Uchiha Compound - Outskirts
"Everyone's gone, but they'll forever be remembered in our hearts." Naruto told his little brothers, as they stood at the last of the caskets they were going to bury. All together they had to get well over one-hundred caskets, and they used multiple Earth Style jutsus to bury the caskets. Shinso stood over the casket of their father, and placed his fist over his heart.
"We'll avenge you one day Father. We'll avenge everyone in our clan. Without giving ourselves up to our hatred." Shinso said to the casket. They used a Doton jutsu to finish the funeral, and buried their whole clan under a huge Cherry Blossom tree.
"From this day forward, we're going to have to train harder than we ever have. We've got to become stronger if we want to avenge our clan. If we want to face our older brother." Naruto told them.
"That's for sure. We don't stand a chance against Itachi as we are now, even with our Mangekyou Sharingan. We'll need to find a way to evolve our Mangekyou, so it doesn't come with a risk to us." Sasuke added to Naruto's statement. They all nodded in agreement, and looked up at the sky.
"We've inherited all of your Will of Fire. Now just help us along the way, because this is going to be a long journey for all of us." they all said at the same time. Itachi was watching his little brothers from a distance, and he looked to the sky also.
"Father. You understood why I had to do what I did, but that doesn't make it any easier for me." Itachi told the sky. He got up from the spot he was sitting in, and placed a black cloak with red clouds on it on. He also put a straw hat with paper streaming down from the rim. He got up, looked around his family compound one more time, and walked away from the Hidden Leaf Village.
"I'll see you again Naruto. Next time though, I'm coming for the Tailed Beast inside of you." Itachi thought to himself, as he headed out of the village gates. Shinso turned around to where Itachi was sitting just moments ago, and his back started shivering.
"What's wrong Shinso?" Sasuke asked his little brother. Shinso shaked his head, then looked at Sasuke.
"Nothing. I just felt like someone was watching us." he replied. Sasuke sighed at his little brother, before trailing his gaze towards the area where Shinso was looking.
"We're always going to be feeling like that. Everyone we've lost is always watching over us, and besides, we'd know if someone was actually watching us." Shinso looked at the ground in embarrassment, and frowned to himself.
"Are we still going to live here at the compound, or are we going to have to move?" Shinso asked his brothers.
"More than likely, the village elders will try to convince us to move into a house closer to the school, unless we can prove that we can work hard, while staying here at our family compound." Naruto answered. They all walked to Ichiraku Ramen, while still wearing their funeral clothes.
Hidden Leaf Village - Ichiraku Ramen
"Can we get three bowls of Miso Ramen, old man Teuchi?" Naruto asked him. Teuchi looked at the triplets, and was shocked to see them wearing their funeral clothes.
"Who died?" Teuchi asked the three preteens.
"Our clan was murdered. Everybody except us." Shinso replied in a whisper. Teuchi's eyes went wide with shock, and he immediately started to make the boys a bowl of ramen each. When he finished making the ramen, he served it up nice and hot.
"Here you go. A bowl of Miso Ramen for all of you, and it's on the house." Teuchi told them. The three boys thanked Teuchi for the ramen, and began to eat it very carefully, since it was still hot.
"If you don't mind me asking, why are you three still alive? Why didn't the killer come after you as well?" Teuchi asked while they were eating their ramen. Sasuke finished gulping down what was in his mouth, wanting to get the questions over with.
"That's because the killer was our older brother, Itachi Uchiha. He either left us alive out of sentiment or left us alive to kill him. One or the other, but maybe both." Sasuke explained to Teuchi. Teuchi thought about Itachi, and how he used to always walk around surrounded by the three in front of him. He sighed at the news that he had just heard, and felt sorry for the three of them. They had no living relatives, no money to live off of, and they had just become Genin. Their life was going to be tough from now on, but he saw the determination and resolution in their eyes, and that gave him a smile of hope.
"What are you smiling like that for, old man? It's kinda starting to make me uncomfortable." Naruto told Teuchi. Teuchi snapped back into reality, and frowned at Naruto.
"I'm not that old. I'm only forty-three years old." Teuchi countered. Sasuke smiled, and decided to join in on his brother's fun.
