AN: Aww, no one guessed the movie I referenced to last chapter, it was Meryl Streep's heavy drama "Doubt".
This chapter feature's a lot of p.o.v. changes and it will go from one point in time to another. so bear with me please.
As always a big thank you to the reviewers that took the time out of their day to write a review, really they are much appreciated.
This is the un-beta'd version, A big thank you to our lovely miracle worker Xhexia.
I ask of you please read the AN's at the end of this chapter.
T minus zero point 5
On first glance Konoha was a very peaceful village. Villagers talked happily with each other and the ninja were rather pleasant to talk to as well; if they were not on a mission.
However it was a fact that much went on behind closed doors, Konoha was like a sleeping volcano at this moment, sensitive shinobi could feel it in the air, and there was a certain tension that could not be missed if one knew what to look for.
Uzumaki Naruto however noticed none of that; he was running as fast as he could play ninja, on his own. Naruto had always liked playing ninja, it felt like the only time he was free, free from the glances he received from the villagers and even some of the ninja.
Now Naruto may have been a fool, but he wasn't dumb, he knew he was hated, he did not know why, but he still knew he was, and it hurt.
Yet, Naruto was having fun at the moment, feeling free and running carelessly while imagining being a ninja, a respected person that was looked up on by everyone in the village.
However Naruto was perhaps a bit too carefree because after only a few minutes he ran into someone and he could hear that someone falling on the ground.
"Argh, that hurts, watch out where you are going!" a voice called out to him, Naruto looked down and could see a small kid lying on the ground in front of him.
"Sorry, are you alright?" Naruto asked the smaller child that could not have been older than three years. Naruto stretched out his arm as to help the boy up but the boy pushed himself up and looked directly into Naruto's eyes. Naruto could feel something, he was not sure what but it was as if the boy was seeing more than just Naruto, as if the boy could like inside of him and pass judgment on him then and there, but for some reason it did not freak Naruto out, the boy was too kind looking to be mean or anything.
"It is okay Naruto." The boy said after a few seconds, "you were just enjoying yourself too much to care where you were going." Naruto looked at them, how could that boy know his name? And why did he sound like Hokage-jiji?
"How do you know my name?" Naruto said inquisitively. "I do not know you, and I am sure I have never seen you before so you could not have seen me either!"
"You are silly, your name is written all over you, can you not see it?" the boy asked channeling his inner Luna.
"Uhmm..." Naruto managed to bring out "what is your name?" he asked the boy hoping to satisfy his growing curiosity.
The green eyes that belonged to the boy did not hold the same malice as most of the other eyes in the village did towards Naruto, he wondered if the boy liked to play ninja as well.
"My name is Haru, My friends call me Harry, so I guess you could call me Harry." the raven black haired boy said. "Would you mind if I play along with you, Naruto? I don't get too play ninja all that often."
"Of course; so who will be the bad guy? I am probably too fast for you but if you want I could be the good guy chasing you?" Naruto said hoping that the boy wouldn't be offended; he never before had a friend.
"I am faster than I look Naruto, Ninja rule number one, do not underestimate your enemy." And with having said that the boy dashed away, leaving an open-mouthed Naruto behind. "Well are you coming or what?"
"Yeah, I will catch you in no time, believe it!" Naruto let out laughing, chasing after his first friend.
The two boys played for a ninja for a while until; "What are you doing with the dobe, Harry?" Sasuke asked in a demanding tone.
"Sasuke! Come join us, we're playing ninja, it is so much fun but Naruto can't catch me he needs help!" Harry said. At hearing this Naruto pouted. But the look on Sasuke's face was perhaps even more comical to Harry, his brother looked like he trying to hold in his laugh while doing his very best impression of Itachi's bored face.
"Harry," Sasuke said after regaining his composure "you should go home, it is time for dinner. Mom and dad are waiting for us and even Itachi is home tonight."
