Hello Everyone, I'm very very very sorry for the loooong wait, but as you could probaly guess, these chapters will be very very important towards the story's. It took me days to get this planned out, and i promise to update harry potter as soon as possible; since Sirius is about to break into the castle.

thank u again everyone that has supported me. i know it is short, but in the next one, Sasuke and Itachi's attack plan is finally initiated

Chapter 9: Battle Stations Part 1

"Hello again Itachi, what can i do for you this time? Oh, and I see you brought little Sasuke with you as well." The Hokage greeted the brothers, who had just entered the office.

"Hokage-sama there is something Sasuke and I have to tell, and show you that is very, very important. Something that you definitely cannot convey to anyone else." The older one spoke to his superior in a calm but urgent tone.

The Hokage realizing the tone of his voice, glanced at Sasuke and saw that the young boy looked nervous for some reason, and sad at the same time. This really made him think about what the two wanted to talk to him about, especially since he is to attend a meeting involving their clan tonight. The Sodaime lead the two brothers to the sofa's and chair's he had within the adjoining room, for their conversation.

"Well Itachi, what is it that you two would like to talk to me about that is so important?"

The two glanced nervously at each other, before Sasuke stood up, and began to glow. The Hokage's eyes went wide when the light died down and in its place, stood and older looking Sasuke Uchiha. A look of confusion fell over the Hokage's eyes as he saw the newly changed boy. At first he thought this was some sort of transformation jutsu, a very easy jutsu for shinobi's. But, as he looked closer at his eyes, he realized, that this was not the case. The boy sat back down in his seat, and reveled everything to the older man in front of him. The leader was silent as he absorbed the information given to him, by this young...older boy. In reality, Sasuke was actually older than Itachi; imagine their family finding out.

After the time-traveler finished his story, the elder was silent for quite a while, as his mind slowly mulled over everything that was said to him. Sasuke had reverted back into his younger form, and was now resting his head against his brother's shoulders. His eyes were glassed over almost as if the were to turn into a waterfall. It was always hard for him to think about what happened to him in the past, well future now. Even harder was for him to actually talk about it out loud. Unknown to anyone, he began to suffer from the nightmares of his past, he never wanted anyone to find out; especially not Itachi.

Before they left, the two brothers discussed the plans they were able to come up with, and the Hokage admitted that he did remember hearing about the same clan they spoke of. He then wrote an official letter granting the younger one permission to enter ANBU Elite Prison Cell's. He also told which area they would use for their plans. There were large more secured and structured cells deep within the prison that were used for highly advanced criminals. Although Danzou, one of the official elders of the village, is also in the loop about the upcoming war, the Hokage clearly wasn't even going to inform him on the new development. He signed the seal, and sent the two off, knowing full well that Fugaku would want his son's home early, before the meeting was to take place. As they left, he continued to pray that the Uchiha's leader wouldn't try to bring Sasuke anywhere near the chaos that he'd started. He sighed, and looked out his window down at his village wishing the newly advanced Sasuke, would be able to bring this war to an end, and bring forth peace; before the visions of his past, soon become their future.

The two Uchiha's high tailed it towards the prison's having one of the same thoughts as the Hokage; knowing full well their father would want them home early…mostly Itachi. The ANBU captain entered with his brother with ease, although many were questioning what the younger was doing there in the first place. Not wanting to cause any kind of trouble, the ANBU quickly lead his brother to his superior's office and gave him the letter from the Hokage, and quickly left, not wanting to answer any questions. He didn't want to be here any longer than he should be. Soon, they were walking down the corridors that Hokage gave them permission to use. They nodded to each other, and activated their sharingan's quickly analyzing the area, cell number's, any and everything that will be useful to them. Before they left the library they were actually able to test out the jutsu around the area, and found out that it wasn't all that difficult to learn at all. After a few minutes, they finished their scan, and returned their eyes back to normal. Itachi glanced at his brother who had one of his hands on one of the cell bars of one of the cell's. The older teen placed a comforting hand on his shoulder, and gave it a gentle squeeze, as a silent communication between them, that there would be no problems after all. The stress and worry that had previously run through his mind were soon gone as he saw the gentle smile upon his brother's face. Returning his own the two made their way out the corridors, to head home.