"You're older than Kakashi Sensei, old man." Sasuke told him. At that time, the voice of their sensei came from behind them, causing everyone to jump in their seats.
"I'm not older either. I'm only twenty-six years old.". Sasuke, Naruto and Shinso quickly turned around, and their eyes were wide and empty.
"YOU'RE ONLY WHAT?! YOU'RE YOUNGER THAN OUR DAD WAS!" Naruto yelled in surprise. When their eyes turned back to normal, Sasuke eyed Kakashi curiously.
"What are you doing here Kakashi Sensei?" the young Genin asked. Kakashi looked at Sasuke and sighed.
"The council have asked me to come bring you all to them immediately. I've explained to them about your situation, and they're ready to offer you alternatives to your living situation." Kakashi told them all. Naruto wolfed down the rest of his ramen, and got up from his spot.
"Hurry up and finish your ramen, you two. We've got a lot to say to the village council." Naruto told them. Sasuke and Shinso followed their brother's example, and wolfed down their ramen, then followed Kakashi out of Ichiraku Ramen.
Hidden Leaf Village - Council Office
"Old man Himura, and Granny Koharu. What did you want to talk to us about?" Naruto asked them coldly.
"We wanted to talk to you about your living conditions, because of the incident Kakashi has brought to our attention." Himura calmly responded, despite Naruto's clear lack of respect. Naruto's glare intensified at the council, and he could feel the Nine-Tails chakra seeping out.
"By incident you mean massacre right? We're staying at our family compound, and that's that." Naruto growled. It was then that Himura and Koharu started feeling afraid, because the Nine-Tails chakra was pouring out.
"Calm down Naruto, or you might cause the Nine-Tails to come out." Kakashi told his pupil. Naruto calmed down a little, and the Nine-Tails chakra disappeared, but his eyes remained red.
"It'd be much more preferable if you lived closer by the Ninja Academy. That way you can go straight there for your missions, and you'll be surrounded by your friends." Koharu told them. This time it was Sasuke's turn to have an outburst.
"THAT'S BULLSHIT! YOU JUST WANT TO KEEP AN EYE ON US, SO YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE AT ALL TIMES!" he yelled at them both. Naruto and Sasuke were livid with anger at the Council, but Shinso remained calm. After all, one of the triplets had to be thinking with rationality and not their emotions.
"What is to happen to our brother Itachi?"Shinso asked the two councillors. Himura looked at the youngest triplet, conflict and caution fighting each other in his eyes. On one hand, he wanted to protect the triplets from the harsh truth, but on the other hand, they needed to know.
"He is to be declared a Missing-nin, and is going to be labeled as an S-ranked criminal." Himura told them after a few moments of silence. The triplets expected as much to happen, and they nodded their heads at the Council, then headed for the door.
"We still have to talk about where you're going to live." Himura told them. They all stopped where they were, and turned to show that they were all glaring at Himura and Koharu with their Mangekyou Sharingan.
"I thought I told you that we're staying at our family compound." Naruto growled at them. They left the triplets to themselves, and let them walk away this time. Kakashi watched his pupils walk out of the door, then turned to the Council and bowed.
"I'm sorry for the way my pupils spoke to you, and I'll accept any punishment that you're willing to mete out." Kakashi told the counselors. They both sat down in their chairs, and Koharu sighed.
"There is no need for any punishment. They're upset about all of this, and they just want to stay somewhere close to their hearts. No matter how tragic the place is." Koharu told the Jonin. Kakashi nodded and left the Village Counselors to themselves.
"I know that they wanted to stay at the Uchiha compound, but they didn't have to threaten the counselors like that. If it were Danzo, he would've dealt them with treason of the highest degree." Kakashi thought to himself. He sighed to himself, and walked to the memorial like he usually did. When he got to the memorial, he instantly remembered how much of an idiot he was back then.
"What would you do with the Uchiha triplets Obito?" Kakashi asked the memorial.
Uchiha Compound
Naruto, Sasuke and Shinso were collecting all of the food from their aunt and uncle's store.
"If we can ration this wisely, we should be able to live off of it, until we start making money from missions." Sasuke told his siblings. They also grabbed the toys they had for sale, and decided to place them near the tree where everyone was buried.