Naruto looked shocked at this, Harry, his first friend ever, was the little brother of that Sasuke-teme? But they were nothing alike, how could that be?
"I am sorry Naruto, I have to go home, I will see you around and we will play ninja again." Harry said politely.
"Uhmm, okay that is fine I guess, bye!" Naruto said, not able to keep the shocked look off his face.
T minus zero point 1
It was already dark and the moon was shining brightly in the cloudless sky, it was a perfect silent evening except for two boys talking to each other.
"He is such a sad person; you should be nicer to him Sasuke!" Harry told his older brother. "Why do you dislike him so much anyway?"
"Harry, you don't understand, he is a fool, a joke. He wants to be a ninja but he can't even throw a kunai properly, it is pathetic and I don't associate with people like him, he is useless to me." Sasuke ranted, "Who do I need beside you and Itachi anyways; you are both so much better than them."
The boys were almost home and they could actually see the walls of the Uchiha district by now;" I think you're just being mean, I am faster and stronger than you are, and so is Itachi but we still talk with you, we still play with you and treat you as an equal" Harry told his silly older brother, while Sasuke was gritting his teeth. "You should treat everyone as equal Sasuke, or people will resent you."
That was actually a sore point for Sasuke, his older brother was already an Anbu and was so talented Sasuke thought he would never catch up to him, but he had been getting stronger, and he was sure that when he made genin he was going to become an Anbu really fast as well. All he needed to do was awaken his sharingan.
But was possibly more painful for his pride to handle was the fact that his younger brother by five years had surpassed him, Harry was already in the last year of the academy and did not even seem to find it all that interesting what he learned as if he already knew everything he was being taught, his mother and father were so proud of him, they were so proud of both his brothers and they said they were proud of Sasuke as well, but he knew they were not as proud of him as they were of Itachi and Harry.
However, Sasuke knew he was talented, he was best in his class, he was popular and no one could deny his intelligence and determination. Yet when it came to his family no one really saw Sasuke, all they saw was Itachi's or Harry's brother.
Sasuke would not say it out loud but he envied his brothers, they got to advance so fast, they were almost treated like adults and he, Sasuke, wanted that as well.
"Sasuke, are you listening?" he heard his little brother practically yell.
"Hmm, yeah sure" Sasuke muttered out. "Sorry, what did you say again?"
"Argh, never mind, we are home, I wonder what we will be eating tonight." Harry said, sounding agitated.
T minus five
Itachi had been summoned to the hokage's office. However instead of finding the hokage there he had been welcomed into the office by Kohora, one of the two personal advisors of the hokage.
"Uchiha Itachi, Will you accept a mission in which you will guard me for one week, my normal guard has fallen ill and you are the most qualified person to replace him." Koharu asked of the teenager in front of her.
"Please explain the specifics of this mission, Koharu-sama" Itachi asked politely, knowing that something was askew here.
"It will be an A-classed mission, for one week, you will escort me to meetings and will perform my every command during that week, you will get the day portion of the schedule, the night guard is still in good health and does not need replacement." Koharu summarized.
Itachi knew it was a huge honor to be asked to guard such a high placed person; "Of course Koharu-sama, when should I begin?"
T minus three
In a room, far beneath the ground three shadowy figures were doing what they did best, plotting. They were not plotting evil plots as those you would have expected from three shadowy and secretive persons. No they were plotting for the betterment of their village, they were the roots that supported the tree, they were the cleaners that made sure that Konoha remained clean of filth, they were the reason the village was as strong as it was.
The will of fire burned deeply within them but it were cold flames, not flames of passion and kindness but of calculation and power.
All three of them had worked hard to gain positions of power, of status. All three of them knew what it meant to sacrifice not for their own personal gain, no they sacrificed for the betterment of the village and at the moment there was one person that needed to be sacrificed to make sure that the village would be able to overcome the sick branch it was trying to support.
