A/N: For those who have asked, I do not currently intend to include Make a Wish derivatives from other authors as a basis of this fic. I liked them, but I have a hard enough time keeping everything from Rorch in mind when writing. Oh and I used a teensy little Harry Potter fan fic cliché. Apologies for anyone who gets offended, but in this case, it worked for me. Umm, this chapter is more drama than comedy. But there are a few items in there.

Harry had just ported back to BlackIsland, when his Zippo vibrated. "Black here."

Out of the lighter came Naruto's voice, "Black-Dono! We need some help! Kakashi is fighting a shinobi and is stuck in a water ball! I'm going to try to get him out, but you also told me to call if I got in trouble!"

Harry became a lot more serious as Naruto talked. When Naruto finished, Harry only said, "On my way." He called out to Henchgirl. "EmergencyPort to Naruto's location."

Twenty Minutes Earlier

With directions from Tazuna, Kakashi led his team toward through the very early morning to the bridge builder's house.

To get to the island, another villager had taken his boat under the cover of darkness to pick up the party. As soon as the group was landed the boat ghosted back out, the fisherman not wanting it known that he had provided the lift.

Naruto was looking forward to getting to Tazuna's house. It had been a long trip, if not that strenuous.

When the Demon Brothers had been secured earlier in their trip, Kakashi had forced Tazuna to fess up all details. Tazuna explained about the repression of his country by Gato and how the bridge was their last hope.

When Kakashi had consulted the team Naruto, along with Sasuke, had argued that they should complete the mission. Naruto had humanitarian reasons. Sasuke just didn't want a failure on his record. Sakura had hemmed and hawed but finally followed her crush.

She wasn't as much of a fangirl as she had been, but she was still a fangirl.

Naruto was on point when he heard a noise in a bush to the side. Silently he produced a clone, to sneak behind whoever it was. Suddenly, all heard the clone make a noise of discovery. Out of the bushes, the black-clad clone came carrying a white bunny rabbit and grinning. "Found the intruder, Boss!"

Naruto took the bunny. "Oooh, Bunny-chan! You made us nervous!"

Kakashi noticed the color of the animal. It wasn't winter, which meant … "Get down, NOW!"

A massive sword flew over the suddenly prone group's heads, impacting a tree solidly. Standing on the sword stuck in a tree was a menacing figure. He had pale skin, black hair, brown eyes, and wore a mask of bandages to cover his face in the same way that Kakashi's covered his.

He was shirtless, wearing a harness which had a scabbard which was empty, obviously the normal place for the vicious looking blade.

Kakashi calmly looked at the new arrival. "Momochi Zabuza, A-ranked missing-nin of Kirigakure, Demon of the Hidden Mist, wielder of Kubikiribōchō, Danto (the Seversword), Executioner's Blade."

Momochi Zabuza had a feral look as he replied, "Kakashi Hatake, A-ranked ninja of Konohagakure, Sharingan no Kakashi, Copy Ninja of the Leaf, wielder of a thousand jutsus. Welcome to Wave. Move aside and allow me to complete my mission."

Kakashi herded his students and the client behind himself. "Get back, this is a whole different level of enemy than the Demon Brothers," Kakashi explained as he grabbed his headband. "Kakashi exposed the sharingan in his left eye and made ready to defend. "Protect Tazuna, and leave this to me," Kakashi said.

Sasuke had not been aware that Kakashi had the sharingan. "How does he have that? He is not Uchiha."

"Not now, Sasuke," Kakashi responded from in front of the group.

Zabuza jumped off with his Kubikiribocho and landed on the nearby lake with a handsign set. "Water Jutsu: Hidden Mist," Zabuza said as a thick mist covered the area.

"Eight choices," Zabuza continued, "Eight points to strike: Larynx, spine, lungs, liver, jugular, subclavian artery, kidney's, heart. Which will be quickest?"

The three genin and the client were having a problem with the killing intent leaking from the missing nin. As a result, Kakashi released his own chakra, nullifying it a bit. "Do not worry, I protect my team," Kakashi told them, "I do not let my comrades die."

Zabuza moved to decapitate Kakashi, but Kakashi deflected the swing with a kunai. Kakashi swiped with the kunai and the figure dissolved in to water. "Water clone!" Zabuza appeared behind Kakashi to cut him down, only for Kakashi to also dissolve. "I know that trick as well." Kakashi said from behind Zabuza.