"For all of the little kids who had their lives stolen from them." Shinso said.
Uchiha Compound - Outskirts
They walked to the Giant Cherry Blossom Tree, and laid out all of the toys, evenly and quietly.
"Hey you guys?" Naruto asked his younger brothers.
"What is it Naruto?" Shinso asked in reply.
"Do you think we'll ever manage to evolve our Mangekyou to the point where we could copy even Kekkei Genkai?" Naruto asked them.
"That's very, very unlikely Naruto. Kekkei Genkai are bloodline limits. Our Kekkei Genkai is our Sharingan, and that's it. We're born with it, and that's why Sharingan cannot copy Kekkei Genkai techniques. We aren't born with them." Shinso explained to his older brother.
"I know all of that Shinso, but if we trained hard enough and actually tried, then we probably can copy it. It just won't be as powerful as if we were born with the techniques." Naruto told him.
"It's definitely worth a shot, but the only other Kekkei Genkai users in the Hidden Leaf is the Hyuga Clan, and we do not want to start a fight with the users of the Byakugan." Sasuke told Naruto.
"We wouldn't be picking a fight with them. We'll just be watching them, while they're using their Byakugan. If this works, it means that my theory is proven to work. If it doesn't, then I'll give up on the idea of copying Kekkei Genkai with the Sharingan." Naruto shot back. Sasuke sighed at his older brother, and hung his head in defeat. No one could ever get Naruto to change his mind, no matter how hopeless his decisions seemed. It was one of the traits they all inherited. The most irritating and least useful trait, according to adults: stubbornness. Naruto smiled at his little brothers, then headed to their home in the compound by himself.
"Will our older brother be alright?" Shinso asked Sasuke.
"Hard to tell Shinso. Hard to tell. We might as well go along with his ridiculous idea. Who knows? He might actually find a way to do it. Now, we're going to do our own special training." Sasuke told Shinso. Shinso looked at Sasuke with confusion in his eyes, his right eyebrow raised slightly.
"What do you mean by 'special training'?" he asked his older brother. Sasuke smirked at his little brother, then pulled out two slips of paper. He handed one of the slips to Shinso, then watched the confusion take further root in his brother's eyes.
"What is this?" Shinso asked.
"It's special paper from a special tree. We're going to figure out what Chakra Nature we have. Then we're going to learn to make our own jutsu while using said Chakra Nature." Sasuke explained. Shinso nodded in understanding, then looked at the paper again.
"How do we know which nature we have?" Shinso asked.
"Input your chakra into the paper, then we'll see." Sasuke told him. Shinso pushed chakra into his paper, and it became damp, then it turned into mud.
"Well now. It looks like you have Suiton and Doton Chakra Natures. You'll have to work twice as hard." Sasuke told Shinso.
"He has Doton and Sution. I wonder if it's possible for him to use Mokuton Style Jutsu." Sasuke thought to himself. Sasuke then pushed chakra into his paper, and it wrinkled, then set on fire and turned to ash.
"Looks like I have Raiton and Katon. I'll have to work extra hard too." Sasuke told himself.
"What do you think Naruto's Chakra Nature is?" Shinso asked Sasuke. Sasuke smirked at his little brother.
"I already know Naruto's Chakra Nature. I found out his while he was asleep. It's Futon and Katon. He's his own ally." Sasuke told him. Shinso frowned at this information, but then asked what Sasuke thought.
"Since I have both Doton and Suiton Chakra Natures, is it possible that I'll be able to use Mokuton Jutsu?" Shinso asked him.
"Seeing as how Mokuton is a Kekkei Genkai, the chances are less than likely, or so unlikely that it'll never happen. Besides, if we wanted to test out that theory, you'd need precise chakra control that we don't have. We can't separate our chakra like that, and we can't keep it separated like that. You need more Chakra Control training before you can attempt it, or you might accidentally use up all your chakra in one go. We all need more Chakra Control training." Sasuke explained to him. Shinso rubbed the back of his head, and shrugged his shoulders.
"Let's go back home before Naruto eats all of the food." Shinso told Sasuke. Sasuke laughed at his little brother, and they raced home with plans of furthering their training.