A/N: Well, here we go again with yet another new story because it is a necessary process in the writing of my other stories. I can't help it, I read a story and an idea will come to me and I can't focus on my other stories until I write it down and get it out my head, so forgive me if you don't like it. Anyways, I noticed that Naruto is read as Naruto U. so in a sense, this is a perfectly logical thing. Also, because I still haven't found a way to 'properly' translate jutsu, I'm still writing them in English, sorry.

-First Revelations-

"Do what you must, we have committed the sin and should be punished accordingly. Just know, son, we could never have been prouder of you." Mikoto said as she bowed her head, an action that Fugaku repeated.

Itachi gave a stifled 'sniffle' before swinging the blade down at the pair, aiming to kill both at once. However, it was not to be as the blade met an opposition with a resounding, "CLANG" followed by a "SHHHH" as the opposing blade slid down the length of Itachi's before being used to flick Itachi's sword into the air.

"I-Itachi-Nii-san, what are you doing?" The interfering person asked causing all those present to tense up. Not just at the implications, but at the voice; the voice was clearly childlike, but wasn't in its usual tone. It wasn't curious like most people's would be when asking a question, but rather like its owner already knew the answer and simply was saying, "Answer carefully or you could die."

"Naruto, move now!" Itachi commanded, his voice rising slightly in a superior tone, but Naruto ignored it as he refused to move.

"No, if you're going to kill Kaa-chan, then you'll have to kill me as well. Don't you remember my promise, I would protect her to my death, and I never break my promises." Naruto said, his blood red blade glowing in the moonlight.

"Fine, then, …" Itachi started as he vanished, appearing next to Naruto with his blade in a low swing, Naruto's eyes still emotionless. Itachi expected Naruto to dodge the attack, he left just enough time for Naruto to after all, and then he could reach his targets before Naruto could stop him, which is why he was surprised, despite not showing it, when Naruto smirked and with a simple flick of his wrist, grabbed the blade, holding Itachi in place.

Itachi glanced down and saw the slightly distance between Naruto's palm and his blade, he was impressed. "You covered your hand in wind chakra to stop my blade, but…" Itachi said, before another Itachi appeared from the shadows, running straight for Mikoto.

Naruto's eyes widened marginally, as instead of freaking out, he breathed calmly and made a ram seal and whispered, "KAI" releasing the Genjutsu. Turning back to his older brother, he wasn't able to stop him however as he channeled fire chakra down his blade, enveloping Naruto's wind covered hand in bright white flames.

Naruto expected excruciating pain, instead all he felt as a light heat wave hit him, and not from his hand, but from his back as he gritted his teeth, and repeated the cry of, "KAI"

Whirling on his heel, he was barely able to see his older brother in the same place as the supposedly released Genjutsu, blade in a thrust at their mother. Naruto didn't think as he blinked and vanished in a burst of speed, headed to stop his brother.

-( With Naruko)-

"So, does your brother have a girlfriend?" Hinata mumbled under her breath, whispering in Naruko's ears. A bright blush dusted her cheeks as she saw a mental image of Naruto as she had met him the first time out of school, shirtless with sweat dripping off of his hair.

"Maaaaaaaaybe, why?" Naruko answered smirking, she was well aware of why, and took every chance to tease her best friend, well female friend, about it.

"Bec-cause I-I-I-" Hinata stuttered before just dropping the idea. He couldn't like someone like her, right?

"Oh, don't tell me that the Hyuuga Princess has a crush on a lowly commoner such as my brother? Deary me, what would your father think?" Naruko teased as Hinata turned and managed to both glare and blush a brilliant red from her crush.

"Sh-Sh-shut u-up, ju-just becua-uase father doesn't approve, doesn't mean that I'm not allowed to hang out with him." Hinata assured, turning her head as she pressed her fingertips together.

"No offense, Hina, but I think you overestimate your place. You're the clan heiress, which means that your father could very well force you to not be associated with Naruto, and just about anyone for that manner." Naruko pointed out as Hinata hung her head in shame at her father.

"But, tell me, Hinata, how badly would you want to date my brother?" Naruko continued since it appeared that Hinata wasn't going to day anything.