Suddenly, Naruto felt a premonition and turned quickly to see another Zabuza. Naruto formed several clones to defend. Sasuke and Naruto attacked the clone while Sakura stood in front of the client.

After the clone had been dispatched, the team turned back to the fight on the lake. Zabuza held Kakashi in a water ball. Kakashi signaled his team to run.

Naruto suddenly remembered his Zippo.

It took one minute from Naruto's call for Harry to ensure he had everything ready. Thirty seconds of that was Henchgirl getting a fix on the Zippo in Naruto's possession. And it only took that long because Naruto appeared to be moving very fast.

Henchgirl finally said, "Got it! Tell Naruto I expect a call when it's all settled!" Harry nodded and Henchgirl pushed the button.

Black-Dono appeared eight feet in the air and dropped – right on to a water clone of Zabuza's. It dissipated immediately, but seemed to cushion the landing. Naruto was so relieved.

"Black-Dono! Thank Kami! We got Kakashi free but we can't see what's happening because of the mist!"

Harry sent a weather spell which pushed the thick mist back, making the night crystal clear. Clearly in front of the group was Kakashi going toe to toe with the vicious looking Zabuza. When Zabuza saw the mist clear, he disengaged to give himself some room. "What happened? Who messed with my mist?" he asked in an outraged voice.

Harry said loudly, "That would be me."

At Black-Dono's voice, Kakashi felt relief. He could have won given a few more minutes, but he was at the edge. Kakashi jumped straight back to give Black-Dono room to do whatever he was going to do. When Kakashi was clear, Black-Dono acted.

Black-Dono quickly moved his hand which appeared to be holding a short shaft and a wave of black moved toward the sword wielding man. When it hit him, Zabuza flew backwards very suddenly and hit a tree.

Harry's eyes grew wide. Usually that would kill someone with extreme prejudice. This guy must be unbelievably strong.

As Zabuza tried to get up, several needles flew through the air and hit him. Suddenly a figure Kakashi recognized as a Kiri Hunter nin appeared. "My thanks for subduing this fugitive, shinobi-san. I have been in pursuit for many weeks." At that the figure grabbed the putatively dead man and disappeared in a swirl of mist.

The team and Tazuna were relieved. Kakashi asked Black-Dono, "What was that jutsu you used?"

Harry, with a deadpan face, said, "Russian battle magic."

Kakashi didn't really understand the words, but the chakra usage finally caught up to him. "Please watch my students for a couple of days." Kakashi then collapsed.

Harry exclaimed, "Damn," and moved quickly over to the prone figure with the genin following quickly. Naruto had the idea to move the covering back over Kakashi's eye.

Harry did a quick diagnostic spell, noticing the extreme fatigue but no other real injuries. "Anyone know why that happened?"

Sasuke had seen this a few times as a child. "Chakra exhaustion from overworking the sharingan."

"Sharingan?" Sasuke explained about his clan's kekkei genkai. He also mentioned that he didn't know how Kakashi had it as Kakashi wasn't Uchiha.

Black-Dono finally stood up. "Well, I would like to suggest moving this to my island so I can have the Doctor look him over."

Tazuna interrupted, "Black-Dono, that was super! You are truly strong! I thank you for your assistance! But we must get to my house so that I can check on my family!"

At this the genin all nodded, so Harry lifted Kakashi with a mobilicorpus and followed the group to the bridge builder's home.

When they arrived and knocked, an attractive woman opened the door. When she saw the client, she yelled, "Otou-san! Inari, your grandfather has returned!"

She led the group inside. Kakashi was positioned on a couch as the woman checked over her father. "Tsunami, I am fine! These are the ninja I hired to protect me while finishing the bridge. And this is …" At this, he looked at Harry.

"I am Mr. Black, summons for Naruto here. He can call me if he gets in to trouble." Harry mussed Naruto's head.

Naruto moved his head and yelled, "Hey!" The others in the room chuckled.

The woman introduced herself. "I am Tsunami, daughter of Tazuna. My son," she pointed to the boy who had stopped on the steps watching the proceedings, "is Inari. We thank you for your assistance in getting my father home safely." To her son she said, "Inari, say hello to these people. They protected your grandfather on his way home."

Inari greeted the guests with some sullenness. Harry saw that he in fact was despairing. He would have to do something about that.

"I was going to suggest that we move this to my island. You all can be better protected there while the ninja get looked over."

Tazuna was adamant. "That would take too long! We must complete the bridge! It is the only hope I have to allow my countrymen to regain their dignity."