All the pieces on their chessboard were set and all they had to do was wait for the first move; which was now taking place if Koharu plan was set in motion.
"Koharu, is the boy standing outside?" Danzo asked of the elderly looking woman.
"He stands beside the tree. The other boy is in place as well" she said in nothing more than a whisper.
Danzo looked pleased at this "than today will mark the day that one of the dying branches will start to get cut off." And as Danzo said this he flickered away as he was suddenly standing behind an intruder.
"How nice of you to join us in this for lack of better word funeral Uchiha Shisui." The man said in a calm voice against the teenager that felt like he was frozen in place.
"You cannot move right now. You see, when you came in here and so cleverly dispelled all those genjutsu's you activated the last seal, the eight point ration stasis." Danzo said while stretching out his hand towards Shisui's face, whose eyes widened in fear. "I will claim that eye of yours; it seems I will finally get my second eye back, only with an upgrade. I want you to know that the village of Konoha appreciates the sacrifice you are making by giving it to me so willingly. It will help protect Konoha, don't worry about that." Danzo offered as solace to the boy while he plucked out shisui's left eye.
"I am however disappointed in you, Shisui, why have you for the last two years been following me so obviously. I thought you were better than that?" Danzo asked of the boy whose muscles were not allowing him to talk.
"Koharu, ask if Itachi could join us for a minute, I believe it would only be fair to let a traitor of Konoha be killed by a traitor of his family, would it not?" Danzo asked, taking some sort of pleasure out of the whole ordeal.
"Danzo, don't play games, we should finish this before he escapes, the seal will not hold him for much longer" Homaru told the one eyed man with a hint of annoyance apparent in his voice.
"Worry not, Homaru. Even if he escapes, he could never outrun the other Uchiha boy, the boy is a genius I am not sure any of us could survive an encounter with him." Danzo stated.
Koharu and Itachi slowly walked through the entrance of the cave and while Itachi's face betrayed no feelings his eyes seemed to cry tearlessly.
"Itachi, this ninja, for conspiring against the village of Konoha needs to be put to death. That shall be your responsibility, dispose of the body in the way we previously discussed, understood?" Koharu asked of the boy.
Itachi nodded in response, closing his eyes, breathed once and opened them again with his sharingan fully ablaze.
"I am sorry it has come to this, Shisui, my best friend." Itachi's sharingan started to spin wildly but before he could cast his genjutsu Shisui had flickered out of sight.
"Follow him, and make sure he is dead before he can pass over his information!" Koharu demanded of the sharingan user. And with a small nod Itachi shun shined away himself.
T minus four point five
After a chase of two minutes Itachi had caught up to Shisui, but Shisui did not seem startled by this.
"Itachi, there are things going on-" Shisui spoke but was interrupted by Itachi.
"I know about the coup, but I can't in good conscious allow it to happen, the arrogance of our clan has reached heights that cannot be allowed in a village such as Konoha." Itachi said sadly but with conviction. "At the end of this week, I and an ally of the elders shall smother the fire that is being made by the Uchiha clan in their endless desire to gain power."
"I knew that already Itachi, I am your best friend I can read you like an open book." Shisui said while looking directly at Itachi. "Before I die I want to give you two gifts Itachi, please accept them."
Itachi looked at his best friend, the boy he had seen as a big brother of sorts. "I will listen to your dying wish, I owe you that much." Itachi said with eyes that were too kind for a ninja.
"First I want to impart on you my dream; I want this world to know peace, I want this world to know kindness. I have failed in accomplishing my dream, I allowed myself to be too tightly controlled by our elder's council to be able to clearly see the will of fire that burns so brightly in my heart. Itachi I ask of you to take my dream and make it reality, if you agree I can give you the second gift." Shisui asked of the boy that was about to kill him.
"You know, Shisui that it is my dream as well to bring peace to this wicked world." Itachi said tears finally starting to come out of his eyes.
