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AN: Hey guys. How are you? I am so sorry that this is so late. I was kind of in a funk or something. I already had written an outline for chapter four. All I had to do was actually write it. I can't express how sorry I am for being two to three weeks late. Usually, I take a little time off after I finish a chapter, but this time I'm going to jump right on it and get it done as fast as possible. Maybe that will in some way make up for my lateness. Anyway, let's get on with the show.

Goken Naruto

Chapter 3: Massacres and Mourning

(Back in Konoha)

While Katsu Sarutobi and Kisame Hoshigaki were preparing to fight the villagers of Taki, something else was happening back in Konoha. Screams of terror came from the Uchiha district as members of the clan were cut down and burned beyond recognition.

The cries and screams continued until the perpetrator, one Itachi Uchiha, came to the house of the Clan Head, where he had lived his whole life. He knew that the clan was planning to betray the Hokage and usurp control of the village. Now it came down to this. He had to face his own father, Fugaku Uchiha.

He walked through the halls of the Uchiha Compound until he came to the door of his father's study. He started to reach for the door, when he heard yelling from inside.

"You can't do this Fugaku. You have to stop this madness before it brings destruction to our family," said a woman with long dark hair.

Fugaku's face contorted in anger. He struck the woman across the face knocking her to the ground. "How dare you presume to order me around? You are my wife. I own you. Your job is to take care of the home and raise children. You have no say in these matters." He finished glaring at her.

She looked back at him with a hard stare. "You are a chauvinist and a fool. I don't know why I married you. Your foolish pride will destroy the once proud Uchiha Clan. Is that what you want, to see the Uchihas become a mere name in the history books?"

Fugaku stared at her with rage and pulled a kunai out of his robes. He grabbed Mikoto by her hair and lifted her to face him. "I will insure that you never speak to me that way again." He took the kunai and sliced right across her throat. He watched in insane glee as the life left her eyes. Then he dropped her to the floor, and her body hit with a thud.

Itachi opened the door and stared at his mother's dying body. Then he looked up at his father with the most emotion he had shown in months. "What have you done father?"

His father stared back at him, "I merely killed a disobedient bitch. What does it matter?"

"WHAT DOES IT MATTER? I'll tell you why it matters. She was your wife, and she was mine and Sasuke's mother. Don't you see? She was trying to stop you from committing an ultimate sin, but you wouldn't listen. You never do. You simply get rid of anyone that disagrees with you. Well, I have had enough. It is time to erase the stain that is the Uchiha Clan's current state."

Itachi's eyes turned into their Mangekyo form. Then he uttered one word under his breath, "Tsukuyomi." Fugaku was pulled into the genjutsu and tied to a cross. He was tortured for hours, although in the real world it was only minutes.

When it ended, Fugaku fell to the floor, too weak to stand. Itachi reached down and lifted Fugaku, as Fugaku had done to Mikoto. Itachi drew his tanto and ran it across Fugaku's throat just as he had done moments before. Itachi didn't wait to savor the kill as Fugaku had done. He simply dropped him to the floor in disgust. (AN: scene with Sasuke is same as canon)

(Back at the Waterfall Village)

Katsu Sarutobi and Kisame Hoshigaki stood facing a crowd of shinobi and civilians that were acting very much like the people in Konoha would have treated Naruto had Gai and Izumi not been there. Mere moments ago, Katsu watched as his father was killed without mercy. His only crime was protecting an innocent child, although the foolish villagers of Taki saw her as a demon. Now the two were preparing to fight the increasingly volatile crowd.

"We'll give the two of you one more chance. Get out of our way. With all the water here, we have the advantage of jutsu and numbers. You cannot win. Now, let us pass so we may kill the 'demon.'

The two friends shared an almost maniacal laugh at the speaker's expense. "Did you hear that Kisame? They think that they have an advantage over us," Katsu stared hard at the shinobi who dared speak to them with such arrogance. "You fools actually think that your numbers advantage means anything. You actually think that being near water gives you an advantage over us. Let me make things perfectly clear for you. We're going to kill you for murdering my father. There will be no mercy for you."