Harry grinned. "You can be back to work on it the tomorrow. Today, the team can rest and be healed. I can help with setting up some barriers to protect the house."

Tazuna had misunderstood. He had thought it would be too far. "That would be super!"

Harry added the wards he considered "normal protection." That the house was now probably the most protected house in the Elemental Countries was immaterial to him. They wouldn't last more than a week or two, as they weren't inscribed onto ward stones, but it would last long enough for the current situation.

Harry then gathered everyone together with each holding a rope. He had Naruto ensure Kakashi's hand was touching it. He called to Henchgirl, "Eight to port."

The eight arrived in the Port Trans room on the island. Henchgirl, along with Pencil, were present. "We have a family of three, Naruto and his teammates for the day. Kakashi needs to be checked over."

Pencil led the three family members to a suite as Harry moved off to find the Doctor. Sasuke and Sakura were very nervous, having heard about this place from Naruto but having never been there. Naruto moved to Henchgirl. Naruto yelled, "Nechan!" as he glomped her.

Henchgirl was very happy to see her little brother figure. He looked good, if a little worn. "Well, Naruto-kun, sounds like you had some excitement."

Naruto nodded heavily. "Our first C-rank. We ran in to some problems."

Henchgirl led the team off while floating Kakashi along. "Well, let's get the Doctor to check you all over then we can eat."

The two new genin followed along without saying much, both feeling out of their depth. Naruto and Henchgirl were chattering at each other.

When they arrived to the infirmary, Henchgirl put Kakashi in one bed and the sat the others in chairs waiting to be checked out.

The Doctor arrived behind Black-Dono, and began doing diagnostic work on the man put in to the bed. Her face took on a confused look at some of the readings. She called Black-Dono over.

"Mr. Black, can you look at the patient using mage sight?"

Harry turned on his mage sight, scanning Kakashi thoroughly. Hmm. That was very weird. He seemed to carry a curse in his eye. He turned toward the genin. "Sasuke-san, can you come over here?" Sasuke moved next to his sensei's bed.

"Explain the sharingan, please."

Sasuke was a little hesitant, but everything he had heard about Black-Dono said that he could be trusted – as much as he would ever trust anyone.

"The sharingan is the bloodline limit of my clan, the Uchiha. Family members often manifest it somewhere between 5 and 18 years old. It matures as it is used. It is often turned on by trauma or stress, emotional or physical."

The Doctor took a look at her scan and then asked, "Is there a higher form?"

Sasuke was very loath to talk about the secrets of his clan, especially with someone he had just met. At his very reluctant look the Doctor said, "I will promise to keep everything I learn confidential. Mr. Black will as well. I need to know all if I am to correct Kakashi's problem."

Harry set up some privacy wards so that Naruto and Sakura could not hear. "We are totally private now."

Sasuke looked nervously around, and noticed that the other genin seemed confused at the sudden silence. Finally, he continued his explanation. "There is an ultimate form called the Mangekyō Sharingan. It is activated by ultimate sorrow."

He bowed his head. "Many times in the past, elders of the Uchiha have forced clan members to kill their best friends to attempt to force the change. Some do so without prompting. As a result, many Uchiha try not to form strong attachments." He raised his head. "I am not known to be friendly. But I will not be the cause of killing a best friend."

The Doctor talked quietly with Mr. Black, and then turned toward Sasuke. "Can I scan you to get more data? When I know everything, I will turn all information I find over to you."

Sasuke nodded curtly.

The Doctor scanned Sasuke. Harry also scanned him with mage sight. When the two finished, the Doctor had one more request. "I would like permission to tell one other person. I need Henchgirl's help to brew some potions."

Sasuke was looking rebellious at this. His clan secrets were not for those outside of the clan! He remembered then that there were no other clan members, other than the traitor. Finally he nodded.

"I will require an oath to not pass on the information to any non-Uchiha without my permission or the permission of the clan head in the future. Out secrets must not be known!"

Harry and the Doctor motioned Henchgirl over. Harry made a movement with his wand to include Henchgirl in the privacy ward. When Harry had explained the situation, Henchgirl agreed.

As the Doctor checked over the other two, Harry called through his Zippo. "Pusher."

The voice of Pencil's wife came through the small flame. "We have three guests in the infirmary. Pencil is helping with three others. Can you get some guest rooms ready next to Naruto's? Naruto's team needs some sleep."