"Then I can give to you, my most prized possession, I can give you the ultimate suggestion technique, Itachi, use this to achieve our shared dream!" After saying that, Shisui plucked out his own right eye making himself blind.
Itachi silently accepted the eye of Shisui and summoned one of his crows and with precision that did not betray the maelstrom of feelings Itachi was feeling he implanted shisui's sharingan with the eye- transferal technique.
"I am sorry Shisui; do you have any last words before you leave this impure world?" Itachi asked of his best friend.
"Good luck, Itachi" and with having said that Itachi knocked the boy out cold and slowly suffocated the boy under water. And while the will of fire that once burned so brightly in Shisui died out. Itachi cried tears of blood.
T minus two
Harry was eating his lunch at home, just that morning he had been at the academy, and he had been so bored. Mizuki, the teacher of his class gave him the creeps so Harry had decided to just read the books, which apparently went really fast if you used the sharingan, it was almost like he used a photo camera. Harry was sure that if Hermione could see him now she would certainly be jealous!
It was at that moment that Harry truly missed his Deathly Hallows, without the resurrection stone he was not able to call anyone back, not even just to see them.
Harry had been trying to use his magic for the past week, he had noticed that his magic felt lighter, he was sure that it was all gone now, all that magic he once had held within him was now chakra, but unlike the vast ocean of soothing magic he at one time draw from he now had a raging fire that seemed to be as endless as that ocean but where his magic used to feel cold and old, this chakra he now possessed was young and full of life.
Harry had been experimenting and while most things were impossible, he could not conjure a puppy or a desk he was capable of everything that had to do with wand less magic.
This meant that he could apparate, but it felt different, while apparating with magic was like being squeezed through a rubber tube, apparating while using chakra felt more like being sucked through a vacuum cleaner. The first time Harry had dared to apparate was when he was walking a tree in the forest during school time and had lost control of his chakra and suddenly fell towards the ground, and he was surprised how easy it was, he had not showed it to anyone yet because he had read that teleportation was a very coveted skill that people would kill and dissect you for, and while Harry knew that that was just the way this world worked he was not sure if he wanted to die such a gruesome death.
And while finding out he could still apparate had been exciting he was happier that he could still occlude his mind and use legilemency, those skills had been so useful in his previous life that he had wondered how he had managed to not utilize it after being reborn, he blamed it on his brains not being fully developed yet and that his mind had unconsciously been protecting him from harm by letting his brain make the neurological pathways that were required for the mind arts, before using them.
Yes, Harry had learned a lot about this world of ninja since he had been reborn into it.
He had learned about chakra and was learning how to control it, which was quite difficult even with his sharingan.
He had learned how chakra worked, it was quite a wondrous thing to Harry, Where magic had been present in levels that had nothing to do with your physicality or mental control it had more to do with the need of magic, it was why people like Voldemort and Dumbledore had had such vast amounts of magic at their command and why Harry had been gaining so much magic after getting rid of the horcrux in him because the elder wand had demanded it of him, or so was the theory he, Ron and Hermione had thought up.
No Chakra was a truly special source of energy, it was gained through several aspects, you could gain chakra by training your body, making it stronger relatively, he had sensed the hokage and he could feel that the man despite his old age still had large amounts of chakra at his command, the man stood out in this village like a lighthouse stood out in the dark, it spoke volumes of his chakra. However Harry was sure that most of the chakra that the old man had was because of his spiritual or as Harry liked to call it mental energy.
Harry was almost certain that his theory of how chakra was gained was pretty solid. You see when one's mental energy was highly trained like Harry's was you could have a large amount of chakra however, that amount of chakra would grow exponentially when it was combined with chakra gained through physical prowess, it was like the chakra was thicker and purer than either parts of the sum were.
