristal ball before a projection appeared and they saw Naruto slaughtering the rooot ANBU, Danzo was seething at what was happening, and he started looking for an exit when he saw that Naruto had all exited covered. After the projection ended he looked at Hiruzen who nodded at him before he removed his mask, Danzo, Koharu, Homura, Jiraiya, Tsunade and Mikoto were surprised by the discovery, as for Hiruzen he merely shrugged before he looked at his elders and said

"Now, do you still think I am senile, Naruto kun finish your work here then you can leave." Naruto nodded and before anyone can react he appeared behind Danzō and ripped his head from his shoulders, seeing his work done he bidon Hiruzen farewell and left the adults talking.

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It has been three months since Naruto massacred the Uchiha clan and Root, he spent the time préparent himself for the next assignement that Hiruzen had for him. SHIELD (acronyme for Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement Logistics Division) is going to be the replacement for Root anbu, even though tne warhawk was an evil son of a bitch, he was a necessary evil son of a bitch, the darkness of the shinobi world was needed, and Naruto was chosen to lead an elite Unit of konoha shinobi to fight the wars so that nobody else fights them, to become monsters so that others don't have to. But that was not all that happened, Koharu and Homura were no longer elders, it was suggested that they retire, now Hiruzen was grooming Tsunade to take over him as Hokage soon. Speaking of Tsunade, him and her hit it off quite well, especially when they got drunks together one day, she evn thought him some medical ninjutsu, as for Jiraya, the guy was funny as hell, and It helped that he was going to take over the intelligence departement of SHIELD, so they both got together and ironed the finer details of the intelligence and Itachi understood why he did what he did and they became friends again, as for Mikoto, she did not like that he stabbed her but when she saw him again she hugged him and called said that she would never let him go again, he had to be pried from the woman's arms by both Itachi and Shisui.