"Coming."

Harry waited until Pusher arrived, her young son in tow, before the three senior members of Black Ink began exhaustively comparing and studying what they found.

Naruto was waiting with his team after the Doctor had finished with them. He could really use some sleep. Just then, a woman came in to the room with a young boy. When the young red-haired child saw Naruto, he laughed in glee and toddled over. "Nawto! Nawto! Pway! Pway!"

Naruto laughed at the boy. When he had visited the week before, Pencil and Pusher had introduced their son. He was about two years old and had really taken a liking to the blond ninja.

Naruto scooped up the boy and nuzzled his neck. "Sorry, Chibi. We need some sleep. But maybe later."

Naruto's teammates were floored with the ease that Naruto dealt with the boy. Why had he never showed this when their D-rank was babysitting? The two saw the boy nuzzle in to Naruto's neck and then begin chattering at him as the three were led to rooms they could rest in. It was a totally new vision for Sakura and Sasuke. Sakura privately admitted to herself it was a bit endearing.

After the three had some sleep and gathered in the early afternoon, Sakura and Sasuke asked Naruto for a tour.

The three met with Tazuna and his family for lunch and then Naruto showed his teammates around. Finally, they arrived back at the infirmary.

Kakashi-sensei was sitting up in bed, looking much recovered. He greeted his team. "Hello, my kawaii students! Report!"

The three gave a report of what had been happening and why they were here. The only thing Sasuke left out was the discussion about the sharingan. "We have to go back to Tazuna's house tomorrow as he needs to work on his bridge."

Kakashi agreed. "We will also have to train. Especially since we will most likely have to fight Zabuza once more."

Naruto protested. "He was dead. That Kiri hunter nin killed him and took his body!"

Kakashi eye-smiled. "What do you remember about hunter nin?"

The three thought about it, and then Sakura remembered. "They cut the heads off the bodies to prevent espionage!"

"Exactly. This hunter nin did not. Which means that it wasn't a hunter nin. Which means it was Zabuza's ally." Kakashi thought about it a moment. "He doesn't have the facilities we had access to thanks to Naruto-kun, so it should take him about 10 days to heal. It would have been a week – but Black-Dono's jutsu was devastating. We will have to train to prepare."

All three nodded, Sasuke a little sullenly for his teammate being acknowledged and not himself.

Just then, Black-Dono came in to the room accompanied by the two members of Black Ink he had just spent a few hours reviewing with.

"Kakashi, we would like to talk to you and Sasuke about something. Naruto, why don't you take Sakura and go play with the munchkin? We may be a while."

After Naruto and Sakura left, Black-Dono asked Sasuke to sit down. He started with what they had found. "Sasuke, I would like to let Kakashi in on what you have told us. It affects him and we need both your approval for what we want to do."

Sasuke thought about it. With the traitor gone, Kakashi was the only one else who had a sharingan. (Sasuke didn't know about Danzo.) He nodded.

"Sasuke, what we have found indicates someone really didn't like your family."

Sasuke was shocked.

"Your special eyes have a curse, which is tied in to your family. To activate your eyes, you have to experience stress, correct?"

"Hai, Black-Dono."

"And to achieve the 'ultimate' form, you have to experience 'ultimate sorrow.'" Sasuke agreed. "Kakashi has achieved this form."

Sasuke looked at his Jonin-in-Charge in shock. Kakashi looked completely flabbergasted. "I have not. I believe I would have noticed."

The Doctor interjected. "That, we believe, is a product of you never really pushing the limit on its abilities. It's there, you never have accessed it."

Black-Dono took back on the explanation. "Someone, somewhere in the past, put some type of curse on your family to make this happen that way. The initial manifestation comes with extreme stress, but should be able to be achieved by any extreme, adult-level emotion. As Uchiha mature, several special tear ducts secrete a substance and chakra, allowing the eyes to manifest."

Sasuke was amazed. No where in his family scrolls was this information explained.

"However, the curse that was added causes a special substance to be secreted which causes, for lack of a better word, 'dark' tendencies. Were your family known as particularly vicious and unforgiving fighters?"

Sasuke said, "I would have to agree with that. Uchiha have always been viewed as superior shinobi because we are so widely feared as opponents."

Harry shook his head. "There is nothing wrong with being respected, but this desire to destroy was artificially added. There were other things added as well."