Hinata looked at Naruko in questioning, her feelings coming to the surface. "Wh-What did you ha-have in mind?" Hinata asked, her stuttering still getting the better of her.

"Like sharing?" Naruko retorted, and Hinata's face reached a new level of redness.

-(With Naruto)-

Itachi was mentally smiling in victory, he had been trying to drive his brother to a hate unsurpassed, and knew that the death of his much preferred parents would do just that. His blade was almost there when out of no where, Naruto appeared in front of him; however, the sudden speed knocked him off balance so he couldn't defend himself without moving which would leave his mother unprotected. Naruto just gritted his teeth, and drove his sword into the floor, skewering his foot in the process as he howled in pain. Itachi on the other hand, couldn't stop his attack now, he had all his weight behind it and as such, just drove the blade home, straight through his younger brother's gut up to the cross guard.

Naruto vomited up a gout of blood as he grinned, thinking he had stopped the attack, however as he turned to look at his mother, he found that wasn't true. A deep, bloody hole replaced her chest as blood refused to stop pouring out of the wound.

Naruto felt the sword being pulled back out of his gut as Itachi went around him and headed for Fugaku, he got about three steps before a massive KI erupted behind him, far more than he had ever felt before, with the sole exception of the Kyuubi, but this was different, there wasn't a demon around this time, just him, his father, mother, and younger brother and only two of them were behind him, one knocking on death's door and the other…

Itachi turned around hesitantly, and instantly regretted it, his brother was glaring at him, with blood red eyes, with two tomoes in each as they began spinning rapidly as Naruto's fists tightened, pulling the skin tight over his knuckles.

"Yes, lose yourself in the hate!" Itachi mentally screamed as a chibi version of him began dancing across his mind.

"Naruto, do you feel it now? Do you hate me?" Itachi said in his dead tone.

"No, Itachi-Nii-san, I don't hate you, I'm sure you had a good reason." Naruto said his teeth gritted as he tried his best to stop the bleeding.

"No, you're lying, I can feel the hatred rolling off of you, the hatred that I did this without a reason other than to test myself." Itachi said, regaining some minor control of the situation.

"No, Nii-san, you're the one who's wrong, I don't hate you, I hate myself. I wasn't strong enough to protect Kaa-chan, I broke my promise!" Naruto said as he pushed himself to his feet, pulling his sword out as he placed it as his neck.

Itachi on the other hand was livid as Naruto was about to commit suicide, allowing himself to bleed out on the floor. If he did that, it would be up to Sasuke to stop him, and as much as he loved his brother he doubted that any amount of hatred would allow him to overcome Itachi, no it had to be Naruto, but he refused to hate anyone but himself for this debacle.

It was just his luck then, that Fugaku decided to put his own two cents in, he had taken the chance to try for an escape and was halfway across the room now. "Do it, you shouldn't continue living. You abandoned your family for nothing, not even decent power, at least that would've been forgivable. At least Itachi wants the Uchiha honor restored with his death, but it's clear that you can't do that, you're weak just like your mother!" Fugaku spouted out as Naruto froze and glared at the man.

"So, Itachi-nii-san is doing this for the clan, then it's a cover-up, otherwise we would still have our honor, and it wouldn't have to be restored. You're the clan head, so you most likely instigated the incident, and therefore, it's your fault that Kaa-chan is dying. You heartless teme, did it ever occur to you to think of someone other than yourself, or is that stick so far you're your arse that you can't think anything other than crap!" Naruto retorted as he vanished towards Fugaku, drawing his blade back for a strike.

-(With Naruko)-

"I'm sorry, could you repeat that" Naruko asked the person in front of her, his body bent at the waist in an impromptu bow.

"Woul-would you be my gi-gi-girl-girlfriend?" The boy asked once again as the silence reigned across the room, everyone anxious to hear her response as the boy stood once again, his onyx black eyes unable to meet her's.

"No." Naruko answered turning back to her conversation as Sasuke gasped, turning on his heel and running out of the classroom.

"NARUKO-BAKA! Why did you do that, you just turned down the opportunity to be Sasuke-kun's girlfriend!" Ino shouted, causing her friend to cover her ears since she was standing right next to her.