The crowd smirked, "Fine, then take this." Five shinobi leapt to the front and made the hand sign for tiger before screaming, "Suiton: Teppodama." They inhaled and spat out five water bullets that started flying towards the two shinobi.

Kisame smirked before going through a short series of hand signs before stopping on tiger and calling out "Suiton: Suijinheki." A wall of water rose around Katsu and Kisame easily blocking the water bullets.

When the wall fell, Katsu finished a series of hand signs ending on snake, "Futon: Daitoppa." A huge wind blew up from nowhere and rushed towards the crowd tossing them out into the middle of the lake where they claimed they supposedly had an advantage.

Kisame leapt onto the lake and slammed his palms together before slamming his right palm down on the lake, "Suiton: Goshokuzame." Five sharks formed in the lake and started circling the Taki villagers. They circled so fast that it created a temporary whirlpool. The shinobi managed to escape, but the civilians were pulled in where they were ripped to pieces by the sharks.

From the tower in the center, the village leader watched as the two S-ranked ninja began demolishing the crowd. The man shook his head in disgust. Had this been a fight over nothing, he would have stepped in to try to save lives, but they murdered an honorable man in cold blood because of their prejudice. He knew enough about Katsu Sarutobi to know that he and his friend would not wipe out the entire village. They would kill the murderers and leave, but what a pity that it had come to this.

Back on the lake, the shinobi were standing on top of it trying to get their bearings. However, they would not get a chance. Kisame made the snake hand sign and began spiting out a large quantity of water. With a call of "Suiton: Bakusui Shoha," a huge wave of water descended upon the dazed and confused shinobi sending them crashing to the lake bed.

When they rose to the surface, they discovered Katsu Sarutobi going through a series of hand signs ending on dragon. He screamed "Raiton: Jibashi." Both of his hands were covered in lightning, before it shot out towards the lake with the wet shinobi causing a massive explosion of water. Some of the shinobi managed to escape at the last minute, but several of them were charred beyond recognition.

Kisame emerged on one side of the huge wave of water swinging Samehada at his foes ripping their flesh from their bones. "Ha-ha, you guys picked the wrong guys to piss off. Now you're going to pay." He cackled as he enjoyed the thrill of the enormous fight that he was involved in.

On the other side, some shinobi tried to run towards shore where some of their comrades were waiting. Katsu used a shushin to appear from out of nowhere cutting one of them in two, causing blood to spray everywhere. Katsu ducked under a punch from one of the shinobi, before coming up with a vertical slice cutting the man in two, right down the middle. He pushed chakra to his feet causing him to run even faster as he took two quick swings of his katana taking the heads off two more enemies. He turned the corner as a waterfall ninja brought his katana swinging down. Katsu saw the attack just a shade too late.

He leapt backwards holding his left arm and wincing in pain. He looked down at his arm to see a cut that was about six inches long. 'That was stupid. I let my rage cloud my judgment and ran right into a trap. Damn, he really got me good,' Katsu thought to himself. He surveyed his surroundings and found himself totally surrounded. 'I'm such an idiot. I let myself get totally surrounded. Alright, think Katsu think. There has to be a way out of this.'

He looked to the right and noticed some barrels setting there. He made a hand sign and created a several shadow clones. Most of the shadow clones attacked the shinobi, while once transformed into a small bug and flew over to the barrels. It crawled into one of the barrels and found a black liquid. It burst into smoke sending the memories to Katsu. 'Oil, why would they have oil? Wait, I think I've got an idea.' Without another thought, he rushed towards the barrels. He cut through one ninja right across his chest and ducked the slash of another. The blade left a slight cut down his cheek, but he didn't care. He'd take that light injury to get out of this mess.

As he reached the barrels, he made a quick hand sign making a couple of shadow clones. He went into a series of hand signs ending on tiger, "Katon: Karyu Endan." At the same time, his two clones finished on snake, "Futon: Daitoppa." The huge dragon of fire came in contact with the barrels of oil just before the windstorms hit blowing it towards the remaining shinobi following Katsu.