Harry thought how to best explain the rest. "There is an trigger built in. If a sufficiently jarring emotion is felt, a further excretion is added. It results in the 'ultimate' form, but it also eats away at the eye."

Sasuke was amazed. NO one outside of the Uchiha were aware of the information that the Mangekyō Sharingan eventually blinded the wearer.

"This could be bypassed – by taking someone else's eyes. It had to be a close family member. Of course, this strengthened the desire to be vicious and unrepentant."

Black-Dono added, "One additional thing was found. Do Uchiha have a problem with people showing them too much interest?"

Sasuke shuddered as he said, "Fangirls!" Kakashi shuddered as well.

"There is a reason for that."

Sasuke didn't know if he could take all of this.

"The curse that was added causes your family to produce a pheromone. This pheromone, although not completely reliable, will cause others to view you with lust or extreme admiration. This seems to encourage 'close attachments' so that the curse can be activated."

Sasuke clenched his fists. Someone had subjected his family to fangirls DELIBERATELY. If he ever found a way to revenge this, he pledged to do so with his dying breath.

He turned toward Kakashi. "Your eye is very interesting. Although it appeared to have been activated by ultimate sorrow, your tear ducts seem to counter the effects. Have you had trouble getting along with most Uchiha?"

Kakashi nodded. Before the accident, he and Obito had never gotten along. And the Uchiha clan had hated him, especially after he had been given the sharingan.

"Something in your family and its chakra negates this curse. The Uchiha seemed to be cursed to avoid people like you."

Sasuke was fuming. He had wondered why he had never fully trusted his sensei. Although he had desperately wanted to learn, he had always had to urge to discount the teachings Kakashi had given him. He had overcome some of this with will power, but much of it remained.

Kakashi was also completely shocked. His father had been driven suicide after the failure of a mission where he protected his team over the mission. The Uchiha had been a driving voice behind the censure.

"Okay, do both of you understand that?"

Both nodded.

"That's good. Because we have a solution."

Both were very interested.

"This should fix Kakashi's inability to turn his sharingan on and off. It should also fix the curse. It should also fix the pheromone problem."

Sasuke almost shouted. "Do it! Do it! Do it!" No more fangirls. It was almost a dream.

Henchgirl finally entered the conversation. "The answer is a Familius potion, specially brewed."

The two looked confused.

"In our world, we have potions for many things. One allows someone to make a child a full member of the family by adding the parent's family traits in to the child. This is not an option, because you both actually need to exchange some traits.

"The Familius potion is another way to add someone to the family. Another name is the Blood Brother potion. When one person is to be added to a family, only the added one takes the potion. However if both want a full exchange, both do."

The Doctor continued on. "The Hatake side will fight the curse and counter the negative enzymes. The Uchiha side will strengthen the correct chakra being produced."

Harry added one last thing. "You both have to agree. We can do nothing and nothing will change. If you do this, you two WILL be brothers. In every sense. Your children could not marry each other, as they would be too closely related. Kakashi would become an Uchiha. Sasuke would become a Hatake. If either of you have any reason not to do this, say no. We will give you time to think and talk it over."

The three left the two shinobi alone to give them privacy.

Sasuke was completely dumbfounded. His family had a reputation as superior shinobi, but it was not a reputation which lent itself to others getting along with them. The Uchiha had many dark secrets hidden in their archives, descriptions of betrayal and pain which made them the way they were.

It could be said that the Uchiha were cursed to be tormented. And now he knew that that had been deliberate. Some enemy in the past had created this. It had made the Uchiha infamous, but it had destroyed many close ties they had had in the deep past.

Come to think of it, the archives only had stories of such betrayals and pain for the last two centuries. Before this, his clan had many close ties with other clans. Even the Hatake clan …. It was likely that both clans had a common enemy.

Although his irrational side said that none outside of the Uchiha could be trusted, his relationship with his team had eased his loneliness. Ever since his clan had been wiped out, he had hidden that behind mental walls a mile wide and deep.

Curse Itachi for his betrayal! How could his beloved brother … suddenly Sasuke became rock-still. Itachi had the Mangekyō Sharingan. The curse was much stronger on him than the clan members without it. Could that be the catalyst? His brother's actions and his instructions to hate now seemed to make perfect sense.

Sasuke decided right then. He would go forward. And instead of killing his brother, he would capture him. And maybe he could be saved. The small hidden piece of his deep and abiding love that he remembered he had for his brother as a child "popped" like a popcorn kernel.