"Geez Ino, QUIET DOWN!" Sakura shouted, causing many others to plug their ears with their fingers at the screech.

"NO! I won't Sakura, Naruko must realize her actions, and she made Sasuke cry!" Ino shouted back, as the majority of the class prepared to plug their ears again.

"True, but if you would stop and think, now one of us can comfort him and maybe he'll let them be his girlfriend instead. Besides, that's Naruto's sister, you think if she had accepted, she would allow us to go after Sasuke, no. She'd probably kill us just for looking in his direction. Even if she didn't, Naruto would." Sakura retorted, using her concentration to lower the decibels of her voice so as to prevent eardrums from rupturing.

"Whatever, that dobe couldn't hurt someone as beautiful as me." Ino said, sounding rather pompous right now.

"I don't think you realize Ino-pig, Naruto has never truly lost a fight to anyone, even Sasuke-kun, and besides, do you think that Sasuke-kun would have a weak friend?" Sakura pointed out as Ino gasped.

"Ahh, you're right Sakura, let's go comfort Sasuke!" Ino shouted once again as she ran out of the classroom, dragging Sakura behind her.

"So, why did you turn him down, I mean as much as I hate the prick, he's from a clan like the Uchiha, and you just shot him down like it was nothing." Kiba asked from behind Naruko, leaning over his desk to get her attention.

"Well, that's easy, I already have a boyfriend, and he's much more fun than Sasuke." Naruko answered, causing a questioning look to appear in Kiba's eyes, and a look of understanding to be seen in Hinata's as she blushed brighter.

-(With Naruto)-

Itachi started to stop him, but caught a glimpse of his eyes, soulless yet burning with something that seemed to consume the very things that made Naruto Naruto. Those weren't the eyes of hatred, but of disgust, those were his eyes. With the momentary pause for thought, he couldn't stop Naruto from driving the blade into his father stomach, straight though the liver.

"I hope this works, or else I'm about to be in trouble." Naruto thought as he kept the blade buried in Fugaku's stomach as the blood began seeping into the blade, which Naruto quickly remedied by dragging the man back over to his wife, where Naruto slit his wrist and placed it over Mikoto's wound as blood began flowing free flowing over the wound.

"BLOOD EXCHANGE" Naruto called as his sword did its work, of a blood transfusion, as Naruto's blood began healing Mikoto's wound and Fugaku's blood kept Naruto's at an even level. Itachi however, just watched as he sorted through his thoughts.

"He so quickly allowed the feeling to take him when it was Tou-san, but me, who killed Kaa-chan; he refused to acknowledge the hate. Why is that? Is it true what he said, is what I did so forgivable, no what am I thinking? What's worse is that Naruto knows now, and if he thinks it will give Sasuke closure, he will tell him tonight, I have to use that, as much as it hurts me, I can't let my carefully laid plans be ruined now. I don't quite know how to use it yet, and I had other plans for it, but this is more important. The Uchiha's will have their honor restored by Sasuke killing me. Even if I have to fall on my sword, I must finish my mission, I was ordered to after all, and I am a loyal Konoha shinobi!" Itachi thought just as Naruto finished his jutsu, Fugaku still alive since not all of his blood was taken, but he was quickly on his way there.

Naruto stood to his feet, standing protectively in front of Mikoto as he faced off with Itachi a second time, this time in preparation for a fight to the death.

-(With Sakura)-

"Come on, Sakura, he's on he roof, this is our chance to get him!" Ino said, still dragging the pink-haired girl behind her.

"Are you sure about this Ino, I feel like we're taking advantage of Sasuke-kun by doing this while he's hurt, what if we just make it worse?" Sakura asked as Ino stopped before turning around and slapping Sakura.

"I don't know what's come over you lately, I thought you loved Sasuke-kun, but I guess it just wasn't meant to be, oh well, less competition for me." Ino said as she ran off without Sakura, heading to the roof. Sakura paused a second for thought before racing after her best friend.

Arriving at the roof within half a minute, Sakura saw Ino yelling at Sasuke, the boy standing on the railing.

"WHY? Why won't you let me help you?" Ino shouted causing Sakura to wince.