As the shinobi were caught in the huge explosion, Katsu ran towards the spot where his father's body was. When he got there, he found Kisame there with Hiro's body slung over his shoulder. Katsu smiled before dropping to one knee trying to catch his breath.

After a couple of minutes, he rose to his feet. "C'mon Kisame, let's get out of here." The two took off towards the exit and were soon outside of Taki heading back towards Konoha.

In a couple of hours, they found the camp that Gai and the others had made. They walked into the camp slowly so they would not be attacked. "Ah Katsu, it's good to see you my friend. I am sorry about your loss." Gai said in a solemn tone.

Mei turned to the two figures walking into the camp. She instantly recognized the face of Kisame Hoshigaki but filed her questions away for later when she saw Katsu. He was completely covered from head to toe in blood and ash. His hair looked a combination of red and ash gray. "Katsu, are you alright?"

He smiled weakly, "Don't worry. Most of it isn't mine." Shortly after, he fell to one knee. Mei ran to him. He looked up at her after catching his breath. "It's okay. I'm just tired. By morning, I'll be fine." He leaned against a tree and instantly fell asleep.

Mei carefully cleaned his arms and face as he slept. Then Izumi came over and looked at the cut on his face and his arm. She used a medical jutsu to help them heal quicker before leaving him to his rest. Zabuza and Gai took the night watch giving the two men the chance to rest.

In the morning, Katsu was still leaning against the same tree, but he was very much awake. He watched as the children came out of their tent one by one. When they turned and saw Katsu, Fu trailed to the back behind Naruto. Katsu simply smiled and said, "Your name is Fu, isn't it? Come here."

She walked forward gingerly slightly scared of what he would say. However, what he did she would have never expected. He pulled her into his lap and hugged her to his chest. Then he looked at her and said, "Listen to me Fu. What happened back was not your fault. I don't want you to blame yourself for any of it. My father saw in you something worth protecting, and he was rarely ever wrong. Now, I want you to understand something. I don't hold any grudge against you at all for what happened to my father. I blame the villagers of Taki, and they've been punished. I'm going to take you in and I'm going to care for you like you're my own daughter, and I will never let anyone hurt you again."

She looked up at him examining his eyes before holding on to him for dear life. She cried into his chest, because she hasn't had many people care for her. "Hey Fu, I'm sure that they will be your friends too." Katsu said pointing at Naruto and the girls.

Fu smiled and ran over to the others. They laughed and played like children are supposed to do, while the adults watched. Mei walked up to her fiancé, "So, how are you feeling?"

Katsu smiled brightly, "I'm feeling much better. Things might have been worse though if Kisame hadn't showed up."

Mei turned to the shark-like swordsman, "Kisame, I have to thank you for helping Katsu, but I also have to ask what brought you here in the first place."

Kisame smirked, "I was actually on my way to the leaf village after I heard that the survivors of the bloodline wars came here. That when I saw the two of you heading into the waterfall village. I followed when I saw the black smoke, and well you know the rest."

"Anyway, fix breakfast for the kids, and then let's get out of here. I feel like we need to get back to the village." Katsu said.

After breakfast the group was heading towards Konoha at a breakneck pace. They made it in about five hours.

When they walked into Konoha and started towards the tower, they noticed the Hokage heading towards the clan district. They followed and walked into the grounds of one of the greatest slaughters that any of them had ever seen. Katsu turned to Mei and said, "Mei, you and Izumi take the children home. They don't need to see this."

She nodded and she and Izumi led the children away as the four men walked towards the Hokage. "Hey Hokage-sama, what happened here?"

The old Hokage turned to find his nephew along with Gai and Zabuza and a blue-skinned man that he recognized as Kisame Hoshigaki. "You made it back quicker than I expected you to Katsu. Did something happen to you?"

Katsu's face turned grim as he prepared to speak. "Hokage-sama, my father is dead. He died protecting the young girl that we went to pick up. Kisame and I fought and killed the ones responsible. It was a bloodbath as you can see by my appearance. Afterwards, we rushed back here. At no time were the children in danger."