Harry wondered why the ninja's had not taught this to the academy students, it was not that hard to figure out, after all even he could sense clearly that the man in the green spandex suit was someone who had held a lot of physical energy but hardly any mental energy and thus his chakra was heavy but brittle, and he could also easily sense that the father of that Shikamaru kid had loads of mental chakra that was very light but also extremely dense.
And he could feel that his own chakra was both of that, so the theory that when one was in perfect balance, ones chakra would be most potent and exponentially bigger than when one was just focused on one aspect. In this case it was clear to Harry that the sum was most likely twenty times more potent than either part was. And when in perfect balance probably five times that, but he could not prove that yet, as no one seemed to poses a perfectly balanced chakra reserve, at least not in Konoha.
But now Harry was eating lunch and did not have time to think about complicated things like chakra theories. No he was very focused on his Okonomiyaki which tasted almost like Italian pizza!
After finishing his meal Harry knew that it was almost time to go back to the academy and so put away the dirty dishes and walked to the front door when he could hear several voice arguing some of the voices sounded accusing and he could also hear Itachi's voice, so Harry started to investigate.
He saw Sasuke standing around the corner; eyes opened wide in horror so Harry walked over to him and placed his hand on Sasuke's back trying to ease the boy. And he could now hear Itachi's words clearly;" There is no hope for this clan; all we do is strive for power forgetting the reason we want power. The clan is too proud of its lineage and blood and thinks it is above the law, but the clan needs to know that there is always an opposing force, a ying that equals the yang" Itachi preached to them.
"You lie before me because in your arrogance and ignorance you thought I was a patient man, I will not be accused of the vilest act known to the Uchiha!" Itachi said while a Kunai was rushing in on him, Harry who saw this ran forward to stop the kunai and when Harry grabbed the kunai and saw who had thrown it, he felt betrayed to his very bones.
"Father, why are you attacking Itachi?" Harry asked of the man standing in front of him.
"Harry, please leave this alone, go to school, you too Sasuke this was nothing more than the ramblings of three idiots, that needed to be taught a lesson." Itachi stated calmly, "I believe father has made his point, I went out of line, nothing to worry about Harry, Sasuke."
Harry wanted to use legilimency on his older brother but the boy averted his eyes away from Harry "Don't try to pass judgment on me just yet, Harry." At this Harry could feel a shiver run down his spine, had Itachi known about Harry's skills of the mind arts or was he just trying to decipher the look I had on my face?
"Sasuke, let's go. School will start in a few minutes."
T minus one
Hiruzen Sarutobi sometimes really hated his job; his old bones while still strong were getting tired. He needed to find a proper ninja to take his place, but the only ones strong enough had all but outright turned his offer down.
Sarutobi had seen some of the younger ninja with immense potential, there was Hatake Kakashi who was surely becoming more and more qualified but the boy was still so young he could not possibly place a burden like the hokage's hat on him.
There was also the brilliant Nara-clan head, but the man while intelligent would never be able to protect the entire village if it were to be attacked by anyone stronger than an A-rank shinobi.
There of course was the young Uchiha boy, Itachi, the boy had shown his undying loyalty to the village and had power to spare but he, like Kakashi, was not yet fit to bear the burden of the hokage's hat.
Hiruzen had been so extremely busy the last year, there had been pressure from the Hyuuga clan that wanted to expand upon their already larger than needed compound. The villagers had hostile towards his jinchuuriki and those Uchiha's with their plotting had not been making his job any easier.
He had tried to talk to them, to compensate them somehow but their demands were so much higher than could be met. He was going to talk to the clan head of the Uchiha again next week and he knew that it was that exact day they would try to kill him, he would meet them with equal force if it came to that.
T minus one point nine
Sasuke and Harry were walking towards school, they had been shocked at what had happened earlier that day and Harry could feel the tension that was in the air ever since the day before, the day that Uchiha Shisui, his cousin twice removed, had been found dead, drifting in the water. Supposedly having committed suicide stating that all the pressure he had been feeling had finally become too much and the only way out was to take his own life.