"I don't want your help, so stop pursuing me so, so, so stupidly!" Sasuke yelled back, turning on his heel, an impressive task on the half-inch wide rail, but still this was Sasuke-kun.

"Pahh, stop acting like this, I'm offering to be your girlfriend and you just blow me off! What is so special about that girl that you would take her over me?!" Ino practically screamed back .

"It's different because I love her! More than you could love me, even Sakura is better than you at least she knows to stay out of this." Sasuke retorted as Ino whirled around, pointing a finger conspiratorially at Sakura.

So, you came after all huh, well to bad, I won't let you have Sasuke-kun now!" Ino said as she walked past Sakura, returning to the classroom.

Sakura just sighed as she walked over to the rail and climbed over it, sitting on the edge next to Sasuke. "So, love huh? That has to suck, to love someone so completely yet they don't reciprocate your feelings." Sakura said, posing it as more of a thought than and actual statement.

"What do you want Sakura?" Sasuke asked as the sun dipped lower in the sky. Soon, he would be back with his family, and he would forget about today.

"Just wanted to let you know that not everyone waits forever for their loved one to realize their feelings, some die, some fall in love, and some, just get tired of waiting around. Tell me, Sasuke, which one will you be?" Sakura asked, hopping off the railing as she left Sasuke to think on that statement. Sasuke was so stunned, that he hadn't noticed that she hadn't referred to him as Sasuke-kun.

-(With Naruto)-

"Naruto, I must complete my job and finish off the remnants of our clan, that includes Kaa-chan." Itachi said, his voice free of all emotion as he donned what he called, his shinobi mask. Naruto was unaware of the danger that lay ahead. He pulled his tanto free from its sheath, the very tanto given to him by Naruto. "With your gift, I will end you and Kaa-chan, and the cycle of hatred will be complete." Itachi said as he stood with his legs tensed and his shoulders loose, ready for battle.

Naruto sighed as his body went lax, his arm hanging limply at his side as he gathered his thoughts. "I have to defend Kaa-chan, I can't let Nii-san get her, or else, I just might lose myself to the hate." Naruto thought as Itachi charged him. Naruto rolled to the side, stopping himself with one hand as his sword swung out and caught Itachi's and knocked it back, before it came back around and swiped at Naruto, who flipped over the low swing.

As he flipped to dodge, his eyes met Itachi's as they both observed the emotionless expression of a true shinobi in the other. Using the momentum, Naruto whipped his arm from the side, catching Itachi in the chest as he disintegrated into crows. Naruto sensed the attack coming, but couldn't react fast enough as he saw a flash of red. Naruto shut his eyes only for a sharp lance of pain to hit his head, a severe headache to most others to Naruto it was little more than a rush of blood.

"What did you do?" Naruto demanded, his cold tone causing Itachi to wince slightly, though Naruto didn't notice. Naruto simply held his head, keeping his sword in his grip in case of a quick defense being needed.

"I used an extremely high-level Genjutsu on you, it is unbreakable, so don't even try. I basically implant an idea in your head, and now you will obey that idea, which is too never tell anyone about the truth of what happened tonight, in any manner." Itachi said as Naruto forced himself to his feet.

"That won't matter if you're still here when Sasuke gets home, will it?" Naruto retorted, holding his sword. "And besides, no jutsu is without its flaws and I will exploit them!" Naruto roared, racing towards his brother, who simply hardened his features further as he block Naruto's strike, knocking the blonde back. Naruto just gritted his teeth harder as he shot a determined look at Itachi. Despite his seemingly overabundance of confidence, Naruto doubted that he could beat his brother, sure he was the better swordsman, but that only got you so far against an ANBU captain.

"You say you will exploit the flaws, there is only one flaw with this jutsu, that is the beauty of it, and after all, I was assured of this when I took his eye. Would you like to see what else he gave me?" Itachi admonished as Naruto scowled, Mikoto gaping as she regained consciousness.

"No, Itachi, you didn't?" Mikoto questioned, her voice hopeful. A useless thing.