Kakashi also was thinking furiously. The information that he was just given answered so many questions that he had when he was younger. His contentious relationship with his teammate while he had been alive. The almost palpable loathing that the Uchiha had for his father and himself.

Kakashi owed much to his teammate, Obito. His sharingan eye had been one thing that had propelled him to the skills he had today. Kakashi knew that he was considered by many to be a ninja of very high skill, even if he didn't particularly care for the reputation. He would rather protect his comrades. His father had taught him that, even if his father had not been seen as being right until much later.

His sensei, Namikaze Minato, the Fourth Hokage, had reinforced the lesson. Minato was a force feared and respected far and wide, but had the same attitude that his comrades were his ultimate reason for fighting. He hadn't attacked a full division of Iwa shinobi for glory but to protect the people of his village.

Becoming a full Uchiha and making Sasuke a full Hatake would honor his teammate and validate his father. He would agree to it.

The two ninja finally moved to speak to each other.

"Well, Sasuke, what do you think?" Kakashi asked.

Sasuke took on a resolute look. "I would heal the curse. My Clan's history calls for nothing less. Someone wanted to destroy the Uchiha, and they also seemed to want to destroy the Hatake. I say let us thwart our enemy."

Kakashi nodded. "For the sake of my old teammate who gave me his eye when he lay dying, and for the sake of my father, let us become brothers and stand firm against the enemies of our family and our village."

Suddenly Sasuke added one more thing. "If it helps deal with the fangirls, I'm all for it."

Both ninja shuddered.

Naruto had convinced Sakura to play with Pusher's son. The little tyke accepted his new playmate with glee. Naruto had also roped Inari in to games, although it was not easy. Inari seemed to want to sulk, but he was a child and could be coaxed in to it.

"Sakura, you think we should check in with the others?"

Sakura thought about it. "Whatever it was they were talking about seemed pretty intense. We might want to wait until after dinner. You could ask Black-Dono about it though."

Naruto's face lit up. "That's a good idea. You keep playing with Chibi-kun and Inari-kun and I'll go talk to Black-Dono!" He ran out before Sakura could protest.

Finally, Naruto found Black-Dono walking down the corridor with a very large bird on his shoulder. The beauty of the bird stopped him in his tracks.

Harry saw Naruto stop and chuckled. "Naruto-kun, what do you need?"

"Er. We, me and Sakura-chan, were wondering when Sasuke and Kakashi would be finished." Naruto kept his eyes on the bird, which was looking back at him. "What's with the bird?"

Harry laughed. "He's a friend of my old sensei. Naruto, meet Fawkes. He's a phoenix, a firebird. He has come to help Kakashi and Sasuke with something."

Naruto was curious. "What can a firebird do?"

Harry smiled at the phoenix. "Phoenixes are special. They are extremely long lived, can carry very heavy loads, and their tears can heal. Also, they are known to be very resistant to certain things. I can't say any more because it is Sasuke's family secret."

Naruto looked disappointed. "Are you sure? I won't tell!"

Harry took on an almost stern look. "In this world, especially among my people, certain secrets are very important. One of most important types is family secrets. Only the head of a family can allow others to know about it. It is considered the worst insult to demand family secrets be shared. Do you understand?"

Naruto gulped. Not a lot of things made him nervous. A stern Black-Dono was one of them. He nodded heavily. "Hai, Black-Dono!"

Harry smiled. "Come and meet Fawkes. He's very nice."

Naruto cautiously approached Black-Dono, who had gotten down on one knee to put Fawkes within reach. Naruto reached out and began to pet the firebird. The bird trilled at him. It was the most happy sound he had ever heard. He became much more enthusiastic.

After petting Fawkes Black-Dono said, "Go get your teammate. You two are going to be witnesses. Meet back in the infirmary in thirty minutes."

Naruto ran off to get Sakura.

Naruto and Sakura arrived at the appointed time. Both were curious. When they walked in, they saw someone they had not expected. Naruto called out, "Jiji!"

The Third Hokage turned toward the sound of his favorite genin's voice. "Naruto-kun and Sakura-chan. You are looking well. How is your first A-rank?"

Both looked at each other and back at their ultimate boss. Naruto said, "It's been more exciting than expected." Sakura nodded in complete agreement.

The Hokage nodded. "Kakashi has told me of what has happened. He said your team could handle it and I agreed. Make certain you stay safe, and protect your client. As I implied, I have raised the rank of the mission to A-rank."