Harry knew something big was about to go down, experience had taught him that much, it was as if it was all a play that someone was orchestrating somewhere behind the scenes.
However Harry had only found out that the Uchiha were going to try to overthrow the hokage, his clan was practically radiating those thoughts, they were on edge and tried to conceal their movements but they were clumsy, Harry could see clearly that they would never succeed.
The only one who he had not been able to meet because they would never meet eyes was Itachi.
"Sasuke, do you think we, as Uchiha are better than the rest of the village?" Harry asked of the boy walking beside him.
"Of course, we are Uchiha, who could possibly be better than us, Harry?" Sasuke said with absolute certainty.
"Hmm, I see" Harry said to the now curious eight years old.
"What do you see, Harry?" Sasuke asked in return.
"I think I see that if you don't watch where you are walking you will wal- too late" Harry said as Sasuke stepped in a rather big sized dog's droppings.
T minus one point six
Harry was sitting in his room, reading a book about the Theory of Tobirama Senju, that suggested that in theory it was possible to gain access to the pure world through a perfect combination of spiritual and physical energy, mixed with the DNA of the deceased and blood of the living, it was quite gruesome Harry thought to himself and he wondered why this book was accessible to the public, let alone a three year old child.
Harry was reading with his sharingan activated and he could see the dirty fingers of all the past readers of this book, it were not many Harry concluded perhaps not more than eight, it was not easy reading material so it did not surprise harry all that much, however what did surprise him were the few snake scale imprints he had found on some of the pages, it was quit the riddle.
"Haru, I want to talk to you about your training."Fugaku, his father, told Harry while he was standing in the doorway to Harry's room.
"Oh, of course father." Harry knew how much the man appreciated it when he was talked to respectfully.
"A few years ago you, and I do not know if you remember this, you used the Goukakyuu no jutsu, it was a truly magnificent sight to behold." At hearing this Harry looked at his second biological father and wondered what the man was up to, they never spoke of that incident.
"I remember clearly father, you saved me and brother that day." Harry responded.
"Yes, you were not fully able to control the chakra back then and it caused a huge flame, we will however start practicing that jutsu again sometime next week, we are going to see how much chakra you can put in it, I will of course make sure it will cause no one any harm." Harry, not believing a word his father said decided to probe the man's mind and was disgusted by what he found out.
He felt hurt, his father, a man that was supposed to love him more than life wanted to use him to attack the village. That was not entirely correct, he wanted to use Harry as a diversion so that he could kill the hokage! So that was going to be the plan, harry thought to himself.
"Of course father, but is it wise to not wait until after my genin exam, I have to study really hard this week if I want to get perfect scores father." Harry tried to ask of his father but he knew it would never work.
"Haru, this will not take much time, you are a fast learner, I am sure you will manage." Fugaku said.
Harry wanted to scream at the man "Fugaku, you fool, this coup of yours will never work, and you are being set up. The seed of hatred and endless ambition that was planted into this clan was planted by the very people who will be your very enemy, who will not hesitate to slaughter each and every man and wife in this clan. Is our life that meaningless compared to your ambition and arrogance!"
But Harry said none of that, instead he gave a nod and hoped for the best.
T minus one point four
"Itachi, we need to talk, preferably under just four eyes." Harry said to his oldest brother, who looked in surprise at the boy.
"Of course Harry, follow me." Itachi said while walking toward the pond that had once been evaporated.
"What is it Harry-chan?" Itachi asked not knowing where this conversation would go.
"Before you try to do anything foolish, brother, I need you to know that attacking me would be useless." Harry said to Itachi, who had looked at his little brother with a hurt expression in his eyes.
"Itachi, can you remember, two and a half years ago, we were eating dinner and you told us your dream?" Harry asked of the four times older boy that was sitting in front of him who's eyes widened at comprehension. "Tell me about your dream again, I could use some words of hope in these times of arrogance that will slowly rot away our branch on the tree that is Konoha."