"Yes, I killed Shisui, and through his death, I have transcended the limits of all Uchiha's before me, with the exception of Madara Uchiha!" Itachi answered, as his eyes swirled into a new formation, a formation that felt strangely inviting to Naruto, as his eyes met his brother's eyes and the two were transported away.

Naruto shook his head to free himself from the sudden cobwebs as he tensed to face his brother once again but found that he couldn't move. "What have you done now, I know this isn't a seal, so what's the big deal?" Naruto yelled at his brother who walked closer to Naruto.

"What you saw was my Mangekyo Sharingan, the next level to the Sharingan, it allows its user to control time and space as you can see, but that's all I'm going to tell you. But I will tell you this, if you ever expect to bring me back, then you'll have to beat me first, and to do that you'll have to hate me. Gain the same power as mine, and face me on the even field of battle." Itachi said as he thrust his sword into the helpless Naruto who just continued glaring.

"No, I will face you on my terms, and if I should choose to use the secret Uchiha training grounds, then I will but not because you told me to!" Naruto snarled, spitting in Itachi's face in defiance.

The fact that Naruto was aware of the secret grounds with the information about the Sharingan unnerved Itachi slightly, Naruto had left the compound when he was nary older than 5, so their father wouldn't have trusted Naruto with such a secret, and Itachi doubted his mother even knew of the location at the time, what's more, Naruto would've had to snuck back into one of the most guarded compound and basically stolen clan secrets from right under their noses, all before he reached 10 years old!

"Haha, if you know of the training grounds, then you should know what it takes to achieve the Mangekyo Sharingan, and one of its foremost skills, the Tsukiyomi." Itachi said as more copies of him appeared and began repeatedly stabbing Naruto, who never flinched or cried out.

Deciding that this wasn't working, Itachi switched tactics and began showing Naruto images of all the kills he had performed that night, all the deaths of his clansmen. This didn't seem to work either for quite a while, until he showed Mikoto dying, then Naruto tensed before he began screaming as he struggled against his invisible bonds.

"You really shouldn't tell your enemy your weakness." Itachi said, repeated flashing images of their Kaa-chan dying in various ways, it was a profound thing, Naruto didn't seem to even care for the deaths of his clan, or even his brother, maybe because deep down he knew that Itachi would never hurt Sasuke fatally. But show the boy his mother dying and he suddenly went crazy, even going so far as to try and bite off his tongue to stop the pain.

However, Itachi stopped him and forced him to witness his mother being killed over and over, on several occasions, it was Naruto that killed her for the remainder of the time as the pair faded out of the technique.

Naruto crumpled to the floor as the images refused to leave him, his mind now broken as he couldn't even stop Itachi as he stepped over him and headed towards Mikoto.

Mikoto was distraught as would most mothers, she was forced to witness her sons fighting each other, and not just a brotherly spar like the old days. By the time Naruto crumpled to the floor, Mikoto knew what Itachi had done as Naruto suddenly lay still, his face covered in sweat for trying to resist the pain.

Itachi took step after step, slowly approaching Mikoto with his blade still in hand, had it not been for the intense fight and punishment he had dolled out on his brother, Itachi would've smiled at the prospect of finally achieving his goal.

However, it was because of this focused concentration on his mission that he was able to hear the whisper of the air being cut as he leaned to the side to dodge, only for a kunai to slide past his ear, tearing the cloth of his headband. Itachi's eyes widened in fear.

He whirled on his feet to face his opponent, an opponent that had just taken the Tsukiyomi and kept going, only to meet a dark cloaked figure, in place of Naruto, Itachi's fear returned to its place.

"Who are you, and why are you here, this doesn't concern you!" Itachi ordered, using his ANBU voice and releasing an amount of KI to test this figure. The figure in return just cocked his head to the side, causing some strands of blonde hair to be seen as he returned the KI double-fold.

"What, you don't recognize your brother?" Naruto questioned as Itachi had a confused look on his face, a look that Mikoto mirrored.

"What are you talking about? I don't have another son/brother?" Mikoto and Itachi said together as the Naruto just barked in laughter.