The Hokage took a Zippo out of his pocket. "Call me with 'Hokage' if Kakashi decides he needs help. Black-Dono has provided me with these for all of our Jonin." He grinned. "The money you made for the village on your last visit here more than paid for them."

Naruto nodded. "What are you doing here, Jiji?"

Harry came in with Fawkes and the others. "He's here to witness a ceremony for the village. Kakashi and Sasuke will be … formalizing … a new relationship in order to strengthen Konoha." Harry was careful to not give confidential data out to the two.

The Hokage added something. "The two are going to become blood brothers. The Uchiha as a clan has had a long standing problem and, for reasons that are known only to the two of them and is an SS-class clan secret, this will correct the problem."

Naruto was a little disappointed, but he was also happy for his teammate. "Black-Dono explained about family secrets. I won't pry."

The Hokage smiled. "The Clans of Konoha will have to reward Black-Dono. If he can get YOU to squash your curiosity when needed he has performed a miracle!"

Naruto yelled, "Hey!" before taking on a sheepish look. "Sometimes I let my curiosity run a little wild." He grinned. "A Hokage has to know everything about his village, dattaboye!"

Sarutobi laughed. He had almost missed Naruto's little verbal tick. It reminded him so much of his mother. Sarutobi had decided to ask Jiraiya if he would like to perform a similar bonding with Naruto-kun. It would be his decision, but it would mean much to Naruto-kun if he went ahead with it. He wouldn't bring it up now though.

Also, they had to be sure the seal wouldn't be affected. He sighed. Naruto always got the short end of the stick when the "good of the village" was decided.

When Black-Dono had arrived to his office asking him to come to the Island to witness a ceremony, he had been curious. After giving instructions to his bodyguard, he had allowed Black-Dono to bring him to where he was now.

He had been startled with the reports he had received. For some reason, Black-Dono as a Konoha nin's summons added much complexity. However, much was rapidly being improved. In the long run and in the short, Konoha was strengthened.

The room was full of people to witness this. Included were many Black Ink employees as well as the Hokage and the teammates of Sasuke and Kakashi. At the front were the two shinobi. Between them stood Black-Dono and, for some reason, the very short person known as The Architect.

Black-Dono began his speech. "We have come to witness the binding of two as brothers. When we are done, there will no longer be an Uchiha and a Hatake. There will be two Uchiha-Hatake. To oversee the administration of the potion, we have a goblin recognized as in good standing with the Goblin Nation, the only body legally allowed to oversee such in this world."

The Architect waved the two forward. "Do the both of you want to complete the Familius ritual, to become brothers in the eyes of the law and in the eyes of magic?"

Both nodded.

The Architect gave a knife to each. "Cut your palm and let three drops each fall in to the potion."

Both did so, without wincing as the knives cut their flesh.

"To strengthen the potion, a phoenix has agreed to add its tears. This will bless the new family in the eyes of magic and negate any family curses."

At this Fawkes flew from Black-Dono's shoulder and let four tears fall in the potion. When this was done, Fawkes returned to perch on the upper part of the wall.

The Architect performed a few hand gestures over the cup and then split the potion between two cups. The potion took on a golden color.

"With certainty, drink the potion, knowing that magic has blessed it." Each took the cup closest and drank the potion. When both had finished, Fawkes began to sing a haunting but joyful song.

The audience was transfixed. Both participants began glowing softly, and each threw their head back. Both were transformed.

Kakashi's hair, once silvery-white, took on a salt-and-pepper look. Sasuke's face changed as well, but not much. When both pulled their heads back down, each could be seen with sharingan eyes, but not the blood red it had been in the past. The sharingan for each was white, Sasuke's with one tomoe each, Kakashi with the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Both blinked and then instinctively released their Dojutsu. Sasuke's formerly coal black eyes had lightened up to match Kakashi's dark brown. For some reason, the scar over Kakashi's eye had healed both had matching eyes that worked fully.

As the phoenix song gradually echoed out of the room, each member of the audience felt uplifted and renewed, as though a great sorrow had been removed from the world. Kakashi and Sasuke felt this the most strongly.

The Architect said loudly, "It is done! Congratulations Uchiha-Hatake Kakashi and Uchiha-Hatake Sasuke."

A/N: I wanted something completely new and completely different to explain the problems with the sharingan. It would cover most of the reasons for Madara, Obito, and the Uchiha clan acting as they did in canon. Bet you never saw that one coming, did ya?