"My dream, little Harry, is that we all can live our lives without pain, without hatred."Itachi said while his gaze seemed to be a thousand miles away; "I can see it, it will come and I can only hope I will still be alive when the will of fire is passed onto everyone."
"Itachi I want you to remember that dream, cherish it and know that it is my dream as well to see this world, this world of ninja that slaughter each other for naught but selfishness and pride, can one day see the light that shines so brightly in someone as kindhearted as you. I only wish that the people who are now suffering in the dark could have a light that guided them towards hope and peace."
"Itachi look into my eyes, I want to see the real you that you hide so well." Harry asked of his older brother, readying his mental probe.
As Itachi focused on Harry's eyes he could feel judgment being passed, he could only hope to survive the ruthlessness and utter truth that judgment held.
Harry had suspected a lot of things, but what he learned from Itachi that evening was something that surpassed even his worst case scenario. "I am so sorry Itachi." Harry said as he was hugging his older brother. "I am so sorry I can't help you in this, but I want you to know that I will hold you in my heart and will always think of you as the older brother that taught me to poke Sasuke's forehead just to annoy him, I will remember you as the older brother that when I was three months old slept with me, keeping me warm." Harry said feeling a huge sense of loss of his brother that would have to do such a horrible thing.
And If Itachi could have seen Harry's face he would have seen that tears of blood were running down his face, but he did not because his eyes were closed feeling so secure in that moment he wanted to stay in it. And while Harry was walking back to his room Itachi was still sitting in the same position wondering how his little brother could be so wise while so young.
T minus zero
Harry and Sasuke were walking passed the walls of the Uchiha district and the sight that met them was one of despair and destruction, Harry knew what this meant, Itachi and the masked man and from what he could feel someone else as well, the Uchiha massacre had taken place.
T minus zero
Fugaku and Mikoto were sitting in their kitchen waiting for their children to come home, Mikoto had cooked a delicious meal and it was ready to be served.
The couple with three sons however were not sitting because they were waiting, no they were waiting because they were sitting, they could not move it was as if some sort of neuron-toxin had stopped their muscles from working, all they could do was breath and hope that one of their children would bring them to the hospital before someone took advantage of their precarious position.
Their faces remained emotionless despite the inner turmoil they were experiencing, not because they did not want to scream in anger and helplessness but because even those muscles were not working, the only muscles that seemed to work were the heart and lungs, but they did not know for how much longer.
When they saw that Itachi walked through the doors, smudged with blood they knew something was utterly wrong, had their coup been brought to the light? Had Itachi been attacked, or worse was Itachi the one attacking.
They could see the light that was reflected from his red eyes, the tell-tale sign that he had his sharingan activated but they could see it was not just the normal sharingan. No it was something that no Uchiha should have achieved, the Mangekyou Sharingan, the kaleidoscope that would lose its light when used excessively.
Mikoto wanted to scream, to run but she could do none of that all that she could do was listen to the footsteps of their oldest son, listen to his words that were cutting in to them while he was walking so carefully towards them with an unsheathed sword in his hand, ready for the final strike if needed.
"Arrogance and pride, I told you all it would be the downfall of this clan but no one listened to me. I warned you yet you turned a deaf ear towards my words of peace. Can you see now the truth I was speaking, can you see now that your reality, your dreams and pride have been shattered, that they are nothing but illusions that cannot last under my eyes?" watery tears were running down Itachi's face.
"You have forced my hand father, with your unlimited desire for more power, for more honors. You have doomed this clan the day you all thought you DESERVED more power." Itachi spat out angrily.
"You will die by the weapon you yourself have created, I hope that in the next life you will life your sins in this life will be forgiven, goodbye" And with those last words Itachi stabbed his father through the heart, blood seeping out of the gaping wound while slowly but surely Uchiha Fugaku, father of three sons, loved by his family and husband died, killed by his own weapon, his own son.