"It's nice to see you too, Miko-hime." Naruto said as Mikoto gasped, no one knew that about her, she sometimes had dreams of a dashing man when she was younger who would always refer to her by that name. She just took it as the wild dreams of hormone-addled mind of a teenage girl. Now years later, she could only remember one feature about the man, his eyes, they were the Sharingan, but they seemed to have evolved past that.

"And brother, I regret to inform you that you will lose here, after all, you couldn't hope to beat the resident mercenary, which is me, by the way." Naruto chuckled, flashing a half smile that never reached his cheek or eyes, somehow his mouth just opened slightly without any outward signs of it happening.

"Perhaps I should warn you though, Pain won't get you what you want, and neither will Tobi. The only one, who will be there for you in the end, is your brothers." Naruto said, as Itachi squinted his eyes in thought.

"I don't know what you've done Naruto, but nothing will change just with you changing your appearance, you will still not stop me from finishing the mission." Itachi said as he spun on his heel and leapt at Mikoto, tanto outstretched.

Clang!

His sword met Naruto's as he appeared in front of him, knocking Itachi back. "I didn't change my appearance, I just stopped playing around!" Naruto mumbled under his breath as another flash of his smile was seen. "Also, remind me to thank Sasuke for his contribution." Naruto said lowly, yet loud enough that Itachi heard him as he tensed up. Naruto lifted his head enough to meet Itachi's eyes as Mangekyo met Mangekyo Sharingan, causing Itachi to lose his controlled expression as rage took its place.

"NARUTO! How dare you kill Sasuke, your own brother!?" Itachi yelled, sprinting at Naruto who simply made a one-handed dragon seal, and touched Chiyoru's guard, muttering under his breathe, "Level two, release! BLOOD CALL!"

Itachi suddenly found himself held in place by some invisible bonds, similar to how the Tsukiyomi works. Still, his rage and hatred continued to grow at his brother.

"Who said I killed my brother, I said to thank him, now how could I thank a dead person? Anyway, you fell for my trap, my sword as a special ability, well multiple, you saw one just a short time ago. This one I developed to help with Naru-hime's training with Kyu-Kyu. It allows me to control your blood so long as it is 'boiling'." Naruto explained as Itachi tried in vain to regain control of his emotions.

However, it was not to be as Naruto turned to face his parents.

"So that the sins of the father don't become the sins of the son, let him pay penance. Punishment will be swift and exact, and for a life taken, must a life be given. Through the death of the father, may the wronged souls rest at peace." Naruto droned out as he swung his word, severing Fugaku's life from this plane.

Turning to his mother, he raised his bloody sword once again.

"So the sins of the mother don't become the sins of the son, let her also pay penance. Let her live to teach the son how to live an upright and justified life." Naruto dragged the blade across the floor, leaving a small trench connected both of them as a small blue line emanated from Naruto, and linked with Mikoto's hand. Finishing the move, Naruto snapped his fingers and a swirling portal appeared beneath her, Mikoto vanishing into it.

"Now then, where were we?" Naruto said as he turned back to Itachi who drooped back to the ground with his controlled mask back on his face. Picking up his sword, he sheathed it as he turned to leave.

"My mission is finished, I will now leave." Itachi answered as he began the hand seals, doing them slowly on purpose so as to lengthen his time left.

"Ha, your mission is still incomplete, you were ordered to kill all the Uchiha's, yet one lives, our mother, and you have no idea where she could be, nor do you have a way to find her." Naruto said, replacing his blade in its sheath as he sat down to rest, going 9 years without doing any physical exercise had sapped him of his stamina.

"True, but you can't tell Sasuke that she's still alive, or that I didn't kill her and Tou-san." Itachi retorted, turning to face his brother one last time, giving a large smile of pride at his brother.

"I suppose you're right, but he'll go crazy with hatred without any answers, so be prepared. Don't open doors that you are prepared to go through." Naruto ordered as Itachi nodded, leaving in a swirl of leaves. Naruto just sighed as he leaned back, taking in all of the memories of the fight, and replaying his own memories of things to come.

A/N: So, I finished this one Saturday while sitting at home, one of the now rare days without work, so I hope you enjoy it as much as me. Next chapter will be Finals, Genin Finals, and Final D-Rank. I hope that you have a wonderfully day, and enjoy life while you still have it.