Two days later

The meeting had gone exactly how the young Uchiha had imagined it. The Hokage's attempts of forming a peace treaty with the clan, was totally blown to bits by his father. Sasuke, using a special jutsu he developed, was able to see beyond the door that held meeting, and able to see and hear everything. It seemed to him, by the looks on almost all of the clan members faces, that they actually didn't want a war. They were tired of all the fighting just like their ancestors was and Fugaku was actually behaving just like Madara did years ago. That's when he began to take back a lot of the things he said about his clan, and instead directed all of those insults straight at his faith, which apparently had lost his members. How can he not see how much suffering the different nations and villages will be in if he let this happen? Even a five year old could tell that something was wrong with that statement. Sasuke sighed, and kicked a pebble that was in his path, as he continued his walk. His brother had suggested last night, before he went out on a assignment; that he should relax by taking a walk through the park, to get away from the clan for a while, and ease his mind. So, taking his brothers advice, he closed his eyes and allowed all the worry problems to just drift away.

Suddenly, he heard of the sound of harsh laughter, and muffled tears and cry's coming from the distance. Containing on the sound, he took off in the direction the sounds came from. As he got closer he began to have this strange feeling, like he knew who's voice it was, but couldn't put a finger on it. When he reached the clearing, he gasped at the scene before him, and realized why he recognized the voice. Three girls were standing in front of a young Sakura Haruno, who was being bullied, crying hard and curled up in a ball. Her bright pink hair was a dead giveaway.

As the middle girl; who was actually the leader Ayami, pulled young Haruno by her blouse, preparing for another punch, Sasuke pounced.

"Put her down." Said the cold voice behind. A hand stops her fist, and Ayami turned her head to give them a shouting to. But, as she saw him, she gasped and her eyes filled with hearts.

"Sa-Sasuke-Kun, is that really you?" She squealed happily, ignoring his request to release Sakura.

Sakura opened her eyes to see what was happening around. That's when she saw him, Sasuke Uchiha. The young boy who's captured the hearts of almost all the young girls in the academy. Sasuke began to get annoyed, and repeated his words colder and slightly tightened his grip on the girl's fist. She squealed out and dropped Sakura, falling to her knees. After the Uchiha boy gave them a strict warning, the girls ran away, crying their eyes out that they have been crushing on suddenly hated them. Quickly turning to the only girl left, Sakura, the boy the realized that she took abit more injuries than he first thought. She had a slight bruise on her left cheek, along with cuts and scratches; which covered some of her arms and legs. Looking at her eyes, he saw that she was still scared and shy, not to mention still shaking, form what just had just happened. Seeing that she was probably a nervous wreck, he slowly went on his knees in front of her; still giving them space, and slowly reached out his hand to her. She looked the hand, then back at his eyes, and then slowly a smile began to make it way across her face. She took her hand in his, and he began to pull her up to her feet. But, as she began to stand fully, she cried out, falling back down grasping her right ankle. Sasuke quickly went her side, and examined her leg. It seems as though she must have fell on something hard, as there were marks around it. As he slowly felt around it; being careful not to hurt it; he sighted in relief that it wasn't sprained or anything.

"Um, Sasuke-san." A quiet voice snapped him out of his thoughts. He looked at his future teammate, and a blush appeared on her cheeks. She actually looked really cute in his eyes. He got back to reality when he saw she was giving him a questioning look. Instead of speaking with words, he spoke with actions. She gasped out as he picked her up bridal style, and lead her towards a small lake he remembered, not that far from their location.

'Why, why is he helping me, no one has ever really done that before, at least he's not bullying like the others do.' The young girl thought, as she watched the boy in front of her pull out a blue rag, damped it in the river; and brought to her bruised cheek, as he began to wipe her cuts, after ringing it out.

"Are you alright?" He asked her gently. His voice snapped her out of her thoughts, as he finally addressed her. She nodded and gave a small smile. Sasuke returned it with one of his own, and now started on her right arm.

"Why do you let them bully you like that?" He added her. She looked at him, a little surprised. NO on e has ever helped her, or tried talking to her or anything like that before. But, when the question fully soaked in, she lowered her head in shame.

"Um, I guess its because I'm weak, and not really a shinobi." She answered in or shaky voice. She then felt his hand on her chin, as he lifted face up to his, to look at her directly. Looking at her eyes, he could see the deep sadness and fear within her eyes.

"Sakura I wont let them hurt you again, I promise. But, you cant let them keep doing this to you. I know you're strong inside, and they know it as well,which is why their always gonna bullying you, in order to break you down. Dont pay attention to them, alright." He spoke gently to her, as to not scare or worry her the young frightened girl in front of him. Her tears showed to a step and she nodded to him. She wondered how he thought she was strong in the first place.

WISH ME LUCK FOR NEXT TIME.