Not even looking at his mother, Itachi pulled out the sword that he had plunged into his father's heart and moved over to where he knew his mother was sitting, he slowly raised the bloodied sword again and in one swift movement stabbed his mother through the heart. Itachi could hear the sounds his mother was making, the sounds of someone who was trying to breath but was drowning, slowly in her own blood.
While Itachi's sword just came out of Mikoto's back Sasuke and Harry appeared in the doorway. Itachi could clearly see, despite his teary eyes, that both boys looked shocked and repulsed, but where Sasuke started to scream for a reason Harry looked away in silence.
Itachi knew he had to wound his brothers as well for it to be believable for the villagers and ninja that were not aware of the plan.
It was for that reason that Itachi used Tsukuyomi on Sasuke first, torturing the young boy that had no defenses to his genjutsu whatsoever. He urged to boy to come at him with revenge, he urged his younger brother to purge Itachi of his sins when he was strong enough.
And he turned to Harry, who was now holding Sasuke's hand, the little boy that had his sharingan spinning wildly, but not just any form of the sharingan but the most dreadful form of it, the mangekyou sharingan, spoke to Itachi; "I am sorry Itachi, but I cannot allow you to wound me or Sasuke any further. You once promised us that you would protect us forever and I know why you are doing this but it is futile, I will never grow to hate you, I have lived too long for hatred to consume me like that, I already forgave you Itachi." And with that the two boys disappeared in a soft pop leaving behind a very confused Itachi.
"Interesting brothers you have, Itachi-kun, how come you never told me about them. I wonder, are you keeping secrets from me?" a masked man asked of the teenager.
"They are nothing of importance, Madara." Itachi said defiantly; "I will deal with them accordingly when the time comes."
T minus zero
In the office of the hokage four people were sitting discussing the fate of the Uchiha clan.
"I will talk to them once more." Sarutobi said. "I will implore them to see reason, explain that their course of action could only lead to destruction." The old man said with a voice that betrayed his doubt.
Danzo looked outside and with a cunning smile said: "That will no longer be necessary, Hiruzen."
"Sarutobi, your inaction and kind heart were slowly giving way to the Uchiha, we could now allow that." Homaru spoke meeting the hokage's furious gaze head on.
"You have defied you hokage?" The old man said, increasing his presence in the room with his growing anger. "You who have sworn loyalty to ME, have gone around my back and betrayed my confidence in you?" the man seemed to explode in anger but as sudden as his anger had risen it had also faded away to give way to a cold expressionless and calculating look that seemed to scare the three councilman and woman far more than his anger had.
"Tell me your plan." The third hokage demanded of the three people in front of him. "Now."
AN: Hey all, I hope you enjoyed this chapter as much as I did. For those of you who are interested, I try to update my profile daily with the story statistics and small updates on the next chapter with tidbits of information that might give some extra insight to the careful reader. at the moment you can see Harry's mangekyou, I believe that some of you will recognize what it is based off.
Also; I am working on a new summary for this story, I never liked the old one, it felt a little too cliché so I want your votes on the ones I posted below.
Option one: James Potter was old and tired; he knew what had to be done in order to rid the world of his biggest burden; however the consequences of his actions seemed to be of a scale much bigger than he imagined.
Option two: Sacrificing his very own life, Harry finds that his reward is not seeing his loved ones but a very special new journey that takes him to the lands of the ancient shinobi world. Can Harry still be Harry in such a ruthless place?
Option three: Having destroyed Voldemort, Harry lives a life that encompasses centuries, feeling old and tired Harry takes one final gamble to destroy the deathly hallows. After decades of careful planning Madara's plans are threatened by a mere boy.
Option four: Make a summary of your own and I might use it! Giving full credit to you in the prologue.
I broke an implicit promise this chapter, I wonder who will notice what promise that was. One tip : Chapter 3.