The old Hokage frowned. This was supposed to be an easy pickup mission. Now he had lost his nephew because of it. "I'm sorry to hear that Katsu. If there is anything I can do just ask."

"I understand, but we can talk more about that later. What in the world happened here? This looks like a greater massacre than we were involved in."

The Hokage shared the grim look that Katsu's face had worn mere moments earlier. "Itachi Uchiha has massacred all the Uchiha Clan. The only survivors are Izumi and Itachi's younger brother, Sasuke."

Katsu was just about to make a comment, when an ANBU appeared. "Excuse me Hokage-sama. The elders have requested to see you, Izumi-san and Katsu-san."

The old Hokage sighed, "Sometimes they can be so troublesome."

Katsu scowled at being called by those so-called advisors. The truth was he hated their guts. They did things under the guise of it being for the good of the village, but Katsu saw through all the smoke and mirrors. Everything they did was for the good of themselves. "I'll go get Izumi," was all Katsu said before disappearing in a swirl of lightning followed by his friends.

(Ten minutes later: the Hokage's Office)

The Hokage sat at his desk, while the three elders, Danzo, Homura and Koharu, sat on a couch on the left side of the room. In front of the desk, Katsu Sarutobi and Izumi Uchiha stood, with the first angry and the second nervous.

Homura decided to be the speaker, "After some consideration, we have come to a decision. The Uchiha Clan needs a clan head. Sasuke is too young to take the position. We have decided that Izumi Uchiha will serve as interim Clan Head until Sasuke is old enough to take the position."

Izumi nodded but otherwise made no comment.

"Now Katsu," Homura continued, "It is no secret that you have the Sharingan. You would be of great help in reviving the Uchiha Clan. We would like you to-"

"Now, listen up, because I'm only going to say this once," Katsu said as he interrupted the elder. "I am fortunate enough to have the Sharingan, but I see it as a tool and nothing more. I am not an Uchiha. I want nothing to do with that Clan whatsoever."

Danzo sneered, "Well, perhaps you can help another way. Your daughters would be great towards helping the Uchiha revive there clan. They could-"

The room was filled with a killing intent that was making it hard for the elders to breathe. "Now, you listen here you senile old bats. Even though they're adopted, my daughters are precious to me. If you so much as come near them, I'll kill all three of you in such a long and painful way that you will beg for death long before I give it to you. With the exception of Izumi, Obito, their families, and my grandmother, I hold all other Uchihas in total contempt. You better remember something you old fossils. I don't answer to you or the council. I answer to the Hokage alone. Furthermore, I hold the right to move my family and friends elsewhere should anyone ever be named Hokage that I don't approve of. That most definitely includes you Danzo."

After his rant, Katsu disappeared from the office. The old Hokage glared at the three elders, "You FOOLS, he just lost his father, and you're laying all of that on him. If I could have you executed for being insensitive to someone grieving I would do it. Unfortunately, I can't. Now get out of my office." As he finished, the Hokage let out an incredibly powerful killing intent. The elders walked out, while deciding to back off for now.

(A few moments later: on top of the Hokage Monument)

Katsu stood there looking down on the village. 'Why do I still serve this hellhole? Those elders are no good. The civilian council is no better. They just want to usurp power from the Hokage and take it for themselves. Most of the civilians are just the same. They would treat Naruto like common trash, if none of us were around, and they would probably treat Yugito and Fu the same way, if they knew. Well I've had enough. I'm going to change this place, so that the children have a safe place to call home. I'm going to teach those bastards what it means when you mess with Katsu Sarutobi.

AN: Hey guys, I know that this is shorter than the last one, but I wanted to get another chapter out. I know that this one was mostly about Katsu. It was just to finish up what was going on in the last chapter and to get the Uchiha Massacre over with.

The next chapter will be mostly about Naruto, with lesser appearances by the characters that have been important in the last couple of chapters.

Also, I wasn't sure about the barrels of oil that I used to make the explosions. I just knew that I needed an explosion and I also knew that Jiraiya uses some techniques that involved oil.

Anyway, that's all I have for now.